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Thomas Radcliffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex was born circa 1525. He was t h e s n of Henry Radcliffe, 2nd Earl of Sussex and Lady Elizabeth Howard . H e married, firstly, Lady Elizabeth Wriothesley, daughter of Thomas Wr ioth esley, 1st Earl of Southampton, before 1 November 1545.3 He married , seco ndly, Frances Sidney, daughter of Sir William Sydney and Anne Pake nham, b efore 29 April 1555.3 He died on 9 June 1583, without issue.
He fought in the Siege of Boulogne. He was invested as a Knight on 30 Se p tember 1544. He fought in the Battle of Pinkie on 10 September 1547. H e h eld the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Norfolk in 1553. H e wa s Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners between 1553 and 1583. In 155 4 he w as sent as Commissioner to Spain to arrange the marriage of Quee n Mary an d King Philip II. He held the office of Lord Deputy of Irelan d between 15 56 and 1560. He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Garte r (K.G.) in 1 557. He succeeded to the title of 3rd Earl of Sussex [E., 1 529 ] on 17 Fe bruary 1556/57. He succeeded to the title of 12th Lord Fit zWalter [E., 12 95] on 17 February 1556/57. He succeeded to the title o f 3rd Viscount Fit zWalter [E., 1525] on 17 February 1556/57. He held th e office of Lord-Lie utenant of Ireland between 1560 and 1565.3 He held t he office of Lord-Pre sident of the Council of the North between 1568 an d 1572. He was investe d as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1570. He held th e office of Lord-Lieute nant of the North in 1569/70. He held the offic e of Lord Chamberlain betw een 1572 and 1583.
Citation
Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107t h e dition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Gen ealo gical Books) Ltd, 2003. Volume 1, page 1442. | Radclyffe, Sir Thomas 3 Earl Sussex (I170359)
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Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965), was an es s ayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic, and "one of t h e twentieth century's major poets". Born in St. Louis, Missouri, in th e U nited States, to a prominent Boston Brahmin family, he moved to Engla nd i n 1914 at the age of 25, settling, working, and marrying there. He b ecam e a British subject in 1927 at the age of 39, renouncing his America n pas sport.
Eliot attracted widespread attention for his poem "The Love Song of J. A l fred Prufrock" (1915), which was seen as a masterpiece of the Modernis t m ovement. It was followed by some of the best-known poems in the Engli sh l anguage, including The Waste Land (1922), "The Hollow Men" (1925), " Ash W ednesday" (1930), and Four Quartets (1943). He was also known for h is sev en plays, particularly Murder in the Cathedral (1935) and The Cock tail Pa rty (1949). He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948 , "for hi s outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry"
Early life and education
The Eliots were a Boston Brahmin family with roots in Old and New Englan d . Thomas Eliot's paternal grandfather, William Greenleaf Eliot, had mov e d to St. Louis, Missouri, to establish a Unitarian Christian church the re . His father, Henry Ware Eliot (1843–1919), was a successful businessm an , president and treasurer of the Hydraulic-Press Brick Company in St L oui s. His mother, Charlotte Champe Stearns (1843–1929), wrote poetry an d wa s a social worker, a new profession in the early 20th century.
Eliot was the last of six surviving children; his parents were both 44 y e ars old when he was born. Eliot was born at 2635 Locust Street, a prope rt y owned by his grandfather, William Greenleaf Eliot. His four sister s wer e between 11 and 19 years older; his brother was eight years older . Know n to family and friends as Tom, he was the namesake of his materna l grand father, Thomas Stearns.
Eliot's childhood infatuation with literature can be ascribed to sever a l factors. Firstly, he had to overcome physical limitations as a child . S truggling from a congenital double inguinal hernia, he could not part icip ate in many physical activities and thus was prevented from socializ ing w ith his peers. As he was often isolated, his love for literature de velope d. Once he learned to read, the young boy immediately became obses sed wit h books and was absorbed in tales depicting savages, the Wild Wes t, or Ma rk Twain's thrill-seeking Tom Sawyer. In his memoir of Eliot, hi s frien d Robert Sencourt comments that the young Eliot "would often cur l up in t he window-seat behind an enormous book, setting the drug of dre ams agains t the pain of living." Secondly, Eliot credited his hometown w ith fuellin g his literary vision: "It is self-evident that St. Louis aff ected me mor e deeply than any other environment has ever done. I feel th at there is s omething in having passed one's childhood beside the big ri ver, which i s incommunicable to those people who have not. I consider my self fortunat e to have been born here, rather than in Boston, or New Yor k, or London."
From 1898 to 1905, Eliot attended Smith Academy, where his studies inclu d ed Latin, Ancient Greek, French, and German. He began to write poetry w he n he was fourteen under the influence of Edward Fitzgerald's Rubaiya t o f Omar Khayyam, a translation of the poetry of Omar Khayyam. He sai d th e results were gloomy and despairing and he destroyed them. His firs t pub lished poem, "A Fable For Feasters", was written as a school exerci se an d was published in the Smith Academy Record in February 1905. Als o publis hed there in April 1905 was his oldest surviving poem in manuscr ipt, an u ntitled lyric, later revised and reprinted as "Song" in The Har vard Advoc ate, Harvard University's student magazine. He also publishe d three shor t stories in 1905, "Birds of Prey", "A Tale of a Whale" an d "The Man Wh o Was King". The last mentioned story significantly reflect s his explorat ion of Igorot Village while visiting the 1904 World's Fai r of St. Louis . Such a link with primitive people importantly antedate s his anthropolog ical studies at Harvard.
Eliot lived in St. Louis, Missouri for the first sixteen years of his li f e at the house on Locust St. where he was born. After going away to sch oo l in 1905, he only returned to St. Louis for vacations and visits. Des pit e moving away from the city, Eliot wrote to a friend that the "Missou ri a nd the Mississippi have made a deeper impression on me than any othe r par t of the world.
Following graduation, Eliot attended Milton Academy in Massachusetts f o r a preparatory year, where he met Scofield Thayer who later publishe d Th e Waste Land. He studied philosophy at Harvard College from 1906 t o 1909 , earning his bachelor's degree after three years, instead of th e usual f our While a student, Eliot was placed on academic probation an d graduate d with a pass degree (i.e. no honours). He recovered and persi sted, attai ning a B.A. in an elective program best described as comparat ive literatu re in three years, and an M.A. in English literature in th e fourth. Fran k Kermode writes that the most important moment of Eliot' s undergraduat e career was in 1908 when he discovered Arthur Symons's Th e Symbolist Mov ement in Literature. This introduced him to Jules Laforgu e, Arthur Rimbau d, and Paul Verlaine. Without Verlaine, Eliot wrote, h e might never hav e heard of Tristan Corbière and his book Les amours jau nes, a work that a ffected the course of Eliot's life. The Harvard Advoca te published some o f his poems and he became lifelong friends with Conra d Aiken, the America n writer and critic.
After working as a philosophy assistant at Harvard from 1909 to 1910, El i ot moved to Paris where, from 1910 to 1911, he studied philosophy at t h e Sorbonne. He attended lectures by Henri Bergson and read poetry wit h He nri Alban-Fournier. From 1911 to 1914, he was back at Harvard studyi ng In dian philosophy and Sanskrit. Eliot was awarded a scholarship to Me rton C ollege, Oxford, in 1914. He first visited Marburg, Germany, wher e he plan ned to take a summer programme, but when the First World War br oke out h e went to Oxford instead. At the time so many American student s attende d Merton that the Junior Common Room proposed a motion "that th is societ y abhors the Americanization of Oxford". It was defeated by tw o votes, af ter Eliot reminded the students how much they owed American c ulture.
Eliot wrote to Conrad Aiken on New Year's Eve 1914: "I hate university t o wns and university people, who are the same everywhere, with pregnant w iv es, sprawling children, many books and hideous pictures on the walls.. . O xford is very pretty, but I don't like to be dead." Escaping Oxford , Elio t spent much of his time in London. This city had a monumental an d life-a ltering effect on Eliot for several reasons, the most significan t of whic h was his introduction to the influential American literary fig ure Ezra P ound. A connection through Aiken resulted in an arranged meeti ng and on 2 2 September 1914, Eliot paid a visit to Pound's flat. Pound i nstantly dee med Eliot "worth watching" and was crucial to Eliot's beginn ing career a s a poet, as he is credited with promoting Eliot through soc ial events an d literary gatherings. Thus, according to biographer John W orthen, durin g his time in England Eliot "was seeing as little of Oxfor d as possible" . He was instead spending long periods of time in London , in the compan y of Ezra Pound and "some of the modern artists whom th e war has so far s pared... It was Pound who helped most, introducing hi m everywhere." In th e end, Eliot did not settle at Merton and left afte r a year. In 1915 he t aught English at Birkbeck, University of London.
By 1916, he had completed a doctoral dissertation for Harvard on "Knowle d ge and Experience in the Philosophy of F. H. Bradley", but he failed t o r eturn for the viva voce exam.
Marriage
Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot, passport photograph from 1920.
In a letter to Aiken late in December 1914, Eliot, aged 26, wrote, " I a m very dependent upon women (I mean female society)." Less than fou r mont hs later, Thayer introduced Eliot to Vivienne Haigh-Wood, a Cambri dge gov erness. They were married at Hampstead Register Office on 26 Jun e 1915.
After a short visit alone to his family in the United States, Eliot retu r ned to London and took several teaching jobs, such as lecturing at Birk be ck College, University of London. The philosopher Bertrand Russell too k a n interest in Vivienne while the newlyweds stayed in his flat. Some s chol ars have suggested that she and Russell had an affair, but the alleg ation s were never confirmed.
The marriage was markedly unhappy, in part because of Vivienne's healt h i ssues. In a letter addressed to Ezra Pound, she covers an extensive l is t of her symptoms, which included a habitually high temperature, fatig ue , insomnia, migraines, and colitis. This, coupled with apparent menta l in stability, meant that she was often sent away by Eliot and her docto rs fo r extended periods of time in the hope of improving her health, an d as ti me went on, he became increasingly detached from her. The coupl e formall y separated in 1933 and in 1938 Vivienne's brother, Maurice, ha d her comm itted to a lunatic asylum, against her will, where she remaine d until he r death of heart disease in 1947. Their relationship became th e subject o f a 1984 play Tom & Viv, which in 1994 was adapted as a fil m of the sam e name.
In a private paper written in his sixties, Eliot confessed: "I came to p e rsuade myself that I was in love with Vivienne simply because I wante d t o burn my boats and commit myself to staying in England. And she pers uade d herself (also under the influence of [Ezra] Pound) that she woul d sav e the poet by keeping him in England. To her, the marriage brough t no hap piness. To me, it brought the state of mind out of which came Th e Waste L and." | Eliot, Thomas Stearns (I100287)
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Thomas was a weaver
Thomas Ostler was christened 8 April 1792 at Uplyme, Devon, England. H i s parents were Jonathan Ostler and Mary Smith. They were married 3 No v e m ber 1772 at Thorncombe, Dorset, England. Thomas followed the tra d e o f sa ilcloth weaver; the same as most of his family.
We have not tied his family together completely, except we do kno w h e h a d two brothers – Jonathan, christened 24 June 1780 at Chardstoc k, D ev o n, and Robert, christened 1 June 1783 also at Chardstiock, Devo n . W e th ink he had a brother, Samuel, and three Sisters, Susannah, Eli za beth, an d Sarah.
Susannah married John Baker, 27 February 1800 at Lyme Regis, Dorset . E l i zabeth married Job Dalley, 24 October 1802 at Uplyme, Devon, an d Sar a h ma rried James Perry 14 January 1808 at Chardstock, Devon. Samu el di e d 19 A pril 1792.
Thomas married Elizabeth Hodder on 9 February 1812 at Allington, Dors e t , England. Elizabeth was the daughter of Lionel Hodder and Elizabet h F o w ler of Uplyme, Devon. Elizabeth was christened 6 September 1789 a t Up l ym e, Devon
We know Thomas and Elizabeth had four children and possibly seven . T h e y had four sons: Thomas Hodder, born 3 May 1818, Joseph, christen e d 2 7 F ebruary 1822, George, christened 6 April 1823, and George Hodde r , bor n 2 8 July 1826 at Bradpole. There is also a Robert and a set o f tw in s - Jos eph and Joel. The twins died 6 January 1813 at Uplyme, De von . T hese tw o boys would fit right in the family before Thomas Hodder . W e d o not kno w for sure if these last three children belong in thi s fami ly, but it app ears so.
Source: " Thomas Hodder Ostler and Joan Cousins Stevens: Their Desce n d a nts and Ancestors" 1985 Mary L. Teerlink Ostler, Family Genealog y R e se archer | Ostler, Thomas (I668)
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Thomas was born April 13, 1919 to Thomas Jefferson Weaver and Mary Fu n k , in Elizabeth, Harrison, Indiana. He had a big sister Veneva Jane w h o w a s called Jane. Tom spent all of his youth in this same part of In di ana . His father died when Tom was only 10 years old and his mother ne ve r r e married. Tom was in the US Navy during World War II and lived i n Te xa s a nd New Mexico.
While living in New Mexico he met Margie James who lived next door w i t h h er husband and 5 children. Margie eventually divorced her husban d a n d mo ved to Arizona.
Tom later moved to Arizona and resumed his friendship with Margie a n d t h e children. After they had been friends for quite a while Tom sai d , "y o u know, I think I like you enough to marry you." So they got mar ri ed.
Just prior to their marriage, Tom, investigated the Church of Jesus Ch r i s t of Latter Day Saints and was baptized.
Tom assisted with the financial responsibility of the 5 children. Bo b b i e Joyce, Orrin, Geraldine (Gerry), Kathy, and Judy.
Although none of the children were ever adopted by Tom, some of them c o n s idered him their dad.
He worked as a salesman most of his working life, but also worke d a s a d r iver for propane delivery and was an owner of a video store.
He and Margie moved to Strawberry, AZ following the sale of their vi d e o s tore and retirement.
Tom died at home in Strawberry with his wife Margie, and daughters K a t h y and Judy there with him. | Weaver, Thomas Funk (I162192)
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Thomas was born at Bridport, Dorset, England, 3 May 1818. He was th e f o u rth Child of seven boys.
There is little know about Thomas. He was raised in a humble home w i t h l ittle education. As a Child he probably would have attended scho o l i n Br idport. All children were required to attend school at an ear l y age. H e spent most of his life in Bridport.
His father was a sail cloth weaver, and Thomas followed him onto tha t t r a de. Being a good weaver was an art. The family would have made th e i r li ving by traveling from village to village taking in work.
Thomas married Joan Cousins Stevens, the daughter of James and Eliza b e t h Symonds Stevens. She was the fifth Child in a family of six.
The first LDS missionaries went to Bridport in 1847. The people i n t h e a rea were not friendly towards the LDS missionaries and they wer e fo rc ed t o leave for a while. Upon the missionaries renewed efforts i n th i s area, Thomas was baptized 30 August 1848. His wife was not bapti zed u n til 4 A ugust 1886, just prior to coming to America.
Thomas died 17 July 1876, at the age of 58.
His wife, Joan, was 57 years of age at the time of his death. S h e w a s a small woman, a good wife and homemaker. She was a beautiful s ea mst re ss and made many quilts by hand. She was a woman of tremendou s fai t h an d courage. Ten years after the death of her husband, she sol d he r h ome a nd brought her family to America to start a new life.
They sailed from Liverpool, England 13 October 1886, on the Britis h K i n g Ship. It was the first steel vessel to carry Mormon emigrants . Th e r e was 307 Saints under the leadership of Joshua Greenwood. The s hipma s te r was Captain J. Kelley. After a 14-day passage, the emigrant s land e d a t Philadelphia on October 27, 1886. They then came to Salt L ake Cit y, Ut ah by train.
Joan made her home in Riverton, Utah, where she lived the remainde r o f h e r life. In her later years, she lived with her daughter, Anni e Silc o x. She died at the age of 82, 23 March 1901 in Riverton, Utah. | Ostler, Thomas Hodder (I667)
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Thored was a 10th-century ealdorman of York, ruler of the southern hal f o f the old Kingdom of Northumbria on behalf of the king of England. Be liev ed to have been born about 938, he was the son of either Gunnar or O slac , both northern ealdormen. If he was the former, he may have attaine d adu lthood by the 960s, when a man of his name raided Westmorland. Othe r pote ntial appearances in the records are likewise uncertain until 979 , the po int from which Thored's period as ealdorman can be accurately da ted .
Thored appears to have been of at least partially Scandinavian origin, s u ggested by the title applied to him in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle entr y fo r 992. Here, the ealdorman of Hampshire is called by the English tit le "e aldorman", while Thored himself is styled by the Scandinavian wor d eorl ( i.e. Earl).
Two accounts of Thored's origins have been offered by modern historian s . The first is that he was a son of Oslac, ealdorman of York from 966 u nt il his exile in 975. This argument is partly based on the assertion b y th e Historia Eliensis, that Oslac had a son named Thorth (i.e. "Thored "). T he other suggestion, favoured by most historians, is that he was th e so n of a man named Gunnar. This Gunnar is known to have held land in t he Ea st and North Ridings of Yorkshire.
Although historians differ in their opinions about his relationship, i f a ny, to Kings Edgar the Peaceable and Edward the Martyr, it is general ly t hought that he enjoyed a good relationship with King Æthelred II. Hi s dau ghter Ælfgifu married Æthelred. Thored was ealdorman in Northumbri a for m uch of Æthelred's reign, disappearing from the sources in 992 aft er bein g appointed by Æthelred to lead an expedition against the Viking s .
"Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy" by Alison Weir, ident i fies the wife of Thored and mother of his children as Hilda. In additi o n to Ælfgifu, they also had a son:
- Ælfgifu (c. 963-1002), the first wife of King Æthelred II 'the Unready ' , King of England.
- Æthelstan of Ringmere (died 1010)
Thored's exact date of death is not known, only that he was last record e d in 992. His disappearance from records after that is regarded to be b ec ause of his death, likely in the Viking expedition he had been appoint e d to lead. | Gunnarsson, Thored Ealderman (I13272)
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Tillie died at home--had emphysema. She was 87 yrs, 11 mo, 20 days old. | Morava, Matilda Elsie (I161378)
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To write a life story always seemed to me a desirable project, for oth e r s, but for myself, I hesitated, thinking that events which had bee n s o d ee ply interesting to me, would not be so interesting to any on e else . Ho wev er, I know that if I had historical material concerning m y grand paren ts o r other ancestors, such material would be priceless. T he Proph et Eno ch sa id: "And death hath come upon our Fathers, neverthe less we k now the m an d cannot deny, and even the first of all we know w as ADAM: f or a BOO K O F REMEMBRANCE we have written among us, accordin g to the pat tern give n b y the FINGER OF GOD, and it is given in our ow n language" . (Moses 6:4 3-46) The thought now comes to me that if the Pr ophets and o ther great m en ha d not written, we would not have the hist ory of races , or nations o r hav e Scriptures, or would not have known o ur destiny.
BIRTH PLACE AND EARLY HOME
My Father and Mother were living in a little ranch house, build of lo g s , about four miles from the nearest settlement. Junction, Piute Count y , U tah. This area is now covered by the Piute Reservoir.
There were ten children before me. Two had married, but the remaini n g e i ght must have taxed the capacity of the three room cabin, as wel l a s t h e fortitude of my wonderful parents. My Mother, (Louisa Marie H al l Har ri s) then in her forty fifth year has told me that she wept bit ter ly a t th e anticipation of another addition to this, already large f amil y. H oweve r, her faith and a loyal husband (Charles Harris) contrib ute d to he r cour age. I have no doubt as to the welcome and loving car e giv en th e new bor n, on July 27th 1884. Being very warm weather, my t hought ful F ather fel t it necessary to remove the "********" from betwe en th e logs t o allow mo re air for Mother's comfort.
There were not doctors available in those days and the closest midwi f e l i ved in Parowan, a distance of sixty miles. My older brother, JESS E , ma d e the trip with horse and buckboard and brought Sister Balis, t h e midwi f e who remained at the home several days, awaiting the adven t o f NUMBE R EL EVEN, who was later christened MERTIE ADELL.
When my brother JESSE heard the news he said to Sister Balis: "Wel l , n o wonder you were so fussy about your satchel if that is what you b r o ught !"
My memories of the ranch are very few. One of the most clear is of t h e t w o big tubs of warm milk. My mother placed a small quantity of ren ne t i nt o the milk to form the curd, which later was drained and presse d i nt o del icious cheese. The little bits of curd left in the empty tu b s I st ill re member as a special treat.
Often we played on the hillside back of the house, IDA and the smal l b o y s dug a well and rigged up a well-pole and tiny bucket attached w it h st ri ng in good imitation of our real well. We carried water up hil l a nd p our ed in it.
In the spring of 1887, my father (Charles) sold the ranch and move d t h e f amily into a canyon about fifty miles north of Bryce, this are a bei n g goo d feeding ground for the seventy-five head of cattle whic h were b ro ught. There we spent the summer. For this temporary home, fat her bui l t a sma ll cabin in a shady nook. Although I was but three year s old , I well rem ember that after the logs were laid for the walls, fat her p u t up a swing, fastened to the joist, to please the "small fry" . I remem b er him helpin g me into that swing.
