Ann Elizabeth Carling

1865 - 1925  (59 years)  Submit Photo / Document    Has 2 ancestors and 40 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Ann Elizabeth Carling
  Birth	23 May 1865	Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States
  Gender	Female
  Census	1870	Utah, United States
  Initiatory (LDS)	20 Nov 1878	SGEOR
  Census	1880	Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States
  FamilySearch ID	KWN6-PLS
  Death	12 Mar 1925	Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States
  Burial	18 Mar 1925	Fillmore Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States
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  Person ID	I199	mytree
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	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)
  Mother	Ann Elizabeth Ashman,   b. 20 Dec 1845, Islington, Middlesex, England d. 3 Oct 1929, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	28 Sep 1862	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Family ID	F216	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joseph Sinkler Giles,   b. 5 Apr 1833, Nottingham, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States d. 5 Nov 1921, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	31 Jan 1887	St. George, Washington, Utah, United States
  Children	+ 1. Lou Giles,   b. 20 Nov 1884, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 22 Sep 1959, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 74 years)  [Father: Adopted]  [Mother: Adopted] + 2. Laura Giles,   b. 10 Nov 1887, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 22 Jan 1926, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 38 years) + 3. Florence Giles,   b. 21 Apr 1890, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 9 Dec 1965, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States (Age 75 years) + 4. Grover Abraham Giles,   b. 10 Sep 1892, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 26 Nov 1974, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F205	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

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  Birth - 23 May 1865 - Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States Census - 1870 - Utah, United States Initiatory (LDS) - 20 Nov 1878 - SGEOR Census - 1880 - Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States Marriage - 31 Jan 1887 - St. George, Washington, Utah, United States Death - 12 Mar 1925 - Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States Burial - 18 Mar 1925 - Fillmore Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  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 . Sh e possessed a strong, well-built and healthy body, that fitted her f or th e life of hardships and trials that she encountered. Her hair was d ark an d her eyes a greyish blue. She never used anything but pure soap a nd wate r to cleanse her skin and her face was clear and beautiful in he r old age . She might honestly be christened the “Just so Lady” for it i s safe to s ay that no one ever head her utter a slang phrase, tell an ob scene joke o r story, or perform an unladylike act. Her sincere facial ex pression reve aled the characteristics of her inner soul. She was kind an d considerat e of others, always willing to give of self for the pleasur e and well-bei ng of others. She was generous, long-suffering and the ver y essence of pa tience and endurance. She was ambitious and devoted to he r convictions. 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 erra nd s. 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 ce rt ain hours and tea was served between meals. Drinking tea was tradition a l with the English and Ann never abandoned the habit until in her decli ni 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 horses . T he queen greeted her subjects with a smile and nodded her pretty hea d fro m one side to the other as she Preceded 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 , an d with it he knocked on the windows to arouse them. Ann knew at th e soun d of the knock that it was time to arise and make preparations t o go to w ork. After eating two slices of bread and molasses and drinkin g a cup o f weak tea, she was off to the factory for the day. Many time s the fog wa s so dense that it was difficult to see her way. She carrie d a lunch wit h her and was given time to eat at noon, then she was bac k to work for th e remainder of the day. She continued working at the fac tory until she wa s 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 Ash man, and had converted him to Mormonism. Prior to this time all o f the fa mily were members of the Methodist church, and John had done th e preachin g during the absence of the regular minister. After becoming i nterested i n Mormonism and while preaching in the Methodist church he in jected int o his sermon some of the Mormon doctrine. The congregation ros e in mass a nd attempted to mob him. He ran from the church, through bush es and bramb les and over fences with the mob close on his heels. He fina lly reache d a cemetery and hid behind a tombstone and in this way evade d the mob. H e reached home in the wee hours of the morning.. His clothi ng was torn a nd his body scratched and bruised. He joined the Mormons an d eagerly atte nded 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, wa s r eluctant to join the Mormons and it was some time before she became c onve rted. After her conversion her home was always a haven for the elder s . 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. She c ou ld not be reconciled to the thoughts of leaving her home, her people a n d her friends, and going to a foreign country. John finally conceive d a p lan to send Ann Elizabeth to America, thinking her mother would wan t to f ollow. In time his plan matured and all arrangements were made fo r Ann El izabeth to go to America. She had saved her meager earnings, hav ing hidde n them under a rug in the upstair-room where she slept. This mo ney woul d help pay her transportation charges. She had done some seriou s thinkin g concerning Mormonism and it happened one morning while she an d her sist er Isabell were lying in bed, in an upstair-room to which th e stairway le d, that they experienced something in the nature of a visio n. Two men dre ssed in long white robes entered the room by way of the st airs. One of th e men held a book in one hand and a light in the other. T he light was bri ghter than any they had ever seen. The girls immediatel y related the inci dent to their father. He told them that from their des cription of the boo k that it must have been the Book of Mormon, and tha t in his opinion th e light was the light of Mormonism. This proved the d etermining factor t o Ann concerning the truthfulness of Mormonism. She n ow accepted whole-he artedly her father’s plan to send her to America. Sh e was now sixteen yea rs of age and was tired of the noisy hum-drum of th e factory, which by th is time had become almost unbearable. The very tho ught of being release d from it and the prospects of going to America fil led 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 he r to l ive with his folks and work for her board and keep until her own f olks ar rived. 