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Colonial and Revolutionary Lineages of America (973 D2ah) Vol. 2 Kin g o f the Angles and Saxons. As a youth, Edward distinguished himself i n hi s father's wars against the Danes. He was as good a soldier as his f ather , but not as good a scholar. His reign is markedby the widening o f his ki ngdom and the reduction of other princes to a condition of depen dence. Ed ward still had to do much, despite his father's previous effort s, to kee p the shores of England free from invasion. He erected a long l ine of for tresses along the English shores to ward off the Danes. He ext ended the S axon division of towns into shires in nearly all of England . In every wa y he advanced the dinity of the Kingship and he did away wi th the old cus tom of clanchieftains. Thus he succeeded in creating a nat ion out of Engl and, an accomplishment which his predecessors had vainl y attempted. Edwar d also did much for the church by establishing some mo nasteries and endow ing others. Because his reign was one marked with suc cess, Edward has bee n called "The Unconquered King". | Wessex, Edward I, King of England (I13292)
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In 1015 Eadmund desired to marry Ealdgyth, the widow of a Danish Earl na m ed Sigeferth. His father did not want him to make this marriage wit h a Da nish woman, but Eadmund married Ealdgyth none-the-less. This anger ed Cnut , a Danish leader,and he made war on Eadmund. This war between Cn ut and E admund lasted over a year until the latter's death. Some authori ties stat e that Eadmund was slain by Cnut's men, while others claim tha t he die d a natural death. Edmund was chosen king by the people of Londo n, but Ca nute II, King of Denmark, who was leading an invasion of Englan d, secure d the support of the council (witenagemot) at Southampton and o f Edric (d .1017), Ethelred's son-in-law. Edmund met the Danes in battle , winning se veral engagements and relieving Canute's siege of London. H e was defeate d at Assandun (now Ashington), however, through the treache ry of Edric, w ho had pretended to desert Canute. A truce was arranged be tween Canute an d Edmund; Edmund was permitted to rule the south of Engla n d until his de ath later in the year, when it reverted to Canute. | Wessex, Edmund II King of England (I40080)
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King of the West Saxons (871-99), and one of the outstanding figures o f E nglish History. Born in Wantage in Southern England, Alfred was the y oung est of five sons of King Ethelwulf. On the death of his brother Ethe lred , Alfred became king, coming to the throne during a Danish invasion . Alth ough he succeeded in making peace with the Danes, they resumed the ir mara uding expeditions five years later, and by early 878 they were su ccessfu l almost everywhere. About Easter of 878, however, Alfred establi shed him self at Athelney and began assembling an army. In the middle o f that yea r he defeated the Danes and captured their stronghold, probabl y at presen t-day Edington. For the next 14 years Alfred was able to devo te himself t o the internal affairs of his kingdom. By 886 he had capture d the city o f London, and soon afterward he was recognized as the king o f all England . In 893 the Danes invaded England again, and the followin g four years we re marked by warfare; eventually, the Danes were forced t o withdraw fro m Alfred's domain. The only ruler to resist Danish invasio ns successfully , Alfred made his kingdom the rallying point for all Saxo ns, thus layin g the foundation for the unification of England. Alfred wa s a patron of l earning and did much for the education of his people. H e established a co urt-school and invited British and foreign scholars, n otably the Welsh mo nk Asser and the Irish-born philosopher and theologia n John Scotus Erigen a, to come there. Alfred translated such works as th e Consolation of Phil osophy by the Roman statesman and philosopher Boeth ius, The History of th e World by the Spanish priest Paulus Orosius (fl.5 th Cent), and Passtora l Care by Pope Gregory I. Alfred's laws, the firs t promulgated in more th an a century, were the first that made no distin ction between the Englis h and the Welsh peoples. He wore himself out i n the service of his people , the oft-quoted words he added to one of hi s book translations: "MY WIS H WAS TO LIVE WORTHI LY AS LONG AS I LIVE, A ND AFTER MY LIFE TO LEAVE THE M THAT SHOULD COME A FTER, MY MEMORY of GOO D WORKS."; a fitting epitaph t o this noble King. | Wessex, Ælfrǣd King of the Anglo-Saxons (I13536)
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Compiled by Garda G. Adams (edited C.E.B.)
This sketch is the result of much research on my part about my ancestor s , the Gee Family in America.
The Gee ancestral line, as far as records permit us to determine, follo w s thusly: Solomon Gee from Devonshire, England, who is found in the ear l y 1700’s in Connecticut in the vicinity of Lyme, New London County, wa s t he emigrant ancestor of this family. Our direct line from Solomon is : (1 ) William, (2) Zopher, (3) Salmon, (4) George Washington Sr., (5) Ge org e Washington II, my grandfather, which brings us down to the establis hmen t of the Latter Day Saints Church in the year of 1830. Salmon, Georg e Was hington Sr. and George Washington II all became members of this chu rch i n the very early years of its formation. Others of Salmon's famil y joine d it later. Some were also among the number who crossed the plain s.
The association of Salmon's family with the Church can be identified wi t h circumstances which brought him to the state of Ohio. His father, Zop he r, and a number of others then living in Lyme, Connecticut were attrac te d by the possibilities of the land known as the Western Reserve of Con nec ticut in the northeastern corner of Ohio which had been acquired by E lish a Tracy and offered for resale. In 1803, Zopher’s sons John and Salm on jo ined a small company of men from Lyme who made the difficult journe y to O hio for the purpose of examining the land there so a determinatio n coul d be made whether those interested should relocate from Connecticu t to es tablish new homes in this opening frontier.
Apparently their report was favorable to Zopher Gee and a group of frien d s and neighbors who commenced to dispose of their properties preparato r y to their move from Lyme to that part of the new land which later beca m e known as Ashtabula County, Ohio .
In 1810, a first contingent of men made their way to the new homesite, J o hn and Salmon Gee among them, and built a small cabin for shelter on Zo ph er Gee's land where they stayed while clearing land in two locations w hic h they planted in corn as an initial food supply for the families t o com e later.
Part of the men returned in the fall to Lyme, Connecticut to bring the i r families to this new frontier.
On September 20, 1811 or 1812 (history is confusing as to the year), a g r oup of ninety persons arrived and settled in an area first known as Leb an on but later renamed New Lyme, Ashtabula County, Ohio. They had travel e d more than six hundred miles by wagon, some drawn by horses and other s b y oxen.
In this group were Zopher Gee and his second wife, Lura, sometimes call e d "Laura," and their young family. His first wife, Esther Beckwith, mot he r of John, Salmon and Esther had died in 1794 back in Lyme.
Some of the settlers might have been called rich financially but mone y o r no money, there was no time for lament. Here people had to work o r the y would starve.
Zopher and his family were among the sturdy pioneers who toiled hard th a t life might be bearable for their families. ******** of a home was th e f irst order of business for all. Then clearing of the land and plantin g o f crops.
The dwellings of the pioneers in the Western Reserve were at first cru d e bark and brush shacks. They were replaced as soon as possible by nea t l og cabins. Large logs about a foot in diameter were used, filled betw ee n with clay or wooden wedges. Roofs of clapboards and floors of punche on s split from logs. Doors were heavy wood with leather or wooden hinges . W indows were wooden cross slats covered with oiled paper. Chairs wer e thre e-legged stools and cupboards were boards laid on wooden pegs.
The woods supplied them with meat (deer, bear and fowl). Also, homes, ma p le syrup and some fruit so they fared well if they worked hard.
These early pioneers, so history tells us, were a rough, hardy, intellig e nt lot. They believed in God, good order and education. They were kin d an d sociable and had frequent parties. Wood chopping for the men, quil tin g bees for the women, with goodies for dinner and supper.
They practiced "Love thy neighbor as thyself," lovingly, kindly, earnest l y and effectively. This was the foundation stock of my great grandfath e r George Washington Gee.
The Zopher Gee family prospered during the years 1813-1815 and he bui l t a large, and for those days, commodious house which is still in every da y use.
His oldest children soon married and established homes and farms of the i r own in this new western country.
In the marriage records of Ashtabula County, we find the marriage of Sal m on Gee to Sarah Watson Crane on 15 NOV 1814, who was a daughter of Will ia m Crane and Sarah Watson. There were ten children credited to this cou ple , eight of whom grew to maturity. George Washington Gee was the oldes t ch ild born to this family. He was born 13 AUG 1815 in what the famil y recor d identifies as New Lyme, Ashtabula County, Ohio. The historica l record o f this county gives the first name of this township as Lebanon . It was of ficially renamed New Lyme in 1825. So George W. Gee really wa s born in Le banon, Ashtabula County, Ohio. His brother, Giles by name, w as also bor n in Lebanon 18 JAN 1817 and died 23 APR 1821. The third chil d was bor n 1 SEP 1818 in Austinburg, a neighboring township.
The other brothers and sisters of George Washington Gee were: Sarah Caro l ine born 30 AUG 1820, Amanda Melvina born 20 JAN 1823, Erastus Smith bo r n 29 JUL 1825, Susan Eliza born 31 JAN 1828, Salmon Jr. born 13 JAN 182 6 , Electa born 13 JUL 1833 died 28 JAN 1838, Martha Brewer born 9 APR 18 38 .
Some of these children are identified as having been born in Rome whic h i s a neighboring township of New Lyme (Lebanon). History states that t hi s area was known by the name of Richfield until 1829 when it was chang e d to Rome. Records also show that the father, Salmon Gee, moved to Geau g a County, probably the township of Thompson in 1828 and later to Kirtla nd , Lake County, Ohio in 1834.
Our historical sketch now reverts to George W. Gee about whom it was int e nded. Little is known about George Washington Gee’s early life. It wou l d necessarily reflect the hard work and toil of a child born on the fro nt ier on the farm of his father and mother with what little formal educa tio n there was available at that time and in that area. He was thirtee n year s old when the family moved to Geauga, which would probably consis t of se tting up a new home and a clearing for a new farm .
We can find no indication historically of the reason for their move. T o t he author, the reason for their move is explained in the preface of t hi s sketch since it was here the Gospel of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Sa int s was taught to this family. The father and mother of this family wer e ba ptized into this church in July of 1832, just two years after it ha d bee n organized. George Washington Gee, now eighteen years of age, als o was b aptized 17 FEB 1833 at Kirtland, Ohio.
Just what he really did immediately following his baptism we have no com p lete record as yet. There is a record in the book, "The Teachings of Jo se ph Smith” that suggests something about where he was and what might ha v e occurred. It is found on page 20. The heading is, "An Epistle of th e Fi rst Presidency to the Church in Thompson, Geauga Co., Ohio.11 (2nd p aragr aph) Kirtland, Feb. 6, 1833. Dear Brethern, "It seemed good unto th e Hol y Spirit and unto us to send this our epistle to you by the hand o f our b eloved Brother Salmon Gee your messenger who has been ordained b y us, i n obedience to the commandments of God to the office of Elder t o presid e over the church in Thompson taking the oversight thereof to le ad you an d teach you the things which are according to Godliness," etc.
George W. was in Kirtland too with his father since he was baptized o n 1 7 FEB 1833, which was shortly after this epistle was written. He ma y hav e returned to Thompson with his father. We have no indication as t o jus t where the mother and the rest of the family were at this time. W e migh t expect, however, that they were with the father in Thompson.
Church history tells us of the great difficulties that had overtaken t h e Saints in Kirtland at this time. From the Journal of John Smith, brot he r of Joseph Smith Sr. we quote, "The Spirit of speculation, a mania t o ma ke money became prevalent throughout the United States and many of t he Sa ints joined wildcat schemes and forgot their Holy annointing to min istr y of God. With this came the spirit of Apostasy and rebellion. It le d th e Prophet to exclaim, "It seems as though all the powers of earth an d hel l are combining to overthrow the church."
The temple was not yet completed. The faithful of the church were ther e s uffering abuse and persecution striving to complete it. George was pr obab ly there doing just that.
They, George and his father, were at the meeting held 7 MAR 1835 which w a s called for the blessing of those who had, assisted by labor or othe r me ans helped in building the house of the Lord. Their names are liste d wit h those at that time.
George Washington Gee also was ordained an Elder at this time.
On 16 MAY 1836 Church History records the arrival of the grandmother o f t he Prophet from St. Lawrence County, New York with her two sons, Asah el a nd Silas, and their families with other converts from that area. I t was i n this group that George found his life companion, Mary Jane Smit h, cousi n of the Prophet Joseph Smith. They were married on 5 FEB 1837 . This wa s announced in the February issue of the "Messenger and Advocat e" publish ed by the church.
Due to the conditions in Kirtland, the Prophet had left there and settl e d in Missouri hoping to carry on the work of the Lord there without per se cution. Other Saints were leaving as quickly as they were able to arra ng e their affairs.
George and Mary Jane managed to leave. They moved to Fredricksburg, Ra y C ounty, Missouri in 1838. Here their first child was born on 30 MAY 18 38 , a son named Elias Smith Gee.
There must have been a little group of the Saints who settled here at th a t time. Fredericksburg, Ray County, Missouri is designated in histor y a s a post office in the Fishing River Township. Their stay here must h av e been short. They were driven into Illinois.
From the "Autobiography of George W. Bean” compiled by Flora D. Home , w e take this statement, "In the fall of 1839 the expulsion of the Morm on s from Missouri took place — the city of Quincy, Adams County, general l y became the temporary lodging place for many of the persecuted people . M y father having added to his lands and improved it for some time wa s poss essed of several houses and cabins which for a short time were fil led wit h some of these people. I remember especially George W. Gee and h is wif e who was the sister of Elias Smith, as well as the cousin of th e Prophe t Joseph Smith.
"Brother Gee taught school for our district that fall. I remember the sh o ck it gave us when it leaked out that his wife was a cousin of Joe Smit h . What a risk of contamination we were in. Of course he was soon dismis se d."
When they were driven from Fredricksburg, Esther, Mary Jane's sister a n d her husband, Amos Botsford Fuller, were evicted from their home and t he ir house burned when Esther had given birth to a child just three hour s b efore.
We find the Saints collecting at a place in Illinois called Commerce, la t er called Nauvoo. This is where we next find George and Mary Jane.
In a record G. S, serial NV no. 25163-Pt 7, we find among other things M i nutes of General Conferences and the High Council men who located in pl ac es just across the river from Commerce (Nauvoo) on the Iowa side of th e r iver. In the minutes of a general conference of the Church held in Co mmer ce, Hancock County, Illinois on 5 OCT 1839, we find this statement , "It w as unanimously voted that a branch of the Church be established i n the Te rritory of Iowa. Elder John Smith was elected President of thi s branch. " Some of the settlements that became a part of this Branch wer e Montrose , Nashville, Ambrosia, Zarahemla, etc .
George W. and Mary Jane and small son Elias Smith settled at Ambrosia, L e e County. As we read the minutes of the general conferences held at var io us times in these respective settlements, we find George W. Gee ofte n cal led to be clerk, both in conferences and High Council meetings in t his ar ea until, in a conference held 7th, 8th and 9th of August, 1841, h e was m ade Church recorder.
He represented 109 members from Ambrosia and 13 members from Keokuk as h a s been mentioned.
During all of this time, he and his family were residing in Ambrosia, L e e County, Iowa. It was a small settlement where a number of the member s o f the Church resided from 1840 to 1846 when the march to the Rocky Mo unta ins began. A post office was established and George W. Gee was mad e postm aster. He was also made county surveyor.
Ambrosia extended from Montrose as far as Sugar Creek. At one time, th i s area was included in what was called the Half Breed Tract and was inc lu ded in land purchased by the Church with intent to build a city, Zarah eml a and for Nashville, Iowa.
In the Journal History of the Church under the date of 30 MAR 1840, a re p ort of a short mission for the Church into the State of Tennessee is gi ve n by George. I am writing it just as it is given because I feel it sup pli es a touch of the kind of person he was and of his faith and testimon y o f the truthfulness of the Gospel:
"MAR 30, 1840 — George W. Gee reported missionary labors as follows: I l e ft my home last NOV 1839 to preach the Gospel in Tennessee trusting alo n e in the Lord to sustain me as I was alone and had never attemped to pr ea ch before. I commenced preaching in DeKalb County.
"The people were prejudiced in consequence of the falsehoods that had be e n written from Missouri by our most zealous persecutors, but on hearin g , expressed their surprise to hear me contend so strongly for the Bibl e a nd its requirements; and that we should not be persecuted for preachi ng t he very order of things which all Christiandom was earnestly prayin g for.
"On arriving at Overton County, I found Elder Julian Moses. We preache d t ogether for two weeks and baptized two. Then I went to Jackson Count y an d preached almost constantly for six weeks. Doors were open on the r igh t hand and the left. I have baptized ten in all and others are believ ing.
"Brother Moses joined me in Jackson County. We traveled and preached i n m any places but could not supply all the calls. The prejudice of the p eopl e appeared to give way on hearing for themselves.
"Our wants were well supplied. We never lacked for a comfortable plac e t o lodge. We attained twenty-one subscribers for the "Times and Season s" a nd the call was "books, books, books," but the common weapon of misr epres entation was used against us by many individuals.
We were invited to a public discussion of our principles which we accept e d. This lasted three days. Myself and Brother Moses on affirmative an d Re verend L. DeWitt and F. A. Stone (Campbellites) negative.
"The points at issue were: 1- The Book of Mormom is a sacred record an d w as translated by the inspiration of God and came forth in fulfill- me ri t of Prophecy. 2- That Apostles, Prophets and spiritual gifts; such a s he aling, diversities of tongues and their interpretation are necessar y in t he Church of Christ, according to his order.
"At the close of the debate we baptized one. There were others we thin k w ill obey the first opportunity.
"We arrived home on 28 MAR 1840."
John Smith was writing a letter to his friend George Albert in England , t o which George Gee added the following postscript dated JUN 1840:
"I was laboring in the vineyard of the Lord about two months ago.
"I have bought land here (Ambrosia). I am engaged in cultivating the soi l . All is well at present. The Saints are fast emigrating to this plac e an d the work is rolling onward."
And in the Journal History of the Church under the date of 7 OCT 1841 . w e find this entry:
"Council House of John Taylor at Nauvoo. (Business of the Meeting) "Vot e d 17 missionaries to be called to the various fields of labor." Among t h e names on the list that followed: "Elder George Washington Gee, calle d t o fill a mission in Pittsburgh."
Two days after this call was made, Mary Jane gave birth to their secon d c hild; a son, George W. Gee, Jr., born 9 OCT 1841 at Ambrosia, Lee Cou nty , Iowa.
Shortly afterward, the father left to fill his mission call in Pennsylva n ia. Probably sometime in November, we do not have the exact date, not l on g after his arrival in his field of labor, he was called to administe r t o a child suffering from black measles. The child recovered but Brot he r Gee contracted the disease and passed away as a result on 20 JAN 184 2.
