Charles Washington Averett and His Wife Elizabeth Coates Averett ~~~ Pioneers of the Month January 1922

 

 

Charles Washington Averett and Elizabeth Coates Averett 

 The above photo and history is the Averett Home in Mt. Pleasant.

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The information below is taken from Family Search:

Charles Washington Averett was born 13 July 1836 in Marion, Perry, Alabama to Jeduthun Hardy and Holly Jane tingle Averett. His parents were married in Marion County, Alabama in 1836. They had five children, but the two girls died. His father was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1833. They family left Alabama and arrived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois in 1845 just shortly after the Prophet and his brother were martyred in Carthage,Illinois. They bought property but were never able to build one it. They received their endowments in the Nauvoo Temple in January 1846 just days before the main body of Saints were expelled from Nauvoo. While they were camped on the banks of the Missouri River, the government approached Brigham Young to provide some 500 soldiers to help in the war with Mexico. Brigham felt that the money they would receive would help the Saints get to where they wanted to go. Jeduthun was 28 years old and an experienced traveler and frontiersman. He joined the Mormon Battalion assigned to Company D under the command of Captain Nelson Higgens. He left his family there with the promise that the Church would take care of them.

He went with the company as far as Santa Fe, New Mexico, enduring many hardships as they were all marching on foot. He became very sick and had to sent with others to Pueblo, Colorado, where he spent the winter. He heard that his wife and family by now were in Salt Lake,so he traveled there and found that they were still back in Iowa. He went back there and found them. They stayed in Kanesville, Iowa for five years. They left with an Unknown Company in 1852.

Charles was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 1 July 1846 at the age of nine, after they had been driven from Nauvoo. He was 16 years old when they came to the Utah Territory. He received his endowments in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City,Salt Lake, Utah Territory at the age of 21 on 9 February 1858. He married Elizabeth Coates on 28 February 1860 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory at the age of 23. Elizabeth was 17 years old when they married.

Elizabeth was born 10 December 1842 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England to Joseph and Ann Dutton Coates Jr. She was seven years old when they emigrated to America coming through New Orleans, Louisiana. They traveled to the Utah Territory with the James Jeppson Company in 1852. Her father Joseph was 38; her mother Ann was 35; Susannah was 15; George was 12;Elizabeth was 9; and twins Thomas and William were 2.

They departed on 29 May 1852 with 173 individuals and 32 wagons in the company which began its journey from the outfitting post at Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs). Buffalo were plentiful on the plains, however they only killed two for meat. Buffalo chips (dung) made great fuel to cook with. They often would encounter people going east of business or missionaries going out. They had no deaths from Cholera, although it was prevalent on the trail. It took them three months to cross the plains, they lost only three people to death. As they arrived in Salt Lake City. Citizens would pass out musk mellon for them to eat. They arrived in the Salt Lake valley on 10 September 1852. Elizabeth was baptized on 18 December 1853 into the Church at the age of eleven. After they got to the Salt Lake valley they had two more children born there. By 1857 they had moved to Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah Territory where theirlast child was born. Elizabeth was the second of 15 children born to them. Her father died in 1865 in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah Territory.

They were the first to homestead in the Mount Pleasant area. They built home shortly after they got there. He help to construct a threshing machine in 1861 and brought it to Mt. Pleasant. He served in the Black Hawk War. Charles and Elizabeth had 14 children born to them, eight of them living to adulthood. Charles Washington Jr. was born 26 February 1862;William Alma was born 2 June 1863; Thomas J. was born 20 September 1864 and died 17 September 1865; and Ann Elizabeth was born 13 April 1865. They moved to Santaquin, Utah, Utah Territory for a short time where the next two children were born. Twins Joseph and Hyrum were born on 26 December 1867. Joseph died on 17 February 1868 and Hyrum died 27 August 1869.

