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Show 2 / & built t.hn first. saw mill on ·bnnny CrMk in S~ :...nish Fork Canyon . My ~loth~r was ~orn in thA spring or 1853 wh~n shP was fpw clays old , thA Indians WPnt on +.hA war path and it w~s nP.c~ssary +,o t.akP. my GrandniothPr and h~r t.iny BabP to +hp Fort , t, this S6.ll)p nitP thPir saw mill was burnP.d down to +hp ground . This wa·s discougaging but still hP. was undauntPd , hP con+.inuPd +,o hP.lp build Saw Mill ' s th•ough ~u+, thP. tPrritory , bP.ing the Captain or thP Silvor GrP,y !iP,gimPnt. , hA fought. thP.Ihdiana during t.hP. Black Hawk ,er , HP was commission,od Major or +hP. Utah Malitiif, known as +.hP. Nauvoo l.P.gion , and tho advancPd in ypars , hP. rpndP.rP.d r ct.ivP SP.rvicP . In 1854 hP. rPturnPd to Salt LakP. City and according t,o a IlPWB pappr clipping hP. taught school in +,ho 4th ward , equal to +,hp board of rP~P.nt.s of Univnrsity of dPSP.rP.t , FPb 6th 1855 SamuAl Thompson tP.aOhP.s ~ privatP sch school in 4th ward , twnnty fiVP. ee£ei~a scholars . . In t.hPyPar or ~~ · 1856 hP. Yvas callPd on a mission to L3s Vp,g~s and l'nm.ainP.d thP.rP. untill t.hP. mission wa;-abandonPd , thP.n hP. roturnPd to Spanish Fork ," making that. plac~ his pPrmanpnt, homP. . On this rot urn trip my ,J.1.othP.r nc,ar ly lost hAr li fp , +h.P roads WP ro rough and MothPr and +hP childron orn walking , MothPr fc,ll an rollAd down thA hill to wars thA Colo'rado Ri VPr , but mPraoulously caught. on a sagp brush , en old fAllow by t.hP. narnA of HAnry MeCromical rushAd aftor h~r and s ·vqd hAr lifP . In 1887 FathAr 11ovP.d to +hP ~shliy VellAy , GrandfathAr carnA with us , living par+ o of +hA t.iinP, with us and part with his sim John Devid , hP, diAd hr,rc, pri1·22 1892 I was only four yP.ars old a 1d havP only a faint r 0 collAction of him PXCopt that. h~ had long hair , and my f, voritP pass t.imP was combing it . His romains warp takAn to Spanish , Fork whArA hP had li Vr,d for so many yPars , and Pn+.orP.d int,o t.n-P cl.">mAtary thPrP , Friday p .-pril 29.!!!_ 1892 . lovp of tho GospAl nd lov~ of his count:~ WArA his stro:ng Cheractaris ---tics |