In the Documentary History of the Church Vol. IV, page 500, we find an e n try by the Prophet Joseph Smith, "Thurs. 20 JAN 1842, attended a speci a l council meeting in the upper room of new Store, George Washington Ge e d ied today.”
There is also a footnote with a brief history of George W. Gee's life. T h e views of which are already given in this sketch. I repeat the closin g p hrases of this note: “In the fall of 1841, he was sent to Pittsburg h wher e he died 20 JAN 1842 while in the discharge of his duties, havin g won th e affection of all the Saints with whom he became acquainted b y his integ rity and perseverance.”
His opportunity for schooling had been limited but by his own exertion , h e had attained an excellent education and had collected quite a respe ctab le library.
His granddaughter, Ina Gee Hodson, once wrote a short history of his lif e . I repeat her concluding paragraph: "At his passing, his young wife w a s left with two small sons one about three and one-half years old and t h e other only three months old. These children were taken across the pla in s by their mother in 1852. The eldest died 10 AUG 1855 about three yea r s after their arrival in the Valley. George W. Jr. eventually settle d i n Provo. He cared for his mother in his home until her death in 187 8 an d raised a large family of faithful Latter Day Saints ”
Descendents of Solomon Gee of Lyme, Connecticu t
Charles E. Benjamin
1981
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Life and Light press, Winona Lake, Indiana
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Times and Seasons, Vol.4, p.127
POETRY.
Lines occasioned by the death of Elder George W. Gee[?] late of Ambros i a, Lee County, I. T. who died in the city of Pittsburg, Penn. on the 20 t h of Jan. 1842.
BY MISS E. R. SNOW.
THE HERO'S REWARD.
Well may the fire of glory blaze
Upon the warrior's tread;
And nations twine the wreath of praise
Around the hero's head:
His path is honor, and his name
Is written on the spire of fame.
His deeds are deeds of courage, for
He treads o'er gory ground,
Amid the pride and pomp of war
When carnage seeps around:
With sword unsheath'd, he stands before
The foe, amid the cannon's roar.
If such the meed the warrior gains-
If such the palm he bears-
If such insignia he obtains-
If such the crown he wears:
If laurels thus his head entwine,
And stars of triumph round him shine;
How noble must be HIS reward
Who, 'midst the crafts of men;
Clad in the armor of the Lord
Goes forth to battle, when
The powers of darkness warfare wage,
And satan's host around him rage.
Who goes opinion to unbind,
That reason may go free,
And liberate the human mind
From cleric tyranny.
To sever superstition's rod,
And propagate the truth of God.
Who wars with prejudice, to break
Asunder error's chain,
And make the sandy pillars shake
Where human dogmas reign,
Who dares to be a man of God,
And bear the Spirit's sword abroad!
Above all earthly, his shall be
An everlasting fame;
The archives of eternity
Will register his name
With gems of sacred honor rife-
His crown will be eternal life.
Age at death 26 years 5 months and 7 days
George Washington Gee was one of the clerks of the Council Point Branc h f rom 1839-1841. The other clerks were Elias Smith, Wilard Snow, and J. F. L ane.
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Consider operated a farm and small store, presumably in Lyme, Connecticu t . In 1760, Consider moved to the village of Center Hill on the west Mou nt ain in Hartland, Connecticut and brought a farm that straddled the lin e b etween the towns of Barkhamst and Hartland, He was supposed to be a w rite r of prose and poetry, though none of his compositions seem to hav e survi ved.
Until after the birth of his first Child, Consider Tiffany lived in Lym e . He was a farmer and also carried on a small business as a storekeepe r . At Hartland, where his other children were born, he was engaged in t h e same business, but on a much larger scale. Many interesting document s o f his have been preserved. He was a vigorous man, transacting a grea t dea l of business and was always careful to enforce his right. H e w a s a mem ber of the Church of England and had little patience with t he dissentin g sects. He was at one time a schoolmaster, and when he ente red upon thi s work, it was said, it was the first time he had ever bee n in school, bu t he was a good teacher.
During the Revolutionary War, he was not only loyal to the Church of Eng l and, but also loyal to the English crown. He was something of an astron om er, and was supposed to have calculated an almanac, but no copy of i t ha s been found. He kept diaries, in which he recorded his daily advent ures , one of which covers the period of one of the French and Indian War s i n 1756. While this diary in many places is illegible, enough has bee n dec iphered to make it of interest. It begins on July 28th, when the co mpan y marched from Lyme, where it was recruited to Wallingford, Connecti cu t a distance of thirty-six miles. Here the company lodged at Mr. Cuthb ert ’s. On July 30th the men marched from Wallingford to Waterbury, throu gh C hester, and on the 31st to Westbury.
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Constance Alice Talmadge (April 19, 1898 – November 23, 1973) was an Ame r ican silent movie star born in Brooklyn, New York. She was the siste r o f actresses Norma and Natalie Talmadge.
Constance was born on April 19, 1898 in Brooklyn, New York to poor paren t s, Fred and Peg Talmadge. Her father was an alcoholic, and left them wh e n she was still very young. Her mother made a living by doing laundry . Wh en a friend recommended that Constance's mother use older sister Nor ma a s a model for title slides in flickers, which were shown in early ni ckelo deons, Peg decided to do so. This led all three sisters into an act ing ca reer.
She began making films in 1914, in a Vitagraph comedy short, In Bridal A t tire (1914). Her first major role was as the Mountain Girl and Margueri t e de Valois in D.W. Griffith's Intolerance (1916).
Griffith re-edited Intolerance repeatedly after its initial release, a n d even shot new scenes long after it was in distribution. Grace Kingsl e y found Talmadge in her dressing room at the Fine Arts Studio, in Los A ng eles, in the midst of making up for some new shots.
"Did you really drive those galloping brutes of horses?" asked Kingsley.
"Indeed I did," said Talmadge. "Two women sat behind me at the Auditori u m the other night. They said, 'Of course she never really drove those h or ses herself. Somebody doubled for her.' Know what I did? I turned arou n d and told them, 'I wish I could show you my knees, all black and blu e ev en yet from being cracked up against the dashboard of that chariot!' "
So popular was Talmadge's portrayal of the tomboyish Mountain Girl, Grif f ith released in 1919 the Babylonian sequence from Intolerance as a new , s eparate film called The Fall of Babylon. He refilmed her death scen e to a llow for a happy ending.
Her friend Anita Loos, who wrote many screenplays for her, appreciated h e r "humour and her irresponsible way of life". Over the course of her ca re er, Talmadge appeared in more than 80 films, often in comedies suc h a s A Pair of Silk Stockings (1918), Happiness à la Mode (1919), Romanc e an d Arabella (1919), Wedding Bells (1921), and The Primitive Lover (19 22).
Talmadge, along with her sisters, was heavily billed during her early ca r eer. According to her 1923 Blue Book of the Screen biography, she was " 5' 5" tall, 120 lbs, with blonde hair and brown eyes,... an outdoor gir l wh o loved activities."
When Talmadge was asked by a writer for Green Book magazine what sor t o f stories she wanted to do in 1920, she said: "Although no less tha n sixt y manuscripts are submitted to me every week, it is exceedingly di fficul t to get exactly the kind of comedy I especially want. I want come dies o f manners, comedies that are funny because they delight one’s sens e of wh at is ridiculously human in the way of little everyday commonplac e foible s and frailties – subtle comedies, not comedies of the slap stic k variety ."
"I enjoy making people laugh. Secondly, because this type of work come s e asiest and most naturally to me, I am not a highly emotional type. M y sis ter could cry real tears over two sofa cushions stuffed into a lon g dres s and white lace cap, to look like a dead baby, and she would do i t so co nvincingly that 900 persons out front would weep with her. That i s real a rt, but my kind of talent would lead me to bounce that padded ba by up an d down on my knee with absurd grimaces that would make the sam e 900 roa r with laughter.
"You see, in my way, I take my work quite as seriously as my sister do e s hers – I would be just as in earnest about making the baby seem ridic ul ous as she would about making it seem real. I am not fitted to be a va m p type. There is nothing alluring, or exotic, or erotic, or neurotic ab ou t me. I could not pull the vamp stuff to save my life, but if I am ass ign ed a vamp role in a comedy, and I had such a part in my fourth Firs t Nati onal picture, In Search of a Sinner. I play it with all the seriou sness a nd earnestness and sincerity with which a real vamp would play it , excep t that I, of course, over-emphasize all the characteristics of th e vampir e. I try to handle a comedy role much the same way that a cartoo nist hand les his pencils. If he is drawing the picture of the late Theod ore Roosev elt, with a few strokes he emphasizes Teddy’s eye-glasses an d teeth, leav ing his ears and nostrils and the lines of his face barel y suggestive. On e must leave a great deal to the imagination on the scre en, because in th e span of one short hour we sometimes have to develo p a character from gi rlhood to womanhood through three marriages and tw o divorces, and perhap s travel half way round the world besides; so, lik e the cartoonist, I tr y to emphasize the salient characteristics, which , of course, in my parti cular work, bring out the humorous side of the p erson I am portraying."
With the advent of talkies in 1929, Talmadge left Hollywood. Her siste r N orma did make a handful of appearances in talking films, but for th e mos t part the three sisters retired all together, investing in real es tate a nd other business ventures. Only a few of her films survive today.
Like her sisters Norma and Natalie, Talmadge succumbed to substance abu s e and alcoholism later in life. She also had many failed affairs and re la tionships.
She was married four times; all the unions were childless:
•Her first marriage, to John Pialoglou (1893-1959), a Greek tobacco impo r ter, occurred in 1920 at a double wedding with Dorothy Gish and James R en nie; she divorced Pialoglou two years later.
•She married Alastair McIntosh in February 1926, divorcing in 1927.
•She married Townsend Netcher in May 1929, divorcing in 1931.
•She married Walter Michael Giblin in 1939. This marriage lasted until h i s death on May 1, 1964.
Talmadge's mother fostered the belief she might one day return to film s . “Success and fame cast a spell that can never been quite shaken off, ” h er mother pointed out in her autobiography. “A woman, because of he r love , may say, and in the fervor of the moment believe, that she is re ady t o give up her chosen work. But there is sure to come a time when ke en lon ging and strong regret for her lost career dominate over the mor e placi d contentments of love and marriage. Then unhappiness and frictio n ensue. ”
Along with her sister Norma, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks, Talma d ge inaugurated the tradition of placing her footprints in concrete outs id e Grauman's Chinese Theater. She left a trail of five footprints in he r s lab.
Her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is at 6300 Hollywood Blvd. | Talmadge, Constance Alice (I96803)
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Constantine Laskaris was born of a noble but not particularly renowned B y zantine family. Virtually nothing is known of him prior to the event s o f the Fourth Crusade. He found favour after his brother Theodore marr ie d into the imperial family, becoming the son-in-law of Emperor Alexiu s II I.
During the first siege of Constantinople in 1203 he was given comman d o f the best body of troops available and led the Greek defenders on so rtie s against the entrenched Crusaders. None were successful in their go al o f lifting the siege, and finally Constantine was ordered to attack t he Bu rgundians who were on guard at the time.
The Greeks issued forth from the city, but were soon driven back to th e g ates, notwithstanding the stones that the defenders on the walls thre w do wn onto the advancing Crusaders. Constantine himself was captured wh ils t mounted on his horse by William of Neuilly and probably kept for ra nsom , which was the usual practice of the times. At some point he was re lease d, as he was soon swept up in the events of the second siege of Con stanti nople in 1204.
Elevation as Emperor
After the Crusaders entered Constantinople on 12 April 1204 and bega n t o sack the city, a large body of citizens as well as what remained o f th e Varangian Guard gathered together in the church of Hagia Sophia t o elec t a new emperor, as Alexius V had fled the city.
Two nominees presented themselves – Constantine Laskaris and Constanti n e Doukas (probably the son of John Angelos Doukas, and thus a first cou si n to Isaac II and Alexius III).[3] Both presented their case to be nom ina ted emperor, but the people could not decide between them, as both we re y oung and had proven military skills. Eventually lots were cast and L askar is was selected by what remained of the army as the next emperor.
Laskaris refused to accept the imperial purple; escorted by the Patriar c h of Constantinople, John X, to the Milion, he urged the assembled popu la ce to resist the Latin invaders with all their strength. However, th e cro wd was unwilling to risk their lives in such a one-sided conflict , and s o he turned to the Varangians and asked for their support. Thoug h his ple as to honour fell on deaf ears, they agreed to fight for increa sed wages , and he marched out to make a final stand against the Latin Cr usaders. H owever, the Varangians betrayed Constantine and fled at the si ght of th e mail-clad Latin troops.[citation needed] Seeing all was lost , he quickl y fled the capital in the early hours of 13 April 1204.
Career at Nicaea
Greek resistance to the Latin conquerors began almost immediately unde r t he leadership of Theodore Laskaris, and he was soon joined by Constan tine . They were hard pressed at first, and by early 1205 they had lost t he im portant city of Adramyttion to Henry of Flanders. Theodore was kee n to re verse this setback, and so he sent Constantine at the head of a l arge bod y of troops towards the city.
Henry of Flanders had advance warning of the attack via an Armenian sour c e, and prepared his forces to meet the Greeks. The two armies fought t h e Battle of Adramyttion on Saturday, 19 March 1205 outside the city wal ls , and the result was a massive defeat for Constantine Laskaris and th e Gr eeks, with most of the army either perishing or being captured.[5]
Nothing more is heard of Constantine Laskaris after this battle, so i t i s presumed that he either perished in the defeat, or was captured. | Laskaris, Constantine (I7955)
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Converted to the church in Switzerland. Came to America in 1854 and marr i ed in the Salt Lake Temple as the second wife of Serge Louis Ballif.
Henriette is the daugheter of Marc Jean Francois Vuffray (Vuffrey) and S u sanne Marie Prochet. She was born in Morges, Vaud, Switzerland .
She traveled to America as the governess to her future husband Serge a n d his wife Elise in 1854. They settled in Logan, Utah .
Serge and Henriette married in 1857 and had ten children .
Henriette died in Preston, Idaho but is buried next to her husband Ser g e in the Logan Cemetery. | Vuffray, Henriette Jeanette (I129642)
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Cora Estelle Maxfield was born on a farm near Plover, Wisconsin. Her par e nts were Almon Maxfield and Mary Elizabeth Rice. She had 2 sisters a n d 1 brother, Irena, Marion, and Julian. She was the second oldest. He r fa ther was a merchant and farmer. He ran the General Store in Plover a s wel l as run a farm. When Cora was small, she spent a lot of time in th e stor e. The family lived in a large home in Plover. It is still in exis tence a nd is now on the Historical Register under the name of Morgan.
When she was born she was so small she was placed into a shoe box and ke p t warm in the oven to keep her alive. When she was a child she had a p e t lamb named "Snowdrop". One time some Indians passing through the are a s topped for food which was given to them. After they left, Cora couldn 't f ind Snowdrop. She decided the Indians must have taken the lamb. Cor a coul d never eat lamb or fix it for her children.
At the age of 16, Cora taught grade school in Plover for a time. Soon af t er that, she moved to Gladstone, Michigan and became a bookkeeper. It w a s in Gladstone that she met Charles Whitchurch who worked for the Soo L in e Railroad (Minneapolis, St. Paul, & Sioux St. Marie). They were marri e d when she was 26, on October 11, 1899, in Plover, Wisconsin. The cerem on y took place in the bay of the living room of her parents' home. Charl e s always said she was "the sweetest little girl in the world". They se t u p housekeeping in Gladstone, Michigan on $33 a month. This was enoug h t o rent a house, buy clothes, food, and save. (The dollar had more val ue t hen.) In (****) they moved to Minneapolis, Minn.
She was a very small person, only 4'10" tall and weighed 98 lbs. Charl e s was the opposite, 5'11", weight 195 lbs., had broad shoulders and lo n g arms. His reach from finger top to finger tip was 84" (7 ft.). He mea su red 44" around the chest at rest and 17" around the neck. Cora had t o mak e all his shirts for him because they couldn't buy them large enoug h in t he stores. She became an expert knitter and made many stockings an d sweat ers besides making her own clothes. Walter well remembers the swe ater sh e made to fit under his army uniform. She was active in the Easte rn Star , a Masonic affiliate. She attended the Methodist Church regularl y and al ways tithed their income. She occasionally had "hunches" which a lmost alw ays proved to be right. Since Charles had to be to work on tim e in orde r to keep his train on schedule, she was careful to make sure h e was read y. Charles always tried to be at work early to check the engin es, etc. On e morning she had a hunch that Charles should check the car . This was abo ut 2 hours before he was to leave. When he checked, he fou nd that the ca r had a flat tire. He was able to fix the tire and still a rrive at work e arly, all because of Cora's hunch. That particular mornin g he had to driv e 10 or 12 miles to St. Paul. Cora told Walter that hi s father was a goo d principled man. "Remember, it takes two to make an a rgument." Cora wa s easy to get along with.
After Charles retired from the railroad, Charles and Cora moved to Lon g B each, California to avoid the harsh winters of Minneapolis. It was i n Jun e, 1940 that they moved. Charles died 2 years later on October 26 , 1942.
Cora moved to Alameda to live with her oldest son, Gale and family. Fina l ly in (****) she moved back to Long Beach and lived alone in a small ap ar tment. For years she had had occasional attacks of liver stones and le arn ed to give herself shots of morphine when the pain became so bad sh e coul dn't stand it. She died on August 12, 1956 in a hospital in Torran ce, Cal ifornia of a burst pancreas. She is interred above her husband i n a cryp t in the East Wall of Sunnyside Cemetery in Long Beach, Californ ia.
From the papers of Walter and Phyllis Whitchurch | Maxfield, Cora Estelle (I122847)
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Cremated, Headstone in Provo City Cemetery | Whiting, Peggy Lee Mellor (I26303)
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Crínán of Dunkeld, Crínán the Thane, Crínán Abbot of Dunkeld
BORN - Date and place of birth are not known, likely before 980 near Dun k eld; his parentage is also NOT KNOWN.
MARRIED- 1000 - Bethóc of Scotland, daughter of Máel Coluim (Malcolm) I I , king of Scotland.
DIED - 1045 - Slain fighting King Macbeth, in support of his grandson Ma l colm III, who was not yet king.
Crínán of Dunkeld (died 1045) was the lay abbot of the diocese of Dunkel d , and perhaps the Mormaer of Atholl. Crínán was progenitor of the Hous e o f Dunkeld, the dynasty which would rule Scotland until the later 13t h cen tury. He was the son-in-law of one king (Malcolm II), the father o f anoth er (Duncan I), and grandfather of a 3rd (Malcolm III).
Crínán married Bethóc, daughter of Máel Coluim mac Cináeda (King of Scot s , reigned 1005–1034) in the year 1000. Together they had 3 possibly 4 c hi ldren.
