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lovexy two-story brick home with three fireplaces. The carpentry work was excellent. Inside, the home was painted with "beautiful birds and flowers over the mantel and on the ceiling. The floor tapestry was like velvet. There were two large white verandas. The creek that supplied water to the town ran east of the house through a grassy meadow. Ann took pride in raising chickens, ducks, geese, guinea hens and a special peacock. She made and sold butter and cheese. Rees and Ann were the parents of eleven children, Ann was called "Little Grandma" by her grandchildren because of her short stature. But, Grandma says, she was as broad as she was tall. Ret., held the position of postmaster in Fountain Green and was elected the iirst president of the town council. He was always active in the community and church and was choir director for twenty-eight years. He served as tithing clerk and was Magistrate of Fountain Green for eighteen years. He became an excellent Rees William Llewellyn, the third child to Rees and Ann, is my great-great-grandfather. Rees William married Sarah E, Holman, the daughter of Sanford Holman and Elizabeth Hanna Allred, the daughter of Wiley P. Allred, the first doctor in Fountain Green. He made his medicines from herbs that grew wild nearby. Lulu May Llewellyn was the daughter of Rees William and Sarah E, Holman. Lulu married Hay Whiting, the grandson of Edwin Whiting. Edwin Whiting traveled with Isaac Morley's company who were the first settlers of Sanpete County, I bought the horrid little house in Fountain Green. I came from the city, not too far away. It took us four weeks with a pickup aodtrailer. We wore out a 3et of tires and several pairs of gloves. When we ran out of money and time we left some of our treasures behind. Soon after we settled in I got a letter from Grandma* She mentioned, "Did you know my mother was born in Fountain Green?" I hadn't 'till then. 122 |