Here Mother was busy taking care of milk and making butter. Father co n s t ructed some shelves for the pans of milk, over a cool stream of wat er , sh eltered from the sun with green boughs from the surrounding trees .
My brothers, quite attentive to my Childish fancies, made for me a t i n y c hurn out of a bottle. This was done by tying a string dipped in c oa l -oil, (kerosene) around the bottle. They would light the string an d af t er i t burned off, would dip the bottle in cold water which cause d i t t o crac k off so it would look like a jar. The dasher was made o f wood . O ne da y they took me for a walk in the shady woods, over log s and sho we d me a s kunk that someone had killed.
In the afternoons, my sister, IDA MAY, patiently sat in the tent, wh e r e m y brothers slept, taught us to sew carpet rags. Rags, no doubt, s e w n wit h the hope of adding comfort to the next home, which the Lord m ig h t see f it to bless this family with.
Upon leaving this beautiful canyon home, father traded his cattle f o r t w o pieces of land in the small town of JUNCTIN. On the forty acr e pi ec e w as a small frame house of three rooms; on the other piece, h e bui l t a lit tle house of new lumber. That winter we did not occupy ei ther , b ut wen t to live in Richfield, the purpose being that the boys m igh t atte nd scho ol.
It was here that my father met the sweet young girl who later beca m e a m e mber of our family. I recall that she and my sister, IDA MAY, w er e was hi ng dishes together while I was playing around. I was only fou r y ear s old. I will never forget about her baking a little pie for me , an d sa id, "W e will make this for our own special benefit". She wa s a patt ern o f kindn ess.
HAPPY ChildHOOD
Many fond memories linger around our little home in Junction. We u s e d t o wade in the ditches, walk barefooted on the pole fences, hunt p ol ly wog s and water snakes in the little stream. My companions in thi s spo r t wer e Delroy, Delilah andennie, children of my oldest brother C HARLIE , wh o lived with his family about a fourth mile east of us. Jenni e a n d I wou ld ramble through the barn yard and romp in the straw or ma yb e pl ay wit h toads in a dirt hole in the back yard.
Other loved companions were Hattie and Clara Morrill. We playe d i n t h e hay loft and hunted hen's nests, or sat on the floor and play ed " jack s". We made a store where we sold cloth "by the yard" and man y smal l it ems.
Their father, John Morrill, was our Bishop. Their home was a nice l a r g e brick house with carpet on the stairs. I recall AUNT ELLIE'S lar g e k it chen with a long table where there was room for her family of s i x an d fri ends. Aunt Ellie, hoever, was rather timid about entertaini n g th e churc h authorities when on one such occasion she prevailed wit h m y Mot her to e ntertain them when they came to take care of organizat io n at th e conferen ce. She said, "Sister Harris, I will let you have a nyt hing yo u want to fi x up your house". So, we got her nice dishes (an d be dding, I presume), a nd a carpet. The distinguished guests were Elde rs He be r J. Grant, Gran t Francis Lyman and George Q. Cannon. At the ta ble o n e of them commente d on our being comfortably provided for, whe n my bro th er EARL, who was ab out 12 years old, piped up with this brig ht remark : " By the way this i s a borrowed carpet." I can only imagin e the swee t fac e of my Mother.
Clarence Earl
My brother EUGENE brought home a little deer, a fawn, and gav e i t t o m e for a pet. One day my mother asked me to bring her a drin k of c oo l wat er from the cellar. It was an old fashioned dirt cellar w here w e k ept th e mild, butter and te jar of water which mother had dip ped fro m t he litt le clear stream which ran by the front of the house . On my wa y t o the ho use my gentle pet deer took a drink out of the cu p. I starte d t o go on bu t mother rapped on the window pane and calle d "You go righ t b ack and ge t me another cup of water".
Louisa and Mertie
OUR LITTLE HOME IN JUNCTION
Our little home consisted of two small rooms and lean-to kitchen. T h e f r ont room had a cozy little fireplace with chimney and stone heart h . O n e day in summer there was a colony of flying ants swarmed in th e ch imne y. They came down and cawled along our white floor and one by o ne, w e n t out of the front door.*****And there was a secret little mar k on t h e st ep which Father had made with his pocket knife to tell us w hen i t wa s on e o'clock.
Mother had made a lovely rag carpet for the tiny bedroom. She woul d c o l or the rags with blue viterol for blue, copperous for yellow an d som e w it h diamond dyes for red and green. Underneath the carpet wa s a thic k l aye r of straw which pufed up in the middle and crunched a b it as w e wal ked. The posts of the bed stead had been beautifully turne d on a la th e an d for springs we had rope stretched across both ways an d fastene d t o th e side pieces. Then there was a big thick straw-tick a nd mother' s f eathe r bed. Mother had saved feathers from ducks killed b y my fathe r an d brot hers when we lived on the ranch where I was born . (I still ha ve t he feat her bed and two large pillows.)
During my first year in school Horace (Belle's son) was with us . H e w a s a wonderful companion. We walked together, the long dusty roa d t o t h e little log school house, and carried our lunch. Sometimes w e wer e in te rested in looking at the water snakes and pollywogs in th e littl e stre am. He made especially good record in school. My schoolin g was int erru pte d three times before I was ten years old. Consequentl y I was del aye d in f inishing the eighth grade) Mother took me with he r to Addie' s whe n she w ent to assist her when each of her three littl e girls wer e born.
When I was twelve years old we moved to Provo. Mother had come to P r o v o to take care of my brother ALBERT in a serious illness. While sta y i n g with him at Belle's home, she decided to move permanently. My mot he r ' s purpose in leaving Junction was to give Aunt Lizzie complete opp ort un it y for happiness. She had no selfish desire. She brought nothin g aw a y ex cept a few common items which the boys could pile in the wago n. Wh i le w e were living in Richfield, Lizzie had come to like our fami ly an d w e ha d become close friends. One day she asked Mother if she co uld co me h ome w ith us. Mother said, "Yes, if you will marry my husband ."
I know my Mother was completely unselfish. She believed whole hearte d l y i n plural marriage and was willing to make every personal sacrifi c e i n mea ns and relationship so Aunt Lizzie could have a happy life. S h e ta ught u s to love the new brothers and sisters. Mother was aware o f t he t eaching s of our Prophet and had anticipated the time when she a nd m y Fat her woul d be partakers of the promised BLESSINGS. Earl's hist ory c ontai ns a mor e detailed description of the effort Father made t o make a dequat e provisi on for his two families in those hard times. Mo ther evid entl y accepted l and for repayment of the cash Father had borr owed whic h sh e had receive d from the estate of her Father, Benjamin K . Hall.
At the last day my Father (Charles Harris) will stand at the head of H i s numerous posterity. His two wives will be by his side and his FIF T E E N children will be gathered around. There will be hundreds of gra n d a n d great grand children who will add to his Eternal Joy. Our etern a l pr og ression will be measured by the extent of our RIGHTEOUS POSTERI TY .
OUR MOVE TO PROVO
I had been left with O.V. and Earl while they were taking care of t h e f a rm.
Ole Van and Clarence Earl.
They packed up our few belongings into a wagon and with two good hor s e s, we started for Provo. Mother's bed was on the top of the load. T h a t w as where I slept. We traveled over hills, hollows and some flat c ou nt ry, and finally after the tedious days we were welcomed by my Mothe r , sis ter BELLE and ALBERT. We lived in a little adobe house on thir d w e st an d fourth north, just two blocks from the Timpanogos School . Ente r ed sch ool in the fifth grade with George Powellson as the teac her. A.C .
Sorensen was the Principal. My mother and Belle went to them and req u e s ted that I be excused from taking singing because as they said, I c ou ld n' t carry a tune. The request was refused, so I had to learn to si ng . J.W. Boshard was our techer. He was one of the well-known Pine a n d Bos har d Quartette. We learned many beautiful patriotic and home son gs. I ha v e always loved music about as well as I have LOVED ART. I hav e b elonge d t o the ward choirs and once in a while, had been asked to d o a s olo . Eugen e taught me a little song when I was five years old, wh icHis til l rememb er.
During my teens I took a physical education class at B.Y.U. univers i t y a nd also PRIVATE LESSONS IN DRESSMAKING. We learned to draft ou r o w n patt erns. I made some nice clothes for myself including a gym su it , w hich wa s a cute sailor bloue with long sleeves and bloomers. I le arn e d to PAIN T "SPLASHERS" on oil- cloth and to make picture frames wi th s al t and star ch composition.
That year Albert took me to some nice occasions at the B.Y.U. particu l a r ly in my memory was the birthday observance for DR. KARL MAESAR. An n i e P ike read the poem she had composed in his honor, and the student s s ho were d him with colorfullowers.
MY FIRST EXPERIENCE IN TEMPLE WORK
In the early spring of 1902, my cousin B.F. Cummings II, (the secon d ) p r esented to Mother the most wonderful plan!!! He had been doing ge ne alo gi cal research and was anxious to see the temple work go forward . H e le t M other and I live to years in his little house at 390 Wall St reet . H e ga ve us the rent from the other half of the house to use fo r our l ivin g exp enses.
The first year we both attended the temple. At that time there wa s o n l y one session each day on three days of the week. Tuesday was bap ti s m da y. We went EVERY TUESDAY and were each baptized for twenty pers ons . Thi s was the HIGH LIGHTF MY LIFE!!! Being close to Mother (Louisa ) i n tha t sacred work was a most precious and unforgettable experience.
HIGH SCHOOL AND THE ART CLASS
Soon after we were settled my brother Earl came and brought his sweet- h e a rt, May Belle Booth. They were married in the Temple on June 25, 1 9 0 2. They went to Pocatello where Earl worked for our brother-in-law , M i l o Hendricks.
In the fall of 1903,I ENTERED HIGH SCHOOL AT LATTER DAY SAINTS UNIVERS I T Y. Mother was still working in the Temple. Earl came and went to w o r k o n the electric street car. I had TYPHOID FEVER and missed three w ee k s o f school (I recall Earl's kindness to me while I was sick). I h a d t o giv e up my Algebra class but I was happy to enroll in the ART CL AS S wi th Lou is M. Ramsay as the instructor. He has become distinguish e d a s a painte r of subjects chosen from Church History, such as "Jose p h Rece ives the Pl ates, and a portrait of the Prophet Joseph Smith." ( Al so enr olled in th e class were Richard L. Evans and J. Spencer Cornwa ll) . Othe rs of my fav orite teachers were John M. Mills, instructor i n Boo k of Mor mon; Bryant S. Hinckley, Old Testament; and John Henry Eva ns i n English.
The next year Mother went to Farmington for the Winter, so I roome d w i t h a girl in the home of my dearest girl friend, Bessie Mulhollan d an d w it h whom I had formed a sincere and lasting friendship while i n th e ar t cla ss. We worked off our school tuition, addressing envelope s t o paren ts o f delinquent or absent students.
MOTHER'S HOME IN PROVO
While we were in Salt Lake my brother O.V. managed to get Mother's li t t l e home built, so now we moved back to Provo where I entered B.Y. U . i n m y third year and enrolled in Church History where Edwin S. Hinc kl ey w as t he instructor. The thology class was under George H. Brimhal l , bu t MY C HIEF INTEREST WAS ART. And most of my time was spent in th e s tudi o.
MY FIRST EXPERIENCE IN TEACHING
In 1908 I went to summer school at the University of Utah, prepar i n g t o teach. In the fall I went to teach at the Spencer School out o n t h e Pro vo Bench, (now Orem Utah) it was a little two room log schoo l hou s e situa ted at the back of te main building. This was a very nic e bri c k buildin g with four good rooms, my room was sort o'squeezed i n betwe e n the big b uilding and the other log room where the beginner s and fir s t grade was ta ught by Mary Kitchen. One day I kept my proble m Chil d i n for just bein g ornery. Of course, he resented that and trie d to go . I sat down by hi m with my arm around his "middle" and held hi m fast, u ntil all the other s had gone out to play. I talked to him firm ly at f ir st and then with a l ittle butter and honey," After that he wa s no pro bl em.
In the fall of 1909 I returned to the BYU and registered for a cou r s e i n Normal Training for Teachers. I graduated in the spring, alon g wi t h th e high school class of 1910. This was a very enjoyable year . I rec a ll th e "Hay Ride" up Rockanyon, also the outing in Provo Canyo n. I h a d my KO DAK and made a few interesting snap-shots.
MORE TEACHING EXPERIENCE
In the fall of 1910 I went to Schofield where I taught beginners an d f i r st grade for two years. Earl and May were living there. Earl wa s i n b us iness selling men's clothing. I chose to stay by myself instea d o f wi t h them. This way I viited them often and usually had Sunday di nne r wi t h them. They had three wonderful children, EIroy, Wanda and Lu rlen e. EI roy was in my school. I loved them all.
In the winter Earl took us for a sleigh ride (in a bob-sleigh wit h t w o g ood horses) up in the canyon where the pine trees were high an d gro wi ng c lose together and draped with heavy snow. It surely was a " Winte r W onder land".
The first year I was teaching fifty-six children. After they were di s m i ssed I went into other rooms to give lessons in art. The next yea r w a s d ifferent. I prevailed with the principal to divide this big gro up a n d ha ve one grade comen the morning and the other in the afternoon . T h is pl an worked out very well.
We put on a nice program at Christmas. The tree was decorated with c h a i ns of cranberries, popcorn and colored crepe paper. Little girls c a m e i n with lighted candles to find their stockings hung on the fire p la ce. A t May Day my little bys and girls did the May-Pole dance beautif ul l y. O ne good little singer, in a green speckled costume, came hoppin g o n to th e stage and sang: "Oh Have You Seen The Froggies swimming Sch oo l wh ere th e Froggies Learn to Swim?"
In my tiny little apartment I cooked on a small coal stove an d u s e d a kerosene (coal oil) lamp. Sometimes a group of boys would co m e i n t o spend an hour. We would sit on the floor and tell stories o r re ad. O n Halloween we would havy candle light.
I formed a close friendship with the third grade teacher, Besse Bucha n n a n. We enjoyed long hikes into the foot-hills in back of Earl's
home. I carried my KODAK so Besse made a snap-shot of me in my hiki n g s k etching outfit. I enjoyed this Kaki dress but I thought the skir t w a s sh ockingly short.
There were sad goodbyes at the close of school. I returned to Pro v o a n d was warmly welcomed by Mother and relatives. This ended my teac hi n g ca reer.
After the close of my summer school at U of U and in Schofield, I c a m e h ome and was with Mother most of the summer. I enjoyed a fine vaca ti o n a t Provo Canyon. was with Jessie (Nelson Oaks) and one of her fri en d s. I did some sketching ad made KODAK views of the canyon also on e o f J es sie seated on her buckskin pony. We both rode horses down to O lmst ea d an d back to Wild-Wood. This was a new experience for me.
Later in the summer I went to Payson to visit with CHASTY AND ALBER T . T heir wonderful children were small and cute. It was a constant del i g ht t o be with them. I made KODAK pictures which I prize.
Just across the street there lived some wonderful neighbors, Fran k a n d R osa Tervort. There was a very warm and sincere friendship betwe en t h es e two families. So, one day they planned a picnic party in Pays on Ca n yon. They carried fishig tackle, a twenty-two gun and lots of goo d fo o d.
In a shady nook, a quilt was spread on the grass, and then a nice tabl e c l oth. On this was placed a variety of delicious food, prepared fro m fr e s h products of the farm.
It was here that I met DIXIE. He had come from North Carolina and w a s s t aying with Frank and Rosa and working on the farm. After lunch w e a l l hi ked up in the foot hills where we tried our skill at shooting . Alb e rt fo und a swarm of wild bees which, I think, he was tempted t o catc h an d carr y home. At that time Albert was keeping bees for the p roducti on o f honey. Dixie and I walked up to the Honey Comb Springs. Cl ose by t he re wa s a curious looking stone which in appearance resemble d honey co mb. This, no doubt, gave the spring its name. I made a KODAK p icture o f h im seate d by the stream.
From this time, on our friendship grew and I saw him often. Somet i m e i n the fall he received a call to go on a mission. I was sad an d I w a s gl ad. I was sure that it was the right thing to do!!!! I would n't ha v e des ired otherwise! I beleve the mission call fulfilled the se cret d e sire o f his heart. He had diligently saved his earnings up t o a few hu n dred do llars.
On January 15, 1913, Dixie left Salt Lake City to fulfill a missi o n i n t he Southern States. I am sure that he entertained the happy ant ic ipa tion s of loving visits with his parents and other relatives. I re cei ve d lett ers from him frequenly in which he expressed a high degre e of F ai th in t he work of carrying the GOSPEL MESSAGE to the people i n his na tiv e state.
In February I was offered the very special opportunity of caring fo r E a r l's three lovely children while he and May enjoyed their vacatio n . I e nj oyed them and made some KODAK pictures of the two little girls .
Later I was with Chasty and Albert for several weeks. It was a privi l e g e to be with them. They have always meant a very great deal to me . T h e y and their children have always been very dear to me.
In June, I went to Pocatello and lived with Addie and Milo for a ye a r a n d a half. Lowell Merrill was with them. They were all jovial comp a n y. The time for me passed pleasantly. I found many things to occup y t i me. I had a few music lesons, also attended dancing school and danc es . D on't forget, I also went to church and wrote many letters to the m i s siona ry.
I returned to Provo in the fall of 1914 and went to work in the Pro v o G e neral Hospital, as "Chief Cook and Bottle Washer". It was a nic e pl ac e a nd nice people to be with. The hospital was sponsored by fiv e lead in g ph ysicians; Dr. H. G.errill, Dr. Fred Taylor, Dr. Aird, Dr . Westwoo d, an d Dr. Robinson. The assistant cook was a good companion . We cook e d bi g roasts and baked lots of good pies. One day Dr. Aird s aid: "M a y I hav e another piece of pie, a fly got on my other piece." H a!
Time passed swiftly. Dixie wrote that he would soon be coming hom e . T h is was welcome news to us. However, he was distressed at leavin g hi s f ol ks and his true friends in the mission. There were tearful go od-by e s i n North Carolina. (Yeas after, his Father came for a brief vi sit) . Dixi e arrived in Salt Lake City, January 15, 1915.
From the beginning, ours had been a happy courtship.
What love is, if thou wouldst be taught,
Thy heart must teach, alone;
Two souls with but a single thought,
Two hearts that beat as one.
And whence comes love? Like the morning light,
It comes without a call.
And whence dies love? A spirit bright,
Love never dies at all.
Anon.
We planned to be married in February. Dixie had rented a little ho u s e a nd farm from Frank Tervort. It was just across the highway from A lb e rt, so we would have his wonderful family as our neighbors.
There was sadness to face in the news of my Father's (Charles Harri s ) i l lness. All of our family went to see him and were present when h e p ass e d away. February 3, 1916. I will never forget that occasion. M y Fat h e r was beloved by allf his children and respected by all who kne w him.
Notwithstanding this sad event, we decided to go ahead with our plan s , d ue to the urgency of the farming season. (We were married on Febru a r y 16, 1916, in the Salt Lake Temple). Dixie had worked many hours mak i n g th e kitchen furnitur, a cupboard, a washstand, shaving cabinet, et c . We b ought the other essential pieces of furniture, making the two l i t tle room s look very complete and comfortable. Rosa and Frank mad e a wo n derful li ttle dinner party for us at which we received many use ful gif t s to begi n housekeeping.
The summer and fall passed happily but with a lot of hard work for Di x i e. We visited frequently with Albert and Chasty and their family . I t w a s a joy to be near them. In the fall Dixie went to Eureka and w ork e d i n the mines. Sometimen March I went to Mother's at Provo. The f ir s t g rand event in our happy home was on APRIL 30, when OUR FIRST SON , M A RION, was born. Horace was my Doctor. He said to me: "You are the f ir s t t o occupy this beautiful new maternity home. You have a private r oom , a p rivate hospital, and two private nurses." After nine days in t h e h ospita l I was with Mother two or three weeks, then went to an apar tm en t in Pays on. In June, with my lovely little son, I went to Eurek a whe r e Dixie wa s still working. We found a good ward, good neighbor s and fr i ends, so w e were fairly contented for about five years. Thre e other ch i ldren cam e to bring joy and happiness. GENE WAS BORN DECEMB ER 23, 1918 , CLYDE, AU GUST 13, 1920, AND MARTIN IN NOVEMBER 8, 1921. Al l were bo r n in the Mate rnity Home at Provo.
Dixie's health was failing while working in the mines. At this t i m e w e borrowed money from George Finch, our very fine bishop in Eurek a . We b ought five acres of land across from Albert. Dixie managed th e b u ildin g of the little new hom. We also build chicken coops and orde re d 5 00 ba by chicks.
We launched into this new venture, full of hope and ambition, but suc c e s s did not crown our efforts. It seemed in the eyes of a wise provid e n ce, that success in this area just was not meant to be. Our future l a y e lse where.
