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James Alfred Warthen (1876-1931) and Ruth Bowen (1872-1938) divorce proceedings: Part 4
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT,
COUNTY OF UTAH, STATE OF UTAH
MOTION TO ALTER AND AMEND DECREE
RUTH B. WARTHEN,
JAMES ALFRED WARTHEN,
Comes now the defendant, James Alfred Warthen, and moves the court to alter and amend the decree entered in the above entitled cause on the 20th day of November, 1926, to give the defendant, James Alfred Warthen, the custody and control of the said minor children, to-wit: Sterling Warthen, Paul Warthen, Alden [sic] B. Warthen, Janice Warthen and Dean Warthen; also to amend the amount of alimony to be paid to the plaintiff and also to alter and amend the courts decree relative to the possession and control of the family home in Springville, Utah, said motion to be based upon affidavits and evidence introduced at the hearing of this motion.
Abe W. Turner
Knight Block, Provo, Utah.
Received a copy of said Motion this _____ day of ________________,
COUNTY OF UTAH, STATE OF UTAH.
JAMES ALFRED WARTHEN
James Alfred Warthen, being first duly sworn, depose and says: that a decree was duly entered in the above entitled cause on or about the 20th day of November, 1926 and that by the terms of said decree, the plaintiff Ruth B. Warthen, was given the custody and control of the minor children, to-wit: Sterling Warthen, Paul Warthen, Alden [sic] B. Warthen, Janice Warthen and Dean Warthen; and that the family home at Springville, Utah was to be provided for the said plaintiff, Ruth B. Warthen, and said minor children save that the defendant, James Alfred Warthen, was to have one room in said home reserved for his use and benefit and that by the terms of said decree, defendant was to pay the plaintiff the sum of $35.00 as alimony for the support of said plaintiff and minor children.
Affiant says that the home at Springville, Utah, mentioned in the decree in the above entitled cause is not now occupied by the said Ruth B. Warthen and the minor children and that there is no room in the home reserved or been reserved for the use and benefit of said James Alfred Warthen but on the contrary the room that was to have been reserved for the said James Alfred Warthen has been rented out by the said Ruth B. Warthen and the said Ruth B. Warthen has received the rentals from said room; that at this time the said Ruth B. Warthen is living at Spanish Fork, Utah County, Utah with some of her relatives and that the children aforementioned have been taken out of the schools at Springville, Utah and their schooling has been bfoken [sic] up.
That the family home at Springville, Utah at this time, is unoccupied and that all of the furnishings and household effects have bean taken away from the said family home at Springville; that the room that was to have been set aside for the defendants [sic] use has been stripped of all its furnishings and that it is of no use to the said defendant in its present condition; that the said family home is not being taken care of, that the same is being fun [sic] down for want of care and the protection of an interested occupant and that the ground has not been cared for and has not been cultivated or cleaned and that in every way the said property is decreasing in value; that the said property is being purchased under a contract and is only partially paid for and that affiant has been advised that unless the place be given better care, that the payments on same be made up, some action will be taken to dispossess said affiant and said Ruth B. Warthen of any and all interest they have in the said premises; that said affiant believes that it is absolutely necessary that he be given the custody and control of the said family home.
That the minor children aforementioned have not been given proper care and attention by Ruth B. Warthen during the period in which the aforementioned decree has been in operation and effect; that the said children have been left for hours and days at a time without any one to care for them, to cook their meals and to see to keeping the said children clean and healthful; that affiant has provided considerable food, fuel and clothing for the minor children aforementioned and food and fuel for the benefit of the said Ruth B. Warthen; that said Ruth B. Warthen has refused and does now refuse to give the said James Alfred Warthen credit for providing the aforementioned food, fuel and clothing but she, the said Ruth B. Warthen, has repeatedly told and published the story that said James Alfred
Warthen has never provided anything for the said children since the first of April of this year.
That affiant has been informed that said Ruth B. Warthen has sent the said minor child, Dean Warthen, out of the state of Utah, to-it; To California, to be kept by his sister and that affiant is informed that the said sister is having to make her own living and pay for her own board and keep, that she is in no position to properly care for the said child; that the said child was sent to California primarily to aggravate and annoy this affiant; that affiant believes that the best interest of the children, their health, their upbringing and their schooling will be gained by giving to him the custody and control of said children and that he might have the family home, together with the household effects at Springville, Utah for the said children to live in.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29th day of November, A.D. 1927
Abe. W. Turner
Residing at Provo, Utah.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT 0F THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, COUNTY OF UTAH, SATE OF UTAH.
To Morgan & Coleman, attorneys-at-law and attorneys of record for the plaintiff, Ruth B. Warthen, and to Ruth B. Warthen, plaintiff.
You and each of you will please take notice that the defendant, James Alfred Warthen will, on the 10th day of December, 1927, at ten o'clock A.M., or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, move the court to alter and amend its decree made in the above entitled cause and entered on the 20th day of November, A.D. 1926.
P.O. Address: Knight Block,
Received copy of above notice this 29th day of November - 1927
County of Utah.
