Collier Giles Turner

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• FamilySearch ID: K2HT-F8H
• Initiatory (LDS): 18 May 1952

Collier married Sylvia Gertrude Horton on 7 Aug 1907. Sylvia (daughter of Martin Van Buren Horton and Annie McCormick) was born on 14 Feb 1880 in Duckwater, Nye, Nevada, United States; died on 25 Dec 1972 in Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Nelson Anthony Turner was born on 7 Jun 1909 in Eureka, Eureka, Nevada, United States; died on 25 Oct 1982 in Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States.
2. David Horton Turner was born on 26 Jan 1916 in Preston, White Pine, Nevada, United States; died in Apr 1984 in Carson City, Ormsby, Nevada, United States.
3. Collier Giles Turner was born on 19 Mar 1920 in Ely, White Pine, Nevada, United States; died on 22 Jun 1939 in Boulder City, Clark, Nevada, United States; was buried in Ely, White Pine, Nevada, United States.

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• FamilySearch ID: KWZY-Z7R
• Initiatory (LDS): 23 Oct 1907, MANTI

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DAVID TURNER JR.
BY SYLVIA JENSEN, DAUGHTER

David Turner, son of David and Rose Collins Turner, was born Novemb e r 14, 1853 in Millstown, Summer Set, New Jersey. Nine other brothers a n d sisters were born in New Jersey. The Turner Family was converted to t h e Mormon Church by Wilford Woodruff and John Taylor.
They arrived in Utah, Sept. 12, 1861, and were assigned to com e t o Fillmore, Millard County. Later they were sent to Deseret. Here Jam es E dward, David's youngest brother was born. As a lad of ten, David hel ped b uild the old fort at Deseret.
When the dam went out and the crops kept failing, the David Turn e r Sr. Family moved to Holden, Utah but were there only a short time wh e n the Church Authorities called David Sr. to Washington County to run t h e Cotton Mills. David Jr. worked right along with his father and mothe r i n the Mills, David Sr. and his wife had worked in his brother Isaac' s Cot ton mill in New Jersey, and was expert in his knowledge of how to o perat e the mill. He wove the material used in the upholstery of the St . Georg e Temple, and the cloth for making the suits for the men who work ed in th e Temple. David Jr. got much valuable information and training w hile work ing with his father and he too became a weaver after he was mar ried.
David Turner Jr. and Samuel Bennet Jr. were later called to work with te a ms and wagons on the St. George Temple after they had moved back to Hol de n, 1873-74. They helped cut and haul some of the stones and lumber fo r th e Temple.
On Feb 2, 1879, David Jr. married Mary Maranda Giles, daughter o f J oseph and Sarah Huntsman Giles. They lived in a log room in Holden, u sin g boxes for tables, cupboards and table. David made a tree legged be d an d with the help of his wife, wove bedsprings of horsehair. They late r mov ed into a two-room house with a fireplace .
David was a farmer and stock raiser. He had four teams of horses , s ix saddle ponies, cattle, sheep, pigs, and chickens. He sheared his s hee p while his wife helped him card the wool, spin it into thread, and D avi d wove it into beautiful cloth for making the family's clothing, sinc e h e was an expert weaver.
He tanned his own cowhides and with the help of some Indians, ma d e the leather into shoes, boots and harnesses. He repaired shoes and ha rn esses for others as well as for his family.
He cured all of the meat for the family, never wasting any, as t h e scraps from the pig heads were made into the most delicious headchees e . He made plenty of jerky for taking on freighting trips, or when he ro d e the range.
The Turners raised a big garden for storing for winter as well a s d rying corn and squash. They also had a large orchard from which the y drie d much fruit for winter, and for sale, when David went on freighti ng trip s. They also raised their own wheat for flour, germade, cracked w heat. Th ey also had corn meal from their large corn patches. He also rai sed his o wn sugar cane for making molasses. They had very little cash bu t always p lenty to eat and wear.
Since David's wife, Miranda, was a midwife and nurse, she was go n e from home much of the time, however each child was taught to do every th ing that needed doing, and David always did the churning at night, a s h e knew just how to care for the butter.
David and Peter Stephenson drove cattle form Holden to Laramie, Wy o ming, and sometimes took them to Kansas City to sell. These two men we r e very good friends, when either on raised something which the other d i d not raise, the choicest of this fruit or vegetable was taken to the o th er family. David worked in the Moapa Valley for some time, and alway s sen t boxes of lovely vegetables to his family in Holden long before th ey ha d them in their own garden. He was a very orderly man and cleaned h is too ls after each using. His haystacks and barnyards were always nea t and cle an.
He always had time to help children with their problems whether th e y were his children or the neighbors. He loved all of them and was kin d a nd considerate of them. He and Miranda were the parents of nine child ren:
Rose Marilla, born Sept. 5, 1880, died as an infant; Sarah Pearl, born D e c. 22, 1881; David Sinkler, born Nov. 27, 1883; Colier Giles, born Aug . 2 5, 1884. Zella Jane, born Oct. 22, 1889; Ormas Franklin, born Oct. 28 , 18 91; Emily Melissa, born June 24, 1895; Sylvia Manilla born Aug. 24 , 1898 ; Jesse Reese, born Jan. 30, 1904. David was a good friend t o the In dians, could speak their language and always fed them when the y were hung ry. They in turn brought him pine nuts, gloves and even a buc kskin jacket .
David died March 20, 1929 after a coughing attack, which cause d a r uptured blood vessel. He is buried beside his wife in the Holden Ce metery .

