Lowell Stott

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• Initiatory (LDS): Not Needed
• FamilySearch ID: K2HN-GV7

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• FamilySearch ID: KWV5-W9Z
• Initiatory (LDS): 21 Dec 1906, MANTI
• Census: 1920, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States

Paul married Elizabeth Ann Robison on 21 Dec 1906 in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. Elizabeth (daughter of Hyrum Peter Robison and Candace Ann Pack) was born on 30 Jun 1888 in Hinckley, Millard, Utah, United States; died on 8 Jul 1945 in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; was buried on 13 Jul 1945 in Murray City Cemetery, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWJ4-G88
• Initiatory (LDS): 21 Dec 1906, MANTI
• Census: 1920, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States

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• FamilySearch ID: KWZW-D95
• Initiatory (LDS): 4 Apr 1857, EHOUS
• Census: 1900, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States

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My grandparents, John and Susan Stott were born in Soyland, Yorkshire, E n gland. My grandfather was born July 19, 1769 and his wife about 1777. T he y were baptized into the L.D.S. Church, about 1843 but never left Engl and . My father was born April 16, 1803 and my mother, Sarah Lees, Augus t 22 , 1800.
Mother died before we left, March 10, 1847 and was buried, in the Rishwo r th Chapel Ward, We left Liverpool the same summer. My father, William S to tt, my brother-in-law, his wife, my sister Hannah Lees, their child ab ou t one year old, named Sarah, my brother William Henry, my sister, Emm a an d myself, which totaled seven.
We sailed in a sail ship named "Berlin'!. When out at sea two weeks th e w ind ceased blowing and we were in a dead calm, Just at this time a di seas e struck us which was much like the Cholera and in twenty-one days , forty -three of the ships passen-gers died and were cast into the sea . The win d began to blow again and in six weeks and four days from the t ime we lef t Liver-pool we landed in New Orleans. In three days we were o n the mov e again going up the Mississippi River to Saint Louis where w e remained u ntil the next spring. My father obtained work as a mechani c for nine doll ars per week and I worked for two dollars a week.
The next spring we went up the Missouri to the state of Iowa, and locat e d about eight or ten miles south of Kanesville. Father bought two fin e co ws for $2.09 each. He also bought a fifteen-acre farm from which w e cut s ufficient wild hay to last until the next spring. Father and Will iam the n returned to St. Louis for employment, that they might get mone y enoug h to con-tinue our journey. They worked there until the spring o f 1852, a nd then returned home, in Iowa, Bringing with them two wag¬on s and five y oke of cattle and one team of horses and provisions that w e might continu e our journey. We sold our farm and left there with six y oke of cattle an d one team of horses. We crossed the river on a flat boa t a few miles bel ow the present city of Omaha, Nebraska. Where a compan y of forty wagons w as organized with a captain over the whole group an d a sub-captain over e ach ten wagons.
We were then in a wild country where we had to contend with the Indian s a nd the buffalo. We would travel from morning until in the afternoon , an d then camp early enough so we could heard our cattle and let them g e t a good feed before dark, for we would have to stake them with a shor t r ope within our circle of wagons at night, In the morning we would aga in l et them have a good feed before starting,
Shortly after we left Hyland Grove we crossed the Missouri River on a fl a t boat, The first day out from there one of the drivers did or said som et hing which displeased the captain so the captain would not let him g o wit h us and sent him back Ills wagon was with the first ten wa„:>ns o r in th e first sub-company and father's wagon was back in the third sub- compan y of ten. The captain came back and asked if I would drive this wa gon. Fa ther left it up to me and so I went and drove the wagon.
The next river we crossed was the Elk Horn and then the Lewfork, whic h w e crossed the same day, We continued our jour-ney over rough roads wh ic h the pioneers before us made and all the time we were guarding agains t I ndians and buffalo,
When we were about six or seven hundred miles on the way across the plai n s we divided into four companies--ten wagons in each company, and putti n g one day’s drive between each small company, In this way we travele d o n to Salt Lake City, and into Provo, The captain, whose name was Isaa c Bu llock, did not wish to stay in Salt Lake City, I was still driving h is te am and so went on with them and stayed with them for one week, expe ctin g my folks to come, They did not come so I returned to Salt Lake Cit y alo ne and on foot to find them. A mile or two on my way a man trottin g alon g with a light wagon and a horse team, asked me to ride with him w hic h I gladly did. We trotted along until sundown and arrived at Millcre ek o n the outskirts of Salt Lake City. A family of newly arrived immigra nts w hich was camped there asked me to stay with them over night and I d id. Af ter breakfast the next morning I resumed the task of finding my fo lks. Tr aveling on to what is now known as South Temple Street; I turne d west an d in a short distance met a man coming to the east. He stoppe d and aske d me if I was hunting my folks and I told him I was. He pointe d to the we st and said "Do you see those wagons yonder," I answered, "Ye s sir." He s aid, "You will find your folks there." I went to the wagon s and found the m just as he had said. My people knew nothing of him an d he had not bee n there. I would judge him to be a man from the spirit w orld.
In a few days we started south to a small town called Fillmore, a town 1 5 0 miles south of Salt Lake City. The next sum¬mer the Indian trouble be ga n. They began stealing cattle and killing men that were unprotected.
About this time a surveyor named Gunnison, with his party came in from t h e East. They were surveying for a railroad. They followed the main cour s e of the Sevier River down to Deseret which is a little town about for t y miles west of Fillmore. A short distance up the river from Deseret w a s a company of soldiers. These soldiers were under a captain named Morr is . Ten of these soldiers went with this surveying party as guards.