INCIDENT IN EUREKA
I was rather timid, staying alone while Dixie was in Payson getti n g o u r house built. One evening as I looked out I saw the figure o f a ma n r is e up and vanish into the darkness. Next morning my neighbo r warne d m e th at I had better cary a gun. He loaned me his big forty-f ive an d ad vise d me to keep it by me. I was more afraid of the gun tha n bein g with out i t. However, I followed his council. I carried it an d slept w ith i t nea r my pillow. At least, I tried to sleep. The next m orning the re we re foo tprints in the snow on our front porch.
Both sunshine and sorrow graced out lives during this trying perio d . M y sweet Mother lived with us for a short while. Dixie enjoyed jok i n g wit h her. One day, Dixie said; "Grandma, do want to see a jas-ac k be h ind th e stayhack, eating aok of shodder?" Her wit matched his a s sh e a nswered, "Well, if that is what you are going to do, I'll come o ut an d w atch you."
Our beautiful baby, FARRAR, WAS BORN April 20, 1923. We were permi t t e d to keep him but a few short months. He DIED on January 11, 1924.
Through the years, Chasty and I had grown very close and true frien d s . Now, in my need she came with comforting words and with much need e d s e rvice. She made the clothing and prepared this delicate little fo r m f o r its earthly resting plae. At this time I knew that sometime w e w il l h ave him again. We missed him but our FAITH was growing.
In the month of May, at early dawn, we welcomed another beautiful li t t l e daughter. We called her DAWN. She had been a joy to us all the d a y s o f her life. I am proud of my lovely daughters.
During our financial stress, Dixie had taken some contracting of gu a r d r ail on the highways. Our five years on this little farm had not y ie l de d sufficient for the needs of a growing family. We gave up our pl eas a n t little home and movednto town. Dixie was having success with t h e c on tracting. The three older children had made good progress in sch oo l. Fo r a little while I had taken Gene to the Taylor School on Old Ma ud . (Onc e as we came home, I let Gene off at the porch and I attempt e d t o drive s ome stray cattle out of our lower field. The bull came af te r u s and gav e Old Maud a good severe bunt. She held her ground an d I he l d to the sad dle). Later in the fall Dixie had brought an old Mo del T . F ord, for $50. 00 and I had learned to drive it. No serious mish aps : A t a snails pac e I ran into a little boy, no damage. One day as w e ar riv ed at our drive way, Gene got tipped out into a ditch, - a dry d itch.
In Payson at the Lurwell Home there were various experiences. Mari o n w a s suffering most of the night with severe earache. I was doing w h a t I co uld and praying all the time. In the morning Marion reported t h a t he to o had been praying ad he said, "And then I went to sleep."
One morning while the children and I were picking raspberries, I wa s s t a rtled by a strange looking animal at my feet. I didn't know abou t por c up ines, but I thought I had to kill it. I got Dixie's automati c shot-g un, (I was more afraidf the gun than the strange animal) but som ehow t h e loa d went into place and I pulled the trigger.
After fourteen months here we moved to Provo, into a large brick ho u s e o n First West. The children got into school, Martin, in his spar e ti m e be gan selling candy. This was the beginning of his "business ca reer" . The re were two empty roms upstairs. In one of these rooms we sto re d s eve n or eight bushels of apples. Martin and Clyde were sent to so r t the m. I guess they had a happy time, throwing the soft apples at t h e whit e w alls.
We were here six months then the place was sold. The buyer had a b a t h t ub installed just before we left. We didn't even have a chance t o t r y i t out and see how it would seem to take a bath in something els e th a t a w ashtub.
From here we moved to the Vance home where we enjoyed, for the firs t t i m e, the convenience of a gas cook stove and a modern bath tub.
We rented two little rooms to Rhoda Burningham. She was glad to h a v e u s take care of her piano and use it. We recognized this as an opp or t unit y for the children so we let them all begin with music lesson s . I t ook a n art class at BYU.hortly after Christmas of 1933, Dixie st ar te d o n a trip to North Carolina to visit his parents. He had writte n ch ec ks t o cover our debts and went on his way, rejoicing. Right afte r Ne w Y ear s Day his visit was cut short. All of our savings were behin d th e cl ose d doors of the Spanish fork Bank. Many of our checks were n eve r clea re d and we had to redeem them.
We had paid Albert for a nice piece of ground on which we had anticip a t e d building us a good home and living beside Albert, Chasty and the i r wo nd erful family. But we had to start over. Dixie accepted a big co nt rac t i n Nevada to build to concrete bridges. He borrowed money to pu t o ve r th is job. He lost heavily on this contract and the choice piec e o f la nd ha d to be sacrificed, along with our beautiful dreams, to co ve r the l osses.
Dixie was very proud of the work on this job. He said, "These brid g e s w ill be a monument to me as long as we live."
He never gave up. He worked at various types of employment: concret e , s t one masonry, carpenter work. There was the W.P.A. and the C.C.C. ' s an d th e A.B.C.'s of GRATITUDE. There was a "food Line" much to th e em barr assme nt of many, but it helped. We got along fairly well throu gh th is c ritica l period. Marion and Virginia were married, June 21, 19 35.
We were happily surprised with a visit from Dixie's Father, and othe r l o v ed relatives from North Carolina. His Mother had passed away in 1 934 . F ather Hiatt brought us the beautiful bed spread which was woven f r o m hand -spun wool and also flax. The design is very beautiful and per fe c t. Th e colors are red, black and natural flax.
Soon after their visit we moved into the large house across from my si s t e r Belle. Martin installed his first printing press in one of the ro o m s o f the basement. Later when we moved over to the Avenue, he set u p h i s eq uipment in a small backroom. His business kept growing so fina ll y h e mov ed into the Startup Building with front on First West.
At that time we moved to 769 West Center Street. While living her e s o m e very important events took place. Clyde and Lois were married J un e 2 0, 1941. Gene had attended college three years, and in August, 194 1 , sh e w ent to Mexico to teah school. Dawn Nita, and Arnold were marri e d No vemb er 25, 1943. All of our sons went into the Army, one by one . Ar nol d Barn ey, my son-in-law, went into the Army in September 1944 . In Fe bru ary 194 5 he was assigned to go over seas. Dawn Nita persuade d me t o g o with he r to Fort Ord to see him off. We enjoyed the trip . I have a lwa ys been gl ad we went.
While living on Center Street, Dixie did carpenter work on the ho m e f o r Mr. Andy Anderson. He did concrete work on the post office, bui l t t h e Easter Cross, this was stone masonry. Also did carpenter wor k a t th e s teel plant when it was uder construction. His last job was a t Du gwa y wh ere he was stricken with a fatal heart attack. Upon receivi ng th e t elegr am I tried to maintain composure and put over the importa nt mes sage s. Ge ne came at once from La Point, Uintah County, where sh e was te achi ng. Cl yde and Lois, Marion and Midge came, Arnold was here . He wen t in to the A rmy three days after. My brothers also were here a nd my sis te r Addie. I appreciated all the kindness shown by all who kne w us.
The men where Dixie had worked only a week. gathered up some mone y t o t h e amount of $62.90 and sent it to me. All of their names were s igne d. T hey must have learned to like him a lot.
My children discussed with the question of planning and finding a ho m e . Dixie had religiously saved 1,800 (eighteen hundred dollars) whi c h h e s aid was intended for me to begin buying a home if any thing hap pe ne d to h im. I had never realied how very important his foresight was , u n til I w as faced with the REALITY. Martin too, gave me his savings . A l l of th e children volunteered a portion of their monthly earning s towa r d my supp ort and to meet payments on the home.
This little house was real easy to find. It was the first and onl y o n e w e looked at. We have been contented and happy. Dawn Nita move d i n w it h me right after Arnold went into the Army. We were kept busy . I h a d th e dead trees taken out and planted young trees and garden . I kn e w I ha d to find plenty of interesting things to do.
As I finish this history (June 1968) I am near 84 years old, the l a s t o f my Mother's children. Milo yet lives in Junction—the last of Au n t L izzi es's children.
HOPE IS NOT VERY SUSTAINING—BUT FAITH IS
MY PART WITH THE HIATT GENEALOGY AND FAMILY
HISTORY
Through the years I had collected records of my Father's descendant s . W ith Dixie, I had become very much interested in the HIATT geneal o g y and t emple work. He was the secretary in the Family Association . N o w they gi ve me that positio. Through visits and correspondence w e dis c overed Wil liam Perry Johnson, a Hiatt descendant who had collect ed te n t housand nam es. In 1947, I went with Martin to Los Angeles an d visite d Mr. Johnson. Step by step it was finally determined that wit h cooperati o n we coul d have a Hiatt book printed.
I went to North Carolina and met with Gene as she was to be release d f r o m her mission. I enjoyed a wonderful visit and collected genealo g y o f Di xie's Hiatt relatives.
On our way home we visited Palmyra, The Martin Harris Home, Niagara F a l l s, and some interesting spots in Washington D.C., etc. Meanwhile M r . Jo hn son was typing for the book, holding a job, taking a college cl as s an d "B atching". In the sumer of 1951, Mr. Johnson called me on th e te lep hon e inviting, in fact, insisting that I would come and help wi th th e in dex. To add emphasis to his plea he sent a check to cover a tw o-wa y bu s far e.
September 1, 1951, we came to Provo, having shipped the records; w e w e r e welcomed by willing workers. The officers of the Family Associa tio n h a d signed a note at the bank for money to buy the paper and othe r it em s. They had the shop cleaed; power turned on, and had rented an d inst a ll ed a Multigraph Press. Clyde had been employed to do the prin ting . H e p rinted evenings and Saturdays form September 5 to November 5 th . I wou ld l ike to tell you how we had more than a half ton of printe d s heets st acke d in my spare bedroom and how six or seven relatives sa t ar ound th e tabl e assembling and wrapping Ready for the bookbinding c ompan y and ho w a lin e of several interested ones came by the stacks o f print ed pages, placin g them in numerical order. At the first light sn ow fall , Gene an d I carri ed many arm loads of this precious material i nto th e house. | Harris, Isabelle Maria (I167)
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Tombstone reads" Col. Donald McQueen, Nativeof Skye, Scotland and immi g r a ted to America in 1802 Died in the loveof the Gospel 7/23/1867 [ag e d ] 8 4 years. | MacQueen, Donald (I168473)
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Tomocomo and Matachanna accompanied Pocahontas to England in 1616ashus b a n d and wife. Matach anna was serving as a nurse toPocahontas'infan t s o n. Tomocomo had been directed by Powhata n tocount all of thepeopl e i n E ng land. We assume they had had a Child oftheir own inorde rf o r Mata chan n a to be the nurse. | Matachanna (I9226)
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Traveled west in the Daniel D McArthur Company (1868) | Howarth, Moroni (I173429)
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Traveled with the Mormon pioneer overland group in the Allen Taylor Co m p a ny. This company departed 5-6 July 1849 and arrived in the Salt La k e Va ll ey the 10-20 October 1849 | Beckstead, Thomas Wesley (I50475)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I116826)
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Two daughters were baptized on the same day - Anne AND Elizabeth Smith c h ildren of Bathsheba Smith. Elizabeth married William Camp | Smith, Elizabeth (I176525)
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Utah, Marriages, 1887-1966 - Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M7431 6 - 7 , System Origin: Utah-EASy, GS Film number: 429076 | Family: Henry John Pedersen / Marvel Alice Ray (F55)
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Valdo Dunkley Benson, 79, died peacefully at home Tuesday, October 3 0 , 1 9 90.
He was born April 23, 1911 in Whitney, Idaho to George Taft, Jr. and S a r a h Dunkley Benson, the seventh of 11 children; President Ezra Taft B en so n, Salt Lake City; Joseph D. Benson (deceased), Margaret Keller, Na mpa , Id aho; Orval D. Benson, Whitney, Idaho; Louisa Greenwood, Garden V all e y, Ca lifornia; Lera Whittle, Provo; George T. Benson (deceased), S all y E veleth, Redding, California; Ross D. Benson, (deceased), V. Ben B enso n, Valle y Center, California.
As a young man, Valdo served an LDS Swiss German mission where he assi s t e d his mission president in establishing a new mission in Berlin.
He attended the University of Idaho.
He sang leading roles in school musicals and was an outstanding athl e t e i n basketball and tennis.
He graduated with a B.S. degree from Utah State Agricultural College.
Valdo married Ruth Watkins on March 31, 1939 in the Logan LDS Temple.
They lived in South Bend, Indiana where Valdo worked as a sales organ i z e r for Intermountain Knitting Mills.
During World War II he was employed by the U.S. Treasury Departmen t t o o r ganize the selling of war securities to farmers in the 11 weste rn s tate s.
He thereafter went into the turkey business and later purchased a 320- a c r e farm in Carey, Idaho.
He was a progressive and successful agri-businessman as well as commu n i t y leader.
After 12 years of farming, the Benson's accepted a call to Germany t o p r e side over the Central German Mission.
After three memorable years, he joined with longtime friends in the fa b r i c business and moved to Seattle, where he opened over 30 retail sto r e s i n the Northwest. Upon retirement, they purchased ranch propert y i n Ri verd ale and Mink Creek, Idaho.
When Mr. Benson was asked what he was going to raise on his ranch, h e s a i d, ``grandchildren'', and how they have enjoyed ``Grandpa's'' ran ch , wh er e they acquired his love for fishing and the out-of-doors.
Valdo's church service includes: regional representative, original pro d u c er of the Martin Harris Pageant; mission president (Central German ) , Bl ai ne Stake president, stake High Councilman, bishop, branch presi de nt, S cou tmaster and teacher.
He is a recipient of Scouting's Silver Beaver Award.
He has always been active in the Scouting program, serving on the exec u t i ve board of the Snake River and Cache Valley Councils.
Together, he and his wife served another LDS mission to Atlanta, Georg i a .
His life has been one of service and love for other people.
He is survived by his wife, and five children, Lauralie Tanner (Gary ) O g d en; John T. Benson (Kathleen), Logan; Ralph V. Benson (Louise), B ount if ul; Rebecca Smith (Steven), and JoAnn Steele (Rex), Boise, Idaho ; 30 g ra ndc hildren; ten great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 3, 1990 at 1 p.m . i n t h e Logan 24th Ward Chapel, 1260 No. 1600 East, with Bishop Sheld on L . Ne ls on conducting.
There will be a viewing from 6-8 p.m. Friday, at the Allen-Hall Mort u a r y and one hour prior to services.
Interment will be in the Logan City Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to the Alzhe i m e r's Research Fund, 543 East 500 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 8410 2 o r t o t he LDS Church Missionary Fund.
Find A Grave Memorial# 54732430 | Benson, Valdo Dunkley (I323)
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Velma Skouson Freestone
Life History
Born January 30, 1933
Died February 18 2011
My mother was born in El Paso, El Paso, Texas. Her family was escap i n g P ancho Via in the Colonies in Mexico when they moved up to the Uni t e d Stat es. She is the 6th Child of ten children. Her sisters and brot h e rs ar e in order: Dorothy (Melvin Frost), Glen Whipple (Marlene Jarma n) , Ken t Whipple (Virginia Brown), Carl Whipple (Loa Allen), Garth Whip p l e (Sand ra Brown), John Whipple (Leola Lamb), Mary Louise (Jake Flake ) , C harles W hipple (Zesta Pfaff), Richard Whipple (Terri Emory). Whe n sh e w as two he r family moved to Las Cruces, New Mexico. When she wa s 11 t he y moved t o Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. She said that she learne d how t o fi ght and de fend herself from being born in between seven bro thers.
In Mesa her parents, Smith Holister and Mary Louise Whipple Skouson m o v e d to a house on Center right next to the 1st ward building (42 S. C en te r, Mesa). She used to go into the chapel and pray. The doors wer e n o t k ept locked in those days. She also practiced the organ in there .
A story Velma told her children to emphsize not wearing shorts was t h a t s he snuck out of the house wearing shorts to play baseball one da y w he n sh e was younger. When her Dad drove by and saw his daughter, V elma , ou t playing with shorts on, he took her out of the game and too k he r h ome a nd made her change her shorts to something more modest. H e sai d t o her, “I know what those boys are thinking when they look a t a gir l wit h shor ts on!”
Some of the memories that I have of Velma are going to the Mezona fo r d a n ces. They had dance cards in those days. I'm guessing here, but a ppa r en tly the girls would have the boys sign on which dance they wer e goi n g t o be together.
Clarence says that he noticed that Velma would be dancing with a l o t o f g uys. It turns out that she danced with her brothers many times . C la renc e used to dance with Sharla Merrit (who incidentally was Gran dp a Mer rit's, Cliff's step-dad's, oldest daughter). Evidentally she wa s a n ama zing d ancer, and Dad enjoyed dancing with her. Mom says that w he n Dad a sked he r to dance, she noticed someone staring daggers at he r . I gues s Sharla d idn't like Mom taking her place. Clarence liked Vel m a right a way. One o f the things that he really liked about her was th a t she didn 't wear make up. She looked clean and beautiful.
Clarence really wanted to date Velma. So he called to ask her ou t . H e a sked her for a particular night, and Velma could hear Clarence ' s frie nd, Bob Fuller, say to ask her for the next night also. So he di d . Bob, a pparently said to ask her for the next night, too. So he did , bu t fi nall y just cut to the chase-- he asked her for a whole month o f dat es.
One of the dates was playing crochet. I've seen a picture of it.
Velma was sick one time during this month of dates. Clarence broug h t h e r some grapes and she thought that was an odd thing to bring a si c k per so n. But that's what we did when we got sick was to stop eatin g re gula r fo od and eat fruit and drink fruit juice so that our bodie s woul d reco ver q uickly and easily without having to digest heavy food s.
Well, Clarence really fell in love with Velma Skouson and wanted to m a r r y her. On the night he was thinking to propose, she was giddy an d n o t be ing serious at all. At the end of the evening, apparently he c ould n 't ge t her to be serious. She asked him what was wrong. He sai d some t hing t o the effect that he would tell her when she grew up. I t hin k h e picke d her up and carried her to her house and said, If you kn ow w ha t I'm goin g to say, help me out. She said, “Well, you haven't as ke d m e anything, y et?” He finally got the question out, and she said ' u-h u'. He stepped b ack from the door and said, “Whew! ”
Some of the things I remember about their wedding: She chose for he r p l a ce settings an ivy pattern. I have noticed that Lucy on I Love Lu c y h a d the same pattern. They picked branches from the piracantha bush e s fr o m the cemetary for decorations at the wedding. They were marrie d o n No ve mber 26th (Cliff and I were married on the same date. They of fere d t o ac company us on the honeymoon, but we declined.)
She had a little problem getting pregnant. But because they were b a c k i n Davenport, Iowa where Dad was finishing chiropractic schoolin g a t t he P almer School of Chiropractic, she received chiropractic adju stme nts. Tw o things resulted from that. She didn't have to wear glasse s anym o re an d she became pregnant. I was born November 4, 1956. Mom sa ys wh e n the n urse placed me in her arms she called me 'Judy'. Grandmot her Fr e estone a pparently wanted me to be named Dana, her maiden name . Thirte e n months l ater Carl was born December 24, 1957. He was name d after Mom ' s brother, Carl. Sixteen months after that Jeanne was bor n
March 23, 1959. I'm guessing she was named after Aunt Orva Jeanne.
That was three babies in 2 ½ years! She told me that with all thre e k i d s in diapers (cloth diapers, I might add), she would lay all thr e e o f u s down and take off the dirty diapers, then put on the clean di ap ers— al l three of us one after the other. It must have been quite a c hal leng e !
Clarence worked with Alfred Packer 'Grandaddy' Freestone in Yuma, Ariz o n a. It didn't work out; so Clarence and Velma moved to Ajo, Arizona—Cl a r en ce's second place to practice chiropractic. It probably wasn't th e b e s t decision because it was a mining community with medical service s pr ov id ed for the workers. So his business didn't do very well. But t hey w o rke d hard. They helped build the church building there and serve d in t h e wa rd. Velma said that she would search in the couch and unde r the b e d fo r money to buy milk. They had dear friends like the Smith' s and Fl e mming s and Harmons and others. I was four while living there , so I wou l d, o f course, know these families because of Corinne and Ma rtha and De na nn, w ho were my age.
We moved to Mesa, and Clarence opened up his office on Main Street n e a r S tapley.
We lived at 317 N. Williams for awhile, but moved to 439 N. Matlock, r i g h t across the street from Grandpa and Grandma (Smith and Louise) Sko us o n ! We would go over there and would want to eat something at Grandm a ' s. Grandma called Velma and said, “Velma, don't you feed these kid s ? ” O f course, she had. We just liked to eat at Grandma's! They add e d o n t o that home on Matlock a nice big living room. Mom loved to des ig n h omes ! She would get some graph paper and draw how she wanted th e hou s e to be.
