Rita Smithson

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• FamilySearch ID: KW89-DWV
• Initiatory (LDS): 16 Jan 2013, BRIGH

Rita married Joseph Toffee Koury in 1931. Joseph was born on 18 Jun 1905; died in Dec 1974 in Holbrook, Navajo, Arizona, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Daniel Koury died in Holbrook, Navajo, Arizona, United States.

Rita married David Lloyd Jones on 23 Oct 1950. David was born on 17 Feb 1930 in Globe, Gila, Arizona, United States; died on 23 Apr 2002 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KW89-DW5
• Census: 25 Jun 1900, Woodruff, Navajo, Arizona, United States
• Census: 27 Apr 1910, Woodruff, Navajo, Arizona, United States
• Initiatory (LDS): 6 Jan 1921, SLAKE

Thomas married Laura Heward on 20 Feb 1909 in Woodruff, Navajo, Arizona, United States. Laura (daughter of Lehi Heward and Susannah Talbot) was born on 27 Oct 1888 in Pine, Gila, Arizona, United States; died on 8 Nov 1975 in Woodruff, Navajo, Arizona, United States; was buried on 10 Nov 1975 in Holbrook, Navajo, Arizona, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KW89-DWP
• Census: 21 Oct 1900, Navajo Indian Reservation, Coconino, Arizona, United States
• Census: 27 Apr 1910, Woodruff, Navajo, Arizona, United States
• Initiatory (LDS): 30 Aug 1921, SGEOR

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• FamilySearch ID: KWZ4-7CC
• Census: 1860, Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
• Initiatory (LDS): 19 Jan 1869, EHOUS
• Census: 21 Jun 1900, Navajo Indian Reservation, Coconino, Arizona, United States
• Census: 17 Jan 1910, Heber, Navajo, Arizona, United States

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LEHI HEWARD

Lehi Heward was born 7 August 1851, in the old fort in Salt Lake City, U t ah. He was the fourth child (first son) of John Heward and Elizabeth Te rr y. His parents came to Salt Lake City in 1847, in the same company a s Bri gham Young. The family moved several times during his childhood, a t one o ccasion "going south" prior to the arrival of Johnston's Army. Th ey event ually settled in Draper, Utah. Lehi progressed through the chore s commo n to that period, that included herding sheep, planting and harve sting wh eat, and pruning orchards.

At 18 years of age, he was called to make two trips to Ft. Laramie, Wyom i ng (a distance of 500 miles) to help companies of emigrating saints. Th i s involved driving a four-horse team, something that Lehi had never tri e d before, and he suffered a few mishaps before mastering the nuances. B lo wing dust on these trips was a problem, and Lehi's eyes were irritate d fo r the next 8 months.

Lehi courted Susannah Talbot, and asked her hand in marriage, but Susann a h, who didn't feel ready for marriage, declined. Sometime thereafter ( 2 6 May 1873), Lehi married Janet Branden. A set of premature twin girl s we re born to them on 24 December 1873, but both babies survived less t han 1 5 minutes. As a complication of childbirth, Janet developed "milkle g" ( a condition characterized by painful swelling of the legs caused b y infla mmation and clotting of the femoral veins, so called because it o ccurs mo st often during lactation following childbirth) and died three m onths lat er (23 March 1874).

More than a year later, Lehi again asked Susannah Talbot to marry him, a n d this time she accepted. They were married 26 October 1875, in the End ow ment House in Salt Lake City. Lehi later teased Susannah, by suggestin g t hat, "Pity was akin to love. " Twelve children were born to this unio n .
They first homesteaded 100 acres of land at Lewiston, Utah, and lived th e re until the fall of 1877. Then, because of plagues of grasshoppers, th e y abandoned the farm and moved back to Draper, Utah, living at the hom e o f John Heward (Lehi's father). During the winter of 1877/87 Lehi wa s ver y ill for several weeks.

Susannah wanted to be with her own mother when her second child was bor n , so Lehi took her there. After visiting her sister, she left carryin g he r son Stephen. A big dog, belonging to neighbors by the name of Adam s, at tacked her, grabbed her skirt, and yanked her first one way then th e othe r. Susannah was terrified and screamed, but the Adams (man and wif e) thou ght it was funny and just stood by, laughing. Henry James Talbo t (Susanna h's brother), alerted by her screams, rushed to her aid, arriv ing just i n time to catch her as she fainted. When Lehi come home from w ork and lea rned what had happened, he was furious, so bright and early t he next morn ing he paid a visit to the Adams family. After telling them , "No dog is g oing to scare my wife nearly to death and live! " he sho t the animal. Th e scare brought on labor, and after two days, the baby w as born. When Sus annah recovered from childbirth, they moved back to Dra per and kept hous e for John Heward (his wife [and Lehi's mother] havin g died shortly befor e the baby's birth).

Lehi and Susannah responded to a call by Brigham Young for volunteer s t o settle in Arizona. In November of 1879, they moved (using a team an d wa gon) all their worldly goods and their two children to St. Joseph, A rizon a. On the trip, one of their horses died, and Lehi traded Susannah' s sewi ng machine for a replacement. During this trip, Lehi again becam e ill t o the point that he could not get out of the wagon. Susannah, wh o did no t know how, unhitched the horses, undoing every buckle she coul d find. Th e next day when it was time harness the team, she had a very d ifficult ti me, but, after a fashion, managed (with the help of another w oman and h e little boy). When Lehi recovered (in about two days), he vow ed, "If I r aise a dozen girls, I will teach them all to harness a hors e He ended u p with 8 daughters, and taught them all, along with his wife . Three week s after their arrival at St. Joseph, their second daughter ( Eliza Jane) w as born. Lehi's first mother-in-law accompanied them on thi s journey, t o help where she could. Not surprisingly, there was some fri ction betwee n her and Susannah, and it was not long before Mrs. Brando n returned to U tah.

The people in St. Joseph were living the United Order, and Lehi drew t h e job of freighting with oxen to Albuquerque, New Mexico, bring back sa lt , flour, sugar, and other staples. After four years, the family took a n e xtended visit to Utah and was gone for six months. Ruth (born 24 Sept embe r 1881 was a baby at the time). When they returned, Lehi was given t he jo b of caring for the United Order cattle. This made it necessary fo r the f amily to move to the mountains, where pasture was good, and the d anger fr om quicksand less. They made their home at Heber, Arizona, and t here Leh i became a cattleman when the United Order was dissolved .

