History of Emma Mariah (Crowl) Ellis

Emma Mariah Ellis, mother of Danieletta Wood Mabey, mother of Ila Vera Mabey Moyes, mother of Leon Roger Moyes, father of Michael Verl Moyes.

Emma Mariah Crowl Ellis Wood, beloved and faithful 3rd wife of Daniel Wood, and his private family school's first teacher, an English convert of 1851, accepted plural marriage and became Daniel's 3rd wife. She was born in Plymouth, England, 12 July 1824, died 23 September 1888 and was tenderly, lovingly laid to rest in the little Wood Cemetery. She was a true wife, a faithful, loving mother of six children, a true Latter-Day Saint, beloved by all.

Grandma Moyes (Vera) told us that Emma came to the USA and met one of the Rockefeller boys in New York. She apparently turned down a marriage proposal to said Rockefeller in order to continue on to Utah and become a teacher for Daniel Wood's family and marry him.