Harriet Percilla Richins

Harriet Percilla Richins was born December 22, 1868, in Pleasant Grove, Utah, the daughter of Thomas Richins and Harriet Deveraux. She attended school in Pleasant Grove, and when old enough, she helped out in homes where there was sickness or where new babies arrived. She went to Vernal to help in one of her brother’s homes. While there, she married Orlando Henson Eaton. Their seven children were Flossie, Claudest, Musetta, Fon, Marcus, Ezra and Eva (Orlando’s little sister).

Percilla was a good seamstress and a splendid cook. She always had a number of cows and she made and sold butter. She raised and sold chickens, eggs, turkeys and ducks.

She was a good practical nurse and helped many babies into this world. She was there to help lay out the dead when needed, and made a lot of the burial clothes.

Two times, her home burned to the ground. She died, December 25, 1927.

1. This history is taken from the book, Henson Walker Family Record, by Jennie Walker Johnson, John V. Johnson and Floyd A. Walker, printed by Transcript-Bulletin Publishing Company, Inc.1958-1963, 211-213. Percilla’s life history was written by her daughter, Musetta Eaton Hatch. Sherilyn Smith has a copy of this book.
2. Her photo is on find a grave website.