Abe W . Turner , being first duly sworn on oath deposes and says that he is attorney for the defendant James Alfred Warthen , in the above entitled action; that he has his law offices in the Knight Block at Provo City, Utah that he served a copy of the attached notice together with a copy of the affidavit and motion in the above entitled cause, upon the plaintiff Ruth B. Warthen, on the 30th day of November A.D. 1927 by depositing a copy of said notice, motion and affidavit, enclosed in an envelop [sic], in the U.S. Post Office, at Provo City, Utah; that the said envelop [sic] was addressed to Ruth B. Warthen, Spanish Fork, Utah; that the postage on same was fully paid; that the plaintiff is now residing at Spanish Fork, Utah County, Utah and that there is daily communication by mail between Provo, Utah, and Spanish Fork, Utah; that the service was made after having tried to serve Morgan & Coleman, attorneys, who refused to accept service for the said Ruth B. Warthen.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th of December A.D. 1927.
I. G. Bench
My commission expires March 22, 1931.
James Alfred Warthen (1876-1931),
James Alfred Warthen (1876-1931) and Ruth Bowen (1872-1938) divorce proceedings: Part 3
DECREE OF DIVORCE:
[The information here is almost exactly the same as the conclusions of law, found in Part 2. The judge grants everything in that section.]
State of Utah, County of Utah
Judgment Roll Certificate:
Ruth B. Warthen
Jas. Alfred Warthen
I, the undersigned Clerk of the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District of the State of Utah, in and for Utah County, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the Judgment entered in the above entitled action, and I further certify that the foregoing papers, hereto annexed, constitute the Judgment Roll in said action.
this 20 day of Nov. 1926
W.M. Hales
IN AND FOR UTAH COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH.
w / Ruth, B.Warthen, Peing first duly sworn, on her oath, deposes and says; that she is the plaintiff mentioned in the-above entitled action; that she has heretofore, to wit: on the 20th. day of November, 1926, obtained from this Court a decree and judgment of divorce and for the payment of alimony and attorney's fees, to-wit: that said defendant pay into this court the sum of $30.00 on or before the 31st day of December, 1926, as attorney's fee, and that said defendant pay to the plaintiff as alimony for the support of herself and minor children the sum of $35.00 per month, payable as follows: $17.00 on or before November 10, 1926, and an additional $17.00 on or before the 10th. day of each and every following month, and also $18.00 on or before November 25, 1926, and an additional $18.00 on or before the 25th. day of each and every following month; that said defendant has wilfully and contumaciously failed, neglected and refused to comply with the terms of said decree, in this, that said defendant has not paid to the plaintiff, or the Clerk of this Court for the use of the plaintiff, any of said alimony so ordered to be paid by the court, to-wit: the sum of $35.00 during the month of May, 1927, $35.00 during the month of June, 1927, $35.00 during the month of July, 1927, $35.00 during the month of August, 1927, except that defendant has paid $15.00 on said alimony.
WHEREFORE, plaintiff asks that the said defendant James Alfred Warthen be ordered to appear before this Court and show cause why he should not be punished for a contempt of court.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 8 day of September, 1927.
Residing at: Provo City, Utah.
I, J. C. Clark, Sheriff in and for the County of Summit and State of tah, do hereby certify and return that I received the within and hereto annexed summons have served on the 10th day of Sept. A.D. 1927, and served the same upon James A. Warthen, Defenfant, by delivering and leaving with order to show cause a true copy of said summons order in Park City, Summit County, State of Utah, on the 10th day of Sept. A.D. 1927.
I further certify that on the copy of summons so served I endorsed the date and place of service and added my name and official title thereto.
Dated at Park City, Utah, this 10 day of Sept. A.D. 192 . . . .
Sheriff of Summit County, Utah
By J. Frank Payne
Fees:—
Service, $ . . . . . . . . . . .
Mileage, $___________
Total, $ . . . . . . . . . . .
IN DISTRICT COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT IN
AND FOR UTAH COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH.
To the defendant James Alfred Warthen,-
The petition of Ruth B. Warthen having been filed here-in setting out that you wilfully and contumaciously failed, refused and neglected to comply with the decree of this Court made and entered on the 20th. of November, 1928, wherein you were required to pay to said plaintiff the sum of $35.00 per month as alimony, payable as follows: $17.00 on or before November 10,1926, and an additional $17.00 on or before the 10th. day of each and every following month, and also $18.00 on or before November 25,1926, and an additional $18.00 on or before the.25th.. day of each and every following month, and also pay to Morgan and Coleman, plaintiff's attorneys, the sum of $30.00 as attorney's fees.
You are therefore ordered to be and appear before this Court in the court room of the county court house at Provo city, Utah County, Utah, on Saturday, the 17th day of September, 1927, at ten o'clock A.M. of said day, then and there to show cause, if any you have, why you should not be adjudged guilty of contempt in not complying with the order of this Court, as is stated in the affidavit of said plaintiff.
Let a copy of this order, together with a copy of the affidavit of the plaintiff, be served upon the defendant James Alfred Warthen at least 5 days prior to the 17 day of September, 1927.
The Sheriff is hereby directed to serve this Order without cost to the plaintiff.
Dated at Provo City, Utah County, State of Utah, this 8th day of September, 1927.