HISTORY OF DAVID TURNER JR.
By his daughter, Sylvia T. Jensen

David Turner was born 14 November 1853 in Millstown, Summer Set, N e w Jersey 20 minutes past 10 Monday night to Rose Collier and David Turn er .
His parents joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in t h e year 1849.
They became interested in the Church from the teachings of two Mor m on missionaries, Wilford Woodruff and John Taylor. They were living i n Ne w Jersey. His Father and Mother both worked in Father's Uncle Isaac' s Cot ton Mill. Nine of Father's brothers and sisters were born in New Je rsey.
In June of 1861 the family started as pioneers to the valley of t h e Great Salt Lake. They arrived in Utah 12th September 1861 with the Jo h n R. Murdock Company. After a few weeks in Salt Lake City, the family m ov ed to Fillmore, Utah, Millard County.
In 1863 Grandfather Turner was called to help settle the town of D e seret, Millard County. There Father's youngest brother, James Edward w a s born. The family lived in Deseret 5 years. When at Deseret, my Fathe r j ust a young lad in his small way, helped carry water and mix mud to b uil d the Old Fort at Deseret, which part of the walls still stand.
After five years the family moved to Holden, Utah in late 1868. Th e y lived here for a while then Grandfather was called to Washington, Was hi ngton County, Utah, by the President of the Church to run the Cotton M ill s there.
Grandfather took his family with him, my Father though young work e d along with this Father and Mother in the mills. He gained much experi en ce from this work, which helped him with making clothes for his famil y af ter he was married.
My Grandfather wove the material used in the upholstery of the S t . George Temple, and cloth for the suits for the men who just worked i n t he Temple. My Father was called to work on the St. George Temple wi th h is team and wagon, with Samuel Bennet Sr. during the years 1873-1874 . H e helped cut and haul the stones and some of the lumber to the Templ e gro unds.
On the 2nd of February 1879 he married Mary Maranda Giles, daught e r of Joseph Sinkler Giles and Sarah Huntsman Giles.
They met while mother was cooking at the Stage Stop and Father w a s taking care of the horses there.
Father and Mother lived in a log room 1 block West of the Highwa y w here Rawldo Turner's home now stand.
Wooden boxes were used for their chairs, cupboards and table.
Father made a three-legged bedstead, and wove horsehair into a ro p e and with Mother's help wove it on the bedstead for springs.
They lived here a few months, then in early fall moved to a larg e r home with two large rooms with a fireplace in one of the rooms. Thi s wa s a block South, and 1/2 block East.
Father was a farmer and stock raiser, had four good teams of horse s , 6 saddle horses, a lot of cattle, sheep, pigs, and chickens.
He sheared his sheep, corded the wool and spun it into material f o r cloth for his family. Father was a good and particular weaver. Everyt hi ng he did was done well.
With his cowhides, he would tan them and with help from his Indi a n friends would make leather for shoes, boots and harnesses. He repair e d shoes and harnesses for many families as well as his own.
Father always took care of his own meat, butchered it and cured i t . Nothing was wasted from the pigs. After the hams and shoulders were c u t and trimmed, he would put them out cure and smoke them and the side m ea t for bacon. After they were smoked, we would wrap them in clean whit e cl othes, then wrap several thicknesses of paper around them and stor e the m in the grain bins. With the scrapes left, he would add to the hea d of t he pigs and make headcheese and scrapple, which was very deliciou s to eat , cold or warm. He always used corncobs or oak wood to smoke hi s meat . He always made plenty of jerky from the bee f he kill ed-to use when he was on the range or on freighting trips.
Father always raised a large garden, plenty of potatoes for the wi n ter, which he would pit. Cabbage he would bury in a trench with the roo t s above the dirt. Corn and squash to dry. He would slice the squash i n in ch circles and peel them, them hang them on a line and dry in the sh ade o r in the extra room. This was enjoyed in the winter cooked as a veg etabl e or for pies and puddings. He would boil wheat and boil it for hou rs fo r our Sunday breakfast or special night meal.
Our lean-to roof in the fall was always full of apples, plums, a n d peaches, drying for the winter. The surplus was sacked and taken to D el ta and Deseret and sold to the families there.
We had thirteen Rhode Island apple trees on our one lot. So that m a de a lot of apples to dry and later years to bottle also. Father alway s p icked the apples, plums corn. Mother and us girls cut and put on th e roo f to dry.
He raised sugar cane, made his own molasses for years. Then sold h i s vat.
Each fall he would have 2000 pounds of flour in his flour bin, lar g e cans of Germade, corn meal, and cracked wheat for the winter's foo d . I still have one of his flour bins.
Father was a hard worker, a good provider, but did not have much c a sh, but had several pieces of alfalfa fields and 80 acres of dry land . Th ey were very happy and content.
He always did the churning at night for Mother after he was throu g h with his days work, once a week. Never was any buttermilk in the butt e r when he was through with it. Mother said to him one night, "David , I th ink you must talk to the cream in secret before you start churning ."
Father was a cattle drover for a few years, drove cattle to Kans a s City, Laramie, Wyoming with his friend Peter Stephenson. They were re a l friends. When either one of them raise something the other had not, t h e choicest was taken to the other family.
When Father was working in Moapa Valley, he would send boxes of ni c e vegetables before there were any at home. He would always say, "Sen d Sy lvia with some for Peter's family."
Father freighted from Holden to Pioche, Ely, Nevada, and Salt La k e City. Cheese was his main load. That made him away from home a lot i n h is early-married life.
He helped take care of the stock during the time of the United Ord e r. Also helped take care of the horses when the stagecoach was in pract ic e.
Father's horses were of the best stock. He enjoyed pulling the m i n matches on special occasions, also racing his horses.
His farm tools had to be cleaned and put away into their place aft e r each use. His haystacks, grain and straw stacks had to be put up a ce rt ain way so they would stand straight. The corrals had to be kept clea n fo r his cows. He always washed the bags of his milk cows, said he didn 't wa nt the milk he took to the house for his family use to taste like t he cor ral. Ben Kinney a neighbor told Father once, "David, why don't yo u use th e broom on your corral."
With all the work he had to take care of, yet he never was too bu s y to take Mother if she was called out to the sick.
Father was always the happiest when he had children around wheth e r they were his or the neighbors. Never too busy but what he would sho w t hem or help them do something useful and worthwhile. I never did se e hi m angry or cross to anyone. He was always humorous and willing to he lp ot hers in need.
Grandfather Giles said he believed David loved everyone around hi m . Even if Father raised a large garden with about everything in it, on c e a week we had one day of eating like the Pioneers did. We would hav e co rn meal mush for breakfast with molasses and milk, dinner would be p igwee ds or dandelion greens with salt pork. He would say "Mary Maranda m ake pl enty of milk gravy for the children and boiled dough with plums o r pie pl ant," as it was called in those days (which is rhubarb now) wit h molasse s for dessert, and for supper a large bowl of lumpy Dick with m ilk and ch eese. When we were young this tasted pretty good for a change.
Father said he could remember when he and his family came to Uta h . They ate a lot of Sego roots with gravy and were glad to get them. H e c ould remember his mother making a dish called Tea Broth, made with br ea d put in a bowl, added butter, salt, pepper and then poured boiling wa te r over it. Said it tasted all right if a person was hungry. His mothe r sa id the English people made it a lot.
Father was always a good friend of the Indians, would let them ha v e hay and grain and flour for their horses and family. He could talk th ei r language and always gave them something to eat if they were hungry . Th e Indians would bring him pine nuts, gloves and once a year a nice b ucksk in jacket. "Humchup", the Indian said, "One good turn deserves anot her. " He was always pleased when Father was home to visit with them, bec aus e Father could speak their language.
Father passed away at his home in Holden, Utah, 30 March 1929, aft e r an attack of asthma coughing rupturing a blood vessel and bled to dea t h before Dr. Evans could get to him.
He was the Father of nine sons and daughters, leaving his wife a n d eight children, 33 grandchildren, 20 great grand children .

HISTORY OF DAVID TURNER JR.

David Turner Jr. was born November 14, 1853 in Milltown, Somerse t C o., New Jersey. A son of David Turner Sr. and Rose Collier.
The family lived in New Jersey for several years after coming fr o m England.
Both his Father and Mother worked in the cotton mills for several year s i n New Jersey. The mills were owned by an Uncle Isaac Moosehouse.
David's Father and Mother joined the church in the year 1849. Wilf o rd Woodruff and John Taylor were the missionaries that were responsibl e f or them joining. They were staunch members and faithful to the princi pal s of the gospel.
In June 1861, they started as Pioneers to the valley's of Great Sa l t Lake. They arrived in Utah, September 12, 1861, with John R. Murdock ' s Company. After a few days they were called to got to Fillmore, Utah . Th ey stayed in Fillmore until 1863, and then David Turner Sr. was call ed t o help settle Deseret, Millard Co. They lived in Deseret for 5 year s the n they moved to Holden, Utah.
While at Deseret, David at the age of 11-12 helped carry water and str a w for the masons that built the Old Fort. He worked right along with h i s Father.
After living in Holden for some years, David's Father was calle d t o Washington, Utah to run the Cotton Mills there by the President o f th e Church. So the family moved there in the year 1875. David Jr. work ed ri ght along with his Father he helped his Father weave the material f or th e upholstery for the St. George Temple. Also helped make the clot h that w as used for the first Saints that was used in the St. George Tem ple.
David Jr. came back to Holden and Deseret after his Father passed awa y i n Washington, Utah the year of 1887.
David Jr. married Mary Maranda Giles of Fillmore in the year 187 9 . They settled in Holden and helped build that town. David Jr. was call e d to St. George, Utah to work on the Temple during 1874-1875. His wor k wa s hauling the stones that were used and cutting them.
He also freighted from Holden to Pioche, Nevada to Ely, Nevada, a n d to Salt Lake City, Utah in his early married life. David did a lot o f c ording and weaving to get cloth to make clothes for his family and ma ny o ther families who needed help. He was always willing to help anyon e in ne ed.
David died March 30, 1929 at Holden, Utah .


