Mary Goble Pay
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Mary Goble Pay was an early settler of both Nephi, Utah
and Leamington, Utah
.
Born Mary Goble in Brighton
, Sussex, England, she joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints along with her parents in 1855. In 1856 they traveled on the Horizon and then joined the Hunt Wagon Company in Iowa City which traveled along with the Martin Handcart Company.
On the journey west her mother and two siblings died. She also met Richard Pay whose wife and newborn daughter died during the journey. After arriving in Utah Goble had her toes cut off due to frostbite. In the spring of 1859 she moved to Nephi, Utah
and shortly later married Richard Pay.
During the Black Hawk War
Pay learned the local Ute dialect from the wife of Pawania
the head of the local Pagwats band. In 1880 the Pays moved to Leamington, Utah
where Mary served for twelve years as president of the local LDS Primary. The Pays had a total of thirteen children. After Richard died in 1892 Mary moved back to Nephi.
Pay is an ancestor of Marjorie Pay Hinckley. The home the pays built in Leamington was moved to This Is the Place Heritage Park
in Salt Lake City in 2001.
Nephi, Utah
Nephi is a city in Juab County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Provo–Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 4,733 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Juab County. It was settled by Mormon pioneers in 1851, and is the principal city in Juab Valley, an...
and Leamington, Utah
Leamington, Utah
Leamington is a town in Millard County, Utah, United States. The population was 217 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Leamington is located at ....
.
Born Mary Goble in Brighton
Brighton
Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
, Sussex, England, she joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints along with her parents in 1855. In 1856 they traveled on the Horizon and then joined the Hunt Wagon Company in Iowa City which traveled along with the Martin Handcart Company.
On the journey west her mother and two siblings died. She also met Richard Pay whose wife and newborn daughter died during the journey. After arriving in Utah Goble had her toes cut off due to frostbite. In the spring of 1859 she moved to Nephi, Utah
Nephi, Utah
Nephi is a city in Juab County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Provo–Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 4,733 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Juab County. It was settled by Mormon pioneers in 1851, and is the principal city in Juab Valley, an...
and shortly later married Richard Pay.
During the Black Hawk War
Black Hawk War (Utah)
The Black Hawk War, or Black Hawk's War, from 1865 to 1872, is the name of the estimated 150 military engagement between Mormon settlers in the Four Corners region and members of the Ute, Paiute, Apache and Navajo tribes, led by a local Ute chief, Antonga Black Hawk...
Pay learned the local Ute dialect from the wife of Pawania
Pawania
The Pawania are a Jat clan found in the states of Punjab and Haryana in India. They claim to be one of the four orignal clans of the Jats, and are predominantly Hindu, with a small Muslim and Sikh minority....
the head of the local Pagwats band. In 1880 the Pays moved to Leamington, Utah
Leamington, Utah
Leamington is a town in Millard County, Utah, United States. The population was 217 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Leamington is located at ....
where Mary served for twelve years as president of the local LDS Primary. The Pays had a total of thirteen children. After Richard died in 1892 Mary moved back to Nephi.
Pay is an ancestor of Marjorie Pay Hinckley. The home the pays built in Leamington was moved to This Is the Place Heritage Park
This Is The Place Heritage Park
The This Is the Place Heritage Park is located on the east side of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA at the foot of the Wasatch Range and near the mouth of Emigration Canyon.-History:...
in Salt Lake City in 2001.
Sources
- article on Pay Home
- biography of Pay
- Richard H. CracroftRichard H. CracroftRichard H. Cracroft is an emeritus professor of English at Brigham Young University . He held the title of Nan Osmond Grass Professor in English at that university. Cracroft has been both head of BYU's English department and dean of the College of Humanities...
and Neal E. LambertNeal E. LambertNeal Elwood Lambert is an emeritus professor of English and American Studies at Brigham Young University . His most notable work was A Believing People: Literature of Latter-day Saints an anthology co-edited with Richard Cracroft....
, ed., A Believing People: Literature of The Latter-day Saints. (Provo: Brigham Young University Press, 1974) p. 143-150.