Mary Hicks Collins, 1809-1888

• Born 15 Oct 1809 Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts
• Died 24 May 1888 Paradise, Cache, Utah
• Parents: Silas Collins and Hannah Winslow
• Spouse: Joseph George Crapo (md. 12 Jun 1826 Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts)
• Children: Clarissa Danforth Crapo, Jonathan Collins Crapo, George Crapo, Eliza Crapo, Harriet West Crapo, Leonidus Leonard, Crapo, Prince Albert Crapo, Marcus Morton Crapo, Joseph S. Crapo, Ezra Crapo, Lorenzo Snow Crapo

1809 October 15
Born to Silas Collins and Hannah Winslow at Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts

1826 Jun 12
Age 16
Married Joseph George Crapo at Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts

1828 August 10
Age 18
Daughter Clarissa Danforth Crapo born at New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts

1830 February 4
Age 20
Son Jonathan Collins Crapo born at New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts  [1]

About 1833
About age 24
Twins George and Eliza Crapo born at New Bedford, Bristol, Masschusetts.  Both died as infants, likely in 1833.

1835 July 22
Age 26
Daughter Harriet West Crapo born at Berlin, Oxford, Maine

1838 January 16
Age 28
Son Leonidas Leonard Crapo born at Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts

1841 October 15
Age 32
Son Prince Albert Crapo born at New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts

1843 October 22
Age 34
Son Marcus Morton Crapo born at New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts

1846 September 11
Age 36
Son Joseph S. Crapo born at New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts  [2]

1848 August 17
Age 38
Death of son Joseph S. Crapo at age 23 months  [3]

About  July 1850
About age 40
Son Ezra Crapo born at New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts

1850 August 16
Age 40
Living in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts with husband Joseph and son-in-law Edwd Davenport (age 28), daughter Clarissa Davenport (age 22), and other children Harriet W. (age 14), Leonidas L (age 12), Prince A., (age 9), Marcus M. (age 6), and Ezra B. (age 1 month).  [4]

1852 May 29
Age 42
Son Lorenzo Snow Crapo born at Kanesville, Pottawattamie, Iowa

1853 June 8
Age 44
Departs Six-Mile Grove, Iowa or Nebraska with the Daniel A. Miller/John W. Cooley Company with husband Joseph George, and children Jonathan Collins (age 23), Leonidus Leonard (age 15), Prince Albert (age 12), Marcus Morton (age 10), Ezra (age 3), and Lorenzo Snow (infant).  Daughter Harriet is also in company with her husband Alvin Moroni Montierth  [5]

1853 September 9-17
Age 44
Arrives in the Salt Lake Valley

1854
Age 45
Death of son Marcus Morton Crapo at about age 11

1854 September
Age 45
Baptized (rebaptized?) a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

About 1859
About age 50
Death of son Ezra Crapo at about age 9

1870 July 18
Age 60
Living in Paradise, Cache, Utah with husband Joseph, son Lorenzo S. (age 18), and servant Neoma (age 20).  [6]

1880
Age about 71
Living in Ogden, Weber, Utah with husband Joseph, and son Lorenzo (age 27), with Lorenzo’s wife Cyntha (age 17), and daughter Claricy (age 1).  [7]

1886 September 20
Age 76
Death of husband Joseph George Crapo at Paradise, Cache, Utah

1886 October 23
Age 77
Death of son Lorenzo Snow Crapo at age 34 at Paradise, Cache, Utah

1888 May 24
Age 78
Dies in Paradise, Cache, Utah

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“She was very pretty. She had sparkling eyes with dark auburn, curly hair. She was an invalid when Joseph was shipwrecked and gone for a year. She crossed the plains to Utah in the Miller and Cooley Company arriving the 9th of September, 1853. They settled in Paradise, Cache, Utah.”
--http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tannerfamily/johnson.html

For a fuller personal history, see husband’s entry at Joseph George Crapo.

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[1]  "Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLTS-YV4 : accessed 24 Feb 2013), Jonathan C. Crapo, 23 Oct 1911.

[2]  "Massachusetts, Births, 1841-1915," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FXWR-V2Q : accessed 24 Feb 2013), Joseph S. Crapo, 1846.

[3]  "Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N7KS-SQC : accessed 24 Feb 2013), Joseph S. Crapo, 1848.

[4]  "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MD9V-Q41 : accessed 24 Feb 2013), Mary Y Crapo in household of Joseph Crapo, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; citing dwelling 716, family 1144, NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 309.

[5]  Pioneer Overland Travel database online.  Viewed 24 February 2013. http://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/companyPioneers?lang=eng&companyId=205

[6]  "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNCR-J9R : accessed 24 Feb 2013), Mary H Crapo in household of Joseph Crapo, Utah, United States; citing p. 3, family 20, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 553109.

[7]  "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNSG-F9Q : accessed 24 Feb 2013), Mary H. Crapo in household of Joseph Crapo, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States; citing sheet 507D, family 1, NARA microfilm publication T9-1339.