| Show Thorpe brother near Guard bear William Knoll--another Nine years after who was scalped heartbreaking their marriage by the incident Henry Indians for entered her to into polygamy Mary was the first of three wives The three families lived in relative harmony an exception is illustrated by the following humorous incident Mary Thorpe and Henrythird wife Mary Ann Thompson had homes next door to each other on Main Street Henry kept telling Mary whatgood wife and wonderful companion his third wife was proving to morning When out of his bed be This rankled in Marymind one Sunday the pigs began to squel Henry without getting next door shouted Mary Thorpe go slop the hogs Mary took the bucket of swill and started toward the pigs but suddenly indignant she went to the open window of the gouse next door and threw the contents on the couple in bed Henry had had no chance to attend had died crossing the plains learned to read Mary Thorpe scarce but she borrowed them loped an interest in and books and his she him read became such proficient Paradoxically this uneducated man strong believer in education that while he was Canute Peterson to found last of Main Second Sanpete My mother their he worked said home Street and rock one he first continued Every evening she found Mary and all frail 86 lived but baby the Eliza Academy she the diligently Counselor Stake solid John which visited Second difficult to books Presidency to more taught simple Stake mother asconsequence he hadnenjoyed reading Books were to read to him until he deve then progressed school her ones with Stake Maiben became until and on the North next door to others College grandparents house became in the President Snow rock he every day southwest the in corner adobe and built for her and this reading habit time she visited her grandparents in the Mary reading to Henry to have first Morris seven Tived Beal children to have by Henry homes Pehrson grew Allen of their strong Beal own and Even Tived years In spite of Mary crippled body the tragedies she endured her hard pioneer 1ife this faithful loving woman helped buildtown indesert supported in every wayhusband who wasleader in the Church the community and in -84 |