They moved back to Mount Pleasant where the rest of the children were born. Mary Ellen was born 14 January 1871; John Albert was born 26 June 1871 and died the same day. Caroline Adelia was born 16 January 1877; Clarence Franklin was born 7 January 1879; Alice Adlate was born 29 July 1882 and died 16 September 1882; and James was born 6 February 1884. Elizabeth died on 25 April 1891 in Mount Pleasant at the age of 48. Her youngest child was seven. She was buried in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete,Utah Territory. Charles married Emily Seely on 1 October 1891 in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete,Utah Territory. They did not have any children. He was 55 and she was 45. She died on 30 November 1924 in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete,Utah. Charles died on 12 February 1926 in Emmett, Gem, Idaho at the age of 89. He was buried on 17 February 1926 in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah. His son John Albert was living in Emmett so he was probably living with him at the time of his death.

 Elizabeth Coates Averett 

Elizabeth Coates was born on 10 December 1842 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England to Joseph and Ann Dutton Coates Jr. She was six years old when they emigrated to America coming through New Orleans, Louisiana.

Her family traveled to the Utah Territory with the James Jeppson Company in 1852. Her father Joseph was 38; her mother Ann was 35; Susannah was 15; George was 12; Elizabeth was 9; and twins Thomas and William were 2.

They departed on 29 May 1852 with 173 individuals and 32 wagons in the company which began its journey from the outfitting post at Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs). Buffalo were plentiful on the plains, however they only killed two for meat. Buffalo chips(dung) made great fuel to cook with. They often would encounter people going east on business or missionaries going out. They had no deaths from Cholera, although it was prevalent on the trail.

It took them three months to cross the plains, they lost only three people to death. As they arrived in Salt Lake City citizens would pass out musk melon for them to eat. They arrived in the Salt Lake valley on 10 September 1852. Elizabeth was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 18 December 1853 at the age of eleven. By 1857 her family had moved to Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah Territory where their last child was born. Elizabeth was the second of 15 children born to them.Her father died in 1865 in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah Territory.

She married Charles Washington Averett on 28 February 1860 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory at the age of 17. He was 23 years old when they married. Charles Washington Averett was born 13 July 1836 in Marion, Perry,Alabama to Jeduthun Hardy and Holly Jane tingle Averett.

His parents were married in Marion County, Alabama in 1836. They had five children, but the two girls died. His father was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1833. They family left Alabama and arrived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois in 1845 just shortly after the Prophet and his brother were martyred in Carthage,Illinois. They bought property but were never able to build on it.They received their endowments in the Nauvoo Temple in January 1846 just days before the main body of Saints were expelled from Nauvoo. While they were camped on the banks of the Missouri River, the government approached Brigham Young to provide some 500 soldiers to help in the war with Mexico. Brigham felt that the money they would receive would help the Saints get to where they wanted to go. Jeduthun was 28 years old and an experienced traveler and frontiersman. He joined the Mormon Battalion assigned to Company D under the command of Captain Nelson Higgens. He left his family there with the promise that the Church would take care of them. He went with the company as far as Santa Fe, New Mexico, enduring many hardships as they were all marching on foot. He became very sick and had to sent with others to Pueblo, Colorado, where he spent the winter. He heard that his wife and family by now were in Salt Lake,so he traveled there and found that they were still back in Iowa. He went back there and found them. They stayed in Kanesville, Iowa for five years. They left with an Unknown Company in 1852. Charles was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 1 July 1846 at the age of nine, after they had been driven from Nauvoo. He was 16 years old when they came to the Utah Territory. He received his endowments in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City,Salt Lake, Utah Territory at the age of 21 on 9 February 1858.

Charles and Elizabeth were the first to homestead in the Mount Pleasant area. They built home shortly after they got there. He help to construct a threshing machine in 1861 and brought it to Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete,Utah Territory. He served in the Black Hawk War. Charles and Elizabeth had 14 children born to them, eight of them living to adulthood. Charles Washington Jr. was born 26 February 1862;William Alma was born 2 June 1863; Thomas J. was born 20 September 1864 and died 17 September 1865; and Ann Elizabeth was born 13 April 1865.They moved to Santaquin, Utah, Utah Territory for a short time where the next two children were born. Twins Joseph and Hyrum were born on 26 December 1867. Joseph died on 17 February 1868 and Hyrum died 27 August 1869. They moved back to Mount Pleasant where the rest of the children were born. Mary Ellen was born 14 January 1871; John Albert was born 26 June 1871 and died the same day. Caroline Adelia was born 16 January 1877; Clarence Franklin was born 7 January 1879; Alice Adlate was born 29 July 1882 and died 16 September 1882; and James was born 6 February 1884.

