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Show t"lE' O'8U I",J':iR~l1 ml.)e ' "" . I tJli' ~ , IJl,un IIIJlU' ~ · '" ~" automobile accIdent He was father to some, "Grandpa" t his own grandchildren, Reid to many and to others, President, or Brother, or Bishop Beck. To teachers and children in his school at the end of the day, it was, "Goodnight, I'll see you tomorrow, Mr. Beck." To the adolescent boyar girl in junior high school it was, "Mr. Beck, will you help me?" To th(:~ boys in the service home on furlough and who invariably found their way to his office to spend an hour talking to their old and dear friend, it was still, Mr. Beck. He was so much a part of the lives of people in thi s community of Draper that he blessed their babies, baptized their children, performed their marriage ceremonies, taught grandparents, parents, children, and then spoke at their funerals. Reid Beck was a good man whose influence was felt by many people. Vanice Beck Black, August 18, 1978 THOMAS AND ANN LACEY BENNETT This is a history of courage and achievements of two noble and s Iwart pioneers, which began in Handley, Worcestershire, land, on March 17, 1 15. Richard and Mary Pritchett Benn became the pr parents of a baby boy they named Thoma They Ii in the second story of a two-story house reache utside stairs ascending to their home. Ann, the daught Reeves, was born n March 7, , at Stoke Heath, Worcestershire, ngland. During s er time, she worked in the ain fields, where she met TH as Bennett, whom sh arried on December 25, 184, t Bromo Grove. Slie was twenty-one and he was twenty-five years of age. They moved into his mother's place as she was living alone. Her children were all grown, so Ann and 102 '" "' II. Ann w b pti d m mb r of h Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in July 1842 and Thomas was baptized the following August, both by William Barnicle. Thei family grew to six sons and one daughter. They then had a reat desire to join the Saints in Utah. Thomas left his fam and came to Nebraska in America here he bought I nd and spent several years far ng to earn sufficient ney so his wife and family cou follow him. Whil Thomas was farming in Am ica, his eldest son William, played at a plant in En nd, became ill, year in America, and at the begin ·ng of his father's fou William joined his ther. They worke ogether and, when the farm was sold, hey made a ofit of approximately $400. Of this Thoma eposited 00 into an immigration fund, to bring the re of the amily to America. The of 1861 . reunion took place in th pri They traveled to FI ce, Nebraska, on the train, and from there, continued ir journey by ox team. They traveled in a company six agans, with Captain Milo Andrus in charge. Th learne the hardships of bumpy roads, of fording river. , and other ·fficulties that were the lot of early pioneer . They also kn the joys of evening after a weary da~ f travel. They enj ed the setting sun, food cooked ov camp fires in large kelt ,singing hymns in the eveni s on the open prairie, and mbly kneeling in prayer t thank their Heavenly Father fa uiding them to the la of promise. rriving in the Salt Lake Valley, they s Ann' sister Eliza Bird in West Jordan. In a sh while they ented a farm ten miles south of Salt Lake City, and lived there for four or five years where two daughters were born to them: Anna Marie and Sarah. From here they moved to Pleasant Grove, where they resided for two . years; during this time little Sarah passed away. Their next move was to Draper, where they purchased a farm. While here Ann studied midwifery nder the direction of Dr. Ellis Shipp. They were very 103 |
