JOURNAL OF

JOHN EVANS

Soone a f t e r t h a t I goined the c h i r c h of Juses C h r i s t of l a t e a r -day S a i n t a I got aquinted w i t h W i l l i a m Henshaw the f i r s t mish-onary to South Wales who was sent thare by Loranzo Snow from North Hampton I t h i n k who was then Prasedent of the London Confrance about the year 42 or 3 and he organised a branch of the c h i r c h in a place c a l d pendaren a place which layes betweene Dowless and Merthyr T y d f i l l , and I new the f i r s t man that he b a p t i s e d i n Wales and hes name was W i l l i a m Davies comonley c a l l e d W i l l i a m Davies of Rhymey and he was a Taylor By trade and he was one of the f i r s t that I hurd prech and convinsd me to the gospel t h i s was at Myrthyr one Sunday evning a f t e r dark in a l a r g e asambley H a l l to a l a r g e Conggregation and he preached from Mathew 7 chapter 21 verse and 24 ver and on down to the end and I hurd W i l l i a m Hensha say once as he was preching on the maket square at merther on an o c a t i o n of some confrance I t h i n k . t h a t when he f i r s t Began to prech and Baptise and organised a Branch of the church and the members regoyseing g r a t l e y i n the same the people of the world and other Denomen-a t i o n s began to prophesay a g a i n s t him and say that in 9 months that thay would be a l l gon and Dunaway w i t h and be no more and now seaide he thare is 9 years s i n c e then and it is more a l i v e than ever so i t showes by t h i s who i s the f a l l s e prophets and who is the trew prophets and now W i l l i a m Hensha was a miner or a c o l i e a r by ocupation and he marred a Welsh Lady from the Bordor of Monmoth and h a r e f o r d c a l d the Welsh hay and Broather Lensha imegrated to amarica some time i n the e r l e y f i f t y s and agine I met w i t h Brother W i l l i a m Hensha in Saint Lowis at a pl a c e c a l l e d g r a v o i s diginges a colemineing d i s t r i c t and be­came hes naybor and worked i n the same c o l e p i t has he d i d and h e a r l e y the sam roome as hem and he was a veary good miner and a f i n e man and so was S i s t e r hensha a f i n e woman and thay had 3 f i n e Boyes named Josaph and Hyram and S i r a s and I hurd of them h a v i n a f i n e g i r l but I d i d not know hur I r a t h e r t h i n k t h a t she was dad before I came to the cuntrey. and agine I got aquinted w i t h Captaine Dan Jones who was a l s o one of the f i r s t mishonares to no r t h wales and b a p t i s e d the f i r s t man thare whos name was Robert Evans and a shoemaker by hes trade and was a veary smart man and in a f t e r years was c a l l d to Pre­s i d e over the Western glamorganshire confrance at Swansea Dan Jones was aquinted withe the Prophet Joseph Smith havein met him at the l a n i n g at navoo at a tim when he toock a load of s a i n t s up from S a i n t Louis on a steem boate that he was c a p t a i n of and he got b a p t i s e at that time and the prophet t o u l d him that he should go to wales on a mishon and at the time when

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the propet was marterd at Carthage J a i l e he was thare w i t h him and he was going out to see the moovements on the outside then he w6uld go in agine to the presen and informe them of what was going on on the out s i d e and the prophet Joseph t o u l d hem not to do t h a t t h a t he was in mor dainger than thay ware by Doing so and so he l e f t f o r navoo on hes horse and on the way he hors toock the rong roade and l u c e l e y he d i d e l s e he would met the companey of mobes on the way and mite have t a k e i n hes l i f e and when he went on a mishon to wales he went at the same time as Broather Woodruff and John T a y l o r went to England. and the work of the Lord which is the trew gospel of Jesus C h r i s t of l a t e r d a y S a i n t s possperd in w a n d e r f u l l way and we may say in a meraclous way under t h i r m i n e s t r e a t i o n and i n c r e a s d from from a few hundred to some thousands and I t h i n k i t was about the year 45 t h i s was and i n the year 49 Dan Jones l a f t Wales in the l a t e r p a r t o f febreurey f o r S a l t Lake Valey w i t h the f i r s t companey of the Welsh S a i n t s that evear l e f t Wales and t h i s i s the time t h a t I f o i n d the c h i r c h and so I d i d not know Dan Jones up to t h i s time but i n 3 years a f t e r t h i s he came back agine on hes sacond mishon and soone a f t e r t h i s on one Sunday as I was f i l l i n g my apointment to prech at pendarren Branch lie came thare a l s o and so we preched togather Dan Jones and I and t h i s was my f i r s t c l o s e meting or aquintans w i t h broath Jones and agine I was aquainted w i t h the f i r s t man t h a t c a r r i d the gospel from amarica to England in the year 37 and he was c l o s e l e y and much aquinted w i t h the prophet Joseph Smith and hes name was Lebar C Kimbal and I a l s o saw the f i r s man th a t was b a p t i s e i n angland and hes name was gorge d Watt he was a l s o a r a p o r t e r or a s h o r t hand w r i t e r thakeing down sermans and so on and agine I was aquaintad w i t h arastas snow the f i r s t mishonarey to carey the trew g o s p e l l of Jusses C h r i s t of L a t t a r d a y S a i n t s from america to scandenavia even to Denmark and Sweeden and norway f o r I saw him in Wales even at myrthur T y d f i l l when he was on hes way thare and the welsh s a i n t s made him a veary hansome donation or c o l e c t i o n to helpe him along on hes way r e j o y s i n g and I a l s o saw the f i r s t man t h a t was b a p t i s e d i n denmark and hes name was C h r i s t i a n s e n f o r I saw him i n S a i n t Lowis w i t h Broather snow a f t e r Broather snow came home from hes mishon and thay ware Both at a meeting on the g r a v o i s e about 5 miles out of S a i n t Lowis whare I l i v e d and thay Both spok at that meting and a l s o one Welsh mishonarey by the name of W i l l i a m Lewis and I rode i n the Buss or a 4 horse coch w i t h them from the gravoise to s a i n t Lowis Distance about f i v e m i l e s so i t gave me some l i t t l e tim to get aquinted w i t h them and I l i v e d on the gravoise two year or more and Broather a r a s t r a s snow was the prasedent of that Stake of Zeion and we had a chance to heare him f r e q u i n t l e y at the gravoise Branch of the c h i r c h f o r thare was a f i n e Branch of the c h i r c h thare I was workin at the mines at t h a t place as a c o l i a r and w h i l e I was thare we had a v i s t from 3 of the 12 a p o s t l e s in the year 54 I t h i n k nameley a r a s t a s snow P a r l e y P P r a t t and Gorge A Smith and we a l l met in a partey or a Danse and I had

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the onor of Dansing i n the same Dance as P a r l e y P P r a t t and a r a s t a s snow goreg A Did not Dance he sat on the stand and John T a y l o r was i n New York P u b l i s h i n g a paper c a l d the mormonas a news paper. and now when Broather Arastas Snow f i r s t went to Denmar to open up that mishon thare weare other men went w i t h him I dont know a l l t h a i r names but one of them was Dike and one was John Forsegreene and he went to Sweeden f o r he was a n a t i v e of t h a t Cuntry and h i s C a l l i n was a S a i l e a r and hapend to be in amarica at the time and hurd the Laterday S a i n t s prech the trew gospel and he beleved it and imbrasd it and he was c a l l d and sent on a mishon w i t h arastus snow to h e lp open up the Scandenavan mishon and he went to Sweeden and he was s i c c e s f u l l to Baptise the f i r s t man and the f i r s t woman i n the Scandenavian mishon and thay ware hes owen Broather and S i s t e r hes Broathers name i s Peetear Forsegreene and hes s i s t e r s name i s Beckey Forsegreen and thay soone l e f t Sweeden and came to amarica then on to utah and thay a l l l i v e d at Brigham C i t y and John Forsegreene marred a daughter of W i l l i a m Davies the f i r s t Bishop of Brigham C i t y and thay r a i s e d some four c h i l d r e n or so nameley Charls a l l i s and John and h i s l a s t name John Forsegreene juneor Became my son in law haveing marred my ouldes daughter Ann Jane Evans Foresegreen now and she Became a mothear of one c h i l d then Died when the c h i l d was 3 month ou l d a l i t t l e g i r l and hur mother C a l l d hur name Sarah C l e o f a and my w i f e r a i s e d hur on the b o t t e l e and now she i s a marred woman she marred a man by the name of V i c t o r Emmanewell Madson and thay have had 3 c h i l d r e n nameley V i c t o r E a r l and Erwin Denton he Died in childhood and Harold Lee he is 3 years o u l d now and V i c t o r E a r l is 8 on the 14 of A p r i l 1917 it is now March 10 and John Forsegreenes S i s t e r Rickey Forsegrene became the w i f e of Bishop W i l l i a m Davies and became the mother of 3 sons nameley abram o l e v a r and gorge and P e t t e r Forsegrene is a weevear by trade and hes f a t h e r l i v e d w i t h him in Brigham C i t y and hes f a t h e r was a l s o a s a i l e a r in hes young dayes and I was w e l l aquinted w i t h P e t t e r and hes f a t h e r and a l s o P e t t e r s famely and he and I and him use to work to-gather on our Land at Mantaway and camp and eat and sleep to­gether and the day t h a t he and hes s i s t e r was Baptise in Sweeden is cept as a memorial day in onor of that event by a l l of the Scandenavian people and thay came togather i n l a r g e numbers on t h a t ocasion and hould a l a r g e and great confrance in onor of t h a t great event f o r thousands and thousands have f o l o d t h a i r examples and come to t h i s country i n f u l l f i l l m e n t of the prophet i s a i a h sacond chapter 2 vers and I a l s o new John Forsegrene f o r a l l t hat he d i d not l i v e at Brigham C i t y when I came heare beut he use to come heare ocashonaley to see hes c h i l d r e n and frendes and r e l a t i o n s and Broather Lorenzo Snow who was then one of the twelve apostles and a l s o the Prasedent of the Stake he allwayes c a l l on Broather John Forsegrene to come up on the stand to t a l k to the people and he was a vearey i n s t a r e s t i n g speker and agine I saw Broather Lorenzo Snow at myrthyr T u d f f i l l about the time he went on hes mishon to i t a l e y i n the e r l e y f i f t e s 1850 and he prechd to us thare and I was a member of the coyer then and I remem

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w e l l one song t h a t we sang and i t i s c a l l d a i l s e s m i l e i n g morne and a f t e r t h i s time I had maney chansis to get aquinted Broather Snow having l i v e d t o g a t h e r i n Brigham C i t y f o r f i f t e y year or more and f o r the reson t h a t Broather Snow was the one that sent the f i r s t mishonarey to wales the welsh s a i n t s semes to Claime Broather Snow as t h a i r f a t h e r i n the gospel and hense one o f the Welsh Brathren by the name of John Davis made a song of welcom to Broather Snow at that time which gose somthing l i k e t h i s

