Ann Elizabeth Ashman

1845 - 1929  (83 years)  Submit Photo / Document    Has no ancestors but more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Ann Elizabeth Ashman
  Birth	20 Dec 1845	Islington, Middlesex, England
  Christening	9 Jan 1846	Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Islington, Middlesex, England
  Gender	Female
  Initiatory (LDS)	9 Oct 1866	EHOUS
  FamilySearch ID	KWNX-DSR
  Death	3 Oct 1929	Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States
  Burial	6 Oct 1929	Fillmore Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States
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  Person ID	I17475	mytree
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

  
  

  Family	Abraham Freer Carling,   b. 19 Aug 1837, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States d. 2 Jan 1912, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	28 Sep 1862	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Children	1. John Carling,   b. 5 Sep 1863, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 8 Jan 1945, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 81 years) + 2. Ann Elizabeth Carling,   b. 23 May 1865, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 12 Mar 1925, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 59 years)   3. Abraham Freer Carling,   b. 26 Mar 1867, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 2 Jul 1949, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 82 years)   4. Sarah Ellen Carling,   b. 29 Jun 1869, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 19 Jul 1911, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 42 years) + 5. Emeline Carling,   b. 16 Sep 1870, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 21 Jul 1911, Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 40 years) + 6. George Carling,   b. 9 Jul 1873, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 4 Mar 1945, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 71 years)   7. Joseph Carling,   b. 1 Jun 1875, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 30 Nov 1963, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 88 years)   8. Franklin Carling,   b. 30 Mar 1877, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 23 Oct 1963, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 86 years)   9. Harriet Carling,   b. 21 Mar 1879, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 13 Mar 1957 (Age 77 years)   10. Edward Ashman Carling,   b. 2 Feb 1881, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 14 Jan 1890, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 8 years)   11. Ernest Carling,   b. 4 Sep 1882, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 13 Oct 1955, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 73 years)   12. Katherine Keaton Carling,   b. 23 Apr 1884, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 21 Sep 1939, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 55 years)   13. Isabel Carling,   b. 6 Feb 1886, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 19 Jun 1978, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 92 years)   14. Elmer Carling,   b. 3 Jun 1887, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 24 May 1954, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 66 years)   15. Lehi Carling,   b. 28 Sep 1889, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 14 Oct 1890 (Age 1 year)
  Family ID	F216	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 May 2024

  
  

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  Birth - 20 Dec 1845 - Islington, Middlesex, England Christening - 9 Jan 1846 - Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Islington, Middlesex, England Marriage - 28 Sep 1862 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Initiatory (LDS) - 9 Oct 1866 - EHOUS Death - 3 Oct 1929 - Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States Burial - 6 Oct 1929 - Fillmore Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  She had worked in a lace factory from the time she was six years until s h e was sixteen. She crossed the ocean on the ship with John J. Boyd. Ann Elizabeth Ashman Carling (1845-1929) by her daughter, Isabel Carli n g Brunson It must have been a cold day in London, England, on the twentieth da y o f December, in the year eighteen and forty-five, when the age old sto rk m ade his long expected visit to the home of John and Ann Wild Ashman , fo r the purpose of delivering their first born whom they afterwards ch riste ned Ann Elizabeth, and who in future years, through the hand of God , play ed so important a part in shaping the destiny of all other member s of he r family. Ann, as we shall call her for the sake of brevity, was a typical Engli s h lady, small of stature and in her later years inclined to be chubby . S he possessed a strong, well-built and healthy body, that fitted he r for t he life of hardships and trials that she encountered. Her hair w as dar k and her eyes a greyish blue. She never used anything but pure s oap an d water to cleanse her skin and her