MARY MARANDA GILES TURNER BY SYLVIA JENSEN, DAUGHTER

Mary Maranda Giles Turner was born January 16, 1862 in Fillmore, Uta h t o Sarah Huntsman and Joseph Sinkler Giles. She married David Turner , Febr uary 2, 1879 at Holden, Utah but later their marriage was solemniz ed in t he Manti Temple.
The Turner's lived on West Center St. in Holden, in a one-room log cabi n , with wooden boxed for chairs, table and cupboard. Miranda put shelve s i n the boxes she used for cupboards. The bed was a three-legged one ma de b y David and twisted horsehair made into rope held the bedding. (Th e two o f them sort of wove it into a base for the bedding.)
The fireplace served both for heat and for cooking. Brass kettles and ir o ns and Dutch ovens were their only cooking utinsels. If the weather per mi tted, they cooked out of doors on a bank of coals. They had very few d ish es, but were happy with what they had.
David made special Lamb Stew when they cooked outside and this was a ve r y favorite meal for the children. Maranda was a midwife and nurse who w a s called constantly to care for the sick, and was gone from the hom e a gr eat deal, which left David at home to be both cook and father to t he larg e family.
For lights, they burned rags dipped in tallow or if they had them they u s ed candles, which didn't fill the air with so much smoke as did the bur ni ng rags. They moved into a two room house and while David was away o n a f reighting trip. Maranda built a lean-to for a kitchen, with the hel p of M r. Cherington a special friend of David's. She had dried a large a mount o f fruit and sold it. With the money she purchases a four-holed st ove wit h an oven. David had brought her a roll of cotton material from w hich sh e was to make her some dresses but she took the material and line d the le an-to. She was so pleased with her new addition that she could s carcely w ait for her husband to get home from a freighting trip to sho w him her be autiful kitchen.
Miranda gathered wool from the fences and sage brush where the sheep fe d , and had it wall washed and ready for David to weave into cloth from w hi ch she could make the children's clothes. David had learned the weaver ' s trade from his father, as David Turner Sr. was one of the outstandin g w eavers' in St. George and other places.
Maranda's father Joseph Sinkler Giles was a surgeon in Johnston's Army , a nd for many years, gave his services to the pioneers in East Millar d Coun ty. Miranda went with her father and was taught by him how to car e for th e sick. She dried wild sage, catnip, horehound, peppermint and m any othe r herbs for use in teas and poultices for the sick. In April 188 0 David a nd Maranda began building two more rooms on their home. They ju st finishe d them when in September when Maranda gave birth to a daughter , Rose Mari lla.
In April of 1881, Maranda's mother, Sarah Huntsman Giles, passed away wh i le giving birth to her thirteenth child. The child was buried with th e mo ther. Maranada, being the oldest girl took the four youngest brother s an d sisters to care for until they were old enough to be left with th e olde r brothers and sisters. In August of 1884 when Maranda had her fou rth chi ld, she became an invalid. The next April the ward had a fast mee ting fo r all of the sick. Maranda asked to be rebaptized. This was done , by Elde r John Kinney who gave her a blessing. Her sister, Alemeda wa s living wit h the Turners. She wrapped her in warm blankets kept warm wi th hot bricks , and fed her hot liquids. Maranda soon recovered her healt h and was abl e to wait on the sick again. She was health officer for Hol den for 25 yea rs. In 1943 she visited her daughter Zella in California , where she ha d a bus accident, which injured her leg. The leg bothere d her some but sh e did not complain.
In April 1947 she was taken to the St. Marks Hospital where they discove r ed that gangrene had set in and gone through most of her body. They le f t her in the hospital until June 3. She asked to be taken home to die . Th ey left her in the Hospital until June 3, 1947, then moved her by Am bulan ce to her home in Holden. She passed away June 8, 1947 and is burie d besi de her husband in the Holden Cemetery.
children of David and Maranda Turner: Rose Marilla born September 5, 188 0 ; Sarah Pearl, born Dec. 22, 1881; David Sinkler, born Nov. 27, 1883; C ol ier Giles, born Aug. 25, 1884; Zella Jane, born Oct. 22, 1889; Ormus F ran klin, born Oct. 28, 1891; Emily Melissa, born June 24, 1895; Sylvia M anil la, born August 24, 1898; Jesse Reese, born January 30, 1904.

SKETCH OF MARY MARANDA GILES TURNER
by her daughter, Sylvia T. Jensen

Mary Maranda Giles was born 16 January 1862 in Fillmore, Utah, to Sara h H untsman and Joseph Sinkler Giles. She married David Turner 2 Februar y 187 4 at Holden, Utah, later solemnized the Manti Temple.
They lived in a log room on West Center Street where Raveldo Turner's ho m e now stands. They had no furniture. They used wooden boxed for chair s an d tables. They nailed four together to make a table. Mother put som e shel ves in a few of the boxes to use for her cupboards.
Their bed was a three legged one that Father had made. He twisted a sma l l rope from horsehair. With Mother's help, they wove it across this bed st ead for the springs. They made a straw tick and feather tick as they w er e called it those days. These made a comfortable bed with the quilts m oth er had made.
A fireplace was in the south end of the large room, which they used fo r h eat and for their cooking. Brass kettles were used to cook in, also t o co ok hominy and to make soap in. They later got two Dutch ovens and us ed fo r baking bread. These became very special utensils. Father would ma ke a s pecial bed of coals outside to cook meat and special things to eat , if th e weather would permit. If not, he banked the coals in the firepl ace. W e children would have Father make a lamb stew once in a while in t hese Du tch ovens. We thought they were special.
They didn't have many dishes at that time, but they were very happy wi t h what they did have, and it was their own.
For them, lights at first were braided rags and wound them in a little c i rcle on a plate and put mutton tallow on them. Later they made their o w n candles, which didn't put out as much smoke as when burning the rags.
They lived at this place for one year, then moved to a place one block s o uth and 1/2 block east from where they were living. This was two larg e ro oms with a fireplace in the west side of the front room.
The next year while my Father was away on a freighting trip, my Mother b u ilt her a lean to kitchen on the North side of the two rooms with the h el p of Father's best friend, Mr. Cherington. After it was complete, Moth e r lined it with heavy paper and figured calico material, which Father h a d bought her on one of his freighting trips. Instead of using it for dr es ses or curtains he thought it would do to line this large room. She wa s s o pleased with this room when completed.
Mother had dried a lot of fruit and corn for a Mr. Connors at Connors Pa s s on the way to Ely, Nevada. With the money she received form this, wh e n her Father, Joseph Sinkler Giles went into Salt Lake, Mother went wi t h him and bought her a cook stove from Dinwoodys' Furniture Store. Th e st ove had an oven, 4 lids on top and a nice back with one shelf on th e top . She was so pleased with her new kitchen and new stove she was anx ious f or my Father to come home and to show them to him.
When Father came home he was surprised and very pleased. He told Mothe r i t didn't look like she had been idle while he was away from home thos e fe w months.
Mother had gleaned a lot of wool from the fences and bushes where the sh e ep had been. She had it all washed and ready for Father to cord and wea v e into material to make clothing for their family. Father was a very go o d weaver, had had a lot of experience helping his Father do weaving i n Ho lden, Deseret, and St. George, Utah.
The next year my Father and Mother built two rooms on this house, just g o t them finished when Mother gave birth to her daughter, Rose Marilla i n S eptember.
In April of 1881, my Grandmother Giles passed away in childbirth with h e r 13th child. It was buried with her. Mother, being the oldest girl i n th e family, took four of her small brothers and sisters to care for th em un til they were old enough to do for themselves along with her own fa mily.
Before my Mother was married she went with her Father, Joseph Sinkler Gi l es, who was a surgeon in Johnston's Army. He was the only doctor fo r a lo ng time in Holden and Fillmore. Mother had a lot of experience wit h him t aking care of the sick. When Mother was 13 years of age, she wen t with he r father to set a broken leg for a Mr. Gull. She was holding th e lamps fo r him, but she kept leaning it until he said, "Mary Maranda ho ld that lam p straight and steady and quit closing your eyes. That's no w ay to becom e a nurse."
Mother was a nurse and midwife for many years. She was called to Oak Cit y , Hinkley, Deseret and Fillmore to take care of the sick. She brought m an y babies into the world, treated blood poisoning cases, pneumonia an d bro ken limbs. She saved Phil Poluson's life by bathing him in wild sag e te a and giving him different herbs internally for dropsy.
Mother would gather catnip leaves, horehound, wild sage, tame sage, an d m any other kinds of herbs; dry them put each in separate sacks and han g th em in the granary until she needed them to take where people were si ck. S he always took a bag of these to leave at the home, whatever sickne ss the y had.
My Father would take her out to the homes in the white top buggy or on t h e old white mare, if the snow was bad. She said old Whitey always got h e r to the homes she was called to no matter what kind of weather. She al wa ys took some hot gruel or soup, molasses cookies, pudding, or a jell y lay ered cake, hot salt rising bread, made tame sage tea or Mormon te a to giv e them whatever sickness was in the family. She didn't get pai d very muc h money for all these trips, mostly in materials and flour o r whatever th ey had. Some just said thank you.
The first baby mother delivered was Benjamin Wood of Holden. The secon d o ne was her half sister Laura Giles Brough. Fannie Johnson, a midwife , wa s too late to help deliver Laura. Mother had done nursing form the t ime s he was 12 years old. She helped her Father with the sick until sh e was ma rried. Then she did nursing from then until one year before he r death. I n August of 1884, when Mother's fourth child was born, she go t real sick , was an invalid for four months.
The next April when the Ward held a special fast meeting for the sic k i n the Ward, on the first Thursday of the month. Father wrapped Mothe r i n blanket and took her to the meetinghouse in the wagon so she coul d li e down.
She asked the Bishop if it was possible for them to baptize her. After t h e meeting they took her up to Sidney Teeple's pond East of Holden by t h e foothills. Elder John Kinney baptized her and gave her a wonderful bl es sing.
Father and her sister Almeda who was living at our home took Mother ho m e and kept warm blankets and bricks on her for a couple of days, and ga v e her hot liquids. She soon recovered from this illness, and was very g ra teful to have her health back once more. She thanked the Lord for th e won derful blessings that had come to her through his help and throug h the Pr iesthood. After that sickness she didn't know what a sick day wa s only wh en having her babies, until she was in a bus accident in 1943 w hile visit ing her daughter Zella in California.
Mother continued with her nursing and helping with the sick wherever s h e was needed.
She was Health officer in Holden for 25 years, sick committee, Relief So c iety Visiting Teacher 65 years, Sunday school teacher 25 years.
In March of 1902, Mother and Father went to work on Johnson's ranch ou t b y Ely, Nevada for the summer months. Mother was given the authority t o ho ld Sunday school on the ranch for the few families there by Willia m Ashb y of Holden, who was superintendent of the Holden Sunday School a t that t ime. Some Indians and Cowboys attended also. After Mother and Fa ther lef t to go home their son, Sinkler, was appointed to continue unti l he lef t in the spring.
Mother was Work Director in Relief Society for many years. She made ma n y quilts for herself and family. She made a lot and sold them even fo r pe ople in Ohio and Michigan. She was a great crocheter, making rugs, k nitti ng socks and sweaters for her family. She said once she would lik e to hav e a dollar for every quilt or pair of socks she had made durin g her lifet ime.
I remember as a child the ice cream Mother and Father taught us to mak e w ith snow and milk, a little sugar and some flavoring. It had to be ea te n immediately. Also a drink was made using a little vinegar and suga r i n water to make a tart flavor, then adding a little soda or cream o f tart ar to make it fizz. Before they could always buy vinegar, Father m ade som e from the pea pods, which was boiled and the juice sour. It wa s a fair s ubstitute mother said.
Also the new salt raising bread made every other day. For a change Moth e r would spread fresh pork grease on it, a little salt and a dash of vin eg ar. It tasted nice for a change.
We all enjoyed the fresh clabber milk, with the cream on top with a litt l e sugar and spices sprinkled on top of it. The milk was put in crocks j ar s or large heavy pans in the cellar cupboard. It was soon clabber. Thi s w as served in large mush bowls for our supper with dried fruit stewed.
Father always had plenty of milk and cream for the family. He had choi c e milk cows for this purpose.
We also enjoyed the Lumpy Dick Mother made for our supper for somethin g d ifferent along with some dried fruit and homemade cheese, which the y mad e with the extra milk. Lumpy Dick was made by taking milk or wate r what w as needed bring to a boil and slowly added white flour until i t was thic k and lumpy as you desired, a piece of salt pork added to it . Served wit h honey or sugar. This had to be lumpy or it wasn't Lumpy Di ck.
In the first of April 1947, we took her into St. Marks Hospital. Gangre n e had gone all over her body. After she had been in the Hospital two mo nt hs five days before, she passed away. Joe, my husband, came to the Hos pit al to see how she was; the Dr. said she was just hanging on, for wha t h e did not know.
Joe told him he had promised my mother to see that she got home if she e v er got so sick she would pass away.
So we had Roy Olpin come and bring her home. She rallied a few hours aft e r she got in her own bedroom. She asked for Joe, he went to her side a n d she thanked him for keeping his promise to her in her weak voice. Th a t was on the 3rd of June. She passed away on the 8th of June at 10:00 a m , 1947. She was 85 years old. Her husband, David, and two children ha d pr eceded her in death. She had been a widow for eighteen years.
Seven children, 36 grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren survived her.
children
ALL children BORN IN HOLDEN, UTAH
Rose Marilla 5 Sept. 1880
Sarah Pearl Dec. 22, 1881
David Sinkler Nov. 27, 1883
Collier Giles Aug. 25, 1884
Zella Jane Oct. 22, 1889
Ormus Franklin Oct. 28, 1891
Emily Melissa June 24, 1895
Silvia Manilla Aug. 24, 1898
Jesse Reese Jan. 30, 1904