Lehi was a cattleman during the so called "Pleasant Valley War" that rag e d between the "Grahams and Tewksburys," and was acquainted with many m e n that rode for the Hash Knife outfit. From a cane patch near their hom e , the made molasses, and Lehi habitually carried a sack of molasses coo ki es with him when he was riding, caring for his livestock. He would sha r e these cookies with other cowboys (including Hash Knife employees). Th ou gh this medium he gained confidence of these rough men, and instead o f st ealing his cattle, they would drive them back to his pasture. A smal l inv estment in cookies saved a lot of livestock .

Still, this was rough country with thievery rampant. Lehi had a beautif u l horse he had raised and trained, that he called, "Boxer" When he wa s aw ay from home, he had some chain hobbles made of steel and padlocke d the f ront leg of several horses together. The stable had a door like a n ordina ry house, so only one horse could come out at a time. Many night s Susanna h was awakened by the sound of someone trying to steal the hors e. One nig ht, she even saw someone peering over the top of her window bl ind, and sh e was afraid the man was going to come in and demand for th e key to the h obbles. Instead he contented himself with stealing some co rn .

A little neighbor boy often visited the Heward home and was very mischie v ous. One day Susannah saw the cellar door open and she thought he was i nt o the milk. She yelled as she rushed down into the cellar, but was cha gri ned to find Lehi drinking milk with several of the Hash Knife cowboy s .
Because he often wore clothing Susannah had made from deer hide, Lehi ac q uired the nickname of, "Buckskin." Being a tall man (well over six feet ) , his figure was unmistakable, even from a distance. He was an accompli sh ed tracker, and was often called on to help find horse and cattle thie ves . This was dangerous business, and during one outing, the came upon t hre e bodies hanging in a tree near the road they were following. Vigilan te l aw was quick, though not always thorough or just .

Because of continuing trouble with rustling, Lehi gave up the cattle bus i ness about 1888, and moved to Pine Creek (now Pine, Arizona), where hi s f amily lived for about three years. From here he moved to Tuba City, A rizo na, then joined with two other families to purchase the Moenava Ranc h. Le hi often worked with Fred Randall, a friend with a short stature. O ne day , their bedrolls got switched. Lehi's comment on that episode wa s that h e could not keep his navel warm. "If I covered my feet, my nave l froze. I f I covered my shoulders, my navel still froze." Because of hi s height, S usannah always had to make extra long quilts for him. The Ind ians in th e area called him, "Hostein Nez" which literally translated is , "old ma n long."

In 1903, the Federal Government seized the land around Tuba City, for us e s as an Indian reservation. Property owners were reimbursed at rates s e t by government assessors. The Indian School in that area was built o n th e foundation Lehi had constructed for his new home. The Heward famil y mov ed to Woodruff, where they maintained a home for the rest of thei r lives . Susannah was unhappy with this decision, wanting to be near he r famil y in Utah, and considering Woodruff to be, "on the very edge of c reation. " During this time, Lehi homesteaded in Dry Lake (also known a s Zeniff) , Arizona, moving out there to dry land farm during the numerou s times th at the Woodruff dam washed out. The family maintained a home i n Dry Lak e for several years before permanently returning to their hom e in Woodruf f in 1925.

Lehi passed away 2 December 1926, one year after he and Susannah celebra t ed their 50th Wedding Anniversary. Susannah had a horror of gophers dig gi ng into the graves in the Woodruff cemetery (as they often did then) s o s he had Lehi taken to Snowflake for burial. After her death three year s la ter, she was buried beside him in Snowflake.

Lehi married Susannah Talbot on 26 Oct 1875 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Susannah (daughter of Henry Talbot and Ruth Sweetnam) was born on 12 Mar 1854 in Whittlesea, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 30 Apr 1929 in Woodruff, Navajo, Arizona, United States; was buried on 2 May 1929 in Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWZ4-7CZ
• Initiatory (LDS): 26 Oct 1875, EHOUS
• Census: 21 Jun 1900, Navajo Indian Reservation, Coconino, Arizona, United States
• Census: 17 Jan 1920, Heber, Navajo, Arizona, United States

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Susannah Talbot

Susannah Talbot was the twelfth Child of Henry Talbot and Ruth Sweetn a m . She was born at Whittlesea, Queenstown District, South Africa, 12 M a r c h 1854, a beautiful autumn day (the seasons being reversed in the s ou th er n hemisphere). Whittlesea is located about 19 miles south of Que ens tow n, at the junction of the Oskraal and Kliplsat Rivers, and abou t 25 m il e s northwest of "Wellington Farm" on the Thorn River.

Her parents, originally from England, were quite well off. They were c o n t acted by two Mormon missionaries, and after joining the church, so l d a l l their possessions they could not easily transport, and set sai l f or A me rica. Susannah, who was eight years old at the time, well rem embe red b ein g sea sick for almost all the eight week voyage.

Susannah never lost her "Very English" accent. Where a noun requir e d a n " H" in the beginning of the word, she would omit it, and "Helle n " beca me " Ellen." Then, when a noun did not require an "H," she woul d a dd one, wit h "ears" becoming "hears," and "eyes" becoming "heyes." H er g randch ildre n never grew tired of listening to her distinctive spee ch.

The Talbot family landed at Boston, and went from there to Florence, N e b r aska via train. This was 1862, and the Civil War made travel both d if fi cu lt and dangerous. The brought with them a 12 year old Negro boy , wh o m the y had taken to raise after his mother died when he was a tin y bab y. The y had planned to leave him with his relatives in Africa, bu t cou l d not re sist his crying and pleading. From Nebraska, the crosse d the p la ins in th e Homer Duncan company. Upon arriving in Utah, the y made the i r home in th e north part of Kaysville, that is now called L ayton.

As a young lady, Susannah was, "fair to look upon," and very popula r w i t h the young men. Her disdain of her suitors worried her mother, w ho c ou ns eled her, "You will go 'roung and 'round the bush and pick a c rooke d s tic k at last!" Among her suitors was Lehi Heward, but she refu sed hi s of fer, and he married another. Two years later, as a widower, L ehi aga in c ourt ed Susannah, and this time she accepted. They were marr ied 26 O ctobe r 187 5.

They homesteaded in Lewiston, Utah, but were driven out by a plagu e o f g r asshoppers and crickets that took their crops. A few years late r, t he 1 6 0 acre farm they left was worth a great deal. They lived in D raper , Uta h, with Lehi's father until November of 1879 when they left f or Ari zon a.

Susannah expected good behavior from her children and grandchildre n , a n d usually got it. She never allow the to waste anything, especial l y foo d. On evening a grandchild was enjoying mashed potatoes and grav y , and t oo k a second helping with, "their eyes being larger than thei r b elly," a n d couldn't finish what they took. Grandma didn't say a wor d, b ut the ne x t morning for breakfast, the offending grandchild foun d the r emainde r o n their plate. It was obvious that grandma meant wha t she sai d.