Come ye humble S a i n t s of Cambrah l e t u s J o i n e t o p r a i s e the L o r f o r he seneth hes apostes to d e l i t e s iwth hes wordes t i s not Long s i n c e Broather T a y l o r caused our h a r t s i n f a i t h to grow now agine an other Cometh and he is Lorenzo Snow Welcom b r o a t h e r to the people who receved the t r e u t h from you throo the mishon you apointed and thay number not a few we r e j o y e s e to have hes prasance f o r throo him great b l e s s i n g e s flow and the humble s a i n t s of Cambriah w i l l long remember Broather snow

the other verse is continewed on the nex page may god b l e s s him w i t h hes s p r i t t h a t he may be s t r o n g in dede to f u l l f i l l hes gloreouse mishon and to sow the pashouse seede may god B l e s s him i n a l l cuntres w h i l e to Zione he s h a l go Whare the humble S a i n t s of Cambriah hope th meet w i t h Broather Snow

and ageine I saw John T a y l o r the f i r s t mishonary to france an Wales at Mertyr t i d f i l glanmorgan s h i r e and hurd him prech and s i n g f o r he sang two of hes songes of hes owne composeing namely the seare the seare Joseph the seare and the upper c a l a f r n i a and t h a t ' s the land f o r me and he prechd at or on the market square of merthyr to a vearey l a r g e congregation of people t h a t gatherd thare on t h a t Sunday at 2 pm and agine I saw W i l l i a m howells of abearDare south wales who a l s o went w i t h Broather T a y l o r to france to help to open up the french mishon and Broather howles was c o n c i d e r d one of the l e d e i n g men of the c h i r c h in wales and a f t e r he had b i n in france some l i t t l e time a yeare or so he came back to wales on a v i s e t to see hes fameley and soone a f t e r he came to merthyr

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to se Broather W i l l i a m S P h i l l i p e s who was the Presedent of the Welsh mishon and a l s o head quarters and I hapend to be thare and a l s o some of the l e d e i n g Brathen of the c h i r c h Broather Prechd to us some of the f i r s t P r i n c e p e l s of the gospel in the french languige and he a l s o was a b a p t i s t mine-s t e r before he j o i n d the c h i r c h of Juses C h r i s t of Latear-day S a i n t s and a l s o a merchant and a vearey w e l l to Do man and vearey much respected by the people of the world but he l o s t i t a l l when he j o i n e d the Latear day s a i n t s and when he j o i n e d the Latearday S a i n t s and when he went back to france agine a f t e r hes v i s e t to wales he toock hes l i t t l e g i r l ann twalve years o u l d w i t h him and she became q u i t e a c t i v e in the mishon f e e l d a l s o by D i s t r e b u t i n g t r a c k s around from Dore to dore and t h i s was a great help to hur f a t h e r and a l s o to the mishon in france and when Brother Howels came to utah across the sea from l e v e a r p o o l e he converted about f i f t e y people and B a p t i s e d them i n the sea the captaine of the s h i p having orderd a r a f f t made of bords and loward i t down to the sea a long s i d e of the s h i p f o r him to stand w i l e he b a p t i s e d them and I a l l s o new Henrey Evans of Carmarthen Town Caremathen s h i r e t h a t went w i t h Boathers John T a y l o r and Howells as one of the f i r s t m ishonaries to france and when he came back to Wales agine he Broat w i t h him a franch Ladey t h a t was converted to the gospel at t h a t time Whome he made hes w i f e and I saw them Both at Barmarthen town a f t e a r thay came from france at a confrance t h a t I atended at t h a t time and soone a f t e r that he and hes w i f e imegrated to utah t h i s was about the year f i f t e y one or two I t h i n k and now John T a y l o r and Lorenzo Snow and a r a s t a s Snow ware a l l members of the coreom of the twalve a p o s t t e l s and so was f r a n k l i n g Dewhe Richards and I a l s o saw him at merthy and hurd him preached at the gorgetown Branch and he was t e l l i n g us how the s a i n t s was persecuted and Driveene from p l a c e to p l a c e and how agine thay had growen in powar in navoo t h a t thay had the powar of C i t e y c h a r t e r and now agine s i n c e we have b i n Dreven awey to utah we heve ben given a e r r e y t o r i a l govenment and Prasedent Brigham Young was the f i r s t governor of utah and now f o r a great maney years past we have had a s t a t e goverment and are equal in athorety w i t h eney of the other S i s t e r s States and are a p a r t of the govement and Broather F r a n k l i n g D Richards was a l s o prasedent of the uropean mishon w i t h hed q u a r t e r s at L i v e r p o o l e and I saw him thare when I came awey i n the l a t e r p a r t of the year 1854 as he came on a steme boat on the r i v a r to t a l k e to some of the o f i c a l s and Byding good by and waving hes hand to us and l a t e r on i n a f t e r years he became the Prasedent of the t u a l v e a p o s t l e s and I saw him aney times hear in utah a f t e r that and shake hands w i t h him and hurd him prech maney times at S a l t Lake C i t y and heare at Brigham C i t y and agine I atended the dedecation of the S a l t Lake Temple and I hurd Prasedent Woodruff say t h a t the Lord had accepted the temple and that our s i n s had b i n f o r g i v e e n us in the past w i t h the undersanding that we should not s i n aney more in the f u t u r e and so he gave charge of the

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temple to Broather Lorenzo Snow to be the prasedent of it and in corse of a few years Broather Snow Broate a l l of the temple handes or workers and some of the High o f i c e a l s of the c h i r c h up to Brigham C i t y one summer f o r an out at the time when the st r a w b e a r i s was r i p e so tha t thay might have a f e a s t or a t r e e t of creeme and suger and strawbeares and the people of the town my s a l p h in cleuded toock our teems and d i f r a n t r i g e s o f wagons Bugges and careges down to the Depot to meet the gustestes and B r i n g them to the town and then to the meeting at the t a b e r n a c l e and at t h a t meeting maney of the temple handes spoke and broather woodruff a l s o spoke and r e f u r d t o the Book o f the R a v e l a t i o n o f John whare i n i t i s s a i d t h a t the D i s t r o y i n g angels who h e l d the D i f r a n t v i a l s o f plages and jugments to repe down the e r t h had gon f o r t h to do t h a t work a l l r e d e y and would not returne u n t i l l i t was Dun and t h a t p r e d e c t i o n now at t h i s w r i t i n g seme to have i t s f u l l -f i l l m e n t f o r a l l urope i s at ware w i t h ech other and K i l l i n i n g ech other as tho pece has b i n takeene from the e r t h and nashon i s f i t e i n g a g a i n s t nashon and Kingdom a g i n s t Kingdom u n t i l l most a l l nashons are now ingage in war in a l l the world and a l l these thinges have b i n f o r e t o u l d by the savor of the world and by John the r a v l a t o r and a l s o by Joseph Smith and againe a f t e r t h i s meting i n the evening Prasedent snow made a partey f o r the b e n e f i t of the temple handes and l e d e i n g men of the c h i r c h and he a l s o i n v i t e d others and so I was one among them and we i n f o i d o u r s a l v e s in c o n v e r s a t i o n and shaking hands and a l s o in the dance and was honord w i t h the prevelage of Dansing i n the same s e t t as two of the l e d e i n g men of the c h i r c h who was the two counselors of Broather Woodruff the Prasedent of the c h i r c h namely gorge q canon and Joseph F Smith and the nex Day we a l l ware i n v i t e d up to mantuway to partake i n a f e a s t of s t r a b e a r r i s and crem and shurer and the l e d e i n g Brathren of the c h i r c h spoke to the peopele up thare and we a l l had most e x a l a n t time then we came home to Brigham to stay over Knight f o r two of the temple hands was s t o p i n g at my home by the name of Miss n e s s b i t and miss Davis and the nxt Day we went Down to W i l l a r d C i t y and h e l d a meting thare and some of the l e d e i n g Brathren spoke thare and Broather Dunbar was along a l s o w i t h hes Bagpips a Kind of a s c o t t c h instrement and it was q u i t e amusing and a l s o comecal to hear him t e l l i n g some of hes jokes to the peopele and agine it came to pass at one time as I was tending a confrance meteing at S a l t Lake C i t y and was s i t i n g on the f r u n t seet of the c o i r e stand and neare by whare the speker stand was and Prasedent Brigham Young had charge of the meting and he t o u l d us t h a t Martine H a r r i s was in the meting and one o f the three w i t n e s s i s of the book of mormon and up t i l l now had b i n apsent from the c h i r c h f o r maney years and he c a l l e d him up before the meting to t e l l the people about hes visey and h e s a i d t h a t i t was a l l trew a s i t i s w r i t t e n e i n the testemoney of the three witness of the Book of mormon as it i s on the f l y l e f e of t h a t Book and now I want to say r i t e hear t h a t I had the onar of beaing w e l l aquainted w i t h a l l the

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Prasedents of t h i s the c h i r c h of Jesus C h r i s t of Laterday s a i n t s But one and t h a t was the f i r s t one even the Prophet Joseph Smith him I naver saw but the other f i v e I was w e l l aquinted w i t h and d i d shake hands w i t h the most of them nameley Brigham Young John T a y l o r W i l l i f o r d Woodruff Lorenzo Snow and Joseph F Smith and some of them maney times and hurd them prech maney times at S a l t Lake C i t y and a l s o at Brigham C i t y and som of them in the ould cuntrey even in South Wales nameley John T a y l o r and Lorenzo Snow and e s p a s i a l e y the l a t e r name having l i v e d i n Brigham C i t y t o gather f o r f i f t e y years o r more and haveing goine landes togather and now I am reminded of a time when I l i v e d on Wood Rivear of r a i s e i n g a vearey n i s e pach of Watter mallons and toock a wagon l o a d of them ovear to f o r t carney to s e l l but I d i d not q u i t e go to the f o r t f o r thare was a l a r g e companey of soulders camping near by the f o r t had come from oregon on thayar way to some other p l a c e I dont know whare but thay ware vearey hungrey f o r mallons and wanted to by them so I sould them a l l to them at a vearey good advantage and now thare ware a few houseis and a s t o a r e or two near f o r t carney c a l l d Carney C i t y and a naibor of mine on Woodriver by the name of Henry peck and W i l l i a m Puper from f l o r a n c e h i r e d me and another man by the name of John ames to put up a s t o r e f o r them and we was to put it up of sodes so we got a b i g teem of oxun or c a t t e l and plowed the sodes up and then toock our spades and cut them up to the l e n g e t h t h a t we wanted and then h a i l e d them over w i t h a teme and wagon to the place whare the B i l d i n g was to be so we put up the b i l d i n g of soods f o r thare was no other m a t e i r i a l thare handey by which to b i l d w i t h and t h i s was at the time when the pickspeke goald mines exitements was on and people was f l o c k i n to them by the hundredes and at t h i s l i t t l e p l a c e thare was a hundred people camping thare averey day or evening or Knight f o r as one hundred went out another came in everey day a l l the sumer and some of the s t o r s was doing good bi s n e s s and t a k e i n g in a hundred d o l a r s a day and most of them had t h a i r w i o l e n s and musec and dansing and I remember one time t a k e i n g a p a r t in the step dansing w i t h them and some one t o u l d them I t h i n k t h a t I was a welsh man but thay mis-understood it and thought it was a french man and s a i d whare i s t h a t l i t t l e f r a n ch man and wanderd how he could make hes f e e t go so f a s t and d i f r a n t posetions and thought t h a t he was a good stepper and now thare is a place near f o r t carney c a l d grand I l a n d it i s an H a n d i n the middle of the p l a t t R i v a r the r i v e a r being o n echside o f i t and i t i s s i x t e y miles long s o thay say and i t i s owend by the government f o r the B e n e f i t of the f o r t f o r thare i s whare thay get t h a i r hay f o r t h a i r c a v e a l r e y h o r s i s and t h a i r wood and keep t h a i r stock and thare was two men from omaha by the name of Townsen and McLane toock the c o n t r a c t from the goverment to put t h a i r hay up one year some whare