This party made their camp in the edge of some thick willows. At night t h e Indians came upon them silently and crawled up as close to the cam p a s they could without being heard. The soldiers and surveyors cooked b reak fast just at daylight and were all around the table eating when th e India ns broke in on them yelling and hooting and shooting at them wit h a few g uns which they owned and also their bows and arrows.
They took the party so much by surprise that they were confused and di d n ot know what to do. Their guns were not right at hand and consequentl y th e party was all killed excepting one man. He made his way back to Mo rris' s camp and told of the disaster which had come to these men. Morris , wit h his soldiers, went down next day and about night found their rema ins. H e was afraid to go back in the night for fear of Indians. Conseque ntly th ey stayed there all night and at day break started back to camp . Commande r Morris sent a rider to Salt Lake City to tell the Governor , Brigham You ng. Young then sent a message to Fillmore to Henry Standage , the captai n of the Militia, who in turn called a party of men to go t o the scene o f the massacre and gather up their remains and bury them . I was one of th e company called. Morris sent the soldiers with the com pany. He took me b y the hand and said "Good-by" for he never expected t o see me again. So w e went to the scene of the massacre and were immedia tely surrounded by th e Indians. They were armed with guns and bows and a rrows, ready for fight . We were also well armed. The Indians circled aro und us yelling and runn ing. This continued for a short time and then the y left us, very likely t hinking that our chances were about as great a s theirs. We continued gath ering up the remains and burying them.
We then turned our attention to farming but the Indian troubles grew gre a ter. All were stealing cattle and horses and were killing men at ever y op portunity. This condition lasted from 1854 until about 1864 when th e Indi an war chiefs began to die off and peace came at last.
At this time I met Sarah Jane Holder and we were married in 1863. She w a s born in Crofton, Wakefield, England, in 1846. Her folks, who left Eng la nd with her, were practically all killed by the terrible sickness call e d "mountain fever". The re¬mainder who stayed in England was frightene d b y this calamity; therefore they never came over to this country.
In 1864, I was called to go back to the Missouri River after Mormon immi g rants. Our company was composed of sixty wagons with eight heed of oxe n t o the wagon which made a total of four hundred eighty head of cattl e in t he company, My calling in the company with three others was the ni ght her ding of these cattle. It was a hard task and I slept but very lit tle nigh t or day for six weeks. It was also a year of unusual high water . Every c reek and river was flooded. We had to swim our cattle and wagon s in cross ing the South Platt River. When we were on our journey about s ix hundre d miles, we came to a sec¬tion of country of much rain at tha t season o f the year, We had rain and thunder storms every night for tw o weeks or m ore, We journeyed on and finally reached the Missouri River . The Mormon i mmigrates was there ready to be loaded.. We started back f or Utah but: th e Indiana were very troublesome. A small company of thre e wagons four mul es to each wagon bound for Oregon, traveled with us unt il we passed For t Leavenworth, then they left us as we were traveling to o slow for them . But in two days we came upon the place where the Indian s had killed the m all and set fire to their wagons and stolen their mule s. At this time t he country was being settled to some extent. Men were c oming out and taki ng up ranches and building homes. Indians were killin g them and setting f ire to their homes and stealing their belonging. A s we were traveling alo ng at night we could see the homes burning on th e horizon. About five hun dred and forty miles on our journey we camped a bout one half mile from so me freighters, forty wagons in all. They had b een to Denver, Colorado, wi th their loads and were on their way back. I n the night we heard yellin g and shooting. Presently we saw the fire sta rt burning. The Indians ha d set fire to all the wag¬ons and driven thei r cattle away and killed al l the men.
As night herders we had many narrow escapes from the Indians. But the bl e ssings of the Lord were upon us and we landed home in safety.
In 1865,I moved from Fillmore to Meadow, which is eight miles south. He r e I took up a farm and began farming and dairying.
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CONTINUED BY HIS DAUGHTER -- M. E. S. BECKSTRAND
After arriving in Meadow, father was allotted twenty acres of farm lan d . Later, when he took up a larger farm of 160 acres for himself, the or ig inal 20 acres was taken from him.
When he came there were no streets except the main highway through tow n . My parents lived with Uncle William Stott's family in Fillmore unti l th ey got their own home built. I was born in Fillmore and my sister, S adie , was born in a log room which father erected as his first home in M eadow . Later in the same lot he erected an adobe house which is still st andin g on the corner west of Main Street and south of Center Street. Her e tw o of my brothers, Edwin and Raymond were born,
The old Meadow Creek followed the course of the Old Hollow until it reac h ed the lot where stands the home of Elizabeth Stewart and from there t h e stream turned southwest and well do I remember it flowing past my gra nd father's house, (where the Howard Bushnell home now stands.)
The men started working on roads to the canyons to get timber out fo r a s chool house. In 1867 one log room was com-pleted on the present Tit hing-y ard lot. Father was one of the first school teachers in Meadow, Lo gs wer e split and turned to use the flat part for the seat of the bench , then m aple pegs were driven in for legs and there were no back rests . Two year s later another room was added to the schoolhouse. This hous e was used fo r all ward activities. In the summertime loads of green bru sh were brough t down from the mountains and made into a bowery on the no rth side of th e building and here the dances were held.

