1867 - 1841
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| Name |
Martha Ann Poppleton Walters |
| Death |
1841 |
| Birth |
1867 |
| Gender |
Female |
| Person ID |
I79237 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
27 Apr 2016 |
| Family |
Fred E. Douglas, b. 24 Sep 1865, Martinville, Morgan, Indiana, USA  d. 18 Jan 1946, Wellsville, Cache, Utah, USA (Age 80 years) |
| Marriage |
9 Aug 1891 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Utah- Temple |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F28927 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
27 Apr 2016 |
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| Notes |
- While Fred was in Ogden, his soon to be wife happened to be in Ogden as a hotel clerk. A dance was being held in the area and Martha and her friend wanted to go. They had no escorts, Mrs Baxter suggested that Fred take them. Now to understand Fred's attitude about dancing one has to go back aways to his early life and upbringing.
Fred was raised in a very stanch Methodist home where, his mother instilled in her family the fear of ever-lasting Hell fire and brimstone. Any indulgences of the flesh would ensure certain entry to the fiery regions. Heading this list was dancing. No young lady of respectability would be seen at a public dance. If she insisted on attending, her family would persuade her to turn her back on such folly. If that failed, the Minister would try to reason with her. If she went a third time, she was excommunicated.
The Methodist Church has since modified its stand on these matters, possibly in fear of losing its youthful following, but such was the teachings the church held in Fred's youth. So, here was Fred ready to risk the threat of Hades to take this girl to a dance. He was to get the shock of his life a few moments later. Walking along the sidewalk, the two girls turned to enter a Mormon church. Fred said to the girls, "I thought we were going to a dance?" The girls answered, "We are." Fred said, "But this is a church". Then the truth dawned on him. "you don't mean we are to dance in a church!!!" Fred couldn't believe what he was hearing, but he had come this far and he couldn't quite get out of it. "Well" he said, "I'll go in, but you two will have to take the consequences." The girls didn't seem to know what he was talking about, so they all entered the church. It was the first time Fred had ever been inside of a Mormon church, or to a dance for that matter. Once inside he found a nice dignified place and everyone seemed to be behaving themselves.
Martha and Fred were married in Salt Lake on 9 August 1891 and came to Wellsville soon after. They took their family to the Logan Temple to be sealed on 23 Dec 1896.
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