Hulda Charlotte Zabriskie was born on January 30, 1844 at Ambrosia, Lee County, Iowa. Hulda Charlotte Zabriskie was the daughter of
Lewis Curtis Zabriskie and
Mary Keziah Higbee. Hulda Charlotte Zabriskie married
Joseph Moroni Sanders on August 20, 1860 at Fairview, Sanpete County, Utah. Hulda Charlotte Zabriskie died on June 11, 1908 at Virgin, Washington Twp., Utah, at age 64. Hulda Charlotte Zabriskie was buried on June 13, 1908 at Virgin, Washington Twp., Utah.
HISTORY OF HULDA CHARLOTTE ZABRISKIE SANDERS
Written By Her Daughter
Nettie Ann Sanders Spendlove
The following copied from Nettie Annus own handwriting.
Margaret Spendlove Pratt, May 8, 1963.
My mother, Hulda Charlotte Zabriskie was born January 30, 1844, at Ambrosia, Lee County,
Iowa. She was the daughter of Lewis Curtis Zabriskie and Mary Higbee. Her mother ðVìŒdied before they came west, and her father soon married Ann Park, a girl who was taking care of the children, and she proved to be a very kind and capable stepmother.
I have heard my mother say many times that she could not have loved her own mðVìŒother more
than she did her.
They came to Utah in 1851 with the Garden Grove Company, settling first as Provo, then Salem, then Fairview and finally at Spring City where they remained permanently.
While they were crossing the plains the IndiaðVìŒns saw mother and were very much attracted to her on account of her long white hair and tried to buy her. They followed them for several days and offered them horses, guns, meat and whatever they had for her. After this they
kept her hid whenevðVìŒer they were in Indian territory.
Mother was married to my father, Joseph Moroni Sanders, August 20, 1860 at Fairview, Utah. Their first child, Mary Amanda, was born at Fairview, September 10, 1.861, and on February 26, 1864 a son was born whðVìŒich lived only two days.
In 1865 my grandfather, Moses Martin Sanders, and his family were called to the Dixie Cotton Mission. It was found that cotton-could be raised quite successfully here, and there had
been a factory built at Washington wðVìŒhere the cotton could be turned into yard goods, some
ready made clothing, and blankets which could be exchanged for other products throughout
the state.
Father and his brothers obtained land in the Washington fields, and grandfather bought thðVìŒe Middleton Ranch and built a house there just east of the bridge, which still stands in good
condition.