Alice Jeffery Pendleton was born 15 January 1834 in Waterford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom to William Jeffery (1804-1891) and Mary Crock (1792-1852) and died 21 July 1914 St. George, Washington County, Utah, United States of unspecified causes. She married Benjamin Franklin Pendleton (1818-1881) 26 October 1861 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States.
Alice Jeffery was born 15 January 1834 in Watford, Northampton, England to William Jeffery and Mary Crock. She was converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and crossed the ocean on May 11, 1860. She was 26 years old at that time and both of her parents had died. She traveled with her younger sister Jane, and her older brother Thomas, his wife and their adopted daughter, Sarah Ann. She crossed the plains in 1860 or 1861 with Jane.
Alice married Benjamin Franklin Pendleton in Salt Lake City on October 26, 1861. She was the second wife of Benjamin Franklin Pendleton. When the call was made at October conference 1861, for the Dixie Cotton Mission, men were selected who had always responded to every call or request to further the work of the Church. In this call the name of Benjamin F. Pendleton was included. He had been in the valley thirteen years and had prospered. His first wife was not willing to leave her home and take the family to a new, underdeveloped country. Benjamin was advised to enter the Law of Plural Marriage and take a young wife with him to fulfill this call. Alice was 26 years old and Benjamin was 43 years old at the time of their marriage. She was called the "Dixie wife."
Alice had worked in his household, and within a few days left for a mission to St. George. Alice endured the hardships of settling in a country with heat, disease, crude shelters at first, Indian troubles, and short supplies. She aided her husband in his horticultural work and sustained his business and community enterprises.
Alice was a fine seamstress and is listed, along with her brother and sisters, as a shoemaker in the 1850 English Census, although there is no record that she practiced this trade in Utah. She passed away in St. George on July 21, 1914 at the age of eighty years. Her husband had died in 1881, leaving Alice a widow for over thirty-two years. Their youngest child was just five years of age when his father died. At the time of his death, her children ranged from five years to seventeen years which left a great burden for Alice. She succeeded in raising her family to be faithful adults.
Alice served in the St. George Utah Temple in her later years. She loved the Gospel of Jesus Christ, lived its principles, and loved The Lord. She taught her children to do the same - A great legacy. (author unknown)
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Baby Jeffery Pendleton (1862-1862) | |||
| Alice Jeffery Pendleton (1865-1948) | |||
| Violet Jeffery Pendleton (1865-1948) | |||
| Gertrude Jeffery Pendleton (1866-1937) | |||
| Benjamin Franklin Pendleton (1868-1958) | 30 September 1868 St. George, Washington County, Utah, United States | 12 December 1958 St. George, Washington County, Utah, United States | Amelia Young Thompson (1864-1932) |
| Mannette Jeffery Pendleton (1871-1876) | |||
| Minnie Jeffery Pendleton (1873-1926) | |||
| Wilford Woodruff Pendleton (1876-1942) | |||
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See Also
- Alice Jeffery
- Jeffery in Hertfordshire
- Jeffery in Washington County, Utah