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| Name |
William Prince Ostler |
| Birth |
11 Oct 1861 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
15 Dec 1886 |
LOGAN |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWNB-7BR |
| Death |
26 Oct 1932 |
Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States |
| Burial |
29 Oct 1932 |
Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States |
| Person ID |
I164352 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
John Charles Ostler, b. 5 Jun 1838, Bridport, Dorsetshire, England d. 17 Aug 1913, Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States (Age 75 years) |
| Mother |
Mary Ann Prince, b. 29 Feb 1840, Redlynch, Wiltshire, England d. 28 Feb 1913, Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States (Age 72 years) |
| Marriage |
10 Apr 1861 |
Southampton, Hampshire, England |
| Family ID |
F12480 |
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| Notes |
- William Prince Ostler was born in Salt Lake City, Utah 11 Oct 186 1 . T h e first Child of John Christopher and Mary Ann Prince Ostler. Hi s m oth e r and father walked across the plains and William was born abou t si x we ek s after they arrived in Salt Lake City. He was born in a du g out.
William was a very delicate and weak Child. For many days his mothe r h o p ed and prayed and worked with all her might to save him. Her effo rt s a n d prayers were finely answered and he began to grow.
William’s grandparents and some of his uncles persuaded his father a n d m o ther to move from Salt Lake to Nephi as they were sure the chang e w oul d b enefit him, this they did. William did improve and grew int o a st ron g an d healthy Child.
Those long ago days of pioneer times were hard for everyone. The Chil d r e n had very little schooling or play, but they were always willing a n d r ea dy to help in any way they could, and in the Ostler family ther e w as n o e xception, each one had to do his share. Food was scarce, man y ti me s ther e was nothing to eat but greens and milk with just a ver y littl e b read. However, through the efforts of everyone in the famil y and ye s i n th e community, the conditions improved.
When William was only 12 years of age, his father had gone in the moun t a i ns east of town to bring back wood to burn. He and two or three ot h e r bo ys had gone along to help. In those days the Indians were non e t o o frien dly and some times they went on the warpath. While gettin g ou t t he wood, a large party of Indians were sighted all decked out i n wa r pai nt. Th e men quickly and quietly gathered together and calle d all t he bo ys to th em, and as they felt they were greatly outnumbere d they de cide d to send t wo of the boys for help. Dan Miller and Willia m were cho sen. They wer e told to walk but after they got out of the sig ht of thei r p arents, the y began to run and they ran as fast as they co uld from th e ca nyon to th e north east gate of the old fort wall whic h surrounded t he to wn. Here M rs. David Cazier, being on guard for th e day, quickly op ene d the gate fo r them and after hearing their stor y quickly dispatche d a b and of men t o help the wood gathers.
Many times he saw the men in the fort bury the dead at night and som e t i m es they have had to swim the big hollow with caskets of the dea d o n a r af t this also at night to keep the Indians from firing upon th em w hile t he y buried the dead.
When he was quite young, he helped his father with his father’s freigh t i n g business from Nephi to Pioche, Nevada. Driving six and eight he a d o f h orses and mules. His dad had this business run for a few year s th e n he e xtended it from Salt Lake City to Pioche. After stopping fr eight i ng, hi s father opened a tannery business and later a harness bus iness.
On December 15, 1886, he married Mary Ann Weeks, daughter of Thoma s a n d B etty Bates Weeks of Fountain Green, Utah, formerly of Kewauee , Hen r y Coun ty, Illinois. They were married in the Logan Latter Day Sa ints T e mple b y Elder W. C. Edlefsen.
From 1886 until 1892, he did farm work. Then in 1892, he and his broth e r , John Stephen, went down to Albuquerque, New Mexico and purchased t h e i r first herd of sheep. They were the first herd of Marino sheep i n t h e s tate of Utah.
While herding sheep one time in the desert, William found the skele t o n o f a man. The clothing when touched crumbled but there was a pock e t b oo k containing some money and papers. He turned these findings ov e r t o th e proper authorities and they found the family of the man. H e wa s a n eld erly man that had been going from his daughters home in Ut ah t o th e hom e of another daughter in Nevada. They had been searchin g for h im f or ove r a year. They thought he had been the victim of robb ers.
In November 1896, William was called to serve a mission for the Chu r c h o f Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He sailed from New York o n t h e Amer ican Line Steamer Pennland. He arrived in England, 6 Novembe r 18 9 6 and w as appointed to the labor as a traveling Elder in the Live rpoo l C onferenc e. Here he labored for twenty-six months. Part of the t ime , h e labore d with Elder William Grace and Elder Robert Winn. The ot he r miss ionarie s in the mission called them the three Nephites as the y we re al l from Nep hi, Utah.
William had many interesting experiences in the mission field. On e o f t h e most impressive being, Elder Grace and William were in and ou t o f th e c ities of the district where they were laboring at that time . The y ha d go tten a room in a hotel to spend the night. After they wer e bot h i n bed, William could not sleep or rest and it seemed as if som e one k ep t calli ng his name. Finely he dozed off to sleep and in thi s sleep , a m an stoo d by the bed and commanded him to get up. William w oke hi s compa nion an d got out of the hotel. This seemed rather foolis h but af ter wak ing Elde r Grace and telling him of the incident, he sai d, “Wel l he could n’t slee p either.” So they got up, dressed, took thei r baggag e and check ed out o f the hotel.
They tramped around for a while and finely found another hotel some di s t a nce away from the first one. In the morning they bought a newspap e r a n d the first thing to catch their eyes was a story about the hote l k eep e r of the first hotel being found dead in the bath tub in the ve ry r oo m th ey had rented. Probably if they had remained there, they wou ld ha v e bee n charged with the murder.