George P. Parker
No. 6526 Civil
Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law and Order and Decree in Contempt.
This matter came on duly and regularly for hearing before the court on the 17th. day of September, 1927, on the affidavit of the plaintiff and order to show cause why the defendant should not be required to comply with the terms of the decree entered and filed in the above entitled matter on November 20, 1926, Messrs Morgan and Coleman appearing as counsel for the plaintiff and the defendant appearing without counsel; and the Court having heard the evidence adduced on the part of the plaintiff and the defendant, the Court now makes the following,-
1. That on November 20, 1926, a decree of divorce was rendered and filed in the above entitled Court and cause, wherein, among other things, said defendant was ordered to pay to plaintiff's attorneys the sum of $30.00 as balance of attorney's fees on or before December 3,1926; also that defendant pay to plaintiff as alimony for the support of herself and their said minor children the sum of $35.00 per month; that said defendant had full knowledge of said decree; that said defendant has wilfully and contumaciously failed and refused to comply with said decree, in this, that he has failed and refused to pay to plaintiff any alimony for the months of May, June, July, and August, 1927; and in open court said defendant told the Court that he would not comply with said decree by paying said alimony as provided for by said decree;
2. That said defendant has wilfully and contumaciously and does now wilfully and contumaciously violate said decree
From the foregoing Findings of Fact the Court now makes the following,-
That said defendant has wilfully and contumaciously violated the terms of said decree and is entitled to be punished for contempt.
Wherefore, by virtue of the premises, it is, by the Court, ordered, adjudged, and decreed, that you, James Alfred Warthen, defendant in the above entitled cause, be imprisoned in the County jail of Utah County, Utah, at hard labor, for a period of sixty (60) days.
Done in open court this 17 day of September, 1927.
James Alfred Warthen (1876-1931) and Ruth Bowen (1872-1938) divorce proceedings: Part 2
In the District Court of Utah County
THE STATE OF UTAH TO SAID DEFENDANT:
You are hereby summoned to appear within twenty days after service of this summons upon you, if served within the county in which this action is brought, otherwise within thirty days after such service, and defend the above entitled action; and in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demands of the complaint which has been filed with the Clerk of the Court, a copy of which is attached hereto and served upon you .
Morgan, Coleman & Tucker
Provo Commercial Bank Building,
I, J. C. Clark, Sheriff in and for the County of Summit and State of Utah, do hereby certify and return that I received the within and hereto annexed summons 29th day of Sept. A. D. 1926., and served the same upon James Alfred Warthen, Defendant, by delivering and leaving with him a true copy of said summons in Park City, Summit County, State of Utah, on the 2nd day of October, A.D. 1926.
Dated at Park City, Utah, this 2nd day of October, A.D. 1926.
Fees:--
Service, $1.00
Mileage, $0.20
Total, $1.20
By Dee Workman
Comes now the defendant above named and demurs to the complaint of the plaintiff and for grounds of demurrer states:
FIRST:— That the complaint does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action against this defendant.
WHEREFORE, Defendant prays that plaintiff's complaint be dismissed .
Martin M [Last Name (?)]
Received copy this 2nd day of November, 1926.
In the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, State of Utah
In and for Utah County
Provo, Utah, November 20 1926
To the Clerk of the above entitled Court:
You will please enter the default of the defendant herein for failure to answer, demur or otherwise plead or appear in said cause.
THE STATE OF UTAH TO THE SAID DEFENDANT:
In this action the defendant James Alfred Warthen, having been regularly served with process, and having failed to appear and answer the Plaintiff's complaint on file herein, and the time allowed by law for answering having expired, the default of said defendant in the premises is hereby duly entered according to law.
ATTEST my hand, and the seal of said Court, this 20th day of November 1926.
[?] Clerk
By Melba Bachman
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT IN
AND FOR UTAH COUNTY, STATE OF
This matter came on duly and regularly for hearing before the above entitled Court sitting without a jury, on the ________ day of November, 1926, Messrs Morgan, Coleman and Tucker appearing as counsel for the plaintiff, and no one appearing for the defendant, on the verified complaint of the plaintiff, and the defendant having been regularly served with summons and time having expired after said service of summons in which the said defendant should demur, answer or otherwise plead to plaintiff's complaint, and said defendant having failed to demur, answer or otherwise plead or make any appearance in said cause, and the default of the defendant having been duly and regularly entered by the Clerk of the above entitled Court, and the Court having heard the evidence adduced on the part of the plaintiff and having considered the same, the Court now makes the following,-
FINDINGS OF FACT [This is basically a repeat of the plaintiff complaints, which can be found in Part 1.]
1. That plaintiff is entitled to a decree of divorce dissolving the marriage contract heretofore and now existing between the plaintiff and the defendant and that the said decree shall become absolute after the expiration of six months from the date of the entry thereof, as provided by the laws of the State of Utah, and that the plaintiff and defendant herein be released from all of the duties and obligations of said marriage contract, except as hereiafter [sic] set out.
2. That the plaintiff be awarded the care and custody of - Sterling Warthen, Paul Warthen, Alden B. Warthen, Janice Warthen, and Dean Warthen, the minor children issue of said marriage.