- Duncan (Donnchad mac Crinain) born about 1001, King Duncan I of Alba , r eigned from 1034 to 1040.
- Maldred of Allerdale, married Ealdgyth, daughter of Uhtred the Bold (g r anddaughter of King Æthelred the Unready) and was ancestor of the Earl s o f Dunbar.
- A daughter, whose name is not known, who was the mother of Moddan, Ea r l of Caithness.
Crinán's father in law, King Malcolm II, had no son, therefore, the stro n gest hereditary claim to the Scottish throne descended through Bethóc , an d Crinán's eldest son, Donnchad, became King of Scots in 1034. Som e sourc es indicate that Máel Coluim designated Donnchad as his successo r under t he rules of tanistry because there were other possible claimant s to the t hrone.
Crínán's second son, Maldred of Allerdale, held the title of Lord of Cum b ria. It is said that from him, the Earls of Dunbar, for example Patric k D unbar, 9th Earl of Dunbar, descend in unbroken male line.
Crínán was killed in battle in 1045 at Dunkeld.
Sir Iain Moncreiffe argued he belonged to a Scottish sept of the Irish C e nél Conaill royal dynasty.
Crínán as Lay Abbot of Dunkeld
The monastery of Saint Columba was founded on the north bank of the Riv e r Tay in the 6th century or early 7th century following the expeditio n o f Columba into the land of the Picts. Probably originally constructe d a s a simple group of wattle huts, the monastery - or at least its chur c h - was rebuilt in the 9th century by Kenneth I of Scotland (reigned 84 3– 858). Caustantín of the Picts brought Scotland's share of the relics o f C olumba from Iona to Dunkeld at the same time others were taken to Kel ls i n Ireland, to protect them from Viking raids. Dunkeld became the pri me bi shopric in eastern Scotland until supplanted in importance by St An drew s since the 10th century.
While the title of Hereditary Lay Abbot was a feudal position that was o f ten exercised in name only, Crínán does seem to have acted as Abbot i n ch arge of the monastery in his time. He was thus a man of high positio n i n both clerical and secular society.
The magnificent semi-ruined Dunkeld Cathedral, built in stages between 1 2 60 and 1501, stands today on the grounds once occupied by the monaster y . The Cathedral contains the only surviving remains of the previous mon as tic society: a course of red stone visible in the east choir wall tha t ma y be re-used from an earlier building, and two stone 9th century-10t h cen tury cross-slabs in the Cathedral Museum.
Lay Abbot of Dunkeld, Governor of the Scots Islands [Ref: Weis AR7 170:1 9 ]
Heriditary Abbott of Dunkeld, or the Kindred of St. Columba [Ref: Roya l H ighness: Ancestors of the Royal Child by Sir Ian Moncreiffe, 1982, Ha mis h Hamilton, London Pg 20] note: "or the kindred of" = ? Either was o r was n't... Curt
In what was probably a shrewd political move, Malcolm II married his dau g hter Bethoc to a representative of the other major center of politica l po wer in Scotland, the church. Considering the close ties between ruli ng dy nasties and the offices of major abbacies throughout Ireland and Sc otland , it is also possible that Crinan was descended from a king of th e Scots , which would completely legitimize his son's rule. [Ref: The Gen ealogy o f the Early Medieval Scottish Kings, Edinburgh by Michael R. Dav idson 199 5, Holland House, Edinburgh, Scotland]
Malcolm's elder daughter Bethoc married Crínán 'the Thane', lay abbo t o f Dunkeld. At this period, when Celtic Monasticism was in decline, la y ab bots appear to have been as accepted a part of the ecclesiastical st ructu re as they became centuries later on the eve of the Reformation. Cr ínán w as a great nobleman, as his title implies, and he possessed the ad ded pre stige of belonging to the kindred of St. Columba. It was from hi s abbac y of Dunkeld that the new royal House took its name, for Crínán a nd Betho c were the parents of King Duncan I...Meanwhile, Macbeth consoli dated hi s triumph by defeating and slaying Duncan's father, Crinan, i n a battle a t Dunkeld in 1045. [Ref: The Kings and Queens of Scotland] n ote: sorry , I sourced this early-on before I realized one also has to li st author , publisher, date, etc.-we get too soon old & too late smart.. . Curt
Macbeth...probably a grandson of Malcolm II...asserted his claim to th e t hrone against Duncan I, whom he killed near Elgin. In 1045 he kille d Crin an, Duncan's father in battle, but in 1057 he was himself killed b y Dunca n's son, Malcolm Canmore (Malcolm III). [Ref: A Dictionary of Bri tish His tory by J.P. Kenyon, 1983 Stein and Day, Scarborough House, Bria rcliff Ma nor, NY]
Research note: Supposed father: Since the abbacy of Dunkeld appears to h a ve been hereditary in Crínán's family (his grandson Æthelred held the t it le), it has sometimes been suggested that Crínán may have been the so n o f this earlier abbot of Dunkeld whose death is known form both the Ir is h and Scottish sources [e.g., AU; ESSH 1: 471, 473, 577; KKES 252]. Wh il e the relationship is not impossible (assuming that Crínán's father di e d when he was an infant), there is no known evidence to support it, an d i t cannot be accepted without further evidence [Ref: Henry Projec t
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THE IRVINGS OF BONSHAW HISTORY. According to ancient family traditions ( w hich are largely supported by known historical fact; and which are fir s t recorded in the very short family history, “The Original of the Fami l y of the Irvines or Erinvines”, written in 1678 by Dr. Christopher Irvi ne , M.D., Historiographer Royal of Scotland) the Irvings of Bonshaw ar e des cended from DUNCAN, known in the family as 'Duncan of Eskdale', a y ounge r brother of Crinan, the husband of Princess Beatrix and father o f King D uncan I of Scotland. The paternal grandfather of Duncan of Eskda le and Cr inan was DUNCAN, hereditary Abthane of Dule and lay abbot of Du nkeld. Th e latter Duncan is now believed to have been a direct descendan t of NIAL L OF THE NINE HOSTAGES, who was high King of Ireland early in t he 5th cen tury A.D and progenitor of the oldest recorded families in Eur ope that ar e still extant in an unbroken male line. The Duncan, as Abtha ne of Dule-a n ancient title connected with St. Adamnan’s abbey of Dull , and dating fr om nearly 200 years before the union of the Scottish an d Pictish crowns i n 843 A.D.-was of more consequence than any one of th e seven Pictish ‘Mor maers’, being second only to the king himself in pow er and importance. H e appears to have been appointed Governor of Strathc lyde when that regio n was conquered by the Saxons and given to Malcol m I of Alban (the earl y name of Scotland) in 946. His residence in Strat hclyde is supposed to h ave been the old fort of Eryvine, or Orewyn, wher e the town of Irvine no w stands, so we refer to him the ‘1st of Eryvine’ . Both Duncan and his ne ighbour Dubdon, Mormaer of Athole, were killed a t the battle of Duncrub c . 965 A.D., while leading their forces agains t a strong rebel army of the ir fellow countrymen.* DUNCAN, 1st of ERYVIN E, was succeeded by his eldes t son and heir, also DUNCAN, about whom w e know little except that he als o seems to have succeeded Dubdon as Morm aer of Athole, as he is called ‘L ord of Athole’. At the battle of Luncar ty (of uncertain date), where th e Danes were routed, Duncan commanded th e left wing of the Scottish force s, under King Kenneth III. This Dunca n is the progenitor of the oldest re corded families in Great Britain; th e noble family of Dunbar is certainl y descended from him, and traditiona lly so are the noble families of Irvi ng and Home, all in the male line ; not to mention the Royal Family and nu merous other families by femal e descent. DUNCAN, 2ND OF ERYVINE, was succ eeded by his eldest son, CRIN AN, who married Princess Beatrix (or Bethoc ) daughter and heiress of Kin g Malcolm II of Scotland, and by her was fat her of Duncan I, who reigne d as King of Scotland for six years. Crinan wa s the progenitor in the ma le line of all the kings of Scotland down to Al exander III (died 1286) , and in the female line of all the sovereigns o f Scotland down to the p resent day, with the sole exception of Macbeth, w ho murdered his son, Ki ng Duncan, in 1040, and reigned for the next seven teen years. Traditio n tells us that Crinan maintained a residence at Eryv ine, but that he wa s the last of his family to do so, the fortress bein g used solely for mi litary purposes thereafter. He was killed by Macbeth’ s forces in 1045, w hile trying to avenge his son’s death and grandson’s d eposition. | Crínán Abbot of Dunkeld (I12473)
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Cynthia Jane Whipple was born June 14, 1835 at Jamestown, Chautauqua, N e w York. Her parents were Willard Whipple and Elizabeth Barrows of Vermo nt . She had two brothers and two sisters, Orrison, Charles, Rosetta, an d El vira.
By the time Cynthia Jane was 15 she was married to a man by the name o f J oseph Dikeman and had a baby boy named Henry Willard Dikeman, born a t Bra dford, McKeen, Pennsylvania June 7, 1950. Not a lot is known abou t her fi rst husband, but it was thought that he was thought to be abusiv e. At som e time she evidently left him and went back to live with her pa rents, wh o were also in Pennsylvania at the time .
It would seem that on November 10, 1852 she arrived on a ship to Califor n ia, via the Panama Canal. Very little is know about this trip, but sh e wa s presumably counted as part of her mother's children on the Winifre d Sco tts boat register.
It was while living in Santa Cruz, California with her parents that th e m issionaries baptized Jane (as she was called most of the time) and he r mo ther into the Mormon Church.
They were baptized by Elder William McBride on October 2, 1854 at Sant a C lara, California.
In August 1854, Henry William Bigler had returned from a mission in th e H awaiian Islands to San Francisco and was advised by Parley P. Pratt t o st ay in northern California until Spring, when a Mormon company woul d leav e for Salt Lake.
Bigler had been a veteran of the Mormon Battalion and was working at Sut t er's Mill when gold was discovered. He had worked for Sutter until Jun e 1 848 when he started for Salt Lake City by way of the Salt Lake Cutoff . Bi gler and others arrived in Salt Lake 28 September 1848. Bigler was s ent b ack to California on a "gold" mission in the fall of 1849. He was c alle d to serve a mission in the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Islands in late 185 0 an d returned to San Francisco in 1854 .
In 1855 he returned to San Francisco, where he was told that William McB r ide was leading a party of Mormons to Salt Lake City by way of San Bern ad ino. The party left on April 23, 1855. It was a sweet journey for Henr y B igler and Jane Whipple - not only a homecoming, he had not seen is fa the r for nine years, but also a courtship. The object of his attention w as o f course his future bride. In Bigler's diary he writes the wagon tra in ro lled out on 30 April 1855 with Captain McBride in front and in hi s wago n Sister Jane Whipple holding a banner with these words, "Latter D ay Sain ts." This is the only mention of her at this time in his diar y - but late r he carefully penned. "I married Cynthia Jane Whipple on th e 18th of Nov ember 1855 at brother Edson Whipple's house in Provo." Edso n Whipple wa s Jane's uncle. Henry was almost forty years old by now an d Jane was clos e to twenty.
The young couple then moved to Farmington, where Henry's father and fami l y were living. He had not seen them for nine years. So, the family wa s ov erjoyed to welcome Henry and his new bride and young five year old a dopte d son. They lived with his father, Jacob, and his family for a fe w month s and then settled into their own home. Henry's father gave the m a cal na med "Lil" for a wedding present. They lived close to his fathe r and othe r members of the Bigler family. There were about 68 families l iving in th e Farmington area at this time. They were farmers and very po or at this t ime and he records in his diary that Jane's parents sent he r some money f rom California and later a wagon loaded with food and supp lies and more m oney. He also said how grateful they were .
In May of 1856 Henry and Jane went to the Endowment House and were seal e d and in October she gave birth to her first daughter, a baby girl whi c h they named Elizabeth Jane Bigler. The baby weighed a healthy 9 poun d s 8 ounces. By now her half brother Willard was seven years old. In Feb ru ary 1857 they had their baby girl blessed and given a name. Just abou t th ree weeks later, while driving to Salt Lake, Henry met Brigham Youn g an d was told that he was going to be called on another mission to th e Sandw ich (Hawaiian) Islands.
With bitter-sweet feelings he used his priesthood authority to dedicat e a nd bless his little family in the care of the Lord. In his diary he s tate s that as he was leaving little Willard caught him and said "Pa, ho w lon g will you be gone, whagt if you die and I never see you again?" H e say s he told him to be good and pray and help his mother. He left wit h a pra yer in his heart that his family and others would help his littl e family.
Some time in 1857-1858, when Johnson's army was heading for Utah, Jane ' s father came in the winter and moved her and the little family close r t o Provo, where she stayed with her folks until he (Henry) could retur n ho me in October 1858. Jane had been able to return home the summer bef ore h e returned and was overjoyed to see him .
They settled down once more to a family life of farming and of servic e i n the Church. Henry and Jane continued to have children. In 1859 thei r so n Charles William was born, and in 1862 another son Henry Eugene wa s born . Then three years later in 1865 Jacob Edward was born. These wer e all he althy children, but in December of 1867 a little stillborn boy w as born . Then, later, on the 23 of April 1869 a baby girl was born and t hey name d her Emeline Elvira. She died when she was three months old .
During the 1870s life went on and the family was growing up. They were s t ill farming and doing church work. Henry was asked to write of his expe ri ences as a convert and missionary for an article in the Juvenile Instr uct or and a historian from California wanted him to copy his journals ab ou t finding gold at Sutter's Mill. While he was doing this Jane was bus y ta king care of the family and the winter of 1874-1874 she developed a n incu rable cough that grew steadily worse. She suffered greatly durin g the spr ing and the summer having great pain in her side. Although sh e was take n to the best doctor at Farmington, it was clear that nothin g could be do ne for her and she was dying. Jane died on November 5, 187 4 just thirtee n days before their 19th wedding anniversary. She was 39 y ears old, leavi ng behind her husband and children, Willard who was now 2 4, Elizabeth Jan e 18 and living in Idaho, Charles 15, Eugene 9 and Jaco b 7. She was burie d beside her baby daughter Emeline Elvira in the Farmi ngton Cemetary .
This story comes from research compiled by Edna Mae Wickel (Cahoon) Ja n e and Henry's great granddaughter. It was typed as is from the record s no w in the possession of Amanda Wickel, a third great granddaughter. | Whipple, Cynthia Jane (I152071)
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Dad was always a good provider, though financially our family struggle d t o make ends meet. This was especially true at the end of his life,whe n i t was impossible for him to put in the long hours that he had in youn ge r years as he faced his illness. Dad wasn't fond of the little kids- t he y kinda drove him crazy with their fussiness and dependence. However , mo m was very good with the babies, so that was not a problem. Dad love d tal king with the teen children. At times, I thought he probably ha d a bette r relationship with most of his older kids than he did with hi s wife,,bu t of course that was me looking from the outside of his relati onship wit h mom. It was obvious that the two of them loved each other an d made sacr ifices for each other. I remember one Christmas, when mom cam e into the l iving room and found the furniture she had been admiring pop ulating her f ront room!! She was so excited! Dad had the cutest smug fac e... It was pr ecious!
As a teen, I loved to sit for hours with him as he reclined in his com f y chair, especially in his later years (he died of heart disease at a v er y young age.) He had a vast knowledge of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, a n d could expound on most any topic due to his extensive reading and thir s t for understanding. It was a blessing to have his counsel and guidanc e , as he was non-judgemental and loving as he tenderly welcomed us to h i s arms. I don't know how I could have made it through those difficult y ea rs without him.
I miss him terribly. | Nelson, Richard Karl (I17136)
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Dale Harmon Anderton died in West Jordan, Utah on Wednesday, June 6, 201 2 , at the home of her son Robert. Dale was born on July 8, 1919, in Hold en , Utah at the home of her Grandma Wood to parents, Owen Milo Harmon an d H azel Ellen Wood. She was the oldest of four children–three girls an d a bo y.
She is survived by her husband of 72 years, Cloyde, Bountiful, Utah; h e r daughters Karen, Bountiful, Utah and Lea Dawn, West Valley City, Uta h ; her sons Robert (Shauna), West Jordan, Utah and David (Beth) Austin , Te xas; seven grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. She is als o surv ived by her brother Stanley who still lives in Holden. She was pre ceded i n death by her Grandma and Grandpa Wood, her Grandma and Grandp a Harmon , her Mother and Father, her Sister Verl and her Sister Geniel.
Dale and Cloyde were married in the Manti Temple on March 29, 1940. Ov e r the years, they lived in Richfield, Utah; Glendale, California; Beave r , Utah; Twin Falls, Idaho; Salt Lake City, Utah and for more than 55 ye ar s Bountiful, Utah.
Dale's passion was rose bushes and she even did some test growing for Ja c kson Perkins of some rose bushes which weren't even named at the time . Sh e also enjoyed baking and many friends and neighbors over the year s wer e the recipients of her cakes, cinnamon rolls and brownies.
Dale was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints a n d spent her life serving in the Primary, Relief Society and Sunday Scho ol . She was even a Den Mother in the Cub Scouts years ago.
Dale spent many years in sales of one kind or another. Many people remem b er the Fridays and Saturdays she spent at Dick's in Centerville demonst ra ting various products (mostly the edible kind). Grown adults came up t o h er years later and related that they could remember going shopping t o Dic k's with their moms or dads and having her feed them a piece of ho t dog o r pizza. She spent time all over the valley in many of the grocer y store s demonstrating food products and she enjoyed that job more tha n many o f the others.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at 12:00 noo n i n the Bountiful 45th Ward Chapel located at 115 East Wicker Lane. The re w ill be a viewing at the chapel from 10:45 to 11:45 a.m. prior to th e fune ral service. Burial will be in the Bountiful City Cemetery | Harmon, Dale (I173248)
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Daniel Spencer- Autobiography
Respectfully dedicated to President George Q. Cannon, with discretio n o f publication.
"I was one of eleven children, born to Daniel Spencer and Chloe Wilso n , my birth being on the 20th day of July, 1794, at West Stockbridge, Be rk shire County, Massachusetts. My father enlisted in the Continental Arm y a t the age of sixteen and remained with it until he witnessed the surr ende r of Yorktown. He was the son of Peter and Ruth Emmons Spencer. Pete r wa s a descendant of Gerard Spencer who settled at Lynn, Massachusett s in 16 45, and whose daughter Mehitable, married Daniel Cone who was th e first C one that settled in America, the site of Hadam, Connecticut, pu rchased fr om the Indians March 1662. In the fall of that year, Gerard Sp encer, Dani el Cone and twenty-six others, founded the settlement there . Gerard’s Eng lish ancestors were numerous in Bedford, England.
