tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32944550424313011312024-03-14T00:58:49.009-07:00Stagge-Parker HistoriesThis blog was created as a place to put pieces of my family histories as I find them. The goal is to make a story of each ancestor. THIS INFORMATION IS NOT DOCUMENTED NOR VERIFIED. IT IS JUST A PLACE TO PUT INFORMATION UNTIL IT HAS BEEN RESEARCHED FURTHER. PLEASE DO NOT QUOTE IT AS FACT.
If anyone reading this blog has any pictures, stories, etc., that they would be willing to share with other family members, I would be happy to add them.Arn and Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03744676874718986386noreply@blogger.comBlogger348125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294455042431301131.post-54866434310277903832023-03-06T15:54:00.000-08:002023-03-06T15:54:13.814-08:00JOHN COGGSWELL 1591-1669[<strong>Ancestral Link</strong>: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of Hannah Polina Child (Elmer), daughter of Polly Barber (Child), daughter of Ichabod Barber, son of Mary Barney (Barber), daughter of Israel Barney, son of Elizabeth Brackett (Barney), daughter of Elizabeth Waldo (Brackett), daughter of Hannah Coggswell (Waldo), daughter of John Coggswell.]
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UK7RwNcoccs/Tl06OmXWrmI/AAAAAAAAFZc/iXzknCIfL-8/s1600/600%255B1%255D.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 120px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646733530283552354" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UK7RwNcoccs/Tl06OmXWrmI/AAAAAAAAFZc/iXzknCIfL-8/s400/600%255B1%255D.jpg" /></a>Plaque 1991, Pemaquid Lighthouse at Bristol, Maine, USA
Dedicated by Cogswell Family Association at the sight of the shipwreck of the passengers aboard the "Angel Gabriel".
<div><strong>John Cogswell
</strong>John Cogswell, like William Ivory, left a very comfortable existence to come to America. Jameson recounts: "...At the age of twenty-three years he married the daughter of the parish vicar, succeeded to his father's business, and settled down in the old homestead. His parents died soon after his marriage, and he received by inheritance 'The Mylls called Ripond, situate within the Parish of Frome Selwood,' together with the home place and certain personal property. Like his father, he was a manufacturer of woollen fabrics, largely broadcloths and kerseymeres. The superior quality of these manufactures gave to his 'mylls' a favorable reputation, which appears to have been retained to the [1880s]. [In the 1880s,] [t]here are factories occupying much the same locations and still owned by Cogswells, which continue to put upon the markey woollen cloths that in Vienna and elsewhere have commanded the first premiums in the world exhibitions of our times..."[15]
So, with the following sale of their estate and home, they headed for America.
It appears that the family unit which came over definitely included: John [Sr.], Elizabeth (his wife) and their children Elizabeth, Mary, William, Edward and John [Jr.]. (Abigail and Sarah were born in America.) The question marks remain around Phyllis, Alice, Esther and Ruth; of whom there are no more records save their baptisms. At least one of them is the unnamed daughter who remained in England. She had two children and was visited by her brother John on his ill-fated final voyage to London. Jameson claims that eight of the children born in England went to America[15].
John, Sr. and his family sailed from Bristol on 23 May 1635 on the Angel Gabriel. It was shipwrecked off Pemaquid, Maine on 15 August 1635[10,30].
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<strong>John Cogswell
</strong>Mr. Cogswell and his family escaped with their lives, but well drenched by the sea and despoiled of valuables to the amount of five thousand pounds sterling. They were more fortunate than some who sailed with them, whom the angry waves gathered to a watery grave. On leaving England Mr. Cogswell had taken along with him a large tent, which now came into good service. This they pitched, and into it they gathered themselves and such stores as they could rescue from the waves. The darkness of that first night of the Cogswells in America found them housed beneath a tent on the beach. The next day they picked up what more of their goods they could, which had come ashore during the night or lay floating about upon the water. As soon as possible Mr. Cogswell, leaving his family, took passage for Boston. He there made a contract with a certain Capt. Gallup, who commanded a small barque, to sail for Pemaquid and transport his family to Ipswich, Massachusetts. This was a newly settled town to the eastward from Boston, and was called by the Indians, "Aggawam." Two years earlier, March, 1633, Mr. John Winthrop, son of Gov. John Winthrop, with ten others, had commenced a settlement in Aggawam. An act of incorporation was secured August 4, 1634, under the name of Ipswich. The name Ipswich is Saxon, in honor of the Saxon queen Eba, called "Eba's wych," i.e., Eba's house; hence Yppyswich or Ipswich. Some derive it from Gippewich, meaning "little city." In the early records are found the following enactments of the General Court:
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<strong>The Angel Gabriel and the Great Storm of 1635
</strong>The Angel Gabriel and the Great Storm of 1635 August of 1635 had been a fair one for the small settlements which were striving to establish themselves in New England. In the wheel of the year, haying would have just concluded, with the settlers mowing, drying, gathering and storing the hay for the upcoming winter during the hottest, most unforgiving part of summer. Crops would be nearing their peak, nearly ready for the September harvest time. However, for "...[t]he whole of the second week of August the wind had blown from the direction of south-southwest with considerable force..."[110] Suddenly, about midnight on 14 August, the wind changed to the dangerous direction of northeast and soon blew to hurricane strength. The winds blasted the crops in the fields and the small houses of the English settlers.
On the shoreline, the winds and storm surge took the waters to heights that none had ever seen before. Boston suffered through two high tides of twenty feet and "[t]he Narragansett Indians were obliged to climb into the tops of trees to save themselves from the great tide in their region. Many of them failed to do so, and were swallowed up by the surging waters..."[110]
The storm lasted the 5 or 6 hours such hurricanes do and when the storm at last had passed, the settlers who could do so emerged to a changed world. Crops were flattened. Some houses had lost their roofs or were blown down completely. Most incredibly to the colonial senses, entire swathes of trees were snapped in two or blown down completely.
Several ships were lost off the coast of New England, but the most celebrated was the Angel Gabriel - a bark of some 240 tons and 12-16 cannon (depending upon the source of information). From the letters of "John Aubrey, the celebrated antiquary of Wiltshire" the Angel Gabriel was originally built by Sir Charles Snell for Sir Walter Raleigh, "for the designe for Guiana, which cost him the manor of Yatton Regnell, the farm of Easton Piers, Thornhill, and the Church-lease of Bp. Cannins, which ship upon Sir Walter Raleigh's attander was forfeited." [Aubrey's Letters; Vol. 2, p. 514; Mss.; Bodleian Library; Oxford, England]
A wonderful account of the voyage of the Angel Gabriel and its sailing partner the James (and the storm which befell them) comes in excerpts from the Journal of The Reverend Richard Mather, who was traveling on the James. The two ships sailed together for a great deal of the voyage. Based upon the several different sources for excerpts for this journal, the journey unfolded as written below. The voyage itself took 12 weeks and 2 days, from the time they left King's Road in Bristol on 23 May 1635 until the James landed in Boston, MA on 17 August 1635. [Mather]
23 May 1635: The Angel Gabriel, Captain Andrews, Master; the James (220 tons), Captain Taylor, Master; the Mary (80 tons), the Bess (or Elizabeth) and the Diligence (150 tons) left King's Road, Bristol, England en route for New England and Newfoundland. [MaryJohn]
24 May to 2 June 1635: They then lay at anchor for these 11 days before departing. [Mather]
27 May 1635: "...While at anchor, Captain Taylor, Mr. Maud, Nathaniel Wale, Barnabas Fower, Thomas Armitage, and myself, Richard Mather went aboard the Angel Gabriel. When we came there we found diverse passengers, and among them some loving and godly Christians that were glad to see us. The next day the visit was returned..."[Mather]
Thursday, 4 June 1635: "...the wind serving us, wee set sayle and began our sea voyage with glad hearts, yt God had loosed us from our long stay wherein we had been holden, and with hope and trust that Hee would graciously guide us to the end of our journey..." Meanwhile, the Angel Gabriel had an omen of things to come: "...And even at our setting out we yt were in the James had experience of God's gracious providence over us, in yt the Angel Gabriel haling home one of her ancres, had like, being carried by the force of the tide, to have fallen foule upon ye forept of our ship, w&ch made all the mariners as well as passengers greatly afraid, yet by guidance of God and his care over us, she passed by without touching so much as a cable or a cord, and so we escaped yt danger..." [Mather]
4 to 6 June 1635: The ships spent three full days tacking between King's Road and Lundy [Mather] Island, which lies only 10 miles out in the Bristol Channel [LonelyPlanet].
6 to 9 June1635: The ships lay at anchor at Lundy Island for three more days, stuck there by "adverse seas and wind". [Mather]
9 June 1635: It only took this one day to sail from Lundy Island to Milford Haven, Pembroke co., Wales. [Mather]
10 to 22 June 1635: However, once at Milford Haven, they lay at anchor there for another 12 days - due first to rough seas and then to a lack of wind. While Mather and the other passengers chafed at the constant delays, "the day was more comfortable to us all in regard to ye company of many godly Christians from ye Angel Gabriel, and from other vessels lyin in the haven with us, who, wanting means and home, were glad to come to us, and we were also glad of their company, and had all of us a very comfortable day, and were much refreshed in the Lord." [Mather]
Sunday, 14 June 1635: "...Still lying at Milford Haven. Mr. Maud, Mathews Michael of the James and many of the passengers of the Angel Gabriel went to church on shore at a place called Nangle, where they heard two comportable sermons made by an ancient grave minister living at Pembroke, whose name is Mr. Jessop. Ps XCI-11 "For He shall give his angels charge over Thee to keep Thee in all thy ways..." [Mather]
Monday, 22 June 1635: The small fleet finally sets sail from the English coast, bound for America. This was the last sight of land for many weeks and the last sight of home for nearly all the emigrants.
23 June 1635: The Master of the James decided to stay with the Angel Gabriel, since both ships were bound for New England and not Newfoundland. They quickly lost sight of the smaller, faster Mary, Bess and Diligence on the evening of the 23rd. Mather's thoughts on the Angel Gabriel were: "...The Angel Gabriel is a strong ship and well furnished with fourteene or sixteene pieces of ordnance, and therfore oure seamen rather desired her company; but yet she is slow in sailing, and therefore wee went sometimes with trhee sayles less than wee might have done, yt , so we might not overgoe her..." [Mather]
Wednesday, 24 June 1635: "...We saw abundance of porpuyses leaping and playing about our ship". And wee spent some time that day in pursuing with the Angel Gabriel what wee supposed was a Turkish pirate, but could not overtake her..." [Mather]
Monday, 29 June 1635: The seamen decided to kill one of the porpoises for sport. They had originally planned upon killing it on 28 June, but that day was the Sabbath. Out of respect for the passengers' faith, they waited until the following day. Mather's description of this follows: "...The seeing him haled into the ship like a swyne from ye stye to the tressele, and opened upon ye decke in viewe of all our company, was wonderful to us all, and marvellous merry sport and delightful to our women and children. So good was our God unto us in affordin us the day before, spiritual refreshing to our soules, and ye day morning also delightful recreation to our bodyes, at ye taking and opening of ye huge and strange fish..." [Mather]
That afternoon, Captain Taylor, The Reverend Mather and Matthew Mitchell went aboard the Angel Gabriel. "...They found much sickness aboard and two cases of small pox, but the latter were recovered. They had supper with the ship's master and had good cheese, boiled mutton, roasted turkey and good sack..." [MaryJohn]
Saturday, 4 July 1635: "...This day ye sea was very rough...Some were very seasicke, but none could stand or go upon ye decke because of the tossing and tumbling of the ship...This day (July 4) we lost sight of the Angel sayling slowly behind us, and we never saw her again any more..." [Mather]
Sunday, 2 August 1635: "...And ye wind blew with a coole and comfortable gale at south all day, which carried us away with great speed towards or journeyes end..." [Mather]
3 August 1635: "...But lest wee should grow secure and neglect ye Lord through abundance of prosperity, or wise and loving God was pleased on Monday morning about three of ye clock, when wee were upon the coast of land, to exercise us with a sore storme and tempest of wind and rain, so yt many of us passengers with wind and rain were raised out of our beds, and our seamen were forced to let down all ye sayles, and ye ship was so tossed with fearfull mountains and valleys of water, as if wee should have beene overwhelmed and swallowed up. But ye lasted not long, for at or poore prayers, ye Lord was please to magnify his mercy in assuaging ye winds and seas againe about sun rising..." [Mather]
8 August 1635: The James makes land at Menhiggin [possibly Monhegan, ME?] [Mather]
14 August 1635: At 10 o'clock at night they dropped anchor at the Isle of Shoales and there "slept sweetly the night until daybreak". [Mather]
15 August 1635: The Great Storm hits. The James is anchored off the Isles of Shoals, the Angel Gabriel off Pemaquid, ME. Mather's description of the storm: "...ye Lord sent Forth a most terrible Storme of rain, and ye Angel Gabriel lying in at anchor at Pemaquid, was burst in pieces, and cast away in ye Storme and most of ye cattle and other goodes with one seaman and three or four passengers did also perish therein, besides two of ye passengers died by ye way. Ye rest having lives given ym. ' The Angel Gabriel was the only vessel which miscarried with passengers from Old England to New, so signally did the Lord in his Providence watch over the Plantation of New England."
Perley gives an excellent account of how the James survived the hurricane: "...The ship James...was near the Isles of Shoals when the gale came on. The vessel was tun into a strait among the islands, the master thinking probably that he had secured a harbor; but when well in he found that it was an unprotected passage. The anchors were lowered, and all three of them were lost, the violent and almost irresistible wind snapping the cables and leaving the anchors at the bottom of the deep. The Bessel was then placed under sail and run before the northeast gale, but neither canvas nor ropes held, and she dashed through the foaming crests on toward the rocky shore of Piscataqua. Instant destruction seemed inevitable. But, lo! As if a mighty overruling hand controlled the angry elements, when within a cable's length of the ledges, the wind suddenly veered to the northwest, and the ship was blown away from the deadly rocks back toward the islands again...they were plowing along toward rocks as dangerous as those they had just escaped. When about the strike in a last fatal plunge a part of the mainsail was let out, which caused the vessel to veer a little, and she weathered the rocks, almost touching them as she plunged past. The desired harbor was finally reached in safety..." [Perley]
Mather records that the reaction of the passengers to this stroke of fortune was thus: "...When news was brought to us in the gun room that the danger was past, oh how our hearts did then relent and melt within us! And how we burst into tears of joy amongst ourselves, in love onto our gracious God, and admiration of his kindness in granting to his poor servants such an extraordinary and miraculous deliverance. His holy name be blessed forever..." [Mather]
At Pemaquid, there was no such miracle for the Angel Gabriel. She broke up on the rocks. Luckily, only 3-5 of the passengers and crew lost their lives but all who survived lost virtually everything they owned. A bark commanded by Captain Gallop made several trips, eventually conveying all the survivors to Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts.
16 August 1635: "...This day we went directly before the wind, and had a delight all along the coast as we went, in viewing Cape Anne, the bay of Saugust, the bay of Salem, Marblehead and other places and came to anchor at low tide at Nantasket, in a most pleasant harbor, like to such I had never seen, amongst a great many lands on everyside. After the evening exercise, when it was flowing tide again, we set sail and came the night to anchor again before Boston and so rested that night with glad and thankful hearts that God had put an end to our long journey, being 1,000 leagues, that is 3,000 English miles, over one of the greatest seas of the world. First of all it was very safe and healthful to us, for though we were in a ship with 100 passengers, besides 23 seamen, 23 cows and heifers, 3 suckling calves and 8 mareas, yet not one these died by the way, neither person nor cattell, but came all alive to land, and many of the cattell in better condition than when they first entered the ship. And most of the passengers are in as good health as every and none better than my own family, and my weak wife and little Joseph as well as any other:. They had seasickness but were spared the fever, small pox and other diseases. Richard Beacon lost his right hand in the storm and one woman and her small child had scurvy, "we all conceived to be for want of walking and stirring of her body upon her bed. We had a comfortable variety of food, seeing we were not tied to the ships diet, but did victual ourselveds, we had no want of good and wholesome beer and bread, and as our land stomachs grew wearly of ship diet of salt fish and salt beef and the like, we had liberty to change for other food which might sort better with our health and stomachs and therefore sometimes we used bacon and buttered peas, sometimes buttered bag-pudding made curraynes and raisings, and sometimes drink pottage of beer and oatmeal and sometimes water pottage well buttered..." [Mather]
17 August 1635: The James manages to make it to Boston Harbor proper with "her sails rent in sunder, and split in pieces, as if they had been rotten ragges." [Mather]
Mather summed up his trip with "On June 2 we lost sight of our old English coast, until August 8 where we made land again at Menhiggin, it was but six weeks and five days yet from our first entering the ship in King road on May 23 to our landing in Boston on August 17, it was 12 weeks and 2 days. For we lay at anchor in King Roade 11 days before we even set sail and 3 days at Lundy and 12 days at Milford and spent 3 days tacking between Kind Roade and Lundy, one day between Lundy and Milford and 8 days between Menhiggin and Boston. Again, let our gracious God be blessed forever. Amen..." [Mather]
John, Sr. took all he owned: "...several farm and household servants [one of whom was Samuel Haines], an amount of valuable furniture, farming implements, housekeeping utensils, and a considerable sum of money..." aboard the Angel Gabriel[34]. After the wreck, he and his family took to Ipswich whatever they could salvage from the water. John, Sr. lost the equivalent of £5000 sterling[15]; yet some say he salvaged nearly that much from the shipwreck[31,32,33].
Some accounts have John, Sr. and his son, John, Jr. walking from Pemaquid, Maine to Boston, Massachusetts to summon help after the hurricane. Other accounts imply that Captain Gallup's ship was already at Pemaquid, Maine and the Cogswells hired him to take them and their belongings to Ipswich, Essex county, Massachusetts.
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<strong>Biographical Sketch
</strong>BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW
Containing Life Sketches Citizens of of Leading Essex County Massachusetts
JOHN COGSWELL 1592-1669
On September 10, 1615, John Cogswell married Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. William and Phillis Thompson; and in May, 1635, he with his family sailed for America on board the "Angel Gabriel," commanded by Captain Andrews. The ship, which was wrecked on the coast of Maine in August, 1635, brought other passengers, who settled in Essex; and among them were John and Thomas Burnham, ancestors of the Burnham family of this town. John Cogswell settled in Essex, and engaged in the manufacture of woollen cloth. He owned three hundred and seventy-five acres of land; and the family homestead, where eight generations have resided, is a part of his original tract. He died November 29, 1669; and his wife died June 2, i6676.
Their children were as follows: a daughter who married in England and lived in London; Mary, who in 1649 married Godfrey Armitage; William, who was born in England in 1619; John, born in 1622; Hannah, who in 1652 married Deacon Waldo; Abigail, who married Thomas Clark; Edward, born in 1629; Sarah, who married Simeon Tuttle, and died in 1692; and Elizabeth, who on July 31, 1657, wedded Nathaniel Masterson.
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<strong>John Cogswell coming to America
</strong>Cogswell derives its name from the town of Coggeshall, Essex, England. It was a Roman town named Canonium, then called Coed Garr's Hall under the Saxons, then Coggeshael under Canute the Dane and finally Coggeshall. Edward Coggswell was a wool merchant. He passed this on to John Sr. John sold his inhereted property and moved his family to New Englan in 1635. He married Elizabeth the daughter of the parish vicar Rev William Thompson. They left on in 22 Jun 1635 from Bristol with 4 other ships, the James , the Bess, the Mary, the Diligence, and John's ship the Angel Gabriel a 220 ton vessel with 12 cannons built by Sir Charles Snell origin-ally for Sir Walter Raliegh. Only the Angel Gabriel and the James went to New England the rest went somewhere else. They anchored off Maine in Aug of 1635, the James off Isle of Shoals and the Angel Gabriel off Pemaquid Me. A nor-easter came up on 15 Aug 1635 that wrecked the Angel Gabriel. John was able to salvage almost 5,000 pounds sterling of his property. The storm did considerable dammage to crops and buildings in the area. They settled in what is now Ipswich Ma. They arrived in Boston on 17 Aug 1635. John bought 300 acres on the Chebacco River and continued on being a wool merchant. He was also a town leader. He and his wife are buried at the old cemetery on Rt 133 in Ipswich next to the White Elephant Antique Shop.
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<strong>John Cogswell, (Princess Dianna Spencer's 10th great-grandfather, making her my 10th cousin once removed.)
</strong>John Cogswell, son of Edward, was born in 1592 in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England. At age 23, he succeeded to his fathers' business and settled down in the old homestead. On September 10, 1615 in Westbury Leigh, Wilts, John married Elizabeth Thompson. She was born about 1594 in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England. His parents died soon after his marriage, and he received his inheritance, "The Mylls called Ripond, situate within the Parish of Frome Selwood," together with the home place and certain personal property.
Like his father, he was a manufacturer of wollen fabrics, largely broadcloths and kerseymeres. The superior quality of these manufacturers gave his "mylls" a favorable reputation, which appears to have been retained to the present day. There are factories occupying much the same locations and still owned by the Cogswells, which continue to put on the market wollen cloths that in Vienna and elsewhere have commanded the first premium in the world exhibitions of our times (1880s?). John Cogswell doubtless found, in London, a market for his manufactures. He may have had a commission house in that city, which would account for his being called, as he sometimes has been, a London merchant. John Cogswell immigrated to the Massachusetts Colony on the ship "Angel Gabriel" from Bristol, England May 23, 1635. He brought his wife and 8 children with him, leaving one daughter in England. He brought his apprentice of 9 years, Samuel Haines, with him on the voyage which lasted 10 weeks. (See below.)
John Cogswell was the third original settler of Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Mr. John Cogswell had lands granted him there as appears from the records; under the date of 1635. The fact that he was designated "Mr." at that date, and the considerable amount of land granted him indicate that he was a man of good social standing in society. The records of about that date further show that Cornelius Waldo was Mr. Coggswell's farmer. He was made Freeman there March 3, 1636. On March 26, 1641, John Cogswell of Ipswich mortgaged to Mr. William Hubbard his farm of about 300 acres at Chebacco River, with the houses; acknowledged April 5, 1641, before Richard Saltonstall.
The Cogswells were also involved in an attempt to prevent the execution of Goodwife Proctor in the Salem witch trials. "Five members of the Cogswell family were among the twenty prominent people who signed the petition drawn up by the Rev. John Wise on behalf of Goodwife Proctor, who stood accused of witchcraft. Mary Warren alleged that she had been threatened and abused by Goodwife proctor, and that she had seen apparitions of people who had long since been murdered by the wife of John Proctor. This evidence prevailed and the good woman was sentenced to death."
John Cogswell died on November 29, 1669 at Ipswich, Massachusetts. He is buried at the Phipps Street Burying Ground in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Elzabeth Cogswell died on June 2, 1676 at Ipswich, MassachusettsA. She is also buried in Old North Graveyard, Ipswich, Massachusetts.
The "Haines Family," by W.L. Holman, 1962, tells the story of Samuel Haines, John Cogswell's apprentice who came with John and his family when they immigrated: "At the age of 15, Samuel was apprenticed to John Cogswell, in Westbury, County, Wilts, a fuller or clothmaker, for 10 years. In 1635, Cogswell came to New England on the "Angel Gabriel," from Kings Road, Bristol, 4 June, and from Milford Haaven, 22 June, and with him came his apprentice. After a voyage of 10 weeks, the ship foundered off the coast of Maine in a bad storm, but most passengers managed to get ashore, and were brought up to Boston, Massachusetts, in Goodman Gallup's Bark. From Boston, Gallup sailed cogswell and his party to Ipswich, Massachusetts, and here in Ipswich, Haines lived for a year and then went up to Northam (later Dover, New Hampshire)."
In 1676, age about 65, Samuel Haines testified in litigation between the Cogswells about property brought over on the ill-fatedship..."The desposition of Samuell Haines Sen aged 65 years or thereabouts. This deponent testifyeth and saith, that I lived with Mr John Cogswell, Sen.: in old England about nine years a servant with him, and came over along with him to news England in the ship (called the Angell Gabriell) and were present wih him when my master Cogswell suffered shipwrecke at Pemmyquid, which was about fourty-one yeares agoe the last August when the ship were cast away. I the said Haines doe remember that there were saved then out of my maisters good a Good Quantity of Good Household goods both feather beds and Bedding and also a good quantity of brass and Pewter and also severall Brass pans. Furthermore I Doe Remember that my maister had a turkey worked Carpett in old England which he commonly used to lay upon his parlour table, and this carpet was put aboard amongst my maisters goods and Came safe ashore to the Best of my Remembrance. All which goods together with some provisions wich were saved when Goodman Galhup of Boston Brought to Ipswitch in his barke for my master (Except some of them wich the vessel Could not hold) and I the said Deponent came along with him in the vessel from Pemmyquid, and lived with my maister Cogswell in Ipswitch the same yeare following. And also I Remember that my maister had two maires and two Cowes who were shipt aboarde a ship at South Hampton In old England and came safe ashore to new England that same summer as we came here, and were delivered to my maister; I Doe further testifye that about 4 yeare and a half after)) I brought over for the use of my maister Cogswell between fourscore and an hundredth pounds worth of goods, in severall particulars which were delivered to him. And Furthermore I doe very well remember that my marster Cogswell had three sonses name were William wich were about 14 years of age then, and the second sonne were called John wich were about twelve years of age then, and the third sonnes name was Edward wich were about six years of age at that time and further saith not." Samuel Haines, Senr came and made oath to all ye above written the fist of December 1676. Before me Richard Martyn Commissr"
Another deposition in the suit is printed in the NEHGS "Register," Vol 23, pg. 154, reproduced from Paper No. 554, Vol. 39, "Massachusetts Judicial "Records," Cogswell vs. Cogswell: "Deposition of William Thompson aged about 28 years testifieth that I lived with my uncle and aunt Mr. John Cogswell, Senior of Ipswich, and Mrs. Cogswell about 16 years, and I did frequently see a turkie work carpet which they had, and I have heard them say that it was theirs in Old England and used to lie upon their parlour table there, and that they brought it with them into this country when they came, and being this last winter in Old England I heard my father Doctor Samuel Thompson say that he did well remember that my uncle and aunt had a turkie work carpett weh used to lye upon their parlour table in Old England, and took it away with them. 26 May 1677.
"The deposition of another apprentice of John Cogswell, William Furber, Sr., age about 62, collaborated Haines' testimony and other depositions were presented. The case is called William Cogswell vs. John Cogswell of Ipswich, 22 Mar. 1677, Massachusetts Archives, 39: 534-535. The Winthrop Papers and Mather's Journal contains details regarding the shipwreck of the "Angel Gabriel"
Other Sources:
"Ancestry of Bob and Mary Beth Wheeler" at www.ancestry.com.
"Ipswich Court Records and Files," in the "Essex Antiquarian," Vol 8, 1904, p. 3.
"Ipswich In The Massachusetts Bay Colony", by Thomas Franklin Waters, The Ipswich Historical Society, 1905; pgs. 290-291.
"History of Hancock"; Tuttle in History of Hancock , from http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/dcurtin1/gene/gen_cog.htm
"Stories, Publications, and Memories", at <a href="http://www.ancestry.com/">http://www.ancestry.com/</a>
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<strong>John(3) Cogswell</strong> was the immigrant ancestor in this Cogswell line. He was born in 1592 in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England. He was baptized on April 7, 1592. He died on November 29, 1669 at Ipswich, Massachusetts. He is buried in Old North Graveyard, Ipswich, Massachusetts. On September 10, 1615 in Westbury Leigh, Wilts, John married Elizabeth Thompson. She was born circa 1594 in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England. She died on June 2, 1676 at Ipswich, Massachusetts. She is also buried in Old North Graveyard, Ipswich, Massachusetts.
At age 23, he succeeded to his fathers' business and settled down in the old homestead. His parents died soon after his marriage, and he received his inheritance, "The Mylls called Ripond, situate within the Parish of Frome Selwood," together with the home place and certain personal property. Like his father, he was a manufacturer of wollen fabrics, largely broadcloths and kerseymeres. The superior quality of these manufacturers gave his "mylls" a favorable reputation, which appears to have been retained to the present day. There are factories occupying much the same locations and still owned by the Cogswells, which continue to put on the market wollen cloths that in Vienna and elsewhere have commanded the first premium in the world exhibitions of our times (1880s?).
John Cogswell doubtless found, in London, a market for his manufactures. He may have had a commission house in that city, which would account for his being called, as he sometimes has been, a London merchant.
Mrs. Cogswells' mother was Phillis--- and her father was the Rev. William Thompson, vicar of Westbury from 1603 to his death in 1623. About twenty years after their marriage, with a family of nine children about them, and having the accumulations of a prosperous business, Mr. and Mrs. Cogswell determined to emigrate to America. The particular reasons which led them to leave England may have been much the same that influenced others in their times. It appears that early in 1635, Mr. Cogswell made sale of his "mylls" and other real estate, and soon after, with his wife, eight children, and all their personal effects, embarked at Bristol, May 23, 1635, for New England. Their passage was long and disastrous. Their arrival in America was after a most unexpected fashion. Having reached the shores of New England, they were landed unceremoniously at a place called Pemaquid, in Maine, being washed ashore from the broken decks of their ship "Angel Gabriel " which went to pieces in the frightful gale of August 15, 1635, when such a "sudden dismal storm of wind and rain came as had never been known before by white man or Indian." Traces of this storm remained for years.
John Cogswell and his wife Elizabeth settled at Ipswich, and had lands granted him there as appears from the records; under the date of 1635, is this entry:
"Granted to Mr. John Cogswell three hundred acres of land at the further Chebacco, Having the river on the southeast, the land of Will White on ye Northwest and a Creek Coming out of the river towards Will Whites farme on the Northeast. Bounded also on the west with a creek and a little brooke. Also there was granted to him a percell of ground containing eight acres, upon part whereof the said John Coggswell hath Built an house, it being in ye corner lott in Bridge Streete and has goodman Bradstreet houselott on ye s.e. The was also granted to him six acres of Ground late mr. John Spencers. Butting upon the river on the southeast having a lott of Edmund Gardners' on the Northeast and a lott of Edmund Saywords on the Southwest wch six acres of ground teh sd John Coggswell hath sold to John Perkins teh younger his heirs and assigns."
The fact that he was designated "Mr." at that date, and the considerable amount of land granted him indicate that he was a man of good social standing in society. The records of about that date further show that Cornelius Waldo was Mr. Coggswell's farmer.
The Cogswells were also involved in an attempt to prevent the execution of Goodwife Proctor in the Salem witch trials. According to Ipswich In The Massachusetts Bay Colony, 290-291, by Thomas Franklin Waters, The Ipswich Historical Society, 1905: "Five members of the Cogswell family were among the twenty prominent people who signed the petition drawn up by the Rev. John Wise on behalf of Goodwife Proctor, who stood accused of witchcraft. Mary Warren alleged that she had been threatened and abused by Goodwife proctor, and that she had seen apparitions of people who had long since been murdered by the wife of John Proctor. This evidence prevailed and the good woman was sentenced to death."
Mrs. Cogswell survived her husband but a few years. She was a woman of sterling qualities and dearly loved by all who knew her. Side by side in the old churchyard in Ipswich have slept for more than three hundred years, the mortal remains of this godly pair, whose childhood was passed near the banks of the river Avon; who leaving behind the tender associations of the Old World, came with their children to aid in rearing on these shores a pure Christian state. They did greater work than they knew, died in the faith of the Gospel, and while their graves are unmarked by monument of stone, their souls are safe in heaven, their memory blessed, and their names honored by a posterity in numbers second only to that of Abraham.
John and Elizabeth Cogswell had the following children:-
daughter(4); she married, lived in London, and was the only child of John Cogswell who did not come to America
Mary(4); born circa 1617 in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England; died in Boston, Massachusetts.
William(4); born 1619
John(4); born 1622
Phyllis(4); Baptized July 1624; probably died young.
Hannah(4); born circa 1624
Abigail(4); born circa 1626
Edward(4); born 1629, in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England.
Alice(4); baptized 1632; she probably died young
Ruth(4); baptized 1633; she probably died young
Sarah Cogswell; born circa 1632.
Elizabeth; born 1635
3.William(4); born 1619, in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England. Baptized, 1619 in Westbury Parish Church. died December 15, 1700
4. John(4); born 1622, in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England. Baptized, July 25, 1622 in Westbury Parish Church.
6. Hannah(4) born circa 1624, in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England. Baptized, April 26, 1626 in Westbury Parish Church. died December 25, 1704 in Charleston, Massachusetts. Buried in Phipps Street burying ground, Charlestown, Massachusetts.
7. Abigail(4) born circa 1626, in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England. Baptized, 1627. Died in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Married Thomas Clarke circa 1646. Child:- 11. Sarah Cogswell(4)born circa 1632; married Simon Tuttle in 1663.
12. Elizabeth(4); born 1635, in Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England.
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</strong>Excerpt from Genealogy on Robert Andrews:
John Cogswell, mentioned, settled at Ipswich, and had lands granted him there as appears from the records; under the date of 1635, is this entry:
Granted to Mr. John Cogswell three hundred acres of land at the further Chebacco, hauing the River on the southeast, the land of Willm White on ye Northwest and a Creek Coming out of the Riuer towards willm whites farme on the northeast. Bounded also on the west with a creeke and a little brooke. Also there was granted to him a percell of ground containing eight acres, upon part whereof the said John Coggswell hath Built an house, it being in ye corner lott in Bridge Streete and has goodman Bradstreete houselott on ye s.e.
The was also granted to him six acres of Ground late mr. John Spencers, Butting vpon the river on the south east haueing a lott of Edmund Gardners on the north east and a lott of Edmund Saywords on the south west wch six acres of ground the sd John Coggswell hath sold to John Perkins the younger his heirs and assigns.
The fact that he was designated "Mr." at that date, and the considerable amount of land granted him indicate that he was a man of good social standing in society.
The records of about that date further show that Cornelius Waldo was Mr. Coggswell's farmer.
<strong>found on ancestry.com</strong> </div>Arn and Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03744676874718986386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294455042431301131.post-54344811822685183842018-07-02T12:37:00.004-07:002020-03-12T17:44:32.680-07:00MARGARET DICKEY (BICKMORE) 1768-1852<br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">MARGARET DICKEY BICKMORE 1768-1852 DUP
HISTORY<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Margaret
Dickey was born in 1768 in Warren, Lincoln, Maine, to Scottish immigrants John
Dickey and Nancy Patten.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Margaret
married David Bickmore in Cushing, Knox, Maine on 31 August 1793.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had 11 children in Maine:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Annie, 1794; Thomas 1794; Isaac Motor, 6 June
1797; William, 14 May 1799; David, 1800; George, 1802; Jacob, 1804; Samuel
David, 4 February 1806; Eliza, 1809; Jane Ann, 1811; and Martha Jane, 1814.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
family left Maine for Illinois probably about 1815/16.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Margaret’s husband, David, must have died
before 1820 as eh was listed as head of her household in the 1820 census.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Margaret was also known as Martha or Patsy (a
nickname for Martha) in subsequent census reports and land grants.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Margaret
and her son, Isaac Motor Bickmore, and his family joined a company of emigrants
who were coming to Utah under the leadersip of Captain John Walker.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the way, an epidemic of black cholera
broke out among them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Margaret and her
son, Isaac Motor, both contracted the disease.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They died on July 6, 1852, and were buried at Loope Ford on the Platte
River in Iowa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Margaret was 94 years
old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Isaac’s widow, Martha Harville
Bickmore and children came on to Utah and settled in Wellsville.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">PIONEER
WOMEN OF FAITH AND FORTITUDE<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Margaret
Dickey was born in 1768 in Warren, Linconln, Maine, to Scottish immigrants John
Dickey and Nancy Patten.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Margaret
married David Bickmore in Cushing, Knox, Maine on 31 August 1793.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had 11 children in Maine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
family left Maine probably from Kennebec Co., after March 1815.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The oldest daughter, Annie, married Daniel
Pettingill 27 December 1818 in Madison Co., Illinois.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Margaret’s husband David, must have died
before 1820 as she was listed as head of her household in the 1820 census.
Margaret was also known as Martha or Patsy (a nickname for Martha) in
subsequent census reports and land grant records.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Three of her sons were living in the same
town in consecutively numbered households.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Margaret
and her son, Isaac Motor Bickmore, and his family joined a company of emigrants
who were coming to Utah under the leadership of Captain John Walker.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the way, an epidemis of black cholera
broke out among them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Margaret and her
son, Isaac Motor, both contracted the disease.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They died on July 6, 1852, and were buried at Loop Ford on the Platte
River, Iowa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Margaret was 94 years
old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Isaac’s widow, Martha Harville
Bickmore, and children came on to Utah and settled in Wellsville.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Found on
FamilySearch.org. Contributed by Lana Horracks 17 November 2013.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Margaret Dickey Bickmore</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">(A sketch of the life of Margaret Dickey Bickmore and her son Isaac Motor bickmore, who died while crossing the plains.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In a little town, calle Sterling, in the heart of Scotland lived John and Nancy Patten Dickey. They had heard of the opportunities offered in America and with their three little boys, took leave of their native country and came to live in Warren, Maine. Here they had three more children, the youngest of whom was Margaret, who was born about 1768.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">David Bickmore was the son of John Bickmore, who descended from a family of seagoing ancestors. David was born in Friendship, Maine just a few miles from Warren. Here David and Margaret were married and lived at Warren for some time. They were the parents of six boys and four girls. The second son, Isaac Motor Bickmore was the grandfather of Danford M Bickmore.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The David Bickmore family left Maine and settled in Madison County, Illinois and later moved to Brown County. Here the gospel found the Bickmore family and som eof them accepted. Isaac Motor was the first to join the church of Jesus Chris of Latter-day Saints. Later his wife and family joined as also did her mother, May.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Becaus of bitter feeling that existed agains tthe LDS people, they were advised to dispose of their homes and emigrate to Utah. In 1852 they joined a company of emigrants who were coming to Utah under the leadership of Captin John Walker. On the way an epedimic of Black Cholera broke out amng the emigrants. Margaret and her son Isaac Motor contracted the disease and on 6 July 185__ they both died and were bured at Loop Ford, on the Platte River. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This left Isaac's widow, Martha Hernitte Bickmore to come to Utah with her family of six. (can't read this sentence). but Msrtha and the others ____________ on and settled in Williamsville, Utah. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">(The information for this sketch was obtained from family words and Paton's "?? Maine" Also "Genealogy of Maine by Little) Lottie C Bickmore.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sinc ethis was ritten by Mrs Bickmore, more information has been obtainef from additoinal sources. William Bickmore fprobably joined the church before his brother Isaac, as John was orained a High Priest in Mauvoo 3 September 1843. Wm ______________ was for years left off the family records of the W___________ Bickmores.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">William Bickmore and unmarried children and his brother Samuel David family spent one or ___ years in Utah and then went out to the San Bernardino Valley in California. William and his wife later returned to Utah for awhile and then went to California where they died in the 1880s.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Mother Harville's olden son, Jackson turned back and joined the Conferderat Army. Williams' son Gilbert was in the Mormon Bttalion and went to California, was relased in Los Angeles area and returne to Iowa ________________ he met his famioly again and came to Utah and to San Bernardino gain. Here was another case of brother against brother and wa scousin against cousin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Jqueline A Hyland</span></div>
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Margaret Dickey BickmoreArn and Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03744676874718986386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294455042431301131.post-52569713110290925532016-07-30T17:37:00.001-07:002016-07-30T17:37:45.090-07:00Sir William "Braveheart" WallaceSir William "Braveheart" Wallace
1272-1305
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Born, Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Scotland <br />
Died 23 August 1305 (aged 32––33) Smithfield, London, England <br />
Cause of death Decapitation <br />
Occupation Commander in the Scottish Wars of Independence <br />
Children None recorded <br />
Parents Malcolm Wallace (father), Margaret Crauford (mother)
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Sir William Wallace ( Medieval Gaelic: Uilliam Uallas; modern Scottish Gaelic: Uilleam Uallas; 1272 –– 23 August 1305) was a Scottish knight and landowner who is known for leading a resistance during the Wars of Scottish Independence and is today remembered in Scotland as a martyr.
Along with Andrew Moray, he defeated an English army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge, and was dubbed the Guardian of Scotland, serving until his defeat at the Battle of Falkirk. A few years later Wallace was captured in Robroyston near Glasgow and handed over to King Edward I of England, who had him executed for treason.
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Wallace was the inspiration for the poem The Acts and Deeds of Sir William Wallace, Knight of Elderslie, by the 15th century minstrel, Blind Harry and this poem was to some extent the basis of Randall Wallace’s (no known relation) screenplay for the 1995 film “Braveheart“.
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Background<br />
Little is known for certain of William Wallace's immediate family. The Wallace family may have originally come from Wales or Shropshire as followers of Walter Fitzalan (died June 1177), High Steward of Scotland and ancestor of the Stewart family. The early members of the family are recorded as holding lands including Riccarton, Tarbolton, and Auchincruive in Kyle, and Stenton in Haddingtonshire.
The seal attached to a letter sent to the Hanse city of Luubeckin 1297 appears to give his father's name as Alan. His brothers Malcolm and John are known from other sources. Alan Wallace may appear in the Ragman Rolls as a crown tenant in Ayrshire, but this is uncertain. <br />
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The traditional view is that Wallace's birthplace was Elderslie in Renfrewshire, but it has been recently claimed to be Ellerslile in Ayrshire. There is no contemporary evidence linking him with either location, although both areas were linked to the wider Wallace family.<br />
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At the time of Wallace's birth, which cannot be securely dated, King Alexander III (Medieval Gaelic: Alaxandair mac Alaxandair; Modern Gaelic: Alasdair mac Alasdair) ruled Scotland. His reign had seen a period of peace and economic stability. Alexander had maintained a positive relationship with the kings of England, while successfully fending off continuing English claims to sovereignty. In 1286 Alexander died after falling from his horse; none of his children survived him.
The Scottish lords declared Alexander's four-year-old granddaughter, Margaret (called "the Maid of Norway"), queen. Due to her young age, the Scottish lords set up an interim government to administer Scotland until Margaret came of age. King Edward I of England (popularly known as "Longshanks" among other names) took advantage of the instability by arranging the Treaty of Birgham with the lords, betrothing Margaret to his son, Edward, on the understanding that Scotland would preserve its status as a separate kingdom. Margaret, however, fell ill and died at only seven years of age (1290) on her way from her native Norway to Scotland. Claimants to the Scottish throne came forward almost immediately.
With Scotland threatening to descend into a dynastic war, Edward stepped in as arbitrator — as a powerful neighbour and significant jurist he could hardly be ignored. Before the process could begin, he insisted, despite his previous promise to the contrary, that all of the contenders recognize him as Lord Paramount of Scotland. After some initial resistance, all, including John Balliol and Robert Bruce (grandfather of the Robert Bruce who later became king), the chief contenders, accepted this precondition. Finally, in early November 1292, at a great feudal court held in the castle at Berwick-upon-Tweed, judgement was given in favour of John Balliol having the strongest claim in law. Formal announcement of the judgement was given by Edward on 17 November.
Edward proceeded to reverse the rulings of the Scottish guardians and even summoned King John Balliol to stand before the English court as a common felon. Balliol was a weak king and not the strong leader Scotland needed in these troubled times. Thus he came to be known as "Toom Tabard", or "Empty Coat". Balliol supporters including Fraser, Bishop of St. Andrews and John Comyn, Earl of Buchan appealed to King Edward to keep the promise he had made in the Treaty of Birgham and elsewhere to respect the customs and laws of Scotland. Edward repudiated the treaty, saying he was no longer bound by it. Balliol renounced his homage in March 1296 and by the end of the month Edward stormed Berwick-upon-Tweed, sacking the then-Scottish border town. He slaughtered almost all of his opponents who resided there, even if they fled to their homes. In April, the Scots were defeated at the Battle of Dunbar in East Lothian and by July Edward had forced Balliol to abdicate at Stracathro near Montrose. Edward then instructed his officers to receive formal homage from some 1,800 Scottish nobles (many of the rest being prisoners of war at that time), having previously removed the Stone of Destiny, the Scottish coronation stone, from Scone Palace, and taken it to London.
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Military career
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Early exploits
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Blind Harry invented a tale that Wallace's father was killed along with his brother John in a skirmish at Loudoun Hill in 1291 by the notorious Lambies, who came from the Clan Lamont.
According to local Ayrshire legend, two English soldiers challenged Wallace in the Lanark marketplace regarding his catching of fish. According to various historians, including John Strawhorn, author of The History of Irvine, the legend has Wallace fishing on the River Irvine. He had been staying with his uncle in Riccarton. A group of English soldiers approached, whereupon the leader of the band came forward and demanded the entire catch. Even after Wallace offered half of his fish, the English refused such diplomacy and threatened him with death if he refused. Wallace allegedly floored the approaching soldier with his fishing rod and took up the assailant's sword. He set upon the entire team of English soldiers with stereotypical success. The argument had escalated into a brawl and two English soldiers were killed. Blind Harry places this incident along the River Irvine with five soldiers being killed. The authorities issued a warrant for his arrest shortly thereafter. <br />
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According to a plaque outside St. Paul’s Cathedal in Dundee, however, William Wallace began his war for independence by killing the son of the English governor of Dundee, who had made a habit of bullying Wallace and his family. This story perhaps has more weight because it is speculated that Wallace may have attended what is now the High School of Dundee, and spent some of his time growing up in the nearby village of Kilspindie. In 1291, or 1292, William Wallace killed the son of an English noble, named Selby, with a dirk.
Wallace enters history when he killed William Heselrig, the English Sheriff of Lanark, in May 1297. According to later legend this was to avenge the death of Marion Braidfute of Lamington— the young maiden Wallace courted and married in Blind Harry's tale. Soon, he achieved victory in skirmishes at Loudon Hill (near Darvel, Ayrshire) and Ayr; he also fought alongside Sir William Douglas the Hardy at Scone, routing the English justiciar, William Ormesby from cities such as Aberdeen, Perth, Glasgow, Scone and Dundee.
Supporters of the growing revolt suffered a major blow when Scottish nobles agreed to personal terms with the English at Irvine in July. In August, Wallace left Selkirk Forest with his followers to join Andrew Moray, who had begun another uprising, at Stirling, where they prepared to meet the English in battle.
As Wallace's ranks swelled, information obtained by John de Graham prompted Wallace to move his force from Selkirk Forest to the Highlands; there is no historical evidence to suggest that Wallace ever left the Lowlands area of Scotland other than his visit to France and his trip to the scaffold in London.
Battle of Stirling Bridge
On September 11, 1297, Wallace's forces won the Battle of Stirling Bridge. Although vastly outnumbered, the Scottish forces led by Wallace and Andrew Moray routed the English army. John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey’s professional army of 3,000 cavalry and 8,000 to 10,000 infantry met disaster as they crossed over to the north side of the river. The narrowness of the bridge prevented many soldiers from crossing together (possibly as few as three men abreast), so while the English soldiers crossed, the Scots held back until half of them had passed and then killed the English as quickly as they could cross. The infantry were sent on first, followed by heavy cavalry. But the Scots' sheltron formations forced the infantry back into the advancing cavalry. A pivotal charge, led by one of Wallace's captains, caused some of the English soldiers to retreat as others pushed forward, and under the overwhelming weight, the bridge collapsed and many English soldiers drowned. Some claim that the bridge was rigged to collapse by the action of a man hidden beneath the bridge. The Scots won a significant victory which boosted the confidence of their army. Hugh Cressingham, Edward's treasurer in Scotland, died in the fighting and it is reputed that his body was subsequently flayed and the skin cut into small pieces as tokens of the victory. The Lanercost Chronicle records that Wallace had "a broad strip [of Cressingham’s skin] ... taken from the head to the heel, to make therewith a baldrick for his sword". William Crawford led 400 Scottish heavy cavalry to complete the action by running the English out of Scotland. It is widely believed that Moray died of wounds suffered on the battlefield sometime in the winter of 1297, but an inquisition into the affairs of his uncle, Sir William Moray of Bothwell, held at Berwick in late November 1300, records he was "slain at Stirling against the king."
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Wallace was knighted along with his second-in-command John de Graham, possibly by Robert the Bruce, and Wallace was named "Guardian of Scotland and Leader of its armies".
The type of engagement used by Wallace was contrary to the contemporary views on chivalric warfare whereby strength of arms and knightly combat was espoused in the stead of tactical engagements and strategic use of terrain. The battle thus embittered relations between the two antagonistic nations, whilst also perhaps providing a new departure in the type of warfare with which England had hitherto engaged. The numerical and material inferiority of the Scottish forces would be mirrored by the English in the Hundred Years’ War, who, in turn, abandoned chivalric warfare to achieve decisive victory in similar engagements such as Creecy and Poitiers.
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In the six months following Stirling Bridge, Wallace led a raid into northern England. His intent was to take the battle to English soil to demonstrate to Edward that Scotland also had the power to inflict the same sort of damage south of the border.
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Battle of Falkirk
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A year later, Wallace lost the Battle of Falkirk. On 1 April 1298, the English invaded Scotland at Roxburgh. They plundered Lothian and regained some castles, but had failed to bring Wallace to combat. The Scots adopted a scorched earth policy in their own country, and English quartermasters' failure to prepare for the expedition left morale and food low, but Edward's search for Wallace would not end at Falkirk.
Wallace arranged his spearmen in four "schiltrons" —— circular, hedgehog formations surrounded by a defensive wall of wooden stakes. The English however employed Welsh longbowmen which swung strategic superiority in their favour. The English proceeded to attack with cavalry, and breaking up the Scottish archers. Under the command of the Scottish nobles, the Scottish knights withdrew, and Edward's men began to attack the schiltrons. It remains unclear whether the infantry shooting bolts, arrows and stones at the spearmen proved the deciding factor, although it is very likely that it was the arrows of Edward's bowmen. Gaps in the schiltrons soon appeared, and the English exploited these to crush the remaining resistance. The Scots lost many men, including John de Graham. Wallace escaped, though his military reputation suffered badly.
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By September 1298, Wallace had decided to resign as Guardian of Scotland in favour of Robert Bruce, Earl of Carrick (the future king) and John Comyn of Badenoch, King John Balliol's brother-in-law. Bruce became reconciled with King Edward in 1302, while Wallace spurned such moves towards peace.
According to Harry, Wallace left with William Crawford in late 1298 on a mission to the court of King Philip IV of France to plead the case for assistance in the Scottish struggle for independence. Backing this claim is a surviving letter from the French king dated 7 November 1300 to his envoys in Rome demanding that they should help Sir William. Whether or not Wallace made it to Rome is uncertain. Harry also states that on their trip down the English coast, the small convoy ran into the infamous pirate Thomas Longoville, also known as the Red Reiver for his red sails and ruthless raids. Hiding in the hold of the ship while Crawford and a small contingent of men sailed, Wallace surprised the pirates as they boarded the ship. Longoville was captured and taken to Paris where the Scots convinced Philip to grant amnesty so that Longoville could prey on English ships. This last story is one of many recorded by Blind Harry for which there is no evidence. Harry also invented a major action against Edward I at Biggar, which, though often cited, never actually occurred.
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In 1303, Squire Guthrie was sent to France to ask Wallace and his men to return to Scotland, which they did that same year. They slipped in under the cover of darkness to recover on the farm of William Crawford, near Elcho Wood. Having heard rumours of Wallace's appearance in the area, the English moved in on the farm. A chase ensued and the band of men slipped away after being surrounded in Elcho Wood. Here, Wallace took the life of one of his men that he suspected of disloyalty, in order to divert the English from the trail.
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In 1304 he was involved in skirmishes at Happrew and Earnside.
Capture and execution
Wallace evaded capture by the English until 5 August 1305 when John de Menteith, a Scottish knight loyal to Edward, turned Wallace over to English soldiers at Robroyston near Glasgow. Wallace was transported to London and taken to Westminster Hall, where he was tried for treason and was crowned with a garland of oak to suggest he was the king of outlaws. He responded to the treason charge, "I could not be a traitor to Edward, for I was never his subject." With this, Wallace asserted that the absent John Balliol was officially his king. Wallace was declared guilty.
Following the trial, on 23 August 1305, Wallace was taken from the hall, stripped naked and dragged through the city at the heels of a horse to the Elms at Smithfield. He was hanged, drawn and quartered—— strangled by hanging but released while he was still alive, eviscerated and his bowels burnt before him, beheaded, then cut into four parts. His preserved head (dipped in tar) was placed on a pike atop London Bridge. It was later joined by the heads of the brothers, John and Simon on Fraser. His limbs were displayed, separately, in Newcastle upon Tyne, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Stirling, and Aberdeen.