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about two hundred tunns and thay h i r e d me to work f o r them and so I d i d I dun the r a k i n g of the hay w i t h my oxen f o r I had a yoke of c a t l e and I got them so that thay would mind and go as I wanted them to go i n the r i t e way I d u n i t w i t h d woodund r e v o l v i n g rake and I walked behind i t and when i t got f u l l I would t i p i t over and make i t i n a winrow and I had a mi l k cow t h a t thay h i r d and so a l l t h i s help me q u i t e a b i t in a new cuntrey l i k e t h i s was at that tim and agine we l i v e d on Wood R i v e r when the war broke out betweene the north and the south of the u n i t e d s t a t e s thare was a companey of souldears came t h a t vearey same day from f o r t carney on foot 15 m i l l s ' D i s tance about ten a c l o c k am and stopt at my house f o r B r a c f a s t and I was vearey much s u r p r i s e to see them f o r I new s a v e a r a r a l of them so I asked them whare ware thay going and thay answard to the war then s a i d I what war then thay s a i d to the south thay have comence f i t e i n g t h a r t h i s morning and we got a t e l e ­gram from thare t h i s mornin at four a c l o c k to come down imedeatly and the man t h a t was i n comands name was Cald Curnal May and he was a b i g man w e l l B i l t and good l o o c k i n g and so thay eate B r a c f a s t c l o s e By my house and thay drank a l l the m i l k t h a t we had and a l l the watter that was in the w e l l but thay got a l l thay want I t h i n k e l s e the r i v a r was c l o s e by So thay c o u l d get a l l thay wanted and a f t e r B r a c f a s t thay ware o f f agine and so we s a i d good By to ech other and now a f t e r t h i s I went down t o wood rever Center about three miles from my p l a c e to see Broather Joseph E Johnson to t r y and f i n d out what we b e t t e r do i n the f u t u r e and he answard me l i k e t h i s what so evear you do don't you make eney C a l c u l t i o n to stop i n t h i s countrey a nother w i n t e r f o r t h i s i s war i s the vearey war t h a t the prophet Joseph Smith p r e d i c t e d 29 years ago I have hurd i t a l l about i t maney time and t h i s i s the verey same war and now thes indans w i l l know a l l about t h i s that the nashon is at war w i t h ech other and f i g h t i n g one a g e i n s t the other and thay w i l l take advantage of i t and take the Law i n t o t h a i r own hands and Do thinges j u s t as thay p l e s e and i t wont be safe to l i v e hear eney longer I would not l i v e hear another w i n t e r f o r a l l I am werth and so I made up my mind to go to Utah t h i s summar and the name of the Captaine o f the Companey t h a t I came away was Harvey H u l l i n g e r and I have b i n t o u l d t h a t the indans K i l l d t hree men t h i s year on Wood R i v e r a f a t h e r and two sons as thay ware g e t i n g som wood of timber on the p l a t t r i v e r and the indans Came apon them and K i l l e d a l l three of them and i t hapend on Wood Rivear one time t h a t I d i d take a l o a d of produse to s e l l to f o r t carney and who should come f i r s t to the wagon to see f o r somthing to by but the f i r s t s h a r i f f of B u f f a l o County and whome i atached hes pr o p e r t y to pay the expens of hes t r y a l and i was a f r a i d e t h a t he came f o r the purpos of having t r u b e l e w i t h me over i t but he was calm and p l a s a n t and ageable and i was vearey glad of i t and Hes name was P a t t i c k gun.

Mariah Jane Gibbs was born in north G r a n v i l l e Washington Co New york J u l y 28th 1818 she marred

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Horteir-Grandey^June 30tdr^830 in Glen f a l l s N Y , He d i e d June 10th 1843 Jane Came to Jonesvele Wis

in 44 She was the seventh Daughter of Leonard and Betsey Robet Gibbs Jane was marred in Jones -v e l e Wis in 1847 to Thomas P Daveis in 1850 she and Davies moved to new oregon Iowa maney years l a t e r thay moved to Jeninges Louiseana when tm d i e d Jane went Back to Senaca F a l l s NY when she Died in 1901 she was Taken Back to Janinges and B a r r i d by the s i d e of torn J u s t before the b a t t l e mother i am t h i n k i n g most of you While apon the f i l d were watching w i t h the enemy in view comrades braves are round me l y i n g F i l l e d w i t h t h o t s of home and god

: For w e l l they know tha t on the morrow Some w i l l s l e e p beneath the sod

choras F a r e w e l l mother you may never Press me to your h a r t agine But oh y o u l l not f o r g e t me mother I f im number w i t h the s l a i n e Hark i hear the bugles sounding T i s the s i g n a l f o r the f i g h t

/ Now may god p r o t e c t us mother As he ever does the r i g h t Heare the b a t t l e c r y of freedom How it s w e l l s apon the are Oh yes w e l l r a l l y round the standard o r w e l l p e r i s h nobley thare

choras F a r e w e l l mother you may never Press me to your h a r t agine , But oh you 11 not f o r g e t me mother if i am numberd w i t h the Ded

and now i n as much as i am w r i t e i n g t h i s r a c o r d of mine from mamory i t may hapene th a t i put the same t h i n g down more than onse and t h a t puts me in mind of what i hurd one man say when the same t h i n g was t o u l d him and he answard wel i r a t h e r Do it twise over than miss it once and i t h i n k so to but now i n as much as i have b i n working i n the i r o n works from the time t h a t i was 9 year ould t i l l i was 25 at most everey branch Both on the ground and under the ground and i n the c o l e p i t e s and i n many veary Dangrouse p l a i s to numrous hear to mention But i w i l l hear menshon one of them as i was working in a c o l e mine at mascatene Iowa w i t h one

W i l l i a m Davis and Ben Wilkes and it was an ould mine that had b i n i,dle f o r some time and we a l l three of us working togather i was wheling the c o l e out from the other two men the mine was•

• or the roome t h a t we ware working was about 30 feete wide and no timbers or poles to hould it up the c o l e was 2 foot t h i c k and the top was a l l s o i l e d rock and the road was in the middele and the.rubear on ech s i d e and one Day a f t e r the two men had f a l l e n the l a s t f a l l of c o l e thay went home and t o u l d me to wheele it out and then clene the p l a c e up then comence to

rmine another f a l l f o r tomorow so i Did and w h i l l i was b e z i e under mineing i irnagind t h a t i heare somthing mooveing or working in a k i n d of a m i s t e r i o u s e way and i was stuck vearey f o r s e a b l y t h a t thare was Dangar thare and that the top was going to come down but agine i thought t h a t i t was nothing but my imagenaton so i comence undermine agine as i d i d before and so i d i d t h i s f o r s a v e a r a l times but at l a s t i made up my mind t h a t i would not stop thare eney longer so i went home and wne i got thare thay ware e t e i n g supper so i sat down to the t a b e l e to and so thay asked me how i got a long so i' t o u l d them a l l r i t e but i sed i t h i n k t h a t the top i s going to com down then Ben. Wilke comes to laugh and make a l i t t l e l i t e of i t as tho t h a t thare was nothing to it but Davis sed nothing but toock hes l a n t e r n and candle and a mach or two w i t h him to the mines and he soone came back and i aske him how was it and he sed it is a l l down and i went to the mines the next Day to see How i t loocked l i k e and i found t h a t i t came dwon a l l i n one s o l i d rock at the base o f the c o l l whare i was under mineing J u s t a few minets before so i was t h a t near of meteing my deth in a most horable way and i would have b i n mashed under it and it would be a vearey D e i f e c a l t matter to ever got me out of thare so t h a t i s one'way i n which my l i f e have b i n spard and i thank the Lord f o r warning me j u s t in time to get out of thare Aug 3. 1917 t h i s day i was l e f t the onley one l i v i n g of my f a t h e r s famely the yongest and the l a s t of the famely died t h i s day even my Broather R i c h a r d Evans at Merthyr T y d v i l l glamorganshire South Wales at the age of 73 years Born A p r i l "firs.1.1845 and 15 years younger than i am and now it came to pass soone a f t e r i j o i n e d the c h i r c h of Jesus C h r i s t of l a t t e r day S a i n t s t h a t i was redeing in the 89th s a c t i o n of the D o c t r i n e and Covenants concurning the r a v e l t i o n on the word o f wisdom whare i n i t i s sed t h a t s t r o n g Drink and Hot Drinks and tobaco is not good f o r man and it caused me to t h i n k a g r a d e l l e about it f o r i was useing it and i was Convinst and i would see t h a t it was onley a matter of time t h a t i had to l e v e i t and stop useing i t but owing t o the mildness o f the R a v e l a t i o n i put it o f f f o r the time being but now i keep it and have dun so f o r 30 year or so and now it is augest the 9th 1917 about a weeke ago a young ladey came to me and sed t h a t she was on the program f o r the Sunday School w i t h s a v a r a l others to speke on the word of wisdom and asked me i f i wood mind t e l l i n g hur my experiance how i got to use tobacko and how i l e f f t it so i t o u l d hur How i came to use it becus it was the fashon and the custom