During my childhood, the young and growing family of my father left n o s urplus means over and above their kind and generous support. Both par ent s were members of the Baptist church. They gave their children excell en t advice by precept and example, and were held in high esteem by thei r ne ighbors, both rich and poor. They sent me to the district school dur ing t he winter months until I about eleven years of age. Through this op portun ity I obtained a fair common school education. At twelve years o f age I w as sent to freighting marble with team to Hudson, distant abou t thirty mi les. At the age of fourteen I was placed in charge of my fath er’s farm, a nd was accorded much praise for my successful management. I n these earl y years I indulged a desire and hope to at some time becom e a merchant. A t the age of nineteen years I promised my father if he wo uld let me begi n life on my own account, I would present him with the fi rst hundred doll ars I could save up. He consented to this, and I was hir ed by one Josep h cone, living at Herr----ton, Lichtfield County, Connect icut, who sent m e with team and wagon leaded with merchandise to sell i n North and Sout h Carolina. I worked for him for two years and then ente red into busines s on my own account, and soon had several of my brother s engaged with m e in merchandise in the two states named, and in Georgi a and Alabama. W e spent the winters South and the summers in the New Eng land States. I ma de quite an amount of money and was able to do much mor e for my father th an the hundred dollars I had promised him. About 1820 , I entered into mer cantile business in my native town, forming a co-par tnership with Charle s and Bilson Boynton, as silent partners. I turned i n most of my salary a s manager, together with my profits, into the gener al store, intending i n time to become sole proprietor. During the time o f this partnership , I embraced "Mormonism". Not long after this those tw o took the benefi t of the bankruptcy act, through which I lost much mean s. Charles Boynto n afterwards became a minister and acted as chaplain i n the House of cong ress. Sharp criticisms of their course in bankruptc y were very prevalent , and I presume would have been more so if a Mormo n had not been the chie f loser.
January 21, 1823, I was married to Sophronia E. Pomeroy, who was the da u ghter of General Grove Pomery (who was a member of the state assembl y o f Massachusetts, I think the year of 1801-2 by whom I had one son, Cl audi us Victor. She died October 5, 1832. Something over two years afte r her d eath I married Sarah Lester Van Schoonoven, who bore me two sons , who die d early, two daughters, Amanda and Mary Leone.
In my early years I had entertained great reverence for God, and had so u ght Him often in secret prayer, but could not unite with any of the chu rc hes, nevertheless, at one time there came to me the conviction that ba pti sm by immersion was essential, and I journeyed about forty miles to m y br other Orson’s, who was a close Baptist minister, and he buried me i n th e water, in the likeness of the burial and resurrection of Christ, b u t I refused to take membership in the Baptist Church.
During the winter of 1838, I met a Mormon elder on the street of our to w n who said he had been trying through the day to get a place where he c ou ld preach. He was poorly clad and some of his extremities were frost b itt en and he was altogether a peculiar looking minister. Being chairma n of t he School Board, I told him he could have the schoolhouse to preac h in, a nd I sent Edward Morgan (who for many years afterward kept a hote l at Lee , Mass.) to light and warm the room. When Morgan reached the hou se he fou nd parties inside who had locked him out and refused him admiss ion. Whe n he reported this, I told him to take an axe and if the partie s did no t open the door to chop it up and warm the room with it. I too k pains t o spread notice of the meeting, and sent my son to invite the P resbyteria n minister, Nathan Shaw, to hear the Elder. His answer was, "T ell your fa ther I would as soon go to hear the Devil preach." This comin g from an ol d friend, from one noted for his guarded and sanctimonious s peech seeme d to me marvelous. Later experience has solved it. The meetin g was largel y attended by members of the different churches, but at th e close, when t he Elder states that he was a stranger, 1300 miles from h ome without purs e or script and asked if anyone would keep him over nigh t, for Christ an d the Gospel’s sake, not an answer came from any churc h member. After a p ainful silence, I stepped from my seat into the ope n aisle, and invited h im home with me. I refused to discuss Mormonism wi th him, and next mornin g I took him to my store and clothed him comforta bly. In about a month h e came again. I obtained for him the Presbyteria n meetinghouse, and enter tained him as before. On leaving he left some b ooks, these I read and soo n became interested to the extent that I close d my store and business an d gave my whole attention to comparing the cla ims of the Mormons with th e Bible, and one forenoon while reading the Bo ok of Mormon, the convictio n came to me with great power that "Mormonis m was true, and involuntaril y I exclaimed, "My God, it is true but it wi ll cost me friends, kindred , and all I have on earth!"
A few days after this, I sent notice to the entire townspeople that a t n oon of a certain date, I should be baptized by the Mormon Elder. A va st c oncourse came to see the ice broken in the river, and the ordinanc e perfo rmed. After I was confirmed, I spoke to the people in a new langu age, whi ch knowing me as they did created a profound sensation? I was or dained an d Elder and did much preaching in Berkshire County
On the 19th of April, 1840, Elder Franklin d. Richards and Elder Steph e n Burnham organized a branch in our town of thirty members, among thes e w as a merchant by the name of Crandall, and his wife, a sister of sena to r Concklin, another merchant by the name of DeVol who for some years w a s a judge at Council bluffs, and still another merchant, a Mr. Hunt. In de ed without exception the standing of the members in society was the be st , and few sections of our country have had greater testimonies of th e tru th of Mormonism than did that region. From the adjoining town cam e the Ri chards family, prominent for so many years among our people.
After my baptism, my good father and mother and my good Baptist broth e r Orson told me in an interview that they did not wish any further asso ci ation with me until I gave up my awful delusion. However, in time I pe rfo rmed the same ordinance for my brother as a Mormon Elder that he ha d onc e performed for me as a Baptist elder and I had the pleasure of gat herin g father and mother to Nauvoo.
I had accumulated considerable property, owning much real estate, b u t I learned that a general impression prevailed that all Mormons must g at her to Nauvoo, and that this property would be got from me very chea p i f they combined to without offers. Under these circumstances I approa che d a man who had been trying for some time to sell a heavily wooded an d ti mbered farm of a hundred and sixty acres, with a share in a sawmill . I to ld him I would give him so much for the property on the conditio n that n o one should know of my offer until the execution of the deeds . He compli ed with this, and as soon as the townspeople knew it the repo rts flew aro und that I was not going to Nauvoo, that I was too smart t o let the ‘Morm on’ leaders get my means.
In the meantime I contracted with the proprietor of the Angles Iron Fur n aces to deliver several hundred cords of wood; bought horses and wagon s , entering in to business as thougHishould remain there a lifetime, usi n g my mill right to saw whatever timber was fit, into lumber. This plac e d me on about the same business vantage ground that I had held before b ap tism, which I improved in disposing of all my real estate, except th e 16 0 acres farm to good advantage. I realized in wood and lumber from t he fa rm almost its first cost, and had it lefty for sale on the basis th at whe ther it brought much or little, it was almost all clear profit . I trade d it for a good figure for broadcloth and satinet, and with sho rt warning , in company with my brother Hyrum, Daniel Hendricks and thei r families a nd mine, started with teams and wagon for Nauvoo, and in tha t way travele d from West Stockbridge, Berkshire county, Massachusetts t o Salt Lake Cit y, presumably as long a wagon ride as any of the gathere d Saints have had . In leaving my native town, I had many warnings from m any well meaning f riends, who were so fully prejudiced against Mormons a s to consider tha t no good thing could come to me and my family by goin g among them. Proph ecies were plentiful that I should lose all my worldl y possessions and pr omises abundant that if I would write back that I wi shed to return they w ould raise means for my deliverance.
Though I have been peeled, robbed and driven by a mob, I have prosper e d in worldly things far more than those who gave me warnings, and the a cq uaintance I formed with Joseph Smith confirmed my faith in the wor k I emb raced. I entered considerable government land adjoining Nauvoo, f enced an d improved a 160 acre farm six miles out of Nauvoo, built a goo d substant ial two-story brick house with extensive and good barn and out houses in t he city.
In 1842, I filled a mission to Canada; in 1843, I filled a mission to t h e Indian Nation, and during that year was elected a member of the Cit y Co uncil of Nauvoo, and in 844, by vote of the council was elected Mayo r o f that city and held the office until its charter was repealed. The s am e year I was sent on a mission to Massachusetts. During these years th rea tening of the mobs had been violent. Joseph and Hyrum Smith had bee n crue lly murdered while under the protection of the governor of the Sta te, an d in February 1846, I with many others were forced to flee from Na uvoo, c rossing the Mississippi on the ice, and seeking refuge in the wil ds of Io wa with snow on the ground. We here lost some of our dearest fri ends an d relations by the hardships and exposures they were called to me et, prin cipally among them my brother Orson’s wife, daughter of Deacon S amuel Cur tis, Canaan, Columbia County, N. Y. Her death and that of other s was dire ctly due to our compulsory exodus from Nauvoo. Her father, mot her, and ki ndred were according to the light they had, exemplary and dev oted Christi ans. To such as these were the western mobocrats appealing f or countenanc e and aid, while they were hounding their children to mos t cruel deaths . Not many weeks after my brother Orson lost his wife, m y wife Mary weake ned under the exposure and hardships of the journey, an d was like many ot hers, laid to rest by the roadside, none of their kind red having today an y recognition of where they lay.
I wish here to make affectionate and honorable mention of my brother Hy r um, whose life before association with our people, and his devotion an d l oyalty to the Gospel after embracing it, was worthy of the highest an d no blest recognition. He had left Nauvoo with the first outgoing Saint s as C aptain of fifty in the company of Hundred, organized under my pres idency . During the journey from Nauvoo to Garden Grove, he organized th e labo r force of the camp, and took contracts from the settlers borderin g our r oute of travel, to chop timber, split rails, and thereby procurin g susten ance for the camp, and acquiring other much needed means for th e feeble a nd ailing. The next morning after his arrival at Garden Grov e he voluntar ily started back to Nauvoo. Through great efforts he succee ded in emigrat ing from there several poor families, also sold some of th e property lef t there by the three Spencer brothers, taking payment in s tock cattle bu t immediately trumped up writs were manufactured, and atta chments issue d to hold the property until the mob which was gathering sh ould come int o Nauvoo. By almost super-human efforts, he escaped with th e cattle and m eans, reaching the camp of the Saints at Pisgah, althoug h he did so a s a martyr—his exposure, anxieties, and labors had killed h im. He died so me miles east of Pisgah, and his body was brought there fo r burial, his g rave being fenced and marked by two stones, inscribed wit h the letter ‘H. S.’
In pursuing our journey west from this point we followed the Indian tra i l across Iowa to Council Bluffs, camping much of the time in close prox im ity to Indians, and herding our cattle on their grounds. We had not tr oub le with them for while we were suffering so cruelly from the Christia n mo bs the hearts of the savage seemed changed, and softened and true sy mpath y was extended by them to us in a most touching degree. It was her e prove d as it has been often proved by our people, that having the gosp el the y had also with them the power of God unto Salvation.
We tarried during the winter of ’46 and ’47 near the banks of the Missou r i River. I acted as Bishop during these memorable months when the ver y es sence of manhood and womanhood was tested, and I leave this affirmat ion t hat the test was not only heroically met, but met with that divinit y of p atience and that only a people can show who are divinely inspired.
I fitted out from this camp Francis Cobbs, Elijah Newman, and Levi Kend a l with two yoke of oxen, wagon provisions, seed grain, farming tools, e tc ., and who came as pioneers, arriving on the site of Salt Lake city, t h e 25th of July 1847, and if their testimony be true, these oxen drew t h e plow that turned the first sod in Utah Territory.
After the pioneers left, my re-organized company of 100 started wes t i n June with Ira Eldredge as Captain of Fifty, following on the Indian s an d trappers’ trail which led to the north fork of the Platte River. T his j ourney was a continuous panorama of incidents. Only an arms lengt h as i t were, back of us was our old New England life, our New England r elative s and associates, our fine homes and farms, and still nearer, onl y a shor t drive back, lay the home and farm which we had just been drive n from in to exile, but here morning, noon and night, this seemingly boun dless plai ns, red men by the thousands, buffalo by the tens of thousands . Here to u s was a new world. Here for weeks no rain fell, and for month s no dew coo led or moistened the arid air. Here the very atmosphere seem ed to lie an d deceive in all the estimates of distance. Objects seemingl y ten miles a way would prove to be twenty or more. Here an animal coul d be killed at e ventide, "jerked," hung by the wagon side, and cured wit hout taint as w e traveled on. We had read of the children of Israel in t he Wilderness, b ut here were the children of Israel in very fact. Thes e ancient ones wer e scientifically preserved by God. So were we. Their f amine was fed by ma nna, ours with quail. They subdued enemies with the s word., Ours, the mos t savage of savages, were softened and made in som e respects to ministe r to our wants. I wish it to go on record that th e hand of God was as muc h or more visible with the modern Israel, in bri nging and planting and su ccessfully sustaining them in this then deser t land, as it was with the a ncient Israel. When all the facts come to li ght it will be the pleasure a nd justice of the world to acknowledge it . Then it will be no longer said , "that the Lord God liveth that brough t the children of Israel out of th e land of Egypt," but "He liveth who h ath brought Israel out of all count ries in the latter days."
I reached the present site of Salt Lake City with my company Septembe r 2 4, 1847, and was the first eastern emigrating company organized in Ju ne a t the Elk Horn, to reach the valley, and to move into what has bee n calle d the Old Fort.
I engaged in farming and various industries, forming at one time a part n ership with Jacob Gates, J.C. Little and my son in opening a ranch in R us h Valley, from which we were unjustly ousted by Johnson’s Army at a lo s s to us of many thousands of dollars, and by members of whom my nephe w Ho ward O. was afterwards nearly murdered.
I have realized the blessings of God in sustaining a large family in th i s once desert, having had in addition to the wives before named, Emil y Th ompson, by whom I had two sons, Jared and John D., and four daughter s Aur elia, Sophia, Emma and Josephine. December 27, 1856, Sarah Jane Gre y wa s sealed to me, who bore me three sons, Orson, Mark and Grove, and o ne da ughter, Sophronia. Elizabeth Funnel was also sealed to me, by who m I ha d four daughters, Georgiana, Elizabeth, Chloe and Cora, and one so n Henr y Wilson. The name of ‘Wilson’ was given to this son in memory o f Judge W ilson of Richmond Hill, Canadagua County, N.Y. who married my s ister Elec ta, who was the mother of Marcus Wilson, author of the serie s of schoolbo oks known as the "Wilson Series." Mary Jane Cutcliffe was a lso married t o me by whom I had three daughters, Alvira, Lydia, Amelia a nd one son Sam uel G.
On February 7, 1849, I was appointed President of the Salt Lake Stak e o f Zion. At the general conference, Sept. 6, 1850, I was appointed wit h Ed ward Hunter and Willard Snow as a committee "to take care of and tra nsac t the business of the fund of gathering the poor." In 1852, I was ap point ed a missionary to Europe, arriving there December 20th. On the 14t h of M ay 1853, I was appointed first counselor to the President of the B ritis h Mission. March 15, 1856, I left Europe to act as agent in the Uni ted St ates to forward the through emigration of Saints to Utah. The outf ittin g points were Iowa City, Iowa, and Florence, Nebraska, from whenc e I arri ved in Salt Lake City, October 4, 1856, to resume the duties o f my callin g as President of the Stake.
I have served as member of the Legislature of Utah, in the House 1851- 2 , 1856-7, 1858-9; and in the Council, 1861-2, 1862-3 and 1864-5.
In reply to the oft repeated question what were my motives or expectati o ns in coming to Utah, I can only answer they were about the same as tho s e of my Pilgrim forefathers, to found a commonwealth where I could wors hi p God unmolested, and to aid in the fulfillment off a prophecy made b y Jo seph Smith before his death "that the Saints should become a numerou s peo ple in the Rocky Mountains.
We outfitted for this great journey with oxen, cows and a wagon in whi c h we had hard tack, bacon, beans, potato chips, potato starch, dried pu mp kins, all in small amount, crossing the Mississippi River on the ice i n t he winter of 1846. All that I had from then till landing in Utah, Sep t. 1 847, I had to haul on wagons-- food, bedding, tools, seeds, all kind s o f hardware, seed grain, chicken, cats; everything save our clothing w hic h we carried easily on our person, and were not heavily weighted eith er , when we came to live six months on a ration of two ounces of flou r a da y from which to draw physical strength to carry the burden inciden t to ca rving out a home in the desert resulted in a lack of weight (phys ical wei ght) a blessing rather otherwise.
I wish at the close of this memoir to bear record of a most interesti n g incident. When our first sowing of wheat headed out, hordes of cricke t s assailed it with such destructiveness that forty-eight hours would ha v e seen the entire settlement left without a vestige of grain substance . W hat would have been our fate here, left wholly destitute, over 900 mi le s from any supplies, in the fall of the year, can easily be conjecture d , especially as we had not faster transportation than ox teams. At thi s c ritical time, thousands of gulls came to our rescue, sarcastic, infid eli c statements have been made that the gulls were here before us and th at t hey came to the destruction of the crickets by instinct. I ask how t hat i nstinct brought them in, just the forty-eight hours that saved th e settle ment? And I will venture the assertion that an honest person can not be fo und who witnessed that occurrence, and has lived to the present , but wil l testify that there was a ratio of a thousand gulls to one hun dred tha t was ever seen here by us before, or has been here since.
I foresee a future when the conditions of these people will be largel y c hanged, when the culture of the world will seek to measure arms wit h th e simplicity and inspiration of the Gospel.
If these voicings of the pen should ever reach the Saints of the Salt La k e Stake over which God honored me to preside for some nineteen years , i t will be years after my natural voice will be hushed. But I desire t o em phasize a great truth once uttered by a great worthy, "God revealet h hi s secrets to his servants the Prophets,’ and there is safety for th e indi vidual, and the people in the channels they pilot."
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DANIEL W. CHURCH, who has recently become connected with the state admin i stration of Boise and who is well known in financial circles in Idah o a s the president of the Bannock National Bank of Pocatello, was born u po n a ranch near Mankato, Minnesota, October 18, 1858. His experiences h av e largely been those of the frontier, with later active connection wit h t he upbuilding and development of the west. He remembers distinctly th e fa mous Indian massacre which occurred near Mankato during his youth, w hen h e saw thirty-eight of the Indians who were implicated hanged at tha t plac e. One of the settlers warned his father of the outbreak, so tha t Mr. Chu rch with a yoke of oxen and a wagon moved his family from the r anch wher e they lived to an old-fashioned windmill, where they safely se creted the mselves for the night, and the next day they moved on to Manka to, where t hey took up their permanent residence and lived in safety. Ge neral Sible y was in command of the military forces at the time, and afte r the thirty -eight Indians were executed, the remainder of the savages w ere removed t o a reservation and this practically ended the Indian troub le in Minnesot a.