The Wallace Sword, which supposedly belonged to Wallace although some parts are at least 160 years later in origin, was held for many years in Loudoun Castle and is now in the Wallace Monument near Stirling. <br />
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In 2002 William Wallace was ranked #48 as one of the 100 Greatest Britons in an extensive UK poll conducted by the BBC. In 2005, David Ross undertook a 450 mile walk in commemoration of the septicantennial of Wallace's execution.
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[<strong>Ancestral Link</strong>: Louis Abraham Stagge, son of Elizabeth Birt (Stagge), daughter of Abraham Birt.]<br />
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Family History of Abraham Birt and Catherine Norris by Florence Cragun Leishman, grand-daughter <br />
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Abraham Birt, my grandfather, was born 21 December 1844 in the beautiful little village of Painswick, Gloucester County, England, the son of Peter Birt and Harriot Ireland Birt.
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In the 1840s growing urban demand increased scientific knowledge, and better methods of producing glass jars and tin receptacles permitted the introduction of canned foods, and by the 1960s fresh fruits, fish and vegetables were being canned in considerable quantities. Gail Borden in America had just patented "condensed milk" and dried milk was first made in England in 1855. Together with submarine cable to America successfully laid in 1866, the telegraph made it possible to get news transmitted with unheard of rapidity which gave a stimulus to newspapers, which were likewise aided by mechanical steam presses and cheaper paper.
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Photography was a new industry, although the first crude photograph had been made in 1822, it was a Frenchman who rendered the process practicable. There was also a very rapid progress of industry between 1830 and 1850, but even more revolutionary than the rapid progress of industry were the startling improvements in transportation. The impact of industry, science and cheap transportation on English agriculture worked first in one direction, then in the other. By the new techniques of the 18th century, British farming had been changed over into a large scale profit making enterprise. </div>
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In spite of all this progress, Abraham had very little or no education. Coming from a very poor family he was put to work at a very early age. He was farmed out to help land owners with their "farming," and when still a young man was employed as a "gardener" at the Palace of Gloucester. Gloucester City being only six miles from Painswick, it is not known whether or not be walked to and from his labor, or whether he moved to the vicinity of Gloucester City. </div>
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The following account is given of how the little village of Painswick derived it's name: Wicke, a Saxon word for "villa" was built in a forest cleared by a band of Saxon pirates who came across the North Sea from Germany and swarmed westward through England, killing looting and burning. With the coming of Christianity they built a church on the site where they had formerly sacrificed to Thor the god of thunder, and to all the warrior gods of the Nordic Mists from which they came. Pain Fitzjohn who had been born in England since the conquest was one of the several able officers of King Henry I. As the King's sheriff he also collected the royal revenues so necessary to the law. Twice a year Pain rode with the revenue collected to Winchester of Westminster Hall where the coin was carefully counted. In later years Pain built a small castle on what is now Castle Hale, and our "Wicke" thus became known as Pain's Wicke or Painswick.
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However it was in Gloucester City that Abraham met Catherine Norris, a young women four years his senior. He fell in love with her and they were married 30 May 1868. Catherine was born 20 January 1840 in the beautiful village of Gloucester City, Gloucester, England. She was the second child and eldest daughter of a family of eight children born to Jacob Norris and Caroline Holbrow. She spent her childhood and early adulthood in Gloucester City. Catherine also came from a very poor family. They were very poorly educated but good religious people who taught their children to be honest, thrifty and hard working individuals. Catherine had no schooling other than what her parents taught her. She was a shy, quiet, retiring girl who took life very seriously. She was also highly emotional, keeping her thoughts and troubles to herself but brooding about them.
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Abraham and Catherine became the parents of six children. Charles Thomas born 5 June 1870. Elizabeth born 22 May 1872. William born 26 January 1875 died 1880. Minnie Agnes born 1 August 1876. Francis Frank born 19 September 1881. Kate born 30 July 1884.
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The missionaries visited the Abraham Birt family, where they were received kindly, and the family became very interested in their gospel message. However they were not baptized until after they came to Utah. Abraham, Catherine and their three youngest children, Minnie, Frank and Kate were baptized 20 March 1893 at North Ogden, Weber County, Utah, by John W. Rex.
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In the year 1880, Catherine gave consent for their eldest daughter, Elizabeth, who was eight years of age, to come to the United States with a friend and neighbor, Alice Brazer. Alice also brought with her a niece, who probably was a friend and playmate to Elizabeth. After arriving in the United States and traveling to Utah, Alice met and married John Knowles, a widower. Alice raised her niece and Elizabeth along with John Knowles' children until they were old enough to marry.
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When Charles, the eldest son was eleven years of age, grandmother's brother, Thomas Norris, who had been in Utah for some time, wrote asking Catherine to send Charles to him, explaining that he could use him in his work, and sending the money for his transportation. Charles sailed from England with a Mormon missionary who had preached the gospel to the Birt family.
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On August 4, 1892, Abraham and Catherine left England with their three youngest children. The family was very sick on their way over with the exception of Kate. She made her family, as well as the other passengers, as comfortable as possible by bringing them their meals and water as well as entertaining them with recitations and singing. On arriving in New York, the family came directly to Utah, settling in North Ogden.
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Shortly after arriving they settled in a little home owned by Alfred Barrett, who employed Abraham as a farmer. Abraham loved the soil, his work and new found home, but the happiness lasted for only a short while. On 9 August 1893, less than a year after his arrival he saddled his horse to go to the pasture for cows. Before he had gone very far something frightened his horse, and he was thrown to the ground, his foot catching in the stirrups he was dragged to his death. Cause of death was listed as "concussion." He is buried in the North Ogden Cemetery.
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Grandfather's death was such an emotional upset to Catherine, she went about in a state of shock and depression. she would sit for hours on her front porch staring and rocking, and sometimes singing the songs that were sung at Abraham's funeral. She was dazed; her children being too young to understand didn't know how to manage and care for their mother. On consulting relatives and friends, and their family doctor they were advised to have their mother taken to the mental hospital in Provo. She was there for just a short while until she was released and reunited again with her family. She never did get completely over the deep sorrow of the loss of her husband. She grieved until the time of her death.
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I recall very little of my grandmother, but I do remember her as a dear, kind, loving little lady who I adored. She was always able to supply us with a sweet of some kind, or a penny with which to buy something. She and Uncle Frank, who never married, lived close to us in Pleasant View, and whenever my sister LaVon and I felt the need of candy or cookies, we would carefully cross the road to go visit her.
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Grandmother kept house for Uncle Frank until he felt it was too much work for her, then she moved to Ogden to live with her daughter Minnie, who had been widowed very young. She cared for Aunt Minnie's children while she worked to make a living for them. In September 1911 Catherine became very ill, passing away 12 September 1911 in Ogden, Utah, age 71 years. Her death was listed as "general debility." She was buried in the North Ogden Cemetery beside her Abraham. Her family and friends mourned her death, but rejoiced that at least she had joined her beloved husband. Grandmother Birt was loving, thoughtful mother who always felt a deep concern for her children as well as her grandchildren's welfare.
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Compiled 1 July 1972 by: Florence Cragun Leishman, granddaughter. <br />
<b>Found on FamilySearch.org (contributed by Millie Kaye Beck 30 May 2017)</b><br />
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Abraham Birt, who received severe injuries by falling from his horse on Aug. 4th, died at his residence in North Ogden on the 9th. He leaves a wife and a number of children. The funeral was held Thursday in the North Ogden meeting house and was well attended, after which the body was interred in the Union cemetery.
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<br />Arn and Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03744676874718986386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294455042431301131.post-91034927830699222272014-09-22T19:32:00.000-07:002018-09-14T11:18:19.392-07:00Catherine Norris (Birt) 1840-1911<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ancestral Link: JoAnn Stagge (Miller), daughter of Marvin Louis Stagge, son of Louis Abraham Stagge, son of Elizabeth Birt (Stagge) daughter of Catherine Norris (Birt).<br />
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Nicholas Bailey - Frank Francis Birt<br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--2Kez3wLU5Q/Trmbvgm24BI/AAAAAAAAG_o/f6YeDRs3k5Y/s1600/Marvin%2BStagge3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672736446158921746" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/--2Kez3wLU5Q/Trmbvgm24BI/AAAAAAAAG_o/f6YeDRs3k5Y/s400/Marvin%2BStagge3.jpg" style="display: block; height: 121px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> "DEFENSE DEPOT OGDEN SAFETY AWARD is presented to Marvin L. Stagge for accident-free work performance over a period of 1 year ending 27 Apr 71, F. W. Haught, Col., USMC<br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8aVt9K9Pi7U/Tp2kfGV4A-I/AAAAAAAAGPA/Ru8BG-OuSxc/s1600/Marvin1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664864760487216098" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8aVt9K9Pi7U/Tp2kfGV4A-I/AAAAAAAAGPA/Ru8BG-OuSxc/s400/Marvin1.jpg" style="display: block; height: 299px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Utah General Depot baseballers, top, and Railroad Boosters, lower photo, will be two of the eight contenders for the Weber Centennial baseball crown at Affleck park, August 12, 13, 14 and 15. Top photo (fourth from left front row) Marvin Stagge....<br />
<b>Ogden Standard-Examiner, August 3, 1947</b><br />
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<b>California, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1959</b><br />
<b>Lost or Manifest of Aliens Employed on the Vessell as Members of Crew</b><br />
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Name: <b> </b>Marvin L. Stagge<br />
Vessel: Luxembourg Victory<br />
arriving at San Francisco, California Aug 8 - 1944 from the port of Suva, Fiji<br />
Whether Member on Last Voyage: No<br />
Length of service at sea: 2 mos<br />
Position in ship's company: M.M.<br />
Shipped or engaged: 5/23 at San Francisco<br />
Whether to be discharged at port of arrival: Yes<br />
Whether able to read: Yes<br />
Age: 23<br />
Male<br />
Race: Dutch<br />
Nationality: USA<br />
Height: 5'8"<br />
Weight: 160<br />
Physical marks, peculiarities, or disease: none<br />
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<b>List of Aliens Employed on the Vessel as Members of Crew</b><br />
Vessel: S. S. Monterey arriving at San Francisco, California April 15, 1944 from the port of Milne Bay, New Guinea<br />
Member of the crew on last voyage: No<br />
Name Stagge Marvin<br />
Length of service at sea: 0<br />
Position in ship's company: Scullion<br />
Shipped or engaged: 3/7/44 San Francisco<br />
Age: 23<br />
Race: USA<br />
Nationality: USA<br />
Height: 5 8<br />
Weight: 160<br />
Physical marks, peculiarities, or disease: scar/cheek <b><br /></b><br />
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<b>California Passenger and Crew Lists, 1893-1957 record for Marvin L. Stagge<br />List or Manifest of Aliens Employed on the Vessel, as Members of Crew<br />1300-2533</b><br />
Name: Marvin L Stagge<br />
Arrival Date: 7 August 1944<br />
Age: 23<br />
Birth Date: About 1921<br />
Gender: Male<br />
Ethnicity: Dutch<br />
Ship Name: Luxembourg Victory<br />
Port of Arrival: San Francisco, California<br />
Port of Departure: Suva; Fiji<br />
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<b>California Passenger and Crew Lists, 1893-1957 record for Marvin Stagge<br />List or Manifest of Aliens Employed on the Vessel, as Members of Crew</b><br />
Marvin Stagge<br />
Arrival Date: 15 April 1944<br />
Age: 23<br />
Birth Date: About 1921<br />
Gender: Male<br />
Ethnicity: USA (American)<br />
Ship Name: Monterey<br />
Length of Service at Sea: 0<br />
Position in ship's company: Scullion<br />
Shipped or Engaged: 3/7/44 - San Francisco<br />
Whether to be Discharged at Port of Arrival: Y<br />
Whether Able to Read: Y<br />
Height: 5'8"<br />
Weight: 160<br />
Physical Marks: scar/cheek<br />
Port of Arrival: San Francisco, California<br />
Port of Departure: Milne Bay; New Guinea<br />
Archive information (series:roll number):<br />
IMUSACA1907:130161<br />
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<b>Military Record</b><br />
Serial: #4407-00237<br />
STAGGE, Marvin Louis MARITIME<br />
Born: September 7, 1930 in Utah.<br />
Wife: Beth Schow Stagge, 3209 Wall Ave., Ogden, Utah<br />
ENROLLED Dec 28, 1943 at SLC., sent to Avalon Jan.9, 1943.<br />
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<b>found on ancestry.com</b><br />
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Birth announcement in Ogden Standard-Examiner on January 19, 1941, lists address as 2281 Kiesel, Ogden, Utah. Birth announcement for Gary Louis Stagge born on January 8, 1941.<br />
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Washington Junior High school students who have done outstanding work during the past two years were honored Thursday at the award assembly....Those who received activity awards are: ...Marvin Stagge... </div>
<b>Ogden Standard-Examiner, May 31, 1936</b> <br />
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<b>16 Selected for Legion Tourney</b>Sixteen players were chosen last week as members of the squad which will represent Herman Baker post of Ogden in the American Legion district two baseball tournament here in July, said Coach Aaron Horne. They are ...Marvin Stagge....<br />
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<b>The Ogden Standard-Examiner, June 28, 1936</b><br />
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<b>Youth Hear Praise Words</b></div>
Legion Commander Gives Banquet for Title Winners<br />
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Members of the Ogden American Legion junior baseball team, champions of the district during the season just closed, heard their activities praised at a banquet given by Commander George Meyer in the dining room of Jim's cafe, Wednesday evening.<br />
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Chef de Gare George D. Shupe, of the Forty and Eight, talked on the sportsmanship derived from clean athletics. A. K. Cross, who acted as chairman, spoke on the success of the boys and the activities of the tournament in which they won first out of seven teams. Bruce Hamilton praised the enthusiasm of the junior organization, and expressed the hope more teams will enter the league next year. The coach, Aaron Horne, declared he had never coached a finer and cleaner group of boys.<br />
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Each player spoke enthusiastically concerning his experiences.<br />
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The boys in attendance at the meeting were...Marvin Stagge....<br />
<b>The Ogden Standard-Examiner, September 17, 1936</b><br />
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<b>Fireman Called to Help Injured Boy</b><br />
Fireman answered an inhalator call to the home of Marvin Stagge, 17, of 3209 Wall, when the youth lapsed into unconsciousness after receiving a head injury while playing ball at Becker's field Tuesday night.<br />
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When they arrived, however, he had regained consciousness and apparently was on the way to recovery. <br />
<b>The Ogden Standard-Examiner, June 8, 1938</b><br />
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<b>Clix Service Enters State Semi-Pro Diamond Event</b><br />
Sixteen Teams to Seek Gonfalon in Four Day Tourney<br />
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Fred Ketchem Predicts Spirited Competition in Diamond Series; Former American League Champions Will Bid for 1938 Flag<br />
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Clix Service baseballers of the Sunday Morning league, today officially entered the Utah state semi-pro baseball tournament, scheduled for July 14, 15, 16, and 17, at Brigham City. The youngsters captured the state American League title last year.<br />
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Fred Ketchem is managing the Clix Service aggregation. Clix Swaner is the team sponsor.<br />
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"Our team is composed entirely of youngsters," said Manager Ketchem today. "The team boasts a number of sensational young performers, some that have attracted attention already of scouts.<br />
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"We realize of course that the tournament will be hotly contested and that some powerful clubs will compete. The Clix Service team may not romp home with the pendant, but we'll guarantee they'll make it mighty interesting for the other clubs.<br />
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"Brigham's new lighted field makes Brigham City the ideal location for a tournament of this kind. The affair promises to attract fine crowds and is a cinch to produce some spirited battled."<br />
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Each club enrolling in the tournament will be allowed 15 players. The entries close July 10.<br />
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Manager Ketcham today announced his partial roster of players as follows: ...Shortstop - Marvin Stagge...<br />
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The joust is sponsored by the junior chamber of commerce of Brigham City.<br />
<b>The Ogden Standard-Examiner, June 30, 1938</b><br />
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<b>Ogdenite Fined in Plates Case</b><br />
Driver Pleads Guilty in Borrowing Licenses for Auto<br />
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BRIGHAM CITY, May 9 - The following cases came before Judge Wesley Horsley in the city court on Monday: Marvin Stagge, 18, Ogden, pleaded guilty to driving an automobile with improper license plates. He was fined $10.<br />
<b>The Ogden Standard-Examiner, May 9, 1939</b><br />
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<b>Reported to Police</b><br />
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Marvin L. Stagge of 3052 Jefferson reported to Ogden police the theft of an auto stereo four tapes from his car while parked in his garage.<br />
<b>The Ogden Standard-Examiner, September 7, 1970</b><br />
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<b>Washington to Make Bid for Grid Gonfalon</b><br />
Horne Pleased with is 1936 Machine; Porter will Lead Squad<br />
Washington Junior high football will trot out a capable team when the 1936 Junior high grid season gets under way, according to Coach Aaron Horne.<br />
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"Prospects are indeed bright for 1936," said Coach Horne. "We will have a number of veterans back and of course many newcomers will bid for posts on the team.<br />
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"Practice will open officially on September 8."<br />
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Washington's 1936 squad is composed of the following players:<br />
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...Backfield...Marvin Stagge (last name listed).<br />
<b>The Ogden Standard-Examiner, 23 August 1936</b><br />
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<b>Obituary</b><br />
Marvin Louis Stagge, 54, of 3052 Jefferson, died Monday at the McKay Hospital of pneumonia.<br />
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Mr. Stagge was born September 7, 1920, in Ogden, a son of Louis A. and Lura Minnie Parker Stagge. </div>
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On February 1940, he was married to Beth Schow in Brigham City.<br />
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He had worked in the maintenance department of Williams Research Co., and was former parts manager for the Cortese Ford Motor Company in Richmond, California.<br />
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He had lived in Ogden and moved to Concord, California, in 1941, returning to Ogden in 1967.<br />
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He was a member of the Ogden 9th LDS Ward and served in the Merchant Marines during World War II.<br />
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Surviving are his widow of Ogden, two sons and one daughter, Gary L. Stagge, Concord, California; Bruce C. Stagge, Lyman, Wyoming; Mrs. Arnold (JoAnn) Miller, Orem, Utah; three grandchildren.<br />
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Also surviving are three brothers, Delbert E. Stagge, Ralph J. Stagge, both of Ogden; Floyd Stagge, Plain City.<br />
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Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at Lindquist and Sons Colonial Chapel with Bishop Charles L. Datwyler of the 9th Ward officiating.<br />
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Friends may call at the mortuary Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Thursday prior to services. Interment in Ogden City Cemetery.<br />
<b>Ogden Standard-Examiner, May 27, 1975</b><br />
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<b>Utah, Military Records, 1861-1970 Record for Marvin Louis Stagge</b><br />
Serial #4407-00237<br />
Stagge, Marvin Louis Maritime<br />
Born: September 7, 1920 in Utah<br />
Wife: Beth Schow Stagge, 3209 Wall Avenue, Ogden, Utah<br />
Enrolled: December 28, 1943 at Salt Lake City, sent to Avalon January 9, 1943<br />
<b>found on ancestry.com</b><br />
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<b>Polk's Ogden (Utah) City Directory</b><br />
<b>1938 - </b>Stagge, Marvin L, driver A&A Messenger Del r3209 Wall Av<br />
1939 - Stagge, Marvin L, porter UP Stages r3209 Wall Av<br />
1941 - Stagge, Marvin L (Beth) h88 Wilson la<br />
1942 - Stagge, Marvin L 88<br />
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<b>Washington Junior Holds Variety Program in School Gym</b><br />
Eighteen boxing and wrestling contests and a pair of battle royals held the attention of more than 300 fans at the annual smoker at Washington Junior High school last night.<br />
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Aaron W. Horne directed the program and Bret Herrick was the referee. Rubo Ellis was the time keeper along with Harold Welch. Walter Woolsey decisioned Dale Parks in one of the feature mit contests.<br />
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The following fistic events resulted in draw verdicts:...Parley Davis and Marvin Stagge....<br />
<b>Ogden Standard-Examiner, January 30, 1937.</b><br />
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<b>Washington Diamond Team Ready to Defend Title</b><br />
<b>Two Regulars to Aid Champions in Next Pennant Race</b><br />
Washington Junior high baseballers, with only two veterans back in togs, are ready to defend their 1936 Ogden Junior High diamond championship, Aaron Horne, coach, announced today.<br />
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"Marvin Stagge, shortstop and relief pitcher, and Keith Gale, outfielder, are the only regulars back for the 1937 session," said Coach Horne today. ....<br />
<b>Ogden Standard-Examiner, April 8, 1937</b><br />
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<b>Legion Team to Play for Coastal Title</b></div>
Utah Champions Depart Thursday; Stockton Stages Tourney<br />
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Fifteen Ogden American Legion baseball players, will leave Ogden Thursday at nine-thirty a.m. for Stockton, California, where they will compete in the western regional tournament Saturday and Sunday.<br />
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Aaron Horne, coach of the team, will be in charge of the party. The Ogdenites are slated to play their first game either Saturday morning or Saturday afternoon.<br />
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Players named for the trip are:...Marvin Stagge...<br />
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"Several parents of the players will also make the trip," said Coach Horne today.<br />
<b>Ogden Standard-Examiner, 11 August 1937</b><br />
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<b>Double Card is scheduled for Ball Fans</b><br />
<b>Evanston and Smithfield to Test Local Machines in Loop Contests</b><br />
Semi-pro clubs of the Utah-Idaho and Wasatch leagues will provide fans of Ogden with a double-header at Reddy Kilowatt field Sunday. Ogden Bamboo of the U-I league will meet Smithfield at one p.m. in the first game. Two hours later Ogden Oaks of the Wasatch League will battle Evanston, Wyoming of the same circuit.<br />
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A small admission will be charged for the twin bill. This will be the first semi-pro program of the year at the new field at Sixteenth and Brinker.<br />
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Both the Oaks and Bamboo plan to enroll in the Utah semi-pro tournament in Brigham City July 4 to 18 inclusive.<br />
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Each of the local clubs has a fine following and indications point to nice attendance.<br />
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Ogden Bamboo will meet Preston at Preston Saturday in a night contest. George Vaughn is managing the Bamboo. <br />
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Archie "Lou" Sophia, first baseman is the new manager of the Ogden Oaks. He has played semi-pro ball in these parts for many years.<br />
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Manager Sofia announced the team roster as follows today: ...Infielders -- ...Marvin Stagge.....<br />
<b>Ogden Standard-Examiner, May 10, 1939</b><br />
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<b>Laybourne Directs Brigham Ball Club</b><br />
Brigham City, April 28th - The Brigham ball club is getting off with a seasonal start by playing the first game of the year with Magna at that place Sunday. On Wednesday, a home game will be played at the local ball park starting at eight-fifteen p.m. Dale Laybourne, former shortstop for the Ogden Reds, is Brigham's manager and the local boys who will appear on the home town team include:...Marvin Stagge....<br />
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The local team will work every evening at the ball park beginning at seven-thirty p.m. Other Brigham or Box Elder county boys who wish to try out for a place on the local team are urged to put in an appearance at the practice games.<br />
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New uniforms have been ordered and the local team has every indication of having a profitable season, observers point out.<br />
<b>Ogden Standard-Examiner, April 28, 1942</b><br />
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<b>Donkey Ball Set for Tonight; Kids Can Go Free</b><br />
All kids, under 12, accompanied by their parents, can see the donkey ball game, polo game, and musical chair demonstration free tonight at eight o'clock at the softball park immediately south of the baseball diamond at John Affleck park.<br />
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Playing ball donkey-back will be two teams picked from local softball squads. The Dirty Shirts will include.... The White Collar players will be .....Marvin Stagge.....<br />
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Wednesday at eight p.m. the "Original Globe Trotters, " Ogden will attempt to ride the donks to victory over a team composed of Ogden business men with a sprinkling of city officials, including Commissioner Edward T. Saunders.<br />
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Jack Moore's traveling donkeys will be used in the colorful program. Before the war the donkeys wowed capacity crowds in Ogden and other parts of the state.<br />
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Glen Cherry, one of Ogden's outstanding softball pitchers is directing the program. He anticipates one of the biggest crowds of the season.<br />
<b>Ogden Standard-Examiner, September 9, 1947</b><br />
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<b>Washington Will Rule Favorite in New Court Season</b><br />
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JUNIOR HIGH basketball players will open-the 1936 championship race January 17 and conclude their schedule February 21, Dave Wangsgaard, athletic supervisor for the Juniors announced today.</div>
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Central, defending champions, will meet serious competition in the new season from the other clubs of the circuit.<br />
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Washington, on paper, looks like the team to beat. The Aaron Horne machine boasts size, experience and ability.<br />
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Thirty-seven players are bidding for posts on the Washington team. The roster follows:...Marvin Stagge....<br />
<b>Ogden Standard-Examiner, December 6, 1935</b><br />
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<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664862375167838194" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eurnsXrVmYA/Tp2iUQVax_I/AAAAAAAAGO0/ZzpSzxpxCdc/s400/Marvin.jpg" style="display: block; height: 279px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br />
Presenting the Washington junior high baseball team, champions of the junior high league for 1936. Back row, left to right, Aaron Horne, coach; Keith Peterson, first base; F. T. Wiggins, principal; Parley Davis third base; third row, left to right, LeRoy Krumperman, rf; Jack Wecker, captain and catcher; Carl Yarrington, lf; Billy Porter, manager, and Bob Henstra, rf; second row, left to right, Paul Lane, p; Frank Lewis, cf; Walter Woolsey, infielder; Verle Pierson, p; Edwin Stringer, inflelder; front row left to right, Ray Pierson, infielder; Keith Gale, cf; Irwin Porter, of; Wayne Boyle, 2b; Mack Cook, p; Marvin Stagge, ss; Ira Craig, pitcher and outfielder, absent when photo was taken.<br />
<b>Ogden Standard-Examiner, May 31, 1936.</b><br />
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<b>Amblers Take Long Game</b>For the second time this season,Utah General Depot and Amblers went into extra innings before the winning run was scored. This time Amblers came out on the long end of the 3 to 2 score as Nelson bested Fisher in a fine pitching duel. Except for Cisowski's inside the park homer in the second, no batter connected until Stagge doubled down the left field line in the seventh for the Depot to eventually score the tieing run on Fisher's bunt. Swanke scored in similar fashion for Amblers in the eighth as he came home after a short fly to center to score sliding on a play that ended in a whirl of dust and could have been called either way, so accurate was Bell's throw to the plate after the catch.<br />
<b>Ogden Standard-Examiner, July 31, 1947</b><br />
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<b>Packers Suffer Two Defeats</b>Zeke's Place and Railroad Boosters turned back American Pack in league games Sunday in the Ogden service league. Zeke's Place upset the Packers 13-0 with Lefty Morris giving up only two hits. Railroad Boosters smashed out a 10-15 decision over the Packers in the other game. Manning of the Boosters hit a home run with two men on the sacks. Stagge of the Boosters engineered two fancy double plays.<br />
<b>Ogden Standard-Examiner, June 3, 1946</b><br />
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<b></b><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IfU0leAcf-o/TpxnrtO3hOI/AAAAAAAAGMA/8Z86pJA1Hoo/s1600/Marvin2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664516431899231458" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IfU0leAcf-o/TpxnrtO3hOI/AAAAAAAAGMA/8Z86pJA1Hoo/s400/Marvin2.jpg" style="display: block; height: 169px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> "Here are three of the 20 natives Marvin Stagge and his shipmates found living on Nageli Lavu island in the South Pacific. These range from 14 to 16 years of age."<br />
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<b>South Sea Stopover</b><br />
<b>Stagge, 43 Comrades, Find Life, Hope and Papaya on Tiny Pacific Island</b><br />
When dawn broke on the South Pacific that mid-winter morning of 1944 it brought with it new hope for 44 merchant seamen who had been drifting in open boats for three and one-half days.<br />
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Those days had been marked by panic, tragedy, pain, monotony, and despair. The tiny atoll that now appeared on the horizon would certainly mean relief from the cramped lifeboats and an end to the monotony of the sea, but it could also mean starvation and a sandy grave. However, it was the possibility that the strip of land before them held fresh food and water, shelter from the tropical sun, relief from the inured, an eventual rescue that did most to raise their spirits.<br />
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<b>One of those 44 seamen was Marvin Stagge, formerly of service stock and now of the service department.</b><br />
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Less than four days previously he had been steaming northward from Guadalcanal aboard the victory ship Luxemburg on which he was a cook. Without cargo and without convoy, the Luxemburg was returning Army officers to the United States.<br />
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Stagge and his mates were asleep in the foc'sle when shortly after midnight they were knocked to the deck by a jolting blast. A torpedo from a Jap sub had struck amidships.<br />
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The events that immediately followed are fogged in Stagge's memory. He does remember a cabin mate carefully packing his seabag and frantic attempts to secure watertight doors. Then there was the order to abandon ship.<br />
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Four boats were lowered, two of them motor launches equipped with sea anchors, the other two open lifeboats. Stagge drew one of the latter.<br />
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Twenty-four minutes after she had been hit the Luxemburg was enveloped by the sea.<br />
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The four boats hadn't been adrift long when a squall upset the placid surface of the moonlit water. The launches were able to hold their positions with sea anchors, but the lifeboats were battered about recklessly by the churning sea. Together, after drifting for three and one-half days, they reached the beach of Mageli Lavu island.<br />
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As they came closer to the small isle -- about the size of a city block -- they could see that it was inhabited. Natives, tall muscular men, were standing on the beach.<br />
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"We wanted to appease these men and did everything in our power to show them that we were friendly. We talked pig latin and made every sound we thought might help us be understood. We used sign language -- all the gestures we had seen explorers use in the movies."<br />
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And it turned out like it so often does in the movies --<br />
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"Our efforts seemed futile. The natives just stared. We were becoming frantic when one of the natives asked:<br />
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"'What d'ya say, Joe?"<br />
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It was easy after that.<br />
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There were still hardships but they were fewer and easier to bear now that chances of survival had been increased.<br />
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There were twenty-two natives on the island - five men, fifteen women, and two children. They had been placed there by the British a year previously.<br />
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There was food. The island held an abundant supply of bananas, pineapple, coconut, and papaya. Fish were a frequent and substantial part of the diet.<br />
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There was shelter. The natives aided the men in constructing huts of banana branches.<br />
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And there was recreation. By day the men were entertained by the natives who, after seeing that their guests were impressed by their talents, were eager to outdo each other. They scrambled up the coconut palms and dove deep and long beneath the surface of the sea.<br />
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At night there was singing around the fires. The seamen taught their hosts the old American ballads and the natives reciprocated with island chants. The islanders did particularly well on "The Old Mill Stream."<br />
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But the atmosphere was somber. From the natives it was learned that Nageli Lavu was a part of the Fiji group but that the closest other isle in the galaxy was 500 miles away. A ship hadn't been seen in weeks.<br />
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Some of the men were seriously injured. Stagge himself had a brain concussion. The small first aid kits from the life boats were the only medical supplies.<br />
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As days passed morale fell. Planes were sighted occasionally, but attempts to attract them with rockets and flares were futile.<br />
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Spirits were quickly revived when on the fifteenth day an aircraft carrier was sighted and attracted by the frantic signals. After receiving medical attention in an island hospital, the rescued mariners were returned to the United States.<br />
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Stagge returned to Ford-Richmond in February 1945. Looking back on the experience he states:<br />
"It was one of those things you wouldn't miss for the world, but wouldn't go through again for anything."<br />
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He is married and the father of two children.</div>
<b>Richmond News, November 1946, Page 8. (The Ford paper)</b><br />
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<b>U.S. Social Security Death Index for Marvin Stagge</b><br />
First Name: Marvin<br />
Middle Name:<br />
Last Name: Stagge<br />
Name Suffix:<br />
Birth Date: 7 September 1920<br />
Social Security Number: 529-09-0807<br />
Place of Issuance: Utah<br />
Last Residence: </div>
Zip Code of Last Residence:<br />
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Death Date: May 1975<br />
Estimated Age at Death: 55</div>
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<b>United States Census, 1930 for Marvin Stagge</b></div>
Name: Marvin Stagge <br />
Event: Census Event <br />
Date: 1930 Event <br />
Place: Ogden, Weber, Utah <br />
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Gender: Male Age: 9 </div>
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Marital Status: Single</div>
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Race: White </div>
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Birthplace: Utah</div>
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Estimated Birth Year: 1921</div>
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Relationship to Head of Household: Son </div>
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Father's Birthplace: Utah</div>
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Mother's Birthplace: Utah</div>
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Enumeration District Number: 0015</div>
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Family Number: 304</div>
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Sheet Number and Letter: 14A </div>
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Line Number: 32</div>
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NARA Publication: T626, roll 2424 </div>
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Film Number: 2342158 </div>
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Digital Folder Number: 4547822 </div>
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Image Number: 00603 </div>
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Household </div>
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Parent - Louis Stagge, M, 35</div>
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Parent - Lura Stagge, F, 34</div>
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Child - Marvin Stagge, M, 9</div>
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Child - Velda Stagge, F, 7</div>
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Child - Delbert Stagge, M, 6</div>
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Child - Ralph Stagge, M, 4<br />
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<b>Personal Record</b><br />
Blessed 3 October 1928 by Joseph Parker (grandfather)<br />
Baptized 28 October 1928 in Ogden, Weber, Utah by John E. Fowler and Confirmed 28 October 1928 by John F. Fowler<br />
Ordained a Deason 18 December 1932 by Horace E. Garner<br />
Married Beth Schow on 21 February 1940 in Briahm City, Utah by Bishop Wilford Freeman<br />
<b>found in genealogy book of Beth Schow Stagge</b><br />
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STATE AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL CHAMPIONS. . . That is sweet music today to the ears of these Ogden youngsters. The Ogden team, after stubborn competition to get to the state finals, provided a story book finish at Brigham City Tuesday. The Harman Baker post team will now represent Utah in the western finals at Stockton, California, next week end. Back row, left to right: Coach Aaron Horne; Stringer, utility; Gibson, 1b; Schofield, lf; Caranshan, p; Driscell, p; Hepworth, c; Woosey, 3b, and George F. Meyer, vice-commander, department of Utah. Front row, left to right: Stone, cf; Beck, 2b; Gudmundson, utility infielder; Franch, rf; <strong>Stagge, ss</strong>; Dalton, outfielder and Baird, pitcher. Photo by Ralph Furney, Standard-Examiner staff.<br />
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<b>Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956 for Lewis Abraham Stagge</b>Name: Velda May Stagge<br />
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Death Date: 20 November 1943<br />
Death Place: Beaver Dam, Box Elder, Utah<br />
Birthdate:<br />
Estimated Birth Year: 1922<br />
Birthplace:<br />
Death Age: 21 years 5 months 12 days<br />
Gender: Female<br />
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Father's Name: Lewis Abraham Stagge<br />
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Mother's Name: Lura Minnie Parker<br />
Mother's Titles and Terms:<br />
Film Number: 2260560<br />
Digital GS Number: 4120804<br />
Image Number: 496<br />
Certificate Number: 155<br />
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<b>Velda M. Stagge Killed in Accident</b><br />
Velda May Stagge Killed as Auto Plunges Off Road<br />
Lewis Housley Also Hurt At Beaver Dam<br />
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BRIGHAM CITY, November 20<br />
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Velda May Stagge, 21, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Stagge, 3209 Wall, Ogden, was killed in an automobile accident at Beaver Dam, 25 miles north of here today at about twelve-thirty a.m., when the car in which she was riding, plunged over a 60-foot embankment into Beaver Dam creek.<br />
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She was thrown clear of the machine and died shortly afterward of a fractured skull and internal<br />
injuries. Driver of the machine was Lewis Housley, 18, 1937 Twenty-second, Ogden, who is recovering from minor hurts at Cooley memorial hospital here.<br />
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The accident was investigated by Box Elder County Sheriff Warren Hyde, who reported exact cause of the accident was not determined. Apparently Housley lost control of his automobile, Sheriff Hyde added .<br />
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She was born in Ogden, June 7 1922, a daughter of Lewis Abraham and Lura Minnie Parker Stagge. She had resided in Ogden all her life. She was employed at Ogden arsenal as a motor lift operator working there for the past two years. She attended Ogden city schools and graduated from Ogden high school in 1940. She was a member of the L. D. S. church. She was serving as a home missionary in Weber L.D.S. stake and was an active genealogical worker and a Sunday school teacher in the Ogden First Ward.<br />
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Survivors include her parents and four brothers, Marvin Stagge and Lloyd Stagge of Ogden, Delbert Stagge of the U.S. Army, and Ralph Stagge with the U.S. coast guard.<br />
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Funeral arrangements are being made by Lindquist and Sons' mortuary of Ogden.<br />
<b>The Ogden-Standard Examiner, November 20, 1943</b><br />
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<b>Crash Victim's Rites Pending</b><br />
Funeral services for Velda May Stagge, 21, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Stagge, 3209 Wall, killed almost instantly early Saturday when the car in which she was riding left the highway and crashed over a high embankment in Beaver Dam, are pending word from relatives.<br />
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Lewis Housley, 18, 1937 Twenty-second, driver of the automobile in which Miss Stagge was killed, suffered only minor hurts. He was returned from Brigham City hospital to his home late Saturday evening.<br />
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Sheriff Warren Hyde of Box Elder county, who investigated, said exact cause of the accident was not determined. Housley said the car got out of control.<br />
<b>The Ogden Standard-Examiner, November 21, 1943</b><br />
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<b>Velda May Stagge</b><br />
Services for Velda May Stagge, 21, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Stagge, who was killed in an automobile accident at Beaver Dam, Box Elder county, will be held Friday at two p.m. in the L.D.S. First ward chapel with Bishop Raymond S. Wright conducting.<br />
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Friends may call this evening from six to nine o'clock at Lindquist and Sons' mortuary, and at the family home, 3209 Wall, Thursday afternoon and evening and Friday until the hour of the services. Interment will be in Ogden city cemetery.<br />
<b>The Ogden Standard-Examiner, November 24, 1943</b><br />
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<b>These Feminine Softballers Capture 1942 Arsenal Title</b> <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664860999622020738" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7j7sTo4PZoE/Tp2hEMBvToI/AAAAAAAAGOo/PEjJYD0dRrE/s400/Velda.jpg" style="display: block; height: 319px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br />
<b>CHAMPS OF FEMININE CIRCUIT</b> . . . East Shell Loading softballers, above, won the 1942 championship of the feminine league at Ogden arsenal. They downed East Fuze plant 5 to 3 in the final game of the season the other evening.<br />
Front row left to right: Barbara Gardner, Grace Anderson and Mary Bishop.<br />
Center row left to right: Mary Wheatley, Viola Lee, Lois Howard, Elma Avondet and Stella Sims.<br />
Back row, left to right: Velda Stagge, Rulon Cannon, manager; Helen King and Gwendolyn Wheatley<br />
<b>Ogden Standard-Examiner, September 13, 1942 </b><br />
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<b>Velda May Stagge</b><br />
My name is Velda May Stagge. I was born June 7, 1922, at 3248 Lincoln Avenue, Ogden, Utah. My father's name is Louis Abraham Stagge. He was born November 13, 1894, in Uintah, Utah. His father's name was William Stagge and his mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Birt. My mother's maiden name was Lura Minnie Parker. She was born November 27, 1895, in Clinton, Utah. Her father's name is Joseph Parker and mother's name was Minnie May Elmer. I was blessed July 2, 1922, by E. Garner. I was baptized by Fred W. McGregor on July 27, 1930, in the first ward, Weber stake. I was confirmed by Elder John Tingen.<br />
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I started school in 1928 and attended the Pingree School for six years. The teacher I liked best were Miss Seabrooks, Miss Jarman, Miss Holmgrin and Miss Caffey. I later attended the Washington School.<br />
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I have had many good times. The most interesting time was when I went to Mutual Camp. The instructors were Mrs. Van Dyle, Mrs. Mitchel and Mrs. Checketts.<br />
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I have four brothers and no sisters. My favorite sports are dancing, swimming and baseball.<br />
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I went to the Mormon Church all my life and have attended these classes, Sunday School, Primary, Mutual, Seminary and Junior Genealogy.<br />
<b>Written by Velda May Stagge.</b><br />
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<b>Houses she lived in</b><br />
3248 Lincoln Avenue (1922-1928)<br />
3213 Wall Avenue (1928-1933)<br />
3209 Wall Avenue (1933-1943)<br />
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<b>My Life Story</b><br />
My name is Velda May Stagge. I was born June 7, 1922 at 3248 Lincoln Avenue in Ogden, Utah. I am the daughter of Louis A. Stagge and Lura Minnie Parker Stagge. My father's parents are William Stagge and Elizabeth Burt Stagge. My mother's parents are Joseph Parker and Minnie May Jost Parker. I was blessed July 2, 1922 by E. Garner and I was baptized by Fred W. McGregor in the First Ward of Weber Stake on July 27, 1930. Elder John Tingen confirmed me.<br />
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Starting school in 1928 I attended Pingree School for six years and Washington School for four years. The instructors I like best were Miss Seabrooks, Miss Jarman, Miss Holmgrin, and Miss Gaffey. I have had many interesting times while attending school and also out of school. One of the most outstanding times was when I went to Bee Hive Girl;s Camp. The instructors at the camp were Mrs. Van Dyke, Mrs. Mitchel and Mrs. Checketts.<br />
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I have went to the Mormon Church all my life. The classes I have attended are: Sunday School, Primary, Mutual, Seminary, and Junior Genealogy.<br />
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My ambition is to go on a mission and to be Sunday School Teacher and work in the Genealogy Classes. I also hope to be able to do Temple Work for the Dead. I have had the privilege of going to the Salt Lake Temple and being baptized for the Dead. I would like to be able to go to the Logan Temple sometime.<br />
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My favorite sports are baseball, roller skating, and hiking. Some of my nearest girl friends are Glayds Alexander, Avalon Baird, Ruby Larsen, and Aline Smith.<br />
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I have four brothers and no sisters: Marvin, Delbert, Ralph, and Floyd.<br />
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This was written in the year 1937 for one of the requirements for a certificate of a Coat of Arms for Genealogy. My teacher at that time was Mrs. Elva Robinson.<br />
<b>Written by Velda May Stagge - found in her Book of Remembrance.</b><br />
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<b>One Week Diary</b><br />
February 1, 1937--I arose at seven thirty in the morning, ate my breakfast and went to school. I went to the basketball game after school. I came home and after eating my supper I went to Genealogy Meeting. I came home and went to bed.<br />
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February 2, 1937--I arose from bed at seven o'clock, ate my breakfast and went to school. After school I came home, helped my mother get supper and then went to Mutual. I came home from Mutual and went to bed.<br />
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February 3, 1937--I arose from bed at seven o'clock, ate my breakfast, and went to school. I came home after school, helped with supper, and then did my school lessons. After doing lessons I listened to the radio and then went to bed.<br />
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February 4, 1937--I arose from bed at seven fifteen, ate my breakfast and went to school. I came home from school, ate my supper and then did lessons. After doing lessons I tended kids. I came home and went to bed.<br />
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February 5, 1937--I arose from bed at seven fifteen, ate my breakfast and went to school. After school I went to a basketball game. I came home from the game and helped get supper. After supper I did my lessons and then went to bed.<br />
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February 6, 1937--I arose from bed at seven thirty, ate my breakfast. I helped do the Saturday's work. Saturday afternoon I sewed some quilt blocks. I helped get supper, did the dishes, and later went to bed.<br />
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February 7, 1937--I arose from bed at eight o'clock. I ate my breakfast and then went to the First Ward to Sunday School. I came home, helped get dinner, and then did the dishes. In the afternoon I read a book and then at night I helped get supper. After helping with the dishes I listened to the radio, and later went to bed.<br />
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This is one of the requirements for our First Year Junior Genealogical certificates. This was under the direction of Mrs. Elva Robison.<br />
<b>Written by Velda May Stagge in her Book of Remembrance</b><br />
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<b>Baptisms</b><br />
I have had the privilege of going to the Salt Lake City Temple and being baptized for the dead.<br />
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<b>Times Baptized</b><br />
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I have went to the temple three different times. In 1932 I was baptized about 20 times. In 1934 I was baptized about 25 times. In 1936 I was baptized about 25 times. I hope to go down a great many other times to do work for dead. I also expect to do other kids of Temple Work when I get older.<br />
<b>Written by Velda May Stagge in her Book of Remembrance</b><br />
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Ralph and Delbert were in the service when </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$509" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Velda</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.3"> was killed. The Red Cross got ahold of Ralph who was stationed in New Orleans. He boarded a train and met Delbert in Texas who was serving in the army in the tank corp. The night she was killed, she had been up to the hospital to visit a friend, Mary Bishop, who had at one time lived at the </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$810" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Stagge</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.5"> Home. Some guy </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$832" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Velda</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.7"> knew wanted a ride home and for some unknown reason they ended up far away at Beaver Dam which was between Collingston and Logan. The car went over an embankment and she was killed. The driver was very unconcerned and said he was tired and wanted to go home. The sheriff wanted to press charges, but they never did. <b>Found on FamilySearch.org</b></span></span></div>
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<b>Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956 for Lewis Abraham Stagge</b>Name: Velda May Stagge<br />
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Death Date: 20 November 1943<br />
Death Place: Beaver Dam, Box Elder, Utah<br />
Birthdate:<br />
Estimated Birth Year: 1922<br />
Birthplace:<br />
Death Age: 21 years 5 months 12 days<br />
Gender: Female<br />
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Father's Name: Lewis Abraham Stagge<br />
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Mother's Name: Lura Minnie Parker<br />
Mother's Titles and Terms:<br />
Film Number: 2260560<br />
Digital GS Number: 4120804<br />
Image Number: 496<br />
Certificate Number: 155<br />
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<b>Velda M. Stagge Killed in Accident</b><br />
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Velda May Stagge, 21, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Stagge, 3209 Wall, Ogden, was killed in an automobile accident at Beaver Dam, 25 miles north of here today at about twelve-thirty a.m., when the car in which she was riding, plunged over a 60-foot embankment into Beaver Dam creek.<br />
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She was thrown clear of the machine and died shortly afterward of a fractured skull and internal<br />
injuries. Driver of the machine was Lewis Housley, 18, 1937 Twenty-second, Ogden, who is recovering from minor hurts at Cooley memorial hospital here.<br />
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The accident was investigated by Box Elder County Sheriff Warren Hyde, who reported exact cause of the accident was not determined. Apparently Housley lost control of his automobile, Sheriff Hyde added .<br />
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She was born in Ogden, June 7 1922, a daughter of Lewis Abraham and Lura Minnie Parker Stagge. She had resided in Ogden all her life. She was employed at Ogden arsenal as a motor lift operator working there for the past two years. She attended Ogden city schools and graduated from Ogden high school in 1940. She was a member of the L. D. S. church. She was serving as a home missionary in Weber L.D.S. stake and was an active genealogical worker and a Sunday school teacher in the Ogden First Ward.<br />
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Survivors include her parents and four brothers, Marvin Stagge and Lloyd Stagge of Ogden, Delbert Stagge of the U.S. Army, and Ralph Stagge with the U.S. coast guard.<br />
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Funeral arrangements are being made by Lindquist and Sons' mortuary of Ogden.<br />
<b>The Ogden-Standard Examiner, November 20, 1943</b><br />
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Funeral services for Velda May Stagge, 21, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Stagge, 3209 Wall, killed almost instantly early Saturday when the car in which she was riding left the highway and crashed over a high embankment in Beaver Dam, are pending word from relatives.<br />
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Lewis Housley, 18, 1937 Twenty-second, driver of the automobile in which Miss Stagge was killed, suffered only minor hurts. He was returned from Brigham City hospital to his home late Saturday evening.<br />
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Sheriff Warren Hyde of Box Elder county, who investigated, said exact cause of the accident was not determined. Housley said the car got out of control.<br />
<b>The Ogden Standard-Examiner, November 21, 1943</b><br />
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Services for Velda May Stagge, 21, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Stagge, who was killed in an automobile accident at Beaver Dam, Box Elder county, will be held Friday at two p.m. in the L.D.S. First ward chapel with Bishop Raymond S. Wright conducting.<br />
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Friends may call this evening from six to nine o'clock at Lindquist and Sons' mortuary, and at the family home, 3209 Wall, Thursday afternoon and evening and Friday until the hour of the services. Interment will be in Ogden city cemetery.<br />
<b>The Ogden Standard-Examiner, November 24, 1943</b><br />
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<b>These Feminine Softballers Capture 1942 Arsenal Title</b> <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664860999622020738" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7j7sTo4PZoE/Tp2hEMBvToI/AAAAAAAAGOo/PEjJYD0dRrE/s400/Velda.jpg" style="display: block; height: 319px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br />
<b>CHAMPS OF FEMININE CIRCUIT</b> . . . East Shell Loading softballers, above, won the 1942 championship of the feminine league at Ogden arsenal. They downed East Fuze plant 5 to 3 in the final game of the season the other evening.<br />
Front row left to right: Barbara Gardner, Grace Anderson and Mary Bishop.<br />
Center row left to right: Mary Wheatley, Viola Lee, Lois Howard, Elma Avondet and Stella Sims.<br />
Back row, left to right: Velda Stagge, Rulon Cannon, manager; Helen King and Gwendolyn Wheatley<br />
<b>Ogden Standard-Examiner, September 13, 1942 </b><br />
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<b>Velda May Stagge</b><br />
My name is Velda May Stagge. I was born June 7, 1922, at 3248 Lincoln Avenue, Ogden, Utah. My father's name is Louis Abraham Stagge. He was born November 13, 1894, in Uintah, Utah. His father's name was William Stagge and his mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Birt. My mother's maiden name was Lura Minnie Parker. She was born November 27, 1895, in Clinton, Utah. Her father's name is Joseph Parker and mother's name was Minnie May Elmer. I was blessed July 2, 1922, by E. Garner. I was baptized by Fred W. McGregor on July 27, 1930, in the first ward, Weber stake. I was confirmed by Elder John Tingen.<br />
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I started school in 1928 and attended the Pingree School for six years. The teacher I liked best were Miss Seabrooks, Miss Jarman, Miss Holmgrin and Miss Caffey. I later attended the Washington School.<br />
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I have had many good times. The most interesting time was when I went to Mutual Camp. The instructors were Mrs. Van Dyle, Mrs. Mitchel and Mrs. Checketts.<br />
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I have four brothers and no sisters. My favorite sports are dancing, swimming and baseball.<br />
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I went to the Mormon Church all my life and have attended these classes, Sunday School, Primary, Mutual, Seminary and Junior Genealogy.<br />
<b>Written by Velda May Stagge.</b><br />
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<b>Houses she lived in</b><br />
3248 Lincoln Avenue (1922-1928)<br />
3213 Wall Avenue (1928-1933)<br />
3209 Wall Avenue (1933-1943)<br />
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<b>My Life Story</b><br />
My name is Velda May Stagge. I was born June 7, 1922 at 3248 Lincoln Avenue in Ogden, Utah. I am the daughter of Louis A. Stagge and Lura Minnie Parker Stagge. My father's parents are William Stagge and Elizabeth Burt Stagge. My mother's parents are Joseph Parker and Minnie May Jost Parker. I was blessed July 2, 1922 by E. Garner and I was baptized by Fred W. McGregor in the First Ward of Weber Stake on July 27, 1930. Elder John Tingen confirmed me.<br />
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Starting school in 1928 I attended Pingree School for six years and Washington School for four years. The instructors I like best were Miss Seabrooks, Miss Jarman, Miss Holmgrin, and Miss Gaffey. I have had many interesting times while attending school and also out of school. One of the most outstanding times was when I went to Bee Hive Girl;s Camp. The instructors at the camp were Mrs. Van Dyke, Mrs. Mitchel and Mrs. Checketts.<br />
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I have went to the Mormon Church all my life. The classes I have attended are: Sunday School, Primary, Mutual, Seminary, and Junior Genealogy.<br />
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My ambition is to go on a mission and to be Sunday School Teacher and work in the Genealogy Classes. I also hope to be able to do Temple Work for the Dead. I have had the privilege of going to the Salt Lake Temple and being baptized for the Dead. I would like to be able to go to the Logan Temple sometime.<br />
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My favorite sports are baseball, roller skating, and hiking. Some of my nearest girl friends are Glayds Alexander, Avalon Baird, Ruby Larsen, and Aline Smith.<br />
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I have four brothers and no sisters: Marvin, Delbert, Ralph, and Floyd.<br />
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This was written in the year 1937 for one of the requirements for a certificate of a Coat of Arms for Genealogy. My teacher at that time was Mrs. Elva Robinson.<br />
<b>Written by Velda May Stagge - found in her Book of Remembrance.</b><br />
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February 1, 1937--I arose at seven thirty in the morning, ate my breakfast and went to school. I went to the basketball game after school. I came home and after eating my supper I went to Genealogy Meeting. I came home and went to bed.<br />
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February 2, 1937--I arose from bed at seven o'clock, ate my breakfast and went to school. After school I came home, helped my mother get supper and then went to Mutual. I came home from Mutual and went to bed.<br />
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February 3, 1937--I arose from bed at seven o'clock, ate my breakfast, and went to school. I came home after school, helped with supper, and then did my school lessons. After doing lessons I listened to the radio and then went to bed.<br />
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February 4, 1937--I arose from bed at seven fifteen, ate my breakfast and went to school. I came home from school, ate my supper and then did lessons. After doing lessons I tended kids. I came home and went to bed.<br />
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February 5, 1937--I arose from bed at seven fifteen, ate my breakfast and went to school. After school I went to a basketball game. I came home from the game and helped get supper. After supper I did my lessons and then went to bed.<br />
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February 6, 1937--I arose from bed at seven thirty, ate my breakfast. I helped do the Saturday's work. Saturday afternoon I sewed some quilt blocks. I helped get supper, did the dishes, and later went to bed.<br />
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February 7, 1937--I arose from bed at eight o'clock. I ate my breakfast and then went to the First Ward to Sunday School. I came home, helped get dinner, and then did the dishes. In the afternoon I read a book and then at night I helped get supper. After helping with the dishes I listened to the radio, and later went to bed.<br />
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This is one of the requirements for our First Year Junior Genealogical certificates. This was under the direction of Mrs. Elva Robison.<br />
<b>Written by Velda May Stagge in her Book of Remembrance</b><br />
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<b>Baptisms</b><br />
I have had the privilege of going to the Salt Lake City Temple and being baptized for the dead.<br />
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<b>Times Baptized</b><br />
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I have went to the temple three different times. In 1932 I was baptized about 20 times. In 1934 I was baptized about 25 times. In 1936 I was baptized about 25 times. I hope to go down a great many other times to do work for dead. I also expect to do other kids of Temple Work when I get older.<br />
<b>Written by Velda May Stagge in her Book of Remembrance</b><br />
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Arn and Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03744676874718986386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294455042431301131.post-74904172155006532992012-08-13T09:19:00.000-07:002020-07-27T17:40:53.475-07:00LOUIS ABRAHAM STAGGE 1894-1969<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dLd9g-X719U/TrmYkub_cII/AAAAAAAAG_c/xATPOTaHwxM/s1600/Grandpa%2BStagge3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672732962357997698" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dLd9g-X719U/TrmYkub_cII/AAAAAAAAG_c/xATPOTaHwxM/s400/Grandpa%2BStagge3.jpg" style="display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 329px;" /></a> This picture was behind the one of Lura Minnie.<br />
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Memories of Louis Stagge by his granddaughter Margo Stagge Loftus
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When Louis was two years old, his mother died, and he went to live with relatives. He lived with his sister Millie for awhile. When he was about 10 years old, he started to make his own living. As a teenager he worked for the Thornley family, herding sheep in Morgan, Utah.
