Elizabeth Precinda Hendricks Hale
1867-1946
Libbie, daughter of Joseph Smith and Sariah Pew Hendricks, was born on 16 December 1867, in Richmond, Cache County, Utah, in a two-room adobe house where the library now stands. Some of the games the children of the neighborhood played were hide and seek, skipping the rope, jacks, and marbles. Some of her playmates were her cousins: Libbie, Marelda and Artensia Hendricks, Libbie Merrill and Zina Pond. Her closest friend was Drusilla Harris, who later became her sister-in-law.
One day when she was small the table was set for dinner, the family ready to be seated she reached up over the edge of the table and spilled a cup of hot coffee over her. She always remembered that her father quickly tore her clothing away and thus lessened the severe burns.
After Grandfather James, died Grandmother Drusilla lived with James Bainbridge, and her grandson, whom she had raised from childhood. One day, Libbie was sent on an errand to her Grandma’s. When she opened the door she saw the family kneeling in family prayer. Always a bashful child, she stood in the doorway not knowing what to do till the prayed was finished. Then her grandmother said, “Child why didn’t you come in and close the door, would you freeze us to death?” Embarrassed she turned and ran home, forgetting her errand.
Libbie and Drusilla Harris used to gather chips for their grandmother ‘Duress’ and she would give them each a cookie. One day, she asked them to bring some chips. When they returned she made a fire and went to get them the promised cookie, but she found her granddaughter-in law had locked the cupboard. She turned sadly away, sat in her chair and cried.
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One day when she was small the table was set for dinner, the family ready to be seated she reached up over the edge of the table and spilled a cup of hot coffee over her. She always remembered that her father quickly tore her clothing away and thus lessened the severe burns.
After Grandfather James, died Grandmother Drusilla lived with James Bainbridge, and her grandson, whom she had raised from childhood. One day, Libbie was sent on an errand to her Grandma’s. When she opened the door she saw the family kneeling in family prayer. Always a bashful child, she stood in the doorway not knowing what to do till the prayed was finished. Then her grandmother said, “Child why didn’t you come in and close the door, would you freeze us to death?” Embarrassed she turned and ran home, forgetting her errand.
Libbie and Drusilla Harris used to gather chips for their grandmother ‘Duress’ and she would give them each a cookie. One day, she asked them to bring some chips. When they returned she made a fire and went to get them the promised cookie, but she found her granddaughter-in law had locked the cupboard. She turned sadly away, sat in her chair and cried.
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