After leaving school in Mankato at the age of about sixteen years, Mr. C h urch entered a dry goods store as clerk and there remained until 1879 , wh en he removed westward to Evanston, Wyoming, where he entered the em plo y of the Union Pacific Railroad as locomotive fireman, and in 1882 wa s pr omoted engineer. He became a resident of Portland, Oregon, and was w ith t he Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company as an engineer. He served i n tha t connection until 1883, in which year he went by stage coach fro m Pendle ton, Oregon, to Mountain Home, Idaho, and thence to Shoshone, Id aho. In t he fall of the same year he entered the employ of the Oregon Sh ort Line R ailroad as an engineer under Master Mechanic Lewis and on th e 19th of Jan uary, 1884, he pulled the first train from Caldwell to Weis er, which at t hat time was the terminus of the Oregon Short Line, the co nstruction havi ng been continued only to that point. On the following mo rning after reac hing Weiser and when starting upon the return trip wit h a mixed train, hi s train was ditched, caused by the breaking of a witc h rod, and the rea r part of the train was wrecked. No one was injured, b ut the accident occ asioned Mr. Church the loss of his position.
On the 1st of September, 1884, Mr. Church went to Fargo. North Dakota, a n d accepted a position in the railroad shops but finally went to work ag ai n as an engineer on the Northern Pacific. About the 1st of November o f th e same year he again lost his job and returned to Shoshone to the ho me o f his parents, where he spent the winter. In the spring of 1886 he w ent t o work in the shops of the Oregon Short Line Railroad at Shoshone a nd i n a short time became a fireman on a locomotive, while in the fall o f th e same year he was returned to the position of engineer. Thus he con tinue d until December 1, 1889. In the spring of that year he turned hi s attent ion to the clothing business in connection with George North o f Pocatell o but continued on the railroad, however, for a time, while hi s partner c onducted the clothing store. On the 1st of December, however , he entere d the store as an active partner in the business. The day ha s ever bee n a memorable one to him, for on that day occurred one of th e most terrif ic blizzards that has ever figured in the history of Idaho . On the 1st o f January, 1895, Mr. Church sold his interest in the stor e to Mr. North b ut retained the ownership of the building. He then engag ed in the butcher ing business with Daniel Swinehart, with whom he contin ued for a year, wh en he sold out to Sell & Reuss.
Mr. Church has always been more or less deeply and actively intereste d i n politics and in April, 1896, became a candidate for the office of m ayo r of Pocatello on the republican ticket but was defeated. On the 1s t of M ay he purchased the real estate business of Edward Stein and after ward be came associated with Earl C. White of Pocatello and in 1907 sol d his inte rest in the business to his partner. In July of that year he b ecame the c ashier of the Bannock National Bank, with which he was thus c onnected unt il January 21, 1918, when he became its president. He own s a farm in th e Fort Hall irrigation project and is likewise a half owne r in the magnif icent building on the east side of Pocatello, known as th e Church & Whit e block. Associated with Mr. North and Mr. Swinehart, h e built the firs t brick building in Pocatello in 1891 and he and Mr. Nor th moved their cl othing stock into this building in 1892.
On the 17th of April, 1894, Mr. Church was married to Miss Chloe Ramse y , of Portland, Michigan, and they have become parents of four children : M abel Minerva; Daniel Whipple, Jr., twenty-one years of age, who is no w i n France with the Medical Department; Arthur Ramsey, who is sixteen y ear s of age and is attending school in Pocatello; and Bertha Luanda, a s tude nt in the Pocatello high school.
In public affairs and in the social and fraternal life of Pocatello an d o ther sections of the state Mr. Church is widely known. He is a Mason , whi ch order he joined in 1888 in Shoshone, belonging to the blue lodge , chap ter and commandery, and he is also connected with the Benevolent P rotecti ve Order of Elks. It was Mr. Church who organized the Elks lodg e in Pocat ello in 1901. He is a member of the Rotary Club, also of the C ommercial C lub and the Shriners Club. In politics he has ever been an ea rnest republ ican and in 1909 he was elected as mayor of Pocatello, servi ng for a tw o years' term. He also became a member of the first board o f trustees. Fo r five years he was a member of the city council, also ser ved on the scho ol board and in 1898 was elected to represent his distric t in the state s enate. In 1912 he acted as county chairman of the republ ican central comm ittee and he was chairman of the second, third and four th Liberty Loan co mmittees in Pocatello. Mr. Church was made the toastma ster of the Commerc ial Club at the dedication of the Oregon Short Line d epot here and made t he occasion a memorable one with all the old-timer s by his ever Ready hum or, recalling many incidents of the past which on ly he among the old-time rs was able to relate. He is considered one of t he best story tellers an d after-dinner speakers in Idaho and his presenc e at any public entertain ment always assures a good time. His popularit y is proverbial among all c lasses. He is a gentleman of the old school a nd has had a wide and varie d experience in western life such as would b e impossible to anyone born i n the present generation. He possesses a re markable memory for dates an d incidents and was personally acquainted wi th many of the historical cha racters of early western life. He is consid ered one of Pocatello's most e nterprising and progressive business men , where he is known to his many f riends as "Dan." He has recently entere d upon active connection with th e interests of Boise as a member of th e present administration of state a ffairs and those who know Daniel W. C hurch feel that Idaho is most fortun ate in gaining his services in thi s connection. | Church, Daniel Whipple (I101839)
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Daughter of Hiram Sibley, founder of Western Union. She married twice, f i rst to Isaac Seymour ("Ike") Averell. They had two children, Elizabet h an d James, both of whom died young (aged 11 and 27 respectively). Emil y use d part of her considerable fortune to found Rochester's Memorial Ar t Gall ery in memory of James. She divorced Ike despite the fact that hig h socie ty ladies at that time were expected to remain in their marriage s come he ll or high water; years later Ike was described by a local jour nalist sim ply as "a bad man". Her second, apparently much happier, marri age was t o James Sibley Watson, son of her father's Western Union busine ss partner , Don Alonzo Watson. Their son, James Jr. (known as "Sibley" ) became a su ccessful and highly respected doctor. Her monument and unus ual flat ston e were designed by architect, author and occultist Claud e B ragdon.
Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States
Plot: Section D Lot 141 | Sibley, Emily (I55062)
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Daughter-in-Law to Naomi. | Ruth of Moab (I15077)
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David Daniel McKee 1859-1946
As well as family members: Emily Ann Giles, James McKee, Matilda Sweat , D avid McKee, and Mary Tweed McMillan
David Daniel McKee was born January 28, 1859 in Spanish Fork, Utah Count y , Utah. He was the third child of three children born to James and Mati ld a Sweat McKee.
James’ parents, David McKee and Mary Tweed McMillian, were converts to t h e Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and were baptized May 15 , 1 837. They were the parents of eleven children, seven boys and four gi rls . James was the third child. David and Mary Tweed were on their way t o Ut ah from Nauvoo with the pioneers when David died at Winter Quarters , Ma y 1, 1847.
James married Matilda Sweat in 1852 at Bluff City, Iowa. Matilda and h e r family were also converts to the Church and were on their way to Uta h w hen Matilda and James were married.
Upon arriving in Utah, James and Matilda settled in Spanish Fork. In 186 0 , the family moved to Goshen, Utah, where they lived in a dug out. At t ha t time the Walker Indian War was in progress. Several men, includin g Jam es McKee were sent from the settlement to the top of a mountain t o guar d against an Indian attack. They were snowed in for the winter an d were i n a destitute condition when finally rescued. James McKee didn’ t surviv e this ordeal. He died July 14, 1861 at the age of forty-nine.
Matilda returned to Spanish Fork with her three children where she work e d in the homes of other people and gleaned from near-by fields to mak e br ead for her children. They lived for a time at the pond town.
James’ sister, Lettie (or Letty) was eight years younger than he. She h a d married Albert Stevens on November 22, 1852. They later moved to Hold en , Utah where Albert’s parents were living. Lettie and Albert still h a d a number of their own children at home when James died leaving Matil d a and three children in very poor circumstances. Albert and Lettie open e d their home for them and willingly provided for them for several years .
Later Matilda and her children moved to Paragonah, Utah for a few year s b ut returned to Holden where the townspeople built them a little log h ous e with a dirt floor and a dirt roof.
After the two older children were married, Matilda lived with David Dani e l until he married. She then made her home with Sarah for the rest of h e r life. Sarah was married to Andrew Stephenson. Matilda died July 4, 19 0 8 and is buried in Holden. She had been a widow for 47 years.
David Daniel attended school in Holden, and he was considered an excelle n t baseball player. He was primarily a pitcher. Though relatively smal l o f statue, being 5 foot 7 inches tall and weighing about 130 pounds, h e wa s a strong and wiry for his size. He had brown eyes and black hair.
He married Emily Ann Giles on October 14, 1886 in Fillmore, Utah. He w a s twenty-seven and Emily was nineteen. They traveled to St. George th e fo llowing spring where they were sealed in the St. George Temple on Ma y 4 , 1887.
They were the parents of nine children. Their first born, Dora, died a t o nly twenty-six months of age. Their third child, Ida Lorene, died whe n on ly six months old. They also lost their eighth born child, Riley LaV augh n who died at age thirteen of food poisoning. He was considered a ta lente d musician.
David Daniel homesteaded 160 acres two miles south of Holden. In orde r t o prove up on the land it was necessary for the family to live on i t fo r a certain period of time. They built a log cabin there where the y live d for two summers. The area was called Hog Ranch by some of the pe ople be cause they considered people homesteading there ‘hogs’ who wante d too muc h land for themselves. Most of the acres there were used for pa sture an d to raise dry land rye. They did have about twenty-five acres i n alfalfa . He owned three of the ten shares of Partridge Springs water w hich was u sed to irrigate.
After David ‘proved up’ on the land south of Holden, they moved back t o H olden. They also moved the log house on their lot and made a granar y ou t of it.
David Daniel formed a business partnership with David Jones in raising c a ttle. Mr. Jones ran the cattle on the mountain and David Daniel took ca r e of the hay ground pasture and raised winter feed. David Daniel obtain e d 40 acres of pasture at the hay ground west of Holden.
David Daniel purchased 140 acres located about 1.5 miles southeast of Ho l den. This property had two nice springs of water on it. The larger of t h e two springs was sold many years later to the city of Holden to be us e d as one of the two main potable water sources for the community.
The McKee family established a summer home ‘up to the field’, as it wa s c alled. It was there that an abundance of fruit and vegetables were ra ised . David Daniel was considered an excellent gardener. He also pasture d abo ut on hundred head of sheep up there.
During the summer months David Daniel and Emily held a number of communi t y socials at their summer home. They had a wooden platform built outsi d e where many nights of dancing were enjoyed. Lanterns or coal oil lamp s w ere used for lighting.
In the fall of 1917 or 1918 David Daniel and his son, Burton, were ou t i n the hills after a load of wood. The family needed from eight to te n wag on loads to get through the winter. They were caught in a snow stor m. Dav id Daniel got wet and cold before they got home. He became ill an d was le ft with a stiff back. He couldn’t bend over nor could he sit dow n on a re gular chair because of his stiff back. He was only fifty-eigh t or fifty-n ine years old at that time. The family had to work togethe r to take car e of their needs. Burton completed the eighth grade then dr opped out of s chool to run the family farm.
David Daniel loved sports. When he was over seventy years old he attend e d a basketball game at the ward recreation hall. One of the players acc id entally stepped on his left foot. He wouldn’t go to a doctor to have i t p roperly attended to. The foot was apparently broken and mended incorr ectl y. This left his unable to walk without crutches for the rest of hi s life .
In his later years, David Daniel could often be seen standing on the fro n t porch of his home for hours at a time. He also had a shelf built in t h e kitchen where he could stand and listen to his radio.
David Daniel passed away February 7, 1946 a few days after his eighty-se v enty birthday. After many years of physical pain and discomfort, he wa s a llowed to pass to the other side peacefully in his sleep.
David Daniel McKee was considered to be a kind and patient man who lov e d his family. He disciplined his children by talking and reasoning wit h t hem. In order to emphasize his instructions, on occasion, he would ta p th em on the arm with his knuckles and say “remember what I said.”
In some of Emily’s writings she said that David was very kind to her ev e n when she scolded him for such things as not having the wood box fille d . He never gave her a cross word. In his kind voice he would say “Emil y , did you expect to find me perfect?” or many other such statements.
Sources of information:
Burton David McKee, Bly McKee Nixon
Writings of Emily Ann Giles McKee
Stella H. Day, Compiler, Builders of Early Millard, Biographies of Pione e rs of Millard County, 1850-1875. Art City Publishing Co., 1979 .
Family history records | McKee, David Daniel (I227)
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David Eames was a loan officer for the government. Lots of people call e d him Ivo. When Grandma and Grandpa Bullock got married, he gave the m a g reen book with the words budget written across the front. He taugh t the m how to budget their money. He told Grandpa once to save until yo u had d ouble the money you needed to buy something. That way you could b uy it an d still have the same about of money saved that you spent. | Eames, David Ivo (I378)
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DAVID GREAVES EAMES
David Greaves Eames was born Sept. 29, 1879 in Logan, Utah, a son of Dav i d
Cullen Eames and Elizabeth Cluley Greaves. He was the oldest child i n a f amily of five
boys and four girls.
His family moved to Preston, Idaho, when he was five years old. He spe n t his
boyhood on his father's farm north of Preston. He attended the Central S c hool and the
Oneida Academy in Preston. He also attended the Brigham Young Colleg e i n Logan, Utah.
He was called on a mission to represent the Latter-day Saint Church on O c t. 13,
1902. He was sent to the northwestern states and labored in Tacoma, Wash i ngton, and
British Columbia, Canada. He was the first missionary to represent the P r eston Third
Ward.
He married Pearl Geddes of Preston, Idaho, 25 Jan. 1905, in the Logan Te m ple at
Logan, Utah. They bought a farm two miles northwest of Preston and spe n t their married
life there.
He has always been active in scouting. He helped initiate the early orga n ization
of scouting when It was introduced into Cache Valley. He has been a memb e r of the
Executive Board, the Finance Committee, Chairman of the Oneida Distric t a nd also Vice
President. He received the Silver Beaver award in recognition of his out s tanding service
to boyhood in 1945.
He has served his church and community in various capacities. He serve d s ixteen
years as superintendent of the YMMIA of the Oneida Stake. He was superin t endent of
his ward Sunday School for four years. He was a member of the Bishopri c o f the Preston
Third Ward for several years. He served as a Stake High Counselor an d a m ember of
the Genealogical committee for ten years. He served as first counselo r i n the Oneida
Stake Presidency for ten years when President Taylor Nelson was presiden t . He was
made a Stake Patriarch in the Oneida Stake in 1939 .
He represented Franklin County twice in the Idaho State Senate and was P r obate
Judge in Preston for two years. He was a trustee of the Preston school b o ard for twelve
years.
The spirit of the gospel has always been in our home ,
People who have come here to visit have felt this spirit and commented a b out it.
I have always had such profound respect for my father and I am so very p r oud of
him. I am truly thankful for the good name he and Mother gave me and I h o pe to merit
their association in the eternities .
Sketch written by Ruby Geddes Eames Boot h | Eames, David Greaves (I376)
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David Israel Penrod was born November 30, 1858 in Wallsburg, Utah. His p a rents are William Lewis Penrod and Polly Ann Young Riggs. He was the se co nd of thirteen children: Mary Ann, David Israel, Heber Lewis, Temperan c e Susan, Delbert Abraham, Albert Nathaniel, Ephraim, Elnora, Liona, Lio la , John Ralph, Mazetta, and Geneva. David was named after his grandfath er.
On June 6, 1877, he married Cynthia Ann Smith in the St. George Utah Tem p le. Cynthia is the daughter of Thomas Washington Smith and Susan Reynol ds . David and Cynthia had eight children: Cynthia Jane, David Heber, Sus ann ah, Delbert Alvy, James Arthur, Paul Ray, Polly Irene, and Loren Rupe rt.
David and Cynthia came to Arizona Territory in the Fall of 1879 with the i r first child, Cynthia Jane. Annie Butler first remembered David whe n h e came to Greer in the fall of 1902 as a forest ranger. (A tribute t o th e Lakeside Pioneers). He lived many years in Pinetop, Arizona and wa s a p illar of the community. Like his father William, he was known for h is hos pitality to all who needed entertainment, regardless of color or c reed. O nce his life had been saved by an Apache woman and in return he w as espec ially kind to the Indian people and taught his children to trea t them wel l.
David Israel Penrod died August 13, 1932 in Pinetop and is buried ther e w ith many of his relatives. He is and will be remembered by many a s a Pion eer who led the way for his many descendants
Courtesy of Delbert William Adair Jr.
Penrod Family History, Volume I | Penrod, David Israel (I160387)
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David Ostler
by Bruce W. Walker, great-grandson
Following is a brief sketch of the eventful life of David Ostler, belov e d father of Lula Devet Ostler, grandfather of Erma Winn, and therefore , m y great-grandfather.
Born the 28th of September, 1842, in Bridport, Dorset, England, David w a s the sixth son and eighth of eleven children born to John Ostler and S ar ah Endacott. During the time David was growing up, every able-bodied b o y was required to spend time in the service of the King of England. Th e O stler boys, including David, each took his turn and learned to sail t he s ea. David spent much time sailing in the King’s service, including o ne tr ip all the way to India, about 11,000 miles each way, before leavin g Engl and and sailing for America at age nineteen.
In 1847, the same year Brigham Young and his company entered the Salt La k e Valley, when David was but five years of age, the first LDS missionar ie s found their way to Bridport, where John and Sarah were among those w h o excitedly embraced the message of the restoration. They and their old e r children were baptized, and took a very active part in the new littl e b ranch. Later, when David reached the age of eight, he too was baptize d in to this new faith.
In the spring of 1861, John and Sarah left their home and journeyed to L i verpool, where, with five of their children and a new daughter-in-law , th ey boarded the ship “Manchester,” and on April 16th, 1861, set sai l for Z ion, arriving safely in New York Harbor one month later on May 14 th. Some time during this month-long Atlantic voyage, David met and bega n to hav e feelings for a pretty young convert named Anna Beagley. To hi s dismay , he soon learned that she was traveling to Utah to become the b ride o f a Mr. Burmingham. When the company reached Florence, Nebraska, w ord wa s received that Mr. Burmingham had already married, but that he pl anned t o take Anna as his second wife! Such good news David had never he ard befo re! Now, the girl that he had grown to love so much could becom e his wife . Before they reached the Salt Lake Valley, somewhere in the v astness o f the American plains, David and Anna were married by the Capta in of thei r pioneer company.
On their arrival in the Valley of the Great Salt Lake, the company was g r eeted by a group of saints which included William and George Ostler, t w o of David’s older brothers who had come to Utah two years earlier. Th e r eunion of these long-separated family members was an occasion for gre at r ejoicing. However, there was other, less pleasant business to be tak en ca re of, for also there to meet the company was Mr. Birmingham, await ing th e arrival of his pretty new bride from England. He politely introd uced hi s first wife to Anna then generously announced, “I plan to take y ou as m y second wife.” Anna, in a quick turn, produced her new husband a nd said , “I’m sorry, but please meet my husband, David Ostler.”
