Joseph Giles

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• FamilySearch ID: LHPQ-SY8
• Initiatory (LDS): 25 Feb 1916, LOGAN

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MARRIAGE: "American Republican" Newspaper, 12 Dec 1827

DEATH: "Village Record" Newspaper, 30 Nov 1858, 21 Dec 1858

Occupation: Cotton mills


Joseph and Jane Moore Giles had a 160-acre tract in Chester County, Penn s ylvania. Their children attended schools in that vicinity. They were me mb ers of the Oxford Presbyterian Church.

Joseph Gyles worked as a supervisor at the S.E. Dickey Cotton Mill in Ho p ewell. The Joseph Gyles home near Hopewell was bought from James Whites id e Turner and James MacQueen. The Ebenezer T. Gyles home on South 3rd S tre et, Oxford was at one time a shopping mall. It has since been torn do wn.

In 1834, Joseph Gyles was the tax assessor for West Nottingham.

Joseph married Jane Moore on 6 Dec 1827 in Lower Oxford Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. Jane (daughter of John Moore and Jane Gray) was christened on 2 Feb 1790 in Lacock, Wiltshire, England; died on 6 Jul 1882 in Nottingham, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Initiatory (LDS): 22 Dec 1937, LOGAN

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• Initiatory (LDS): 12 Jan 1938, LOGAN

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• FamilySearch ID: L41H-QB8
• Initiatory (LDS): 16 Dec 1937, LOGAN

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BIRTH: Oxford Cemetery Rec. GS#571,159

MARRIAGE: "Daily Local News" 14 Apr 1875 (2nd md.)

DEATH: Oxford Cemetery Rec. GS#571,159, Will GS#550,670

Temple Index Bureau

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• Initiatory (LDS): 22 Dec 1937, LOGAN

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• Initiatory (LDS): 24 May 1869, EHOUS

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1860 Census of Fillmore City, Millard, Utah

1870 Census of Holden, Millard, Utah

1900 Census of Fillmore City, Millard, Utah

Military papers include:
Declaration for Survivors pension-Indian wars
Declaration for Widow's pension

BIRTH: Fillmore 2nd Ward Rec. GS#025,951

DEATH: Fillmore 2nd Ward Rec. GS#025,951

Occupation: Surveyor

"Builders of Early Millard," pp. 276-277:


SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF LIFE OF JOSEPH SINKLER GILES

Note to reader: This file contains a family group sheet of Joseph Sinkl e r Giles and Sarah Huntsman. Lists 15 children. On file at the Territ or ial Statehouse Museum in Fillmore, Utah.

Brother Joseph Sinckler Giles was born on April 5, 1832, at West Nottin g ham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, the son of Joseph and Jan e Mo ore Giles. He spent his early childhood on his father’s 160-acre tr act i n Chester County and received part of his education in the school s of tha t vicinity. At the age of eighteen years he left home and wen t to Ohio a nd from that state to Illinois where he taught school at th e age of 19 ye ars. He taught at Red Oak Prairie and boarded with the sc holars in thei r homes, partaking, as he often said, “of their bacon, goo d corn bread, a nd coffee.”
While in Illinois he studied Law at Princeton, Bureau County, in the of f ice of John Porter Jr, and practiced his profession for a short perio d i n the inferior courts. He later came to Utah and became admitted t o th e Bar of this state and became one of the honored members in the act ive p ractice of the profession. He attended each session of the court i n Mill ard County almost to the day of his death.
Brother Giles joined the United States Army at the age of twenty-thre e y ears. He participated in the Indian and Mexican raids in Texas and F lori da at the time when Billy Bowlegs, an educated Seminole Indian, wit h abou t thirty dusky warriors were making raids on the settlements in th ose loc alities. He was with the Johnston Army when General Johnston wa s ordere d to Utah Territory to put down the alleged plans of the Mormon s to overt hrow the Government. He went through the starvation period o f that arm y when for a time it appeared that the entire army would be wi ped out bef ore sufficient food could reach them. He served as a surgeo n in the arm y and gained valuable experience in setting broken limbs, ex tracting teet h etc., which experience he put to use in serving his fello w citizens i n the early pioneer settlements in Millard County. Friend a nd stranger a like always found a warm welcome in his home.
He became converted to the Mormon faith through reading the sermons a n d writings of Parley P. Pratt and joined the Mormon Church in the yea r 18 58. Shortly after arriving in Utah he married Sarah Huntsman. Fro m thi s union thirteen children were born. Two of his sons, Freeman an d Jesse , and three of his daughters by his first marriage, Jennie Spragu e, Med a Nelson, and Lena Suthern still survive him.
After the death of his wife, Sarah, brother Giles married Ann Elizabe t h Carling, daughter of Abram and Ann E. Carling, of Fillmore City, Uta h . Of this union there were three daughters, Lou Frampton, Laura Broug h , and Florence Brough, and one son Grover A. Giles. Laura Brough follo we d her mother in death within one year of the date of death of Mrs. Gil e s which took place in March 1925. The two girls, Lou and Florence, an d t he one son Grover A., still survive Joseph Giles, who died on Novembe r 5t h 1921.
Brother Giles was a faithful and devout member of the church. He w a s a meticulous tithe payer, never failing to pay his monthly contributi o n strictly on the basis of ten per cent of his income, the items of hi s g ross income, the items of which were carefully recorded in a journa l kep t for that purpose. In civil affairs he served in many capacities . Fo r many years he was the only licensed abstracter, surveyor and lawy er i n the county, aside from giving of his talent and medical experienc e as r elated above. He said, “It was a real pleasure to walk twenty-fiv e mile s to set the broken limb of a friend or neighbor and then return b y the s ame means of transportation”.
Brother Giles did not accumulate great material wealth but he left a he r itage of great love and much service to his memory. He was indeed a mi ll ionaire in point of unselfish service to his fellowmen.
The concluding paragraph of the obituary in the local paper, The Progre s s, simply but beautifully expresses the epitome of his life’s work in t h e following language:

“In conclusion let us say that we have lost, for awhile, the associati o n of a faithful, true and loving friend; a man who became personally ac qu ainted with Christ’s life and works, and who consecrated all his power s o f mind, body and heart to the love of God and his fellow men”.


THE LIFE OF BROTHER JOSEPH SINKLER GILES

Brother Giles was born on April 5th 1832, at West Nottingham Township , C hester County, Penn. The son of Joseph, and Jane Moore, Giles. He s pen t his early childhood on his father’s 169 acres tract in Chester Coun ty , Penn. He received part of his education in the schools of that vici nit y. At the age of 18 years he left home and went to Ohio and from tha t st ate to Illinois where he taught school at the age of 19. He taugh t at Re d Oak Prairie, and boarded with the scholars at their homes, part aking, a s he was said many times, of their good bacon, corn, bread, an d coffee.
While in Illinois he studied law at Princeton Bureau County in the offi c e of John Porter Jr. and practiced his profession for a short period i n t hat state before the inferior courts. Later when he came to Utah h e beca me admitted to the Bar of this state and was an honored member o f that as sociation to the date of his death. Brother Giles joined the U nited Stat es Army at the age of 23 and participated in the Indian and Me xican raid s in Texas and Florida during the time when Billy Bow Legs, a n educated S eminole Indian, with about thirty dusky followers, were maki ng raids on t he settlement for those localities. He was with the Johnst on Army durin g the period of their starvation when it seemed that thei r entire number s would be annihilated. He served as a surgeon in the ar my and gained ex perience along the medical line, which later proved of g reat value to hi m in the service of his fellows during the early settlem ent of the commun ities of Millard county Utah. Stranger or friend alwa ys found a warm we lcome in Brother Giles home. He became converted to t he Mormon faith thr ough reading the sermons and writings of Parley P. Pr att and joined the M ormon Church about the year 1858. Shortly after hi s arrival in Utah he m arried Sarah Huntsman, (daughter of James and Mar y Huntsman who gave hi m thirteen children, ten of whom are now living, a nd have children and gr andchildren of their own.) After the death of hi s wife, Sarah, brother G iles married Ann E. Carling (daughter of Abraha m and Ann E. Carling of Fi llmore City, Utah.) Who, with her daughters , Low Frampton, Laura Brough , Florence Brough and her son Grover A. Gile s, survive him .
The members of his first family who survive him are as follows: Rile y , Freeman, John, Jesse, Mrs. James Sprague, Mrs. Emily McKee, Mrs. Mara nd a Turner, Mrs. Meda Nelson, Mrs. Melissa Miller, and Mrs. Lena Suther n . Practically all of his surviving children attended his funeral. A s wa s stated at he funeral, brother Giles has spent his life in the serv ice o f his fellowmen, and the sacrifice which he made for their welfar e will l ong be remembered and cherished by those who knew him.
For a great many years he was the only medical aid obtainable in Milla r d County and the good he has done in that regard can hardly be estimate d.
He was a devout member of his church and always paid an honest tithin g . In civil affairs he served well in every instance. For many year s h e was the only licensed abstractor, surveyor and lawyer in Millard Co unty , besides giving the medical dentist attention spoken of herein. I n hi s civil and religious duties he made sources of friends, and the wri ter d oes not know of a soul on earth who holds any malice or ill-will to ward t his noble brother who lived upon the earth 88 years, and 6 month s to th e day of his death.
He will be sorely missed by his family and his many friends, but ther e a re none who will wish him back from the happiness, which he has mos t sure ly found as the reward of his good deeds on earth. As one of th e speaker s remarked, “His life was a prayer and his death a benediction , and we ar e wex who are left behind”.



AN INCIDENT OF EARLY DENTISTRY IN HOLDE N
Related by Franklin Badger

I have heard my mother relate this story a number of times; of her fath e r Albert Stevens and Brother J. S. Giles. My Grandfather like this gra nd son and possible others—was very sensitive about having a tooth pulled .
After enduring the ache of one about as long as he could endure it, a n d trying every known and recommended remedy without relief, --he very r el uctantly decided to visit Brother Giles, as a last resort.
On making the purpose of the visit known, the dentist procured his forc e ps and together they went out to the woodpile. Grandfather sat on a l o g for the latter to have just a look at the offending tooth. While doi n g so he slipped the forceps on with a firm grip. Grandfather hollere d “h old on, hold on”. Brother Giles replied, “I am holding on”, and h e did t ill the tooth came out.




JOSEPH SINKLER GILES

Joseph Sinkler Giles was born April 5, 1832, in West Nottingham, Chest e r County, Penn. To Joseph and Jane Moore Giles. He helped his parent s a t home until he was eighteen years old and then he had a desire to wa nder , and see the country.
He left home and met a Mr. Church, who was Superintendent of Schools . M r. Church asked him to take an examination to see if he were eligibl e t o each school. “He had to study Webster’s speller, had to give the v owe l and consonant combinations, then Mr. Church asked me some very od d ques tions. I studied for ten days, passed my examination and began te achin g school”.
For the next two years Sinkler taught school. Seventy students from s i x years old to twenty-five years old, for twenty-two dollars a month . Th e next year he went to Mt. Privide Academy, Boro County, Penn. an d studie d Law for two years. In 1855 he joined the United States Army a nd was se nt to Governor’s Island as Assistant Clerk to the commanding of ficer fo r several months.
He was sent to Florida to help hunt Billy bow Legs, a small tribe of Se m inole Indians who rebelled against being sent to Indian Territory. He r e I was in charge of the chemicals, being appointed the Hospital Stewa r t [steward]. He had charge of the medicine and was called “Dr. Joe” . H e was with Johnston’s Army when they were ordered to go to Utah.
Brigham Young sent the army a wagon load of salt but Commander Johnst o n had the salt dumped out a long way from camp, as he would not let th e s oldiers eat it. Sinkler Giles asked permission to test the salt an d foun d it clean and pure. It proved to be a blessing for the army an d those w ho had settled there.
Sinkler Giles left Johnston’s Army in 1958 and came to Fillmore. He wo r ked in Fillmore, Scipio, and Holden. Thomas Robins of Scipio began tea ch ing Sinkler the principles of the Mormon Church. He was baptized in C hal k Creek by Daniel Thompson December 13, 1858.
Sinkler met Sarah Huntsman in December 1858. Sarah was the daughte r o f James and Mary Huntsman and was born June 5, 1841 in Nauvoo, Illino is . It was love at first sight. They were married January 30, 1860 b y Bis hop Lewis Brunson, at the home of the bride but we were later endow ed a t the Old Endowment House in Salt Lake City.
Joseph was the first Superintendent of the Sunday School in Holden, Uta h . He held positions in the church all of his life and also acted a s a do ctor, setting broken bones and relieving the sick whenever he wa s called . He was a very talented person and did much to help with the a musement s of the wards in which he lived.
Joseph Sinkler and his wife Sarah were the parents of thirteen childre n , all of them faithful members of the church (Mormon). He served as Co un ty Surveyor, County Attorney, and several other civic jobs besides alw ay s serving as a “doctor” whenever he was called.
His wife, Sarah Huntsman Giles, died April 5, 1881 and is buried in t h e Fillmore Cemetery.
After the death of his wife Sarah Huntsman Giles, Joseph Sinkler Gile s m arried Elizabeth Carling, daughter of Abraham and Ann Ashman Carling . T o this union were born four children, Lou Frampton, Laura Brought, F loren ce Brough, and Grover A. Giles.
Joseph Snkler Giles passed away November 5th 1921, in Fillmore, Utah, a n d is buried in the Fillmore Cemetery.
The names of his children born to him and his wife Sarah Huntsman Gil e s are: Joseph Riley, Mary Miranda, James Freeman, Sarah Jane, Emily An n , Jesse Huntsman, Elemeda Aratimisia, John Thomas, William Sinkler, Lor in da Melissa, Selina Merila, Eva May, and Jacob.




SOME OF THE CHILDREN OF JOSEPH SINKLER AND SARAH HUNTSMAN GILES

Emily Ann Giles: born March 23, 1867, daughter of Joseph Sinker and Sar a h Huntsman Giles, in Fillmore. She was a nurse and a homemaker. She m ar ried David McKee October 14, 1887, and lived on Main Street in Holden , Mi llard County, Utah. She raised a large family and worked in the Rel ief S ociety. She was kind and very considerate of everyone and had man y frien ds. She died April 15, 1942 in Holden, Utah and is buried in th e Holde n Cemetery.

Almedia Artemisa Giles (Nelson): was born November 1, 1870 to Joseph a n d Sarah Huntsman Giles, in Holden, Utah where her father taught schoo l . Almedia became a schoolteacher and was prominent in public school ci rc les. She later became a temple worker and worked in the Logan Temple , do ing genealogical work until her death.
She married Joseph Nelson June 27, 1888 and moved to Preston, Idaho. S h e died August 7, 1950 in Preston, Idaho.

John Thomas Giles: born January 30, 1873 to Joseph Snkler and Sarah Hun t sman Giles in Holden, Utah. He became a Blacksmith and made hardware f o r the early settlers, besides keeping the horses well shod. He also h a d a large farm where he grew most of the food for his family. He marri e d Aemina Wilson. He died December 8, 1939

Joseph Riley Giles: born October 8, 1860, to Joseph and Sarah Huntsma n G iles, in Fillmore, Utah. He became a farmer and learned the blacksmi th t rade. He was also a musician and played for the dances and entertai nment s in the church and town entertainments in Holden and Lehi, Utah . He mar ried Polly Harmon May 18, 1882. He died October 22, 1924 in Le hi, Utah.

James Freeman Giles: born November 23, 1863, son of Joseph Sinkler an d S arah Huntsman Giles, in Fillmore, Utah. He was a barber by trade an d pla yed the accordion for dances and entertainments in Fillmore, Holde n and L ehi. He married Thressa Stringham and moved later to Salt Lake c ity. H e always played his accordion for the dances of the senior citize ns in hi s ward, as well as a practicing his trade as barber. (He was ma rried Ma y 31, 1885). He died January 27, 1853.

Sarah Jane Giles: born September 14, 1865, to Joseph Sinkler and Sara h H untsman Giles in Fillmore, Utah. She was a seamstress and housewife . Sh e made suits for men and dressed for women, and continued sewing un til sh e was ninety-one years old. She remained a visiting teacher in th e Relie f Society until she was ninety-nine years old. She was a templ e worker a nd did three sessions of temple work the day after her one-hun dredth birt hday. She married Solomon Abraham Sprague January 9, 1888 . She died Dec ember 13, 1966 in Monroe, Utah.



SARAH HUNTSMAN GILES
Written by daughter, Almeda Giles Nelson

Sarah Huntsman was the tenth child of James and Mary Johnston Huntsma n , born 5 June 1841 in Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, during the pers ec ution and mobbing of the Latter-day Saints.
Her father was the 36th member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-d a y Saints. He came west with one of the Brigham Young’s first companie s , but his wife and family came a year later
James Huntsman, her father was a mechanic. He invented a gadget call e d the milometer, with which to measure the daily mileage the Saints tra ve led. Appleton Harmon takes the credit for the making of it, but Jame s Hu ntsman invented it.
Nothing much is recorded of Sarah Huntsman’s early life, but she knew t h e Prophet Joseph Smith and mourned his martyrdom. She taught her child re n to love and revere him. She remembers him riding on a spirited hors e s itting so straight coming down the street.
Mother was beautiful with long black hair either coiled around her shap e ly head in broad braids, or on some occasions, hanging loose to her wai st . She had large grey eyes that could either by sympathetic or indigna n t as circumstances demanded. She never punished us except by her looks .
Her romance began when she and several girl friends worked at the Hunts m an Hotel in Fillmore. They filled thimbles with water, and if successf u l not to spill the water as they walked backwards and placed it under t h e pillow, their dreams would disclose to them who their future husband s w ere to be. The next morning there was great fun making while each gi rl t old her dream. Mother had seen a man dressed in an oilcloth coat, w alkin g with a soldiers step. As the day proceeded one of the girls excl aimed , “Oh Sarah, here comes your future husband.” Unbelievingly she lo oked o ut into the street and surely enough she saw her “Dream Man” wit h an oilc loth coat and the step of a soldier. They met and became frien ds, and la ter she was married to her dream man Joseph Sinkler Giles. Th ey were mar ried by Bishop Lewis Brunson 30 January 1860 in Fillmore, Uta h. They wer e later endowed in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City, Ut ah, and wer e blessed with 13 children.
Sarah was exceedingly frugal, experiencing all the privations of the ea r ly pioneers.
Their first home was a dugout between Holden and Fillmore. Their equip m ent consisted of a sort of fireplace, a dutch oven and a large brass ke tt le in which soap as well as hominy was made. She made her own lye fro m w ood ashes, and used this for making soap, and also in the hominy maki ng . She made candles from animal fat, which furnished the only light fo r t he early Pioneers.
While living in the dugout, Father built an adobe house in the Easter n p art of Holden, Utah. (Where Arvin Stevens home now stands.)
Mother was faithful in teaching us children to pray and to otherwise ke e p the commandments of God.
I recall a song she taught us about the martyrs which she sang in her b e autiful clear voice.
Besides making all the clothing for her large family, she tailored sui t s for many of the town folks.
Father purchased one of the first sewing machines in that part of the c o unty, which greatly aided in her sewing projects. He also bought on e o f the first organs, and cook stoves in Holden.
Mother loved music and dancing, no girl in the community could out do h e r in rhythm and step dancing. Her pretty little feet fairly flew to t h e music.
She loved her religion and did her Relief Society teaching, worked zeal o usly, even when her health would scarcely justify the effort. Her bush e l of wheat was gleaned and turned to the Relief society regularly. Sh e a nd her children passed through the “no flour” time when only corn mea l co uld be had. This was served in various ways three times daily. Cor ndodg ers, straight mush, or gruel. However there was no variety in tast e.
Mother was an artist in all the crafts of those early settlers. Her ha n dwork in quits, laces, crochet work and knitting was unexcelled. She c ar ded, spun wool and taught these arts to her girls as they grew up.
Meticulous in the care of her home and children, I marvel now how she k e pt our hair in ringlets, (for it was not naturally curly) and dresse d u s in white aprons for school wear. On the whole, I have concluded si nc e I have a large family of my own to care for that my mother must hav e be en a wonder indeed. Her and her husband lived a very happy and cont ente d life together even if they didn’t have all the fancies of life.
She died giving birth to her thirteenth child at the age of 40. The me m ory of her beauty and accomplishments forever lives in her children’s h ea rts, and with all her many friends who knew her as, “Aunt Sarah”.
Sarah Huntsman Giles died April 5th 1881, and is buried in the Holden C e metery. Her baby Jacob, born April 5, 1881 is buried in the same cask e t with his mother. Her children are as follows: Joseph Riley Giles, b or n Oct. 8, 1860 at Fillmore Utah. Mary Maranda Giles Turner, born Janu ar y 16, 1862, Fillmore, Utah. James Freeman Giles, born Nov. 23, 1863 , Fil lmore, Utah. Sarah Jane Giles Sprague, born Sept. 14, 1865, Fillmo re, Ut ah. Emily Ann Giles McKee, born March 23, 1867, Fillmore, Utah . Jesse H untsman Giles, born Dec. 31, 1868, Holden. Almeda Artemesia G iles Nelson , born Nov. 1, 1870, Holden, Utah. John Thomas Giles, born J an. 30, 1873 , Holden, Utah. William Sinkler Giles, born Aug. 6, 1874, H olden, Utah . Lorinda Melissa Giles Miller, born Oct. 1, 1875, Holden, U tah. Salen a Marailla Giles Southern, born Oct. 29, 1877, Holden, Utah . Eva May Gil es, born Dec. 27, 1879, Holden, Utah. Jacob Giles, born A pril 5, 1881, H olden, Utah; died April 5, 1881.

Biography obtained from the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, Fillmore, Ut a h, Territorial Statehouse Museum.