Elizabeth died on 25 April 1891 in Mount Pleasant at the age of 48. Her youngest child was seven. She was buried in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete,Utah Territory. Charles married Emily Seely on 1 October 1891 in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete,Utah Territory. They did not have any children. He was 55 and she was 45. She died on 30 November 1924 in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah. Charles died on 12 February 1926 in Emmett, Gem, Idaho at the age of 89. He was buried on 17 February 1926 in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah. His son John Albert was living in Emmett so he was probably living with him at the time of his death.

 

 

 

Neils Schoug Haarby and Andrea Larsen Arneson

 

 

Andrea Larsen Arnesen 

No photo of Neils Schoug Haarbye can be found.

Neils Schoug Haarbye was born on 20 April, 1807 in Halden, Ostfold, Norway. His parents were Andreas Haarbye and Anne Cathrine Schoug. Neils married Andrea Larsen Arnesen in 1839. Andrea was the mother of a two-year-old daughter when she married Neils. Neil's occupation was as a ship carpenter in the seaport city of Halden. Andrea's daughter by an earlier marriage was Elise Sheele. Andrea and Neils Haarbye also became the foster parents of a young boy named Carl Johan Andreassen. Elise and Carl Johan were raised by Niels and Andrea as siblings. Elise was 12 years older than Carl Johan. Their daughter, Elise, grew up and met Carl Christian Anthon Christensen while he was a missionary in Norway and the two married aboard a ship when returning to Utah in 1857. In 1865, Carl Christensen, better known as C.C.A. Christensen returned to Norway for a 2nd mission. When he was released from this mission in 1868, he returned to America, bringing his wife's mother and father, Andrea and Niels Haarby, and their 19-year-old foster son, Carl Andreassen. They sailed on the ship, the John Bright and upon arrival in New York City, they traveled by trail to Laramie, Wyoming, where they were met by a mule train sent to bring the arriving immigrants to Salt Lake City. They were part of the John R. Murdock company and arrived in Salt Lake City on August 19th, 1868. C.C.A. Christensen, who was an artist, painted a picture of their arrival in the Salt Lake Valley. The painting shows Elise Scheel Christensen greeting her husband, and her parents and brother who she had not seen in eleven years. The original painting hangs in the Daughters of Utah Pioneers museum in SLC and a copy hangs in the LDS Church History Museum. Niels, Andrea, and Carl Johan made their home in Mt. Pleasant, Utah. Neils again worked as a carpenter. Carl changed his name to John Haarbye Anderson after settling in America. Carl Johan had been taught the craft of rope making and after coming to Utah, worked as a rope and cable maker in the Utah mines.

Niels and Andrea lived in Mt. Pleasant from their arrival in August 1868 until Niels died in 1895. He was 89 years old and after his death, Andrea went to live with her daughter, Elise, and son-in-law, C.C.A. Christensen in Ephraim, Utah. Andrea lived another twelve years, dying in 1907 at the age of 93 years old, and is buried in the Christensen plot in Ephraim.

Niels N Haarby is buried in the Anderson family plot in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery but does not have a headstone. His foster son, Carl Johan Andreassen changed his name to John Haarby Anderson and Niels is buried in his family plot. Also buried in the Christensen family plot in Ephriam is a cousin of Elise Scheel Haarbye. Hans Haarbye is the son of Neil Haarbye's brother, Hans. Hans is listed on the headstone with Andrea Scheel Christensen. 

