Morgan Pioneer History Binds Us Together each other in England. Joseph's wife, Catherine, suggested a polygamous marriage for her husband and Amelia. Catherine approached Amelia about the matter and the marriage took place January 5,1867. Two daughters, Emily Kate and Catherine, were born to this union. In 1872 Joseph, who was a carpenter, moved his families to Salt Lake City so that he could work on the building of the Salt Lake Temple. He died in 1875. Amelia lived the rest of her life in Salt Lake City. She died January 12,1923, at the age of ninety-five. A Deseret News article dated January 15,1923, describes the funeral services for Amelia. Services were held in Salt Lake City, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Emily Calderwood. Among the speakers were Elder John A. Widstoe of the Council of the Twelve and President Heber J. Grant. Burial was in the Dean plot in the Salt Lake City Cemetery. ©19- History of Billa Dickson My Great- Grandfather, Billa Dickson, was born on March 15,1815, to John Dickson and Mary Henderson Dickson in Elizabeth, Ontario, Canada. He was the third born of eight children. In 1836 or 1837, Billa's father, John, opened the door to two Mormon missionaries, Billa Dickson Elders John E. Page and James Blakely. The Dicksons accepted their message and joined the church. Billa married Mary Ann Stoddard, who had previously joined the church also, on May 10, 1837, in Brockville, Leeds, Grenville, Ontario, Canada. Billa's father, John, made a trip to Kirtland in the fall of 1837 and received a patriarchal blessing from Joseph Smith, Sr., in the Kirtland Temple. John then returned to Canada. Following this, the extended family moved to Far West, Missouri, and built homes along with the other Saints. They were there when the Prophet Joseph was taken prisoner at the time Col. Geo. M. Hinkle surrendered the Mormons at Far West to the mob and betrayed his honored trust, causing a number of the brethren and the Prophet to be taken prisoners. The local Missouri residents formed mobs and drove the Mormons from their homes. The family spent that winter night out of doors, and were kept from their homes for several weeks. The Prophet Joseph Smith slipped into town under cover of darkness and organized the Saints. Food was scarce among the Saints. The Documentary History of the church records that the Prophet Joseph Smith approached Billa's mother, Mary Henderson's wagon, and asked if she had any bread. She shared a loaf with him, and he promised her than from that time on, none of her posterity would ever want for bread. This prophecy would be fulfilled in the winter of 1858 when food was so very scarce for the Saints, there was still food on the Dickson table. After the terrorism at Far West, the Dicksons moved to Hancock County, Illinois. While they were there, Billa used his skills at blacksmithing, owned property there and I'm sure helped with the building of the wagons for the westward trek. [Author's note: During one of our times in Nauvoo, we went to the Lands and Records Office and looked up where Billa had property in Nauvoo and where he had built a bridge. Made it all seem very real.] To obtain means to travel to Zion, the family moved to Wisconsin to work in the lead mines. They remained there a couple of years. They succeeded in obtaining an outfit and a small flock of sheep which they brought to Utah. From Wisconsin the family moved to Monroe County, Iowa, where they lived two years. It was here that my grandfather, William Henderson Dickson, was bom. In 1850 they moved to Pig Pigeon, Iowa. Here they raised seventeen acres of corn which helped other members of the Church who traveled westward. The fall of 1851 found them in Kanesville, Iowa, where they bought a farm. Later the selling of this farm enabled them to make their move to Zion. It was here his mother, Mary Henderson Dickson, died and was buried. Finally in 1852, the family was ready to make its move west. Billa and Mary Ann sold the farm and