Joseph married Sarah Huntsman on 15 Jan 1860 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States. Sarah (daughter of James Huntsman and Mary Johnston) was born on 3 Jun 1841 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States; died on 5 Apr 1881 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States; was buried on 8 Apr 1881 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Ann Elizabeth Carling on 31 Jan 1887 in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States. Ann (daughter of Abraham Freer Carling and Ann Elizabeth Ashman) was born on 23 May 1865 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States; died on 12 Mar 1925 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States; was buried on 18 Mar 1925 in Fillmore Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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A Life Sketch of Joseph Riley Giles and Polly Frances Harmon
By Ardith Giles May
When I was growing up, I lived in the same block with my father’s parent s , Joseph Riley and Polly Frances Harmon Giles. I have fond memories o f th ose two beautiful people.
My Grandfather Giles, as well as my father, was a blacksmith and owned t h e only blacksmith shop in Lehi, Utah. Lehi is located about 30 miles so ut h of Salt Lake City, Utah. At that time the population of Lehi was abo u t 3000 people. I can remember standing in the door of the blacksmith sh o p and watching them shoe horses and pound on the anvil and pull a lon g co rd which caused the bellows to heat the iron horseshoes in order t o do th e repair work that they did.
Grandpa Riley (he was always known as Riley rather than Joseph) loved li t tle children and my brother and my sisters were always warmly greeted a n d loved and cuddled whenever we stopped in. He was so pleasant and kin d a nd seemed to know just how to talk to children and comfort them whene ve r they needed him. He was never too busy to hold us in his lap and le t u s tell him our little troubles. We dearly loved him. He was the sweet est , kindest and most pleasant man I ever knew.
My grandmother, Polly Giles, was just as pleasant and kind as Grandpa. S h e was so jolly and happy – always singing as she worked. We would sit a n d listen to her sing. The songs that I remember most were: “Beautiful D re amer”, “Silver Threads Among the Gold” and “When You and I Were Young , Ma ggie”. Their home was such a relaxed place. We always felt welcome a nd co uld usually count on receiving a good piece of homemade bread and j am.
Grandpa Riley was a good-looking, strong, well-built, slender man abo u t 5 foot 10 or 11 inches tall and weighed perhaps 180 pounds. He ha d a fu ll head of brown hair, slightly streaked with gray. It was slightl y wave d and parted on one side. He wore a full mustache that was alway s neatl y trimmed. His countenance was pleasant and smiling. I always rem ember hi m in his dark blue bib overalls.
Grandma Polly was a very large woman –perhaps about 5 feet 7 or 8 inch e s tall. It was a characteristic of the Harmon family to be rather larg e . She had a pretty face and her hair was a beautiful gray (I seem to re me mber Grandma Polly telling me that she was prematurely gray at age 25) . S he wore it softly pulled on top of her head and there was always a so ft w ave across the front that made her look beautiful. She was always pl easan t and smiling. I remember her most in printed house dresses wit h a clea n checked apron.
I can remember sitting in Grandma Polly’s kitchen as she would sit and m e nd socks. I would watch how she did it, weaving the darning cotton bac k a nd forth. I became good at darning myself because of her. I also reme mbe r her teaching me how to mend and repair clothes. This is also someth in g that helped in raising my family. I can picture her now singing an d men ding while rocking in her rocking chair, before the wood stove.
Grandma and Grandpa’s youngest child was Helen, who was only one year ol d er than I. Helen and I were great pals and we were together so much. O n e of the things we did was play “hide and seek”. Grandma would even le t u s play this in the house and I wonder now how she ever put up with m y bei ng there so much.
I was always warned by mother when I went to Grandma Polly’s house, nev e r to mention the Church. Even though they were good people, their bitte rn ess toward the Church, which was created by Polly’s mother, Elmeda Str ing ham Harmon was always present.
After Elmeda’s husband, Appleton Milo Harmon, died, she began to rememb e r her comfortable circumstances back in Salt Lake City and harbored il l f eelings toward Brigham Young because they were sent to southern Uta h an d suffered hardship and deprivation.
However, I feel sure their names were never taken from the records of t h e Church, because I can remember being in their home where Ward Teache r s and the visiting teachers would call, and they were always very poli t e to them even though they never attended church.
My grandparents have been dead for many years, and I have had a desire f o r a long time to know more about their early lives, so that my childre n m ay come to understand and to know about those fine people. After corr espo nding with their daughter, Mabel Giles Cox I have learned a few thin g s I would like to relate.
Joseph Riley Giles was born in Fillmore (near Holden), Millard County, U t ah on October 8, 1860. He was baptized 26 June 1869. His father, Josep h S inkler Giles was born in West Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvani a. J oseph Sinkler Giles joined the United States Army and was sent to Ut ah wi th Johnston’s Army to investigate the Mormons. This was in 1857 whi ch wa s 10 years after the Mormon Saints arrived in the Salt Lake Valley . Whil e he was in Utah, he joined the Mormon Church and never returned a gain t o his homeland or ever saw his parents again. Joseph Sinkler Gile s settle d in Holden, Utah and there married Sarah Huntsman.
Sarah Huntsman and her parents, James Huntsman and Mary Johnston, had jo i ned the Mormon Church around 1830 and lived in Nauvoo, Illinois. They c ro ssed the plains with the Mormon Saints in 1851. They were sent to Hold en , Millard County, Utah, by Brigham Young to colonize that part of th e sta te.
Polly Frances Harmon Giles was born in Toquerville, Washington County, U t ah on March 4, 1864. She was baptized 23 November 1946 – previous bapti s m date unknown. Her father, Appleton Milo Harmon, was born in Conneaut , E rie County, Pennsylvania. He and his parents, Jessie Pierce Harmon an d An na Barnes, had joined the Mormon Church in 1842 and moved to Nauvoo , Illi nois. While living in Nauvoo, he met and married Elmeda Stringham . She an d her parents, George Stringham and Polly Hendrickson, had joine d the Mor mon Church in 1839 and moved to Nauvoo.
Appleton Milo Harmon was a man of great strength and ability. He came ac r oss the plains with Brigham Young in 1847 and made many trips back an d fo rth across the plains to bring his wife and his parents and wife’s p arent s to Utah. He was sent to Toquerville, Washington County, Utah by B righa m Young to colonize that part of the country. He lived there for ma ny yea rs, and finally settled in Holden, Millard County, Utah where Poll y and R iley met and married.
Little is known of their courtship, but they were married on May 19, 18 8 2 in Holden, Millard County, Utah. He was 22 and she was 18.
Four children were born to Polly and Riley while living in Holden: Elme d a (Meda) Giles born August 6, 1883, Dennis Giles born August 17, 1886 , Ma bel Giles born January 13, 1894 and Shirley Robert Giles born Februa ry 17 , 1898.
Joseph Riley Giles was a natural born mechanic. When he was a young bo y , about 14 or 15 years old, the farmers in the community had bought a t hr eshing machine. It had come “knocked down” and no one knew how to asse mbl e it. So Riley Giles did it!
Riley bought a tract of land east and south of Holden and became a farm e r as well as a blacksmith a mechanic. This was a perfect location. He h a d cows and horses and a great deal of pasture land. He built a find hou s e on this land and always had a garden to help feed his family. There w a s a spring on this land that was the source of their drinking water. T h e water was in a large well. A frame roof was built over the well in or de r to keep it clean and protected. They carried water to the house in b uck ets. Rain water was caught in a barrel to wash clothes.
One day, Mabel was sent to the well for water and as she looked at the r i m of the water tank, there lay a long watch snake. She was so frighten e d that she couldn’t scream but ran to the house making much squawking n oi ses. She can still remember that scary feeling to this day!
Riley did black smithing as well as farming while living Holden. He ma d e each of children a “tack hammer” – a small hammer on one end and a ta c k puller on the other end. This was made entirely of iron. He also ma d e a “flat iron” entirely of iron, which when heated on the old wood sto ve , was heavy but a good pressing iron.
Riley could shoe a horse to perfection. Some of the horses were wild a n d hard to handle, but he had a way of running his hand over them and th e y would calm down with his touch.
Riley was also a “Bronco Buster”. He could ride wild horses and calve s a t public events around the town. He was never thrown from a horse, bu t on ce thrown from a calf. Note” My father, Dennis and my grandfather, R ile y owned a beautiful team of roan colored horses. Their names were “Ol d Cu b”, and “Bawley”.
At one time while the family was still living Holden, Riley purchased so m e produce from the farmers, and procured a large load of home cured ha m a nd bacon, wheat, dried corn and oats, and traveled in a covered wago n an d peddled his produce. He traveled to Elko, Nevada and other cities . Some times he would be gone several months selling a doing black smithi ng alon g the way. He always came home for Christmas! He had a dog name d “Tago” w ho always went with him, sitting on the seat beside him. Whe n came home , usually in the night or early evening Polly would open th e door and “Ta go” would jump into the house and dash to the bedroom int o the arms of Ma bel “Tago” was one of the family.
Riley also ran a sawmill in Pioneer Canyon near Holden. Mabel can rememb e r the piles of sawdust. He was a very hand a versatile man a natural me ch anic, able to do many kinds of work.
Joseph Riley and Polly Frances were also natural musicians. In those yea r s they lived in Holden, they played for dances in the community. Rile y pl ayed the violin by ear, and Polly played the organ by ear. Their hom e wa s always full of music and happiness. They had music in their souls ! Rile y had traded a wagon for the violin he owned, and it was a very go od one . Mabel was the one who inherited this violin and has given it t o her son , Edward Riley Cox.
In talking to the sister of grandpa Joseph Riley, I found that he beca m e dissatisfie with the Church because he was chided by the brethren bec au se he began to do some of his farm work on Sunday. This led him to sta y a way more often and gradually he didn’t go to church at all. As his ch ildr en came along, he neglected to have any of them baptized.
In about the year 1900, the Joseph Riley Giles family decided to move no r th, nearer to Salt Lake City. Polly’s father, Appleton Milo Harmon, ha d d ied in Holden when he was only 57 years old. Polly’s mother, Elmeda S trin gham Harmon, was then living in American Fork, Utah, to be near on e of he r sons, Jesse Harmon, who lived in Provo, Utah. Riley and his fam ily move d to American Fork to be near her. They lived there for awhile , then purc hased a blacksmith shop and a house in Lehi, which is onl y 3 miles nort h of American Fork. This was an old adobe house with the b lacksmith sho p right next door, located on Main Street very near the bus iness sectio n of Lehi. Eventually a house was built for Polly’s mother , Elmeda String ham Harmon, on the same lot on Main Street.
Two more children were born to Riley and Polly in Lehi: Donald Frankli n G iles born March 14, 1905 and Helen Jeannette Giles born November 22 , 1907 .
Joseph Riley worked at black smithing for many years in Lehi. After my f a ther, Dennis, grew up and married, he did black smithing also with hi s fa ther (I have mentioned earlier that we lived just through the bloc k fro m my grandparents). When the era of the automobiles came into bein g, Den nis opened a garage to sell and repair automobiles. My father an d grandfa ther traded houses and business locations. This would make the m each liv e next door to their business. The address now the Riley Gile s home woul d be the red brick house at 39 South Center Street, Lehi, Uta h; and the a ddress for the Dennis Giles home would be the white frame ho use at 30 Eas t Min Street, Lehi, Utah (The house that was originally bui lt for Elmed a Stringham Harmon.)
Besides doing black smithing, Riley tried his hand at inventing. He an d h is brother, Jesse, invented a “Brush Grubber”. He made the iron prong s th at pulled the sage brush up by the roots. It was pulled by horses. I t wor ked very well, so they applied for a patent. But the cost proved t o be to o much, so the project was soon forgotten.
Another venture that Riley made was to work for the Land Clearing and Im p rovement Company. He applied for a tract of land west of the city of Le h i near Cedar Fort. He worked the ground after clearing it, planted whea t , had a good crop and sold the wheat around the area. But the deal to o bt ain the land fell through, so he went back to Lehi and to blacksmithin g a gain.
Grandma Polly Giles was homebody. Taking care of her family was her lif e . They came first always. Her sweet, loving pleasant personality was wh a t made us love her. She made everyone so welcome in her home.
One of the highlights that I remember was going Holden to family reunion s . How they all loved to get together and visit and sing! There was alwa y s music.
At the end of Joseph Riley’s life, he was employed by a construction com p any in a place called Toplift, in Cedar Valley, Utah. I don’t know th e na me of the company, but he was tangled into a chain saw that threw hi m o a fly wheel crushing him. He was taken to the Lehi Hospital where h e di ed a few hours later on October 22, 1924 at the age of 64.
After all her children were married Grandma Polly went to live with he r d aughter, Mabel, who at the time lived in Ogden, Utah and later in Pen dlet on, Umatilla County, Oregon. She died in Pendleton on October 15, 19 44 an d was buried in the Lehi Cemetery beside her husband.

Joseph married Polly Frances Harmon on 19 May 1882 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States. Polly (daughter of Appleton Milo Harmon and Elmeda Stringham) was born on 4 Mar 1864 in Toquerville, Washington, Utah, United States; died on 15 Oct 1944 in Pendleton, Umatilla, Oregon, United States; was buried on 20 Oct 1944 in Lehi City Cemetery, Utah, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWVH-Z9R
• Initiatory (LDS): 23 Oct 1907, MANTI

Mary married David Turner on 2 Feb 1880 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States. David (son of David Turner and Rose Collier) was born on 14 Nov 1853 in Milltown, Somerset, New Jersey, United States; died on 30 Mar 1929 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States; was buried on 4 Apr 1929 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWC7-724
• Initiatory (LDS): 16 Jul 1963, SLAKE

James married Judith Teressa Stringham on 31 May 1885 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States. Judith (daughter of Briant Stringham and Martha Ellen Ashby) was born on 13 May 1867 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; died on 16 Mar 1935 in Gridley, Butte, California, United States; was buried on 21 Mar 1935 in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWC6-8DV
• Initiatory (LDS): 27 Jun 1922, MANTI

Sarah married Solomon Abraham Sprague on 29 Jan 1887 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States. Solomon (son of Ithamer Sprague and Sarah Steadwell) was born on 18 Aug 1859 in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States; died on 21 Nov 1930 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States; was buried on 23 Nov 1930 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Nicholas Albert Farry on 4 Apr 1905 in Monroe, Sevier, Utah, United States. Nicholas was born in 1865 in Kongeriket Norge; died about 1921. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWCT-VFF
• Initiatory (LDS): 4 May 1887, SGEOR

Notes:

Emily Ann Giles: born March 23, 1867, daughter of Joseph Sinker and Sar a h Huntsman Giles, in Fillmore, Utah. She was a nurse and a homemaker. S h e married David McKee October 14, 1887, and lived on Main Street in Hol de n, Millard County, Utah. She raised a large family and worked in the R eli ef Society. She was kind and very considerate of everyone and had man y fr iends. She died April 15, 1942 in Holden, Utah and is buried in th e Holde n Cemetery.

Emily married David Daniel McKee on 14 Oct 1886 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States. David (son of James McKee and Matilda Sweat) was born on 28 Jan 1859 in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States; was christened on 5 Feb 1859 in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States; died on 20 Feb 1946 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States; was buried on 23 Feb 1946 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWCQ-FPT
• Initiatory (LDS): 27 Aug 1890, MANTI

Notes:

JESSE HUNTSMAN GILES
FROM HIS DIARY

Jesse Huntsman Giles was born Dec. 31, 1868, in Holden, Utah; son of Jo s eph Sinkler and Sarah Huntsman Giles. His father had been in Johnston’ s A rmy as a surgeon, and later joined the Mormon Church.
The father, Joseph Sinkler Giles also taught school in Holden. Jesse we n t to the first grade of school in Holden. Later he came to Fillmore t o at tend the Millard Academy, taught by Alma and Joshua Greenwood, two g radua tes from the Brigham Young Academy.
Since Jesse and his sister had to come to Fillmore to attend the Milla r d Academy, the father, Joseph Sinkler decided to move to Fillmore.
The Giles family rented the home of William Goulter, which was just a li t tle over a block from the Abraham Carling family home. Jesse Giles an d Em eline Carling walked to school together and studied together, and so on th ey were deciding on a wedding day.
Emeline was born September 15, 1870, the daughter of Abraham Freer an d A nn Ashman Carling. She and Jesse were married in the Manti Temple Aug us t 27, 1890, by Anthony H. Lund.
Jesse and Emeline moved their few belongings to Oak Creek where Jesse b e gan teaching school the first week in September. It was lonely for Emel in e with Jesse in school all day, but she managed to get to Fillmore o n a f ew visits when some one from Oak Creek went to Fillmore to get a lo ad o f grain ground into flour. The first child of Jesse and Emeline wa s bor n Sept. 4, 1891, whom they named Hazel.
When school closed they moved to Fillmore, and Jesse herded sheep for S a m Bennett of Holden. Jesse enjoyed herding sheep as he had plenty of ti m e to read and study. Jesse spent his extra time getting an education wh il e herding sheep. The sheep took very little of Jesse’s time except a t lam bing time when the bobcats ate the little lambs, unless the herde r kept c lose watch on the mother sheep and her lambs. Jesse always had s everal sh eep dogs, which were trained to kill bobcats.
That fall, Jesse went to Leamington to teach school. Richard Russell al s o taught near Leamington therefore, he rode back and forth to and fro m Fi llmore with Jesse and Emeline. John Kelly, a very prominent educato r in M illard County was chairman of the Board of Education. On January 2 7, 1893 , a second daughter was born to Jesse and Emeline, and they name d her Ann ie Lee.
Although Jesse was a schoolteacher most of the time. He was also an exc e llent mechanic and electrician. He installed the electrical wiring fo r ma ny of the homes in Fillmore. His son Herbert worked with him some o f th e time. Herbert was a mechanic, contractor and carpenter.
Jesse taught school at Fillmore, Beaver, Minerville, and St. John in To o le County. He and Emeline were blessed with nine children. We have alre ad y named two of them; Hazel and Annie Lee both born in Fillmore. The ot he r seven are as follows: Maggie, born Dec. 9, 1895, in Fillmore: Herber t , born Feb. 23, 1898, in Fillmore; Valeta, born May 22, 1901, in Salin a , Utah; Robert Carling, born Feb. 23, 1903, in Fillmore ;
Forest LeRoy, born July 7, 1906, in Fillmore, Utah; Roma, born June 29 , 1 909, Fillmore; Joseph, born July 21, 1911. Emeline died following th e bir th of her ninth baby, July 21, 1911 and is buried in the Fillmore c emeter y. Jesse was working in the Lehi Roller Mills when his wife Emelin e died . He immediately moved back to Fillmore, with his family, as he ha d live d here most of his life.
In 1919 he moved to Ogden where he met and married Alice Rogers. He ser v ed a two-year mission for the Mormon Church from 1927-28 to the Easter n S tates.
Jesse and his second wife Alice Rogers Giles adopted two girls and rais e d them as their own. Jesse died November 21, 1954 and is buried besid e hi s two wives in the Fillmore Cemetery.
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Jesse married Emeline Carling on 27 Nov 1890 in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. Emeline (daughter of Abraham Freer Carling and Ann Elizabeth Ashman) was born on 16 Sep 1870 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States; died on 21 Jul 1911 in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States; was buried on 24 Jul 1911 in Fillmore Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jesse married Alice Evelyn Rogers on 29 Mar 1927 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Alice was born on 1 Sep 1875 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; died on 10 Feb 1961; was buried on 13 Feb 1962 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWZ9-548
• Initiatory (LDS): 27 Jun 1888, MANTI
• Census: 1900, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States
• Census: 1910, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States
• Census: 1920, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States
• Census: 1930, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States

Notes:

1860 Census of Fillmore City, Millard, Utah

1870 Census of Holden, Millard, Utah

1900 Census of Fillmore City, Millard, Utah

SOURCE: TEMPLE_WORK: Temple Index Bureau

Birth: Preston 1st Ward Rec. GS#007,540

Death: Deceased Member File, Logan Cemetery Rec.