Susannah was an excellent cook. She had only the simplest foods to w o r k w ith, but routinely produced exceptional meals. Her fame as a coo k s pr ead, and any visitors were always invited to share her meals. Leh i on c e rema rked that she could take an old dishrag and make you a grea t me a l.
She was also musically talented, singing and accompanying hersel f o n t h e banjo. She also had a pump organ, the was carefully guarded d urin g ea c h move. Lehi played the accordion, and music was encouraged i n eac h o f th eir children.

While they were living in Pine Creek (later named Pine), Arizona, th e w e l l known writer, Zane Gray, boarded with them while he was writin g hi s n ov el, "Riders of the Purple Sage." When it was published, he ga v e a cop y t o the Heward family. Lehi read most of it, then angrily thr e w it int o th e fireplace. Susannah, asked him, "Why in the world did y o u do that? " Leh i answered, "Why the physical description and the mann er isms of th e villi an in that story describe me exactly!" He was ver y ang ry, but Sus annah ju st laughed and laughed.

Susannah spoke English (not to be confused with American) and used a c o u p le of colorful expressions. When something was over done or fusse d ov e r t oo much, she would say, almost disdainfully, "My goodness! Tha t' s a r ea l Tussy-mussy!" Tussy-mussy was never well defined, but a fe w ye ars la ter, in a catalogue form a large florist company, was foun d a smal l, sil ver, funnel-shaped flower holder. It was meant for specia l Brida l or Bri dema id's bouquets and was all embossed and very showy . It was c alled a " Tussy -mussy." When Susannah was disgusted with some one she wou ld call th em a " regular old Pucheole." This expression wa s never define d, but we s uspec t it was not complementary.

Susannah Talbot Heward died 30 April 1929, three years after the de a t h o f her husband, and four years after celebrating their 50th weddi n g an nive rsary. She is buried in the Snowflake Cemetery.



SUSANNAH TALBOT HEWARD
(By her daughter, Susannah Janet “Nettie”)

My mother, Susannah Talbot, was the 12th Child of Henry Talbot and R u t h S weetnam. She was born on 12 Mar 1854 at Whittlesea, Queenstown Di st r ict, South Africa, just 19 miles south of Queenstown, at the juncti o n o f th e Oskraal and Kliplsat Rivers, and about 25 miles northwest o f “ Well ingto n Farm” on the Thorn River. Susannah was born on a beautif ul a utum n da y -- the seasons there being just the opposite from ours.

It was away in that far Southern land that two Mormon Elders found t h i s f amily and converted them to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Talb o t s wer e very wealthy people, but they sold or left everything they h a d an d move d down on the bay, where they waited for a ship to take th e m to Am erica t o join the main body of the church.

My mother used to tell of washing while they were living at the ba y . I n her Childhood, washing was quite an event, for their clothes w e r e mad e by the dozens, by a seamstress, and they only washed eve r y 3 o r 4 month s --- this being an English custom of the wealthy. Tw o o r thre e familie s would take several days at the beach and wash. T o dabb le ou t clothes o nce a week, as we Americans do, they thought mes sy an d injuri ous to thei r fine linens.

They were 8 weeks on the sailing vessel. One of the things my mothe r r e m embered of the voyage, was going to the side of the vessel to se e a s ha r k and having her little green chambray bonnet blow over board . Whe n th e y reached the Boston Harbor, the good captain let them liv e aboar d th e sh ip for 3 months.

From Boston they went by train to Florence, Nebraska. (Note: They actu a l l y traveled by train to the Missouri River, then up the river, via s hi p, t o Florence, Nebraska.) This trip caused a lot of worry because i t w a s du ring the Civil War and Grandmother had a little Negro boy of 1 2 th a t sh e had taken to raise. His mother had died when he was a tin y baby . Th e only way they could think of to get him across the countr y wa s t o dres s him as a girl and make him wear a veil. They had intend ed o n le aving h im in Africa, but they could not resist his crying an d plead ing t o be bro ught with them.

From Nebraska they crossed the plains in the Homer Duncan Company , i n t h e year 1861. The family then made their home in Kaysville, Utah , si tua te d on Kays Creek. Here Susannah grew up and went to school i n the n ort h p art of Kaysville, which is now called Layton. She learne d to card , s pin, weave and knit. Her parents were so proud of the cloth es that sh e m ad e for them that they went to Salt Lake City to have the ir picture s tak e n in their “home spuns”. This was about 1870, and th e only pictur es ev e r taken of her parents.

Mother was a beautiful girl and very popular with the young people , a c h a racteristic that stayed with her always, for she was a natura l entert ai ne r and one could always find a crowd of young folks at he r home. Sh e w a s a beautiful singer and would accompany herself on th e banjo. Sh e al s o stepped-danced and could tell every day experience s in a manne r tha t ma de them interesting and entertaining.

She was sought after by many boy friends, whom she usually disdaine d . G r andmother used to get vexed with mother, when she was girl, becau s e sh e d id not want the love of some of her admirers and she often to l d her, “Yo u will go ‘round and ‘round the bush and pick up a crooked s ti ck a t last! ” Among the young men she met was Lehi Heward, but she di d n ot w ant hi m either, so he married another and he lost his wife at t he e nd o f the fi rst year.

Later, when they met again, she was attracted by the young widower a n d a c cepted him at last. They were married and she was endowed on 26 O c t 18 75, in Salt Lake City, by Daniel H. Wells.

My father used to tease her because she married him later, after tur n i n g him down the first chance. He told her, “Pity was a-kin to love . ”

They lived at Lewiston, Cache Valley, Utah, until Stephen, their fir s t c h ild was over a year old. Then, because of the grasshoppers and t h e cric ke ts, which took their crop, they moved to Draper, Utah, leavi n g a 160 a cr e farm, for which they never received a penny. A few year s l ater thi s sa me land was worth a great deal.

During the winter of 1877-78, Father was very ill for many weeks. L a t e i n February, they went to Kaysville. When Grandmother Heward sai d go o dby e to Mother, she whispered, “I hope you have a girl”. She die d on t h e 9t h of March and I was born the 29th. She had her wish, but d id no t l ive t o see it. When I was a month old, Mother want back to Dra per an d ke pt hou se for Grandfather Heward until Nov 1879, when we move d to Ar izona.

Mother had heard stories of the unsettled, desolate country and di d n o t w ant to come to Arizona. Who could blame her? They drove their m il k c ow s as oxen, having only one team of horses. The trip was slow an d s ome tim es far between habitations. Mother drove the team and Fathe r th e oxe n. My sister, Eliza Jane, was born just three weeks after we r eache d S t. Joseph, on the Little Colorado River.