Velma wanted more children. She would think she was pregnant an d g o t o t he doctor to check it out. But time after time she would fin d ou t th at, no, she wasn't pregnant. Grandaddy and Grandmother took th e whol e f ami ly to Disneyland and the beach. While swimming in the ocea n, Velm a f el l over and had a big turn in the water. That incident alon g with w he n sh e went to sing with the Singing Mothers for conference o ne time w a s a pre curser to her becoming pregnant. She reports that the re was n o w ay she c ould have become pregnant at that time, but when sh e came ba ck, she was p regnant and oh, so happy—I'm sure! This baby wa s due in Jun e. (I can te ll more details because I was there.) But durin g the long, h ot summer sh e waited and waited for the birth. Malinda wa s finally b or n August 5, 19 64. She claims to have had a 10 month pregn ancy. I gue s s Malinda just t ook longer to get made. I remember Malind a when Mom ca m e home from the h ospital. She had black hair and was ver y cute. Mor e cl oth diapers—onl y this time big sister, Dana helped ou t by changing t he m and washing the m out in the toilet.
We took several trips as a family during this time to Tombstone, Ari z o n a and California and other vacations. We took short vacations in t h e m id dle of the week because Dad's busiest days at the office were Mo nd ay a n d Friday. Dad also moved the office to the corner of Hobson an d Un iver si ty. Mom kept the books and was a very good money manager. Wh en th e y bou ght the house on Southern, Mom would show me how she kept t rac k o f the mo ney and how she paid the bills, etc. I remember she doub le d u p on the ho use payment and they were able to get out of debt a lo t s oone r. She wa s a very good support to Dad in the business and als o in D ad' s church cal lings.
Her calling in the church was organist much of the time. Mom play e d t h e organ beautifully for church. She taught me my first organ less o n a n d instructed me on how to play legato (smoothly connected) on th e o rga n k eys. People would comment on how they loved her organ playing .
She certainly was a fun mother. She used to chase me around the hous e , t hen wrestle me down to the ground and pretend to spit in my face . O n e ti me I spit back in her face for real. Then the spitting reall y beg a n beca use before it was just pretend. All of us kids remember ho w sh e p layed w ith us and supported us in school and in developing ou r talen ts a nd in al l areas of our lives. She was truly one of the grea test mot her s of all t ime.
Velma and Clarence liked to play Rook with Velma's parents and broth e r s a nd sisters and cousins. One night while living on Matlock, they w e r e pla ying with Dick and Bobby Cochenour. We kids liked to sneak o u t o f bed an d watch them play. This particular night it was fun to wat c h be cause the y were spitting cherry pits at each other. I guess if so me on e played a c ard that someone else didn't like, a cherry pit came a t t hem. Must hav e been cherry season.
She was a great seamstress. When I went on my mission, she sewe d a l l m y clothes. I felt so well-dressed. They looked so professiona l . W e di d a lot of quilting. She made a quilt for each grandchild. Pl u s sh e mad e quilts for her kids.
She loved to read. When you got ahold of one of the books she had re a d , there would be a lot of underlining and marking up of the pages . S h e l oved to read Louis L'Amor. Many other authors also. Her Patriar ch a l ble ssing admonished her to read good books, and she did.
My mother was the most kind and helpful person I know. She woul d g o o u t of her way to serve others. She told me that when you go visi tin g te ac hing, you should go with the idea that you were going to serv e th e sis te r you were visiting and to be Ready for service. She was su c h a goo d coo k and was well-known for her enchiladas--as was her mothe r . When M om wou ld attend the temple or go to her mid-week Relief Socie t y meetings, she w ould always bring such a sweet spirit with her when s h e returne d home. S he was very close to the Spirit.
I was visiting her one time and looked over at her. She was sitti n g i n h er chair praying. Prayer was an important part of her life. Sh e t au gh t me how to pray. One time I had a problem and she took me int o he r b edr oom and we knelt down at the foot of the bed. She prayed fir st an d t he n she asked me to pray. That was such an important lesson fo r me , a n d I have never forgotten it.
She loved her family. Family was of the utmost importance to her . H e r g randkids were included in who she shopped for and they were inc lud e d in h er quilting and travels and holidays. She was a person of fa ce v a lue. Y ou knew where she stood on any issue. There was no gray ar e a i n her mind. Like the hymn, Choose The Right, says, “There's a righ t a n d wrong to e very question”, that's what she believed. She lived he r li f e as she thou ght. She wondered why her partriarchal blessing wa s so sh o rt—only one pa ragraph. Later in my life I was thinking on thi s and I b e lieve it was be cause that's all she needed. She was one of t he elec t o f God because o f her obedience and righteousness. She also w ondere d wh y she was blesse d with only four children. I was watching o n TV a B YU d evotional talk b y Elder Oaks to the students at BYU and so mething h e sai d triggered the a nswer to that question for me. She wil l be grante d al l the blessings sh e did not receive in this life in th e next includ in g a large family. The re is nothing she will miss out on . Besides, s h e and Dad would not hav e had so many wonderful opportunit ies for servi c e on the missions they se rved if they had had a large am ount of Childr e n here on the earth.
Mom believed in asking for blessings from Heavenly Father. She us e d t o p lay Solitare on the computer. She told me that one time she pro mi se d th e Lord that she would not play anymore in exchange for takin g awa y t oot h pain that she had at the time. The Lord did take away th e pain . O ne t ime she weakened a bit and pulled up the Solitare game, b ut he r toot h pai n came back. So she quit immediately and repented. Th e pai n wen t away a gain. This has been an example in my life, and I hav e foun d th e Lord i n His mercy Ready to pour out blessings.
Those missions were an important part of Dad and Mom's service her e o n t h e earth.
Here's an incident that happened in Guatemala while they were on o n e o f t heir missions. “We (Dad and Mom) were on a dimly lit street ent er in g a c hapel where we were to initiate a literacy class. There was m ajo r c onstru ction on the dirt street where we left the Toyota Jeep an d a s we g ot ou t of the car we realized that the street had been lowere d ab out a f oot th at made the sidewalk a couple of feet higher than th e road . With d ifficul ty we got up onto the sidewalk and went into th e chape l where the re wa s a room full of people waiting for us. As we b egan t o assemble ou r equip ment we found that in the rush we had forgot ten som e of the form s we need ed. Sensing the urgency, Mom rushed out t o the ca r to get the m while I co ntinued to begin the presentation. I n minutes M om appeared a ll dirty wit h elbows all bloody, crying. Forge tting abou t the height o f the sidewalk, she ran off the sidewalk and no se-dived in to the dirt. W ell, so much fo r the class (we struggled thro ugh it anywa y).”
Dad and Mom used to walk on their missions. One time Mom tripped a n d D a d joked that she was trying to be a 747 and fly. Then Dad trippe d o n e mo rning and Mom had the opportunity to tell him that he was tryi n g t o fly l ike a 747.
I went down to Mesa one time to take my daughter, Beth, back when Be t h l i ved down there. Mom wasn't doing well. I walked into the house a n d D a d was trying to get Mom's blood pressure and couldn't. They bot h ha d w or ried looks on their faces. When I walked in, Mom seemed relie ved t o s e e me. She began to receive her strength and even fixed a mea l and c lea ne d up the kitchen on Monday. Dad kept telling her to rest . On Tuesd a y ea rly in the morning Beth took me to the airport to go ba ck to Utah ; b ut be fore we left Mom came out and gave me a big hug--lon ger and tig hte r tha n usual--and told me she was feeling the way she ha d felt befor e. If I w ould have had any idea that she was going to pas s away, I woul d n't have g one home. But on Wednesday she quickly went d ownhill and lo s t her energ y and during the night into Thursday, she pa ssed away. I su r e miss her.
Mom was very athletic. Dad and Mom used to play ping-pong. Prett y s o o n Mom got to playing better than Dad! I remember she would play c hur c h v olleyball and baseball even when she got up in age.
Some memories from people who were close to Velma:
Crystal Flake Petersen: She helped me make a dress when I stayed th e r e o ne time when my parents went somewhere.
Bonny Gotzinger- Here's a few:
1) Grandma and Grandfather ALWAYS walked us to the door of our ca r t o s a y goodbye and didn't go inside until we couldn't see them anymo re.
2) Gma and Gfa taught the missionary lessons to mine and Megans boyfri e n d s back in 2009.
3) Grandma's road rage
4) Grandma was always willing to come pick me up from wherever, ev e n i f i t wasn't the best of situations.
5) Riding to/from UT back in 2004 for General Conference with Gma a n d G f a - they sang the whole way. They even drove to Snowflake (out o f t hei r w ay home) so that my siblings and I could see our family.
6) Grandma had a hard belly that moved up and down (just like Santa ) w h e n she laughed:-)
7) That one Christmas she bought us dog brushes because she loved us i n g t hem on her hair!
8) "I'll see your nose" (She got that from her mother, Mary Louise Whipp l e Skouson)
9) Getting in trouble with Grandma for eating fruit in the basement
10) This one isn't of Grandma, but it's the signature Gfa uses at t h e e n d of all of his emails "Give them a hug for me"... It's a littl e pi ec e o f Gma every time I read his emails - and brings happy tears t o m y eye s ri ght now. Miss that wonderful woman! heart emoticon
Mindy Freestone Rowley: I love that, Bonny! Some day we'll get to s e e h e r again and have a huge party!
Kyra Wilkins Cook: I remember driving with grandma going to aunt Mali n d a s house. And her telling me all the boys that she kissed and date d … I w a s in shock!
Bonny Gotzinger: Haha she told me too! I guess I just didn't have t h e g a me Gma did
Amy Flake Orr: I only vaguely remember this, Aunt Velma must have b e e n b abysitting me while my parents went out of town while i was quit e y ou ng. I remember her taking us to the zoo and riding the train there .
Or I could totally be making it up (that's how vague the memory is ) , b u t I think that's how it happened.
Mindy Flake Sanders: I remember you got to go to the zoo. I staye d w i t h Crystal and Darrell while you stayed there.
Grandma-isms:
If it were a snake, it would of bit you.
Are you going to let a little thing like that scare you?
I’ll see your nose!
Velma's enchiladas were legendary. I assume it came from her mother b e c a use I remember eating enchiladas at Grandma Skouson’s house. It wa s n e ve r written down. But then, Bridget, Robert's wife sent this to m e:
Here is the recipe I received from Grandma Freestone in Decembe r 2 0 1 0 - I copy and pasted this directly from the email she sent to m e . I h a d requested the recipe to make for Robert's birthday since we w er e stu c k in TX that December because I was too pregnant with Joshua t o t ravel.
Enchilidas ala Grandma
This is enough to eat and probably put a bowl in the freezer for nex t t i m e.
In pan put 1 cup of white flour
2 Tbs or more if wanted New Mex Chili powder (best)
2 tsp salt, May have to add more later
1/4 tsp cumin or cumino in Spanish
Have water Ready to add before you start, a pitcher full (less tha n 1 g a l). Turn stove on and add some while stirring. Stir all the tim e and w h e n it starts to thicken add more water.
Add 1 clove of garlic diced little
Before you start have a #2 1/2 (28oz) can (big)of Las Palmas
chili sauce the 2- 8 oz cans of tomato sauce, (Hunts)
but only open 1 til you taste to see if it's enough. If not add oth e r c a n.
Stir all the time. When it starts boiling turn stove down a little and
count for 1 min then
Add Chili sauce and tomato sauce. I add a small can of
Hatch's green chili sauce too. Or you can add green chilies.
Hatches is better.
Stir a little longer and turn way down and let cook for 1/2 hr or so.
If it's too thick add more water and salt to taste.
Put tortilla in sauce 1/2 min or so and stack on your plates
with cheese and onions between tortillas
ENJOY and happy birthday Robert.
Now this reminds me of my mother, the way she talked !
Another of Mom’s recipes is her Oatmeal Drop Cookies:
She would cook up a huge batch of these cookies and put out her whit e d i s h towels for them to cool on. There would be cookies all over th e cou n te rs. We could eat all we wanted. They were whole wheat and hone y a n d ver y delicious. They were perfect for eating with a glass of mil k . W hen w e had a cow—Schnooks, then Maybell or vice versa—that was th e m os t delici ous. MMMM-MMM! Homemade cookies and raw milk!
She always filled up her large square Tupperware container and pu t i n t h e freezer for later. | Skouson, Velma (I162135)
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Venice Eames Conrad, Journal
This is a copy of a journal I started years ago and when a bishop t o l d m e that I should do it. He suggested I do it, before he gave me re co m men d for the temple. I’m Venice Eames Conrad. Geddes was left ou t o f m y bi rth certificate, somehow. I was born April 23, 1915 in Prest on , Ida ho. In May, 1941, Rielly Daniel Conrad asked me for a date a s a tha nk y o u gesture. We had a pleasant evening, so we continued to s ee eac h othe r. He was a tall blond young man with incredible blue eye s from Se attl e, Washington. We are both in San Francisco Bay, area work ing for th e A rm y. He was stationed on the north side of the Golden Gat e Bridg e a s a fir st lieutenant at Fort Cronkrite for one year’s activ e duty . A s a newly c ommissioned second lieutenant I was a nurse at th e Presid io a t Letterman' s General Hospital on the south end of the bea utiful br idge. We enjoye d dancing, movies, sightseeing rides out in th e country a n d just being to gether. Rielly was and is a sweet man in s o many ways . He was an only c hild and missed his home very much. It see med he tal k ed of marriage so m uch, I wondered if he could be sincere s o soon . A s a middle Child in a f amily of nine children, I wasn't sure , even a t 2 6 years, I was Ready to s ettle down. He was about two year s older an d v ery persistent. He was fr om a city while I grew up in a s mall town o f P reston, Idaho in the nort h end of the lovely valley an d surrounded b y mo untains. We didn’t know e ach others folks. He ha d a strong Christia n u pbringing, but no formal re ligion. For 17 year s I had a rather ster n LD S training. Now I was inact ive. Rielly’s lov e and caring was just w ha t I needed to change my life. On November 20 , 1941, we were marrie d i n Reno, Nevada. We had a beaut iful trip plann ed in the Southwest. W e w ere still on our honeymoon whe n Pearl Harbo r was announced over th e radi o. We were in Phoenix, Arizona. This was D ecember, the seventh, 19 41, of course. His leave was cancele d, and we r eturned to San Francisc o an d almost three more years of Army l ife. | Eames, Venice Geddes (I382)
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Vern George Whipple, an Autobiography
1902-1991
I was born in Lehi, Utah, the ninth Child of Edson and Mary Beck Whipp l e 10 January 1902. In my early life I had the usual amount of accid e n t s and sicknesses. I cut myself, bruised myself, broke my arm an d c u t m y trigger finger off. I lost my finger in the cogs of the famil y wa s hin g machine. I was always daring. As my sister, Delilah, was tur ni n g th e machine, I stuck my finger near the cogs thinking she would s hu s h me aw ay. But she didn’t see me and the cogs grabbed my finger an d pu l led it i n. I caught every contagious disease as they came along . meas l es, mumps, chicken pox, etc., I’ve had them all. With all the sc ho o l I missed fr om these sicknesses, I wasn’t held back for which I wa s a lw ays thankful.
The loss of my finger wasn’t much of a handicap, however, except in pl a y i ng marbles. I couldn’t shoot straight. When the older people wou l d s e e my finger, they would tell me, “There is one consolation, you w il l ne ve r have to go in the Army”. Well, I Didn’t, but later joined th e N avy. W hen I was seven our home was saddened by the sickness and deat h o f o ur fa ther. He passed away 26 February 1909 at the age of 56. Th e old e r Child ren were already working. My mother worked to support u s young e r ones an d as we became old enough, we also worked to help sup port our se lves. I w orked on the farm and later in the mines and othe r places s o t hat I coul d buy my clothes and go to school in the winter .
In my Childhood and school days we had lots of fun. I had my brothe r s a n d there were so many boys in the neighborhood, the Merrills, Kirk ha ms, Gu dmundsens, Fotheringhams, Crabbs and many others. We all love d t o r oam t he fields and hills. this was always fun for me and I stil l lov e t he gre at out-of-doors, roaming the hills, hunting and fishing . Had m y f ather l ived, I am sure we would have enjoyed doing these thi ngs toge ther. He, l ike many Lehi men, did considerable mining and prosp ecting i n th e hills a nd mountains near Lehi.
All through my younger life I was what is known as painfully bashfu l . W h en I was in the fifth grade they had double seats. The boys sat t og eth e r and the girls together. One day at the beginning of class Mis s Ha rwo o d announced, to my horror, that she was going to seat the boy s wit h th e g irls. I though of leaving the room and not coming back, bu t on s econ d th ought I knew this wouldn’t do. There was just no escape . When s h e got t o me, who did she seat me with? Why, the prettiest gir l in th e r oom. I was scared to death and reluctantly I took my books an d chang e d seat s. The next day, to make things worse, Miss Harwood, for m her de s k said, “Lela, why don’t you move over and give Vern more room , he is h a lfway o ut in the aisle”. Lela was very nice and very friendl y, however . She di d much to relieve my bashfulness during the remainde r of the y e ar. I wa s still a long ways from being cured. At 16 I start ed goin g t o dances. My sister taught me how, then I got up enough coura ge to a s k the othe r girls. I loved to dance and went to all of the m I could . I was neve r known to be forward but wasn’t painfully bashfu l anymore.
I attended grade school and high school and then went to one yea r a t t h e University of Utah, but I couldn’t make enough money during t he s umm e r to take me thru the next school year, so I was forced to qui t . A fe w y ears later when I had saved enough money, I went to Chicag o an d gradu ate d from an Electrical Trade School. I worked there for tw o yea rs gett in g experience in my trade. I came back to Utah and in 193 7 my g ood mot he r passed away at the age of 72. I have always been grat eful fo r her m an y sacrifices for us. She taught us to honor the priest hood an d that w e s hould keep the commandments that our Father in Heave n has gi ven us.
I worked for a while as an operator in the Lehi Municipal Power Plan t . A t the beginning of World War II, I went to the Small Arms Plan t i n S alt L ake as an Electrician. In September of 1942 I enlisted in t he N avy. Whe n I went in for my physical examination I went through th e whol e p roces s without them noticing my trigger finger until I was t o be fin gerp rinted. I asked the man which finger he wanted me to use. H e becam e ex cited a nd wanted to know how I got through. He told me to w ait an d wen t out t o find out about it. He soon came back and said he t hough t it wo uld be a lright. I was sure it would be.
I went through boot training at Farragut, Idaho, then was sent to Ma r e I s land, California. While awaiting a ship to be assigned to I ser v e d a s a shore patrolman in San Francisco. We had to patrol the toug h se c tio n of the City. It was a good experience for me, but I didn’t l ik e i t muc h.
I was assigned to a large submarine tender. We went to the South Pac i f i c where I served 18 months and during this time had the privileg e o f vi si ting many of the beautiful island of that region. I was disch arge d i n Oc tober 1945.
I married Lexia Bateman in the Salt Lake Temple, 1 December 1947.
Note: Vern George Whipple died on 9 May 1991 in Lehi, Utah, Utah . H i s s weetheart, Lexia Bateman Whipple died 25th of July 1994. They h a d n o chi ldren. | Whipple, Vern George (I18622)
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Vilhelm Albinus Steenberg was born 3.1.1818 in Hyllested parish on Dju r s l and, Jutland.
His four oldest children where all born in Viby Jutland where he w a s a f a rmer as vell as tenant farmer on the vicarage (his fathers home ).
He first moved two Assens in 1865 after the war with Prussia in 1864th
In Assens he worked as a photographer (with his own study) and as a or g a n ist in Assens Church.
Email received from Bjarne Friis Steenberg. | Steenberg, Vilhelm Albinius (I35550)
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Virginia Lynne Amundsen Richman Nance passed away on Sunday, May 4, 20 1 4 , after a seven-year battle with peritoneal cancer. She was born Dece m b e r 8, 1941 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Ardis Elizabeth Frankland an d M a x Ru dger Amundsen. She grew up in Salt Lake City; Richland, Washin gton ; Bount iful, Utah and lived her adult life raising her family in Br igh a m City. S he graduated from Bountiful High School and attended bot h th e U niversit y of Utah and Utah State University. Lynne married Jera ld Ri chma n on Augu st 11, 1961, they later divorced. She married Blen D . Nanc e o n December 9, 1972. Lynne was an active member of the Church o f Jesu s Ch rist of Latte r-day Saints; an avid golfer and bridge playe r who enj oye d camping, paint ing, spending time with family-friends an d loved flo wer s and gardening. H er favorite places were the cabin in S tar Valley , WY a nd Bear Lake. A s a travel agent for many years, Lynn e traveled th e world. She was a long -time member of the Brigham City Co untry Club an d Ladie s Golf Association.
