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Show HISTORY OF SANPETE COUNTY. 181 located themselves for the winter 011 the south side and at the foot of Quarry hill, where the Temple now stands. They engaged in farming, stockraising, etc. His father was a prominent man in the early settlement of the place and was a member of the first High Council chosen to that position May 1, 1851. He died in Manti May 31, 1870. Ezra's mother, whose maiden name was Nancy Golden, was a native of the same place as was her husband. She was born April 22, 1808, and shared all the arduous labors and privations with him, and died in Manti May 23, 1870. Ezra was brought up to the farming industry and engaged in stock and sheepraising; has a valuable farm of about sixty acres near Manti. In 1801, when the wool company was organized, he became a director and was vice-president two years, and in 1894 was elected its president. This company does an annual business of about $250,000 in buying and shipping wool, and in addition handle wagons, agricultural implements, etc. He is a" prominent member of the Mormon church, member of the High Council ten years; was a member of the City Council terms of 1875, '77, 79 and '85; was Mayor 1891-2, and again in the Council in 1893. His repeated elections showed the esteem and confidence in which he was held by his constituents. He married in Salt Lake City, while a resident of Manti, December 1, I860, Miss Abigail Tattle, daughter of Azariah, born October 13, 1848, in Tottawattamie, Iowa. They had seven children, two living, viz.: Leonard A. and Azariah 0., associated in business together in sheep and cattle — industry in Alberta, Canada, 5HOMAKER, HON. JEZEEEL, deceased, son of Lakey and Sally Ellis, was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, October 29, 1796. He was brought up as a frontiersman in Pendleton county, where he was engaged in lumbering and fanning. April 1, 1824, he married Nancy, daughter of John and Mary Robinson Golden, born in Pendleton county, Kentucky, April 22, 1808. About 1828 they removed to Illinois and located in Adams county, near Quincy, where he homesteaded 160 acres of land and purchased other claims, having the |
