Robert Loose
1810-1854
Betsey Jane Tenney
1824- 1904
Children(3)
Warren Arthur Robert Loose
1848-1917
William Andrew Loose
1849-Deceased
Charles Edwin Loose
1853-1929
After Robert's death, Betsy and her children moved to Quincy where they remained until 1860. That year Betsy and her children immigrated to the Utah Territory and settled in Payson and she worked as a teacher. On August 24, 1861 Betsy married Payson resident Orawell Simons in Salt Lake City and became his second polygamous wife. They later had two children, Emma Eliza (1862) and Grant (1864).
Orrawell Simons
1821-1900
Betsey Jane Tenney
1824- 1904
Children(2)
Emma Eliza Simons
1862-1864 P
George Grant Simons
1864-1949
In November 1864 Brigham Young called members of the church to settle the thirty-mile long Muddy River Valley, in southern Nevada; among those called was Betsy's husband. Brigham Young's goals for Muddy River Valley were to secure a landing point for future Mormon immigrants traveling up the Colorado River enroute to Salt Lake City, to raise cotton in cooperation with the cotton farms in St. George, Utah, and to ensure Mormon control of the area's economic resources. Orrawell was entrusted with the duty to establish a grist mill in Muddy River Valley, which later came to be known as Simonsville, Nevada (now St. Joseph, Nevada). During the winter of 1864-1865 the Simons family moved to Muddy River Valley and began work on the grist mill. In January 1865 Orrawell returned to Payson, leaving Betsy and her children in Nevada. A census taken of Simonsville in 1866 lists 167 settlers, thirty-five of whom were recorded as men, with the remainder presumably being women and children. In the fall of 1866 Betsy and her children returned to Payson where Betsy continued to work as a teacher. By 1867 many of those called to Muddy River Valley had abandoned the settlement due to extreme conditions, crop failure, lack of supplies, and malaria from the nearby mosquito ridden swamps. In 1870 Brigham Young ordered the settlers to abandon the settlement and return to Salt Lake City.
Once back in the Utah Territory, Betsy's children from her first marriage moved to California to mine gold. Orrawell never lived with Betsy after her return from Muddy River Valley and rarely visited her; he instead chose to live with his first and younger wife. On May 24, 1899 Betsy divorced Orawell. Betsy lived in Payson until her death on January 14, 1904.
http://uda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv02523
Robert Loose
1810-1854
Betsey Jane Tenney
1824- 1904
Children(3)
Warren Arthur Robert Loose
1848-1917
William Andrew Loose
1849-Deceased
Charles Edwin Loose
1853-1929
After Robert's death, Betsy and her children moved to Quincy where they remained until 1860. That year Betsy and her children immigrated to the Utah Territory and settled in Payson and she worked as a teacher. On August 24, 1861 Betsy married Payson resident Orawell Simons in Salt Lake City and became his second polygamous wife. They later had two children, Emma Eliza (1862) and Grant (1864).
Orrawell Simons
1821-1900
Betsey Jane Tenney
1824- 1904
Children(2)
Emma Eliza Simons
1862-1864 P
George Grant Simons
1864-1949
In November 1864 Brigham Young called members of the church to settle the thirty-mile long Muddy River Valley, in southern Nevada; among those called was Betsy's husband. Brigham Young's goals for Muddy River Valley were to secure a landing point for future Mormon immigrants traveling up the Colorado River enroute to Salt Lake City, to raise cotton in cooperation with the cotton farms in St. George, Utah, and to ensure Mormon control of the area's economic resources. Orrawell was entrusted with the duty to establish a grist mill in Muddy River Valley, which later came to be known as Simonsville, Nevada (now St. Joseph, Nevada). During the winter of 1864-1865 the Simons family moved to Muddy River Valley and began work on the grist mill. In January 1865 Orrawell returned to Payson, leaving Betsy and her children in Nevada. A census taken of Simonsville in 1866 lists 167 settlers, thirty-five of whom were recorded as men, with the remainder presumably being women and children. In the fall of 1866 Betsy and her children returned to Payson where Betsy continued to work as a teacher. By 1867 many of those called to Muddy River Valley had abandoned the settlement due to extreme conditions, crop failure, lack of supplies, and malaria from the nearby mosquito ridden swamps. In 1870 Brigham Young ordered the settlers to abandon the settlement and return to Salt Lake City.
Once back in the Utah Territory, Betsy's children from her first marriage moved to California to mine gold. Orrawell never lived with Betsy after her return from Muddy River Valley and rarely visited her; he instead chose to live with his first and younger wife. On May 24, 1899 Betsy divorced Orawell. Betsy lived in Payson until her death on January 14, 1904.
http://uda-db.orbiscascade.org/findaid/ark:/80444/xv02523
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