Sarah Sophronia Quayle (1899-1936)

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Sarah Sophronia Quayle
Phron
Born:	13 Mar 1896 Dingle, Bear Lake, Idaho
Died:	8 Jun 1936 Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho
Father:	William Quayle
Mother:	Elizabeth Ann Dayton
Siblings:	William Earl Quayle Sarah Sophronia Quayle Ella Quayle Norma Norene Quayle Genevieve Quayle Joseph Dayton Quayle
Spouse:	Seymour Horne Spencer
Married:	13 Mar 1925 Salt Lake City, Utah
Children:	Helen Jean Spencer Robert William Spencer Norma Spencer Beth Spencer Margaret Joan Spencer

Sarah Sophronia Quayle was born March 13, 1899 in Dingle, Idaho to William Quayle and Elizabeth Ann Dayton. She was the second child, the first daughter, of six children. There were four girls and two boys. She was named after Grandma Sarah Nichols Dayton and a baby of her father's first wife. Sophronia’s nickname was “Phron.” She was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on August 22, 1908.

The Quayle line goes back to the Isle of Man (an island in the Irish Sea between Ireland and northern England) and the Dayton line goes back to Yorkshire, England. Her ancestors were pioneers and crossed the plains. Sarah Nichols Dayton came to Utah with a handcart company.

Sophronia went to Paris High School for two years after graduating from the eighth grade. But when her family moved to Montpelier, Idaho, she refused to go to high school there so she got a job in Mose Lewis’ Dry Goods store. She was engaged to Roland Rudd at this time. She was always the leading lady in all the plays the ward put on.

She was interested in music. She took piano lessons then went to Salt Lake, lived with a Don Carlos Young’s family and studied voice with Professor Lund. He was the director of the Tabernacle Choir at this time. She also sang in the choir while there.

Phron then went on a mission to the San Bernardino area of California when she was nineteen. While she was on her mission, she received a letter that reported Roland was stepping out with other girls, so she sent her ring back, breaking her engagement. While she was on her mission, she sang duets with Claude Cornwall.

When she came home, Seymour Spencer was teaching seminary in Montpelier. He was raised in Paris, Idaho. He asked her out and she went with him. The third time he took her out, the next morning she said, “I am not going with him again. He is the ugliest man in town.” Her dad spoke up and said, “You will take those words back and marry the man.” And she did.

Sophronia married Seymour Horne Spencer March 13, 1925. They had five children: Helen Jean, Robert William, Norma, Beth, and Margaret Joan. All these children were born in Montpelier, Idaho.

Sophronia Spencer died June 8, 1936, just two weeks after Joan was born, in Montpelier, Idaho. She was buried June 11th in Paris, Idaho.

[edit] Sources

• Despain, Carrie Robison and Garner, Melba Despain. History & Genealogy of the Franklin Alonzo Robison Family, p. 31.

• Ancestral File

• Spencer, Seymour H. Orson Spencer Descendants, Through 1956, p. 107.

• LDS Church News, week ending 9 Mar 1991, New Mission Presidents, Calling: Robison, E Doyle

• Patriarchal Blessing: Historian's Office, Index to Blessings:

Name: Quayle, Sarah Sophronia

Born: 13 Mar 1899

Blessed: 15 Jan 1918

Recorded: Vol. 1079, Page 3450

• Burial: BYU-Idaho, Idaho Falls Obituary Index:

Last Name: SPENCER,

First Name: Sarah

Middle Name: Sophronia

Age:

Cemetery: Paris, Idaho

Birth Date: 3/13/1899

City Born: Dingle, Bear Lake,

State Born: Id

Date Died: 6/8/1936

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Sources: Sexton

• Gravestone: Paris Cemetery, Bear Lake, Idaho: