James Stanley Duncan

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• FamilySearch ID: KWZM-W7P
• Census: 1920, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States
• Census: 1930, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States
• Initiatory (LDS): 23 Sep 1937, MANTI
• Census: 1940, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States

James married Louie Barkdull on 25 Mar 1937 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Louie (daughter of Howard Nicholas Barkdull and Minerva Stringham) was born on 29 Jan 1918 in Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States; was christened on 7 Apr 1918 in Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States; died on 6 Sep 2008 in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States; was buried on 10 Sep 2008 in Meadow Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Phil Stanley Duncan was born on 26 Sep 1940 in Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States; died on 13 Sep 2004 in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States; was buried on 18 Sep 2004 in Meadow Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States.
2. Living
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• FamilySearch ID: KWCX-S25
• Census: 1900, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States
• Census: 1910, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States
• Initiatory (LDS): 21 Dec 1910, SLAKE
• Census: 1920, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States
• Census: 1930, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States
• Census: 1940, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States

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Marriage: Marriage Certificate in the possession of Dayle Duncan

Occupation: Farmer

Meadow Ward records, blessing 1884 by Elias A. Beckstrand. Baptism 5 O c t 1892 by John A Beckstrand. Confirmation 9 Oct 1892 by Bp. Hiram B. Be nn ett. Ordained Priest 24 Jan 1905 by Joseph H. Fisher. Ordained Elder 1 2 D ec 1910 by John Gull. Seventy 10 Mar 1940 by Sylvester Q Cannon.

Elmer married Ethel Edna Stott on 21 Dec 1910 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Ethel (daughter of William Henry Stott and Hannah Nield) was born on 31 Jan 1888 in Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States; was christened on 1 Mar 1888 in Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States; died on 3 Oct 1964 in Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States; was buried on 6 Oct 1964 in Meadow Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWCX-S2Y
• Census: 1900, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States
• Initiatory (LDS): 21 Dec 1910, SLAKE
• Census: 1920, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States
• Census: 1930, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States
• Census: 1940, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States

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MARRIAGE: Marriage Certificate in the possession of Dayle Duncan

Meadow Ward records, blessing 1 Mar 1888 by William H. Stott. baptis m 3 J ul 1897 by Neil M Stewart Sen. Confirmation 11 Jul 1897 by Hiram B . Benne tt.

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• FamilySearch ID: KWZZ-622
• Initiatory (LDS): 7 May 1879, SGEOR
• Census: 1900, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States

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Occupation: Farmer

James Duncan was born February 26, 1857 in Fillmore, Millard County, U t a h. He was the first son and second Child of nine children born to Ja m e s Du ncan Sr. and Janette Snedden.

James and his wife, Anna Judith “Udy” Beckstrand, were Childhood frien d s . They were married May 7, 1879 at St George, Washington County, Utah .

He had dark hair, was of medium height and slender built. He was a fre i g h ter by occupation as well as a farmer. He hauled dried fruit, goose be rr ie s and other local produce to San Francisco to sell to the miners .

He and Judith lived across the street from his brother, Dave. They o f t e n freighted together.
James was active in the Meadow Ward, teaching mutual and exercisin g h i s p riesthood by baptizing and confirming the youth of Meadow.

James was called on a mission in 1883 to the Southern States Mission . ( T e nnessee, Kentucky and princi¬pally, Georgia.) His diary is preser v e d b y Gail Duncan, a grandson. Elaine Gordon, a grandaughter has a co py .[ Dunc an, James Jr. Book B 191883, 12 Meadow Creek Millard County, U tah - S outhe rn States].

His wife, Anna Judith and three little children remained in Meadow Cre e k . Anna Jennette was eight years old, Elmer was 4, and James Alonzo w a s 2 . After he returned, four more children were born: Flora, Lois, Le a h a n d Naomi.

Leah remembers what a good father he was to all his children. "He al w a y s had a peppermint in his pocket for them and he let them take eg g s t o Ch arley Swallow's store to exchange for large chocolate candies. "

James passed away at the young age of 48 years from a tragic freight i n g a ccident

James married Anna Judith Beckstrand on 7 May 1879 in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States. Anna (daughter of Elias August Beckstrand and Anna Sophia Hegglund) was born on 21 Nov 1862 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; died on 21 Nov 1939 in Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States; was buried on 24 Nov 1939 in Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWZZ-62L
• Initiatory (LDS): 7 May 1879, SGEOR
• Census: 1900, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States
• Census: 1910, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States

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Anna Judith Duncan was a woman of great strength and faith. Anna was bo r n 21 November 1862, in a little house on the north west corner of Temp l e Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, a daughter of Elias August and Anna S op hia Hegglund Beckstrand. She was the first of six children born to thi s f amily, two of whom died in infancy .

Her parents had emigrated from Sweden to Salt Lake City. The family mov e d to and lived for a time at Deseret, Millard County. Here Anna's broth e r and sister, John August and Albertina, were born .

They then moved to Meadow (also in Millard County) where they were som e o f the early settlers. Her father, Elias, married a second wife in 186 9 an d so Anna Judith grew up in a polygamist family. Being the oldest i n th e family, she had plenty of dishes to wash and babies to tend. She a lso h elped with the chores on the farm and learned to work and make th e most o f her time. The family spoke the Swedish language in their home , but whe n the children started to attend school, Elias announced that t hey woul d now have to change and speak only the English language. He ha d a littl e difficulty mastering English and couldn't say "Judith" and s o he calle d her "Udith." This was shortened to "Udy" and that name she k ept through out her life. She was called "Aunt Udy" by practically everyo ne in Meadow .

On 7 May 1879, at the age of seventeen, she married James Duncan in th e S t. George Temple. James and Anna Judith moved into a small, three-bed roo m house in Meadow. They were the parents of eight children: Anna Jean nett e (1880), James Elias (1882-died at birth), Elmer (1884), James Alon zo (1 886), Flora (1891), Lois Emma (1894), Leah (1898) and Naomi (1901 ) .

When the first three children were very small, James was called to ser v e a two-year mission in Georgia leaving Udy with the full care of the f am ily. She raised a good garden and canned and dried fruits and vegetabl es . She also raised chickens, a few pigs and had several cows to milk wh ic h helped with the food for the family. She sold eggs for ten to twelv e ce nts a dozen and sent milk to the creamery which brought in a small c hec k each month. After his mission, James and several other men from Mea do w pursued the occupation of freighting through southern Utah and Nevad a . The trips sometimes lasted 5-6 weeks. In 1905 James was tragically ki ll ed on on of the trips.

Udy was left with six children to raise, ranging in age from ninetee n t o four years. The task of playing the role of both father and mothe r wa s not an easy one, but Udy did not shirk her responsibilities. Her d aught er, Anna, passed away (22 March 1916)) at the age of thirty-five. N ow, i n addition to caring for her own family, Udy helped to raise her tw o gran dsons, Herman and James Lynn.

Anna Judith was an active member of the church. She served as an offic e r in most of the auxiliary organizations. She was a teacher in Sunday S ch ool, Primary and was president of the Young Women's Mutual Improvemen t As sociation for fifteen years. She also served in the Relief Society p resid ency and was a member of the Stake Sunday School Board. For many ye ars sh e helped prepared the dead for burial. She also worked on the sewi ng comm ittee, helping to make the burial clothes. She was a very good se amstres s and took in sewing to help with the family expenses .

Udy raised her family strong in the LDS faith. Her seven living childr e n were all married in the temple. She sent her son, Alonzo, on a missi o n to England. She tried to teach her children to be thrifty, especiall y w ith their time. She knew the true meaning of work. She wanted her chi ldre n to appreciate the blessings they would receive when they learned t o giv e of themselves and help others. Anna Judith was an exceptionally g ood mo ther and grandmother. She was strict but kind .

During the last years of her life, she spent a great deal of her time do i ng temple work, primarily in the Manti Temple. She died on her seventy- se venth birthday, 21 November 1939, in Meadow, Utah.

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• FamilySearch ID: KW66-SJY
• Initiatory (LDS): 1 Apr 1857, EHOUS
• Census: 1900, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States

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Occupation: Merchant, Dentist

Pioneer

Isaac Bullock Company (1852) Age at departure: 22
bout 175 individuals were in the company when it began its journey fro m t he outfitting post at Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs).

William married Hannah Nield on 23 Mar 1881 in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States. Hannah (daughter of Joseph Merrick Nield and Jane Standring) was born on 21 Aug 1856 in Oldham, Lancashire, England; was christened on 21 Jul 1861 in Prestwich, Lancashire, England; died on 28 Dec 1935 in Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States; was buried on 31 Dec 1935 in Meadow Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KW66-SJB
• Initiatory (LDS): 23 Mar 1881, SGEOR
• Census: 1900, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States

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Last Rites Held for Hannah Nield Stott

On the closing day of the year just passed, funeral services were hel d i n the Meadow Ward Chapel for Hannah Nield Stott. Her death, a resul t of s enility occurred at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, December 28. She was the d aughte r of Joseph Merick and Jane Standring Nield, born in Oldham, Lanca shire , England, August 21, 1856. She was thus about seven months short o f eigh ty years of age. At her bedside at the time of her peaceful passin g wer e her son Earl, and her oldest daughter, Mrs. Ada Stewart. The en d was no t unexpected as she has been gradually failing for the past yea r and gre w rapidly weaker during the last week. She is the mother of sev en childre n, the oldest of whom lived but a few hours.The six living ar e F. Earl St ott and Ada Stewart of Meadow; J. William of Manti, Ethel Du ncan and Rulo n H. Stott of Meadow and C. Orval Stott of Logan. Younger s ister of the d eceased, Mrs. Emma Goddard, who is widely known and esteem ed for her abl e service as a member of the General Board of the Young Wo men's Mutual Im provement Association, is still living in Salt Lake. Th e living descendan ts also include thirty grandchildren and eight great-g randchildren. The d eceased will be remembered by the older members of th e community for he r many years of faithful service as a member of the Me adow ward choir, a s a counselor in the Relief Society, and as a member o f the Relief Societ y Stake Board. As was stated above, the funeral servi ce was held at 1: 0 0 p.m. The speakers, all former neighbors of the dece ased, were Bishop Je sse J.Bennett, Bishop Alonzo A. Kimball, and Howar d B. Bushnell. All pai d glowing tributes to the personal worth of the de ceased, particularly o f her wonderful kindly disposition which was neve r unduly wrought up ove r the varied contingencies of an active life. Mr . Roy Olpin of the Olpi n Brothers Undertakers gave thoughtful and painst aking attention to ever y detail of his work as an undertaker for the occ asion. The writer asks t he indulgence of the publisher and reader to con tinue a few lines of hist ory of the deceased. Like many thousands of peo ple in Western America, sh e followed her parents on the long westward jo urney in answer to the cal l of the Gospel of Christ. It may be of intere st to local readers to kno w that Elder John Kelly, grandfather of Jame s A.Kelly, was the fisher o f men who brought the earlier members of th e Nield family into the Gospe l net. The deceased, Hannah Nield, togethe r with her older sister Alice , and her younger sister, Emma, and the lat e Benjamin Goddard, of the L.D .S. Bureau of Information, came from Oldha m, England, to Utah and to Mill ard County in February of 1879, their par ents and brother Charles havin g preceded them here by four years. The de ceased for a time found employm ent at the home of Alfred Gullin Fillmor e and later at the home of Bisho p Kimball of Kanosh, from which home sh e was married to the late Willia m H. Stott of Meadow. (Progress, 3 Jan . 1936)

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• FamilySearch ID: KWJ4-PQW
• Initiatory (LDS): 16 Nov 1867, EHOUS
• Census: 1900, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States

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Pioneer

Unknown Companies (1847-1868) Age at departure: 25
James and his wife Janet came to Utah in either 1851 or 1852. Further re s earch is needed to narrow the year of their travel.


James Duncan, son of James Duncan and Mary McLaughlin, was born in Gre e n Edn. Scotland, February 5, 1828. While a young man in Scotland, he h ea rd the Mormon Missionaries preach and was converted to the Mormon Chur ch . He decided to come to America and join the Saints.

When he was twenty-two years old he sailed for America. On the same sh i p was a Scottish girl by the name of Jeanette Sneddon, just two years y ou nger than James. When they got to Pennsylvania they both stopped to ea r n money to continue to Utah. Jeanette worked for a Mrs. Walker who wa s ve ry kind to her and taught her many things about housekeeping.Mrs . Walke r was also very hospitable to James when he came to court Jeanett e. She t old Jeanette to give him food and treat him well. Jeanette was s till wit h Mrs. Walker when she and James were married in 1851.

They crossed the plains in the John S. Higbee company under Captain Jam e s Bay. [The Higbee journal of the crossing is found in the Duncan gene al ogy records. As of 2015, granddaughter Elaine Gordon had a copy of thi s. ]

They settled in Sessions (Bountiful) where they both worked for Anson Ca l l. When Anson was called by Brigham Young to settle Fillmore, Anson to o k James and Jeanette with him to Fillmore. Their first two children, Ma r y Jeanette (Apr. 15, 1854) and James (Feb. 25, 1857) were born there. J am es was pasturing a herd of cows on the tall grass about seven miles so ut h of Fillmore. The soil was not as rocky as it was in Fillmore, an d a sma ll mountain stream ran nearby. He went home and talked it over w ith hi s wife, and she consented to move to the south. They lived in a ca ve on t he side of a hill and after four months several other families jo ined the m. Here David was born, Feb. 4, 1859.

About a year and a half later, James supervised the moving of the town f a rther east as the water could then be taken from the creek. James was s up erintendent of the Sunday School, Bishop's counselor to Bishop Hyrum B el l Bennett, and worked in other positions in the church. More childre n cam e to bless their home: John, born Jan. 7, 1861; Christina, Born Ma r. 24 , 1863; Elizabeth Emma, born Feb. 8, 1866; Adam born Feb. 3, 1868 ; Richar d, born Feb. 8, 1869 and George, Born Aug. 27, 1871.

James Duncan was one of the first four men called-to colonize Meadow . H e was a professional adobe maker and soon made adobes and built the f irs t house in Meadow. He also made adobes for the other houses and som e of t hose still stand. He was very industrious, strictly honest and fai r in al l of his dealings, a fine example for all of the citizens .

James passed away on Jan. 4, 1911 at the age of 83 and is buried besid e h is wife in the Meadow Cemetery.

James married Jennette Snedden in 1850 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Jennette (daughter of David Snedden and Christenia Lyle Morris) was born on 24 Apr 1830 in Gartsherrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland; was christened on 16 May 1830 in Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 28 Jul 1914 in Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States; was buried on 30 Jul 1914 in Meadow Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWJ4-PQ7
• Initiatory (LDS): 16 Nov 1867, EHOUS

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Pioneer

Unknown Companies (1847-1868) Age at departure: 25

James and his wife Janet came to Utah in either 1851 or 1852. Further re s earch is needed to narrow the year of their travel.



JENNET SNEDEN DUNCAN
(husband, James Duncan)
WRITTEN BY HER DAUGHTER ELIZABETH E. STEWART
MAY 23, 1942

Life of my mother, Jennet Sneden Duncan who was the daughter of David S n eden and Christeena Lyle. She was born in Gargel, Scotland, April 21, 1 83 0. She attended school in Scotland and had a very good education for t ha t time.
Her father was a coal miner and provided all their groceries in large q u antities. Mother was the wife of James Duncan and was the proud and hap p y mother of nine children; three girls and six boys. Mary Jennet, Jame s , David, John, Christeena, Elizabeth Emma, Adam, George, and Richard. A da m and George died in infancy. James, David, Christeena, and Richard al l l ived to man and womanhood but have passed beyond now .
Mother came to America in the dame ship with James Duncan who afterwar d s became my father. It was on the ship that she first met him. She le f t a sweetheart behind in Scotland but he never came to America.
When mother arrived in Pennsylvania she started to work for a lady by t h e name of Walker. It was here that mother and father’s courtship starte d . Mrs. Walker was good and kind to mother. She taught her how to cook a n d do general housework. Father would come real often to visit with moth er . Mrs. Walker was also very kind to him and told mother whenever he ca me , to find anything to eat that he wished to.
While mother was living with Mrs. Walker she learned to be a very excel l ent cook. She was still living here when she and father were married i n 1 851. They came to Utah in 1852 and first settled in a small town by t he n ame of Session.
Father worked here for a man named Anson Call. When the Legislature m e t in Fillmore, Anson Call had to come down and he brought father and mo th er with him. Father went back with him. Mother stayed in Fillmore unti l s he grew tired of staying alone and she started out to walk back to wh er e father was, carrying with her, a small bundle of clothes on her back .
It was now the later part of November and winter was setting in. When s h e got just north of Provo, it started to snow and was very cold. As sh e t rugged along through the cold, wet snow her clothes froze to her bod y . A man and woman came along in a covered wagon and she asked them to l e t her ride but the man said no and as the wagon passed her she grabbe d ho ld of a rod that was standing out on the back of the wagon. She hun g on t o this rod until she was worn out and almost frozen to death. Sh e droppe d in he snow and the woman saw here fall.
She coaxed her husband to help mother into the wagon. She was very go o d and kind to mother and helped her put dry clothes on. She had to pul l m other’s shoes and stockings off for her as they were frozen to her le gs a nd feet.
They left her near the point of the mountain with a family who had lo s t their mother. Their children were trying to prepare Thanksgiving dinn e r so mother stayed there a few days and helped them all she could. As s oo n as she felt stronger, she went on to father. They both worked for An so n Call and he gave father a yoke of oxen for his work and mother a co w fo r her work.
In 1853 father and mother went back to Fillmore. While they were livi n g here father worked in a flourmill for a man name Bartholomew. Mary a n d James were born in Fillmore. In 1857 they moved to Meadow and locat e d on what is known as the ridge, about one and one half miles west of t h e present location of Meadow. They lived under the ridge in a one-roo m lo g house. The dirt blew in the house so bad here mother just couldn’ t stan d it. So one day when father was out in the field working, mothe r pulle d the floor of the house up and carried it on top of the ridge an d leane d it against a fence. They lived in this place with the floorboar ds a she lter until father had time to bring the logs on top of the ridg e and buil d another. David was born while living here.
The water was very muddy and bad down here, as it ran through all the f i elds, so father decided to move to town. The rest of the family was al l b orn in Meadow. When they moved up to town they built a two-room adob e hou se on the north side of the lot where Daniel Duchnell now lives. La ter th ey moved up to the lot where Isaac now lives and made more adobe s and bui lt another house.
Father made a bed, table and stools for chairs. Mother cooked in a skil l et on the fireplace for a good many years. She had plain white curtain s t o her windows, which were made out of some of her clothes. When mothe r fi rst came to Utah she had lovely clothes and lots of nice quilts an d line n sheets. She cut her white petticoats up to make her baby clothe s and sh e also cut many of her other things up to make her older childre n’s cloth es. She made fathers best shirts out of her linen sheets .
By this time father had accumulated a few sheep and they would sent t h e wool from these sheep with a little grease to Provo and have it mad e in to rolls and many times they couldn’t afford to have the rolls mad e and m other would make them and she also has a spinning wheel and woul d then sp in these rolls of wool into thread.
Abram Greenhalgh was a weaver and mother would hire him to weave her th r ead into cloth. He would take much of the thread for the weaving. Moth e r was a lovely seamstress and she made all her boys suits, shirts, an d un derwear and us girls’ dresses and other clothes by hand as she didn’ t hav e a sewing machine. She did all her own knitting and knitted and di d lot s of fine lovely sewing for other people.
When she was working for Anson Call she made his son a best white shi r t and worked it down the front. He prized this shirt very highly. She b ra ided hats for us children out of wheat straw. She pounded corn stalk s t o get the juice and she also scrapped watermelon rinds for juice an d the n she would boil it down to make a little sweet for us children. W e all h ad lots of canker because we didn’t get enough sweet. Mother kep t her hou se spotlessly clean. Sister Fisher told her many times she coul d eat of f her hearth stone, she always kept it so clean.
She always washed and ironed beautifully her Sunday clothes, whether th e y needed it or not, to have them spotless clean for the next Sunday. S h e kept her few dishes on a board shelf covered with paper she had scall op ed and tried to make it look like a cupboard.
Mother was a very faithful woman and many times she would walk long dis t ances to attend to her religious duties. She was a Sunday School teach e r and was also one of the first visiting teachers in the Relief Societ y . She and Sister Gull went all around town and gathered pieces, which t h e Relief Society sisters made into quilts. Mother and Alice Stott boug h t these two first quilts they made and gave nine dollars apiece for the m.
One time father, mother, and the children made a trip to Salt Lake Ci t y in the covered wagon. Mother drove the team all the way and father wa lk ed driving a nice fat steer he sold in Salt Lake. Mother said she coul d t ie in a red handkerchief all the things she got with the money from t he s teer. When my sister Christeena died she left a baby boy ten moths o ld an d also another little boy 5 years old.
Mother cared for these boys until they were twelve and seventeen year s o f age and then their father took them. Mother worked very hard all he r li fe, both in the home and in the garden and fields.
She was always good and kind to her family and did all she could to ma k e them happy. The neighbors’ children loved to come to our house becau s e mother was kind to them and fed them when they were hungry. Many of t h e grown ups now can remember the nice warm scones she gave them when th e y were children.
Her whole married life was a very hard one but she remained faithful a n d was loved by all who knew her. She died at the ripe old age of eighty -f our.
My mother, Jennet Sneden Duncan, was born April 21, 1830 in Gargel, Sco t land to a coal miner, David Sneden and his wife Christeena Lyle.
Mother met my father, James Duncan, on the boat in which they came to A m erica. They lived first in Pennsylvania where she worked for a Mrs. Wal ke r and where mother learned to become an excellent cook. Father courte d he r here and it was here she was living when they were married in 1851 .
In 1852 they came to Utah and settled in the small town of Session, n o w Bountiful. Mother and Father both worked for Anson Call, who paid th e m with a yoke of oxen and a cow. When the Legislature met, Anson Call h a d to go to Fillmore and he took mother and father with him. Father retu rn ed to Session but Mother stayed in Fillmore. She grew tired of stayin g al one and began to walk to Session carrying a small bundle of clothe s on he r back.
It was November and winter was setting in. when she got just north of P r ovo it started to snow and was very cold. As she trudged along throug h th e cold wet snow her clothes froze to her body. A covered wagon cam e by an d she asked for a ride, but the man refused. She grabbed hold o f a rod o n the back of the wagon and hung on until she was worn out an d almost fro zen to death. As she dropped into the snow, the woman on th e wagon saw he r fall. She coaxed her husband to assist Mother into the w agon where sh e helped Mother put on dry clothes. She had to pull Mother’ s shoes and st ockings off as they were frozen to her feet. They left he r near the poin t of the mountain with a motherless family where she stay ed a few days un til she felt stronger—helping them prepare Thanksgivin g dinner. Then sh e went on to Father.
In 1853 Mother and Father moved to Fillmore where Father worked in th e f lourmill for Mr. Bartholomew. Mary Jennet and James were born in Fill more . They moved to Meadow in 1857 and lived under a ridge in a one-roo m lo g house west of town. The dirt blew in this house so badly Mother co uldn’ t stand it. One day she tore up the floorboards of the house and ca rrie d them to the top of the ridge and leaned them against the fence fo r a sh elter. They lived like this until Father had time to build anothe r shelte r. David was born here. The water was muddy and bad so Father de cided t o move into town.
In Meadow they built a two-room adobe house and later a larger house. T h e rest of the children were born in Meadow: John, Christeena, Elizabet h E mma, Adam, George and Richard. Adam and George died as infants.
Father made furniture and Mother cooked in a skillet on the fireplace f o r many years. When she came to Utah she had lovely clothes and many qui lt s and linen sheets. She cut up her white petticoats to make baby cloth e s and used her other things to make older children’s clothes. She mad e Fa ther’s best shirts out of her linen sheets.
Father had accumulated a few sheep. Mother spun wool into thread and h a d Adam Greenhalgh weave her thread into cloth. She was a marvelous seam st ress and knitter and made clothes both for her own family and for othe r p eople.
Mother pounded corn stalks and scraped watermelon rinds for juice, whi c h she boiled down to make sweets. We all had lots of canker from lac k o f sweets. She worked hard all her married life in home, garden and fi eld . She kept her house and clothes spotlessly clean. When my sister Chr iste ena died Mother took care of her two small boys for 12 years.
She was a faithful woman and would walk long distances to attend to h e r religious duties. She was a Sunday School teacher and one of the fir s t visiting teachers in Relief Society. She and Sister Gull gathered pie ce s for quilts made by the Relief Society sisters. Mother and Alice Stot t b ought the first two quilts they made for nine dollars a piece.
Mother was always kind to her family and neighbors. Many grown-ups tod a y remember the warm scones she gave them as children. She was loved b y al l who know her and she died at 84 years of age.

JAMES DUNCAN

James Duncan, son of James Duncan and Mary McLaughlin, was born in Gre e n End, Scotland, February 5, 1828. While a young man in Scotland he hea r d the Mormon Missionaries preach, and was converted to the Mormon Churc h . He decided to come to America and join the Saints.
When he was twenty-two years old he sailed for America. On the dame sh i p was a Scottish girl by the name of Janette Sneddon, just two years yo un ger than James. When they got to Pennsylvania they both stopped to ear n m oney to continue to Utah. Janette worked for a Mrs. Walker who was ve ry k ind to her and taught her many things about house keeping. Mrs. Walk er wa s also very hospitable to James when he came to court Janette. Sh e told J anette to give him food and treat him well. Janette was still wi th Mrs. W alker when she and James were married in 1851.
They crossed the plains and settled in Sessions, (Bountiful) where th e y both worked for Anson Call. When Anson called by Brigham Young to set tl e Fillmore, Anson took James and Janette with him to Fillmore. They fi rs t settled in Fillmore where their first two children were born, Mary J ane tte, born April 15, 1854, and James, born February 26, 1857. James wa s pa sturing a herd of cows on the tall grass about seven miles south o f Fillm ore. The soil was not rocky as it was in Fillmore, and there wa s a smal l mountain stream. He went home and talked it over with his wife , and sh e consented to move to the south. They lived in a cave on the si de of a h ill, and after four months several other families joined them . Here Davi d was born February 4, 1859.
About a year and a half later James Duncan supervised the moving of t h e town of Meadow farther east as the water could then be taken from th e c reek. James was superintendent of the Sunday School, Bishop’s counsel or t o Bishop Hyrum Bell Bennett, and worked in other positions in the ch urch . More children came to bless their home: John born January 7, 1861 ; Chri stina born March 24, 1863; Elizabeth Emma born February 8, 1866; A dam bor n February 3, 1868; Richard born, February 8, 1869; George born A ugust 27 , 1871. James was a professional adobe maker and soon made adobe s and bui lt the first house in Meadow, he also made adobes for the othe r houses an d some of those houses still stand. He was very industrious , strictly hon est and fair in all his dealings, a fine example for all o f the citizens , he passed away, January 4, 1911, at the age of 83 and i s buried besid e his wife in the Meadow Cemetery .
James Duncan was one of the first of four men called to colonize Meado w . The early years there were difficult but not without humor. These ear l y settlers had accumulated some cattle and a few sheep, chickens and pi g s that roamed freely throughout their fields. Because of the tremendou s a mount of work that went into providing food and shelter for the famil ies , corrals and pens had to wait. Companies of settlers on their way t o Cal ifornia found it handy to just help themselves to the animals the y wanted , but the settlers found this increasingly hard to cope with.
One late afternoon when two or three of these company men stopped at gr a ndfather’s place, they saw a nice fat bull and decided to take it alon g w ith them. Grandmother protested but they paid no attention to her. So on a fter they left, grandfather came home from the field where he had be en wo rking and found grandmother in tears and very upset. He decided tha t wa s enough--he was not going to allow people to take his animals any l onge r without at least putting up a fight. He was going to get that bul l back . Though he didn’t have a gun, he did have a good bullwhip, calle d a “qui rt or Black Snake”, hanging on the wall and he knew how to thro w and po p it with authority. Grandmother was afraid of him and tried t o talk hi m out of going after them, but grandfather, a stubborn Scotsman , took dow n the bullwhip and set out at a fast pace. Overtaking the men , he announc ed that he had come for the bull and when they started to ob ject, put o n a little exhibition—popping and swinging the whip with impr essive skill . “Do I get the bull or do you feel the sting of my whip?” h e demanded. J ust what happened after that grandfather never did say, bu t he returned w ith the bull. It has been said that there were some who c ould pick a fl y off a horse with those whips and never touch the horse—t hese men may ha ve thought he was one of this group.
During the time that grandfather and grandmother James Duncan were livi n g in the old fort at Fillmore, Indians often camped where Meadow is no w . Chief Walker, their leader, was known to be a very cruel Indian and m os t of the whites were afraid of him. At that time the area was a vast m ead ow of tall grass so the pioneers ran their cattle there in the summe r an d cut the grass for winter-feed. The men would return to Fillmore ev ery n ight, however, as they were afraid the Indians might make trouble.
One day the cattle thundered into the fort, many shot with Indian arrow s . Grandfather, volunteered to go see what had caused the trouble. At th a t time. Chief Walker’s band was camped on the northeast corner of the t ow n where the creek ran from the mountains through he meadows, so grandf ath er started out on foot along the foothills where the cedars grew thic k. H e met a Mr. King who was looking for his cattle and the two proceede d t o the Indian camp. There they found the Indians dancing around in cir cles , moaning and performing the death rituals. Chief Walker was dead. O ne In dian left the dance, ran a few steps and shot a pony, and then anot her di d the same, and another. These animals were for Chief Walker to fi de [tak e] into the happy hunting grounds.
Later when the dancing stopped, they tied the Chief to a horse, form e d a line and wound their way up the canyon. There they prepared a grav e a nd furnished it with supplies, dishes, weapons and all the material s nece ssary for Chief Walker to live happily in the hereafter. Grandfath er wa s appalled when they also buried alive with him one of his own papo oses . He worked his head up through the pickets that were placed over th e gra ve and cried pitifully.
The Indians gave strict orders to everyone not to go into the canyon—th e ir Chief’s happy hunting grounds. The pioneers were not even allowed t o m ake a road into the canyon.
This experience took place between 1854 and 1857.

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

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• FamilySearch ID: KWJN-SXT
• Initiatory (LDS): 7 Jun 1862, EHOUS
• Census: 1900, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States

Notes:

Occupation: Farmer

Emigrated from Sweden 16 May 1861 on the ship “Monarch of the Sea.”

Pioneer:
Samuel A. Woolley Company (1861) Age at departure: 28
338 individuals and 61 wagons were in the company when it began its jo u r n ey from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha)



Elias August Beckstrand - abridged biography

Elias August Beckstrand was born 20 October 1832, at Granstrop, Villsta d , Jonkoping, Sweden, a son of Knut Johan Beckstrand and Ingerd Jacobsda ug hter. Elias August's great-grandfather, Knut Gunnarsson Beckstrand, gr adu ated from Uppsala University in Sweden and was educated as a priest a s wa s his father before him (Gunnar Knutsson). This was the highest educ atio n to be obtained in Sweden at the time. Elias August's father, Knu t Johan , was a Staff Sergeant 1st Class in the army.

Elias August was the youngest of a family of three children. He had an o l der sister, Christina (born 24 December 1825), and an older brother, Ka r l Johan (born 26 June 1829). He also had an older half-sister, Cathari n a Elisabeth (born 17 July 1802), the daughter of his father, Knut Joha n , and first wife, Elin Pehrsdotter.

Elias August was left an orphan at the age of fifteen years. From this t i me, he started to work for a livelihood. Work was more plentiful in Den ma rk, so he and his brother went there. His brother was hired as a paint e r and Elias was hired as a coachman for a rich family by the the nam e o f Gissing. He drove the family's span of horses and took the wife an d dau ghter out driving along the shores of the Baltic Sea which separate d Denm ark from Malmo, Sweden. He remained with this family for fifteen y ears wh ere he received wonderful cultural training. The family lived a r ich, ari stocratic life and he was treated with a great deal of courtesy.

While in the employ of this family, the temptation of wines and cigars w a s placed before him. Since he had not been accustomed to these thing s i n his father's home, he had the courage and manhood to resist them. W he n the Gospel came to the people of Denmark in the year 1857, Elias rej oic ed over the fact that he had no bad habits to overcome and he was soo n re ady to receive the Gospel.

He was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sai n ts on 16 February 1859, and was ordained an elder on 19 November 1859 . A t this time he was called to serve a two-year mission to his native l and , Sweden. He was now 27 years old.

When his mission was completed, he desired to emigrate to Zion. Elias a n d his brother, Karl Johan, traveled with other Saints on the ship Monar c h of the Sea.(1) They left Liverpool, England, on 16 May 1861. Elias w a s 29 years old. Another passenger in the group was Anna Sophia Hegglun d . They traveled many weeks, crossing the Atlantic Ocean. They then mad e t heir way to Florence, Nebraska, and eventually became part of the Jos ep h Horn Company. They crossed the plains and arrived in Salt Lake Cit y i n the summer of 1861. After his arrival, Elias was hired to drive a y ok e of oxen to get logs for the home of Joseph Horn. When enough logs ha d b een secured for the building o this home, Elias asked for the privile ge o f using the oxen to bring out logs sufficient to build his own two-r oom c abin. He intended to marry the young girl he had met, Anna Sophia H egglun d. She was, at this time, working in the Horn home.

He had purchased a lot at the corner of West Temple and North Temple Str e ets in Salt Lake City. After his home was completed, Elias and Anna Sop hi a were married, 24 January 1862. In the same year, on 7 June 1862, the y w ere sealed in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City. They lived in th is l ittle home for one and one-half years. Their first child, Anna Judit h, wa s born there on 21 November 1862.

In the spring of 1863, Brigham Young called this young couple to go sou t h and settle in Deseret, Millard County. They traded their home for a t ea m, covered wagon and a few cooking utensils and started for their ne w hom e. There they helped build a fort for the settlers for protection a gains t the Indians. The settlers built a dam on the Sevier River to enab le the m to run water over the dry, dusty section of land which the peopl e had p lowed and planted into grain. Year after year they plowed and pla nted bu t each year they were disappointed as the water would wash out th e dam an d their crops would dry out.

Two children were born to the young couple while they lived at the for t i n Deseret: John August (born 19 March 1865), and Albertina Sophia (bo r n 4 March 1867). About this time, Elias received a call to send his te a m back to Fort Laramie to meet a company of immigrants who were on the i r way to Utah.

The people in Deseret became very discouraged and when Brigham Young ca m e down and saw the situation, he told them to move to other places if t he y desired. Elias and his family moved to the little settlement of Mead o w (also in Millard County) in 1868. He was given a lot on which to bui l d his home. It was situated one block east of the church building and t w o blocks east of Main Street. This first home was a two-room frame hou s e lined with adobe. A new Beckstrand home was built near the "Old Hollo w " and directly below where Chief Walker had his camp. This home was bui l t from rock quarried in the area and was completed in 1896. It was dow n t his hollow that a flood came following a cloud burst in the canyon (1 896) . Hearing a roaring noise, several boys riding horses went to invest igat e and returned very excited saying a flood was coming. All the anima ls co rralled along the creek bed were turned loose and all the people we nt t o the south of town and to higher ground. Elias had a big stable o n one b ank of the hollow and a huge haystack on the other. As the floo d came, ca rrying mud, huge trees, and boulders, it pushed down the stabl es, corral s and haystacks. It took a lot of rebuilding and cleaning up a fter this d isaster. No lives were lost. (This family home has been remod eled and sti ll stands today.) Once settled, they planted an orchard, pur chasing tree s from Joseph V. Robison in Fillmore. Next they took up te n acres of farm ing land east of the ridge and planted grain and corn.

