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| Name |
Agnes Young |
| Birth |
22 Dec 1837 |
Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
27 Sep 1869 |
EHOUS |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWJ6-MN2 |
| Death |
10 Sep 1908 |
Perry, Box Elder, Utah, United States |
| Burial |
11 Sep 1908 |
Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States |
| Person ID |
I126665 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Family 1 |
David Bell Anthony, b. 10 Jun 1843, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland d. Abt 1866, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 22 years) |
| Marriage |
16 Sep 1859 |
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
| Divorce |
1869 |
Scotland |
| Children |
| | 1. William Howard Anthony, b. 10 Aug 1860, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 1 Sep 1940, Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States (Age 80 years) |
| + | 2. Robert Anthony, b. 18 Mar 1863, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 26 Jan 1929, Roy, Weber, Utah, United States (Age 65 years) |
| | 3. James Anthony, b. 10 Oct 1867, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. Apr 1868 (Age 0 years) |
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| Family ID |
F35070 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
3 Sep 2024 |
| Family 2 |
Angus McDonald, b. 23 May 1831, North Uist, Inverness-shire, Scotland d. 21 Mar 1909, Perry, Box Elder, Utah, United States (Age 77 years) |
| Marriage |
27 Sep 1869 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. Catherine McDonald, b. 10 Nov 1870, Perry, Box Elder, Utah, United States d. 23 Dec 1943 (Age 73 years) |
| | 2. Angus Alexander McDonald, b. 14 Feb 1872, Perry, Box Elder, Utah, United States d. 29 Nov 1946, Perry, Box Elder, Utah, United States (Age 74 years) |
| | 3. Jenette McDonald, b. 16 Dec 1873, Perry, Box Elder, Utah, United States d. 11 Dec 1889 (Age 15 years) |
| + | 4. Archibald McDonald, b. 11 Jun 1876, Perry, Box Elder, Utah, United States d. 23 Dec 1899, Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States (Age 23 years) |
| | 5. Agnes McDonald, b. 16 Mar 1878, Perry, Box Elder, Utah, United States d. 8 Apr 1920, Malad City, Oneida, Idaho, United States (Age 42 years) |
| | 6. John Thomas McDonald, b. 6 Apr 1882, Perry, Box Elder, Utah, United States d. 1883 (Age 0 years) |
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| Family ID |
F10739 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
3 Sep 2024 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 22 Dec 1837 - Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland |
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 | Marriage - 16 Sep 1859 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
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 | Divorce - 1869 - Scotland |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 27 Sep 1869 - EHOUS |
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 | Marriage - 27 Sep 1869 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Death - 10 Sep 1908 - Perry, Box Elder, Utah, United States |
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 | Burial - 11 Sep 1908 - Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States |
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| Notes |
- Agnes Young McDonald, a pioneer of Box Elder County Utah, was born in Re n frew, Scotland on the Dec. 22, 1838. (I have a discrepancy on the date. RA ) She was the daughter of Robert Young and Catherine Cunningham. Othe r c hildren in this family were: Annie, Thomas, (Also a Utah Pioneer), Ar chie , Janet, (A Utah pioneer) Margaret, and Agnes (The subject of this h istor y.
When Agnes was twenty years of age, she married David Anthony of Glasgo w , Scotland. On August 10, 1860, she gave birth to a son, William Howar d . David Anthony, her husband, contrary to the custom was three years yo un ger than his wife, and was 19. (If she was born in 1837, then she wa s 2 1 when she married David.RA)
For some time they resided in Glasgow or in the vicinity. About two yea r s after the birth of William, another son, Robert (Bob) was born. Duri n g the next four years they resided in Glasgow, Renfrew, and probably Ab er deen. David working probably in the former and latter places.
It seems that during the years 1866 and 1867 there was almost continuo u s dissension between Agnes and her husband. Near the end of 1867, the y we re divorced, having been married 7 years. In the midst of those year s o f turmoil another son, James, was born. He lived about six months .
Years before this, Janet, an older sister of Agnes, had married Angus Mc D onald, a Highlander of some repute as a swordsman. They had emigrate d t o America. An older brother, Thomas, also had emigrated to America. H e an d the McDonalds had finally located at Three Mile Creek, a region ly ing a bout midway between Brigham City and Willard in Box Elder County o f Utah . For several years, these people had been living the New World an d advis ing their relatives in Scotland to cross the Atlantic. As soon a s Angus a nd Janet heard of the divorce they wrote offering to pay the fa re of Agne s and her boys if they would come to Utah and live with them.
The McDonalds home was a house of three or four rooms with a porch on t h e east. To this home came Agnes and her boys in the fall of 1868. Fo r a f ew years they saw things done by the primitive methods of the pione ers. T he hay was made from natural grass.(There was no alfalfa) which wa s mowe d with scythes and winrowed with wooden rakes. The grain was cut w ith a c radel. In the house was a spinning wheel which after a time was r un by Ag nes while in another room was a large carpet loom operated by he r sister , Janet. All hauling was done on a linch pin wagon. When snow co vered th e ground the vehicle used was a home made sleigh.
