George that April past. There they had dedicated the first temple completed in Utah. Wilford Woodruff had been installed as president of that temple. Other temples then under construction were the Salt Lake, the Logan, and the Manti. The next speaker was Elder Lorenzo Snow (Dan). It was his responsibility to ask fora sustaining vote ofthe new stake officers. He introduced President Willard G. Smith (LorinTonks), first counselor Richard Fry (Abbot Mikesell), and second counselor Samuel Francis (George N. Francis). The first high councilors were Thomas Rich, Sr., George Criddle, Thomas R. G. Welch, Thomas J. Thurston, Joseph L Card, George W. Taggart, John H. Rich, Frederick Kingston, Jesse Haven, Richard Rawle (great grandfather of President Little), Martin Heiner, and David Robinson. (See The Morgan County News, July 8, 1977, where the names of the high council actors are given.) All received a unanimous sustaining vote. The bishops ofthe various wards were also introduced. Ofthe North Morgan Ward, Wyman N. Parker; Richville Ward, Albert D. Dickson; East Porterville Ward, Joseph M, Porter; West Porterville, Thomas Brough; Milton, Eli Whitear; Enterprise, John K. Hall; South Morgan, Charles Turner; Croydon, John Hopkin; and Peterson Ward, Charles S. Peterson. All were sustained. Willard G. Smith (Lorin) then told how he had helped as a little boy on both the Kirtland and Nauvoo Temples. He told how the Prophet Joseph Smith would "put on his tow frock and tow pantaloons and go into the quarry with the rest ofthe men to cut stone." He told how his father's family had been traveling through Missouri to join the Saints. They were camped at Haun's Mill. "Til never forget, I'll never forget that bloody tragedy. The sun shown clear and bright, the morning was tranquil." Then, he recalls, that about four o'clock in the afternoon a large company of men rode into the camp. "Their leader fired one shot, then there was ominous silence for ten or twelve seconds. Then about one hundred guns discharged and they kept firing and firing and firing." By the time it was over, Willard Smith's father and his brother Sardis had been killed. Another brother, Alma, had part of his hip blown away. This wound was later healed through the faith of his mother in a miraculous manner. Richard Fry (Abbot) then spoke, telling how he and his wife had emigrated from England. His wife was baptized by her brother, Richard Rawle. He told of crossing the plains to Salt Lake and then being sent to Morgan by Brigham Young. Of President Young's inspiration, he said, "We can see now that he was inspired to send us here, because we have prospered." Richard Fry's daughter, Mary Ann, was the first white baby bom in Morgan City. The next speaker was Samuel Francis (George). He recalled how he had been called as a boy of seventeen shortly after his conversion to preside over the Switzerland and Italian Missions. In Italy he met his wife, Esther. He told of her great education. She could read, speak and write four different languages. She taught him French and Italian, while he taught her English. 223