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On July 20, 1917, he enlisted in the 5th regiment of the Marine Corp and served during WW1. He went to Mare Island, California and then to Quantico, Virginia. He then went to Belgium and France. When the Armistice was signed, he went to Germany and served in the Army of Occupation. On August 1, 1919, he got an honorable discharge and came home. In 1926 he went to Minneapolis to work for three months. His father died while he was there. (This info was written by Ralph Stagge in 1938 as part of a genealogy class.) </div>
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Louis worked for Sperry Mills (on 30th below Wall Avenue) for several years making flour. While working there he broke his leg. Then he opened Ogden Weber Auto Salvage on Lincoln Ave. (He was partners with Mark Parker and Gene Jones.) Then he bought them out and had the business until 1942. He built a shop there and would sell old and new car parts. He had lots of wrecked cars there. Many people never paid him, so he sold the business to Shorty and went to work for Swifts - cutting up meat. In 1944 he went to work for the railroad as a car inspector and retired from there in 1960. </div>
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He and grandma lived on Wall Avenue, and he raised pigs and chickens. Sometime after 1946, they moved into a home at 3052 Jefferson in Ogden that they had been building for a few years. They had made the plans for the house and did some of the work, with Delbert helping also. They also built a garage at the back of the house. </div>
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He didn't have time for a lot of hobbies, but liked to go deer hunting and fishing at Pine View. After grandma died, he never went fishing again. </div>
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I remember grandpa as always laughing and teasing. He would dance around the back yard at family gatherings. He loved to watch wrestling matches and women's roller derby on TV. After grandma died, his personality changed - he wasn't as happy, was more serious. He also started going to church after grandma died. He died of emphysema in a rest home on February 20, 1969.</div>
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<b>LIFE STORY OF LOUIS ABRAHAM STAGGE</b><br />
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My father’s name is Louis Abraham Stagge. His father’s name was William Stagge, and his mother’s name was Elizabeth Birt. He had two brothers and one sister. He was born in Uintah, Utah, November 13, 1894. When he was two years old, his mother died, so he lived with relatives. When he was about ten years old, he earned his own living.<br />
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He went to the Uintah and Layton Utah schools. On July 30, 1917, he enlisted in the 5th regiment of the Marine Corps. He went to Mare Island, California, and then to Quantico, Virginia. He then went to Belgium and France. When the Armistice was signed, he went to Germany and served in the army of Occupation. On August 1, 1919, he got an honorable discharge and came home.<br />
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On December 1, 1919, he married Lura Minnie Parker, a resident of Clinton, Utah. In 1926, he went to Minneapolis to work for three months. His father died while he was there.<br />
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He had four sons and one daughter; Marvin Louis, Velda May, Delbert Earl, Ralph J and Floyd Stagge.<br />
(<b>The above was written by Ralph Stagge in 1938 as part of a genealogy class.) </b></div>
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<b>Louis Abraham Stagge</b><br />
My father's name is Louis Abraham Stagge. His mother's name is Elizabeth Birt, and his father's name is William Stagge. He had two brothers and one sister. He was born in Uintah, Utah, November 13, 1894. When he was two years old his mother died. So he had to live with his relatives. He went to the Uintah and Layton schools. In 1926 he went to Minneapolis to work for three months. A few days after he arrived there he got word that his father died. He enlisted in the Fifth regiment of the Marine Corp July 30, 1917. He went from there to Mare Island, California, and then to Quantico, Virginia. He went from there to France and then into Belgium. When the armistice was signed he went to Germany and served in the army of occupation. August 1, 1919, he got an honorable discharge and came home. December 3, 1919, he married Lura Minnie Parker. They had four sons and one daughter.<br />
<b>Written by his daughter, Velda May Stagge</b><br />
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<b>My Father's Life Story</b><br />
My father's name is Louis A. Stagge. He was the son of Elizabeth Burt and William Stagge. He was born in Uintah, Utah November 13, 1894. His mother died when he was two years old and also his younger brother. His sister and two other brothers and himself had to go live with relatives. At the age of ten he had to earn his own living. He was a student of the Uintah and Layton School.<br />
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In 1917 he enlisted in the fifth regiment of the Marine Corp. He went with the Marine Corp to Mare Island, California, and Quantico, Virginia. Then they set sail for France and Belgium. When the Armistice was signed he went to Germany and served in the army of occupation. He was given an honorable discharge August 1, 1919. He has many awards for expert rifleman and different things.<br />
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He was married to Lura Minnie Parker, daughter of Joseph Parker and Minnie May Jost Parker on December 3, 1919. He is the father of four sons and one daughter.<br />
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In 1926 he went to Minneapolis, Minnesota, to work for the American Can. He was employed there for three months. A few days after he arrived at Minneapolis he received word that his father died. His brother also died the same year by burning to death.<br />
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He has been employed with the Speery Flour Company, Royal Canning Factory, Steam Shovel, and he now owns the Weber Auto Salvage Company.<br />
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He belongs to the Mormon Church and is now a member of the First Ward. He was baptized in the Church in about 1903. His favorite sport is baseball.<br />
<b>Written by Velda May Stagge in her Book of Remembrance</b><br />
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<b>Granddaughter Margo Stagge (Loftus)’s Memories</b><br />
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The thing that I remember most about grandpa is that he was always laughing and teasing us. Teasing everyone. We would go to their house every Sunday afternoon, and the first thing he would do is ask me if I had any boyfriends yet. Then he would laugh and laugh. I don’t remember any other conversations with him. On Sunday’s when we went there he would always be watching TV – either the wrestling matches or the women’s roller derby. We would sit and watch those the whole time we were there. I don’t remember him as being serious – just always laughing and teasing. I remember that he smoked. I also remember when we would have family reunions there – he would always pretend to be dancing in the yard and would laugh and laugh.<br />
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When grandma died on September 12, 1966, his personality seemed to change. He wasn’t as happy and was more serious. He would always have the door locked when we would come to visit. He started to go to church also after she died. He died in a rest home of emphysema on February 20, 1969.<br />
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<b>Granddaughter JoAnn Stagge (Miller)’s Memories<br />(Marvin Stagge’s daughter)</b><br />
Every summer we would go to Utah and visit Grandma and Grandpa Stagge. He loved to tease and would tickle my brother Gary until he would be crying (not sad, just from laughing so hard). Once when they came to visit us in California, he told Gary and me that he would buy us each a half gallon of ice cream if we could eat it at one sitting. I think Gary was able to eat his, but I got sick and had to quit.<br />
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Whenever we visited in the summers, he would take us to the grocery store and treat us to some goodies.<br />
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I do remember that he worked for the railroad for most of his life. After Grandma died and when he became ill from the emphysema, my mother and father moved from California to live with him and take care of him.<br />
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Nineteen applications to build or remodel residential and other structures in Ogden were filed with the city engineer's office.<br />
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...Louis Stagge to build a house of the east side of Jefferson, between Patterson and Thirty-first, $7,530....<br />
<b>The Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner, May 21, 1946</b><br />
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Birth announcement for Velda May Stagge lists "Louis A. and Laura M. Parker Stagge, 3248 Lincoln, girl."<br />
<b>The Standard Examiner, June 12, 1922</b><br />
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PINE VIEW - Lewis Stagge, 3052 Jefferson, reported the theft of two fishing reels, one pole and a gallon Thermos jug from his car parked at Cemetery point here.<br />
<b>Ogden Standard-Examiner, July 24, 1963.</b><br />
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Military Service Card reads:</h4>
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STAGGE, Louis, Army serial number: 119,326</h4>
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Residence: Kaysville, Davis, Utah</h4>
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Enlisted in the United States Marine Corps at Salt Lake City, Utah on August 7, 1917.</h4>
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Place of birth: South Weber, Utah. Date of birth: November 13, 1895</h4>
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Organizations served in, with dates of assignments and transfers: Mare Island August 7, 1917. 119th Co Quantico November 8, 1917. Hdqrs Det. 1st Repl Batt January 18, 1918. France February 25, 1918. Supply Co 5th Reg March 28, 1918. Quantico August 9, 1919</h4>
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Grades, with date of appointment: Corporal February 9, 1918.</h4>
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Engagements: Toulon Sec.Aisne Def.Chateau Thierry Sec. Aisne Marne Off. Soissons.Marbache Sec.St Lihiel Off.Meuse Argonne, Champagne. Crossed Meuse River. Army of Occupation.</h4>
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Woulds or other injuries received in action: (nothing written)</h4>
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Served overseas from February 25, 1918 to July 25, 1919.</h4>
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Exit from service August 13, 1919. Character: Excellent.</h4>
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Remarks: Award d Fourragere.</h4>
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Utah State Archives and Records Service; Salt Lake City, Utah; <i>Military Service Cards, ca. 1898-1975</i>; Creating Agency: <i>Department of Administrative Services, Division of Archives and Records Service</i>; Series: <i>85268</i>; Reel: <i>40</i></div>
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Ancestry.com. <i>Utah, Military Records, 1861-1970</i> [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.<br />
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<b>U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls, 1798-1940 about Louis Stagge</b><br />
<b></b>Name: Louis Stagge<br />
Muster Date: August 1917, September 1917, November 1917<br />
Enlistment Date: 7 August 1917<br />
Rank: Private<br />
Station: Company "F", Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Mare Island, California<br />
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Name: Louis Stagge<br />
Muster Date: November 1917<br />
Enlistment Date: 7 August 1917<br />
Rank: Private<br />
Station: 119th Company Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia</div>
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Name: Louis Stagge<br />
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Muster Date: December 1917<br />
Enlistment Date: 7 August 1917<br />
Rank: Private<br />
Station: 119th Company, Training Battalion, 6th Regiment, Mb. Quantico, Virginia</div>
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Name: Louis Stagge<br />
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Muster Date: October 1917<br />
Enlistment Date: 7 August 1917<br />
Rank: Private<br />
Station: Company "F", Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Mare Island, California</div>
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Name: Louis Stagge<br />
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Muster Date: October 1918<br />
Enlistment Date: 7 August 1917<br />
Rank: Private<br />
Station: Headquarters First Replacement Battalion, Mb, Quantico, Virginia</div>
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Name: Louis Stagge<br />
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Muster Date: January 1918<br />
Enlistment Date: 7 August 1917<br />
Rank: Private<br />
Station: 119th Company, 1st Replacement Battalion, Mb, Quantico, Virginia</div>
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Name: Louis Stagge<br />
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Muster Date: February 1918<br />
Enlistment Date: 7 August 1917<br />
Rank: Corporal<br />
Station: 84th Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Regiment<br />
Promoted to Corporal temporary foreign technical appointment for duty as wagoner; auth Co *</div>
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Name: Louis Stagge<br />
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Muster Date: April 1918<br />
Enlistment Date: 7 August 1917<br />
Rank: Corporal<br />
Station: Supply Company, Fifth Regiment<br />
SD, Teamster</div>
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Name: Louis Stagge<br />
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Muster Date: June 1918<br />
Enlistment Date: 7 August 1917<br />
Rank: Corporal<br />
Station: Headquarters Company, 5th Regiment, U S Marines, A E F<br />
1-7, SD, teamster.8-30, On det d with Hdqts co.</div>
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Name: Louis Stagge<br />
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Muster Date: July 1918<br />
Enlistment Date: 7 August 1917<br />
Rank: Corporal<br />
Station: Supply Company, Fifth Regiment, American Ef<br />
SD Teamster (a few lines down It lists a Marine as a "Horseshoer"</div>
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Name: Louis Stagge<br />
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Muster Date: July 1919<br />
Enlistment Date: 7 August 1917<br />
Rank:<br />
Station: Addenda Roll Aef<br />
EH#16 5/31/19 jd fr FH#15 Tonsillitis, 5/31/19 tr to EH#49. EH#49 5/31/19 fr EH#16 Vincent Agnia.</div>
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Name: Louis Stagge<br />
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Muster Date: October 1918<br />
Enlistment Date: 7 August 1917<br />
Rank: Corporal<br />
Station: Supply Company, Fifth Regiment, American Ef<br />
SD Teamster</div>
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Name: Louis Stagge<br />
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Muster Date: January 1919<br />
Enlistment Date: 7 August 1917<br />
Rank: Corporal<br />
Station: Headquarters Company, Fifth Regiment, A E F<br />
SD Teamster</div>
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Name: Louis Stagge<br />
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Muster Date: April 1919<br />
Enlistment Date: 7 August 1917<br />
Rank: Corporal<br />
Station: Medical Unit, Attached to the 5th Regiment, Usmc Aef Germany<br />
SD Teamster</div>
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Name: Louis Stagge<br />
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Muster Date: July 1919<br />
Enlistment Date: 7 August 1917<br />
Rank: Corporal<br />
Station: Supply Company, Fifth Regiment, Marines<br />
SD Teamster</div>
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Name: Louis Stagge<br />
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Muster Date: August 1919<br />
Enlistment Date: 7 August 1917<br />
Rank: Corporal<br />
Station: Medical Unit, Fifth Regiment, U S Marine Corps<br />
Honorably disc. Char: Excellent<br />
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Name: Louis Stagge<br />
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Muster Date: February 1918<br />
Enlistment Date: 7 August 1917<br />
Rank: Corporal<br />
Station: Headquarters Detachment, 1st Replacement Battalion A E F<br />
Mar 28 jd Supply Co. 5th Regt.</div>
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Name: Louis Stagge<br />
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Muster Date: March 1918<br />
Enlistment Date: 7 August 1917<br />
Rank: Corporal<br />
Station: Supply Company, Fifth Regiment</div>
<b>found on ancestry.com</b><br />
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Fifth Regiment U S Marines</div>
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Fifth Marie Regiment Insignia</div>
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History<br />
World War I<br />
The unit was activated on June 8, 1917, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the 5th Regiment of Marines. They immediately deployed to France and were assigned to the 1st Infantry Division of the United States Army. Later that year, in October, they were reassigned to 4th Brigade of Marines under the 2nd Infantry Division.<br />
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In spring the regiment was involved in the fierce battle of Belleau Wood, gaining the respect even of the hardened German veteran front troops.<br />
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The Fifth subsequently participated in the offensive campaigns at Aisne, Battle of Saint-Mihiel and in the Meuse-Argonne offensive. They also participated in the defensive campaigns at Toulon-Troyon, Château-Thierry, Marbache and Limey. From 1918 until 1919 the regiment participated in the occupation of the German Rhineland. In August 1919 they relocated back to Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. They were deactivated on August 13, 1919.<br />
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The regiment's actions in France earned them the right to wear the Fourragère aux couleurs de la Croix de Guerre 1914-1918 (seen in the outline of the unit's logo), <br />
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one of only two in the Marine Corps (the other being the 6th Marine Regiment). The award was a result of being the only regiments in the American Expeditionary Force to receive three Croix de guerre citations: two in the order of the army and one in the order of the corps — Fourragère and Croix de guerre with two Palms and Gilt Star. The Fourragère became part of the uniform of the unit, and all members of the organization are authorized to wear the decoration on the left shoulder of the uniform as long as they remain members of the organization.<br />
<b>found on wikipedia</b><br />
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<b>Polk's Ogden (Utah) City Directory</b><br />
1920 - Stagge slower O U R & D r 317 30th.<br />
Stagge Mrs Lura clk r 317 30th.<br />
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1925 - Stagge Louis 3248 <br />
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1926 - Stagge Louis lab r 3248 Lincoln av<br />
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1927 - Stagge Louis (Lura) lab r 3248 Lincoln av<br />
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1928 - Stagge Louis A (Lura) laborer r 3248 Lincoln Av.<br />
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1929 - Stagge Louis (Lura) employee Sperry Flour Co r 3213 Wall av<br />
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1930 - Stagge Louis (Lura) employee Sperry Flour Co h 3213 Wall av<br />
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1932 - Stagge Louis (Lura) washr Sperry Flour Co h 3213 Wall av.<br />
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1933 - Stagge Louis A (Lura) h 3213 Wall Av.<br />
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1934 - Stagge Louis A (Laura) elevmn Sperry Flour Co h3209 Wall av<br />
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1935 - Stagge Louis A (Lora ) sweeper Sperry Flour Co h3209 Wall av<br />
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1938 - Stagge, Louis A (Loura; Weber Auto Salvage) h3209 Wall Av<br />
Stagge Marvin L driver A&A Messenger Del r3209 Wall Av <br />
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1939 - Stagge, Louis A (Laura; Weber Auto Salvage) h3209 Wall Av<br />
Stagge Marvin L porter UP Stages r3209 Wall Av<br />
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1940 - Stagge Louis (Lora; Weber Auto Salvage) h3209 Wall av<br />
Stagge Marvin L (Beth ) red cap UP Stages r3209 Wall av<br />
Stagge Velda M student r3209 Wall av <br />
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1941 - Stagge, Louis A (M Lora; Weber Auto Salvage) h3209 Wall Av<br />
Stagge Marvin L (Beth) h88 Wilson la<br />
Stagge Delbert r 3209 Wall Av<br />
Stagge Velda r 3209 Wall Av<br />
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1938, 1940 - Weber Auto Salvage (Louis Stagge) 2158 Lincoln Av<br />
1946 - Stagge, Louis A (Lora) insp OURandDCo h3209 Wall Av<br />
Stagge, Ralph J USN r3209 Wall Av<br />
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1942 - Stagge Delbert r3209 Wall Av<br />
Stagge, Louis A (Lora) h3209 Wall Av<br />
Stagge, Marvin L moved to Brigham City<br />
Stagge, Velda May r3209 Wall Av<br />
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1944 - Stagge Louis A (Lora) coach cleaner OUR&DCo h3209 Wall av<br />
Stagge Delbert E USA r3209 Wall av<br />
Stagge Lura opr Brenda Kent Tailoring Mills r3209 Wall<br />
Stagge Ralph J USN r3209 Wall av<br />
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1948 - Stagge Louis A (Lura M) carman helper OUR&DCo h3052 Jefferson av<br />
Stagge Delbert E processor UGDD r3052 Jefferson av<br />
Stagge Emma L Mrs clk UGDD r552 10th<br />
Stagge Lura M Mrs mach opr Utah Tailoring Mills h3052 Jefferson av<br />
Stagge Ralph J (Emma L) carman helper OUR&DCo h552 10th<br />
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1951 - Stagge Louis A (Lura M) carman OUR&DCo h3052 Jefferson av<br />
Stagge Floyd carman OUR&DCo r3052 Jefferson av<br />
Stagge Lura M Mrs mach opr h3052 Jefferson<br />
Stagge Ralph J (Emma J) carman OUR&DCo h D41 Victory rd (Wash Ter)<br />
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1952 - Stagge Louis A (Lura) car inspector OUR&DCo h3052 Jefferson av<br />
Stagge Delbert E (Maxine) mech UGDD h3068 Jefferson Av<br />
Stagge Floyd car hlpr OUR&DCo r3052 Jefferson av<br />
Stagge Lura Mrs smstrs Utah Tailoring Mills r3052Jefferson av<br />
Stagge Ralph J (Emma J) car inspector OUR&DCo h D41 Victory rd (Wash Ter)<br />
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1954 - Stagge Delbert E (Maxine P) formn Utah Depot h bsmt 3052 Jefferson Av<br />
Stagge Floyd (Merle E) carmn OUR&DCo h2950 Adams Av<br />
Stagge Louis A (Lura M) car inspr OUR&DCo h3052 Jefferson Av<br />
Stagge Ralph J (Emma L) car insp OUR&DCo h D41 Victory rd (Wash Ter)<br />
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1956 - Stagge Louis A (Lura) inspector OUR&DCo h3052 Jefferson av<br />
Stagge Delbert E (Maxine) atndt Berrett's Serv h3052 Jefferson av<br />
Stagge Floyd (Anna M) inspector OUR&D Co h2950 Adams av<br />
Stagge Ralph J (Emma L) inspector OUR&D Co h184 Jackson av<br />
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1957 - Stagge Louis A (Lura M) employee OUR&DCo h3052 Jefferson av<br />
Stagge Delbert E (Maxine) formn h3052 Jefferson av<br />
Stagge Floyd employee OUR&DCo h2958 Adams av<br />
Stagge Ralph J (Emma L) employee OUR&DCo h 184 n Jackson av <br />
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1959 - Stagge Louis A (Laura P) emp OUR&DCo h3052 Jefferson av<br />
Stagge Delbert E (Maxine P) formn UGD h 3898 Orchard av<br />
Stagge Floyd inspr OUR&DCo r RD 3 Box 353<br />
Stagge Ralph J (Emma L) insp OUR&DCo h184 Jackson av<br />
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1960 - Stagge Louis A (Laura L) inspector OUR&DCo h3052 Jefferson av<br />
Stagge Delbert E (Maxine P) formn UGD h3898 Orchard av<br />
Stagge Floyd inspector OUR&DCo r2250 N 3650 W<br />
Stagge Ralph J (Emma L) inspector OUR&DCo h184 Jackson av<br />
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1947 - Stagge M L (Beth) parts manager Trulson Motor Co r1519 Richmond (El Cer)<br />
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1953 - Stagge M L 1519 Richmond(EC) LAnscpe 5-3731<br />
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1954 - Stagge M L 1519 Richmond (EC) LAnscpe 5-3731<br />
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1956 - Stagge Marvin L parts manager Trulson Mtr r Concord <br />
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1957 - Stagge Marvin L parts manager Trulson-Kerl Ford r Concord<br />
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1958 - Stagge Marvin L (Beth) parts manager Cortese Ford r2324 Jerilyn dr Concord<br />
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1960 - Stagge Marvin L (Beth) parts manager Cortese Ford r Concord<br />
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1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 - Stagge Marvin L 3052 Jefferson Av Ogden, Utah 84403-0646 phone number: 801-393-3325 <br />
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Marvin Louis Stagge enrolled Dec 28, 1943<br />
Delbert Earl Stagge enrolled 3-1-43, terminiation of service 20 Feb 46Ralph J Stagge enrolled in military 8/13/43<br />
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<b>Obituary</b><br />
Louis A. Stagge<br />
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Louis Abraham Stagge, 74, of 3052 Jefferson, died this morning in a local nursing home of natural causes.<br />
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Mr. Stagge was born November 13, 1894, in Uintah, a son of William and Elizabeth Birt Stagge.<br />
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On December 3, 1919, he was married to Lura Minnie Parker in Ogden. She died September 12, 1966.<br />
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He had lived most of his life in Ogden and was a car inspector for the Ogden Union Railway and Depot Company. He retired in 1961.<br />
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During World War I he served with the Marine Corps.<br />
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He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America. He was an elder in the 9th LDS Ward and former home teacher.<br />
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Surviving are four sons, Marvin Louis Stagge, Delbert E. Stagge, Ralph J. Stagge, all of Ogden; Floyd Stagge, Plain City; 10 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, one brother and one sister, William Stagge, Idaho Falls, Idaho; Mrs. Millie Sandall, Kaysville.<br />
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Funeral services will be held Monday at 1 p.m. in Lindquist and Sons Colonial Chapel and Bishop L. B. Smith of the 9th Ward officiating.<br />
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Friends may call at the mortuary Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Monday until services. Burial in the Ogden City Cemetery with military rites accorded by Veterans of Foreign Wars.<br />
<b>A Tribute published in the pages of Ogden Standard Examiner, Ogden, Utah, February 20, 1969.</b><br />
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<b>Gasoline Explosion May Cost His Life</b><br />
ELKO, March 1—When he attempted to pour gasoline into a lighted gasoline stove, Ernest Stagge, employee of the Southern Pacific railroad company at Carlin, today suffered burns so serious that physicians believe they will prove fatal. The stove exploded, spreading the flaming liquid over his clothing.<br />
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He immediately dashed out of the house and into the breeze, which fanned the flames to a greater intensity. Neighbors finally stopped him and extinguished the flames. He was rushed to Elko for treatment. His house in Carlin was partly burned.<br />
<b>Nevada State Journal, March 2, 1926</b><br />
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<b>Lighting Fire With Gasoline Proves Fatal to Ernest J. Stagge.</b> Special to the Tribune<br />
March 4— The body of Ernest J. Stagge, 33, who died at the general hospital in Elko, Nevada, Monday afternoon as the result of burns, was brought to Kaysville today for funeral services and interment.<br />
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The services will be held at the Kaysville ward tabernacle Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock and interment will be in the Kaysville cemetery. From reports received from Nevada, Stagge had been working for the city of Carlin, but failed to go to work Monday morning. About noon he began to prepare luncheon for himself and his pal. As the fire in the stove was difficult to start, he picked up a five-gallon can of gasoline and began pouring it into the stove. The can exploded, knocking him down and setting his clothing on fire. He jumped up and ran out of the house and continued for several hundred yards before he fell. He was removed to the hospital and died five hours later.<br />
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Mr. Stagge was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Stagge and was born at South Weber September 5, 1952, and had resided in Kaysville practically all of his life. He served overseas in the world war and saw service in the Argonne, and Marne battles.<br />
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Besides his father, he was survived by one sister and two brothers, Mrs. Willard Sandall of Kaysville, William Stagge of Blackfoot, Idaho, and Lewis Stagge of Ogden.<br />
<b>The Salt Lake Tribune, March 5, 1926.</b><br />
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<b>Obituary, Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah, February 21, 1969</b><br />
OGDEN -- Louis Abraham Stagge, 74 died Feb. 20 in Ogden nursing home of natural causes. Born November 13, 1894, Uintah, to William and Elizabeth Birt Stagge. Married Lura Minnie Parker December 3, 1919, Ogden; she died September 12, 1966. Car inspector, Ogden Union Railway and Depo Co. Veteran WWI. member VFW; Brotherhood of Railway Carmen; LDS church. Survisors: sons, Marvin L., Delbert E., Ralph J., all Ogden; Floyd, Plain City, Weber County; 10 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren; brother, sister, William, Idaho Falls; Mrs. Millie Sandall, Kaysville. Funeral Monday 1 p.m. Lindquist and Sons Colonial Chapel, Ogden, where friends call Sunday 7-9 p.m., Monday prior of services. Burial Ogden City Cemetery.<b> </b><br />
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<b>Utah Marriages, 1887-1966 for Louis Stagge</b><br />
<b></b>Groom's Name: Louis Stagge<br />
Groom's Birth Date: 1895<br />
Groom's Birthplace:<br />
Groom's Age: 24<br />
Bride's Name: Lura Parker<br />
Bride's Birth Date: 1895<br />
Bride's Birthplace:<br />
Bride's Age: 24<br />
Marriage Date: 03 December 1919<br />
Marriage Place: Ogden, Weber, Utah<br />
Groom's Father's Name:<br />
Groom's Mother's Name:<br />
Bride's Father's Name:<br />
Bride's Mother's Name:<br />
Groom's Race:<br />
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Bride's Race:<br />
Bride's Marital Status: Single<br />
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:<br />
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M74693-7<br />
System Origin: Utah-EASy<br />
Source Film Number: 1324659<br />
Reference Number: cn 417 <br />
<b>found on familysearch.org</b><br />
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<b>United States Census, 1930 for Louis Stagge</b><br />
Name: Louis Stagge<br />
Event: Census<br />
Event Date: 1930<br />
Event Place: Ogden, Weber, Utah<br />
Gender: Male<br />
Age: 35<br />
Marital Status: Married<br />
Race: White<br />
Birthplace: Utah<br />
Estimated Birth Year: 1895<br />
Immigration Year:<br />
Relationship to Head of Household: Head<br />
Father's Birthplace: Germany<br />
Mother's Birthplace: England<br />
Enumeration District Number: 0015<br />
Family Number: 304<br />
Sheet Number and Letter: 14A<br />
Line Number: 32<br />
NARA Publication: T626, roll 2424<br />
Film Number: 2342158<br />
Digital Folder Number: 4547822<br />
Image Number: 00603<br />
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Household - Louis Stagge<br />
Gender - M<br />
Age - 35<br />
Spouse - Lura Stagge, F, 34<br />
Child - Marvin Stagge, M, 9<br />
Child - Velda Stagge, F, 7<br />
Child - Delbert Stagge, M, 6<br />
Child - Ralph Stagge, M, 4<br />
<b>Found on familysearch.org</b><br />
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<b>Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956 for Lewis Abraham Stagge</b><br />
<b></b>Name: Velda May Stagge<br />
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Death Date: 20 November 1943</div>
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Death Place: Beaver Dam, Box Elder, Utah<br />
Birthdate:<br />
Estimated Birth Year: 1922<br />
Birthplace:<br />
Death Age: 21 years 5 months 12 days<br />
Gender: Female<br />
Marital Status:<br />
Race or Color:<br />
Spouse's Name:<br />
Father's Name: Lewis Abraham Stagge<br />
Father's Titles and Terms:<br />
Mother's Name: Lura Minnie Parker<br />
Mother's Titles and Terms:<br />
Film Number: 2260560<br />
Digital GS Number: 4120804<br />
Image Number: 496<br />
Certificate Number: 155 </div>
<b>found on familysearch.org</b><br />
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<b>United States Census, 1900 for Louis A Staggie</b><br />
Name: Louis A Staggie<br />
Titles and Terms:<br />
Residence: Clearfield, Clinton, South Hooper, South Weber, Syracuse Precincts, Davis, Utah<br />
Birth Date: November 1892<br />
Birthplace: Utah<br />
Relationship to Head of Household:<br />
Spouse:<br />
Spouse's Titles and Terms:<br />
Spouse's Birthplace:<br />
Father:<br />
Father's Titles and Terms:<br />
Father's Birthplace: Germany<br />
Mother:<br />
Mother's Titles and Terms:<br />
Mother's Birthplace: England<br />
Race or Color (expanded): White<br />
Head-of-household Name: John Knowles<br />
Gender: Male<br />
Marital Status: Single<br />
Years Married:<br />
Estimated Marriage Year:<br />
Mother How Many Children:<br />
Number Living Children:<br />
Immigration Year:<br />
Enumeration District: 0090<br />
Page: 13<br />
Sheet Letter: A<br />
Family Number: 204<br />
Reference Number: 11<br />
Film Number: 1241683<br />
Image Number: 00041<br />
Household<br />
Gender<br />
Age<br />
John Knowles, M<br />
Alice Knowles, F<br />
William J Staggie, M<br />
Louis A Staggie, M<br />
<b>found on familysearch.org</b><br />
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<b>United States Census, 1900 for Louis A Staggie</b><br />
Name: Louis A Staggie<br />
Titles and Terms:<br />
Residence: Clearfield, Clinton, South Hooper, South Weber, Syracuse Precincts, Davis, Utah<br />
Birth Date: November 1892<br />
Birthplace: Utah<br />
Relationship to Head of Household:<br />
Spouse:<br />
Spouse's Titles and Terms:<br />
Spouse's Birthplace:<br />
Father:<br />
Father's Titles and Terms:<br />
Father's Birthplace: Germany<br />
Mother:<br />
Mother's Titles and Terms:<br />
Mother's Birthplace: England<br />
Race or Color (expanded): White<br />
Head-of-household Name: John Knowles<br />
Gender: Male<br />
Marital Status: Single<br />
Years Married:<br />
Estimated Marriage Year:<br />
Mother How Many Children:<br />
Number Living Children:<br />
Immigration Year:<br />
Enumeration District: 0090<br />
Page: 13<br />
Sheet Letter: A<br />
Family Number: 204<br />
Reference Number: 11<br />
Film Number: 1241683<br />
Image Number: 00041<br />
Household<br />
Name, Gender, Age<br />
John Knowles, M<br />
Alice Knowles, F<br />
William J Staggie, M<br />
Louis A Staggie, M<br />
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<b>STAGGE PAYS FINE ON TRAFFIC CHARGE</b><br />
<b> </b> Lewis Stagge was sentenced by City Judge Simon Barlow Friday to pay a fine of $5 when found guilty of a charge of reckless driving near Cozydale, May 31. The defendant stipulated that he had inadvertently driven his machine on the wrong side of the highway.<br />
<b>Ogden Standard Examiner (Ogden, Utah) June 7, 1930</b><br />
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<b>In Memory of</b></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>LOUIS ABRAHAM STAGGE</b></div>
<b>Date of Birth Date of Death</b><br />
<b>November 13, 1894 February 20, 1969</b><br />
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<b>FUNERAL SERVICES</b></div>
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<b>Monday, February 24, 1969 at 1:00 PM</b></div>
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<b>Lindquist & Sons Colonial Chapel</b></div>
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<b>Ogden, Utah</b></div>
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<b>Bishop L. B. Smith</b></div>
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<b>9th Ward, Officiating</b></div>
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<b>Family Prayer.........................................................................................Bishop L. B. Smith</b><br />
<b>Prelude......................................................................................................J. Clair Anderson</b><br />
<b>Opening Prayer...............................................................................................Arnold Miller</b><br />
<b>Musical Selection................................................................................Sherman Ochsembin</b><br />
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<b>"In the Garden of Peace & Prayer"</b></div>
<b>Speaker...................................................................................................................Fred Rice</b><br />
<b>Tribute...........................................................................................................Maxine Stagge</b><br />
<b>Speaker............................................................................................Bishop Lawrence Giles</b><br />
<b>Remarks.................................................................................................Bishop L. B. Smith</b><br />
<b>Musical Selection................................................................................Sherman Ochsembin</b><br />
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<b>"I'll Walk With God"</b></div>
<b>Closing Prayer............................................................................................Orval S. Morton</b><br />
<b>Postlude.....................................................................................................J. Clair Anderson</b><br />
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<b>Dedication of Grave - Elwyn J. Parker</b></div>
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<b>Interment in the Ogden City Cemetery</b></div>
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<b>PALLBEARERS</b></div>
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<b> Bruce Stagge Lee Steven</b></div>
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<b> Ricky Stagge Elgin Steven</b></div>
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<b> Dan Stagge Ben Toone</b></div>
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<b>Flower Care - 9th Ward Relief Society</b></div>
<b>The Lord's Prayer was also on the program.</b><br />
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<b>U.S. Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939 for Louis Stagge (Ancestry.com)</b><br />
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<b>PASSENGER LIST OF ORGANIZTIONS AND CASUALS</b><br />
<b>RETURNING TO THE UNITED STATES</b><br />
<b>SUPPLY COMPANY, 5TH REGIMENT, MARINES, 2ND DIVISION</b><br />
<b>Name of Vessell: General Washington</b><br />
<b>Port of sailing: Brest, France</b><br />
<b>Date of sailing: July 25 1919</b><br />
<b>Date of arrival: August 3, 1919 Hoboken, New Jersey</b><br />
<b>To Camp Mills</b><br />
<b>Stagge, Louis</b><br />
<b>Serial Number: 119326</b><br />
<b>Corporal USMC</b><br />
<b>Sup. Co. 5th USMC</b><br />
<b>Notify in case of emergency: Mr. William Stagge, father, Peterson, Utah Mail forwarding: Kaysville, Utah</b><br />
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Image Info</h4>
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<dd class="ng-scope" style="border-top: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; hyphens: manual; line-height: 1.5; margin-left: 140px; margin-top: 4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 8px;"><ng-switch highlight="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="metadata-value ng-binding ng-scope" correction-field="true" correction-name="full-name" ng-class="{ 'highlight' : mdItem.highlight }" ng-switch-default="" original-value="Stagge, Louis Abraham" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; padding: 0px 3px 16px;">Stagge, Louis Abraham</span></ng-switch></dd><dd class="ng-scope" ng-repeat-end="" style="box-sizing: border-box; hyphens: manual; line-height: 1.5; margin-left: 140px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 8px;"></dd>
<dt class="ng-binding ng-scope" ng-attr-title="`::mdItem.label || mdItem.name|toTitle`" ng-repeat-start="mdItem in pane.metadata.image" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(229, 225, 219); box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; color: #686057; float: left; line-height: 1.5; margin-top: 4px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 8px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 140px;" title="Birth Date">Birth Date:</dt>
<dd class="ng-scope" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(229, 225, 219); box-sizing: border-box; hyphens: manual; line-height: 1.5; margin-left: 140px; margin-top: 4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 8px;"><ng-switch highlight="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="metadata-value ng-binding ng-scope" correction-field="true" correction-name="birth-date" ng-class="{ 'highlight' : mdItem.highlight }" ng-switch-default="" original-value="13 Nov 1895" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; padding: 0px 3px 16px;">13 Nov 1895</span></ng-switch></dd><dd class="ng-scope" ng-repeat-end="" style="box-sizing: border-box; hyphens: manual; line-height: 1.5; margin-left: 140px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 8px;"></dd>
<dt class="ng-binding ng-scope" ng-attr-title="`::mdItem.label || mdItem.name|toTitle`" ng-repeat-start="mdItem in pane.metadata.image" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(229, 225, 219); box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; color: #686057; float: left; line-height: 1.5; margin-top: 4px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 8px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 140px;" title="Race">Race:</dt>
<dd class="ng-scope" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(229, 225, 219); box-sizing: border-box; hyphens: manual; line-height: 1.5; margin-left: 140px; margin-top: 4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 8px;"><ng-switch highlight="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="metadata-value ng-binding ng-scope" correction-field="true" correction-name="Race" ng-class="{ 'highlight' : mdItem.highlight }" ng-switch-default="" original-value="White" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; padding: 0px 3px 16px;">White</span></ng-switch></dd><dd class="ng-scope" ng-repeat-end="" style="box-sizing: border-box; hyphens: manual; line-height: 1.5; margin-left: 140px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 8px;"></dd>
<dt class="ng-binding ng-scope" ng-attr-title="`::mdItem.label || mdItem.name|toTitle`" ng-repeat-start="mdItem in pane.metadata.image" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(229, 225, 219); box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; color: #686057; float: left; line-height: 1.5; margin-top: 4px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 8px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 140px;" title="Birth Place">Birth Place:</dt>
<dd class="ng-scope" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(229, 225, 219); box-sizing: border-box; hyphens: manual; line-height: 1.5; margin-left: 140px; margin-top: 4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 8px;"><ng-switch highlight="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="metadata-value ng-binding ng-scope" correction-field="true" correction-name="birth-place" ng-class="{ 'highlight' : mdItem.highlight }" ng-switch-default="" original-value="South Weber, Utah, USA" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; padding: 0px 3px 16px;">South Weber, Utah, USA</span></ng-switch></dd><dd class="ng-scope" ng-repeat-end="" style="box-sizing: border-box; hyphens: manual; line-height: 1.5; margin-left: 140px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 8px;"></dd>
<dt class="ng-binding ng-scope" ng-attr-title="`::mdItem.label || mdItem.name|toTitle`" ng-repeat-start="mdItem in pane.metadata.image" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(229, 225, 219); box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; color: #686057; float: left; line-height: 1.5; margin-top: 4px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 8px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 140px;" title="State Headquarters">State Headquarters:</dt>
<dd class="ng-scope" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(229, 225, 219); box-sizing: border-box; hyphens: manual; line-height: 1.5; margin-left: 140px; margin-top: 4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 8px;"><ng-switch highlight="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="metadata-value ng-binding ng-scope" correction-field="true" correction-name="StateHeadquarters" ng-class="{ 'highlight' : mdItem.highlight }" ng-switch-default="" original-value="Utah" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; padding: 0px 3px 16px;">Utah</span></ng-switch></dd><dd class="ng-scope" ng-repeat-end="" style="box-sizing: border-box; hyphens: manual; line-height: 1.5; margin-left: 140px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 8px;"></dd>
<dt class="ng-binding ng-scope" ng-attr-title="`::mdItem.label || mdItem.name|toTitle`" ng-repeat-start="mdItem in pane.metadata.image" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(229, 225, 219); box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; color: #686057; float: left; line-height: 1.5; margin-top: 4px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 8px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 140px;" title="Enlistment Place">Enlistment Place:</dt>
<dd class="ng-scope" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(229, 225, 219); box-sizing: border-box; hyphens: manual; line-height: 1.5; margin-left: 140px; margin-top: 4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 8px;"><ng-switch highlight="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="metadata-value ng-binding ng-scope" correction-field="true" correction-name="enlistment-place" ng-class="{ 'highlight' : mdItem.highlight }" ng-switch-default="" original-value="Ogden, Utah" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; padding: 0px 3px 16px;">Ogden, Utah</span></ng-switch></dd><dd class="ng-scope" ng-repeat-end="" style="box-sizing: border-box; hyphens: manual; line-height: 1.5; margin-left: 140px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 8px;"></dd>
<dt class="ng-binding ng-scope" ng-attr-title="`::mdItem.label || mdItem.name|toTitle`" ng-repeat-start="mdItem in pane.metadata.image" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(229, 225, 219); box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; color: #686057; float: left; line-height: 1.5; margin-top: 4px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 8px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 140px;" title="Residence Country">Residence Country:</dt>
<dd class="ng-scope" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(229, 225, 219); box-sizing: border-box; hyphens: manual; line-height: 1.5; margin-left: 140px; margin-top: 4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 8px;"><ng-switch highlight="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="metadata-value ng-binding ng-scope" correction-field="true" correction-name="residence-country" ng-class="{ 'highlight' : mdItem.highlight }" ng-switch-default="" original-value="USA" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; padding: 0px 3px 16px;">USA</span></ng-switch></dd><dd class="ng-scope" ng-repeat-end="" style="box-sizing: border-box; hyphens: manual; line-height: 1.5; margin-left: 140px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 8px;"></dd>
<dt class="ng-binding ng-scope" ng-attr-title="`::mdItem.label || mdItem.name|toTitle`" ng-repeat-start="mdItem in pane.metadata.image" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(229, 225, 219); box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; color: #686057; float: left; line-height: 1.5; margin-top: 4px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 8px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 140px;" title="Residence Year">Residence Year:</dt>
<dd class="ng-scope" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(229, 225, 219); box-sizing: border-box; hyphens: manual; line-height: 1.5; margin-left: 140px; margin-top: 4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 8px;"><ng-switch highlight="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="metadata-value ng-binding ng-scope" correction-field="true" correction-name="residence-year" ng-class="{ 'highlight' : mdItem.highlight }" ng-switch-default="" original-value="1942" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; padding: 0px 3px 16px;">1942</span></ng-switch></dd><dd class="ng-scope" ng-repeat-end="" style="box-sizing: border-box; hyphens: manual; line-height: 1.5; margin-left: 140px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 8px;"></dd>
<dt class="ng-binding ng-scope" ng-attr-title="`::mdItem.label || mdItem.name|toTitle`" ng-repeat-start="mdItem in pane.metadata.image" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(229, 225, 219); box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; color: #686057; float: left; line-height: 1.5; margin-top: 4px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 8px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 140px;" title="Employer">Employer:</dt>
<dd class="ng-scope" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(229, 225, 219); box-sizing: border-box; hyphens: manual; line-height: 1.5; margin-left: 140px; margin-top: 4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 8px;"><ng-switch highlight="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="metadata-value ng-binding ng-scope" correction-field="true" correction-name="employer" ng-class="{ 'highlight' : mdItem.highlight }" ng-switch-default="" original-value="U S War Department" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; padding: 0px 3px 16px;">U S War Department</span></ng-switch></dd><dd class="ng-scope" ng-repeat-end="" style="box-sizing: border-box; hyphens: manual; line-height: 1.5; margin-left: 140px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 8px;"></dd>
<dt class="ng-binding ng-scope" ng-attr-title="`::mdItem.label || mdItem.name|toTitle`" ng-repeat-start="mdItem in pane.metadata.image" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(229, 225, 219); box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; color: #686057; float: left; line-height: 1.5; margin-top: 4px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 8px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 140px;" title="Weight">Weight:</dt>
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<dt class="ng-binding ng-scope" ng-attr-title="`::mdItem.label || mdItem.name|toTitle`" ng-repeat-start="mdItem in pane.metadata.image" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(229, 225, 219); box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; color: #686057; float: left; line-height: 1.5; margin-top: 4px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 8px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 140px;" title="Height">Height:</dt>
<dd class="ng-scope" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(229, 225, 219); box-sizing: border-box; hyphens: manual; line-height: 1.5; margin-left: 140px; margin-top: 4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 8px;"><ng-switch highlight="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="metadata-value ng-binding ng-scope" correction-field="true" correction-name="height" ng-class="{ 'highlight' : mdItem.highlight }" ng-switch-default="" original-value="5 11" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; padding: 0px 3px 16px;">5 11</span></ng-switch></dd><dd class="ng-scope" ng-repeat-end="" style="box-sizing: border-box; hyphens: manual; line-height: 1.5; margin-left: 140px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 8px;"></dd>
<dt class="ng-binding ng-scope" ng-attr-title="`::mdItem.label || mdItem.name|toTitle`" ng-repeat-start="mdItem in pane.metadata.image" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(229, 225, 219); box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; color: #686057; float: left; line-height: 1.5; margin-top: 4px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 8px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 140px;" title="Complexion">Complexion:</dt>
<dd class="ng-scope" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(229, 225, 219); box-sizing: border-box; hyphens: manual; line-height: 1.5; margin-left: 140px; margin-top: 4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 8px;"><ng-switch highlight="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="metadata-value ng-binding ng-scope" correction-field="true" correction-name="complexion" ng-class="{ 'highlight' : mdItem.highlight }" ng-switch-default="" original-value="Dark" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; padding: 0px 3px 16px;">Dark</span></ng-switch></dd><dd class="ng-scope" ng-repeat-end="" style="box-sizing: border-box; hyphens: manual; line-height: 1.5; margin-left: 140px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 8px;"></dd>
<dt class="ng-binding ng-scope" ng-attr-title="`::mdItem.label || mdItem.name|toTitle`" ng-repeat-start="mdItem in pane.metadata.image" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(229, 225, 219); box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; color: #686057; float: left; line-height: 1.5; margin-top: 4px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 8px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 140px;" title="Eye Color">Eye Color:</dt>
<dd class="ng-scope" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(229, 225, 219); box-sizing: border-box; hyphens: manual; line-height: 1.5; margin-left: 140px; margin-top: 4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 8px;"><ng-switch highlight="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="metadata-value ng-binding ng-scope" correction-field="true" correction-name="eye-color" ng-class="{ 'highlight' : mdItem.highlight }" ng-switch-default="" original-value="Brown" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; padding: 0px 3px 16px;">Brown</span></ng-switch></dd><dd class="ng-scope" ng-repeat-end="" style="box-sizing: border-box; hyphens: manual; line-height: 1.5; margin-left: 140px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 8px;"></dd>
<dt class="ng-binding ng-scope" ng-attr-title="`::mdItem.label || mdItem.name|toTitle`" ng-repeat-start="mdItem in pane.metadata.image" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(229, 225, 219); box-sizing: border-box; clear: left; color: #686057; float: left; line-height: 1.5; margin-top: 4px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 8px; text-align: right; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; width: 140px;" title="Hair Color">Hair Color:</dt>
<dd class="ng-scope" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(229, 225, 219); box-sizing: border-box; hyphens: manual; line-height: 1.5; margin-left: 140px; margin-top: 4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 8px;"><ng-switch highlight="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="metadata-value ng-binding ng-scope" correction-field="true" correction-name="hair-color" ng-class="{ 'highlight' : mdItem.highlight }" ng-switch-default="" original-value="Black" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: block; padding: 0px 3px 16px;">Black</span></ng-switch></dd><dd class="ng-scope" ng-repeat-end="" style="box-sizing: border-box; hyphens: manual; line-height: 1.5; margin-left: 140px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px 8px;"></dd>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">KNOW YE. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That Louis Stagge, a Corporal of
the U.S. Marine Corps, who was enlisted at Mare Island, Cal on the Seventh day
of August 1917, to serve for the period of the war, is hereby <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Said Louis
Stagge was born November 13<sup>th</sup> 1895, at South Weber, Utah and when
enlisted was 67 ¾ inches high, with gray eyes, dark brown hair, ruddy
completion, occupation, Laborer, citizenship, U.S.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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August 1919.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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full $345.25 mileage paid to Kaysville, Utah.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b></b>Arn and Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03744676874718986386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294455042431301131.post-85386925547661615852012-08-13T00:00:00.000-07:002020-07-26T10:46:22.384-07:00LURA MINNIE PARKER (STAGGE) 1895-1966<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rPC7E06pDbE/TrmcjSqUMPI/AAAAAAAAHAM/7f8lPrT2QbI/s1600/Grandpa%2BStagge2.jpg"><b><span style="color: black;"></span></b><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672737335768527090" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rPC7E06pDbE/TrmcjSqUMPI/AAAAAAAAHAM/7f8lPrT2QbI/s400/Grandpa%2BStagge2.jpg" style="display: block; height: 312px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> Picture of Lura Minnie found in a leather bi-fold picture holder with inscription "The Girl I Left Behind Me" carried in World War I by Louis Abraham Stagge.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back Row left to right: Roland Fay Parker, Alverda Williams Parker, Mable Burnett, Rose Ella Parker, Altha Sarah Parker, Noma Flinders, Elwyn Jost Parker, Mark Leonard Parker; Front Row left to right: Louis Abraham Stagge, Elmer Parker, Eva Hansen Parker, Cecil Karl Parker, Lura Minnie Parker, Lulu Cumorah Jones<br />
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Memories of Lura Parker Stagge by her Granddaughter Margo Stagge Loftus
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Lura was born in Clinton, Utah and attended Clinton schools. Her favorite teachers were Mr. Patterson </div>
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and Miss McCloy. She went on a trip to Idaho when she was 23, which she really enjoyed. She was ward organist and later secretary in both Primary and Sunday School in the Clinton Ward. She always went to church. She lived in Clinton and Ogden all her life. Her favorite form of recreation was dancing. (This was written by her son Ralph Stagge in a genealogy class in 1938) </div>
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Lura met Louis before he went into the service, and they were married when he came home. She worked at the Royal Canning Factory during the summertime. They would can whatever fruit was in season. </div>
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Then she started working full time at Utah Taylor Mills </div>
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on 31st and Washington Boulevard after Ralph joined the Navy. The clothes they made there were sold in stores. She also altered clothing for many people on the side. When Bueller Bingham bought out the Taylor Mills, she continued to work there until she retired.<br />
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Grandma always wore a dress, necklace and pearl earrings. She had very thin white hair and wore glasses. She would cry easily and would always keep a tissue in her dress. She was very quiet. She loved to read romance magazines and play solitaire. She and Grandpa also played Canasta a lot.