Three more children were born to Elias and Anna Sophia: Joseph Conrad (b o rn 10 March 1870), Ida Christina (born 3 April 1872), and Mary Elizabe t h (born 12 August 1874). Ida Christina died on 6 May 1875 and Mary Eliz ab eth died five days later on 11 May 1875.

During the division of farming land in Meadow and while Elias was superi n tendent of the Sunday School, he asked the town supervisor to grant for t y acres of land with six shares of water to the Sunday School, the proc ee ds from the acreage to be used for books for the Sunday School. As a r esu lt the Meadow Sunday School was the first to be supplied with textboo ks a nd songbooks in Millard Stake. He also took up 160 acres of farmin g lan d above town which has always been known as the Beckstrand Farm. I n the p asture below town, he sowed wild hay for the animals' winter fee d until a lfalfa became known.

Elias took an active part in the church. He served as Superintendent o f t he Sunday School. He was ordained a Seventy on 3 December 1862 and wa s se t apart as president of the 42nd Quorum Of Seventies on 25 Novembe r 1883 . Later he was ordained a High Priest. On 25 November 1901 he wa s ordaine d a Patriarch in Millard Stake. He served as Patriarch until hi s death.

On 7 June 1869, Elias married Henrietta Cecilia Ahlquist as his second w i fe. To this union ten children were born: Elias Hyrum (11 May 1870), Ch ar les Alfred (9 February 1872), Heber William (18 March 1873), Almeda He nri etta (16 February 1875), Rachel Dena (11 April 1876), Nephi David ( 1 Nove mber 1878), Alma Neil (4 Jun 1881), Eva Ellen (16 July 1884), Knu t (26 De cember 1888), and Arnold Asael (7 May 1891).

Charles Alfred, Almeda Henrietta and Knut died in infancy. In the fal l o f 1888 he served four months in the penitentiary for his religious co nvic tions (practicing polygamy).

Elias was an ardent believer in education. In the fall he would hitch h i s fine black team to the spring wagon loaded with food and clothing, a n d take his older children to Provo for the winter to attend the Brigha m Y oung Academy. He would rent living quarters for them and then take hi s ch ildren to the president of the school, pay their entrance fees and s ay t o the president, "These are my children. They have come here wit h a goo d name. I want you to see that they bring it back home just as go od."

His entire life was spent in service to his family and church. He die d 2 6 February 1910 in Meadow.

(History written by Thelma Beckstrand Fisher, a grandchild, with sectio n s from Rachel Dena Beckstrand Bennett, a daughter)

Source:
Histories Compiled and Edited by Sue Anne Beckstrand Thompson
Our Beckstrand Heritage: Christina Beckstrand Pehrsson, Karl Johan Becks t rand, Elias August Beckstrand and their families
(Logan, Ut., self published, 2003)




Elias August Beckstrand
Biography written by Albertina Beckstrand Fisher

Elias August Beckstrand was born 20 October 1832 at Granstorp, Jon Vilst a d, Sweden, son of Knut Johan Beckstrand and Ingried Jacobsson. The Bec ks trand ancestry originated in Germany. My sixth great-grandfather cam e fr om Germany and located in Sweden about 1600. As far back as we hav e an y knowledge of her ancestry, they have followed the line of educatio n. M y third grandfather graduated from Uppsala, Sweden. He was educat ed fo r the ministry and was increased as also was his father before him . Thi s was the highest education to be obtained in Sweden at that time.

Father was the youngest of the family of 3 and was left an orphan at t h e age of 15 years. From this time he started to work for a livelihoo d . As he grew into manhood, he was hired as a coachman for rich famil y . While here he had a wonderful cultural training. The family live d a v ery aristocratic life and father was treated with a great deal of c ourtes y by them. While in the employment of this family, the temptatio n of win e and cigars was placed before him but he always had courage an d manhoo d enough to resist. Later when the gospel came, he rejoiced ove r the fac t that he had no evil habits to overcome. Father was baptize d 16 Februar y 1859. He was ordained an elder 19 November 1859. At thi s time he wa s called to fill a two-year mission in his native land.

He emigrated to Utah in the fall of 1861, locating in Salt Lake City. A f ter working in the canyon a while for wages, he purchased a lot on Nor t h Temple St. and 1st West. He married Anna Sofia Hegglund, 24 Januar y 18 62. In the same year 7 June 1862 they were sealed in the endowmen t house . From this union 6 children were born, 4 of whom are Anna J., A lbertina , John A., and Joseph C. The first one was born in Salt Lake Ci ty.

In the spring of 1863 they were called to Deseret. Father at once trad e d his house and bought a team of horses and a covered wagon, equipped t he mselves with cooking utensils and started for his destination. Whil e i n Deseret, John and Albertina were born. The family remained here un ti l the river became so uncontrollable that they lost their grain crop s yea r after year. Then when the settlement was temporarily broken up , the fa mily moved to Meadow. In the fall, previous to moving, father r eceive d a call to send his team back to Fort Laramie to meet the compan y of emi grants that were on their way to Utah.

The family arrived in Meadow in 1868 and located 2 blocks above Main Str e et on Center Street where the old home still stands. They at once se t ou t an orchard, purchasing trees from Joseph V. Robinson in Fillmore . He n ext took up 10 acres of farming land and planted it with grain an d corn.

7 June 1869 he married Henrietta Cecilia Carlson and to this union wer e b orn 10 children, 7 of whom grew to majority, married and raised famil ies : Elias Hyrum, Heber W., Rachel Dena, Alma Neil, Eva Ellen and Arnol d As ael.

