work. He was finally employed at a tannery. In the Spring of 1864 the Rairds mov¬ed to Bountiful, Davis County. From that time on James Hyrum had sole responsibi¬lity of caring for his mother until her death 10 years later. He enlisted in the Utah Territory Militia, organized for the protection of citizens against the Indians. Two different summers James traveled east to assist emmigrants in the trip from the railroad terminal in Florence, Nebraska, to the Valley. On these trips he slept during the day then repaired wagons and shod oxen during the night. In 1870 James Hyrum Baird married Fanny Emmorett Sessions in the Endowment House. He was 22 and she was not quite 15. The couple lived in Bountiful where James had a blacksmith shop. In 1873 the family purchased a home in Centerville which had a blacksmith shop on the property. The Bairds moved into their newly purchased home and became active in Centerville Church and civic affairs. While living in Centerville a young convert from England, Brigham H. Roberts, came to live and work with James, He was a wild and reckless youth, but spent every free moment reading and studying. James Hyrum Baird became Sheriff of Davis County and occasionally deputized young Roberts to assist him. The two worked together on several cases involving lawbreakers. At James' funeral Brigham H. Roberts paid high tribute to his friend and benefactor. B.H. Roberts later became a prominent Church Historian. In 1880, heeding the counsel of Church leaders, James Hyrum took as his second wife, Margaret Ellen Randall. The ceremony was performed in the Endowment House. One year later a farm was purchased in Farmington and the Baird family moved. Margaret Ellen took her rightful place in the new home. In 1882 Congress outlawed polygamy and five years later several families, including the Bairds, moved to Colorado to escape persecution. While working in construction there a smallpox epedemic broke out among the men. James gathered sagebrush and boiled a tub-full of tea each morning and gave it to the men to drink. Although they were very sick, and the drink was a foul concoction, all of them survived. In the Fall of 1890 President Wilford Woodruff signed a Manifesto which made the situation on polygamy some better, but Federal Marshals continued to harass the people. James Hyrum moved Margaret Ellen and children to Mountain Green. Fanny and her family were moved to Morgan City. The situation didn't improve and James Hyrum 209