LIVE_LDS_BAPTISM: Preston 1st Ward Rec. GS#007,540

SOURCE: Death Certificates, State of Utah

Almeda married Joseph G Nelson on 27 Jun 1888 in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. Joseph (son of Lars Nielsen and Marchen "Martha" Bendtsdatter) was born on 10 Mar 1864 in Goshen, Utah, Utah, United States; died on 5 Dec 1950 in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States; was buried on 8 Dec 1950 in Logan City Cemetery, Cache, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWCV-ZQ7
• Initiatory (LDS): 28 Oct 1950

Notes:

LIFE SKETCH OF JOHN THOMAS GILES
AND LUCY ARMINA WILSON

No written history of my paternal grandparents is available, so I, Earli n e Giles Kvist, their granddaughter, will attempt a short sketch
of my own memories, and those of my parents, Earl and Erma Giles.
Grandpa John Thomas Giles was born in Fillmore, Utah, 30 Jan 1872, the e i ghth child of Joseph Sinkler Giles and Jane Moore. Grandma Giles was bo r n to Frank Wilson and Lucy Rachel Felshaw, in Holden, Millard County, U ta h, on 19 March, 1877. Joseph Sinkler was born in West Nottingham, Ches te r County, Pennsylvania, on 5 April, 1833.
John and Armina were married in Holden, Millard County, Utah, 20 Novemb e r 1896.
Family stories tell us that Grandfather Joseph Sinkler Giles was a ver y r eligious man, once he was introduced to the teachings of the Church o f Je sus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Grandfather, John Thomas, was a lit tle r ebellious and at the tender age of fifteen years, he left home to b e on h is own, after the death of his beloved mother. She passed away aft er th e birth of her thirteenth child, Jacob, on April 5, 1881, in Holden , Utah . The baby died the same day.
Grandfather Joseph Sinkler remarried, and John Thomas soon left his boyh o od home.
John Thomas met and married Lucy Armina Wilson. He was twenty four yea r s old, and she was just nineteen. Their first child, Frank Elwin, die d a t just fifteen months of age. He was born and died in Holden, Utah .
They moved around the west a lot in the next few years, according to t h e birthplaces of their children. Claud was born in 1899 in Holden, the n E lva Jeanne came along in 1903, in Annabelle, Sevier County, Utah, whi ch i s just outside of Richfield, Utah.
Joseph Clayton was born in Star Valley, Elko County, Nevada in 1906.
. Dolly Kathleen and Earl were born in TownCreek, Nevada in 1908 and 191 1 . Perry and Madge came to them back in Holden, in 1915 and 1918. That c om pleted their family.
John Thomas obtained work for Kennecott Copper Company in McGill, Whit e P ine County, Nevada. They lived with the sheriff until a rental home b ecam e available. He was responsible to drive horse teams and care for ho rse s as his job.
I do not know how many years they lived in McGill, where the children co u ld attend school. They moved to a little ranch, which was a homestead t ha t they improved by building a log house of three rooms, a kitchen, bi g fa mily room, and a small bedroom. It was
about seventeen miles from McGill, Nevada. The bathroom was up the hill.
The children attended school in McGill for elementary, which went to t h e 8th grade. My Dad only finished the eighth grade, like most of the bo y s of that time. They were needed to work on the ranch. Times were ver y ha rd, and they had to live off their own industry.
The kitchen had a great big iron cookstove with a hot water tank on on e e nd. The sink had only cold running water, so water must be heated eve ry s ingle day, winter or summer. There was no electricity,
so light was by coal oil lamps. My grandmother was such a hard worker , a long with her husband and children. She churned her own butter, and b ake d the best homemade bread. I can still remember to taste of that brea d af ter 70 plus years.
She baked nearly every day to feed her growing family. She also made gr e at pies and cakes with fruits she had canned on that big stove in the m id dle of the summer. Imagine the heat in that little house in July. Sh e als o had to iron with heavy iron flat irons which were heated on top o f th e stove. She had two of them, so one was heating while the other wa s in u se. They were really heavy.
She also made quilts with the wool from Grandpas’ sheep. She would was h i t and card it after Grandfather would shear them. She sewed the littl e bl ocks together by hand until she got a new treadle sewing machine. Wh a t a time saver that was. She and my mother made some quilts together, a n d I still have two of them, although they are very ragged, her work i s st ill here.
I spoke to Aunt Madge by phone this week, and she gave me a little mor e i nformation on her father John Thomas Giles.
She was only two years old when the family left Holden and moved to McGi l l, Nevada,
John Thomas would haul the ore from the pit at Ruth to the concentrat o r in McGill by horse and wagon teams. Grandpa was in charge of about fi v e teams. One day he saw a man whipping his horse, and he grabbed the wh i p away, and said “You never whip a horse or touch a woman,
or you will answer to God.” The fellows working with him said, “You won ’ t answer to God, you’ll answer to John Giles.”

The family lived with the sheriff in McGill until their rental house w a s built and ready for them to move into. They lived in McGill for sever a l years, until Grandpa became ill, and then they homesteaded the ranc h wh ere the children were raised.

Dad told me of an incident in his youth which showed me the tender sid e o f Grandpa
Giles. The boys would go to work in the summer for the sheepherders in t h e valley. Dad was
about sixteen, and he had been in the mountains all summer, away from ho m e. They had to walk
back to the ranch, and as he came up the last little hill before reachi n g the ranch, his Dad spotted him coming, and ran to meet his boy. The y sh ared a big bear hug, and tears of joy at being to-
gether again. The Giles Clan was a very close-knit family .

John Thomas Giles was born with a natural gift for music. He could pla y a ny instrument
that he could put his hands on. He would play in the band for the danc e s that were common in
McGill and Ely. He played piano, fiddle and harmonica.. Grandma Giles wo u ld stand beside him and hold the harmonica. He was also a great step da nc er. Mother said he was the best.

When Gae was little, he used to put her up on the big round dining tabl e , and dance around the table with her. Aunt Madge told me that he did t h e same thing with me, as soon as I
could walk, up on the table I would go to dance with Grandpa. I have n o m emory of this, but I was so happy to hear about it. Aunt Madge said i t ma de the ladies clear the table in a hurry so the dancing could begin.

My childhood memory of him was kind of scary. He was not too well, an d w e would chase in and out of the house, playing tag or some other nois y ga me with our cousins. He
would holler, “Don’t slam the door.”, and we paid but little heed to h i s words in our childish
exuberance. I wish I had known him better, for I know now that he wa s a v ery good man, a
hard working good father and husband .

He raised lots of animals, horses, cows, pigs, chickens and ducks. The y h ad a nice duck pond fairly near to the house. They had a large garde n als o, and so there was always plenty of food at Grandmas’ table. She m ade wo nderful gooseberry pies and jam.

Once Grandpa put me on his great, big white work horse. He was so big, a n d I cried till
they put me down. That was the only time in my life I was ever on a hors e . I am afraid of them
to this very day.

Grandpa had a tiny little room that was up the hill a little ways from t h e house. No one was allowed in there, but we, as curious children will , w ould peek in the window. He had a small cot and a stack of old paper s an d magazines inside. It was his quiet, private place, and
off limits to every one but him.

Grandma had a gas powered wringer washing machine on her back porch. I f e ll on the
fan type blades on the washer when I was just a tiny girl, and it spli t m y head open, just above the right eyebrow. My little green dress wa s cove red in blood, and off we went to McGill to the
doctors office for stitches. I still have a small scar.

My memories of the days at the ranch are very precious to me. I rememb e r being loved by a lot of aunts, uncles and cousins. Jack Cobb was th e el dest, Then Gae and Bonnie Giles, Harvey Cobb was the fourth and I wa s th e fifth. I don’t have the birthdates of all the other cousins, bu t Larr y Giles, Janice Munson, JoAnne Giles, Leon Giles, Carolyn Giles we re amon g
the next group to join the Giles Clan. Then came Tom Giles, Marilyn Gile s , David and Dennis
Giles, Linda Giles, Roger Giles, Pat and Ward Munson, followed b y Dorot h y Giles, and then
Nancy, Victor and Victoria Giles. Twenty two grandchildren were born in t o the family, but not all of them were privileged to know their grandpa re nts. Being one of the eldest has been a real blessing to me, as I kne w th em all. My aunts and uncles have always been very dear to me, even
though I would contact them only once a year at Christmas, I thought o f t hem a great deal in my walks down memory lane .

These dear Grandparents welcomed all of us into their humble home, and g a ve us a great
example of family togetherness and love. I will never forget those dinne r s at the ranch with so many people that became so dear to me throughou t m y life.

After the death of Grandpa Giles, Grandma moved into McGill. Gae use d t o do work for
her, and when I get more information, I will share it with you.

Linda has also been working on a Giles Family History story, and that wi l l be coming in the future.




LIFE SKETCH OF JOHN THOMAS GILES
AND LUCY ARMINA WILSON

No written history of my paternal grandparents is available, so I, Earli n e Giles Kvist,
their granddaughter will attempt a short sketch of my own memories, an d t hose of my parents,
Earl and Erma Giles.

Grandpa John Thomas Giles was born in Fillmore, Utah, 30 Jan 1872, the e i ghth child of Joseph Sinkler Giles and Jane Moore. Grandma Giles was bo r n to Frank Wilson and Lucy Rachel Felshaw, in Holden, Millard County, U ta h, on 19 March, 1877. Joseph Sinkler was born in West Nottingham, Ches te r County, Pennsylvania, on 5 April, 1833.
John and Armina were married in Holden, Millard County, Utah, 20 Novemb e r 1896.

Family stories tell us that Grandfather Joseph Sinkler was a very religi o us man, once he
was introduced to the gospel, and our Grandfather, John Thomas, was a li t tle rebellious and at the tender age of fifteen years, he left home t o b e on his own, after the death of his beloved mother. She passed awa y afte r the birth of her thirteenth child, Jacob, on April 5, 1881, in H olden , Utah. The baby died the same day.

Grandfather Joseph Sinkler remarried, and John Thomas soon left his boyh o od home.

John Thomas met and married Lucy Armina Wilson. He was twenty four yea r s old, and she was just nineteen. Their first child, Frank Elwin, die d a t just fifteen months of age. He was
born and died in Holden, Utah.

They moved around the west a lot in the next few years, according to t h e birthplaces of their children. Claud was born in 1899 in Holden, the n E lva Jeanne came along in 1903, in
Annabelle, Sevier County, Utah, which is just outside of Richfield, Uta h . Joseph Clayton was
born in Star Valley, Elko County, Nevada in 1906. Dolly Kathleen and Ea r l were born in TownCreek, Nevada in 1908 and 1911. Perry and Madge cam e t o them back in Holden, in 1915 and 1918. That completed their family.

The family settled on a little ranch about seventeen miles from McGill , N evada. They had a log cabin home with two big rooms, and a small bedr oom . The bathroom was up the hill.
They raised their seven children in that humble home and welcomed them b a ck with their own
families after they were married and on their own .

The children attended school in McGill for elementary, which went to t h e 8th grade. My Dad only finished the eighth grade, like most of the bo y s of that time. They were needed to work on the ranch. Times were ver y ha rd, and they had to live off their own industry.

The kitchen had a great big iron cookstove with a hot water tank on on e e nd. The sink had only cold running water, so water must be heated eve ry s ingle day, winter or summer. There
was no electricity there, so light was by coal oil lamps. My grandmoth e r was such a hard worker, along with her husband and children. She chur ne d her own butter, and baked the best homemade bread. I can still remem be r to taste of that bread after 70 plus years.
She baked nearly every day to feed her growing family. She also made gr e at pies and cakes with fruits she had canned on that big stove in the m id dle of the summer. Imagine the heat in that little house in July. Sh e als o had to iron with heavy iron flat irons which were heated on top o f th e stove. She had two of them, so one was heating while the other wa s in u se.
They were really heavy.

She also made quilts with the wool from Grandpas’ sheep. She would was h i t and card it
after Grandpa sheared their wool. She sewed the little blocks togethe r b y hand until she got a new treadle sewing machine. What a time save r tha t was. She and my mother made some quilts together, and I still hav e tw o of them, although they are very ragged, her work is still here.

I spoke to Aunt Madge by phone this week, and she gave me a little mor e i nformation on
Grandfather John Thomas Giles.

She was only two years old when the family left Holden and moved to McGi l l, Nevada,
where Grandpa was employed by Kennecott Copper as a horse caregiver an d d river for the company. They would haul the ore from the pit at Ruth t o th e concentrator in McGill by horse and wagon teams. Grandpa was in ch arg e of about five teams. One day he saw a man whipping his horse, and h e gr abbed the whip away, and said “You never whip a horse or touch a wom an,
or you will answer to God.” The fellows working with him said, “You won ’ t answer to God, you’ll answer to John Giles.”

The family lived with the sheriff in McGill until their rental house w a s built and ready for them to move into. They lived in McGill for sever a l years, until Grandpa became ill, and then they homesteaded the ranc h wh ere the children were raised.

Dad told me of an incident in his youth which showed me the tender sid e o f Grandpa
Giles. The boys would go to work in the summer for the sheepherders in t h e valley. Dad was
about sixteen, and he had been in the mountains all summer, away from ho m e. They had to walk
back to the ranch, and as he came up the last little hill before reachi n g the ranch, his Dad spotted him coming, and ran to meet his boy. The y sh ared a big bear hug, and tears of joy at being to-
gether again. The Giles Clan was a very close-knit family .

John Thomas Giles was born with a natural gift for music. He could pla y a ny instrument
that he could put his hands on. He would play in the band for the danc e s that were common in
McGill and Ely. He played piano, fiddle and harmonica.. Grandma Giles wo u ld stand beside him and hold the harmonica. He was also a great step da nc er. Mother said he was the best.

When Gae was little, he used to put her up on the big round dining tabl e , and dance around the table with her. Aunt Madge told me that he did t h e same thing with me, as soon as I
could walk, up on the table I would go to dance with Grandpa. I have n o m emory of this, but I was so happy to hear about it. Aunt Madge said i t ma de the ladies clear the table in a hurry so the dancing could begin.

My childhood memory of him was kind of scary. He was not too well, an d w e would chase in and out of the house, playing tag or some other nois y ga me with our cousins. He
would holler, “Don’t slam the door.”, and we paid but little heed to h i s words in our childish
exuberance. I wish I had known him better, for I know now that he wa s a v ery good man, a
hard working good father and husband .

He raised lots of animals, horses, cows, pigs, chickens and ducks. The y h ad a nice duck pond fairly near to the house. They had a large garde n als o, and so there was always plenty of food at Grandmas’ table. She m ade wo nderful gooseberry pies and jam.

Once Grandpa put me on his great, big white work horse. He was so big, a n d I cried till
they put me down. That was the only time in my life I was ever on a hors e . I am afraid of them
to this very day.

Grandpa had a tiny little room that was up the hill a little ways from t h e house. No one was allowed in there, but we, as curious children will , w ould peek in the window. He had a small cot and a stack of old paper s an d magazines inside. It was his quiet, private place, and
off limits to every one but him.

Grandma had a gas powered wringer washing machine on her back porch. I f e ll on the
fan type blades on the washer when I was just a tiny girl, and it spli t m y head open, just above the right eyebrow. My little green dress wa s cove red in blood, and off we went to McGill to the
doctors office for stitches. I still have a small scar.

My memories of the days at the ranch are very precious to me. I rememb e r being loved by a lot of aunts, uncles and cousins. Jack Cobb was th e el dest, Then Gae and Bonnie Giles, Harvey Cobb was the fourth and I wa s th e fifth. I don’t have the birthdates of all the other cousins, bu t Larr y Giles, Janice Munson, JoAnne Giles, Leon Giles, Carolyn Giles we re amon g
the next group to join the Giles Clan. Then came Tom Giles, Marilyn Gile s , David and Dennis
Giles, Linda Giles, Roger Giles, Pat and Ward Munson, followed b y Dorot h y Giles, and then
Nancy, Victor and Victoria Giles. Twenty two grandchildren were born in t o the family, but not all of them were privileged to know their grandpa re nts. Being one of the eldest has been a real blessing to me, as I kne w th em all. My aunts and uncles have always been very dear to me, even
though I would contact them only once a year at Christmas, I thought o f t hem a great deal in my walks down memory lane .

These dear Grandparents welcomed all of us into their humble home, and g a ve us a great
example of family togetherness and love. I will never forget those dinne r s at the ranch with so many people that became so dear to me throughou t m y life.

After the death of Grandpa Giles, Grandma moved into McGill. Gae use d t o do work for
her, and when I get more information, I will share it with you.

Linda has also been working on a Giles Family History story, and that wi l l be coming in the future.

John married Lucy Armina Wilson on 20 Nov 1896 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States. Lucy (daughter of Francisco "Frank" Wilson and Lucy Rachel Felshaw) was born on 19 Mar 1877 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States; died on 1 Jul 1948 in Ely, White Pine, Nevada, United States; was buried in Ely, White Pine, Nevada, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Initiatory (LDS): Not Needed
• FamilySearch ID: KWVH-ZSW

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWJ8-GDN
• Initiatory (LDS): 15 Mar 1956, SLAKE

Lorinda married Robert Fergus Miller on 26 Jun 1901 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Robert (son of Robert Burt Miller and Ellen Burt) was born on 17 Sep 1875 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; died on 29 Jun 1945 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; was buried on 2 Jul 1945 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: LYCP-FW3
• Initiatory (LDS): 23 Mar 2001, OGDEN

Notes:

I'm the granddaughter of Eve Lynn Southern, Selena's youngest daughte r . My grandma always told us stories of her mother. But one I'll neve r f orget is after my grandma, Eve, was born people didn't think Selena w oul d be able to take care of another baby because she was blind. I thin k i t was Eve's aunt who sat on the porch of Selena's house and made sur e n o one came in to take that new baby. My family is full of strong, ama zin g women who inspired me that no matter what our trials are we can d o anyt hing! You could feel of Eve's love for her mother with every memo ry sh e shared of her.

Salena married William Southern about 9 Oct 1897 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States, and was divorced in 1920. William (son of Robert Southern and Ellen Ashton) was born on 7 Aug 1874 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England; died on 4 Jun 1950 in Gannett, Blaine, Idaho, United States; was buried on 8 Jun 1950 in Gannett, Blaine, Idaho, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Initiatory (LDS): Not Needed
• FamilySearch ID: KWVH-ZSS

Other Events and Attributes:

• Initiatory (LDS): Not Needed
• FamilySearch ID: LVZZ-1M4

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWCX-R46
• Initiatory (LDS): 12 Oct 1951, SLAKE

Notes:

Adopted by Joseph Sinkler Giles and Ann Elizabeth Carling.

Lou married James William Frampton, Jr on 3 Feb 1904 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States. James (son of James William Frampton and Lois Electa Hinckley) was born on 6 Jan 1882 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States; died on 29 Aug 1959 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; was buried on 1 Sep 1959 in Fillmore Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWZW-27Y
• Initiatory (LDS): 22 Dec 1927, MANTI

Laura married Ernest Brough on 19 Nov 1909 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States. Ernest (son of Thomas Brough and Lydia Sowby) was born on 10 Feb 1890 in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States; died on 6 Jun 1967 in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States; was buried on 10 Jun 1967 in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWZZ-HPG
• Initiatory (LDS): 12 Aug 1954, IFALL

Florence married Ray Mervin Brough on 27 Oct 1909 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States. Ray (son of Thomas Brough and Lydia Sowby) was born on 4 May 1886 in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States; died on 26 Jan 1953 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; was buried on 29 Jan 1953 in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KW8S-24G
• Initiatory (LDS): 27 Jun 1917, SLAKE

Grover married Mabel Elizabeth James on 26 Jun 1917 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Mabel (daughter of Richard William James and Quintilla Sayre) was born on 10 Nov 1893 in Rochester, Thurston, Washington, United States; died on 14 May 1981 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States; was buried on 19 May 1981 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: K2M3-2VS
• Initiatory (LDS): 3 Jan 1978, PROVO

Elmeda married William Mathew Carson on 19 Jun 1907 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. William (son of William Franklin Carson and Rachel Lloyd) was born on 11 Mar 1882 in Fairfield, Utah, Utah, United States; died on 10 Feb 1948 in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Initiatory (LDS): COMPLETED, LANGE
• FamilySearch ID: K2W8-2FM

Notes:

Dennis Giles
Written By Dorothy May Benson

My grandfather, Dennis Giles was born 17 August 1886 in Holden, Utah a n d was the second of six children and his parents were Joseph Riley Gil e s and Polly Frances Harmon. He came from pioneer heritage. His materna l g randfather, Appleton Milo Harmon built the roadometer which was attac he d to the wheel of a wagon and was used to measure the distance travele d b y the pioneers. His family was sent to Toquerville, Washington County , Ut ah by Brigham Young – then because of extreme heat which was disagre eabl e to them they moved to Holden, Utah and that is how they happened t o b e living in that place when Dennis was born.
The family moved to Lehi, Utah where Dennis met Rhoda Winnifred Thomas a n d they were married 12 December 1906 and had four children: Ardith, Dar y l Harmon, Leda and Phyllis. I understand that Dennis father ran a black sm ith shop in Lehi, then Dennis had it when the automobile came into bei n g and he converted it into an automobile repair shop.
He was very musical and in the early 1900’s there was a band called th e L ehi Silver Band which became very famous. Dennis played the trombon e in t he band and also conducted the band at times.
In 1926 he moved to southern California and lived in Huntington Park, Ca l ifornia where he worked as an automobile mechanic.
In the following years his children got married and he became a grandfat h er. Ardith married Frederick Brown May on March 3, 1932 and their child re n were: Robert Giles May, Marian Joyce May, Dorothy Jean May and Richa r d Dennis May. Daryl married Blanche Jeannette Richardson on June 17, 19 3 5 and their children were: Leda Jeannette Giles and Linda Claire Giles . L eda married Alvin Edgar Duncombe on August 7, 1940 and their childre n wer e: Joan Duncombe and Alvin Paul Duncombe. Phyllis married Russell V incen t Peterson on October 10, 1938 and their children were: Judith An n Peters on, Carol Jean Peterson, Janalee Peterson, Julia Lynn Peterson , Russell V incent Peterson Jr., and Rita Gay Peterson.
His wife Rhoda Winnifred Thomas died from breast cancer in January 194 8 a fter a number of years of X-Ray, radium and treatment the specialist s cou ld give to her. She is buried in Lehi, Utah.
After the death of his wife he went to Washington and Oregon to visit h i s sisters, Mabel and Helen and while there he renewed an acquaintance w it h Ann Johnson Tamian whom he had known back in Lehi. They were marrie d o n September 18, 1948 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Ann was a very accomplished pianist, violinist and accordion player. I r e member Dennis and Ann played beautiful music together.
I remember that the family would get together for Grandpa Giles birthd a y which came in August and meet at the home of our aunt who had swimmi n g pool in her backyard and it a very enjoyable family activity.
Dennis Giles died on 20 April 1969 in Huntington Park, California an d h e is buried in Lehi, Utah.