face was clear and beautiful i n her o ld age. She might honestly be christened the “Just so Lady” fo r it is sa fe to say that no one ever head her utter a slang phrase, tel l an obscen e joke or story, or perform an unladylike act. Her sincere f acial expres sion revealed the characteristics of her inner soul. She wa s kind and co nsiderate of others, always willing to give of self for th e pleasure an d well-being of others. She was generous, long-suffering a nd the very es sence of patience and endurance. She was ambitious and de voted to her co nvictions. Ann’s early childhood was much the same as was other children of her ag e . Being the oldest of the family she was required to do the family err an ds. Every night just prior to the bedtime hour, it was her task to car r y a jug to the little shop around the corner and get it filled with bee r . It was English custom to indulge in a little snack of cake, cheese a n d beer before retiring for the night. Meals were served regularly at c er tain hours and tea was served between meals. Drinking tea was traditi ona l with the English and Ann never abandoned the habit until in her dec lini ng years. She never made tea or coffee for her children. Many times she stood on the sidewalks with the crowds and watched the qu e en pass down the street in her elaborate carriage drawn by fine horse s . The queen greeted her subjects with a smile and nodded her pretty he a d from one side to the other as she proceeded along the street . We find Ann now at the age of seven working in a lace factory. Her fath e r hired a man to come to the home every morning at six o’clock to awak e n the family. He carried with him a long stick with a knob on one end , a nd with it he knocked on the windows to arouse them. Ann knew at th e sou nd of the knock that it was time to arise and make preparations t o go t o work. After eating two slices of bread and molasses and drinkin g a cu p of weak tea, she was off to the factory for the day. Many time s the fo g was so dense that it was difficult to see her way. She carrie d a lunc h with her and was given time to eat at noon, then she was bac k to work f or the remainder of the day. She continued working at the fa ctory unti l she was sixteen years of age. By this time Mormon Elders from America had made their way into Englan d a nd were vigorously proselyting. They had contacted Ann’s father, Joh n As hman, and had converted him to Mormonism. Prior to this time all o f th e family were members of the Methodist church, and John had done th e prea ching during the absence of the regular minister. After becomin g interes ted in Mormonism and while preaching in the Methodist church h e injecte d into his sermon some of the Mormon doctrine. The congregatio n rose in m ass and attempted to mob him. He ran from the church, throug h bushes an d brambles and over fences with the mob close on his heels . He finally r eached a cemetery and hid behind a tombstone and in thi s way evaded the m ob. He reached home in the wee hours of the morning. . His clothing wa s torn and his body scratched and bruised. He joine d the Mormons and eag erly attended their meetings. Many times his daughter, Ann Elizabeth, accompanied him to the Mormon me e tings and she too became interested. Ann’s mother, Ann Wild Ashman, w a s reluctant to join the Mormons and it was some time before she becam e co nverted. After her conversion her home was always a haven for the e lders . John’s greatest ambition now was to get his family to America and to Zio n . His greatest obstacle was to convert his wife to the same idea. Sh e c ould not be reconciled to the thoughts of leaving her home, her peopl e an d her friends, and going to a foreign country. John finally conceiv e d a plan to send Ann Elizabeth to America, thinking her mother would wa n t to follow. In time his plan matured and all arrangements were made f o r Ann Elizabeth to go to America. She had saved her meager earnings, h av ing hidden them under a rug in the upstair-room where she slept. Thi s mo ney would help pay her transportation charges. She had done some se riou s thinking concerning Mormonism and it happened one morning while sh e an d her sister Isabell were lying in bed, in an upstair-room to whic h the s tairway led, that they experienced something in the nature of a v ision . Two men dressed in long white robes entered the room by way of t he sta irs. One of the men held a book in one hand and a light in the ot her. T he light was brighter than any they had ever seen. The girls imm ediatel y related the incident to their father. He told them that from t heir des cription of the book that it must have been the Book of Mormon , and tha t in his opinion the light was the light of Mormonism. This pr oved the d etermining factor to Ann concerning the truthfulness of Mormon ism. She n ow accepted whole-heartedly her father’s plan to send her t o America. Sh e was now sixteen years of age and was tired of the nois y hum-drum of th e factory, which by this time had become almost unbearab