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| Name |
Nancy Whipple |
| Birth |
3 Jun 1892 |
Show Low, Navajo, Arizona, United States  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
8 Apr 1915 |
SLAKE |
| FamilySearch ID |
L5JV-3FC |
| Death |
16 Mar 1971 |
Show Low, Navajo, Arizona, United States |
| Burial |
20 Mar 1971 |
Show Low, Navajo, Arizona, United States |
| Person ID |
I161427 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Willard Whipple, b. 16 Mar 1858, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 5 Apr 1941, Show Low, Navajo, Arizona, United States (Age 83 years) |
| Mother |
Emma Melissa Oliver, b. 21 Sep 1867, Payson, Utah, Utah, United States d. 29 Aug 1948, Show Low, Navajo, Arizona, United States (Age 80 years) |
| Marriage |
23 Sep 1884 |
Adair, Navajo, Arizona, United States |
| Family ID |
F18766 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
William Henry Lewis, b. 14 Nov 1886, Taylor, Navajo, Arizona, United States d. 18 Feb 1958, Show Low, Navajo, Arizona, United States (Age 71 years) |
| Marriage |
8 Apr 1915 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. Willard Harding Lewis, b. 5 May 1916, Show Low, Navajo, Arizona, United States d. 28 Jan 1941, Maricopa, Pinal, Arizona, United States (Age 24 years) |
| + | 2. Ella Lewis, b. 25 Jan 1918, Taylor, Navajo, Arizona, United States d. 22 Dec 2003, Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States (Age 85 years) |
| + | 3. Marbry Lewis, b. 5 Feb 1920, Show Low, Navajo, Arizona, United States d. 23 Jan 2006 (Age 85 years) |
| | 4. Hilda Lewis, b. 21 Feb 1922, Show Low, Navajo, Arizona, United States d. 10 Apr 2016, Tempe, Maricopa, Arizona, United States (Age 94 years) |
| | 5. Rilla Lewis, b. 21 Dec 1923, Show Low, Navajo, Arizona, United States d. 9 Jan 2009, Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States (Age 85 years) |
| | 6. Doris Lewis, b. 24 Jun 1926, Show Low, Navajo, Arizona, United States d. 2 Jan 2008, Show Low, Navajo, Arizona, United States (Age 81 years) |
| | 7. Mildred Frances Lewis, b. 13 Apr 1928, Show Low, Navajo, Arizona, United States d. 18 Mar 1996, Holbrook, Navajo, Arizona, United States (Age 67 years) |
| + | 8. Viola Rae Lewis, b. 4 Oct 1934, Show Low, Navajo, Arizona, United States d. 12 Jan 2013, Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States (Age 78 years) |
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| Family ID |
F41071 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
3 Sep 2024 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 3 Jun 1892 - Show Low, Navajo, Arizona, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 8 Apr 1915 - SLAKE |
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 | Marriage - 8 Apr 1915 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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| Death - 16 Mar 1971 - Show Low, Navajo, Arizona, United States |
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| Burial - 20 Mar 1971 - Show Low, Navajo, Arizona, United States |
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| Notes |
- Nancy Whipple Lewis
Biographical sketch of the life of Nancy Whipple Lewi s
as told to her granddaughter, Sheila McCleve, June 29, 1961.
I am the daughter of Willard Whipple, Sr. and Emma Melissa Oliver. I w a s born in Adair, Apache County (Navajo now), Arizona, USA on the Whipp l e Ranch which is located 4 miles west of Show Low on June 3, 1892 abou t 3 :00 AM in a three room log cabin which has recently been burned dow n to p ut in a country club – golf course.
My father told me it was a beautiful day when I was born. I remember h e t old me he had finished planting his coffee beans the previous evening .
My cousins were like brothers and sisters to me. Our amusements were sel f -made – hunting pine gum and bird's nests, and watching mother birds fe e d their young. My father had a flock of sheep and we had fun bringing t he m in every evening. One of my childhood joys was feeding bummer lamb s fro m bottles and nipples.
My father's parents died when I was young, so I can't remember them, b u t my mother's parents used to come from Pima to visit us every summe r i n a covered wagon and we always looked forward to their visits. My gr andf ather Oliver usually gave me and my sisters each a dime on special o ccasi ons such as the Fourth of July and our birthdays. We really appreci ated i t because money was very rare at that time.
We walked 2 miles to school and Sunday school, primary, and sacrament me e ting every week and met in a one room log house.
When I was five years old, in the summer of 1897, I went with my parent s , Lydia, Harriet and Willard on a trip to be sealed to them in the Man t i temple. On our way over we stopped at Lee's Ferry which is on the Col or ado River. It was a beautiful spot. A family there raised apples peach e s plums and grapes. We had to cross the ferry on rafts. Our return tri p w as not so pleasant because of the route that we took. Someone told u s tha t the route through Pierre canyon was shorter, so we took that rout e, bu t found that the roads through the canyon had been washed out by fl oo d a few days before. We had to make the most of the road at each cross in g of the river, which ran down the canyon very crookedly and had to b e cr ossed every little while. To make things worse, the river was fille d wit h quicksand and we got in at one place and had to spend most of th e day g etting out. We nearly drowned one of the mares before we got he r out. Whe n we arrived at the Colorado River, it was very high and we ha d to lay ov er there for five days before it was safe to ferry across. W e arrived hom e the last of October.
In grade school we played line base, steel sticks, jacks, marbles, Dani s h ball -which was similar to baseball, jump rope, swings, hop scotch . I d idn't learn to dance until I moved to Show Low where we had lovel y dance s in the Owen's barn which still stands. When the church house wa s buil t we then danced in it by carbide lights which were very bright
The first time I can remember that my prayers were actually answered w a s when my sister, Harriet, had scarlet fever and double pneumonia. Ever yo ne said it would be impossible for her to live, so since the house wa s al l lit up, I went outside where 3 feet of snow and ice covered the gr oun d and knelt down beside the wheel of my father's wagon and prayed fo r he r recovery. Her life was spared.