Just five months after William left Nephi, his sixth Child, Thoma s , w a s born. His dear wife had all she could do to take care of thei r li tt l e family. William hauled enough wood for Mary to burn while h e was g on e. William had sold his sheep and leased his farmland and th e machine r y u sed to run it. One of the things he had left for her to s ell was h i s hor ses and team to a fellow townsmen whom we both though t to be an h o nest a nd upright man; but he wasn't. She never receive d a tenth of t h e money.
This setback to our financial circumstances was a blow to her. I ca n n o t imagine how she managed for those twenty-six months and send fina nc i a l assistance as often as she did.
He received an honorable release from his mission November 17, 189 8 a n d s ailed from Glasgow, Scotland on Anchor Line S.S. Furnessia. Wh e n h e go t home his son Thomas cried because he did not know him becau s e he w as bo rn while he was on his mission.
On returning home from his mission, he purchased some more sheep a n d f o r a few years, he remained in that business. Then he sold the she e p a n d bought farmland. 101 acres of ground with 30 shares of water fr o m Ja k e Gibson and Jacob Bowers and he also bought some cattle.
Their home was a happy and contented one. He and his wife Mary try i n g t o teach their children the principles of the gospel and teachin g th e m t o be honest worthwhile men and women. In all his life he coul d trut h full y say not one of my sos did I ever see become addicts of to bacc o o r alco hol. The children were sent to school and they did thei r bes t t o see the y went to high school and Frank and Rulon to college.
Then came the great world war of 1914 to 1918 which brought so many ch a n g es into the lives of everyone. Frank who had been preparing to ent e r His second year of college was drafted into the United States Army o n S ep te mber 17, 1917. He was sent to Fort Lewis, Washington where he r emai n e d until the following spring. William and Mary visited Camp Lewi s t o s e e their son Frank, but to their grief he was quarantined with s carl e t f ever.
They visited in Seattle with Mary’s niece and family and had quit e a n i c e time considering their disappointment. In February 1918, Fran k ca m e ho me on a two week furlough. It was the last time they saw him . I n J une h e was sent east and then over seas. He was killed in actio n Sep tem ber 29, 1918. His body was brought home and buried in the famil y plo t i n the c ity cemetery in Nephi, Utah.
He was a corporal in Company I, 362 Infantry, 91 Division.
Thomas married Ethel Flygare of Provo, Utah on October 3, 1917. Thei r f i r st grandchild, Donna Louise was born to them August 25, 1918.
Thomas was called into service and was sent to governments officers tr a i n ing school at the University of Utah. The flu epidemic was on at t h i s ti me. After standing in the rain for two days drilling hundreds o f b oy s an d then waiting on those who were sick, he took the blankets o ff o f h is be d and put them on other boys who were suffering chills. Ab ou t a we ek lat er, he was sent to the government hospital at Fort Dougl a s where o n Decem ber 8, 1918, he di of pneumonia. He was brought hom e t o Nephi an d burie d in the family plot. Donna was four months old wh en h er fathe r died.
On the 21st of July 1919, Zola married Emron Miller Johnson of Sal t L a k e City and moved to Salt Lake to live. She lived there for abou t tw o y ea rs. Their second granddaughter, Ruby Marie Johnson was born 2 1 Jul y 19 21. She was 3 months old when they moved to Venice, California .
Rulon (Dick) joined the United States coast to coast geological surv e y a n d went to Arizona and Mexico. While working there one day as he w a s cl ea ning his gun, he accidentally discharged it and the bullet stru c k hi m i n the leg. After the wound healed he came home and the followi n g win te r he attended the University of Montana School of Forestry a t Mi ssoula, M ontana. After finishing his schooling there, he obtaine d a posi tio n wit h the United States Forest Service. On 21 June 1922 Ru lon marri e d Floren ce Helen Riches. They were went out to the Stockmor e ranger st at ion wher e he was assigned as head ranger. While working t here he h a d a very seri ous accident in which he had his back broken i n three pla ce s and his rib s broken also. For the next eighteen month s he was i n a pl aster cast fro m his hips to his neck. In June of 1924 , the govern ment s ent him to th e government hospital at San Francisco , California w here h e underwent a n operation in which they grafted a p iece of bone ta ken fro m his leg to h is ribs and back bone. After he re covered, he wa s transfe rred to the Ogd en, Utah office of the forest se rvice.
On June 26, 1924, Ellen married Charles Kenneth Blackett. The next f e w y e ars saw but little change in their lives. William quit farming f o r him se lf and leased the farm out on shares. He went to work for hi s br other, J ohn Stephen, taking charge of his farm and feeding his ram s an d lambs.
Their grandchildren were now nine in number.
William and Mary had visited with Zola in California 3 times.
Rulon and his family were living in Ogden, Utah and on March 26, 193 1 t h e y received the shocking news that Rulon had died suddenly of a he ar t at ta ck. Mary Ann and Horace were quarantined with scarlet fever a t th e ti m e and could not attend his funeral. This made six of their te n chi ldr e n that they had buried. He was buried at the side of his brot hers i n t h e family plot in the city cemetery.
William continued working for John Stephen also helped Horace buil d h i s h ome.
William Prince Ostler celebrated his 71 birthday on October 11, 19 3 2 a n d a few days later he suffered a heart attack which caused his de at h Oc to ber 26, 1932.
William was a kind, gentle man. He was loved and respected by all w h o k n ew him. He was a honest and upright citizen. He never sought publ i c o ff ice, but lived a quiet life. His main interest being his wife a n d fam il y and his work. He was always true to his church and lived a s ne ar a s h e could to its teaching.
The world needs more of his kind of men to make it a better place in w h i c h to live.
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