le. The very tho ught of being released from it and the prospects of goi ng to America fill ed her heart with joy. Her parents placed her in care of Reuben McBride, a young Mormon mission a ry who was returning to America and who promised to care for her unti l he r parents could find a way to come to America as their financial sta tus d id not justify making the voyage at the time. It was planned for h er t o live with his folks and work for her board and keep until her ow n folk s arrived. When the time for parting came, to leave home, folks, friends, and her n a tive land was not an easy thing for Ann to do. As the ship left Liverp oo l docks and sailed from sight the last thing Ann saw was her mother st and ing on the docks weeping. On the morning after Easter Sunday, in the year eighteen hundred and six t y-two, Ann Elizabeth, with her soul craving for freedom and adventure , an d with an abiding faith in God, set sail from Liverpool, England, i n sear ch of her Promised Land. She sailed on the ship “John J. Boyd” April 23, under direction of Jam e s S. Brown. There were seven hundred and one souls on board. They lan de d in New York harbor some six weeks later . For Ann it had been a long and tedious voyage, with sea-sickness, homesi c kness and insufficient food. Her mother had given her plenty of good f oo d to last during the journey and had made an especially nice pillow fo r h er to use while on the ship, but in the excitement of the moment th e pill ow had been forgotten. Ann’s girl friend and the girl friend’s grandmother were passengers on t h e ship, and invited Ann to eat with them. The grandmother suggested th a t they eat Ann’s food first. To this Ann agreed but after her food sup pl y was exhausted she did not fare so well. The grandmother held back th e b est food to eat when Ann was absent . She was very sick and discouraged and thought to herself: “Here I am, f a r from home and sick and not even a pillow on which to lay my head.” T hi s experience taught her the truth in the saying “a bird in the hand i s wo rth two in the bush.” After their arrival in New York Ann and her girl friend went shopping . T hey each purchased a broad-rim hat, a pair of gloves and a veil. An n di d not wear the veil and after she came to Fillmore she used it to co ver t he face of her first-born when she took him to be blessed. In thos e day s during fly season it was customary for mothers to use a veil or m osquit o bar over the baby’s face to protect it from the flies while slee ping. A company of saints, of which Ann was a member, was made up to cross t h e plains. While crossing the plains she met Abraham Freer Carling wh o wa s one of the teamsters. Her wagon was third one from Abe’s in the t rain . Their meeting touched off a romance, for the moment her eyes me t his h e knew she was the girl for him. Before Abe started on the journey across the plains to bring in the immi g rants, while herding sheep in the mountains east of Fillmore, and whil e c amping alone, he had a dream. In his dream he saw Ann and many time s th e writer has heard him tell his dream and how beautiful she looked . Whe n he met her on the plains he immediately recognized her as the gi rl of h is dream. He took special interest in Ann while crossing the pla ins an d whenever the opportunity came he would invite her to ride in hi s wagon . This spared her the necessity of trudging many a mile of dust y trek be neath the sweltering and oppressive heat of a July sun. They m ust have h ad ample opportunity for courting, perhaps while sitting on th e wagon ton gue, or in the rosy glow of the campfire when the train of wa gons circle d at night, or maybe while plucking sego lilies and Indian pa int-brushe s along the way, for by the time the train reached Salt Lake C ity they we re engaged to be married. One can imagine the perfect setting for a courtship, while traveling ov e r long stretches of green grassy meadows at pink of dawn, through mount ai n glens, beside blue lakes and crystal mountain stream, to find themse lve s enveloped in a maze of flaming autumn colors drenched in light fro m th e gorgeous western sunsets, or camping in the mellow light of a harv est m oon. The train arrived in Salt Lake City on September twenty-seventh and the y , with two other couples, were married the following day. Bishop Edwa r d Hunter performed the marriage ceremony. When they reached Salt Lake, Ann’s shoes were worn out and she owed for t y dollars immigration fee. Abe bought a pair of shoe for her and paid h e r immigration fee. Ann was happy now in the thought of having a home for her folks to com e t o when they arrived from England. While crossing the plains she had other suitors. One of her admirers tr i ed in every way to induce her to forsake Abe and marry him. He told h e r if she married Abe and they had any children they would all be bald h ea ded like their dad. Abe lost all of his hair, eyebrows and lashes whe n b ut a boy of seventeen. They never grew again and he, being a proud m an , suffered the embarrassment