Edwin married Elizabeth Paul on 18 Feb 1876 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Elizabeth (daughter of Nicholas Paul and Harriet May) was born on 3 Nov 1851 in Mowbray, Cape, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 2 Mar 1918 in Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWZW-D9T
• Initiatory (LDS): 28 Aug 1857, EHOUS
• Census: 1900, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States

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• FamilySearch ID: KWJ4-KG2
• Initiatory (LDS): 13 Jun 1900, MANTI

Hyrum married Candace Ann Pack on 21 Feb 1875 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States. Candace was born on 20 Mar 1856 in Bartlett, Fremont, Iowa, United States; died on 27 Jan 1916 in Hatton, Millard, Utah, United States; was buried on 29 Jan 1916 in Kanosh, Millard, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWJC-G73
• Initiatory (LDS): 13 Jun 1900, MANTI

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• FamilySearch ID: KWJW-QPM
• Initiatory (LDS): 4 Apr 1857, EHOUS

Notes:

Occupation: Mechanic

Pioneer:

Isaac Bullock Company (1852) Age at departure: 49
About 175 individuals were in the company when it began its journe y f r o m the outfitting post at Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bl uffs ).

William married Sarah Lees on 31 Aug 1822 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England. Sarah (daughter of James Lees and Sarah Ambler) was born on 23 Aug 1800 in Rishworth, Yorkshire, England; was christened on 7 Sep 1800 in Rishworth, Yorkshire, England; died on 10 Mar 1849 in Oldham, Lancashire, England; was buried on 13 Mar 1849 in Baptist Chapel Cemetery, Rishworth, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LLQX-83B
• Initiatory (LDS): 27 Mar 1879, SGEOR

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• FamilySearch ID: KWJP-4YP
• Initiatory (LDS): 16 Feb 1861, EHOUS

Nicholas married Harriet May on 26 Apr 1847 in Gwennap, Cornwall, England. Harriet was born on 30 Dec 1826 in Lower Cusgarne, Cornwall, England; was christened on 22 Jan 1827 in Gwennap, Cornwall, England; died on 6 Jun 1894 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States; was buried in Jun 1894 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWJP-4YG
• Initiatory (LDS): 16 Feb 1861, EHOUS