Belinda Jane Bair
History
Belinda Jane was born March 12, 1848, in Garden Grove, Iowa to John and Lucinda Amanda Owen Bair, and was named after her aunt, Belinda Owen Bair. They lived in Garden Grove as John Bair organized the affairs of land possessions in the area.1
Around the age of two, she and her family moved from Garden Grove to Kays Ward, Utah. They stayed there until she was the age of 10 when the family moved to Richmond, Utah.1
Because her father knew the language of the Native Americans, she was taught and learned the language as well.1
She was a craftwoman and a healer. She would make a medicinal salve by stripping the tender bark of an Elderberry bush, she knew how to make mustard plaster, rubbing alcohol from a mixture of whiskey and camphor.1
She married Robert William Wilson Wall from Lewiston, Utah, and then moved to Layton.
Sources
Belinda Jane Bair, Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude, International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Uploaded by Joyce Wall McClurg. Aug 24, 2015. Familysearch.org. https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/18604484?p=38212391&returnLabel=Belinda%20Jane%20Bair%20(KWNJ-FKT)&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.familysearch.org%2Ftree%2Fperson%2Fmemories%2FKWNJ-FKT