of going through life bald-headed. Ann, without the slightest hesitation, informed her suitor that her hea r t was set on Abe and that she would marry him even if she knew all of t he ir children would be bald-headed. Then by the campfire’s ruddy glow In mellow moonlight gleaming, She pledged her hand and heart of gold To a teamster proudly beaming. Down through the willowed country lanes Where meadowlarks were trilling They went together hand in had Their dreams of youth fulfilling. After they were married they journeyed to Fillmore to make their home. W h en they went through the Endowment House and she saw the robes they wor e , she knew them to be like the robes worn by the two men of her visio n . This was a testimony to her that temple marriage was right. While crossing the plains someone volunteered to let Ann ride a horse . T hinking this would be great sport as well as a new experience she ac cepte d. In good sportsmanship she mounted the horse. This was her firs t expe rience with a horse and she knew nothing about handling it. It ra n awa y with her and she might have been killed had not someone in the tr ain ah ead stopped it. Ann had three living sisters: Harriet, Isabella, and Ellen, also a brot h er John. After Ann left for America the chief concern of her parents was how to g e t the remainder of the family to America. Her father had great faith t ha t some way would be provided. It happened that Ann’s mother’s uncle p ass ed away leaving a small fortune. Her mother inherited a part of th e fort une which was sufficient to bring the other members of the famil y to Amer ica. Abe was one of the first land-owners in Fillmore. He took up a city l o t in the north western part of town and forty acres of land in the ol d fi eld. Before the Ashmans came from England he had taken up land acro ss th e street from his, that they might have a place on which to buil d a hom e when they arrived from England. Ann’s first home was a one-room lumber shack with a dirt roof and floo r . This was the home to which she welcomed her family. Two year had el ap sed since she left her homeland, little dreaming that she was leavin g i t forever. Two years had elapsed since she saw her people. The da y sh e carried her one-year old baby John over to the bridge on north mai n str eet to meet her people was a happy day for all . She had seen some hazardous times, having to stay alone when of necessi t y Abe had to be away, and the day her people came marked a red-letter d a y in her life. Two of Ann’s children were born in her first home. Then Abe cut, hewed a n d hauled from the mountains east of Fillmore, the logs from which thei r p ermanent home was built. It consisted of one very large room wit h a fire place in the north end and a stairway which led to the attic. T he atti c was partitioned and used for bedrooms. Later a long lumber roo m was bu ilt on the back with a full length porch on either side. Stil l later thi s log room was covered with siding and painted white. A smal l porch wa s also added on the west. Christian Hanson and Abe built th e log room . No nails were used in the building. The logs were put toge ther with w ooden pins. It was built about eighteen-hundred and sixty-fi ve or six . Ann was the mother of fifteen children and this little cott age was al l the home they knew while they were single. They raised thir teen childr en to maturity. A great sorrow came into her life when she lost in death her nine-year-o l d son, Edward Ashman Carling. Nine months to the day later she lost h e r year-old baby, Lehi. She was a good cook and always fed her family well. She always said th a t it was cheaper to buy food than medicine. Though she had this larg e fa mily of children she always said that she did not have one to spare. In her declining years she lost in death two daughters, Sarah Ellen an d E meline. Their deaths were but three days apart. Sarah Ellen lef t a fami ly of seven children and her baby was ten days old. Emeline lef t a famil y of eight children including a baby but one hour old. Later s he lost an other daughter, Elizabeth C. Giles. Three daughters and two s ons precede d her in death. The names of Ann’s children follows: John, Ann Elizabeth, Abraham Fre e r Jr., Sarah Ellen, Emeline, George, Joseph, Franklin, Harriet, Edwar d As hman, Ernest, Katherine Keaton, Isabel, Elmer, and Lehi. She was aw arde d the prize at a public party for having had the largest family. This family was a perfect example of Family Solidarity. They all live d i n Fillmore, married, and owned their own homes. George moved away sh ortl y before he passed away. They are all buried in the Fillmore cemete ry . In July, 1959, there are three members still living: Joseph, Frankl i n and Isabel. Ann must have been one of God’s choice spirits for he gave to her a ve r y choice talent, that of a beautiful singing voice. Her rich, sweet al t o voice was one fit to challenge the angels of heaven. Every member o f h er family could sing. In eighteen sixty-four William Beeston was called by Brigham