Dennis married Rhoda Winnifred "Winnie" Thomas on 8 Dec 1906 in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States. Rhoda (daughter of William Thomas and Harriet Ellen Barnes) was born on 12 Sep 1885 in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States; was christened on 7 Feb 1886 in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States; died on 15 Jan 1948 in Huntington Park, Los Angeles, California, United States; was buried on 20 Jan 1948 in Lehi City Cemetery, Utah, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dennis married Anna Kinnunen in Jun 1948 in Nevada, United States. Anna (daughter of Salomon Kinnunen and Anna Kolapakpa) was born on 28 Feb 1894 in Michigan, United States; died on 13 Jan 1989 in Huntington Park, Los Angeles, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Initiatory (LDS): COMPLETED
• FamilySearch ID: LLQ9-PFF

Shirley married Georgia Sinclair on 15 Jun 1918 in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States. Georgia (daughter of George James Sinclair and Emma Monson) was born on 29 Jan 1900 in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States; died on 28 Jan 2001 in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Initiatory (LDS): COMPLETED
• FamilySearch ID: L41H-DZT

Mabel married Samuel Edward Cox on 17 Dec 1921 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Samuel (son of Edward Franklin Cox and Margaret Ann Hammer) was born on 14 Nov 1892 in Iona, Bonneville, Idaho, United States; died on 2 Mar 1956 in Prosser, Benton, Washington, United States; was buried on 7 Mar 1956 in Lehi City Cemetery, Utah, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Initiatory (LDS): LANGE
• FamilySearch ID: LD5K-NFG

Donald married Jeane Leisering on 19 May 1932 in Weber, Utah, United States. Jeane (daughter of Harry Lee Leisering and Margaret Ann Turman) was born on 30 Dec 1913 in Tyrone, Grant, New Mexico, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Donald married Ann Elizabeth Ravensdale on 29 Dec 1937 in Summit, Iron, Utah, United States. Ann (daughter of Ravensdale and Ann Elizabeth Isaacks) was born on 30 Oct 1905 in South Shields, County Durham, England; died on 2 Mar 1978 in Los Angeles, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: LLQ9-PN3
• Initiatory (LDS): 4 Aug 1977, LANGE

Helen married Louis Wingall Bissell on 19 Mar 1934 in Utah, United States. Louis (son of Charles Edward Bissell and Annie Isabell Wignall) was born on 21 Nov 1907 in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States; died on 11 Oct 1979 in Troutdale, Multnomah, Oregon, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Initiatory (LDS): Not Needed
• FamilySearch ID: K2HT-CXP

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWZY-Z75
• Initiatory (LDS): 14 Jul 1943, LOGAN

Sarah married Daniel Leon Wilson on 28 Apr 1903. Daniel (son of Francisco "Frank" Wilson and Lucy Rachel Felshaw) was born on 14 Mar 1875 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States; died on 1 Apr 1943 in Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWNF-DJC
• Initiatory (LDS): 18 May 1932, LOGAN

David married Martha Agnes Hunter on 27 Sep 1916 in Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States. Martha (daughter of James Hunter and Cora E Beckley) was born on 19 Jul 1889 in Delta, Delta, Colorado, United States; died on 13 Nov 1939 in Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States; was buried on 16 Nov 1939 in Grove City Cemetery, Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: K2HT-F8H
• Initiatory (LDS): 18 May 1952

Collier married Sylvia Gertrude Horton on 7 Aug 1907. Sylvia (daughter of Martin Van Buren Horton and Annie McCormick) was born on 14 Feb 1880 in Duckwater, Nye, Nevada, United States; died on 25 Dec 1972 in Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWJ8-LLX
• Initiatory (LDS): 26 Nov 1946, SLAKE

Zella married Elmer Ellsworth Kime on 23 Mar 1911 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Elmer (son of John H Kime and Olga Minnie Blechschmidt) was born on 23 Nov 1890 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; died on 30 Jan 1963 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWZ5-4WN
• Initiatory (LDS): 8 Feb 1995, SLAKE

Ormus married Florence Nuttall on 15 Feb 1914 in Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Florence (daughter of John Robert Nuttall and Anna Christina Erickson) was born on 26 Oct 1892 in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States; died on 19 Jul 1966 in Nevada, United States; was buried in Elko, Elko, Nevada, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWC3-WRV
• Initiatory (LDS): 17 Jun 1980, PROVO

Emily married Fred Stevens Johnson on 23 Jul 1912 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States. Fred (son of Heber Johnson and Ellen Stevens) was born on 7 Dec 1893 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States; was christened on 8 Jun 1902 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States; died on 10 Jan 1980 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; was buried on 14 Jan 1980 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWDS-F7B
• Initiatory (LDS): 24 Jan 1955, MANTI

Sylvia married Duane William Wilson on 10 Jul 1919 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States. Duane (son of William Wilson and Adalade May Smith) was born on 7 Dec 1892 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States; died on 18 Apr 1964 in Martinez, Contra Costa, California, United States; was buried in Apr 1964 in Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KW8G-GPR
• Initiatory (LDS): 28 Feb 1951, SLAKE

Jesse married Charlotte Elizabeth Whear on 20 Oct 1922 in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States. Charlotte (daughter of Frederick William Whear and Mary Latham) was born on 25 Apr 1901 in Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; died on 12 Oct 1994 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; was buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jesse married Georgia Rose Hanna on 4 Jul 1931 in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States. Georgia (daughter of George W Hanna and Rose Anna "Rosa" Hylton) was born in 1912 in Nevada, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWJY-VHG
• Initiatory (LDS): 18 Apr 1978, SLAKE

James married Jean Ashford about 1910 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States. Jean (daughter of William Ashford and Katherine) was born in 1893 in Missouri, United States; died on 2 Feb 1953 in Seattle, King, Washington, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWCT-2WQ
• Initiatory (LDS): 11 Aug 1947, SLAKE

Elda married Guy Darres Kelley on 28 Sep 1910 in Ibapah, Tooele, Utah, United States. Guy (son of William Kelley and Mary Elathine Vaughan) was born on 19 Nov 1885 in Ibapah, Tooele, Utah, United States; died on 17 Apr 1972 in Roseville, Placer, California, United States; was buried on 20 Apr 1972 in Gridley-Biggs Cemetery, Butte, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KW6S-FCL
• Initiatory (LDS): 21 Feb 1940, ALBER

Loren married Vera Wilson on 9 Jun 1913 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Vera (daughter of William Wilson and Adalade May Smith) was born on 6 Feb 1894 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States; died on 10 Mar 1975 in Ely, White Pine, Nevada, United States; was buried in Ely, White Pine, Nevada, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Initiatory (LDS): Not Needed
• FamilySearch ID: KWJY-VHL

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWJY-VHP
• Initiatory (LDS): 18 Apr 1978, SLAKE

Notes:

Joseph C Giles was living with his parents in 1920 in Elko, Nevada. Acco r ding to the 1940 Census he was in Denver, Colorado in 1930. Attaching H ar riett R as a wife to Joseph C Giles -- according to the 1930 Census th e y were living in Glendale, Colorado I(which is a suburb of Denver, Colo ra do). The 1930 census also states Joseph age at time of first marriag e i s 34..making the marriage date 1928. Harriett R age of first marriag e i s 18 making the marriage date of that marriage 1905. Also on the 193 0 cen sus Joseph's parents place of birth is Utah. Joseph apparent move d back f rom Colorado to Elko, Nevada to be a ranch hand for the Truitt f amily...m arital status is listed as "single". Joseph's parents moved t o Salt Lak e City, Utah sometime before the 1930's according to that cens us. Josep h apparently moved to Salt Lake City, Utah after 1940 where h e died in 19 73. Note: 1930 Census taker wrote the name of Giles as "Jile s".

Joseph married Harriett R "Hattie" about 1928. Harriett was born in 1887 in Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWCV-X22
• Initiatory (LDS): 17 Apr 1973, OAKLA

Tessie married Arthur Mitchell on 15 Dec 1914 in Shelley, Bingham, Idaho, United States. Arthur (son of Thomas Mitchell and Louisa Evans) was born on 9 Mar 1892 in Shelley, Bingham, Idaho, United States; died on 9 Aug 1942 in Colusa, Colusa, California, United States; was buried in Gridley, Butte, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Initiatory (LDS): Not Needed
• FamilySearch ID: KWJY-VHT

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWJY-VH1
• Initiatory (LDS): 24 Aug 1982, JRIVE

Jed married Marie Cheek on 16 Nov 1924 in Littleton, Arapahoe, Colorado, United States. Marie (daughter of William M Cheek and Milbra Narcissus Doss) was born in Sep 1898 in Arkansas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jed married Velma Bertha Reece on 29 Sep 1945 in Hiawatha, Brown, Kansas, United States. Velma (daughter of Donald D Reece and Ora Hardin Jackson) was born on 31 Aug 1909 in Effingham, Atchison, Kansas, United States; died on 17 Aug 1996 in Overland Park, Johnson, Kansas, United States; was buried in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWJY-VCM
• Initiatory (LDS): 23 Jan 1952, SLAKE

Riley married Oretha V Pelham on 29 Jul 1930 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States. Oretha (daughter of Harris Gordy Pelham and Margaret Luta Kimbrough) was born on 25 Sep 1908 in Cortelyou, Washington, Alabama, United States; died on 21 Oct 1967 in Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States; was buried in Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KVPR-Z6D
• Initiatory (LDS): 12 Jun 1996, LVEGA

Farren married Minnie Cereldia Goodale on 27 Oct 1924 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Minnie (daughter of Henry Moroni Goodale and Margaret Elizabeth Drysdale) was born on 12 Apr 1907 in Starr Valley, Elko, Nevada, United States; died on 12 May 1996. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWC7-72M
• Initiatory (LDS): 12 Oct 1927, SLAKE

Flora married Loyd Taylor Burton on 19 Oct 1927 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Loyd (son of Alfred Jones Burton and Elizabeth Laurette Peart) was born on 1 Oct 1903 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; died on 6 May 1995 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; was buried on 10 May 1995 in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWCJ-HGJ
• Initiatory (LDS): 28 Mar 1950, SLAKE

Vivian married Arthur Wiseman Chapman on 31 Dec 1927 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Arthur (son of Henry John Chapman and Jane Wiseman) was born on 19 Jan 1909 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; died on 22 Sep 1991 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; was buried on 26 Sep 1991 in Mountain View Memorial Estates Cemetery, Cottonwood Heights, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KCM1-SVM
• Initiatory (LDS): 14 Feb 1998, LANGE

Dillon married Iona Mae McCarrell on 27 Dec 1934 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Iona (daughter of George Theodore McCarrell and Verlia May McNaughtan) was born on 22 Jan 1913 in Park City, Summit, Utah, United States; died on 24 Jul 2000 in Grass Valley, Nevada, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: K2HN-MQ7
• Initiatory (LDS): 27 May 1959, MANTI

Karl married Edna Melissa DeVore on 16 Jun 1910 in Montrose, Montrose, Colorado, United States. Edna (daughter of James William DeVore and Rose Ann Slack) was born on 3 Sep 1888 in Delavan, Tazewell, Illinois, United States; died on 18 Oct 1969 in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWJN-JYL
• Initiatory (LDS): 12 Dec 1980, LANGE

Alta married Niels Peter Barrowman on 9 Oct 1906 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, and was divorced. Niels (son of William Barrowman and Josephine Christine Gregersen) was born on 20 May 1886 in Monroe, Sevier, Utah, United States; died on 11 Feb 1980 in Yuba City, Sutter, California, United States; was buried in Wheatland Cemetery, Yuba, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alta married John Howard Swain on 1 Dec 1914, and was divorced in 1930. John was born on 18 Sep 1886 in Monroe, Sevier, Utah, United States; died on 2 Mar 1946 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; was buried on 6 Mar 1946 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: K2HF-1BV
• Initiatory (LDS): 27 May 1959, MANTI

Clair married Margaret Elizabeth Rives on 3 Jan 1912 in Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States. Margaret (daughter of William Thomas Rives and Elizabeth Bietta Covington) was born on 9 Dec 1895 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; died on 16 Dec 1975 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWJ8-H2J
• Initiatory (LDS): 30 Sep 1981, SLAKE

Evelyn married Albert LaVigne on 20 Jul 1918 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Albert (son of Dwight Nat LaVigne and Gertrude Carpenter) was born on 6 Nov 1885 in Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States; died on 12 Dec 1951 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Initiatory (LDS): MANTI
• FamilySearch ID: KWZX-L8X

Celestine married Gordon Malin Phillips on 9 Oct 1919 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Gordon (son of William James Phillips and Louise Florence Thorn) was born on 31 Mar 1901 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; died on 7 Sep 1987 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States; was buried in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Initiatory (LDS): PROVO
• FamilySearch ID: G9XC-DJ8

Other Events and Attributes:

• Initiatory (LDS): Not Needed
• FamilySearch ID: K24D-6RT

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWCZ-5V1
• Initiatory (LDS): 24 May 1916, MANTI

Angus married Nettie Elizabeth Hunter on 17 May 1915 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States. Nettie was born on 22 Apr 1889 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States; was christened on 6 Jun 1889 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States; died on 7 Jan 1947 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States; was buried on 9 Jan 1947 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Initiatory (LDS): Not Needed
• FamilySearch ID: K24D-6RN

Notes:

Ida Lorene McKee was the third child of David Daniel and Emily Ann Gil e s McKee. She was born 28 May 1893 in Holden Utah. Six months later sh e di ed on 28 November 1893.

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWFH-Z51
• Initiatory (LDS): 17 Dec 1914, SLAKE
• Census: 1920, Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States

Effie married Rodney Edwin Stott on 17 Dec 1914 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Rodney (son of Edwin Pearson Stott and Isabel Stewart) was born on 21 Nov 1893 in Meadow, Millard, Utah, United States; died on 1 Aug 1980 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States; was buried in Meadow Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWCY-T5W
• Initiatory (LDS): 1966, MANTI

Chloe married Arnold Sidney Teeples on 6 Sep 1916 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States. Arnold (son of Sydney Paul Teeples and Hettie Stevens) was born on 28 Jan 1895 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States; died on 8 Apr 1946 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States; was buried on 13 Apr 1946 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KVG6-VK9
• Initiatory (LDS): 7 Oct 1925, SLAKE

Eva married Clayton Ashby Wood on 7 Oct 1925 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Clayton (son of Edward Alfred Wood and Ada Jane Ashby) was born on 4 Feb 1896 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States; was christened on 12 Mar 1896 in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States; died on 15 Apr 1971 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; was buried on 19 Apr 1971 in Holden Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWCT-VFD
• Initiatory (LDS): 30 Jul 1924, MANTI

Notes:

My name is David Aaron Stephenson. I am the son of David Elbert and An n H ancock Stephenson. My father is the son of John Junior Stephenson an d Cor al McKee Stephenson. I am so grateful that I was able to know my Gr eat Gr andpa McKee as a small boy. We lived in Salt Lake City and Salmo n Idaho w hile growing up, and would occasionally stop by as we passed th rough Hold en, Utah during those years. Great Grandma and Grandpa McKee w ere such ki nd people. I still remember the feeling of warmth in their ho me. I rememb er sitting on the large porch swing as a child. My sibling s and I loved t o swing in that large bench. I remember my mother teachin g me about Grea t Grandpa's wise council "If you can't buy it, you don' t need it." I hav e shared this wise council with others throughout my li fe.

I remember enjoying a large dinner one afternoon when we stopped by the i r home to visit. I was probably 6 or 7 at the time. Great Grandma McKe e s erved meat and potatoes and I particularly remember the white grav y i n a fancy looking gravy boat. I think that was the first time I had s ee n gravy served in such a nice looking dish. Great Grandma was so kin d an d was very happy that we were there.

I was named David after my father. He was named David after his Grandp a B urton "David" McKee. I named my first and only son David. It's grea t to k now that I was named after such great men and that the name live s on thro ugh my son and might possibly continue through his posterity a s well .

How blessed I am to have known this great man.

Burton married Lula Shumway on 18 Jul 1924 in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States. Lula (daughter of Richard Franklin Shumway and Margaret Hannah Johnson) was born on 21 Jan 1907 in Tropic, Garfield, Utah, United States; died on 13 Apr 1996; was buried in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: K24D-6RL
• Initiatory (LDS): 20 Jun 1923, MANTI

Notes:

Riley LaVaughn McKee was the eighth child of David Daniel and Emily An n G iles McKee. He was born June 2, 1906 in Holden Utah. He was consid ere d a talented musician. Riley LaVaughn died at age thirteen of foo d pois oning on September 19, 1919, in Holden Utah.

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWCN-8ZF
• Initiatory (LDS): 14 Dec 1994, MANTI

Notes:

Obituary: Salt Lake Tribune, The (UT) - June 4, 1993

Florence Iverson, 84, died June 3, 1993 in Nephi.

She was born December 2, 1908 in Holden to David Daniel and Emily Gile s M cKee. She married Alma Iverson.

Survived by her husband of Fillmore; children, Jack and Lorraine; Mrs. J i m (Pat) Rhodes; and Steve and Cindy, all of Fillmore; Mrs. Jim (Loraell e ) Weddle of Pinyon Pine, Calif.; Mrs. Kent (Meridene) Jorgensen of Conc or d, Calif.; Dan and Chris of St. George; Mrs. Bill (Jilleen) Richeson o f F ederal, Wash.; and Mrs. Dent (Dee) Mellen of Salt Lake City; also sur vive d by 24 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren. She was precede d in de ath by a daughter, Darnell.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, June 8, 1993, at 11 a.m., in th e O lpin Mortuary Chapel, 55 West 200 South, in Fillmore, where friends m ay c all one hour prior to services. Burial will take place in the Fillmo re Ce metery.

Florence married Alma Neils Iverson on 14 Mar 1928 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States. Alma (son of Charles Iverson and Nellie Eleanore Kelly) was born on 31 Jul 1908 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States; died on 20 Nov 1996 in Delta, Millard, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWCX-3FX
• Initiatory (LDS): 24 Dec 1915, SLAKE

Hazel married Stephen Fermore Stephensen on 24 Dec 1915 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Stephen (son of Steffan Steffensen and Ottelia Nielsen) was born on 4 Feb 1890 in Levan, Juab, Utah, United States; died on 3 Oct 1983 in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States; was buried in Riverton, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWC6-BK7
• Initiatory (LDS): 9 Oct 1931, LOGAN

Annie married Clyde Alvin Farber on 14 Mar 1922 in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. Clyde (son of Alvin Sylvester Farber and Ida May Rasmus) was born on 16 Oct 1886 in Hillsdale, Rock Island, Illinois, United States; died on 22 Jan 1934 in Warm Springs, Deer Lodge, Montana, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWZQ-MVC
• Initiatory (LDS): 29 Sep 1930, SLAKE

Maggie married Edward Issac Malouf on 4 Aug 1915 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Edward (son of Isaac Badder Malouf and Zina Coury) was born on 3 Apr 1893 in Kafarakab, Matn, Lebanon; died on 14 Jun 1961 in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWCB-ZCC
• Initiatory (LDS): 18 Feb 1976, PROVO

Jesse married Gladys Marie Hanson on 16 Oct 1918 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States. Gladys (daughter of Erasmus Martin Hansen and Caroline Christiansen) was born on 28 Aug 1899 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States; died on 23 Nov 1974; was buried in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KW8W-YYB
• Initiatory (LDS): 23 Nov 1921, SLAKE

Valetta married Hans Julius Emelius Larsen on 8 Sep 1920 in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. Hans (son of Eduard Christian Larsen and Marie Elizabeth Petrea Nielsen) was born on 25 Dec 1902 in København, Hovedstaden, Kongeriget Danmark; died on 20 Jun 1994 in Paradise, Butte, California, United States; was buried on 27 Jun 1994 in Paradise, Butte, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KW69-QY1
• Initiatory (LDS): 17 Jun 1995, LANGE

Robert married Florence Marie Magee on 2 Apr 1923 in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. Florence (daughter of James William Magee and Sophia Knoll) was born on 16 Feb 1906 in Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa, United States; died on 21 Apr 1963. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWCH-XH3
• Initiatory (LDS): 17 Jun 1931, SLAKE

Forest married Vivian Myers on 17 Jun 1931 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Vivian (daughter of Marcus Pinkney Myers and Emily Ethel Watson) was born on 14 Feb 1912 in Acequia, Minidoka, Idaho, United States; was christened on 2 Jun 1912 in Acequia, Minidoka, Idaho, United States; died on 10 Aug 2010; was buried on 16 Aug 2010 in Pleasant Grove City Cemetery, Utah, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Initiatory (LDS): Not Needed
• FamilySearch ID: KWVH-53X

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWCQ-FPG
• Initiatory (LDS): 1 Sep 1937, SLAKE

Notes:

Joseph Giles Carling, 90, our dear husband, father, grandfather, and gre a t-grandfath

er, passed away peacefully at home May 3, 2002.

Joe was born July 21, 1911 in Lehi, UT to Jesse H. and Emeline (Carlin g ) Giles. Since his mother died at his birth, he was raised by an uncl e an d aunt, Ernest and Lizzie Carling, and assumed the maternal Carlin g surna me. Joe lived his early life in Fillmore, UT working hard at th e chores o f farming, animal care, milking, and gardening. He also playe d hard at sp orts, hunting, fishing, swimming, horse lore, and music (sax ophone). He g raduated from Millard High, 1930.

After several years working in Millard County and Bryce Canyon he attend e d and graduated from Utah State University in Logan. There he met Glad y s Gessel, and they married in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He taught scho o l for a short period in Vernon, UT then attended University of Michiga n w here he received a Master of Science in Public Health. His early care er w as centered in Public Health service in Vancouver, WA and as Directo r o f Utah Health Education Services. Eventually he returned to his teach in g career and became a popular, respected, and well loved teacher at Gr ani te and Olympus High Schools.

Joe was always active in the LDS Church. His services included bishopric s , branch president, mission area leader, priesthood leader, teacher, a n d audio-visual specialist in Marlborough and Arlington Hills Wards an d i n the Northwestern States Mission. He was a true gentleman, loved t o be o f service to others and was always anxious to offer a helping han d to fri end, family, neighbor, or strang-er. His good nature, patience , and en-du ring smile were characteristics that brought so many to lov e and adore hi m. He loved life. He loved the good earth, the streams, th e mountains, th e animals, and the seasons. Above all, he loved his famil y. He so often s aid, "I've had a wonderful life." We all agree, even tho ugh it is hard t o say goodbye.

