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Show Alvira S. Hendricks - page Grandrrother was a goad cook . fuss. She was a ood h , she did things easil . . d g ousekeeper--clean and t y with little muss or always at h er oor. She loved . nea .and the wel never turned anyone away withou~~~~e,f:_:pecially little ch~e~\;~s g them or helped them i A neighbor told rre th . . n sorre way. she had to pass Grandm:) i; story. She said when shew she would ITEet them a ther .s horre on her way to Sunda as a small child either side of the we11_::he gate, where two huge rose b~:;~ool and so often She wanted everyone to bewo~ path' and pin a rose on them as ~w, one on PPY and to look pretty. ey went by. She was quick of Speech . n~ver told a depressing st , h velY, cheerful and happy. It . . figure of a nineteen-year-~~: She had fine curly hair, blue ~ie:a~ds~e _During her remarkable 1· enotion possible to the h~f~ she had practically every expe . defeat, extrerre po eart. Hope, fear, happiness, rience and verty and plenty. sorrow, victory, . It should be inte t. . had seen the d res mg to tabulate the ch had gra.m frome!e~~iossom as the rose, a wilde.:2!! : e e~rienced. She the grateful a.mer of e matron of a log cabin, with dirt ans onrect and she the horre of the s a rrodern horre . . She watched t roof and floors to up from the founa:~':1ge by civilization. We might rverhy make way for :plenty ion and was a witness to it all. ay s e saw an ertpire (JrCM , As I talked with relat· . and I might just re i ves' neighbors, and friends "Tiny, prim, neat, a few of the adjectives they us~ I,:a~ mua:i interested loving and loveabl , sweet, cheerful, happy whol e~cribe her: e. ' esorre, quick, helpful, ;i:!n What more could you ask such a "-".:>man _ G dmo ran ther She died August 25 fu the Richmo d , 1921, at . n Cemetery. of . • one woman and who ul , a heritage to be ch dn t be proud to call erished this day and always. the age of 90 years. . Grandmother was buried Circle the Wagons Oleyenne, Sioux, Arapahoe -Colorful narres from t.11 . l . Once the r · e ong ago. Strikingyfe~i :ese endless plains e wagon trains c·ire1e the wagons . the cry eVi · ery . h was c· . nig. t. _ircle the wagons in case we must fight." 11 'Ihe plodding oxe.l1 lumbe d re along e heavy wagons we TJ:le pioneers would swe~~~ng · pray With Olimney Rock . "C' l · Just days away ire e the wagons . ti:iere's supper to get. ~ 1 7cle the wagons ere not half way yet." To th by Ida H. Harris A birthday party for Mrs. Alvira S. Hendricks (wife of W.D. Hendricks) and her twin brother Alma. L. Smith, was held at the hone of W. D. Hendricks in Richrrond, on Decenber 16, 1881. They were fify years old that day. FollCMing is the newspaper account: "A very social and agreeable tirre was enjoyed at the residence of William D. Hendricks of this place, on the 16th inst., that day being the 50th birthday of his wife Alvira and her twin brother Alma. L. Smith, who, with his daughter, had corre from Coleville, Sunmi t County, to celebrate the birthday. Brother and Sister Alma. and Alvira are the twin son and daughter of Warren and Amanda Smith, who have been identified with the church since the year of its organization, nCMnearly 51 years ago, and have passed through the incident to the early rise of the church. "The father, Warren Smith, and a little son--nine years old--were anong those who v1ere murdered at Haun's Mill, Missouri, in the fall of 1838. Alma. L. Smith was one of three little boys who crept under the bellCMs in the blacksmith shop for safety from the murderous nob. 'lwo of the three were killed, one of them the brother of Alma., nrured Sardius, having the top of his head blCMn off by a musket ball fired through a crack in the logs. Alma., not then quite seven years of age, was also badly shot. He still carries scars as large as a mm's hand. 'lhe twins were born in the church and have always maintained their integrity, Brother Smith having filled four foreign missions with honor. Sister Amanda Smit.11, the nother of the twins and one of the oldest rrembers of the church, now lives in Salt Lake City, but feels too feeble to travel and did not attend the gathering. "After the guests numbering about eighty, besides a few children, had partaken of a sumptuous repast, the tirre was passed in social conversation, music, singing, etc. All felt to do honor to the occasion and made it a joyful one. No pains or expense were spared on the part of Brother Hendricks and family to make the occasion all that could be desired. "After 9 p.m. supper was served, of which all partook and then more music and singing enlivened the company. Quite a number of presents and tokens of respect were tendered to Sister Alvira and Brother Alma., noticeable anong which were a gold locket and chain, enclosing the portraits of both, presented by Alma to his sister, and a handsorre gold ring given by Alvira to her brother; also a pair of pictures were presented by Brother W. D. Hendricks. During the evening Alma. sang and also repeated the lord' s Prayer in the Hawaiian language. "Taken altogether, a rrost agreeable and happy tirre was spent' a reunion long to be rerrembered, and all participating tendered to the twins their heartfelt wishes for many happy returns of the pleasant tirre." LOGAN MEM)RIES - by Preston Nibley The Herald Journal Saturday, July 15, 1950 (The original is in the files of Herschel Bullen; old and yello.ved with age.) *** |