Father was ordained a Seventy on 3 December 1862, set apart as preside n t of the 42nd Quorum of Seventies on 25 November 1883, ordained a hig h pr iest and patriarch 25 November 1901. In the fall of 1888, he serve d 4 mo nths in the penitentiary for his religious convictions. He was su perinte ndent of the Sunday school of Meadow. During his superintendenc y they to ok up the Sunday school farm. He spent his entire life in serv ice to hi s family in the church.

He died 26 February 1910 and was buried in Meadow Cemetery.

Elias married Anna Sophia Hegglund on 24 Jan 1862 in Millard, Utah, United States. Anna (daughter of Jonas Gustaf Anderson Hegglund and Anna Sophia Jonasdotter) was born on 9 Oct 1833 in Ryssby, Kronoberg, Småland, Konungariket Sverige; was christened on 13 Oct 1833 in Ryssby, Kronoberg, Småland, Konungariket Sverige; died on 8 Jul 1890 in Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States; was buried in Meadow Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWJ4-LLL
• Initiatory (LDS): 7 Jun 1862, EHOUS

Notes:

Pioneer
Samuel A. Woolley Company (1861) Age at departure: 27
338 individuals and 61 wagons were in the company when it began its jour n ey from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha).

Annie Sophia Haglund Beckstrand
Arrived in Utah 1861
Written by Alta B. Fisher
Hillcrest Camp DUP
ANNA SOPHIA HAGLUND BECKSTRAND
My grandmother was born on the ninth of October in 1833, in Stora Brask e t Bgsaby Lamer, Sweden. She was the daughter of Jonas GustafHaglund an d A nna Sofia Aberg. She was the second child of a family of five.

When she was about two years old the family moved from Kalmer to the Isl a nd of Oland, a small island not far from Kalmer, where they rented a sm al l house and a few acres of land. Here they raised garden stuff, grain , an d feed, and had a cow, a pig, and some chickens. Later on, the landl ord t ook part of the land at different times until there was nothing lef t. Thi s left the family without any way of making a living except by dai ly labo r on the landlord's farm. A famine broke out at this time which e xtende d over most of Sweden. It became so bad that they gathered roots t o mix w ith flour. This made the bread very bitter. Her father left for h is wor k without any breakfast, and the children were left crying for bre ad. Th e landlord found how things were and from that time on they fare d better.

As soon as grandmother was old enough, she left home and went to the ci t y of Kalmer to work. I don't know how many people she worked for, bu t I h ave never forgotten two families I have heard about. One for thei r kindne ss, and the other for their cruelties. There were many like th e latter. A fter the girls did the washing they would have to take it t o the sea shor e and rinse it. Platforms were built over the water and gr eat troughs wer e made to rinse the clothes in. They had to do this in su mmer as well a s in winter.

One day the queen rode by and when she saw it she commanded her coachm a n to stop. She said that this must cease, and commanded that houses sho ul d be built, that they should at least be under shelter.

When she was twenty-one years old she became engaged to a young man, a s a ilor by trade. His trips lasted sometimes three and six months. He want e d to be married, but for some reason grandmother couldn't make up her m in d. Finally, after they had been engaged four years she told him when h e r eturned from his trip they would be married. He left his money with h er t o get the things they would need, but she didn't spend it. While h e was o n this trip, two Mormon missionaries came. When she heard their m essage s he was converted and was baptized. The people she worked for wer e so bitt erly opposed to this that she had to leave. In her next place , she foun d kind people to work for.

She was very much surprised when her sweetheart returned to find tha t h e hated this new religion so much that she must choose between it an d him . Her religion meant more to her than anything on earth, but he sti ll ha d hopes that she would change her mind. So this went on for about t hree y ears. When he realized she could not do this, he told her that h e wishe d he could see her drowned rather than see her do as she was doin g. Thi s was their final separation.

She was planning to go with the saints to Utah, so she went home to se e h er people. She felt sure that they would see the truth as she saw it , bu t when she reached home and realized how they felt, she was almost h ear t broken. Her oldest sister would have nothing to do with her. She ac cuse d her of bringing disgrace on them all, and her father hoped he woul d nev er see her again. This was the last time she ever saw any of her pe ople . Her father must have changed some, for before she sailed for Ameri ca sh e received a letter from him saying. "My girl, if you are sure you r relig ion is true, stay with it."

Grandmother's younger sister, Mary, was the only one of the family who w r ote to her, so it was through her she learned of the death of her fath e r and mother. The older sister never changed in her belief, and alway s th ought mother had disgraced the family. Later, she came to New York a nd ma rried.

Just before grandmother sailed, she and grandfather met. He had joined t h e Church a few years previous, and so being on the same ship they beca m e very dear friends. They were not in the same company crossing the pla in s, but the two campanies were so close, that many times the young folk s w ould get together for evening sports.

They arrived in Salt Lake in the latter part of September 1861. Grandmot h er went to work for Joseph Horne's family, and grandfather went to wor k f or a Mr. Crisman. On January 24, 1862, they were married, and in Jun e o f the same year they were sealed in the Old Endowment house. They bou gh t a lot and built a log room on west North Temple.

Grandmother was a faithful worker in the Church all of her life. For ma n y years she was a Relief Society teacher, and also acted as treasure r i n that organization. She had many friends. Father has told that he ne ve r knew her to have enemies. She was very careful not to use any slang . Sh e died as she had lived, a true Latter Day Saint, on July 8, 1890, a t th e age of 57.

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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]

Other Events and Attributes:

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWJW-43Q
• Initiatory (LDS): 9 Apr 1883, EHOUS

Notes:

Occupation: Weaver

Joseph married Jane Standring on 19 Nov 1853 in Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Prestwich, Lancashire, England. Jane (daughter of Charles Standring and Susan Buckley) was born on 31 May 1827 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England; was christened on 8 Jul 1827 in Church of St. Chad, Rochdale, Lancashire, England; died on 4 May 1896 in Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States; was buried on 7 May 1896 in Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: LLQ2-MH6
• Initiatory (LDS): 9 Apr 1883, EHOUS