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and the Habit of the m a f o r i t y of men i t h i n k in South Wales to use it and i was working f o r men that was useing it and a f t e r thay would f i l l t h a i r pipe f u l l of tobaco and the f i r e or the menes f o r l i t e i n g the pipe was not c l o s e by or vearey andy thay would ask me to go and l i t e i t f o r them and i n coming back i had to smok i t o r . i t would go out before i would have time to b r i n g it back to him agine so t h i s was about the f i r s t B e i g i n i n g of my useing i t and i t made me so s i c k that i d i d not know wat to Do w i t h myesalph and had i l e s t c n d to my own f e e l i n g e s i would naver tach it againe and it is no wandear t h a t the Lord sed t h a t is not good f o r man to use and" gaine i t came to pass as i was working at i n g i n tending or as a f i r e man mysalph and another Boy about the same age about 12 years of age and had to work n i t e s every other weeke and in as much as we would get vearey sleepy at night we would by about 3 cents worth of tobaco and a pipe to helpe us to keep wake at n i t e and we use to much of i t that i t gave us the h a r t burn so bad t h a t we had to Drink water a l l the time to ese it but it was so bad t h a t we would not h a r d l y bare it and consequently we would throw the pipe and the tobaco to the f i r e and agine before the n i g h t was over we wished we had not dun so but the next n i g h t we would Do the same t h i n g ovear agin and agine some time a f t e r t h i s seeing that i could not leve i t a lone i made up my mind to by i t and k e e p i t and use it r e g u l a r r a t h e r than Depend on others which i d i d and i remember wonce aksing my f a t h e r f o r a l i t t l e tobaco and he sed i don't begreg a l i t t l e tobaco but i would not l i k e f o r you to become a tobaco usare and isedo no i dont i n t a n d to but i d i d and it got the best of me not w i t h standing that i d i d not i n t e n d t h a t i t should and t h i s i was useing i t when i j o i n e d the c h i r c h ' but a f t e r t h a t l a f t it a time or two but went at i t agine but on one ocashon when some of the l e d i n g men of the c h i r c h had b i n in L i v e a r p o o l and had a t a l k w i t h a p o s t l e orsene P r a t t on i t thay a l l came to the concleushon to leve o f f useing the tobaco and so thay and i d i d to but in the course of some time a f t e r t h a t thare came some mishonares Back to Wales from S a l t Lake C i t y and thay use tobaco and sed t h a t the people was useing it thare so when the people sa and hurd t h i s thay ware f o o l i s h anough to say if that is so why cant we use it hear a l s o and so thay d i d most a l l of them t u r n d back to use i t againe and i dun the same t h i n g my salph and then continewed useing i t f o r maney years a f t e r t h a t when i was c a l l e d to go back on a mishon from utah to south wales then i sed to mysalph imust leve o f f useing tobaco f o r it dont loock w e l l f o r a mishonary to use tobaco so .i d i d not use it w h i l e i was on my mishon to Wales but soone a f t e r i came home i toock to useing it agine and was more s l a v e to it than i ever was before u n t i l l i am a shame to t e l l i t to others but it came to pas one Day at Haying time that iwas g e t i n g rady to go to the canion to work w i t h my teem that i got my Horsis shod f o r tha t purpos but i wanted to get my Haying dun f i r s t so i toock my H o r s i s down on my land and staked them out on

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the grass so i d i d not Have to loose eney time in the morning to c a t c h them and wen i went down the next morning i found them thare whare i had put them but one of them was l a y i n g down on i t s Back in a low p l a c e and could not get up f o r the r e s i n t h a t i t s f o o t got throo the rope that was t i e d e around i t s neck or the H o l t e r rope so that she could not get it back agine f o r the reson of the Corkes on the new shoose but i soone got the rope loose or cut it loose w i t h my Knife i dont rem­ember wich but However she had Kicked hur Hed w i t h the other foo t u n t i l l i t had s w e l l d up much b i g a r than i t s n a t u r a l s i r z e ^ i n d i t r i d e to get. Hur up but she could not and i saw the a c t i o n Handes on the r a i l e road going to work some l i t t l e D i s t a n s o f f and i asked them if thay would be so Kind as to come to h e l p me to l i f t Hup my l i t t l e mare f o r she could not get up so thay d i d and we r a i s e d hur up but then she could not s t a n up and thare was nothing thare to prop hur up or to Hould her up and then the men c o u l not stay thare w i t h me f o r thay . Had to go to t h a i r work so we Had to l e t hur down agine and she never got up agine and i stayed w i t h Hur a l l Knight and a l l next day when she Died i n evening and a l l t h i s caused me to t h i n k a gradele of the corse of my l i f e and my Disobediance to the word of wisdom and i toock it to be a chastisement from the Lord apon me f o r my Disobediance to the word of wis­dom or f o r useing tobaco when the Lord had sed that it was not good f o r man and i know that he Had t o u l d the t r u t h f o r i f e l t my h e l t h and strenght f a i l e i n g me and i could see end coming not vearey f a r e of if i d i d not q i t it and i mad up my mind then t h a t i d i d not want eney more chastisement l i k e t h a t so i q u i t useing tobaco from t h a t time to t h i s and it has b i n a b l e s s i n g in D i s c i s e to me and the g r e a t e s t temporal B l e s s i n g i evear Had and my H a l t h Has b i n b e t t e r w i t h out it than w i t h i t f o r i Know tha t i t shortens persons l i f e i Know th a t if had not q u i t it i would not be hear now and s a v e r a l men and wemen Have asked me How can i acount f o r my good looks and a c t i v e t y and i s e d by keeping the word of wisdom

John Evans - t h i s is a l e t t e r to me from my former Bishop Lorenzo N S t o h l

B e n e f i c i a l L i f e Insurance Co. of Utah

S a l t Lake C i t y Dec 24 1915

Mr John Evans Brigham C i t y Utah Dear B r o t h e r , two years ago I took the l i b e r t y of sending a l i t t l e Christmas l e t t e r to some of the good people of Brigham C i t y whom i had l e a r n e d to esteme h i g h l y and love Dearly i f e l t so g r e a t l y b l e s s e d in the joy and s a t i s f a c t i o n i got out of i t t h a t i am hungry f o r a s i m a l a r t r e a t t h e r e f o r i t r u s t you w i l l pardon t h i s l i t t l e i n t r u s i o n on your v a l u a b e l time t h i s i s the Christmas season the time when peace on e r t h good w i l l to men s h o u l d be the song on everey toung i f e e l that i t i s a time too when f r i e n d s should be rememberd when we

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should show our a p p r e c i a t i o n f o r the f r i e n d s h i p s and a s s o c i a c i o n s of the past which have broat so much pleasure and happiness to us i a p p r e c i a t e more than i have words to express the prev-i l e g e i have had of l i v i n g among the good people of Brigham C i t y and e s p e c i a l l y of being abel to number you among my f r i e n d s The years in which i have enjoyed your a s s o c i a t i o n have bean among the ahppeast and most pleasant of my l i f e and now in t h i s Christmas season i d e s i r e to express my a p p r e c i a t i o n of your f r e n d s h i p your a s s o c i a t i o n and your kindness to me in the past and i ask you to accept w i t h my h a r t i e s t good

Nov 8th 1915 the fawlowing is an I v e t i a t i o n to me John Evans or granpa Evans as I am c a l l e d f o r I am now or w i l l be on the 9th day of next Januarey 87 year ould to atend the 80th B i r t h d a y s a l e b r a t i o n of our worthey and onorabel P a t r e a r k Oleene n S t o h l to morow Evening at 6.30 pm i n the 3 ward amusement h a l l e of Brigham C i t y utah you are c o r d i a l l y i n v i t e d to be our guest at a s o c i a l to be given i n the G h i r d ward amusement H a l l Tuesday evening November 9th 1915 at 6.30 o c l o c k to s e l e b r a t e the 80th a n n i v e r s a r y of the B i r t h of our beloved f a t h e r P a t r i a r c h 0 N S t o h l a s s u r i n g you of our s i n c e r e a p p r e c i a t i o n of your presence we are very t r u l y yours the Famely and to do onor to the above i n v i t a t i o n I have t r i e d to compose a few l i n e s i n the way of a s i n g t h a t I s i n g on the tune c a l l e d the day before the B a t t l e mother and now i n as much as p l a c e i s small on t h i s page f o r my song I w i l l put i t down on the next page

Continewed from page 47 (above l e t t e r ) as folows as a s l i g h t of my K i n d l e y f e e l i n g e s tward you may god bleas you w i t h hes most bounteous b l e s s i n g e s may he prolong your l i f e and f i l l i t w i t h p l e a s u r e and s a t i s f a c t i o n w i s i n g you the m a r r i e s t Kind of a Christmas and a happey and Prosperous new year I remaine your Broather and frend Lorenzo N S t o h l

on the n i n t h day of november E a i g h t y years ago to day d i d the subgect of the g a t h r i n g f i r s t beheld the l i g h t o f day . we r e j o i s e as counted worthey to commamorate t h i s day when beloved Broather 0 N S t o h l F i r s t d i d see the l i g h t o f day he was Born in Land of Sweeden maney thousan m i l l s awey / whare he joyend the mormon people and the S a i n t s of l a t e r dayes . L a t e r on he went to Zion f a r e awey a cross the Sea to the Land whare is s a l v a t i o n from d i s t r e s s and t r u b b e l s f l e e

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and he standes in high posishon f o r a P a t r e a r c h h i s he of a vearey nobele fameley and good c h i l d r e n we a l l agree . and t h i s w orld at f i r s t was governd by a P a t r e a r c i a l Law and t h a t we may Long remember our Belovede Broather S t o h l

John Evans — ~ ^ — t u n e the Day before the B a t t l e mother

January 30th/1905 This i s a l e t t e r from a r a l e t i v e of mine from the F a l l o w i n g adress

Annie ,J Evans R u t f o r d House Streatham Surrey, near London England

Mr John Evans utah usa Dear S i r I daresay you w i l l have herd from Mr Jesse Hoopes of h i s communication w i t h mysalph and doubtlss he w i l l . h a v e t o a l d you t h a t my s t e p f a t h e r your cousin Mr John W i l l i a m s Formerly of Llandovery Died i n -1885 hes widow my mother and I l i v e now w i t h my m a r r i e d s i s t e r at the above address although only h i s stepdaughter the dear o a l d dad and I were very attached I was s c a r c e l y more than a baby when he married my mother and h i s f i r s t w i f e was my own f a t h e r s s i s t e r so that he was a l s o my uncle as daresay you know h i s was a most k i n d l y d i s p o s i t i o n and although he never got on as regards t h i s worlds goods and l e f t my mother t o t a l l y unprovided f o r s t i l l he was very much resp e c t e d by a l l who new him when he d i e d a more c o n s c i e n t i o u s man never l i v e d and suppose t h a t is p a r t l y the reason he was never f o r t u n a t e l y i n w o r l d l y wealth I t comes back to my memory now t h a t he used to speck of a c o u s i n who went out to S a l t Lake C i t y and of one who went to some p a r t of the u n i t e d States and w i t h i n a year a f t e r h i s death the l a t t e r Cousin wrote and my mother answered hes l e t t e r r e c e v i n g a veary n i c e r e p l l y from t h i s c o u s i n Thomas Evans I t r u s t he i s s t i l l l i v e i n g and should l i k e to know but I daresay you correspond w i t h him He mentioned i n h i s l e t t e r t h a t he had two sons Mr Hoopes c a l l e d to see me f o r a few m i n i e t e s at my o f f i c e (G.P.O.) but t o l d me s c a r s e l y a word of y o u r s e l p h It so happened that my f i r s t q u e s t i o n on h e a r i n g your address was were you a mormon and then f o l l o w e d a s m a l l d i s c u s s i o n on the subgect which took up the s m a l l space o f the time § I remembered § d i r e c t l y he had gone t h a t of course I ought to have heard something of y o u r s e l f being n a t u r a l l y i n t e r e s t e d I judge however that you are w e l l on in years as my dear mother is and hope you keep

