The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-02-08

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that way" Thomas, limp and help
less, fell to the ground black in the
face. In few minutes he recovered
enough to get home, but died about
three weeks later, leaving wife
and child to mourn. There is one
probable reason that / was not also
mobbed, and that is because at the
time of the massacre | was sick at
home, three-fourths of a mile from
Hauns Mill. / was at that time
twenty years of age, but small of
stature, puny and sickly With such
experiences as these how could the
Mormons be censured for leaving
civilization and emigrating to the
wilderness of Rocky Mountains, hop
ing for peace and religious freedom!
: February 2, 1899, we left Hauns
Mill bound for Illinois, and settled
III Adams county, about four miles
from, Payson. In the spring of 1840
another move was made to Nauvoo,
Hancock county, III. Here at Nau-
VOC my mother died, July 27, 1S41.
March z, 1874, l married Olive
Marketable Cheney. daughter of Aa-
ron Creney and Marketable Wells.
My wife was born May Is, 1917, in
Bloomfield, Cataragus county, New
York. While in Nauvoo, my first
son Brigham was born, February 6.
1S46. In April, 1916, we left Nau-
voo, going westward. We laid over
al Pennington, Iowa, and worked
until September. Then we moved
down the Des Moines river and
stopped at Toms Mill While there
my eleven-months-old son, Brigham,
died. Leaving Toms Mill May i,
1S47, we moved to Apponoose coun-
ty, Iowa, and while there second
son, Thomas Aaron, was born, July
10, 1S4S. Here also a third son.
Amos Orin, was born January 2,
1850.
On May IT, 1850, we left Apo
moose county, travelling west The
next stop was at Kanesville (now
Council Bluffs. June 8, 1850, we
CT ossed the Missouri river bound for
the Great Basin in the Rocky Noun
tains. We arrived with our little
company in Salt Lake City. October
A, 1880 Six days later we settled |
at Willow creek (now Grantsville) }.
One white man living in wagon
box and herding stock was the only /
lnhabitant of the place at that time.
1. my wife and two children, Har-
rison Severe, his wife and three chill
1ren composed our company at
that time. We built the first house
and plowed the first land on Willow
'reek and consequently we were the
irst settlers in Evansville. We had
)ut little means with which to sup
bort our families. Our nearest mar
ret was Salt Lake City. During tthe
winter OF 1S50-5I, we made several
rips to Salt Lake, hauling charcoal.
BY doing this and killing game such
IS deer, antelope, rabbits, wild
owls and fishing, we managed TO
make bare living for ourselves and
antilles. We did what fencing we S
ould when we were not otherwise ]
mployed. I
March 20, 1851, the Indians stole
nd drove off all our cattle but
hree oxen and one COW. We follow i
d the cattle and Indian tracks out v
lto tthe Kull valley and on to the t
edar Mountains sixty miles from e
ONE. Strung all along the way we
1und several of our cattle dead. s.
he Indians had killed them, used a n
tile of the meat and left the rest to d
aste. Being on foot with only two r.
iscuits each and having giving up
Il hope of finding any of our cattle
i've, we gave up the chase and re-
lrned home. N
We moved to Lake View and
orked in the canyon, getting out Il
ouse logs and saw logs. We hauled
e logs down to the old saw mill b,
low the grist mill), tten miles east
Grantsville, where we got the >,
gs sawed up into lumber. Work Z,
g in this manner we were able to
axe living as well as buy two :.
lndred eighty dollars worth of
ork oxen.
In December, 1851. we moved
ok to Grantsville. Five other fam OF
es came back with us. They were da
e families of Clark, Baker, Dur NJ
g., Seva and Watson, making to-
of ttwenty-six souls in all. A fr,
anch of the church was organized vii
tn Benjamin Baker as presiding Az
Ter. A little later Thomas II pa