Hans came to America with his sister, Grethe in 1862 when he was just 21 years old. He never married and lived in the Christensen household also until his death in 1912. He is listed on other memorials as a son of Neils and Andrea but there is no record of that and he is listed with his sister, Grethe, on the manifest of the ship, the Electric, in 1862, and on the 1900 census as a cousin of Elise Christensen. His death certificate lists his mother as Anne Arnesen, who was the wife of Hans Haarbye, brother to Niels. Please let me know if you have found differing information for Hans. He has been added as a child of Andrea on her memorial which I do not own, but I believe this to be an error as he is listed on several documents as her cousin. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVH-FJJH: 26 July 2019), Niels Schoug Haarby, 1895; Burial, Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States of America, Mount Pleasant City Cemetery; citing record ID 140579, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

"In Frederikshald, Andrea Arnesen Scheel Haarbye lived near the water front (in Norway). She made herself busy by opening a bakery. She baked bread, cookies, crackers, and cakes raised from yeast. The tourists vacationing in the fjord would buy her wares. She baked a bread they called Verta Ra Ra. Molasses, cardamon and other ingredients went in." From a handwritten story included in a family file, kept by great-great-granddaughter Lela Stott.

Jens Gunderson

 

 

Bertha Marie Pederson Gunderson 
Jens second wife 

James P. Gunderson
Oldest son of Jens and Marie 

Rosenlof Family

 

 Courtesy of Betty Gunderson Woodbury 

  The Rosenlof Family Picture was taken soon after they arrived in the Salt Lake Valley from Sweden in 1860. They sailed on the "Wm Tapscott" from Liverpool 11 May 1860, arriving in New York 16 June 1860. They finally settled at Mt Pleasant in the fall of 1860. The family of five included Nils Pehrsson Rosenlof 1826-1908, Anna Marie Rosengren Rosenlof 1835-1875 and their three children Olaf 1854-1932, Janne (John) 1857-1922 and Emma Amalie1860-1861. Five more children were born in Mt Pleasant, Martin Albert 1862-1947, Helma Emogine 1865-1869, Mary Annie 1867-1940, Niels Frank 1870-1941 and Fritz 1875-1937

Two years later my Great Grandmother Kirsti Louisa Rosengren Beckstrom immigrated to Mt Pleasant through the encouragement of her half-sister, Anna Marie Rosengren Rosenlof. Louisa arrived just three weeks before her sister's 4th child Martin Albert was born 22 Oct 1862. She lived with her sister and helped with the children until she married Andrew Beckstrom , 28 Oct 1863. He arrived from Sweden in 1859 with the 8th Handcart Co. They had 11 children, 8 grew to adulthood. (Their picture is included.)

Andrew and Louise Beckstrom

Peter and Mary Almertz ~~~ Pioneers of the Month ~~~ July 2021

 

 We wish there were pictures to show of Peter and Mary Almertz. If anyone can share some with us it would be much appreciated. 

The following comes from the History of Mt. Pleasant by Hilda Madsen Longsdorf.  She tells of the early dramatics and dances where Peter Almertz played a vital part:

PLAY
By Malvina Crane, 1926

The first general gathering place I remember was the Social Hall-still standing on the southwest corner of the square. Later, Yeppa Jessen built a larger house two blocks east, which at once became the most popular place in the little community. This hall had a platform in the east end, which .our theatrical troop could use as a stage, as soon as suitable scenery could be bought from C. C. A. Christensen, a local celebrity. After the scenic equipment had been put in, our troop held forth at regular intervals, crowds of eager people always packing the house to its utmost capacity. You should have been there to witness some of those classical plays! We had no very great artists, of course, but those who took part did the job to the satisfaction of all who came to witness the shows. What more could you ask of a bunch of amateur players?

I am unable to recall a complete list of the men and women who took part in our theatricals during the early years of our dramatic efforts to render public service. The real leader and organizing genius were the Englishman, John Wallis, who had con­siderable ability and did much towards securing the formation of an efficient troop. Assisting him were the following gentle­men, according to my recollection: J. A. F. Beaumann, Alma Bennett, R. N. Bennett, W. W. Brandon, John Carter, Thomas Fuller, Henry Larter, Christopher Johnson, Gus Johnson, H. P. Jensen, Albert Candland, Thomas Gledhill, John Dallin, Cyrus Dallin, Orson Lee, William McArthur, William Morrison, James Reynolds, Bent Rolphson, Alof Rosenlof, Allen Rowe, William Rowe, Conderset Rowe, Joseph Gribble, John H. Seeley, Hans Han­sen, James Wishaw, Richard Westwood, and Cap Clem.

