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Show 4040 Powers Circle Salt Lake City, Utah 84117 October 26, 1982 Dear Mr. Roper: Enclosed is a copy of the brief history I compiled regarding my grandfather. It is a patchwork history inasmuch as all parties concerned were dead or old and not too talkative. I put it together as exactly as I could with the facts at hand. I tried to be factual. In addition to the copy I elaborated a bit in the history of John p. Cahoon's wife, Elizabeth (Libby) as follows: "When they moved into the Big House, changes had taken place in the family. Margaret Emma (Maggie) had already left the family fold and married. As they moved into their new home, the ages of their family members were as follows: Mary (23), Chester (18), Maude (15), Ethel (13), John (11), Georgie (8), Enid (5) and Vadis (l). )t It was on Vadis' birthday April 18, 1901. As of this writing the house has been converted into apartments (1966). Vadis stopped by to look at the Big House and recapture memories. A women who lived in the basement asked h~r if she would like to see it again, and then asked Vadis what all the rooms had been used for---all 21 of them. There was a brick sidewalk around the house. They had an office in the basement, a playroom and a laundry. There was a root cellar (now converted into a bedroom), a boiler room, fruit cellar and a milk room with a dumb waiter. They would preserveiam in ceramic crocks. They had to mark the glass jars with numbers and number the zinc lids to match to get a "fit". They had to match them up or the lid wouldn't fit the bottle. They were not interchangeable as they are nowadays. They would put pickles in small-mouthed bottles, use a cork for a lid, then seal around the cork with resin. In the fruit cellar there was always kept a keg of sorgum molasses and a can of honey. Their last home was a beautiful red brick, two-story home on the corner of 48th South and Highland Drive. It was built in 1925. By then the only child remaining at home was Enid. It was here they lived until they died. Both John and Libby died in this house. John died 11 June 1935 at age 83. Libby had preceded him in death. She was 75 and died 3 Aug. 1931." Since I wrote this account the rest of the children of John P. and Elizabeth have died. As survivors are grand and great-grandchildren. The red brick home (across from the Cottonwood Mall) has been torn down and a "eatery" has been built on the corner. What a shame! That was a magnificent home! I would appreciate receiving any additional information you may have researched my records. Please let me hear from you. ~-- ·for I hope this has been helpful. that was taken years ago. I believe mother has a picture of the old home J y~~s . tr~lY. J f/ ·~oon Evans |