A SHORT SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF MARY MARANDA GILES TURNER
June 24, 1942

I was born of goodly parents in the year of 1862, in Fillmore City, Ut a h Territory. Fillmore being the Capitol of Utah. We lived in Fillmor e a f ew years. My parents were Joseph Sinkler Giles and Sarah Huntsman G iles . We moved to Deseret in the year 1865 and stayed there until the da m wen t out and everything failed. We endure many hardships. We then cam e to Ce dar Springs, which later was called Holden.
We moved into the Fort and stayed there for one fall and winter. The fol l owing spring we moved out into Pioneer Creek. At one time we lived whe r e John Hunter's land is on the Southwest corner, in a dugout. It wa s a ho le in the ground with a dirt roof, dirt floor and steps dug out o f dirt . Our Father had goats, which he milked.
We children would go out in the sagebrush and dig Segos, bring them to M o ther, and she would cook them and make milk gravy over them. They wer e de licious.
While we were living in a dugout, Father and Mother took a little bo y t o raise, whose mother had died with measles. The boy's father's nam e wa s Thomas Stephenson and the boy's name was Anthony Stephenson. Thi s boy t ook care of us children and later became our Bishop.
We moved back to Fillmore, up by the flourmill, in a small log house. Th i s house was facing the South with one small window in the North, and t h e fireplace in the West. Mother baked in a Dutch oven. The fireplace h a d a hook in the back to boil water for food. The house had a dirt roo f an d floor, a pile of straw to sleep on, very little bedding and no cha irs . We stayed here a short time then moved back to Cedar Springs, wher e w e built a two-room adobe house where Orvin Stevens now lives. The mai n ro ad went by our house. We lived there many years. Father took up lan d on t he South where Samuel Bennett and Kate Memmott now live. Father ra ised gr ain and vegetables. Mother would take us in the field to glean--p ick up s traw, take it home, put it on canvas, and with a large club thre sh the gr ain out. We used the grain for bread or boiled it to eat with c ream. We h ad no sugar. The straw was used for braiding hats. Father rais ed sugar ca ne and made lovely molasses, also preserves from peaches an d tomatoes. Th ey were stored in twenty and forty gallon barrels. When sh eep went throug h, mother made a bag to tie around our waist. We would fo llow the sheep t hrough brush and pick the wool, which clung to the brush . Mother would ca rd and spin the wool into yarn, take the yarn to my Gra ndmother and the y would weave it into cloth for our dresses. She also ta ught us to knit o ur stockings.
Father was a wonderful man; he could do most any kind of work. He was t h e only doctor we had in Millard County for many years. He worked in th e C ourt House for many years until his death. He was admitted to the Ba r o f this State and was an honored member of that association to the dat e o f his death. He was also a wonderful shoemaker. He taught me how to s ol e my shoes, and how to make wooden pegs. We would take a piece of har d wo od, cut it in a triangular shape, then use small pegs. We had no tac ks . I had to make my shoes or go to the dance barefoot.
I was called to join the Relief Society when I was eleven years old. W e g irls, in those days, could card rolls and make wool bats, and sew car pe t rags to make carpets. When I was fourteen, the President of the Reli e f Society called me to go nurse a sick baby who had measles. His name w a s Alma Poulson. His father died with them. He lives and has a lovely fa mi ly. I have been waiting on the sick most of my time since then. My mot he r owned the first sewing machine, also the first organ in Holden. I pl aye d for dances with Walter Stringham, who played the violin. I played f or m y own wedding dance. I was a great horseback rider and broke many wi ld ho rses. I was a great dancer and sang in the choir for many years.
My first school was in Holden. We never had a lead pencil or notebook . W e did all our writing on slates, and for light used a tallow candl e o r a braided rag put in a plate of grease.
When sixteen years old, I taught the Primary class for William Brown . I n the year 1879, I was seventeen, and was married to David Turner. H e ha d walked across the plains.
I am eighty years old and I still love to dance, walk and work .
May the stars and stripes wave forever in this beautiful land of the fr e e and the home of the brave.
MARY MIRANDA TURNER JUNE 1947
NEWSPAPER OBITUARY

Mrs. Mary Miranda Turner, 85, died at her home in Holden late Sund a y, following a five-year illness from injuries suffered in a Californi a t raffic accident.
Mrs. Turner, it was reported, caught her foot on a bus while in Ca l ifornia five years ago and was dragged for some distance before the bu s c ould be stopped. She had never recovered from the effects of the mish ap.
Mrs. Turner was the widow of the late David Turner. She was bor n i n Fillmore Jan. 16, 1862, a daughter of Joseph S. and Sarah Huntsma n Gile s. She had resided in Holden throughout her life, was a practica l nurse , and for many years was local health officer. She was an activ e member o f the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Reli ef Society.
Surviving are the following sons and daughters: Mrs. Pearl Wilso n , Blackfoot, Idaho; C.G. Turner, Reno, Nevada; Mrs. Zella Kime, Inglewo od , Cal: Ormus Turner, Wells, Nevada; Mrs. Emily Johnson, Holden; Mrs. S ylv ia Jensen, Fillmore; Reese Turner, Carson City, Nev.; brothers and si ster s: Freeman Giles, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Jennie Sprague, Monroe, Sevie r Cou nty; Mrs. Meda Nelson, Logan; Jessie Giles, Ogden; Mrs. Emily McKee , Hold en; Mrs. Lena Southern, Grover A. Giles, Utah State Attorney Gener al bot h of Salt Lake City; Mrs. Lou Frampton, Fillmore; Mrs. Florence Br ough, S an Diego, Cal.; 36 grandchildren and 38 great grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Holden LD S w ard chapel by Bishop James W. Stephenson.
Burial was in the Holden cemetery under direction of the Olpin Mortuary.