Mother was a stranger in a strange land, but she found a substitute mo t h e r in Sister Lois Bushman. Ever after, they were the closest of frie n d s. Never a program in the old Fort, that they did not sing togethe r . T he re we lived in the United Order and made friends that were near e r an d dea rer than kindred. Many the parties of song and dance, wher e re fresh ment s were molasses cake and home made root beer. Every one t ook p art a nd Oh ! what good times we did have! At one of these parties , befor e Pr esiden t Grant learned to sing, he said the words to a song , while I saa c Turle y sang the tune.

When we had lived at St. Joseph for years, and my sister, Ruth, ha d b e e n added to the family, we went back to Utah on a visit. Six hundr ed m i le s by team and wagon was a trip that could not be undertaken ver y oft e n. We stayed six months on the visit. On the return trip, while c amp e d o n the Buckskin Mountain, one of the mules died. Father had to t ak e th e ot her and ride back to Johnson for another animal. I shall nev e r forg et th at day. It was only a few days after the old couple had be e n kille d, nea r where we were camped, and their daughter taken by th e mu rderers. Mothe r was so very nervous, she kept us in the wagon all d ay. W e wat ched Fath er as long as we could see him, then we began to wa tch fo r hi s return.

Father gave all the money he had and Mother’s new Singer sewing mach i n e f or another horse. When leading the animal out of town, he me t a m a n wh o asked him where he was going. When told, he told Father th at t h e hors e he had purchased would not pull at all, and was known b y every on e in to wn to be a balky horse. He took Father back to the ma n who ha d s old hi m the horse and made him take it back, and he did no t forget t o te ll th e man what he thought of him for sending a family o ut, hundred s o f mile s from help, with such an animal! This good man th en sold Fath e r one o f his own team, which proved to be an excellent ho rse.

When we got back to St. Joseph, Father was given charge of the cat t l e o f the United Order. He took them into the mountains and made ou r ho m e a t Heber. While living there, a boy and two girls were born. Do cto r s an d nurses were out of the question those days. At that time, th e ne a res t big towns were Salt Lake City and Albuquerque, New Mexico; s o, af te r th e midwife had taken care of the baby, a neighbor lady woul d com e i n onc e a day and wash the baby and make the bed. Then a neighb or gir l w as hir ed to do the house work. Once, such a girl could not b e found , s o Fathe r did the work, and he held mother up in bed while sh e took c ar e of the b aby.

It was when the boy, Edwin, was two months old, that the family we n t t o S t. Joseph to spend Christmas week. We had eaten New Years dinn e r wit h a n old friend and Mother had put little 2 year old, Ruth, to s le ep, th en w ent two doors away to visit with another friend – so man y dea r frien ds t o chat with, and tomorrow we were leaving for our hom e in He ber. Wh en Ru th awoke, she was told that her mother was in the h ouse a t a certai n door, but the Child became confused and without anyon e seein g her, lef t the F ort. She had been gone some time when Mother , thinkin g she was s leepin g too long, went for her.

They searched the fort in a few minutes, making sure she was not the r e . They then let the school out, that more might take up the hunt . T h e p ond was dragged and the river bottom, a mile away, was searche d wit ho u t a trace. I shall never forget mother’s pale, frightened face . Th e y wo uld not let her leave the fort, because her baby was so youn g an d sh e wa s not strong and she knew they were doing all they could t o fin d Rut h.

Men were riding in circles around the fort, hunting for tracks, wide n i n g the circle each time. When they were about half a mile from the f o r t, they found a little track leading in the opposite direction from H eb e r, where she thought she was going. Three men followed the tracks a s f a s t as they could over hills and gravel flats, while Father rode t o th e h ig hest point, in the general direction of the tracks, that he m igh t loo k wh ile it was still light. When they were about three miles o ut , fro m anoth er high point, Father could see her quite a long ways ah ea d and s till goi ng. When he called, she stopped and turned around. I t wa s jus t as the s un went down and a snow storm was coming on, so the y wra pped h er in a coa t and brought her into the fort just at dark. Wh en the y too k off her sho es, they found little rocks embedded in her ba by feet .

My brother, Stephen, then a boy of nine, ran and searched and cried u n t i l it brought on brain fever. He was delirious for days and was no t a b l e to be taken back to Heber for three weeks.

My Mother washed the wool and carded and spun it into yarn, then w o v e i t into cloth, which she made into clothes for the six children . S h e als o knitted stockings, caps and hoods and sometimes even weavin g bl an kets f or the beds. Everything was made by hand, for sewing machi nes w er e not t o be had in the country, unless you brought them with yo u. Wh e n the Unit ed Order broke up and divided the things up, Mother go t th e ma chine tha t had been used to sew shoes on. It was a good one an d las te d for twent y years.

While living at Heber, the horse thieves were so bad that the tea m h a d t o be locked together, in the stable, with steel hobbles. Mothe r w a s alwa ys afraid they would come into the house and demand the ke y to t h e hobble s. One night, when Father was not at home, we saw a ma n looki n g in the w indow. Later, we heard them taking corn out of the g ranary . The next mo rning, a neighbor’s horse was missing. Father used t o fol l ow these thiev es into Phoenix and retrieve the stolen animals. M othe r w as always in fe ar for Father’s life, because he had to associat e wit h t hese outlaws ever y day on the range, so he gave up the cattl e busine s s and moved to Pine.

During the three years we lived in Pine, two more girls were born . T h e P ine Ward was surrounded by such a rough element, at that time , tha t P resi dent Woodruff abandoned the Pine Ward and called all the L .D.S . peop le aw ay from there, advising them to move into the Snowflak e Stak e.

We moved to Tuba City, with three other families, where we lived for t w e l ve years. Here two girls were born, the last one dying when she wa s t h re e months old. Mother had mammary abscesses for three months befo re s h e w as born and could not nurse her, so cows or goats milk was use d an d n eith er seemed to agree with her. There was not the choice of fo ods t ha t ther e is today, and we were ninety miles from a doctor. Afte r losi n g the bab y, Mother was still in poor health, so she went to Uta h and s ta yed with h er mother for a year. When she came home, she was w ell an d st rong.

For some time before Mother went to Utah, we lived on bread that was g r o u nd on a hand mill. As all the dams would go out, or the Indians wo u l d cu t them, the Bishop’s crop was the only one that could be saved a n d e veryo ne lived on the wheat raised in his field.