Young to Fi l lmore to take over the music of the ward. Upon his arrival he organiz e d a ward choir. Ann and her mother were charter members of this pione e r choir and were faithful members for over forty years. Four of Ann’ s da ughters and one son were members of this choir. There were no paved roads or sidewalks at that time and Ann and her moth e r would walk through slush and mud in spring and deep snow in winter t o a ttend practice which was held Thursday night of each week. The example set by this group of singers, by their devotion to public se r vice would be difficult to excel. They sang at church every Sunday, a t a ll funerals, on patriotic programs and in fact on all special occasio ns . They received an invitation to sing at the dedication of the Salt L ak e Temple in the spring of 1893. They contributed richly to the artist i c and cultural phase of life in the wilderness. Ann often sang special parts. This group constituted a main social gro u p and often held picnics together and went caroling at Christmas time. Upon one occasion they went Christmas caroling and stopped at the Bishop ’ s home and sang for him. It was far from their intentions to enter an y h ome, but as soon as they finished singing Bishop Callister came to th e do or and insisted that they go in. It happened that Ann’s shoes were unfit for wear and she had worn Abe’ s s hoes to practice, with no intention of going any other place. She ha d al so taken her baby with her. When the other members of the group wen t ins ide the house, she could do nothing else but go along, notwithstand ing he r embarrassment. She tried to avoid being conspicuous and lingere d alon g at the end of the line. To her utter dismay the Bishop drew a c hair u p close to the fire and said: “Sister Carling, come right up her e with th e baby” and in Ann’s own words: “So I had to go clomp, clomp , clomp up t o the front in my big shoes.” Ann was very proud and this w as an embarra ssing situation. Three of her favorite songs were: Gentle Annie; Snow: and The Cottag e b y the Sea. These were also family group songs that were always sun g at f amily parties. Following are the words to “The Cottage by the Sea .” Childhood days now pass before me Forms and scenes of long ago. Like a dream they hover o’er me, Calm and bright as evening glow. Days that knew no shade or sorrow When my heart was pure and free Joyfully hailed each coming morrow In the cottage by the sea. Joyfully hailed each coming morrow In the cottage, the cottage by the sea. Fancy sees the rose tree twining Round the old and rustic door, And below the wild beach shining Where we gathered shells of yore. Yes, my mother’s gentle warning As she took me on her knee And I feel again life’s morning In the cottage by the sea. And I feel again life’s morning In the cottage, the cottage by the sea. What, though years have rolled before me Though ‘mid fairer scenes I roam Though I ne’er shall cease to love thee Childhood’s dear and happy home And when life’s long days are closing Oh! How happy it would be On some faithful breast reposing In the cottage by the sea. On some faithful breast reposing In the cottage, the cottage by the sea. Ann and her sister-in-law, Lizzie Ashman, sang the foregoing song on a t w enty-fourth of July program when Ann was nearing her eightieth birthda y . Their voices were clear and beautiful. This was Ann’s last public a pp earance as a singer. The older members of the community never cease to speak of her beautif u l alto voice and her long and faithful service to the community. One winter evening while the writer was in her home compiling this histo r y she was called to the telephone by Frank H. Partridge. He said upo n th at occasion that the most beautiful singing he had ever heard was do ne b y Ann and Lizzie Ashman. This was seventeen years after Ann had pas sed a way and still he had not forgotten. Many years ago patriarch Peter L. Brunson promised Ann that for her fait h fulness and long years of service as a singer in Israel, that she woul d a lways have a member of her posterity to carry on in the same field . Toda y, in nineteen hundred and fifty-nine, this prophecy has been ful filled . In her declining years she often sat in her rocking chair on the porc h o f her humble cottage. As the last long rays of the dying summer su n fors ook the tall peaks of the Pahvants and surrendered to a deepenin g twiligh t, as it filtered through the leafy locus trees and cast its da rkened sha dows across her furrowed brow, she would sing to her childre n and grandch ildren the old sweet songs of her youth. She was a charter member of the Fillmore Ward Female Relief Society fo r o ver sixty years and a faithful worker all her life. Even when unabl e t o attend during her last months on earth she continued the payment o f he r monthly dues to the last. She was a visiting teacher for many yea rs. Ann made her own yeast and did all of her baking. Sometimes the India n s would come begging during her absence. The children were frightene d an d would give