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Selena Martha Stradling Marrott (1859-1945) was a pioneer woman in Orem, Utah, and St. Johns, Arizona.
Selena Martha Stradling was born on November 24, 1859, in Provo, Utah, to William Stradling and Sophia Ann Bush. She lived in Battle Creek (Pleasant Grove) much of her life with her grandparents, James and Sophia Bush. On November 22, 1880, she married Arthur Fowlke Marrott, a local farmer and carpenter, in the Salt Lake City Endowment House, and they had twelve children. Together they helped settle the area of what is now Orem, Utah, while still living in Battle Creek during the winters.
In the spring of 1882, the Marrotts rented their home out and departed to assist with the colonization of the St. Johns, Arizona, area, following Selena's parents, who were called to area one year prior. The Marrotts would return to their home in Utah in April 1885.
After returning to Utah, Arthur continued to work as a carpenter and helped build irrigation canals that served the area, while continuing to establish his farm, where he grew several crops, including fruit and sugar beets and raised sheep and other livestock. Then, on February 9, 1901, Arthur died suddenly at the age of 43, leaving Selena with raising their young family and overseeing the family farm. She also eventually took in her ailing parents and four neices and nephews.
Along with her duties as a mother and farm owner, Selena enjoyed embroidering, crocheting, and quilting, and served in her local Relief Society Presidency. She would often take the train to Salt Lake City to do service in the temple.
Selena Martha Stradling Marrott died in her daughter Harriet's home in Orem, Utah, on January 22, 1945.
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UPB files, Dec. 9, 2016 (Selena Martha Stradling Marrott. born on November 24, 1859, in Provo, Utah, to William Stradling and Sophia Ann Bush; lived in Battle Creek (Pleasant Grove) much of her life with her grandparents, James and Sophia Bush; on November 22, 1880, married Arthur Fowlke Marrott, a local farmer and carpenter, in the Salt Lake City Endowment House; had twelve children; helped settle the area of what is now Orem, Utah, while still living in Battle Creek during the winters; in the spring of 1882, rented their home out and departed to assist with the colonization of the St. Johns, Arizona, area, following Selena's parents, who were called to area one year prior; returned to their home in Utah in April 1885; after returning to Utah, Arthur continued to work as a carpenter and helped build irrigation canals that served the area, while continuing to establish his farm, where he grew several crops, including fruit and sugar beets and raised sheep and other livestock; on February 9, 1901, Arthur died suddenly at the age of 43; eventually took in her ailing parents and four neices and nephews; enjoyed embroidering, crocheting, and quilting, and served in her local Relief Society Presidency; would often take the train to Salt Lake City to do service in the temple; died in her daughter Harriet's home in Orem, Utah, on January 22, 1945)
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File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239236406]
Identifier: MSS 8914
Content Description
This account of the lives of Arthur and Selena Marrott by Russel Backus draws on a family biography by their daughter, Harriet, while focusing on information from two pocket ledgers that were kept by Arthur. Among other things, Arthur's ledgers identify people in the community with whom the Marrotts cooperated as their farms were being developed on desert land in the area that is now Lindon and Orem, Utah. The paper tells about these settlers and illustrates the extent to which they relied...
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2016
