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Show Ann Kingman Giles of Saints and arrived in the valley in the fall of the same year, 1855. When she married into polygamy the next March, she was warmly welcomed and accepted by Louisa to share equally with her the life of John Henry Giles. In 1858 when the Salt Lake Valley was threatened by Johnson's Army, John Henry, with his wives and two children, moved to Provo. In 1862 they moved back to Salt Lake City. There they resided for a short time, then settled in Farmington, Utah. Six years later in 1868, they moved and established a permanent residence in Littleton, Morgan County, Utah. He pursued his trade as a carpenter and assisted in the building of the first Littleton schoolhouse, the Joseph Williams store, the T.R.G. Welch home, and others. He constructed two homes for his families. He built caskets for the residents of Morgan County, built farm implements and machinery. He established and operated a sawmill in Smith Creek Canyon. This was later moved to Sheep Canyon in the southern part of Morgan County. In addition to his carpentry and lumber business, he purchased and operated a farm and raised livestock, which in the main supported his large family of seventeen children. Morgan Pioneer History Binds Us Together He was prominent in religious, educational and civic affairs of the county, acting as superintendent of the Littleton Sunday School and serving as first counselor in the Littleton bishopric for twenty years, and as trustee of the Littleton School District for fifteen years. He was a member of Morgan County's first band. On January 16,1890, his accidental death occurred when the roof of his bam collapsed, causing a rafter to strike him on the head. So ended the life of a chosen servant of the Lord and a noble pioneer of Morgan County. He was buried in the Milton Cemetery. When Ann Kingman married John Henry Giles, she and the first wife, Louisa Candy, began sharing a home and family life, and this close relationship, which brought love and respect for each other, continued throughout their lives. Such harmony is a credit to those noble women who experienced the hardships and joys of pioneer life, and remained equally devoted to their husband, their eighteen children, and to each other. Louisa became the mother of seven children: James, Louise, Oliver, Joseph, Sophia, Emily and Isabelle. Ann became the mother of eleven children: Harry, Frederick, John, Annie, Charles, William, Elizabeth, Fannie, Minnie, Albert and David. In addition to their responsibilities ns wives and mothers, they gave freely of their time, efforts and substances to help others who were in need, and served in many religious, educational and civic capabilities. The close association between these two honorable women came to an end in May 1897, when Louisa died of a stroke. Four years later in 1901, Ann passed away, thus closing the chapter of that generation of the John Henry Giles family. Both of these women were laid to rest in the Milton Cemetery. ©19 Sarah Hogg Giles I, Sarah Hogg Giles, was born in Herit Midlothian, Scotland on May 23,1871, where I lived with my parents Robert Hogg and Mary Ann Norman Hogg until I was four years old, when my parents heard and accepted the gospel as taught by the Latter Day Saint missionaries. They were baptized in the spring of 1875, and came to America the following July. I don't remember very much about the trip; just little things a child would remember, like leaving my kitten and the white swans in the pond not far from our house. On the trip, I was grieved to see my parents and everyone else so stricken with sea sickness. I remember the soup in big cans and the sea biscuits, tin cups and things we had on the ship and the funny train we crossed the country in. Then when we arrived in Morgan, Utah, the log house with no ceiling in it. About the second winter, I was taken very sick with diphtheria. We had no antivaccine in those days, no doctor, so just had to depend on the remedies our parents knew of. I was given up for dead, but was healed by the power of the Priesthood. It took a long time to get my health again. My eyesight was nearly gone, but came back as my health improved. |