Among the ladies were: Christina Bertlesen, Tina Bertlesen, Alice and Dora Day, Annie and Kate Candland, Mary Katherine Ivie, Hannah Reynolds, Candace Rowe, Nicholena Rolfson, Jane Tidwell, Stena Tuft, Annie Wallis, Lucy Wheelock, and Mrs. C. M. Wheelock.


The musicians were: John Gledhill, Bent Hansen, Hans Han­sen, James Hansen, Peter Almertz, Martin A. H. Myneer, Lars Nielsen, Lorenzo Nielsen, Peter F. Nielsen, and John Waldermar.

The popular dances were: Plain quadrille, Tucker quadrille, French Four, Upper Reel, and some Danish dances. Then there was the Flying Dutchman, the Mazurka, the "Tyrola," Polka or Danish Glide, and many kinds of fancy waltzes too numerous to mention, but which were a great improvement upon the present "jazzy" movements in the sober judgment of old people
It will not do to omit the Judge, Hyrum Seely, from our list of fun-makers, because he always was on the job, full of vim and hopping, skipping, and shouting to the top of his voice, reminding you of the little song which our ever jolly Lars Nielsen used to sing, thus:

When I was a little boy,

My mother used to say

That she used to spank me up and down

A dozen times a day.

For I'd either be up in a tree,

Or rolling down the hill;

It's a fact that whether I sit or stand

I really can't keep still.

No, I really can't keep still,

I really can't keep still;

It's a fact that whether I sit or stand,

I really can't keep still.

Nor could the Judge-not for the fraction of a moment-and while the years have done something to tame and tone his ever-­bubbling and youthful spirits, yet even now he would be willing to go back and live those joyous days over again. Who would not?

History of Mt. Pleasant p. 32 by Hilda Madsen Longsdorf

On page 49 of the History of Mt. Pleasant we see that C.C.A. Christensen donated 10 (hours or days) of labor 5 teams and 5 wagons for the building of the Mt. Pleasant Fort.

And page 173 we find: Madsen and Anderson continued to operate the theatre and dance hall on the second floor of the brick building, (Old ZCMI) and here the public witnessed Shakespearean plays by John S. Lindsay and Company, also other high-class companies, home dramatics, etc., as well as the C. C. A. Christensen's panoramas, minstrel shows, sleight of hand performances, hypnotism, etc., and many heated political rallies, setting forth free trade, a tariff on wool, etc. The scenery for the hall was painted by C. C. A. Christensen, a very popular artist. Music for the dances was mostly furnished by the Peter Almertz orchestra, consisting of John Waldermar, Rebecca Beckstrom, Bent Hansen, and others. Brigham Lee was floor manager and prompter. The east room of the building was used as the city council headquarters. On top of the building had been arranged seats, and at daybreak, on holidays the Brass Band assembled; their music could be clearly heard in the distance, as the stars and stripes were unfurled. It had been common for the band, in their bandwagon, to serenade the city, and they were usually treated with plenty of homemade beer and refreshments.



History of Mt. Pleasant by Hilda Madsen Longsorf p. 173

When the Mt. Pleasant ZCMI was discontinued in 1898, Madsen and Anderson continued to operate the theatre and dance hall on the second floor of the brick building, and here the public witnessed Shakespearean plays by John S. Lindsay and Company, also other high-class companies, home dramatics, etc., as well as the C. C. A. Christensen's panoramas, minstrel shows, sleight of hand performances, hypnotism, etc., and many heated political rallies, setting forth free trade, a tariff on wool, etc.
The scenery for the hall was painted by C. C. A. Christensen, a very popular artist. Music for the dances was mostly furnished by the Peter Almertz orchestra, consisting of John Waldermar, Rebecca Beckstrom, Bent Hansen, and others. Brigham Lee was floor manager and prompter. The east room of the building was used as the city council headquarters. On top of the building had been arranged seats, and at daybreak, on holidays the Brass Band assembled; their music could be clearly heard in the distance, as the stars and stripes were unfurled. It had been common for the band, in their bandwagon, to serenade the city, and they were usually treated with plenty of homemade beer and refreshments. taken from History of Mt. Pleasant by HML p. 173

