History of Margaret Else Meeks Davis Carter
The Story of a Mormon Pioneer Family
By Gary Faatz
Several years ago I started research to learn more about my Great Great Grandfather, Austin Moroni Voorhees. He seemed a pivotal character in the Mormon history of the family having the name Moroni and being born in 1838 in Funcy, Illinois. During my research I found an incredible family story which centered on an incredible pioneer, mother and wife. Her name was Margaret Else (Elsie) Meeks Davis Carter. Austin Moroni married Margaret's daughter Susanna in San Bernardino, California in 1862 and of course is my connection to Margaret.
Margaret's life began August 2, 1804 in the wilds of the American Frontier of Grayson, Kentucky and ended in 1889 in San Bernardino. She experienced life on the frontier as it moved across America, living in Kentucky and Indianna during the times of Daniel Boone, joining the LDS Church in Illinios, participating in the western migration of that church to Utah, then to Parowan, Utah in 1852 and finally on to California in 1862. She left a dead son in Platte River, Nebraska and her husband, Thomas Carter and a daughter in the Parowan Cemetary .
This history is 112 pages and available on CD in Word 2003. Information has been carefully researched and footnoted with extensive bibliography.
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