them about everything they asked for. They were very c heek y and asked for everything they saw. Many times Ann would have onl y enou gh bread for supper, and would come home to find that the childre n had gi ven the last bread to the Indians. This would necessitate her h aving t o make a fire and bake bread for the evening meal. Every Saturday the house was thoroughly cleaned for Sunday. Cupboards w e re cleaned, all the dishes washed, the floors scrubbed, the sweeping a n d dusting done and ample food prepared for the Sunday meals. The child re n’s shoes were shined and placed in a row ready for Sunday School an d the ir clothes made ready. It was always Abe’s and Ann’s desire that t heir c hildren attend church on the Sabbath; although as the children gre w older , they sometimes failed to adhere to their parents’ teachings. Whenever Ann and Abe went on a pleasure trip it was a very short one. T h ey either gathered up the widows of the neighborhood and drove to Ceda r S prings (Holden), to Corn Creek (Kanosh), or to some other town to con fere nce or went to the farm to review the crops. Their conveyance was a lway s the lumber wagon. It could never be a private affair for the reas on th at for blocks away one could hear the rumble of the wagon wheels . I believe they were supremely happy even more so than many people are to d ay who drive in the finest of cars. They lived lives that demanded hap pi ness. They were poor in one sense yet wealthy in another, yet indepen den t. Their family was always well-fed, even though many times they lac ke d the cash to buy the things they could not raise. Abe was a great hand in obtaining the choicest fruits and berries. Th e y always had an abundance of fruit. At that time the art of bottling f ru it and vegetables had not been developed so in order to have fruit fo r th e winter it was necessary to dry the excess supply. Ann and her daughters would sit for hours and weeks peeling, coring an d s toning fruit for drying. When the flush of fruit came on, every scaf fol d available was strewn with fruit and many times the roof of the hous e wa s used as a scaffold. At the end of the season many bags were filled. Ann was always happy wh e n she had more dried fruit than the family needed for she would sell i t f or cash to buy shoes and other school clothes for the children. Patriarch Peter L. Brunson was one of her regular customers. He live d i n Grass Valley where no fruit was grown. He used to say that Ann’s d rie d fruit was the cleanest and best that he could buy. She sold it fo r fro m one-and-one-half to five cents per pound. Peeled fruit was wort h more , and apples and apricots were worth more per pound. Pattowattom e plum s grew along the south fence line. The children used to gather th em an d dry them. Fish peddlers often came from West Millard and the plu ms wer e traded for fish for the family. Kerosene lamps were used and the oil was sold by the gallon at the store s . Care must be exercised to see that the lamps were not tipped over a n d cause a fire. Occasionally this did happen but fortunately there wa s n o burnout. Ann traded eggs to the store in exchange for groceries. The children we r e always interested when a basket of eggs was sold for Ann always pu t i n two or three extra for candy. Abe always raised a patch of sugar cane on his farm and in the fall th e c ane was taken to the sorghum mill and made into molasses. Molasses wa s us ed in making cakes in place of sugar. It was also used in making pr eserv e. Ann sometimes made a four or five-gallon jar full of molasses p reserv e. It had to be kept in a cool place and used before it spoiled b ecaus e she had no way of sealing it. Abe once sent a beautiful beef into Salt Lake to trade for groceries. W h en they got returns, prices were so high, that he could almost carry i n h is hands the groceries he received in return. Late-September peaches grew along the north fence line and were always r e ferred to as squaw peaches. Every fall the squaws would come with the i r cone shaped baskets on their backs and gather the peaches . At harvest time Abe always stacked the grain at home. The children alwa y s looked forward to threshing time. There was a lot of excitement whe n n ews came that the threshers were coming. When the huge red threshin g mac hine pulled into the yard with the horsepower machine and all the h orse s and men, there was real commotion both inside and out. A number o f me n were required to operate the machine and wherever they threshed th ey at e. The girls and Ann were busy in the house preparing the big meal . Th e kitchen was loaded with good food for the hungry men. In case th e mach ine broke down the men had to be fed until repairs were made and t hreshin g resumed. Everyone was anxious to know how great the yield. As soon as the threshing was over people from far and near came with b e d ticks under their arms to get them filled with straw for the winter , an d to replenish the straw under their carpets. All the children of the neighborhood gathered