Richard Alvin LOWE

                   SP: 10 JUL 1951 SG


Ada Clements was born 29 Jan 1839 at Far West, Caldwell, Missouri, to Albert Clements and Ada Winchell.
      Ada was 5 years of age when the Prophet and his brother were killed.  Her mother had been to the meeting when the mantle of the Prophet fell upon Brigham Young.  Her father had been out of town at the time, and when he returned he decided to follow Sidney Rigdon, the man who had converted him.  This caused her parents to separate and eventually divorce.
      Three of the girls, namely, Lucy 22, Eliza 13, Elizabeth 11, and Ada 8, left Winter Quarters with the Jedediah Grant Company and arrived in the Salt Lake Valley 2 Oct 1847.
      While living in Grantsville, Utah, Ada met Richard Lowe and they were married 1 May 1855.  They lived in Brigham City for awhile then moved to Springville, Utah.  Richard built a one-room log house and they were very happy.  Ada was quite an herb doctor.  She always had all kinds of herbs gathered and dried ready for use.  Many times she would treat neighbors and sick children with her medicines.
      Ada was also a true Latter-day Saint.  She believed strongly in the payment of tithes.  She told the Church leaders that she would be willing to let the Lord have her 10th child if He wanted it.  So when her 10th child was born, she gave her own life and also the baby's.  She died 15 Oct 1877 in Springville.  Her husband Richard, died 26 Dec 1899, also in Springville, Utah.

From PIONEER WOMEN OF FAITH AND FORTITUDE
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[from DiAnne Chamberlain 24 Feb 2004]