MARY'S GENEALOGY TREASURES
by P. Bernice Baines
Sarah Amy Woodruff was born Dec. 10, 1877 at Smithfield, Utah to
Sarah was a beautiful blond baby, and favored her father. Her
Sarah Amy later on was joined by ten other family members - five
She started school in Vernal, Utah at the age of eight.
Sarah Amy's father moved to Sunshine, Wyoming to get her
To this marriage nine children were born:
All the children were born in Wyoming or Utah except for Ira
In April 1912 John Bennion became very ill and passed away leaving
Her father, D.P. Woodruff (the son of President Wilford Woodruff)
David Woodruff Jr. (Sarah Amy's brother) was very kind to her and
Wilford was seventeen years old and Vede was fourteen years old
In 1915, a Mrs. Heppler passed away leaving her husband and four
It was indeed a large family to look after and both John and Sarah
Sarah Amy had a very strong testimony and the Lord came to her
When she was in her fifty-eighth year her heart gave her trouble and
In her record book she has written that she was especially interested
David Patten Woodruff and Arabella Jane Hatch. She was their
first child and the day she was born her father, D.P., said it
was the happiest day of his life.
mother had dark black hair and deep brown eyes.
sisters and five brothers.
away from her boyfriend, John E. Bennion, but the next day
John followed them and asked Sarah to marry him. Although
she was not yet sixteen years old, John and Sarah were married
in Sunshine, Wyoming on Aug. 14, 1893. Later they were sealed
in the Cardston Temple by Apostle George F. Richards (29 Aug. 1923).
1. David Patten Bennion - 1894 - 1894 (deceased one day old)
2. Wilford Edward Bennion - 1895 - 1924
3. Vede Woodruff Bennion - 1898 - 1982
4. Owen Benion - 1900 - 1900
5. Edna Amy Bennion Brown - 1903 - 1987
6. Ira Brant Bennion - 1905 - 1991
7. Marian Arabella Bennion Lybbert - 1908 - 1954
8. Nora Hazel Bennion Tiller - 1910 - 1994
9. Phoebe Bernice Baine
Brant and Marian Arabella who were born at Brant, Alberta during
a brief period when the family lived in Alberta.
Sarah Amy in Wyoming with a three day old baby and six other children.
invited her to come to Canada. He sent her the money and told her
he had just moved into a beautiful new home in Magrath and if she
would come to Canada she could have land and the old house. She
accepted his offer and she and her family arrived June 12, 1912 in
Magrath, Alberta.
gave her a jersy cow, chicken, pigs, horses, etc. and so they were
really enjoying Magrath. Magrath was a new town but it had good
schools, church and was called the garden city of Alberta.
and they were indeed a great help to their dear mother. Sarah Amy
sewed and knit and made all the girls' clothes and life seemed to go
quite smoothly.
little girls. Sarah Amy felt sorry for them and invited them for dinner
and a romance started. John Heppler and Sarah Amy were married in
April 1915 and to this union one son, Lloyd John Heppler (1916 -
1986) was born.
Amy worked very hard. They were excellent parents. Family prayers
were always said morning and evening with chairs turned around
the large table. The children were taught and set the proper example.
assistance when she needed help. She had many spiritual experiences
in her life and was blessed with great faith, like her grandfather,
President Wilford Woodruff.
she was in bed for nine months. She passed away Jan. 17, 1935 with
a strong testimony of the Gospel.
in "The Gospel and my children".
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