When six weeks old she and her family were forced to move to Provo as Johnston's army threatened invasion. They were very poor and lived on a meager diet. Keturah was heartbroken when half sister and playmate, Hannah died eating poisoned wheat. Since her father, Thomas Grover, practiced polygamy they ended up sharing homes. Keturah and her family lived with three of her father's other wives and their children. They lived in a two story home made of stone which was abundant in Farmington, Utah. Each wife and their children shared one half of a floor. The wives were called aunts by the other children and all were kind and considerate of one another. When a child, a wealthy woman stopped at her home and left behind some gloves. Keturah wore the gloves to sunday school the next day but was barefoot due to their economic condition. Coming out of church one woman told her that she had better wear those gloves on her feet. Being a very sensitive child she went home weeping.

When she was thirteen she went to live with her sister, Emmeline, as a hired girl in Bear River country. From that time until she was eighteen she lived with different families doing housework for subsistence. She used her hard earned wages to buy clothes for her new baby nephew, Albert. When living with her half sister, Eliza Ann Parker, in Morgan Utah she met her future husband, William Leonard Flint. One day during their courtship while they were walking home from church hand in hand along some railroad ties William yanked her violently to one side. She was startled to see a large rattler coiled to strike where she would have next stepped. They were married by Wyman Minard Parker, their bishop and her brother in law, on June 17, 1877. Their first child was Mary Jane (Jennie) was born march 27, 1878. William said she looked just like his mother.  After two years of marriage Keturah finally met William's family when they came to salt lake to general conference. They were persuaded to remain there which they did for seven years.

They were persuaded by her sister and her husband, Wyman and Eliza Ann Parker to move to Idaho in a pioneering venture. In September of 1887 they packed all of their belongings in a wagon for the trip. Keturah packed shoes, clothes and yardage to last the family for a year. They took with them their wonderful cow and pony. They took with them Keturah's mother, Emma, her brother Albert and William's brother, George Flint. They worked very hard in this new land building up their homestead and finally achieving prosperity. She helped William build the fence holding the fence posts in the holes while he filled in the dirt. She would rope the calves letting them feed off the cows and then dragging them back to the corral after they were finished. Keturah enjoyed politics being a staunch republican all her life. She loved baseball and would stand up and cheer at the games held on holidays. She was emotional and impulsive having a fierce devotion to family. She loved nice clothes often buying them, putting them away and not wearing them often. Although Keturah had only six weeks of schooling she learned to read aloud very well being an avid reader all her life. She pronounced her words with beauty and with expression. One well educated friend once commented that it was too bad she didn't have more education as she had qualities of leadership. She had a lovely singing voice and belonged to the church choir for over forty years. She loved to dance, attending them until she was too old to dance anymore. She loved to try new things and tried to learn to drive a car. But driving her car through the garage ended that desire even though William bought a new car each year.

Keturah was an ardent church worker being in the relief society for over forty years. She spent forty years as a visiting teacher often visiting and taking care of the sick. She helped prepare the dead for burial as there were no mortuaries in those days. She enjoyed visiting with friends and family. She also liked to travel and made frequent trips to Salt Lake. She was a devoted wife and mother being a loving companion to "daddy" as she called William. She died at age 85 at the home of her daughter, Mary Jane Jackson being buried by her husband in Parker, Idaho.


KETURAH GROVER
Keturah Grover was born 8 May 1858 in Farmington, Davis, Utah. She was the daughter of Thomas and Emma (Walker) Grover. When she was six weeks old, the whole town was evacuated and the people went to live in Provo, Utah for a time because of the fear of Johnson's Army.

Keturah' s parents were very poor and she often told of being raised on a meagre diet of bread made from pan wheat which was sometimes frozen. A very tragic event occurred in her early childhood when her half sister, Hannah, ate wheat that had been treated with vitriol and died. Hannah was the same age as Keturah and her playmate. She was heartbroken over the loss

When she was thirteen, she went to Georgetown in the Bear River country to live with her sister, Emmeline as a hired girl. From that time until she was eighteen, she lived with different families doing housework. She learned to be expert in this and also in cooking. She went to live with her sister, Eliza Ann Parker, in Morgan, Utah when she was eighteen and there met her future husband, William Leonard Flint. One day, during their courtship, they were walking home from Church, hand in hand along the railroad ties. Suddenly William pulled her violently to one side. She was startled to see a huge rattler coiled where she would have stepped.

Keturah Grover and William Leonard Flint were married 17 June 1877 by Wyman Mynard Parker, who was the Bishop in Morgan. They were too poor to go to the Temple at this time. Their first child, Mary Jane, was born 27 March 1878 and William said she looked just like his mother. Keturah had never met his parents and it wasn't until two years after their marriage that his father and mother suggested that they come to Salt Lake for General Conference at which time she had that privilege. His family persuaded them to remain there and work, which they did. They lived in the 19th Ward two more children,*Ernma May and Bertha Adele, were born while there.

Although, Keturah had only six weeks schooling during her childhood in Farmington, she was an avid reader and learned to read aloud. She pronounced her words beautifully and with expression. Frank Mason, a student and well educated, once said that it was too bad that she did not have an opportunity for more education as she had all the qualities for leadership. She had a lovely singing voice and belonged to the Choir for forty years. She loved to dance and attended dances until she was too old to participate any longer. She was very quick to try new things and thought she would learn to drive one day. She unfortunately, drove the car through the garage.

She was an ardent church worker and a member of the Relief Society for sixty years. She was a devoted wife and mother. On February 16, 1944 she passed away at the home of her daughter, Mary Jane (Flint) Jackson, and was buried by the side of her husband in Parker, Idaho.

*(correction: Emma May Flint born in Morgan, Utah. William Leonard Flint Jr. was the other child born in Salt Lake City)

CENSUS: Proves Keturah as a daughter of Thomas and Emma.

DEATH: Name: Keturah Flint
Death date: 16 Feb 1944
Gender: Female
Race or color (on document): W
Death place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Birth place: Farmington, Utah
Father name: Thomas Grover
Mother name: Emma Walker
Marital status: Widowed
Spouse name: William L Flint
Age: 85 years 9 months 8 days
Birth date: 08 May 1858
Certificate type: Certificate of Death
Digital GS number: 4120438
Image number: 00076
Collection: Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908 - 1949Less
Modified
26 August 2013 by Tim Farr