BIRTHDATE: 11 Apr 1843

Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois

DEATH: 18 Aug 1913

Teton, Fremont Co., Idaho

PARENTS: Lucius N. Scoville

Lury Snow

PIONEER: Aug 1850

Wagon Train

SPOUSE 1: Duncan McArthur

MARRIED: 23 Oct 1857

Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

DEATH SP: 20 Oct 1866

CHILDREN:

Celestial Eliza, 10 Feb 1860

LuryLoretta, 31 Oct 1861

Annie Ermina, 1 Feb 1865

Allie Alice, 18 Mar 1866

SPOUSE II: Washington Perry McArthur

MARRIED: 15 Nov 1867

Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete Co., Utah

DEATH SP: 2 Sep 1878

Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete Co., Utah

CHILDREN:

Earnest Edwin, 23 Nov 1868

Sylvia, 2 Aug 1870

Arthur Byron, S Jul 1872

Roswell Alvaro, 16 Nov 1874

Lucius Nelson, 19 Oct 1876

Susan, 7 Jan 1878

SPOUSE III: George Washington Haws

MARRIED: Jan 1892

DEATH SP: 17 May 1921

CHILDREN:

Eliza Rebecca was born in Illinois. Her brother and sisters attended the school taught by their mother's first cousin, Eliza R. Snow, for whom Eliza was named.

In January, 1846, Eliza's mother gave birth to twin daughters who died just after birth, her mother followed the twins in death, passing away on January 27, 1846; this was just before the Saints were driven out of Nauvoo. Little Eliza was only four years old.

Their lives in Nauvoo had been difficult as their father was away on missions much of the time. Her father, Lucius, remarried a young widow.

With his daughters, his wife, and three of her children, he started West with the Saints. They did not get far when Brigham Young called him on a mission to England. Eliza went with the remaining family to Garden Grove where her father returned after his mission. Again her father was assigned to serve at New Orleans, Louisiana, as an Immigration Agent. He took his wife, but left the children with an older sister at Winter Quarters.

By June 1850, the family was together again and on their way West. Eliza, eight years old, walked barefoot most of the way. She suffered with her feet in later years.

When Eliza was sixteen, she planned to marry her childhood sweetheart, George Washington Haws. However her father made other plans when he and Duncan McAuthur decided to exchange daughters as polygamist wives. Eliza became the second wife of Duncan he was sixty-one years of age.

After his death she married his son, Washington Perry McArthur, as his second wife. They had six children and also took two Indian children. After the death of Washington, Eliza struggled to care for her large family.

Fourteen years later, when most of the children were married, George W. Haws lost his first wife. Eliza and George W. Haws were united in marriage. On April 19, 1892, her sealing to Duncan McArthur was cancelled by permission of Wilford Woodruff. On the same day she was sealed to George W. Haws. In 1893, they moved to Teton, Fremont County, Idaho.

Eliza Rebecca was dearly loved by all for her amiable and cheerful disposition. She lived the life of a true Latter-day Saint, being ever ready to help others in time of need. She died of cancer and is buried by the side of the man of her choice.