An attempt to write a brief sketch of the life of Emily Judd
who became the wife of Francis Henrie, and the mother of eleven children of
this union. (Written by , said, Francis Henrie, January, 30, 1960).
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| Emily Judd as an infant (far right) |
Emily
Judd, was the third child of Richard Judd and Phoebe Melinda Sevy, and was born
in Panguitch, Utah, June 23, 1888. She
was dark complected with very dark hair and large black clear shining eyes,
which later, became the envy of her older sister Alice. While I was courting Emily (or Emmer as she
was called after one of her Grandmother’s names) Alice told us of many of the
times when she (Alice) would get very jealous of Emmer, when women who visited
their mother would make remarks about Emmer’s big beautiful black poppy eyes,
but would very seldom say anything about Alice’s beautiful eyes. Of the events of Emmer’s childhood days while
she was growing up and before she reached the age of 16 years (when I first met
her at a party) I never learned very much as she herself was very reticent
about commenting much about the early life.
But one or two things she told me have remained in my memory throughout
the years.
She
said when she was a small girl, somewhere around six to eight years of age, she
had a sickness which left her with Saint Vitris Dance, and her nervous system
was all shaken up so that she suffered severely both physically and
spiritually.
