| Show this time Peter also did work on the Noyes Building at Snow College helping get lumber and rocks from the canyon and doing more mason work Always active in church affairs Peter was chosen as the First Counselor of the Stake High Priests and records that he attended many meetings He also went to General Conference in Salt Lake City in April and October for many years He was very much interested in doing the ordinance work in the temple for his deceased relatives and with his family went often to do this work spending twenty-four days there at one time He kept in touch with his Scandinavian heritage by attending the Scandinavian Jubilee in Salt Lake City and also attended the State Fair therenumber of years He raisedlarge family In compliance with the advice from President Brigham Young he tooksecond wife Catherine Thomson to the Endowment House in Salt Lake City 21 November 1863 Because of polygamy problems he had to buildseperate house for Catherine which he paid for withyoke of oxen wagon and some money 325 Their children were Thomas Franklin John Alexander David Patton Ezra Seth and Daniel Fredrick Some 70 family members gathered to celebrate Peter90th birthday anniversary at his home family dinner with tributes and song helped to make the day memorable He receivedwoolen blanket and boughtnew black suit for for the occasion He wrote his autobiography and keptdiary In his last days he writes much of gratitude and thanks to his Heavenly Father that his life has been preserved stating that he is feeble but not sick and that he is glad he is able to read to study and to prepare himself for the life beyond His concluding words read am thankful to God for my life and existence thatcan learn something more for my salvation can walk slowly worklittle can eat and drink and sleep and see to read and write and understand whatread also Truly this pioneer madedifference in the lives of many and left an example for all to follow 100 |