Joe is survived by his wife, Gladys; two sons, Joseph Clair, Nick (Alice ) ; three daughters, Kathryn Wilson (Ted), Marilee Latta, Betsy Bernhise l ( Kurt); 23 grandchildren, and 31 great-grandchildren.

We all love you, "Grandpa Joe", and will miss you so very much. Your inf l uence will be a sustaining strength in our lives for generations and be yo nd. May you now rest for a season.

Services will be Tues. May 7, 11:30 a.m., Arlington Hills Chapel, 134 5 E . 340 N. (SLC). Friends and family may visit at the chapel one hour b efor e services. Interment, Salt Lake Memorial

Mausoleum, 1001 E. 11th Ave.

Joseph married Gladys Elizabeth Gessel on 1 Sep 1937 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Gladys (daughter of Jacob Gessel and Bertha Spring) was born on 11 Feb 1918 in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States; died on 3 Oct 2014 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; was buried in Salt Lake Memorial Mausoleum & Mortuary, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: LJCG-R88
• Initiatory (LDS): 14 Mar 1975, OGDEN

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: GF18-XZM
• Initiatory (LDS): 3 May 2023, JRIVE

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWVP-31W
• Census: 1900, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States
• Census: 1910, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States
• Initiatory (LDS): 6 Sep 1912, SLAKE
• Census: 1920, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States

Notes:

SOURCES:
Preston 1st Ward Records FHL 007,540

ORDINANCES:
Mae's sealing to Byron Gardner Miller was approved by "E.L.C. [Elray L . C hristiansen, Temple President of the Logan Temple] 10/6/43, and perfo rme d that day with Joseph G. Nelson and Almeda Giles Nelson as proxies.

Mae Nelson - Teacher Extraordinaire

"I remember Mae! She was my teacher for two years in Preston, Idaho, pro b ably three. She also taught the religion classes after school. Mae wa s a n excellent teacher, an artist and musician. I recall the colored cha lk p ictures she painted at the top of the blackboards. One was of a smal l gir l picking buttercups. Once I wrote a theme 'A Teacher Who Influence d My L ife', and I wrote about Mae Nelson. Her mother was another dear fr iend an d my principal at the old Central School. She was a talented, won derful w oman, very human and understanding. I still have a recommendatio n she wro te for me." by Roma ? (Cache Valley Newsletter, Sept. 1973, p . 7)

Family/Spouse: Byron Gardner Miller. Byron (son of Reuben Gardner Miller and Anna Jane Winder) was born on 14 Jan 1895 in Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; died on 7 Feb 1920 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; was buried on 20 Feb 1920 in Elysian Burial Gardens, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWZT-DWJ
• Census: 1900, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States
• Census: 1910, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States
• Census: 1940, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States
• Initiatory (LDS): 1 Mar 1958, LANGE

Notes:

Birth: Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1912, Stillbirth Index, 1905-1962

Death: California, Death Index, 1940-1997

Joseph married Georgiana E Adams on 28 Jul 1914 in Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States. Georgiana (daughter of Benjamin Nephi Adams and Mary Ann Clark) was born on 10 May 1894 in Malad City, Oneida, Idaho, United States; died on 11 Jun 1960 in San Diego, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWC1-HN1
• Census: 1900, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States
• Census: 1910, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States
• Initiatory (LDS): 5 Jun 1914, LOGAN

Notes:

SOURCE NOTES:
Preston 1st ward records FHL 007,540

Marta married Frihoff Ellis Nielson on 5 Jun 1914 in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. Frihoff (son of Frihoff Godfrey Nielson and Mary Ellen Everett) was born on 3 Aug 1893 in Ramah, McKinley, New Mexico, United States; died on 20 May 1974 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States; was buried in May 1974 in South Lawn Memorial Cemetery, Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWC2-5LD
• Census: 1900, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States
• Census: 1910, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States
• Initiatory (LDS): 30 Oct 1914, LOGAN

Notes:

BIRTH: information from Jennie G. Nelson
MAR: cert in my possession - civil div. 24 Jun 1944

SOURCE NOTES:
Preston 1st ward records FHL 007,540

SOURCE NOTES:
Death certificate in possession of Barbara F. Christensen

SOURCE NOTES:
Preston 1st ward records FHL 007,540

SOURCE NOTES:
Death certificate in possession of Barbara F. Christensen

SOURCES:
Preston 1st Ward Records FHL 007,540

MARRIAGE:
Certificate in possession of Barbara F. Christensen

DEATH:
Death certificate in possession of Barbara F. Christensen

Jennie married Almon Liness Fullmer on 7 Jan 1915 in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. Almon (son of Almon Linus Fullmer and Lucinda Effie Crockett) was born on 5 Jun 1892 in Providence, Cache, Utah, United States; was christened on 6 Jun 1892 in Providence, Cache, Utah, United States; died on 17 Aug 1967 in San Jose, Santa Clara, California, United States; was buried on 19 Aug 1967 in San Jose, Santa Clara, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jennie married George Daniel Moyes on 3 Sep 1946 in Dillon, Beaverhead, Montana, United States. George (son of George Quain Moyes and Hilda Charlottie Christensen) was born on 3 Mar 1889 in Plain City, Weber, Utah, United States; died on 13 Apr 1958 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; was buried on 16 Apr 1958 in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KW8W-L64
• Census: 1900, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States
• Census: 1910, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States
• Initiatory (LDS): 13 Sep 1934, LOGAN

Notes:

Birth: Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1912, Stillbirth Index, 1905-1962

Death: U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014

Ephraim married Mary Frances Turner on 19 May 1921 in Black Rock, McKinley, New Mexico, United States. Mary (daughter of Joseph Almon Turner and Laura Annice Martin) was born on 7 Apr 1900 in Arkansas City, Cowley, Kansas, United States; died on 24 Feb 1972 in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States; was buried in Greenwood Memorial Park, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Initiatory (LDS): COMPLETED, LOGAN
• FamilySearch ID: KWZX-LBL
• Census: 1910, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States
• Census: 1920, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States
• Census: 1930, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States
• Census: 1940, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States

Notes:

Death: U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014

Emma married Robert McMahon about 1920 in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. Robert was born about 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emma married Ezra Claine Smith on 23 Aug 1934 in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. Ezra (son of Ezra Obray Smith and Ella Jones Bailey) was born on 7 Mar 1904 in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States; died on 5 Jun 1977 in College Ward, Cache, Utah, United States; was buried on 8 Jun 1977 in Logan City Cemetery, Cache, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWCN-V52
• Census: 1910, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States
• Census: 1920, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States
• Initiatory (LDS): 28 Apr 1922, LOGAN
• Census: 1930, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States
• Census: 1940, Price, Carbon, Utah, United States

Notes:

Birth: Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1912, Stillbirth Index, 1905-1962

Death:, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014

Obituary: Salt Lake Tribune

Don Giles Nelson, 80, of Salt Lake City, passed away Jan. 25, 1985 of na t ural causes. Born Sept. 15, 1904 Preston, Idaho to Joseph G. and Aleme d a Giles Nelson. Married Gladys Benson Dec. 8, 1930 in Evanston, Wyomin g ; later solemnized in the Logan LDS Temple. He served a mission in th e Ha waiian Islands. He learned responsibility early in life, running a f arm a t the age of 12. He earned an associate degree from Utah State Coll ege. T aught auto mechanics and body and fender repair at Utah Tech. He r an hi s own business for many years. He took great joy in the achievement s of h is children. He left them a great legacy: The value of honest work . Survi ved by his wife, Gladys, children, Kaye Fred, Mrs. A. Eugene (Fra nkie) Wh ipple, Mrs. John (Lorraine) Brown, all Salt Lake City; 14 grandc hildren , nine great-grandchildren; brothers and sister, Scott G., Phoeni x, Ariz. ; Mrs. Ed (Anna) Laub, Carson City, Nevada; Jarl G., Boise, Idah o; John A ., Salt Lake City. Funeral services Monday, 12 noon, Mountain V iew Memori al Estates, 3115 East 7800 South, where friends m ay call on e hour prio r to services. Internment Mountain View Memorial Estates. Fun eral directo rs Memorial Estates Mortuary.

LDS Mission:
Hawaiian Sandwich Islands
October 1922–1924
Age Called: 18
Hawaii

Set Apart: 10 October 1922
End Date: 1924
Departed From Home: 7 November 1922
Priesthood office: Elder
Priesthood: Elder
Called From: Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States
Set apart by: Richard R Lyman

Don married Gladys Benson on 8 Dec 1930 in Evanston, Uinta, Wyoming, United States. Gladys (daughter of Frank Taft Benson and Elizabeth Greaves "Lillie" Eames) was born on 12 Nov 1909 in Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States; died on 27 Jan 1995 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; was buried on 31 Jan 1995 in Mountain View Memorial Estates Cemetery, Cottonwood Heights, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KW8N-KYL
• Census: 1910, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States
• Census: 1920, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States
• Initiatory (LDS): 7 Feb 1930, SLAKE

Notes:

Birth: Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1912, Stillbirth Index, 1905-1962

Death: U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014

Scott married Alice Blossom Rust on 22 Dec 1928 in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. Alice (daughter of Johan Henri Rust and Alice Crookston) was born on 21 Apr 1909 in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States; died on 13 Sep 1948 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States; was buried on 17 Sep 1948 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Scott married Frances Edith "Edith" Hammontree on 13 Jun 1949. Frances (daughter of William Larkin Hammontree and Bertie Arbizina Johnson) was born on 2 Oct 1912 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States; died on 8 Sep 2007 in Scottsdale, Maricopa, Arizona, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWZ9-544
• Census: 1910, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States
• Census: 1920, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States
• Initiatory (LDS): 18 Sep 1929, LOGAN
• Census: 1930, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States

Notes:

Birth: Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1912, Stillbirth Index, 1905-1962
Death: U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
LDS Mission:
Swiss and German
Swiss-German

October 1929–July 1932
Age Called: 21
Swiss And German

Set Apart: 1 October 1929
End Date: 22 July 1932
Departed From Home: 5 October 1929
Priesthood office: Elder
Priesthood: Elder
Called From: Preston, Idaho, United States
Set apart by: Geo F Richards

Jesse married Opal Leona Bradberry on 7 Dec 1935 in Delta, Delta, Colorado, United States. Opal (daughter of Bate Bradberry and Mary Margaret Brakefield) was born on 4 Jun 1917 in Clifton, Greenlee, Arizona, United States; died on 15 Feb 1992; was buried on 29 Feb 1992 in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWZQ-Z57
• Census: 1910, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States
• Census: 1920, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States
• Initiatory (LDS): 18 Sep 2004, SPOKA

Notes:

Birth: Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1912, Stillbirth Index, 1905-1962

Death: U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014

Anna married Jasper Laphel Laub on 6 May 1929 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Jasper (son of George Leonard Laub and Maribah Christiana Woods) was born on 4 Oct 1907 in Garland, Box Elder, Utah, United States; died on 11 Mar 1970 in Clearfield, Davis, Utah, United States; was buried in Lindquist's Memorial Garden of the Wasatch, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWZX-6JL
• Census: 1920, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States
• Census: 1930, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States
• Initiatory (LDS): 7 Jul 1936, LOGAN

Notes:

Birth: Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1912, Stillbirth Index, 1905-1962

Death: U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014

Grandpa was a retired police officer and my siblings tell me that he cou l d at times be a little grouchy, because he worked hard and didn't wan t t o be disturbed (or have his programs be interrupted) when all the gra ndki ds came over. However, since I looked so much like him, I believ e I was s lightly favored of him. I was always welcomed to his lap from a n early ag e, and it became my favorite resting place as he watched his s hows unti l I was too old for such behaviors to be socially acceptable. A s I grew o lder, I loved to explore my Great Aunt's bedroom (she had th e most beauti ful dressing table with pretty perfumes!) and play in the " toy/family roo m" (converted garage).

Karl married Clea Minerva Roylance on 7 Jul 1936 in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. Clea (daughter of George Edmond Roylance and Mabel Clair Valentine) was born on 20 Dec 1916 in Salem, Madison, Idaho, United States; died on 9 Mar 2006 in Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States; was buried on 18 Mar 2006 in Cloverdale Memorial Park, Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWZZ-J1Z
• Census: 1920, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States
• Census: 1930, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States
• Initiatory (LDS): 7 Aug 1936, SLAKE

Notes:

Death: U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014

Obituary:
John Aaron Nelson "Johnny" John Aaron Nelson, age 89, passed away on Sun d ay, September 11, 2005, following head trauma caused by several recen t fa lls. He was born to Joseph G. and Almeda Giles Nelson, January 17, 1 916 , in Preston, Idaho, the last of 12 children. After attending publi c scho ols in Preston he attended Utah Agricultural College (USU) in Loga n, grad uating with a degree in English in 1937. John married Nyena Sheph erd on A ugust 7, 1936, in the Salt Lake Temple. After his graduation, th ey move d to Salt Lake where he began a lifelong association with Standar d Oil (C hevron Texaco), working first in service stations, then the cent ral wareh ouse, and finally in the credit department. After retiring, h e worked fo r Appliance Service Center/Time and Instrument Co. for many y ears. John a nd Nyena have two daughters, Patricia and Catherine. The fam ily also incl uded "Uncle Joe," his "kid brother" Joseph D. Nelson. He lo ved to take hi s family camping to places like Yellowstone and the Utah P arks. Later i n life he enjoyed camping with his children and their famil ies. John wa s a faithful member of the LDS Church, serving as elders' qu orum presiden t, ward clerk, in the high priest group leadership. He wa s always support ive of his family's church callings, helping with the wa rd Relief Society , and delighting in traveling with Nyena and Pat on Tab ernacle Choir tour s. John lived and loved to serve the Lord by serving o thers and making th em happy. During the last few years, he often worke d at welfare square i n the cannery and the bakery, as recently as two we eks ago. John is survi ved by his daughters Patricia (Ronald) Madsen an d Catherine, both of Sal t Lake, eight grandchildren, and 14 great-grandc hildren. He was precede d in death by his wife, Nyena, his parents, and a ll of his brothers and s isters. Funeral services will be held Saturday , September 17, 2005, at th e Foothill 1st Ward Chapel, 1930 S. 2100 East , at 11:00 a.m. There wil l b e a viewing at the Church from 9:00 a.m. t o 10:45 a.m. prior to the s ervices. Thanks to the nursing staff at Unive rsity Medical Center for hel ping make his passing peaceful. Intermen t a t the Logan City Cemetery.

John married Nyena Shepherd on 7 Aug 1936 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Nyena (daughter of Joseph Russell Shepherd and Charlotte Estella Nye) was born on 2 Oct 1915 in Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States; died on 5 Jun 1973 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; was buried on 9 Jun 1973 in Logan City Cemetery, Cache, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Initiatory (LDS): Not Needed
• FamilySearch ID: KWVH-Z92

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWCR-RSZ
• Initiatory (LDS): 4 Sep 1965, SGEOR

Claud married Bessie Johanna Crane on 31 Dec 1929 in Ely, White Pine, Nevada, United States. Bessie (daughter of George Francis Crane and Barbara Rosetta Jensen) was born on 30 Apr 1909 in Salina, Sevier, Utah, United States; died on 6 Jan 1979 in Ely, White Pine, Nevada, United States; was buried on 10 Jan 1979 in Ely, White Pine, Nevada, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KW8S-H6X
• Initiatory (LDS): 21 Apr 2005, SGEOR

Elva married Francis Robert Glenn on 31 Dec 1928 in McGill, White Pine, Nevada, United States. Francis (son of Robert Francis Glenn and Mary Teresa Kolbinger) was born on 13 Sep 1900 in Leadville, Lake, Colorado, United States; died on 7 Sep 1951 in McGill, White Pine, Nevada, United States; was buried in Ely, White Pine, Nevada, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elva married Raymond Dwight Guess on 10 Apr 1955 in Nevada, United States. Raymond was born on 3 Nov 1899 in Osborne, Osborne, Kansas, United States; died on 30 Jan 1975 in Yerington, Lyon, Nevada, United States; was buried in Yerington, Lyon, Nevada, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Initiatory (LDS): COMPLETED, IFALL
• FamilySearch ID: KWCP-BR1

Joseph married Vera Hunsaker on 1 Oct 1940 in Elko, Nevada, United States. Vera (daughter of Francis Hunsaker and Emma Camp) was born on 3 Sep 1923 in Malad City, Oneida, Idaho, United States; died on 9 Jan 2018. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWC1-S7J
• Initiatory (LDS): 8 Jan 1982, IFALL

Dolly married John Nathan Cobb on 9 Jun 1928 in Ely, White Pine, Nevada, United States. John (son of John Nathan Cobb and Lucy Andrews) was born on 11 Nov 1908 in Eureka, Eureka, Nevada, United States; died on 27 Aug 1960. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: KWCV-ZQ3
• Initiatory (LDS): 28 Jun 1955, SLAKE

Notes:

Earl Giles Story

This story is written by his eldest daughter, Earline Kvist.

Earl Giles was born on January 18, 1911 in Town Creek, Elko, Nevada to J o hn Thomas Giles and Lucy Armina Wilson Giles. He was the 6th child of e ig ht.
His brothers were Frank Elwin, who died before he was two years old.
Claud, Clayton, and Perry. His sisters were Elva, Dolly and Madge.
John and Armina (Mina) began their married life in Holden, Millard, Utah.
Census records show that they moved a lot as they raised their family.
They settled in McGill, White Pine, Nevada where John found work as a te a m driver for Kennecott Copper Company. He was very good with horses.
They lived in McGill where the children could go to school.
Census records show that John and Mina moved to property just east of Mc G ill where they homesteaded what we came to call “the ranch”.
There was a two room log cabin with the outhouse up the hill. There w a s a very small bedroom off the kitchen for the parents, with a big, so f t feather mattress.
The kitchen had two cupboards and a sink with only cold water piped in f r om a well. There was a big cooking stove with a water heater on the en d o f it.
Grandma Giles would bake many loaves of bread every day, and she hand -c h urned butter which was delicious. She also made homemade pies from goos eb errys that were in her yard.
They raised pigs, chickens, ducks, sheep and had cows and horses, so t h e family could live off their own labors .
There was no electricity, and coal oil lamps were their only lights.
The children slept on day beds in the large living room off the kitchen.
The room also had a large, round table where meals were served to any a n d all family members present.
Earl would spend his summers as a teenager, tending sheep up in the moun t ains for neighboring farmers. He would take them up in early summer, a n d herd them back in the fall.
Earl was a quiet, sensitive man and he told me, his daughter, that whe n t he job was done, he would run to the ranch, and his father would se e hi m coming and they would race to each other and hug with tears in th e eye s of both father and son. The family was very close .
Earl attended school until the 8th grade, when he quit to help on the ra n ch.
He loved boxing and participated in Golden Gloves tournaments where he b e came well known as “Kid Giles”. It was a good life for him and soon h e go t a job at Kennecott and was able to buy a car.
The family loved to dance, and McGill and Ely held regular dances whic h t he family would attend. His father was very musical, and could play a lmos t any instrument, so he was always needed at the dances. His mothe r woul d stand nearby and hold his harmonica for him.
November 11, 1930, was a very special night for him. At the dance in McG i ll, there appeared a very beautiful young lady named Erma Walker.
She was only fifteen years old and he was twenty, but that night beg a n a love story that never did end. They were engaged by December 31st a n d on December 12, 1931, they were married in her Grandmothers’ home.
Life was not easy in 1931, as the Great Depression was affecting everyon e .
Earl and Erma would go up in the hills to cut and drag dead trees ou t t o be sold as firewood, to supplement the family income. They became p aren ts of a daughter in November, 1934, when I joined their young family . M y sister, JoAnne came in 1937, and our brother, Duane (Tom) Thomas Gi le s was born in 1938.
We lived in a rented home in McGill where Dad gardened, and raised chick e ns and our little dog, Teddy.
We visited at the ranch a lot, as their best friends were Dads’ brothe r s and sisters and their families. I was number five in the order of gra nd children with the eldest being, Jack Cobb, Gae Giles, Bonnie Giles, Ha rve y Cobb and then me. We drove Grandpa Giles crazy with running in on e doo r and out the other. He would holler, “Don’t slam the door.” but we , as c hildren will do, did not obey.
Our family moved to Garfield, Utah, where my mothers’ parents lived. M y f ather went to work for Kennecott Copper where he worked until he reti re d in the 1960s. He was an excellent carpenter, and all those who kne w hi m knew he was a perfectionist. He was well liked by all his co-worke rs, a nd he and mother had lots of friends .
We had a great life in Garfield as children. Our parents were the very b e st. We went to lots of ball games as Uncle George Walker was a pitche r fo r a good softball team. We also went on family picnics up the canyon s eas t of Salt Lake, or to the beach at the Great Salt Lake .
We would also visit relatives in Salt Lake, as Grandma Lucy had also mov e d in from Nevada.
Our parents had such a great love for each other, that they never call e d each other by their first names. It was always, ”Honey, Darling, Dea r , Sweetheart or some other name of endearment. They were totally devot e d to one another, and we never heard a cross word spoken from them to e ac h other. They were truly an example of true love.
The years passed, and I was married in the Salt Lake Temple to Gerald Ch r istison. My parents could not attend as they were not active in the LD S C hurch.
My mother told my father that if he did not care enough to take her to t h e Temple in this life, that she would not accept it in the next life.
He quit smoking in one day, and some of his fellow carpenters taught h i m the gospel on their lunch hours at work, and supported him as he beg a n to attend meetings in the Garfield Ward.
They were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple on June 28, 1955, and Tom was s e aled to them then. JoAnne was sealed to them in November, 1955.
I had been living in Hawaii as Gerald was in the Navy. I came home in De c ember 1955, with my new little daughter, Carey. I was sealed to my par en ts on Dads’ birthday, January 18, 1956.
My father loved going to church, and he was soon called as a Stake Missi o nary. He served faithfully until mothers’ poor health forced him to res ig n. He was called as Ward Clerk, and served there until th e
ward was dissolved in 1957.
This was a particularly hard calling for him, as he had only an eighth g r ade education, and writing was not his strength, but he did it.
Kennecott decided not to rent homes in Garfield, but to have the peopl e b uy their home and move it elsewhere. My parents moved their home to M agna , and my grandparents moved three homes to Magna. Their own home wa s righ t next door to my parents near 3100 south and 9050 West .
Gerald and I moved a small home next door to his parents in Granger, Uta h .
JoAnne and her husband, Leon Talbot moved their home to Magna on 8000 We s t near 3100 South, Tom and his wife, Francine Mills, rented one of Gran dp a Walkers homes in Magna.
Mothers sister, Viola Nordquist, and Uncle Frank had a brick home that c o uld not be moved, so we tore that house down, and used the brick on ou r o wn remodeled home in Granger.
Aunt Vi and her two married daughters, Jackie Peterson (Doug), and Joy c e Bartlett (Richard or Bart) bought three new homes in Magna, and Dean n a Hatch (Chick) moved to Hunter. Uncle George and Aunt Virginia move d t o Magna east of 8400 South. Garfield was no more.
Dad completely remodeled his home, and built beautiful wood cabinets f o r his home and for JoAnnes’ home.
He loved to work in his yard, and soon there were fruit trees and love l y flower gardens blooming in both of the homes, as mother and grandmoth e r worked for Western Garden Center .
Dad was called to work with the Priest quorum in Magna Ward. He loved th a t calling, and all the young men that he served. They loved him also.
He and my grandfather were called to be Home Teachers together, and we r e a blessing to all their families .
As my grandparents grew more fragile due to age, Dad would care for th e m by taking them to medical appointments or to the store, or do whatev e r was needed for their comfort.
In 1985, both grandparents were very ill, and were placed in the Benni o n Care Center near my home. Grandpa Walker died in July of 1985, and G ra ndmother followed him in January of 1986.
My parents were now free to do things they had been unable to do while c a ring for her parents.
They had a truck and camper, and loved to go camping with JoAnne and To m , and the grandchildren. Deer hunting trips were also enjoyed every Oct ob er. Dad also loved to fly fish.
He was always a very active man, and loved to do things for others. H h a d a shop in his basement where he would sharpen saws for friends, free . H e loved helping people. He took care of all of the widows nearby by t akin g them to the store, or to Doctor appointments. He cut their lawns a nd sh oveled walks in the winter.
He had always been really healthy, except for bouts of gout, mostly in h i s feet, which were very painful. He had an attack of gout in his wris t i n June o1 1986. I was working for Dr. Nelson then, and I asked him t o se e Dad.
I told him to do a physical on him as he would never see him again.
The Doctor found an abdominal aneursym which could have been life threat e ning. He had surgery soon after, and did not do well. He was in the hos pi tal for over a month. He told the surgeon that he wanted to go home t o di e. Dr. Doty let him go, thinking that was surely to be.
Mother was not going to give him up, and she fed him all his favorite th i ngs, and cared for him so well, that he had recovered strength enoug h t o continue his activities at home .
His heart was still fragile, and he had Angina pain quite often. He cou l d not have surgery again, but was placed on oxygen all the time. He ha d f our more years being at home with his beloved wife.
He passed away in his sleep on November 27, 1990, after he had told moth e r that he was ready to go home.






