Obedient to the call of President Brigham Young, the entire Ostler Cla n m oved south to Nephi, Utah, where the newlywed David and Anna went rig ht t o work building their very own small adobe house consisting of jus t one c ozy room, with a dirt floor, a single window and one door. For fu rnishing s, David built a table and two sturdy benches, a cupboard for th eir few d ishes, and a bed frame from poles with rope strung across to ho ld their s traw-filled tick, which served as their mattress. Thus it wa s in this hum ble, hand built abode, that Anna gave birth to her first ba by, born the 1 6th of November, 1862.
This young, energetic pioneer couple bent their backs as they worked t o b uild a future together. They cleared sagebrush, began a small farm, a nd a s time went on, built a larger, more substantial home with a good ro of o f real shingles and a carpeted floor. Life was going well. Seven bea utifu l children came to them between 1862 and 1874, then at the birth o f thei r eighth child, this devoted young wife, who had stood by David th rough t hirteen wonderful years, was taken in death at the young age of t hirty-tw o. The sweet new baby, named Anna after her mother, also passe d away with in the month.
Devastated at the loss of his sweetheart, and overwhelmed at the challen g e of raising his young family alone, David soon saw the wisdom of findi n g another wife. Not far from his home was a widow with five children tr yi ng to struggle through life’s hardships without a companion. These tw o pe ople mutually agreed that it would be advantageous to join their fam ilie s together, so on November 16th, 1874, David Ostler married Ann Scot t Fos ter, combining their families, five of Ann’s and six of David’s, fo r a to tal of eleven children, (See the life sketch of Ann Scott Foster O stler)
As time went on, this new union of David and Ann was blessed with two mo r e precious children, little Henrietta, who, sadly, passed away just bef or e her first birthday, and Lula Devet, a bright and beautiful girl wh o wa s to grow to adulthood and marry Ernest Winn, thus becoming the moth er o f my own dear mother, Erma Winn.
David, though small in stature (about five feet six inches tall and weig h ing about 135 pounds) was an uncommonly industrious man. Not only di d h e successfully farm his own land, but he did considerable plowing an d har vesting for others as well. When harvest time was over, he busied h imsel f with custom carpentry and remodeling, and even purchased a molass es mil l where, for years, he made and sold molasses boiled from the sorg ham can e grown in Nephi.
In remembering her grandfather, Mary Teerlink, a grand-daughter of Davi d , wrote, “He had a very lovable disposition, always very kind to other s , always willing to do anything he could for you. He was of a quiet nat ur e, always soft spoken. He loved his family and they loved him. He love d t he gospel and held the office of High Priest. He also loved music, es peci ally the songs that were dear to the Latter-day Saints.”
On the 26th day of June, 1900, David was at Ann’s bedside as his cherish e d wife and companion quietly passed away. Also present was their grievi n g daughter, Lula (my Grandma Winn) and her husband, Ernest, who had co m e to live with and help care for their dear mother. One can but imagin e t he intense sorrow felt by David at the passing of the sweetheart wh o ha d labored by his side for twenty-six years.
Within a few months following the passing of his beloved Ann, David, n o w alone and lonely, moved to Salt Lake City, where he had been invite d t o live with his daughter, Emily. Here he helped to remodel and add o n t o her home. Always a worker, he soon busied himself with many remodel in g jobs, and also became the custodian for the Oregon Short Line Freigh t D epot.
In 1908, David’s long days of loneliness ended when he married Elizabe t h (Lizzie) Bradshaw, also an emigrant from his native land. It appear s th ey were very happy together, and fully expected to enjoy a companion abl e old age. However, this was not to be, for as David was returning fr om h is work at the freight depot in the darkness of the night of Septemb er 19 , 1911, he was struck and killed by a quietly moving freight car th at, un known to him, had been switched from its engine in the north railr oad yar d moments before.
Thus ended the final chapter of this great pioneer ancestor’s eventful l i fe in mortality. His earthly remains were laid to rest September 22, 19 1 1 in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.
Of her dear parents, Lula Ostler Winn wrote, “Naturally modest, unassumi n g people, my father and mother passed on leaving no great mark on histo ry ’s page, but in my heart is planted the sweet recollection of their wo nde rful example of honesty, sincerity and kind hospitality, which I woul d th at I might emulate.”
The following poem, written by Lula Ostler Winn, was read at David’s fun e ral, and fittingly expresses her great admiration and love for her fath er .
Our Dear Father
How can we show our love for him ,
Our father so kind and true,
Who always was ready with a helping han d
And always tried his part to do.
His quiet calm would ease all fea r
And help us on our road
When troubles came to try u s
His faith helped lift the load.
With kindness, love and patience ,
He taught us the way of life;
How to find the way to happines s
And avoid the bitter strife.
May we, by our lives so hono r
The path that he has trod
And with love, faith and courag e
Seek to do the will of God.
by Lula Ostler Winn | Ostler, David (I164373)
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DAVID TURNER JR.
BY SYLVIA JENSEN, DAUGHTER
David Turner, son of David and Rose Collins Turner, was born Novemb e r 14, 1853 in Millstown, Summer Set, New Jersey. Nine other brothers a n d sisters were born in New Jersey. The Turner Family was converted to t h e Mormon Church by Wilford Woodruff and John Taylor.
They arrived in Utah, Sept. 12, 1861, and were assigned to com e t o Fillmore, Millard County. Later they were sent to Deseret. Here Jam es E dward, David's youngest brother was born. As a lad of ten, David hel ped b uild the old fort at Deseret.
When the dam went out and the crops kept failing, the David Turn e r Sr. Family moved to Holden, Utah but were there only a short time wh e n the Church Authorities called David Sr. to Washington County to run t h e Cotton Mills. David Jr. worked right along with his father and mothe r i n the Mills, David Sr. and his wife had worked in his brother Isaac' s Cot ton mill in New Jersey, and was expert in his knowledge of how to o perat e the mill. He wove the material used in the upholstery of the St . Georg e Temple, and the cloth for making the suits for the men who work ed in th e Temple. David Jr. got much valuable information and training w hile work ing with his father and he too became a weaver after he was mar ried.
David Turner Jr. and Samuel Bennet Jr. were later called to work with te a ms and wagons on the St. George Temple after they had moved back to Hol de n, 1873-74. They helped cut and haul some of the stones and lumber fo r th e Temple.
On Feb 2, 1879, David Jr. married Mary Maranda Giles, daughter o f J oseph and Sarah Huntsman Giles. They lived in a log room in Holden, u sin g boxes for tables, cupboards and table. David made a tree legged be d an d with the help of his wife, wove bedsprings of horsehair. They late r mov ed into a two-room house with a fireplace .
David was a farmer and stock raiser. He had four teams of horses , s ix saddle ponies, cattle, sheep, pigs, and chickens. He sheared his s hee p while his wife helped him card the wool, spin it into thread, and D avi d wove it into beautiful cloth for making the family's clothing, sinc e h e was an expert weaver.
He tanned his own cowhides and with the help of some Indians, ma d e the leather into shoes, boots and harnesses. He repaired shoes and ha rn esses for others as well as for his family.
He cured all of the meat for the family, never wasting any, as t h e scraps from the pig heads were made into the most delicious headchees e . He made plenty of jerky for taking on freighting trips, or when he ro d e the range.
The Turners raised a big garden for storing for winter as well a s d rying corn and squash. They also had a large orchard from which the y drie d much fruit for winter, and for sale, when David went on freighti ng trip s. They also raised their own wheat for flour, germade, cracked w heat. Th ey also had corn meal from their large corn patches. He also rai sed his o wn sugar cane for making molasses. They had very little cash bu t always p lenty to eat and wear.
Since David's wife, Miranda, was a midwife and nurse, she was go n e from home much of the time, however each child was taught to do every th ing that needed doing, and David always did the churning at night, a s h e knew just how to care for the butter.
David and Peter Stephenson drove cattle form Holden to Laramie, Wy o ming, and sometimes took them to Kansas City to sell. These two men we r e very good friends, when either on raised something which the other d i d not raise, the choicest of this fruit or vegetable was taken to the o th er family. David worked in the Moapa Valley for some time, and alway s sen t boxes of lovely vegetables to his family in Holden long before th ey ha d them in their own garden. He was a very orderly man and cleaned h is too ls after each using. His haystacks and barnyards were always nea t and cle an.
He always had time to help children with their problems whether th e y were his children or the neighbors. He loved all of them and was kin d a nd considerate of them. He and Miranda were the parents of nine child ren:
Rose Marilla, born Sept. 5, 1880, died as an infant; Sarah Pearl, born D e c. 22, 1881; David Sinkler, born Nov. 27, 1883; Colier Giles, born Aug . 2 5, 1884. Zella Jane, born Oct. 22, 1889; Ormas Franklin, born Oct. 28 , 18 91; Emily Melissa, born June 24, 1895; Sylvia Manilla born Aug. 24 , 1898 ; Jesse Reese, born Jan. 30, 1904. David was a good friend t o the In dians, could speak their language and always fed them when the y were hung ry. They in turn brought him pine nuts, gloves and even a buc kskin jacket .
David died March 20, 1929 after a coughing attack, which cause d a r uptured blood vessel. He is buried beside his wife in the Holden Ce metery .
HISTORY OF DAVID TURNER JR.
By his daughter, Sylvia T. Jensen
David Turner was born 14 November 1853 in Millstown, Summer Set, N e w Jersey 20 minutes past 10 Monday night to Rose Collier and David Turn er .
His parents joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in t h e year 1849.
They became interested in the Church from the teachings of two Mor m on missionaries, Wilford Woodruff and John Taylor. They were living i n Ne w Jersey. His Father and Mother both worked in Father's Uncle Isaac' s Cot ton Mill. Nine of Father's brothers and sisters were born in New Je rsey.
In June of 1861 the family started as pioneers to the valley of t h e Great Salt Lake. They arrived in Utah 12th September 1861 with the Jo h n R. Murdock Company. After a few weeks in Salt Lake City, the family m ov ed to Fillmore, Utah, Millard County.
In 1863 Grandfather Turner was called to help settle the town of D e seret, Millard County. There Father's youngest brother, James Edward w a s born. The family lived in Deseret 5 years. When at Deseret, my Fathe r j ust a young lad in his small way, helped carry water and mix mud to b uil d the Old Fort at Deseret, which part of the walls still stand.
After five years the family moved to Holden, Utah in late 1868. Th e y lived here for a while then Grandfather was called to Washington, Was hi ngton County, Utah, by the President of the Church to run the Cotton M ill s there.
Grandfather took his family with him, my Father though young work e d along with this Father and Mother in the mills. He gained much experi en ce from this work, which helped him with making clothes for his famil y af ter he was married.
My Grandfather wove the material used in the upholstery of the S t . George Temple, and cloth for the suits for the men who just worked i n t he Temple. My Father was called to work on the St. George Temple wi th h is team and wagon, with Samuel Bennet Sr. during the years 1873-1874 . H e helped cut and haul the stones and some of the lumber to the Templ e gro unds.
On the 2nd of February 1879 he married Mary Maranda Giles, daught e r of Joseph Sinkler Giles and Sarah Huntsman Giles.
They met while mother was cooking at the Stage Stop and Father w a s taking care of the horses there.
Father and Mother lived in a log room 1 block West of the Highwa y w here Rawldo Turner's home now stand.
Wooden boxes were used for their chairs, cupboards and table.
Father made a three-legged bedstead, and wove horsehair into a ro p e and with Mother's help wove it on the bedstead for springs.
They lived here a few months, then in early fall moved to a larg e r home with two large rooms with a fireplace in one of the rooms. Thi s wa s a block South, and 1/2 block East.
Father was a farmer and stock raiser, had four good teams of horse s , 6 saddle horses, a lot of cattle, sheep, pigs, and chickens.
He sheared his sheep, corded the wool and spun it into material f o r cloth for his family. Father was a good and particular weaver. Everyt hi ng he did was done well.
With his cowhides, he would tan them and with help from his Indi a n friends would make leather for shoes, boots and harnesses. He repair e d shoes and harnesses for many families as well as his own.
Father always took care of his own meat, butchered it and cured i t . Nothing was wasted from the pigs. After the hams and shoulders were c u t and trimmed, he would put them out cure and smoke them and the side m ea t for bacon. After they were smoked, we would wrap them in clean whit e cl othes, then wrap several thicknesses of paper around them and stor e the m in the grain bins. With the scrapes left, he would add to the hea d of t he pigs and make headcheese and scrapple, which was very deliciou s to eat , cold or warm. He always used corncobs or oak wood to smoke hi s meat . He always made plenty of jerky from the bee f he kill ed-to use when he was on the range or on freighting trips.
Father always raised a large garden, plenty of potatoes for the wi n ter, which he would pit. Cabbage he would bury in a trench with the roo t s above the dirt. Corn and squash to dry. He would slice the squash i n in ch circles and peel them, them hang them on a line and dry in the sh ade o r in the extra room. This was enjoyed in the winter cooked as a veg etabl e or for pies and puddings. He would boil wheat and boil it for hou rs fo r our Sunday breakfast or special night meal.
Our lean-to roof in the fall was always full of apples, plums, a n d peaches, drying for the winter. The surplus was sacked and taken to D el ta and Deseret and sold to the families there.
We had thirteen Rhode Island apple trees on our one lot. So that m a de a lot of apples to dry and later years to bottle also. Father alway s p icked the apples, plums corn. Mother and us girls cut and put on th e roo f to dry.
He raised sugar cane, made his own molasses for years. Then sold h i s vat.
Each fall he would have 2000 pounds of flour in his flour bin, lar g e cans of Germade, corn meal, and cracked wheat for the winter's foo d . I still have one of his flour bins.
Father was a hard worker, a good provider, but did not have much c a sh, but had several pieces of alfalfa fields and 80 acres of dry land . Th ey were very happy and content.
He always did the churning at night for Mother after he was throu g h with his days work, once a week. Never was any buttermilk in the butt e r when he was through with it. Mother said to him one night, "David , I th ink you must talk to the cream in secret before you start churning ."
Father was a cattle drover for a few years, drove cattle to Kans a s City, Laramie, Wyoming with his friend Peter Stephenson. They were re a l friends. When either one of them raise something the other had not, t h e choicest was taken to the other family.
When Father was working in Moapa Valley, he would send boxes of ni c e vegetables before there were any at home. He would always say, "Sen d Sy lvia with some for Peter's family."
Father freighted from Holden to Pioche, Ely, Nevada, and Salt La k e City. Cheese was his main load. That made him away from home a lot i n h is early-married life.
He helped take care of the stock during the time of the United Ord e r. Also helped take care of the horses when the stagecoach was in pract ic e.
Father's horses were of the best stock. He enjoyed pulling the m i n matches on special occasions, also racing his horses.
His farm tools had to be cleaned and put away into their place aft e r each use. His haystacks, grain and straw stacks had to be put up a ce rt ain way so they would stand straight. The corrals had to be kept clea n fo r his cows. He always washed the bags of his milk cows, said he didn 't wa nt the milk he took to the house for his family use to taste like t he cor ral. Ben Kinney a neighbor told Father once, "David, why don't yo u use th e broom on your corral."
With all the work he had to take care of, yet he never was too bu s y to take Mother if she was called out to the sick.
Father was always the happiest when he had children around wheth e r they were his or the neighbors. Never too busy but what he would sho w t hem or help them do something useful and worthwhile. I never did se e hi m angry or cross to anyone. He was always humorous and willing to he lp ot hers in need.
Grandfather Giles said he believed David loved everyone around hi m . Even if Father raised a large garden with about everything in it, on c e a week we had one day of eating like the Pioneers did. We would hav e co rn meal mush for breakfast with molasses and milk, dinner would be p igwee ds or dandelion greens with salt pork. He would say "Mary Maranda m ake pl enty of milk gravy for the children and boiled dough with plums o r pie pl ant," as it was called in those days (which is rhubarb now) wit h molasse s for dessert, and for supper a large bowl of lumpy Dick with m ilk and ch eese. When we were young this tasted pretty good for a change.
Father said he could remember when he and his family came to Uta h . They ate a lot of Sego roots with gravy and were glad to get them. H e c ould remember his mother making a dish called Tea Broth, made with br ea d put in a bowl, added butter, salt, pepper and then poured boiling wa te r over it. Said it tasted all right if a person was hungry. His mothe r sa id the English people made it a lot.
Father was always a good friend of the Indians, would let them ha v e hay and grain and flour for their horses and family. He could talk th ei r language and always gave them something to eat if they were hungry . Th e Indians would bring him pine nuts, gloves and once a year a nice b ucksk in jacket. "Humchup", the Indian said, "One good turn deserves anot her. " He was always pleased when Father was home to visit with them, bec aus e Father could speak their language.
Father passed away at his home in Holden, Utah, 30 March 1929, aft e r an attack of asthma coughing rupturing a blood vessel and bled to dea t h before Dr. Evans could get to him.
He was the Father of nine sons and daughters, leaving his wife a n d eight children, 33 grandchildren, 20 great grand children .
HISTORY OF DAVID TURNER JR.
David Turner Jr. was born November 14, 1853 in Milltown, Somerse t C o., New Jersey. A son of David Turner Sr. and Rose Collier.
The family lived in New Jersey for several years after coming fr o m England.
Both his Father and Mother worked in the cotton mills for several year s i n New Jersey. The mills were owned by an Uncle Isaac Moosehouse.
David's Father and Mother joined the church in the year 1849. Wilf o rd Woodruff and John Taylor were the missionaries that were responsibl e f or them joining. They were staunch members and faithful to the princi pal s of the gospel.
In June 1861, they started as Pioneers to the valley's of Great Sa l t Lake. They arrived in Utah, September 12, 1861, with John R. Murdock ' s Company. After a few days they were called to got to Fillmore, Utah . Th ey stayed in Fillmore until 1863, and then David Turner Sr. was call ed t o help settle Deseret, Millard Co. They lived in Deseret for 5 year s the n they moved to Holden, Utah.
While at Deseret, David at the age of 11-12 helped carry water and str a w for the masons that built the Old Fort. He worked right along with h i s Father.
After living in Holden for some years, David's Father was calle d t o Washington, Utah to run the Cotton Mills there by the President o f th e Church. So the family moved there in the year 1875. David Jr. work ed ri ght along with his Father he helped his Father weave the material f or th e upholstery for the St. George Temple. Also helped make the clot h that w as used for the first Saints that was used in the St. George Tem ple.
David Jr. came back to Holden and Deseret after his Father passed awa y i n Washington, Utah the year of 1887.