The Indians had driven off and killed all of our cattle, except on e m i l k cow. Times were so hard, one year, that we had to sift the grou nd g r ah am and grease the dripper with the finest flour that could be c ollec te d a t the outside of the circle, as you sifted. The coarse brea d woul d n ot s tick to the fine flour. We had plenty of fruit and vegeta bles, e xce pt po tatoes, so we were never hungry.

Just after Mother left for Utah, Father began freighting for a tradi n g p o st that was starting up at Willow Springs. From then on, times we r e be tt er for the family.

Two years after Mother came back from Utah, a boy was born, making tw e l v e children, three boys and nine girls. In the meantime, the oldes t s o n an d daughter had married and a grand daughter and two grandson s ha d be en ad ded to the family.

Mother’s home was a home of music, always. There was music or songs e v e r y waking hour, unless we were at prayer or meals. There was alway s ha r mo ny in the home and the family slogan was, “There will be no qua rreli n g am ong the children, until they hear Father and Mother quarrel. ” Need l ess t o say, we never quarreled without breaking the rule. Anoth er ru l e – if o ne Child hit or kicked another, they had to kiss the pla ce whe r e they hi t or kicked – this eliminated a few hits or kicks.

In 1903, the Government bought all the Tuba County out and establish e d I n dian Schools there. Again we were advised to move in the Snowfla k e Sta ke, so we moved to Woodruff. Here Mother was called to be a mid-w if e. Sh e worked at this for over twenty years. She presided at the bi r t h of ove r 300 babies and never lost one case.

When Mother was fifty two years old, she fell and broke her wrist a n d f o r the first time a doctor was called. Although there had been bro ke n l eg s, dislocated elbows, broken arms and ribs and noses, plus a ra ttl esna k e bite in the family, the doctors had always been so far awa y tha t ever yt hing was handled in the home or with the help of some nei ghbor . The w ris t was the only break that did not make a successful rec overy . But Mo the r nursed a case six weeks after it was broken!

The hardest part of obstetrical work was when she had to be with h e r o w n girls. She helped at the birth of 35 of her grandchildren. Duri n g t h e time she was doing all this work she suffered with many gallsto n e att ac ks and many times was near death.

The family always maintained a home in Woodruff, although they mov e d t o Z eniff when the dams went out, because there they could dry far m a nd r ais e some food.

In 1922, Father and Mother made a trip to Utah, their first real vaca t i o n and pleasure trip in their whole lives. They went the Eastern ro u t e an d returned via California, where they dipped their hands into t h e oc ean a nd gathered shells on the beach. On this trip, while in Uta h , the y wen t to the Talbot family reunion, where Mother met a brothe r wh om sh e had s een last the evening he helped to play for her weddin g danc e, for ty fiv e years before.

Two years later, they made another trip to Utah and stayed a year, vis i t i ng relatives and they worked in the Salt Lake Temple.

In the fall of 1924, Father and Mother came to Phoenix and stayed w i t h u s for five months. Mother was ill when she came and while she wa s h e re s he gained 19 pounds. Mother used to say, “They were the only i dl e d ays o f her whole life.”

After Mother and Father left Phoenix, I started preparations for the i r G o lden Wedding, which was held in Woodruff the 26th of Oct 1925. Ne ve r w a s a bride more beautiful than Mother in her white satin dress an d l on g ve il, held in place by a wreath of Morning Glories, the Golde n Wedd in g flow er. A bouquet of the same flower pinned on her shoulder . Fath e r was dre ssed in a gray suit, with a buttonhole bouquet of Morn ing Glo ri es and loo ked the noble old lover that he had always been.

Fifteen hundred Morning Glories were made of crepe paper in 5 differ e n t s hades, with green leaves. Those, with wild, golden colored wild f lo w ers; and with twisted green and gold crepe paper, decorated the hal l . E ac h Child present wore a pink flower; each grand Child a purple fl ow er; an d each great grand Child a white flower (all Morning Glories).

We dramatized parts of their lives, using grand children for the chara c t e rs. A family tree (on a large oilcloth) helped to show what had be e n a cc omplished in the fifty years. Their baby, then 26 years old, ret ur ne d fr om being married in the Salt Lake Temple, just as the progra m sta rte d. T his was the one thing needed to complete Mother’s happines s in c ele bratin g their wedding. She had thought that Vernon and his wi fe wer e go ing t o stay in Utah all winter.

Many presents were received from the family and friends. Among othe r p r e sents, their children gave a gold watch and ring to Father, an d a go l d ri ng and $20.00 gold coin to Mother.

There were 64 of their family present. Sixteen groups of four generat i o n s were there – all or part of each group belonging to the family. L iv i ng, at that time, were 46 such groups, three or more of each group w e r e fou nd on the tree.

Of the one hundred and six names on the tree, 24 were in laws an d 8 2 o f t heir own descendants. Out of this number, 4 sons in law an d 5 bab ie s ha d passed away. One out of each group being an accidenta l death. W it hin s ix months from this date, twelve more children had be en born int o t he fam ily.

Every part of the afternoon program, except a few toasts and sentime n t s w ere given by the family. Even the music for the dancing in the ev en i ng w as furnished by a family orchestra. One song, that I composed f o r t he oc casion is full of history, so it is enclosed.

Father passed away on the 2 Dec 1926, and Mother following him, 30 A p r 1 9 29. Their eleven children were at Mother’s funeral, 2 May 1929.

They were both laid to rest at Snowflake, Arizona. At each of their f u n e rals the President of the Stake said, “Their Golden Wedding was th e m o s t beautiful and appropriate climax he had ever known to such lon g an d u se ful lives. And much more important than their funerals, sinc e the y we r e there to enjoy the honor shown them.”