Dads’ birthday, January 18, 1956






Earl Giles Story

This story is written by his eldest daughter, Earline Kvist.

Earl Giles was born on January 18, 1911 in Town Creek, Elko, Nevada to J o hn Thomas Giles and Lucy Armina Wilson Giles. He was the 6th child of e ig ht.
His brothers were Frank Elwin, who died before he was two years old.
Claud, Clayton, and Perry. His sisters were Elva, Dolly and Madge.
John and Armina (Mina) began their married life in Holden, Millard, Utah.
Census records show that they moved a lot as they raised their family.
They settled in McGill, White Pine, Nevada where John found work as a te a m driver for Kennecott Copper Company. He was very good with horses.
They lived in McGill where the children could go to school.
Census records show that John and Mina moved to property just east of Mc G ill where they homesteaded what we came to call “the ranch”.
There was a two room log cabin with the outhouse up the hill. There w a s a very small bedroom off the kitchen for the parents, with a big, so f t feather mattress.
The kitchen had two cupboards and a sink with only cold water piped in f r om a well. There was a big cooking stove with a water heater on the en d o f it.
Grandma Giles would bake many loaves of bread every day, and she hand -c h urned butter which was delicious. She also made homemade pies from goos eb errys that were in her yard.
They raised pigs, chickens, ducks, sheep and had cows and horses, so t h e family could live off their own labors .
There was no electricity, and coal oil lamps were their only lights.
The children slept on day beds in the large living room off the kitchen.
The room also had a large, round table where meals were served to any a n d all family members present.
Earl would spend his summers as a teenager, tending sheep up in the moun t ains for neighboring farmers. He would take them up in early summer, a n d herd them back in the fall.
Earl was a quiet, sensitive man and he told me, his daughter, that whe n t he job was done, he would run to the ranch, and his father would se e hi m coming and they would race to each other and hug with tears in th e eye s of both father and son. The family was very close .
Earl attended school until the 8th grade, when he quit to help on the ra n ch.
He loved boxing and participated in Golden Gloves tournaments where he b e came well known as “Kid Giles”. It was a good life for him and soon h e go t a job at Kennecott and was able to buy a car.
The family loved to dance, and McGill and Ely held regular dances whic h t he family would attend. His father was very musical, and could play a lmos t any instrument, so he was always needed at the dances. His mothe r woul d stand nearby and hold his harmonica for him.
November 11, 1930, was a very special night for him. At the dance in McG i ll, there appeared a very beautiful young lady named Erma Walker.
She was only fifteen years old and he was twenty, but that night beg a n a love story that never did end. They were engaged by December 31st a n d on December 12, 1931, they were married in her Grandmothers’ home.
Life was not easy in 1931, as the Great Depression was affecting everyon e .
Earl and Erma would go up in the hills to cut and drag dead trees ou t t o be sold as firewood, to supplement the family income. They became p aren ts of a daughter in November, 1934, when I joined their young family . M y sister, JoAnne came in 1937, and our brother, Duane (Tom) Thomas Gi le s was born in 1938.
We lived in a rented home in McGill where Dad gardened, and raised chick e ns and our little dog, Teddy.
We visited at the ranch a lot, as their best friends were Dads’ brothe r s and sisters and their families. I was number five in the order of gra nd children with the eldest being, Jack Cobb, Gae Giles, Bonnie Giles, Ha rve y Cobb and then me. We drove Grandpa Giles crazy with running in on e doo r and out the other. He would holler, “Don’t slam the door.” but we , as c hildren will do, did not obey.
Our family moved to Garfield, Utah, where my mothers’ parents lived. M y f ather went to work for Kennecott Copper where he worked until he reti re d in the 1960s. He was an excellent carpenter, and all those who kne w hi m knew he was a perfectionist. He was well liked by all his co-worke rs, a nd he and mother had lots of friends .
We had a great life in Garfield as children. Our parents were the very b e st. We went to lots of ball games as Uncle George Walker was a pitche r fo r a good softball team. We also went on family picnics up the canyon s eas t of Salt Lake, or to the beach at the Great Salt Lake .
We would also visit relatives in Salt Lake, as Grandma Lucy had also mov e d in from Nevada.
Our parents had such a great love for each other, that they never call e d each other by their first names. It was always, ”Honey, Darling, Dea r , Sweetheart or some other name of endearment. They were totally devot e d to one another, and we never heard a cross word spoken from them to e ac h other. They were truly an example of true love.
The years passed, and I was married in the Salt Lake Temple to Gerald Ch r istison. My parents could not attend as they were not active in the LD S C hurch.
My mother told my father that if he did not care enough to take her to t h e Temple in this life, that she would not accept it in the next life.
He quit smoking in one day, and some of his fellow carpenters taught h i m the gospel on their lunch hours at work, and supported him as he beg a n to attend meetings in the Garfield Ward.
They were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple on June 28, 1955, and Tom was s e aled to them then. JoAnne was sealed to them in November, 1955.
I had been living in Hawaii as Gerald was in the Navy. I came home in De c ember 1955, with my new little daughter, Carey. I was sealed to my par en ts on Dads’ birthday, January 18, 1956.
My father loved going to church, and he was soon called as a Stake Missi o nary. He served faithfully until mothers’ poor health forced him to res ig n. He was called as Ward Clerk, and served there until th e
ward was dissolved in 1957.
This was a particularly hard calling for him, as he had only an eighth g r ade education, and writing was not his strength, but he did it.
Kennecott decided not to rent homes in Garfield, but to have the peopl e b uy their home and move it elsewhere. My parents moved their home to M agna , and my grandparents moved three homes to Magna. Their own home wa s righ t next door to my parents near 3100 south and 9050 West .
Gerald and I moved a small home next door to his parents in Granger, Uta h .
JoAnne and her husband, Leon Talbot moved their home to Magna on 8000 We s t near 3100 South, Tom and his wife, Francine Mills, rented one of Gran dp a Walkers homes in Magna.
Mothers sister, Viola Nordquist, and Uncle Frank had a brick home that c o uld not be moved, so we tore that house down, and used the brick on ou r o wn remodeled home in Granger.
Aunt Vi and her two married daughters, Jackie Peterson (Doug), and Joy c e Bartlett (Richard or Bart) bought three new homes in Magna, and Dean n a Hatch (Chick) moved to Hunter. Uncle George and Aunt Virginia move d t o Magna east of 8400 South. Garfield was no more.
Dad completely remodeled his home, and built beautiful wood cabinets f o r his home and for JoAnnes’ home.
He loved to work in his yard, and soon there were fruit trees and love l y flower gardens blooming in both of the homes, as mother and grandmoth e r worked for Western Garden Center .
Dad was called to work with the Priest quorum in Magna Ward. He loved th a t calling, and all the young men that he served. They loved him also.
He and my grandfather were called to be Home Teachers together, and we r e a blessing to all their families .
As my grandparents grew more fragile due to age, Dad would care for th e m by taking them to medical appointments or to the store, or do whatev e r was needed for their comfort.
In 1985, both grandparents were very ill, and were placed in the Benni o n Care Center near my home. Grandpa Walker died in July of 1985, and G ra ndmother followed him in January of 1986.
My parents were now free to do things they had been unable to do while c a ring for her parents.
They had a truck and camper, and loved to go camping with JoAnne and To m , and the grandchildren. Deer hunting trips were also enjoyed every Oct ob er. Dad also loved to fly fish.
He was always a very active man, and loved to do things for others. H h a d a shop in his basement where he would sharpen saws for friends, free . H e loved helping people. He took care of all of the widows nearby by t akin g them to the store, or to Doctor appointments. He cut their lawns a nd sh oveled walks in the winter.
He had always been really healthy, except for bouts of gout, mostly in h i s feet, which were very painful. He had an attack of gout in his wris t i n June o1 1986. I was working for Dr. Nelson then, and I asked him t o se e Dad.
I told him to do a physical on him as he would never see him again.
The Doctor found an abdominal aneursym which could have been life threat e ning. He had surgery soon after, and did not do well. He was in the hos pi tal for over a month. He told the surgeon that he wanted to go home t o di e. Dr. Doty let him go, thinking that was surely to be.
Mother was not going to give him up, and she fed him all his favorite th i ngs, and cared for him so well, that he had recovered strength enoug h t o continue his activities at home .
His heart was still fragile, and he had Angina pain quite often. He cou l d not have surgery again, but was placed on oxygen all the time. He ha d f our more years being at home with his beloved wife.
He passed away in his sleep on November 27, 1990, after he had told moth e r that he was ready to go home.






























Dads’ birthday, January 18, 1956






Earl Giles Story

This story is written by his eldest daughter, Earline Kvist.

Earl Giles was born on January 18, 1911 in Town Creek, Elko, Nevada to J o hn Thomas Giles and Lucy Armina Wilson Giles. He was the 6th child of e ig ht.
His brothers were Frank Elwin, who died before he was two years old.
Claud, Clayton, and Perry. His sisters were Elva, Dolly and Madge.
John and Armina (Mina) began their married life in Holden, Millard, Utah.
Census records show that they moved a lot as they raised their family.
They settled in McGill, White Pine, Nevada where John found work as a te a m driver for Kennecott Copper Company. He was very good with horses.
They lived in McGill where the children could go to school.
Census records show that John and Mina moved to property just east of Mc G ill where they homesteaded what we came to call “the ranch”.
There was a two room log cabin with the outhouse up the hill. There w a s a very small bedroom off the kitchen for the parents, with a big, so f t feather mattress.
The kitchen had two cupboards and a sink with only cold water piped in f r om a well. There was a big cooking stove with a water heater on the en d o f it.
Grandma Giles would bake many loaves of bread every day, and she hand -c h urned butter which was delicious. She also made homemade pies from goos eb errys that were in her yard.
They raised pigs, chickens, ducks, sheep and had cows and horses, so t h e family could live off their own labors .
There was no electricity, and coal oil lamps were their only lights.
The children slept on day beds in the large living room off the kitchen.
The room also had a large, round table where meals were served to any a n d all family members present.
Earl would spend his summers as a teenager, tending sheep up in the moun t ains for neighboring farmers. He would take them up in early summer, a n d herd them back in the fall.
Earl was a quiet, sensitive man and he told me, his daughter, that whe n t he job was done, he would run to the ranch, and his father would se e hi m coming and they would race to each other and hug with tears in th e eye s of both father and son. The family was very close .
Earl attended school until the 8th grade, when he quit to help on the ra n ch.
He loved boxing and participated in Golden Gloves tournaments where he b e came well known as “Kid Giles”. It was a good life for him and soon h e go t a job at Kennecott and was able to buy a car.
The family loved to dance, and McGill and Ely held regular dances whic h t he family would attend. His father was very musical, and could play a lmos t any instrument, so he was always needed at the dances. His mothe r woul d stand nearby and hold his harmonica for him.
November 11, 1930, was a very special night for him. At the dance in McG i ll, there appeared a very beautiful young lady named Erma Walker.
She was only fifteen years old and he was twenty, but that night beg a n a love story that never did end. They were engaged by December 31st a n d on December 12, 1931, they were married in her Grandmothers’ home.
Life was not easy in 1931, as the Great Depression was affecting everyon e .
Earl and Erma would go up in the hills to cut and drag dead trees ou t t o be sold as firewood, to supplement the family income. They became p aren ts of a daughter in November, 1934, when I joined their young family . M y sister, JoAnne came in 1937, and our brother, Duane (Tom) Thomas Gi le s was born in 1938.
We lived in a rented home in McGill where Dad gardened, and raised chick e ns and our little dog, Teddy.
We visited at the ranch a lot, as their best friends were Dads’ brothe r s and sisters and their families. I was number five in the order of gra nd children with the eldest being, Jack Cobb, Gae Giles, Bonnie Giles, Ha rve y Cobb and then me. We drove Grandpa Giles crazy with running in on e doo r and out the other. He would holler, “Don’t slam the door.” but we , as c hildren will do, did not obey.
Our family moved to Garfield, Utah, where my mothers’ parents lived. M y f ather went to work for Kennecott Copper where he worked until he reti re d in the 1960s. He was an excellent carpenter, and all those who kne w hi m knew he was a perfectionist. He was well liked by all his co-worke rs, a nd he and mother had lots of friends .
We had a great life in Garfield as children. Our parents were the very b e st. We went to lots of ball games as Uncle George Walker was a pitche r fo r a good softball team. We also went on family picnics up the canyon s eas t of Salt Lake, or to the beach at the Great Salt Lake .
We would also visit relatives in Salt Lake, as Grandma Lucy had also mov e d in from Nevada.
Our parents had such a great love for each other, that they never call e d each other by their first names. It was always, ”Honey, Darling, Dea r , Sweetheart or some other name of endearment. They were totally devot e d to one another, and we never heard a cross word spoken from them to e ac h other. They were truly an example of true love.
The years passed, and I was married in the Salt Lake Temple to Gerald Ch r istison. My parents could not attend as they were not active in the LD S C hurch.
My mother told my father that if he did not care enough to take her to t h e Temple in this life, that she would not accept it in the next life.
He quit smoking in one day, and some of his fellow carpenters taught h i m the gospel on their lunch hours at work, and supported him as he beg a n to attend meetings in the Garfield Ward.
They were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple on June 28, 1955, and Tom was s e aled to them then. JoAnne was sealed to them in November, 1955.
I had been living in Hawaii as Gerald was in the Navy. I came home in De c ember 1955, with my new little daughter, Carey. I was sealed to my par en ts on Dads’ birthday, January 18, 1956.
My father loved going to church, and he was soon called as a Stake Missi o nary. He served faithfully until mothers’ poor health forced him to res ig n. He was called as Ward Clerk, and served there until th e
ward was dissolved in 1957.
This was a particularly hard calling for him, as he had only an eighth g r ade education, and writing was not his strength, but he did it.
Kennecott decided not to rent homes in Garfield, but to have the peopl e b uy their home and move it elsewhere. My parents moved their home to M agna , and my grandparents moved three homes to Magna. Their own home wa s righ t next door to my parents near 3100 south and 9050 West .
Gerald and I moved a small home next door to his parents in Granger, Uta h .
JoAnne and her husband, Leon Talbot moved their home to Magna on 8000 We s t near 3100 South, Tom and his wife, Francine Mills, rented one of Gran dp a Walkers homes in Magna.
Mothers sister, Viola Nordquist, and Uncle Frank had a brick home that c o uld not be moved, so we tore that house down, and used the brick on ou r o wn remodeled home in Granger.
Aunt Vi and her two married daughters, Jackie Peterson (Doug), and Joy c e Bartlett (Richard or Bart) bought three new homes in Magna, and Dean n a Hatch (Chick) moved to Hunter. Uncle George and Aunt Virginia move d t o Magna east of 8400 South. Garfield was no more.
Dad completely remodeled his home, and built beautiful wood cabinets f o r his home and for JoAnnes’ home.
He loved to work in his yard, and soon there were fruit trees and love l y flower gardens blooming in both of the homes, as mother and grandmoth e r worked for Western Garden Center .
Dad was called to work with the Priest quorum in Magna Ward. He loved th a t calling, and all the young men that he served. They loved him also.
He and my grandfather were called to be Home Teachers together, and we r e a blessing to all their families .
As my grandparents grew more fragile due to age, Dad would care for th e m by taking them to medical appointments or to the store, or do whatev e r was needed for their comfort.
In 1985, both grandparents were very ill, and were placed in the Benni o n Care Center near my home. Grandpa Walker died in July of 1985, and G ra ndmother followed him in January of 1986.
My parents were now free to do things they had been unable to do while c a ring for her parents.
They had a truck and camper, and loved to go camping with JoAnne and To m , and the grandchildren. Deer hunting trips were also enjoyed every Oct ob er. Dad also loved to fly fish.
He was always a very active man, and loved to do things for others. H h a d a shop in his basement where he would sharpen saws for friends, free . H e loved helping people. He took care of all of the widows nearby by t akin g them to the store, or to Doctor appointments. He cut their lawns a nd sh oveled walks in the winter.
He had always been really healthy, except for bouts of gout, mostly in h i s feet, which were very painful. He had an attack of gout in his wris t i n June o1 1986. I was working for Dr. Nelson then, and I asked him t o se e Dad.
I told him to do a physical on him as he would never see him again.
The Doctor found an abdominal aneursym which could have been life threat e ning. He had surgery soon after, and did not do well. He was in the hos pi tal for over a month. He told the surgeon that he wanted to go home t o di e. Dr. Doty let him go, thinking that was surely to be.
Mother was not going to give him up, and she fed him all his favorite th i ngs, and cared for him so well, that he had recovered strength enoug h t o continue his activities at home .
His heart was still fragile, and he had Angina pain quite often. He cou l d not have surgery again, but was placed on oxygen all the time. He ha d f our more years being at home with his beloved wife.
He passed away in his sleep on November 27, 1990, after he had told moth e r that he was ready to go home.






























Dads’ birthday, January 18, 1956






Earl Giles Story

This story is written by his eldest daughter, Earline Kvist.