William Johnson Noland and Camilla Ericksen Noland ~~~ Pioneers of the Month ~~~ June 2021

William Johnson Noland and Camilla Ericksern Noland 

 

Nathaniel Rudolphus Bennett and Mathilda Josephine Anderson Burns Bennett ~~~ Pioneers of the Month ~~~ May 2021

Back in 2015, we posted Nathaniel Rudolphus Bennett as our 15th of June  "Pioneer of the Month"; written by Olivia Burns 

We have since found more information on Family Search that includes his wife Mathilda Josephine Anderson

Burns Bennett. 

The Posting of June 2015 can be found here: Bennett:

Nathanial Rudolphus and Mathilda Anderson Burns Bennett

 

The memory of Rodolphus Bennett told by his daughter Effie

 

 

In August, 1871 or 1872, a band of Indians riding some horses they had stolen from the bishop came across the hills to Fairview where my Grandfather and two other men were taking the town herd home to Fairview. It was a dark rainy night and as the herders passed a stone quarry, at the point of a hill near the river they were fired upon by some of the Indians lying in ambush. My Grandfather, Peter Larsen Sr., saw one of the Indians just as he was firing, he jumped just in time to save his life but was shot in the hand and an arrow pierced the back of his neck. He mounted his horse and rode for home where his wounds were treated. One of the men made it home but died a few days later. In one instance, in the early spring of 1866. Mr. Bennett with his Captain, caught nine Black Hawk Indians, and put them in the jail at Manti, Utah. About April 14, they broke jail, three of them being killed while trying to escape, the others going as far North as Fountain Green, then called Uinta, going into the mountains on the West. On April 18 Chief Sanpitch was killed in Birch Creek Canyon. Mr. Bennett and others followed the other Indians until dark that night. The next day he was detailed with others to take up the tracks. They followed on over the big mountains south east of Nephi, over taking one Indian, and killing him. Four miles farther on they over took another one. (This was an Indian called Tankwitch). Mr. Bennett had a hand to hand fight with this one, he having a big butcher knife and Mr. Bennett a pistol. Kill or be killed, Mr. Bennett finally killed him. Not long after, they were sent to surround a camp of Black Hawk warriors in Juab Valley, where they captured a number of them, killing five.

 

 

Rudolphus Funeral Grave Site 

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Matilda Bennett 

Birth:10 March 1852

death: 13 February 1936burial: Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States 

marriage: 22 March 1869

Isaac Newton Phipps and Emeline Mariah Tidwell Phipps ~~~ Pioneers of the Month April 2021

 

