“Louisa (pronounced loh EYE za) Pool Alexander was born the
second child and first daughter of Alvah Alexander and Phoebe (Phebe) Houston
on January 2nd, 1825, in the town of Acworth , Sullivan County, New Hampshire. She
had two sisters and two brothers.
Shortly after the Hatches accepted the gospel in Vermont , Louisa met
Jeremiah at a church service where her parents took her. The Alexander family
moved to join the rest of the Latter-Day Saints, including the Hatch family in
Nauvoo.
At 17 years of age Louisa married Jeremiah Hatch on the 25th
of December in Nauvoo, Hancock County ,
Illinois Salt Lake Valley Nauvoo ,
Illinois ; Winter Quarters, Iowa ;
Salt Lake City , Utah ;
Lehi , Utah ; Nephi , Utah ; Manti , Utah ; Moroni , Utah ; and Smithfield , Utah
Louisa died at the age of 44 on April 13, 1869, when her
youngest child, Josepheus, was only three years old. Her husband, Jeremiah
wrote of her death to her father. Here is a short quote from that letter. “As
for her, she has fought the good fight and kept the faith and there is a crown
of righteousness laid up and she will surely receive it but I have the rest of
the journey of life to fill.” The above photo of her was taken five weeks
before she died.
1. Information taken from Jeremiah Hatch & Family History by Dale Hatch, 96-97, 165.
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