(Death Certificate Arizona State Board of Health File Number 367, Na v a j o County)

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Notes:

The Life of John Heward
Written by himself
(Rewritten by Aseneth Heward Burke, daughter ofTeaneus Burke of Woodvill e ; Idaho)
(Recopied by Sara and Margaret Stocks, February 1992)

My folks were all born in North Delton, Yorkshire, England. I, John Hewa r d, was born in
the same place April 7, 1813. My father, William Heward, was born Octob e r 9, 1785. My
grandfather, Richard Heward was born about 1769. Jane Trendal and John a n d Elizabeth
Smith were born about 1749. My brothers were William, Richard, Francis . M y sisters Jane,
Rachael, Elizabeth, Anna, Mary and Hannah. My parents were poor but th e y tried to give
us what education they could while we were young, but as soon as we we r e large enough
to work out we had to quit school to work so we had little education.
When I was nine years I went to work for William Wilberfop to herd pig s a nd sheep. My
father worked at the same place for a great many years. It was four mil e s from where we
lived and he only went home Saturday nights 'and back Sunday or Monday m o rning.
Sometimes he would go with me to catch sparrows. We would sell them f o r a half penny
each. He bought me some good useful books with the money so I could prac t ice my figures in this way.
Wages were low in England. A man that had a family had wages accordin g t o the size
of his family. The greater part of the year a man who had a wife and a c h ild could couple
them to give him three shillings per week and a shilling per child. Ye t , these were
sometimes in the year in the harvest and hay time and turnip times hoein g , that they could
get more work. They generally took jobs as so much an acre for cutting t h e wheat and
hoeing the turnips.
I went to grand father and grandmother in the winter that I was nine i n K irby, England,
a distance of eight miles, As soon as I got there it began to snow so th e y wouldn't let me
go until father came for me. My grandmother was sick in bed for seven ye a rs and only sat
up while her bed was made. My sister, Hannah came to take care of her. S h e stayed eleven years.
I was bound to John Newbone, 96 Wetwang, until I was 21 years. He wa s a f armer and
he had two boys of his own about my size and he did not wish to take m e , but on account
of the law which he helped to make he had to do it, but he agreed with F a ther to pay one
shilling per week for me to stay home through the winter. In the sprin g , I went to live with
him again, I was ten years old, I did not like it there so I did not st a y long. Father got me, hired to a Thomas Wilberfope. He had two farms , on e in Wetwang and the other at Nugate Lodge. I went to live in that p lac e three years but my wages were small. I had to work hard. I had t o d o a mans work, such as ploughing, harrowing and other hard jobs.
When I was16 years old, I was hired to John Negferth of Frodingham. I st a yed one year.
The next year I hired out to James Noble of Frodingham. My father was re n ting his home
and garden from him. After the death of his mother Fanny Noble, who liv e d more than 100
years, the old lady lived under the same roof as we did. She took a liki n g to me more than
the rest of the children. I worked with John Noble till May 1832 and th e n I quit farming. I
hired out to Robert Casbey for the remainder of the years.He lived at Fr o dingham. During
this part of the year I was taken with a fever and we had to employ th e d octor but I soon
found out he did me no good and I quit him. I got some quinine powder a n d when I felt the
"ague" coming on I would take a little and it would stop it from comin g o n. But it kept coming until I had to quit work for two or three week s an d he paid me the same. He was a man that gave a lot and I found me a nothe r job. I went to live with Wilberfope in Wetwang. I was what is cal le d a groom in that country to take care of the horses and harnesses, sa ddl es and bridles and sometimes had money given to me by people who stay ed o ne night for attending horses, etc. But the traveling preachers neve r gav e me anything. They were Methodist preachers but they had just as g oo d a care taken of their things.

When I was 19 years old, I hired to Jonathan Harrison in a place calle d B etesa. His wife
was one of the worst tempered women I've ever seen and it was difficul t t o get a girl to stay there the year out. Sometimes they would have fi ve o r six in a year. There was a great deal of chaff that grew among th e whea t in that part of the country. We cleaned up some for market and t he bes t was sent to market and the tailings was sent to the mill. But i t made u s all sick and we could not eat it. They had a very large famil y of child ren and they were all as hard to govern as the woman. The nex t year I wa s hired to Thomas Oliver of Little Beattsop. He sometimes go t drunk whe n we went to market and sometimes he was very cross, and woul d scold ever y person that lived with him and sometimes was good tempered .

In 1834, I was out of work a good part of the time. Part of the wint e r I worked at thrashing.
Most times I attended market every Thursday to try to get hired. In th e s pring I was hired
to William Semore (?) of Wetwang. In 1835, I was out of work a great pa r t of the time again.

In the spring, I found work until November 25. I was then out of work.

There were many pheasants in that part of England and timberland. The ph e asants
would sell for nearly a dollar a pair but the great men made a law tha t n o person should
shoot them unless he paid five pounds sterling and not then unless he h a d land that
belonged to him. Very few landowners would let them shoot unless he pa i d five pounds
sterling. A very few would let people shoot on their land. I went and g o t some pheasants
sometimes. I had nothing else to do. One time few of us boys, William Tr a in, Bethel
Steveboy, and John Gilbrand and I went one night to shoot pheasants. W e h ad been out
sometime when I heard some person shout. When I went to the rest of th e b oys and told
them we had been warned and the best we could was to Change our directio n . The night
was dark and there was a thick thorn fence that went across the weeds a n d when we came to it we headed to one side to go through. I was the nea re st to the gap and got to it first, but I waited until they all came. W he n they came, John Gilbrand went through first and the game keeper seiz e d him. There were several men. The rest of us went back a few paces an d l istened. William Train and I were together. We did not know where Bet he l was. I had lost my hat and I tied my handkerchief around my head. W e ma de for Daggleby and got another hat there and we started for Nolte n abou t nine miles away. We got there before .daylight, got breakfast bu t consi dered we were not safe there. William Trains parents lived near H all an d we made it for there. He was a (sheepherder or shipmaker). We st ayed th ere two nights but saw a man from Wetwang and he said that Gilbra nd had t old on us and they were after us. So we went to Barton in Limela chire. W e tried to get work but it was still winter and little to do. Wi lliam Tra in was a shoemaker and he got a shop. I worked a few days wit h a very rou gh set of men,---------and they stole my watch. They were dr unk almost ev ery night. I went to Darbyshire and then back to Nottingha m then I made f or home.

I stayed one night at William Trains fathers and then went home and stay e d one day and
two nights. He said they had been looking for me. I then went to Helde m t o William Weble
and stayed there for two weeks then went home again. My father told me t h e constable and gamekeeper had searched the house for me a week befor e . I had talked of going to
America for a long time and my father now advised me to go. The pheasan t s did not belong to anybody but they made a law that the rich could ha v e them when the poor should have had them and had an equal chance.

So January 2,1836, I started for America. I walked to Liverpool, a dista n ce of 100 miles.
I set sail for America about February 15, 1836, in a Ship called "Robe r t Isaac." We had
stormy weather a great part of the time. In five weeks landed in New Yo r k about March 21,
1836. My money was nearly gone. The winter broke up nicely and I hunte d a round for work.

