American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1920-08-21
last Of ORIGINAL P|O-
N[ERS CALLED TO REST

ALI
-. vas the youngest child Of fam
y. ~ eleven children whom Joined
=. church in Indiana. They were
,..,,,ed by Joshua sawyer Holman,
cant Nancy and George. who were
,.,., haptized in the Mississippi river
nv Elder Clapp.
liar father was carpenter by trade
"a worked on the Nauvoo Temple un-
N Il was finished, doing, much Of
-. finishing work. Nancy with the
nat Of her family was endowedd in
hs temple in 1876. They had just
r,,sbed a two rooned house and
,,oved into II when on Sept. ~. Col
o,e, Brokman and mob Of 800 men
made 4 raid on the city Of Nauvoo. On
he 18th the city Of Nauvoo surrend-
cred.
They were COMPEL ID to go and lea
n everything except what they could
earry, which consisted OF a few clio
txss and some dried pumpkins. They
u6ered all kinds II hardships and
"a TO work very hard to keep from
carving.
After travelling far enough so that
r Ar would be safe from the mob they
impaired for the winter as best they
could. They lived mostly on wild
turkey. Nancy attended several terms
\ q school at the home OF Daniel II (.
, wells and got what education az
vas possible at that time and place.
K she later got work for 81 so week
With private family until she got
/. work at an Indian school under the
supsrvision Of Mr.. Mckinney. While
there she became acquainted with
John G.. Holman. wh,se duty II was
10 find help for the school. "a,
In the spring OF 1slT President
Brigham Young called on John q.
Holman to go with him to the noun
tahs In the west. He was one OF
!. nat little band which reached Salt
Lake on the cath Of July. 1s47. After
&tping to build. get wocA and-7pre.
pare for winter, on the Goth day Of
\ August in company With Brigham
Young and others. they left for the
east and on the s1st day OF October
they arrived In Winter Quarters
which ended long and hard sum.
mers travel.
When the celery HI oke out at The
Indian school she went 10 a place
called Keg Creek. where her folks
lived While here on August %. 1s49
she was married to John q. Holman
In the spring OF $50 they started
for Utah. She drove team all the wa!
to the valleys. On account of 81
much travel and so many buffalos thu
feed was very scarce. As John q
had made the journey twice befor'
he was called TO go ahead and flint
suitable places to camp,
After reaching Salt Lake they eros
sed the Jordan river and went vi
the river on the west side to Utal
lake. Finding nothing there to sui
Them John g. Holman. George s
Clark, Lewis Harvey swan the Jor
dan and travelled about eight mile
to the east where they found som
% \ Axsfta Dat
inson and Daniel II. Wells. Ate
staying all night with them they re
turned to camp and Travelled back I
salt Lake City. Later they went
south on the east OF the Jordan an
On the 18th day Of Sept they arrive
At what they called Pleasant Grow
Where she has made her home ever
since. q a,Rt.
There were six families In the com
pany, her father Richard Clark. me
'her Ann Elizabeth Shafter Clarl
brother George and wife, Lewis Hal
'ey and wife, Mr.. Marler and viii
ana widow woman with three chi
oren' two girls and boy.
while building houses for wints
log rolled on to the Price boy an
Killed him. The next day the sam
iog rolled of and broke Lewis Hal
vey's leg.
Nancy Clark Holman was we'll az
ouainted with all the leaders OF III
church, working for more than yet
at one time in the family OF PresideI
woodruff. She saw the Prophet Jo'
eph' and HyTum Smith and hear
.nem speaking the day they went
oe murdered and saw them after the
we're brought back as corpses. When
cnhd she lived close to +. u, Richard
ana often sat on his lap and combs
lis hair.
IN her younger days abe was an a
ave worker In all church work. 81
gave birth to the first white child Dor
"a Pleasant Grove. Sept. Q, is6i. 81
vas the mother OF nine childre
'orty one living ~ grand childre
On. snd eishty-nine grea. grandchiidre
4 10 ChilArn. a,