David Jr. married Mary Maranda Giles of Fillmore in the year 187 9 . They settled in Holden and helped build that town. David Jr. was call e d to St. George, Utah to work on the Temple during 1874-1875. His wor k wa s hauling the stones that were used and cutting them.
He also freighted from Holden to Pioche, Nevada to Ely, Nevada, a n d to Salt Lake City, Utah in his early married life. David did a lot o f c ording and weaving to get cloth to make clothes for his family and ma ny o ther families who needed help. He was always willing to help anyon e in ne ed.
David died March 30, 1929 at Holden, Utah .
MARY MARANDA GILES TURNER BY SYLVIA JENSEN, DAUGHTER
Mary Maranda Giles Turner was born January 16, 1862 in Fillmore, Uta h t o Sarah Huntsman and Joseph Sinkler Giles. She married David Turner , Febr uary 2, 1879 at Holden, Utah but later their marriage was solemniz ed in t he Manti Temple.
The Turner's lived on West Center St. in Holden, in a one-room log cabi n , with wooden boxed for chairs, table and cupboard. Miranda put shelve s i n the boxes she used for cupboards. The bed was a three-legged one ma de b y David and twisted horsehair made into rope held the bedding. (Th e two o f them sort of wove it into a base for the bedding.)
The fireplace served both for heat and for cooking. Brass kettles and ir o ns and Dutch ovens were their only cooking utinsels. If the weather per mi tted, they cooked out of doors on a bank of coals. They had very few d ish es, but were happy with what they had.
David made special Lamb Stew when they cooked outside and this was a ve r y favorite meal for the children. Maranda was a midwife and nurse who w a s called constantly to care for the sick, and was gone from the hom e a gr eat deal, which left David at home to be both cook and father to t he larg e family.
For lights, they burned rags dipped in tallow or if they had them they u s ed candles, which didn't fill the air with so much smoke as did the bur ni ng rags. They moved into a two room house and while David was away o n a f reighting trip. Maranda built a lean-to for a kitchen, with the hel p of M r. Cherington a special friend of David's. She had dried a large a mount o f fruit and sold it. With the money she purchases a four-holed st ove wit h an oven. David had brought her a roll of cotton material from w hich sh e was to make her some dresses but she took the material and line d the le an-to. She was so pleased with her new addition that she could s carcely w ait for her husband to get home from a freighting trip to sho w him her be autiful kitchen.
Miranda gathered wool from the fences and sage brush where the sheep fe d , and had it wall washed and ready for David to weave into cloth from w hi ch she could make the children's clothes. David had learned the weaver ' s trade from his father, as David Turner Sr. was one of the outstandin g w eavers' in St. George and other places.
Maranda's father Joseph Sinkler Giles was a surgeon in Johnston's Army , a nd for many years, gave his services to the pioneers in East Millar d Coun ty. Miranda went with her father and was taught by him how to car e for th e sick. She dried wild sage, catnip, horehound, peppermint and m any othe r herbs for use in teas and poultices for the sick. In April 188 0 David a nd Maranda began building two more rooms on their home. They ju st finishe d them when in September when Maranda gave birth to a daughter , Rose Mari lla.
In April of 1881, Maranda's mother, Sarah Huntsman Giles, passed away wh i le giving birth to her thirteenth child. The child was buried with th e mo ther. Maranada, being the oldest girl took the four youngest brother s an d sisters to care for until they were old enough to be left with th e olde r brothers and sisters. In August of 1884 when Maranda had her fou rth chi ld, she became an invalid. The next April the ward had a fast mee ting fo r all of the sick. Maranda asked to be rebaptized. This was done , by Elde r John Kinney who gave her a blessing. Her sister, Alemeda wa s living wit h the Turners. She wrapped her in warm blankets kept warm wi th hot bricks , and fed her hot liquids. Maranda soon recovered her healt h and was abl e to wait on the sick again. She was health officer for Hol den for 25 yea rs. In 1943 she visited her daughter Zella in California , where she ha d a bus accident, which injured her leg. The leg bothere d her some but sh e did not complain.
In April 1947 she was taken to the St. Marks Hospital where they discove r ed that gangrene had set in and gone through most of her body. They le f t her in the hospital until June 3. She asked to be taken home to die . Th ey left her in the Hospital until June 3, 1947, then moved her by Am bulan ce to her home in Holden. She passed away June 8, 1947 and is burie d besi de her husband in the Holden Cemetery.
children of David and Maranda Turner: Rose Marilla born September 5, 188 0 ; Sarah Pearl, born Dec. 22, 1881; David Sinkler, born Nov. 27, 1883; C ol ier Giles, born Aug. 25, 1884; Zella Jane, born Oct. 22, 1889; Ormus F ran klin, born Oct. 28, 1891; Emily Melissa, born June 24, 1895; Sylvia M anil la, born August 24, 1898; Jesse Reese, born January 30, 1904.
SKETCH OF MARY MARANDA GILES TURNER
by her daughter, Sylvia T. Jensen
Mary Maranda Giles was born 16 January 1862 in Fillmore, Utah, to Sara h H untsman and Joseph Sinkler Giles. She married David Turner 2 Februar y 187 4 at Holden, Utah, later solemnized the Manti Temple.
They lived in a log room on West Center Street where Raveldo Turner's ho m e now stands. They had no furniture. They used wooden boxed for chair s an d tables. They nailed four together to make a table. Mother put som e shel ves in a few of the boxes to use for her cupboards.
Their bed was a three legged one that Father had made. He twisted a sma l l rope from horsehair. With Mother's help, they wove it across this bed st ead for the springs. They made a straw tick and feather tick as they w er e called it those days. These made a comfortable bed with the quilts m oth er had made.
A fireplace was in the south end of the large room, which they used fo r h eat and for their cooking. Brass kettles were used to cook in, also t o co ok hominy and to make soap in. They later got two Dutch ovens and us ed fo r baking bread. These became very special utensils. Father would ma ke a s pecial bed of coals outside to cook meat and special things to eat , if th e weather would permit. If not, he banked the coals in the firepl ace. W e children would have Father make a lamb stew once in a while in t hese Du tch ovens. We thought they were special.
They didn't have many dishes at that time, but they were very happy wi t h what they did have, and it was their own.
For them, lights at first were braided rags and wound them in a little c i rcle on a plate and put mutton tallow on them. Later they made their o w n candles, which didn't put out as much smoke as when burning the rags.
They lived at this place for one year, then moved to a place one block s o uth and 1/2 block east from where they were living. This was two larg e ro oms with a fireplace in the west side of the front room.
The next year while my Father was away on a freighting trip, my Mother b u ilt her a lean to kitchen on the North side of the two rooms with the h el p of Father's best friend, Mr. Cherington. After it was complete, Moth e r lined it with heavy paper and figured calico material, which Father h a d bought her on one of his freighting trips. Instead of using it for dr es ses or curtains he thought it would do to line this large room. She wa s s o pleased with this room when completed.
Mother had dried a lot of fruit and corn for a Mr. Connors at Connors Pa s s on the way to Ely, Nevada. With the money she received form this, wh e n her Father, Joseph Sinkler Giles went into Salt Lake, Mother went wi t h him and bought her a cook stove from Dinwoodys' Furniture Store. Th e st ove had an oven, 4 lids on top and a nice back with one shelf on th e top . She was so pleased with her new kitchen and new stove she was anx ious f or my Father to come home and to show them to him.
When Father came home he was surprised and very pleased. He told Mothe r i t didn't look like she had been idle while he was away from home thos e fe w months.
Mother had gleaned a lot of wool from the fences and bushes where the sh e ep had been. She had it all washed and ready for Father to cord and wea v e into material to make clothing for their family. Father was a very go o d weaver, had had a lot of experience helping his Father do weaving i n Ho lden, Deseret, and St. George, Utah.
The next year my Father and Mother built two rooms on this house, just g o t them finished when Mother gave birth to her daughter, Rose Marilla i n S eptember.
In April of 1881, my Grandmother Giles passed away in childbirth with h e r 13th child. It was buried with her. Mother, being the oldest girl i n th e family, took four of her small brothers and sisters to care for th em un til they were old enough to do for themselves along with her own fa mily.
Before my Mother was married she went with her Father, Joseph Sinkler Gi l es, who was a surgeon in Johnston's Army. He was the only doctor fo r a lo ng time in Holden and Fillmore. Mother had a lot of experience wit h him t aking care of the sick. When Mother was 13 years of age, she wen t with he r father to set a broken leg for a Mr. Gull. She was holding th e lamps fo r him, but she kept leaning it until he said, "Mary Maranda ho ld that lam p straight and steady and quit closing your eyes. That's no w ay to becom e a nurse."
Mother was a nurse and midwife for many years. She was called to Oak Cit y , Hinkley, Deseret and Fillmore to take care of the sick. She brought m an y babies into the world, treated blood poisoning cases, pneumonia an d bro ken limbs. She saved Phil Poluson's life by bathing him in wild sag e te a and giving him different herbs internally for dropsy.
Mother would gather catnip leaves, horehound, wild sage, tame sage, an d m any other kinds of herbs; dry them put each in separate sacks and han g th em in the granary until she needed them to take where people were si ck. S he always took a bag of these to leave at the home, whatever sickne ss the y had.
My Father would take her out to the homes in the white top buggy or on t h e old white mare, if the snow was bad. She said old Whitey always got h e r to the homes she was called to no matter what kind of weather. She al wa ys took some hot gruel or soup, molasses cookies, pudding, or a jell y lay ered cake, hot salt rising bread, made tame sage tea or Mormon te a to giv e them whatever sickness was in the family. She didn't get pai d very muc h money for all these trips, mostly in materials and flour o r whatever th ey had. Some just said thank you.
The first baby mother delivered was Benjamin Wood of Holden. The secon d o ne was her half sister Laura Giles Brough. Fannie Johnson, a midwife , wa s too late to help deliver Laura. Mother had done nursing form the t ime s he was 12 years old. She helped her Father with the sick until sh e was ma rried. Then she did nursing from then until one year before he r death. I n August of 1884, when Mother's fourth child was born, she go t real sick , was an invalid for four months.
The next April when the Ward held a special fast meeting for the sic k i n the Ward, on the first Thursday of the month. Father wrapped Mothe r i n blanket and took her to the meetinghouse in the wagon so she coul d li e down.
She asked the Bishop if it was possible for them to baptize her. After t h e meeting they took her up to Sidney Teeple's pond East of Holden by t h e foothills. Elder John Kinney baptized her and gave her a wonderful bl es sing.
Father and her sister Almeda who was living at our home took Mother ho m e and kept warm blankets and bricks on her for a couple of days, and ga v e her hot liquids. She soon recovered from this illness, and was very g ra teful to have her health back once more. She thanked the Lord for th e won derful blessings that had come to her through his help and throug h the Pr iesthood. After that sickness she didn't know what a sick day wa s only wh en having her babies, until she was in a bus accident in 1943 w hile visit ing her daughter Zella in California.
Mother continued with her nursing and helping with the sick wherever s h e was needed.
She was Health officer in Holden for 25 years, sick committee, Relief So c iety Visiting Teacher 65 years, Sunday school teacher 25 years.
In March of 1902, Mother and Father went to work on Johnson's ranch ou t b y Ely, Nevada for the summer months. Mother was given the authority t o ho ld Sunday school on the ranch for the few families there by Willia m Ashb y of Holden, who was superintendent of the Holden Sunday School a t that t ime. Some Indians and Cowboys attended also. After Mother and Fa ther lef t to go home their son, Sinkler, was appointed to continue unti l he lef t in the spring.
Mother was Work Director in Relief Society for many years. She made ma n y quilts for herself and family. She made a lot and sold them even fo r pe ople in Ohio and Michigan. She was a great crocheter, making rugs, k nitti ng socks and sweaters for her family. She said once she would lik e to hav e a dollar for every quilt or pair of socks she had made durin g her lifet ime.
I remember as a child the ice cream Mother and Father taught us to mak e w ith snow and milk, a little sugar and some flavoring. It had to be ea te n immediately. Also a drink was made using a little vinegar and suga r i n water to make a tart flavor, then adding a little soda or cream o f tart ar to make it fizz. Before they could always buy vinegar, Father m ade som e from the pea pods, which was boiled and the juice sour. It wa s a fair s ubstitute mother said.
Also the new salt raising bread made every other day. For a change Moth e r would spread fresh pork grease on it, a little salt and a dash of vin eg ar. It tasted nice for a change.
We all enjoyed the fresh clabber milk, with the cream on top with a litt l e sugar and spices sprinkled on top of it. The milk was put in crocks j ar s or large heavy pans in the cellar cupboard. It was soon clabber. Thi s w as served in large mush bowls for our supper with dried fruit stewed.
Father always had plenty of milk and cream for the family. He had choi c e milk cows for this purpose.
We also enjoyed the Lumpy Dick Mother made for our supper for somethin g d ifferent along with some dried fruit and homemade cheese, which the y mad e with the extra milk. Lumpy Dick was made by taking milk or wate r what w as needed bring to a boil and slowly added white flour until i t was thic k and lumpy as you desired, a piece of salt pork added to it . Served wit h honey or sugar. This had to be lumpy or it wasn't Lumpy Di ck.
In the first of April 1947, we took her into St. Marks Hospital. Gangre n e had gone all over her body. After she had been in the Hospital two mo nt hs five days before, she passed away. Joe, my husband, came to the Hos pit al to see how she was; the Dr. said she was just hanging on, for wha t h e did not know.
Joe told him he had promised my mother to see that she got home if she e v er got so sick she would pass away.
So we had Roy Olpin come and bring her home. She rallied a few hours aft e r she got in her own bedroom. She asked for Joe, he went to her side a n d she thanked him for keeping his promise to her in her weak voice. Th a t was on the 3rd of June. She passed away on the 8th of June at 10:00 a m , 1947. She was 85 years old. Her husband, David, and two children ha d pr eceded her in death. She had been a widow for eighteen years.
Seven children, 36 grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren survived her.
children
ALL children BORN IN HOLDEN, UTAH
Rose Marilla 5 Sept. 1880
Sarah Pearl Dec. 22, 1881
David Sinkler Nov. 27, 1883
Collier Giles Aug. 25, 1884
Zella Jane Oct. 22, 1889
Ormus Franklin Oct. 28, 1891
Emily Melissa June 24, 1895
Silvia Manilla Aug. 24, 1898
Jesse Reese Jan. 30, 1904
A SHORT SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF MARY MARANDA GILES TURNER
June 24, 1942
I was born of goodly parents in the year of 1862, in Fillmore City, Ut a h Territory. Fillmore being the Capitol of Utah. We lived in Fillmor e a f ew years. My parents were Joseph Sinkler Giles and Sarah Huntsman G iles . We moved to Deseret in the year 1865 and stayed there until the da m wen t out and everything failed. We endure many hardships. We then cam e to Ce dar Springs, which later was called Holden.
We moved into the Fort and stayed there for one fall and winter. The fol l owing spring we moved out into Pioneer Creek. At one time we lived whe r e John Hunter's land is on the Southwest corner, in a dugout. It wa s a ho le in the ground with a dirt roof, dirt floor and steps dug out o f dirt . Our Father had goats, which he milked.
We children would go out in the sagebrush and dig Segos, bring them to M o ther, and she would cook them and make milk gravy over them. They wer e de licious.
While we were living in a dugout, Father and Mother took a little bo y t o raise, whose mother had died with measles. The boy's father's nam e wa s Thomas Stephenson and the boy's name was Anthony Stephenson. Thi s boy t ook care of us children and later became our Bishop.
We moved back to Fillmore, up by the flourmill, in a small log house. Th i s house was facing the South with one small window in the North, and t h e fireplace in the West. Mother baked in a Dutch oven. The fireplace h a d a hook in the back to boil water for food. The house had a dirt roo f an d floor, a pile of straw to sleep on, very little bedding and no cha irs . We stayed here a short time then moved back to Cedar Springs, wher e w e built a two-room adobe house where Orvin Stevens now lives. The mai n ro ad went by our house. We lived there many years. Father took up lan d on t he South where Samuel Bennett and Kate Memmott now live. Father ra ised gr ain and vegetables. Mother would take us in the field to glean--p ick up s traw, take it home, put it on canvas, and with a large club thre sh the gr ain out. We used the grain for bread or boiled it to eat with c ream. We h ad no sugar. The straw was used for braiding hats. Father rais ed sugar ca ne and made lovely molasses, also preserves from peaches an d tomatoes. Th ey were stored in twenty and forty gallon barrels. When sh eep went throug h, mother made a bag to tie around our waist. We would fo llow the sheep t hrough brush and pick the wool, which clung to the brush . Mother would ca rd and spin the wool into yarn, take the yarn to my Gra ndmother and the y would weave it into cloth for our dresses. She also ta ught us to knit o ur stockings.
Father was a wonderful man; he could do most any kind of work. He was t h e only doctor we had in Millard County for many years. He worked in th e C ourt House for many years until his death. He was admitted to the Ba r o f this State and was an honored member of that association to the dat e o f his death. He was also a wonderful shoemaker. He taught me how to s ol e my shoes, and how to make wooden pegs. We would take a piece of har d wo od, cut it in a triangular shape, then use small pegs. We had no tac ks . I had to make my shoes or go to the dance barefoot.
I was called to join the Relief Society when I was eleven years old. W e g irls, in those days, could card rolls and make wool bats, and sew car pe t rags to make carpets. When I was fourteen, the President of the Reli e f Society called me to go nurse a sick baby who had measles. His name w a s Alma Poulson. His father died with them. He lives and has a lovely fa mi ly. I have been waiting on the sick most of my time since then. My mot he r owned the first sewing machine, also the first organ in Holden. I pl aye d for dances with Walter Stringham, who played the violin. I played f or m y own wedding dance. I was a great horseback rider and broke many wi ld ho rses. I was a great dancer and sang in the choir for many years.
My first school was in Holden. We never had a lead pencil or notebook . W e did all our writing on slates, and for light used a tallow candl e o r a braided rag put in a plate of grease.
When sixteen years old, I taught the Primary class for William Brown . I n the year 1879, I was seventeen, and was married to David Turner. H e ha d walked across the plains.
I am eighty years old and I still love to dance, walk and work .
May the stars and stripes wave forever in this beautiful land of the fr e e and the home of the brave.
MARY MIRANDA TURNER JUNE 1947
NEWSPAPER OBITUARY
Mrs. Mary Miranda Turner, 85, died at her home in Holden late Sund a y, following a five-year illness from injuries suffered in a Californi a t raffic accident.
Mrs. Turner, it was reported, caught her foot on a bus while in Ca l ifornia five years ago and was dragged for some distance before the bu s c ould be stopped. She had never recovered from the effects of the mish ap.
Mrs. Turner was the widow of the late David Turner. She was bor n i n Fillmore Jan. 16, 1862, a daughter of Joseph S. and Sarah Huntsma n Gile s. She had resided in Holden throughout her life, was a practica l nurse , and for many years was local health officer. She was an activ e member o f the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Reli ef Society.
