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Show Alexander and Ellen Dahl had children a family of to nine four of whom died in childhood. The others - Soren, David Theodore, James J., family engaged in farming and dairying and by thrift and hard work, became prosperous and comfortably situated. were: Alexander Jr., Mexico, but was arrested for unlawful cohabitation upon his return and spent fifty days in the Utah peniten tiary. Louise Matilda Dahl Barrett. The Soren Dahl said in his Clayton G. Turner autobiography: "I remember the Indians coming in the spring and camping down by the Jordan River. They became very bold and demanding and would get very angry if they could not get what they wanted. While out begging one day, an Indian tried to force his way into the house. Mother stood in the doorway and wouldn't let him in. She was cleaning fish and he tried to push by her. She hit him in the face with a large carp so he turned and left and told JAMES F. AND M. ANN MARGETTS TURNER James Finch Turner Mary Finch Turner in was born in 1841 to James and Kent, England. They joined the LDS Church in 1852 and two years later emigrated to the Salt Lake City area. In 1858, with his father and others, they Father that he had a very bad squaw. were called to guard Echo Canyon against John- "I started school when i was six years old. My teacher Ben Cutler who taught in the old Rock meeting house. was My father hauled building. one of the first loads of rocks for this ' "I was six years old when the first train came to Mid vale. it ran through our property on Sugar Street. Mother and Father, Hannah Anderson, my brother, Alex, and I had a free ride to Salt Lake City in a box car. It was the fastest ride we ever had. Alex lost his hat and never did get it back. We figured that they gave us a free ride because the railroad went through our property." Ella D. Schmidt JAMES AND MARY FINCH TURNER James F. Tuner of James Turner and Mary Sted man, was born in 1819 in England. He married Mary Ann Finch in 1840 and moved to London where he 1889 School Tr.ustee James Turner, son joined the LDS Church. In 1854, located in Little Cottonwood, Ann M. Turner Army. He saw Governor Cummings come through the area and was tending the farm with his brother when the soldiers came and camped on Bingham Creek. When Johnston's Army /(,was recalled because of the Civil War, James F. Turner was one of those called by Bishop Archibald Gardner to drive four yoke of cattle to haul rock for the Salt Lake Temple. In 1862 and 1863, he was again called to drive four yoke of cattle across the plains to fetch the Saints from Florence to Salt Lake Valley. Mary Ann Margetts became his bride in 1862. In 1866, he with his brother, William Cutler and Orson and Ben jamin Cutler were sent to guard Fort Herriman against ston's they moved to Utah and renting a farm from . Bishop Silas Richards. When grasshoppers destroyed the crops in 1855, they moved to West Jordan (Midvale). Indian attack. Mary Ann James Turner James was sent with an James was active in church activities. He was elected constable for West Jordan Precinct in 1888 and in Oc tober 1889, he was elected trustee for the Twenty-seven th School District which included the present Midvale Turner organized group of He had previously served a four year term Trustee for West Jordan schools from 1885 to 1889. area. men in 1857 and 1858 to guard the mountain pass and try to prevent Johnston's Army from entering the valley. He assisted the people of Salt Lake to retreat southward before the advancing army reached the city. In 1866 he was ordained First Counselor to Bishop Archibald Gardner of the West Jordan Ward, a position he occupied for many years. In 1887, with others, he went as Clayton Turner EBENEZER AND NANCY THAYNE Ebenezer family 22 Thayne was born in Scotland in 182{). His later moved to Canada because his relatives |
