{"id":252,"date":"2016-01-11T20:29:45","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T20:29:45","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-12-21T14:41:05","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T21:41:05","slug":"laura-andrea-petersen-sackett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brighamcityhistory.org\/people\/laura-andrea-petersen-sackett\/","title":{"rendered":"Laura Andrea Petersen Sackett"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4697\" src=\"https:\/\/brighamcityhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/94_1_1372_1-181x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Laura Sackett\" width=\"181\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brighamcityhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/94_1_1372_1-181x300.jpg 181w, https:\/\/brighamcityhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/94_1_1372_1-270x448.jpg 270w, https:\/\/brighamcityhistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/94_1_1372_1.jpg 362w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 181px) 100vw, 181px\" \/>Laura was born on June 17, 1864, in Brigham City, Utah, to poor Danish immigrants Hans Neils and Karen Sophia Petersen.<\/p>\n<p>As a child, Laura was sent to the fields to gather sego lily roots for food. She also gathered wool from barb wire fences so her mother could make clothes for the family. In a few years, Laura became an accomplished seamstress and was taking in sewing, which included wedding dresses. She often embellished the clothing with embroidery. Her love of handiwork remained with her throughout her life.<\/p>\n<p>When Laura was 20 years old, she married her sister\u2019s husband, Samuel A. Sackett. The couple had eight children. Because Laura\u2019s husband had another wife and an additional 16 children, he was often absent \u2013 sometimes hiding from the law because polygamy was illegal. Laura provided for her children as a washerwoman, midwife, seamstress, and housekeeper.<\/p>\n<p>Laura was a housekeeper for religious leader <a href=\"https:\/\/brighamcityhistory.org\/people\/lorenzo-snow\/\">Lorenzo Snow<\/a>. On one occasion, she declined an invitation to eat with the Snow family thinking she was not good enough; however, President Snow insisted she join them. 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