Clara Althera Mellor Hill

Clara and her family came to America when she was very young; she was only two and a half years old. They were a part of the 575 people who traveled in the Martin Handcart Company. They arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in the early fall and were sent to settle Springville. A few years after that, they moved to Fayette. Following the death of her mother, Clara cared for her father until his death. When either her son or her son-in-law left on a mission, she cared for their wives and took them into her home. She cared about helping those in need and her house was always open, despite her large family. Clara loved music and had a piano, organ, violin, and banjo in her home, encouraging her family to pick up music as well. Later on in her life, she had a stroke which limited her from doing many things.

Children

James William (10 Sep, 1874)

Rhoda Althera (18 Dec, 1876)

Return Richard (7 Aug, 1879)

Ella May (10 May, 1881)

George Allen (18 Jun, 1882)

Chancy Eugene (9 Sep, 1884)

Ewell (15 Sep, 1886)

Roy (23 Jan, 1889)

Myrtle Dell (31 Jan, 1892)

Harvey Loren (29 Oct, 1893)

Vyrtle Leah (6 Nov, 1896)

Claretta Pearl (11 Aug, 1899)

(Source: Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude, Volume II F to L, International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers, p. 1353)