Biography obtained from the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, Fillmore, Ut a h, Territorial Statehouse Museum.

David married Mary Maranda Giles on 2 Feb 1880 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States. Mary (daughter of Joseph Sinkler Giles and Sarah Huntsman) was born on 16 Jan 1862 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States; died on 8 Jun 1947 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States; was buried on 11 Jun 1947 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWVH-Z9R
• Initiatory (LDS): 23 Oct 1907, MANTI

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• FamilySearch ID: KWJ4-WJY
• Initiatory (LDS): 15 Jul 1865, EHOUS

David married Rose Collier on 30 Apr 1839 in Minster and Parish Church of Saint Peter-at-Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Rose was born on 16 Jan 1821 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England; was christened on 19 Feb 1821 in Minster and Parish Church of Saint Peter-at-Leeds, Yorkshire, England; died on 18 Dec 1882 in Washington, Washington, Utah, United States; was buried in Dec 1882 in Washington, Washington, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWJR-CXK
• Initiatory (LDS): 15 Jul 1865, EHOUS

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• FamilySearch ID: KWN6-PL9
• Initiatory (LDS): 24 May 1869, EHOUS

Notes:

1860 Census of Fillmore City, Millard, Utah

1870 Census of Holden, Millard, Utah

1900 Census of Fillmore City, Millard, Utah

Military papers include:
Declaration for Survivors pension-Indian wars
Declaration for Widow's pension

BIRTH: Fillmore 2nd Ward Rec. GS#025,951

DEATH: Fillmore 2nd Ward Rec. GS#025,951

Occupation: Surveyor

"Builders of Early Millard," pp. 276-277:


SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF LIFE OF JOSEPH SINKLER GILES

Note to reader: This file contains a family group sheet of Joseph Sinkl e r Giles and Sarah Huntsman. Lists 15 children. On file at the Territ or ial Statehouse Museum in Fillmore, Utah.

Brother Joseph Sinckler Giles was born on April 5, 1832, at West Nottin g ham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, the son of Joseph and Jan e Mo ore Giles. He spent his early childhood on his father’s 160-acre tr act i n Chester County and received part of his education in the school s of tha t vicinity. At the age of eighteen years he left home and wen t to Ohio a nd from that state to Illinois where he taught school at th e age of 19 ye ars. He taught at Red Oak Prairie and boarded with the sc holars in thei r homes, partaking, as he often said, “of their bacon, goo d corn bread, a nd coffee.”
While in Illinois he studied Law at Princeton, Bureau County, in the of f ice of John Porter Jr, and practiced his profession for a short perio d i n the inferior courts. He later came to Utah and became admitted t o th e Bar of this state and became one of the honored members in the act ive p ractice of the profession. He attended each session of the court i n Mill ard County almost to the day of his death.
Brother Giles joined the United States Army at the age of twenty-thre e y ears. He participated in the Indian and Mexican raids in Texas and F lori da at the time when Billy Bowlegs, an educated Seminole Indian, wit h abou t thirty dusky warriors were making raids on the settlements in th ose loc alities. He was with the Johnston Army when General Johnston wa s ordere d to Utah Territory to put down the alleged plans of the Mormon s to overt hrow the Government. He went through the starvation period o f that arm y when for a time it appeared that the entire army would be wi ped out bef ore sufficient food could reach them. He served as a surgeo n in the arm y and gained valuable experience in setting broken limbs, ex tracting teet h etc., which experience he put to use in serving his fello w citizens i n the early pioneer settlements in Millard County. Friend a nd stranger a like always found a warm welcome in his home.
He became converted to the Mormon faith through reading the sermons a n d writings of Parley P. Pratt and joined the Mormon Church in the yea r 18 58. Shortly after arriving in Utah he married Sarah Huntsman. Fro m thi s union thirteen children were born. Two of his sons, Freeman an d Jesse , and three of his daughters by his first marriage, Jennie Spragu e, Med a Nelson, and Lena Suthern still survive him.
After the death of his wife, Sarah, brother Giles married Ann Elizabe t h Carling, daughter of Abram and Ann E. Carling, of Fillmore City, Uta h . Of this union there were three daughters, Lou Frampton, Laura Broug h , and Florence Brough, and one son Grover A. Giles. Laura Brough follo we d her mother in death within one year of the date of death of Mrs. Gil e s which took place in March 1925. The two girls, Lou and Florence, an d t he one son Grover A., still survive Joseph Giles, who died on Novembe r 5t h 1921.
Brother Giles was a faithful and devout member of the church. He w a s a meticulous tithe payer, never failing to pay his monthly contributi o n strictly on the basis of ten per cent of his income, the items of hi s g ross income, the items of which were carefully recorded in a journa l kep t for that purpose. In civil affairs he served in many capacities . Fo r many years he was the only licensed abstracter, surveyor and lawy er i n the county, aside from giving of his talent and medical experienc e as r elated above. He said, “It was a real pleasure to walk twenty-fiv e mile s to set the broken limb of a friend or neighbor and then return b y the s ame means of transportation”.
Brother Giles did not accumulate great material wealth but he left a he r itage of great love and much service to his memory. He was indeed a mi ll ionaire in point of unselfish service to his fellowmen.
The concluding paragraph of the obituary in the local paper, The Progre s s, simply but beautifully expresses the epitome of his life’s work in t h e following language:

“In conclusion let us say that we have lost, for awhile, the associati o n of a faithful, true and loving friend; a man who became personally ac qu ainted with Christ’s life and works, and who consecrated all his power s o f mind, body and heart to the love of God and his fellow men”.


THE LIFE OF BROTHER JOSEPH SINKLER GILES

Brother Giles was born on April 5th 1832, at West Nottingham Township , C hester County, Penn. The son of Joseph, and Jane Moore, Giles. He s pen t his early childhood on his father’s 169 acres tract in Chester Coun ty , Penn. He received part of his education in the schools of that vici nit y. At the age of 18 years he left home and went to Ohio and from tha t st ate to Illinois where he taught school at the age of 19. He taugh t at Re d Oak Prairie, and boarded with the scholars at their homes, part aking, a s he was said many times, of their good bacon, corn, bread, an d coffee.
While in Illinois he studied law at Princeton Bureau County in the offi c e of John Porter Jr. and practiced his profession for a short period i n t hat state before the inferior courts. Later when he came to Utah h e beca me admitted to the Bar of this state and was an honored member o f that as sociation to the date of his death. Brother Giles joined the U nited Stat es Army at the age of 23 and participated in the Indian and Me xican raid s in Texas and Florida during the time when Billy Bow Legs, a n educated S eminole Indian, with about thirty dusky followers, were maki ng raids on t he settlement for those localities. He was with the Johnst on Army durin g the period of their starvation when it seemed that thei r entire number s would be annihilated. He served as a surgeon in the ar my and gained ex perience along the medical line, which later proved of g reat value to hi m in the service of his fellows during the early settlem ent of the commun ities of Millard county Utah. Stranger or friend alwa ys found a warm we lcome in Brother Giles home. He became converted to t he Mormon faith thr ough reading the sermons and writings of Parley P. Pr att and joined the M ormon Church about the year 1858. Shortly after hi s arrival in Utah he m arried Sarah Huntsman, (daughter of James and Mar y Huntsman who gave hi m thirteen children, ten of whom are now living, a nd have children and gr andchildren of their own.) After the death of hi s wife, Sarah, brother G iles married Ann E. Carling (daughter of Abraha m and Ann E. Carling of Fi llmore City, Utah.) Who, with her daughters , Low Frampton, Laura Brough , Florence Brough and her son Grover A. Gile s, survive him .
The members of his first family who survive him are as follows: Rile y , Freeman, John, Jesse, Mrs. James Sprague, Mrs. Emily McKee, Mrs. Mara nd a Turner, Mrs. Meda Nelson, Mrs. Melissa Miller, and Mrs. Lena Suther n . Practically all of his surviving children attended his funeral. A s wa s stated at he funeral, brother Giles has spent his life in the serv ice o f his fellowmen, and the sacrifice which he made for their welfar e will l ong be remembered and cherished by those who knew him.
For a great many years he was the only medical aid obtainable in Milla r d County and the good he has done in that regard can hardly be estimate d.
He was a devout member of his church and always paid an honest tithin g . In civil affairs he served well in every instance. For many year s h e was the only licensed abstractor, surveyor and lawyer in Millard Co unty , besides giving the medical dentist attention spoken of herein. I n hi s civil and religious duties he made sources of friends, and the wri ter d oes not know of a soul on earth who holds any malice or ill-will to ward t his noble brother who lived upon the earth 88 years, and 6 month s to th e day of his death.
He will be sorely missed by his family and his many friends, but ther e a re none who will wish him back from the happiness, which he has mos t sure ly found as the reward of his good deeds on earth. As one of th e speaker s remarked, “His life was a prayer and his death a benediction , and we ar e wex who are left behind”.