3. That the defendant pay to the plaintiff as alimony for the support of herself and her minor children the sum of $35.00 per month as follows: $17.00 on or before November 10, 1926, and an additional $17.00 on or before the 10th day of each and every following month; also $18.00 on or before November 25th. 1926, and an additional $18.00 on or before the 25th. day of each and every following month, except, however, that as soon as all the minor children issue of said marriage shall become of legal age, then said alimony shall be reduced to $15.00 per month; provided further, that in case the plaintiff shall remarry before said children shall come of legal age, then said alimony shall be reduced to $20.00 per month, and in case plaintiff shall remarry after said children become of age then said payments of alimony to said plaintiff shall absolutely terminate. That the defendant provde [sic] for the plaintiff as a home for herself and her said monor children the home now occupied by said plaintiff and said minor children in Springville, Utah County, Utah, and more particularly described as follows, to-wit:
Commencing 6.95 chains North and 4.70 chains West of the Southeast corner of the Northwest quarter of Section 4, Township 8 South, Range 3 East, Salt Lake Meridian; thence North 89° 47' West 4.34 chains; thence North 13° West 1.09 chains; thence South 89° East 4.58 chains; thence South 1.00 chains to beginning. Area 0.46 Acres.
That the defendant keep up the necessary payments on said home to retain possession of the same under any contract which he may have for the purchase of said home, and that the defendant also pay taxes thereon, but that the plaintiff shall pay all repairs and general upkeep in the maintenance of said home, and the defendant shall be afforded by the plaintiff a room in said home when he is living in Springville, Utah, or a satisfactory place to sleep at said home when he shall visit Springville, Utah; provided, however, that the plaintiff herein will surrender possession of said home property to the defendant herein if and when she remarries after the children, issue of said marriage, have arrived at their majority, and that she will surrender possession of said home property to the defendant herein before said children have reached their majority if the plaintiff remarries or loses the custody of said children before they have reached their majority.
4. That the defendant shall have the privilege of visiting his said children at all reasonable times, and shall have the privilege of taking said children with him for a visit provided he shall not take said children from the State of Utah.
5. That the plaintiff shall have no interest in or to any property now owned by the defendant other than as above set out.
6. That the defendant pay to Messrs Morgan, Coleman and Tucker, attorneys at law, of Provo, Utah, as attorney's fees in bringing this action the sum of $50.00, $20.00 of which said sum has heretofore been paid said Morgan, Coleman and Tucker on account, and the balance of $30.00 to be payable as follows: the sum of $20.00 to be paid on or before the 1st day of December, 1926, and $10.00 on or before the 31st day of December, 1926.
Dated at Provo City, Utah County, State of Utah, this 20th day of November, 1926.
James Alfred Warthen (1876-1931) and Ruth Bowen (1872-1938) divorce proceedings: Part 1
No 6526 Civil
Complaint Filed Oct. 4, 1926
AFFIDAVIT OF IMPECUNIOSITY
Ruth B. Warthen, being first duly sworn, deposes and says; I am the plaintiff named in the above and foregoing action; that owing to my poverty I am unable to bear the expense of the action which I am about to commence; that I verily believe that I have a good cause of action and am justly entitled to the relief sought for in this action.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of September, 1926.
Residing at: Provo City, Utah
My commission expires Sept. 7, 1929
IN AND FOR UTAH COUNTY, STATE
Plaintiff complains of the defendant and alleges,-
1. That the plaintiff and defendant intermarried at Provo, Utah County, State of Utah, on November 26, 1902, and ever since said time have been and now are husband and wife.
2. That there have been born as issue of said marriage between the plaintiff and defendant, seven children whose names and ages are as follows, to-wit:
Gladys W. Zimmerman, married daughter,
Naomi Warthen, daughter, age 21 years,
Sterling Warthen, son, age 18 years,
Paul Warthen, son, age 18 years,
Eldon B. Warthen, son, age 15 years,
Janice Warthen, daughter, age 12 years, and
Dean Warthen, son, age nine years.
That all of said children live with the plaintiff at Springville, Utah County, State of Utah, excepting Gladys W. Zimmerman, who is over twenty-one years of age and is married, and Naomi Warthen, who is living with her sister Gladys W. Zimmerman, at Roosevelt, Duchesne County, Utah.
3. That the plaintiff now is, and for more than one year next preceding the commencement of this action has been an actual and bona fide resident of Utah County, State of Utah.
4. That the defendant has treated the plaintiff in a cruel and inhuman manner as follows, to-wit:
That on the 26th. day of September, 1926, at their home in Springville, Utah County, State of Utah, the defendant swore at the plaintiff and called her vile names and threatened to slap her face, and further threatened to do her bodily harm and on account of said threats plaintiff was forced to, and did, leave her said home and staid with neighbors on the night of September 26, 1926; that at said time the defendant was under the influence of intoxicating liquor; that the defendant frequently in the past has been under the influence of intoxicating liquor, and has threatened the plaintiff herein with bodily harm and has sworn at the plaintiff herein, all of which acts and conduct on the part of the defendant toward the plaintiff has caused the plaintiff herein great mental anguish and fear of bodily harm and suffering.
