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22 Women of Faith in the Latter Days, 1775–1820 appointed one of the leaders for these exercises. 19 After one more month at sea, the ship made its way into the northern California bay. Soon they caught sight of the United States flag flying over the village of Yerba Buena. A cheer rang out from the tired group. They reached their destination on July 31, 1846, after six and a half months at sea. 20 The Brooklyn Saints remained together after they reached California. They needed to stay at least long enough to replenish their resources, and it would be another year before Brigham Young led the first company of pioneers into the Great Salt Lake Valley. All had signed “articles of agreement” during their voyage that for the first three years, they would share the funds earned through their labor. 21 It is not certain how strictly this agreement was implemented, but it did influence the continued unity of the group. The settlement at Yerba Buena continued to grow and in 1847 was renamed San Francisco. Catherine and Robert were assigned property on the corner of Sacramento and Stockton Streets. 22 It is not known what Robert did to sustain his family in their new home, but the possibilities in a busy seaport were varied, and numerous commercial opportunities were available. Many of the women earned money by doing laundry, sewing, and cooking for transient sailors and other travelers. During the summer of 1848, two years after their arrival in California, about fifty of the Brooklyn Saints left California to join the main body of the Church in the Salt Lake Valley. 23 Catherine 19. Hubert Howe Bancroft, History of California, 1846–1848, vol. 5 (San Francisco, CA: History Company Publishers, 1886), 550n40. 20. Hulme, “Oceangoing Pioneers: Conclusion,” 13; Bailey, Sam Brannan, 40. 21. Bailey, Sam Brannan, 33–34. 22. Bancroft, History of California, 5:677, 679. 23. Norma Baldwin Ricketts, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846–1848 (Logan: Utah State University Press, 1996), 223–25.
Catherine Clark Smith Harrison (1813–1903) 23 and Robert were not among them. Whatever their reason for staying, Catherine soon faced another great trial of faith. Robert died in September of 1848. 24 The cause is not known, nor is the place of his burial. Catherine had experienced affliction before, but the loss of her husband was especially painful. Their son Daniel was five years old, and Hyrum was three. Then one month after Robert’s death, their daughter, Mary Catherine, was born to the new widow. 25 Each hardship and distress had occurred farther from her childhood home in Scotland and from the security of family. Catherine had to put aside her grief and make difficult decisions. How could she support and care for her young family? Catherine’s answers came through her associations within her Church community. On February 4, 1849, she married Isaac Harrison, a widowed veteran of the Mormon Battalion. Their courtship was not long, but her needs were great. Catherine required support, and her children needed a father. Isaac answered those needs and proved to be a faithful, worthy companion. 26 Isaac Harrison, a native of Ohio, had married Sabina Davis in 1836. They joined the Church in 1837 and later moved to Nauvoo. They suffered with the Saints there and left Nauvoo when the exodus to the west began. While they were in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the United States government requested volunteers for service in the war with Mexico. When the merits of the expedition were explained, Isaac joined the group, designated as the Mormon Battalion. He left his pregnant wife and two small children in the care of his motherin-law, who was hostile to the Church. During the battalion’s difficult march to California, Isaac received word that his wife had died 24. “Robert Smith,” Family Group Record, copy in private possession. 25. Harrison Family Bible. 26. Rowley, “Brief Sketch,” 3; “Isaac Harrison,” Ancestral File Individual Record, NewFamilySearch, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, accessed June 22, 2011, http://familysearch.org.
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