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 Liverpo o l docks and sailed from sight the last thing Ann saw was her mother sta nd 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 land e 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 fo o 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 supp l 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.” Th i 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 h ey each purchased a broad-rim hat, a pair of gloves and a veil. Ann di d n ot wear the veil and after she came to Fillmore she used it to cove r th e face of her first-born when she took him to be blessed. In those d ays d uring fly season it was customary for mothers to use a veil or mosq uito b ar over the baby’s face to protect it from the flies while sleepin g. 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 who w a s one of the teamsters. Her wagon was third one from Abe’s in the trai n . Their meeting touched off a romance, for the moment her eyes met hi s 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 gir l of h is dream. He took special interest in Ann while crossing the plain s and w henever the opportunity came he would invite her to ride in his w agon. Th is spared her the necessity of trudging many a mile of dusty tre k beneat h the sweltering and oppressive heat of a July sun. They must ha ve had am ple opportunity for courting, perhaps while sitting on the wago n tongue , or in the rosy glow of the campfire when the train of wagons c ircled a t night, or maybe while plucking sego lilies and Indian paint-br ushes alo ng the way, for by the time the train reached Salt Lake City th ey were en gaged 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 Edwar d H unter 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 tri e d in every way to induce her to forsake Abe and marry him. He told he r i f she married Abe and they had any children they would all be bald he ade d like their dad. Abe lost all of his hair, eyebrows and lashes whe n bu t a boy of seventeen. They never grew again and he, being a proud ma n, su ffered 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 vision . T his was a testimony to her that temple marriage was right. While crossing the plains someone volunteered to let Ann ride a horse. T h inking this would be great sport as well as a new experience she accept ed . In good sportsmanship she mounted the horse. This was her first expe rie nce with a horse and she knew nothing about handling it. It ran awa y wit h her and she might have been killed had not someone in the train a head s topped it. Ann had three living sisters: Harriet, Isabella, and Ellen, also a broth e r 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 th a t some way would be provided. It happened that Ann’s mother’s uncle pas se d away leaving a small fortune. Her mother inherited a part of the for tun e which was sufficient to bring the other members of the family to Am eric a. Abe was one of the first land-owners in Fillmore. He took up a city lo t i n the north western part of town and forty acres of land in the old f ield . Before the Ashmans came from England he had taken up land across t he st reet from his, that they might have a place on which to build a hom e whe n 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 elap se d since she left her homeland, little dreaming that she was leaving i t fo rever. Two years had elapsed since she saw her people. The day she c arrie d her one-year old baby John over to the bridge on north main stree t to m eet 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 with a f irep lace in the north end and a stairway which led to the attic. The att ic wa s partitioned and used for bedrooms. Later a long lumber room was b uilt o n the back with a full length porch on either side. Still later th is lo g room was covered with siding and painted white. A small porch wa s als o added on the west. Christian Hanson and Abe built the log room. N o nail s were used in the building. The logs were put together with woode n pins . It was built about eighteen-hundred and sixty-five or six. An n was th e mother of fifteen children and this little cottage was all th e home the y knew while they were single. They raised thirteen children t o 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 he r y ear-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 large f am ily 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 left a fa mil y of seven children and her baby was ten days old. Emeline left a fam il y of eight children including a baby but one hour old. Later she los t ano ther daughter, Elizabeth C. Giles. Three daughters and two sons pre cede d her in death. The names of Ann’s children follows: John, Ann Elizabeth, Abraham Free r J r., Sarah Ellen, Emeline, George, Joseph, Franklin, Harriet, Edward A shma n, Ernest, Katherine Keaton, Isabel, Elmer, and Lehi. She was awarde d th e 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 sho rtl y before he passed away. They are all buried in the Fillmore cemetery . I n July, 1959, there are three members still living: Joseph, Frankli n an d 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 he r 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 pionee r c hoir and were faithful members for over forty years. Four of Ann’s da ught ers 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 al l funerals, on patriotic programs and in fact on all special occasio ns. T hey received an invitation to sing at the dedication of the Salt La ke Tem ple in the spring of 1893. They contributed richly to the artisti c and cu ltural 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 ho me, but as soon as they finished singing Bishop Callister came to th e doo r 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 als o taken her baby with her. When the other members of the group wen t insid e 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 ch air u p close to the fire and said: “Sister Carling, come right up here w ith th e baby” and in Ann’s own words: “So I had to go clomp, clomp, clom p up t o the front in my big shoes.” Ann was very proud and this was an e mbarras sing 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 sung a t fa mily 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 app ea rance 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 upon t ha t occasion that the most beautiful singing he had ever heard was don e b y Ann and Lizzie Ashman. This was seventeen years after Ann had passe d aw ay 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. T oday , in nineteen hundred and fifty-nine, this prophecy has been fulfill ed . 