Sketch of the pioneer life of John and Caroline Ager. no 21 John Ager was born in Cessie Langsford, England in 1837. Mother was born near Moldon, England, March 16, 1835. Mother emmigrated in the early part of 1858. father came two years later. They passed through many hardships. Mother was a maid In england. she received her testimony through a dream of seeing a long train of covered wagons. She knew that meant for her to come over. as a servant girl she came over, walking a good part of the way. crossing the plains they traveled with ox teams. The cows were milked in the morning and by night they had a little butter. Arriving in Salt Lake City she had no place to go, but was able to get work. She worked two years for a family named Clives. Father worked his way across the plains by hunting wild game, due to the fact that he was a good shot. When he arrived mother and he were married in the endowment house. They started housekeeping in Farmington with very little to keep house with. Five dollars worth of dishes consisted of two plates and two bowls. They had to raise most of their living. Some over two years my sister Nellie was born. Mother then had her first sugar when my grandmother and uncle David Coolbear came over and brought some with them. They raised sugar cane which was made into molasses. They also brought some tea. Father and mother were then called upon to settle in Morgan. when they arrived they had no house. They made their home by the side of a haystack for about six weeks while father built a log cabin. There was no lumber then. The cabin had a dirt roof with no floor. In this cabin their second child was born. Father was an industrious man and soon he started to make brick some of which is now in the Bert Allen residence. He also sawed Home lumber about where the titheing shea now stands. With this he started a house. Father was drowned in the Weber River and his body could not be found for six weeks. He left his wife and three small girls. They had twenty acres of land on the creek. Our one-room brick house was about the second in morgan. Meetings and dances were held there. father went to meeting without shoes on his feet many times. six months after father was drowned Grandma Coolbear died. Later mother married her second husband, David Ross. He was a deserter from the petticoat soldiers of Scotland. He and his brother Alex and sister Marian came over, Marrian marrying Orson Pratt as a plural wife. Mr. Ross had a shoe shop just across the street from the court-house. He also tanned leather and made shoes for all of us. The men and boys were drilled by Mr. Ross on the flat. as a fort or safety point from the Indians a tall rocK fence was built not far from our home. Mr. Ross was a good step-father as he built for us what we called the playground with swings, teeters, trapeze, merry-go- round, and so on. Fourth of July celebrations and other holidays were spent there. Mother and Mr. Ross did not live together long, and then mother was alone again. She worked for some of our schooling. At that time it cost twenty-five cents a week to go to school. She made yeast and traded it for flour. In that way she made our bread. In the days when the babies were small father would take his ox team with few sacks of grain and go to SaIt Lake City. In return for the grain he would get two yards of red flannel in which her babies were drossed. Father was drowned in the Weber River on the ninth day of June, 1867, and mother died March 15, 1911. by Mrs. Caroline Compton