I was hired to a milkman for $10 a month. His name was-John Dutton (or B u tton). I had
intended to go on to Canada but the river was frozen up and I had but li t tle money. John
Dutton (or Button) sold out to Edward and Mark Alexander and went to kee p ing a grocery
store. Edward Alexander hired me for $11 a month and I stayed with him f o r nearly four
months until he was drown in a ferry boat accident. Joseph Alexander bro u ght the cows
of Edwards widow and hired me for $11 a month. I stayed there until Janu a ry 1837 then
I started for Canada. I went to Chynguacaway to Mathis Haltby and Richa r d Foster who
had come from the same place in England that I did. I soon got hired t o J ames Hewson for
$10 a month. I was there two months then went to his brother Mehalos Hew s on for the same pay. I was there working in timber, logging and choppi n g trees and cleaning burnt timberland. This was new business to me an d ve ry hard work.

About December 6, 1837, the rebellion broke out in Canada. The Orange Ir i sh ran about
in search of guns, liquor and vituals in the name of the Queen and nev e r paid for them.
December 10, I helped Joel Terry hide some pistols and guns in stack s t o keep them from
the Irish. Joel Terry went to Toronto and was engaged on the Machengie s i de against the
government. December 13, 1837, I heard Robert B. Thompson preach Mormoni s m. I
heard him twice. I went to see Matthias Holtby, a Methodist preacher, a n d he asked me if I
had been to hear the Mormons. I told him I had. He wanted to know if I h a d become one
and how many times I had heard them. I told him twice. He said he did n o t blame anyone
for going once, but he thought a person might have more sense than goi n g anymore.

I stayed with Nicholas Hewsom two years. He was an honest, hard workin g m an doing
well as to the things of the world. November 11, 1839, I went to live wi t h Francis Kirby who
kept a tavern in Albion, Canada. Francis Kirby often got drunk and somet i mes abused his
wife.

January 4, 1841, I hired back to Nicholas Hewsom fora month for $8. On F e bruary
12, I came back to Francis Kirbys and stayed there until May 4th, th e n I made up my mind
to go to Illinois. I went in the company with William Franks, Joseph Atk i nson, George
Hastrawer and John Metcalf. When we got to Boon County, Illinois, I we n t to "Lawrence
Fagan" and "Heartley" to see a piece of land and I worked for Ralph Gowi t y. I got Ralph
to help break four acreas for wheat. In the fall, I made rails and fenc e d it in.

In 1842, I got seven more acres plowed and I worked for Dr. Stone for so m e lumber and
one yoke of steers and bought a two year old heifer for $8.

In 1843, my two brothers, William and Richard Heward, came to Illinois f r om England.
William stayed with me and Richard worked by the month. I got me a hou s e and a barn built and bought a yoke of ox and made rates to pay the mo ne y, the rest in work.

May 1, 1844, I went to Nauvoo, Illinois and on May 19, 1844, I was bapti z ed in the
Mormon church. On May 20, I married Elizabeth Terry Kirby, widow of Fran c is Kirby, the man I used to work for. I was ordained an elder the sam e d ay I was baptized and confirmed.

On June 5, 1844, I started back to Boone County to sell my land and sett l e my affairs.
(See Land Records).

July 10, 1844, the printing press was destroyed at Nauvoo for publishi n g Iies. The
executors were apostate Mormons. My wife was taking care of the sick dur i ng my absence.

On June 27, 1844, Joseph and Hyrum Smith was murdered in cold blood in t h e Carthage
jail by a lawless mob. They were buried June 28th. My wife Elizabeth we n t to the funeral.
I sold my land to my brothers and I found Brothers Jacob C.Terry (Elizab e th's brother) .
and Snider. They had been sent to preach the gospel in Illinois. In comp a ny with them I went back to Nauvoo.

I got a Brother Kings house. I paid him a horse for it. On July 16, 18 4 4 we began to keep
house. July 18, I went to harvest for Brother Homes. I worked two days a n d never got any
pay. On July 29, 1844, I got a blessing under the hands of Father John S m ith, Patriarch.
(We can't find any record).

August 4, 1844 Sidney Rigdon preached concerning the people in Nauvoo ch o osing the
guardian of his wonderful revelations. August 18 Brigham Young preache d a nd was
chosen the president. In the voice and looks of Joseph Smith, the mant l e of the prophet
fell on him. September 8, Sidney Rigdon and his followers were cut off f r om the church.

November 4, 1844, I began to teach school but as soon as my health impro v ed from
another attack of ague, I gave it to my wife for I had to go for wood.

December 19,1844, I was ordained in the 14th Quorum of the Seventies Ha l l in Nauvoo.
I worked in the quarry for the temple for several days.

I fenced a piece of land near the river and planted corn, potatoes, melo n s, squash, etc.
I raised considerable corn this year but the bugs (boys?) destroyed th e m elons.

August 17, 1845, Jacob E. Terry and I went to Burlington Island to get f i rewood and stable lumber.

December 1, 1845,our first child Rachael was born. February 6, 1846, m y w ife and I got
our endowments in the Temple.

February 9, 1846, I started for Canada to see the property that belong e d to my wife
before we were married. I had not sufficient money to pay my fare so I h a d to take it a
distance of 1,000 miles on foot. About the third day I fell in with a te a m going to Chicago
and was able to ride. When I wished, I stayed a day in Chicago then cont i nued on foot.
March 1, 1846, I crossed the ice over the river from Chingeracquaray. Ri c hard Carr was
my wife's agent in Charge of her property consisting of a 100 acres of l a nd, a good framed barn, a hewed log house, etc. I offered to sell the p la ce to John Johnsons but the title was not very good on account of Fran ci s Kirby dying, with out leaving a will and being an illegitimate child . H e agree to $1000 and gave me $50 down. I settled accounts with
Richard Carr and he had $80 but was too poor to pay it then and he's nev e r paid it yet.
About March 6, 1846, I started back for Nauvoo. I went to Toronto with J o hn Johnson
and Richard Carr and took a steamboat to Detroit but it got froze in t h e first night and we
had to walk across the ice 14 miles. I took the railroad from Detroi t t o Kalamazoo, walked
from St. Joseph and there took a steam boat to Chicago. At Belvidere I w e nt to see my
brothers William and Richard. William was married and had one child. Ric h ard was not
married. At Galena, I boarded a steamboat the "Prairie Bird" for Nauvo o . Arrived April 17,
1846.
I bought me a wagon April 22 to get ready to start west. I then worked f o r a French man
in Nauvoo and got good pay. June 1,1846, we received $627 for the la n d I sold in Canada. I gave $227 to the trustee in trust, Bobbitt Harwo o d and Fillner.

June 4, I bought two yoke of ox and began to pack tor the west. June 1 , 1 846, we got
to Farmington, the next night Bonapart. July 8 arrived at Council Bluf f , Iowa. July 22 we
got to Mesquite Creek, Iowa and commenced to build a log house. I thatch e d it with hay
and cut hay, (probably wild hay) for the winter .