In 1869, Three Mile Creek was a branch of the Brigham City Ward with Hen r y Perry as Presiding Elder. The school house, which was the branch chur c h as well, was built of logs and covered with dirt. It was situated a l it tle east of the Old Henry Perry home and nearly one half mile mostly w es t but a little south of the present school house. It was heated by mea n s of a large fire-place in the east end and after a time this was suppl em ented with a stove place near the center of the room. The door was i n th e west end. Willie, the older son of Agnes, attended this school.
In the fall of 1869, Agnes, Angus, and Janet McDonald took an extended t r ip (for those days), leaving the boys at home with Wm. Guess, the hire d m an, they drew the cover tight over the linchpin wagon and began the J ourn ey. They went first to Salt Lake City where Agnes became the plura l wif e of Angus McDonald. They were married in the Endowment house afte r whic h they visited the Salmons and Hunters. They then wended they wa y to Tooe le where for a few days they remained with their cousins, the S hields. Th ey were gone about two weeks, and had a glorious time. Willi e and Bob wil l always remember the return end of the trip, for never bef ore had they b een given so many nice presents.
About a year after this the first child was born in the McDonald famil y . It was a girl and they named her Catherine after her grandmother an d he r father's sister.
Agnes was now leading the life of a pioneer. They produced nearly al l o f their food and much of their clothing, but were forced to do withou t so me of the necessaries and many of the comforts of life .
On Feb. 14, 1872, a son was born to the McDonald family. They called h i m Angus after his father.
About this time they began to talk of a railroad from Ogden to Montan a t o carry the freight that had been and still was carted by teams of ox en a nd mules. It was to be a narrow grade and built as cheaply as possib le. E veryone rejoiced. It would raise the price of land and bring mone y and ma nufactured products into the country. Finally the line was surve yed and i t was learned that the McDonald home would be about midway betw een the Ce ntral Pacific and the Utah Northern. At length the contracts w ere let, an d it was seen that instead of being a few large contracts the re were man y small contracts. It seemed that every farmer wanted to buil d the grad e across his holdings as it had been rumored that large contra ctors woul d waste more land than was necessary .
Agnes did her part in the building this railroad. Angus McDonald contrac t ed to build the grade across a fine piece of meadow, the only place whe r e the railroad would cross his land. This grade would be about 6 feet h ig h and was a big undertaking, as the meadow was wet and had to be cut i nt o blocks with a sharp spade and pushed into the dump with wheel burrow s . Thus her husband, her oldest son William (About 12 years old), and fr o m two to four hired men worked on this grade for months. She cooked the i r food and did their chores morning and evening. After the small roun d ti es and diminutive rails were laid, the first engine, John W. Young , altho ugh about one-fifth the size of the engines of today, sank abou t two fee t in its first attempt to cross the piece of meadow. "Johnny" w as pushe d out of the hollow and the grade raised and made solid with gra vel .
On Dec. 16, 1873 the third child, a girl, was born,. They called her Jan e t after her Aunt. She died when nearly sixteen years of age .
Agnes Young and other members of the Young family joined the Mormon chur c h in Bonnie, Scotland. When the call came to renew covenants by rebapti s m she was ready. The whole McDonald family who were eight years of ag e o r over were rebaptized in Porter Springs, it was about 1874.
While the family resided on the bottoms between the railroads they wer e h ampered by attacks by Indians in the region. William tells the stor y of o ne night Indians marched around their house all night firing volle y afte r volley into the house. Angus McDonald sat with his rifle in hand , at th e door, already to fire and protect his family. He describes it a s a "nig ht of horror to mother and myself" .
Sometime after this, McDonald bought a squatters right to eighty acre s o f land on the bench. from Mr. Allen. This plot was eighty rods wide b y on e-hundred sixty long and the main road from Brigham to Willard ran t hroug h it from north to south and a little east of the center. The resid ence b uilding was situated a few rods east of the main road and into i t the fam ily moved a few months after the purchase.
Here Agnes and the other members of the McDonald family lived for twenty - four years. It was here that Janet, Archie, Agnes, and John were born a n d here Janet and John passed away. They lived here when the flood of 18 9 7 came from the mountains and devastated the southern part of the villa g e of Three Mile Creek. That flood covered many acres of land from tw o t o four feet deep with silt, rock, and gravel from the canyon. It dest roye d orchards, washed some houses away, and made others untenable. No l ive s were lost. As the McDonald Home was made uninhabitable, the famil y move d into the Old Campkin home at the east end of Young Lane. There t hey res ided until January of the following year, at which time the littl e bric k house on the hill was completed and the family moved into thei r new hom e.
Agnes lived here until the Father called her home and here she suffere d t he greatest mental and physical shock of her life. On December 22nd , 1899 , her son Archie who had a wife and one child was mortally wounde d by a n explosion of powder. He died the next day. After a long life nob ly spen t, on the 10 of September 1908, she passed away surrounded by he r family .
History written by her son, William Howard Anthony about 1938.
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