5. That the defendant is a strong, able bodied man, and capable of earning $125.00 per month, or more; that said defendant now is, and many months last past has been, earning $125.00 per month, or more; that the defendant is the owner of an equity in the following described property, situate in Springville, Utah County, Utah, to-wit:
That the home occupied by the plaintiff and the children, as above mentioned, is situate on the above described property; that this plaintiff is informed and believes that said property is being purchased by the defendant and that the defendant is paying for said property at the rate of $10.00 per month; that it is necessary for the plaintiff herein to have for the support, care and maintenance of herself and the minor children above named the use of said home, together with the sum of $40.00 per month as alimony; that the defendant herein is able to make the monthly payment on said home; to pay the taxes thereon, and also to pay to the plaintiff for the use of herself and said minor children the sum of $40.00 per month as alimony, beginning with the first day of October, 1926; and that the defendant is also able to pay to the plaintiff for her costs and attorney's fees herein the sum of $100.00, the same to be paid at the rate of $20.00 per month beginning on the first day of November, 1926.
6. That the plaintiff herein has been forced to retain attorneys for bringing this action, that she has retained as her attorneys Messrs Morgan, Coleman and Tucker, of Provo, Utah; that said attorneys have charged $100.00 as attorneys fee for bringing this action, and that $100.00 is a reasonable amount as attorney's fee for bringing this action.
7. That the plaintiff herein is a fit and proper person to assume the care and custody of the minor children above named.
WHEREFORE, plaintiff prays judgment against the defendant as follows, to-wit:
1. For a Judgment and decree of this Court dissolving the bonds of matrimony heretofore and now existing between the plaintiff and the defendant and freeing said parties, and each of them, from all obligations of contract, except as herein specifically set forth.
2. That the Court order and decree the defendant to pay to the plaintiff as alimony for the support of herself and the minor children herein the sum of $40.00 per month the same to be payable on or before the first day of each and every month beginning with October 1, 1926.
3. That the defendant be ordered and decreed to furnish to the plaintiff and her minor children aforesaid for their exclusive use the home property situate in Springville, Utah County, State of Utah, and hereinbefore particularly described; that the defendant be ordered to keep up the monthly payments on said home property, to pay the taxes thereon; and to take any and all other necessary steps to save said home property for the exclusive use and occupation of this plaintiff and her minor children during the life of said plaintiff, or until said plaintiff shall again re-marry, or become otherwise independent.
4. That the Court award the care, custody and control of the minor children above named to the plaintiff.
5. For the sum of $100.00 as attorney's fees to be paid to Morgan, Coleman and Tucker, attorneys for the plaintiff herein at the rate of $20.00 per month, said sums to be paid on or before the first day of each and every calendar month beginning November 1, 1926.
6. For costs of this action incurred.
7. Plaintiff prays for such other and further relief as to the Court may seem meet and proper in the premises.
Ruth B. Warthen, being first duly sworn, deposes and says; that she is the plaintiff named in the above and foregoing Complaint; that she has read said Complaint and knows the contents thereof; that the same is true of her own knowledge, except as to matters therein stated on information and belief, and as to those matters she believes it to be true.
Hans Peter Jensen (1844-1931) mentioned in journal entry about Helen Mendenhall
I was intrigued by the story of Hans Peter Jensen giving numerous priesthood blessings to a little girl named Helen Mendenhall, so I looked for her on Family Search and found her record there. A journal entry by her mother has been attached to her record, so I looked through it and was surprised to find that Hans Peter Jensen is mentioned in it! I tried without success to tag him in the story on Family Search and finally concluded that it would be easier to just copy the journal entry here.
All of our children has grown to maturity-except Helen-she was a dear sweet child and was not born to us to live for long just 9 1/2 years. But we surely enjoyed her while she was with us. Everybody loved her. She was the first granddaughter on both sides of the two families. I had three younger sisters or two I mean and my oldest sister Bessie and they loved her dearly. But she wasn't spoiled in the least. Lovells Mother and father almost idealized her. She was her Fathers shadow. When she was 6 1/2 years old she had an attack of appendicitis and was operated on. It was a puss abscess and Helen just drained her life away inch by inch for four months when she began to recover and at the end of six months was able to walk a few steps. She recovered sufficiently to even to to school one year and tehn all in a flash she was wafted away as a feather on the breeze. She died Aug. 1-1912 in the west bedroom up stairs. Sick just from four o'clock till about 10 o'clock next morning when conscious to the last minute. Prayers were offered in her behalf in England, in the Eastern States Mission, and all over Utah and the Bishop at her funeral said, "I never knew of as much faith to be exercised in behalf of a child as there was exercised for little Helen and the Lord was mindful of these prayers and permitted her to live just three short years but then he wanted her and took her before we could rally to her aid."
Patriach Lowery said, "She is a blessed child to be able to fill her mission in 9 1/2 years. Here I am 83 years old and mine is not yet filled."
We have thought of this many times since when worries beset us about our family as they grew to man and womanhood. Of the evils and temptations toil and struggles of the earth that she had missed.
