BIOGRAPHY of RACHEL HEINER Born in North Morgan, February 8, 1868, A Native Utah Pioneer. WRITTEN BY Her Niece RITA Jones 15 BIOGRAPHY OF RACHEL HEINER Rachel Heiner was born February 8, 1868 in North Morgan. She is the daughter of Anthony and Lucinda Henderson Heiner. Her early life was spent on a ranch in Echo Canyon. She helped milk twenty-five head of cows every night and morning, from the milk, butter and cheese was made and shipped to Salt Lake City. The most they received for good ranch butter was twenty cents per pound. While she lived on the ranch her mother met with a very pain¬ful accident, she was chopping wood when a stick flew and hit her in the eye. This happened on 5th of July 1893. She suffered severely from this accident and as there were no good Doctors in Morgan at that time, her mother was taken to Ogden as soon as she was able to travel. She went to Dr. Brick, this doctor advised them to let the eye alone, thought it would clear up if given some time, but instead a catarach formed over the pupil leaving her blind. In September of the same year a Dr. Lyon from Salt Lake came to Morgan, her husband Anthony Heiner, heard this doctor was in town, he went immediately to the ranch to get his wife and bring her to Dr. Lyon. They left the ranch, came down to the Union Pacific railroad to wait for a train, flagging the first train thro it happened to be a freight train. During the wait and the ride into Morgan, this good woman, Lucinda Heiner, took cold in the eye. As soon as she reached Morgan, they went right to the doctor, he operated on the eye that day, without rest and the eye inflamed, the operation was not a success, she lost the sight of her eyes. This left her daughter Rachel to look after the home do, the cooking all the house, 16 hold chores and cars for her mother and the family. When Aunt Rachel was eighteen years of age she had her first love affair with a young man by the name of Moroni Secres, she living on the ranch, he in Farmington, it didn't work out, too well. Neither received their mail regularly, misunderstanding crept into this love of theirs, later he married some one else. Many summers were spent on the ranch, lots of work and a little recreation which was swimming in cool clear water, riding horse back. She and her sister Eva would ride to Coalville and back Sunday afternoons. After her mother lost her eye sight Rachel never returned to the ranch. She was a faithful daughter to her mother, kind and patient as they come. Fifty or sixty years she has cared for the family through sickness and endless affliction, ail through her life, therefore her life has not been one of luxury and ease—far from it. Her parents came first in her life. Her brothers and sisters have also depended upon her, these many years. In year 1910 she went to the temple for her own endowments, next day went through again for her sister Agness, later for sister Lucinda. She is now 81 years of age in fairly good health, still looks after her brother Dave. Rachel was a Relief Society teacher and belonged to the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, Long life to you Aunt Rachel, may your sun-set be sweet and serene. Rita Jones