Amanda Melvina Fisk-Great, Great, Great Grandmother

Amanda Melvina Fisk was born June 12, 1832, to Alfred and Mariah Sager Fisk in Silver Creek, New York.  Silver creek lies on the shore of Lake Erie in Webster New York.  Soon after Amanda was born the Fisks and Sagers moved to Kirtland, Ohio where the other saints were.
When Amanda was 2 years old she was blessed by the prophet Joseph Smith. (What an honor!) In early 1834 the prophet called for volunteers to go to Missouri to reclaim the land for the saints.  Amanda's father cheerfully offered his services.  He made the long historical march in Zion's Camp to the banks of the Missouri River, there Cholera broke out and claimed 14 members of the camp.  Alfred being one of them.  Alfred is the only one who has the distinction of being the only person named in the official church history.
In the summer of 1835, Amanda and her mother Mariah started for the new gathering place of the saints in Missouri.  When they arrived on the same spot when Alfred had died, Mariah took sick and died.  This left Amanda alone in the world.  She was 3 years old and possibly went to live with her grandparents who were traveling in the same company.  The exposure and suffering caused the death of Amanda's grandparents and 5 of their children.  This was in 1839, only 3 days separated the death of the grandparents Hezekiah and Rhodah Fisk, shortly after arriving in Nauvoo. 
On April 8, 1848, Allen Joseph Stout hired Amanda to care for his 3 children, Amanda was 16 years old and did her work so well that Allen asked her to marry him.  They were married on April 30, 1848, just a few days after she was hired.  Brigham Young married them and sealed them for time and all eternity.  Amanda was a beautiful young woman, She had very good health, and was able to travel the road of life, which was very rough. 
Every 2 years a child was born to the family, after the first 2 children were born the family started west.  Amanda had Rheumatism which made it hard to continue the journey. 
In 1853, the family moved to Centerville and later to Mill Creek.  From there they moved again, this time, to Pleasant Grove and 5 years later the call came to move to Dixie.  Amanda dreaded the heat in Southern Utah as she weighed 250 pounds, but she viewed the call as a mission from the prophet.
During the 2 years the family lived in Glendale they had to deal with the Indians, poverty, and lack of clothing.  After they were forced to leave Long Valley in 1866, they went to St. George there experiencing a newer low of poverty and want, and then, the loss of their son. 
There were 14 children born to the family.  When the last child was born, Amanda had a severe case of Dropsy and couldn't do anything for 12 weeks.
Around 1875, Amanda had a set back of her Rheumatism and dropsy, which kept her in bed for several weeks.  In 1877, Amanda attended the General Conference in St. George when they dedicated the temple.  Amanda was then able to go to the temple and do a lot of work for the dead.  In 1885, she had fallen and broken her leg and it caused her a lot of pain.  Then in 1888, she had paralysis in her left side which made her speechless and muscle bound.  In September, Amanda suffered a severe stroke which paralyzed every part of her body.  She was speechless and unconscious until the end of September (21st) at which time she died, in Rockville Utah.