We had hundreds of friends to offer sympathy and consolation but yet the sorrow was ours to bear and a great sorrow it was. Our dear little first born our own little daughter whome everyone loved so dearly. Time alone could heal such a deep wound.
My father came very soon after she passed away. He knew she was very ill. He was plowing in the field just east of our farm. He came so quickly we ask who told him. He said no one but I knew Helen was gone, that her spirit was wafted to Heaven. He said he heard a noise as the wings of thousands of birds and looked into the sky to see where they were going, he said, "I saw nothing above but a clear blue sky but I knew God had taken our little girld and I unhitched and come as quickly as I could, She was taken by the angels." We mourned but we thanked God also that we had her the short time we did.
I and Lovell went into the orchard to pray and give her to the Lord if it was His will when she was so sick just three years before and we felt our prayers were answered and that her mission was on the other side. Our faith was tested many times during her illness after her operation when she lay draining puss from her little body. It seemed the evil power shadowed us at all times to take away our faith but her Father staunch and true to his faith and me in my weak way battled many a night with our feelings as to whether we were the caue of her sufferings. We had been told by an opposing faction that it was because we had not kept the word of wisdom. We felt terrible and went to our Heavenly Father in secret prayer and ask him to forgive us if we had done anything to cause her to suffer so. That night about 12 o'clock a neighbor of ours a dear old Danish Saint who loved us dearly came into our home after all were in bed and said he could not keep from coming to tell us that he had made it a matter of prayer and ask God to make it known to him through his spirit if it was our actions that causing her to suffer. He said twice he had got out of his bed and went afar from hearing of others and prayed earnestly for the Spirit to tell him or assure hom o the matter. He said, "I was given an answer through the spirit of God communing with me and he said you are not the cause of the childs suffering and told us to lift our heads and rejoice in the fact." We knelt in prayer and thanked our Father in Heaven for such a friend and Brother as was Hans Peter Jensen. We are full of errors of course but we were accused of not keeping the word of wisdom by an over zealous brother. We could after that pray with him and still feel that our prayers were accepted unto our maker. It was an ordeal to go through but we were strengthened through it all as nothing else on earth could strenghthen us.
The following Feb. God sent us another son and we were glad for his safe arrival after going through our sorrow.
Grandmother Mendenhall loved Helen so much that she said she hoped she never loved another as much.
I am so happy that we have no bitterness in our hearts left from experiencing of sorrow. We know that "what God giveth he takethy away." And as we are born to die we have subjected ourselved to the will of the Father. We know our darling is not lost to us forever. She will someday meet us and we shall know her and see her and have her for our own to love and cherish through eternity.
(Taken from the Journal of Hannah Bird Mendenall, Helen's Mother. Journal titled "Memories of My Life")
Life History of Velma Tyler Glenn (1906-1996): Part 10: Some Sketches and Pictures
Here are some sketches she included at the end of the life history. Click to enlarge.
Best dress before and about 1900
Used by my (i.e. Velma's) grandmother and my mother and others
Grandparents of Velma Tyler (These images were included in my copy of her life history; however, the quality was not great. To be honest, when the same images were available on Family Search in better quality I just copied and pasted them here. Many thanks to those who uploaded those photos on Family Search. And if you have the originals of any of these photos, I would love to see them and share them here, or see you upload them on Family Search!):
John Gabriel Hogan
Mariah Elizabeth Segraves
Parents of Velma Tyler:
Rufus Black Tyler
Children of Mary Ann Hogan and Rufus Black Tyler:
Ora Blanche
Glenda Opal
Jewel Catherine
Velma Tyler and Jerald Wesley Glenn
The rest of the life history is pictures of people who are still alive, so I won't share that right now.
Life History of Velma Tyler Glenn (1906-1996): Part 9: Family Descriptions
Parents of my mother, Mary Ann Hogan, John Gabriel Hogan (B) 22 March 1851. (D) 17 July 1933 (B.&(D) in Attica, Randolph Co.,Ark. He was a small man with dark brown hair & dark gray eyes, dark complexion, very quiet but easy to laugh. He loved to play his violin. Many times he would sit up nights until midnight & play his violin for his own relaxation and amusement. Sometimes when we children were there he would get up from his chair, play his violin start dancing a jig, laugh and kick the chair over nearest to him. Grandma would laugh and say, "O Pa, behave yourself."
Mary Elizabeth Segraves (B) 14 June 1856, (D) 16 Jan.1944 in Attica ,Randolph Co., Ark. She had light brown hair, blue eyes & fair complexion. (Hair very curly.) She was a very jolly person and loved to joke.
Parents of my father, Rufus Black Tyler. John Tyler (B) abt 1810 (D) abt 1876 in Lima, Randolph Co., Ark. Dark hair, dark complexion, dark eyes.
Sarah Catherine Jones (B) abt 1839 (D) abt 1885 or 1886 in Lima Randolph Co. , Ark. Fair skin, bluish eyes, light brown hair. (I don t know anything about them. I didn't see them.
My father, Rufus Black Tyler. (B( 20 Auq. 1871 (Lima Randolph Co., Ark. (D) 29 Oct. 1949, Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho. He had dark skin, dark brown hair, gray eyes. He loved to read the scriptures, sing, dance, tell stories to we children in the evening by the fireplace. Jolly but very strict when he needed to be. A hard worker. Very neat and clean in appearence [sic].
