Arthur James Talbot (1868 - 1922): Our Family History

1868 - 1922 (53 years) Has 10 ancestors and 26 descendants in this family tree.

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Name	Arthur James Talbot
Birth	24 Oct 1868	West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Christening	2 Dec 1868	Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States
Gender	Male
Initiatory (LDS)	13 May 1896	MANTI
FamilySearch ID	KWCY-DCD
Death	29 May 1922	Oak City, Millard, Utah, United States
Burial	31 May 1922	Oak City Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States
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Person ID	I23151	mytree
Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

Father	Thomas Benjamin Talbot, b. 25 Mar 1837, Grahamstown, Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 4 Nov 1929, Oak City, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 92 years)
Mother	Margaret Alice Wiggill, b. 11 Oct 1843, Winterberg, Murraysburg, Western Cape, South Africa d. 14 Jan 1933, Oak City, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 89 years)
Marriage	13 Jun 1861	Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska, United States
Family ID	F5545	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Clara Elizabeth Theobald, b. 24 Mar 1880, Duncan's Retreat, Washington, Utah, United States d. 20 Dec 1955, Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States (Age 75 years)

Marriage 13 May 1896 Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States

Children

	1. Elsie Elizabeth Talbot, b. 6 Jul 1897, Hinckley, Millard, Utah, United States d. 23 Apr 1932, Oak City, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 34 years)
+	2. Arthur Loren Talbot, b. 24 Apr 1899, Hinckley, Millard, Utah, United States d. 14 Nov 1961, Hinckley, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 62 years)
	3. Thomas Reed Talbot, b. 16 Jun 1901, Hinckley, Millard, Utah, United States d. 24 Jan 1990, St. George, Washington, Utah, United States (Age 88 years)
	4. Noel Theobold Talbot, b. 30 Sep 1903, Hinckley, Millard, Utah, United States d. 25 Apr 1962, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 58 years)
	5. Lyle Wendell Talbot, b. 7 Sep 1905, Hinckley, Millard, Utah, United States d. 10 Jan 1975, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 69 years)
	6. Verna Fontella Talbot, b. 11 Sep 1907, Hinckley, Millard, Utah, United States d. 18 Nov 1985, Delta, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 78 years)
	7. Lee Asiel Talbot, b. 9 Apr 1910, Hinckley, Millard, Utah, United States d. 21 Jan 1980, Delta, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 69 years)
	8. Hazel Jane Talbot, b. 19 Mar 1912, Oak City, Millard, Utah, United States d. 14 Mar 1916, Oak City, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 3 years)
	9. Margaret Alice Talbot, b. 29 Apr 1914, Oak City, Millard, Utah, United States d. 25 Aug 1988, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 74 years)
	10. Ernest Jay Talbot, b. 15 Mar 1916, Oak City, Millard, Utah, United States d. 10 Feb 1971, Novato, Marin, California, United States (Age 54 years)
	11. Nelda Talbot, b. 4 Mar 1918, Oak City, Millard, Utah, United States d. 30 Jun 2013 (Age 95 years)
	12. Basil Talbot, b. 9 Feb 1920, Hinckley, Millard, Utah, United States d. 19 Mar 2006, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 86 years)
	13. Clara May Talbot, b. 26 May 1922, Oak City, Millard, Utah, United States d. 21 Jan 1998, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 75 years)

Family ID F10944 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 6 Mar 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 24 Oct 1868 - West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
	Christening - 2 Dec 1868 - Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States
	Initiatory (LDS) - 13 May 1896 - MANTI
	Marriage - 13 May 1896 - Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States
	Death - 29 May 1922 - Oak City, Millard, Utah, United States
	Burial - 31 May 1922 - Oak City Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States

