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PA.ff!~/ fJb.M.S ·. ~·. D~..&ff-1·. B:D~b.(Z-D AU<a . Qs:51 ~ ~ l ~ LLOYD ~ - ~l.oU&.r. r,g~·· 13LDG!5: w-o ~cl l1""- T~t-J-.f ue , s ~ . ~ ~ E S tU~.LA_.. G1Jt)n -rr::.{3e. f2-J. 6.c.-L.t::. i L.c.. ~ (4D0 se,_. t::,~Jbc:':;,1US S ~OvJ t-l6DS'e, (_cr-t., ~ ~T-.ts-a~ I~ YV\a..£1 ~ I ~SH ll'J'°TOt...) tK"TDf?Jt' - ~c,pe:D ( ' 5 ~ $~ tu,. \'.z,v-tveo 't-\Du45e, - 451'· '°~~<c:>e ST· Ct,~Df'-Co~ 1E:i=M--fl...S - VWl..,Dk \MA.a lrV'N\..&~l ~N--f' l,~ ·~cv,._ ·- Hktf~ ~ u1..b-µ · VD.L 4 EDWARD LLO YD PA RRY. ~HE mountains of Wales haYe furnished much of the brain and brawu that haYe buil t \.::.) up l:'tah aud made her name illnstrion,;; in the migbty comruon,,eallh of American States. The staunch and sturdy Yirtues of the \\'t·l~h . whieh make th em good and 1. desirable citizens where,er th ey settle. !'bine nowhere more luruiuoush- tb:rn in the /\nnals of the colonization of the Yalle}·s of th~ Rocky :1Iouutains. Somethin~!.?' of this will _..,...,- rl-f'rom tlu <USlt of ~ ALLEN D. ROBERTS ~1..,4 ~ #,~-"' ··~ .. --..._ --·- I ! II I I I l I l I I I PETER born I 1 \ ·-·.., / \ __ . ,, ,, ,, \ '· 1. ' :· ' 4 , .• I. ' ma~O" I l I l II l l j In 1s3; i J • ! i ' I l t , ticc<l ])OOr, COi\~(' ultemh-J scl: ln Gla;: and thei1c ef emigrate to ~larch at X worked on t farther we~ April 1S, lS pany was or season of hi tbe;:e ob~tac buffa lo were were run ofi in Ctah . :'!fr. Gil : Indian troul: pror'e et the ; fol]O\\·ed, al weeks a r at 1 il work on the fo!lo wio e- ,n iran ts . ..He , nut ;hus e011 junction witl Railro:ld fro the time . :'>fr. Gill and many y € was ordaine, , ears he wa; June 9, 1S4.: W'lS the fath t i t ~ ®HE WOl ' •I l j i up L't t . State, desi r~ lln nals of th1 460 HTS'rORY 0.B' U'rAB. be shown in the ;ippen(le(l biog raphy of E,lward L .. Parry, ma~te r ma so n and t em ple builde r, now a r esideut of Manti, in tli e Con11ty of Sanpete. Be was born Au gn t :25, 181S, at or nt:a r tli e villa ~e of ~t. G eor g<', DC'nbigh s hire, Nort h ';\"ales, and w as the so n of Edward Parry ,tnd hi s wife )Iary Lloyd. His mother died when he was four and a. half years old, lea\·ing- th ree child n : u. his two sisters and him self. Th e girls were t aken earc of by separate u ur, · · to each of whom the father paid three ~hilliugs a. wcf> k. wbile he an,l Iii~ little so. ·.-d1l to li\·e with his JJarC'nts. Edward';; father, like his father and g-r:11Hlfalhc·r before him. \\·as a well-to-do rua ~ou and brick-layer. The lad attended st.:hool until t\\·eln• y c,:1r::- of a_r.!:e . and tlh·n \Yo rked with hi8 sire at the mason's trade. At fourlt.:e u he r ef'l"in•d anoth er tern1 of sdJOolin)'!, aud wl.it.