Earl Giles was born on January 18, 1911 in Town Creek, Elko, Nevada to J o hn Thomas Giles and Lucy Armina Wilson Giles. He was the 6th child of e ig ht.
His brothers were Frank Elwin, who died before he was two years old.
Claud, Clayton, and Perry. His sisters were Elva, Dolly and Madge.
John and Armina (Mina) began their married life in Holden, Millard, Utah.
Census records show that they moved a lot as they raised their family.
They settled in McGill, White Pine, Nevada where John found work as a te a m driver for Kennecott Copper Company. He was very good with horses.
They lived in McGill where the children could go to school.
Census records show that John and Mina moved to property just east of Mc G ill where they homesteaded what we came to call “the ranch”.
There was a two room log cabin with the outhouse up the hill. There w a s a very small bedroom off the kitchen for the parents, with a big, so f t feather mattress.
The kitchen had two cupboards and a sink with only cold water piped in f r om a well. There was a big cooking stove with a water heater on the en d o f it.
Grandma Giles would bake many loaves of bread every day, and she hand -c h urned butter which was delicious. She also made homemade pies from goos eb errys that were in her yard.
They raised pigs, chickens, ducks, sheep and had cows and horses, so t h e family could live off their own labors .
There was no electricity, and coal oil lamps were their only lights.
The children slept on day beds in the large living room off the kitchen.
The room also had a large, round table where meals were served to any a n d all family members present.
Earl would spend his summers as a teenager, tending sheep up in the moun t ains for neighboring farmers. He would take them up in early summer, a n d herd them back in the fall.
Earl was a quiet, sensitive man and he told me, his daughter, that whe n t he job was done, he would run to the ranch, and his father would se e hi m coming and they would race to each other and hug with tears in th e eye s of both father and son. The family was very close .
Earl attended school until the 8th grade, when he quit to help on the ra n ch.
He loved boxing and participated in Golden Gloves tournaments where he b e came well known as “Kid Giles”. It was a good life for him and soon h e go t a job at Kennecott and was able to buy a car.
The family loved to dance, and McGill and Ely held regular dances whic h t he family would attend. His father was very musical, and could play a lmos t any instrument, so he was always needed at the dances. His mothe r woul d stand nearby and hold his harmonica for him.
November 11, 1930, was a very special night for him. At the dance in McG i ll, there appeared a very beautiful young lady named Erma Walker.
She was only fifteen years old and he was twenty, but that night beg a n a love story that never did end. They were engaged by December 31st a n d on December 12, 1931, they were married in her Grandmothers’ home.
Life was not easy in 1931, as the Great Depression was affecting everyon e .
Earl and Erma would go up in the hills to cut and drag dead trees ou t t o be sold as firewood, to supplement the family income. They became p aren ts of a daughter in November, 1934, when I joined their young family . M y sister, JoAnne came in 1937, and our brother, Duane (Tom) Thomas Gi le s was born in 1938.
We lived in a rented home in McGill where Dad gardened, and raised chick e ns and our little dog, Teddy.
We visited at the ranch a lot, as their best friends were Dads’ brothe r s and sisters and their families. I was number five in the order of gra nd children with the eldest being, Jack Cobb, Gae Giles, Bonnie Giles, Ha rve y Cobb and then me. We drove Grandpa Giles crazy with running in on e doo r and out the other. He would holler, “Don’t slam the door.” but we , as c hildren will do, did not obey.
Our family moved to Garfield, Utah, where my mothers’ parents lived. M y f ather went to work for Kennecott Copper where he worked until he reti re d in the 1960s. He was an excellent carpenter, and all those who kne w hi m knew he was a perfectionist. He was well liked by all his co-worke rs, a nd he and mother had lots of friends .
We had a great life in Garfield as children. Our parents were the very b e st. We went to lots of ball games as Uncle George Walker was a pitche r fo r a good softball team. We also went on family picnics up the canyon s eas t of Salt Lake, or to the beach at the Great Salt Lake .
We would also visit relatives in Salt Lake, as Grandma Lucy had also mov e d in from Nevada.
Our parents had such a great love for each other, that they never call e d each other by their first names. It was always, ”Honey, Darling, Dea r , Sweetheart or some other name of endearment. They were totally devot e d to one another, and we never heard a cross word spoken from them to e ac h other. They were truly an example of true love.
The years passed, and I was married in the Salt Lake Temple to Gerald Ch r istison. My parents could not attend as they were not active in the LD S C hurch.
My mother told my father that if he did not care enough to take her to t h e Temple in this life, that she would not accept it in the next life.
He quit smoking in one day, and some of his fellow carpenters taught h i m the gospel on their lunch hours at work, and supported him as he beg a n to attend meetings in the Garfield Ward.
They were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple on June 28, 1955, and Tom was s e aled to them then. JoAnne was sealed to them in November, 1955.
I had been living in Hawaii as Gerald was in the Navy. I came home in De c ember 1955, with my new little daughter, Carey. I was sealed to my par en ts on Dads’ birthday, January 18, 1956.
My father loved going to church, and he was soon called as a Stake Missi o nary. He served faithfully until mothers’ poor health forced him to res ig n. He was called as Ward Clerk, and served there until th e
ward was dissolved in 1957.
This was a particularly hard calling for him, as he had only an eighth g r ade education, and writing was not his strength, but he did it.
Kennecott decided not to rent homes in Garfield, but to have the peopl e b uy their home and move it elsewhere. My parents moved their home to M agna , and my grandparents moved three homes to Magna. Their own home wa s righ t next door to my parents near 3100 south and 9050 West .
Gerald and I moved a small home next door to his parents in Granger, Uta h .
JoAnne and her husband, Leon Talbot moved their home to Magna on 8000 We s t near 3100 South, Tom and his wife, Francine Mills, rented one of Gran dp a Walkers homes in Magna.
Mothers sister, Viola Nordquist, and Uncle Frank had a brick home that c o uld not be moved, so we tore that house down, and used the brick on ou r o wn remodeled home in Granger.
Aunt Vi and her two married daughters, Jackie Peterson (Doug), and Joy c e Bartlett (Richard or Bart) bought three new homes in Magna, and Dean n a Hatch (Chick) moved to Hunter. Uncle George and Aunt Virginia move d t o Magna east of 8400 South. Garfield was no more.
Dad completely remodeled his home, and built beautiful wood cabinets f o r his home and for JoAnnes’ home.
He loved to work in his yard, and soon there were fruit trees and love l y flower gardens blooming in both of the homes, as mother and grandmoth e r worked for Western Garden Center .
Dad was called to work with the Priest quorum in Magna Ward. He loved th a t calling, and all the young men that he served. They loved him also.
He and my grandfather were called to be Home Teachers together, and we r e a blessing to all their families .
As my grandparents grew more fragile due to age, Dad would care for th e m by taking them to medical appointments or to the store, or do whatev e r was needed for their comfort.
In 1985, both grandparents were very ill, and were placed in the Benni o n Care Center near my home. Grandpa Walker died in July of 1985, and G ra ndmother followed him in January of 1986.
My parents were now free to do things they had been unable to do while c a ring for her parents.
They had a truck and camper, and loved to go camping with JoAnne and To m , and the grandchildren. Deer hunting trips were also enjoyed every Oct ob er. Dad also loved to fly fish.
He was always a very active man, and loved to do things for others. H h a d a shop in his basement where he would sharpen saws for friends, free . H e loved helping people. He took care of all of the widows nearby by t akin g them to the store, or to Doctor appointments. He cut their lawns a nd sh oveled walks in the winter.
He had always been really healthy, except for bouts of gout, mostly in h i s feet, which were very painful. He had an attack of gout in his wris t i n June o1 1986. I was working for Dr. Nelson then, and I asked him t o se e Dad.
I told him to do a physical on him as he would never see him again.
The Doctor found an abdominal aneursym which could have been life threat e ning. He had surgery soon after, and did not do well. He was in the hos pi tal for over a month. He told the surgeon that he wanted to go home t o di e. Dr. Doty let him go, thinking that was surely to be.
Mother was not going to give him up, and she fed him all his favorite th i ngs, and cared for him so well, that he had recovered strength enoug h t o continue his activities at home .
His heart was still fragile, and he had Angina pain quite often. He cou l d not have surgery again, but was placed on oxygen all the time. He ha d f our more years being at home with his beloved wife.
He passed away in his sleep on November 27, 1990, after he had told moth e r that he was ready to go home.






























Dads’ birthday, January 18, 1956






Earl Giles Story

This story is written by his eldest daughter, Earline Kvist.

Earl Giles was born on January 18, 1911 in Town Creek, Elko, Nevada to J o hn Thomas Giles and Lucy Armina Wilson Giles. He was the 6th child of e ig ht.
His brothers were Frank Elwin, who died before he was two years old.
Claud, Clayton, and Perry. His sisters were Elva, Dolly and Madge.
John and Armina (Mina) began their married life in Holden, Millard, Utah.
Census records show that they moved a lot as they raised their family.
They settled in McGill, White Pine, Nevada where John found work as a te a m driver for Kennecott Copper Company. He was very good with horses.
They lived in McGill where the children could go to school.
Census records show that John and Mina moved to property just east of Mc G ill where they homesteaded what we came to call “the ranch”.
There was a two room log cabin with the outhouse up the hill. There w a s a very small bedroom off the kitchen for the parents, with a big, so f t feather mattress.
The kitchen had two cupboards and a sink with only cold water piped in f r om a well. There was a big cooking stove with a water heater on the en d o f it.
Grandma Giles would bake many loaves of bread every day, and she hand -c h urned butter which was delicious. She also made homemade pies from goos eb errys that were in her yard.
They raised pigs, chickens, ducks, sheep and had cows and horses, so t h e family could live off their own labors .
There was no electricity, and coal oil lamps were their only lights.
The children slept on day beds in the large living room off the kitchen.
The room also had a large, round table where meals were served to any a n d all family members present.
Earl would spend his summers as a teenager, tending sheep up in the moun t ains for neighboring farmers. He would take them up in early summer, a n d herd them back in the fall.
Earl was a quiet, sensitive man and he told me, his daughter, that whe n t he job was done, he would run to the ranch, and his father would se e hi m coming and they would race to each other and hug with tears in th e eye s of both father and son. The family was very close .
Earl attended school until the 8th grade, when he quit to help on the ra n ch.
He loved boxing and participated in Golden Gloves tournaments where he b e came well known as “Kid Giles”. It was a good life for him and soon h e go t a job at Kennecott and was able to buy a car.
The family loved to dance, and McGill and Ely held regular dances whic h t he family would attend. His father was very musical, and could play a lmos t any instrument, so he was always needed at the dances. His mothe r woul d stand nearby and hold his harmonica for him.
November 11, 1930, was a very special night for him. At the dance in McG i ll, there appeared a very beautiful young lady named Erma Walker.
She was only fifteen years old and he was twenty, but that night beg a n a love story that never did end. They were engaged by December 31st a n d on December 12, 1931, they were married in her Grandmothers’ home.
Life was not easy in 1931, as the Great Depression was affecting everyon e .
Earl and Erma would go up in the hills to cut and drag dead trees ou t t o be sold as firewood, to supplement the family income. They became p aren ts of a daughter in November, 1934, when I joined their young family . M y sister, JoAnne came in 1937, and our brother, Duane (Tom) Thomas Gi le s was born in 1938.
We lived in a rented home in McGill where Dad gardened, and raised chick e ns and our little dog, Teddy.
We visited at the ranch a lot, as their best friends were Dads’ brothe r s and sisters and their families. I was number five in the order of gra nd children with the eldest being, Jack Cobb, Gae Giles, Bonnie Giles, Ha rve y Cobb and then me. We drove Grandpa Giles crazy with running in on e doo r and out the other. He would holler, “Don’t slam the door.” but we , as c hildren will do, did not obey.
Our family moved to Garfield, Utah, where my mothers’ parents lived. M y f ather went to work for Kennecott Copper where he worked until he reti re d in the 1960s. He was an excellent carpenter, and all those who kne w hi m knew he was a perfectionist. He was well liked by all his co-worke rs, a nd he and mother had lots of friends .
We had a great life in Garfield as children. Our parents were the very b e st. We went to lots of ball games as Uncle George Walker was a pitche r fo r a good softball team. We also went on family picnics up the canyon s eas t of Salt Lake, or to the beach at the Great Salt Lake .
We would also visit relatives in Salt Lake, as Grandma Lucy had also mov e d in from Nevada.
Our parents had such a great love for each other, that they never call e d each other by their first names. It was always, ”Honey, Darling, Dea r , Sweetheart or some other name of endearment. They were totally devot e d to one another, and we never heard a cross word spoken from them to e ac h other. They were truly an example of true love.
The years passed, and I was married in the Salt Lake Temple to Gerald Ch r istison. My parents could not attend as they were not active in the LD S C hurch.
My mother told my father that if he did not care enough to take her to t h e Temple in this life, that she would not accept it in the next life.
He quit smoking in one day, and some of his fellow carpenters taught h i m the gospel on their lunch hours at work, and supported him as he beg a n to attend meetings in the Garfield Ward.
They were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple on June 28, 1955, and Tom was s e aled to them then. JoAnne was sealed to them in November, 1955.
I had been living in Hawaii as Gerald was in the Navy. I came home in De c ember 1955, with my new little daughter, Carey. I was sealed to my par en ts on Dads’ birthday, January 18, 1956.
My father loved going to church, and he was soon called as a Stake Missi o nary. He served faithfully until mothers’ poor health forced him to res ig n. He was called as Ward Clerk, and served there until th e
ward was dissolved in 1957.
This was a particularly hard calling for him, as he had only an eighth g r ade education, and writing was not his strength, but he did it.
Kennecott decided not to rent homes in Garfield, but to have the peopl e b uy their home and move it elsewhere. My parents moved their home to M agna , and my grandparents moved three homes to Magna. Their own home wa s righ t next door to my parents near 3100 south and 9050 West .
Gerald and I moved a small home next door to his parents in Granger, Uta h .
JoAnne and her husband, Leon Talbot moved their home to Magna on 8000 We s t near 3100 South, Tom and his wife, Francine Mills, rented one of Gran dp a Walkers homes in Magna.
Mothers sister, Viola Nordquist, and Uncle Frank had a brick home that c o uld not be moved, so we tore that house down, and used the brick on ou r o wn remodeled home in Granger.
Aunt Vi and her two married daughters, Jackie Peterson (Doug), and Joy c e Bartlett (Richard or Bart) bought three new homes in Magna, and Dean n a Hatch (Chick) moved to Hunter. Uncle George and Aunt Virginia move d t o Magna east of 8400 South. Garfield was no more.
Dad completely remodeled his home, and built beautiful wood cabinets f o r his home and for JoAnnes’ home.
He loved to work in his yard, and soon there were fruit trees and love l y flower gardens blooming in both of the homes, as mother and grandmoth e r worked for Western Garden Center .
Dad was called to work with the Priest quorum in Magna Ward. He loved th a t calling, and all the young men that he served. They loved him also.
He and my grandfather were called to be Home Teachers together, and we r e a blessing to all their families .
As my grandparents grew more fragile due to age, Dad would care for th e m by taking them to medical appointments or to the store, or do whatev e r was needed for their comfort.
In 1985, both grandparents were very ill, and were placed in the Benni o n Care Center near my home. Grandpa Walker died in July of 1985, and G ra ndmother followed him in January of 1986.
My parents were now free to do things they had been unable to do while c a ring for her parents.
They had a truck and camper, and loved to go camping with JoAnne and To m , and the grandchildren. Deer hunting trips were also enjoyed every Oct ob er. Dad also loved to fly fish.
He was always a very active man, and loved to do things for others. H h a d a shop in his basement where he would sharpen saws for friends, free . H e loved helping people. He took care of all of the widows nearby by t akin g them to the store, or to Doctor appointments. He cut their lawns a nd sh oveled walks in the winter.
He had always been really healthy, except for bouts of gout, mostly in h i s feet, which were very painful. He had an attack of gout in his wris t i n June o1 1986. I was working for Dr. Nelson then, and I asked him t o se e Dad.
I told him to do a physical on him as he would never see him again.
The Doctor found an abdominal aneursym which could have been life threat e ning. He had surgery soon after, and did not do well. He was in the hos pi tal for over a month. He told the surgeon that he wanted to go home t o di e. Dr. Doty let him go, thinking that was surely to be.
Mother was not going to give him up, and she fed him all his favorite th i ngs, and cared for him so well, that he had recovered strength enoug h t o continue his activities at home .
His heart was still fragile, and he had Angina pain quite often. He cou l d not have surgery again, but was placed on oxygen all the time. He ha d f our more years being at home with his beloved wife.
He passed away in his sleep on November 27, 1990, after he had told moth e r that he was ready to go home.






























Dads’ birthday, January 18, 1956






Earl Giles Story

This story is written by his eldest daughter, Earline Kvist.

Earl Giles was born on January 18, 1911 in Town Creek, Elko, Nevada to J o hn Thomas Giles and Lucy Armina Wilson Giles. He was the 6th child of e ig ht.
His brothers were Frank Elwin, who died before he was two years old.
Claud, Clayton, and Perry. His sisters were Elva, Dolly and Madge.
John and Armina (Mina) began their married life in Holden, Millard, Utah.
Census records show that they moved a lot as they raised their family.
They settled in McGill, White Pine, Nevada where John found work as a te a m driver for Kennecott Copper Company. He was very good with horses.
They lived in McGill where the children could go to school.
Census records show that John and Mina moved to property just east of Mc G ill where they homesteaded what we came to call “the ranch”.
There was a two room log cabin with the outhouse up the hill. There w a s a very small bedroom off the kitchen for the parents, with a big, so f t feather mattress.
The kitchen had two cupboards and a sink with only cold water piped in f r om a well. There was a big cooking stove with a water heater on the en d o f it.
Grandma Giles would bake many loaves of bread every day, and she hand -c h urned butter which was delicious. She also made homemade pies from goos eb errys that were in her yard.
They raised pigs, chickens, ducks, sheep and had cows and horses, so t h e family could live off their own labors .
There was no electricity, and coal oil lamps were their only lights.
The children slept on day beds in the large living room off the kitchen.
The room also had a large, round table where meals were served to any a n d all family members present.
Earl would spend his summers as a teenager, tending sheep up in the moun t ains for neighboring farmers. He would take them up in early summer, a n d herd them back in the fall.
Earl was a quiet, sensitive man and he told me, his daughter, that whe n t he job was done, he would run to the ranch, and his father would se e hi m coming and they would race to each other and hug with tears in th e eye s of both father and son. The family was very close .
Earl attended school until the 8th grade, when he quit to help on the ra n ch.
He loved boxing and participated in Golden Gloves tournaments where he b e came well known as “Kid Giles”. It was a good life for him and soon h e go t a job at Kennecott and was able to buy a car.
The family loved to dance, and McGill and Ely held regular dances whic h t he family would attend. His father was very musical, and could play a lmos t any instrument, so he was always needed at the dances. His mothe r woul d stand nearby and hold his harmonica for him.
November 11, 1930, was a very special night for him. At the dance in McG i ll, there appeared a very beautiful young lady named Erma Walker.
She was only fifteen years old and he was twenty, but that night beg a n a love story that never did end. They were engaged by December 31st a n d on December 12, 1931, they were married in her Grandmothers’ home.
Life was not easy in 1931, as the Great Depression was affecting everyon e .
Earl and Erma would go up in the hills to cut and drag dead trees ou t t o be sold as firewood, to supplement the family income. They became p aren ts of a daughter in November, 1934, when I joined their young family . M y sister, JoAnne came in 1937, and our brother, Duane (Tom) Thomas Gi le s was born in 1938.
We lived in a rented home in McGill where Dad gardened, and raised chick e ns and our little dog, Teddy.
We visited at the ranch a lot, as their best friends were Dads’ brothe r s and sisters and their families. I was number five in the order of gra nd children with the eldest being, Jack Cobb, Gae Giles, Bonnie Giles, Ha rve y Cobb and then me. We drove Grandpa Giles crazy with running in on e doo r and out the other. He would holler, “Don’t slam the door.” but we , as c hildren will do, did not obey.
Our family moved to Garfield, Utah, where my mothers’ parents lived. M y f ather went to work for Kennecott Copper where he worked until he reti re d in the 1960s. He was an excellent carpenter, and all those who kne w hi m knew he was a perfectionist. He was well liked by all his co-worke rs, a nd he and mother had lots of friends .
We had a great life in Garfield as children. Our parents were the very b e st. We went to lots of ball games as Uncle George Walker was a pitche r fo r a good softball team. We also went on family picnics up the canyon s eas t of Salt Lake, or to the beach at the Great Salt Lake .
We would also visit relatives in Salt Lake, as Grandma Lucy had also mov e d in from Nevada.
Our parents had such a great love for each other, that they never call e d each other by their first names. It was always, ”Honey, Darling, Dea r , Sweetheart or some other name of endearment. They were totally devot e d to one another, and we never heard a cross word spoken from them to e ac h other. They were truly an example of true love.
The years passed, and I was married in the Salt Lake Temple to Gerald Ch r istison. My parents could not attend as they were not active in the LD S C hurch.
My mother told my father that if he did not care enough to take her to t h e Temple in this life, that she would not accept it in the next life.
He quit smoking in one day, and some of his fellow carpenters taught h i m the gospel on their lunch hours at work, and supported him as he beg a n to attend meetings in the Garfield Ward.
They were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple on June 28, 1955, and Tom was s e aled to them then. JoAnne was sealed to them in November, 1955.
I had been living in Hawaii as Gerald was in the Navy. I came home in De c ember 1955, with my new little daughter, Carey. I was sealed to my par en ts on Dads’ birthday, January 18, 1956.
My father loved going to church, and he was soon called as a Stake Missi o nary. He served faithfully until mothers’ poor health forced him to res ig n. He was called as Ward Clerk, and served there until th e
ward was dissolved in 1957.
This was a particularly hard calling for him, as he had only an eighth g r ade education, and writing was not his strength, but he did it.
Kennecott decided not to rent homes in Garfield, but to have the peopl e b uy their home and move it elsewhere. My parents moved their home to M agna , and my grandparents moved three homes to Magna. Their own home wa s righ t next door to my parents near 3100 south and 9050 West .
Gerald and I moved a small home next door to his parents in Granger, Uta h .
JoAnne and her husband, Leon Talbot moved their home to Magna on 8000 We s t near 3100 South, Tom and his wife, Francine Mills, rented one of Gran dp a Walkers homes in Magna.
Mothers sister, Viola Nordquist, and Uncle Frank had a brick home that c o uld not be moved, so we tore that house down, and used the brick on ou r o wn remodeled home in Granger.
Aunt Vi and her two married daughters, Jackie Peterson (Doug), and Joy c e Bartlett (Richard or Bart) bought three new homes in Magna, and Dean n a Hatch (Chick) moved to Hunter. Uncle George and Aunt Virginia move d t o Magna east of 8400 South. Garfield was no more.
Dad completely remodeled his home, and built beautiful wood cabinets f o r his home and for JoAnnes’ home.
He loved to work in his yard, and soon there were fruit trees and love l y flower gardens blooming in both of the homes, as mother and grandmoth e r worked for Western Garden Center .
Dad was called to work with the Priest quorum in Magna Ward. He loved th a t calling, and all the young men that he served. They loved him also.
He and my grandfather were called to be Home Teachers together, and we r e a blessing to all their families .
As my grandparents grew more fragile due to age, Dad would care for th e m by taking them to medical appointments or to the store, or do whatev e r was needed for their comfort.
In 1985, both grandparents were very ill, and were placed in the Benni o n Care Center near my home. Grandpa Walker died in July of 1985, and G ra ndmother followed him in January of 1986.
My parents were now free to do things they had been unable to do while c a ring for her parents.
They had a truck and camper, and loved to go camping with JoAnne and To m , and the grandchildren. Deer hunting trips were also enjoyed every Oct ob er. Dad also loved to fly fish.
He was always a very active man, and loved to do things for others. H h a d a shop in his basement where he would sharpen saws for friends, free . H e loved helping people. He took care of all of the widows nearby by t akin g them to the store, or to Doctor appointments. He cut their lawns a nd sh oveled walks in the winter.
He had always been really healthy, except for bouts of gout, mostly in h i s feet, which were very painful. He had an attack of gout in his wris t i n June o1 1986. I was working for Dr. Nelson then, and I asked him t o se e Dad.
I told him to do a physical on him as he would never see him again.
The Doctor found an abdominal aneursym which could have been life threat e ning. He had surgery soon after, and did not do well. He was in the hos pi tal for over a month. He told the surgeon that he wanted to go home t o di e. Dr. Doty let him go, thinking that was surely to be.
Mother was not going to give him up, and she fed him all his favorite th i ngs, and cared for him so well, that he had recovered strength enoug h t o continue his activities at home .
His heart was still fragile, and he had Angina pain quite often. He cou l d not have surgery again, but was placed on oxygen all the time. He ha d f our more years being at home with his beloved wife.
He passed away in his sleep on November 27, 1990, after he had told moth e r that he was ready to go home.






