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Notes

Arthur James Talbot was born October 24, 1868, at West Jordan, Salt La k e County, Utah, the son of Thomas Benjamin and Margaret Alice Wiggill T al bot. He was the 4th child of a family of nine children, five boys an d fou r girls. Two girls and one boy died in childhood with the dreadfu l diseas e of Diptheria. People didn't have the modern methods that scien ce has fo und of giving antitoxin to prevent and also kill the disease, t herefore t hey just had to doctor them the best they knew how. The two li ttle girl s died within a few days of each other, and the boy a few week s later.
Arthur's parents came from South Africa where his grandparents had be e n called from England, to help colonize that country in 1820. Arthur' s pa rents were born in South Africa and lived there until about 1861. Ab out t he year 1853 or 1854, the Mormon Elders came to their home and the y wer e converted to the Mormon Church. The Elder was a Mr. Walker. The y were b aptized and later sold their property and came to Utah. They fir st settle d at West Jordan where Arthur was born, then they moved to Kays ville an d lived there and in Layton. Things didn't go too smooth there , so they m oved to Leamington, Utah, which was just a new country in th e making. Th e Talbot's were well fixed and pretty well to do when they l eft South Afr ica, owning a lot of land and cattle. When they sold out th ere they purch ased quite a lot of goods such as cloth and things they co uld use but b y the time they arrived in Leamington, their supply was pre tty well exhau sted and they were in a new country and had a very hard ti me there. The c hildren had to work whenever they could to help support t he family. Arthu r went out to herd sheep. His Father owned a small bunc h and Father use d to take him and his younger brother, Thomas, over acro ss the river on t he foothills and leave them for a week at a time. He le ft them the wago n box with cover to sleep in and would go out once a wee k to take food an d see if they were all right.
Arthur never had much schooling. There weren't many schools and teache r s in those days, and the parents had to pay so much a term, (ten weeks ) a nd they wasn't financially able to send them all, so they took turns , on e would go a week then another would go a week, which didn't get the m ver y far. This was in Leamington. After they came to Oak City, the cha nce fo r school was a little better in a way, but the boys had grown quit e larg e and had to be in a class with much younger and smaller boys. Thi s somew hat embarrassed them, so they quit school and worked wherever the y coul d to earn a little to help out with the living for the family.
Arthur went to work for John Lovell to get out railroad ties from the m o untains, and he paid him 50 cents a day for his work, half wheat and ha l f store pay (that was getting things out of the store for pay). Arthu r af terwards took the job of herding sheep for other sheepmen. He also l ease d them sometimes and for this he done fairly good. But one time th e pric e of wool and sheep went down so low that he went broke and lost r eal hea vy. After this Arthur decided to buy him a farm and start farming , and th is he did. He owned a little piece of land in Leamington which h e sold an d went to Hinckley, Utah, and bought him a forty acre piece o f ground wit h a pretty good house and flowing well on it. But then he ha d nothing t o farm it with, no team, Harness, or wagon or implements to t ill the soil , so he had a very old friend, William Alldredge by name, wh o was very go od to him. He had earlier run a freight team hauling ore fr om out west s o he had some old wagons, harnesses and horses. He fitted A rthur out wit h it and told him he could pay for it when he could and no t to worry abou t it, so this is what he did. As time went on and he go t raising somethin g on his farm, he paid for it and bought other machine ry that was neede d to run the farm with.
Still there was something else needed there, as it was lonesome alone a n d no one to cook his meals for him. He decided he wanted to get someon e t o keep him company and cook for him and keep house, so he became acqu aint ed and fell in love with Miss Clara Elizabeth Theobald whom he marri ed o n May 13, 1896 in the Manti Temple. They built a house later on in H inckl ey, Utah. and at this place he had five children born to him. He st ayed t here for several years working hard to take care of his family, bu t the g rasshoppers got bad and took the crops for two or three years an d the lan d became waterlogged and he became dissatisfied. His Father wa s getting o ld and couldn't run his farm much longer so he wanted Arthu r to come an d take it over and run it. So he moved to Oak City and bough t 50 acres o f Simeon Walker and put it in to hay as soon as he could ge t it prepared.