I was born and raised in the church and went down with my father in a w a gon to the Creek where Fools Hollow Dam now is. My father baptized m e o n my birthday, June 3, 1900. It was a beautiful day! Afterwards, I ga ther ed a big bouquet of roses.
We lived on the ranch until September 1903 when we move to ShowLow to be t ter our circumstances. Our ward had been previously organized at ShowL o w and we had better church and school advantages there. That we had mo r e room meant the most to us. We were also closer to water. We could car r y it from the ditch or bring a barrel full up the hill with a horse an d s led. This is what we did most of the time. Here we had irrigation wat er a nd could have a garden.
I attended the ShowLow District school for my eight grade School years . L ula Hatch was my first teacher. She was Samuel F Smith's wife. Some o f m y other grade school teachers were Connie Decker, Joseph Pierce, Nath anie l Decker, Lecea Foster.
I used to participate in some of the plays, which were put on in grade s c hool. I told an original story in one of the performances and really en jo yed it.
I then attended parts of three years of high school in Snowflake and boa r ded with Elizabeth Gayle Kartchner for $15 a month for room and board . Pr ofessor Peterson was the principal during this time.
I was attending Snowflake Church Academy when it burned down. This was t h e reason I did not finish one of my years and came home.
I attended my age group classes in MIA. I really enjoyed attending our s i nging practices in whicHising soprano. Elsie Dewitt was our chorister.
Two of my primary teachers were Sarah Mills and Mary Brady. Ada Owen s i t was one of my
MIA teachers. She told us in one of our classes that if we would make o u r future husband a matter of prayer we would be directed to them. I d o fe el as if my prayers were answered in this instance.
My first two jobs away from home were (1) in Holbrook working for John a n d Julia Fish doing hotel work and (2) at the Cooley Ranch – cooking fo r t hem. I made $19 a month and spent it on school clothes.
I met my husband, William Henry Lewis, at high school. Mildred Pierce in t roduced him to me because she went with his best friend. The boys use d t o come from Taylor to Snowflake in Frank Baldwin's convertible car t o se e Mildred and me. I went with him off and on for two years.
When we went to Salt Lake City to be married in the temple, we rode th e t rain from Holbrook. We started on Wednesday at 10:00 PM and arrived i n Sa lt Lake City. We stayed a month for a honeymoon at his mother's sist er' s house – Sam and Emma Brown. Cars were just coming in style so the y too k us all over sightseeing. We got to see the opening of the "Panam a Canal ."
We lived in Grandfather Solomon’s house in Taylor when we returned fro m U tah.
Our first and only son, Willard Harding, was born May 5, 1916 in my moth e r’s home. My mother was the midwife for all of my eight children. I rem em ber that the crab apple blossoms were in bloom at that time.
Ella, my first daughter, was born January 25, 1918 in Grandfather Solomo n 's house. When she was nine months old, we moved to ShowLow and we hav e l ived here in the same house ever since.
Marbry, our third child, was born February 5, 1920; Hilda, February 21 , 1 922; Rilla, December 21, 1924; Doris, June 24, 1926; Mildred, April 1 3th , 1928; Viola, October 3, 1934.
Willard had the flu, then took double pneumonia. We took him to the doct o r in McNary who sent him to Phoenix, who was a lung specialist by the n am e of Dr. Swasey. He said it was an infectious abscess, not TB, which s h e had obtained as a result of pneumonia.
He was operated on in Phoenix, but stayed afterwards in the State Welfa r e hospital – Sanatorium-in Tempe.
Either his father or I was with him most of the 22 months he spent in t h e hospital flat on his back. He died January 28, 1941.
The rest of the children were very healthy and they had just the usual c h ildhood diseases.
However, Doris almost lost her life as a result of the whooping cough.
Doris fulfilled a mission in the southern states and Mildred served a mi s sion in Western Canada. All of my daughters have been married in one o f t he temples except one. I now have 40 grandchildren and one great gran ddau ghter.
Until the family became so large, we used to eat Thanksgiving dinner a t m y house and have an annual Christmas get together in our living room . Eve ry Easter before my husband died, our whole family would go to Fool s Holl ow and have a picnic.
My husband and I went to Phoenix about five years consecutively to the a n nual state fair. We were not apart much – only when he went to shear sh ee p for other people in Phoenix in December or January. Four months wa s th e longest period of time he was away from home. My husband and I alw ays h ad a beautiful garden and a few barnyard animals.
My husband was well and strong and worked in his justice of the peace of f ice every day until the morning of January 29 when he had a stroke fro m w hich he never recovered. He could not talk after that.
He passed away February 18, 1958 in his home in ShowLow.
Since he died I have gone back east on a Margaret Lund Tour to the Palmy r a pageant and visited various church historical sites. I was gone a mon th .
In April of the next year, I went on a two week Margaret Lund tour and v i sited the various islands of Hawaii. I was flying over the ocean on Mot he r's Day on my return. It seemed kind of strange.
I have always been active in the church and have held various position s i n the ward. I have taught primary for 25 years and have been a Relie f Soc iety teacher for 20 years.
My eyesight is poor, so I have not been able to read as much as I woul d l ike. However I really enjoy raising flowers and plants. My favorite s ong s are "Come, Come ye Saints "and "We Thank Thee Oh God for a Prophe t "an d "Have I told you lately that I love you " and "I love You Truly " . My f avorite movie star is Clark Gable. My favorite month is June becau se th e nights and the weather are so beautiful.
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