My Mother--- Mary Ann Hogan (B) 5 Jan. 1877, Attica, Randolph, Ark. (D) 25 June 1964 Idaho Falls, Bonneville Co., Idaho. She was very small about 5ft. Dark hair, dark skin & dark gray eyes. Jolly, loved to tease we children. She sang a lot to we children when we were small. She was an excellent seamstress and a very clean house keeper. "Everything in it's [sic] place and a place for everything".
Brothers and sisters of Velma Tyler (Glenn)------
Ada Ethel Tyler )B) 2 July 1893 Attica Randolph Co., Ark. (D) 20 June 1955 in Saginaw, Michigan. Light brown hair, blue eyes, fair skin.
Emmett Tyler (B) 22 June 1895 Attica Randolph Co., Ark. (D) 10 Nov. 1921 Solomanville, Graham Co., Ariz. He was tall, about 5 ft. 10 Or 6 ft. Dark brown hair &skin, dark gray eyes. Very religious, sincere yet had his fun times. when [sic] all his sisters had their girl friends over Emmett would dress in a girls dress and play his violin while the girls danced. They all had a lot of fun. In those days people had to make their own fun. Now it is made for them. It takes away all their immagination [sic] and initiative.
Blanche Tyler (B) 18 Feb. 1898 at Attica Randolph Co.,Ark. (D) 18 Apr.1980 at Idaho Falls Bonneville Co., Idaho. She had dark brown hair, medium dark skin, gray eyes. She also loved to sing and dance.
Edna Tyler (B) 21 Mar.1900 Attica, Randolph Co.,Ark. Medium brown hair &skin med. dark. About the same likes and dislaikes [sic] as the others.
Thelma Tyler (B) 31 Mar. 1903 (d) 6 Aug. 1904 Attica, Randolph Co., Ark. Blue eyes, light skin, light brown curly hair.
Velma Tyler (B) 25 Jan. 1906 Attica Randolph co.,Ark. Medium golden Brown hair, medium dark skin and gray eyes. Loves good Folk, Clasical [sic] & good country music, danceing [sic], sewing, all kinds of fancy work, quilting, Genealogy & research. Loves to read screptures [sic] and all good clean books and literature. Love to sing. I have been on two missions for our church. 1 stake & one foreign.
John Leslie Tyler (B) 16 February 1909 Attica Randolph Arkansas. Light brown hair, fair skin & blue eyes. Loves music, all good music, singing, dancing. He and his wife, Edith, have been on two missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints.
Glenda Opal Tyler (B) 19 May 1912 (in Attica Randobph Co..Ark.
Gray eyes, mediummbrown [sic] hair, olive color skin. She love [sic]to mix with people., love her Church work. She has been working as an officiator in the Los Angles temple for twelve years. Is still working there.
Mildred Tyler (B) 27 Feb. 1915. Enola, Faulkner Co.,Ark. Gray eyes, medium dark skin, medium brown hair. She has about the same qualities as all we girls do. Loves good music, her church work, fancy work, sewing etc.
Jewel Catherine Elizabeth Tyler (B) 23 June 1918 Enola Faulkner Co.,Ark. She is a registered nurse, now retired, Works [sic] as an officiator in the Idaho Falls Idaho temple. Loves drama, music, dancing, sewing, fancy work etc. She has brown eyes, fair skin and medium dark red hair.
Samuel Lyman Tyler (B) 27 Mar. 1920 Attica Randolph Co.,Ark. Gray eyes, mediun [sic] dark skin,medium dark hair. Loves history, Mucsic [sic] drama. He received his Dr. of pholosophy [sic] degree from the University of Utah. he teaches in the unuversity [sic] and writes books on history and writes boigraphies [sic].
Rufus Lloyd Tyler (B) 25 June 1923, Attica, Randolph, Arkansas. Has blue or light gray eyes, fair skin and light brown curly hair. He loves music, singing and instrumental. He owns a sports good store and is a very successful business man.
Children of Velma Tyler and Jerald Wesley Glenn-------
Moena Glenn . . . She has medium brown hair, gray eyes and medium dark or olive complexion. She loves all good music. She sings and plays the piano and organ. She sews, Knits, crochets very well and is a good cook. Very religious.
Patricia Ann Glenn . . . She has medium brown curly hair, fair skin and blue eyes. She loves religious and clacical [sic] music. She sings and plays the piano, sews, knits, crochets and is a good cook.
Donald Wesley Glenn . . . He has medium dark skin, gray or brownish eyes, & dark brown curly hair. He loves good music, religion, Sings and plays the clarinet. He is an agronomist. very good in woodwork.
Derald Boyd Glenn . . . He has medium brown curly hair, gray or hazel color eyes, medium fair complexion. He is religious. Loves good music, including singing and playing the different instruments. He plays the obo [sic]. He is a successful farmer.
Next are listed the grandchildren and great grandchildren of Velma Tyler Glenn and Jerald Wesley Glenn and their attributes and birth dates. I am going to omit that part for now since as far as I know they are all still alive.
