Mary Ann Pollard Allred

Mary Ann was born August 22, 1846 in Deptford, England. Eleven years old when she arrived in Salt Lake City; of her or her sisters' youth I have found no record. I do not believe they were very different than their neighbors, perhaps a picture will develop as we go. This was a new city for everyone, and a new country for many. There was work to to do at every age. When she was 19, Mary Ann married.
The family lore that I learned was that James Anderson Allred was in Salt Lake City for the LDS Conference. Either as a guest in the Pollard home or familiar with Joseph Pollard through church related service I was told that he broached the marriage subject with Mary Ann's father. James Anderson Allred was bishop in Spring City, Utah, and had been the first mayor of that village. He had as his first wife Elizabeth Parkes. Mary Ann would have to agree to be a plural wife. We know that her parents accepted the principle of plural marriage and that in 1862 Joseph married Ruth Allen. We know, also that Joseph and Mary Ann Bailey Pollard had left their families and community to adhere to their religion.
Mary Ann married James Anderson Allred January 6, 1866. She bore the following children:
Mary Ophelia Allred, 1868 - 1893
James Carlos Allred, 1870 - 1919
Lola Jane Allred, 1873 - 1950
Joseph Delos Allred, 1872 - 1899
Martha Amelia Allred, 1877 - 1963
John Arthur Allred, 1881 - 1971
Mary Ann Pollard Allred passed away October 2, 1930 in Salt Lake City, where she was living with her daughter Amelia and James William Anderson. Her husband had passed away in 1904, as had half her children. Pioneering was not easy, even with the many advances that Mary Ann saw during her life. She is buried in the Spring City Cemetery.

Memorials for Mary Ann Pollard and James Anderson Allred can be found at http://www.findagrave.com/ as can other members of our Pollard daughters' families.