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as w e l l as she does now I must t e l l you of the r e s t of the r e l a t i o n s The uncle Dr Joshua W i l l i a m s we never herd any more of s\3 I fancy he d i e d at B r i g h t o n where I b e l i e v e he had r e t i r e d my Fathers S i s t e r Martha Mrs Edward Died f i r s t her two daughters are both married in London w i t h grown up famelies 2 Mary (Mrs. Powell Died j u s t b e f r e my Father Her f a m i l y are a l l married 3 sons § 2 Daughters eccept the youngest Daughter 5 are spread about the three at abertstow one at Llandrindod § one at Hastinges 3 Betsey W i l l i a m s Died S i n g l e a year or two a f t e r mt Father and 4 W i l l i a m W i l l i a m s the only one l e f t Died ovear a year ago l e v i n g one son l a t e l y married I seems veary sad to f i n d how they go one by one but thare is the one Broather always w i t h us Broather Father and Guide and always the meeting to look forward to on that other shore I daresay by t h i s time you have w i l l heard from the papers a l l about a wonderful R e v i v a l which has spread throughout Wales and i t i s to be hoped i t w i l l reach London § may be throughout the world God i s s t i l l w i t h us Now I hope t h i s l i t t l e l e t t e r may give you a l i t t l e p l easure i f some sadness I am hoping to send you s h o r t l y a copey of an o l d photo of my s a l p f a t h e r taken many years ago w i t h myself the only one we have of him § have been keeping t h i s l e t t e r over f o r i t but i t has not come yeat meanwhile w i l l l e t me know i f you e v e n t u a l l y get i t Mr Hoopes only gave me your address v i r b a l l y i n f i r s t p l a c e but I have s i n c e obtained it AE

Mr John Evans Esq March 16 t h i s l e t t e r has f i r s t been returned to me having been miss d i r e c t e d to Mr John Evans Utah c i t y usa 5 as I have a l l s o addressed the photo i n the same way am a f r a i d i t w i l l not reach you This is a l e t t e r to me John Evans from my sacond Cousin John Danes of Bargoed

46 G r e e n f i e l d S t r e e t Bargoed Monmothshire v i a C a r d i f f South Wales Feb 24th 1913

Mr John Evans Dear S i r I am pleased to inform you t h a t your l e t t e r of the 28th of January came Feb 24th 1913 safe to my hands on the 11th of Feb but it was not deleveard to me by the postman f o r he could not f i n d me by the adress as w r i t t e n by you if it was about 30 years ago he may have been able to do so but Bargoed is not the same now as it was then f o r then it was a veary s m a l l p l a c e w i t h a p o p u l a t i o n of about 500 people but i t s

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a much l a r g e r p l a c e now w i t h a p o p u l a t i o n of about ten to twalve thousand people but howevear I receved your l e t t e r s a f e it was D e l i v e r d to my c o u s i n E d i t h W i l l i a m s who l i v e s at 17 Henry S t r e e t Bargoed I receved it from hur § I was r a t h e r s u r p r i s e to receve a l e t t e r from you as I had never receved one before from you before although I d i d not take it as being a veary s t r a i n g e happning at a l l as I had heard my mother t a l k about you many a time n e v e a r t h e l e s s I was veary g l a d of it § a l s o proud of the o p p e r t u n i t y of t r y i n g to answer i t to the best of my a b i l i t y and g i v e you a l l the i n f o r m a t i o n which I am in the knolage of w i t h regard to my r e l a t i o n s as per your request I dont know what may be your obgect of o b t a i n e i n g such Information but n a v e r t h e l e s s whatever i t my be i f i t w i l l be of any i n t r e s t to you I am qute prepard § w i l l i n g t o give you a l l the i n f o r m a t i o n that i can gather by the way of your request so now I w i l l begin in t h i s way I am John Davis the son of the l a t e W i l l i a m § Ann Davis § c o u s i n of E d i t h W i l l i a m s as before mentioned I was born at gwrhay near Black Woods Monmothshire England in the year 1870 I am the yengest of the c h i l d r e n we ware s i x i n all*§ a l l born at gurhay f i v e broathers and one s i s t e r I have a w i f e and two c h i l r e n son § daughter I got marred four years l a s t September at Cappel nonni in the p a r r i s h of L l a n l l u n i Carmarthen s h i r e and I i n c l o s e you a Photograph of me § my w i f e § hur s i s t e r taken at t h e i r home at the time we got marred § a l s o the Photo of my Father § mother the o n l y one t h a t I can spare at prasant t h i s is a Photo which I toock my s a l p h it was taken about twalve month before Father Died § a s l o a Photo of my salph § Famely my own work I do t h i s in my spare time my ocupation is undearground as a c o l l i e r my son i s three years § f i v e months ould now hes name is David Handle Davis § the Daughter is one year and e i g h t months o u l d § her name i s Rachel Ann § the other Boy which you see in the Photo is an adopted son as I s a i d before we ware s i x c h i l d r e n i n a l l these are t h a i r names from o u l d e s t to youngest Evan W i l l i a m Mary Ann S i s t e r Edmund John mysalph § J e h s i a d a But only three of us are l i v e i n g now § them three are Evan W i l l i a m § John my salph I am the only one of the famely t h a t s l i v e i n g in t h i s country Evan my E l d e s t Broather is l i v e i n g in South Walington E W Davis Vancovear I s l a n d B r i t i s h Columbia § has been there f o r 20 years I receved a l e t t e r from him about a month ago informing me t h a t he intended coming back hear soon f o r a v i s i t he i s 58 years of age s i n c e l a s t December § he i s got f i v e c h i l d r e n out thare three sons § two Daughters the t h r e e e l d e r ones are married J e h s i a d a the o l d e s t he w i l l be 29 years of age next may Evan the sacond son he is about 27 § maud Daughter she is about 23 then thare are the two youngest Wyndham he is about 21 § gwladys Daughter 18 years of age a l s o W i l l i a m my Broather l i v e i n g in the s t a t e of Iowa he has b i n out i n the s t a t e s 3 1 years i n a l l h e i s farming thare s i n c e he got marred about 26 years ago h i s adress is as fowlows W J Davies Templeton C a r r o l l County Iowa north america he has

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a w i f e § three c h i l d r e n two Daughters § one son now I w i l l g i ve you an acount of our Famely my Father § Mother § us c h i l d r e n as I menshond before we ware s i x c h i l d r e n § Father § Mother Father was B a r r i d ten years l a s t J u l y at Penmaine chapel B u r i a l ground at the age of 71 years Mother was B e r r i d t h a r e two years l a s t Christmas time at 'the age of 78 years J e h s i a d a my youngest Broather was b e r r i d thare i n the same grave 11 years l a s t June at the age of 29 years Edmund my Broather oulder than mysalph was B e r r i d 11 years l a s t november at the age of 33 years § mary ann my s i s t e r was B a r r i d 6 years l a s t may at the age of 48 years now I w i l l t e l l you what I know of my granfathers famely I mean Evan Evans or b e t t e r known w i t h hes neibors Evan or ton my mothers f a t h e r § your uncle your Fathers Broather my grandfather hes w i f e l i v e d many years a f t e r him he as b i n b e r r i d over 50 years ago at the age of 63 years he was b e r r i d at the Rock chapel B u r i a l ground near Blackwood Monmothshire § my grand-,mother was b u r r i e d thare i n the same grave 27 years ago i n the year 1885 at the age of 85 years thay had seven c h i l d r e n whome a l l are b e r r i d the ouldest he died at the age of about 40 he had a w i f e and a good meny c h i l d r e n § I beleve that most of them are l i v e i n g now but i t s only one of them that I know 5 tha t one i s Evan by name here i s hes address Evan -Evans 9 Lewis S t r e e t Aberaman Aberdar he is about 55 years of age then next son of my grandfathers was Dsvid he d i e d about 20 years ago at the age of 59 years then a daughter Hanah she was B e r r i d out in the s t a t e s about 17 years ago at the age of 83 (63?) years hur Husbands name was W i l l i a m Lawrence § he as b i n b e r r i d about twelve years ago thay l i v e d in the State of Ohio and I beleve that thare are three sons of t h a i r s l i v i n g out thare now then another daughter agine ann my mother whome I menshon of before then thare was John my uncle § Edath W i l l i a m s Father he got a f a t a l accident underground at the Darren p i t about two miles awey from Bargoed C o l a r y l i k e l y t h a t you have been informed of him w i t h E d i t h the youngest son was Ebenezer he Died ten years aog l a s t June hear at Bargoed § was b e r r i d at the Rock chapel b u r a l ground near Blackwood Mon thare are two of hes sons l i v e i n g at K i l l a y near Swansea Lewis § Charls so now I w i l l Draw to a c l o s e w i t h a request from you § tha t i s t h a t I f e e l veary t h a n k f u l l to you i f you w i l l k i n d l e y send me your photos you § Mrs Evans hopeing that t h i s w i l l f i n d you both i n f o y i n g the best of heth as it leves us heare at pracant § t r u s t i n g t h a t you w i l l w r i t e soon again w i t h Kind l o v e I remaine yours Trewly John Davies

C l a r a Evans Irons dear grand daughter may you be to me as a gardun f r u t e f u l l t r e e B e a r r i n g r i t e t o u s e f r u t e t o a l l Eturnetey

granpa Evans

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This is a l e t t e r to me John Evans from a sacond c o u s i n on my mother s i d e hur son w r i t e i n g it