She had a few health issues. She had asthma real bad when her kids were small. A doctor would come to the house to treat her. Many times she would faint. She used an inhaler. She also got a colostomy bag when she was in her 50s. She was one of the first people to have one, and Ralph remembers people always wanted to talk to her about it. </div>
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I had just turned 17 when Grandma died suddenly of a heart attack on September 12, 1966. She and Grandpa were renting out their basement apartment to three college nursing students at the time. They had come upstairs, and she told them she was having really bad chest pains. They called for an ambulance, but it was too late. </div>
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<b>LIFE STORY OF LURA MINNIE PARKER STAGGE</b><br />
My mother’s name is Lura Minnie Parker. Her father’s name is Joseph Parker, and her mother’s name is Minnie May Elmer. She had eight brothers and six sisters. She was born in Clinton, Utah, on November 27, 1985. She attended the Clinton schools. Her best teachers were Mr. Patterson and Miss McCloy.<br />
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She went on a trip to Idaho when she was 23. She was baptized in 1904. She was organist and later secretary in both Primary and Sunday School in the Clinton Ward. She lived in Clinton and Ogden, Utah, all her life. Her favorite form of recreation was dancing. She was married in 1919 to Louis Stagge. She had five children, four sons and one daughter.<br />
<b>(The above was written by Ralph Stagge in 1938 as part of a genealogy class.)</b><br />
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<b>Lura Minnie Parker</b></div>
My mother's name is Lura Minnie Parker. Her mother's name is Minnie May Elmer and her father's name is Joseph Parker. She has 8 brothers and 6 sisters. She was born in Clinton, Utah, November 27, 1895. Some of her playmates were Vira<br />
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She went to the Clinton school. Her best teachers were Mr. Patterson and Miss McCloy. She went on a trip to Idaho at the age of 23.<br />
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She was baptized in the Mormon Church in 1904. She was organist and later secretary in both Primary and Sunday School in the Clinton Ward. She has lived in Clinton and Ogden, Utah, all her life. Her favorite form of recreation was dancing. Her husband's name is Louis Abraham Stagge. She had four sons and one daughter.<br />
<b>Written by her daughter, Velda May Stagge</b><br />
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<b>My Mother's Life Story</b><br />
My mother's name is Lura Minnie Parker Stagge. She was the daughter of Minnie May Elmer and Joseph Parker. She was born November 27, 1895. She has eight brothers and six sisters.<br />
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She was a student at the Clinton School. Some of her teachers were Mr. Patterson, Mr. Fisher, and Mr. McCloy. Her playmates were Vira Stewart and LaVern Stewart.<br />
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She was baptized in the Mormon Church in 1904. She was baptized in an irrigation ditch. She held the position of secretary in both Primary and Sunday School.,<br />
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She married Louis A. Stagge in 1919. She had four sons and one daughter. She has been a resident of Clinton and Ogden, Utah, all of her life. She went on a trip to Idaho when she was twenty-three years old.<br />
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Her favorite sports are dancing, basketball, and baseball.<br />
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This was written in 1937 for the certificate for the First Year Genealogical Class.<br />
<b>Written by Velda May Stagge in her Book of Remembrance.</b><br />
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<b>Margo’s Memories<br />(Ralph Stagge’s daughter)</b><br />
I never saw my Grandma wear anything but a dress. She always wore a necklace and pearl earrings. She had very thin white hair and wore glasses. She would cry easily and would always keep a tissue in her dress. She loved to read romance magazines, and I would always want to read them also when we went there to visit. I don’t remember spending the night there, but they did come to our home to babysit Dan and I once when my parents went on a trip.<br />
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She was very quiet also. She would talk – but she was not loud. Each time we would go there to visit, she would always be sitting at the kitchen table playing solitaire. That was her favorite thing to do I thought.<br />
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I only remember going there once or twice for Thanksgiving. Some of her family would be there, and I loved to visit with them. I loved to go the cemetery on Memorial Day and see all of her relatives. They were just all so interesting and friendly. They always made me feel so welcome and special.<br />
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Grandpa and Grandma had a full basement – it was actually an apartment down there. I don’t remember getting to go down there very often – only when my Uncle Deb and Aunt Maxine lived there and I could go down to visit them. Also, when my Uncle Marvin and his family would come from California, they would stay down there – and I would sit on the bed down there and talk with my cousin JoAnn. It was always fun when we went there and had family parties there.<br />
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Grandma died suddenly of a heart attack on September 12, 1966.<br />
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<b>JoAnn’s Memories<br />(Marvin Stagge’s daughter)</b><br />
We would visit Grandma and Grandpa every summer. When I got bored with the adult conversation, I would go downstairs and read Grandma’s romance magazines. I thought they were really risqué for the time and felt guilty that I enjoyed them.<br />
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Grandma worked for a tailor shop in her later life. She really enjoyed gardening and had a row of beautiful roses all along the side of her house. She taught me to play Canasta and would let me play Canasta with her and my mother when we visited. It made me feel so grown up to be able to play cards with the adults.<br />
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Seems I heard that my Grandma was working in her rose garden when she had her heart attack and that after she died Grandpa went out and pulled up the roses.<br />
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Mrs. Lura Minnie Parker Stagge, 70, of 3052 Jefferson, died Monday afternoon at the Dee Hospital following a heart attack.<br />
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Mrs. Stagge was born November 27, 1895, in Clinton, Utah, a daughter of Joseph and Minnie May Elmer Parker.<br />
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On December 3, 1919, she was married to Louis A. Stagge in Ogden.<br />
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She was formerly employed at the Royal Canning Company and was a seamstress for the Utah Tailoring Mills, retiring in 1953.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-P2Q-qESf2RI/TwT2aJNV4zI/AAAAAAAAHkE/wsooJm7_PRc/s1600/31411012%255B1%255D.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693946757912060722" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-P2Q-qESf2RI/TwT2aJNV4zI/AAAAAAAAHkE/wsooJm7_PRc/s400/31411012%255B1%255D.jpg" style="display: block; height: 301px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 350px;" /></a>She was a member of the LDS Ninth Ward and was former organist in the Clinton Ward.<br />
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Surviving are her husband, four sons, Marvin L. Stagge, Concord, California; Delbert E. Stagge and Ralph J. Stagge, both of Ogden; Floyd Stagge, Plain City, 10 grandchildren, five brothers, Elmer Parker, Elwyn J. Parker, both of Clinton, O. Dean Parker, Roland (Ted) Parker, both of Roy, Cecil K. Parker, Ogden; two sisters, Mrs. Rose Toone, Mrs. Altha Sessions, both of Ogden.<br />
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Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. in Lindquist and Sons Colonial Chapel with Bishop's Counselor Charles Dalwyler of the Ninth Ward officiating.<br />
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Friends may call at the mortuary Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Thursday prior to services. Burial will be in the Ogden City Cemetery.<br />
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Died Monday, September 12, 1966<br />
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<b>U.S. Social Security Death Index for Lura Stagge</b><br />
First Name: Lura<br />
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Last Name: Stagge<br />
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Birth Date: 27 November 1895<br />
Social Security Number: 529-03-9536<br />
Place of Issuance: Utah<br />
Last Residence: Weber, Utah<br />
Zip Code of Last Residence: 84403<br />
Death Date: September 1966<br />
Estimated Age at Death: 71</div>
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<b>United States Census, 1930 for Lura Stagge</b><br />
Name: Lura Stagge<br />
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Event: Census<br />
Event Date: 1930<br />
Event Place: Ogden, Weber, Utah<br />
Gender: Female<br />
Age: 34<br />
Marital Status: Married<br />
Race: White<br />
Birthplace: Utah<br />
Estimated Birth Year: 1896<br />
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Relationship to Head of Household: Wife<br />
Father's Birthplace: Utah<br />
Mother's Birthplace: Utah<br />
Enumeration District Number: 0015<br />
Family Number: 304<br />
Sheet Number and Letter: 14A<br />
Line Number: 33<br />
NARA Publication: T626, roll 2424<br />
Film Number: 2342158<br />
Digital Folder Number: 4547822<br />
Image Number: 00603<br />
Household, Gender, Age<br />
Spouse - Louis Stagge, M, 35<br />
Lura Stagge, F, 34<br />
Child - Marvin Stagge, M, 9<br />
Child - Velda Stagge, F, 7<br />
Child - Delbert Stagge, M, 6<br />
Child - Ralph Stagge, M, 4</div>
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Arn and Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03744676874718986386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294455042431301131.post-69061517966184145792012-08-12T00:30:00.000-07:002020-03-07T10:11:33.520-08:00WILLIAM ABRAHAM STAGGE 1850-1926<div align="left">
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<strong>Name</strong>: William Stagge / <strong>Home in 1900</strong>: Peterson, Morgan, Utah / <strong>Age</strong>: 49 / <strong>Birth Date</strong>: October 1850 / <strong>Birthplace</strong>: Germany / <strong>Race</strong>: White / <strong>Gender</strong>: Male / <strong>Immigration Year</strong>: 1878 / <strong>Relationship to Head-of-House</strong>: Partner (David Breen) / <strong>Father's Birthplace</strong>: Germany / <strong>Mother's Birthplace</strong>: Germany / <strong>Marriage Year</strong>: 1886 / <strong>Years Married</strong>: 14 / <strong>Occupation</strong>: Miner - Quartz / <strong>Read and Write English</strong>: Yes</div>
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<strong>Name</strong>: William Stagge / <strong>Home in 1920:</strong> Ogden Ward 2, Weber, Utah (Twenty-fourth Street) / <strong>Age</strong>: 68 / <strong>Estimated Birth Year</strong>: about 1852 / <strong>Birthplace</strong>: Saxony (Germany) / <strong>Relation to Head of House</strong>: Self (Head) / <strong>Father's Birth Place</strong>: Saxony (Kingdom State) (Germany) / <strong>Mother's Birth Place</strong>: Saxony (Kingdom State) (Germany) / <strong>Marital Status</strong>: Widowed / <strong>Race</strong>: White / <strong>Sex</strong>: Male / <strong>Home Owned</strong>: Rent / <strong>Year of Immigration</strong>: 1876 / <strong>Year of Naturalization</strong>: 1881 / Able<strong> to read</strong>: Yes / <strong>Able to Write</strong>: Yes</div>
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<strong>Burial:</strong> Kaysville City Cemetery, Kaysville, Davis County, Utah, Plot: 8-1-C-4<br />
Find A Grave Memorial# 122258<br />
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<strong>Ogden Standard-Examiner, Sunday, July 18, 1926, Ogden, Utah</strong><br />
"Services for William Stagge, aged 75, who died last Thursday at a local hospital, will be held on Monday at 2 o'clock in the Larkin and Sons' chapel, with Bishop Frank Hyde of Kaysville in charge. Friends may call at the chapel this afternoon and evening and also on Monday until services. Interment will be in Kaysville cemetery. Mr. Stagge was born in Germany on August 15, 1850, and had been a resident of Utah for 50 years, living in Willard, South Weber and Uintah. Surviving are these sons and daughter: William Stagge of Rigby, Idaho; Mrs. J. Willard Sandall of Kaysville; Lewis Stagge of Ogden; also 16 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren." </div>
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<strong>Ogden Standard-Examiner, Tuesday, July 20, 1926, Ogden, Utah</strong><br />
"Services for William Stagge were held on Monday afternoon in the chapel of Larkin and Sons. Bishop Frank Hyde of Kaysville presided. The musical numbers were 'Jesus, My Savior,' 'One Sweetly Solemn Thought' and 'My Faith In Thee,' sung by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fernelius. Speakers were Bishop C.A. Fernelius, E.A. Larkin and Bishop Hyde. Interment was made in the Kaysville cemetery."<br />
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<strong>ELIZABETH BIRT STAGGE </strong></div>
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<strong>South Weber Historical Pioneer Cemetery</strong> <br />
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Burial: South Weber Cemetery, South Weber, Davis County, Utah<br />
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According to information I received from family members over the years William Abraham Stagge was born August 15, 1850 in Germany. Supposedly, he illegally entered the United States through Canada when he was around 28 years old. He married Elizabeth Birt on December 24, 1887 (he was around 37 years old and she was 15 years old) in Willard, Box Elder, Utah. Elizabeth died 25 July 1900 in Ogden, Weber, Utah, when she was around 28 years old. They had 5 children when she died, the youngest David Vivian or Vernon Stagge, born 19 October 1896, aged 3; Louis Abraham Stagge, born 13 November 1894, age 5; Ernest James Stagge, born 17 September 1891, age 8; Millie Augusta Stagge, born 27 March 1890, age 10; and the oldest William John Frederick Stagge born 17 September 1888, aged 11. From what I have heard the children went to live with Elizabeth's mother, Catherine Norris Birt. William Abraham became a quartz miner and lived with his business partner in Peterson, Morgan, Utah (according to the 1900 Census).<br />
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Some members of the family felt that William Abraham changed his name when he came into the country illegally. Because the spelling STAGGE was pronounced Stagg-ee, some of the children changed the spelling of their name to STAGGIE and some did not. It is unclear if William Abraham changed his actual last name upon coming to the United States or just the pronunciation.<br />
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I found a book entitled <strong>"The Stagge Name in History"</strong> by ancestry.com, offered by amazon.com and published by: The Generations Network, Inc., 360 West 4800 North, Provo, Utah 84604. Nothing specific about our ancestors, but still interesting., For more information or to order a book about the family name of your choice, please visit the following web site at: <a href="http://www.ournameinhistory.com/">http://www.ournameinhistory.com/</a> <br />
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<strong>Obituary</strong><br />
Services for William Stagge were held on Monday afternoon in the chapel of Larkin and Sons.<br />
Bishop Frank Hyde of Kaysville presided. The musical. numbers were, "Jesus, My Savior." "One Sweetly Solemn Thought" and "My Faith In Thee," sung by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fernelius. Speakers were Bishop C. A. Fernelius. E. A. Larkin and Bishop Hyde. Interment was made in the Kaysville cemetery.<br />
<strong>Ogden Standard-Examiner, July 20, 1926</strong><br />
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<strong>Reports Loss of Money from Room</strong><br />
William Stagge, residing at the European Hotel, reported to the police this morning that his room had been entered last night and that $45 in currency had been stolen. He could give the police no light on the theft, excepting to the state that he had missed the money when he awoke. Detectives have been detailed to investigate the loss.<br />
<strong>Ogden Standard-Examiner, September 7, 1922</strong><br />
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<strong>Obituary</strong><br />
Services for William Stagge, aged 75, who died last Thursday at a local hospital; will be held<br />
on Monday at 2 o'clock in the Larkin and Sons' chapel with Bishop Frank Hyde of Kaysville in charge. Friends may call at the chapel this afternoon and evening and also on Monday until services. Interment will be in Kaysville cemetery. Mr. Stagge was born in Germany on August 15, 1850, and had been a resident of Utah for 50 years, living in Wlllard, South Weber and Uintah.<br />
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Surviving are these sons and daughter: William, Stagge of Rigby, Idaho; Mrs. J. Willard Sandall of Kaysville: Lewis Stagge of Ogden: also 16 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.<br />
<strong>Ogden Standard-Examiner, July 18, 1926</strong><br />
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William is my GGG Grandfather. The story that has been told in our family is that you was a stow away on the ship coming to America. Also after the death of Elisabeth William John Fredrick Staggie and Ernest stayed with William and Millie and Louis went to live with John Knowles family in east South Weber. Mrs. Knowles brought Elisabeth to America with her. William then married Sally Davis around 1899 and in 1900 brought Millie and Louis back home. This information comes from a Journal my GG Grandfather William John Fredrick Staggie wrote. on <span style="color: #1155cc;">WILLIAM ABRAHAM STAGGE 1850-1926</span></div>
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"Utah, Marriages, 1887-1966," William Stagge, 1897</h1>
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Source Citation</h5>
<strong>"Utah, Marriages, 1887-1966," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8PL-W5Q : accessed 22 June 2012), William Stagge, 1897.</strong><br />
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<strong>"Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VRL8-N56 : accessed 22 June 2012), William Stagge, 1897.</strong><br />
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"Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937," William Stagge, 1887</h1>
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"Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XLMP-J27 : accessed 22 June 2012), William Stagge, 1887.<br />
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<a href="http://www.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1068&enc=1" style="text-decoration: none;" title="Learn more about the Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934">Hamburger Passagierlisten, 1850-1934 <span class="g_altTitle">Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934</span></a><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="about">about</span> Wilh. Stagge</span><br />
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<tr><th>Departure Date:</th><td>1 Mai 1878 <span class="g_srhint">(1 May 1878)</span></td></tr>
<tr><th>Estimated Birth Year:</th><td>abt 1850</td></tr>
<tr><th>Age Year:</th><td>28</td></tr>
<tr><th>Gender:</th><td>männlich <span class="g_srhint">(Male)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><th>Residence:</th><td>Darlingerode, Hannover</td></tr>
<tr><th>Occupation:</th><td>Arbeiter</td></tr>
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<tr><th>Ship Name:</th><td>Frisia</td></tr>
<tr><th>Captain:</th><td>Meyer</td></tr>
<tr><th>Shipping Line:</th><td>Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft</td></tr>
<tr><th>Ship Type:</th><td>Dampfschiff</td></tr>
<tr><th>Accommodation:</th><td>Zwischendeck</td></tr>
<tr><th>Ship Flag:</th><td>Deutschland</td></tr>
<tr><th>Port of Departure:</th><td>Hamburg</td></tr>
<tr><th>Port of Arrival:</th><td>New York</td></tr>
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<tr><th>Volume:</th><td>373-7 I, VIII A 1 Band 035 B</td></tr>
<tr><th>Page:</th><td>173</td></tr>
<tr><th>Microfilm Roll Number:</th><td>K_1722</td></tr>
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<span class="srcCitLbl" style="font-weight: bold;">Source Citation:</span> Staatsarchive Hamburg; Volume: <i>373-7 I, VIII A 1 Band 035 B</i>; Seite: <i>173</i>; Mikrofilm Number: <i>K_1722</i>.</div>
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<b>Life History of William John Fredrick Staggie 1888-1963 by William John Fredrick Staggie</b></div>
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I William John Fredrick Staggie was born September 17, 1888 at Willard, Box Elder
County, Utah. My Father, William Abraham Staggie was born in Germany. My mother
Elizabeth Birt was born in Glauss, Glauss, England. I was blessed by Abraham Zundell. The
family moved to South Weber in 1889 where my father went to work on the Union Pacific
Railroad section, Uintah, Weber County. On the 27th of March 1800 my sister Millie August
was born in S. W. Davis County. She was blessed by William Firth. On the 17 of September
1891 in S. W. Davis County my brother Ernest James was born and was blessed by James
Harberson, in Davis County, Utah. In the spring of 1892 my family moved across the railroad in
Weber Canyon. On November 13, 1894 my brother Louis Abraham was born in Uintah, Weber
County and was blessed by George Kendall. My family moved down to Marston settlement in
South Weber in the spring of 1895. Father worked on a farm for David James.<br />
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I started to school in the fall of 1896. My mother took me out to the gate, we met a girl
by the name of Bell Cook, she took me to school with her. Her brother Jim was the teacher. My
brother David Vernon was born Oct. 19, 1896, and died March 4, 1897 at Marston settlement.<br />
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My mother died 25 July 1897 at the young age of 25. After mother died, me and Ernest
stayed with dad, and Millie and Louis went to live with the John Knowles family, up in east
South Weber. Mrs. Knowles brought my mother with her from England. My mother’s folks
came over later. The next summer I took the mumps I thought I would choke at times. Dad was
working with James. I was alone with my brother Ernest 3 years to the day younger than I was.
When he was out playing I was alone. When I felt bad I would send him to get Mrs. Kendell.
She would come down and rub my throat, she was the Bishop’s wife.<br />
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Dad got to drinking pretty heavy after mother died. That winter I went to school in
Marston settlement in 1899. In 1899 dad was working for James, he got a team and wagon and
we went to Ogden. We went to the Brooks place on 21st Street. Hugh Alford made him
acquainted with Sally Davis and said she was a good housekeeper. Mrs. Brookes was a sister to
Mrs. Alford. They all got pretty drunk. We started home and going down 21st street Dad fell off
the seat, down between the horses. It is a wonder he was not killed. He had a bad cut on his
head, they took him to the hospital. Me and Ernest stayed at the Brooks place that night. The
next morning he took Sally Davis to keep house for us. But the Bishop saw what she was and
made Dad marry her.<br />
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We were living in the old house under the hill. I went to school that winter our teacher
was Jim Cook. In the spring of 1900 we moved to the East end of South Weber. We lived
underneath the hill. The place belonged to Mrs. Burnside’s daughter, a sister to Bill Bryan. On
the hill there was a big piece of ground, there had been a stable and corral built out of sagebrush,
I had to pull it to pieces and pack it down and burn it for fire wood. Dad took Millie and
Louis home to live with us.<br />
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He went to the mine to work in Cottonwood Canyon. Sally took off and went to Ogden
on a drunk and left us kids there alone. They sent him word, he came down and went and got her.<br />
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We had to haul our drinking water from Weber River. We had to go down through Bill
Bryan’s field. John Knowles was running it at the time. We had to haul it in a little wagon in a
10 gal milk can, we had to take the cow and horse with us. The Knowles family lived at the
bottom of the field it was over a mile. The Milk can was standing back of the door in the corner,
it had a sharp lid on the bottom. Dad and Sally went to town and went up to the Brookes place
and Hugh Alford brought them home drunk.<br />
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Sally had no use for me. She was mad. I was standing by the milk can she grabbed the
lid off the milk can and she said she would split my head open with it. Alford took it away from
her. His wife took us kids and put us to bed in the next room.<br />
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Me and Millie went to school in 1900 in East South Weber. In the summer of 1900 dad
went up to the mine to work. In the summer Sally beat it again and went to Ogden. Turnell went
after dad. He came down and went to Ogden and got her and they came home drunk.<br />
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We had a mare. We had her staked out in the field. She got loose in the late afternoon
and went upon the hill to Arther Firth’s. He came down and told dad, she had been there all day.
Dad tried to catch me to beat me, he could not, he told me to go up and get her. I did and when I
came back with her, they had gone to bed. Him and Sally had been to town and got drunk. The
next morning, he told me to get my clothes and beat it, I did.<br />
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I went down to live with the Knowles family. He had asked me to come and live with
them before. On Sept. 17, 1900 I would have been 12 years old. We went to school in South
Weber in 1901. In the spring of 1902 Dad went to the mines to work, and left the rest of the
family there by the hill with Sally. In July, Sally took off and went to Ogden, and left the kids up
there alone without any bread baked or anything cooked for them to eat. The neighbors sent up
after dad, he came down and broke up his home and sold everything he had. Millie and Louis
went to live with the Knowles family, and Ernest went to live with Mrs. Ray, Sam Ray’s mother
and he went back to the mine. In 1903 we went to school in South Weber.<br />
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In the spring of 1903. The Knowles family and us kids moved to west Kaysville and Ernest with us. They moved on to the Joe Flint place.<br />
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In the fall of 1903 Levi Webster and Thomas Harris come over from Kaysville and
helped up get up the spuds on the Byran place. That was when I first met Mr. Webster and
Thomas Harris. We planted tomatoes and potatoes and grain and raised hay. We kids went to
school and among the kids there was a boy named Thomas Harris. We became fast friends and a
girl name of Laura M. Webster. She later became my wife. Our teacher was Charley Sill.<br />
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We farmed the Joe Flint farm the year of 1904. I worked for George Webster and his son
Jack Webster and Jack Flint and went to school in the winter of 1904 and 1905 and never went
back. I worked for George Webster and his son Jack Webster and I went to Salt Lake with Frank
Flint the son of Jack Flint. That was my first trip to Salt Lake....<br />
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In the spring of 1910 I worked for Van Patten, a contractor. He had a patent he wanted to
try out. He had been working on it for some time. Dad was working for the company Van Patten had sold the mine to. Dad had a contract at so much for a foot. Van talked Dad into letting his
son in on the contract. And they would start up the compressor and use the electric drills in the
mine. They did. I went up and dragged logs down with horses each day to keep the boiler going.
Van talked to Dad for me and him to go together and buy a lot and let him build us a house on it.
We did. We got the basement built, and we moved in to save paying rent. I was working for Van
paying him so much a week. We had put a temporary roof of tar paper over the floor of the
basement.<br />
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In the spring of 1910 I was working in Ogden Canyon cutting wood for a man by the
mane of Sketter. My wife’s sister Amanda and her two children had move in with us. Her
husband had pulled out and left her. She never heard from him. She was at work cleaning house
for a woman. My wife Laura was taking care of the kids. She had a baby about the same age as
ours. The house took fire. Laura, my wife, grabbed a baby under each arm and ran up the stairs
with them and jumped of the basement with them. I was working up in the canyon at the time.
When I came home on the street car a neighbor lady said she was sorry that my house had burnt
down. That was the first that I had heard. They did not know where to find me. It had burnt the
roof and all the woodwork. The fire department had got there in time to save the furniture. After
the fire dad gave it up and would not do any more with it. I did not have a job at the time so I
had to let it go. We moved to 23rd street on Monroe. I got a job down at the railroad department
store building for $2.00 a day....<br />
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In 1917 the world war started. My brother Louis volunteered and they took him. When
Ernest heard that Louis had volunteered he went and volunteered and they turned him down, and
two months later they drafted him. Louis was in the Marines and Ernest in the 32 regiment. I
had four children and was exempted. ...<br />
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In the spring of 1927 I put a patch of wheat in for a man on Antelope he furnished the
seed and I done the work. It did not come up very good and what did the dear took. We moved
down to the Rap place in the last of June. I worked for Charley Bormforts that summer and fall.
In October 1926 Dad died we went down to his funeral in Ogden. When we come back I helped
a man get out some wood. In the spring of 1927 we moved out to Osgood. I farmed there in the
summer and in the fall I and others hauled wood off the lavas. On January 28, 1928 Leona
married Rulon Radford. In the spring our first grandchild was born David Vernon Radford. In
the summer for 1928 me and my wife and Rulon and Roy went to Spokane Washington to look
at some cut over land. We found nothing there we wanted.<br />
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When launched the Frisia was rated by the Hamburg America Line as the "best and fastest" of the fleet. She was about 3,500 tons burden; with a length of 364 feet, and 43 feet breadth of beam (also given as 350ft x 40ft in some sources). She was a four-decked ship, with hull and three lower decks of iron and the upper deck laid in teak. Her <a href="http://www.norwayheritage.com/articles/templates/ships.asp?articleid=87&zoneid=5" style="color: black; font-weight: bold;">engines</a> were 750 horse-power and had 106-inch cylinders with 6½ feet stroke. She was considered to be very strongly built, and had seven water-tight compartments, with all of which the pumps were connected. As a precaution against accident or damage by fire, all the apartments of the ship were traversed by steam-pipes, from any of which a strong head of steam could be obtained. She also had 10 large metallic life-boats ready for use in case of a disaster.<br />
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The original accommodations for passengers were as follows: First-class, 102; second-class, 126; steerage, 620. The <a href="http://www.norwayheritage.com/steerage.htm" style="color: black; font-weight: bold;">steerage</a>, winch was seven feet in height, had all the recognized improvements, including, in common with the other passenger decks, ventilating fans, propelled by a separate engine, by which a continuous current of pure air was insured from the lowest to the uppermost deck. The state-rooms were 8 by 10 feet in floor space, and were well furnished and neatly and durably ornamented. The cabins, saloons, conversation-rooms and smoking-rooms were of mahogany, with bird's-eye maple panels, the other ornamentation was gilded figure-work, and, in all convenient and desirable positions. The sitting-room on the upper deck, was designed for ladies' use in unpleasant weather was deemed a most desirable addition to the ship's conveniences. The stairways connecting the several decks had two upper openings, one on either side or the mast, thereby preventing unpleasant meetings of the upward and downward bound.<br />
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Her first passage from Hamburg to New York was made in eleven days, though the weather was almost continuously rough. Her officers and Crew on the maiden voyage consisted of Capt. E. Meier, an experienced seaman, four additional officers, four engineers and 126 men as a Crew.</div>
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Arn and Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03744676874718986386noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294455042431301131.post-26553220810840199102012-08-12T00:00:00.001-07:002020-08-08T17:03:14.582-07:00ELIZABETH BIRT (STAGGE) 1872-1897[<b>Ancestral Link</b>: Louis Abraham Stagge, son of Elizabeth Birth (Stagge).]<br />
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Birth: May 22, 1872<br />
Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England<br />
Death: July 13, 1897<br />
Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA<br />
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Daughter of Abraham Birt and Catherine Norris<br />
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Married William Abraham Stagge, 24 December 1887, Willard, Box Elder, Utah<br />
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Children - William John Frederick Staggie, Millie Agusta Staggie, Ernest James Staggie, Louis Abraham Stagge, David Vernon Staggie<br />
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Arn and Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03744676874718986386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294455042431301131.post-75799977505158225862012-08-11T00:00:00.000-07:002020-07-12T17:02:17.135-07:00MINNIE MAY ELMER (PARKER) 1871-1940<div align="center">
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Death: December 6, 1946, Clinton, Davis County, Utah, USA<br />
Married: Joseph Parker<br />
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<strong>LIFE STORY OF MINNIE MAY ELMER PARKER</strong><br />
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My grandmother was born in Ogden, Utah, on July 29, 1871. She was the daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer and Mary Jost. She was christened Minnie May Elmer. She had two brothers and three sisters. Her mother died on April 2, 1925, and her father died on May 31, 1895. Both had lived in Ogden, Utah.<br />
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She had her schooling in the Summit School in Clinton, Utah. She went to the Clinton Ward for church. She held a position in the Relief Society for 40 years and finally resigned. She was married to Joseph Parker on September 30, 1886, in the Logan Temple. She was the mother of 15 children, eight sons and seven daughters. They held their Golden Wedding Anniversary on September 4, 1936, at their residence in Clinton, Utah.<br />
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My grandmother's maiden name is Minnie May Elmer. Her father's name is Mark Alfred Elmer, and her mother's maiden name is Mary Ann Jost. She was born July 29, 1871, in Ogden, Utah. She had two brothers and three sisters. Her mother died April 4, 1925, and her father died May 31, 1895, both in Ogden, Utah. She went to the Summit School in Clinton, Utah. She held a position in the Relief Society of the Clinton Ward for forty three years and then she resigned. She married Joseph Parker September 30, 1886, in the Logan Temple. She had fifteen children, eight boys and seven girls. They had their Golden Wedding Anniversary October 4, 1936, in their home in Clinton, Utah.<br />
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<strong><em>P.S. (By Beth Schow Stagge)</em></strong><br />
<em>Her husband Joseph Parker died November 27, 1940 at Clinton, Utah. His burial date was December 1, 1940. Minnie May Elmer died December 6, 1940 at Clinton, Utah. Her burial date was December 9, 1940. They were laid to rest side by side in Ogden, Utah, just about one week apart.</em><br />
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<strong>My Grandmother's Life Story</strong><br />
My grandmother's name is Minnie May Elmer Parker. She was born July 28, 1871, the daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer and May Ann Jost Elmer in Ogden on the corner of 26th Street, in the lower part of her grandmother's three story rock house. At the age of five she moved to Kaysville with her parents. After two years she moved to Summit Station which is now known as Sunset. She belonged to the first Sunday School and the first District School in which is now known as Clinton., She married Joseph Parker September 30, 1886 in the Logan Temple. In 1891 at the age of 20 she was put in Second Counsellor in the first Relief Society of Clinton. They released her in 1906 after holding the position for fifteen years. They then gave her the position of Second Counsellor again in 1915 and released in 1926. She then took the position of Magazine Agent for 21 years and also helped with Relief Society teaching for 45 years. While in Relief Society she helped make several hundred quilts. Her hobby is making such things as, quilts, flowers, pillows and other embroidery work. She has started giving her granddaughters quilts on their sixteenth birthday.<br />
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She was called upon many different times to take care of the sick people and the deaths because there was not enough undertakers and doctors at that time. She was always ready to help any one in need and she still is. One time she was just ready to bake bread when a lady came to get her to go Relief Society teaching in her place because she was unable to go, so she took the bread, put it in back of the buggy and took it up to her sister-in-law's place and had her bake it for her.<br />
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She is the mother of 15 children, ten are still living. She has thirty-eight grandchildren, 37 still living and she also has four great grandchildren.<br />
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Her husband and her celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary, October 4, 1936 at their residence in Clinton.<br />
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She has had the privilege of going to Yellowstone National Park and different sections of Idaho.<br />
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Minnie May Parker died December 6, 1940.<br />
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This was written June 13, 1939 by her thirteenth grandchild Velda May Stagge.<br />
<strong>Found in Velda May Stagge's Book of Remembrance.</strong><br />
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She was born on the corner of 26th Street, in the lower part of her grandmother's three-story rock house. At the age of five she moved to Kaysville with her parents. After two years she moved to Summit Station which is now known as Sunset. She belonged to the first Sunday School and the first District School in which is now known as Clinton. In 1891 at the age of 20 she was put in Second Counselor in the first Relief Society of Clinton. They released her in 1906 after holding the position for fifteen years. They then gave her the position of Magazine Agent for 21 years and she also helped with Relief Society teaching for 45 years. While in Relief Society she helped make several hundred quilts. Her hobby is making such things as quilts, flowers, pillows, and other embroidery work. She has started giving her granddaughters quilts on their sixteenth birthday.<br />
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She was called upon many different times to take care of the sick people and the deaths because there was not enough undertakers and doctors at that time. She was always ready to help any one in need. One time she was just ready to bake bread when a lady came to get her to go, so she took the bread, put it in the back of the buggy and took it up to her sister-in-law's place and had her bake it for her.<br />
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She has had the privilege of going to Yellowstone National Park and different sections of Idaho.<br />
<strong>Written June 13, 1939, by her 13th grandchild Velda May Stagge</strong><br />
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<strong>Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956 for Minnie May Elmer Parker</strong><br />
Name: Minnie May Elmer Parker<br />
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Death Place: Clinton, Davis, Utah<br />
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Estimated Birth Year: 1871<br />
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Spouse's Name: Joseph Parker<br />
Father's Name: Mark Alfred Elmer<br />
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Mother's Name: Mary Ann Jost<br />
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Minnie May Elmer Parker, the oldest daughter of Mary Ann Jost and Mark Alfred Elmer was born July 29, 1871, in Ogden, Utah in the lower part of her grandmother's three-story rock house on the corner of 26th Street and Adams Avenue.</div>
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When she was five years of age, she with her family moved to Kaysville, Utah. After two years they moved to Summit Station which is now known as Sunset, Utah. There were few people living there at that time and she herded the family's cows over the sage brush flats and sand hills in the summer, being careful not to step on the prickly pears, sand lizards, and blow snakes which abounded there. She belonged to the first L.D.S. Sunday School and the first grade school in the district now known as Clinton.</div>
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On September 30, 1886, in the Logan L.D.S. Temple, she was married to Joseph Parker, son of Sarah and William Cope Parker of Riverdale, Utah.</div>
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In 1891, when but twenty years of age, she was selected as second counselor to Mrs. Maren Kitchell in the Relief Society of Clinton. She held the position for fifteen years.</div>
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In 1915 she was again chosen as second counselor in the Relief Society and was released in 1926,. She was Relief Society Magazine agent for twenty-one years, treasurer for several years, and she helped with the block teaching for forty-five years. For many years she assisted with the sewing and handiwork in the Society during which time she helped make several hundred quilts.</div>
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In 1928 the Relief Society gave a party in her honor and presented her with a beautiful ring in appreciation of her thirty-seven years of continuous service to the organization. She was also active in Farm Bureau work for many years, directing the home economics work in the Clinton District.</div>
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Mrs. Parker was called upon many times to help care for the sick and the dead as there were not enough doctors and undertakers at that time. She was always ready to help anyone in need. At one time she was just ready to bake bread when a neighbor came to get her to go Relief Society teaching in her place as she was unable to go. Mrs. Parker placed the bread in the back of the buggy and took it to her sister-in-law to bake while she did the teaching.</div>
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Her oldest daughter, Mrs., Ida Stegen, died in 1954, leaving seven children. Mrs. Parker took the youngest girl, Lois, then but five years old and cared for her until 1959 when ill health forced her to give the child up.</div>
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Her hobby was making such things as quilts, flowers, pillows and all sorts of embroidery work, and crocheting and knitting. As each of her granddaughters reached sixteen years of age, Mrs. Parker presented her with a lovely pieced quilt.</div>
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She had a keen sense of humor and always looked on the bright side of life. She was very industrious and generous. It was a common sight in the summer months to see her carrying a bucketful and an overflowing lapful of fruits and vegetables from the family garden to can or to give to friends or relatives who called.</div>
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She and her husband celebrated their golden wedding anniversary October 4, 1936, with an open house reception at their residence in Clinton., They had lived in Clinton all of their married life except for a short time soon after their marriage.</div>
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Mrs. Parker had little opportunity to travel as she was too busy raising her large family and attending to her church duties, but she did make several trips to different sections of Idaho and a trip to Yellowstone National Park in June 1939.</div>
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She had poor health for almost two years before her death when her usually busy hands had to lie idle, which seemed to hurt her almost as much as the physical pain.</div>
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Mrs. Parker was the mother of fifteen children. She was survived by thirty-seven grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and the following sons and daughters; Warren W., Mark L., Laura Stagge, Elmer, O.Dean, Althea Sessions, Roland F., Rose Toone, Elwyn J. and Cecil K. Parker.</div>
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Arn and Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03744676874718986386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294455042431301131.post-77429798115802993382012-08-10T00:30:00.000-07:002020-07-09T10:22:45.288-07:00WILLIAM COPE PARKER 1827-1917[<b>Ancestral Link</b>: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge) daughter of Joseph Parker, son of William Cope Parker.]<br />
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Front Row: Sarah Edgley Parker, Daniel, William Cope Parker</div>
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<b>Written by Rebecca Stimpson Thompson<br />Filed by Murrelle Hunter Cornish – 18 Nov 1982<br />990 West 4400 South<br />Ogden, Utah 84403<br />Daughters of Utah Pioneers</b><br />
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William Cope Parker was a resident of Utah almost a half century, and in looking back to the time he left his native home, a young man in years and full of hope, courage and determination, he could see many wonderful changes that were wrought, partly through his instrumentality, and all for the betterment of the up building of his home and family.<br />
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His journey from England to Utah was fraught with many horrors; death stared him in the face almost daily, and when he finally reached his destination, he found a wild and bleak country, over-run with savage Indians – a people he had never seen, but with whose habits he was destined to become well acquainted. The white settlers endured every manner of privation and want with a heroism that could but stimulate his own ambition and encourage him to fresh efforts. He has passed through all that, and finally became one of the solid and substantial citizens of Weber County, respected and trusted wherever known.<br />
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William Cope Parker was born in England on March 21, 1827, the son of George and Jane Parker. He was raised in the town of Harthill, and after leaving school, served an apprenticeship as a miller. In 1850 he became a convert to the teachings of the Mormon missionaries, and was the first member of the Harthill Branch of the Church. Filled with a desire to make his home among the people whose cause he had espoused, he crossed the ocean in 1854 on the ship Windemere, bound for New Orleans. Small-pox broke out on board ship, and William was among the victims, and when the vessel reached port he was quarantined for a number of days and then the passengers were sent to an island in the Missouri River, near St. Louis, where they remained until the quarantine was raised.<br />
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After being allowed to proceed on his journey, William went up the river to where Kansas City now stands, but which was then but a small cluster of log houses, and from there the camp was moved to McGee’s Park, where a number died of Cholera.<br />
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In the fall of 1854, William crossed the plains in the Robert Campbell Company, reaching Salt Lake City on October 28, 1854.<br />
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He worked for a time on the Church Farm, digging beets for the sugar factory, which proved an unprofitable speculation, and then worked on the second sawmill to be built in the Big Cottonwood Canyon. He came to Ogden in the spring of 1858 and took charge of Taylor’s Mill on the Weber River. Upon the approach of Johnson’s Army that year, he took the machinery down and went to Provo, where Elder Taylor bought the Higby and Smith Mill, which William Cope Parker ran until the return of the people from the south, upon the cessation of hostilities. When the machinery was again put in operation in the Ogden Mill and William was put in charge, continuing in that work until 1871.<br />
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He had bought forty acres of land in Riverdale, and in 1871 began life as a farmer and fruit raiser, and continued in that until his death on April 27, 1917.<br />
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His farm grew to seventy acres, most of it being devoted to fruit, having an almost endless variety of small fruits, and for some years he and his son Edwin were engaged in shipping to the north and east, building up a very profitable business. They also spent some years in tomato culture, and since the advent of the sugar factory, turned their attention largely to raising sugar beets, in which they met with fine success.<br />
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William Cope Parker had a keen sense of the value of good irrigation and for some years was a director of the Davis-Weber County Canal Company, and acted for six years as a Superintendent of the Councils. He took an active part in the project to build the reservoir in Morgan County and liberally supported all matters tending to better irrigation for Weber County. For some years he was president and secretary of the Riverdale Canal.<br />
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William Cope Parker was married in 1855 to Miss Sarah Edgley, daughter to William Edgley and Sarah Bebbington Edgley. Of the thirteen children born to this marriage, six grew to maturity. Sarah passed away on May 13, 1899 and in May 1900 he married again, this time to Miss Lydia Elizabeth Stratton Brewer.<br />
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Politically, he was a believer in the principles of the Democratic Party. He served two terms as Justice of the Peace and two terms as School Trustee; he was also Deputy Road Supervisor, and quite active in all municipal matters.<br />
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During the early days of railroad building in Utah, he took quite a prominent part in that work, having worked on the construction of the Utah Central, Utah Northern and other lines.<br />
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In the Church he was ordained an Elder in England in 1853, and on February 23, 1857, he was made a member of the Tenth Quorum of Seventies. After that he presided over the Mass Quorum of Seventies in Riverdale and Uintah. In 1875 he filled a short mission to England, and has filled a number of home missions since that time. For thirty years he was First Assistant Superintendent of the Riverdale Sunday School. In 1887 he was ordained a High Priest by Miles F. Jones, which position he held for some years.<br />
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<b>Submitted by Irene D. Parker, February 2001<br />3875 Madison Avenue.<br />Ogden, Utah 84403</b><br />
H. George Parker - Jane Cope<br />
Born: March 3, 1799 Born: February 23, 1806<br />
Bickerton, Chestershire, England Tallenhall, Chestershire, England<br />
They were married about 1826<br />
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William Cope Parker was born March 21, 1827 in Bulkily, Chestershire England. He came to Utah October 28, 1854 with the Robert Campbell company. He drove an ox team across the plans for Thomas Bebbington. He married Sarah Bebbington Edgely of Nantwich England, on May 13, 1855. Their family home was in Riverdale, Weber County, Utah. They were the parents of 13 children.<br />
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Mr. Parker was always keenly alive to the value of good irrigation and was for some years a Director in the Davis and Weber Canal Company and acted six years as Superintendent of the Canals.<br />
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He took an active part in the project to build the East Canyon reservoir in Morgan County and liberally supported all matters tending to better irrigation for Weber County. For some years he was President and later Secretary of the Riverdale Canal.<br />
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He also served two terms as Justice of the Peace, two terms as school trustee, and was Deputy Road supervisor and quite active in municipal affairs.<br />
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During the early years of the railroad building in Utah he took quite a prominent part in that work, having contracted for construction work on the Idaho Central, Utah Northern and other lines.<br />
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He was ordained an Elder in England in 1853 and on February 23, 1857 was made a member of the Tenth Quorum of Seventies, and for several years thereafter presided over the Mass Quorum of Seventies in the Riverdale Sunday School. In 1887 he was ordained a High Priest by Miles F. Jones.<br />
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Sarah died on May 7, 1899 and William married Lydia Brewer on December 13, 1899. Lydia was a native of Beltshire, England, and a daughter of William and Elizabeth Stratton Brewer. Shortly after their marriage they took a two-year-old girl, Ethel Hill to raise whom they later adopted. She married Edward Hess. </div>
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He was always respected and trusted wherever known.<br />
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His last years of life were filled with sickness, pain and suffering and he died on April 27, 1917 at 90 years of age.<br />
<b>Taken from what looks like a book – no other information provided.</b> </div>
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<b>PARKER, WILLIAM COPE</b> (son of George Parker, born March 3, 1799, Bickerton, Chestershire, England, and Jane Cope, born February 23, 1806, Tattenhall, Chestershire—married about 1826). Born March 21, 1827, Bulkeley, Chestershire. Came to Utah October 28, 1854, Robert Campbell company. He drove an ox team across the plains for Thomas Bebbington.<br />
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Married Sarah Bebbington Edgely May 13, 1855 (daughter of William Edgely of Nantwich, England). She was born February 19, 1835. Came to Utah October 28, 1854. Robert Campbell company. </div>
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Their children: <br />
Sarah Jane born April 22, 1857, married Frederick Stimpson October 21, 1876; <br />
Thomas born December 31, 1860, married Jennett Mitchell July 5, 1883; <br />
Joseph born August 3, 1866, married Laura Burch June 18, 1890; <br />
Edwin born June 18, 1870, married Ella Maud Elmer November 27, 1891; <br />
Daniel born April 22, 1877, married Pearl Taylor April 4, 1900. <br />
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Family home Riverdale, Weber County, Utah.<br />
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Justice of peace 4 years at Riverdale.<br />
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Married Lydia Brewer December 13, 1899, Salt Lake City (daughter of William Brewer and Elizabeth Stratton of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England), who was born December 17, 1859, at Trowbridge. Their adopted child: Ethel Elizabeth born December 23, 1897.<br />
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Seventy; high priest, missionary to Great Britain 1871; Sunday school teacher; member of Sunday school superintendency 25 years. Miller. President Riverdale Canal Company; superintendent Davis and Weber counties Canal Company Helped to build first railroads in Utah. </div>
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<b>Picture with “Our Gallery of Pioneers” over the article.<br />WILLIAM COPE PARKER</b> </div>
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That fertile, productive section lying between Layton and Riverdale, known for years as the sand ridge, was always potentially a wealth yielding area, but it might have lain dormant indefinitely but for the vision of men who foresee great things, men inflexible in purpose to conquer the wilderness and make the desert to blossom. Water was the one thing the sand ridge needed to make of it a veritable garden, and men there were who saw the opportunity. It took courage, it took co-operation, united effort. More than one must have credit, but amongst them is William Cope Parker. He was president of the Riverdale Canal company and superintendent of the Davis and Weber Counties Canal company, which poured the life giving water on to the parched soil. He was also a pioneer railroad builder and, a miller. Truly a useful life he lived. And in Church activities, too, he was a leader, stalwart and devoted, with an unswerving loyalty to principle. He was a seventy, a high priest, a missionary, to great Britain, a Sunday school teacher and a member of a Sunday school superintendency. He was a son of George Parker, born in England in 1827. He was a Utah pioneer of 1854, arriving in October of that year in the Robert Campbell company. His home was in Riverdale, where he rounded out a long life of service to his fellowmen. <br />
<b>Pioneer Immigrants to Utah Territory</b>, taken from ancestry.com search for William Cope Parker<br />
<b>Page</b>: 001952; <br />
<b>Name</b>: William Cope Parker; <br />
<b>Gender</b>: Male; <br />
<b>Birth Date</b>: 21 March 1827; <br />
<b>Birth Place</b>: Bulkeley, Malpas, Cheshire, England; <br />
<b>Parent1</b>: George Parker; <br />
<b>Parent2</b>:Jane Cope; <br />
<b>Spouse</b>: Sarah Bebbington; Lydia Brewer; <br />
<b>Marriage Date</b>: 13 May 1855; 13 December 1899; <br />
<b>Marriage Place</b>: Salt Lake City, Utah; Salt Lake City, Utah; <br />
<b>Departure Date</b>: 14 July 1854; <br />
<b>Departure Place</b>: Kansas City, Missouri; <br />
<b>Travel Company</b>: Thomas Bebbington, Harriet Bebbington, Elizabeth Pass Bebbington, Sarah Bebbington; <br />
<b>Party</b>: Captain Robert L. Campbell; <br />
<b>Arrival Date</b>: 28 October 1854; <br />
<b>Arrival Place</b>: Salt Lake City, Utah; <br />
<b>Religion</b>: LDS; <br />
<b>Occupation</b>: Miller, Farmer; <br />
<b>Death Date</b>: 27 March 1917; <br />
<b>Death Place</b>: Riverdale, Weber, Utah; <br />
<b>Burial Place</b>: Ogden City Cemetery; <br />
<b>Sources</b>: Birth date from Malpas Parish Records, Marriage date from Endowment house records when Sealed 29 August 1863, Death date from Tombstone, Ogden Cemetery; <br />
<b>Comments</b>: Sailed from Liverpool on the Ship Windermere 22 February 1854, Arrived at New Orleans. After a Mission to England, Sailed 15 September 1875 on Ship Wyoming; <br />
<b>Sub Name</b>: Vance Parker; <b>Sub Date</b>: 20 August 1990.<br />
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<b>Joseph Parker and Minnie May Elmer</b></div>
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JoAnn Stagge’s great grandparents. Joseph is the younger brother of Sarah Jane Parker, born 25 April 1857. Joseph and Sarah Jane are the Children of William Cope Parker and Sarah Bebbington Edgeley. William and Sarah were family friends of future prophet and president of the Church, John Taylor who frequently visited their home. Their second child, daughter, Sarah Jane, told of John Taylor visiting their home and holding her on his lap and singing A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief to her. He told her that the Prophet Joseph Smith had asked him to sing that song to him while he was in Carthage Jail just before he was murdered by the mobs. He would also show her the watch that had saved his life because it was in his pocket when a bullet had hit his watch. She could see the dent in its cover made by the bullet.<br />
<b>Sarah Jane, the teller of this story is JoAnn’s great grand aunt.</b></div>
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<b>William Cope Parker</b><br />
William Cope Parker (son of George Parker, born March 3, 1799, Bickerton, Chestershire, England and Jane Cope, born February 23, 1806, Tattenhall, Chestershire, England) was born March 21, 1827, Buckeley, England. He came to Utah October 28, 1854, Robert Campbell Company. He drove an ox team across the plains for Thomas Bebbington.<br />
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He married Sarah Bebbington Edgeley 13 May, 1855. She came to Utah October 28, 1854, Robert Campbell company. Family home was Riverdale, Weber, Utah. William was Justice of Peace 4 years at Riverdale.<br />
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He was a Seventy, High Priest, missionary to Great Britain 1871; Sunday School teacher, member of Sunday School superintendency 25 years Miller, President Riverdale Canal Co.; superintendent Davis and Weber Counties Canal Co. Helped to build first railroads in Utah.<br />
<b>"Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah" by Frank Esshom</b><br />
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William Cope Parker and Sarah Bebbington Edgeley crossed the plains in 1854. They fell in love and were married shortly after they reached Utah. He worked for her uncle and aunt tho were raising her. They moved to Jordan and later to Riverdale. He worked in a mill there which belonged to John Taylor, who later became president of the Church. John Taylor was with Joseph Smith when he was shot and killed. John Taylor blessed their son Joseph Parker.</div>
<b>Pioneer Pathways, Volume 7, page 134</b><br />
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In 1853 Daniel Burch built a gristmill on the east side of the Weber River. Later, he added a sawmill to rip logs and saw lumber for homes. The river bottoms were covered with cottonwood trees which supplied the lumber. In 1858 Apostle John Taylor, who later became president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, purchased the mill. Among the improvements was the establishment of a carding machine. Richard Dye, <b>William C. Parker</b>, and Edward Stratton took charge of the gristmill and carding machine for Apostle Taylor.</div>
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After this purchase, the mill was known as Taylor's Mill. In it were three sets of millstones placed in a row. The wheat came through a funnel to the burrs. The upper millstone was placed by a hand lever the appropriate distance from the lower one. After processing the wheat with the first set of burrs, the coarse remains were transferred to the next set. The third processing produced the finest flour which dropped into the hoppers. In the beginning, each of the millstones weighed two thousand pounds.</div>
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<b>United States Census, 1880 for William C. Parker</b><br />
Name: William C. Parker<br />
Residence: Riverdale, Weber, Utah<br />
Birthdate: 1827<br />
Birthplace: England<br />
Relationship to Head: Self<br />
Spouse's Name: Sarah Parker<br />
Spouse's Birthplace: England<br />
Father's Name:<br />
Father's Birthplace: England<br />
Mother's Name:<br />
Mother's Birthplace: England<br />
Race or Color (Expanded): White<br />
Ethnicity (Standardized): American<br />
Gender: Male<br />
Martial Status: Married<br />
Age (Expanded): 53 years<br />
Occupation: Farmer<br />
NARA Film Number: T9-1339<br />
Page: 538<br />
Page Character: D<br />
Entry Number: 3354<br />
Film number: 1255339<br />
Household, Gender, Age<br />
William C. Parker, M, 53<br />
Spouse, Sarah Parker, F, 45<br />
Child, Thos. Parker, M, 19<br />
Child, Joseph Parker, M, 15<br />
Child, John Parker, M, 13<br />
Child, Edwin Parker, M, 9<br />
Child, Daniel Parker, M, 3<br />
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<b>Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956 for William Cope Parker</b>Name: William Cope Parker<br />
Titles and Terms:<br />
Death Date: 27 April 1917<br />
Death Place: Riverdale, Weber, Utah<br />
Birthdate:<br />
Estimated Birth Year: 1827<br />
Birthplace:<br />
Death Age: 90 years 1 month 6 days<br />
Gender: Male<br />
Marital Status:<br />
Race or Color:<br />
Spouse's Name:<br />
Father's Name: George Parker<br />
Father's Titles and Terms:<br />
Mother's Name: Jane Cope<br />
Mother's Titles and Terms:<br />
Film Number: 2229749<br />
Digital GS Number: 4121273<br />
Image Number: 1550<br />
Certificate Number: 154<br />
Occupation: Farmer<br />
Cause of Death: Chronic nephritis and prostatitis, senility<br />
Contributory: chronic disease prostate<br />
Age at death; 90 years, 1 month, 6 days<br />
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<span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">In 1853 Daniel Burch built a gristmill on the east side of the Weber River</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">. Later, he added a sawmill to rip logs and saw lumber for homes. </span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">The river bottoms were covered with cottonwood trees which supplied </span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">the lumber. In 1858 Apostle John Taylor, who later became president </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-font-width: 54%;">of </span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, purchased the mill. Among the improvements was the establishment of a carding machine. Richard Dye, William C. Parker, and Edward Stratton took charge </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-font-width: 61%;">of </span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">the gristmill and carding machine for Apostle Taylor. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">After this purchase, the mill was known as Taylor's Mill. In it were three sets of millstones placed in a row. The wheat came through a funnel </span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">to the burrs. The upper millstone was placed by a hand lever the </span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">appropri</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">ate distance from the lower one. After processing the wheat with the <span style="mso-font-width: 82%;">first </span>set of burrs, the coarse remains were transferred to the next set. The third processing produced the finest flour which dropped into the hoppers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">In the beginning, each of the millstones weighed two thousand </span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">pounds. The mill was converted in 1896 to a roller system, but one set </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-font-width: 61%;">of </span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">the burrs was retained and was still in use in 1938. At that time, the millstone measured forty-seven and one-half inches in diameter and sixteen and one-half inches thick. One of these millstones, owned by the Weber County Company of Daughters of Utah Pioneers, was situated on </span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Ogden Tabernacle Square just east of Pioneer Hall. An </span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">iron band was placed around it to keep it from falling apart. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<b>Pioneer Pathways</b>, International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers Salt Lake City, Utah 2004 Volume Seven, page 134.US/Can 979.2 H2dp v.7<br />
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<b>William Cope Parker</b><br />
Came to Utah 28 October 1854 in Robert Campbell Company. He drove an ox team across the plains for Thomas Bebbington. He married 2nd 13 December 1899 Lydia Brewer, daughter of William Brewer and Elizabeth Stratton of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. He was a seventy, High priest; missionary to Great Britain in 1871; Sunday school teacher, member of Sunday school superintendency for twenty-five years; miller; president Riverdale canal Company; superintendent Davis and Weber Counties Canal Companies; helped to build first Railroads in Utah.<br />
<b>Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, page 1087, picture on page 411 (more dates, information on second marriage same page.</b><br />
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<b>My Great Grandfather's Life Story</b><br />
William Cope Parker son of George Parker and Jane Cope was born March 21, 1827 in Bulekely, Chestershire, England. He came to Utah October 28, 1854 with the Robert Campbell Company. He drove an ox team across the plains for Thomas Bebbington. He married Sarah Bebbington Edgely May 13, 1855. She was the daughter of William Edgely. She was born February 19, 1835.<br />
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He had thirteen children and one adopted girl.<br />
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He was Justice of peace for four years at Riverdale, Utah. He married again in December 13, 1899 at Salt Lake City. His second wife was Lydia Brewer daughter of William Brewer and Elizabeth Stratton.<br />
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He went on a mission to Great Britain in 1871. He was a Sunday School teacher and a Sunday School superintendency for 25 years. He was superintendent of Davis and Weber Counties Canal Company. He was the miller for President John Taylor's Mill. He also helped to build the first railroad in Utah.<br />
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He died in April 27, 1917.<br />
<b>Written by Velda May Stagge in her Book of Remembrance</b><br />
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<b>Romance of Family History</b><br />
My great grandfather and grandmother crossed the plains in 1854. They fell in love and were married shortly after they reached Utah. He worked for her uncle and aunt who were raising her. They moved to Jordan and later to Riverdale. He worked in a mill there which belonged to John Taylor who later became President of the Church. John Taylor was with Joseph Smith when he was shot and killed. He would have been killed too if it hadn't been for a watch that he was carrying.<br />
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John Taylor blessed my grandfather Joseph Parker. His parents were William Cope Parker and Sarah Bebbington Edgely.<br />
<b>Written by Velda May Stagge in her Book of Remembrance</b><br />
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REMEMBRANCES OF GRANDPARENTS - WILLIAM COPE PARKER AND SARAH EDGELEY BEBBINGTON</h1>
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From MY LIFE by Charles Cope Parker
I knew my grandfather Parker. He was a short man. I guess he was only about five and a half, feet tall, and he was a guy with a good sense of humor too. He learned, by apprenticeship in England, how to run a flour mill, and how to make flour. He left England on a boat. There were some other people that left on the same boat that he was on. Their name was Bebbington. The sister of this Mrs. Bebbington was, traveling with them. Her name was Sarah Edgeley. It took a long time for a boat to make it across the ocean in those days. Sarah Edgeley and William Cope Parker got well acquainted during this trip.<br />
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As a company, they rode a boat that came up the Missouri River to where a lot of the Saints got off the boat. In that area there were men who were getting outfits ready to sell to these people that got off the boats. They were outfits that they could cross the plains with. So this man, Bebbington, outfitted two outfits with four horse teams. He told my Grandfather, "If you want to drive one of those wagons, that will earn you a ride across the plains to the Salt Lake Valley." So he took that job and he drove one of those schooners.<br />
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We hear a lot of sad stories of other families crossing the plains; but we never did hear of any bad times that they had coming across the plains. It may have been that the reason that we didn't hear of any bad times, was because my grandfather and Sarah Edgeley were having a romance all the way. She rode on the wagon that William Cope Parker was driving, mostly. One time when they stopped for their noon break, they had had a lover's quarrel and Sarah wasn't riding with William any more for a while. He had unhitched his horses and was letting them graze along there by the bank of a stream. He went over there by a tree and went to sleep. It had been a few days that had passed by at that time and Sarah hadn't been riding with him, because of this quarrel. While he was asleep there by a tree, she slipped over there and woke him up with a kiss, and then they weren't mad at each other anymore. Sarah rode with William the rest of the way across the plains on that wagon.<br />
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When they reached the Salt Lake Valley, they were married. They were only there a short while, and John Taylor (who was to become the President of the Church in later years) found out that William was a knowledgeable mill operator. So John Taylor hired William to run the mill that he had on the Jordan River. He worked there for some time and then John Taylor built a mill up in Riverdale, near Ogden. He took a stream of the Weber River, so as to give power to, the mill. It was run by water. William ran that mill until he retired from the milling business. Then he bought a farm out on the West side of Riverdale, next to the hill where it goes up over and onto the airport. That is where he lived the rest of his life. Our family and Uncle Joe Parker's family would go over there, like on Thanksgiving or something like that for a big family dinner.<br />
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William Cope Parker, organized the people in Riverdale to make a canal from Weber Canyon, down and around the west side of Riverdale. This gave irrigation water to the community of Riverdale. They made William Cope Parker the president of that, because he promoted that project. As time went on, his boys Thomas and Joseph moved out over the hill into what is now called Clinton. At that time they called it the Basin. So William was interested in seeing water get out to Clinton, too. So he was instrumental in organizing and getting the canal made for the Davis and Weber Canal Company. He was the first president of that company. Now that canal extends clear down to Kaysville. He, with others, was also instrumental in locating the site for the East Canyon Darn that has supplied the Davis & Weber canal with water for all of these many years.<br />
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When William Cope Parker got here after crossing the plains, along with others, he was a member of what they called the Utah Militia. They had this for protection. The family still have his equipment: The side gun that he wore and a rifle and a sword that he carried on his side. He was a short man and that was a long sword. I remember that we had that sword in our home for many years. I remember that the metal of that sword was worn flat on one side because it dragged the ground most of the time, as he marched along, as a member of the militia. They had some uprisings of one kind or another and this militia helped keep things calmed down so people could live peaceably.