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 sun f orso ok the tall peaks of the Pahvants and surrendered to a deepening twi light , as it filtered through the leafy locus trees and cast its darkene d shad ows across her furrowed brow, she would sing to her children and g randchi ldren 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 to a ttend during her last months on earth she continued the payment o f her mo nthly dues to the last. She was a visiting teacher for many year s. Ann made her own yeast and did all of her baking. Sometimes the Indian s w ould come begging during her absence. The children were frightened an d wo uld give them about everything they asked for. They were very cheek y an d asked for everything they saw. Many times Ann would have only enou gh br ead for supper, and would come home to find that the children had g iven t he last bread to the Indians. This would necessitate her having t o mak e a fire and bake bread for the evening meal. Every Saturday the house was thoroughly cleaned for Sunday. Cupboards we r e cleaned, all the dishes washed, the floors scrubbed, the sweeping an d d usting done and ample food prepared for the Sunday meals. The childre n’ s shoes were shined and placed in a row ready for Sunday School and th ei r clothes made ready. It was always Abe’s and Ann’s desire that thei r chi ldren attend church on the Sabbath; although as the children grew o lder , they sometimes failed to adhere to their parents’ teachings. Whenever Ann and Abe went on a pleasure trip it was a very short one. Th e y either gathered up the widows of the neighborhood and drove to Ceda r Sp rings (Holden), to Corn Creek (Kanosh), or to some other town to con feren ce or went to the farm to review the crops. Their conveyance was al ways t he lumber wagon. It could never be a private affair for the reaso n that f or 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 happ in ess. They were poor in one sense yet wealthy in another, yet independe nt . Their family was always well-fed, even though many times they lacke d th e cash to buy the things they could not raise. Abe was a great hand in obtaining the choicest fruits and berries. The y a lways had an abundance of fruit. At that time the art of bottling fru it a nd vegetables had not been developed so in order to have fruit for t he wi nter 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 scaff ol 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 dr ie d fruit was the cleanest and best that he could buy. She sold it for f ro m one-and-one-half to five cents per pound. Peeled fruit was worth mor e , and apples and apricots were worth more per pound. Pattowattome plum s g rew along the south fence line. The children used to gather them an d dr y them. Fish peddlers often came from West Millard and the plums wer e tra ded 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 an d c ause a fire. Occasionally this did happen but fortunately there was n o bu rnout. 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 pre serve . Ann sometimes made a four or five-gallon jar full of molasses pre serve . It had to be kept in a cool place and used before it spoiled beca use sh e had no way of sealing it. Abe once sent a beautiful beef into Salt Lake to trade for groceries. Wh e n they got returns, prices were so high, that he could almost carry i n hi s 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 thei r c one 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 ne ws came that the threshers were coming. When the huge red threshin g machi ne pulled into the yard with the horsepower machine and all the h orses an d men, there was real commotion both inside and out. A number o f men wer e required to operate the machine and wherever they threshed th ey ate. Th e girls and Ann were busy in the house preparing the big meal . The kitche n was loaded with good food for the hungry men. In case th e machine brok e down the men had to be fed until repairs were made and t hreshing resume d. 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 alw ay s filled to the limit. Sometimes they were so full and so round that i t w as difficult to stick onto them. Often the occupant would find himsel f of f on the floor in the middle of the night. However, before the sprin g cam e 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 pr ot ect it from the dust of the straw used under the carpet and to make ro o m for Ann’s father who was always on hand with his bucket of lime to wh it 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 tim e eg gs 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 wer e m ade for storing things. In summer time the family drinking water wa s carr ied across the street from her mother’s well. The butter was als o place d in a wooden bowl and covered with a wet cloth and green grape l eaves. I t 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 snow f ro m the mountains in the spring made the water roily and unfit for use . I n such case hard-wood ashes were used to clear it. Often large barrel s we re partly filled with gravel, then filled to the top with water. A t ap wa s placed at the bottom side of the barrel and as the water filtere d throu gh the rocks it cleared and was drawn off clear through the tap a t the bo ttom of the barrel. Sometimes a cactus, commonly known as the pr ickley pe ar 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 was hi ng 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 hel p o perate 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 int o h omes 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 stockin g s for her huge family and spent many days spinning yarn for the first s ui t 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 peopl e 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 trul y a d evoted wife and mother and her door was always open to the many fri ends w ho came to partake of her hospitality. She loved America and man y times e xpressed herself as having no regrets for having left her nativ e land. 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 her l ofty i deals. Her posterity can do well to follow her worthy example as a n idea l mother and faithful Latter-Day Saint.