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Show :wr, ., I , '1I !I i J 01 11( ]'1 1)\1:1:1{ ] 11:I:IT\C L prayin g and when lit, a~h' cl tI l<' ] .Il rcl If) I)l" ss n C:lrly' everyone Ill' kn l'w, th e youlI g,'r o lle spoke li p <Ind s:li, l, "Say, ask C od to gel ~I (ltll(.' r to loosen IIp amI buy ll S a sh o tg un," 'fh i, Il carly broLe my heart. In stead of going to sleep that !light I tricd to figu re Ollt how I cO llld h elp answer that praye r. Th e lI ex t JlIO r Jl ing Anton e and I walk ed th e three mil es to to w n, I asked if I could sec tl iC m anager of tllC new store and w as told to go right in at the side door. After I h ad explained to the ma nage r what I wanted, h e asked me how much nloney I h ad. J told him ju st four dollars, but I could le t him h ave butler and te n doze n eggs. "You can bring th e butter and eggs in as soon as YOll ge t them," h e said, "in paym en t for the res t of th e g un ." \ Vhen h e thou ght ahout it for a few minutes, h e said, "I-lave a fairly good second-handed t\\,ch'e gauge shot gun that might se rve your purpose." H e w ent into another room and returned with a somewhat old and p a rtly rusted gun. "1 can le t you have this for four d oll ars, ten pound s of butte r and ten dozen eggs." I paid him the four d ollars, took the gun and started to leave. '"Here," h e called, "You nee d som eth ing to sh oo t with." H e wrote on a piece of p ap e r and tolel me to take it to the counter cl e rk. It was for four box('s of sh e lls, a pound of bla ek powder, two pounds of shot, a box of pli mers, a wad cutter and some other thin gs I didn't und e rstand. ~!y b oy, who had b een doing some of our weekly errands, met me on the stree t. Even wh en he had learned what I had d Olle, I don't thi nk he was as excited as 1. \Valki ng that three miles home was th e fa st('st trip I ever made . That night th e boys brou ght home two ni ee fat du cks and a goose th at th e), said was a honker. From th en on our meat die t consisted mostly of wild game .... It was anothe r mild winte r and there \vasn't much farm work to do. Every morning th e boys would wak e up Star and Spot (oxen) and go for a load of wood. In th e evcnings wc rca d tIle Bihle and Church h ooks that we had . We also played {lui'zk gamcs and plallll f' d for th e nex t year's crops. That spring l'a can1(' hOll1 c fmIn IIis Jlli~si()ll, and of coursc, like all of those fil st Ini ssi{)lIari es, lw hloll ght a hUll Ch of immi g rants , f01l1' l11en aIld four wOJn('n .... \\'(' li \'('d ill tIll' Jog c:l!lin four years, th (' n w,' lll()\ 'l ' tl across th e road inf o 0111' own !to me mad e of adobe brick . Later we Jno\'('d h;,ck ill to tO Wil \ .. lIl' Il tll (~ I)o),s all got sl'ltlt'l l Oil tl wir ,OW Il . TIl"'" f ir~1 )'('ar ~ il l t :ta!t could Iw (':JlI " d h ard yt '.t r', I liit 11 11'), \I: , 1I'11't l);:d y(':lr ~ , w hf' 1l YOII look at th in ~;s ri ght. i\1l Ill\ ('l dl ,i" '11 L;I\'" 1)1'('11 lll ;lrri,·d ill tIll' It'IIlPlc , anrl llJ('\' h:I\"( ' Iii II' LII"il. " \\ 'Ilal lll "!" ('.IIl ('OIIl" from .