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From the Genealogical and Biograph. The state of Utah pg 481</h1>
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William Cope Parker was a resident of Utah almost half a century, and in looking back to the time he left his native home, a man young in years and full of hope, courage, and determination, he could see many wonderful changes that were wrought, partly through his instrumentality, and all for the betterment and the up-building of his home and family.<br />
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His journey from England to Utah was fraught with many horrors; death stared him in the face almost daily, and when he finally reached his destination, he found a wild and bleak country, over-run with savage Indians--a people he had never seen, but with whose habits he was destined to become well acquainted, The white settlers endured every manner of privation and want with a heroism that could but stimulate his own ambition and encourage him to fresh efforts. He has passed through all that, and finally became one of the solid and substantial citizens of Weber County, respected and trusted wherever known.<br />
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William Cope Parker was born in England on March 21, 1827 t
he son of George and Jane Parker. He was raised in the town of Harthill, and after leaving school, served an apprenticeship as a miller. In 1850 he became a convert to the teachings of the Mormon missionaries, and was the first member of the Harthill Branch of the Church. Filled with a desire to make his home among the people whose cause he had ex paused, he crossed the ocean in 1854 on the ship Windermere, bound for New Orleans. Small-pox broke out on board ship, and William was among the victims, and when the vessel reached port he was quarantined for a number of days and then the passengers were sent to an island in the Missouri River, near St Louis, where they remained until the quarantine was raised.<br />
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After being allowed to proceed on his journey, William went up the River to where Kansas City now stands, but which was then but a small cluster of log houses, and from there the camp was moved to McGee's Park, where a number died of Cholera.
In the fall of 1854 William crossed the plains in the Robert Campbell Company, reaching Salt Lake City on October 28, 1854.<br />
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He worked for a time on the Church Farm, digging beets for the sugar factory, which proved an unprofitable speculation and then worked on the second saw mill to be built in the Big Cottonwood Canyon. He came to Ogden in the spring of 1858 and took charge of Taylor's Mill on the Weber River.<br />
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Upon the approach of Johnson's Army that year, he took the machinery down and went to Provo where Elder Taylor bought the Higby and Smith Mill, which William Cope Parker ran until the return of the people from the south, upon the cessations of hostilities. When the machinery was again put in operation in the Ogden Mill and William was put in charge, continuing in that work until 1871.<br />
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He had bought forty acres of land in Riverdale and in 1871 began life as a farmer and fruit raiser, and continued in that up to his death. His farm grew to seventy acres, most of it being devoted to fruit, having an almost endless variety of small fruits, and for some years he and his son Edwin were engaged in shipping to the North and the East building up a very profitable business. They also spent some years in tomato culture, and since the advent of the sugar factory, turned their attention largely to raising sugar beets, in which the met with fine success.<br />
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William Cope Parker had a keen sense of the value of good irrigation and for some years was a director in the Davis and Weber County Canal Company and acted for six years as a Superintendent of the Councils. He took an active part in the project to build the reservoir in Morgan County and liberally supported all matters tending to better irrigation for Weber County. For some years he was President and secretary to the Riverdale Canal.<br />
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William Cope Parker was married in 1855 to Miss Sarah Edgley, daughter of William Edgley and Sarah Bebbington Edgley. Of the thirteen children born to this marriage, six grew to maturity. Sarah passed away May 13 1899 and in May 1900 he married again, this time to Miss Lydia Brewer, a native of Wiltshire England and a daughter of William and Elizabeth Stratton Brewer.<br />
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Politically, he was a believer in the principles of the Democratic Party. He served two terms as Justice of the Peace and two terms as School Trustee. He was Deputy Road Supervisor, and quite active in all municipal matters.<br />
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During the early days of railroad building in Utah he took quite a prominent part in that work, having worked on the construction of the Utah Central, Utah Northern and other lines.<br />
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In the Church he was ordained and Elder in England in 1853 and on February 23,1827, he was made a member of the Tenth Quorum of Seventies. After that he presided over the Mass Quorum of Seventies in Riverdale and Uintah. In 1875 he filled a short mission to England, and has filled a number of home missions. He was for 30 years First Assistant Sup of the Riverdale Sunday School. In 1887 he was ordained a High Priest by Miles F Jones which position he held for some years.</div>
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<b><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5; max-width: 800px; padding: 30px; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 100%;"><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$0" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Sarah</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.1"> </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$6" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Jane</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.3"> </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$11" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Parker</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.5"> was born 22 Apr 1857 at West Jordon, Salt Lake County, Utah; daughter of William Cope </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$104" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Parker</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.7"> and </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$115" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Sarah</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.9"> Edgley who were born at Bulkley, Cheshire, England.
Her parents left Liverpool, England in February 1854 in the sailing vessel "Windamere", they came by way of New Orleans and up the Mississippi River to St Louis, and from there by ox team to "Utah" arriving in Salt Lake City in October 1854.
Her father was a miller by trade; he operated a flour mill for President John Taylor until 1870 at Riverdale, Weber county, Utah, then moved to a farm, not far from the mill, where he lived the rest of his life They were very active in Church and civil affairs. </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$682" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Sarah</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.b"> was the second child, in a large family of thirteen. Found on FamilySearch.org</span></span></b><br />
<b><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5; max-width: 800px; padding: 30px; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 100%;"><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.b"> </span></span></b><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5; max-width: 800px; padding: 30px; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 100%;"><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.0">(Compiled by Vance Cook </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$24" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Parker</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.2">, Grandson)
Things to be added to </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$65" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Thomas</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.4"> </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$72" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Parker</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.6">'s History- He was kidnapped by Freighters as a child. His Father got on his horse, armed to the teeth, and went and brought him back. He was a great swimmer. He saved a man or boy by the name of Childs from drowning in the River.
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<span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5; max-width: 800px; padding: 30px; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 100%;"><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.6"><b> </b></span></span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5; max-width: 800px; padding: 30px; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 100%;"><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.0">My Father was about the same height that I am. In my mature life, I've been about 5 foot 10 inches, and I guess my dad was about the same height. My dad was a very well liked, important man in the community. People always liked him, and he always did everyone a lot of favors. I remember as I was growing up, (when I was just a lad and those were horse days), if anyone wanted to move a house in the winter (and that is what they did in the winter, moved the houses here and there where they wanted them), they always had my Dad take charge and run the moving of the houses. When they were ready to move a house, he would have me go along with him and take four good horses. When we were ready to go, he would have his horses hitched on the one side and there would usually be a window there. Dad would stand inside the house at the window and hold onto the four lines and he would say, "Now you follow me." He would say, "When I'm ready, I'll wave my hat and you give a yell and let them come." So that was the way we would do it. Everybody, when he would wave his hat (and there would be several teams of horses hitched on in the various places around the house) everybody would give a yell and make their horses go and we'd have them going on a gallop some of the time.
I remember about the last house that I remember helping move was a house that Dad moved for Render Fuit, (straight down 1800 North here, about a mile west of here). I remember we got the house moved in there (and it seemed like the kind of weather that they always chose to move a house was when there was a little snow coming and a wind and the snow would just sift along, with it never quite hitting the ground). I can remember my Dad saying a thing there and I've always remembered it. I thought it wasn't very nice. We had a bon fire there on the ground. Dad was there warming his hands and he said, "My, I wish Dad was here and I was home where it was warm. He is old and tough and he could stand it." He was talking about his father, William Cope </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$2028" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Parker</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.2"> at the time.
My Father always had quite a few horses. He tried to keep several teams of horses around. He tried to have about 2 or 3 teams, as much as he could, working on construction of railroad grades and highway grades. My brother Bill usually took those horses and worked them. That helped to support the family.
The Church has always promoted education and they had the schools started in Clinton before I went to school here. They had a school up on the sand ridge up by where the OSL tracks cross the sand ridge and where the station was. That was where they had the first school. My oldest sister went to school there, and probably Bill. But the people of Clinton bought that building and moved it down to Clinton on the corner of 1800 North and 2000 West. That is where they built a big auditorium onto this building that they had moved. They used the building they moved as the stage and they built on a big auditorium. That is where they had their Church meetings and their school and their dances and all kinds of recreation. That was an elementary school.
I remember going there one night when they had a dance. My Dad had an irrigation turn going on on the farm across the road to the West. He would have me go and pack the lantern for him while he turned the water in the night. We got the water turned one night and then we came over there to the dance while the water ran. I remember him dancing the square dances with his rubber boots on.
We had responsibilities when we got home. In those days, with big families they rationed the work out. I know I had certain cows to milk, and my sister, Nellie, had certain cows to milk. The others had their chores. The smaller ones had to get the kindling and the coal ready for night. Somebody had to fill the kerosene lamps with kerosene, so that they would be loaded, ready for night. Than we would sit around that long table. We had a long kitchen and a long table. We would sit around that table. My Dad got a kerosene lamp that hung from the, ceiling. It had a round wick, and that gave good light. We could see to do what we needed to do. He would sit there by that light and read the newspaper all evening, it seemed to me like. Of course we had games and sometimes I would get the younger ones and make them sit like an audience. My mother would be Clarissa (that was the bear's name) and I would be the fox(Slim Jim).
My Father was a leading guy in this community of Clinton. There was no electricity, no telephone, no water and our place down there couldn't even get a good surface well. Most people had a surface well. My folks dug several surface wells, but they were all salty. They were all right for livestock. They would drink it, but we didn't like it. My Father took the lead in getting the electricity down here. The same with the telephone. But we had such bad luck with our wells. Uncle Joseph </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$4917" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Parker</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.4"> had a nice artesian well down below the hill there. So we actually hauled water from there on a wagon for 20 years for our culinary use and to wash the clothes in. We kept a wagon, with 4 or 5 fifty gallon barrels on it. Whenever it started to get low, we would hitch a wagon on and go get some water from Uncle Joe </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$5240" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Parker</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.6">. We would have one bucket we were filling. While we were dumping that bucket, we would be filling another bucket. We filled those barrels with buckets of water, until they were full. Then we would take them home, and pull them in by the back door, and unhitch the team from the wagon and leave the wagon right there.
There was all of the things that we had to do to help, and I guess it was a good thing. We had a clothes washer that we turned by hand. We had a hand churn (One of those old up and down dasher type.)
When I was growing up we would all get around and help get the hay hauled. This one time my brother Bill had come up with a team of horses that were not as well broke as they might be. We loaded a load of hay on that wagon. My brother Hubert had trampled that load and loaded it. We asked him if he wanted to do the other wagon. He mentioned someone else. I believe he said, "George can do that wagon." "I'll just wait here." So we started loading the other wagon.
In a little while we heard Hubert yelling "Help!" We looked and there was those horses running away with that load of hay. What happened was, Hubert had decided to come and help and a pile of hay came down on top of the horses as he was climbing down to come and help. The hay scared the horses and that was what made them run away.
A few days, before this, Hubert (we mostly called him Kip) met me outside the house. He had a watch that had a leather strap that fastened with a chain to his overalls. He had that watch off. Sometimes my brothers called me Chas. (pronounced Chase) because I spelled my Chas when I wrote it for brief. Hubert said to me, "Chas, I would like to give you my watch." I said, “No." "Why do you want to give me your watch?" He said, "I won't be needing it much longer.” I said, "Yes, you will." "You'll need that watch as long as it will run." I talked him into taking it back. I put it on the overalls for him and tucked it back.
But on this day of the runaway, we were running after the wagon and my brother Bill said, "You take one side and I'll take this side. But the horses came to a fence and around the corner of a fence. Bill couldn't run around that corner because the horses had run too close to the fence. I was just about to take hold of the bits on the reins on my side when they hit the corner post. They, broke that post off and they went through a ditch there.
That load of hay made the tongue swing and as I ran at the side of the horses, I could see Hubert riding on the wagon tongue with one arm around the wagon tongue and with his other arm around the harness. The wagon hit that ditch and post almost simultaneously. The wagon just threw him loose and down under the horses. Then the wagon ran over his shoulders, with the next wheel running over him. I guess the nerves, just made him flop clear over with his face down. Then the back wheel just ran right over his head. So I didn't follow the horses no more. I just knelt down there beside him. I was privileged to see the spirit come from his body and just flow up and out of sight, like a mist.
My brother, Bill came over there. He looked at me and shook his head. I said, "He's dead." So he picked him up. Hubert was a heavy boy. He was built quite heavy, even though he was only twelve years old. My brother Bill picked him up and packed him.
I had a hold of his feet and we met Bill's wife about half way to the house. She had heard the ruckus and she was running out there. Then my Dad came and met us. He put his arms under the body of Hubert and said, "Oh, my little man!" He helped pack him to the house. That was really a sad occasion.
That was in the summer, (1917), a year, after my Mother had died in February of 1916.
My Dad got some water down there to our old home we grew up in. He did it because he wanted some good water. I can remember when we had to dig that trench for the water pipes. We had to dig it with shovels. It came from clear up there North of 1800 North, probably about 20 or 30 rods North. There was a spring area where Dad got that water from a man by the name of
Terry.
Then he solicited the people down this 1800 North road. About 24 guys signed the paper that said they would help pay the expenses and have that water to use. Some doubted that the water would even run through the pipes. That's how the people were in those days. Dad got that water down to the old place. I can remember the evening when they first got the water in that pipe. The pipe was just slanting up out of the trench, with a stick holding it up. My Mother came out there with a glass pitcher and a drinking glass. That water was running there. There was a tap on the end of that pipe and it was turned on. She caught a pitcher full of water and she poured some in the glass and she held it up and she said, "Isn't that grand?" She said, "Tom, you’re a good husband."
That water was piped down there after 20 years of hauling our culinary water on a wagon, an iron wheeled wagon. After some years, Dad didn't want to be President of the Pipeline Company, all of the time. He was President while it was installed and for years after. But he didn't want to stay President. He thought someone else should take an interest in it. Others took a turn at it, like Uncle Fred Mitchell. <b>Remembrances of Dad - From MY LIFE by Charles Cope Parker. Found on FamilySearch.org</b></span></span><br />
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Compiled in March 1933 by Altha Parker Sessions</div>
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William Cope Parker, son of George and Jane Cope Parker was born in Cheshire, England, March 21, 1827. He was raised in the town of Harthill and after leaving school served an apprenticeship as a miller.</div>
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In 1850 he became a convert to the teachings of the Mormon missionaries and was the first member of the Harthill branch of the Church. He was also the only member of his family who joined the church at that time.</div>
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He was engaged to Sarah Edgley, daughter of William and Sarah Bebbington Edgley. She also joined the church and filled with a desire to make their home among the people of their religion they with a company of saints started across the ocean in February 1854 on board the ship "Windmere" bound for New Orleans. It took them nine weeks to cross the ocean.</div>
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Smallpox broke out on board ship, Mr. Parker being among the victims. When the vessel reached port she was quarantined for a number of days and then the passengers were sent to an island in the Missouri River, near St. Louis where they remained until the quarantine was raised. After being allowed to proceed on their journey, they went up the river to where Kansas City now stands but which was then a small cluster of log houses and from there the camp was moved to McGee's Park where a number died of cholera although Mr. Parker escaped that disorder.</div>
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In the spring of 1854 they started across the plains in Robert Campbell's Company. Mr. Parker hired out as teamster to Thomas Bebbington, uncle of Sarah Edgley. They bought some oxen that were not broken to drive very well so they had a great deal of trouble with them. Miss Edgley helped Mr. Parker drive all of the way to Salt Lake. They had many hardships and adventures, at one time being surrounded by Indians but they showed the Indians that they were friendly so they were not harmed. Mr. Parker was so brown from sunburn that the Indians compared their skin with his and decided he was one of them. Another time a buffalo stampede passed close to their camp, driving away some of their cattle and killing one man who rode out to try to kill a buffalo for food.</div>
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One time Mr. Parker was out hunting alone when he met a large timber wolf. He was just ready to shoot it when he heard a noise behind him, turning he saw two more wolves watching him so he just stood quiet for awhile and finally all three wolves went away without attacking him.</div>
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The company reached Salt Lake City on October 28, 1854. Mr. Parker worked for a time on the church farm digging beets for the old sugar factory which proved an unprofitable speculation and then worked on the second saw mill to be built in the Big Cottonwood Canyon.</div>
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On May 13, 1855 he married Miss Sarah Edgley.</div>
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In March 1855 Mr. Parker became assistant miller for D. R. Allen in Gardner's mill on the Jordan River and remained there three years, coming to Ogden in the spring of 1858 and taking charge of Taylor's mills on the Weber River where the Farmers Associated Milling Company now stands. Upon the approach of Johnston's Army that year he took the machinery down and went to Provo where Elder Taylor bought the Higby and Smith mill which Mr. Parker ran until the return of the people from the south upon cessation of hostilities. The machinery was again put in operation in the Ogden mill and Mr. Parker put in charge, continuing in that work until 1871.</div>
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He had during the interval bought forty acres of land in Riverdale and in 1871 began life as a farmer and fruit raiser. For some years he and his son Edwin were engaged in shipping fruit to the North and East, building up a very profitable business. They also spent some years in tomato culture and after the advent of the sugar factory they turned their attention largely to raising sugar beets.</div>
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Mr. Parker was the father of thirteen children, five of who are still living, Thomas, Joseph, Edwin and Daniel Parker and Sarah Stimpson.</div>
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The mother died May 7 1899 and on December 13, 1899, Mr. Parker married Miss Lydia Brewer, a native of Weltshire, England and a daughter of William and Elizabeth Stratton Brewer, Shortly after their marriage they took a two year old girl, Ethel Hill, to raise whom they later adopted. She is now Mrs. Edward Hess.</div>
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Mr. Parker was always keenly alive to the value of good irrigation and was for some years a Director in the Davis and Weber County Canal Company and acted for six years as Superintendent of the canals. He took an active part in the project to build the East Canyon reservoir in Morgan County and liberally supported all matters tending to better irrigation for Weber County. For some years he was President and later Secretary of the Riverdale Canal. He also served two terms as Justice of the Peace and two terms as school trustee, was Deputy Road Supervisor and quite active in municipal matters. During the early years of railroad building in Utah he took quite a prominent part in that work, having contracts for construction work on the Utah Central, Utah Northern and other lines.</div>
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In the Church he was ordained an Elder in England in 1855 and on February 23, 1857 was made a member of the Tenth Quorum of Seventies, for several years thereafter presiding over the Mass Quorum of Seventies in Riverdale and Uintah. In 1875 he filled a short mission to England and filled a number of home missions. He was for thirty years First Assistant Superintendent of the Riverdale Sunday School. In 1887 he was ordained a High Priest by Miles F. Jones.</div>
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He was always respected and trusted wherever known.</div>
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His last few years of life were filled with sickness, pain and suffering and he died April 17, 1917 at 90 years of age.</div>
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<b>Found on FamilySearch.org (contributed by ParkerMarilynMay 15 April 2014)</b><br />
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William Cope Parker was a resident of Utah almost half a century, and in looking
back to the time he left his native home, a man young in years and full of hope, courage
and determination, he could see many wonderful changes that were wrought, partly
through his instrumentality, and all for the betterment and the up building of his home
and family.<br />
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His journey from England to Utah was fraught with many horrors; death stared
him in the face almost daily, and when he finally reached his destination, he found a wild
and bleak country, over-run with savage Indians — a people he had never seen, but with
whose habits he was destined to become well acquainted. The white settlers endured
every manner of privation and want with a heroism that could but stimulate his own
ambition and encourage him to fresh efforts. He has passed through all that, and finally
became one of the solid and substantial citizens of Weber County, respected and trusted
wherever known.<br />
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William Cope Parker was born in Bulkeley, Chestershire, England on 21 March 1827 the son of George and Jane Parker. He was raised in the town of Harthill, and after
leaving school, served an apprenticeship as a miller. In 1850 he became a convert to the
teachings of the Mormon missionaries, and was the first member of the Harthill Branch
of the Church. Filled with a desire to make his home among the people whose cause he
had espoused, he crossed the ocean in 1854 on the ship “Windmere”, bound for New
Orleans. Small-pox broke out on board ship, and William was among the victims, and
when the vessel reached port he was quarantined for a number of days and then the
passengers were sent to an island in the Missouri river, near St. Louis, where they
remained until the quarantine was raised.<br />
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After being allowed to proceed on his journey, William went up the River to
where Kansas City now stands, but which was then but a small cluster of log houses, and
from there the camp was moved to McGee’s Park, where a number died of Cholera.<br />
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In the fall of 1854 William crossed the plains in the Robert Campbell Company,
reaching Salt Lake City on October 28, 1854. William Cope Parker hired out as a
teamster to Thomas Bebbington, Uncle of Sarah Edgley. William and Sarah were
engaged to be married in England before they set out for Salt Lake City. They bought
some oxen that were not broken to drive very well and they had a great deal of trouble
with them. Sarah Edgley helped William Parker drive all the way to Salt Lake City.<br />
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They had many hardships and adventures, at one time being surrounded by
Indians but they showed the Indians they were friendly so they were not harmed.
Willaim was so brown from sunburn the Indians compared their skin with his and
decided he was one of them. Another time a buffalo stampede passed close to their
camp, driving away some of their cattle and killing a man by the name of White, who
rode out to kill a buffalo for food.<br />
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One time William went out hunting alone and met a large timber wolf . He was
just ready to shoot it when he heard a noise behind him, turning he saw two more wolves watching him so he just stood quiet for awhile and finally all three wolves went away
without attacking him.<br />
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He worked for a time on the Church Farm, digging beets for the sugar factory,
which proved an unprofitable speculation, and then worked on the second saw mill to be
built in the Big Cottonwood Canyon. In March 1855 William became assistant miller for
D.R. Allen in Gardner’s Mill on the Jordan River and remained there three years. He
came to Ogden in the spring of 1858 and took charge of John Taylor’s Mill on the Weber
River. This eventually became known as the Farmers Associated Milling Company.
Upon the approach of Johnson’s Army that year, he took the machinery down and went
to Provo, where Elder Taylor bought the Higby and Smith Mill, which William Cope
Parker ran until the return of the people from the south, upon the cessations of hostilities.
When the machinery was again put in operation in the Ogden Mill and William was put
in charge, continuing that work until 1871.<br />
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He had bought forty acres of land in Riverdale, and 1871 began life as a farmer
and fruit raiser, and continued in that up to his death. His farm grew to seventy acres,
most of it being devoted to fruit, having an almost endless variety of small fruits, and for
some years he and his son Edwin were engaged in shipping to the North and East,
building up a very profitable business. They also spent some years in tomato culture, and
since the advent of the sugar factory, turned their attentions largely to raising sugar beets,
in which they met with fine success.<br />
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William Cope Parker had a keen sense of the value of good irrigation and for
some years was a director in the Davis and Weber County Canal Company and acted for
six years as a Superintendent of the Councils. He took an active part in the project to
build the East Canyon Reservoir in Morgan County, and liberally supported all matters
tending to better irrigation for Weber County. For some years he was president and
secretary of the Riverdale Canal.<br />
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William Cope Parker was married 13 May 1855 to Miss Sarah Edgley, of
Nantwich. England, daughter of William Edgley and Sarah Bebbington Edgley. His
children are William Henry, Sarah Jane, George William, Mary, Thomas, Elizabeth,
Joseph, John, Richard, Edwin, Robert, James William, and Daniel. Their six children
who grew to maturity were Sarah Jane born 22 April 1857, married Frederick Stimpson 21 October 1876; Thomas born 31 December 1860, married Jennett Mitchell 5 July 1883; Joseph born 20 August 1864, married Minnie May Elmer 30 September 1886; John born 3 October 1866, married Laura Burch 18 June 1890; Edwin born 18 June 1870, married Ella Maud Elmer 27 November 1891; Daniel born 22 April 1877, married Pearl Taylor 4 April 1900.<br />
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Sarah passed away 7 May 1899. On 13 December 1899 he married again, this time to
Miss Lydia Brewer born in Trowbridge, daughter of William Brewer and Elizabeth
Stratton of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, a native of Wiltshire, England. Shortly after
their marriage they took a two year old girl, Ethel Hill to raise whom they later adopted.
Ethel married Edward Hess.<br />
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Politically, he was a believer in the principles of the Democratic Party. He served
two terms as Justice of the Peace and two terms as School Trustee; he was Deputy Road
Supervisor, and quite active in all municipal matters.<br />
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During the early days of railroad building in Utah he took quite a prominent part
in that work, having worked on the construction of the Utah Central, Utah Northern and
other lines, contracting for work on these lines.<br />
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In the Church he was ordained an Elder in England in 1853 and on 23 February 1827, he was made a member of the Tenth Quorum of Seventies. After that he presided
over the Mass Quorum of Seventies in Riverdale and Uintah. In 1875 he filled a short
mission to England, and has filled a number of home missions. He was for 30 years First
Assistant Superintendent of the Riverdale Sunday school. In 1887 he was ordained a
High Priest by Miles F. Jones.<br />
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He was always respected and trusted wherever known.<br />
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His last few years of life were filled with sickness, pain and suffering. He died 27 April 1917 at 90 years of age.<br />
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Newspaper Article titled:<br />
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OUR GALLERY OF PIONEERS<br />
William Cope Parker<br />
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That fertile, productive section lying between Layton and Riverdale, known for
years as the sand ridge, was always potentially a wealth yielding area, but it might have lain dormant indefinitely but for the vision of men who foresee great things, men
inflexible in purpose to conquer the wilderness and make the desert to blossom. Water
was the one thing the sand ridge needed to make of a veritable garden, and men there
were who saw the opportunity. It took courage, it took cooperation, united effort. More
than one must have credit, but amongst them is William Cope Parker. He was president
of the Riverdale Canal Company and Superintendent of the Davis and Weber Counties
Canal Company, which poured the life giving water on to the parched soil. He was also a
pioneer railroad builder and a miller. Truly a useful life he lived. And in Church
activities, too, he was a leader, stalwart and devoted, with an unswerving loyalty to
principle. He was a seventy, a high priest, a missionary to Great Britain, a Sunday
School teacher and a member of a Sunday School superintendency. He was the son of
George Parker, born in England in 1827. He was a Utah pioneer of 1854, arriving in
October of that year in the Robert Campbell Company. His home was in Riverdale,
where he rounded out a long life of service to his fellowmen.<br />
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From “Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah”<br />
Published 1913<br />
WILLIAM COPE PARKER (son of George Parker, born March 3, 1799,
Bickerton, Chestershire, England, and Jane Cope, born 23 February 1806, Tattenhall,
Chestershire — married about 1826). Born 21 March 1827, Bulkeley, Chestershire. Came
to Utah 28 October 1854, Robert Campbell Company. He drove an oxteam across the plains
for Thomas Bebbington. Married Sarah Bebbington Edgely 13 May 1855 (daughter of
William Edgely of Nantwich, England) She was born 19 February 1835. Came to Utah 28 October 1854, Robert Campbell Company. Their children: Sarah Jane born 22 April 1857, married Frederick Stimpson 21 October 1876; Thomas born 31 December 1860, married Jennett Mitchell 5 July 1883; Joseph born 20 August 1864, married Minnie Mae Elmer 30 September 1886; John born 3 October 1866,
married Laura Burch 18 June 1890; Edwin born 18 June 1870 married Ella Maud Elmer 27 November,
1891; Daniel born 22 April 1877, married Pearl Taylor 4 April 1900. Family home Riverdale,
Utah.<br />
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Justice of the peace four years at Riverdale.<br />
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Married Lydia Brewer 13 December 1899, Salt Lake City (daughter of William
Brewer and Elizabeth Stratton of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England) who was born 17 December 1859, at Trowbridge. Their adopted child: Ethel Elizabeth born 23 December 1897.<br />
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Seventy; High Priest; missionary to Great Britain 1871; Sunday School teacher;
member of Sunday School Superintendency 25 years. Miller, President Riverdale Canal
Co; Superintendent Davis and Weber Counties Canal Co.; Helped to build first railroads
in Utah.<br />
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This history has been compiled from Histories on file at the Daughters of Utah Pioneer
Museum, written by granddaughters Altha Parker Sessions and Rebecca Stimpson
Thompson. The book “Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah 1847-1868”, edited by
Frank Esshom, published 1913, story on page 1087, picture page 411. From a story from
“The Genealogical and Biographical Record ofthe State of Utah”, page 481.
Edited and written by Dorothy Toone Cook, great-grand-daughter. 2008. <br />
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Burial: Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden,Weber County,Utah, USA - Plot: A-3-6-5W</div>
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Birth: February 19, 1835, England<br />
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Death: May 7, 1899, Riverdale, Weber County, Utah, USA</div>
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Born in Bulkeley, Cheshire, England the daughter of Sarah Bebbington and William Edgeley. She crossed the plains in 1854 with the Robert L. Campbell Company. She is identified as Sarah Bebbington when crossing with several Bebbingtons who were certainly relatives. She was married to William Cope Parker the 13th of May 1855 in Salt Lake City, Utah and they were sealed at the endowment house the 29th of August 1863. She is the mother of 13 children. </div>
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<b>SARAH BEBBINGTON EDGELEY PARKER</b><br />
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BIRTHDATE: 19 February 1835, Bulkeley, Cheshire, England<br />
DEATH: 07 May 1899, Riverdale, Weber, Utah<br />
PARENTS: William Edgeley and Sarah Bebbington Edgeley<br />
PIONEER: September 1854 by wagon Robert Campbell Company<br />
SPOUSE: William Cope Parker<br />
MARRIED: 13 May 1855, Salt Lake City, Utah<br />
DEATH: 27 April 1917, Riverdale, Utah </div>
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CHILDREN:<br />
William Henry, 10 January 1856; </div>
Sarah Jane, 22 April 1857; <br />
George William (twin), 19 February 1859; <br />
Mary (twin), 19 February 1859; <br />
Thomas, 31 December 1860; <br />
Elizabeth, 18 February 1863; <br />
Joseph, 20 August 1864;<br />
John, 03 October 1866; <br />
Richard, 31 July 1867;<br />
Edwin Bebbington, 18 June 1870;<br />
Robert, 08 December 1872; <br />
James William, 02 February 1876;<br />
Daniel, 22 April 1877<br />
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Sarah Parker was born in England. She was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by her friend, William Cope Parker, 18 June 1853. <br />
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She wanted to join other members of the Church in Utah but her parents would not give their consent. Every day, as she went to the home of her Aunt and Uncle to get milk for her family, she would wear an extra item of clothing until she had enough clothing to take with her to America. She left home without saying anything to her family.<br />
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She traveled to America on the ship “Windermere,” which left Liverpool, England on 22 February 1854. She was with four members of her mother’s family plus one young man by the name of William Cope Parker. They landed at New Orleans, Louisiana, 23 April 1854. They traveled by steamboat to St. Louis, Missouri, where they were outfitted for the trip across the Plains. They joined the Robert Campbell wagon-train Company. William Cope Parker was the teamster who drove the oxen for their family. The terrain was rough and they had to walk part of the time to lighten the load for the oxen. Once, while crossing a deep gully, Sarah jumped out of the wagon and almost went under the wheel of the wagon. She was rescued by her “sweet William.” They arrived in Salt Lake Valley September 1854.<br />
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Sarah married William Cope Parker 13 May 1855 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They spent their first night on a straw ticking mattress in their covered wagon. They became the parents of thirteen children; four died in infancy, two in childhood and one at birth. William and Sarah both worked for a miller, Archibald Gardiner. They ran a mill for the Parker family in Riverdale, Weber, Utah. They bought forty acres of land and raised fruit which was a very successful business so they could buy more land. They also raised tomatoes and sugar beets. Sarah always welcomed guests to her home; Jim Bridger, John Taylor, etc. Sarah acted as a midwife and delivered many of the babies of Riverdale. The Parkers had a large home and after a baby was delivered mother and baby would stay with them to be taken care of until they were strong enough to go back to their own home.<br />
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The Parkers were active members of the LDS Church. Sarah was President of the Relief Society in the Ogden 2nd Ward, before the Riverdale Ward was organized. She was an active member of the Riverdale Ward Relief Society. She is mentioned often in the Riverdale Ward R.S. minutes for her donations and help. One note of mention was that Sister Sarah Parker can make corsets and would be glad to help anyone who would like to make their own. Sarah was an excellent homemaker. She died 07 May 1899 in Riverdale at the age of sixty-four. She is buried in the Ogden City Cemetery.<br />
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SECTION I<br />
Name: Sarah Bebbington Edgeley Parker<br />
Born: 19 February 1835 Bulkeley, Cheshire, England<br />
Died: 7 May 1899, age 64, Riverdale, Weber, Utah<br />
Pioneer: Robert Campbell Wagon Train pulled by oxen. William Cope Parker drove the wagon.<br />
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SECTION II<br />
Biography: Sarah Bebbington Edgeley Parker<br />
Birth Date: 19 February 1835, Bulkeley, Cheshire, England<br />
Died: 7 May 1899, age 64, Riverdale, Weber, Utah<br />
Parents: Father: William Edgeley Mother: Sarah Bebbington Edgeley<br />
Pioneer: 1854 Captain Robert Campbell 6th Wagon Train Company pulled by oxen. Arrived in Salt Lake City, September 1854. William Cope drove the wagon. Crossed the ocean on ship “Wyoming”<br />
Spouse: William Cope Parker<br />
Married: 13 May 1855 in Salt Lake City, Utah<br />
Spouse death: 27 April 1917, Riverdale, Weber, Utah at age 90.<br />
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The Children of William Cope Parker and Sarah Edgeley:<br />
1. William Henry Parker born 10 January 1856, West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah. Died 10 January 1856.</div>
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2. Sarah Jane Parker born 22 April 1857, West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah. Married Frederick Stimpson, 21 October 1876, Salt Lake City, Endowment House. Died 2 June 1947, St. Anthony, Fremont, Idaho.</div>
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3. George William Parker (twin) born 19 February, 1859, Riverdale, Weber, Utah. Died of drowning on 26 May 1863.</div>
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4. Mary Parker (twin) born 19 February 1859, Riverdale, Weber, Utah. Died day of birth.</div>
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5. Thomas Parker born 31 December 1860, Riverdale, Weber, Utah. Married Jeannette Mitchell in Salt Lake City, Utah. Died 24 May 1941.</div>
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6. Elizabeth Parker born 18 February 1863, Riverdale, Weber, Utah. Died age seven months.</div>
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7. Joseph Parker, born 20 August 1864, Riverdale, Weber, Utah. Married Minnie May Elmer in Logan, Cache, Utah. Died 27 November 1940, Clinton, Davis, Utah.</div>
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8. John Parker born 3 October 1866 in Riverdale, Weber, Utah. Married Laura Birch in Logan, Cache, Utah. Died 6 January 1911 in Roy, Weber, Utah.</div>
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9. Richard Parker born 31 July 1866, Riverdale, Weber, Utah, Died age 13 months.</div>
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10. Edwin Bebbington Parker born 18 June 1870, Riverdale, Weber, Utah. Married Ella Maud Elmer in Riverdale, Utah. Died 30 May 1958 in Riverdale, Utah.</div>
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11. Robert Parker born 8 December 1872, Riverdale, Weber, Utah. Died age five years on 13 November 1877.</div>
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12. James William Parker born 2 February 1876, Riverdale, Weber, Utah. Died age 7 weeks on 30 March 1876.</div>
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13. Daniel Parker born 22 April 1877, Riverdale, Weber, Utah. Married Pearl Marie Taylor 4 April 1900. Died 20 June 1953.<br />
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Sarah was born February 19, 1835 in Bulkley, Cheshire, England. Her father was William Edgeley born August 4, 1813 in Nantwich, Cheshire, England. He died 23 March 1833. Her mother was Sarah Bebbington, born February 19, 1835 in Bulkeley, Cheshire, England, and died May 26, 1841.<br />
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Sarah was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by her friend, William Cope Parker on June 18, 1853.<br />
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She wanted to join other members of the church in Utah, but her parents would not give their consent, so every day as she went to the home of her aunt and uncle to get milk for her family, she would wear an extra item of clothing, until she had enough clothing to take with her to America. On the final day, she left home without saying anything to her family.<br />
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They traveled to America in the ship Windermere which left Liverpool on February 22, 1854. During the crossing, “contrary winds were encountered arising at times in heavy gales”. The journey was said to take eleven weeks, but they were held in the Irish Channel for two weeks because of the storm. After five weeks, a favorable wind sent in and the ship made 1000 miles in four days. </div>
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Emigrants on board who were of our family:<br />
Thomas Bebbington, age 52, occupation farmer<br />
Elizabeth Bebbington, age 49<br />
Harriet Bebbington, age 39<br />
Sarah Bebbington, age 19<br />
William Cope Parker, age 26, occupation miller.<br />
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When the ship reached New Orleans on April 23, 1854, eleven passengers had to put in quarantine. William Cope Parker was one of those with the disease so he had to remain on an island near St. Louis until he was well.<br />
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The rest of the group boarded a steamboat on April 27 and went to St. Louis where they were to be outfitted for the trip across the plains. William was the teamster who drove the oxen for their family.<br />
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They crossed the plains with six oxen and two cows in the Robert Campbell wagon train. The terrain was very rough so they had to walk part of the time to lighten the load for the oxen.<br />
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Once while crossing a deep gully, Sarah jumped out of the wagon and almost went under the wheel of the wagon. She was rescued by her sweet William.<br />
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William and Sarah were married on May 13, 1855, in Salt Lake City. They were sealed in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City on August 29, 1863. When they were first married, William only had $5.00. With that, they bought ticking for a mattress and filled it with straw and they slept in their covered wagon.<br />
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When William told his employer, Archibald Gardiner, that he was married, his employer raised his wages and gave them a room to sleep in. He also hired Sarah to be a helper for his wife.<br />
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Their first child was born at the Gardiners and died of prematurity. The second child, Sarah Jane, was born on the banks of the Jordan River in a covered wagon in an area now known as West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah. This was probably because all the families were leaving because of the threat of Johnston’s Army.<br />
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Johnston’s Army was a threat to the colonists of northern Utah, so John Taylor hired her husband to take his millstones from Riverdale to Utah County where he ground wheat for those who went south. After the threat of trouble was over, the Parker family took the millstones back to Riverdale and built a home and ran the flour mill. Her father, later, became the owner of the mill.<br />
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In 1870, after they had run the mill for a while, they bought 40 acres of land and the mill was sold. They bought land to raise fruit which was a very successful business and they eventually ran 70 acres of land. They also raised tomatoes until the sugar factories made it profitable to raise sugar beets. They shipped large amounts of fruit on the railroad.<br />
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Sarah always welcomed guests to her home. Jim Bridger, a famous trapper was a frequent visitor to their home and became a good friend of the Parkers. John Taylor was a frequent visitor in their home. He especially liked the homemade beer that Sarah made from roots of plants that grew wild in the area. Sarah was an excellent homemaker.<br />
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Her only daughter, Sarah Jane, told of John Taylor, a future president of the Church, visiting their home and holding her on his lap and singing A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief to her. He told her that the Prophet Joseph Smith had asked him to sing that song to him while he was in Liberty Jail just before he was murdered by the mobs. He would also show her the watch that had saved his life because it was in his pocket when the bullets had hit his watch. She could see the dent in it’s cover made by the bullet.<br />
<br />
Sarah acted as a midwife and delivered many of the babies of Riverdale. Parkers had a large home and after a baby was delivered, mother and baby would stay there to be taken care of until they were strong enough to go back to their own home.<br />
<br />
The Parkers were active members of the LDS Church. Sarah was president of the Relief Society in the Ogden 2nd Ward, before the Riverdale Ward was organized. William was Sunday School Superintendent for 30 years and Sarah was an active member of the Riverdale Ward Relief Society. She is mentioned often in the Riverdale Ward Relief Society Minutes, for her donations and help. One note of mention was, “--we should make more things for ourselves instead of buying from the stores. Sister Parker can make corsets and would be glad to help anyone who would like to make their own. The young girls of the ward can braid straw to make stays for them.”<br />
<br />
Sarah died 7 May 1899 in Riverdale at age 64 and is buried in the Ogden City Cemetery.<br />
<b>Submitted by Margaret S. Pelton, 847 So. 150 W, Orem, Utah 84058 </b></div>
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<b>SARAH BEBBINGTON EDGELY PARKER</b><br />
Sarah was born on February 19th, 1835 in Bulkely, Chestershire, England, a daughter of William Edgely and Sarah Bebbington. Her mother died when she was young and her grandmother raised her. She was well informed and a great reader. <br />
<br />
She was baptized into the church by William Cope Parker. She sailed from England on the ship called the William Cur, in February, 1954 with an uncle and two aunts. They were on board ship for eleven weeks. Although they were just nine weeks sailing being held in the Irish Channel on account of a storm. They landed in New Orleans. They then set sail up the Mississippi River to St. Louis. The cholera being very bad and so many dying, they were held at St. Louis, a quarantine island. They were put on another boat landing at Kansas City, Missouri. They landed in the woods and stayed there for a month waiting for wagons. They set out for the west with ox teams. Six oxen and two cows in the Captain Robert Campbell Company.<br />
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The roads being very rough the saints walked over the worst places. Once while crossing a deep gully Sarah jumped out falling almost beneath the wheel, but was saved from being crushed by her sweetheart William Cope Parker.<br />
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She drove her uncle’s oxen while he was sick. After walking most of the way across the plains she arrived in Salt Lake City, on October 28th, 1854.<br />
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She married William Cope Parker on May 13th, 1855, who was receiving $12.00 a month as a helper in a flour mill in Riverdale. When he told his employer he was married his employer raised his wages and let them have a room to live in. Also paying Sarah for helping his wife. Their furniture was made by William. When married he had but $5.00, which they paid for a tick and filled it with straw. They then slept in a wagon.<br />
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They lived at West Jordon for three years, then moved to Riverdale and resided there until her death on May 7th, 1899.<br />
<br />
They had thirteen children. Sarah was President of the 2nd Ward Relief Society of Ogden before the Riverdale Ward was organized. She was in the move south in 1858 (Johnsons Army). Also in the grasshopper siege while living at Jordan.<br />
<b>Submitted by Irene D. Parker, February 2001, 3875 Madison Avenue, Ogden, Utah 84403</b><br />
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<b>Joseph Parker and Minnie May Elmer</b>JoAnn’ Stagges great grandparents. Joseph is the younger brother of Sarah Jane Parker, born 25 April 1857. Joseph and Sarah Jane are the Children of William Cope Parker and Sarah Bebbington Edgeley. William and Sarah were family friends of future prophet and president of the Church, John Taylor who frequently visited their home. Their second child, daughter, Sarah Jane, told of John Taylor visiting their home and holding her on his lap and singing A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief to her. He told her that the Prophet Joseph Smith had asked him to sing that song to him while he was in Carthage Jail just before he was murdered by the mobs. He would also show her the watch that had saved his life because it was in his pocket when a bullet had hit his watch. She could see the dent in its cover made by the bullet.<br />
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<b>Sarah Jane, the teller of this story is JoAnn’s great grand aunt.</b></div>
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<b>Pioneer Immigrants to Utah Territory</b><br />
Page: 001949<br />
Name: Sarah Bebbington Parker<br />
Gender: female<br />
Birth Date: 19 February 1835 (illeg.)<br />
Birth Place: Bulkeley, Cheshire, England<br />
Parent1: William Edgeley<br />
Parent2: Sarah Bebbington<br />
Spouse: William Cope Parker<br />
Marriage Date: 13 May 1855<br />
Marriage Place: Salt Lake City, Utah<br />
Departure Date: 14 July 1854<br />
Departure Place: Kansas City, Missouri<br />
Travel Company: William Cope Parker, Thomas Bebbington, Harriet Bebbington, Elizabeth Pass Bebbington<br />
Party: Captain Robert L. Campbell<br />
Arrival Date: 28 October 1854<br />
Arrival Place: Salt Lake City<br />
Religion: LDS<br />
Place Settled: West Jordan, Riverdale<br />
Death Date: 07 May 1899<br />
Death Place, Riverdale, Weber, Utah<br />
Burial Place: Ogden City Cemetery<br />
Source: Christening date from Malpas parish records. Marriage date from Sealing records EH 29 August 1863. Death date from Tombstone, Ogden City Cemetery<br />
Comments: Sailed from Liverpool 22 February 1854 on the ship Windermere, arrived at New Orleans<br />
Sub Name: Vance Parker<br />
Sub Date: 20 August 1990<br />
<b>found on ancestry.com</b><br />
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<b>Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946 for Sarah Parker</b><br />
Name: Sarah Parker<br />
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Gender: Female<br />
Burial Date:<br />
Burial Place:<br />
Death Date: 07 May 1899<br />
Death Place: Riverdale<br />
Age: 64<br />
Birth Date: 1835<br />
Birthplace: </div>
Occupation: House Wife<br />
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Marital Status: Married<br />
Spouse's Name:<br />
Father's Name:<br />
Father's Birthplace:<br />
Mother's Name:<br />
Mother's Birthplace:<br />
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B58033-5<br />
System Origin: Utah-EASy<br />
Source Film Number: 497706<br />
Reference Number: 28 </div>
<b>found on familysearch.org</b><br />
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<b>out-of-wedlock</b> daughter of William Edgeley and Sarah Bebbington<br />
<b>found on lds.org/churchhistory Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel (1847-1868)</b><br />
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<b>Sarah Bebbington Edgeley Parker
1835-1899
(By Margaret S. Pelton)</b><br />
<br />
Sarah was born 19 February 1835 in Bulkley, Cheshire, England. Her father was William Edgeley
born about 1783 in Nantwich, Cheshire, England. He died 23 March 1833. Her mother was Sarah
Bebbington.<br />
<br />
Sarah was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by her friend,
William Cope Parker 18 June 1853.<br />
<br />
She wanted to join other members of the church in Utah, but her parents would not give their consent,
so every day as she went to the home of her aunt and uncle to get milk for her family, she would wear
an extra item of clothing, until she had enough clothing to take with her to America. On the final day,
she left home without saying anything to her family.<br />
<br />
They traveled to America in the ship, Windermere in 1854. They crossed the plains in the Robert
Campbell wagon train, pulled by oxen. William Cope Parker drove their wagon.<br />
<br />
She married William Cope Parker on 13 May 1855 in Salt Lake City. They were sealed in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City on 29 August 1863.<br />
<br />
Her husband's first occupation was a miller for Archibald Gardiner in West Jordan. Sarah was hired to help in the household of the Gardiners.<br />
<br />
The first and second children were born on the banks of the Jordan River in a covered wagon in an
area now known as West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah.<br />
<br />
Johnston’s Army was a threat to the colonists of northern Utah, so John Taylor hired her husband to
take his millstones from Riverdale to Utah County where the ground wheat for whose who went
south. After the threat of trouble was over, the Parker family took the millstones back to Riverdale
and built a home and ran the flour mill. He later became the owner of the mill.<br />
<br />
Sarah always welcomed guests to her home. Jim Bridger, a famous trapper was a frequent visitor to
their home. And became a good friend of the Parker’s. John Taylor was a frequent visitor in their
home. He especially liked the homemade beer that Sarah made from roots of plants that grew wild in
the area. Sarah was an excellent homemaker. Her only daughter, Sarah Jane, told of John Taylor, a
future president of the Church, visiting their home and holding her on his lap and singing, “A Poor
Wayfaring Man of Grief”, to her. He told her that the Prophet Joseph Smith had asked him to sing that
song to him while he was at Liberty Jail just before he was murdered by the mobs. He would also
show her the watch that had saved his life because it was in his pocket and the bullets had hit his
watch. She could see that the dent in it’s cover that was made by the bullet.<br />
<br />
Sarah acted as a midwife and delivered many of the babies of Riverdale. Parker’s had a large home
and after the baby was delivered, they would stay there to be taken care of until they were strong
enough to go back to their own home.<br />
<br />
The Parker’s were active members of the Riverdale Ward. William was Sunday School
Superintendent for 30 years and Sarah was an active member of the Riverdale Ward Relief Society.