 Isaac Newton Phipps

  24 May 1845 - 27 Nov. 1911 Son of Isaac Phipps and Mary Eleanor Dean Lettie Phipps Peterson wrote this life story date unknown. Additional stories were added from a document called, A1979 remembrances by Lettie Phipps Peterson recorded for her son, Wayne.@ [During his life, he went by Isaac Newton Phipps, Jr. because the Smith family had told him he was named after his father. After further research it has been determined that his father did not carry the middle name A Newton, therefore, he should not be referred to as Jr. Since this life story was written without this knowledge, we are leaving the Jr. and Sr. in this version. His birthdate was also found to be 24 May 1845, but he did not know this, so always celebrated on June 18th. His siblings were Sarah Jane, Lemmon Washington, William Harrison, and Enoch Ferman.] Isaac Newton Phipps, Jr., son of Isaac Newton Phipps, Sr. and Mary Eleanor Dean, was born June 18, 1845, in Slippery Rock, Butler County, Pennsylvania. He came to Utah when a very small boy with Uncle and Aunt Smith (Joseph and Abigail Smith) reared him after the death of his mother. They came to Salt Lake City and settled in West Jordan. Later they moved to the Dixie Country and resided in a small settlement called Sappi. They moved to Mt. Pleasant, Utah in 1864. Isaac was one of eight children the Smiths reared B, not of their own. Opal Scoville's great grandmother, Sarah Clark, was one of them. Isaac was three years old when his mother died; his brother Enoch was six weeks old. Enoch was given to Uncle and Aunt Smith, but he died in infancy. One day Isaacs's father brought Isaac to the Smith home and left him in the yard, kissed him, and told him to be a good boy. Never again did Isaac see or hear from his father. Isaac had two brothers and one sister older than him. The brothers were George Harrison and Lamuel Washington; the sister was Sarah. After moving to Mt. Pleasant, he went away to various places for employment. He returned and was married to Emeline Maria Tidwell on December 24, 1875, by David Candland. Later he went to the Endowment House and was sealed to Emeline. They also had their three oldest children sealed to them at that time. They were Louisa Jane, Mary Eleanor, and Charity Rosalia. Later five other children were born. When Isaac went to the temple for sealings, he was instructed to take his own name and establish it. Instead of Smith, it was Phipps. After that, he went by both names B Isaac Smith and Isaac Phipps. (In later years Isaac and Emeline received their second anointings in the Manti Temple.) Isaac was baptized at the age of 8 years, in 1853. He was religious and held the gospel very dear to him. His greatest desire was to live the gospel and have his family do likewise. He wanted them to be religious and to have faith in the gospel. He bore his testimony of its truthfulness often to his children at home. Just a few days before he died, he said, if I could leave my family either wealthy or with a testimony of the gospel, I would leave them a testimony of the gospel. He was active in the church and attended sacrament and priesthood meetings regularly. He was a High Priest and a ward teacher for many years and was a full tithe payer. When I was a little girl my father would tell me stories while I scratched his head and combed his hair after he had gone to bed. He would do his chores early in the evening and have his supper and go to bed to read. He got up in the morning really early so he was tired. He told me about a little bird that saved his life when he was a boy. He was plowing for a man and had gone around the field several times. When he came to some bushes he stopped to let the horses rest and he lay down under a bush to rest, too. A little bird came and lit on the bush above his head and then flew and lit on the toe of his shoe and then back on the bush above his head. The bird did this three or four times. The last time he didn=t light on his toe but on the ground by his feet. Father raised up to see where the bird had gone and there was a large rattlesnake all curled up and ready to strike him. Father lay down quickly and rolled out into the plowed ground away from the snake to where he was safe. The little bird saved his life. When Father was about nine or ten years old he got lost and didn't know which way to go to find his home. He was up in the hills where there were a lot of cedar trees. This was when they were living in Southern Utah. Quite a few Indians were living there and the white people were afraid of them. While Father was up in the hills an Indian came by and Father hid among the cedars until he passed by. When the Indian got a ways off, Father would call out and the Indian would come back. Then father would hide again so the Indian would ride away. This happened two or three times. Father was afraid of the Indian and he was afraid to let him go because he was lost. The last time the Indian came back Father let him see him and told the Indian that he was lost. The Indian put Father on his horse with him and took Father where he could see the town where he lived. This Indian was good and Father was glad he came by and showed him how to go home. After Isaac and Emeline were married, they moved to Vermillion, which was later named Venice. It was located east of Richfield, Utah. There Louisa Jane, their first child, was born. About one year later they made a trip to Mt. Pleasant to visit Emeline's parents and the Smiths B John and Jane Tidwell and Joseph and Abigail Smith. After much consideration at that time, they decided to sell their place in Vermillion and move to Mt. Pleasant. Isaac took up a homestead of 160 acres of land half-mile south of the city cemetery on the south side of town and built a log cabin on it. They lived in the cabin while he built a large frame house. There they resided the rest of their lives and the