MARIAH DOYLE STEVENS Husband: Roswell Stevens Jr. — Private/Corporal in Company F From FIVE HUNDRED WAGONS STOOD STILL Mormon Battalion Wives Shirley N. Maynes Mariah Doyle was born June 29, 1809 at Mount Pleasant, Brant, Ontario, Canada to John Doyle and Mary Accord. The village of Mount Pleasant is five miles to the southwest of Brantford Town, and the area is an unbroken plain. Life on the Ontario frontier was rugged and harsh. Education was limited and many never learned to read or write. The Bible was usually their only textbook. Very little is known concerning Mariah’s early childhood. Roswell … Continue reading MARIAH DOYLE STEVENS