She is mentioned often in the Riverdale Ward Relief Society Minutes, for her donations and help.<br />
<br />
One note of mention was, “...we should make more things for ourselves instead of buying from the
stores. Sister Parker can make corsets and would be glad to help anyone who would like to learn to
do their own. The young girls of the ward can braid straw to make stays for them.”<br />
<br />
Sarah died 7 May 1899 in Riverdale at age 64.<br />
<br />
Other Vital Information:<br />
Name: Sarah Bebbington Edgely Parker<br />
Born: 19 February 1835 Bulkeley, Cheshire, England<br />
Parents: Father-William Edgeley, Mother-Sarah Bebbington Edgeley<br />
Married: 13 May 1855 in Salt Lake City, Utah<br />
Spouse: William Cope Parker
2<br />
Died: 7 May 1899, age 64, Riverdale, Weber, Utah<br />
Spouse Died: 27 April 1917, Riverdale, Weber, Utah at age 90.<br />
Pioneer: 1854 Captain Robert Campbell 6th Wagon Train pulled by oxen. Arrived in Salt Lake City,
September 1854. William Cope Parker drove the wagon. Crossed the ocean on ship “Wyoming”.<br />
<br />
The Children of William Cope Parker and Sarah Edgeley:<br />
1. William Henry Parker, born 10 January 18567, West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah. Died 10 January
1856.<br />
2. Sarah Jane Parker, born 22 April 1857, West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah. Married Frederick
Stimpson, 21 October 1876, Salt Lake City, Endowment House. Died 2 June 1947, St.
Anthony, Fremont, Idaho.<br />
3. George William Parker (twin), born 19 February 1859, Riverdale, Weber, Utah. Died of
drowning on 26 May 1863.<br />
4. Mary Parker (twin), born 19 February 1859, Riverdale, Weber, Utah. Died day of birth.<br />
5. Thomas Parker, 31 December 1860, Riverdale, Weber, Utah. Married Jeannette Mitchell in
Salt Lake City, Utah. Died 24 May 1941.<br />
6. Elizabeth Parker, born 18 February 1863, Riverdale, Weber, Utah. Died age seven months.<br />
7. Joseph Parker, born 20 August 1864, Riverdale, Weber, Utah. Married Minnie May Elmer in
Logan, Cache, Utah. Died 27 November 1940, Clinton, Davis, Utah.<br />
8. John Parker, born 3 October 1866 in Riverdale, Weber, Utah. Married Laura Birch in Logan,
Cache, Utah. Died 6 January 1911 in Roy, Weber, Utah.<br />
9. Richard Parker, born 31 July 1866, Riverdale, Weber, Utah. Died age 13 months.<br />
10. Edwin Bebbington Parker, born 18 June 1870, Riverdale, Weber, Utah. Married Ella Maud
Elmer in Riverdale, Utah. Died 30 May 1958 in Riverdale, Utah.<br />
11. Robert Parker, born 8 December 1872, Riverdale, Weber, Utah. Died age five years on 13
November 1877.<br />
12. James William Parker, born 2 February 1876, Riverdale, Weber, Utah. Died age 7 weeks on
30 March 1876.<br />
13. Daniel Parker, born 22 April 1877, Riverdale, Weber, Utah. Married Pearl Marie Taylor 4 April
1900. Died 20 June 1953.<br />
<b>Found on FamilySearch.org (contributed by aaronglennweaver1 3 April 2017)</b><br />
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Sarah Bebbington Edgeley Parker was born 19 February 1835 in Bulkeley,
Cheshire, England. She died 7 May 1899 at the age of 64 in Riverdale, Weber, Utah.
Her parents were: Father William Edgeley, and her Mother Sarah Bebbington Edgeley.
She was a pioneer of 1854 coming to Utah in the Captain Robert Campbell 6th Wagon
Train Company pulled by oxen. They arrived in Salt Lake City, September 1854.
William Cope Parker drove the wagon. They crossed the ocean on the ship
“Windermere.” She married William Cope Parker 13 May 1855 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
He died 27 April 1917, in Riverdale, Weber, Utah at the age of 90.<br />
<br />
The children of William Cope Parker and Sarah Bebbington Edgeley are: 1.
William Henry Parker born 10 January 1856, West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah. Died 10 January 1856. 2. Sarah Jane Parker born 22 April 1857, West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah.
Married Frederick Stimpson, 21 October 1876, Salt Lake City, Endowment House. Died
2 June 1947, St. Anthony, Fremont, Idaho. 3. George William Parker (twin) born 19
February 1859, Riverdale, Weber, Utah. Died of drowning on 26 May 1863. 4. Mary
Parker (twin) born 19 February 1859, Riverdale, Weber, Utah. Died day of birth. 5.
Thomas Parker born 31 December 1860, Riverdale, Weber, Utah. Married Jeannette
Mitchell in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Died 24 May 1941. 6. Elizabeth Parker born
18 February 1863, Riverdale, Weber, Utah. Died age seven months. 7. Joseph Parker,
born 20 August 1864, Riverdale, Weber, Utah. Married Minnie May Elmer in Logan,
Cache, Utah. Died 27 November 1940, Clinton, Davis, Utah. 8. John Parker born 3
October 1866 in Riverdale, Weber, Utah. Married Laura Burch in Logan, Cache, Utah.
Died 6 January 1911 in Roy, Weber, Utah. 9. Richard Parker born 31 July 1868,
Riverdale, Weber, Utah. Died age 13 months. 10. Edwin Bebbington Parker born 18
June 1870, Riverdale, Weber, Utah. Married Ella Maud Elmer in Riverdale, Weber Utah.
Died 30 May 1958 in Riverdale, Weber, Utah. 11. Robert Parker born 8 December
1872, Riverdale, Weber, Utah. Died age five years on 13 November 1877. 12. James
William Parker born 2 February 1876, Riverdale, Weber, Utah. Died age 7 weeks on 30
March 1876. 13. Daniel Parker born 22 April 1877, Riverdale, Weber, Utah. Married
Pearl Marie Taylor 4 April 1900. Died 20 June 1953.<br />
<br />
Sarah was born 19 February 1835 in Bulkley, Cheshire, England. Her father was
William Edgeley born 4 August 1813 in Nantwich, Cheshire, England. He died 23
March 1833. Her mother was Sarah Bebbington, born 19 February 1811, or 1 April
1811, in Bulkeley, Cheshire, England, and died 26 May 1841. Her mother died when
she was just six years old and she was raised by her grandmother. She was well informed
and a great reader.<br />
<br />
Sarah was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
by her friend, William Cope Parker on 18 June 1853.<br />
<br />
She wanted to join other members of the church in Utah, but her parents would
not give their consent, so every day as she went to the home of her aunt and uncle to get
milk for her family, she would wear an extra item of clothing, until she had enough
clothing to take with her to America. On the final day, she left home without saying
anything to her family.<br />
<br />
They traveled to America in the ship, ‘Windermere” which left Liverpool on 22
February 1854. During the crossing, “Contrary winds were encountered arising at
times in heavy gales”. The journey was said to take eleven weeks, but they were held in
the Irish channel for two weeks because of the storm. After five weeks, a favorable wind
set in and the ship made 1000 miles in four days. Emigrants on board who were of our
family: Thomas Bebbington, age 52, occupation farmer, Elizabeth Bebbington, age 49,
Harriet Bebbington, age 39, Sarah Bebbington Edgeley, age 19, William Cope Parker,
age 26, occupation miller.<br />
<br />
When the ship reached New Orleans on April 23, 1854, eleven of the passengers
had to be put in quarantine. William Cope Parker was one of those with the disease of
smallpox, so he had to remain on an island near St. Louis until he was well.<br />
<br />
The rest of the group boarded a steamboat on April 27 and went to St. Louis
where they were to be outfitted for the trip across the plains. William was the teamster
who drove the oxen for their family.<br />
<br />
They crossed the plains with six oxen and two cows in the Robert Campbell
wagon train. The terrain was very rough so they had to walk part of the time to lighten
the load for the oxen.<br />
<br />
Once, while crossing a deep gully, Sarah jumped out of the wagon and almost
went under the wheel of the wagon. She was rescued by her “sweetheart William.”<br />
<br />
William and Sarah were married on 13 May 1855 in Salt Lake City. They were
sealed in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City on 29 August 1863. When they were
first married, William only had $5.00. With that, they bought ticking for a mattress and
filled it with straw and they slept in their covered wagon.<br />
<br />
When William told his employer, Archibald Gardiner, that he was married, his
employer raised his wages and gave them a room to sleep in. He was making $12.00 a
month. He also hired Sarah to be a helper for his wife.<br />
<br />
Their first child was born at the Gardiner’s and died of pre-maturity. The second
child, Sarah Jane, was born on the banks of the Jordan River in a covered wagon in an area now known as West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah. This was probably because all the
families were leaving because of the threat of Johnston’s Army. <br />
<br />
Johnston’s Army was a threat to the colonists of northern Utah, so John Taylor
hired her husband to take his millstones from Riverdale to Utah County where he ground
wheat for those who went south. After the threat of trouble was over, the Parker family
took the millstones back to Riverdale and built a home and ran the flour mill for John
Taylor owner of the mill. The mill was later sold to Farmer’s Associated Milling
Company.<br />
<br />
In 1870, after they had run the mill for a while, they bought 40 acres of land and
the mill was sold. They bought land to raise fruit which was a very successful business
and they eventually ran 70 acres of land. They also raised tomatoes until the sugar
factories made it profitable to raise the sugar beets. They shipped large amounts of fruit
on the railroad.<br />
<br />
Sarah always welcomed guests to her home. Jim Bridger, a famous trapper was a
frequent visitor to their home and became a good friend of the Parker’s. John Taylor was
a frequent visitor in their home. He especially liked the homemade rootbeer that Sarah
made from roots of plants that grew wild in the area. Sarah was an excellent homemaker.<br />
<br />
Her only daughter, Sarah Jane, told of John Taylor, a future president of the
Church, visiting their home and holding her on his lap and singing, “A Poor Wayfaring
Man of Grief,” to her. He told her that the Prophet Joseph Smith had asked him to sing
that song to him while he was in Liberty Jail just before he was murdered by the mobs.
He would also show her the watch that had saved his life because it was in his pocket
when the bullets had hit his watch. She could see the dent in its cover made by the bullet.<br />
<br />
Sarah acted as a midwife and delivered many of the babies of Riverdale. The
Parker’s had a large home and after a baby was delivered, mother and baby would stay
there to be taken care of until they were strong enough to go back to their own home.<br />
<br />
The Parker’s were active members of the LDS Church. Sarah was president of
the Relief Society in the Ogden 2nd Ward, before the Riverdale Ward was organized.
William was Sunday School Superintendent for 30 years and Sarah was an active
member of the Riverdale Ward Relief Society. She is mentioned often in the “Riverdale
Ward Relief Society Minutes”, for her donations and help. One note of mention was, “— we should make more things for ourselves instead of buying from the stores. Sister
Parker can make corsets and would be glad to help anyone who would like to make their
own. The young girls of the ward can braid straw to make stays for them.”<br />
<br />
Sarah died 7 May 1899 in Riverdale at age 64 and is buried in the Ogden City
Cemetery.<br />
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History taken from “Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude” Volume III, M to R.
Published by the International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Published 1998
Histories submitted by Margaret S. Pelton, and Irene D. Parker to the Daughters of Utah
Pioneers, Salt Lake City, Utah. Written and edited by Dorothy Toone Cook
greatgranddaughter, 2008<br />
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Sarah Bebbington was born on 19 February 1835 in Bulkley, Cheshire, England. Her father was William Edgeley and her mother was Sarah Bebbington. They were never married so she went by the name of Bebbington. He died on 23 March 1888.
She was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by her friend William Cope Parker on 18 June 1853. She was confirmed by James Dulton. In a story about her young life is the following: “She wanted to join the other members of the Church in Utah, but her grandparents would not give their consent, so every day as she went to the home of her aunt and uncle to get milk for her family, she would wear an extra item of clothing, until she had enough clothing to take with her to America. On the final day, she left home without saying anything to her family”. It just so happened that William Cope Parker was on that ship also.
They came on the ship “Windemere” in 1854. There was a horrible storm in the Irish Channel so they sat in the harbor for a week before the ship could even sail. They were on the seas for nine weeks and then came through New Orleans, Louisiana. They were quarantined there for a week because of an outbreak of Cholera. Finally they went on to St. Louis, Missouri and were held there again because of Cholera. Kansas City, Missouri was their final stop before heading west. They had to wait there nearly a month waiting for wagons to trek west.
They came to the Utah Territory with the Robert L. Campbell Company in 1854. They departed on 18 July 1854 with 397 individuals in the company which began its journey from the outfitting post at Westport, Missouri. Her uncle Thomas was 53; her aunt Elizabeth was 49; his sister Harriet was 40; and Sarah was 19. William Cope was 27.
Elder Robert Campbell wrote concerning their trek: “Elder Robert Campbell, in the rear companies, writes to Govenor Young from Fort Kearney, Aug. 21, that their cattle are fat, the feed and roads good, and that Bro. [William] Emp[e]y and the rear company were only a few days behind them. They were making good headway, and will doubtless be able to escape the inclement weather, as all are probably this side of the South Pass, and perhaps this side of Green river.”
They came to a creek on the 2 August but the bridge had to be repaired before they could move on. On 27 August one of the cattle were missing and they saw it in the Indian camp so they notified the soldiers at Fort Laramie. He soldiers went to the Indian camp and demanded the cow along with the Indian who stole it. The chief and his assistant refused so they wounded him and the Indians immediately started killing soldiers. Twenty eight soldiers were shot many times with bow and arrows. They didn’t get the cow back but weren’t attacked by the Indians and were able to move on.
They made it to Chimney Rock by 9 September. It was here at a high Bluff that they had to descend down a steep rock. While they were crossing the deep gully, Sarah jumped out falling almost beneath the wheel of the wagon. She was saved by William Cope Parker. By 29 September they had made it to Independence Rock which was covered in names of those passing by. Five miles later they were at Devil’s Gate.
On 2 October they were at the Rocky Ridges where the mountains were getting more steep and the weather colder. On 8 October they were at South Pass or summit of the dividing Ridge. On 17 October they were at Fort Bridger and were able to get more supplies of food. They arrived in the Salt Lake valley 28-31 October 1854.
Sarah married William Cope Parker on 13 May 1855 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory. They were sealed in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City on 29 August 1863.
William worked as a miller for Archibald Gardiner in West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah Territory for $12.00 a month. When he told Mr. Gardiner he had got married, he increased his salary and gave them a room to live in. Sarah also worked for Mrs. Gardiner in her household and was paid for it.
Their first child William Henry was born on 10 January 1856 in West Jordan and died the same day. Sarah Jane was born on 22 April 1857 in West Jordan. They then moved to Riverdale, Weber, Utah Territory where they they had twins Mary and George William were born on 19 February 1959. Mary died the same day and George William died on 26 May 1863.
Thomas was born on 31 December 1860; Elizabeth was born on 18 February 1863 and she died 3 October 1863; Joseph was born on 20 August 1864; John was born 30 October 1866; Richard was born 31 July 1868 and died 29 August 1869; Edwin Bebbington was born 18 June 1870; Robert was born 8 December 1872 and died on 13 November 1877; James William was born 2 February 1876 and died on 30 March 1876; and their last child Daniel was born on 22 April 1877. Seven of the children died at a young age. They raised only six of their children to adulthood.
William ran a mill in Riverdale for John Taylor “One day John Taylor came to inspect the Mill. After the inspection, William Cope invited him to have dinner with them. When they went in to dinner, the meal was sitting on the table, but the potatoes and the rest of the food were not cooked. When William asked Sarah why the food was not cooked, she told showed him the wood pile and said, "When the wood is cut, I'll cook the food." [MLP Note: Wouldn't you love to have been there to see the expression on William's face. Bet he didn't forget to cut the firewood after that! Guess this also shows that Sarah had an independent spirit!]”
Sarah was a midwife and delivered many of the babies of Riverdale. They had a large home so after the baby was delivered they would stay there to be taken care of until they were strong enough to go back to their own home. They were members of the Riverdale Ward. She did much of sewing for herself rather than buying it. One of the items she learned to make was corsets and would be glad to help anyone who would want to learn to do their own. The young girls of the ward would braid straw to make the stays for the corsets
Sarah died on 7 May 1899 in Riverdale, Weber, Utah at the age of 64. She was buried on 10 May 1899 in the Ogden Cemetery in Ogden, Weber, Utah.
William Cope Parker died on 27 April 1917 in Riverdale, Weber, Utah at the age of 90. He was buried on 29 April 1917 in the Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah.</div>
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From Riverdale Ward Records FHS film 026,452:
Born 19 Feb 1835
Baptized June 1853 by Wm. C. Parker
Confirmed June 1853 by James Dulton
CHRISTENING: Malpas Parish Records, Researched by Mabs Turner.
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It has always been told in the family that William Cope Parker and </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$309" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Sarah</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.2"> </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$315" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Bebbington</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.4"> met on the trail coming to Utah. He was supposed to have been hired by </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$397" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Sarah</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.6">'s father to help drive the wagon and that's how he and </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$458" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Sarah</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.8"> met. Searching the records, we found that William and </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$518" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Sarah</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.a"> were from the same town in England and that he baptized her before they immigrated. They came to the US on the same ship, landing in New Orleans. </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$670" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Sarah</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.c"> did not travel with her father, but with her uncle, Thomas </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$735" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Bebbington</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.e">, and his wife, Elizabeth Pass, and his sister Harriet </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$800" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Bebbington</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.g">, who was unmarried at the time. Thomas and Elizabeth were not members of the church at the time. It would seem likely that arrangements had been made prior to immigration for William to help the </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$1006" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Bebbington</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.i"> family on the trail. </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$1038" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Sarah</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.k"> and William married about a year after they arrived in the Valley. They settled for a brief time in West Jordan where William worked at the mill there. Their first child was born and died there.
</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$1239" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Sarah</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.m"> was the only surviving child of </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$1277" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Sarah</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.o"> </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$1283" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Bebbington</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.q">. Many Parker descendants insist on giving her the name </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$1349" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Sarah</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.s"> Edgely. She always gave the name of her father as William Edgely when asked who her father was, however, her mother was never married. </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$1490" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Sarah</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.u"> always used the name </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$1517" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Bebbington</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.w"> before marriage and on records requiring her maiden name. Example: her emigration record shows her as </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$1630" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Sarah</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.y"> </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$1636" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Bebbington</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.10">. Once in a while the name Edgeley appears on church records, but this was usually when her father is listed also.
BIOGRAPHY: </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$1773" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Sarah</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.12"> </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$1779" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Bebbington</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.14"> Parker
[From a handwritten paper probably by William Cope Parker found in the effects of Charles Cope Parker]
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</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$1910" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Sarah</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.16"> </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$1916" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Bebbington</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.18"> Edgely Parker. Born Feb. 19, 1835 in Bulkely Chestershire England. Daughter of William Edgely and </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$2025" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Sarah</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.1a"> </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$2031" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Bebbington</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.1c">. Her mother died when she was young and her grandmother raised her. She had a common education. She was well informed and a great reader.
She was baptized into the Church by W. C. Parker.
Sailed from England on ship called Wm. Cur Feb. 1854 with Uncle and two Aunts. [Immigration records show she came on the same ship as William Cope Parker with her Uncle Thomas </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$2406" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Bebbington</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.1e">, his wife Elizabeth Pass </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$2442" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Bebbington</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.1g">, and her Aunt Harriett </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$2476" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Bebbington</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.1i">, sister to Thomas.] They were on board ship eleven weeks. Although they were just nine weeks sailing being held in Irish Channel on account of a storm. They landed in new Orleans. They then set sail up the Mississippi River to St. Louis. The Cholera being very bad and so many dying they were held at St. Louis a quarantine Island afterward. Being put on another boat landing at Kansas City, Missouri. They were landed in the woods and stayed for a month waiting for wagons. Set out for the West with Ox teams, six oxens and two cows in Captain Robert Campbell's Company.
The roads being very rough the Saints walked over the worst places. Once while crossing a deep gully </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$3160" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Sarah</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.1k"> jumped out falling almost beneath the wheel, but was saved from being crushed by her Sweetheart William C. Parker.
She drove her Uncle's Oxen while he was sick. After walking most of the way across the Plains she arrived in Salt Lake City Oct. 28, 1854.
She married William C. Parker May 13, 1855, who was receiving $12 a month as helper in a flour mill. When he told his employer [Archibald Gardner of Gardner's Mill claim] he was married he raised his wages and let them have a room to live in. Also paying </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$3675" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Sarah</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.1m"> for helping his wife. All the furniture they had was made by him (William). When married he had but $5, which they paid for a tick and filled it with straw. They then slept in a wagon.
They lived at West Jordan three years. Then moved to Riverdale residing there till her death May 7, 1899.
She had thirteen children, five of whom are living. She was President of the 2nd Ward Relief Society of Ogden before Riverdale Ward was organized. She was in the move South in 1858. Also in the Grasshopper seige while living at Jordan 1853(5)?
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Charles Cope Parker told this story:
William Cope ran the mill in Riverdale for John Taylor. One day John Taylor came to inspect the Mill. After the inspection, William Cope invited him to have dinner with them. When they went in to dinner, the meal was sitting on the table, but the potatoes and the rest of the food were not cooked. When William asked </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$4576" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Sarah</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.1o"> why the food was not cooked, she told showed him the wood pile and said, "When the wood is cut, I'll cook the food." [MLP Note: Wouldn't you love to have been there to see the expression on William's face. Bet he didn't forget to cut the firewood after that! Guess this also shows that </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$4868" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Sarah</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.1q"> had an independent spirit!] <b>Found on FamilySearch.org </b></span></span><br />
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Arn and Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03744676874718986386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294455042431301131.post-24222496144213210622012-08-09T00:30:00.000-07:002019-05-20T16:37:39.702-07:00MARK ALFRED ELMER 1848-1895[<strong>Ancestral Link</strong>: Lura Minnie Parker (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Stagge</span>), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer.]<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Photo says Mark Elmer, Mary Ann Jost Elmer, John Elmer, Rose Elmer, Ida Elmer, Jane (June) Wheeler & son</span><br />
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Burial: Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA - Plot: B-2-3-4E<br />
Birth: December 16, 1848, Council Bluffs, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Pottawattamie</span> County, Iowa, USA<br />
Death: March 31, 1895, Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA<br />
Parents: William Warren Elmer<br />
Hannah Paulina (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Polina</span>) Child<br />
Married: Mary Ann <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Jost</span><br />
Find A Grave Memorial# 26051614 <br />
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Came to Utah at age 3 in the Uriah Curtis Company in 1852 with his mother and father<br />
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<strong>United States Census, 1860 for Mark Elmer<br />District: Ogden City - County: Weber - State: Utah</strong><br />
Name: Mark Elmer<br />
Residence: , Weber, Utah<br />
Ward: Ogden City<br />
Age: 12 years<br />
Estimated Birth Year: 1848<br />
Birthplace: Iowa<br />
Gender: Male<br />
Page: 106<br />
Family Number: 721<br />
Film Number: 805313<br />
<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">DGS</span> Number: 4297341<br />
Image Number: 00452<br />
NARA Number: M653<br />
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<strong>United States Census, 1850 for Mark Elmer<br />District No. 21, County of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Pottawatamie</span>, State of Iowa</strong><br />
Name: Mark Elmer<br />
Residence: <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Pottawatamie</span> county, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Pottawatamie</span>, Iowa<br />
Age: 2 years<br />
Calculated Birth Year: 1848<br />
Birthplace: Iowa<br />
Gender: Male<br />
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Digital GS Number: 4181055<br />
Image Number: 00220<br />
Line Number: 33<br />
Dwelling House Number: 696<br />
Family Number: 696<br />
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William Elmer - M - 30y<br />
Hannah Elmer - F - 22y<br />
John Elmer - M - 3y<br />
Mark Elmer - M - 2y<br />
<strong>found on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">familysearch</span>.org</strong>Arn and Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03744676874718986386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294455042431301131.post-28769882377604065292012-08-09T00:00:00.000-07:002020-07-09T10:54:45.447-07:00MARY ANN JOST (ELMER) 1847-1925[<strong>Ancestral Link</strong>: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mary Ann Jost (Elmer).]<br />
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<strong>MARY ANN JOST ELMER</strong><br />
Mary Ann Jost Elmer or “Minnie”, as she was called, daughter of John A. and Mary Ann Zwicker Jost, was born December 29, 1847, at Halifax, Nova Scotia.<br />
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In the spring of 1855 when she was seven years old, she, with her parents and eight brothers and sisters, left Halifax, going by boat to Boston. From that point they went by rail to St. Louis and thence by steamboat up the Missouri River to Atchison, Kansas.<br />
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Because of insufficient accommodations and funds for traveling across the plains to Salt Lake City, the family was obliged to remain in Atchison for one year.<br />
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They lived in a tent until Mr. Jost obtained work as a carpenter and earned enough money to rent a small house or shanty. It leaked so badly during a severe rainstorm that their bedding and clothing got wet and mildewed. Finally they managed to get the house repaired and the cracks stopped up before winter set in. Mary Ann’s father worked as a carpenter most of the year and two of her brother’s had work part of the time though they all received low wages. Her sister Kate did housework for one dollar fifty cents a week. By careful management they saved enough to begin the long journey across the plains to Salt Lake.<br />
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With a good outfit and plenty of supplies they crossed the Missouri River on a ferry boat and came to Florence or Winter-Quarters to wait for the wagon company. Her father sold his oxen and bought more when the company came.<br />
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They had left Atchison with ten other families, but soon joined and traveled with one of the hand cart companies bound for Utah and shared with them all the hardships of the long journey, allowing those unable to walk to ride on the wagons. This forced them to travel slowly, but even then they got some distance ahead of the hand carts so they had to wait at Laramie nine days for Captain Hodges’s company, when they again started west.<br />
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At South Pass they were caught in a snow storm and waited seven days, but it did not quit so they went on, traveling in snow the remainder of the journey. There was no feed for the oxen, and they got so poor and weak they had to double team.<br />
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They ran out of bread so Mr. Jost killed one of his cows and they lived on meat until they arrived at Fort Bridger. Just before they arrived at Fort Bridger one of their oxen ran away with a buffalo stampede. They tried to bring their one remaining cow with them, but had to leave her along the way.<br />
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Captain Workman came with ox teams from Salt Lake to meet the Saints, but the men gave out so they had to wait for mule teams which were sent out from Salt Lake to meet them and the hand cart company and bring them the rest of the way. The mule teams went back and forth over the mountain to keep the road open. The snow was like a high wall on each side of the road.<br />
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They arrived in Salt Lake on 15 December 1856, where the Jost family remained until the spring of 1857 when they moved to Ogden. When Johnston’s Army came they moved south and then returned back to Ogden. A few years later they were living in a two story adobe house which wasn’t quite completed. There was no stairway so they had to climb a rope to get to the top floor. A severe east wind came up which threatened to blow the house over. Mr. Jost tried to brace it, but without success and when he saw it was going over he called to them to get out. Mary Ann was on the top floor so she slid down the rope and ran out just in time to escape being crushed.<br />
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Mary Ann was a member of the first Ogden tabernacle choir. She went through the Salt Lake endowment house about two years before her marriage in answer to a call by President Brigham Young. This practice was afterward discontinued by the church.<br />
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She married Mark Alfred Elmer in 1869, the year the railroad was built. They were parents of six children, Mark, Abner, Minnie May, John, Ella, Ida and Rose. Mr. Elmer died 31 May 1895, while the family was living in Slaterville, Utah. Mrs. Elmer spent the last years of her life in Ogden, living with her youngest daughter Mrs. Rose Phillips. She died on April 4, 1925.<br />
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<strong>The above was submitted to the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers by Irene D. Parker, 1879 South 1900 West, West Haven, Utah 84401, in May 1994.</strong><br />
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Her husband Mark Alfred Elmer was born 16 December 1848 at Council
Bluffs, Pottawatome, Iowa, and died 31 May 1895 in Ogden, Weber, Utah, and buried in the Ogden City Cemetery.<br />
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Children of Mark Alfred Elmer and Mary Ann “Minnie” Elmer are: 1. Mark
Abner Elmer born 5 August 1870 in Marriott, Weber, Utah, died 19 September 1870. 2.
Minnie Mae Elmer born 29 July 1871 in Ogden, Weber, Utah, died
6 December 1940 in
Clinton, Davis, Utah and is buried in the Ogden City Cemetery. Married 27 September
1886 in Logan, Cache, Utah, to Joseph Parker. 3. Ella Maude Elmer born 23 July 1873 in
Ogden, Weber, Utah, died 1 December 1950 in Riverdale, Weber, Utah, married 27
November 1891 to Edwin “B” Parker. 4. John Alfred Elmer born 20 June 1875 in
Ogden, Weber, Utah, died 5 September 1939 in Burley, Cassia, Idaho, married 15
February 1899 to Sarah Debra “Dora” Stephens. 5. Ida Alice Elmer born 28 October
1877 in Kaysville, Davis, Utah, died 20 October 1967 Ogden, Weber, Utah, married 13
October 1897 to Albert Augustus Thomas. 6. Rosebelle Hannah Elmer born 1 January
1880 in Kaysville, Davis, Utah, died 12 June 1961 in Ogden, Weber, Utah, married
Ernest Benjamin Phillips.<br />
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<b>History written by Dorothy Toone Cook, great-grand-daughter, 2008. Information from
histories at the Daughers Of Utah Pioneers Museum, Salt Lake City, Utah and written by
Irene D. Parker and Ella Parker. </b><br />
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<b>There is no history of Mary Ann Jost Elmer’s husband Mark Alfred Elmer.</b><br />
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<strong>Mark Alfred Elmer was the son of William Elmer - one of the rescuers of the handcart companies and the Hodgett wagon company of which Mary Ann Jost was a part.</strong><br />
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Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956 for Mary Ann Elmer</h1>
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<tr class="result-item"><td class="result-label" scope="row">Name:</td><td class="result-value-bold" itemprop="name">Mary Ann Elmer </td></tr>
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<tr class="result-item"><td class="result-label" scope="row">Death Date:</td><td class="result-value" id="death_date" itemprop="startDate">04 Apr 1925 </td></tr>
<tr class="result-item" id="death_location" itemprop="location" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><td class="result-label" scope="row">Death Place:</td><td class="result-value" itemprop="name">Ogden, Weber, Utah </td></tr>
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<tr class="result-item"><td class="result-label" scope="row">Estimated Birth Year:</td><td class="result-value">1848 </td></tr>
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<tr class="result-item"><td class="result-label" scope="row">Death Age:</td><td class="result-value">77 years 3 months 6 days </td></tr>
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<tr class="result-item" itemprop="spouses" itemscope="" itemtype="http://historical-data.org/HistoricalPerson"><td class="result-label" scope="row">Spouse's Name:</td><td class="result-value">Mark A. Elmer </td></tr>
<tr class="result-item" itemprop="parents" itemscope="" itemtype="http://historical-data.org/HistoricalPerson"><td class="result-label" scope="row">Father's Name:</td><td class="result-value" itemprop="name">John Jost </td></tr>
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<tr class="result-item" itemprop="parents" itemscope="" itemtype="http://historical-data.org/HistoricalPerson"><td class="result-label" scope="row">Mother's Name:</td><td class="result-value" itemprop="name">Mary Ann Zwicker </td></tr>
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<tr class="result-item"><td class="result-label" scope="row">Film Number:</td><td class="result-value">2259478 </td></tr>
<tr class="result-item"><td class="result-label" scope="row">Digital GS Number:</td><td class="result-value">4121295 </td></tr>
<tr class="result-item"><td class="result-label" scope="row">Image Number:</td><td class="result-value">601 </td></tr>
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cause of death: lobar pneumonia</td><td class="result-value">137 </td></tr>
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street address: 2325 Jackson Avenue, Ogden, Utah<br />
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Mary Ann Jost Elmer lived (b) (rms) 2325 Jackson Avenue, Ogden, Utah 1916, 1917, 1919, 1925</div>
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Lived (b) 2188 Monroe Avenue, Ogden, Utah 1911 and 1912.</div>
Arn and Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03744676874718986386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294455042431301131.post-20695771968482080152012-08-08T00:30:00.000-07:002012-08-18T11:45:55.547-07:00PETER BIRT 1816-1858[<strong>Ancestral Link</strong>: Louis Abraham Stagge, son of Elizabeth Birt (Stagge), daughter of Abraham Birt, son of Peter Birt.]<br />
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<strong>England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Peter Birt</strong>Name: Peter Birt<br />
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C03621-1<br />
System Origin: England-ODM<br />
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<strong>found on familysearch.org</strong>Arn and Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03744676874718986386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294455042431301131.post-36684444415392172202012-08-07T00:30:00.000-07:002012-08-18T11:47:09.990-07:00JACOB NORRIS 1809-1875[<strong>Ancestral Link</strong>: Louis Abraham Stagge, son of Elizabeth Birt (Stagge), daughter of Catherine Norris (Birt), daughter of Jacob Norris.]<br />
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I03122-6<br />
System Origin: England-EASy<br />
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<strong>found on familysearch.org</strong>Arn and Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03744676874718986386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294455042431301131.post-83994338622553994182012-08-06T00:30:00.000-07:002020-07-09T10:47:38.077-07:00GEORGE PARKER 1799-1883[<strong>Ancestral Link</strong>: Lura May Parker (Stagge), daughter of Joseph Parker, son of William Cope Parker, son of George Parker.]<br />
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Birth: February 3, 1799, Bulkeley, Cheshire, England<br />
Death: May 2, 1883, Harthill, Derbyshire, England<br />
Married to Jane Cope Parker.<br />
Burial: All Saints Church, Harthill, Derbyshire, England<br />
Find A Grave Memorial# 66541283</div>
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George Parker and Jane Cope Parker are the parents of William Cope Parker.
