Inger Larsen

Biography

Mary and her twin sister, Inger, grew up herding geese and cattle in Denmark. At age seven their family was introduced to the LDS missionaries and they were baptized together in August of 1862. The family would walk four miles to the nearest church. Four years later the family immigrated to Utah. While crossing through Nebraska, her mother and father contracted Cholera and died three days apart. Their mother they wrapped in a shawl and buried with five others in the company, but they were not able to see their father before he was buried. The children were taken in by different families. Upon arrival in the Salt Lake Valley, Inger married Francis John. The couple settled in Clover where Inger gave birth to all seven of her children. Her husband Francis died in a mining accident when he was buried by a rockslide. Inger remained in Clover until her death in 1937. She died in Ogden, likely visiting her daughter Caroline Elizabeth.

Taken from "Life of Mary Anderson" written by Clarence Wilford Anderson Feb 1929

"The Price They Paid" pg 117