Amy Hansen-Great, Great, Grandmother, Hepworth side.

Amy Hansen was the third child born to Nils (Nelson) Hansen and Marilla Terry. She was born 14 September, 1852 near Glenwood, Mills, Iowa. The family knew much happiness on a farm at Indian Creek near Glenwood, but Nils decided he wanted to go to California to seek his fortune in gold, but Marilla wanted to go to Utah where her parents lived, so they packed up and each went their separate ways, Marilla taking the children with her.
Amy was about 8-9 years old at the time and she helped with camp chores on the long tedious journey across the plains.
In 1862 the Hansen family received a call to move South, there they raised cotton on the Virgin River. Quite a large number of the Terry family went also.
When Amy was 14 years old, she married Almond Draper at Rockville and two years later she had her first child, Elzina who later married Thornton Hepworth...Elzina was the mother to Malinda Hepworth, my grandmother, Dennett side.
Amy 2nd child married Squire Hepworth, brother to her brother-in-law Thornton.
Amy and Almond struggled alone making a meager living in Rockville so they decided to move to Springdale, 5 miles to the east, to see if they could make a better living there.
Amy was a faithful Latter-day Saint and a good mother and an honorable person. She was rather short, heavy set with gray eyes and light brown hair. Her general health was good.
Amy was a hard working woman,  she raised chickens and sold the eggs. She had cows and would make butter and an excellent cheese to sell. She made numerous amounts of quilts which she would give to those in need and when she died she had several large stacks of quilts ready to sell or give away.
Amy had artistic abilities, she was a quiet woman and of a retiring nature. She never put herself forward in the public eye. Nevertheless, she was much sought after as a worker in the church. She was a counselor in Relief Society and a teacher in Sunday School.
After Almond  (called Ab) secured a small piece of land with a small house on it, he preceded to move the house. After moving the house 3 times, Amy put her foot down and said no more moving the house.
It was in this very house that she got pneumonia and died at age 37. 23 April, 1889. When Amy would laugh it became contagious and would soon have everyone laughing. There were 8 children born to this family.