Emeline Whiting (1817-1896) was born in Ohio to Elisha Whiting Jr. and Sally Hulet Whiting. She was married by Joseph Smith in 1835 in Ohio after he had just been brutally tarred and feathered by anti-Mormons the previous evening. In 1845 she watched as her house was burned by a mob which ravaged most of the Morley Settlement. Once her life settled down in the "Big House," she became known as a skilled tailor, making suits for the boys and men and gloves out of tanned animal skins. Family members were captivated by her storytelling, including vivid stories about her Indian ancestry. She died a widow at the age of seventy-nine.
Jemima Losee (1823-1901) was the daughter of David Losee and Lydia Huff Losee, born in Canada, and an older sister to Lydia. When the Nauvoo Temple in Illinois was ready for ordinance work in 1846, Jemima became the second wife of Walter Cox. In 1852 she and Cordelia were exiled with their children in Iowa to avoid persecution due to their being Walter's other wives. Meanwhile, Walter was building wagons and making preparations for the trek west. During a malaria outbreak in Mt. Pisgah, Jemima singlehandedly cared for the sick in the family. Her resourcefulness also enabled her to make shoes out of left over heavy cloth for colder weather. She died at the age of 78. 
Cordelia Morley (1823-1915) was born in Ohio to Isaac Morley and Lucy Gunn Morley. In 1831 Joseph Smith and his family stayed with the Morley family until the Smith home could be built. The lives of the Coxes, Morleys, and Whitings became strongly intertwined. At the age of seventeen in the Morley Settlement she was the community school teacher; Walter taught music to the children. They married in 1846. Isaac Morley, her father, was patriarch of the LDS church and brought the first group of settlers to Manti in 1849. Settling into the "Big House" was a happy time. Her skills included the making of fancy sun bonnets, hats woven of straw, weaving silk cloth, and writing. She was a widow for 36 years and died at the age of ninety-two. 
Lydia Margaret Losee (1837-1921) was also born in Canada. She was eight years old when she witnessed the burning of her family home and belongings by a mob. This occurred in the same settlement where Walter and Emeline were living (the Morley Settlement was situated between Nauvoo and Quincy, Illinois). She become the fourth wife of Walter Cox in 1855 in Manti. After Walter died she worked as a housekeeper for Joseph S. Snow, a widower, and took care of his children. They were married in 1888. She died at the age of eighty-four.
Mary Ann Darrow (1818-1872) was the daughter of Stephen Darrow and Harriet Burbank She was born in Hebron, New York and baptized in October 1853 shortly after arriving in the Salt Lake valley. Mary and Walter Cox were married civilly in January of 1858. They had two sons, Charles and Sullivan, but soon after divorced. Mary moved to Springville where she was reunited with her first husband Edmund Richardson. She was an excellent weaver, including the shawl she is pictured wearing. At the age of fifty-four she passed away of pneumonia.
Emma Sophia Peterson (1850-1900), from Denmark, lived in an adjacent home made of stone which was later stuccoed. At the age of six she traveled to Utah with her mother and siblings in the Willie Handcart Company. She was married to Walter in 1869. After his death, she eventually remarried for her obituary lists her last name as Cox-Burt; it also states she left a large family behind, among them small children with neither mother nor father.
