A Tribute to Jane and Thomas Crowther

NOTE: "Utah, Our Pioneer Heritage"
Our Pioneer Heritage Volume 4 Zion Sings , The Fountain Green Choir,   A Tribute Thomas Crowther and Jane Jewkes, sister of Samuel Jewkes the first choir leader, were married in Utah in 1855.  In 1860, they were living in a dugout near Ephraim and here Jane gave birth to a son, James Franklin.  The family moved to Fountain Green in 1861, where both parents were associated with the choir until they left the town in 1890. Not only did the parents sing, but they reared a family of musically talented children to swell the number of the choir.  Jane Jewkes Crowther had a remarkably beautiful voice.
Jane Crowther's daughter Laura had the outstanding soprano voice of the late '70's. Bone-weary Saints were refreshed on choir practice nights by the voices of Laura and her chum Em Miles, raised in sweet harmony as they strolled home through the soft summer evenings, arm in arm.