AN INCIDENT OF EARLY DENTISTRY IN HOLDE N
Related by Franklin Badger

I have heard my mother relate this story a number of times; of her fath e r Albert Stevens and Brother J. S. Giles. My Grandfather like this gra nd son and possible others—was very sensitive about having a tooth pulled .
After enduring the ache of one about as long as he could endure it, a n d trying every known and recommended remedy without relief, --he very r el uctantly decided to visit Brother Giles, as a last resort.
On making the purpose of the visit known, the dentist procured his forc e ps and together they went out to the woodpile. Grandfather sat on a l o g for the latter to have just a look at the offending tooth. While doi n g so he slipped the forceps on with a firm grip. Grandfather hollere d “h old on, hold on”. Brother Giles replied, “I am holding on”, and h e did t ill the tooth came out.




JOSEPH SINKLER GILES

Joseph Sinkler Giles was born April 5, 1832, in West Nottingham, Chest e r County, Penn. To Joseph and Jane Moore Giles. He helped his parent s a t home until he was eighteen years old and then he had a desire to wa nder , and see the country.
He left home and met a Mr. Church, who was Superintendent of Schools . M r. Church asked him to take an examination to see if he were eligibl e t o each school. “He had to study Webster’s speller, had to give the v owe l and consonant combinations, then Mr. Church asked me some very od d ques tions. I studied for ten days, passed my examination and began te achin g school”.
For the next two years Sinkler taught school. Seventy students from s i x years old to twenty-five years old, for twenty-two dollars a month . Th e next year he went to Mt. Privide Academy, Boro County, Penn. an d studie d Law for two years. In 1855 he joined the United States Army a nd was se nt to Governor’s Island as Assistant Clerk to the commanding of ficer fo r several months.
He was sent to Florida to help hunt Billy bow Legs, a small tribe of Se m inole Indians who rebelled against being sent to Indian Territory. He r e I was in charge of the chemicals, being appointed the Hospital Stewa r t [steward]. He had charge of the medicine and was called “Dr. Joe” . H e was with Johnston’s Army when they were ordered to go to Utah.
Brigham Young sent the army a wagon load of salt but Commander Johnst o n had the salt dumped out a long way from camp, as he would not let th e s oldiers eat it. Sinkler Giles asked permission to test the salt an d foun d it clean and pure. It proved to be a blessing for the army an d those w ho had settled there.
Sinkler Giles left Johnston’s Army in 1958 and came to Fillmore. He wo r ked in Fillmore, Scipio, and Holden. Thomas Robins of Scipio began tea ch ing Sinkler the principles of the Mormon Church. He was baptized in C hal k Creek by Daniel Thompson December 13, 1858.
Sinkler met Sarah Huntsman in December 1858. Sarah was the daughte r o f James and Mary Huntsman and was born June 5, 1841 in Nauvoo, Illino is . It was love at first sight. They were married January 30, 1860 b y Bis hop Lewis Brunson, at the home of the bride but we were later endow ed a t the Old Endowment House in Salt Lake City.
Joseph was the first Superintendent of the Sunday School in Holden, Uta h . He held positions in the church all of his life and also acted a s a do ctor, setting broken bones and relieving the sick whenever he wa s called . He was a very talented person and did much to help with the a musement s of the wards in which he lived.
Joseph Sinkler and his wife Sarah were the parents of thirteen childre n , all of them faithful members of the church (Mormon). He served as Co un ty Surveyor, County Attorney, and several other civic jobs besides alw ay s serving as a “doctor” whenever he was called.
His wife, Sarah Huntsman Giles, died April 5, 1881 and is buried in t h e Fillmore Cemetery.
After the death of his wife Sarah Huntsman Giles, Joseph Sinkler Gile s m arried Elizabeth Carling, daughter of Abraham and Ann Ashman Carling . T o this union were born four children, Lou Frampton, Laura Brought, F loren ce Brough, and Grover A. Giles.
Joseph Snkler Giles passed away November 5th 1921, in Fillmore, Utah, a n d is buried in the Fillmore Cemetery.
The names of his children born to him and his wife Sarah Huntsman Gil e s are: Joseph Riley, Mary Miranda, James Freeman, Sarah Jane, Emily An n , Jesse Huntsman, Elemeda Aratimisia, John Thomas, William Sinkler, Lor in da Melissa, Selina Merila, Eva May, and Jacob.




SOME OF THE CHILDREN OF JOSEPH SINKLER AND SARAH HUNTSMAN GILES

Emily Ann Giles: born March 23, 1867, daughter of Joseph Sinker and Sar a h Huntsman Giles, in Fillmore. She was a nurse and a homemaker. She m ar ried David McKee October 14, 1887, and lived on Main Street in Holden , Mi llard County, Utah. She raised a large family and worked in the Rel ief S ociety. She was kind and very considerate of everyone and had man y frien ds. She died April 15, 1942 in Holden, Utah and is buried in th e Holde n Cemetery.

Almedia Artemisa Giles (Nelson): was born November 1, 1870 to Joseph a n d Sarah Huntsman Giles, in Holden, Utah where her father taught schoo l . Almedia became a schoolteacher and was prominent in public school ci rc les. She later became a temple worker and worked in the Logan Temple , do ing genealogical work until her death.
She married Joseph Nelson June 27, 1888 and moved to Preston, Idaho. S h e died August 7, 1950 in Preston, Idaho.

John Thomas Giles: born January 30, 1873 to Joseph Snkler and Sarah Hun t sman Giles in Holden, Utah. He became a Blacksmith and made hardware f o r the early settlers, besides keeping the horses well shod. He also h a d a large farm where he grew most of the food for his family. He marri e d Aemina Wilson. He died December 8, 1939

Joseph Riley Giles: born October 8, 1860, to Joseph and Sarah Huntsma n G iles, in Fillmore, Utah. He became a farmer and learned the blacksmi th t rade. He was also a musician and played for the dances and entertai nment s in the church and town entertainments in Holden and Lehi, Utah . He mar ried Polly Harmon May 18, 1882. He died October 22, 1924 in Le hi, Utah.

James Freeman Giles: born November 23, 1863, son of Joseph Sinkler an d S arah Huntsman Giles, in Fillmore, Utah. He was a barber by trade an d pla yed the accordion for dances and entertainments in Fillmore, Holde n and L ehi. He married Thressa Stringham and moved later to Salt Lake c ity. H e always played his accordion for the dances of the senior citize ns in hi s ward, as well as a practicing his trade as barber. (He was ma rried Ma y 31, 1885). He died January 27, 1853.

Sarah Jane Giles: born September 14, 1865, to Joseph Sinkler and Sara h H untsman Giles in Fillmore, Utah. She was a seamstress and housewife . Sh e made suits for men and dressed for women, and continued sewing un til sh e was ninety-one years old. She remained a visiting teacher in th e Relie f Society until she was ninety-nine years old. She was a templ e worker a nd did three sessions of temple work the day after her one-hun dredth birt hday. She married Solomon Abraham Sprague January 9, 1888 . She died Dec ember 13, 1966 in Monroe, Utah.