Dads’ birthday, January 18, 1956






Earl Giles Story

This story is written by his eldest daughter, Earline Kvist.

Earl Giles was born on January 18, 1911 in Town Creek, Elko, Nevada to J o hn Thomas Giles and Lucy Armina Wilson Giles. He was the 6th child of e ig ht.
His brothers were Frank Elwin, who died before he was two years old.
Claud, Clayton, and Perry. His sisters were Elva, Dolly and Madge.
John and Armina (Mina) began their married life in Holden, Millard, Utah.
Census records show that they moved a lot as they raised their family.
They settled in McGill, White Pine, Nevada where John found work as a te a m driver for Kennecott Copper Company. He was very good with horses.
They lived in McGill where the children could go to school.
Census records show that John and Mina moved to property just east of Mc G ill where they homesteaded what we came to call “the ranch”.
There was a two room log cabin with the outhouse up the hill. There w a s a very small bedroom off the kitchen for the parents, with a big, so f t feather mattress.
The kitchen had two cupboards and a sink with only cold water piped in f r om a well. There was a big cooking stove with a water heater on the en d o f it.
Grandma Giles would bake many loaves of bread every day, and she hand -c h urned butter which was delicious. She also made homemade pies from goos eb errys that were in her yard.
They raised pigs, chickens, ducks, sheep and had cows and horses, so t h e family could live off their own labors .
There was no electricity, and coal oil lamps were their only lights.
The children slept on day beds in the large living room off the kitchen.
The room also had a large, round table where meals were served to any a n d all family members present.
Earl would spend his summers as a teenager, tending sheep up in the moun t ains for neighboring farmers. He would take them up in early summer, a n d herd them back in the fall.
Earl was a quiet, sensitive man and he told me, his daughter, that whe n t he job was done, he would run to the ranch, and his father would se e hi m coming and they would race to each other and hug with tears in th e eye s of both father and son. The family was very close .
Earl attended school until the 8th grade, when he quit to help on the ra n ch.
He loved boxing and participated in Golden Gloves tournaments where he b e came well known as “Kid Giles”. It was a good life for him and soon h e go t a job at Kennecott and was able to buy a car.
The family loved to dance, and McGill and Ely held regular dances whic h t he family would attend. His father was very musical, and could play a lmos t any instrument, so he was always needed at the dances. His mothe r woul d stand nearby and hold his harmonica for him.
November 11, 1930, was a very special night for him. At the dance in McG i ll, there appeared a very beautiful young lady named Erma Walker.
She was only fifteen years old and he was twenty, but that night beg a n a love story that never did end. They were engaged by December 31st a n d on December 12, 1931, they were married in her Grandmothers’ home.
Life was not easy in 1931, as the Great Depression was affecting everyon e .
Earl and Erma would go up in the hills to cut and drag dead trees ou t t o be sold as firewood, to supplement the family income. They became p aren ts of a daughter in November, 1934, when I joined their young family . M y sister, JoAnne came in 1937, and our brother, Duane (Tom) Thomas Gi le s was born in 1938.
We lived in a rented home in McGill where Dad gardened, and raised chick e ns and our little dog, Teddy.
We visited at the ranch a lot, as their best friends were Dads’ brothe r s and sisters and their families. I was number five in the order of gra nd children with the eldest being, Jack Cobb, Gae Giles, Bonnie Giles, Ha rve y Cobb and then me. We drove Grandpa Giles crazy with running in on e doo r and out the other. He would holler, “Don’t slam the door.” but we , as c hildren will do, did not obey.
Our family moved to Garfield, Utah, where my mothers’ parents lived. M y f ather went to work for Kennecott Copper where he worked until he reti re d in the 1960s. He was an excellent carpenter, and all those who kne w hi m knew he was a perfectionist. He was well liked by all his co-worke rs, a nd he and mother had lots of friends .
We had a great life in Garfield as children. Our parents were the very b e st. We went to lots of ball games as Uncle George Walker was a pitche r fo r a good softball team. We also went on family picnics up the canyon s eas t of Salt Lake, or to the beach at the Great Salt Lake .
We would also visit relatives in Salt Lake, as Grandma Lucy had also mov e d in from Nevada.
Our parents had such a great love for each other, that they never call e d each other by their first names. It was always, ”Honey, Darling, Dea r , Sweetheart or some other name of endearment. They were totally devot e d to one another, and we never heard a cross word spoken from them to e ac h other. They were truly an example of true love.
The years passed, and I was married in the Salt Lake Temple to Gerald Ch r istison. My parents could not attend as they were not active in the LD S C hurch.
My mother told my father that if he did not care enough to take her to t h e Temple in this life, that she would not accept it in the next life.
He quit smoking in one day, and some of his fellow carpenters taught h i m the gospel on their lunch hours at work, and supported him as he beg a n to attend meetings in the Garfield Ward.
They were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple on June 28, 1955, and Tom was s e aled to them then. JoAnne was sealed to them in November, 1955.
I had been living in Hawaii as Gerald was in the Navy. I came home in De c ember 1955, with my new little daughter, Carey. I was sealed to my par en ts on Dads’ birthday, January 18, 1956.
My father loved going to church, and he was soon called as a Stake Missi o nary. He served faithfully until mothers’ poor health forced him to res ig n. He was called as Ward Clerk, and served there until th e
ward was dissolved in 1957.
This was a part

Earl married Erma Aurelia Walker on 12 Dec 1931 in McGill, White Pine, Nevada, United States. Erma (daughter of Duane Stanley Walker and Erma Player) was born on 24 Aug 1915 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; died on 25 Mar 2002; was buried on 28 Mar 2002 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: K2MW-SFR
• Initiatory (LDS): 11 Aug 1979, IFALL

Perry married Loraine Justina Venturino on 3 Nov 1937 in McGill, White Pine, Nevada, United States. Loraine (daughter of Lawrence Venturino and Frances Pastorino) was born on 1 Jul 1918 in Ely, White Pine, Nevada, United States; died on 13 Nov 1996. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWZJ-KQ6
• Initiatory (LDS): 25 Apr 2009, ARIZO

Madge married Albert Willard Munson on 25 Dec 1936 in McGill, White Pine, Nevada, United States. Albert (son of Andrew Silas Peter Munson and Serine Maria Hansen) was born on 16 Jul 1912 in Marysvale, Piute, Utah, United States; died on 4 Apr 2004 in Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States; was buried on 7 Apr 2004 in Yerington Cemetery, Lyon, Nevada, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: K24X-JB5
• Initiatory (LDS): 12 Aug 2009, SLOUI

Haven married Mary Hannah Glenn on 16 Apr 1922 in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States. Mary (daughter of Robert Francis Glenn and Mary Teresa Kolbinger) was born on 13 Oct 1897 in Anaconda, Deer Lodge, Montana, United States; died on 11 Nov 1993 in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States; was buried in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWC2-J68
• Initiatory (LDS): 21 May 1925, SLAKE

Robert married Phyllis Maxwell on 15 Jun 1937 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Phyllis (daughter of John Stephen Maxwell and Caroline Christine Hyde) was born on 27 Dec 1905 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; died on 5 Dec 1990 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; was buried on 10 Dec 1990 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWZN-58G
• Initiatory (LDS): 12 Aug 2009, SLOUI

Harold married Vanor Mabel Aldrich on 1 Jan 1937 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Vanor was born on 29 Jun 1917 in Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States; died on 23 Apr 2003. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Initiatory (LDS): Not Needed
• FamilySearch ID: M6RB-52D

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWZ2-Q2Y
• Initiatory (LDS): 27 Mar 1950, SLAKE

Florence married Glenn Asa Hayes on 6 Sep 1956 in Ely, White Pine, Nevada, United States. Glenn (son of Ramey Albert Hayes and Mary Lee Vaughn) was born on 12 Sep 1923 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States; died about 11 May 2003 in Clarence, Shelby, Missouri, United States; was buried in Tuscumbia, Miller, Missouri, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Florence married Carl Elmer Headlund on 8 Jul 1937 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Carl (son of Carl Gustave Headlund and Alma Lovisa Jansson) was born on 17 Jul 1909 in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; died on 26 Sep 1949; was buried in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Florence married Elmer Lamar Read on 3 Dec 1986 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Elmer (son of Elmer Read and Louise Swallow) was born on 28 Sep 1922 in Oakley, Cassia, Idaho, United States; died on 30 Jan 2001 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; was buried on 3 Feb 2001 in Elysian Burial Gardens, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWZT-K72
• Initiatory (LDS): 11 Aug 1980, SLAKE

Sabra married Roy Lloyd Jackson on 29 Jun 1922 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Roy (son of Isaac Jackson and Mary Ann Nield) was born on 5 Sep 1893 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; died on 11 Nov 1961 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KCHG-DHG
• Initiatory (LDS): 30 Jan 1973, LANGE

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: K2C9-SKW
• Initiatory (LDS): 30 Nov 1965, LANGE

Babette married Leo Burton Rupp on 10 Aug 1925 in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States. Leo (son of Burton West Rupp and Nancy Miranda Brown) was born on 11 Mar 1905 in Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States; died on 30 Jul 1987 in Los Angeles, California, United States; was buried in Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KW86-287
• Initiatory (LDS): 4 Jun 1969, OAKLA

Joseph married Dorothy Rees on 10 Jan 1937 in Woodruff, Rich, Utah, United States. Dorothy (daughter of William Rees and Pearl Luella Porter) was born on 4 Apr 1915 in Woodruff, Rich, Utah, United States; died on 23 Nov 1998 in Lyman, Uinta, Wyoming, United States; was buried in Lyman City Cemetery, Uinta, Wyoming, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWZQ-8Z5
• Initiatory (LDS): 24 Mar 1987, SLAKE

Kalta married Lee Charles Warburton on 20 Jun 1936 in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States. Lee (son of Joshua Elijah Warburton and Mary Ann Trump) was born on 1 Dec 1912 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; died on 21 Feb 1999 in Commerce City, Adams, Colorado, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWCF-SCW
• Initiatory (LDS): 7 Sep 1955, SLAKE

Notes:

Obituary:
Eve Lynn Cook was born on September 16, 1918 to Selena and Williams Southern in Salt Lake City, Utah. She passed peacefully, in her sleep, at her home in Murray, Utah on December 16, 2009.She is survived by her children: Tami (Kent) Livsey, and Dana Jolley; her grandchildren: Harrison and Jamison Livsey, Erica Jolley Turnbow and Jazmine Jolley. Eve was looking forward to the birth of a great-grandson, expected to be born in January 2010 to Erica. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wendell Allen Cook.

Eve was able to remain in her home for many years only because of the kindness of her friends and neighbors, her niece, Patsy Birrell, and her "second Daughter", Summer Williams. Eve was always extremely appreciative of everything they did for her, as is Eve's family.

Services for Eve will be held on Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at the Murray 15th Ward, 5555 South 700 West, Murray, UT, where a viewing will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. prior to the services. Interment will be in the Salt Lake City Cemetery. Please leave condolences for the family at www.larkinmortuary.com

"We love you and miss you Mutti."

Eve married Lawton B Myers on 26 Nov 1940 in Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Lawton (son of Lionell Lafayette Myers and Blanche Holley) was born on 7 Feb 1916 in Riverton, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; died on 25 Aug 1980 in Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States; was buried in Groveland Cemetery, Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eve married Paul Richard Jolley on 28 Jun 1951 in Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States, and was divorced in Feb 1972 in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eve married Wendell Allen Cook on 22 Feb 1980 in Laie, Oahu, Hawaiʻi, United States. Wendell (son of Leroy Austin Cook and Mary Louisa Bennett) was born on 4 Apr 1923 in West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; was christened on 13 May 1923 in West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; died on 25 Sep 1993 in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; was buried on 29 Sep 1993 in Redwood Memorial Estates, West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWZK-LQL
• Initiatory (LDS): 17 Jul 1965, SGEOR

William married Chloe Geneva Rowley on 8 Jun 1928 in Ely, White Pine, Nevada, United States. Chloe (daughter of Leo Desmond Rowley and Daisy Dean Dearden) was born on 4 Mar 1910 in Garrison, Millard, Utah, United States; died on 27 Apr 1995 in Ely, White Pine, Nevada, United States; was buried in Ely City Cemetery, White Pine, Nevada, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWC8-TNJ
• Initiatory (LDS): 28 Apr 1967, SLAKE

Notes:

Obituary:
Salt Lake Tribune, The (UT) | 23 May 1999
Lois Turpin, mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great - grandmother and friend passed away May 20, 1999 in Salt Lake City, Uta h a t age 91.

Lois was born in Fillmore, Utah on July 15, 1907 to James William and Lo u ie Giles. On August 29, 1938 she married Randal L. Turpin in Monticell o , Utah. He preceded her in death June 20, 1956.

She raised her children to be a large and close family. She shared the l o ve of out-doors and hunting with her family. Member of the LDS Church . Sh e had a great sense of humor, unconditional love and great sense o f adven ture. She was a great cook and truly loved all her children and g reat-gra ndchildren. Her talent in sewing and crocheting was unparalleled . She mad e wedding dresses for many of her children and grandchildren. S he was eve rybody's best friend. She wanted to experience everything lif e had to off er.

Survived by: son, Randal J. (Marion) Turpin; four daughters, Lois (Keit h ) Martin, Camille (Ross) Bradshaw, Linda (Chris) Christensen, Jean (Ala n ) Sterzer; 20 grandchildren, 78 great-grandchildren, 12 great great-gra nd children; sister, Kathlyn Junker, brothers, Dell Frampton and Bertis F ram pton (Beth). Preceded in death by daughter, Una Loy Keith; sister, Me rl F rampton; brothers, Vernon Frampton and Giles Frampton; grandson, Ran dal l Scott Turpin and great-granddaughter, Nicole Kitchen.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday, May 25, 1999, 12 noon at Larkin M o rtuary, 260 East South Temple, where friends may call Tuesday 10:00 t o 11 :45 a.m. Interment, Salt Lake City Cemetery.

Lois married William Earl Roper on 31 Dec 1927 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States, and was divorced. William (son of E E Roper and Eva Lacroix) was born in 1898 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lois married Randal Leroy Turpin on 29 Aug 1938 in Monticello, San Juan, Utah, United States. Randal (son of Robert Leroy Turpin and Julia Francis Vance) was born on 20 Dec 1898 in Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, United States; died on 16 Jun 1956 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; was buried on 19 Jun 1956 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KW88-47B
• Initiatory (LDS): 10 Oct 1947, SLAKE

Giles married Marjorie Dale Curtis on 2 Dec 1932 in Salina, Sevier, Utah, United States. Marjorie (daughter of Enos Curtis and Martha Ann Murphy) was born on 20 Jul 1916 in Salina, Sevier, Utah, United States; died on 26 Apr 1947; was buried on 29 Apr 1947 in East Side Cemetery, Salina, Sevier, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Giles married Bertha Louisa Hunt on 10 Oct 1947 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Bertha (daughter of Samuel Sylvester Hunt and Rose Ann Levie) was born on 5 Dec 1911 in Joseph, Sevier, Utah, United States; died on 10 Apr 2005 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; was buried on 16 Apr 2005 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWCN-KKD
• Initiatory (LDS): 14 Jun 1961, SLAKE

Dell married Helen Vera Allen on 11 Sep 1951 in Elko, Elko, Nevada, United States. Helen (daughter of Joseph Merle Allen and Vera Davis) was born on 3 Aug 1914 in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States; died on 5 Dec 1996 in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States; was buried in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KW8H-QYW
• Initiatory (LDS): 28 Oct 2008, BOUNT

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWCX-R4D
• Initiatory (LDS): 23 Mar 2002, JRIVE

Kathlyn married Bennie Junker on 25 Aug 1946 in Kirksville, Adair, Missouri, United States. Bennie (son of Henry Junker and Tena Schneiderman) was born on 23 Sep 1924 in Kesley, Butler, Iowa, United States; died on 19 Sep 1993; was buried in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWZG-KWS
• Initiatory (LDS): 14 Dec 1962, MANTI

Bertis married Beth Luane Black on 2 Nov 1947 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States. Beth (daughter of Willis Eugene Black and Geneva Bennett) was born on 29 Dec 1927 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States; died on 1 Nov 2019 in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States; was buried on 6 Nov 2019 in Fillmore Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWCC-WKR
• Initiatory (LDS): 23 Sep 1936, MANTI

Enid married Allen Ladell Christensen on 23 Sep 1936 in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. Allen (son of Joseph Marion Christensen and Louise Ann Allen) was born on 19 Sep 1913 in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States; died on 29 Jan 2005; was buried on 2 Feb 2005 in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWCT-PBB
• Initiatory (LDS): 29 Nov 1975, PROVO

Joseph married Ida Bean on 20 Jan 1947 in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States. Ida (daughter of James Gleason Bean and Alveretta Evans) was born on 4 Jun 1911 in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States; died on 3 Jan 1996 in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States; was buried on 6 Jan 1996 in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWCB-L2T
• Initiatory (LDS): 17 Jan 1935, MANTI

Ernest married Arta Lena Jenkins on 18 Oct 1940 in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. Arta (daughter of Charles Rupert Jenkins and Tola Wright) was born on 7 Jun 1917 in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States; died on 24 Jan 2012 in Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States; was buried on 28 Jan 2012 in Vine Bluff Cemetery, Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWZM-W9M
• Initiatory (LDS): 29 Mar 1969, MANTI

John married Lois Mangelson on 17 Nov 1939 in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States. Lois (daughter of Reuben Andrew Charles Mangelson and Nettie Irene Hatfield) was born on 11 May 1920 in Levan, Juab, Utah, United States; died on 5 Mar 2005; was buried in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Initiatory (LDS): Not Needed
• FamilySearch ID: KWVP-QZN

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWCG-NXJ
• Initiatory (LDS): 30 Oct 1944, LOGAN

Madge married Van Kay Price on 22 Jul 1944 in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States. Van (son of Franklin Jesse Price and Bernetta Maggie Johnson) was born on 5 Feb 1920 in Laketown, Rich, Utah, United States; died on 17 Nov 2008 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States; was buried on 22 Nov 2008 in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Initiatory (LDS): Not Needed
• FamilySearch ID: K4LG-WFW

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWDJ-9ZV
• Initiatory (LDS): 19 Aug 2009, SGEOR

Grant married Cora Elizabeth on 10 Sep 1939 in Yuma, Yuma, Arizona, United States. Cora was born on 3 Jul 1908; died on 29 Jun 2002 in Mount Angel, Marion, Oregon, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWCK-1CD
• Initiatory (LDS): 14 May 1946, ARIZO

Thomas married Alma Catherine Wilson on 11 Apr 1941 in Yuma, Yuma, Arizona, United States. Alma was born on 12 Dec 1917 in Lacey, Mahaska, Iowa, United States; died on 23 Aug 1988 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; was buried in Ontario, San Bernardino, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWZZ-HPD
• Initiatory (LDS): 14 May 1946, ARIZO

Florence married Frank Nevin Hunter on 4 Sep 1937 in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States. Frank was born on 16 Nov 1913 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; died on 14 May 2003. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWHB-H9C
• Initiatory (LDS): 8 Aug 1956, SLAKE

Helen married Thomas Haydn Reese on 7 Dec 1942 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. Thomas (son of Glyndwr Davies Reese and Vera Mae Neilson) was born on 19 Jan 1920 in Castle Gate, Carbon, Utah, United States; died on 3 Feb 2006 in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States; was buried in Beaufort National Cemetery, Beaufort, South Carolina, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FamilySearch ID: KWJ5-QHS
• Initiatory (LDS): 10 Aug 1956, SLAKE

Grover married Virginia Lee Schlosser on 17 May 1952 in Utah, United States. Virginia (daughter of Delbert Zora Monroe Schlosser and Martha Mae Tatom) was born on 27 May 1931 in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States; died on 16 Dec 1993 in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]