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came TO Utah with brigham Young IN
ls4T aud settled 1t point where
cid Camp Floyd stood aud Nhere the
aowu OF American Fork nov stAnds.
He Was married to hia first wife soon
after coming TO Utah He lived In
that country until the year $50, or
ssbereab0sts, aud during HE stay
there, be- married bis second wife,
uho is my mother. Ia 1860 be
moved 10 Franklin, idaho, aud later.
do not remember the date, be was
married to bis third wife. Here was
born the majority % his children.
Some Of them were born at American
Fork. There we're born to the firEs
wife IL ehIidFen. to the second wife
seven children. and % The third ~ifs
four children. THIS - not an an
usually large family for that country
where polygamy 10 pEaetieed.
have known Of many families who
had more children. Thass families
lived In separate hous-a.
EACH FAMILY HAS IT'S HOUSE
- question has bean frequentiy
asked mW daring this campaign hos
10 many wivcs and children could
be- gathered together 10 one house
They eoald not set along together II
thcy had = houas that Waa biz enough
20 contain them all. In Frunkliu
the custom usually ass 10 keep one
utfe Ia t1un aud 10 the poiyRaming
bad no more than thFre wivvs, be-
would koup the other $50 on q farm
lying cot = mile or go from tuWB.
never knsw of = case whegs two fAmi
liea lived In The same hoose. AZ
stated before. the relations vsfs such
that the flrsa wife aud second uife,
lihsWtse the chtldEun of the aFst aud
ssooBd wtvea. ueFe very frequently
D -. on spoakiug terms Il usually
happened that the nrst wife lived 10
= better boasa ulth holteF furnish
lnes and m0Ee Of tho comforts ni
life than aRy of the other wivoa. Hoe.
ever, this uas not always tbs cas-.
sumstimss az old man would marry =
yuang wife Who vac . favnFils with
him and she was accorded the place
of honor among them.
WIVES SUPPORT THEMSELVES.
My observations, extending over
= period Of 90 years, 10 that the
husband aad father made no pFe,ense
of supporting thcsa wivcs. hayr
noticed that 10 = great majority Of
eaaea thess uives we're very bard
working women They made butter.
raised chickens aud sold cage 20 buy
the clothing aud the groceries for the
family. the husband usually furnish
ing the fi0ur. aud Ia some cases, tbs
vegetables 10 course, there wcrg eN
.sr1ationR Co this rais. The members
rot Tho church Ia authority. tbose she
beid high eoclrfjastiral offices. ne
quenily maintained their uivea. al
Of thsn IN mote ur losp iusury
hut there was always Cne among fhe
number wbu wBa accorded sreCial
privilege Tho easr ~ Alnnila. the
favorIip wife ~ brigham Young, j.
familiar ta all Who have read the
HISTORY uf the Mormon church. The
teachings Of the Mormon church ate
such that large families are eneour-
aged whether they he polyRsmaua ur
otherwise. aud a man was rated IN
The church according 20 the number
..H SD ..Nt - ..a4
were taught that the property aud
position had nothing whatever 10 do
with the numbor Of children IN the
family They are taught. aud be.
lievo that the most Of them beliove.
that the Lord will provide Ia all caspe
and that they need have no worry
about sustaining these families
HUNGER IN Ills OWN CASE.
Il I'm the caae Of my fathers family,
The did the beet be could toward the
ssupport Of his families, bat tho family
INCREASED faster than the means OF
Aupport. according to we'll essah
fished law 81 political economy 1
remember very distinctly during my
curly childhood Of time when We
had no, enough TO cat aud not enough
clothing 70 keep out the cold
j. know that during thie period, the
Anderings among those families was
alense remember during the
9sarly period Of my life. before our
farm was improved 20 such an extont
that Il would sustain us. that my
mother bought everything that sup
piled the house, including clothing
and axceptInR llenn During tho later