-n about twenty-five attendl!rl night ~c hool. Cuti! g rown to n1anh,,v,l be work ed at his cl10~e11 trade of stone-ir.asou aud l:>riek-layer in hi~ rntl iYe vii luge and the ndjac:ent t,>,., us, erecting dwelliugs, churches, ,irara_ges, railroad brid!£es, etc., and bl;vring a gr,' at deal abont the estate of L o nl Diuorben. N'aturnlly religious, he frequently alt!'mlecl the Chmc:h o~ Euglnnd sPnices, and heitrd mini:;ters of other denominations, but <:011ld 11ot ht' induc L·<l to j"iu any of tbt.-rn . He was imm ecliately con,·erted, howe,·C'r, on IH:aring for the first tim,· nn Elder o[ th!' C'hurch of J esus Chri~t of Latter-day 8aiuts. He \1·as 1,aptizlc'd ~farch :2. lS-.lS . by Abel .b.:Yan~, a nd confirme,1 at the ri,-ers id e. About li\·e \\' eek:; later be 1ya:; unlainl'd a Prie,-t. During the summer of that year his \\·ife, Eli zahl'lh t~\·au,s Parry, wbom h,- ha(l manie,1 August 1SclG. abo joined th e Church, as dicl bis fotb e r and a nnmb,-r of other relatiH•s. He ,,as ordaine.J an Elde r . .Tan n ary 21. 1S-lfl. and aliuut a. year Inter nilled to pn•,iJe O\·er th e Abergcle Branch. In Fel,ruary, l S.::il, he was ~c,t a pnn as {ir:;t evun~elut' to the pr,·,ident of the Denbighshire couferen<.:e. and labon•d faithfully a, a nJi,:sionary iu tliat field until he e111ig-rat ed to Amcri<::i. H e kept ope n huu:-:e for the Elclt:r.:;ancl Saints, proYiuiagthem witb footl, shr,lte r. c-lothiug- and 111(111ey for trn\·t.-li 111! expc-u,e~. He ca.me to utah iu l S:i3. a~sist ed by the l 'e1 retnal .r~1oig-n.tin~ Fund Company, whicb he promptly reimbursed '1$ "oou as he \'onld earn the Uf'Cfs,:ary means. lle \\"aS abo aided to some exten t by hi,; r el atiYe s in '\\"ale~. an ,1 by a lady fr iE-nd iu Li\"C: rpool, from whi ch r,0rt he sailed with his wi fe . on th e> 5th vf February: Elcl r Georg<:, Ha l lid,,y lia\·ini; charg-e of 1lie little company of Lat!C'r-da~· Saint,; o n boanl. They wn-e Jtt:-:t ~ix week~ iu getting to Xew Orlea11s. and aniYed at J,1:t>k nk on the fir,-t ot' April. Th e>re th1:y rernaineu eigh t \,eeks, dnriu;; wbi c:h tim e )lr. Parry work ed for a ~Jr. Brown across the ~Iis~i~sippi. Thi~ g-eu~l e man so \·,il1H·d hi::1 sen ·ic-es that be .,ffe red hin1 a city lot a11,l promise,1 to built! him a hon:-e a.n(l gi,·e him hi~ own time to pay for it. if he wo11 ld ~t.,y th e r e : but Parry, tlrnnkrng him, r efu:-:,,d the kind oft:er. a,; !ll' wa-- bent upon co n1in g- to Gtah. Ha\·inl! proetll"E·tl the nerc·,ssary ox team,: and w«gvn,-. be aucl hi~ friends ~Hou t to cro,:; the plains. ~Joseph iV. Yo1111µ- w:,s captain of ihl' (·nmpany . and )lr. Parry ,ap· t ain of the g-uanl. One of Iii:; duti e~ w:1~ to go ahPad e:u·h <lay and ~,-,lec-t rhe mo,t ,11 i:· able place for ramping-. He al>o a c t ed as comrni~,.lry . 