>>Part 10
Life History of Velma Tyler Glenn (1906-1996): Part 8: Church Activities
CHURCH ACTIVITIES OF VELMA TYLER GLENN - to March 1979
While we (the Rufus Black Tyler family) lived in Ft Thomas, Arizona (about two miles from), I was Secretary of the Sunday School and 2nd Counseller [sic] in the MIA Presidency, in the Emery ward, 1925 to about 1927 . We moved to Twin Falls, Idaho, in June, 1927.
I served as a Stake Sunday School Secretary and a class supervisor from 1930 to about 1933. My husband, Jerald Wesley Glenn, was in the Stake Sunday School Presidency at the same time.
I served as a class instructor in the Primary organization for 15 years. Secretary of the Relief Society for two years, visiting teacher 15 years, secretary of the Genealogy Library in Twin Falls, Idaho, and a member of the South Central Idaho Genealogy Chapter for 12 or 14 years.
I was President of the Kimberly Ward MIA for about two years and attendance secretary for five or more years.
My husband and I were on a Twin Falls Stake mission for three years. Maybe influenced two to join the Church. Someone did at that time. Anyway, they joined the Chruch [sic].
October, 1974 , Wesley and I were called by President Spencer W Kimball to serve a mission for one and one half years in the Missouri Independence Mission. Because of my health problems, we were unable to leave for our mission until the 20th of March, 1975. We served in the “Mormon Visitors Center" in Independence the full time. Experiences there varied. People came there to see from all over the world. Some were just curious to see what was in the building and didn't want to hear our story about the Gospel and some were very very interested. It was thrilling to see the interested and disappointing to have to take those through the building that weren't interested. We as missionaries had our thrilling experiences and our sad experiences as all missionaries do. Graham W Doxey was our Mission President. He was strict but very sympathetic and understanding.
My husband and I have gone through the Cardston, Alberta, Canada Temple and in the 48 of the United States, the Ogden, Salt Lake, St George, Logan Temples in Utah, the Mesa Temple in Arizona, the Los Angeles and Oakland Temples in California, and the Idaho Falls Temple in Idaho. We have done some baptisms. We were usually asked to act as witnesses and the young people that came did the baptisms. We have done many many endowments and sealings in the temples. I started to keep the temple slips but there were so many, I quit saving them.
I have enjoyed all of my church work very much. I love the Church very much. My faith in the Church and its teachings and the leaders in the Church has helped me endure many problems that I have been faced with. I hope and pray that I can always remain faithful and that our families will remain faithful to the teachings of our Lord and Savoir.
Line of Priesthood Authority of Rufus Black Tyler, my father.
He was ordained a High Priest by Mitchel W Hunt, who was ordained by
Melvin J Ballard, who was ordained by
Heber J Grant, who was ordained by
George Q Cannon, who was ordained by
Brigham Young, who was ordained by
Joseph Smith Jr, and the three witnesses, Oliver Cowdrey [sic], Martin Harris and David Whitmer
Joseph Smith Jr, was ordained by Peter, James, and John who were ordained by Jesus Chirst [sic].
Line of Priesthood Authority of Jerald Wesley Glenn, my husband
He was ordained a High Priest by Rex Pickett Hall, who was ordained by
Joseph Fielding Smith, who was ordained an apostie by
Joseph F Smith, who was ordained an apostle by
Brigham Young, who was ordained and [sic] apostle by
Joseph Smith Jr, and the three witnesses, Oliver Cowdrey [sic], Martin Harris and David Whitmer.
Joseph Smith Jr was ordained by Peter, James and John, who were ordained by Jesus Christ.
Ordination and Authority - continued.
Derald Boyd Glenn was ordained a Seventy by Paul H Dunn, who was ordained a seventy by
David O McKay, who was ordained by
Joseph F Smith, who was ordained by
Joseph Smith Jr was ordained by Peter, James and John who were ordained by Jesus Christ.
Derald Boyd Glenn was ordained a High Priest by his father Jerald Wesley Glenn, whose line of Priesthood Authority is included above. J Wesley Glenn was assisted in the ordination by Bishop James Wright, and a former Bishop Floyd Olsen.
Donald Wesley Glenn was ordained a High Priest by Lloyd A Hamilton, who was ordained by
(Donald's priesthood line of authority is not included here--there is just a blank space.)
We have had seven grandsons fill full time missions---
Our oldest daughter, Moena and her husband, Van T Stonehocker, have had five fill missions--
Wesley Glenn Stonehocker, in the California South Mission
Thomas Perry Stonehocker, in the Maryland-Delaware Mission
Mitchell Cory Stonehocker, in the England-London Mission
Sydney Dean Stonehocker, in the Norway-Oslow Mission
Michael Bradley Stonehocker, in the Arizona-Tempe and Minnesota-Minneapoiis
Our second daughter, Patricia, and her husband, Allan E Bates, son Derald Ormas Bates filled a mission in Kentucky-Tennessee Mission.
Our son, Derald Boyd Glenn and his wife, Lois, have had their son, Kevin Jerald Glenn fill a mission in England-London East Mission.
(Derald and Lois's son Jason has since served a mission in the Philippines.)
Taken 1979
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