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Show -- tead trom the grandfathers estate wMoh •s sold at auction, that being the y they hod of divid:f.ng property in those days. ~'hen George w. was about ah: yt'nrs old the gospel was prenehed to h1a pa,rents u:nd a.:'tor thoy had t:mdo a very thorough sef.lreh and invas .. t 1gation of the principles or l~orn1onisr.1 they neoopted it • . Thre yeai•a later his father sold the plantation rm( a number of negro l aboror s which he poasesaed. At this timo the frudily con~1sted of father, mother , and eight children. \1/hen they were roa.dy to commence thoir journey hfo :f'ather hi red t-i tenm to take them twelve snUas to the M1aaisai:ppi River where they took the boat a.t Gra.'ld Gul:.f' and traveled up the Mississippi .i or to st. L uts, changed boats for he Uisoouri R1 vsr and so traveled uut il t,hay reached St. Joe . }l$fo:re leavix.g the boat &\ girl was stricken v,Uh oholara. . They hnd but a short d1otanee to go trom the boat to the house whi ch thoy wore going to occup1 o they carried tha girl to the house and ave her every nttentton they oould but she died . The cholera 'borke out in it' s most maliBllallt form nd all of the family wer e stricken itl1 1t except Sarah J"ane , a girl of sixteen. She nursed and eared tor the stricken tamily. !n two w•eks the qread a nd fatal malady, had taken tho rather and three r,1rls and eost the other a premature child which also died at birth. , en the family left Fort Bibson, a brother or Harr1Qt lie tll Mar ler• by the name of oamual Heath altlo l ett f or the west with t heir .company. There were Mr. He th . his wife , three ch1l dr eJl, |