Surviving are the following sons and daughters: Mrs. Pearl Wilso n , Blackfoot, Idaho; C.G. Turner, Reno, Nevada; Mrs. Zella Kime, Inglewo od , Cal: Ormus Turner, Wells, Nevada; Mrs. Emily Johnson, Holden; Mrs. S ylv ia Jensen, Fillmore; Reese Turner, Carson City, Nev.; brothers and si ster s: Freeman Giles, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Jennie Sprague, Monroe, Sevie r Cou nty; Mrs. Meda Nelson, Logan; Jessie Giles, Ogden; Mrs. Emily McKee , Hold en; Mrs. Lena Southern, Grover A. Giles, Utah State Attorney Gener al bot h of Salt Lake City; Mrs. Lou Frampton, Fillmore; Mrs. Florence Br ough, S an Diego, Cal.; 36 grandchildren and 38 great grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Holden LD S w ard chapel by Bishop James W. Stephenson.
Burial was in the Holden cemetery under direction of the Olpin Mortuary.
Biography obtained from the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, Fillmore, Ut a h, Territorial Statehouse Museum. | Turner, David (I191)
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DAVID WOOLLEY BECKSTEAD
(1932-2018)
David Woolley Beckstead was the fourth of five children born to Lloyd Ne e ley Beckstead and Adrienne Woolley. He was born May 6, 1932 on the fami l y farm just south of Preston, Idaho. He had an older sister, Shirley; t w o older brothers, Lloyd Jr. and Spencer; and a younger brother, Tony .
His parents were solid members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-d a y Saints. They lived in hard times. Hard work was the name of the gam e i n building up the family farm during the depression. There were lot s of c hores to do. One of the main crops at that time was sugar beets. D avid le arned to hoe fields of sugar beets by hand, a very difficult task . His da d tried to get the latest improvements in farm machinery as the y were mad e available.
In his young years, rats were a very bad problem. They were very prolifi c . Lloyd paid his son, David, a nickel for each rat he trapped. It beca m e quite a project for David to rid the farm of the pestilence. Here a r e a few quotes from letters that David wrote about his youth himself:
“My letter tonight will be directed to grandchildren about the size of P r eston and Johnny (9 years). I am going to tell you about one of the exc it ing times I had as a boy with their great grandfather, Lloyd N. Beckst ead .
“On a fall day in November when I was 8 or 9 years old, Grandpa Lloyd de c ided to go up the canyon to get a hay derrick to use for putting up ha y t he next summer. A derrick required about four small pine trees and on e es pecially long red pine tree for the top pole which swings over the h ay st ack with the fork full of hay.
“We harnessed old Duke (a blue pigeon-toed horse) and Dick (a brown ol d h orse) and hooked them on the wagon which had the hay tack taken off t he d ay before. Our destination was a sawmill up Franklin Basin about 2 0 mile s up Cub River Canyon. We had some old quilts and our food that gr andma A drienne put in a big box which we sat on. Our supplies were to la st us ov ernight until we would get home the next day.
“The weather that day was cloudy, and at that time of the year most anyt h ing can happen. We had lots of clothes on so we would stay warm. The ov er cast sky seemed to be especially thick as we looked up towards the hil ls .
“Old Duke and Dick jogged along on a trot and in about an hour and a ha l f we were down the Power House hill where Longs live. By the time we pa ss ed Community Camp ground, it was raining a fine drizzle. Grandpa too k a b lanket out of the big wooden box and put it over our heads so we wo uldn’ t get soaked. The next stop was at Willow Flat. The fall leaves ha d falle n and the road was muddy. A combination of leaves and mud made th e wheel s gum up and the horses could hardly pull the wagon. At Willow Fl at we we re three fourths of the way to the sawmill, and we cleaned the w heels of f so we could keep going up Hillyard Canyon. It was about four o ’clock i n the afternoon and it would be dark by 5:30 p.m., and we had fi ve mile s to go up this steep winding canyon. By now we were very wet an d cold; s o when two deer jumped across the road, the horses hardly notic ed it. W e just watched them bound through the cold looking aspen trees . Where th e road was especially steep, grandpa would slap old Duke wit h the lines s o he would walk a little faster.
“We finally reached the top of Hillyard and were at the north end of t h e basin. It was about a mile to the sawmill and darkness was setting i n o n some wet, cold, weary travelers. A light from the old bunkhouse soo n ap peared through the trees and our spirits were really cheered.
“Grandpa took me to the little bunkhouse where the sawmill man had a ni c e big warm fire and told us we could stay there all night. It sure fel t g ood in that little one room building, and I got warm while grandpa un harn essed the tired horses. After supper, which I remember was a quart o f pea ches and homemade butter and bread, we were glad to bed down on a n ice wa rm floor.
“That night we were warmed up good, but by morning the wood fire burne d o ut and it got quite cold. When we looked out in the morning there wa s abo ut two to three inches of snow and the sky was clear.
“We hooked up the team and drove the wagon over to the mill yard where t h e sawmill man helped load the logs up a ramp, with his team, onto our w ag on. After the logs were chained on we said goodbye and headed out of t h e basin. We put the brakes on the wagon as we headed back down Hillyar d a nd the horses seemed happy to move along at a brisk pace down the roa d. T he day was beautiful and we had a fun time eating some of grandma’ s hone y candy we had saved for the trip home. (Such a trip now would onl y tak e a couple of hours.)
“Maybe next summer I will take you on that trip with my new shire tea m . I know Preston can tell us the difference between Shires, Clydes, Bel gi ans, and Percherons.”
“Now I will tell you about my first horse. This story goes back to the y e ar we built our house in 1939. I had this old brown skinny horse sever a l years before this time. She first belonged to my father’s brother, Un cl e Oral. When Uncle Oral came home from his South African mission wit h a n Aristocratic young English bride by the name of Norah, my grandfath er A masa practically disinherited him. Uncle Oral owned this old horse , and h e loved her very much. At this time he left the farm and went t o New Yor k to work on a dairy. He left the old mare named Fox for me t o care for.
“When I was five I learned to get on her when she would put her head do w n to eat. Then I would jump on her neck and wait for her to raise her h ea d and then slide back on her skinny back.
“Getting back to the year 1939 which I remember because we were buildi n g the house and my job was to herd the cows on the Bamburger Railroad r ig ht-of-way. The trains came on schedule at 7 a.m., 1 p.m., and 6:30 p.m . T hese were the regular, fast passenger schedules which traveled at abo ut 2 5 miles per hour enroute to Logan. There were also a couple of slo w freig ht schedules.
“This job of herding cows took place between schedules, and it kept me p r etty busy keeping the cows off at the time the electric, one-passenge r un it came up or down the track. You could look down the track approxim atel y ten miles and see the sparks above the car when it was coming.
“Sometimes my cows would get out and be along the railroad at the time t h e train came rattling up or down the track. It would have to slow dow n t o avoid hitting them and this made the old conductor pretty mad. It u se d to really scare me when I was hurrying to get the cows off, and I wo ul d look up and it was too late to be off in time. Then old Mr. Fryar, w h o was the conductor, would stop the train and tell me he was going to c ho p off my ears if those cows got in his way anymore. This used to reall y f righten me, and I was glad when our pasture at home got good enough t o fu rnish feed for our few cows by the first of June. Then the cow herdi ng go t better until next spring rolled around. At this time, I vowed t o mysel f that I would buy enough pasture so that Old Fox and I wouldn’ t have t o herd cows anymore. Fox was my favorite skinny brown horse.”
As you can see, David was a great story teller. He had a story about eve r yone, and he knew just about everyone in the county.
David was a bright boy and skipped a grade in school making him a year y o unger than everyone else who graduated from high school. He went to th e U niversity of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. He married Pauline Westerberg wh o al so went to college in Moscow. He knew her in high school in Preston . Fo r their honeymoon, they took a drive to the Utah National Parks—Bryc e, Zi ons, etc. David went through Veterinarian school at the Universit y of Was hington, and then worked as a vet in Malad, Idaho for a year o r two befor e moving into his parent’s home (1498 S 800 E) to farm. He bo ught some la nd from his father and worked hard. As the uncles got older , David bough t their land. Over time he accumulated all the land along B eckstead Lan e that belonged to his ancestors, the pastures, he vowed h e would try t o get for his cattle and much more. He eventually had abou t 6,000 acres a nd 300 cattle.
David and Pauline had eight children, four boys and four girls—Kristy, K a thy, David (Brad), Kaye (Pud), Jed, Shirley, John, and Alan (Fred). Th e y taught their kids how to work hard and that stayed with them througho u t their lives making them very prosperous, industrious people. Paulin e ma tched her husband as a hard worker and was an incredibly giving an d sacri ficing person. She had a bright, cheery, talkative personality an d she su pported David in all his farming efforts.
David had constant goals for improvements to the ranch. He obtained th e l atest farm machinery, increased his sprinkler wheel lines, improved h is i rrigation, put in steel gates, nicer fences, etc. It was a family af fair . A love of the farm stayed with his kids. Some of his grandchildre n work ed on the farm in the summers (Kathy and Brad’s sons). Their paren ts kne w the value it would be to them.
David encouraged and helped pay for his children to go to college. Sev e n of his children had bachelor degrees. David B. became a family docto r i n Preston and Jed received an MBA. David and Pauline encouraged growi ng e xperiences; for instance, David B. went to Europe with the BYU Ballr oom D ance Team; they sent Pud on a BYU tour of Europe; they helped Fre d go t o Jerusalem with a study group. They wanted their kids to broade n their h orizons. All there children also took piano lessons.
However, for himself, David never wanted to leave the farm. It was foo d a nd drink to him. Hard work was his entertainment. He did go to othe r stat es to see his children graduate from college and get graduate degr ees, o r see his posterity marry. He also went to California to visit Kat hy. Bu t his favorite place was the farm. He was very proud to be the fou rth gen eration living on his road, Beckstead Lane, 800 East, Preston, Id aho.
David had many, many friends. He would help them dehorn cattle or tend e d to their sick cattle. His friends in turn helped him when he needed i t . He enjoyed stopping to visit his pals as he went about his everyday w or k.
As the kids grew up and moved away, he had a lot more work without all t h e help. For years he hired two or three Mexicans to come for six month s o ut of the year to help him farm—Robbie, Pedro, and Juan .
David told of a special spiritual experience that happened to him when h i s son, Fred (Alan), was in a coma in Ogden hospital after a severe ca r ac cident. On a trip through Sardine Canyon to visit Fred at the hospit al, D avid saw an angel surrounded by light, standing in the air near th e top o f a hill. The angel spoke words of comfort to David explaining th at Fre d would recover. And Fred did get well, went on a mission, and wa s seale d in the temple to a lovely girl. Every time David drove throug h that sam e canyon, he recalled the incident.
David had a strong testimony of the gospel, and a firm devotion to his a n cestors that crossed the plains as pioneers and settled the land tha t h e loved so much. He and Pauline established a strong family who did m uc h to help build up the kingdom of God in the latter days. David and Pa uli ne gave future generations an invaluable foundation.
By Alexis Champneys Beckstead, David's daughter-in-law. | Beckstead, David Woolley (I50517)
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Death Cert. No.02625 | Preston, Amelia Florence (I100656)
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Death Cert. No.11228 | Heap, Arthur Joseph (I100640)
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Death Cert. No.12602
PROMOTED TO GLORY - SISTER MRS. DELL, - FOOTSCRAY, VIC. - The Corps an d d istrict of Footscray recently suffered loss in the promotion to Glor y o f Sister Mrs. Envoy Dell. This comrade was loved by all, and her lif e wa s filled with holy service for God and The Army. After a long and pa tient ly borne sickness, God took her to be with Himself. Funeral service s wer e conducted by the Corps Officers. At the grave-side after prayer b y Capt ain H. Preston, sister Mrs. Palmer, of Moreland, spoke feelingly . Brothe r Carnell, in speaking for the family, referred to her strong Ch ristian I nfluence. On Christmas Sunday the memorial service was conducte d. This wa s largely attended, and sincere tributes were paid to the memo ry of a tru e Soldier. Sister Mrs. Young spoke on behalf of the Songste r Brigade, an d Mr. T. McGraw sang a requested solo. On behalf of the Hom e League, Mrs . Adjutant Parkinson also paid tribute, and Young People' s Sergeant-Majo r A. Fanner preceded his words by singing a favorite son g of the departe d warrior. The address was given by the Corps Officer, a nd during the Pra yer-meeting which followed six persons sought salvation . | Chapman, Louisa Burnett Harriet (I77720)
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Death Cert. No.2248 | Preston, Gwendoline Francis Muriel (I100676)
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Death Notice: Monday 24 July 1978
A fifty year old Utah man was killed and his wife critical injured i n a s ingle vehicle accident north of Preston early today. John T Knighto n, Wes t Point, was dead at the scene and his wife Yvonne Knighton, 48 i n critic al condition when the late model Volkswagen driven by their son , Eldo n R Knighton, believed to be in his late teens or early 20's, stru ck th e Bear River Bridge abutment in US Highway 91.
Investigating officer Travis Mitchell, Franklin County deputy, said th e a ccident occurred at 5:40am when the younger Knighton fell asleep at t he w heel. He was reported in fair condition at the Franklin County Hospi tal.
The fatality is the second on Franklin County Highways this year. | Knighton, John Thomas (I163833)
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Death of a Great Missionary.
31 Aug 2004
Dale Patrick Garlick
Friday, August 27, 2004
A funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28, 2004, in the Portland Sta k e Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for Dale Pa tr ick Garlick, who died Aug. 24 of cancer at age 23.
Mr. Garlick was born Feb. 17, 1981, in Medford, and moved to Portlan d i n 1991. He graduated from David Douglas High School in 1999, and wa s an E agle Scout with Troop 719.
Survivors include his parents, Don and Barbara; brothers, Michael S., Ph i llip D. and Samuel R.; and sister, Tanya M.
Arrangements by Family Memorial.
Below is some more information on our brother that has been called home.
Life marked by challenges, defined by grit Dale Garlick faced canc e r a s h e had every other obstacle, with determination and the belief t ha t he would prevail Tuesday, September 07, 2004
JOAN HARVEY
Dale Garlick was a fighter. Everything he achieved he had to fight for , a nd he achieved much in his short life.
Despite a learning disability, he graduated from high school and becam e a n Eagle Scout. He had good, close friends, brothers and a sister wh o ador ed him, and he was becoming a leader in his church.
Dale was never diagnosed with dyslexia, but the pictures he drew as a ch i ld were backward and he had a difficult time learning to read.
Dale was born in Medford. The family fell on hard times after companie s h is father, Don, worked for closed.
Don and Barbara, Dale's mother, worked at a series of jobs to scrape tog e ther money to raise five children. The five are disparate in learning a bi lities, from talented and gifted to different disabilities. The famil y mo ved back to Portland hoping to find a better job market.
When Dale entered Mill Park Elementary School, he was put into a speci a l classroom. He struggled fiercely and with Barbara's help managed to w or k himself into the mainstream program, although it was a greater strug gle .
Along the way, he developed an interest and talent for computers.
When Dale was about 7, his older brother, Mike, 14, started working fo r h is Eagle award. Dale became Mike's shadow, trying in any way he coul d t o help. He decided to be an Eagle Scout, too.
Dale joined Troop 719 in the family's Cherry Park Ward of the Latter-d a y Saint church.
He worked hard on his merit badges. The first ones, for swimming, campin g , forestry, canoeing and bicycling, fit directly into his passion f o r t h e outdoors; later ones, were more difficult for Dale. But by she e r determination and cussed hard work, he earned badges for personal man ag ement, citizenship and family life.
For his Eagle project, Dale developed a computer program for his churc h t o help people find jobs on the Internet.
Dale went before the grueling review board in March 1999 and passed wi t h flying colors. On June 9 that year he graduated from David Douglas Hi g h School and on June 26 he was awarded his Eagle badge.
After high school, Dale worked for the Circuit City warehouse. It wa s a j ob he loved; it was active and didn't require more reading than h e felt c omfortable with.
In November of 2001, Dale left for Knoxville, Tenn., to fulfill his chur c h mission. Besides proselytizing, Dale did a lot of service work, clean in g yards, chopping wood, roofing houses, helping people get to medica l app ointments.
He was cut off from his family; no e-mails are allowed and telephone cal l s are permitted only on Christmas and Mother's Day. Letters are allowe d , but that was a difficult medium for Dale.
Fourteen months into his two-year commitment, Dale started having heal t h problems. Tests showed a gigantic mass on his kidneys. He was sent ho me , had extensive surgery, chemotherapy and radiation and seemed to ge t bet ter. But just before last Christmas the cancer returned.
Dale fought the cancer just as he met every other challenge. He never st o pped believing he would conquer it. He dropped his dreams of joining t h e military but investigated new treatments for dyslexia and filled ou t pa perwork for college financial aid. He worked to overcome his awkward nes s with women and start dating.
He helped his younger brothers, Phillip and Sam, attain Eagle Scout. A n d he helped his church genealogy computer project.
He became reacquainted with Mike and confided to him that he'd been plag u ed by depression before going on his mission. Even though he had achiev e d so much, he always felt stupid because he was treated that way by s o ma ny people.
He loved root beer, pizza and hamburgers, all kinds of music and watchi n g DVDs, especially old MASH episodes and the original Transformers, G. I . Joe and Jetsons cartoons. He asked for pumpkin pie instead of cake f o r his birthday.
When the going got rough, his younger brother, Phillip, became his careg i ver. Dale dubbed him "Dr. Phil." Phillip slept on the floor by Dale's b e d every night. | Garlick, Dale Patrick (I166050)
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Death: "Millard County Progress" Published 3/10/1916; POPULAR YOUNG M A N o f MEADOW DROPS DEAD - Word was received here late last night of th e t ragic death of Neal Greenhalgh, a popular young man of Meadow, who wa s en gaged in hauling cheese from that town to the northern part of the s tate . Apparently, there was nothing the matter with Mr. Greenhalgh whe n he ma de ready to leave Scipio yesterday morning and he went about th e duties o f getting his team Ready for the road the same as usual. It i s supposed t hat the cause of death was heart failure as when found in a n outhouse the re, he was stone dead, the body being still warm. Detail s in the case ar e lacking because of the impossibility of being able t o get the news ove r the wire and in fact we would have known nothing abo ut the case if it h ad not been for one of our subscribers coming into th e office last nigh t as we were going to press and giving us the meager f acts in the case. | Greenhalgh, James Neil (I31956)
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Death: Beheaded | Courtenay, Henry (I10055)
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Death: California Death Index 1905-1939 | Durand, Charles Sumner (I56117)
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Death: California Death Index, 1940-1997 | Clark, John Edward (I67458)
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