Niels
Christian Anderson Schow - Great Grandfather of Than Cooper, Grandfather of
Mary Henrie, Father of Christena Rasmine Schow.
This is
the story of an entire family that joined the Church in Denmark and then came
to Utah settling several different communities.
The emigrant family consisted of the parents, five children, grandmother
and step-grandfather. The father, Niels
Christian had 3 wives. Two of his
daughters became polygamist wives of James Henrie. He fathered 13 children, 5 children of which died
in infancy.
Niels
married Marie Pedersdatter (Peterson) on April 6, 1839, in Budolfi, Aalborg,
Denmark. She also went by the name of Marie From, taking her
step-father's surname. Her name is engraved on her headstone as
"Mary."
The
Niels Christenson Schow Family first heard the gospel preached by Apostle
Erastus Snow and Elder George P. Dykes, who with two other elders were the
first Latter Day Saint missionaries in Denmark. On April 13, 1851, Niels and
Marie, daughter Christena, and their sons were baptized by Elder Hans Peter
Jensen.
They
left their home and native land and headed for Utah in December of 1853.
They traveled by sailing vessel to Liverpool, England. They sailed
on the ship, Jessie Munn, to New Orleans, arriving there on February 20, 1854.
The voyage continued up the Mississippi River to Kansas City, Missouri,
where they remained for a time preparing for the journey across the plains.
They
crossed the plains with an ox team with Captain Hans Peter Olsen's Company.
While crossing the plains, many people died of cholera. Among those
who died was their grandmother, Kerstine Rasmussen and step-grandfather who
died within ten days of each other. Kerstine died on June 26, 1854,
step-grandfather, Erik Christian From (1788-1854) must have died about July 6,
1854. They arrived in Salt Lake City on October 5, 1854.
Their
first home was made in Bountiful where they had many trying hardships. He
married a 2nd wife while living in Bountiful. Her name was Ane Larsen. She was born in Denmark in 1822 and died on
December 7, 1858 in Bountiful. They lived in Bountiful until about 1859 when
the family moved to Brigham City. During this time they suffered great
hardships and the Indian troubles kept them in constant fear. Then came
the grasshoppers which caused famine and their family of six persons lived for
ten weeks on pig weeds, sour milk and ten pints of flour a week. When the
wheat and grain that missed destruction was harvested, the family gleaned wheat
and barley from the field of Brother William Brown and carried it two miles to
the Burr Mill to be ground.
In the Spring of 1863, the family joined a small group of
Latter Day Saints who founded the community of Mantua, Utah. Niels Schow
was called to settle Panaca, Nevada. In 1871, they were told that
they could leave Panaca and settle elsewhere but were asked to go to Panguitch,
Utah. They really wanted to go back to Bountiful but followed the call to
move to Panguitch.
Children of Marie and Niels
Christian Schow. All children were born
in Denmark:
Ira Christian Schow (1837-1907, died
in Panguitch,Utah)
Andrew Peter Schow (1839-1913, died
in Manti, Utah but lived and is buried in Escalante, Utah)
Kirstine Rasmine Schow (born
1842 and died at age 1 in Denmark)
*Christena Rasmine Schow Henrie (1844-1927, died in Panguitch,
Utah)
Michael Juel Schow (1848-1925, died
in Mantua, Utah, buried in Brigham City)
James Jen Schow (1848-1932, died
in Escalante, Utah)
Mary Magdaline Schow (born and
died in 1851 in Denmark).
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| Anne Marie |
The
following children were born to Niels and Anne Marie:
Marie Schow
(born 1863, died 1 month later probably in Brigham City, UT)
**Gedske
Schow (born 1864, died 1933 in Panguitch)
Niels Christian Schow (born 1866, died 1962,
buried in Milford)
Anna (1871,
died at 4 months old, buried in Panguitch)
Louis
Rasmussen (born 1873, died age 5 months in Panguitch)
Carl (Charles)
Frederick (born 1874, died 1948 in Milford)
Niels died in Panguitch on
February 3, 1879, and his wife Marie died January 7, 1883.
*Our Ancestor
**1/2 sisters, Christine and
Gedske were plural wives of James Henrie
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