Sawmills Bwlch

. Brecon s h i r e South Wales May 25 1914

Dear uncle we receved your paper which you sent l a s t weeke § we ware a l l s o r r y t o heare o f the Death o f your w i f e but I supose i t was a l l f o r the best but a l l the same i t must have been veary hard to p a r t w i t h her a f t e r she had been w i t h you so long or so meny years I am shure.that you have the Deepest Sympathy of us a l l now during your sad berevement I hop t h a t you have some of your c h i l d r e n to loock a f t e r your home f o r you now a f t e r your w i f e s Deth I should t h i n k by the account i n the paper t h a t you had meny hardships to go through before you s e t t l e d Down i n tuah i n your l a s t l e t t e r which you wroat you s a i d t h a t we had not w r i t t e n to say we had the photo­graph of your famely which you sent us we answard t h a t l e t t e r so I cant t h i n k how you d i d not get it in your l a s t l e t t e r you asked f o r a r e c c o r d of our famely I am a f r a i d I cannot go veary f a r back becase my mother Does not know when or whare hur mother or f a t h e r was born my mother was born in 1855 at Llanamluck in the County of Brecon my Father was Born in Summerset s h i r e in 1845 £ he Died in May 14. 1909 my e l d e s t Broather David John was born in 1886 at Buckland H i l l i n the County of Brecon My s i s t e r mary was born i n 1888 at Bucland h i l l my Brother Robert was Born i n 1890 at Bucland h i l l my Broather Sta n l e y was Born i n 1892 at Bucland h i l l my S i s t e r G e r t i e was Bron i n 1893 at Bucland h i l l She d i e d in the f o l o w i n g year 1894 Thomas was Born i n 1895 at Bucland h i l l I am i n c l o s e i n g you a photo of our famely which was takene about f o u r years ago on the l e f t i s my s i s t e r mary then my mother § then my Brother David John Behind him is my Broather Sanley next to him is my Broather Robert I am on the r i g h t of the photo the two young g i r l s i n the center are frends of ours my mother was s o r r y to hear by your l a t l e t t e r of Josep Russels death § a l s o of Anns Broathers Deth D a n i e l P r o s s e r c o u l d you give my mother anns adress the nextime you w r i t e we s h a l be p l e s e d to heare from you at eny time I hope th a t these few l i n e s w i l l f i n d you a l l q u i t w e l l § I am g l a d to say t h a t we are a l l f a i r l e y w e l l at presant o n l y my mother has rumetice o c c a s i o n a l y that is the resson t h a t she has not w r i t t e n to you hur salph I w i l l now c l o s e w i t h Kindest love to a l l From yours a f f e c nephew Thomas Cross

Joshua W i l l i a m s was Born at Llandoverey Carmarthen s h i r e South Wales about the year 1885 (1805?) he was my uncle my mothers Broather and he was one of the younest in the famely and in conection w i t h hesBroather

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D a n i e l oulder than him he was working in a wooling f a c t o r y and he d i d not l i k e i t becase of the mastey greasey smell t h a t was thare and i t made him s i c k and that he could not stand it and hes mother was a Doctor and was sent f o r from the out s i d e p l a s i s to waite on s i c k people she Doctord with l e c h i s and l i t t l e blar.k anemals c r o l i n g l i k e anglcworms onl a l i t t l e b i g e r she r a i s e d them i n crocks w i t h watter and c l a y and moss e t c I use to go out i n the cuntry to get some c l a y f o r hur to put w i t h them and when the s i c k people had eaney sore p l a c i s on them she would put these l i t t l e leches to them and- thay wo4ild—suck- the bad blood out of them andr^thay^would " get wel and she made w o n d e r f u l l cures i n t h i s way and she was sought f o r from f a r e and near and now at t h i s p a r t i c u l a r time she was about f i v e miles from home at the home of one Mr and Mrs Jones of the Canorday near glambran whare hur Daughter Jane was at s u r v i s and the boy Joshua hur son knowing t h a t she was thare and him being s i c k of the f a c t o r e y he went a l l t h a t way a f t e r hur. and when she asked him whay d i d he do t h a t f o r he s a e i d becase I d i d not l i k e the f a c t o r e y f o r i t s o u l d gresey s m a l l made him s i c k and she was scb u l d i n g him f o r it and wanted him to go back but Mr Jones saide no dont s c o u l d him and send him back l e t him stay heare w i t h us and we w i l l take care of him f o r thay d i d not have c h i l d r e n o f t h a i r owen and so he s t e a i d thare w i t h them and thay being some what eddeucated Mrs Jones taught him hes lasons u n t i l l he was f a r e anugh on to give him a trade and so Mr Jones toock him up to North Wales on a hors appese and p r e n t i s him to a s a d l e r to l e a r n him to be a s a d l e a r then Mr Jones sould the boys horse and s t a r t e d f o r home but before he got veary f a r e the boy ran a f t e r him and s a i e d t h a t he would not stay thare a f t e r him but he wanted to go back home w i t h him agine and so Mr Jones took him home w i t h him ageine l e t t i n g him r i d e behind him on hes horse f o r he had sould Jos is horse f o r th a t i s what thay c a l l e d the boys name i n short i n place of Joshua and a f t e r being horn a l i t t l e w h i l e Mr Jones toock him to Llandovery and p r i n t i s him to Doctor Morgans to become a Doctor and Mr Jones d i d not l e t him have one pany a day f o r hes owne use so long as he was thare then a f t e r he had surved the propere time thare he was sent up to London to the Hospetal and a f t e r he had gon thro a l l the hospetals thare he had a posishon to be a doctor on a s h i p on the sea which thay use to catch Whales w i t h and is c a l l e d a whaleing v e s s a l and he was gon f o r three years and when he came back thay the c a p t a i n e and the s h i p thay broat w i t h them a King and queen of some u n s e v e l i z e d rase of people w i t h them to get the Laws and customs of England to take back w i t h them to t h a i r owen countrey and when they came to London my uncle Joshua went to hes home i n Llandovery Wales to v i s i t hes frendes and hes r e l a t i o n s and w h i l e he was Doing t h i s the King and queen of t h i s s t r a i n g n a t i o n Died and the King of england w i t h h e l d the pay from my uncle which he should have f o r b r i n g i n g them to eangland f o r the k i n d of eangland s a i e d t h a t he aut not to go awey and l e v e them f o r he was the one that new best how to take care of them and consequently i t made uncle veary grevousley over it and the next t h i n g ( t h a t I hurd my mother

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say about him was t h a t he went withe the same s h i p f o r another three years voyage ageine and ageine a f t e r that I d i d see him my s a l p h f o r the f i r s t and l a s t time i n my l i f e I was then about f i v e years o u l d I was at hes mothers house which a l s o was my grand mother and he wore a long c l o c k from hes neck down to hes h e e l s he was then l e v e i n g hes mother place to take the coch and on hes way to chainah under the i n g l i s h govenment as a doctor in the armey f o r thare was a ware then betweene eangland and chainah and some time a f t e r the war was over he went to i n d i a as a Doctor i n the i n g l i s h armey -s u r v i n g in B e n g a l i and C a l c u t t a and other p l a c i s and a f t e r s u r v i n g many years i n i n d i a he came back to eangland agine and v i s e t e d Wales and Llandovry the town of hes b i r t h and he toock my mother which was hes s i s t e r w i t h him w i t h other members of the famely w i t h him he had a f i n e ladey f o r a w i f e but thay had no c h i l d r a n and he v i s e t a d mother at hur horn i n Merthyr T i d v i l l and he was veary good to hur f o r I r a t h e r t h i n k t h a t he must have had a l a r g e penshon and when I was in London about the yeare 1881 I c a l l e d at the war o f f i c e o r the P o l l M o l l gazet t o t r y and f i n d out somthing about him but I c o u l d not thay s a i e d that thay ware beze and t o u l d me to w r i t e to them and I d i d but I had no answare but thare is no Doubt but what thay have got hes h i s t o r e y thare and t h a t i t may be made known some day and be a Keye to conect the famely to gather and in as much as the name of Joshua i s found i n the famely I have roat t h i s l i t t l e h i s t o r y o f my uncle so as to show to our c h i l d r e n and t h a i r c h i l d r e n the oregene of the name and how i t . i s perpetuated and I hurd a man sya to me one time t h a t was considard beond a doupt one of the be£t Doctors in the world at that time and bease he has dun so w e l l and becam l a r n e d and f i l d high posishons i n the world we hes r e l a t i o n s name our c h i l d r e n a f t e r him i n hope t h a t thay a l s o may become la r e n d men I had a son c a l l e d Joshua and he was at the hed of eanything in schoole hear at t h a t time of hes age but he Died young betweene l a v e n and twalve years of age then my son John G has a son Joshua c a l d a f t e r my son and a l s o hes Broathers and he is Doing vearey m i s l e y and may Broather Richard a l s o has a Joshua and my c o u s i n W i l l i a m W i l l i a m s has a son Joshua and my w i f e s grand f a t h e r s was a l s o a Joshua on hur f a t h e r s i d e and f o r these resons t h i s name i s found i n famely more than enney t h i n g e l s and a l s o f o r a l l t h i s i t i s a veary promenant s c r i p t u r a l name as w e l l .

May. 24. 1880 - At Pontypredd glamorgan s h i r e S Wales t h i s is the time and p l a c e t h a t I receved my apointment and my f e e l d of l a b o r given to me to t r a v e l as a mishonary in Carmarthen Pembrock and Cardegan s h i r e s in a counsel meeting the day a f t e r the Confrance and Broather Enock Lewis who was a more experince mishonarey i n the f e e l d came w i t h me to show me and i n t r o d i s e me to some of the people and a f t e r t h a t we both turned back to get some clene c l o t h e s and more

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chainges t h i s was at L l a n e l l y and heare we seppareted he went to the east and I went to the west to the f e e l d of my l a b o r and I though t h a t I would begin at the upper end of my f e e l d or the north end wich a l s o was about j o i n e i n g * t o n o r t h Wales and t h i s p l a c e was abberystweth and then work from hear to the south and I h e l d three meetinges at abberystweth one on Saturday evening by the town c l o c k i n the middle of the town and two on Sunday one by the t e r r a s e or bech and one by the town h a l l at 4 pm but the people Did not com on time to t h i s meeting but by the time f o r the meeting to be c l o s e thare was a b i g crowd gatherd and thay d i d asked me a great maney questions and i had the opertunety to answare them then I l e f t abbarystweth and went tward the south preched at p o n t l a n i s thare was a man l i v e i n g thare that prmmest me hes house to preech in in my way back but by the time t h a t I came back he had chaing hes mind and thare was ho one home but I prech on the s i d e of the road by hes house then went on to L l a n r y s t e d and thare was a s i s t a r l i v e i n g thare w i t h hur f a t h e r hur husband was a s a y l e r and hur name I t h i n k was E l i z a b e t h Davis She gave me goode and s h e l t e r but she had no bed f o r me so I s l e p p t on a bench and a chare to hould my f e e t up and the next evening I prech in L l a n r y s t e d to a m i d l i n g good s i s e gongegation of people and a young E l d e a r of the church that l i v e d some d i s t a n c a wey by the name o f E l i s E l i s came thare to help me out and he was the f i r s t speker and I s l a p t at E l i z a b e t h Daves and thare was a polese man l i v e i n g next Dore to her and I t a l k e to him some and he semed to be a peceabele man then I went south of heare to Llanon and n o t e f i e d the people that thare was a meeting to be tha r i n the a f t e r none at 4 pm when the schools would be l e t out then I went down to the sea shore and I met a man whos name was D a n i e l Jones and was c a l l e d D a n i e l Jones Magestic f o r he had b i n a captaine of a s h i p by t h a t name some time before and I t o u l d him about my meeting and he seemed to take q u i t e an i n t r e s t i n me and when the time of the meteing a r i v e d he was thare and he helped to ceepe the c h i l d r e n q u i e t and when the schoole was out I c a l l e d the a t e n t i o n of the c h i l d r e n to the meeting and so thay a l l s a t down around the schoole house and l i s e n to what I ahd to say and a f t e r the meeting was over D a n i e l Jones magestic and some other man came w i t h me p a r t of the way back to L l a n r y s t e d whar I was going to stop over n i g h t and thay seemes to be some what taken up w i t h me and a l s o k i n d and w h i l e I was at Llanen I a l s o met a poleseman thare and I t h i n k that he was a b a p t i s t in b e l e f e and I had q u i t e a b i t of t a l k e w i t h him on relegon but it d i d not r e v e l e eanne t h i n g new and the next place south of t h a t was Llanddewe I went around to n o t e f i e the people t h a t I would hould a meeting thare in the evening and so I prech thare to a middling good s i s e congregation and i t semed to be a verey good f e e l i n g thare and as I was coming from thare to abbairen the next town a young man came w i t h me and he asked me a great amny questions and so I had q u i t e a t a l k w i t h him on the p r i n s e p e l e s e of r e l i g o n and I t h i n k t h a t he was aimeing at becoming a p r e s t

