Caroline Mariah Hubbard.

Douglas E. Bush and Maxine Rasmussen in 2014, compiled a book entitled 'Caroline Mariah Hubbard and her Four Families.' Chapter one begins with the following quoto, "Caroline Mariah Hubbard must have been a woman of spunk, grit, determination, strong will and possessed of a proud and independent spirt. With weeks of her birth, her presents were baptized members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-days Saints and remained devoted to their faith for the rest of their lives. As a consequence, Caroline M. witnessed or was affected by much that is chronicled in the history of the Church-–she was three when the Kirtland Temple was dedicated (17 Mar 1836); she knew Joseph and Hyrum Smith; her father, grandfather Nickerson, and Nickerson uncles participated in the march of Zion's Camp; her family experienced the prosecutions of Missouri, and they helped in the settling of and the expulsion from Nauvoo, Illinois. As a teenager Caroline M. saw member of her family die from sickness and exposure, while the rest of the family struggled to survive the hardships of the Mormon migration to the west."

Caroline Mariah Hubbard, the daughter Marshall Moore Hubbard (1805-1838) and Caroline Eliza Nickerson (1808-1889), was born March 22, 1833. The 1850 United States Federal Census shows Caroline Mariah, 17, was the wife of John M Perry, 30, a lawyer in the legal services industry, living in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa. Also the census record shows living in the Perry household, was Mary Neely, 16, assumed to be domestic help. The Iowa, U.S. Compiled Marriage 1835-1850 records shows John M. Perry and Caroline Hubbard were married on December 23, 1849 in Polk County, Iowa. Together the couple had two children: Eliza Clarissa Perry born in Des Moines November 14, 1851 and Emma Orilla Perry born in Provo, Utah February 27, 1854.

Plagued with an addiction to intoxicating liquid throughout his adult life, John Marcellus Perry was described as six feet three inches in height, dark complexion with coal black eyes and black hair. He had lost one of his legs before he came to Fort Des Moines in the spring of 1848 and was using a crutch. John was elected as Prosecuting Attorney of Polk County, home of Des Moines with its 500 population, from April 5 1852 to April 4, 1853. The Bush and Rasmussen account suggest if, "were it not for Mr. Perry's lack of restraint in drinking, he probably would have a successful career."

In 1853, "disposing of the property he had accumulated and buying a California outfit he started with his wife for the Golden State. When they arrived in Salt Lake City, his wife found some relatives who prevailed upon her to remain and not continue the journey, as his habits were so bad he would be unable to do anything in California, and she would be left destitute if she continued with him. Perry managed by some means to get to California. … [later] he was found dead one morning in an alley in San Bernardino where he had fallen sometime during the night [in the spring of '54]. Strangers buried him not knowing him only as a straggler and an outcast. This is an unfortunate end of one who would have been a useful member of society if it had not been for dissipations," according to Bush and Rasmussen.

Dominicus Carter was described as a high-spirited man and a respected citizen of Provo. He was First Counselor to President George A. Smith of the Utah Stake. He served on the Provo City Council. He was a Probate Judge for four years. He was a good singer and in the early days led the singing in Provo. He helped organize a band, which furnished music for the early militia and was their leader for twenty years. And at the age 48 on October 20, 1854 in Salt Lake City, Utah he married Caroline Mariah Hubbard Perry, 21, as his 8th wife. Together they had two children: Willard Richard Carter born in Provo, Utah March 27, 1856 and Clara Melissa Carter born in Provo October 23, 1858.

Bush and Rasmussen painted the following picture for Caroline during this marriage. "Because of his {Dominicus] responsibilities were more than he could assume, the women had to work hard at home to support their families. They carded the bats, spun the yarn, and wove the cloth they used in making their dresses.

"In addition to her home activities, Caroline Mariah also worked a molasses mill and had to walk from their home on the west side of town, out to where the Provo cemetery is now located, a distance of about three miles. Her work was to skim the light foamy substance from the molasses. In return for her work, she was paid with a small amount of molasses, which would serve as part of their winter food. She had to work so hard that shortly after Clara Melissa was born Caroline Mariah became discouraged with her polygamous life and annulled her marriage with Mr. Carter January 25, 1860."

The 1860 U.S. Federal Census, taken on August 28th, shows Caroline, 27, had taken her maiden name "Hubbard" as her surname. She was living in Grantsville, Tooele County, Utah Territory with her mother, Caroline E. Stewart, 52; her four children: Eliza Hubbard, 8; Emma Hubbard, 6; Willard Hubbard, 4; and Melissa Hubbard, 1; her brothers: Elisha Hubbard, 22, and Marshall Hubbard, 14; and William Beatty, 30, a common laborer, who would become Caroline Mariah's third husband exactly two weeks later on Tuesday, September 11, 1860.

The book compiled by Douglas E. Bush and Maxine Rasmussen in 2014 on the life of Caroline Mariah and her four marriages is found on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints' Family Search internet site. Page 32 records the following, "This marriage, however, lasted only briefly. On 15 September 1861, the couple welcomed a new baby boy into their family and names him William Marcellus Beattie (named for his father and John Marcellus Perry). Sometimes following the birth of his son, William disappeared and was never heard of again. A son of William Marcellus, Thomas Earl Beattie, wrote that his grandparents 'lived on a small farm near Provo, Utah and in the late fall of 1861, when my father was only five weeks old, Grandfather loaded a light wagon with fruit and vegetables and started to Salt Lake City to sell his produce. But [he] never returned. Sometimes later, his wagon was found in the rocks near the Provo River, but grandfather and his horses were never found or heard of again.'"

Sometimes after 1864 a soldier named Amos Fenstermaker came to Utah Territory and he and Caroline Mariah became acquainted. On 7th July 1866 they married in Provo, just days after Amos' discharge from military duty.

Together Amos and Caroline had three children: Charles Henry Hubbard Fenstermaker, born May 12, 1867 in Provo; Perry Hubbard Fenstermaker born July 12, 1869 in Fort Bridger, Wyoming; and David Amos Fenstermaker born October 26, 1871 in Grantsville, Utah.

Caroline Hubbard Fenstermaker died of pneumonia in Union, Utah on October 2, 1907. Her death certificate says she was buried at the South Cottonwood Cemetery, which according to the Utah State Historical Society Burials Database is the original name for the Murray City Cemetery. Her husband Amos died the previous year, January 29, 1906 in Sugar House, Salt Lake, Utah. He, too, is interred in the Murray City Cemetery.