other children were born: Mary Eleanor, Charity Rosalia, Sarah Abbie, Lettie, Isaac Leslie, Leo Raymond, and a baby girl who died at birth. During the first few years, Isaac raised sheep and cattle. He later sold the sheep and most of the cattle and the land (all but 30 acres). Then he went away from home and found employment for awhile. On returning home, he put part of his farm in fruit trees and small berries B strawberries, raspberries, currants, blackberries, gooseberries, etc. He also raised watermelons, cantaloupes, and many different kinds of fruits and vegetables for the market. He was a successful farmer and a good horticulturist for his day. He also raised some grain, had milk cows and other farm animals. At one time he had a beautiful team of horses and a buggy horse which was the pride of the family. Her name was Bess. On Sundays crowds of people would come out to the farm to buy fruit and melons. That was a part of their recreation in those days. Ella can remember when we could go out and pick strawberries by moonlight. The berries were large, and the father had the plants in perfect rows. For years he never had to take his produce to market because people would come to the farm to get it. The farm was made into a pretty place, a happy home; and it remained so for years until after father=s death. The children remember the happy days they spent on the farm and also the work they had to do in helping both on the farm and in the house. I remember the large threshing machine and the big horses that went around and around while the wheat came rolling out of the side of the machine and filled the large sacks. Mother would cook big dinners for the men who ran the thresher. It was a holiday for us children. It wasn=t all work on the farm; there were times for play too. Father put up a large swing and a merry-go-round for the children. Large crowds of young people would come out from town to swing and eat watermelons. They could see Moroni when they swang as high as the swing could go. (This was Ella's comment). When the younger children were in their teens, father bought a hammock and a large lawn swing which the family enjoyed, as did many others. Andrew courted me in the hammock by the light of the moon and in the evening breeze. While clearing part of the land of sagebrush, the younger children would pile up the brush and at night have large bonfires. They would roast potatoes and play outside games by the light of the fire. As soon as the young people in town would see the fire, they would hurry out to join in the fun.  Nine ranch families lived neighbors to the Phipps family: Hyrum Branstead, Chris Rassmussen, Arnold Bigler, Jerome Zabriskie, Arthur Averett, Jacob Bigler, Oscar Barton, John Zabriskie, and Willie Winkler. We would have parties and would get together for suppers and then spend the evening playing games. There was one family that was special friends to the Phipps family. They were the members of the Jacob Bigler family. They had the same number of children in their family as we had in ours and all of us were good friends all their lives. Isaac learned to play the violin when a boy. He used a violin he made from a gourd until he was a young man and bought himself a violin. He played for many dances which were held in the homes, as well as for other small gatherings for many years. Father bore his testimony many times of the truthfulness of the gospel and the power of the priesthood to his family. He told of an experience he had once when he was rounding up his cattle west of his home (where the airport is now). While riding fast the saddle turned on his horse, throwing him among the rocks, hitting his head a blow, and breaking three ribs. He said his spirit left his body and went home. He saw Mother raking leaves on the west side of the house as it was the fall of the year. He saw a personage and asked what this was all about. He said your spirit has left your body. He could see his body lying on the ground. His thoughts were, AWhat will Mother and the children do? He said when his spirit entered his body it was like two trains coming together and every inch of his body tingled with pain especially his head. Some way he managed to drag himself as far as the cemetery where he met a man who took him home. They immediately wanted to send for a doctor, but father said, ANo, just sends for grandfather Tidwell. John Tidwell, Sr. my mother=s father.) They did as he requested; and when John Tidwell gave him a blessing and administered to him, he almost immediately felt his ribs go into place, and within a few days, he was back to work again. John H. Tidwell had great faith and loved the Lord and my father had great faith, too. When he recovered, he related the incident to Mother and asked her if she was raking leaves at the time of his accident. She recalled that she was. Another time the power of the priesthood was manifested in our home. Rosalia Phipps Tripp (Delmer's mother) was ill with brights disease when she was about 14 years old. The doctor came out every day and did what he could for her, but nothing seemed to help her. So he quit coming. One day she got much worse and looked as if she would pass away. Father went for the doctor who refused to come out because he said he had done all he could for her. When father came home he said to mother, all the help we can get will come from the Lord. I can remember all of the children kneeling down by her bedside while father and mother placed their hands on her head and blessed her. Immediately after taking their hands from her head, she raised up in bed and said, AI am well. I feel like getting up and doing mother=s work. In a few days, she was up and well again. Father died November 27, 1911, and was buried in the Mt. Pleasant City Cemetery. Mother continued to live on the farm and carry on the work until the time of her death February 20, 1926.