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Show The family farmed the land during the summer months and returned to Ogden each Fall where the children continued their education. At the age of 68 John Frederick Owens died on June 25, 1935 of a heart att¬ack. Emma Baker Owens suffered a stroke and died the 10th of February 1952, at the age of 80. Of the ten children born to the couple only three are still liv¬ing at this time (1984). They are John Lloyd, Eugene Desmond and Edna May. INDIAN TROUBLE AT MOUNTAIN GREEN (In the early 1860's) while the Battle of Morristown (in South Weber) was in progress, and the people of the little settlement of Mountain Green, a few miles east of Devil's Gate, were listening to the cannon being fired down the River, a war party of Shoshonis came riding down Weber Valley and camped close at hand. Mrs. Jessep relates that when most of the Mountain Green men had 'gone to war,' they (the Indians) became insolent and went from door to door demanding food. They soon had all the women in Mountain Green cooking food for them while the children ran and hid. They finally began demanding presents of chickens and pigs. That night the settlers hardly slept, as the temper of the Shoshonis was uncertain. A messenger was hurried off to Ogden, asking for protection. The next day the men of Mountain Green hustled back from Morristown to fight for their (own) homes. Mayor Lorin Farr of Ogden did not send any soldiers (to the beleageured settle¬ment) but instead a wagon load of provisions and five fat beeves as a present to the Indians. The Mayor was a born diplomat and preferred to feed the Indians rather than to fight them. Perhaps he thought that one war at a time was enough. The Indians spent that night in feasting, singing and dancing. The women and children felt a great deal safer than they had the night before. Contrary to the general impression, an Indian would always rather eat than fight. The next day the Indians rode away across the hills, yelling and singing. They probably thought that Ogden was a good town and that Mayor Farr was a jolly good fellow. by O.A. Kennedy, Ogden Standard Examiner Sunday Morning, April 19, 1925 273 |