SARAH HUNTSMAN GILES
Written by daughter, Almeda Giles Nelson

Sarah Huntsman was the tenth child of James and Mary Johnston Huntsma n , born 5 June 1841 in Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, during the pers ec ution and mobbing of the Latter-day Saints.
Her father was the 36th member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-d a y Saints. He came west with one of the Brigham Young’s first companie s , but his wife and family came a year later
James Huntsman, her father was a mechanic. He invented a gadget call e d the milometer, with which to measure the daily mileage the Saints tra ve led. Appleton Harmon takes the credit for the making of it, but Jame s Hu ntsman invented it.
Nothing much is recorded of Sarah Huntsman’s early life, but she knew t h e Prophet Joseph Smith and mourned his martyrdom. She taught her child re n to love and revere him. She remembers him riding on a spirited hors e s itting so straight coming down the street.
Mother was beautiful with long black hair either coiled around her shap e ly head in broad braids, or on some occasions, hanging loose to her wai st . She had large grey eyes that could either by sympathetic or indigna n t as circumstances demanded. She never punished us except by her looks .
Her romance began when she and several girl friends worked at the Hunts m an Hotel in Fillmore. They filled thimbles with water, and if successf u l not to spill the water as they walked backwards and placed it under t h e pillow, their dreams would disclose to them who their future husband s w ere to be. The next morning there was great fun making while each gi rl t old her dream. Mother had seen a man dressed in an oilcloth coat, w alkin g with a soldiers step. As the day proceeded one of the girls excl aimed , “Oh Sarah, here comes your future husband.” Unbelievingly she lo oked o ut into the street and surely enough she saw her “Dream Man” wit h an oilc loth coat and the step of a soldier. They met and became frien ds, and la ter she was married to her dream man Joseph Sinkler Giles. Th ey were mar ried by Bishop Lewis Brunson 30 January 1860 in Fillmore, Uta h. They wer e later endowed in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City, Ut ah, and wer e blessed with 13 children.
Sarah was exceedingly frugal, experiencing all the privations of the ea r ly pioneers.
Their first home was a dugout between Holden and Fillmore. Their equip m ent consisted of a sort of fireplace, a dutch oven and a large brass ke tt le in which soap as well as hominy was made. She made her own lye fro m w ood ashes, and used this for making soap, and also in the hominy maki ng . She made candles from animal fat, which furnished the only light fo r t he early Pioneers.
While living in the dugout, Father built an adobe house in the Easter n p art of Holden, Utah. (Where Arvin Stevens home now stands.)
Mother was faithful in teaching us children to pray and to otherwise ke e p the commandments of God.
I recall a song she taught us about the martyrs which she sang in her b e autiful clear voice.
Besides making all the clothing for her large family, she tailored sui t s for many of the town folks.
Father purchased one of the first sewing machines in that part of the c o unty, which greatly aided in her sewing projects. He also bought on e o f the first organs, and cook stoves in Holden.
Mother loved music and dancing, no girl in the community could out do h e r in rhythm and step dancing. Her pretty little feet fairly flew to t h e music.
She loved her religion and did her Relief Society teaching, worked zeal o usly, even when her health would scarcely justify the effort. Her bush e l of wheat was gleaned and turned to the Relief society regularly. Sh e a nd her children passed through the “no flour” time when only corn mea l co uld be had. This was served in various ways three times daily. Cor ndodg ers, straight mush, or gruel. However there was no variety in tast e.
Mother was an artist in all the crafts of those early settlers. Her ha n dwork in quits, laces, crochet work and knitting was unexcelled. She c ar ded, spun wool and taught these arts to her girls as they grew up.
Meticulous in the care of her home and children, I marvel now how she k e pt our hair in ringlets, (for it was not naturally curly) and dresse d u s in white aprons for school wear. On the whole, I have concluded si nc e I have a large family of my own to care for that my mother must hav e be en a wonder indeed. Her and her husband lived a very happy and cont ente d life together even if they didn’t have all the fancies of life.
She died giving birth to her thirteenth child at the age of 40. The me m ory of her beauty and accomplishments forever lives in her children’s h ea rts, and with all her many friends who knew her as, “Aunt Sarah”.
Sarah Huntsman Giles died April 5th 1881, and is buried in the Holden C e metery. Her baby Jacob, born April 5, 1881 is buried in the same cask e t with his mother. Her children are as follows: Joseph Riley Giles, b or n Oct. 8, 1860 at Fillmore Utah. Mary Maranda Giles Turner, born Janu ar y 16, 1862, Fillmore, Utah. James Freeman Giles, born Nov. 23, 1863 , Fil lmore, Utah. Sarah Jane Giles Sprague, born Sept. 14, 1865, Fillmo re, Ut ah. Emily Ann Giles McKee, born March 23, 1867, Fillmore, Utah . Jesse H untsman Giles, born Dec. 31, 1868, Holden. Almeda Artemesia G iles Nelson , born Nov. 1, 1870, Holden, Utah. John Thomas Giles, born J an. 30, 1873 , Holden, Utah. William Sinkler Giles, born Aug. 6, 1874, H olden, Utah . Lorinda Melissa Giles Miller, born Oct. 1, 1875, Holden, U tah. Salen a Marailla Giles Southern, born Oct. 29, 1877, Holden, Utah . Eva May Gil es, born Dec. 27, 1879, Holden, Utah. Jacob Giles, born A pril 5, 1881, H olden, Utah; died April 5, 1881.

Biography obtained from the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, Fillmore, Ut a h, Territorial Statehouse Museum.

Joseph married Sarah Huntsman on 15 Jan 1860 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States. Sarah (daughter of James Huntsman and Mary Johnston) was born on 3 Jun 1841 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States; died on 5 Apr 1881 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States; was buried on 8 Apr 1881 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWJ8-GDJ
• Initiatory (LDS): 24 May 1869, EHOUS

Notes:

Pioneer
Harry Walton/Garden Grove Company (1851) Age at departure: 9
About 21 families from Garden Grove plus other individuals and 60 wago n s were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting po s t at Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs). They left Garden Gr ov e, Iowa on 17 May 1851


This story was written by one of Sarah Huntsmans’ children. I do not kn o w how or where I got it, but I am her Great Granddaughter, Earline Gil e s Kvist.

Sarah Huntsman Giles was the 10th child of James Huntsman and Mary Johns t on Huntsman. She was born in Nauvoo, Illinois on the 3rd of June, 1841.
Her father was the 36th member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-D a y Saints.
The family moved to Kirtland, Ohio in 1830. From there they moved to Jac k son County, Missouri where they stayed until 1839. They were driven ou t o f Missouri on 27 February, 1839. The next day their son was born in a n ol d blacksmith shop. The next day, 28 February, 1839, they began the j ourne y to Nauvoo, Illinois. They lived there until the martyrdom of th e Prophe t Joseph Smith.
In 1846 they moved to Council Bluff. They were among the first settler s t here.
Grandfather Huntsman built a grist mill there and sold flour to the immi g rants
They traveled to Utah in Captain Merriotts’ Company of 50 wagons. Capta i n William Barton was Captain over their 10 wagons. They settled in Sal t L ake City on Mill Creek.
They were called by President Brigham Young to go to Fillmore, Millard C o unty in 1853. Grandfather Huntsman held a great many positions to trus t i n Fillmore, which was once the State Capitol of Utah.
During the early days he acted as Santa Claus to the poor of that town.
My mother, Sarah, married Joseph Sinkler Giles on January 30, 1869 in Fi l lmore.
My father came to Utah as a surgeon in Johnstons Army
My mother made buckskin shirts and pants for many of the young men of Ho l den, Utah, and also made clothing for men which she sold in the store . Sh e owned the first sewing machine in Holden. She was a great dancer a nd si nger. She gave birth to thirteen children. She was also a Relief So ciet y teacher when it was first organized and was a faithful teacher unt il he r death

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• FamilySearch ID: LHPQ-SY8
• Initiatory (LDS): 25 Feb 1916, LOGAN

Notes:

MARRIAGE: "American Republican" Newspaper, 12 Dec 1827

DEATH: "Village Record" Newspaper, 30 Nov 1858, 21 Dec 1858

Occupation: Cotton mills


Joseph and Jane Moore Giles had a 160-acre tract in Chester County, Penn s ylvania. Their children attended schools in that vicinity. They were me mb ers of the Oxford Presbyterian Church.

Joseph Gyles worked as a supervisor at the S.E. Dickey Cotton Mill in Ho p ewell. The Joseph Gyles home near Hopewell was bought from James Whites id e Turner and James MacQueen. The Ebenezer T. Gyles home on South 3rd S tre et, Oxford was at one time a shopping mall. It has since been torn do wn.

In 1834, Joseph Gyles was the tax assessor for West Nottingham.

Joseph married Jane Moore on 6 Dec 1827 in Lower Oxford Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. Jane (daughter of John Moore and Jane Gray) was christened on 2 Feb 1790 in Lacock, Wiltshire, England; died on 6 Jul 1882 in Nottingham, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: L56B-CJ3
• Initiatory (LDS): 25 Feb 1916

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: K14S-B65
• Initiatory (LDS): 25 Sep 1855, EHOUS

Notes:

SOURCE: A Profile of...Camp, 1830-39. Backman, Jr., Milton V.

