Almira Davenport

Almira Davenport was born March 11, 1847 in Winter Quarters, Nebraska to James and Almira Phelps Davenport. Almira is a Pioneer of Richmond.

History

Just before Almira was born, he father was called to go west with the President Brigham Young company of 1847, the first wagon to go west. After he came back a few months later, the Davenport family moved west when Almira was only three years old. The family first moved to Grantsville, Utah before moving to Wellsville, Utah. In 1861, the Davenport family moved to Richmond where they planned to stay.

Because her parents were too old to work, Almira and her siblings had to do much of the work to live. Almira began working for William D. Hendricks and Mary Jane Andrus, the Davenport's neighbors while they lived in the Richmond Fort. Almira married William on Oct 10, 1865 in Salt Lake City, Utah.1

Almira move quite a bit while she was married to William. First to Lewiston, Utah were he was called to be a counciler in the city, then to Colonia Diaz, Mexico so that William could escape the law while he practice polygamy. They soon moved back to Richmond in 1892 and built a home on the corner of Main and 100 West. Sometime later in 1914-1916, Almira built another home exactly east of her first home.

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