Lynne is survived by her husband, Blen, two sisters: Kathryn Kunkel , P a r k City; Toni Bradshaw, Seattle, WA; one brother, Kip Amundsen, Sa lt L a k e City and her four children: Jeff Richman, Brigham City; Sydne y (Ala n) A ndersen, No. Logan; Cassee (Neil) Harper, Perry; Todd Richman , No. S a lt L ake. She has four step-children: DeLonie (Robert) Call, No . Ogden ; M el (K aren) Nance, Kaysville; Wendy (Joseph) Morgan, Cottonwo od Heigh ts; and Ke lly Nance, West Valley; four grandchildren: Jessica a nd Zacha r y Campbell, Caitlyn and Kaylee Harper; 19 step-grandchildren a nd 27 ste p -great-gran dchildren and many nieces and nephews. Lynne wa s precede d i n death by he r parents, brother-in-law Del Kunkel; two ste p-grandchi ldre n and one step -great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be Friday, May 9, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at the Bri g h a m City 13th Ward, 25 N. 300 E., Brigham City.
Friends may call at the Brigham City 13th Ward on Thursday from 6: 0 0 t o 8:00 p.m. and on Friday from 2:00 to 2:40 p.m. Interment will b e i n th e Br igham City Cemetery. | Amundsen, Virginia Lynne (I146577)
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Virginia Lynne Amundsen Richman Nance passed away on Sunday, May 4, 20 1 4 , after a seven-year battle with peritoneal cancer. She was born Dece m b e r 8, 1941 in Salt Lake City, Utah to Ardis Elizabeth Frankland an d M a x Ru dger Amundsen. She grew up in Salt Lake City; Richland, Washin gton ; Bount iful, Utah and lived her adult life raising her family in Br igh a m City. S he graduated from Bountiful High School and attended bot h th e U niversit y of Utah and Utah State University. Lynne married Jera ld Ri chma n on Augu st 11, 1961, they later divorced. She married Blen D . Nanc e o n December 9, 1972. Lynne was an active member of the Church o f Jesu s Ch rist of Latte r-day Saints; an avid golfer and bridge playe r who enj oye d camping, paint ing, spending time with family-friends an d loved flo wer s and gardening. H er favorite places were the cabin in S tar Valley , WY a nd Bear Lake. A s a travel agent for many years, Lynn e traveled th e world. She was a long -time member of the Brigham City Co untry Club an d Ladie s Golf Association.
Lynne is survived by her husband, Blen, two sisters: Kathryn Kunkel , P a r k City; Toni Bradshaw, Seattle, WA; one brother, Kip Amundsen, Sa lt L a k e City and her four children: Jeff Richman, Brigham City; Sydne y (Ala n) A ndersen, No. Logan; Cassee (Neil) Harper, Perry; Todd Richman , No. S a lt L ake. She has four step-children: DeLonie (Robert) Call, No . Ogden ; M el (K aren) Nance, Kaysville; Wendy (Joseph) Morgan, Cottonwo od Heigh ts; and Ke lly Nance, West Valley; four grandchildren: Jessica a nd Zacha r y Campbell, Caitlyn and Kaylee Harper; 19 step-grandchildren a nd 27 ste p -great-gran dchildren and many nieces and nephews. Lynne wa s precede d i n death by he r parents, brother-in-law Del Kunkel; two ste p-grandchi ldre n and one step -great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be Friday, May 9, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at the Bri g h a m City 13th Ward, 25 N. 300 E., Brigham City.
Friends may call at the Brigham City 13th Ward on Thursday from 6: 0 0 t o 8:00 p.m. and on Friday from 2:00 to 2:40 p.m. Interment will b e i n th e Br igham City Cemetery. | Frankland, Ardis Elizabeth (I146579)
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Virginia West Whipple
I was born May 31, 1916 in a house that Dad built in Lakeside, Arizon a . M y Dad was on a mission at the time I was born and he didn’t see m e u n ti l I was one and a half years old. I had two sisters and a brothe r ol de r t han I and there was a younger brother born two years after me . Mam a d ie d when he was two weeks old. They had a big flu epidemic a t that t ime. Sh e had gotten over the flu, but she went to help her sist er whos e hus ban d had it and she got it again and they both died of it.
The first thing I remember is when Dad got a job in Wickenburg and Gra n d m a West took us kids on a train to Wickenburg to live with him. I w a s ru nn ing up and down the aisles of the train. Grandma, Julia West, w a s taki n g care of us. We had a big swing in Wickenburg that was over t h e ditc h th at we had a lot of fun on. I also remember a little white c oa t I wa s so p roud of at the time. Grandma West made Hazel and I som e bla ck dres ses an d I hated mine. One Sunday I took some scissors an d cut bi g hole s in it s o I wouldn’t have to wear it. She made me sit i n the cor ner, I can rememb er my father and Uncle cutting my hair insid e of a hote l t hat they were b uilding and nicking my ear.
Three days before I turned 4, Dad married Dora Veralda Lisonbee in t h e S a lt Lake Temple. I was the first one to call her Mother. We move d t o Me s a after they were married, all except Alma, who stayed with Gr andm a We s t in Lakeside and she raised him. Dad built a long cabin i n a fiel d wi t h one large room and a bath. The kids slept out in a tent . We ha d a bun c h of chickens and I can remember a barrel with a chicke n’s nes t in i t. I would climb in and then out again and say, ‘see how m any egg s I lai d’ ! Then we lived in a house on Sirrine Street. They sta rted bui lding th e M esa Temple about that time and they had a long tunn el to on e of the b uild ings and we used to play in it until they finish ed. On m y fifth birt hda y on the back porch of the house was an old mat tress rol led up an d I hi d in it so I wouldn’t get my birthday spanking , but my D ad found m e an d I got one any way. I started first grade a t Alma Schoo l on Extensi on. T here was a play that Hazel and a couple o f the neighbo r girls decid ed tha t we would give. We put chairs out an d invited all t he neighbors t o com e see our play. We had a good time a nd the people di d come. Then w e move d to Phoenix on 16th Street just o ff of Van Buren S treet about a b lock. I was baptized when we lived here . I was baptized i n my red swimmi ng su it up on the stage in a font. Da d didn’t baptize an y of us kids, I don’ t know why. Afterwards he took m e for a banana split . The next d ay in chu rch I was confirmed. I went t o Long Fellow Schoo l while we live d here. Th ere was one time I got bor ed in music and I hi t a boy over th e head wit h a ruler. The teacher ma de me go out into th e hall. They ha d some “gian t strides” on the playg round which were lik e a big maypole w ith long meta l chains streaming d own instead of ribbon s and on the end o f the chains w ere some metal ru ngs that we hung ont o as we ran around th e pole. If we g ot up enough s peed we could hold ou r feet up and it woul d swing us around. When the p erson in front of me j umped off of hers i t came back and hi t me in th e eye. We had a lot of f un with that, callin g my parents and th e docto r.
Every summer we would go to Lakeside, as Dad was still working on th e h o t el. My cousin took a saw horse and a board and made a seesaw ou t of i t. O ne day we were playing on it and while I was up in the air m y cous i n le t go of it and I came down with a bang and broke my arm. Th ey test e d it t he old fashioned way trying to see if it was broken or j ust spra in ed. Aft er two weeks we came back to Mesa and my father too k me to Dr . Sh upe to h ave it set. I woke up just before they had got i t all strai ghten ed out. I carried it around in a sling with my cast on . When the ca st ca me of f they could see it had set a little crooked.
Dad lived in a home on 16th Street in Mesa and we moved into it. The r e w a s a canal there and a swing across it. Mother wouldn’t want us t o g o sw im ming until a certain time of year, but we would go down and s win g on t h e swing and ‘accidently’ fall in the canal and go swimming a ny w ay. Au n t Gwen and Aunt Mary, who are Dad’s sisters lived with us m ost o f thei r t eenage years. One day Dad left the key in the car and Au nt Mar y decid ed s he would take us kids for a ride. She wasn’t much old er tha n us kids. Wel l we ran into the canal and had to be pulled out. D ad buil t a hous e in Ph oenix on Center Street. We went to Osborn Schoo l and wal ked abou t a mil e to school each day. I was about 9 years ol d at the tim e. I love d to pla y baseball and was a good jack player an d jump roper . One time w e had a c ontest, who could jump the rope the l ongest. I wen t to 500 an d the teache r made me quit. One time the teach er caught me e ating cand y in the classr oom and made me get up in fron t of the kids an d finish ea ting it which wa s very embarrassing.
Dad built a home on Camelback Road and we moved over there, but we s t i l l went to Osborn School. There was a canal on 7th Avenue a short w a y fr o m home where we used to go swimming. I must have drowned abou t 1 0 time s i n this canal. One time two of the neighbor girls and I wer e pl aying i n th e canal and there was a whirlpool that they were afrai d of , so I wou ld ca rry them on my back one at a time around the whirlp ool . They got t o argui ng and both of them jumped on me and as we wer e goin g around we g ot caugh t in the whirlpool and couldn’t get out. Lu ckily s ome older kid s were u p on the bridge and saw our predicament an d came a nd got us ou t.
Then Dad built some houses further down on Camelback Road and we mov e d d o wn there. We used to skate a lot out on the road. Next we move d t o Cali fo rnia at Point Loma right close to San Diego on the coast li ne f or abo u t a year. It was beautiful there with all the green foliage . W e could w al k to the seashore from our house. Dad built two or thre e hom es there. I w as in about the 5th grade at this time. In school w e were h aving th is les son about the Greek Gods and Goddesses which wa s very bor ing to me. Ther e were two boys sitting in a seat in front o f me and I ha d a fount ain pe n in my hand this time and came up under o ne boy in th e backside o f his p ants with the pen. The teacher sent m e down to the f irst grade ro om, bu t I enjoyed the punishment too muc h and the teache r sent me back t o my ow n room.
We moved to Laveen next, just south of Phoenix. It was about 15 mi l e s t o the church house. We used to roller skate with all the neighbo r k id s ab out 10 miles a day. We would skate or walk to school abou t a mil e aw ay. W e lived on an 160 acre farm there. We had a lot of cow s and so ld mi lk. W e loved it there. I was the one who had to milk th e ‘house co w’. On e da y Dad got mad at Hazel and told her she had to mi lk the cow . She did n’t l ike outside work and our foreman, Art Etes, sa w her and s aid, ‘What ’s th e matter Hazel’? ‘Oh, Dad says I have to mil k the hous e cow today. ’ ‘Well, give me the bucket’, he said. And he fil led it to t he brim, i t was jus t foaming over. Dad said, ‘Hmmm, you d o a lot bette r than Virgi nia does. ’ We never told him for a long tim e who had milke d the cow tha t day. Th e foreman thought us kids could d o no wrong. Lave en was alway s called hom e to us kids, we loved it. W e lived there abou t 4 years. I g raduated fro m the eighth grade there . We had to take a bu s into Phoeni x to High Schoo l. Phoenix Union Hig h School was the only o ne in Phoeni x at the time. O n Sunday we would g o to church. They had Su nday School f rom 10 to 12 an d Sacrament was a t night time. In between m y friends an d I would to downt own to the sho w. Dad would give us mone y for a sandwic h. It cost 10 to 2 5 cents to g et into a show. We lived s o far away we di dn’t get to go to P rimary ve ry much. When I started hig h school, instea d of going home fro m schoo l we would go to our girlfrie nds and wait fo r mutual to start an d the n our folks would pick us up af terwards. I hate d to wear stockings a n d my friend’s mother, Mrs. Patter son, wouldn’t le t me out of the hous e u ntil I had some stockings on. S o she would have h er daughters let m e wea r some of theirs. I would pu t them on until we go t down to the co rner an d then I would take them of f.
Dad sold his cattle and went into the sheep business and went broke . T h a t is when we moved to Tonto Street. Dad built some little house s ther e. W e didn’t live there too long. He went into the grocery stor e busine s s an d we lived in the house next to the grocery store. Then w e went t o L akesi de and took the goods and opened up a store there. I w as a Seni or i n Hig h School. I never graduated from High School, bu t I graduate d fro m Semina ry. I went to High School one month as a seni or and the n I ran a way and g ot married to Oscar Reidhead. We got our l icense in H olbrook an d went t o Snowflake and was married by Presiden t Smith in th e old Smit h home in S nowflake. I was under age and Dad an d Mother weren ’t too plea sed. At thi s time they were trucking grocerie s back and fort h from Lakes ide to Calif ornia for their grocery busines s. We moved to L akeside and L arry was bor n in Dad and Mother’s home th ere. Aunt Rhett a delivered Larr y. She also d elivered me. Three weeks a fter Larry was b orn I went to a d ance, I love d to dance. I was reall y dancing and havin g a good time whe n my aunt ha d me come over to wher e she was and made m e sit on her lap s o I couldn’ t move and made me st op dancing. Then we m oved to Taylor wher e Dad had th e grocery store th ere also. Oscar did th e trucking busines s for it and ot hers. Doreen wa s born here in Mother a nd Dad’s house loca ted on Main Stre et right b y their grocery store whic h is known as Hatch’ s store now.
We moved back to Show Low and lived in a cabin behind the Blue Moon, w h i c h was located on the west end of Show Low where the Maxwell Hous e i s no w. Doreen wasn’t walking yet. After a time there we moved to a c abi n i n Sh ow Low and Oscar drove a truck in construction. Dad was buil din g th e Blu e Moon Dance Hall and they starting dancing in it before i t wa s rea lly fi nished. He built a café by it where I worked. One tim e Osca r an d I were d riving the truck to Taylor to get supplies for th e café f rom t he store th at Dad owned. I talked Oscar into letting me d rive an d I wrec ked it in Fo ol’s Hollow. The truck completely rolled ov er and l anded rig ht side up, b ut I was all right and fixed sandwiche s that nigh t for ever ybody. Darry l was born out at Mother’s place in S how Low at t he Show Lo w auto court t hey owned next to the café. Mothe r took care o f us. We ha d a doctor com e out to the house. We moved t o the saw mill a fter Darry l was born. Osca r rented the saw mill and ow ned the trucks th at they di d the hauling with. It was located by Claysp rings. Marzelle he lped do th e cooking for the h ired hands. We took tur ns so we wouldn’t h ave to ge t up early all the tim e in the morning. Th en we both did the c ooking fo r the rest of the meals. Oscar and I had k ind of broken up an d Oscar wen t to work construction o ver seas for abo ut a year, then he c ame back. H e got shipwrecked on the w ay home and a nother ship had to co me pick the m up. I had met Fat at thi s time. I ha d gone to see Hazel i n Lakeside an d took the kids. On the wa y back w e had a flat tire abou t where Uncle Ch arlie Whipple lives. Fat st oppe d by and fixed the flat . He got away with out me saying thank you. Th a t night at the Blue Moon , he and Slim were s tanding there together a n d I said, “I don’t know wh ich one of you did it, but thank you for fix in g the flat”. They looked s o much alike I couldn ’t tell them apart an d the y wouldn’t tell me whic h was which either. Whe n Oscar came bac k I decide d it was better to kee p the family together an d tried again . Fat went of f to war. He went t o India in the hospital uni t. When Dar ryl was about tw o years old, Osca r and I moved the family t o Californi a. We were havin g a hard time in o ur marriage, but decided t o try agai n. Our house was u p on a small hil l so the rain water couldn’ t get t o it, but Aunt Martha F ish’s wasn’t a nd the water would come up t o he r porch. I worked in a groc ery store an d then in a plant where the y ma de parts for airplanes. I als o worked i n Aunt Martha’s cafe whil e I wa s there too. We were there abou t two yea rs. Oscar and I split up a nd D ad came and got us and took us bac k to Sh ow Low. We lived in a cabi n t here that Dad built for us by the aut o cou rt. I got my divorce in Hol b rook. Then Joe was born in McNary, I wa s pr egnant and didn’t know it . T hen I worked at Maxwell’s Café waiting ta bl es. We had to do about e veryt hing then but mostly waiting tables. I wo r ked at different cafe’ s unti l Fat came back from the service in 1945 o r 4 6. We got to goin g togethe r again and were married on August 24, 194 6 i n New Mexico . I wouldn’t ha ve a wedding in Show Low so Dad and Mothe r wen t with u s to Gallup to se e us married.
When we first got married Fat was driving a bus from Show Low to Whi t e R i ver. I didn’t work for awhile. A year later we were expecting a b ab y. F a t and I were going over to Marzelle and Orley’s to play card s o n a Frid a y night. We stopped at a café to get a cup of coffee an d a fel low we kn e w came up to say hello. He slapped me on the back an d said, ‘ Well how a r e you Virginia?’ Well he slapped a little too hard , I coul d feel it al l t he way to my toes. We went to play cards and ca me on hom e. About 2 i n th e morning I told Fat it was time to go to th e hospital . I wasn’t hav ing p ains, but I knew it was time. Marzelle wa nted to com e with us and w e wen t to McNary. The nurse didn’t think i t was time, bu t Marzelle insis ted o n calling the doctor and I had Jud y 30 minutes lat er. She only weig hed ab out 6 pounds. I had all my babi es pretty fast th at way. She was bo rn clos e to Mother’s Day and we ha d to stay in bed qu ite awhile before t hey woul d let us up. So Fat an d Doreen decided to ma ke me a cake. They g ot the ca ke baked OK, but th ey had a hard time wit h the frosting. They w ould get i t first too thic k and then too thin an d then too thick and the n too thi n and finally r an out of powdered suga r and had to use flour.
We had a cow, some chickens, a dog, and a cat. The cat always slep t w i t h Judy. Joe liked the dog and Darryl the horse and the plowing. T he c o w w as always getting away. The man from the Paint Pony would cal l up a n d say, ‘the old blue cow is here’. She would cross the cattle gu ard . I w ent t o the Show Low hospital to have Dale and the doctor sai d I wo uldn’ t be ha ving the baby for a long time. He told Dad, Fat, Mot her, an d Marz elle the re with me, they might as well go home. Dad and F at wen t home an d mad e a pot of coffee and brought it back and I had th e bab y in two hou rs. Da rryl had the most hair, thick, black and curl y down t o his shoulde rs an d Dale was bald. Dad had built up the wate r works an d Fat was helpi ng him. Four years later Val was born. We ha d a fun tim e that night. Fa t took m e to McNary to the hospital. Then F at went hom e cause nothing wa s happeni ng. It was a very busy night a t the hospital . Wendall Whipple’ s wife wa s having twins that night an d Shirley, anoth er cousin, was a nu rse there. They would bring the babi es in for me to w atch because they d idn’t hav e enough people there t o help and places t o put everybody. Fina lly the do ctor came to see m e and I had Val 30 min utes later.
We moved to Mesa and lived on Solomon Street for about 6 months. T h e n w e bought the home on 8th Street off of Country Club (555 West 8t h S tr eet). I worked at the ‘Feed bag’ restaurant for awhile. Then we bo ug h t a caf é on Main Street and ran it for 4 years. There wasn’t any pa rki n g there. A couple of dentists that always came for lunch would tak e ca r e of ou r kids teeth, so we would feed them in trade. We probabl y ende d u p owin g them.
At the time of Doreen’s wedding, Fat was in the Veteran’s hospital a t P r e scott with an hernia operation. Uncle Charlie went to be with hi m wh i l e I came back to Taylor for the wedding. We gave her $50 for a d res s a n d $100 to go on a honeymoon. Darryl was watching the kids whil e I w as g on e and Val fell out of the window and cut his head up prett y bad l eavi n g a scar on his forehead. A neighbor lady had come to help .
Dad moved to Mesa and went into the insurance business. Fat helped h i m b u ild his office and then from then on worked in construction for q ui te a wh ile. I worked in Dad’s insurance office as a bookkeeper, ‘jac k o f al l tra des master of none’. I worked in the room in the back. Whe neve r the y ha d a big meal there, I did all the cooking. They had a bi g Chri stma s dinne r one year that I cooked and I baked fruit cakes fo r prizes . I th ink I ba ked about 50 of them. Of course Fat would alway s help m e with th e dinners. The first dinner I cooked I wanted to coo k the turke y all nig ht, but Da d thought that would ruin it and wante d me to wait u ntil morni ng. Wel l I went ahead and put the turkey in th e oven withou t him knowin g and Da d tasted it and just loved it. ‘See’ , he said, ‘yo u would have r uined i t if you would have cooked it all n ight’.
During this time we had an Indian lady named Ella take care of the ki d s . She would stay with us during the week and then go home to her fam i l y o n the weekends. While we lived in the ‘old house’ Val would set f i r e to t he old umbrella trees. They were hollow inside and you could p o u r water i nto them, but it wouldn’t put the fire out. They would smol d e r and then b laze. He also started the car when he was little and r a n i t into the she d pole.
We started building the apartments at this time. The two duplexe s o n t h e west side were built first while we lived in the old home. Th en w e li ve d in the end apartment while we tore down the old house an d we bu ilt t h e other two duplexes. We lost our shirt on them.
In 1960 I was in an automobile accident at the intersection of Count r y C l ub and University. A car ran into us and demolished our Studebake r . Fa t w as driving, but didn’t get hurt. I saw the car coming and reac he d ove r wi th my foot to push on the brake. They tried to help me up , bu t my fo ot wa s caught under the brake. It cut my knee up and brok e my to e an d I was o n crutches for awhile. At Southside Hospital the d octor ba wle d me out fo r taking so many pain pills. He said my knee wa s well . I tol d him I wasn’ t taking them for my knee, but for my toe. H e had f orgotte n all about m y toe. He took me right in and fixed my toe . I jus t took i t for granted t hat he would get around to fixing my toe . We bui lt the ho use at 735 N. Da te in 1963 and sold the apartments o r gave the m away wha tever you want t o call it.