SOURCE: Nauvoo: Early Mormon...Series 1839-46. Platt, Lyman. 1980

SOURCE: Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah. Esshom, Frank. 1913 Page: 950

SOURCE: Utah Federal Census; Year: 1860, 1870

SOURCE: Nauvoo Social History Project. Smith, James

SOURCE: LDS Missouri Petitions of 1830's Johnson, Clark

Pioneer
Harry Walton/Garden Grove Company (1851) Age at departure: 49
About 21 families from Garden Grove plus other individuals and 60 wago n s were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting po s t at Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs). They left Garden Gr ov e, Iowa on 17 May 1851.


Brief History of James HUNTSMAN and Mary JOHNSTON HUNTSMAN Written by: E s tella Rebecca Spafford Sampson (a Great Granddaughter)

James Huntsman was born on 6 June 1801 in the state of Pennsylvania. H i s wife, Mary Johnston was born 6 May 1801 in Pennsylvania. They were ma rr ied in the same state, then moved to Kirtland Ohio, USA in 1830. Ther e th ey joined the Mormon Church when it was organized. His son tells u s tha t James was the 36th member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latte r Day S aint. They moved from Kirtland Ohio to Jackson County, Missouri . They liv ed there until 1839 when they were driven out on the 27th Feb . 1839. On t he second day out on the road Feb 28th 1839, their son Pete r was born i n an old blacksmith shop, which is still standing in Jackso n County, Miss ouri. The next day on the 29th, they started on their jour ney to Nauvoo , Illionios. In Nauvoo on the 3rd of June 1841, their daugh ter Sarah wa s born. They lived in Nauvoo until the Prophet Joseph and hi s brother Hyr um Smith were Martyred. In 1846 they moved to Counsil Bluff s and settle d there. Their son Isaac died there in 1850. they ere amon g the first se ttlers at that place. He (James) built a grist mill and so ld flour to th e emigrants as they came along. In 1851 they, with other s aints, left the re on their way to the Rocky Mountains, in the Caption Me rott Company o f 50 wagons. Captian William Barton was captian over thei r 10. they settl ed in Salt Lake City on Mill Creek in 1851. they staye d there until 185 3 when they were called by President Brigham Young to g o South and help s ettle Fillmore, Millard County Utah. James Huntsman di ed in Fillmore on 1 0 Nov 1871 at the age of 70 years. His wife Mary John ston Huntsman died 1 5 Aug 1895 at Arrow Grand, San Louis County, Califor nia, USA. She was pla ce in the poor house by her sone Jacob. She was ver y unhappy there and lo nged many times to return to her home in Fillmore . She left the Church wh en she went to California but in her later year s longed to become a membe r of the church again. Her sons did not repor t her death to her dear one s in Utah. They didn’t know until one of he r granddaughters came from Cal ifornia to Utah and told the story of he r sad life and her sorrow and dea th. While Mary lived in Utah, she wa s a weaver of fine cloth, and dyed he r own colors, she carded wool and m ade many beautiful coverlids and blank ets. James held many responsible p ositions in Fillmore. For a number o f years after they settled there, h e acted as Santa Claus to the poor o f the town, taking apples and frie d cakes, that his wife had made. He wa s a member ot he 21st Quoram of th e Seventies and was also in the Mormo n Batalion in the Company B. He wa s ordained a Seventy 16 July 1847. He d ied June 3rd 1878 at Annabella Se vier County, Utah, USA. But was taken t o Fillmore for Burial. HE was a b lacsmith by trade. Mary Johnston Huntsma n died 15 Aug 1890 at Arrow Gran d, San Louis County, California. Her pare nts were Samuel Johnston and El izabeth Johnston.
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Isaiah HUNTSMAN and Rebecca Carter AMES Family Group Sheet notes

#1 Ezra md (2) Mary Williams, 25 Oct 1879, Annabella, Sevier, Utah. Ma r y Williams was formerly married to George Chandler, Temple cancellatio n o f this marriage recorded in President McKays Office. Two children b y thi s marriage, Mary Elizabeth Chandler and George Andrew Chandler, the y wer e adopted by Ezra. As of 25 Apr 1965, nothing has been found on Mar y Walt on or possible children of this union .

#2 Harriet md (1) BANKHEAD, John Henderson, no date found and one chil d b y this union, Joseph Huntsman Bankhead. Temple Cancellation of this m arri eage. Md. (2) DALTON, Daniel Henry. Joseph Huntsman Bankhead was sea led t o Mother and Daniel Henry Dalton.

#4 Isaiah Jr. (1) DALTON, Susan. She died in fire at Meeker Colorado. ( 2 ) md Pamer, Mary. She died in child birth, child was raised by Catholi c f amily by the name of Clark. The child is known by Jack Clark and live s i n Long Beach, California, USA. Child not legally adopted. (3) md LEWI S, T hirza Ellen Lewis.

#7 Estella, md NEBEKER, Lewis Monroe, he died leaving her with a small c h ild. Another child died in infancy. She md. (2) SPAFFORD, William Nels o n Jr. children by Nebeker were sealed to Estella and William Nelson Spa ff ord Jr.

#9 William (1) THURSTON, Evelyn (Eeveline) she died and he md (2) JOHNSO N , Minnie Jane. She was previously married and her children are seale d t o her 1st husband THURSTON, Erastus.

James married Mary Johnston on 19 Nov 1822 in Perry Township, Lake, Ohio, United States. Mary (daughter of Samuel Johnston and Elizabeth Huntsman) was born on 6 May 1801 in Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States; died on 15 Aug 1895 in Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, California, United States; was buried in Arroyo Grande Cemetery, San Luis Obispo, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWJ5-7T7
• Initiatory (LDS): 25 Sep 1855, EHOUS

Notes:

DEATH: San Luis Obispo Tribune 23 Aug 1895

BIRTH: 1850 Census of Troy Twp., Richland Co., Ohio

Mary Johnson was born May 6, 1801 in Washington County, Pennsylvania: t h e daughter of Samuel Johnson and Elizabeth Huntsman. While yet a child , s he went with her parents to the “virgin” Ohio Valley where she met he r fu ture husband James Huntsman. In 1822 they were married and lived i n Richl and County near their parents as they began to raise their family .
In the fall of 1833, the Mormon missionaries began preaching in Richla n d County and James and Mary were among the first members of the Churc h o f Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is presumed that Mary’s mothe r wa s also baptized. They sold their comfortable home and huge farm to b e nea r the Saints and were among those who were in Jackson County. The y were p resent in the bloody slaughter at Haun’s Mill, where their broth er-in law , Jacob Potts was killed; a victim to the ruthless mob .
Faith and Peace was again found in the city of Nauvoo. They were clos e t o the Prophet Joseph Smith. From Joseph’s own journal is found this e ntry : “October 7, 1842; This day teachers for the school of the prophet s me t and organized in Nauvoo, Illinois, with Elish Averett, President ; Jame s Huntsman, First Counselor; James Hendricks, Second Counselor.” T hey wer e active in the building of the Temple and when it was complete d were amo ng those who did work for the dead.
A short time before the martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph Smith, James to o k his youngest son Peter to the Temple and the child was afraid of th e ox en. The Prophet lifted the child up so that he could touch one of th e oxe n and explained to the boy that they were not real .
If their testimonies had not been tested and tired, once again they we r e without a home as they watched their beautiful city burn under the ha nd s of a mob. The Huntsman’s were resettled in Council Bluffs with the r ema ining faithful Saints. It was their on July 17, 1846 at Pleasant Morn ing , Camp Israel, Council Bluffs that quote:” President Brigham Young se lect ed the brethren to act as Bishops; James Huntsman and others.” He i s reco rded as being a man of great means and generosity when called upon .” Some time after their baptism James was called to serve a mission in T ennessee , leaving his wife to raise the family in Richland County.
The family crossed the plains with the early Saints and lived in Salt La k e City, Utah Territory for one year before heading south to Fillmore i n O ctober 1852. They took up residence in an old fort once used to prote ct t he settlers from warring Indians. Time passed and James Huntsman bui l t a brick home which stands today at what is known as 150 West Center S tr eet. It was here that they farmed and raised cattle to make a living.
Brigham Young visited James Huntsman and family often, both in Salt La k e City and Fillmore, Utah. James was only married once, but his brothe r s journals indicated that he would have taken on more wives as was th e cu stom, but his wife forbade it.
On one occasion Brigham Young visited James and suggested that he migh t t ake on another family since her able to financially. James told Presi den t young he was willing if he could persuade is wife Mary to go for it . Pr esident Young preceded in the home as directly asked Mary is she wou ld pe rmit James to take another wife. She was drinking coffee at the tim e an d threw it in President Young’s face. President Young headed out th e doo r and to his horse drawn buggy saying to James, never mind you hav e all t he wife you can handle. Mary left to California with a few child ren afte r she became a widow and she followed her children seeking gol d in Califo rnia. She died August 15, 1895 in Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obi spo County , California.