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Show arrived there on the a, 24th, and in June I _got married to Rebecca Da k. and ,tarted back to San Bernardino, in , mber . Arri wd ther in November• 1866, 1tay 4 thlre until December, 1867 &ncl ,tarted tor Utah Te rito17 a in~ Arrived 1n Cedar C1ty, Febury 1858 a~ed here until Ootober, thon moved to Fon ...,~"JY V ln Kam Count;y . s~ d ther until U&J'1, 1869• than movod to Virgin ,C. ity , ir.. OountJ, Utah, in tha Bio '1rg1n lley, tor the p pose of raid.ng oo ton an4 1Tu1t. On ti. thirteen d.q ot Maroh got ahot 1n tm toot through tha ••1·le11ne • ot an Indian aettling down hi• gun and it falling on ll\V toot, which laid m up about fi:ve or • ix montha . Jan t1rat , 1061, tound me on m:J fllet gain re 4y tor work. l'h11 y•ar quite a lot ot1'mily came 1n rromthe northern settlomnt and 1ettled with us . I worked on the -.ter di to etc., until June • then rant ra:J plaoe and ,tarted with ms wife and two ohi n tor S< I&lm City on a. viait Stopped at Provo awhil1t and •rlmd, and then went on to the Cii;J . Worked some here until ootober, then atarted tor h,;JM • .Arriwd at hlmt alright in 1863. ViorloMl on the •ter ditch andfta.rnled a little, ~ wit•, ~becoa had a t1xw son born June 12th. We oa.lled hia name "1111• ti attor the cit7 of ?lanti in the book ot mormon. In 1861 worked on the •ter di toh and raiaed some ootton. wheat• eto. • and atarted to build me a houae . Burn1ed the briok and uled them on to the ground. In l86i I laid part ot the •lla ot my hou e , and on Chrietmu d&1 -wu •lled to part with 'f1r:I W1te Rebecca. ·She died in ohildbed taking oold. twe or thr • daya alter the child ,,,.s born, and 4i.ed in two or throe more daya . '1• Ohi was a tine boy , we oalled him Jo, ph J a, 5t lived until Ooto ber, tun died and was buried by tho Iida ot a mother . !'bat lett me with three children, Loui EvelJJl, Nid Jlanti . Bo, in 1866 I though I would get r.arried again So I •de a bar gan wl th Jira Sariah A/ Eagar, widl'IO ot Jehn r who diect two y•a.rs be tore • Yfe atarted. tor Salt lake to get Wiltor4 Woodrutta 1-t..rted tor home &n.d arrived there all •11, April 8, and fixed. and moved tnto our now houN b&tor• it was tini1htd, but I ged to ~t the root on in a tew lliOntha , and raind a • 11 orop of cotton, Wh•t, eto., and In december 1867 ?If/ w.1n.. s had a tim bey . We oalled him .Amp1 obon. In |