1h!c-r e were fifry-~ix w;i g-011,-. i:i th e train. ~orne of \\'hose oc,·upauts \l'<'l"<' kt, (1\\ n 11s the ln \lt·pfl1dtnt Cornpa,1y, ,.,111,• 11, th e Tt>11 Pound Company, and o t hers as the l'l'rpctunl Brni;::ratiou Company. Jfr. l'arr_sarri\·ed at ~:Lit Lak<, Cit \· 011 the 10th (,t Odol,er. lkre he rP~ided unti l the fall of 1~.iG . \\'hell . in the antic:i;1ariou of "h:1rd time~:· J.'" ' moYed tn O:_:-dcn, 11·herc he had an oppo r1 1rnit y to ,1o s0nu: wurk ·anci obtain wiJ,, at a1 ,J other comm~Jdities for r,ay. Tn th e sl'a-011 uf ~f'arcitY th at follo"·Nl he an d his t:1J11ily .id not ~uffrr . and 1vere a ble to hdp th<· 11t·l'lh-. ln Ft:bruar.Y, 18.J ,, he ,~a~ called hack t<' Salt Lake City to work on the Temple. The mannPr or tlii,; _c:all wa~ un ique. lint d,·,r· acteri,-tic of ·the one ,i·bo n,ade it-Pn-sitl<·t,t H,, hcr C. Kin il,all. )feE:ting Parr:, . i.• pbCl·d l,i, ltan d upon bi,; ,;houldv1 and ,:ii,!, ··Bro-th<'r [tlwanl. I ,\·:-tm >°"n tn p11 !1 .:;• stakes a1id coJJ1e to the cir~- and liYP. to work 0 11 thl, T .. rnple : ,,·ill you d,J it?' " .. I" i.' ! you~ay ~o," said Parr.\". "\\·,.11 tlon ·t 1 say ~o? ·' \\'as th e ~mi li n:.: r etort. \\"it hin _i!.r··· w eek~ tbe moYe was made: an•l )fr. PatT~- 11(·11t to wurk :it tht Temple Uln,·k. and ... ,,•. tinn ed to l abor th ere as loug- a~ he r v:i,led in ~alt La ke Ciry. During the \\"i!lt•·~ • '. 1S5,-8 he workPd. on the brl'a~twork ~ au<l wig-\\';\111:< in E e h0 C~111ynn , am! in tlt c' n:•" went ro Spriug\·ille, r eturning to Salt Lake C1ty Par]~- in .July. 1::;..j$_ I1 e cnnt inn,·d :: j •;. the l'nblic \fork s until c\pril. JS!i:.?. wli(·n lw \\" :tS ealh·d tr, ~et ti e in S<,utbf'r I L·1.d1._ · lk arriY.:d at St. G t•or:?e on the .::itb .,f .l1111 P . the ~ame _,·ear. ai:compauie,l 1,y l :, •··· ond wife, ,\nn Parry, \\·hum be had marri ,,,! Fc:bruary Hl, 1::;.1,. By hi:- r\r,l '' ··, .~ was c:hildles::-, but f'leven chilcl n •u were the i,~ue of tbf' ~ .. cond maniag<> . . Ik t""~ him !Ji, little son Edward Thomas, and hi:-: foste r ;:on Georg-e Brooks. leann::r h·, ,! ' ter Elizabt·th Aon. with hi s wife Elizalwth, a.t !:-a lt Lake Ci cy uutil Aug-u s•. l ti:i . " he moved the rest of his family to '.'Dixie .·" Ttic,re ht bad ehar~e e,f tbe ma, u :i ,, .. r, rn. the St. George Hall. and mauY otber build · house fo;· Pre~ident layintr the four corn (;· monies. it b eing desir Da\'icl Cannon a n d ot tronbles there ~too,] ~ at St. Geor.!!C be lo, Febru:-in· and the oth In ..\pril. lS,7, )! and ~tone work of th al ,in•d at )!anti. wit followrng ir: Octobc•r . w0untain . of roek , w were about tKO \'e:-trs to get ready for ·1a yio corne r· ~tnue eoutaine setting in T emptes.'' )Ir. Parry . in eon a They took up a <Jnari th e rnme from w bich tained . al~o tbe ,:tone died at )fanti . E liza!. year:,; ~lr. P arry hp]J of the thirty-se Yeuth --t.,HE late John D of ~lite ham . . -: engra·c-tr, w1tl art. HismNl chur ch school at )li Later he attended tb1 he alwaYs stndi.