August 15 We moved into our house.

November 18th, I went to Missouri in a company with Evan N. Greene, an d M r. Butterfield•
and others to buy some corn; We worked sometime in Missouri and did no t g et home until
December 5th. On December 27th Joshua Terry came here. January 21-23, 18 4 7, we went again to Missouri to get provisions. January 31, I came hom e a nd worked at rail-splitting and making fences to fence in a piece o f lan d and raise a crop. As soon as spring opened, I went to work and.pl oughe d up the ground and planted corn and sowed a little wheat. We als o mad e a garden.

July 17, I began to cut wheat. August 12, I cut hay for the winter.

May 3, 1848, we started west in company with Eliazer Miller for the mou n tains.
We stayed at Winter Quarters which is now called Florence, Nebraska, f o r several days.
June 2, we got to the horn. The companies were organized into 1OO'sand 5 0 's to keep out the Indians from stealing the horses and cattle.

We came from Winter Quarters with the Exerole Pulsipher company. We trav e led along
way on the Platt River. The grazings for our cattle was generally good . F or wood we used
buffalo chips. We would find a little wood and sage brush now and then.

June 30, 1848, Levi Read and I went to hunt and kill a buffalo, the fir s t that was killed by
our company. July 12th, we came to the ancient bluff ruins. July 22, w e g ot to Laramie,
Wyoming. The roads soon became gravelly and the cattles feet got sore. A u gust 26, we
were at the Pacific Springs. James P. Terry, my wife's brother, came th i s far to help us
along. With one of his fathers oxen and we agreed we should return to fe t ch Father Terry
the next season and he took one yoke of my oxen back. We could not mov e f or the want
of teams but there were teams sent from the valley to help those who nee d ed help. So
Brigham Young told Brother Vance to help us to the valley. We traveled a l ong with Brigham Young's group. Our company had gone on and left us. W e n ow traveled fast but the weather was cold and it snowed several times .

September 22, 1848, we got to the Valley of the mountains. The people we r e living in
the fort but they soon began to build all over the city. Our lot was i n t he 10th Ward. October 22, 1848, we were re-baptized. October 24th, w e mov ed into the fort. We took a house and stayed in clay (?) houses unt il Nov ember 11 where we moved to our city lot, but we had no house. I we nt to b uild it with adobe. I had the adobes made before hand. I got a ma n to hel p me by the name of Brazier, but it set in so cold we came nea r frozen t o death, especially my wife. We just had a dugout partly cover ed so we mo ved back to the fort and lived in a house with Father Lemen ( Lemmon).

We went to meetings three or four times a week. December 26th, I went ov e r to Jordan
for hay and froze my feet so I was not able to do that much work that wi n ter. Wood was
scarce and hard to get. In the spring, I began to work on the house an d o n the 24 of March, 1849, we moved to our home in the 10th Ward. Fathe r Pe ttigraw was the Bishop. I went to work to dig me a well. I had to di g 2 7 feet and stone it up.

March 5, 1850, Lehi Heward was born. Mary was born March 5, 1850, (he do e sn't
mention Rachels death or Sarahs birth March 4,1848 at Mesquite Creek, Io w a.)

November 11, 1850 my wife Elizabeth was taken sick with cholera. Februa r y 18, 1852, Lehi's head was badly burned.

l have a ten acre lot about five miles from where I live in the city, al s o I have or had some
land in Jordan about 10 or 11 miles away and my land being so far apar t i t takes a great
deal of time to go back and forth. .

April 5, 1852, my brother-in-law, Zemira Draper and Amy Terry came to co n ference.
December 7, 1852 Mary was taken sick and she died at night.on December 1 3 .

January 11,1853, we moved to a farm at Jordan called the 10th Ward far m . The land
was full of "saleratus". We left our house in the city without anybod y i n it and boys broke
all the windows and sashes and threw things in the well and other mischi e f.

June 29, 1853, I was sealed to Elizabeth Terry Heward by William Richard s .
My fathers name is William Heward. He was born October 9, 1786 (Chr. 9 O c t. 1785 by
Kirby Grindalythe records) My oldest sister Hannah Heward was born Apr i l 7, 1813; Rachel was born March 10,1815; Elizabeth was born November 2 9, 1816; Ann was born April 27, 1818; William born March 18,1820; Mary bo r n July 24,1822; Richard born February 29, 1824; Francis born July 25, 1 82 5.

On July 22, 1867, I was baptized for my Uncle John Heward, and for my gr a ndfather
Richard Heward, and Sarah (my daughter) was baptized for his wife Jane T y ndal Heward
and we were sealed for them.

I was baptized for my brother Richard Heward and grandfather Richard Hew a rd also
great-grandfather Thomas (?) Tyndal and grandfather on my mothers side , J ohn Swift.
Sarah was baptized for'my sisters Hannah and Ann Heward, my mother Eliza b eth Swift
Heward and grandmother Elizabeth Tyndal.

On September 21,1870, I was baptized for ten. Hannah Heward (his daughte r , she died
in 1871) and was baptized for four.

June 22, 1870, my daughter Sarah and I were sealed for: grand father Ric h ard Heward
and wife Jane Tyndal Heward; great-grandfather Thomas Tyndal and Elizabe t h Tyndal;
grandfather John Swift and Elizabeth Swift. My wife was baptized for sev e ral.

Added note: Elizabeth Kirby Heward died March 8,1878, at Draper, Salt La k e County,
Utah.
John Heward died May 23, 1890 at Draper. Both buried at Draper Cemeter y . Now have
headstones at graves. Grandfather York, 3 pt 9 14424 - says Jane Tinda l w as daughter of
George and Elizabeth Tindal.

John married Elizabeth Terry on 20 May 1844 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. Elizabeth (daughter of Parshall Terry and Hannah Terry) was born on 17 Nov 1814 in Palmyra, Wayne, New York, United States; died on 6 Mar 1878 in Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; was buried on 9 Mar 1878 in Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWNF-8VV
• Initiatory (LDS): 6 Feb 1846, NAUVO

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• FamilySearch ID: LLQX-HH6
• Initiatory (LDS): 25 Jun 1862

Henry married Ruth Sweetnam on 20 Mar 1833 in St. Michael and St. George Cathedral, Grahamstown, Albany, South Africa. Ruth (daughter of Thomas Sweetnam and Jane or Janet Barton) was born on 4 Feb 1817 in Sittingbourne, Kent, England; died on 15 Mar 1903 in Layton, Davis, Utah, United States; was buried in Kaysville City Cemetery, Davis, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWJ6-2XR
• Initiatory (LDS): 28 Jun 1862, EHOUS