to watch the operation a n d to have a roll on the fresh new straw stack. Ann’s bed ticks were al wa ys filled to the limit. Sometimes they were so full and so round tha t i t was difficult to stick onto them. Often the occupant would find hi msel f off on the floor in the middle of the night. However, before th e sprin g came the straw would be mashed almost to a powder. The boys would play marbles on the home-made carpet in the winter and wh e re the strips were joined the toes of their shoes would break the threa d s and Ann was kept busy sewing up the holes to keep the straw from poki n g through. General house-cleaning was done regularly spring and fall. It was gener a l knowledge in the neighborhood also when house cleaning was in progres s . All the furniture was carried out onto the porch or in the yard to p ro tect it from the dust of the straw used under the carpet and to make r oo m for Ann’s father who was always on hand with his bucket of lime to w hit ewash the bare log walls and the factory ceiling. Abe always kept a few cows to eat the hay that he raised on the farm. A n n often sold milk to the neighbors for two and one-half cents per quar t . She sold home-made butter for twenty cents per pound. At Easter ti m e eggs sold many times for seven and one-half cents per dozen. Ann’s mother had a pocket well which was filled with fresh water every m o rning during well water time, which was before the people turned the ca tt le out to drink. A small house was built over the well and shelves we r e made for storing things. In summer time the family drinking water w a s carried across the street from her mother’s well. The butter was al s o placed in a wooden bowl and covered with a wet cloth and green grap e le aves. It was then placed on the water to float and to keep it cool. All the culinary water was carried from a ditch which ran several yard s w est of the house. Many times floods came in summer and melting sno w fro m the mountains in the spring made the water roily and unfit for us e. I n such case hard-wood ashes were used to clear it. Often large barr els w ere partly filled with gravel, then filled to the top with water . A ta p was placed at the bottom side of the barrel and as the water fi ltered t hrough the rocks it cleared and was drawn off clear through th e tap at th e bottom of the barrel. Sometimes a cactus, commonly known a s the prickl ey pear was placed in the water to clear it. When a rain came buckets and tubs were placed under the eves of the hou s e to catch the water. Rain water was considered especially good for wa sh ing the hair as well as for washing clothes. All the washing for this huge family had to be done on the old fashion e d washboard and Ann’s oldest children tell of how they used to have t o g o to bed while their clothes were washed. All of her children were taught to work and all of them went out on the i r own as soon as they were old enough. It was a happy day when at last Ann could have a washing machine. She a n d her daughter Emeline shared one together. It was a second-hand machi n e and hand-operated. Still it was a labor-saver and the boys could he l p operate it. During the time of no doctors nor morticians in Fillmore, Ann spent mu c h of her time among the sick of the community. Many times she went in t o homes where contagions lurked to sit through the night with the sick . When the children sensed the carbolic acid odor and saw her clothing han g ing on the clothes line, they knew where she had spent the night. Her home was always central for the neighborhood, both young and old. She owned a spinning wheel and did a great deal of spinning and knitti n g for her family. Her hands were never idle. She knitted winter stock in gs for her huge family and spent many days spinning yarn for the firs t su it of clothes Abe ever wore. She contributed yarn, rags, cash and labor for the first carpets and qui l ts made by the Relief Society of Fillmore. She contributed to the ai d o f the people South on the Muddy who had their homes and goods destroy ed b y fire. She also contributed to the Emigration Fund to aid the peop le o f foreign countries to emigrate to America. She lived a widow for seventeen years, and her character was beyond repr o ach. Her watchword to her family was: “Stick together.” She was tru l y a devoted wife and mother and her door was always open to the many fr ie nds who came to partake of her hospitality. She loved America and man y t imes expressed herself as having no regrets for having left her nativ e la nd. She passed away in Fillmore, October third, nineteen-hundred and twenty- n ine and was buried October sixth at the foot of the Pahvant hills in t h e Fillmore Cemetery. She has left a numerous posterity, many of whom are filling position s o f trust in the world today. They have every reason to be proud of th e her itage she has left them. She was devoted to her family and to he r loft y ideals. Her posterity can do well to follow her worthy exampl e as an i deal mother and faithful Latter-Day Saint.