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in the church of eangland but I t o u l d him that that church d i d mot have eanvy athoretey from god and he d i d act as tho t h a t he wanted to know the t r u t h then I went on to a b e r i r o n to loock f o r a place to stop over Knight and I was racomended to one Miss Jane Jones or was c a l l e d at times Jane Jones B r y s i g number 12 w a t t e r s t r e e t a b e r i r o n Cardigan s h i r e becase B r y s i g was the name of the farm t h a t hur f a t h e r use to l i v e i n she use to Keepe borders and she had som then and t h i s was one of the best p l a s i s t h a t i met w h i l e I was on my mishon she d i d f u r n i s h e d me w i t h a roome and bed and t a b l e in it and chare and I was made comfortabele so t h a t I could s i t down and reede and w r i t mu l e t t e r s and my j u r n a l and be to my s e l p h f o r about 8 or ten cent a n i t e and a l s o my melese she d i d not charg me more than about f i v e cent a mele and I hardley know whare I c o u l d get t h a t f o r Dubbele t h a t amount, and I stayed thare some­what about a weeke redeing and w r i t e i n g in the forenoone and go out to the o u t s i d e settlements to l a b o r in the afternoone and n o t e f i n g the people of the meeting in the evning at 8 pm and the people turned out to hear vearey good to the number of 50 to a. 150 and I prech in l l a n a r c h and pennant and foseyfeene and Cross in and a l l thes settlements betweene abberyswith and a b b e r i r o n but f o r a l l t h i s t h a t I had a vearey peceabele meetinges s t i l l I had some appasison and had my meetinges broke up by Dis o r d e r l e y men and one man that Dun t h i s came to me and ask my f o r g i v e n e s s f o r so Doing and as I was preching out of Dors one evening at a b b e r i r o n and a f t e r the c l o s e of the meeting a youn ladey came to me and askd me to come in the house t h a t hur mother wanted to see me f o r hur mother was s i c k i n bed then she f i x t the t a b e l f o r me to have supper but she Did not take me to see hur s i c k mother and if she had I i n ­tended to t e l l hur mother what was our b l e f e w i t h regard to the s i c k t h a t the g i f t o f h e l i n g o f the s i c k was i n the c h i r c h in the Dayes of C h r i s t and t h a t we bleve in that D o c t r i n g and t h a t the s i c k has b i n h e l d now in our day f o r we claime that the gospel has b i n r e s t o r d a s i t was ansantley and i f she would becme a trew belevear i n c h r i s t she would stand a vearey good chance to be h e a l d to but then I d i d not get t h i s chance and about the t i m t h a t I was about h a l f throo w i t h e t e i n g my supper the young ladey asked me what denomenation d i d I belong to and if i was not a congregashonalest and I s a i e d no I am a l a t e a r day S a i n t and as queck as I s a i e d t h a t I saw a chaing as tho t h a t thay had made a misstake i n c a l l i n g one to supper and t h a t I was not the man t h a t thay thought t h a t I was but then I was t h a n k f u l l f o r me supper a l l the same.( and now t h i s mishonarey f e e l d t h a t I am now l a b o r i n g in e r l e y day was loocked apon as a vearey hard one f o r one reson t h a t an Edear of the c h i r c h o f Jesus C h r i s t of L a t t e r d a y S a i n t s by the name of Thomas H a r r i s was in t h i s f e e l d doing mishonarey work in the house of one Mr Jones of B r y s i g farm and w h i l e D i s c u s s i n g on the p r i n e p e l e s of the gospel t h i s Mr Jones broat the D i c t i o n a r y to f i n d out the meaning of words and so on and l e f t i t on the t a b e l e among

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other books and when thay got throo w i t h thayre aregeuments ' the raishonarey gatherd hes boockes to gether and went and it hapend in so Doing t h a t he toock Mr Jones s D i c t i o n a r y w i t h him i n a mistake and not w i t h the i n t e n t i o n o f s t e l l e i n g i t and so a f t e r he had gon a polese man came i n to Mr Jones s house and t o u l d the Poleseman about it and then the Poleseman wanted to go a f t e r him and a r r a s t him but Mr Jones sed no dont Do that f o r I dont t h i n k that he Dunit a purpos bur naverthe-l e s s h e d i d and got him put i n J e i l e and f o r t h i s reson i t broat a great Dele of p e r s e c u t i o n and s l a n d a r i n g and evele spekeing a g e i n t the c h i r c h and the l a t e r day S a i n t s throo out -wals espacaley in t h a t p a r t So t h a t no one evear l i k e to go there and these are th i n g s that I hurd of when I f i r s t j o i n e the c h i r c h about 30 years ago and it is now s t r a i n g that I should come to t h i s p a r t to Do mishonary work i n t h i s part whare thes t h i n g s have hapend 30 years ago and that I should put up at the house of Miss Jane Jones Bryeg the Daughter of t h a t Mr Jones of the B r y s i g farm and she t o u l d me a l l of thes thinge j u s t as I have r e l a t e d them and ageine on one Sunday a f t e r noone at a b e r i r o n I got a permishon to prech by a l a r g e house and a f t e r the c l o s e of the afternoone meeting of one of the s e c t s I h e l d a meeting and thay mos a l l s t o p t to hear me and I n o t i s e d a Polese man s t a n d i n near the corner of the house and l i s n e n g vearey a t e n t e v e l y and a l l of the others to and I t h i n k t h a t t h i s was one of the best metings that I had and the next day or so I l e f abberiron and as I was going on my way t h i s veare Poleseman was going the same way on some bizness and so we walked togather f o r foure or f i v e miles and he was t e l l i n g me t h a t I was the f i r s t l a t e r d a y s a i n t that he evear saw and hense I had a good opportewnetey to t a l k to him on the p r i n s e p l e s of the gospel and he seemed to me that he \tfas an onest man and t h i s thomas H a r r i s that we have b i n t a l k i n g about I was w e l l aquainted w i t h him and hurd him t a l k e i n g about thes t h i n e s 30 years ago when thay f i r s t hapend and a f t e r he was put i n j a i l e he a l s o Dun mishonarey work thare f o r he met thare a Cleurgeman of the church of eangland and he prech the gospel to him and made him a l a t e r day s a i n t and now about t h i s time I l e f t abberairon to the next settlement on the south c a l d new Keay or quawey and soone a f t e r I l e f t a b e r i r o n I met a man and he came up to me vearey chear f u l l e y and t e l l i n g me how w e l l he l i k e d my meeting on Suiiday and my spekeing and a l s o my s i n g i n g and he t o u l d me to c a l l on him most eney time when I can and t h a t he would be g l a d to see me and that hes name was Ri c h a r d Jones Countey Court abbariron then I came to new queay about noone then I went to the school and round the twn to n o t i f i them of my meting at 8 pm on the queay and whe the time came f o r the meeting to comence thare was a l a r g crowd of people gatherd and when the meeting was about h a l f throo thare was an agead man i n the congr e t i o n which made much Dis­turbance so I had to c l o s e the meeting before it was out and I s l a p t thare t h a t Knight and the next day I s t a r t e d Down south to cardigan town and it was r a i n e i n g a l l Day and on my way Down about noone or so I came to a house on the si d e of the road and I turnd in and thay ware about going to eate Dinar and thaye asked me to come and have some to so I d i d but before

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we got q u i t e t h r o w i t h our Dinar a polese man came i n and him being aquainted w i t h the fameley n a t u r a l e y wanted to know who I was f o r I had not t e l l them who I was and as the polese man ask who I was.I then f e l t oblegeated to t e l l who I was and t h a t I was a l a t t e r d a y S a i n t mishonarey then he had some f a l t e s to f i n d w i t h them and I was g l a d that I was so near throo w i t h my Dinar e l s I would not have had eaney had thay none it before t h a t I was a l a t e r d a y S a i n t but I got along w i t h the polese man a l l r i t e and I was abele to show him t h a t them f a l t s was not trew and thay f e l t more eze over i t then I continewed by going on down to Cardegan town and a r i v e d thare.a l i t t l e before dark and I was vearey wet f o r it was r a i n e i n g hard most a l l day and I s t o p t at one bey the name of Stephens and the next day I went to see the mayor of the town to ask him f o r a place to prech and he saide t h a t he was not a belevear in my d o c t r i n g but he was a b e l e v e r in freedom of r e l i g o n and I c o u l d preech most eny p l a c e I wanted so I prech by the g i l l i a r d h a l l about the senter of the town and on t h i s Day the B a p t i s t church was having a great meting hear in the town f o r the purpos of o r d a i n e i n g a young man to the minnestry of the c h i r c h and when t h a i r e meeting was out and the people had time to come from thare to whare I was I then comense my meeting and most a l l of them s t o p t thare to l i s s e n e to me and when I got throo I s t o p t a l i t l e b i t to see i f eney of them would come up to me to ask some questions but seeing that thay d i d not I walked awey towards the b r i d g and the r i v e a r and no soonear than I made a moove i n t h a t D i r e c t i o n the crowd f a l l o w d a f t e r me and g e t i n g l a r g e r a l l the time as we went along and thay comence to aske me som questions soonse a f t e r we ware on the moove but I d i d not stop to answar them but I d i d as we ware w a l k i n along but thay c o u l d not a l l heare me and when we got to the r i v e a r and the B r i d g thay wanted me to go over on the other s i d e of the b r i d g e and prech to them agine f o r thay wanted to heare more about it so we crossed on the Bridge and I opend the meeting thare and prech thare to them and when I got throo I then asked them if thay had some quastchons to aske. I would t r y and answare them as w e l l as I could so then thay Did ask me menney questchons and I d i d answard them a l l to t h a i r e s a t i s f a c t i o n I t h i n k then we a l l returned to the town over the Bridge-and w h i l e we ware yeat on the Bridge we s t o p t to t a l k a l i t t l e and thay sed to me you have not hould out your hat yeat and I s e i d e no but enneything i n t h a t away w i l l be vearey excepted w i t h me f o r I t r a v e without purs or s c r i p e then I h e l d out my hat and thay d i d throw a few panes i n t o it and thay seeme to be vearey w e l l p l e s e w i t h my preching and answareing t h a i r questions and two of the young men e s c o r t e d me to the p l a c e of my abod and gave me a few pennes may be a l l thay had bur n e v e a r t h e l e s s i t seemed t h a t I had t h a i r e good f e e l i n g e s and if I was abele to stay thare w i t h them t h a t some of them would j o i n e the gospel f o r thay seem to be veary f a v o r a b e l e y i n c l i n e and f o r a l l that I have not seene eanne f r u t e s of my l a b o r s on t h i s my mishon yeat I am some what i n c l i n e to beleve t h a t some of the seede t h a t I have sode i n my weekeness and the b l e s s i n g e s of god w i l l - y e a t grow and beare f r u t e and yeat be seene a f t e r menney dayes l i k e bread cast apon

