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                   PIONEER: Sep 1852
Warren Snow Company

      Elizabeth was the seventh child of Albert and Ada Winchell Clement's nine children.  Several years after her birth, they became converted to the LDS Church by Sidney Rigdon.  The family moved to Kirtland, Ohio.  Later they moved to Nauvoo, Illinois.  They became neighbors to the Prophet Joseph Smith and family.  Her mother washed and ironed for Joseph and Emma's family.  Elizabeth and her brother, James, would deliver the laundry in a wagon together with popcorn and apples.  Elizabeth was impressed with his kind consideration and friendliness with children.  When Elizabeth was a little past sixteen years of age, she crossed the plains in the Warren Snow Wagon Company.  She walked most of the way and arrived in Salt Lake City in September of 1852.
      Even though Elizabeth had met a young man she admired, her mother insisted that she marry Levi Newell Kendall.  He had married her sister, Eliza, four years before.  They were married in Salt Lake City.  She had two children before they were expected to evacuate to southern parts of Utah because the Johnston Army was approaching their territory.  She learned how to become a mid-wife and delivered hundreds of babies.  She gave birth to twelve children and raised ten of them to adulthood. She had unusual energy, foresight, and industry with kind consideration for those in need.  She became a good nurse and helped others in all kinds of sickness.  She and Levi went to Idaho Falls where she did the cooking for one of the camps for the Oregon Short Line Railroad.  She also managed to buy and sell chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese.  She raised them and then sold them to the market.  She also had a business where she wove rag rugs and carpets on her loom.
      Her marriage was not a happy one.  They were not compatible and she was given a divorce in 1890.  She had a little business with King Dish Company selling unusual and pretty dishes.  She loved to piece many quilts.  She was highly honored, respected, and loved by all who knew her.

Daughters of Utah Pioneers
PIONEER WOMEN OF FAITH AND FORTITUDE
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Bpt: 23 Apr 1999 ARIZO
End: 24 Mar 2000 IFALL