Dates

• Existence: 1845 - 1912

Parallel Names

• Burnham, Mary Ann, 1845-1912

Biography

Mary Ann Burnham Freeze (1845-1912) was a writer and poet in late 19th century Utah.

Mary Ann Burnham Freeze was born October 12, 1845, in Nauvoo, Illinois to Mary Ann Huntley and James Lewis Burnham Jr. The family moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1851, eventually settling in Logan, Utah, in 1861. Mary Ann Burnham Freeze married James Perry Freeze Jr. on March 8, 1863, in Richmond, Utah. She was one of four polygamous wives in the Freeze household and had 10 children. Freeze published poems and articles in various publications in Utah such as Women's Exponent and Young Woman's Journal. She was active in literary clubs and the suffrage movement and served for 27 years as an officer in the Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Association. In her roles for the Mutual Improvement Association, she traveled to different locations to give motivational speeches to young women. Mary Ann Burnham Freeze died January 21, 1912, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Citation:

Journal of Mormon history, 2013 : vol. 39, no. 4, page 121 (Mary Ann Burnham Freeze; Mary Ann Burnham; born October 12, 1845 in Nauvoo, Illinois; arrived in Salt Lake Valley with her mother and siblings in October, 1852; lived in Bountiful until she was 16, then moved to Richmond in Cache County in 1861) page 122 (Married James Perry Freeze, Richmond school principal, March 8, 1863 and soon moved to Salt Lake City) page 123 (first of 4 wives in a polygamist marriage) page 123 (First president of the Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Association of the Salt Lake Stake and traveled often with the general board of that organization) page 126 (missionary trip to San Juan area of Utah with the YLMIA)

Find a grave, website viewed 24 October 2013 (Mary Ann Burnham Freeze; Mary A. Freeze on her headstone; b. Oct. 12, 1845, Nauvoo, Illinois; d. Jan. 21, 1912, Salt Lake City, Utah; burial Jan 24, 1912; Spouse: James Perry Freeze, 1834-1919)

Ancestry.com, website viewed 24 October 2013 (Mary Ann Burnham; born in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois on 12 Oct 1845 to James Lewis Burnham and Mary Ann Huntley; married James Perry Freeze; passed away 21 Jan 1912, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah)

FamilySearch, accessed December 11, 2023 (Mary Ann Burnham Freeze born October 12, 1845 in Nauvoo, Illinois to Mary Ann Huntley and James Lewis Burnham Jr. Family moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1851, settling in Logan, Utah, in 1861. Married James Perry Freeze Jr. on March 8, 1863, in Richmond, Utah. One of four polygamous wives in the Freeze household and had 10 children. Published poems and articles in various publications in Utah such as Women’s Exponent and Young Woman’s Journal. Active in literary clubs and the suffrage movement and served for 27 years as an officer in the Young Ladies’ Mutual Improvement Association. In her roles for the Mutual Improvement Association, traveled to different locations to give motivational speeches to young women. Mary Ann Burnham Freeze died January 21, 1912, in Salt Lake City, Utah) https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/about/KWJ8-W4P

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