I started working for the school as head cook in the cafeteria. I wo r k e d at Carson Jr. High School, Mesa Jr. High and at Westwood High Sch o o l af ter we moved into the house on N. Date for a total of 17 years . Du ri ng th e summer I worked out at the Country Club golf course, at t he sw imm ing po ol in the snack bar cooking hamburgers and hot dogs. Fa t was w orki ng ou t of town a lot of these years in Alpine, in Mesa Rodo nda by C oncho, in S how Low as a ranch hand, and in Winslow inspecting c attle. Fo r thr ee or f our years I raised the kids pretty much alone. On e year w e too k a turke y dinner to him in Winslow and got the kids a ho tel roo m to sle ep in. Va l would spend a lot of time with him in the su mmer whe n he wa s working i n Alpine. In 1968 Fat started work at Willia ms Air Fo rce Base, doing runw ay maintenance and a little bit of everyth ing. He re tired wh en he was 6 5 from Williams.
In 1968 Dad died, he was only sick 5 days. Mother died in 1980 clo s e t o M other’s Day. It was that year too, that we found out Fat had ca nc er. In 1 980 he had a prostrate operation and the doctor gave him fr o m 5 t o 10 yea rs. I kept working at the school until I was 65 and qui t s o I co uld tak e care of Fat. He couldn’t do too much then. He kep t a gar den, bu t couldn ’t do much heavy work for two years. We went thr ough th e Templ e in 1984 a nd were sealed. Doreen was sealed to us at th is time . In 198 6 he was clea r down. I don’t know what I would have don e withou t Marzell e who came t o stay with me the 1st of January. On Mar ch 7, 198 7 he passe d away. He lo oked beautiful at the funeral. The fun eral was i n Mesa, bu t we buried hi m in Show Low. The boys had to tak e him for a r ide in hi s old pickup arou nd Show Low before they burie d him.
In February and then in August I had palsy. I was called to work i n t h e T emple and I guess I didn’t wait long enough before going back t o wo r k an d came down with shingles the next February of 1989 and hav e had t he m eve r since. Marzelle came down and stayed with me last summ er whe n I g ot th e shingles. I know the Lord has been good to me an d I know I’ ll b e with h im one of these days. I know the Church is tru e and I kno w tha t Christ i s my Savior. I love all my children and wan t them to b e happy. I want mor e than anything for them to love each oth er. I want t hem t o do what’s rig ht and always have love for their fell owman.
Some memories of the Kids
Darryl had a new bike for his birthday and ran it into the canal the f i r s t day. Joe ran the car into the neighbors fence. At the west sid e o f t h e house there was an orchard where the kids would string up ten ts a nd s le ep outside in. Val started the car when he was little and ra n int o th e sh ed pole. We raised rabbits and had Rinny the dog. She wa s an Au stral ian S hepherd. She wasn’t a barking dog, but the neighbor s could’n t com e into t he yard without us being there. She would just s tand there . Jud y and Dal e were walking down to the Dairy and Judy wa s walking i n the mi ddle of th e street and a car was coming. Rinny go t a hold of he r hand an d pulled he r off the street. We had some chick s up in a pan o n a post an d some littl e chicks fell out. Rinny got the m and kept the m close to hi m all night an d didn’t hurt them. The hea t got to him dow n here in Mes a with her long f ur so Uncle Orson took h er with him to th e ranch in Sho w Low where the Hi gh School is now. W e really hated her t o go.
We had a 55 Oldsmobile. Dale, on his 16th birthday, took the car o n h i s p aper route. Then he took it across town to the 7-11 for a drin k an d i t wo uldn’t start. A guy tried to help, but he finally had to pu sh i t al l th e way back home. It was late, but Fat hadn’t missed the ca r an d Dal e conf essed for nothing and couldn’t get his license until h e wa s 17.
Judy was married to Bob here. We’ve always had chickens here in th e n e w h ouse and the boys had pigeons. We’ve raised turkeys and rabbit s an d d ucks.
I took up painting when I retired and painted quite a few landscapes . I ’ v e crocheted since I was pregnant with Judy and I made her some ba by c lo th es. I made her a little sweater that was so small we didn’t th ink i t w oul d fit, but she was so little it fit just right.
The kids went to Emerson, the only school here. When they finished ele m e n tary they built a new Jr. High, and the same way with High School . Wh e n J udy had to go across the way to a different school she bawle d so mu c h th e principal said you might as well leave, she won’t stop u ntil yo u d o. Va l went to a nursery at the end of 8th Street and Countr y Club , Mink ’s Nur sery.
Uncle Jess was Fat’s sister’s husband. He would come stay with us. H e w o u ldn’t let us know he was coming. He would just come and say, wel l h e r e I am. His wife had passed away. The kids all liked him.
Larry ran away one time and wanted to go live with his real Dad aft e r F a t and I were first married. Then he wanted to live with Uncle Alm a.
We were running the café and a Indian came in and wanted something t o e a t. He didn’t have any money and said he would give me this silver a nd t u rq uoise bracelet that’s about 2 inches in diameter on the top . I wor e tHis for many years. Val found another turquoise ring and I wor e it fo r ye ar s and then Dale found another ring in Las Vegas that wa s silver a nd h a d a stone in it. I tried it on and kept it. | West, Virginia (I161844)
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Vital Records of Rhode Island 1636-1850 by Arnold R 974.5 A 756 Vol. I , p gs. 197-8, & pg. 169
"Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914," database, FamilySear c h (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F834-ZNT : 6 December 2014), J oh n Rice, 19 Mar 1736; citing Rhode Island, USA, reference v 1 p 38; FH L mi crofilm 925,490. | Rice, John (I176723)
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VR is much loved in Cedar City because of his tremendous sense of humo r . He was a popular professor on campus because his lectures were s o m u c h fun. Comments by Kerry Jones, President of the State Bank of S outh ern Utah. Degree in Agricultural Science. He would have preferred be in g a farmer, but his wife wouldn't live on the farm in Monroe. Fairly q uie t, but a great dry wit. Loves to tell jokes. Loves animals. H e g o t a ho rse at age 16 in Monroe and said to his mother, "I'm going d own to the Ar izona strip to visit my uncles." and he left. Also maintain s a home in Be averdam, Arizona. | Magleby, Villyar R (I5330)
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Waldemar Wilford Nielson was imprisoned on his mission for one night wi t h three other missionaries. They were all released from the prison an d we re instructed to leave the town. Waldemar went to the train statio n wit h just a few German frans that he and the other missionaries had po oled t ogether and divided equally among them. He bought his train ticke t to th e area that his leaders had assigned him to. When he arrived at h is new a re, he tried to reach the mission office to find out the addres s where h e should go. He was given a bogus address and only had a few ph ennings i n his pocket with hardly anything to eat .
He felt so discouraged, tired and felt lost with no place to go and no m o ney in his pocket. He took a rest in the train station and when he wok e u p he started walking the streets of his new area, not knowing where t o go . As he walked, he had an experience in which he had a major pain i n hi s side that made him fall to his knees. As he got up, he noticed th e nam e of the church on a discreet building he was now facing. The build ing ha d a sign showing the times of church and the week’s activities. A s Waldem ar tried to figure out the day of the week, he realized that the re wa s a ward activity at the building that very night. He waited ther e at th e building until that evening and the members came. He felt as i f he ha d been led by the Lord to help him find the church that day whe n he was s o lost and all alone.
From then on, his favorite scripture was D&C 112:10, “Be thou humble a n d the Lord thy God will lead they by the hand and give thee answer to t h y prayers.” He lived this scripture and felt the hand of the Lord lea d hi m to the answer to his prayer. | Nielson, Waldemar Wilford (I17302)
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WALTER GEORGE TALBOT
Walter George Talbot was born 16 Oct 1852 at Battle Gat, Cradock Distr i c t, South Africa. He was the eleventh Child and the eighth son of He n r y an d Ruth Sweetnam Talbot.
He came with his family from South Africa on the ship “Race Horse”, l e a v ing Port Elizabeth, on Algoa Bay, 28 Feb 1861, and arriving at Eas t B os to n Harbor 20 Apr 1861. They traveled by cattle train, steam ship , a n d cov ered wagons, and arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah, 28 Sep 1861 .
He was baptized 19 Oct 1861, just three days following his ninth birth d a y, being about three weeks after their arrival in Salt Lake City.
He probably attended school at “Five Points” with his brothers and sis t e r s.
Not much is recorded about Walter George. He never married, and a t t h e t ime of his death he was either living with, or visiting, his br oth e r Henr y James, in Cache Valley. Most sources say he died of pneumo nia.
His death date was 27 Jul 1874. He would have been almost 22 year s o f a g e. As far as I have been able to find, there is no burial dat e or p la c e recorded.
He was endowed 28 Jun 1893, in the Logan Temple. I have found no pr o x y r ecorded.
(There is no death certificate for Walter George Talbot) | Talbot, Walter George (I23209)
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Waltheof rebelled against William the Conqueror, however, the ac t l e d t o his execution and to his subsequent veneration as a saint a t Crow la nd A bbey. | FitzSiward, Waltheof Earl of Northumbria (I12502)
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WAR: fought in the Blackhawk Indian War.
Arrival: 1852: Eli Kelsey Co.
John was the 8thof 12 children and just a small Child when his paren t s s t arted west.. After finally joining the Eli Kelsey Co., they mad e th ei r w ay west and finally arrived in the Valley. John was 8 yrs ol d whe n t he y arrived. He helped herd cattle ans sheep as they crossed t he pla in s. They settled in Palmyra (Spanish Fork). He was a husky youn g ma n a n d worked at farming, hauling timber, caring for cattle, horse s an d shee p. By thee time his father died, he became the head of the ho use . Th e ol der children were married. At the age of 19, he moved the f amil y t o PAra gonah. A year later they moved on to Panguitch, becomin g the f irs t settl ers there. The land was good but there was trouble wi th the I ndi ans, whi ch resulteed in the Black Hawk War. The family lef t during t h e War but r eturned after. John participated in an explorati on mission . Butler Was h was named for him. At a dance one night, he wa s hit in t h e head, whic h necessitated an operation to remove part of h is skul l t o reeave the pre ssure. He recovered. He moved his family t o Joseph , th en Jerico, Elsino re, and finally Richfield. He spent 6 mon ths in pr iso n because of his po lygamous marriage. He was a good man an d tried t o he lp those around him. | Butler, John Lowe II (I171028)
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Was a Civil War Soldier- Survived the war | DelVecchio, James R (I164921)
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Was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence a s a r e p resentative of New Hampshire.
William Whipple was born at Kittery Maine, in 1730. He was educa t e d a t a common school until his early teens, when he went off to se a t o f in d his fortune. He was an able seaman, earning the position o f Ship 's M ast er by the age of 21. He worked hard and amassed a great d eal o f money. I n 1759 he landed in Portsmouth and, in partnership wit h his br other, esta blished himself as a merchant. Calls to public dut y began alm ost i mmediat ely. He was elected to several local offices an d was involv ed i n the Patr iot movement.
In 1775 he was elected to represent his town at the provincial congre s s . The following year New Hampshire dissolved the Royal government an d r e o rganized with a House of Representatives and an Executive Council . Wh i ppl e was made a Council member, a member of the Committee of Safe ty, a n d wa s promptly elected to the Continental Congress. He served th ere th ro ugh 1 779, though he took much leave for military affairs. In 1 777 h e wa s mad e Brigadier General of the New Hampshire Militia. Genera l Whip ple l ed me n in the successful expedition against General Burgoyn e at th e batt les o f Stillwater and Saratoga.
After the war Whipple was appointed an associate justice of the Supe r i o r Court of New Hampshire. He suffered from a heart ailment for seve r a l ye ars and he died, fainting from atop his horse while traveling h i s co urt c ircuit, in November of 1785. | Whipple, General William Jr (I77888)
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was an American novelist and short-story writer. His books consisted pri m arily of Western novels (though he called his work "frontier stories") ; h owever, he also wrote historical fiction (The Walking Drum), scienc e fict ion (Haunted Mesa), non-fiction (Frontier), as well as poetry an d short-s tory collections. Many of his stories were made into films. L'A mour's boo ks remain popular and most have gone through multiple printing s. At the t ime of his death almost all of his 105 existing works (89 nov els, 14 shor t-story collections, and two full-length works of nonfiction ) were stil l in print, and he was "one of the world's most popular write rs". | LaMoore, Louis Dearborn (I98139)
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Was in Mendon, MA as early as 1680. He probably immigrated from Scotla n d . There is a family tradition that he was a Scottish Puritan who sou g h t r efuge in England during the troublesome times consequent upon th e r ul e o f Charles II. He ended up being an extensive land-owner and wa s ch ose n a s one of the first selectmen in the first town meeting, 3 Ja n. 16 80. H e and his sons built a bridge for the town which was in use f or ma n y year s.
Occupation: Carpenter, Land-owner
Was the ancestor of 27th President William Howard Taft. | Taft, Robert (I3158)
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Was killed in the Great Swamp Fight in Narragansett by a shot from the c o mmand with which he was serving. In this battle over a thousand India n s and more than two hundred Englishmen were killed and wounded. | Power, Nicholas (I177287)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I168541)
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WATKINS, William (Lampard), a Patriarch in the Box Elder Stake of Zio n , i s a son of William Watkins and Hannah W. Lampard, and was born in I s l ingt on, London, Middlesex, England, Feb. 7, 1827. He was baptized in t o t he Ch urch by Jas. Albon in May, 1841, and his ordinations to the P ri esth ood ha ve been as follows: First a Teacher, then a Seventy in Apr il , 1844, by Jo s. Young, next a High Priest in March, 1863, by Lorenz o Sno w an d becomin g a Patriarch Nov. 7, 1896, being ordained to that o ffic e by Pr est. Loren zo Snow. The first missionary experience of Bro . Watki ns was i n 1841, whe n he went on an electioneering tour throug h Kentuck y in the i nterest of J oseph Smith's candidacy for President o f the Unit ed States. In 1875 he pe rformed a special mission to England . His activi ty in ecc lesiastical wor k is attested to by these facts: H e has bee n a teacher i n Sabbath school, president of an Elders Quorum f or ten yea rs, a High Co uncilor in Box El der Stake, a counselor to Pres . Rudger Cl awson of the B ox Elder Stake pre sidency from 1879 to 1899 , and since 18 96 has served a s a Patriarch in th at Stake. The record o f his civil pos itions is as fol lows: City councilma n and recorder of B righam City an d treasurer and sel ectman of Box Elder C ounty and some m inor offices. H is chief occupation s have been school teac hing and merc handising. Fo r a period of thirty ye ars he worked as secreta ry and tre asurer of wha t is now the Brigham Cit y Mercantile and Manufactu ring As sociation. Eld er Watkins married Mary E. Hammond Dec. 4, 1844 an d he to ok to wife Tea h Jensine Johnson, July 13, 1867. He is father of tw ent y children, fifte en of whom are living, an d he has eighty-four grandc h ildren and twent y great grandchildren. In 18 42 he emigrated to Americ a, s ettling in Nau voo, Illinois (where he was i n 1844, at the time o f the Pro phet Josep h Smith’s martyrdom). He came t o Utah in 1852 and l ocated in Sa lt Lak e county, where he remained till 1 861, when he wen t to Brigham city, Bo x Elder county, and has resided the re ever since.
Sourece: Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation o f B i o graphical sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Je su s Ch ri st of Latter-day Saints. Andrew Jenson. BYU Library, BX8670.J4 51 b v.2, p. 62
WILLIAM LAMPARD WATKINS - by son Joseph H. Watkins, 24 July 1946
This is a brief sketch of the life of William Lampard Watkins from t h e t i me he arrived in Salt Lake Valley, Sept 1852, until his death whi c h occ ur red 18 September 1911 in Brigham City.
William Lampard Watkins and his family, together with his parents an d t h r ee brothers arrived in Salt Lake Valley in September 1852, and se ttl e d o n or near Little Cottonwood Creek, near Salt Lake City. His par en t s an d 3 brothers went on to Brigham City, and lived in the annex o f t h e Old F ort. William and family remained near Salt Lake City unti l Mar c h 1861, w hen Brigham Young called him to go to Brigham City an d assis t P resident S now to organize the United Order, as it was firs t called . H e became it' s first secretary and continued until its disor ganizatio n, a period of 3 0 years.
Prior to moving to Brigham City, he taught school in Salt Lake Cit y a n d v icinity. I have heard him say that he taught school with onl y a co p y o f the Deseret News, and a text book. I am sure the newspape r was n o t a l arge one, as I have a copy of number one, Vol. one, and i t is on l y abou t 8 by 10 inches and has six leaves. He taught school i n Brigh a m City, b eing one of the earliest teachers.
When the city was incorporated he was its first Recorder.
He was also field water master and rode the field on horseback. Eve n w i t hout the use of one leg, he could do any kind of manual labor . I ha v e be en told by several of his associates, that he was one of th e stron ge st me n with his arms they had ever seen.
After the United Order was changed and became the Merchandise and Manu f a c turing Assoc. he was retained as its secretary. He had a way of h i s o w n in keeping books, and in 1875 Brother Snow had him go on a miss io n t o E ngland and put two of his own children (Oliver and Ida Snow) i n t he o ffic e, but in less than seven months Brother Snow sent for Will ia m to re tur n home as the business was not going so well. When he go t bac k it to ok a bout two months to get the books straightened out.
His real estate holdings were not very extensive. He had a 23 acr e f a r m near Perry, which we boys used to work, and with his clerical w or k ma d e him a fair living for those days, but he surely earned all h e re ceive d. Aside from his teaching school he did much volunteer work . Fo r 1 0 o r 12 years he was prompter for all the old theaters. As he c oul d onl y ge t one book, he would take a roll of fools-cap paper and co py a ll th e part s for each actor, and then acted as prompter, and atten ded a s man y as fou r rehearsals each week.
A the Dedication of the Brigham City Library, 27 Feb 1898, Pres. Lor e n z o Snow offered the Dedicatory Prayer, Benediction was pronounce d b y P at riarch William L. Watkins.
William was Brigham City's 4th school teacher, and was called to thi s c o u nty for that purpose on 12 Mar 1861, by Lorenzo Snow. During th e win t e r of 1861-62, and for a number of years after, he taught schoo l in t h e do wnstairs east room of the Court House Mr. Watkins was assis ted i n th e sch ool room by his daughters Susan and Maria, who conducte d class es fo r th e small children.
The school hours were from 9 until 12, and from 1 until 4 with reces s m o r ning and afternoon. The curriculum consisted of reading, writing , spe l li ng and grammar. Night school was conducted for the benefit o f the ol d e r people and many men spent their evenings there, learning t o write a n d g etting a knowledge of the four basic processes in arithme tic.
At that time there were no graded schools and children of all ages w e r e i n the same room. Try to imagine 60 pupils, ranging in age fr o m 6 t o 18 y ears, seated on long slabs without backs --say 6 or 8 o n a s eat, n o desk s and no particular order of arrangement--each studyi ng fro m any k ind o f book he could get, and each reciting his lesson wh en lear ned. Wh en on e lesson was Completed, another was assigned him fo r the ne xt day.
In 1867, he increased his family by marrying Teah Johnson. Aunt Tea h , a s we used to call her, brought him seven more children that gre w t o m anho od and womanhood, and when added to the eleven children my m othe r ha d, ma de quite a number of mouths to feed. He was a very firm a nd lo vin g fathe r, and reared a large posterity. His last words to me j ust be for e he die d were as follows: "Joseph, I haven't accumulated muc h prope rt y or finan ces, but I have been blessed of the Lord to be abl e to car e fo r my famil y the best I could, and they are all in the chur ch, and O h, Lo rd, wha t a great blessing."
In politics he never took much part, only voted the Democratic ticke t a f t er the Peoples party took on the Democratic side. In recreation h e w a s i n for clean sports, and he liked to dance, although one of hi s leg s w as c rippled. His Ecclesiastical work was without fault. Up t o the t im e o f his death he was always active in the Priesthood work an d held m an y off ices, such as quorum president, ward clerk, High Counci lman duti es, and i n the Presidency of the Stake until his hearing got b ad. His ey e sight re mained good. He was often called upon to read som e scripture f r om the Bi ble from the pulpit and could do so without th e use of glasse s. He was o rdained a Patriarch 7 November 1896 by Presid ent Lorenzo Snow . This offi ce he held until his death.
The above sketch is very brief, but will give a few thoughts to contem p l a te. In conclusion, I wish to say that I have tried in my weak wa y t o e mu late his splendid example. I know that my posterity has a ver y gre a t an d noble progenitor in the person of William Lampard Watkins . I a m g lad t o be one of his sons.
Father died 18 September 1911, aged 84 years, 7 months, and ll days.
He was a very gifted public speaker and was often called upon to give P u b lic orations on the 4th of July and similar occasions.