He held several positions in the church. He was instructor of the Deacon ' s for awhile and also a Ward Teacher.
Things went along fairly well till 1918, when the flu struck the count r y after the World War I. Arthur took the flu but apparently did not se e m to be of a serious nature and got some better and worked on the far m so me, but the next year he began to get weaker and very pale and devel ope d leakage of the heart and his blood turned to water. All the red cor pusc les were destroyed. He went to the L. D.S. Hospital in Salt Lake Cit y an d they gave him blood transfusions from his two oldest sons. This he lpe d for a short time but soon that blood was gone and he was bad again . Dro psy also developed and he finally died May 29, 1922 at Oak City a t the ag e of 54 years.
He was the Father of 13 children, 7 boys and 6 girls. There are now 7 8 G rand and great grandchildren.
A well respected family remains to call him blessed.

Written by his wife, Clara E. Talbot 1952

Arthur James Talbot
He moved from Leamington to Hinckley. He had a hard time to buy a far m b ecause he didn't have any money. He finally was able to get a farm ab ou t a mile east of Hinckley. He didn't have any machinery or team but U ncl e Will's father ran the freight line and had horse and harnesses so f athe r went to him and asked if he could help him out. He said I have a t eam I 'll let you have and harnesses and you can pay me when you get th e money . Therefore he was able to start his farming.
He had single buggy that he courted Mother in.
How did Grandma Theobald feel about someone so old courting Mother? S h e seemed really pleased. She went with them to Manti to be married an d be cause Mother was only sixteen years old, had to give her written con sen t to the marriage.
Father had quite a lot of property in Hinckley. However the ground go t w ater logged. You could dig a hole at night and by morning it would b e fu ll of water. Because of this situation, the crops died. Grandfathe r wante d him to go to Oak City so he sold out in Hinckley and moved to O ak City . It cost too much to drain the land at that time. In later year s the gro und dried out in a drought and they had to fill the drains tha t were use d to drain the land, with water to be able to grow crops.
We moved to Oak City and Father took over grandfather Talbot's farm .
They were the first ones ever to break ground and clear land for farmi n g north of Oak City. However the rabbits were so bad they had to put wi r e around the ground to keep them out. This was one of the best Hay fiel d s we ever had. We would get three crops and sometimes four in a summer.
Father was one of the most honest men that ever lived. When he went t o b orrow money, he would ask what they wanted for security and they woul d sa y, "Your word is good enough". Honesty was important to him and h e trie d to instill that virtue in we children.
We had many good fishing trips with my Father. We would sometimes g o t o the canyon the night before opening of fishing season, and sleep o n th e creek bank and listen to the water roll over the rocks all night a nd co uld hardly wait till it got light. Quite often Father would say "i f we hu rry and get this job done, we will go fishing", and the job was s oon don e and we went up to the canyon fishing.
Father had smoked when he was young, but he said he never wanted his ch i ldren to see him smoke because he didn't like the habit and knew it was n' t good, so he quit.
He was a very industrious person. He always kept busy and kept we child r en that way too. Sometimes when it would rain we thought we would get s om e time off, but we ended up cleaning the stables or something similar.
Father always wanted the best for his children. He wanted to buy lan d s o that his children would have something to start their married life . H e loved his children and wanted them to be successful and happy.
He loved the outdoors and liked to fish and to hunt. Most of his boys l e arned to like these things from being with him.
He knew how to use an awl really well, and used it often cutting post s a nd hauling wood for himself and others.
Father was a witty man and could hold his own with the best of them . H e was with another wise cracker at a dinner table one day, and they w er e trying to get the best of each other and were talking about eating . Th e other man said, "You gobble it down like a dog". Father said, "Yes , bu t I don't belch it up and chew it over like a cow". The man left bec aus e he knew he had lost the contest.
He always raised the best potatoes in town and sold them to others. How e ver if there were people in need of them, he just gave them some.
I am glad I had him for a Father. I was glad when he was called to tea c h the Deacon's Quorum when I was called as secretary.

(Information given by Thomas Reed Talbot - 1989)