Hilda Drew Solomon (1859-1921)
From Blattman genealogy
| Hilda Drew Solomon (1859-1921) | |
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| Born | November 27, 1859 Truro, Cornwell, England |
| Died | July 15, 1921 Taylor, Navajo, Arizona |
| Father | William Henry Solomon |
| Mother | Elizabeth Hosken Drew |
| Husband | James Harding Lewis |
| Children | Elizabeth Emma Lewis Hilda Louise Lewis James H Lewis Alice Lewis Eva Lewis William Henry Lewis James Lewis Ida Lewis Effie Lewis |
Hilda Solomon was an early pioneer of the LDS church from England. She traveled through both Winter Quarters and Salt Lake city before settling in Arizona at age 14. She married James Lewis and together they had nine children. She served in many callings and was involved in civic capacities. Hilda was always thinking and helping others in times of sickness and sorrow.
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Journey from England
When one and a half years old she left England with her parents who had joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for America. She set sail on May 4th, 1861 and was very ill on the ship. They arrived in New York about the middle of June on the ship "Monarch of the Sea." From New York they continued their journey to Flurance on Winter Quarters. Then they went on to Salt Lake City by ox team.
Call to serve in Arizona
Several years after they arrived in Salt Lake her father was called to Arizona by President Brigham Young to help settle that country. He started on this mission on May 2, 1873, and went as far as Willow Springs, but on account of hostile Indians was force to settle in Southern Utah, making Kanab, Kane County, their home. He sent for his wife and children.
Marriage and family
Hilda was then a girl of 14 years. Here she met James Harding Lewis and married him a few years later in the St. George Temple, December 26, 1877. Five little girls were borne here and in 1880 they moved to Taylor, Arizona, where she helped her husband make a new home.
Service and civic duties
She was President of the Young Ladies Association for a number of years. She had nine children. Two died in infancy. In June of 1893 she succeeded her husband as Post Master, and had it nine years. She finished building the brick home her husband had started. She went through many hardships. Drought caused loss of cattle and her crops failed too. She served as School Trustee one term. She was President of the Relief Society for a number of years. She would doctor the sick in the epidemic of typhoid fever. She wrote letters to many of the Taylor ward boys in World War I.
Death and Posterity
She died july 15th, 1921, at Taylor, Arizona, age 63 years old, leaving two sons, four daughters and thirty-three grandchildren. She was buried in the Taylor cemetery.
Photo Gallery
References
- Daughter Alice Lewis Palmer