I found this article written by father in an old notebook. It was s o b l u rred and rubbed out that I had to use a strong magnifying glass t o re a d i t:
THE PROPHET JOSEPH SMITH BY WILLIAM LAMPARD WATKINS
It was early in the spring of 1843 that I first saw the Prophet Jose p h S m ith in Nauvoo. I was then 16 years of age and was thoroughly conv in ce d t hat he was a Prophet of the Lord. From that time until his mart yrd o m, I heard him frequently in his public addresses to the saints.
He was always listened to with the greatest attention and had the conf i d e nce and love of nearly all the saints.
He was a fine, noble appearing man naturally, and when he spoke wi t h t h e power and inspiration of the Holy Ghost, his words made stron g im pres si ons as to the truth of those who heard them from him.
He was subject to harassing by the mobbers of Missouri who were consta n t l y trying to get him back into Missouri to gratify their hatred.
Some of the closest pretended friends turned traitors which finall y l e d t o his martyrdom, together with his brother Hyrum in Carthage ja il.
William Lampard Watkins immigrated to the United States from Englan d , w h ere he was a school teacher. In the United States he had a simil a r prof es sion, teaching reading, writing, and math.
William had polio as a Child and one leg was crippled and didn't gr o w n o rmally. For this reason, he walked with a limp all of his life.
He moved to the United States because he converted to the LDS religi o n . Brigham Young sent William to settle Brigham City. He was also cal l e d t o manage the Brigham City Co-op. The Co-op was where people coul d t ra de t hings with other peope for what they needed. Farmers might br in g fr uits, vegetables and grains for wool or an animal or something el s e tha t the y needed and others would trade their items as well. It hel pe d ever yone o btain the things that they needed. He also kept the reco rd s for th e co-op. He was known as an honest man and was well respected .
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF WILLIAM LAMPARD WATKIN S
FROM HIS BIRTH UNTIL HIS ARRIVAL IN UTAH ON SEPTEMBER 12TH, 1852
William Lampard Watkins, son of William Watkins and Hannah Maria Lamp a r d, born in Islington, London, England, February 7, 1827.
At about two years of age I was paralyzed through the carelessne s s o f a n urse, having been exposed too long in the fields on the wet g ra ss. I los t the use of my right leg from the hip joint down.
From eight years of age until fourteen, I attended the Brewers Schoo l , b e ing the gift of endowment of Lady Owens on St. Johns road, Isling to n, L on don. During my boyhood I attended church with my parents, know n a s Irv ing ites, on Sunday mornings and Sunday school in the afternoon s wi th th e Wes leyans.
On leaving school I became acquainted with the Latter-day Saints , a n d i n the month of May, Whitson Sunday, with the consent of my pare n t s I wa s baptized by James Albon, and confirmed by Lorenzo Snow. By t h e c lose o f the year my parents and sister were baptized. On the 22n d o f May, 1842, my sister, Emma Watkins, died. In October, 1842, my pare nts , mys elf, an d two young brothers, Joseph and Henry, aged four and t wo y ears, left ou r home for Liverpool to sail with the company of Saint s lea vin g that mont h for American shores in the ship Emerald under th e car e of P arley P. Pra tt.
We had a stormy passage, were ten weeks on the ocean. My mother me t w i t h an accident in her hurry to escape a storm, fell down the hatch wa y a n d fractured her thigh. She was attended to by Elder Pratt. I n a fe w da y s she was able to be on her feet, and on arriving at New Or leans w as qu it e well.
We took the steamboat, Goddess of Liberty, to St. Louis. Brother Pra t t a n d his family and his wife's sister, Olive Frost, left the boat t o t rav e l inland. Our journey up the Mississippi River was impeded, lon g be for e r eaching St. Louis, with floating ice which came within ver y littl e o f pre venting us reaching there. But after nine or ten days w e were s afel y land ed. We remained in St. Louis the [rest] of the winte r. I go t a sit uatio n in a store with a Mr. Severson. My parents, findi ng an ol d frien d who m they had assisted in London to emigrate previous ly, too k shelte r with t hem for awhile. Early in April, 1843, Lorenzo S now wit h a compan y of Sain ts came to St. Louis on a light draft boat , and th e river bein g just free d of ice. They were able to continue th eir journ ey to Nauvo o.
We made arrangements and followed as soon as possible. On reaching Nau v o o, my parents in connection with Samuel Smith bought five acres of l a n d ab out four miles south of Brother Abraham Hunsaker. My parents al s o bo ugh t some land in the prairies in what was known as Little Field . T hey b uil t [a] neat, comfortable house, thinking they were settled f or l ife an d ev erything seemed favorable for awhile.
We attended Sabbath meeting at Nauvoo and frequently heard the Proph e t J o seph Smith and Sidney Rigdon with others of the Apostles and lead er s ad dr ess the Saints. Nauvoo was flourishing, although the Saints we r e gener all y poor. They were exerting themselves to the utmost to bui l d the temp le.
The Prophet used to speak with great power and it seemed as if the r e w a s no end to his knowledge. Before the year was ended we found th e e nemi e s of the Saints were not dead, but were covertly seeking to br in g troub l e and persecution as they did in Missouri. Writs were issue d t o arres t th e Prophet, but he was surrounded by so many faithful bre thre n who we re wi lling to sustain him in the most critical and tryin g times . There w ere al so quite a number who were spreading dissentio n among th e people a nd wer e preaching false doctrine and stirring up s trife. Whe n they wer e taken t o task or reprimanded for their course wo uld get ang ry and reve ngeful.
It was getting on toward Presidential Election and the Prophet was anx i o u s to learn the feelings of those who were aspiring to that positio n a n d o pened up a correspondence but could get no satisfaction. In Jan uary , 1844, a meeting was called to consider the best course for the Sai n t s to tak e in the coming election. Two candidates were in the field , b u t neither o f them friendly toward the Saints and it was conclude d to h av e an indepen dent ticket with Joseph Smith as the choice for pr esident . A fter which th e Prophet wrote out his views on the powers an d policie s o f the governmen t of the United States. There was much poli tical agit atio n. Shortly afte r a great many of the brethren were calle d and sen t out t o spread the wor d, and conference appointed in the sev eral state s that t he Elders might g o and canvas and extend the views o f the Proph et in reg ard to present con ditions as well as to preach th e Gospel.
Being one of the number, after waiting sometime for my companion, an d f i n ding that he did not respond, I on foot to Warsaw twenty miles fr om N au vo o. When near Golden Point a man with a team overtook me and in vite d m e t o ride, which I readily accepted. We soon got into conversat ion a n d I fou nd him to be very bitter in his feelings. He said, "Joe S mith w il l neve r occupy the presidential seat, before he gains the elec tion h e wi ll be k illed." He, however, cooled down and I rode with hi m to nea r Wars aw. He i nvited me to the house and I remained with him o ver nigh t and ha d suppe r and breakfast. The next morning I went down t o the Lev ee. No bo at bein g in sight, I concluded to go to Quincy wher e there wou ld be a be tter cha nce for a boat. Arriving at Quincy just a s a boat cam e down th e river. I went on board and took passage to St. L ouis. Her e I found a n umber o f my old friends and some of my London ac quaintance s. I was delay ed her e a week on account of a misfortune caus ed by the b reaking of th e instrum ent that I wore on my right leg to en able me to w alk. It wa s a difficul t matter to get it repaired as I ha d outgrown it.
I was on my way to Kentucky but had to call, in order to fill a promi s e , at Caladonia in the south of Illinois, so I took a boat to Cair o a t t h e mouth of the Ohio River. On landing here I found it was eight ee n mil e s to Caladonia. The road was but little traveled as it was a t im e of hi g h waters and the bayous were full so that the usual route wa s i mpassabl e. The country was heavily timbered without much settlemen t an d I had t o f ollow such tracks as I could find, which eventuall y I (wa s lost) enti rel y on account of the water in places that submerg ed the l and. I wander ed t ill night when I had to lie down on a falle n tree to r est for the ni ght, it being cloudy weather with a fine rai n falling al l the time. Th e mosq uitos were awful. I had been deceive d by what I tho ught was the ba rking o f a dog, but as the bark came fro m other quarter s I gave it up.
Next morning I got around with much difficulty, but came onto a tra v e l ed road through the woods. I did not know which course to take so c on cl ud ed to wait for awhile. I did not wait long before a man with a t ea m ca m e along and I learnedm him that I was farther from the plac e I wis h e d to go than when I started from Cairo. He took me to the pla ce to wh i c h he was traveling, he said it was a good road from there on . The la n d la dy at the hotel was very kind, got me some liniment to ba the my an kl es an d wrists where the mosquitos had done their work, an d I rested f o r the da y. The next morning I started out and found a Bro ther Compto n an d family, and at a short distance from them, another fam ily of Saint s, b ut the fa mily I was endeavoring to find for Brother Hu nsaker had go ne o n to Kentuc ky. I went to the river and waited for a b oat to come t o th e landing. On e came along and I went on board, but co uld make no ar range ments with th e captain to take me to Louisville . I immediately sta rted t o Lexington, t raveling on foot and doing wha t I could in the wa y of adve rtising my busi ness, expecting when I go t to Lexington to ge t further in struction. In th is I was again disappo inted, so I had to d o the best I c ould alone.
I found my friends willing to listen and conversed on the political si t u a tion although I was in a slave state. The question of slavery as ad vo ca te d in the views of the document I carried found great favor. I wa s e njo yin g myself tolerably well, for when I got weary there was alway s on e t o ass ist me and give me courage until one day near Georgetow n I beca me p erfect ly dark in my mind and quite discouraged. I sought t o overcom e thi s feeli ng leaning on the Lord for help, but could not co ntinue . As i t were, a voice made an impression on my mind to go t o C inci nnati. A boa t had just come up the river and docked. I steppe d on bo ar d and the firs t person I met was Elder George J. Adams. Bein g very we l l acquainted wit h him I told him freely of my feelings. He s aid, "Brot he r William, I hav e sorrowful news. Our Prophet and our Patr iarch wer e mur dered in Carthag e Jail and I am now on a mission to noti fy the eld ers t o return home imme diately."
The same day I got on a boat and went to St. Louis and from ther e t o o k boat to Nauvoo. It was a serious and trying time. Few of the el der s h a d yet arrived and the condition of the Saints was mournful in t he e xtre me. Our enemies were rejing in what had been done, yet full o f fear . His tory, of course, gives a full account of these perilous time s.
Sidney Rigdon, one of Joseph Smith's counselors who had gone to Pit t s b urgh, hastened home on hearing of the martyrdom of the Prophet an d wi t h s ome of his friends sought to influence the people to appoint h im a s g uard ian to build up therch to Joseph, but few of the Twelve ha d arr i ved a nd John Taylor was suffering from the wounds he had receive d at t h e tim e of the martyrdom.
A meeting was appointed for August 8th by which time Brigham You n g a n d most of the other apostles had returned home. It was at this me et in g Si dney Rigdon made a lengthy and tedious speech presenting his c lai ms, tell ing the people what werful things he had planned for them . I t w as a so lemn time, for he was a man who on account of his experie nc e an d talent s had been sustained as Joseph's counselor by the people , a lthou gh contra ry to the Prophet's wish for some time past, but th e dark ness w as soon di spelled, for Brigham Young explained before th e peopl e on tha t day, the o rder of the Priesthood. He was filled wit h the powe r of th e Holy Ghost. H e stood before the people as the Proph et Joseph S mith oft en had done an d we heard the voice of the true shep herd, for h e spoke wi th the voice o f Joseph. His manner and appearanc e were like u nto Joseph' s and it was ma nifested to all those present u pon whom the r esponsibilit y rested to carr y on the work of God and lea d the Saints.
I sat in that assembly and did not realize for a time but th a t I w a s still listening to the Prophet Joseph, so great and marvelou s w as th e m anner in which the manifestation before the entire congrega tio n was m ade, that when the proposn was placed before the people to de cid e wh om t hey would sustain as the leader of the Church, the Twelve A post les w ith B righam Young as their president were almost unanimousl y susta ined. This c ircumstance, although the Saints were in deep troubl e and fi lle d with sor row for the condition in which they were placed b rough t a grea t relief an d gave joy to the Saints for they realized tha t Go d was stil l mindful o f them.
Soon after my return home I went to live with John Hammond at Gol d e n P oint to assist him and learn basket making. On December 4, 184 4 , I ma rrie d his daughter Mary Almina. I bought an old log house in t h e neighbo rhoo d of John Carson. Dug the year 1845 the enemies of the S ai nts con tinue d their annoyances. We had to keep guards out at night t o k eep trac k of t hem and prevent depredations. I took my turn regularl y, s tanding g uard, l eaving my wife alone during my absence. Finall y a treat y was mad e that al l the Saints should leave Nauvoo.
During the winter of 1845-46 endowments were given in the Tem p l e i n a hurried manner, commencing with the leading authorities, an d we r e not ified by quorums. I was a member of the 6th quorum of Sevent y an d r eceive d my notice to attendt I was just taken down with a viole nt fe v er an d unable to respond. As soon as I was able I arranged to g o to Na uv oo t o get my endowments. I procured a team, and when about ha lf way o n t he jo urney, met some returning who stated that endowments h ad to dis cont inue b ecause of the excitement then raging.
My parents received their endowments in the [Nauvoo] Temple on th e 1 1 t h day of October 1845. My daughter, Mary Ann, was born early in t he s pr in g of 1846. I with my family and my father-in-law with his fami ly cr oss e d the Mississippi Rivento Iowa.
My parents, in the company of Bishop David Evans, crossed the riv e r a n d went to Garden Grove and made preparations for others to follo w . We a l l sought employment in order to get means to travel and contin u e on ou r j ourney. Through the ler part of the summer we camped near B on apart e, o n the Des Moines River, and engaged in clearing a piece o f lan d. Thi s wa s a very unhealthy location but we stayed there until w e coul d endur e i t no longer. It was here that we all came down with th e feve r with th e ex ception of my wife and her mother. In this conditio n, we m oved up t o th e higher land to a place called Utica. This countr y was bu t sparsel y seal ed. Here we found an empty log cabin into whic h we enter ed for she lter. O n Sept. 29, our little daughter died. It wa s necessar y for me t o be bolst ered up in a one-horse wagon in order fo r me to g o out and fin d help to b ury the little one. The country was v ery broke n with few inha bitants, an d it was some time before I could f ind the ne cessary assistan ce.
As soon as we were able to travel we went into the timber country . H e r e a family by the name of Dunn was building a new house. Mr. Dun n off er e d us a chance to occupy his old house for the balance of the w inte r i f w e would assist him inlding his new one. This offer was gladl y ac c epte d. We had to live in a tent and in a covered wagon until th e Dunn s m ove d out. This was not so desirable as we frequently had to c lear aw ay t he s now in the morning before we could make a fire, and som etimes w e ha d to d o without a fire at all.
Just before spring a Brother Clinger, his wife and his wife's par e n t s came along. His wife's parents were old acquaintances of my fathe r- in -l aw in the early days of the church, so we took Brother Clinger a n d hi s wi fe into our room althh there was barely room for us to turn a ro un d. H e used to make butter ladles and other notions from box elde r woo d. The n for some reason he reported to Mr. Dunn that we were damag ing mu c h of h is timber in our selection suitable for basket work. Mr . Dunn ca m e to u s very much excited over the matter. My father-in-la w took Mr. D un n aroun d and showed him where we had cut the trees and t hat was all w e h ad done. He was more surprised at Brother Clinger's sta tements to hi m af ter he h ad been so kindly treated by us. This natural ly resulted i n Brot her Cling er finding a new location.
In the spring, as soon as the frost was out of the ground and the fe e d w a s good enough, we continued on our journey to Council Bluffs. W e ar riv e d there early in July and located on a branch of Little Pigeo n als o kno w n as Allred's camp. Here we found my brother-in-law Josep h Hammon d an d fa mily, and his wife's parents and relatives, all prepar ing to le ave f or th e valley next spring. We took our squatters' right s on some l and, b uil t a number of log cabins, and went into basket mak ing and a li ttle fa rmin g in order to obtain an outfit for future trave ling.
The Saints had gathered here quite rapidly. Kanesville was the prin c i p al location, with Apostle Orson Hyde presiding. We found a good mar k e t fo r our baskets, and made frequent trips down the Missouri with th e m i n exc hange for such things we needed. We even employed brother Luc i u s Bingh am to take several loads and sell them on commission.
My father was taken very ill while he was in Garden Grove, and wa s t a k en down to Marysville, Missouri by a number of Saints going there . I t w a s thought by some that my father was dead, but Bishop Evans sai d i t wa s n ot so and through theercise of faith and prayer he finally r ecov er ed.
My father-in-law, his daughter Sarah, and myself, in 1848, went i n t o M issouri and camped on the Dodoway River for a short time making b as ke ts. It was only twenty miles from the place where my parents wer e s o I c onc luded to go out and sehem. In those days twenty miles seem e d a lon g di stance. After walking about six miles I came to where the r e was a gr ocer y store, a few scattered houses and also a saloon. I fo un d a man her e wh o said he would be glad of company, and I was gla d o f a chance to ri de. T he man however, hung around the store occasion all y drinking with hi s frie nds. He became very drunk and did not kno w wha t he was doing. The y put hi m into his wagon and gave me the direc tion s to where he lived, a nd I drov e the team to his home. His famil y wer e glad when I brought hi m home safe ly and I remained with them ov ernigh t. The next morning afte r breakfas t I started on my way to Marys ville . I had gone only a few mil es when wh o should I meet but my paren ts an d my brothers. They were movi ng to St. J oseph, Missouri. It did n ot tak e much persuading to have the m go to our c amp on the Dodoway. Th ey rema ined with us until we made rea dy to return h ome, and they final ly decid ed to come with us to Little Pi geon. They sett led in another g rove jus t a short distance from us, fence d in a nice piec e of timber , and buil t a log cabin. On August 80, 1848, my daughter Susa n Elizabet h was born.
This new location was ideal for the Saints to prepare for their co m i n g long journey. Traders going to California made a fine market fo r a l l th e corn we could raise and it brought a good price. A great man y be ga n t o make improvements andch business was done in Painsville. W e we r e get ting along very well and the people in general were satisfie d wi t h the lo cation. I was engaged in a little farming, teaching schoo l, a n d preparin g for the trip to the Valley. My wife's parents secure d an o ut fit and sta rted west in the Spring of 1850. My daughter Louis a was bo r n August 10, 1 853.
To Salt Lake City
In 1851 the missionaries were sent by President Young urging the Sa i n t s to hasten on to Salt Lake. Apostle Benson was laboring in our vic in it y, and it was finally decided to vacate [p.394] Council Bluffs comp let e l y and in one solid unitave for Salt Lake in the Spring. I immedia t e l y began work on building a wagon. This I did from my own timber, a n d i n t he spring it brought me with my family and father's family acro s s th e pla ins. When we left, my brother Henry drove my team and we tra ve led i n a gr oup of ten. William White was captain.
We had with us a large number of cattle, and a Brother Stanley, ow n i n g the greatest number, caused some dissatisfaction because of the b ur d e n imposed on the rest of the company. We came close to losing mos t o f t he m when we attempted toss the Platte River at the South Fork. T h e r ive r was full of quicksand and the frightened cattle were more th a n onc e cau ght in a strong eddy and taken down stream. My brother Henr y , seein g on e of my stock losing ground, caught him by the horns and l e d him ou t of t he herd, thus saving him. The men forced most of the ca tt le acros s with l ong poles. It was a miracle we saved as many as we d id , and ther e was gre at rejoicing when we reached the other side. We w er e all thankf ul to Go d and we gave great praise to Henry for the ris k h e had made o n his own l ife in order to save the stock. He was the n onl y in his 15t h year.
We continued our journey for several days without a mishap, but o n e n i ght, while hurrying to our next camping grounds, we had a seriou s s tamp ed e. We were close to the river and it was very dark. My wago n wa s secon d i n line and in it wery two little children. My wife was o n foo t. Wa gon s were coming in all directions and it was only a miracl e the y turne d fro m the river bank and ran to the hills over deep gulli es whi ch looke d as i f it would be impossible for teams with wagons t o cross . It woul d have be en very disastrous had they gone to the rive r as th e banks wer e perpendic ular.
My team ran in this wild manner until they were exhausted. When t h e y b egan to slow down I slipped down between them and loosened them f r o m th e wagon tongue and they ran off. I then went into the wagon an d ma d e a li ght. It was not long bre other lights were to be seen scatt er e d about. It took a long time to find all the company. Henry was foun d l y ing i n a ravine. He was very badly injured internally, as a wago n ha d pa ssed o ver him crossing his body from the shoulders to the hip s on t he op posit e side. Blood passed from him for several days. My wif e had b een kn ocke d down and her apron torn from her, but she sustaine d nothin g more s eriou s than a grazed head. We were compelled to lay b y for a fe w days t o repai r wagons and to gather our scattered stock to gether. Hen ry was i n great p ain for several days, and it was necessar y for us to c onstruc t a hammoc k in our wagon in order to carry him.
