Alfred and Edna Whatcott 1917 In the spring of 1917 the Whatcott family moved to Mountain Green and proved to be a blessing to the little Mountain Green Ward. The family had come from Fill¬more where Alfred worked as a barber. But he was not fond of barbering and changed his vocation to ranching, which he loved. Alfred Whatcott was born October 27, 1885, in Kanosh, Utah, a son of Henry and Louisa Manhardt Whatcott. Edna Whatcott, a native of Fill¬more, was born September 10, 1885, a daughter of Seymore E. and Annie Speakman Brunson. When school closed that spring Edna and the children left to join their husband and father in Mountain Green. The trip included a wagon ride to Kanosh where they boarded a train for Salt Lake City. There they were met by Alfred who drove them up Weber Canyon in a buckboard. The Whatcotts lived on the Stewart Ranch for three years. The children were fascinated by the Union Pacific trains which chugged down the track about a half mile south of the house. Both parents became active in the Ward. Alfred served as superintendent of the Sunday School and Edna worked in the Primary. Bishop Joseph A. Parrish made a lasting impression on the family. The four children, Wanda, Edna, Elihu and Verle, attended school in Peterson, riding to and from classes in the old school wagon which looked like a sheep her¬der's wagon, complete with stove for heating in the wintertime. Elihu remembered paying his first tithing to Bishop Parrish. The family remembered Bohman's store at Peterson where they did part of their shopping. 295 THE WHATCOTT FAMILY, WANDA ALFRED, EDNA, ELIHU & VERLE