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the wattears as the o u l d saying i s . and 1now in the w i n t e r of 1914. I was t a k e i n s i c k w i t h some c i n d of a p a r r a l a t i c s t r oke which made me vearey f e b e l e and h e l p l e s s , and along about the middle of fabrewary my w i f e had a veary bad f a l l and hurt hur lag so bad that she had to be put in.bed whare she layed f o r two weekes and Died on the sacond of may veary peseabley without evey paine whatevear a l l of hur paines had l e f t hur. a weeke before she Died and ageine on the e i g h t e n t h 18 of September of the same year my wifes s i s t e r Mrs Mary Davis Prosser Died a t ^ S a l t Lake C i t y Utah and she was t a k e i n to Burlingam Kansas to be b a r i d and agine on the f i r s t Day of October 1 of the same year w h i l e I was at S a l t Lake C i t y atending the f u n a r a l s u r v i s e s and s i c n e s s of my s i s t e r in law and my wifes s i s t e r Mrs. Mary Davis Prosser and a l s o wayting f o r the confrance at the same time and inasmuch as I had a l i t t l e time to spare before the confrance begin I toock a walk up to P a r l e y s Canion to v i s e t the place t h a t I enterd the S a l t Lake Valey f i f t y three year before t h a t and a f t e r walking up the canion about a h a l f a mile and was s a t i s f i e d w i t h what I d i d see I stopt to eate my lunch in the shade of the brych then I turned back and l o o c k i n g at the chainges that had t a k e i n g place s i n c e 53 years ago namely the r a i l e r o a d was going up throo the canion up to Park C i t y and a l s o a b i g r a i s e a r v o y whare the wattears of cottenwood and m i l l c r i c k canion j o i n e s the wattars of p a r l e y s canion and taken from thare in a sement pipe from thare to S a l t Lake C i t y t o f u r n i s h i t w i t h watter and the r a i s e a r v o y i s l o c a t e d r i t e in the center of the canion at which place thare is a c l i f t o f rockes or. a small mountain r i t e i n the center of the canion and the r a i l r o a d gose on one si d e of i t and the wagon road on the other s i d e and the r a i s e a r v o y is r i t e c l o s e behind i t and a house i s b i l t on p a r t of i t and a famely l i v i n g i n i t t a k i n g care of i t t h a t i s a man and hes wi f e by the name of Mr and Mrs Shreeker and thare was maney steepes to go up to the house but howevear I went up to the house and was t r e e t e a d vearey k i n d l e y and shoud me a l l about the o p r a t i o n of the watter and I aske them if that was a s t a t i o n f o r the t r a i n e to stop and he s a i d no but I can stop the t r a i n e eney time I want to and sed he to me Do you want to go on and I sed no I am not a f t e r the r i d e at a l l to Day I am a f t e r the walk and I have enjoyed it so f a r e vearey f i n e and I want to continew on so u n t i l l I go home so I b i d them goodby and continewed on my walk now on the r a i l e r o a d t r a c k but when I went up I walke on the wagon road but the automobiles ware so maney on that so th a t I was a f r a i d e of being run down by them so I toock the r a i l e r o a d t r a c k and soone a f t e r I l e f t t h i s house about a qu a r t e r of a m i l e or so I came to a bunch of men working on the r a i l e r o a d c a l l e d s a c t i o n men and the foreman sed to me whos name i s cr o n n i n halo uncle we saw you walkeing up the road t h i s morning and we thought that i t was a most w o n d e r f u l l t h i n g to see a man of your age walkeing up t h i s canion now sed he i f you onley waight hear j u s t a l i t t l e w h i l e we w i l l be going home soone and you s h a l l r i d e home w i t h us and you w i l l be home j u s t as soone as i f you would by c o n t i n u i n g your

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wa l k i n g but I thank him and sed t h a t I was not a f t e r the r i d e a t a l l today but that I was a f t e r the walke and that I had enjoyed i t so f a r e vearey w e l l but sed he s i t down and r e s t y o u r s a l p h eney-way so he brought some t i s e f o r me to s i t down on and he seeme to be vearey angshous f o r me to r i d e home wit h them and he capt a t a l k e i n g to me then to the men u n t i l l the time came to go home and so we got on the hand car but however somthing got rong withe the hancar or w i t h the men or both of them and thay say t h a t the c ar jumpt the t r a c k and throud me o f f and t h i s was b e f o r sundown and when I cam to mysalph it w,as dark and I was in an automobele s i t t i n g down betwene two men on the wagon road a cross the v a l e y or canion from whare the r a i l e r o a d was but how I came thare I d i d not know I d i d not see eney one doing i t or b r i n i g i n g me theare but I t h i n k that it must be the s e c t i o n men t h a t Did it and I could see by t h i s to the best of my understanding t h a t I had b i n uncoushous f o r two ours and Did not know what hapend to. me tand at the same time I had my l e f t c o l a r bone broken and two of my l e f t r i b e s broken and my back hurt so that I could not walk and my eyes black down to the bottom of my cheekes and it seeme t h a t I was h i t i n the hed so bad w i t h somthing u n t i l l I was unconshous and I never f e l t the l e s t b i t hurt f o r a l l t h a t wich i s a vearey s t r a i n g t h i n g to me and to others to and when I found mysalph in t h i s automobele betweene t h i s tow men I wasn wandrind and asking mysalph the quastchon how come I hear and whare am I going and what have I dun and have I dun eney rong or comit eney crime that these men are going to take me to j a i l e or take me and throw me to som ould gulch or a p i t to Die and to get r i d of me in that way but these two men sed n o t h i n to me a l l t h i s time and I thought it was vearey s t r a i n e and then I thought t h a t if I should say somthing to them thay would say somthing to me so when we came to a c i r t a i n e place seeing greate maney e l e c t r i c k l i g h t s I ask them what place i s t h i s and thay sed t h i s is S a l t Lake C i t y oh I sed I have b i n hear before not Knowing then whare was thay going to take me but vearey soone thay s t o p t at some l a r g e b i l d i n g and the thought came to me that thay wanted to know what to Do w i t h me but thay soone was o f f againe a l i t t l e w h i l e and s t o p t agine now the thought came to me agine now t h i s i s the j a i l e and thay are going to put me i n heare but what f o r I dont know but howevear the Polece came to the automobele and toock me i n hes arm i n t o the s t a t i o n and by a l i t t l e stand whare the t e l l e p h o n e was he asked me if I had eney frends or r e l a t i o n s in t h i s town and I sed yeas I have l o t e s of frendes in t h i s town and some r e l a t i o n s to and one of them i s W. D. Prosser number 955 East 11 South who a l s o was my Nephew i n Law so he fone to him and he sed tha t he would come a f t e r me i n a h a l f an our w i t h an automobele and so he d i d and when he came to the s t a t i o n he sed to me halo uncle what are you going hear and I sed wayting f o r you I gess w e l l then come on I have got an automobele heare f o r you to tak you home and when we got home he toock me in hes arm i n t o the house then thay c a r r e d me up s t a r s on a chare to my bedroom and Doctor albaugh was thare and he p u l d o f f my c l o a t h e s and examend me and I hurd him say hes c o l l a r bone i s brocane and two of hes r i b e s and hes back is vearey badley hurt and a l s o he has a vearey b l a c k eyes then he got a ladey nurse to tend me f o r one weeke which cost twentey f i v e d o l l a r s and the Doctors b i l l was eaightteene 18 d o l a r s but i n another weeke I was abele

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to go home to brigham C i t y my Daughter M a t t i e Berg and my grand Daughter C l e o f a Madsen was w i t h me and Mrs. Richard P M o r r i s came w i t h hur automobel down to laveneth south to get me and toock me and my Daughter and grand Daughter to the oregon s h o r t l i n e depot and we got home to Brigham a l l r i t e and I got b e t t e r f a s t from a l l of my ailements but I was l e f t vearey nurves and my sleep l a f t me so t h a t I could not sleep n i t h e r Knight nor day n i t h e r c o u l d I stay in bed f o r nurvesness but a f t e r being in t h i s condishon f o r a few months I got beter agine and so I am now and I enjoy q u i t e a b i t of r e s t and sleep at Knight to but I have hurd maney of my frendes and aqueintanses say that thay naver thought t h a t I co u l d get over that acsedent and l i v e much longer and it is now n e a r l e y one year ago and it apears to be q u i t e a m i s t t r e y but to God be thankes forevear more.

and againe on the F o r t h of J u l y 1917th the ould marshal Band what i s l e f t of them and that was onley three namly Jacob Jensen and John Evans as f i f e a r s and c h r i s t i a n ouleson as a Base drummare and two young snare drummars namly s t u r l i n g Madson and Joseph Watkins and the spekrs was Doctor modleton of S a l t Lake C i t y and Doctor Henderson of Brigham C i t y as uncle sam and the marsal Band was on the Program to take t h a i r place in the parade which was to s t a r t at the L i n c o l n School then est to maine st then south on maine s t r e e t to the Tabernacle and thay s t a r t e up a tewn on the s t a r t and capt it up o f f and on a l l the way up to the Tabernacle and was to take t h a i r place w i t h two other Bands on the c o i r e stand and the f i r s t Band wich was the young scouts Band was c a l l e d to p l a y f i r s t then the m i l e t a r e y Band played a f t e r t h a t then marshal Band played a couple of tunes one of them Being the g e l i L e f t behind me then thay ware c l a p t out agine so the people must have i n j o y e d i t vearey much and the parade c o n s i s t e d most a l l of atomobels and the and a f t e r the meting the peopele a l l went Down to the C i t y park whare thay had Dinar and good t h i n g s to eate and a f t e r that chating and t a l k i n g about How w e l l thay i n j o y e d the the s a l e b r a t i o n and shaking handes w i t h o u l d frendes in the n i c e and f i n e sady grove from the son and i am now 88 years o u l d p a s t .