We had a few cases of cholera in the company, and two deaths. O n t h e c rossing of Bear River, Sept. 5, 1852, my daughter Sophronia wa s bor n. A t this time my parents remained with us with their team; the r es t o f th e company continued on the valley. On the seventh day of Sept . , m y wif e's father came to meet us with a horse team, and as soon a s po ssib le w e continued our journey. We arrived at my father-in-law' s hom e on Li ttl e Cottonwood on the 12th of Sept., late in the evening , thu s bringin g t o an end our search for a home for life.
Source: Our Pioneer Heritage | Watkins, William Lampard (I20672)
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We are paying a special tribute to our eldest brother, Walker Duncan Ste w art, who was only here on this earth for fourteen years. He left to g o t o the Celestial Kingdom to prepare a place for our family.
Walker was born 21 May 1918. at Hinckley, Millard, Utah. Delna was 4 ye a rs old and Norma was 3 years old. He was blessed and named at churc h o n 27 June 1918, by his father, George Lyle Stewart. He was such a bea utif ul baby with black hair and big blue eyes. He was a very obedient c hil d who brought much happiness to his parents and sisters. When he ha d hi s 8th birthday he was baptized 5 June 1926, by Robert E. Robinson, S r, an d confirmed by his father, George L. Stewart.
He was a very hard working child, started elementary school at age 6 yr s . and received such good grades. Graduated from the 8th grade 5 May 19 35 .
Walker was so thrilled to receive the Aaronic Priesthood and be ordain e d a Deacon by his father, George L. Stewart, 9 Nov 1930. He entered t h e 9th grade in high school in September and was having so much fun. I n t he fall he came home late one day and ran down to the farm to get th e cow s to herd them home to be milked. It was really cold and he ha d a hard t ime getting them all together, he caught cold and it develope d into pneum onia in his lungs. The doctors were called and they put hi m in bed and p ut him on oxygen. He continued to get worse, and there wa s no penicilli n or drugs to fight pneumonia in those days. He was kep t on oxygen for t wo weeks. He was burned up with fever which stayed a t 106 degrees for t he two weeks. Finally the decision had to be made . The oxygen had to b e turned off, which was the only thing that was ke eping him alive. His l ungs were burnt up, so we gave our consent to th e doctor to turn off th e oxygen. Oh, our great sorrow. We are all brok en hearted. He died 2 9 Nov 1932 at age 14 years.
Walker had such a beautiful, clear, pretty singing voice and sang li k e a nightingale. One of the days just before he died, he sat up in be d a nd sang "Moonlight and Roses". It was so beautiful that Mom and Da d coul d never hear this song again without crying. Another son, who wa s the fo urth son, was born much like Walker. They named him Duane Walke r Stewar t after his brother.
Mom and Dad always said that Duane had come to take the place of Walke r s o that he could leave and advance in another kingdom. We are gratefu l t o our Father in Heaven for our Elder brother, Walker. | Stewart, Walker Duncan (I33425)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I142701)
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Wendy Nelson Maxfield, the Child of Nelson and the late Dantzel Whit e N e l son, died peacefully at her home Friday afternoon after a battl e wit h c an cer, according to Irene Caso, media relations manager with t he chu rch.
"We express our love to the entire Nelson and Maxfield family as the y r e m ember her life and mourn her passing," Caso said in a statement.
Maxfield, 67, was married to Norman Maxfield. Together, they had sev e n c h ildren and 20 grandchildren.
Maxfield is one of nine daughters and a son born to the Nelsons. Her s i s t er, Emily Nelson Wittwer, died in January 1995 at age 37 of metasta t i c ca ncer, according to an obituary published in the Deseret News. | Nelson, Wendy (I152736)
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Wessex Monarch. Born the son of Egberht, King of Wessex and Rudberga. Al t ernate name spelling is Aethelwulf. He served as Sub-king of Kent, Esse x , Sussex and Surrey between 825 and 828. About 830 he married Osburg a o f Hampshire with whom he had at least seven children. He succeeded t o th e title of King of Wessex in February 839 upon the death of his fath er. H e continued wars against invading Danes until 851 when an allianc e with M ercia secured a victory over the Danish at Aclea. He betrothed h is daught er to King Burgred of Mercia in 853 and in 855 made a pilgrimag e to Rome . He donated gold chalices and silver candelabras to the clerg y at St. Pe ter's Basilica. Upon his return in 856 he married for a secon d time to Ju dith, daughter of Charles I of France and changed the statu s of English Q ueens. Before his reign, queens in England did not hold a n official title , however, due to his new wife's status as a descenden t of Charlemagne sh e was officially made his queen. Following his retur n to England, his old est surviving son, Ethelbald conspired to oppose Et helwulf's resumption o f his throne, the pair, however, reached an unders tanding in which Ethelb ald was given western Wessex, while Ethelwulf kep t central and eastern We ssex. He died two years later and was succeede d by Ethelbald. During th e English civil war, Parliamentarian soldiers v iolated his grave and smas hed the windows of the cathedral with the bone s from the royal graves. Wi th the restoration of the monarchy, the scatt ered bones were gathered u p and placed in the present mortuary chests. | Wessex, Æthelwulf King of Wessex (I13564)
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When Andrew Jackson migrated to Nashville, Tennessee in 1788, he boa r d e d with Rachel Stockley Donelson, the mother of Rachel Donelson Roba rd s. S hortly after, they married in Natchez, Mississippi, believing tha t h e r hu sband had obtained a divorce. As the divorce had never been co mple te d, th eir marriage was technically bigamous and therefore invalid .[2 ] His torian s found that a friend of Lewis Robards had planted a fak e ar ticl e in hi s own newspaper, saying that the couple's divorce had b een f inali zed. Th e Jacksons later found out about Robards' action in p lantin g th e article, and that he had never Completed the divorce. Later , Rache l en sured th e divorce was Completed.[citation needed] She and J ackson r emarr ied in 17 94. | Family: President Andrew Jackson, Jr / Rachael Donelson (F30505)
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When Baroness Abergavenny Mary Stafford was born on 3 February 149 5 , i n A bergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, her father, Edward Stafford 3 r d Duk e o f Buckingham, was 17 and her mother, Eleanor Percy, was 21. S h e marri ed S ir George Neville 5th Baron Bergavenny KG in June 1519, i n A bergaven ny, M onmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the par ent s of at le as t 3 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 17 December 1545 , i n her hometow n, at the age of 50. | Stafford, Mary Baroness Abergavanney (I9205)
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When I was 13 or 14 my father Loyal Bain Cook was on his way to Denv e r f o r a business meeting. His plane went down in the Boulder Mountai n s o f Co lorado. | Cook, Loyal Bain (I5333)
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When Mother would let me I would go stay with Thelma Woolley and in wint e rs we would coast up and down the hills, using tubs and boilers. We'd r id e ponies up and down the hill and with boys along we had great fun . I lea ned to dance with atick on the Woolly's wooden floor. Thelma's ol der sist er, Adrianne, was a natural born dance teacher. Brother Woolle y had to dr ive some cattle to a ranch high up in Cub Canyon and he invit ed me to g o with. I wondered why Thelma and I had a special invitation ? Father didn 't like us going off like that he wanted us home nights but , after talkin g it over with Brother Woolley, he agreed and we went o n a Friday afterno on after school.
Brother Woolley had a team of horses hooked on the buckboard and the thr e e of us rode on the seat in front until the cows became balky, then I h a d to drive the horses while the other two got out to drive the cows. W e w ent across the river and up the dug way in the dark with me drivin g o n a road I had never seen, a creek on one side and a mountain on th e othe r. I was terrified! One time I was too close to the edge of the cr eek, Br other Woolley yelled, Pull to your left! Pull to your Left! I cou ldn't pu ll too far because of the mountain. i didn't want to drive u p a mountai n without a road. At last we reached the top where his cabi n was. We miss ed Sunday School, but got back in time for school Monday m orning.
The next summer Thelma and I wanted to drive over the mountain with s o me friends. We used my Dad's old horses, my brother's new harness and h e r father's new buckboard he had just bought. They hooked us up that wa y a nd we started out earlye morning. We got clear up to the cliffs in Cu b Ca nyon and Alene, my city cousin, offered to help me unhook the horse s whil e the other girls made the fire and cooked supper. She turned to m e and a sked What do I do? Unbutton the buckles I replied and started t o unfaste n the buckles that were suppose to be unfastened on my side. Th at cousi n of mine, not knowing anything about horses, unbuckled every bu ckle on h er side and she did a good job too, everyone of them was undone .
When I tried to hook up in the morning it was impossible. No man livi n g I don't think could have put that harness back together except an ol d t imer. How I longed for Dad. We walked a good mile and a half before w e fo und anyone. We saw a boying in a field and we told him our problem a nd h e came with us to fix the harness.
I hadn't drive very far on the way up over the mountain until I reali z ed something was wrong, but I couldn't tell what it was. There was no t ur ning back there was no place to turn around. I thought we'd meet someo n e for sure but we didn't.t cross the mountain and went down the other s id e to Paris.
We were passing a blacksmith shop and the owner was watching us. He c o uld tell at a glance what was wrong. The reins were twisted and all tur ne d the wrong way. When I pulled one rein the horses would go together , whe n I pulled the other reey went separate ways. He said, You girls co uldn' t have driven over that mountain with those reins fixed that way. I t's fu nny you weren't killed. We had a glorious time on that trip but wh en I go t home and tried to explain to Dad he saw to it that I knew how t o hook a nd unhook a team of horses.
Stella Thomas, taught our Mutual Class the next year and she took u s o ver the same canyon to spend a week on the shores of Bear Lake. We tr avel ed an old wagon road to the top of the mountain and there through a n open ing of the pines I sawtiful meadow filled with Columbines. That be auty ha s stayed in my mind over sixty hears along with the sight that cr ossed m y eyes as we drove down to Bear Lake. A lake bluer than the skie s and lon ger than my eyes could see. Oh it was beautiful.
We went out on a motor boat across the lake. I took pictures of the w h ole gang. We had a wonderful time but we had to go home sooner than w e ha d planed because we ran out of food. That last day we were really hu ngr y going down the mountainlly hungry. When we reached the cabin of Ste lla' s uncle in the lower part of Cub Canyon they invited us to have ho t brea d with milk and honey. I have never tasted anything better in my l ife, th an that honey comb and hot bread. We ate all six loaves in no tim e. She h ad to mix more for her own family.
(Source: Our Early Lives and Our Life Together, by Randall L Nielsen a n d Josie Neeley Geddes, privately printed Monroe, Utah 1978) | Woolley, Thelma Gaye (I166636)
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When we were in Kansas we met Melvin Greenwood who was with Chester at t h e time of his death.
He said a group of them soldiers were going to a party across the Lake a n d a friend had a boat. They all climbed into the boat and they went ac ro ss the lake. As they went into the other lake the wind was blowing an d i t turned the boat over. Chester could not swim and he and a girl wer e i n the water and they could not get them out. They both were drowned . I a nd Joseph, his brother were interested in how it happened. Lel a Graves . | Graves, Chester Long (I174022)
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While Joseph was a young man and father, marriage, birth and christe n i n g records list him being married to Nancy Thorley and living in Lan ca sh ir e England area.
I could fine no record of him for several years after that time peri o d b u t in 1841 he is listed in a household with his daughter and grand da ught e r in England. His occupation is listed as a carpenter and he i s 7 5 yea r s old.
As the entry for Joseph Threlfall now stands, he is listed as a capt a i n (being in Jamaica) and getting married and having a son there, als o d e at h date is 1820.
Could there be 2 Joseph Threlfalls that are being confused ?
To me, it looks like the Joseph Threlfall who is married to Nancy Tho r l e y did not go to Jamaica and died sometime after 1841. | Threlfall, Joseph (I110499)
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Who Was Davy Crockett?
Davy Crockett was a frontiersman who later became a folk hero. In 1813 , h e participated in a massacre against the Creek Indians at Tallushatch ee a nd later earned a seat in the 21st U.S. Congress. He was re-electe d to Co ngress twice before leaving politics to fight in the Texas Revolu tion. O n March 6, 1836, Crockett was killed at the Battle of the Alamo i n San An tonio, though the exact circumstances of his death have been th e subjec t of debate.
Early Life
Crockett was born as David Crockett on August 17, 1786, in Greene Count y , Tennessee. He was the fifth of nine children born to parents John an d R ebecca (Hawkins) Crockett.
Crockett's father taught him to shoot a rifle when he was just 8 years o l d. As a youngster, he eagerly accompanied his older brothers on huntin g t rips. But, when he turned 13, his father insisted that he enroll in s choo l. After only a few days of attendance, Crockett fought the class bu lly a nd was afraid to go back, fearing possible punishment or revenge. I nstead , he ran away from home and spent more than two years wandering wh ile hon ing his skills as a woodsman.
Just before he turned 16, Crockett went home and helped work off his fat h er's debt to a man named John Canady. After the debt was paid, he conti nu ed working for Canady. At just a day shy of 20, Crockett married Mar y Fin ley. The two would have two sons and a daughter before Mary died. C rocket t then wed Elizabeth Patton, and the couple had two children.
War of 1812
In 1813, after the War of 1812 broke out, Crockett signed up to be a sco u t in the militia under Major John Gibson. Stationed in Winchester, Tenn es see, Crockett joined a mission to seek revenge for the Creek Indians ' ear lier attack on Fort Mims, Alabama. In November of that year, the mi liti a massacred the Indians' town of Tallushatchee, Alabama.
When Crockett's enlistment period for the Creek Indian War was up, he re - enlisted, this time as a third sergeant under Captain John Cowan. Crock et t was discharged as a fourth sergeant in 1815 and went home to his fam il y in Tennessee.
Congressman Crockett
After returning home, Crockett became a member of the Tennessee State Ho u se of Representatives from 1821 to 1823. In 1825, he ran for the 19th U .S . Congress but lost.
Running as a supporter of Andrew Jackson in 1826, Crockett earned a se a t in the U.S. House of Representatives. In March 1829, he changed his p ol itical stance to anti-Jacksonian and was re-elected to the 21st Congre ss , though he failed to earn a seat in the 22nd Congress. He was, howeve r , elected to the 23rd Congress in 1833 .
(1931–)
Crockett's stint in Congress concluded in 1835, after his run for re-ele c tion to the 24th Congress ended in defeat.
Frontiersman and Folk Legend
During his political career, Crockett developed a reputation as a fronti e rsman that, while at times exaggerated, elevated him to folk legend sta tu s. While Crockett was indeed a skilled woodsman, his fame as a Hercule an , rebellious, sharpshooting, tale-spinning and larger-than-life woodsm a n was at least partially a product of his efforts to package himself a n d win votes during his political campaigns .
The strategy proved largely effective; his renown helped him defeat th e i ncumbent candidate in his 1833 bid for reelection to Congress.
Death at the Alamo and Controvers y
After Crockett lost the 1835 congressional election, he grew disillusion e d with politics and decided to join the fight in the Texas Revolution . O n March 6, 1836, he was believed to be killed at the Battle of the Al am o in San Antonio, Texas.
In a 1975 English translation, the memoirs of a Mexican officer named Jo s é Enrique de la Peña stated that Crockett and his comrades at arms wer e e xecuted, though they "died without complaining and without humiliatin g th emselves before their torturers."
Yet questions over the memoir, which was first published in 1955, have r i sen over the years, with some scholars disagreeing over the veracity o f t he account of Crockett's death. As a result, the exact circumstance s of h is demise at the Alamo remain the subject of debate.
Media Depictions
Crockett has enjoyed ongoing depictions in various media forms over th e d ecades. He was the subject of various books and almanacs as well a s a pla y during the 19th century.
He later entered the popular imagination of the 20th century due to a 19 1 6 movie and the 1950s Walt Disney TV series Disneyland, featuring acto r F ess Parker as Crockett in a number of episodes. The show and accompan yin g big-screen film cemented the frontiersman as an icon for many child ren , also inspiring a merchandising bonanza while creating new sets of f icti ons for historians to contend with. Crockett received more screen ti me vi a John Wayne's portrayal in the 1960 film The Alamo. | Crockett, David (I95151)
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Wife of Heavy Weight Champion of the world Jack Dempsey
"Beautiful & Devoted Mother, Grandmother and Friend"
"Tsa Tsa" | Piatelli, Deanna Rudin (I97894)
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Will:
Hope Angell wrote his will April 12, 1755, the will was presented in cou r t May 17 1759. This is a handwritten record transcribed, spelling erro r s not corrected unless needed, '?' by words I didn't know. A NOT index e d record at Ancestry in Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records , 15 82-1932.
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"In the Name of God Amen. In the Twelfth Day of April In the year of o u r Lord 1755 Hope Angell of Providence In the County of Providence In t h e Colony of Rhode Island Yeoman: being of perfect mind and memory Than k s be to God therefor: Calling to mind the mortality of my body and know in g that it is appointed for all men once to Die Do make and ordain thi s m y Last Will and Testament that is to say principally And first of al l I G ive and Recommend my soul into the hands of God that Gave it and fo r my b ody I recommend it to the Earth to be buried in a Christian Like a nd Dece nt Manner at the discretion of my executors Nothing Doubting bu t at the G eneral Resurrection I shall receive the same again by the almi ghty powe r of God, and as Touching Such worldly Estate where with it hat h please G od to bless me with in this Life: I give Devise and Dispose o f the Same i n the following manner and form.
Imprimis it is my Will and I Do order that in the first place all my ju s t Debts funeral charges be paid and satisfied and that my executors Hea r e after Named Render and pay to the Town Council or to the Heirs of m y br other James Angell all that belongs to my said brrothers Estate.
Item I Give my oldest Son Abiah all my wearing apparrell, one Stub Syt h o ne Draught yoke and one fifth part of my crosscut saw and the sixth p ar t of my lead pan.
Item I Give to my second son Oliver Angell (whom I Likewise constitute a n d make and ordain Together with my third son Elisha Angell to be Execut or s of this my Last will and Testament) one half of my logg chaine one h al f of Cartrope, One half of my Steal yards, one half of my iron brass , on e fifth part of my crosscutt Saw, call my horse Harness to Draw by , all o f my harrow teeth all my shoemakers tools and carpenters tools an d my ol d cooper tools, one pair of hand irons, one pair of Doggs all m y stock, s tock of Creaturs whatsoever excepting Two cowss and Twelve She ep, one Dra ught chain, one plow, one large Gallon bottle, one belmatt e ? or Celmatt e Skillit, one grind stone, one half of my cyder mill an d all my chists ? and other lumber not otherwise Disposed of on sixth pa rt of my lead pa n, my Loom and all my Stays belonging to my Loom.
Item I give unto my fourth Son Thomas Angell one third part of all my Mo n eys that is Due by bond and by note and of what I have in my chest, on e G un, one small chest collered?, one fifth part of my crosscutt Saw on e Six th part of my lead pan.
Item I give to my fifth. Son James Angell Two Thirds Parts of all my mon e y which is due by bond and note, and what I have in my chest, my new co op ers tools tow cows and twelve Sheep one plow and Two feather beds An d fur niture, all my pewter excepting one Large platter, all my brass iro n an d earthanware, one Trammil? one tongs one fire Slice one fifth par t of m y crosscut saw, one Sixth part of my lead pan one Draught chain
Item I Give to my Daughter Lydia young all that I have done for her Towa r ds building and other ways, and five Shillings in money which I Do here b y order my Executors to pay.
Item I Give to my Grand Daughter Ruth Hawkins one Large pewter platter , o ne case with Seven Bottles
And I Do hereby utterly Disavow Revoak and Disanull? all and every oth e r former Testaments Wills Legaceys and executors by me in any ways befo r e this Time Named Willed and bequeathed Ratefying and confirming this a n d no other to be my Last will and testament. In Witness thereof I hav e he rewith set my hand seal the day and year before mentioned. Signed se ale d published pronounced and declared by the said Hope Angell to be hi s las t will and testament in the presence of us the subscribers David Wi lkinso n, Jonathan Whipple, Nedebiah Angel l
At a Town Council held at Providence ye 15th day of May 1759 David Wilki n son, Jonathan Whipple and Nedebiah Angell appeared and declared on oat h t hat they saw the tester Mr Hope Angell Sign deal publish and declar e th e within written instrument to be his Last Will and Testament and th at th e tester was then in his perfect mind and memory and that while i n his pr esence set their hands thereto as witnesses and Oliver Angel wh o is the o nly surviving executor named in said will appeared and accepte d of the tr ust reposed in him where upon said will was by said council a pproved acce pted and allowed. | Angell, Hope (I30989)
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William Archibald Carter had substantial holdings in Early County, Geo r g i a. He owned sawmills, stores and other real estate. On Septembe r 1 , 1 90 3, he was involved in an altercation with one of his renters i n th e to w n of Rowena, Georgia. Will Talliaferro shot Carter in the hea d whi le His oldest son, William Alton watched helplessly. He succumbed t o hi s wo un d, September 4, 1903 in Arlington, Early County, Georgia
Will Talliferro, was charged with manslaughter for killing W A Carte r , h o wever his trial ended in a mistrial. The prosecution elected no t t o re tr y the case. | Carter, William Archibald (I168933)
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