They remained in England and did not join the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints.<br />
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George Parker was born 3 February 1799 in Bulkeley, Cheshire, England. He
was christened 3 March 1799 in Bickerton, Malpas, Cheshire, England. He married Jane
Cope, date unknown. He died 2 May 1883 in Harthill, Cheshire, England, and buried at
Harthill, Cheshire, England. His parents are father Richard Parker, born 1 January1772 in
Bickerton, Cheshire, England, died 2 January 1844 in Bickerton, Cheshire, England. His mother Margaret Brereton, born 1772 in Chowley, Cheshire, England, died 23 August
1844 in Tattenshall, Cheshire, England.<br />
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Jane Cope Parker was born 23 February 1806, Tattenshall, Cheshire, England,
christened 4 March 1806, Tattenshall, Cheshire, England. She died 23 November 1885
in Harthill, Cheshire, England, and was buried in Harthill, Cheshire, England. Her
parents are father William Cope, born 1774, England, died 1847 in Tattenshall, Cheshire,
England. Her mother Mary Jones, born 1778 in Chowley, Cheshire, England, died 1
December 1857, in Tattenhall, Cheshire, England.<br />
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Their children: William Cope Parker, born 21 March 1827, Bulkeley, Cheshire,
England, christened 6 April 1827, Malpas, Cheshire, England, married Sarah Bebbington
Edgeley 13 May 1855, in the Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Died
27 April 1917, Riverdale, Weber, Utah, buried 29 April 1917, Ogden, Weber, Utah.<br />
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Elizabeth Parker, born 18 June 1829, Chowley, Cheshire, England, married
Thomas Wood, died 12 January 1853.<br />
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Richard Parker born 30 January 1832, Chowley Cheshire, England married
Martha large, died 2 December 1891.<br />
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Thomas Parker born 4 May 1834, Chowley, Cheshire, England, married Elizabeth
Preace, died 8 March 1906.<br />
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Mary Parker, born 7 February 1837, Harthill, Cheshire, England, christened 26
February 1837, Harthill, Cheshire, England, married Richard Paynton, died 14 February
1922.<br />
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Margaret Parker, born 13 October 1840, Harthill, Cheshire, England, christened
17 November 1839, Harthill, Cheshire, England, married William Jones, died 2 April
1907.<br />
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George Parker, born 5 May 1843, Harthill, Cheshire, England, christened 15 May
1843, Harthill, Cheshire, England, married Ruth Huxley, died 2 February 1900.<br />
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Harriet Parker, born 19 March 1846, Harthill, Cheshire, England, christened 13
April 1845, Harthill, Cheshire, England, married George Adams, died 4 March 1893.<br />
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Sarah Parker, born 25 December 1848, Harthiul, Cheshire, England, christened 8
January 1848, Harthill, Cheshire, England, married George Evans, Died 25 October
1892.<br />
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<b>Found on FamilySearch.org "Histories of the Ancestors of Joseph Paker and Minnie Mae Elmer Parker. </b></div>
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Arn and Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03744676874718986386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294455042431301131.post-66740943988681443412012-08-06T00:00:00.000-07:002013-07-27T14:32:46.901-07:00JANE COPE (PARKER) 1806-1885[<strong>Ancestral Link</strong>: Lura May Parker (Stagge), daughter of Joseph Parker, son of William Cope Parker, son of Jane Cope (Parker).]<br />
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Birth: February 23, 1806, Tattenhall, Cheshire, England<br />
Death: November 23, 1885, Cheshire, England<br />
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Died in Village of Harthill, Cheshire, England.</div>
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Buried in All Saints Church in Village of Harthill, Cheshire, England<br />
Burial: All Saints Church, Harthill, Derbyshire, England<br />
Find A Grave Memorial# 66541246<br />
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Arn and Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03744676874718986386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294455042431301131.post-54195312455057147382012-08-05T01:00:00.000-07:002018-03-04T13:57:00.875-08:00WILLIAM ELMER and HANNAH POLINA CHILD<div align="center">
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William Elmer, son of John Elmer and Sally Peaque, was born in Norwich, Orange County (or Chitiendeu County), Vermont on 16 September 1820. His father was John Elmer, born September 22, 1778, in Sommers, Toland County, Connecticut. His mother was Sarah (Sally) Peake, born July 9, 1784, in Pomfret, Woodstock County, Vermont or Promfret, Lower Canada.<br />
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William and all of his father's family were baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on the July 11, 1835, in Vermont.<br />
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In the spring of 1838, when William was 18 years old, he, his parents and family, one wagon and one team of horses started west. Their goal was to move close to the church. When they had come as far as Orsen, Ohio, they stopped to rest. It was most unfortunate because here is where his mother and brother Samuel contacted typhoid fever and both passed away. It was hard indeed to leave them behind but after a short time they took courage and again started their journey. They settled about eight miles west of Nauvoo, Illinois.<br />
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After reaching Illinois, John and his sons began to build a cabin to live in. As soon as the walls were up and a roof on, father and sons went to work, as their supplies were running low. While away, the cabin, with all their possessions, burned to the ground. They managed to find enough work to buy more clothes and live through the winter.<br />
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In the spring John married Harriet Gould Brunson (a widow) and they lived in Harriet's home. Here they remained for eight years. Then they traveled westward to Council Bluffs, where they remained four years, until the year 1846.<br />
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<strong>HANNAH POLINA CHILD</strong></div>
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Hannah Polina Child was born January 24, 1828, North Hammond, St. Lawrence County, New York. Her father was Alfred Bosworth Child, born November 15, 1796, in Milton, Saratoga County, New York. Her mother was Polly Barber, born March 30, 1798, in Greenfield, Saratoga County, New York.<br />
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In 1838 at the age of ten she started west with her parents and family (ten in all) with clothing, bedding and provisions, in a wagon drawn by a span of horses, there being no railroads at this time. Their first stop was Kirtland, Ohio, to rest. Here in Kirtland she saw the first Temple, her folks having joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1838 in Greenfield, New York.</div>
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They traveled on, having the best of luck as far as the Missouri River, where they were told that the Saints had been driven out of Jackson County into Caldwell, Missouri. Moving on, they took up some land at Ambrosia but were ordered to leave in three weeks. They traveled to Adam-ondi-Ahamon, Davis County, Missouri, and stayed a few weeks, living in tents. Here a mob rode in and took her father and brother prisoners, along with the other men, and marched them out a few miles, but released them after a few hours; all, that is, but the Heads of the Church, who were released later, unharmed. The mob stole everything they could, even one of their horses.<br />
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Hannah’s father traded his wagon for some ground and built a small log house and the family moved in, only to be told that they must leave the state (a distance of three hundred miles) in fifteen days. Her father had a little money and hired one of the settlers to move them, then let Mr. Sessions have his other horse to put with the one he had. They moved on, two and three families to a wagon. They were poorly clad, slept on the ground, many walked through snow and mud, and were half starved. The suffering was awful, but they finally got across the Mississippi River. They stopped with several other families at Quincy, Illinois, and rented a farm and raised a good crop.<br />
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In the fall they moved to Iowa and took up a farm on what was called “half breed land,” just eight miles from Nauvoo, Illinois,. They were very poor but managed to put up a log house which had no floor, and they made a fire on the ground. Her father and brother went off to work for food.<br />
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In the spring of 1840 her father fenced in the farm, put in a crop, and planted fruit trees. He finished the house and bought a cow, pig and some chickens. He taught school in the winter and farmed in the summer. All seemed to prosper for about four years, although there was much sickness and many hardships to endure. Hannah was sick for sixteen weeks with typhoid fever and had to learn to walk again.<br />
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Hannah was sixteen years old when the Prophet Joseph was killed and more troubles started. Her brother Mark enlisted in the army this same year, 1844, was sent to Mexico and was never heard from after. The year 1844 and 1845 found them still comfortable, as her father had been made Postmaster of String Prairie.<br />
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The Saint’s were driven from Nauvoo late in winter of 1845 and 1846. They camped at Sugar Creek about a mile from the Childs' home until the grass started to grow to feed their horses. They lived in wagons and tents and suffered untold hardships. They finally started for Council Bluffs, Iowa. Their horses were poor and the mud was terrible. Her brother Myron was married at this camp and Hannah was married in March, the same spring to William Elmer.<br />
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<strong><br /></strong>On March 26, 1846, William married Hannah Polina Child in Lee County, Iowa. William was 26 years old and Hannah was 18 years old. When these two young people decided to marry they found that by crossing a river into another state their marriage could be performed free of charge. Since they wished to hold onto their meager means, they crossed to the other side of the river and were married by a preacher as they stood in the back of their wagon.<br />
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Hannah’s brother Myron and his wife rented a house with William and Hannah, and they all lived together and saved to continue on to the west. Hannah’s father, with his family, and the rest of the Saint’s left for Council Bluffs. The parting was hard for Hannah, as her little brother Asa tried to stay with her. Hannah worked so hard and worried till she had brain fever (an infectious disease characterized by inflammation of the tissues surrounding the brain) and was sick again for two months. There was no help to be had, except a small boy to run errands. All were sick or afraid of the fever. They had to haul water three miles from the river and endured many hardships. William went to Keokuk, Iowa, twelve miles to get medicine. He took sick on the way and had to be brought home. He lay beside her on the bed for three days burning with fever before help came. An over-dose of medicine nearly ended his life at this time.<br />
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The year was a very trying one and they were not able to save enough to start west, but in September, John, Hannah’s brother, came back and she was so happy to see him. Her first baby was born in three weeks and was named John after him. There was no help to be had so John and a neighbor lady took care of her. She got along splendidly and in two weeks took in two boarders to cook for at one dollar per week apiece.<br />
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William was making fifty cents a day, and they were able to save enough to buy a wagon and the things they needed to start west. In the spring of 1848 the two couples, each with a baby, started out. It was very stormy and muddy traveling and the Indians were hostile, but there was plenty of grass for the horses. It took three weeks to go from Des Moines to Council Bluffs, where the folks had stopped to recruit before starting for Salt Lake. A neighbor met them three miles out and said the folks were well, but little Asa had died. Both John and Hannah were heart-broken, for they had looked forward to this reunion. It took some time before she could be reconciled and enjoy herself. Little Johnnie was seven months old and the first grandchild – so much was made over him. The following spring the two couples returned to Des Moines to please John Elmer (William's father) and get the rest of his children, who had stayed behind. The trip was full of hardships and privations but they managed to persuade the rest of the brothers and sisters to go back with them. John was overjoyed.<br />
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They remained at the Bluffs until July 8, 1852, when they all started for Salt Lake, about three hundred families in all. They traveled in Company 16, Captain Uriah Curtis being in command. They had one wagon and one horse. When they got to the Platt River, cholera broke out. A great many died and many more were sick. Hannah did much to ease the suffering and help bury the dead. She finally contracted cholera herself and was unable to do anything until they reached the mountains. The high dry air seemed to revive her.<br />
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When they got to Salt Lake on October 2, 1852, the company was divided, part going south and the others north. The Elmers and part of the Child family went north to where Ogden is now. There were just two houses, a patch of oak and wild cherry bushes. They took up a farm at Harrisville, living in their wagons until houses could be built. During the fall and winter William hauled logs from the canyon and built a log cabin, the roof of which was made of poles and dirt, and into this house he installed his family. Hannah’s father ran Brother Farr’s saw mill day and night to get lumber cut for their homes. During this time he contracted brain fever from which he died. Soon after their arrival a daughter Cynthia Trephenia was born. This was on December 16, 1852. Many hardships faced them at this time. They made their clothing from wool they combed, cleaned, and wove. Food was scarce. They exchanged food with one another for variety with everyone becoming well acquainted with “Flour Lumpy Dick.” They tried some farming but were bothered with soggy low lands, which were not very productive.<br />
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In the fall of 1853 the Indian troubles commenced in that part of the county. The Saints were instructed to build a fort and gather into it for safety. This they did and built a twelve-foot Spanish wall around it, a good portion of which was done by William Elmer. This place was called Bingham’s Fort (now called Lynne). For protection a home guard was established. William was made Captain of cavalry Company A. When not on duty he often assisted others in building houses.</div>
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Another daughter was born to William and Hannah on February 13, 1854. She lived to be just three years old, dying in 1857.<br />
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During the summer of 1855 the grasshoppers raided the farms, fields and gardens.<br />
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That winter all the children had scarlet fever, five down at one time. All survived but in the spring they all had measles and the baby, Hannah Paulina, thirteen months old, died. Poverty seemed nothing to this sorrow.<br />
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Late in the fall of 1856 William was called with a number of others to go back on the plains and help to bring in the hand cart companies of Saints who were blockaded by the deep snows. William was gone two months. It was a terrible trip, all were half frozen and starved, and many died. To this call he responded cheerfully and rendered efficient aid to the suffering emigrants.<br />
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William married a second wife, Mary Ann Gheen on April 9, 1857. Mary Ann was 25 years old and William was 37 years old. Hannah shared what she had with her, although it wasn’t much. They all lived together and managed to be happy even though these were trying times. For the benefit of future history let it be known and attested that these two women loved each other, they laughed together, suffered together, shared and grieved together when sorrow struck. They both loved their God and followed the principles of their gospel.<br />
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Hannah and small children went to the farm and helped with the vegetable garden and gleaned wheat. Just as the last of the crop was gathered, William was called to go meet Johnson’s army. During the year of 1857 he was commissioned a Colonel in the Nauvoo Legion by Brigham Young, who was then Governor of the State of Utah. With his men William marched to Echo Canyon to defend the people's rights, which were then invaded in the "Mormon War."<br />
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This left the gathering and hauling of the winter wood to Hannah and her little boys. Mary Ann tended the smaller children, and they managed very well, even to helping neighbors who were sick or ailing.<br />
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In 1858, due to the trouble starting because of Johnson’s Army protesting the Mormons, William was advised to take his family and move them south. He took them to Payson, Utah. They moved into a small log cabin, the only shelter available. The roof was not even completely closed in over their heads. While there Hannah gave birth to a daughter, Phebe Arinda, and Mary gave birth to a son, Levi James. Family history tells us that when the children were born kind neighbors placed their carpet pieces and blankets over the inadequate roof to make them more comfortable. During this same year William and Hannah's first son John Samuel passed away. William was subsequently commissioned major in the Nauvoo Legion, which office he held until the Legion was disorganized by order of the Governor of Utah.<br />
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It had been said that before leaving Ogden William stored some flour away in the ground for later use. In the winter of 1859 it was considered safe for him to bring his family back to Ogden. They moved into a small adobe home east of Washington Avenue. The winter was bitter cold with five feet of snow. William located the spot where he had left the flour and dug it up. Once again they were glad for “Flour Lumpy Dick.”</div>
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<em>A "dick" is simply a boiled pudding, and this dish is kin to the infamous "spotted dick." There is no doubt that, even with vigorous stirring of the flour during its addition and cooking, this dish indeed would be lumpy. While the dish is associated with Mormons in San Bernardino, it is a traditional English dish of the poor. </em></div>
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<em>3 quarts rich milk<br />6 cups flour<br />1 teaspoon salt<br />3 cups cream<br />Heat milk to boiling - stir continuously. Mix flour, salt, and cream to pie dough consistency. Add by handfuls to hot milk until it thickens. Stir constantly. Dish up in bowls, sprinkle with sugar, serve with milk. Delicious!</em>We are told they used this flour most sparingly, making it last until spring. </div>
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Another daughter, Sally Rosabella, was born November 16, 1861, to Hannah. She died at the age of seventeen in the year 1878.<br />
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At this time William was given badly needed employment on the railroad and daughter Polly Ann in her family narration wrote, “With the first money my father earned on the railroad he bought me my first pair of real grown up shoes.” She was then 12 years old.<br />
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William was a hard worker being a man of great physical strength. He made shingles and is believed to be the first to make shingles in the Ogden area.<br />
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William’s farm land was in Marriott, Utah. Although he was always bothered by wet soggy lowlands, he did succeed in making his ground pay. Two more children were born to William and his first wife Hannah. They were Charles Asa, born August 17, 1869, died July 3, 1870, and Hyrum Barney born February 11, 1871. Charles Asa lived to be 11 months old, Hyrum Barney lived to be one year old.<br />
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After the Manifesto (a statement officially disavowing the continuing practice of plural marriage) it was necessary for William to be away from his family. This was hard on him. His health was failing and this proved to be one of his greatest trials. He was, however, able to spend his last years with his first wife Hannah in the small house east of Washington Avenue. He died true to the gospel and to his maker on December 15, 1895.<br />
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The funeral, which was largely attended, was held in the Second ward meeting house. Addresses were delivered by Elders Charles F. Middleton, Bishop Robert McQuarrle, Joseph Hall and others who were intimately acquainted with him for a great number of years. All the speakers bore testimony of his great worth as a man, a citizen, a soldier, a husband and father, and a faithful Latter-day Saint. His posterity was large, seventy-eight in all at the time of his death. He had sixteen children, fifty-five grand children and seven great-grandchildren, most of whom survived him. He was of a peaceful disposition, a patient sufferer in affliction. He was upright and honest in all his dealings with his fellow men. He assisted in bringing the railroad in Ogden and the first road in Ogden Canyon. He was formerly a Seventy, and at the time of his death was a member of the High Priest quorum. William Elmer was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Nauvoo Legion. He was loved and respected by all who knew him.<br />
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Hannah was made the administrator of his property. She allocated his twenty-acre farm in Marriott to his two sons Levi and Heber. They and their mother Mary Ann Gheen moved there to make their home. Hannah remained in Ogden until her death on May 22, 1897.<br />
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Hannah was the mother of twelve children, all born during this period of poverty and privation. She gave many hours of her time helping others, and being a midwife, brought hundreds of babies into the world. She lived a good and faithful life, and was loved by all. Mary Ann passed away seven years later on April 18, 1903. It was recalled that at the death of Hannah, Mary Ann was inconsolable. She said, “She was the best friend I ever had.”</div>
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William married Hannah Paulina or Polina Child March 26, 1846, in Lee County, Iowa (daughter of Alfred Bosworth Child and Polly Barber). She was born January 24, 1828.<br />
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John Samuel born October 13, 1847, died February 1857/1859;<br />
<strong>Mark Alfred born December 16, 1848, married Mary Ann or Minnie Jost</strong>;<br />
William Warren born November 22, 1850, married Martha Adelaide Hall;<br />
Cynthia Tryphenia born December 16, 1852, married John Quincy Leavitt August 16, 1869;<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yKTH8qig2C8/TtfwC2bBq1I/AAAAAAAAHT8/afkPG85jKSI/s1600/600%255B2%255D.jpg"></a></div>
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Grandmother Leavitt was born at Bingham's Fort, Ogden, Utah on December 16, 1852 to William Elmer and Hannah P. Child Elmer. She told my sister and me this story when she was living in her old house in North Garland, Utah, a number of years after Grandfather Leavitt's death. "When we first settled in the fort there were many sacrifices to be made, many hours were spent walking along the fences pulling the wool from them. Sometimes, by hard work, I was able to get three bags in a days time. This my mother would wash, then card, leaving it for me to spin. After this was done, we would weave it into cloth, with which we could then fashion ourselves dresses." She said, "You can be sure I was always proud when I had a new dress. Our wash days were very complicated. we placed a large kettle, which we shared with all within the fort, near an open fire. A stove was an unknown luxury. We washed our clothes by hand, and ironed them with heavy irons. These were kept hot on large bricks which were heated in the fire for hours. In the fort we were often down to just one kind of food, many times we would make weary trips to our neighbors in order to exchange food with each other. We exchanged wheat, corn, or perhaps give a little sugar for a piece of butter. When we were fortunate, we were having a feast. We were always in danger of Indian attack. We would get a warning to keep quiet and we always obeyed the orders. Many times my parents, brothers, and sisters would kneel and pray for safety. A large fire on the horizon was terrifying to us, as we knew it meant Indians and trouble." This History presented by Granddaughter Cynthia Grace Wilde<br />
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Hannah Polina or Paulina, born February 13, 1854, died March 13, 1855;<br />
Polly Ann born December 6, 1856, married John Moroni Daniel Taylor December 27, 1875;<br />
Phebe Arinda born September 19, 1858, married Mark Hall December 7, 1874 <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lf9jVjl4lso/Ttf2OLz7gRI/AAAAAAAAHUU/SOb3moUnMRU/s1600/600%255B4%255D.jpg"></a><br />
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Sally Rosa Bell born November 16, 1861, died 9 August 1876;<br />
Sarah Josephine born April 15, 1863, married William Wallace Browning 22 June 1882;<br />
Electa Ann born January 28, 1865, married Christopher James Brown September 3, 1884;<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KlkN-mPtekA/Ttf1eASvD2I/AAAAAAAAHUI/LrZenYpU2-4/s1600/600%255B4%255D.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681279350774632290" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KlkN-mPtekA/Ttf1eASvD2I/AAAAAAAAHUI/LrZenYpU2-4/s400/600%255B4%255D.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Electa Ann Elmer Brown Tombstone, Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber County, Utah, Plot: F-4-43-2W<br />
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Charles Asa born August 17, 1869, died July 3, 1870; <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mxKnv4JMMgc/TuEA8aaGFNI/AAAAAAAAHW8/YOo0a9I7GM8/s1600/26051586_120836326409%255B1%255D.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5683825242599199954" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mxKnv4JMMgc/TuEA8aaGFNI/AAAAAAAAHW8/YOo0a9I7GM8/s400/26051586_120836326409%255B1%255D.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 188px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 250px;" /></a>Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA, Plot: A-4-27-4E2<br />
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Hiram Barney born February 11, 1871, died May 21, 1872.<br />
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William married Mary Ann Gheen April 9, 1857, Salt Lake City (daughter of William Atkins Gheen and Esther Ann Pierce, pioneers 1850). She was born December 29, 1832.<br />
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Levi James born October 1, 1858, married Treen Louise Peterson February 20, 1895;<br />
Esther Ann born December 27, 1861, married Francis Keyes October 27, 1878;<br />
Amanda Vilate born July 5, 1863, married James Green Browning April 26, 1883;<br />
William Heber born February 13, 1869, married Inga Peterson December 20, 1899.<br />
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<strong>Ancestral Link</strong>: JoAnn Stagge (Miller), daughter of Marvin Louis Stagge, son of Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of William Elmer and Hannah Polina Child (Elmer).<br />
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<strong><br /></strong>Sketch submitted to the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers by Cynthia Grace Wile in January 1968. It was noted under “Company Arrived With” Independent.<br />
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Sketch submitted to the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers by Rhea B. Cazier.<br />
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Information sent from the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers. It appears to have come from a book.<br />
Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847-1868<br />
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Obituary of William Elmer, Deseret Weekly 19 January 1898 Utah Digital Newspapers Website<br />
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Ancestry.com<br />
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"Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah" by Frank Esshom<br />
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Painting by Robert T. Barrett<br />
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Findagrave.comArn and Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03744676874718986386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294455042431301131.post-29880038446253704102012-08-05T00:30:00.000-07:002020-07-09T11:15:07.004-07:00WILLIAM ELMER 1820-1894[<b>Ancestral Link</b>: Lura Minnie Parker (Stagge), daughter of Minnie May Elmer (Parker), daughter of Mark Alfred Elmer, son of William Elmer.]<br />
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<b>WILLIAM ELMER</b><br />
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William Elmer, son of John Elmer and Sally Peaque, was born in Norwich, Orange County, Vermont on 16 September 1820.<br />
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In the spring of 1838 William was 18 years old. William, his parents and family, one wagon and one team of horses started west. Their goal was to move close to the church.<br />
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When they had come as far as Orsen, Ohio they stopped to rest. It was most unfortunate because here is where Mother and Father contacted typhoid fever and both of them passed away. It was hard indeed to leave them behind but after a short time they took courage and again started their journey. They traveled as far as Illinois where they stayed until the year 1846.<br />
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On March 26, 1846, William married Hannah Polina Child in Lee County, Iowa. When these two young people decided to marry they found that by crossing a river into another state their marriage could be performed free of charge. Since they wished to hold on to their meager means, they crossed to the other side of the river and were married by a preacher as they stood in the back of their wagon. They settled for a time in Desmoine, Iowa. Three children were born in Iowa, they were: John Samuel, born October 13, 1847, Mark Alfred, born December 16, 1848, and William Warren, born November 23, 1850. These three children came with them into Utah on October 3, 1852.<br />
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After a short stay in Salt Lake City they came on into Ogden and settled at Binghams Fort in Weber County. Soon after their arrival a daughter Cynthia Trephenia was born. This was on December 16, 1852. Many hardships faced them at this time, food was scarce, their clothing they made from wool they combed, cleaned, and wove. They exchanged food with one another for variety with everyone, becoming well acquainted with “Flour lumpy dick”. They tried some farming but were bothered with soggy low lands which were not very productive.<br />
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Hostile Indians were a worry to them at this time. For protection a home guard was established. William was made Captain of cavalry Company A. When not on duty he often assisted others in building houses.<br />
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Another daughter was born to William and Hannah on February 13, 1854. She lived to be just three years old, dying in 1857. Another daughter Polly Ann was born December 16, 1856.<br />
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April 9, 1857, William married a second wife Mary Ann Gheen. About this time he was asked to go to Green River to help bring some of the Hand Cart Companys. He did this leaving his family to get along as best they could.<br />
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During the year of 1857 he was commissioned a Colonel by Brigham Young, who was then Governor of the State of Utah. At this time due to the trouble starting because of Johnsons Army protesting the Mormons, William was advised to take his family and move them south. He took them to Payson, Utah. They moved into a small log cabin, the only shelter available. The roof was not even completely closed in over their heads. While there Hannah gave birth to a daughter Phebe Oninda and Mary gave birth to a son, Levi James. Family history tells us that when the children were born kind neighbors placed their carpet pieces and blankets over the inadequate roof to make them more comfortable. During this same year William and Hannah's first son John Samuel passed away.<br />
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It had been said that William before leaving Ogden stored some flour away in the ground for later use. In the winter of 1859 it was considered safe for him to bring his family back to Ogden. They moved into a small adobe home east of Washington Avenue. The winter was bitter cold with five feet of snow. William located the spot where he had left the flour and dug it up. Once again they were glad for “Flour Lumpy Dick.” We are told they used this flour most sparingly making it last until spring.<br />
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Another daughter Sally Rosa Bell was born November 15, 1861 to Hannah. She died at the age of seventeen in the year 1878. At this time William was given badly needed employment on the railroad and daughter Polly Ann in her family narration wrote, “With the first money my Father earned on the railroad he bought me my first pair of real grown up shoes.” She was then 12 years old.<br />
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William was a hard worker being a man of great physical strength. He made shingles and is believed to be the first to make shingles in the Ogden area.<br />
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William’s farm land was in Marriott, Utah. Although he was always bothered by wet soggy lowlands, he did succeed in making his ground pay.<br />
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Two more children were born to William and his first wife Hannah. They were Charles Asa, born August 17, 1869, died 3 July 1870 and Hyrum Barney born Feb 11, 1871. Charles Asa lived to be 11 months old, Hyrum Barney lived to be one year old.<br />
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William Elmer was the Father of 16 children…twelve (12) of them with his first wife Hannah Palina and four (4) of them with Mary Ann Green.<br />
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For the benefit of future history let it be known and attested that these two women loved each other, they laughed together, suffered together, shared and grieved together when sorrow struck. They both loved their God and followed the principles of their gospel.<br />
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William Elmer was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Nauvoo Legion and a high priest in the church. He was loved and respected by all who knew him.<br />
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After the Manifesto it was necessary for him to be away from his family. This was hard on him. His health was failing and this proved to be one of his greatest trials. He was, however, able to spend his last years with his first wife Hannah in the small house east of Washington Avenue.<br />
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He died true to the gospel and to his maker on December 15, 1895.<br />
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Hannah was made the administrator of his property. She allocated his twenty (20) acre farm in Marriott to his two sons Levi and Heber. They and their Mother Mary Ann Gheen moved there to make their home. Hannah remained in Ogden until her death on December 22, 1897. Mary Ann passed away seven years later on April 18, 1903. It was recalled that at the death of Hannah, Mary Ann was inconsolable. She said, “She was the best friend I ever had”.<br />
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<b>Presented by Great Granddaughter<br /><br />Cynthia Grace Wilde<br /><br />The above was submitted to the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers by Cynthia Grace Wile in January 1968. It was noted under “Company Arrived With” Independent. </b><br />
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<b>ELMER, WILLIAM</b> (son of John Elmer and Sally Peaque). Born September 16, 1820, Norwich, Orange county, Vermont. Came to Utah October 3, 1852.<br />
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Married Hannah Plina Child March 26, 1846, in Lee county, Iowa (daughter of Alfred B. Child and Polly Barber), who was born January 24, 1828, and came to Utah with husband. Their children: John Samuel born October 13, 1847, died; Mark Alfred born December 16, 1848, married Minnie Jost; William Warren born November 23, 1850, married Adelaide Hall; Cynthia Tryphenia born December 16, 1852, married John Q. Leavitt August 16, 1869; Hannah Plina, born February 13, 1854, died 1857; Polly Ann born December 6, 1856, married Mark Hall December 7, 1874; Sally Rosa Bell born November 16, 1861, died 1876; Sarah Josephine born April 15, 1863, married W. W. Browning; Electa Ann born January 28, 1865, married Chris. J. Brown; Charles Asa born August 17, 1869, died July 3, 1870; Hiram Barney born February 11, 1871, died May 21, 1872. Family home Ogden, Utah.<br />
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Married Mary Ann Gean April 1857, Salt Lake City (daughter of William A. Gean and Esther Ann Pierce, pioneers 1850). She was born December 29, 1832. Their children: Levi James born October 1, 1858, married Treen Louise Peterson February 20, 1895; Esther Ann born December 27, 1861, married Francis Keyes October 27, 1878; Amanda Vilate born July 5, 1863, married James Green Browning April 26, 1883; William Heber born February 13, 1869, married Inga Peterson December 20, 1899.<br />
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Lieutenant-colonel Nauvoo Legion; captain cavalry Company A. Assisted in building first railroad in Ogden, and first road in Ogden Canyon. Assisted in bringing immigrants to Utah 1856. High Priest.<br />
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<b>This was with information sent from the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers. It appears to have come from a book.</b><br />
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<b>Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847-1868</b><br />
This Church History site lists William Elmer as Male, 31, and coming to Utah in the Uriah Curtis Company (1852). It also states that he was Captain of First Ten.<br />
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Birth Date: 16 September 1820
Death Date: 14 December 1894
Gender: male </span><br />
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Uriah Curtis Company (1852)Age at departure: 31
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"16th Company," Deseret News [Weekly], 18 Sep. 1852, 2.
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•Church History Library, Salt Lake City
"Obituary Notes," The Deseret News [Weekly], 19 Jan. 1895, 159.
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Journal History, Supp. to 1852, p. 101
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<b>Obituary of William Elmer<br />Deseret Weekly 19 January 1898<br /><br />Utah Digital Newspapers Website</b><br />
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Ogden City, Utah, Jan 6, 1895,-Elder William Elmer, whose demise occurred December 15, 1894, joined the Church of Jesus Chrst of Latter-Day Saints in very early times. He was the son of John Elmer and Sally Peque. He ws born at Norwich, Chitiendeu County, Vermont, September 18, 1820. He with all his father's family were baptized into the Church on the 11th of July, 1835. In 1838 they removed from Vermont and settled about eight miles west of Navoo. Here they remained for eight years. when they traveled westward to Council Bluffs, where they remained four years.<br />
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On March 26, 1847 William Elmer married Miss Hannah Polina Child, daughter of Alfred B. Child and sister of Warren G. Child.<br />
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On July 8, 1852 they commenced their long overland march for Utah. They traveled in Company 16, Captain Curtis being in command. They arrived in Salt Lake City October 2nd that same year. Shortly after reaching Utah, William Elmer and his family came north and settled in Weber county, near where Bingham's Fort (now called Lynne) was built. during the fall and winter he hauled logs from the canyon and built a jog cabin, the roof of which was made of poles and dirt, and into this house he installed his family.<br />
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In the fall of 1853 the Indian troubles commenced in that part of the county, when the Saints were instructed to build a fort and gather into it for safety. This they did, and built a Spanish wall around it a good portion of which was done by William Elmer. This place was called Binghams Fort. In the winter of 1854 he suffered from a severe attack of Mountain fever, which nearly proved fatal to him. By the mercy of God he was spared, but from the effects of the sickenss he never fully recovered his normal physical strength.<br />
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During the summer of 1855 the grasshoppers raided the farms, fields and gardens. They came in countless millions--in clouds which at times darkened the upper deep. They destroyed nearly everything that was used for food for man or animals, fowl or creeping things. But by hard fighting he managed to save a little food from their ravages to feed his family. In the spring of 1856 he located in Ogden City. Late in the fall of 1856 he was called with a number of others to go back on the plains and help to bring in the hand cart companies of Saints who were blockaded by the deep snows. To this call he responded cheerfully and rendered efficient aid to the suffering emigrants.<br />
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In 1857 he was commissioned captain of calvary, company A, Nauvoo Legion, and with his men marched to Echo canyon to defend the people's rights-which were then invaded-in the "Mormon War."<br />
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In 1858 he participated in the move south. He stayed at Payson during the winter and returned to Ogden City in 1859 where he continued his residence for the remainder of his mortal career. He was subsequently commissioned major in the Nauvoo Legion, which office he held until the Legion was disorganzed by order of the Governor of Utah. The funeral, which was largely attended, was held in the Second ward meeting house. Addresses were delivered by Elders Charles F. Middleton, Bishop Robert McQuarrle, Joseph Hall and others who were intimately acquainted with him for a great number of years. All the speakers bore testimony of his great worth as a man, a citizen, a soldier, a husband and father, and a faithful Latter-day Saint. His posterity was large, seventy-eight in all to date. He had sixteen children, fifty-five grand children and seven great-grandchildren, most of whom survive him. He was of a peaceful disposition, a patient sufferer in affliction. He was upright and honest in all his dealings with his fellow men. He was formerly a Seventy, and at the time of his death was a member of the High Priest quorum.<br />
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A "dick" is simply a boiled pudding, and this dish is kin to the infamous "spotted dick." There is no doubt that, even with vigorous stirring of the flour during it addition and cooking, this dish indeed would be lumpy. While the dish is associated with Mormons in San Bernardino, it is a traditional English dish of the poor. To boiling water slowly add white flour until it reaches the consistency of mush; add a pinch of salt. Serve either hot or cold with milk and sugar. </div>
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Lumpy Dick<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1Cyn98IBiRc/TpRs_omyLrI/AAAAAAAAGH0/9vG2l49QOZU/s1600/Lumpy%2BDick.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662270471999205042" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1Cyn98IBiRc/TpRs_omyLrI/AAAAAAAAGH0/9vG2l49QOZU/s400/Lumpy%2BDick.jpg" style="display: block; height: 132px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 200px;" /></a>3 qt. rich milk<br />
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Mix flour, salt, and cream to pie dough consistency<br />
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<b>All Sons of the Utah Pioneers-Utah, Pioneer Companies</b><br />
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Name: William Elmer<br />
Age: 32<br />
Captain: U. Curtis<br />
Arrival: 01 October 1852<br />
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William Elmer was a Lieutenant-Colonel Nauvoo Legion; Captain cavalry Company A. Assisted in bringing railroad in Ogden and first road in Ogden canyon. Assisted in bringing immigrants to Utah 1856. High Priest. Came to Utah 3 October 1852.</div>
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Because he was called at this time, he (grandfather) had to leave his home that he was building before it was completed. It was in this home with no roof on the house that my grandmother was born. At the time there was three feet of snow on the ground and it was still snowing. Making it necessary to hold quilts over the bed to keep the snow off.
In the spring of 1858 President Brigham Young ordered the Saints to move south for safety from Johnson’s Army. She (</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$1730" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Polly</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.10"> </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$1736" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Ann</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.12">) lived in Payson, Utah with her parents until the fall of the same year when they moved back to Ogden. Here on the same acre of ground that he had build his home, William </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$1912" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; font-weight: bold;">Elmer</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.14"> cleared away trees and brush, and planted vegetables such as potatoes, squash, etc. The wheat and other grains as a rule were raised on five acre farms at that time. <b> </b></span></span><br />
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It was impossible then for the children here to obtain much education, but Polly Ann attended school until she was forced to work at home on account of the continued illness of her mother. Her duties at home as well as that of her other sisters consisted of everything pertaining to home. She also carded wool, spun the yarn with the aid of the spinning wheel, and out of the material made her own clothes. In the year of 1868, her father worked on the railroad grade to bring the first railroad into Ogden. For this he received money for pay and was able to buy her for the first time a pair of shoes made out of leather. She was then twelve years old.<br />
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<b>WILLIAM ELMER 1820-1894</b><br />
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William Elmer was born at Norwich, Orange County, Vermont, on 16 September 1820.
His father was John Elmer and his mother, Sally (Sarah) Peak (Peaque). He had four brothers
and four sisters. He was born and reared on a farm.<br />
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In the spring of 1838, in company with his parents and family, started west by horse team
there being no railroads. They came as far as Oeron, Ohio where they stopped to rest. While here
his mother and brother, Samuel, died of Typhoid fever. It took a lot of courage to continue on
their journey. They finally reached Adams County, Illinois late in the fall. Here they stopped for
the winter, took up a piece of ground and started to build a log cabin. As soon as the walls were
up and the roof on, the father and sons went out to work as their supplies were running low.
While they were away, the cabin with all their possessions burned to the ground. They managed
to find work enough to buy more clothes and live through the winter. In the spring, William=s
father, John, married the widow of Semore Bronson who had three small children. They all went
to live at her home. In 1843 they sold out and moved to Lee County, Iowa where they took up a
farm again.<br />
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On 26 March 1846 William married Hannah Polina Child of Lee County. Their first child,
John Samuel was born 13 October 1847. They then moved to Council Bluffs and took up another
farm. Mark Alfred was born here.<br />
<br />
William's father, John, persuaded him to take his wife, Hannah, and return to Des Moines
to get some of his other children who had stayed behind. Myron Barber Child, Hannah's brother
and wife, Emeline Elmer Child, accompanied them. It was a hard long trip with the babies. They
all traveled in one wagon with two horses. They had to keep the horses tied to the wagon every
night on account of the Indians. They were able to bring the rest of the family back with them the
following spring. Another son, William Warren, was born soon after their return.<br />
<br />
In the spring of 1852 they crossed the plains by ox team with two yokes cows hitched in
the lead. They arrived in the Great Salt Lake Valley 3 October 1852. After resting a few days
they moved on to Bingham Fort near Ogden. The country was covered with sagebrush, scrub oak
and willows with a saw mill and a grist mill run by water from Ogden River. These had been built
by the first pioneers five years before. The Indians were hostile at this time. Warren helped build
the fort to protect the families and took his turn standing guard at night. He brought timber out
of the mountains to build a house, giving half of the logs to the mill for sawing his half. Wooden
pins were used as there were no nails.<br />
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They suffered many trials, losses and depredation. He took up farming and had his first
crop destroyed by grass hoppers. They lived almost entirely on gleaning and digging roots and
killing some of their cattle for food. "When the Home Guards were established, he was made
Captain of Cavalry Company A and later on was commissioned Colonel by the Governor of Utah;
holding this office until the company disbanded.<br />
<br />
He helped build many public buildings and roads, the first road through Ogden Canyon
and the first railroad into Ogden, always donating his means freely. He was ambitious and
industrious, rising at half past four in the morning and retiring at half past eight in the evening. He
was a man of few words, strictly moral, honest and upright in all his dealing. He had a robust
constitution and great physical strength, measured five feet nine inches and his average weight
was 150 pounds. His sterling integrity and commanding respect especially qualified him for
Marshall of the Day, which position he held with honor and dignity through many celebrations.<br />
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He was one that was called to take his team and go with others to meet the handcart
company in November 1856. It was so cold many had their hands and feet frozen and nearly
starved to death, but they managed to come through alive. He was also called to go out to meet
Johnson's Army in 1857. Then he was compelled to leave his home and what little he had to go
South in 1858, taking the Turner family with them as they were pursued by the enemy at the time
of the Morrisite War. They buried flour and other provisions which came in very good when they
were able to return home once more. His entire farm was washed away by the Ogden and Weber
Rivers at Marriott, losing all he had again.<br />
<br />
He was a faithful member of the LDS church and suffered many trials for his religious
sake. He was one of those persecuted for polygamy, spending three years in the underground. It
was a great trial for him in his old age and his health began to fail, causing him to suffer for
several years before his death 14 December 1894. He was buried in the City Cemetery at Ogden,
Utah. He was the father of sixteen children, 12 by Hannah his first wife, and four by Mary Ann
Gheen, his second wife who he married 6 march 1856.<br />
<b>Found on FamilySearch.org (contributed by WellsAnnette1 3 March 2018)</b><br />
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<b>Added to the above in "Histories of the ancestors of Joseph Parker and Minnie Mae Elmer Parker (found on FamilySearch.org). </b><br />
William Warren Elmer was born at Norwich, Orange, Vermont 16 September
1820. His father was John Elmer and his mother Sally Peague/Peake. He had four
brothers and four sisters. He was born and reared on a farm. In the spring of 1838, in
company with his parents and family, they all started west by horse team. They came as
far as Oreon, Ohio where they stopped to rest. While here his mother died of typhoid
fever. It took courage to continue on their journey, but they went on and reached Adams
County, Illinois late in that fall. Here they stopped for the winter, took up a piece of
ground and started to build a log cabin. As soon as the walls were up and the roof on, the
father and sons went out to work as their supplies were running low. While away, the cabin with all their possessions burned to the ground. They managed to find work
enough to buy more clothes and live through the winter.<br />
<br />
In the spring of 1839 William’s father, John, married the widow of Semore
Bronson, Harriet Gould Bronson, who had three small children. The family went to live
at her home. In the year of 1843 they sold out and moved to Lee County, Iowa where
they took up a farm again. They lived just a few miles from Nauvoo and William was a
Captain in the Nauvoo Legion.<br />
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When William was 26 years of age he married Hannah Polina Child of Lee
County, 26 March 1846. Their first child, John Samuel, was born 13 October 1847.
They then moved to Council Bluffs and took up another farm. Their second son Mark
Alfred was born 16 December 1848.<br />
<br />
In the spring of 1859 William’s father, John, persuaded him to take his wife
Hannah and return to Des Moines to get some of his other children who had stayed
behind. . . .(since William was 29 and next to the youngest they were all older than he).
Myron child, Hannah’s brother and his wife accompanied them. It was a long, hard trip
with the babies. They all traveled in one wagon with two horses. They had to keep the
horses tied to the wagon every night on account of the Indians. They were able to bring
the rest of the family back with them the next spring.<br />
<br />
Another son, William Warren was born that year, 22 November 1850. William
worked for 50 cents a day and Hannah took in two boarders at a dollar a week that they
might save money for the trip to Utah.<br />
<br />
In the spring of 1852 they crossed the plains by ox team with two yoke of oxen
hitched in the lead. They arrived in the Great Salt Lake Valley, 3 October 1852. After
resting a few days they moved on to Harrisville, near Ogden. The country was covered
with sage brush, scrub oak and willows with a few scattered houses. The Indians were
very hostile at this time. William helped build Bingham’s Fort (located west of Wall
Avenue and 2nd Street in Ogden) to protect the families and took his turn nights standing
guard. He brought timber out of the mountains to build a house, giving half of the logs to
the mill for sawing his half. (The saw mill was owned by Lorin Farr) Wooden pins were
used as there were no nails.<br />
<br />
They suffered many trials, losses and depredations. William took up land to farm
and had his first crop destroyed by grasshoppers. They lived almost entirely on gleanings
and digging roots and killing some of their cattle for food. In the spring of 1856 they
moved into Ogden where there were a few more people. They took up ground on the
Bench, built a house and raised a fine garden, and William kept the farm in Harrisville.
The next spring they sold the farm and bought fifteen acres in Marriott close to the Weber
River. They cleared the land and planted ten acres of wheat, corn, potatoes, etc., and
raised a good crop.<br />
<br />
When the Home Guard was established he was made Captain of the Cavalry,
Company A, and later on was appointed a non-commissioned Colonel by the Governor of
Utah: holding this office until the company disbanded.<br />
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On 6 March 1856, he took a second wife, Mary Ann Gheen. Hannah received her
kindly and shared what little they had. Mary Ann Gheen was born 29 December 1832 at
East National County Pennsylvania. She came to Utah with her parents, with an ox team
in 1850. When she was nine years old, she suffered Infantile Paralysis in her right side.
Her right arm was made helpless. It grew in length but never developed. In this
condition she married and reared four children.<br />
<br />
In November 1856 William was one that was called to take his team and go with
others to meet the Hand Cart companies. It was so cold that many had hands and feet
frozen and nearly starved to death but they managed to come through alive. He was also
called to go out to meet Johnson’s Army, in 1857.<br />
<br />
In 1858 he was compelled to leave his home and what little he had and go south
taking the Turner family with them as they were pursued by the enemy at the time of the
Johnson’s Army entering the valley to arrest the polygamists. They buried flour and
other provisions which came in good stead when they were able to return home. Mary
Ann’s first child, Levi James, was born in Payson on 1 October 1858. When they came
back his entire farm at Marriott was washed away from flooding of the Weber River, so
once again, they lost everything.<br />
<br />
William helped build many public buildings and roads. He helped build the first
road through Ogden Canyon and the first railroad into Ogden. He was ambitious and
industrious. He arose at half-past four in the morning and retired at half-past eight in the evening. A man of few words, strictly moral, honest and upright in all his dealings, and
donated his time and means freely. He had a robust constitution and great physical
strength. He measured five feet nine inches tall, and his average weight was 150 pounds.
His sterling integrity, commanding appearance, especially qualified him for “Marshall of
the Day” which position he held with honor and dignity at many celebrations.<br />
<br />
Polly Ann said her father bought her her first pair of grown up shoes in 1868
when she was twelve years old with money he had earned working on the railroad and
she never forgot the thrill of having real store shoes.<br />
<br />
William loved the Gospel and was a faithful member of The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints, he was a High Priest, and suffered many trials for his religion.
He was one of those persecuted for polygamy, spending three years in the underground.
It was a great trial for him in his old age and his health began to fail. He suffered for
several years before his death 15 December 1894. He was buried in the Ogden City
Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah.<br />
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Hannah’s brother, Myron Barber child, was an interpreter for the Indians and
could speak several Indian dialects. William was seen with him so much that the Indians
called him Pee-a-sup, or Red blanket. He rode a large white horse and wore a red and
blue cape and could be seen for a long distance. He was always kind to the Indians and
they respected him. What he said was law to them and he settled many quarrels and
disputes which might have ended in bloodshed but for this respect.<br />
<br />
He was the father of 16 children, twelve by Hannah, his first wife and four by
Mary Ann Gheen.<br />
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William and Hannah’s children are 1, John Samuel born 13 October 1847, died;
2, Mark Alfred born 16 December 1848, married Minnie Jost; 3, William Warren born
23 November 1850, married Adelaide Hall; 4. Cynthia Tryphenia born 16 December
1852, married John Q. Leavitt 16 August 1869; 5, Hannah Plina born 12 February
1854, died 1857; 6, Polly Anna born 6 December 1856, married M. D. Taylor 27
December 1875; 7, Phebe Arinda born 19 September 1858, married Mark Hall 7
December 1874; 8, Sally Rosa Bell born 16 November 1861, died 1878; 9. Sarah
Josephine born 15 April 1863, married W.W. Browning; 10, Electa Ann born 28 January 1865, married Christ J. Brown; 11, Charles Asa born 17 August 1869, died 7 July 1870;
12, Hiram Barney born 11 February 1871, died 21 May 1872.<br />
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William and Mary Ann’s children are 1, Levi James born 1 October 1858,
married Treen Louise Peterson 20 February 1895; 2, Esther Ann born 27 December
1861, married Francis Keyes 27 October 1878; 3, Amanda Vilate born 5 July 1862,
married James Green Browning 26 April 1883; 4, William Heber born 13 February
1869, married Inga Peterson 20 December 1899.<br />
<br />
<b>History edited by Dorothy Toone Cook, 2008. Taken from information from “Pioneers
and Prominent Men of Utah,” published in 1913, and edited by Frank Esshom.
Histories from the Daughters of Utah Pioneers Library, Salt Lake City, Utah turned in
by: LaRue N. Whiteley, Cynthia Grace Wilde, Rhea B. Cazier, Louise B. Stock.</b><br />
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<b>EARLY MORMON MISSIONARIES</b><br />
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William Elmer<br />
Eastern States<br />
October 1871-March 1871<br />
Age Called: 51<br />
United States<br />
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Set Apart: 16 October 1870<br />
Arrived At Home: 28 March 1871<br />
Mission type: Proselytizing<br />
Marital Status: Plurally Married<br />
Priesthood office: Seventy<br />
Quorum: 38th<br />
Called From: Ogden, Weber, Utah Territory, United States<br />
Set apart by: C C Rich<br />
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Arn and Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03744676874718986386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294455042431301131.post-30554947195492516632012-08-05T00:00:00.000-07:002020-07-09T11:37:38.038-07:00HANNAH POLINA CHILD (ELMER) 1838-1897<b><br /></b>
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William and Hannah Paulina Child and Mary Ann Gheen Elmer Tombstone, Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber County, Utah.<br />
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Burial: Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA - Plot: E-3-7-2E<br />
Find A Grave Memorial# 26051563<br />
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Hanna P. Elmer, died May 23, aged 69 years, two months and 29 days, at her home on the corner of Adams and Twenty-sixth street, No. 2612. the funeral will take place at the Second ward meeting house at two o'clock today.</div>
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The Standard, Tuesday Morning, May 25, 1897.</div>
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HANNAH POLINA CHILD ELMER<br />
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Hannah Polina Child Elmer was born January 24, 1828, North Hammond St., Lawrence County, New York. Daughter of Alfred Bosworth Child and Polly Barber.<br />
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In 1838 at the age of ten she started west with her parents and family (ten in all) with clothing, bedding and provisions, in a wagon drawn by a span of horses – there being no railroads at this time. Their first stop was Kirtland, Ohio – to rest.<br />
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Here in Kirtland she saw the first Temple, her folks having joined the Latter Day Saint’s Church. They traveled on, having the best of luck as far as the Missouri River, where they were told that the Saint’s had been driven out of Jackson County into Caldwell. Moving on, they took up some land at Ambrosia but were ordered to leave in three weeks. They traveled to Adamondiahamon, Davis County, and stayed a few weeks, living in tents. Here a mob rode in and took her Father and Brother along with the other men prisoners. Marched them out a few miles, but released them after a few hours – all, that is, but the Heads of the Church, who were released later, unharmed. They stole everything they could – even one of their horses.<br />
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Her father traded his wagon for some ground and built a small log house and the family moved in – only to be told that they must leave the state – a distance of three hundred miles – in fifteen days. Her father had a little money and hired one of the settlers to move them, then let Mr. Sessions have his other horse to put with the one he had. They moved on, two and three families to a wagon – poorly clad, sleeping on the ground, many walking through snow and mud, and half starved. The suffering was awful, but they finally got across the Mississippi River. They stopped with several other families at Quiney and rented a farm and raised a good crop. In the fall they moved to Iowa and took up a farm on what was called “half breed land” – just eight miles from Nauvoo. They were very poor but managed to put up a log house which had no floor and they made a fire on the ground. Her father and brother went off to work for food.<br />
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In the spring of 1840 her father fenced in, and put in a crop, and planted fruit trees – finished the house and bought a cow, pig and some chickens. He taught school in the winter and farmed in the summer. All seemed to prosper for about four years, although there was much sickness and many hardships to endure. Hannah was sick for sixteen weeks with typhoid fever and had to learn to walk again.<br />
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She was sixteen years old when the Prophet Joseph was killed and more troubles started. Her brother Mark enlisted in the army this same year 1844, was sent to Mexico and was never heard from after. The year 1844 and 1845 found them still comfortable, as Mr. Child had been made Postmaster of String Prairie. The Saint’s were driven from Nauvoo late in winter of 1845 and 1846.<br />
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They camped at Sugar Creek about a mile from the Childs' home until the grass started to grow to feed their horses. They lived in wagons and tents and suffered untold hardships. They finally started for Council Bluffs. Their horses were poor and the mud was terrible. Her brother Myron was married at this camp and Hannah was married in March, the same spring to William Elmer.<br />
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The two couples rented a house and lived together and saved to continue on to the west. Mr. Child, with his family, and the rest of the Saint’s left for Council Bluffs. The parting was hard for her, as her little brother Asa tried to stay with her. She worked so hard and worried till she had brain fever and was sick again for two months. There was no help to be had, except a small boy to run errands. All were sick or afraid of the fever. They had to haul water three miles from the river and endured many hardships. William went to Keokuk, twelve miles to get medicine. He took sick on the way and had to be brought home. He lay beside her on the bed for three days burning with fever before help came. An over-dose of medicine nearly ended his life at this time. The year was a very trying one and they were not able to save enough to start west, but in September, John, Hannah’s brother, came back and she was so happy to see him. Her first baby was born in three weeks and was named John after him. There was no help to be had so John and a neighbor lady took care of her. She got along splendidly and in two weeks took in two boarders to cook for at one dollar per week apiece.<br />
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William was making fifty cents a day and they were able to save enough to buy a wagon and the things they needed to start west. In the spring of 1848 the two couples, each with a baby, started out. It was very stormy and muddy traveling and the Indians were hostile, but there was plenty of grass for the horses. It took three weeks to go from Des Moines to Council Bluffs, where the folks had stopped to recruit before starting for Salt Lake. A neighbor met them three miles out and said the folks were well, but little Asa had died. Both John and Hannah were heart-broken, for they had looked forward to this reunion. It took some time before she could be reconciled and enjoy herself. Little Johnnie was seven months old and the first grand child – so much was made over him. The following spring the two couples returned to Des Moines to please John Elmer to get the rest of his children, who had stayed behind. The trip was full of hardships and privations but they managed to persuade the rest of the brothers and sisters to go back with them. John (William’s father) was overjoyed.<br />
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They remained at the Bluffs until 1852, when they all started for Salt Lake – about three hundred families in all. When they got to the Platt River, cholera broke out. A great many died and many more were sick. Hannah did much to ease the suffering and help bury the dead. She finally contracted cholera herself and was unable to do anything until they reached the mountains. The high dry air seemed to revive her. When they got to Salt Lake the company was divided – part going south, and the others north. The Elmers and part of the Child family went north to where Ogden is now. There were just two houses, a patch of oak and wild cherry bushes. They took up a farm at Harrisville, lived in their wagons until houses could be built. Hannah’s father ran Brother Farr’s saw mill day and night to get lumber cut for their homes. During this time he contracted Brain fever from which he died.<br />
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They managed, someway, to get through that terrible winter, the cold and lack of food caused much sickness.<br />
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In the spring they put in a crop and things looked better for a while but soon the grasshoppers came and destroyed most of it. They saved just enough to see them through the fall and winter.<br />
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The Indians were so bad they had to build a twelve foot wall and made a Fort and all move in for protection.<br />
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In November 1854 William got Mountain fever and was sick for three months. In the spring of 1855, the grasshoppers again took most of their crops. Many had to kill their stock and dig roots to keep alive. That winter all the children had scarlet fever, five down at one time. All survived but in the spring they all had measles and the baby, thirteen months old, died. Poverty seemed nothing to this sorrow.<br />
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In the spring of 1856 they moved into Ogden where there were a few more people. They took up ground on the Bench, built a house and raised a fine garden, and William kept the farm in Harrisville.<br />
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That fall, William was called to go back to meet the Hand Cart Company. Instead of the trip taking a few days, William was gone two months. It was a terrible trip, all half frozen and starved, and many died.<br />
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Hannah and the little boys (the oldest eight years) gathered the crops and dug the potatoes. She tended what stock they had. It was bitter cold and the snow was deep.<br />
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Another baby was born December 6, just after William’s return. The house was not finished and wood supply was gone, but they gathered willows and dried them and managed to keep warm. There was no doctor or medicine to be had at this time.<br />
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The next spring they sold the farm and bought fifteen acres in Marriott close to Weber River. They cleared the land and planted ten acres of wheat, corn, potatoes, etc., and raised a good crop.<br />
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William married a second wife, Mary Ann Gheen and Hannah shared what she had with her, although it wasn’t much. They all lived together and managed to be happy even though these were trying times.<br />
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Hannah and small children went to the farm and helped with the vegetable garden and gleaned wheat. Just as the last of the crop was gathered, William was called to go meet Johnson’s army. This left the gathering and hauling of the winter wood to Hannah and her little boys. Mary Ann tended the smaller children and they managed very well – even to helping neighbors who were sick or ailing.<br />
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Hannah was the mother of twelve children, all born during this period of poverty and privation. She gave many hours of her time helping others, and being a midwife, brought hundreds of babies into the world.<br />
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She lived a good and faithful life, and was loved by all. She passed away May 23, 1897, and is buried in Ogden City Cemetary.<br />
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<b>By Rhea B. Cazier The above was submitted to the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers </b><br />
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<span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$323" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hannah</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.g" style="font-family: serif; font-size: 20px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Paulina </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$338" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;">Child</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.i" style="font-family: serif; font-size: 20px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> was born in Hammond, St. Laurence Co. New York January 24, 1828. She joined the church when a small girl and moved to Missouri with her parents.</span><br />
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<span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.i" style="font-family: serif; font-size: 20px; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the year 1846 she was married to William </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$536" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;">Elmer</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.k" style="font-family: serif; font-size: 20px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> at Montrose, Lee Co. Iowa. Here three boys were born to them. They crossed the plains with Ox Teams and arrived in Ogden, Utah in the year 1852. Here nine more children were born; of which my grandmother </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$749" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;">Polly</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.m" style="font-family: serif; font-size: 20px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$755" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ann</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.o" style="font-family: serif; font-size: 20px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.$759" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; font-family: serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap;">Elmer</span><span data-reactid=".0.1.1.0.0.q" style="font-family: serif; font-size: 20px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> was one. <b>written by Polly Elizabeth Taylor (Roghaar) found on FamilySearch.org</b></span><br />
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Polly Ann Elmer (Taylor),
Polly Elizabeth Taylor (Roghaar).
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Dear Linda, This biography was written by my mother about her mother and grandmother. Love, Dad (A.P. Roghaar)
Hannah Paulina Child was born in Hammond, St. Laurence Co. New York January 24, 1828. She joined the church when a small girl and moved to Missouri with her parents.
In the year 1846 she was married to William Elmer at Montrose, Lee Co. Iowa. Here three boys were born to them. They crossed the plains with Ox Teams and arrived in Ogden, Utah in the year 1852. Here nine more children were born; of which my grandmother Polly Ann Elmer was one.</span></span><br />
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Polly Ann Elmer was born December 6, 1856 in Ogden, Utah. Just before that time her father William Elmer was called by President Brigham Young to go back as far as the Sweet River (beyond Evanston) and meet the Handcart Company. Because of the deep snow and severe cold weather, they had been delayed and were suffering from hunger and cold. This made it necessary for provisions and clothing to be taken to them before they could continue their journey into Salt Lake City.</span></span><br />
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Because he was called at this time, he (grandfather) had to leave his home that he was building before it was completed. It was in this home with no roof on the house that my grandmother was born. At the time there was three feet of snow on the ground and it was still snowing. Making it necessary to hold quilts over the bed to keep the snow off. </span></span><br />
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In the spring of 1858 President Brigham Young ordered the Saints to move south for safety from Johnson’s Army. She (Polly Ann) lived in Payson, Utah with her parents until the fall of the same year when they moved back to Ogden. Here on the same acre of ground that he had build his home, William Elmer cleared away trees and brush, and planted vegetables such as potatoes, squash, etc. The wheat and other grains as a rule were raised on five acre farms at that time. </span></span><br />
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It was impossible then for the children here to obtain much education, but Polly Ann attended school until she was forced to work at home on account of the continued illness of her mother. </span></span><br />
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Her duties at home as well as that of her other sisters consisted of everything pertaining to home. She also carded wool, spun the yarn with the aid of the spinning wheel, and out of the material made her own clothes. </span></span><br />
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In the year of 1868, her father worked on the railroad grade to bring the first railroad into Ogden. For this he received money for pay and was able to buy her for the first time a pair of shoes made out of leather. She was then twelve years old. </span></span><br />
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Polly Ann was baptized in the Ogden River and confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the year 1869. In 1872 or 73 she was one of the first members enrolled in the Mutual Improvement Association. </span></span><br />
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On December 27, 1875, she was married to John M. D. Taylor in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City. Their first four children were born in Ogden.</span></span><br />
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In September 1884, she moved with her family to Salt Lake City to live. From there they moved to Mona, Juab Co., Utah in November 1885. Here her fifth child, Thomas, was born. When the child was but a few weeks old, his parents received a testimony as to the power of the priesthood, which has always been a great inspiration and comport to them. The child was taken very ill with convulsions. After suffering this way for a short time the spirit left his body and he was pronounced dead by those caring for him. About three hours later Bishop Haus and some of the other Brethren of the ward came to the home and by the power of the priesthood the child was made to live again. He is still living and is now a grandfather.</span></span><br />
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She (Polly Ann) served as President of the Primary in Mona for about four years. During their stay there, they sheltered several of the persecuted polygamists.
March 15, 1889 their sixth child was born, and three weeks later they returned to Ogden to live. Here four more children were born, making ten in all, my mother (Polly Elizabeth Taylor) being the oldest.</span></span><br />
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In May 1897 Polly Ann’s mother, Hannah Paulina Child Elmer died.</span></span><br />
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Polly Ann was set apart as President of the 4th Ward Relief Society of the Ogden Stake October 11, 1908. Here she served for eleven years. She then served on the Ogden Stake Relief Society Board for about three years. She is still working in the Relief Society, and has spent a great deal of time during her life helping the sick. She has a wonderful character, and is a loving devoted mother to her children. Her constant faith and courage has helped her to endure many hardships and sacrifices. She is still living at the age of seventy-three.
There is an autobiography of Polly Elizabeth Taylor in this packet.