~tll ( h ' ill n 011 1< 1 \\'t;rJ..ill l,'j • , t , "I },'//e/l. C llli f/r:r so n Nidsr;ll , bOIl1 in D Clll n;lrl: ill 18 11, join ed Th e Clr urcJJ of Jesus CJ Il'iq of L a tt e r-d ay S,l il lts ,lIIel em ig rated t,) Am U'ic" arri"ill;; J llr,(: 1,t, lS7D. On J UIiI' JO, ] .'})O, slw was ma rri ed to A. C. Niel,{JTI in tlt e· FlldO\\' IIl (' ril. I ! f)lI';C , h eeorni!l'f his second wife. Sh e th e n moved to Epbra illl Sanpete CO Uill"t;' Utah, where sll e lived w ili, th e first w ife, :\I ar'y K. Al tl, a t ti ll l~': A. C . was call ed to fill a missioll to D e nmark, anel du rjll~ }) is absence Ell e n occupi ed h er tim e b y !Jc·Jpin g with tIl e cl lOn,~ an d with \!ary's (Maren) ehild reIl. \V]l e n h e r hu sllan d re tu rned h Oflw from his mission , h e b ough t a hou se for Ell en on E a <;1 Center Street, and h ere sh e lived for m any years, To m ain t,[ill h ers( If, she wove ru gs ancI carpe ts and sold th em to p eople ill tI le arpa. Although Ell en h ad no children of h e r own, sh e en (l'·'-,I«(\ h erself to tltose of he r husband, and aft e r A. C.'s d (:,tlh sk moved to th e Ir orn e of L aurit z 0:i elson, tir e sixth chil cl and f ()~lrtlt son of A. C. Ni elsoll. II e re she lived for three and on e-h :1][ ye ,m wh ere she w as m acl e to f eci one of th e famil y of h er step s{J1 1. Sh e p assed away on J un e 11, 1929, at the age of eighty-fh'e veal'S , and was buri ed ill th e c(,I11(' I(' r), a t Ephraim. ' Ellen often sa id, '1 was b o rn in Jun e, I wa s klp lized in Jun e, I emigratecl in Ju ne a ncl I wa s nl<lrried in J UIlC', I h a\"(, y r'[ to die - m ayb e in J une ." -Edna ~!. l\'i cl\ o:1 JOURNAL OF FRANCIS SHARP Fran cis Sh ar p, son of J ane Armstrong and ~I ich ae l P l'a rSO ll Sharp, was born January 2-1, ] 83-1, at \ VillingtoIl, Norlhumb f'l'land, En glan d. H e spent hi s early bo yh ood as a h c rc1 sboy, and at the agc of 22 married D oro t]J\' Gill. Th e onh' m e mber of hi ~ family to embrace the gospel, h'c set sail on th e John J. Bo),d with his wife and two d :lughters, Ann and Elizab e th D o ro th~"s brother Isaa c and wife, al~d also her father and lll l~tller. Th'l'" arrived in Utah on SlInda\', Octob e r 19, lSG ~ . Th l' ston ' c;r how he raisec1 the ncC'e~s:;ry fund s to hrin g himsl'lf amI his family to Zion is b oth inl,'restin g and touchin g; Sunday, Janu ary 12, 18G2. I informed my parents that I intend ed going to II tah in the sprin g. ~!onclay ] 3th. I was owin g my parents 7.10 odd for furniture. TIll'" said as I would want all lltl' mon e y"I eO\lld ~d , they would Llb, a wheclba rn1\\' and a form, valut' 10 ' for their moncy, g i\' ing lIl e thl' h :d:IIl('C, 17. Satlmlav 18 th. I ' n'n l to l\" '\\"l';lstk ' h ad :t lone' ttlk with Pres. Dallin ' on l'migr:l ti0'1. \V t' llt to \1;' . Rlll :1S t (~ gl't soow ticke ts printed as I illt ,,!>.l ttl di sp()~" of my bt 'llks h;· lot k ry . Left til(' 1l](ll ll'Y witli Un. th l' r Titl' for hi m tn P'<'I tlll'ill \\·h,'ll thf')' \\'I 'll' d(1 !I<:. Sllllchy ]~ H h, I b :lptizl'cl \\'illi :lIll "':11\, ." l1.i, aflt'lIlOl) )1 , It w as \'Cry fr osty. \\ \' 11 ;1(1 ti ll' ie,' to h i, , ~ I·, {"Il' III' l'l\lll.! ;-0 |
