Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Great-Great Grandmother Myler and Tithing Blessings
My great great grandmother Ann Mariah (Pronounced MARIAHR) Thacker had been married to Joseph Myler for six years when he told her he wanted to take a plural wife, and she gave consent. After the marriage she was heart broken and she threw mud at them as they drove away in a buggy. 8 months after the marriage she took her three children and went back to Daniels to be with her family.
One time when living in living in Strawberry, she took 3 dozen eggs to Bishop Clarence Ivie to pay her tithing. While talking to him, she told him she didn’t know if she should pay her tithing because she needed to buy flannel to make petticoats. Bishop Ivie told her to pay her tithing, and she would have the flannel to make the petticoats. She paid her tithing and left.
While walking home she found a package in the middle of the road at the old Strawberry river bridge. She opened the package and there was the flannel she needed for her petticoats. She went back to the Bishop and told him what had happened. She went along the river and asked everyone she could find if they had lost the package. No one claimed the flannel so it was hers, and she had her petticoats. She had walked about 10 miles that day.
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