MARY AGNES FARLEY MARRIOTT I was born September 21, 1871 at West Weber, Weber County, Utah a daughter of Isaac Robeson Farley and Madeleine Malan Farley. My father was born in Hancock County, Illinois. He was a frontiersman whose family were converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Days Saints. My Mother was of French descent. Her parents and her brothers and sisters were the first converts to join the Church in Italy. On account of records having been accidently burned, I am unable to give accurate dates. I have to depend on memory. In the year 18 69 my father and mother moved their young family from Ogden to West Weber where they were some of the first settlers there. Happiness, love and cooperation abounded in our home. Our family was a close-knit group. We spent many enjoyable hours together celebrating special occasions: births, birthdays, holidays, weddings and anniversaries. One special event of my parents lives was their 50th wedding anniversary where they were surrounded by their children, grandchildren, relatives and friends. I arranged for this event which was held in my home. I was blessed by Elder Andrew Bowman January 1872. I grew up as any ordinary child does without any incident of special notice until December 1877 when I was six years of age. I was given a heavy dose of morphine mistaken for turkey rhubarb. Through the administration of Elders Andrew Bowman and Nathan Hawkes my life was saved. I was baptized by Elder Thomas Heatherington, and confirmed by Elder Archie McFarland the summer of 1880. Being reared on a farm was a great experience for all our family. Though we many not have had an abundance of things our father worked diligently providing for his family. He raised horses, cows and garden produce. On an island in the river (which was extra property he owned), he raised stock. We traveled by boat to get to and from the island. The days at harvest time saw beautiful golden grain and the fruits of our labor. Mother prepared food abundantly for the hungry helpers as they harvested the crops. We were taught homemaking skills such as knitting, crocheting, other fancy work, cooking, and candle making. Much of this was learned from my grandmother, Mary Moore Farley, who was a genius in all kinds of home industry. Father built a log cabin room next to our home where she slept at night and was with our family during the day. All of my sisters and I learned to sew beautifully. My sister Jennie also did hemstitching which was very popular at that period of time. All of us sisters sewed for our families as they were growing up. As my sisters, my brother Simeon and I visited together over the years, we had enjoyable times reminiscing about the farm. Well do we remember Thursdays as our father stopped his work for the day, shined all the shoes for the children and we all attended Fast and Testimony Meeting.