Morgan Pioneer History Binds Us Together of her part of every night. About a week before she passed away her three sons who were living close by and myself and their wives were all present. She asked that she be raised up so that she could talk with the family. I put my arm around her and sat at her back and she leaned against me and commenced to tell some things of her past life and how happy she was that she had been privileged to raise such a large family and then bore a very convincing testimony to the truthfulness of the Gospel. Everyone present could feel the inspiration that accompanied her words and her conviction of the truthfulness of the Lord's work and exhorted all to always be loyal and faithful to each other and to the principles of the Gospel. The only one who could mourn at the passing of our sweet Mother was Father and he was broken-hearted. I've written these few lines at the request of a number of our family being the only one left of her large family of six sons and six daughters. I am very appreciative of the fact that I remained home with Father and Mother and took care of them until they passed from this mortal sphere. In closing I wish to state that she has been very mindful of me since she has gone to her eternal reward for I have heard her voice speak as natural to me as while she was alive, on two different occasions. I have seen her in the visions of the night to tell me of things that would happen. No son was ever loved more by his Mother than I have been mine. Hannah Webb Toone died on August 24, 1919, and was buried in the Croydon Cemetery, Morgan County, Utah. William Henry Toone died on December 25,1923, and was buried next to his beloved wife. Friends with the Indians After the settlers had been in the Lost Creek Valley for four years, the Utah Indian Wars were showing signs of escalating. Therefore the church leaders in Salt Lake urged the Croydonites to move to Coalville because of the increased Indian troubles. After three weeks they returned to Henefer to combine their strength and defend themselves there if necessary. Later in the year they returned to Croydon and commenced to build a rock fort, which was never completed because the Indian troubles never materialized. During this summer while Croydon was evacuated, my Great Grandfather William H. Toone and Ephraim Swann remained in Croydon to take care of the crops. Also during this time, William H. Toone and the Indian chief became very good friends through their associations together. The Indians continued to annually migrate through the valley and were never threatening. The Indian chief presented William H. Toone with a pair of buckskin lined gloves with beautiful beaded cuffs. William H. Toone gave these gloves to his daughter, Elizabeth, who was my Grandmother. I remember seeing the gloves and her telling me their story many times as a young boy. s (Native Americans) in front of the Morgan Opt 1908. (MCHS)