-d tl1 taught :; s mall da~s i la.r-'e coufeetir,:i.en·, pl~-;·ment. and " .,;, , quetition;:, aod t v0k r In rh e Year L~( ploycd in tb·e )1cEnt rnncb r espected by h tablishment a, lo ng-, chester was the Year )Ir. Druce . ha1·1np- l was baptized ill[O th inn- in Great Britain . th; cau,:r-. pr,•si'1ini:: ford au.J )litlJ!eton. emil!ra:ed to .-\meri, m:-ir-ried June lG . l~ TheY lao'1Pd a t · couu ty, \n tb·~ ;:ami where h e rernain.-d fidence of bis emplo was about t o leani t Lad no ,night with (D V 4Gl HISTORY OF UTAH. the St. George Hall, the Tabernacle, the County court hou se, Erastus Snow's r esi dence and many other buildings. Ile r:iised the Washing-ton factory one story hig-her, built a ·house for President I3rig-lrn.m Yonnµ-, anJ ,Yas ma,t-,r mason of the f:;t. Gr>orge Temple, Ja,·ing the four corner !,tones, lJy Pre~idcnt Youn'.(s dire ction , without the usual ceremonies, it being desirable to lm;Ty the work alo1i"g. 11n also as~i~tc-d Daniel ~fcArthur, Da..-i,l Cannon and others to locate a fort somh-ea:st of ~t. George . aud dnriu~ the Jo<lian troubles the re stood gn:u·d mally nights to proteet the settlers and their pr,Jp<·· \Yhile at St. George Ile lost two rhildre11 , his daughters Artimisia and :\linnie. c]yinu in February and th e other in :\[arch . l 87l. In .c(pri \, 1Si7, i1Ir. P arry was ca llt,<l by President Young to take char6 e of the mason and stone work of the }[anti T emple . Purrnant t o this C'all. he wi th a part o[ hi~ family airiYed at :\fanti , witll the President. on the 24ih of that month; the r est of hi::; famil y followmg ir: Octobe r. The site chosen for the Temple was con•red by a hill-almost a ni...1untain, of rock, whi ch haJ 1o be moYed in order to make room for the eµifice . "We wne about two years," sn.ys Parry, '' in hn ildiug th e terr:-i ce Witlls and Je,·eling the hill, to µ-o:t re;idy for layin1; the eorner-st,rnes. They were bid April 14, 1S,9. The south-east corner-stone contained a t rea~ure box, making three treasure boxes tbat I haJ assisted in setting in Temples.'' :\Ir. Parry, in connection 'l"l"ith his son,; ,en g;iged in the stone m:1.son and bni!Jing business. They took up a quarry near Ephraim, known as the Sanpete \\'b ite Oolite Stone Qnarry , the rnme from which th e large stones in the corn ice of th e ~fan ti Temple to,Yers were ob tained . al~o the ~tone of whieh th e S:-1.lt Lake Temple A nuex is 1:ompose,l. Both hi s wives died :-1.·t :.\font i, Eliz:1\.Jetb on All.S!'ll ~t 11, 1 ~Ll, all<l Ann on Augn~t 16, 1SS6. For ma ny year,- :\Jr. Parry held the office of a SeYenty, to wllich b e was ordained at the organization of the tbirt y-seveuth q!lorum, J;lll ua ry 12, 1S54. He is now a H igh Priest. o: .