(Typed into the computer July, 1999 by Linda Roghaar Clark from a handwritten record sent to me by my father, Andrew Paul Roghaar, son of Polly Elizabeth Taylor. ) </span></span><br />
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Hannah Paulina Child Elmer </span></span></div>
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Birth Date: 24 January 1828
Death Date: 22 May 1897
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Uriah Curtis Company (1852)Age at departure: 24
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">A small but a true and correct statement of a few of the incidents of my life from ten years (1838) of age, which years my parents joined the Mormon Church, or rather the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and soon moving west with one span of horses and wagon, and I, ten, in family, our beds and clothing all drawn by one span of horses from New York to state of Missouri. There, with no railroads, we traveled as far as Kirtland, Ohio and there we laid over to rest and (recruit) about a week. This was the first temple that I ever saw and I pondered about those fitted letters meant/on the front, "Holiness to the Lord." I remember looking and pondering what the saints built that for and then go and leave it, but did not ask any questions.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Well, we traveled on (having) the best of luck all the way. When we got to the Missouri River, we were told that the saints had been drove from Jackson and other counties into Caldwell and Davies Counties. We went into Caldwell County, stopped in Farr West, stayed there a few days, and moved out a few miles in a little town called Ambrosia. Father took him up a little piece of ground and thought of making a farm. Three weeks passed and then we had orders to all leave there and go to Adam-on-Diahman, Davis County, a distance of 28 miles. We reached there in safety.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">We stayed there a few weeks, this being the winter or spring of 39. We all lived in our tents. In the latter part of winter, the mob rode in amongst the tents, five hundred in all, painted and cursing and swearing, like so many demons, took all the men prisoner, my father and oldest brother Mark with the rest, marched them out about half of a mile and kept them a few hours, and then let them come back to their families, excepting the heads of the Church. Them they were going to kill, but through the mercies of God, there was none harmed. There had been a great many killed previous to this, which you will learn by reading the History of the Church. They stole everything they could lay their hands on. They took one of my father's horses, leaving us without a team.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Father traded his wagon for a piece of ground and house, a small log house, and we moved in, but we had not been there long until we all had notice to leave the state, had to everyone be away in fifteen days or all be massacred and nothing to go with distance, I think of three hundred miles. My father had a little money and he hired one of the settlers to move him and he let Mr. Sessions have his remaining horse to put with one he had to help him. Two or three families to a wagon and some went afoot, poorly clad and barefoot through snow and mud, making their beds on the ground, build a campfire and dry their clothes. It would take more than this book to give you the details of that one trip.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">No one knows the suffering, only those that were there, but we all got to the Mississippi River and camped for two or three weeks until the ice stopped running in the river so that we could cross over into Quincy. And then the saints went every direction where they could get quarters. My father and several others stopped four miles from Quincy and rented a farm, raised a good crop, and in the fall, we moved to Iowa and he took him up a farm on what was called the Half-Breed land. There were many of the saints settled 8 miles from there across the Mississippi. Purchased some land and built the city of Nauvoo. They were all poor alike, being driven away from all they had in Missouri. They had to do the best they could.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Father put up the body of a log house and covered it with boards and Mother tacked sheets and pieces around the sides where the bed was. We had no floor; build our fire on the ground, while my father and eldest brothers went off to work for something to eat. In the spring of 40, Father fenced and put in a crop and planted, peach, apple, and cherry seeds, furnished his house, bought a cow and some chickens and a pig, and we went to living again, Father teaching school in the winter and improving his farm in the summer.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">I will have to pass by a great many incidents that I would like to mention, but only give you a few to keep along with the times. The saints built up the city of Nauvoo and built a temple. All seemed to prosper for four years, although there was a great deal of sickness, fever, and fevers of most all kinds in the winter of 43. I had the typhoid fever sixteen weeks. I was not out of bed, only as I was lifted out when (thought) I could get up. I had to go on crutches, as the fever settled in one of my limbs. I walked on crutches about 6 weeks and gradually got so that I could walk.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">I was just 16 the year of forty-four. The prophet Joseph was killed in June the same year. Then they were in trouble again, which you will learn by reading the History of the Church.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Well, Father had a nice comfortable home. We began to have peaches from the seed he planted and a few cherries. My brother enlisted in the army and went to Mexico. None heard of him again.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">That year of forty-four/forty-five still found us comfortable, as my father was put in postmaster in forty-two. The place was called String Prairie. And the winter of forty-five and the spring of forty-six, the saints were all driven out of Kansas, came over where we lived, camped on Sugar Creek a mile from where we lived. Some lived in wagons, some in tents, some in (places) made of quilts and carpets and brush. It was in February and snow on the ground. They had to stay camped there until the grass started for their teams. Then they started for Council Bluffs. Their teams were poor, and mud most of the way up to the wagon hubs. I was not in that company, but I had a sister that was -- Aunt Polly Richardson. My brother Myron was married in that camp while they were on Sugar Creek and I was married in March, the same spring. My father waited until May when they, with other families, started on with the rest, or after the rest.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Brother Myron and your father, as I can say your father now, as I don't expect it will interest any except my children or grandchildren. There may be a few items that they might profit by view the contrast between them and the recent time. Your father and brother Myron rented a house together and we were left back until we could get means to go with. When I see my parents and brothers and sisters start off, there would be no means to describe my feelings, for I could not. My dear little brother Asa cried and went and hid behind a tree. He did not want to leave me. He wanted to stay with me. That night was a lonely one and at (two weeks), before I could content myself, oh I was so homesick. My dear little brother felt so bad. I worked to help get means to go on with your father. I was not anxious to go. There was no saints left there, only your Aunt Martha's mother and her children. All of his old friends were trying to keep him. He never joined the church until he came west. He was baptized when he was eight years old and had not been with the saints and he did not know much about them,. But I was determined to never stop trying nor cease my efforts in getting means to come to the mountains where the biggest part of the saints had started for.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">But I worked hard and worried to help along until I took the brain fever, lay two months. Oh, my mother, I could think of nothing else but home and mother, the doctor thought I never would pull through. I had fly blisters all over my neck and shoulders and on my chest. My brother and wife were sick and we could not get any help. There was so many sick and them that was not sick was afraid of the fever. We hired a little boy 12 years old, was all the help we could get.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Your father had to haul all the water we used three miles in barrels in July. Oh, how I did call for water, bring me water that stood in those barrels a week at a time. Taste of the barrel and so warm, just imagine a person burning up with a fever in July and wanting water and have to drink river water, no mother, sister, or friend to come and make our beds or fix us something that we could eat. How thankful we all ought to be when we are sick -- to have relatives and kind friends to help and speak words of comfort! How much better we would feel!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Just as I was able to be bolstered up in bed, your father went to Keokuk, 12 miles to get medicine and groceries. He went with one of the neighbors. He took sick while he was in town. They started home. He could not 'Sit up. He lay on some sacks and rode home. He could not stand when they took him out of the wagon. Two men brought him in, laid him on the bed beside me. You can judge a little how I felt. I could not do anything. He lay there burning up with a fever.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">The third day, my brother Myron was so that he could be up a little and be mixed some medicine that the doctor left him. Instead of measuring on the point of a pen knife, he gave him a teaspoonful. He turned deathly sick and groaned and sweated. We were all frightened. I told my brothers he had given too much, but in less than two minutes, he commenced to vomit and it kept it up two hours and then the doctor came. He said if he had not throwed it up he would not have lived two hours. But it broke the fever, But it might have ended him.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Well, it was three months before I was able to work. I had the chills and fever all the fall, but kept around. We managed to get a little that winter, but enough to get us a team, a yoke of steers, so we could not go this year. This was the spring of forty-seven.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">One year passed and but little towards our journey. I see plainly we could have to wait until another spring. I felt very bad, but there was no use. We would have to wait, but it was such a lonesome summer to me. I worked hard and saved every cent that we could get.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Your father thought we had not better try to go. I knew that it was his friends that tired to discourage him to keep him from going with the Mormons, rather Latter-Day Saints. I was determined to keep him on my side and get him away from such and evil influences as soon as possible.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">We both worked and saved enough to buy us a wagon and several things we needed. In September the same year, my brother John come back. I could not describe my feelings. It would be impossible to try. Never was a brother more welcomed, nor a sister any happier than I when I saw my dear brother and in a time when I appreciated him so much.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">In three weeks after he came, my first child was born. He was named John after my dear brother.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">I could not get a girl to work, for there was so much fever and ague. My brother, with the help of a neighboring lady, managed to do the work. I got along splendid., In two weeks, I took two boarders to cook for one dollar a week apiece. Your father made fifty cents a day, and I took in work, mostly knitting, for I could do that with my babe, for he was terrible cross.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">We made enough to start in the spring of forty-eight to come on with the saints, My brother Myron and his wife and one child come with us. We got along, although it was very stormy and muddy traveling There was no settlements between Des Moines and Council Bluffs so we had to travel alone, just the two wagons. One had to stop early at night and let the horses eat so that we could tie them to the wagons at night, for the Indians were so bad. There was plenty of grass. We did not need any grain. We were three weeks on the road from Des Moines to Council Bluffs where our folks stopped to (recruit) before they started for Salt Lake. There was no post office there. Consequently, we never heard from my father's folks after we left the Des Moines.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">When we got within 3 miles of home or where my folks lived, we met one of their neighbors, We were very anxious to hear from home. He told us they were all well, but the youngest boy was dead. I said, "Oh, is my baby brother dead?" How much I had thought of meeting him. He was just 8 years old. We stopped our teams and got out on the ground and sit down. My brother John as well as myself was almost broken-hearted. I told them I could not meet the rest and not see him. I would rather turn around and go back. We stayed about an hour and then drove on.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">When we got in sight of home and they all come out to meet us -- Father, Polly, Phebe, Warren, and Orville. My brother could not come out. And my dear little brother had been dead 5 weeks. Of course, they had got pretty reconciled to their loss. But it was hard for us. He said while he wished I would come, but he told my mother he never would see me again. I had waited too long. Yes, I had waited too long, but could not help it. I took a long time for me to get so that I could enjoy myself with the rest. Johnie was just seven months old. He was the first grandchild and he was handed around amongst them all.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Well, we stayed there until the next spring. That winter, my second boy was born in December 2, 1848. In the spring, your grandfather Elmer (I forgot to tell you that) he came in the same year that my father came. He wanted your father to go back to Des Moines and try and get some of the rest of his children to come as your father was the only one that had come. He said he would go back if I would go with him, I hated to go over the road again alone with my two little children. But his father wanted me to go. He says they never will come if you don't go. Poor old man, I could not refuse him. He loved his children and he was so good to me.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Well, I got my brother </span></span><span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Myron and his wife to go back with us. As she had only one child, she could go. Well, we started; we left our folks again. We did some crying the first day. We will say nothing about the other days. One of my children was sick when we started, but he got better. We had a very good trip. We all slept in the one wagon. We just went with one team. Ourselves, kids, and team -- we got along very well. We had to keep our horses tied to the wagon every night on account of the Indians. One night my brother's wife screamed. Her babe was took out of her arms and out of the wagon. My brother was out as quick as the babe was. One of the horses had it by night dress, just laid him on the ground and pawed it, supposing it was a sack of grain., Brother hollered at him, scared the horse. But the babe was all right. The babe was, or now is, Bishop William's child of Hooper. We had a good laugh when all was right,.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">We found all of the relatives well but quite better and thought they should never leave their homes. They thought they were too poor, but we had good success. We stayed all winter and helped hem. (Now I don't say that I did not get homesick. No one knows. You can't know what passed through that winter). Finally succeeded in getting your Uncle Hiram and family, Uncle Ira and family, and your Aunt Martha and family, and Aunt Sally, all the children your Grandfather Elmer had.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">The girls left their husbands. They said if they did not come with us they never could come. Their husbands were so bitter they furnished their families with a good outfit and told them to go with the g-- d-- Mormons if they wanted to, But they both followed up in the fall but never joined the church. One had a good many hardships on the road and some of them wished they never had started. But we got home all right, and as your grandfather said we would, got them all. If we would go back instead, we had to put up with a good deal of talk and slander about the Mormons., Your Aunt Eveline wished your father in some bad place before he had got there and persuaded your uncle to come with the Mormons. But poor woman; she joined the church and lived and died a good Latter-day Saint. They have all got big families, children and grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and I think all belong to the church. We never have been sorry that we went back, although it was a big undertaking.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">That same fall, Warren was born Nov 22 1850. We had to stay at the Bluffs another year to get means to come on to the valley. Warren was sick the winter. He was a year old. We thought we could never raise him, but through the blessing of God, he was spared to us.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">The year of 52, we all started for Salt Lake, about three hundred families. When we got to the Platte River, cholera started in camp and there was a great many died, would not live, but after a few hours they were taken. I went two or three rods to a wagon to help them, but I had not been there five minutes before I took it. The man was just breathing his last and I thought/think it was too much for me. I took brandy and No 6, was administered to, and the captain told your father to hitch up his team and take me out of the camp. There were several of the company that started out with us. The rest stayed to bring the dead.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">I felt better the next day. At night, the camp came up, but there was a good many sick and several died that night. But we kept traveling -- just a few left back with those that were dying to bury them. I never got so that I could do anything until we struck the mountain air and then I got better.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">When we got to Salt Lake, they sent part of us south and part north, and my folks and part of his come in Ogden or where Ogden now is. There was two horses and a patch of oak brush and wild cherry. We went across Ogden and took up a farm. We lived in our wagons until the men could get timber and build a place to live in. We had a good farm in Harrisville and your father got his house built.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Your grandfather Child ran Brother Far's sawmill up towards the mouth of the canyon. He sawed day and night to get timber to build the houses with There was where he took his death -- cold in that canyon wind. He took sick in November with lung fever. Mother lived up there in one of Brother Far's rooms with a storm floor.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">We got into our house the first of December. Father did not get any better and I had not seen him for 8 or 10 days and I thought I must go and see him. Your father did not want me to go, but I thought I must go and your father hitched up his team and took me. It was rough and cold and snow on the ground. It was a terrible night and four miles to go,. I left Johnie and Mark to their aunt's about a mile from us. I took Warren with me. He was just 2 years old. We got there about 9 o'clock at night, found my father a little better so that he could talk a little to me.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">I had been there about 2 hours and I took sick. Your father went out and hitched up the team and we started for home. My father had gone to sleep and we left him in care of my brother and sister and took Mother home with us. We put a quilt in the bottom of the wagon and I rode on that instead of sitting in a chair as I did when I went over. Your father drove his horses on a run four miles. When we got home, the door had blown open and the snow had blown in and there was two or three cows gone in out of the storm. Your father got them out and built a fire and in twenty minutes Cyntha was born. The bed was cold and damp. Your father went and got a neighbor woman to come and stay until morning, a perfect stranger. She lived about half a mile away. That was our nearest neighbor.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Your father took your grandmother right back. It was just an hour from the time we left my father until Grandmother was on his load back as fast as she come. My father was so (com) she did not want to leave him. But he did not rouse up while she was gone so he had not called her as he did if he wanted to turn or want a drink.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Well, that was a horrible night for me. I chilled and vomited the rest of the night. The woman that was there was frightened. She thought I was dying. I was so cold and deathly sick she did not know what to do. She was young and I was too sick to tell her. As soon as I could, I told her to make me some hot drink and put some hot irons around me. Well, we got through till morning and your father went and got Aunt Ann Richardson. She stayed with me two days. She would not stay any longer. She thought I would die. She went and got Luman Shirtliff to come and administer to me and I got better. But I never see my dear father any more. He died when Cynthia was a week old.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Well, we got through until spring and then your father put in a good crop, but the grasshoppers came and eat all but just enough to do us that fall and winter,. But the Indians was so bad we were all compelled to fort up. We all moved together and build a rock wall twelve foot high.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">That was in the fall of 54 and in November that same fall, your father took the mountain fever and was sick three months, could not raise himself in bed, had to be lifted. I never left him although the watchers would try to get me to go and lay down. All the sleep I got was leaning on his bed. He just got so he could sit up and walk around a little when my second girl was born 13 February 55, your sister Polina. I got through with that all right, or the best I could under the circumstances. It rained and our house leaked and our bed and clothing were wet the most of the time, but through the blessings of God, we all were spared.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">In the spring of 55, your father put in another crop. Spring of 55 we raised a good crop. The grasshoppers took a part of it, but left us enough for our bread. That year there was a great many that did not raise enough to eat. The grasshoppers eat the grass and leaves all off from the corn so there was nothing for the stock. A great many starved to death and there was a great many killed for the people to eat when they got so poor they could not get up alone. It was a hard time for the saints that year. They had to dig roots and live the best they could until they raised another crop. That winter, my children all had the scarlet fever, five down to once, but all lived through it. In the spring, the measles come in to the fort and my children had those and I lost my youngest girl 13 months old. Then I begin to have trouble. (That summer was a lonely summer for me.) Poverty was nothing that spring of 56.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Well, we all left Bingham's Fort and came in to Ogden or the most of them. There were but few houses. I think there were three on the bench. We took a lot on the bench. Of course, we had our choice, for we did not have to pay for land then. We build a house and fenced the lot and raised a splendid garden. Your father tended his farm in Harrisville and that fall, the first of October, your father, with others, was called to go back with his team after the handcart company back on Sweetwater. His crops were not gathered nor his potatoes due.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">He went, did not expect to be gone only a few days. Well, I helped the little boys to take care of the garden stuff and pit the potatoes and I boarded a young man and made him a suit of clothes and him and your Grandfather Elmer hauled the corn. The wheat was hauled. But your father had to go back so far to meet them that he was gone two months. The snow was so deep that it took them a long time to get through the mountains. There was a great many of them with their hands and feet froze, and some of them died with cold and hunger. The snow was two foot deep.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Here in Ogden, I had to tend what little stock we had -- two cows and calves and sheep. My oldest boy was only eight years old and not healthy, and I did not send him out int he storm. We did not have any wood and I hired a man to get some. But the snow was so high that he could not get anything but green willows. We would dry them in the oven and managed to keep warm and cook our food. We got along all right because we kept well.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Your father got home the 3rd of November and Polly was born on the 6th, three days after your father got home. The house was not finished and it stormed. When Polly was three days old, it blowed in through the night on the bed so that your father shoved off two or three baskets full before he could shake the quilts. I did not take cold. It was not right that I should, for there was not a doctor in the country, nor a drop of whiskey, so we came out all right, God being our helper.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">In the spring, your father sold his Harrisville farm and bought 15 acres down on Weber River. He had to cut down the willows and clean it all off before he could put in a crop. He got in 10 acres, raised a good crop of wheat, corn, potatoes, beans and carrots. This was the spring and summer of 56.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Your father took a second wife. I did not have a great deal in my house, but I divided my home with her. We lived together, We got along very well. Of course, there were times when I felt blue and put up with a great deal, but tried to be happy with my little family and make home pleasant for all. Done all I could, don't think I could have done more I might.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">I can see a great many things and places in my past life that if I had to live over again that I could better. But in that one thing, polygamy, I don't think I could. I am afraid I could not do as well now.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Well, I used to take my babe and little children that was big enough to glean wheat and go with your father every day to the field while he was cutting wheat and glean wheat all day. Polly was six months old. I could lay her on a quilt in the shade of a wheat stock. Warren was too small to work much and he would stay with her so to call me when she cried. Cynthia stayed at home with Mary Ann. Johnie and Mark helped their father bind wheat. He cut it with a cradle.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">We go along first rate that summer, but just as he was hauling his last load that he had to haul from the farm, word came that he must take his company with all the rest and go to meet Johnson's Army. He was captain of one company, but they all had to go that was able to carry a gun. They had to start next day. I had to work that night to get things ready. Warren was very sick with a fever when he went, but he had to go. They went north first, as they thought they were coming in that way. They had not been gone but a few days before they were called back to go to Echo Canyon as they were coming that way. There were men out watching their movements.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">When they got back to Ogden, your father got leave to come up home an hour to see how Warren was, as there was no way of hearing a word from home. Warren was a great deal worse, did not know as he would live through another night,. Your father had to go. His time was up. I told him to take care of himself and we would do the best we could. We could not tell whether any of the men would get back to their families again, so few going out to meet such an army as that. If they could not have stopped them without fighting, they would have done it for they thought if they got in here, that would put an end to everything, for they came with the intention to put an end to Mormonism, kill the men, and take the women.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Well, Warren grew worse, That night there seemed but little hope. I told Mary Ann to hold the babe and watch him and I would get someone to come. I went about two blocks where there was an Italian family lived and near. The old lady was a good Latter-day Saint, but she could not speak a word of English. Her daughter could and I ask her to come with me to administer to my little boy. I was afraid he would die. She came with me and she prayed and administered to him in her own tongue. I know she ask the Lord to have mercy on us for we were alone. When she got through, she came to me and talked to me although I could not understand a word. I felt as though she said, "Cheer up, your boy will get well." She went back to him and rubbed his little head and talked to him. We could not understand a word, but we could tell or felt that she said he should live. He continued to get better right away. The next week I had a chance to send word to his father that he could sit up and walk a little, although he was very weak.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Just as soon as I could leave him, I took the team and my babe and Johnie and Mark and commenced hauling wood for Weber River. There was a great many dry willows and flood wood all over the bottom land. Then I would take a quilt along and sit the babe on it and help the little boys pick up wood, load our wagons, and ride home on the load. Mark was in his seventh year and Johnie is his ninth year. Well, we hauled our own wood and hauled a load or two for a poor family. The woman went along and helped pick it up. I say poor family; there was none but poor. We hauled some for a shoemaker that was not able to go out to Echo and he made my children some shoes out of some boot legs that I had saved for that purpose.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Speaking of boot legs reminds me of the year or winter of fifty-two. Lewis Shurtliff's father, Luman Shurliff, was at our house one day. He said his children were all barefoot and your father gave him a pair of boot legs to make Lewis a pair. He was about 13 years old and is now our president.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Well, I could tell of a great many things that transpired those days that people would hardly credit now but my own is enough and only a small sketch of that. Your father had to stay in the mountains until December and when they got home after settling the family for the winter in Hamm's Fork, they all went to work to get ready to move south in the spring. The Saints buried a great many things underground they knew they could not take with them, for they calculated to leave a few men back to burn every house and leave nothing for the army to live on if they came in.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Well, we were all ready to start in April as soon as grass was big enough for our stock to live on. Before this, in March, Father put in 8 acres of ween on our farm. He thought if they did not have to destroy it, he would have something to come back to in the fall.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">When we were ready to start, they had to pick out the men to leave back to burn everything if they had to. There was one man, one of our neighbors, said he would stay, for one, if he had anyone to drive his team and take care of his family. He had a wife and two little children and his wife had had a paralytic stroke and could not use one side of her. Of course, the members would have to drive the teams so that some of the men could stay. They did not want to leave all young men, for fear they might make some rash move and get into trouble. I told him I would drive his team and take care of his family and he could stay. Your father said I could if I thought I could stand it, as I was not in condition to take such a responsibility. But I did not want your father to stay and they knew that I could drive a team, for I had done it the fall before.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Your father and Mary Ann and my 4 children rode in our wagon and I took Polly. She was 15 months old and I took charge of the man's (his name was Matt Fifield) team and the poor afflicted woman and helpless little ones that was soon to be left motherless and kept in the rear as the horses I drove was young and spirited and wanted to run the first few days. But soon got sobered down, for they were heavy loaded. Everyone that had any room had to take all they dram, for there was a great many that did not have any teams. But all fared alike, all poor; some did not have enough to keep them warm, women and men. Some of them were without stockings all winter and lots of them without shoes. Children did not think of having any shoes and clothes were a thing of the past, something to eat was the main thing. My oldest boy, Johnie, had to help drive the stock. We had 2 cows and some sheep and he had to take his turn with the rest of the little boys. Some days it was frosty and cold and he, like the rest, was barefooted. He took cold and never got over the cough. We were about four days getting to Salt Lake, for the teams had to eat grass and that was not very plentiful.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">When we got to Salt Lake, we had to send our team back to get another family and left us all in Salt Lake City., I used to go with my little boys across Jordan to help herd the stock. I was afraid to let them go with other boys, for fear something would happen to them. I would leave my children with Mary Ann and go in the morning and help drive the stock back at night. My mother stopped close to us and she helped to watch my little children -- Warren, Cynthia, and Polly. We took her come with us. We got along first rate, although walking two miles and herding cattle all day, I would be terrible tired at night. Sometimes I would lay my shawl down an the ground and lie down, would drop to sleep, and the little boys would watch the cattle and sheep and let me sleep a few minutes. Then we would gather up our cattle and go home.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">As soon as your father got back, we all started south. i took my charge as usual. I harnessed my team in the morning and unharnessed at night. The little boys had to watch the stock and your father tended his team and gathered wood for to cook supper with. It was pretty cold nights and mornings, especially for little babes and children, poorly clad and barefoot, saying nothing about the grown folks. Well, some went one way, and some another after we got south. Our folks all went to Payson, lived in wagons, tents, dugouts, wickiups, anywhere they could get. They got a little room, ten by fourteen of your father's brother's that we lived in.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">They let the army in after the Saints had all gone south, but they were peaceable. The men did not have to burn anything. Your father rented a little piece of ground about a mile from where we lived and put in some garden and corn and a little piece of flax to make thread of. There was no thread. People out ravel out cloth and take the ravelings and twist them together for thread to mend their clothes with. Women, or some of them, would sew old carpet together for skirts. Some used old coarse sacks for clothes. I could not begin to tell you how poor some people were, We was not quite so bad off, for I made a little piece of cloth out of flax and wool that come off from our 3 sheep made your father a pair of pants and a shirt that served him for a coat. I ripped up a woolen quilt that I had and made my little boys some pants and waists. It was pieced to strips and pretty good stuff and I thought I was rich. I made some cloth tops for shoes for Mary Ann and me and got a man to sale them with rawhide and we were provided with shoes. But I had on my last dress and that was getting the worse for wear and there was no stores here. If we had been covered with gold, we could not get anything.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">My brother Warren made some kind of a trade with the soldiers sold them some lumber and stuff. They were stationed at a place they called Camp Floyd, and they bought lumber to build their fort with, and he took some goods from them and he brought me 6 yards of cloth to make me a dress of. Well, I was proved for, for the next 3 years, new shoes and dress that was all I particularly needed for myself.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Your father got a job to haul some lumber at Camp Floyd and he had hauled a few days, enough to come to about thirty dollars. As he was coming down the canyon, he had to cross a bridge over a deep stream in Spanish Fork Canyon and one of his horses fell off from the bridge and to keep her from pulling the other off and the load, he had to cut her loose and let her go. The stream was so deep and swift she could swim out. He had to hold her colt to keep it from jumping in after its mother. He rode the other horse home and the little colt followed. When he told me he had drowned its mother, I told him I wished he had let the little colt go with her. I hated to hear it squeal for its mother. The little boys cried and their mother was no better. Well, of course we would have to raise it. It was some comfort for the little boys to feed it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">This was in June and we had word from home -- Ogden -- that Weber was so high and still rising, that it was taking our farm -- wheat and all. They said the wheat was doing splendid well. It took our farm, all but 3 acres, so that was some more hard work gone. In July, the Indians stole our other horse and we had no team and away from home and your father was almost discouraged and took sick, and Johnie was sick and I had to bear up and doctor him. Johnie was so he could go around, but he had a terrible cough.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Your father begin to get better in a few days so we walked down to the place we rented to see how our garden was and got some radishes and peas. We had to pass a garden where there was a large stream and berry patch. It was quite a ways from their house and the berries were ripe -- great big, nice berries. We did not know who lived there. I told your father I was going through the fence. It was a pole fence and I could slip through and they could not see me. He would not let me. I told him there was one so near the fence I could reach it without getting through, but he would not let me. He told me if I wanted a few to go and buy them. I told him we hadn't a cent on earth to buy with. We went on home, but I kept thinking of the strawberries. That night I wondered what I had that I could let the women have to get a few berries. I hunted all through my trunk and found about half a yard of jackonet. Those days it was a dollar a yard and you could not get it for that. Well, I expected soon to need it but I thought I needed berries more. Next day I went down, it was a good half mile. I went in and ask the woman if she would let me have a few berries for the price of cambric as I did not have any money, She said she wanted to pick her (tittering) berries in the morning. She kept on about her work and I went out, bidding her good night, as it was almost sundown. I had to hurry back home. I think I cried a good share of the way home. I felt so disappointed. I was tired and sick. At least if I had got the berries, I would have been all right. I don't think that woman's guardian angel let her sleep that night a great deal, for next morning she sent her boy to see if he could find me. He saw me when I went for the berries, but did not know my name or where I lived, but he found me before breakfast. He asked me if I was the woman that was down to Mrs. Curtis's for berries yesterday. I went to get some, but did not get them. He said his mother wanted me to come down. She wanted to see me as soon as I got my breakfast. I went down. She came to the door, handed me a basket. She said go into the patch and pick this basket full for me and you can stay until you eat all you want and bring me the basket full. I thanked her and I went down to the patch. I picked as fast as I could. I did not stop to (whole) them, but I eat berries and all when they did not come off easy. It was hard to tell how many I eat, but my mouth was not empty while I picked five quarts for her. I took them to the house to her., She asked me if I had eat all I wanted. I said I had and thanked her very much. She told me to hold my apron and she turned the basket full into my apron to take home with me. Well now, don't you think that woman felt better and slept better that night than she did the night before. I am quite sure that I did. I took my berries home and my little children had some and your father and Mary Ann before supper. I mention this one little incident amongst hundreds of others to show you how we all ought to be kind to the poor and the stranger. If she had not found me, she never would have forgot that one little incident of her life.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Well, we raised enough to live on in the line of garden stuff. We took flour enough to live on a year by careful management. The next thing was Mary Ann and I were soon going to need things for extra company that we soon expected. We had not a garment of any kind towards it only a little suite that I had from the first. I had some flax and I was a good thread spinner and you could get anything that anybody had for thread. I had a little wheel and I soon had a nice lot of thread spun. So I started out one day. Way up in the upper part of Payson, there were some folks camped there that just came to Utah the year before and they had not been here long enough to me or out what they brought. I went in to one place, for I can't say house, for they did not have any. I ask the woman if she didn't want some thread. She said she did, but did not have any money. I told here I did not want money. I would take anything in the line of clothing. She went to her trunk and took out quite a few things. She was an English lady, been married about 3 years, had not children, only wished she could have. I told her that I had some medicine that would be good for her and I would bring her some. She gave me a beautiful thick lawn dress. I guess there must of been 6 widths in it. The sleeves were a little worn. She gave me quite a large bundle of things to make other things of. She took about half of my thread. There was another woman, said she would give me a strand of curtains for the rest of my thread. I traded with her. She had been trying to ravel them out to make her children's clothes. They were cross-barred muslin and she could not ravel it good.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Well, I went home and told Mary Ann I had enough to make us both quite comfortable. Your father hewed me out quite a nice little bedstead out of some timber he had and put some sticks in the top of the ports, made a frame to put my curtains over. How nice they looked. I was ready for the event. Mary Ann done the work and I made up my bundle for us both, one just the same as the other. I sold thread and got quite a few things for my children. I had 5 and September the 19 Phebe was born and when she was 12 days old Levi was born. I gave Mary Ann my bed and I made me one on the wheat bin. My children lay on the floor. I done the work for us both.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">We got along all right. If Johnie had been well, I would have felt better. Most all of the folks went back to their homes to Ogden that fall, but we had no team and your father wanted to stay until spring. Well, we had the 30 dollars that he hauled lumber for in the summer. We never had used a cent of it. He went and bought a yoke of steers big enough to do quite a little work. He hauled some house logs and put up a room 14 feet square for us through the winter, plenty big enough for the women and seven children and our Grandmother Child. Your father did not take much room, but poor little Johnie was sick most of the time through the winter. We had to burn sagebrush most of the time. Mark and Warren would get the most of it. Your father built in a big patch of sagebrush and he could not do much that winter for he was sick so much (I can see now that he was discouraged). I spun and made ten yards of cloth that winter out of flax and wool, colored it with sagebrush for your father and the little boys. In March, Johnie seemed to fail and we did not have much to go on. Your father was miserable. He would say sometimes he did not know what he was going to do. I told him we would get along some way.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">One day Johnie was a little better and I thought I would see what I could do. Mr. Kempton had come in from California with a load of goods and groceries. I went to my box and took out my hat that I bought of Mrs. Kingsford the summer before we went south. It was a light, beautiful hat and I laid it on the bedside of Johnie and told him I would go and sell it if I could. He says, "Yes, mother, sell it if you won't need it." He took it in his hands and looked at it. I told him I would hurry back. I left them children with your father and Mary Ann. I did not tell them what I was going to do. I sold my hat for 3 dollars up to Mrs. Grosse, but took it in groceries and a little money to get little things for Johnie. I went to Mrs. Kempton's and got a little medicine, a piece of ham, and some syrup. I went home. Johnie was so pleased he had to sit up. He had a pretty good appetite if he had anything comfortable to eat.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Next day, I went to the weavers to see if my little piece of cloth was wove and see how I was going to pay for weaving as we had no money. I told her I would let her have my looking glass, one that I had before I was married and a chopping board and a pair of scissors. Paid for the weaving. I took my cloth home.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Johnie still felt a little better. He was so anxious to get back to Ogden. He said if he could ride a horse back if the little colt was big enough to ride. How my heart would ache when he would want to go home. As soon as the grass was big enough for the cattle to eat, we would go. I could see he was failing. My brother John came once from Springville and he was so glad to see him. John had just sold a nice mare to the soldiers and had 75 dollars in gold in his purse. He told Johnie he could have some of it or he might keep it all and he would come out again and see him the next week. Johnie would count his money over two or three times a day. As he lay in bed, I could see the next day that he was not getting any better although he could sing and was in no pain seemingly. But I could not see him any better. He eat a little breakfast next morning and said he would like to get up. I helped him up. He said that would do. I laid him back. I could see he was going. I told your father to come to the bed while I went to the door. I was just choking to death trying to keep my feelings, for he was just as sensible as he ever was. He did not live three minutes after I went to the door. I was just outside of the door. Your father come to the door and told me he was dead. Then I broke down. Oh dear, oh dear, it was awful. He wanted to live so bad, to go back to Ogden.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">I begin to get discouraged. The neighbors come in and done all they could to comfort us and help, but it seemed as though there never would be any more comfort for me. I wanted him brought to Ogden, but your father thought it would be impossible. Oh, I did hate the thoughts of burying him there when he wanted to go home so bad. But I had to submit to the rest. I had no way of doing any different. But I never forgot it and forget the trials that I went through. He was buried there. I had to leave my dear little boy. But God gave me strength to endure all that was put upon me. I never murmured, although sometimes I would think I could not stand much more. Your father was so busy discouraged. I could not talk to him much. He was sick all the time, just could walk around.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">He went out one day to open out a potato hole to see if the potatoes was gone, They was right by a little yard where we kept one cow and a little colt close to the house. He stopped digging and leaned on the fence. I told Mary Ann there was something the matter of him. I laid my babe down and went out to him and spoke to him. He did not answer. I thought he was in a fit. I called for help to get him into the house. He was blue and cold. I had no. 6 and camphor that had been sent to Johnie. We rubbed him and I poured the clear camphor on his head. I shook I was so frightened. I spit some in his face and some got in his eyes and he came to. I think the same disease was working on him that he has now, although that was in 49.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Your father soon was around and fixing to start home. He sold his little house for a mare. It was not very big, but he thought he could hitch her ahead of the cattle and help bring us home. But it was with a heavy heart that I had helped to get ready to come away and leave my dear little boy that wanted to go home so bad. But we had to go.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">We started the 10th of April. We had to leave part of the things and Mary Ann with Uncle Hiram's folks. Our team was small. We could not overload. Mark walked all the way and drove two cows and five sheep. Poor little fellow, he used to get cold and tired. Warren would sometimes help him when he was going through settlements. He was only seven years old and Mark nine. But Warren had always been sickly and he could not stand much hardship. We camped every night out by the side of the road, cooked our supper and breakfast by a sagebrush fire. The night we camped on Provo Bench it snowed 3 inches deep. Your father scraped the snow off, built a fire, and we got our breakfast and drove on. It was pretty cold for the little children that day. We were ten days on the road. When we got near our home, I could see so many things that brought my dear little boy to my mind so fresh I could hardly bear to go to the house. How I did feel, no one can tell, only those that have passed through the same.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">As soon as we could, we commenced cleaning our house. We had no place to shut our cows up. One of them was so weak she could hardly get up along, sometimes had to be helped. The best one got into a man's hay and he chopped her with an ax and he see that he had hurt her worse than he suspected. It was at night and he run her off half a mile and she dropped dead. Of course, we could not tell away very well who did it. The hay belonged to an Italian that had a good many boys, but it was not the boys done it. Your father sent Mark and Warren to drive the other cow off where she could get some grass,. He told them to take her slow. She was so weak he was afraid she could fall down. They got her part way and she fell right there in a few minutes. The boys come back crying that Old Red was dead.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Your father got ready and brought Mary Ann home, turned his oxen out over Ogden where the grass was nice and good, Thought he would let them stay there a week or two until they would pick up so he could go to work and plow the garden, We had two acres fenced for a garden. When he went to get his cattle, he could not find them. He hunted and inquired. Finally, he see a man that come from Box Elder, said he saw them in a herd going through to California. He said he noticed the brand on them and they both looked just alike. Your father came home satisfied that he would never see them again, His mare was sick so he could not go anything with her...Things looked a little blue to us.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">That spring, he changed works and got his garden plowed. He planted nearly an acre of corn and raised a splendid garden. We had two acres right where Mr. Chip's garden is. Your father and Mark worked, for different ones got along splendid. We did not have much to eat that was very nice. There was plenty of pigweed and sourdock we could get for a change. I took in work that summer of Nathaniel Lewis's folks. They were lucky enough to get some goods from a man come from California. I got your father and the boys some clothes first. Then I would get different things for to eat. I treated women in sickness; got a great deal that way. Bought two good size pigs for meat the next winter and in the fall your father made 3 barrels of molasses, had bought a cow and two heifers that would come in the next spring and from the wool off our sheep I made about twenty yards of cloth. I raised lots of chickens. We lived very well through that winter.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">In the spring, we traded for that farm that we have got now. We got a gold watch in past payment for the Harrisville farm after we came back. I think that was all we ever did get. We sold the farm to Mr. Saunders and he was not able to pay any more. We bought this farm of Mr. Butler, let him have the gold watch, a little money, and one hundred dollars worth of molasses. We got a good farm at last.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">The first year we raised five hundred baskets of wheat and one hundred and fifty bushels of carrots and corn, potatoes, beets, onions, and cabbage, enough for ourselves and some to sell. I made quite a little for there was no doctor here and I would let men help your father clear the farm and take my pay in poles or cedar posts, lumber, or anything to help along,</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">In November 16th, 1861, Rosabell and Esther were born. We got along that winter without very much sickness. Our little colt was 3 years old and we had a pretty good team, Your father hauled a good deal of wood and poles from the canyon. Mark and Warren would tend to the stock. We sold grain and got young stock. We had plenty to keep them on. We got through that year all right.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">The next summer we turned our stock on the range and someone drove the two large heifers off and killed them. We never found them, but we got along all right. We had plenty to eat. That was the main thing. We had pretty good luck through the year 62, some ups and downs, but nothing serious.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Mary Ann and I still lived together, seven little children. It was not always pleasant, although we never quarreled. Sometimes I felt blue, but kept it all to myself. Your father was a good man, although no hand to sympathize with anybody, But we got along all right and the spring of 63 Josephine was born. We raised a good crop that year and in the fall, in September, we sold our little home on the bench for enough to buy this place that we are living on. There was two acres and an adobe house here when we came.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">The same fall, I took the lung fever. My babe and Rosabell had it. We were very sick for about 3 weeks, did not know whether we would pull through, We did not have any doctors and my dear mother, but through the mercies of our Heavenly Father, we were spared that winter.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">In February, there was so much snow and rain that it washed the sand and clay mortar out of the rocks. The basement was built of rocks and Mary Ann lived in the lower story and I in the next one above. She put her children into bed one night, laid her babe in the cradle, and thought she would come up and set with me as your father had gone a teaching. I had got some of my children to bed and was just laying my babe on the bed and the east side of the basement story fell in and the east side of our room crashed right down on the door so it was fast and so were we. Mary Ann went down to her children. There was stairs inside the rocks that would have weighed two hundred. They were shattered all around the cradle and a bed. Fortunately, they were on the west. If they had been on the east side, they could have been crushed to death. There was a door on the west side of the house 6 feet from the ground. We kept it nailed up. We were going to build a porch in the spring. The little boys pried it off and pulled the sleigh up and throwed quilts down and handed the little children down and they wrapped them with Mary Ann in the sleigh and then ran for their father. There was bout two foot of the east wall along next to the floor that you could look right out door in the room that I was in. I thought it would all fall before I got all the children out. We was not 3 minutes getting them all out and I jumped out after them. I had seven and Mary Ann three. I worked so fast and was weak, just got over the fever. When we were all out of danger, I could not walk. They put me in the sleigh and two or three men pulled and your father and the little boys pushed and took us to my mother's about half block. We had a good laugh. We did not sit down and cry. We were thankful to our Heavenly Father that we were not crashed. We were without a house or home, but we were used to that.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Your father went to the canyon and got logs and built a house that we could live in until he could build another, Mary Ann and I lived in 14 foot rooms and nine children, plenty of room. He hauled rock and cleared away the old adobe house and put up a good rock house in lime mortar. That year he raised a good crop, about seven hundred bushels of wheat. I took in work and went out in sickness. I got considerable towards building., We did not get it furnished that fall, got the basement story done and Mary Ann moved into that, for there were so many children in the little log house that winter (65).</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Electa was born January 28th, 1865 and when she was 3 days old, my children took the diphtheria. Josephine was two years old. She was the worst. She was took down all in a minute, turned spotted all over. I took her in bed with me. She got worse and I never took no thought of myself. That was up and down from that on. She lay for 3 weeks. We did not know whether she would live or not. I kept her alive by feeding her breast milk. She could not swallow the least mouthful of food. She was two months before she could walk. The rest of the children got along without much trouble.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">We finished our house that summer of 66 and got things fixed up comfortable. The spring of sixty-seven, after your father got his crop in, he took a job on the railroad, took a piece of road to make. He took his team and Mark and Warren they worked all the fall and winter plowing and scraping. He hired hands and paid them out of his own means and never got his pay for his winter work. Did not get enough to pay his hired men. It was a big loss for him. The next year he got in a good crop, was taken sick in 1st June with lung fever and was not able to work any until the last of July. In August, little Charlie was born, my eleventh child. I had taken a little babe the winter or spring before, little Johnie Stevens, His mother died when he was 3 weeks old. Cyntha was married the same month, August, that little Charlie was born, and in October following, Mark was married.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">The next spring, your father and Warren got their crop in. The smallpox broke out in June. My family all had the measles and the 3rd of July, little Charlie died with them. We had to move away from Ogden, the small pox all around us. We went down on our farm, lived in a tent. My first grandchild was born down there, Mark's little boy. As soon as she was able to come home they moved back home and took the small pox, Mark, Minnie, and the babe and they lost their babe. Mark did not have it bad, but Minnie did.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">We did not move back until fall. We raised a pretty good crop. We lost some young stock and a mare in the herd that year. The herders never could find them. In December that year, Cyntha's first child was born, Johnie. The December 4, 1870, your little brother Hiram was born. In July the same year, Mark's May was born. Your father got out timber, built him a barn that year. In the fall the same year, he was called on a mission. My babe was sick, had been ever since he was born. Your father did not have any money to go with. He did not see how he could go. I told him I would hire the money and go. It was to go back to Vermont, his native home, to get his genealogy. I would rather work and pay the interest on the money than to have him no to go. He hired the money of Mr. Peery. He and his brother Warren went back to New York and Vermont. My son Warren had to get the wood and tend to everything. We had a good team and he got a good many little jobs that brought money. We had plenty of hay and corn fodder and he bought up quite a lot of calves. He could get them for four and five dollars apiece, and having plenty of feed, he kept them in good order. Mark was married and had a family, but he helped us to get along.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">It was a terrible, cold winter. Mary Ann and her children stayed with me the most of the time. It was so hard to get wood. My babe was sick all winter. In the spring, the boys got in their wheat and had most of the ground plowed for corn when your father came home. He got though with his work and came back --March 12, 1872. They sold the young stock for one hundred dollars, payed the money he hired, and the interest so we were out of debt again.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Little Hiram did not get any better, kept getting worse and died the 21st day of May. We did everything we could for him, but never could do him any good., It is hard to lose your little ones. Some of you already know, but we have to ( ) to the hand of death.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">The 6th of December seventy-three, Warren and Phebe were married. The September 74 following, Phebe's first child was born, little Mark. The next December 74, Polly was married. January 9th, Warren's first child was born.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">In the spring of seventy-seven, in April, Cyntha's children took the diphtheria. She lived in Salt Lake. I was called there. Her 2 children were very bad. I stayed with her a few days and Warren's little girl took very sick and I was called back home. I was back and forth for three weeks, worked with them night and day, never had a night's rest. At the end of 3 weeks, Warren's little girl got better, but Cyntha's children were 6 weeks before they could sit up, could not walk. When their mother was confined, the 27 of June, I stayed with her a week and her children got better. Warren took the typhoid fever and I had to come home. He was very bad and Cyntha down there with her sick children and her babe so young. But I could not leave Warren. When Cyntha's babe was eleven days old, she took her children and came up home. I was up with Warren (July 1877). He was sick two weeks, got so he could walk around.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Polly took the fever. Her babe was ten months old. She lived down on Fifth Street. I went down and brought her home. Cyntha's children were better and she went back home. Polly was very bad.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">We weaned her babe. No one thought she could live. She had not been sick but a few days before Phebe's little Markie took the fever. He kept crying to come to Grandma's. I left Polly a few minutes and went down and seen him. He wanted to come home with me. I hold her to wrap him up and bring him up with me. He seemed to be so satisfied. He did not get any better. He lived a week and died. His mother was almost hurt with grief. Polly did not get any better. She lay almost like one dead. Warren could not sit up all day and then Rosabell took the fever; I was worn out, the long siege that I had had. But there was no rest for me.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">I worked day and night to save my poor children, I would go out and pray and cry and go in with renewed energy to do something to ease their pain, but oh, my efforts were in vain. Death was determined to take one. I thought I could not stand much more. Rosabell kept getting worse. It seemed as though I should go wild. No human could tell what I suffered unless they went through the same ordeal. I would go from one to the other, did not know what to do. We all tried to save them, but my poor dear Rosabell died. I though, "Oh, my Father, can I stand this? What have I done that I should suffer this?" I was completely overcome, could not eat or sleep. It seemed as though I could stand no more. My life seemed nothing to me. There lay my other poor girl between life and death and Phebe, poor girl, had lost all of hers. But she tried to comfort her poor mother by saying, "Don't cry Mother, you have children left to comfort you, but I have none left." It was a trying time, but God gave me strength to bear with my affliction and loss.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Warren took worse, overcome with the loss of his sister. While he was yet week, it was three weeks before he was able to be around again, Polly got better in the course of a few weeks although it took her a long time to get her strength, We got along the best we could the next two months and in October, the same fall, Josephine, poor, took the fever, sick three weeks before she was able to sit up. But with the blessings or through the mercies of God, she was spared to us again It was the third time in fifteen years that her life had been despaired of. She had not finished her work. She was just fifteen years old the spring before in April.</span></span><br />
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<b style="color: #333331; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">HIStORIES OF THE ANCESTORS OF JOSEPH PARKER AND MILLIE MAE ELMER PARKER</b><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Hannah Polina Child Elmer was born January 24, 1828. North Hammond, St.
Lawrence, New York. She was the daughter of Alfred Bosworth Child and Polly Barber.
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">In 1838 at the age of ten she started west with her parents and family (ten in all)
with clothing, bedding and provisions, in a wagon drawn by a span of horses-—there
being no railroads at this time. Their first stop was Kirtland, Ohio---to rest.</span><br />
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Here in Kirtland she saw the first Temple, her folks having joined the Latter day
Saint’s Church. They traveled on, having the best of luck as far as the Missouri River, where they were told that the Saints had been driven out of Jackson count into
Caidwell. Moving on, they took up some land at Ambrosia but were ordered to leave in
three weeks. They traveled to Adamondiahmon, Davis County, and stayed a few weeks,
living in tents. Here a mob rode in and took her father and brother along with the other
men prisoners. Marched them out a few miles, but released them after a few hours—all,
that is, but the Heads of the Church, who were released later, unharmed. They stole
everything they could—even one of their horses.</span><br />
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Her father traded his wagon for some ground and built a small log house and the
family moved in—only to be told that they must leave the state—a distance of three
hundred miles—in fifteen days. Her father had a little money and hired one of the
settlers to move them, then let Mr. Sessions have his other horse to put with the one he
had. They moved on, two and three families to a wagon—poorly clad, sleeping on the
ground, many walking through snow and mud, and half starved. The suffering was
awful, but they finally got across the Mississippi River. They stopped with several other
families at Quincy and rented a farm and raised a good crop. In the fall they moved to
Iowa and took up a farm on what was called “half breed land” —just eight miles from
Nauvoo. They were very poor but managed to put up a log house which had no floor and
they made a fire on the ground. Here father and brother went off to work for food.
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">In the spring of 1840 her father fenced in, and put in a crop, and planted fruit</span><br />
<span style="color: #333331; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">trees—finished the house and bought a cow, pig and some chickens. He taught school in
the winter and farmed in the summer. All seemed to prosper for about four years,
although there was much sickness and many hardships to endure. Hannah was sick for
sixteen weeks with typhoid fever and had to learn to walk again. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">She was sixteen years old when the Prophet Joseph was killed and more troubles
started. Her brother Mark enlisted in the army this same year 1844, and was sent to
Mexico and was never heard from after. The year 1844 and 1845 found them still
comfortable, as her father had been made Postmaster of String Prairie. The Saint’s were
driven from Nauvoo late in the winter of 1845-46.</span><br />
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They camped at Sugar Creek about a mile from the Child’s home until the grass
started to grow to feed their horses. They lived in wagons and tents and suffered untold
hardships. They finally started for Council Bluffs. Their horses were poor and the mud
was terrible. Her brother Myron was married at this camp and Hannah was married in
March, the same spring to William Elmer.</span><br />
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The two couples rented a house and lived together and saved to continue on to the
west. Her Father, with his family, and the rest of the Saint’s left for Council Bluffs. The
parting was hard for her, as her little brother Asa tried to stay with her. Hannah worked
so hard and worried till she had brain fever and was sick again for two months. There
was no help to be had, except a small boy to run errands. All were sick or afraid of the
fever. They had to haul water three miles from the river and endured many hardships.
William went to Keokuk, twelve miles to get medicine. He took sick on the way and had
to be brought home. He lay beside her on the bed for three days burning with fever
before help came. An over-dose of medicine nearly ended his life at this time. The year
was a very trying one and they were not able to save enough to start west, but in
September, John, Hannah’s brother, came back and she was so happy to see him. Her
first baby was born in three weeks and was named John after him. There was no help to
be had so John and a neighbor lady took care of her. She got along splendidly and in two
weeks took in two boarders to cook for at one dollar per week apiece.</span><br />
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William was making fifty cents a day and they were able to save enough to buy a
wagon and the things they needed to start west. In the spring of 1848 the two couples,
each with a baby, started out. It was very stormy and muddy traveling and the Indians
were hostile, but there was plenty of grass for the horses. It took three weeks to go from
Des Moines to Council Bluffs, where the folks had stopped to recoup before starting for
Salt Lake. A neighbor met them three miles out and said the folks were well, but little
Asa had died. Brother John and Hannah were heart-broken, for they had looked forward
to this reunion. It took some time before she could be reconciled and enjoy herself.
Little Johnnie was seven months old and the first grandchild—so much was made over
him. The following spring the two couples returned to Des Moines to please John Elmer,
to get the rest of his children, who had stayed behind. The trip was full of hardships and
privations but they managed to persuade the rest of the brothers and sisters to go back
with them. John (William’s father) was overjoyed.</span><br />
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They remained at the bluffs until 1852, when they all started for Salt Lake—about three hundred families in all. When they got to the Platt River, cholera broke out. A great many died and many more were sick. Hannah did much to ease the suffering and help bury the dead. She finally contracted cholera herself and was unable to do anything until they reached the mountains. The high dry air seemed to revive her. When they got to Salt Lake the company was divided—part going south, and the others north. The Elmer’s and part of the Child family went north to where Ogden is now. There were just two houses, a patch of oak and wild cherry bushes. They took up a farm at Harrisville, lived in their wagons until houses could be built. Hannah’s father ran Brother Farr’s saw mill day and night to get lumber cut for their homes. During this time he contracted Brain Fever from which he died.
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">They managed, someway, to get through that terrible winter, the cold and lack of
food caused much sickness.
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">In the spring they put in a crop and things looked better for a while but soon the
grasshoppers came and destroyed most of it. They saved just enough to see them through
the fall and winter.</span><br />
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The Indians were so bad they had to build a twelve foot wall and made a Fort and
all move in for protection. (This was Bingham’s Fort at Wall Avenue and 2nd Street in
Ogden, Utah)</span><br />
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In November 1854 William got Mountain fever and was sick for three months. In
the spring of 1855, the grasshoppers again took most of their crops. Many had to kill
their livestock and dig roots to keep alive. That winter all the children had scarlet fever,
five down at one time. All survived but in the spring they all had measles and the baby,
thirteen months old, died. Poverty seemed nothing to this sorrow.</span><br />
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In the spring of 1856 they moved into Ogden where there were a few more people. They took up ground on the Bench, built a house and raised a fine garden, and William kept the farm in Harrisville.</span><br />
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That fall, William was called to go back to meet the hand Cart Companies. Instead of the trip taking a few days, William was gone two months. It was a terrible trip, all half frozen and starved, and many died.</span><br />
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Hannah and the little boys (the oldest eight years) gathered the crops and dug the
potatoes. She tended what stock they had. It was bitter cold and the snow was deep.
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">Another baby was born December 6, just after William’s return. The house was not finished and the wood supply was gone, but they gathered willows and dried them and managed to keep warm. There was no doctor or medicine to be had at this time. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">The next spring they sold the farm and bought fifteen acres in Marriott close to the Weber River. They cleared the land and planted ten acres of wheat, corn, potatoes, etc., and raised
a good crop.
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">William married a second wife, Mary Ann Gheen and Hannah shared what she had with her, although it wasn’t much. They all lived together and managed to be happy even through these trying times.</span><br />
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Hannah and her small children went to the farm and helped with the vegetable garden and gleaned wheat. Just as the last of the crop was about to be gathered, William was called to go meet Johnson’s Army. This left the gathering and hauling of the winter wood to Hannah and her little boys. Mary Ann tended the smaller children and they managed very well—even to helping neighbors who were sick or ailing.</span><br />
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Hannah was the mother of twelve children, all born during this period of poverty and privation. She gave many hours of her time helping others, and being a midwife, and
she brought hundreds of babies into the world.
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;">She lived a good and faithful life, and was loved by all. She passed away 23 May
1897, and is buried in the Ogden City Cemetery.</span><br />
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Children of William Warren Elmer and Hannah Paulina Child: 1. John Samuel Elmer, born 13 October 1847, in Lee, Iowa. Died February 1857 in the Utah Territory. 2. Mark Alfred Elmer, born 16 December 1848, in Council Bluffs, Pottawatomie, Iowa. Died 31 May 1895 in Ogden, Weber, Utah. Buried 1 June 1895 in the Ogden, Weber, Utah Cemetery. He is the father of Minnie Mae Elmer, great-grandfather of Dorothy Toone Cook. 3. William Warren Elmer, born 22 November 1850, in Council Bluffs, Pottawatomie, Iowa. Died 23 January 1919 in Ogden, Weber, Utah, buried 26 January 1919. 4. Cynthia Tryphenia Elmer, born 16 December 1852, in Ogden, Weber, Utah. Died 7 December 1934. 5. Hannah Paulina Elmer, born 13 February 1854, in Ogden, Weber, Utah. Died 13 March 1855. 6. Polly Ann Elmer, born 6 December 1856, in Ogden, Weber, Utah. Died 7 November 1939 in Ogden, Weber, Utah, buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah. 7. Phebe Wooster Elmer, born 19 September 1858, in Payson, Utah, Utah. Died 21 December 1938, in Garland, Box Elder, Utah, buried 23 December 1938, in Garland, Box Elder, Utah. 8. Sally Rosabella Elmer, born 16 November 1861, in Payson, Utah, Utah. Died 9 August 1878. 9. Sarah Josephine Elmer, born 16 April 1863, in Ogden, Weber, Utah. Died 9 April 1890, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, buried in Ogden,
Weber, Utah. 10. Electa Ann Elmer, born 28 January 1865, in Ogden, Weber, Utah. Died 29 April 1945, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah. 11. Charles Asa Elmer, born 17 August 1869, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, died 3 July 1870, in Ogden, Utah Territory. 12. Hiram Barney Elmer, born 11 February 1871, in Norwich, Windsor, Vermont. Died 14 December 1894, in Ogden, Weber, Utah. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #333331; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-line;"><b>This History was taken from a history turned into the Daughters of Utah Pioneers History Department, Salt Lake City, Utah, by Rhea B. Cazier. Children data from the Paf program of Dorothy Toone Cook, IGI file from Family History Library, Ogden, Utah.</b></span><br />
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