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Show scared. It was high water. They pushed the pony and the squaw into the River and they began going down stream. When the Indians saw that the Squaw was going to drown they jumped into the water and cut her loose from the pony. They got her out but the pony drowned. I kept a good span of horses besides my ox team. When there was sickness in the community and someone needed a doctor, they usually came after me to drive to Ogden, as my team was used to going through the Canyon. We got Dr. Maclntire, and he was a good doctor. The Canyon was dangerous and the women and children usually walked around the Devil's Gate. One day my wife, Abigail, and I were going to Ogden with grist for the mill. It was a cold day with lots of snow. We had a sleigh and I told her she had better ride. We had our baby, William, with us. As we were going around the Devil's Gate our sleigh tipped over and rolled down to the river, filled with ice. The baby's dress caught on the sleigh runner and saved him from going under the ice. It was a frightening experience. We became tired of living in Mountain Green, as the Winters were so hard. I sold my place and moved to Hooper in about 1878. I farmed about 40 acres of land. In the Spring of 1861 I was sent to the penitentiary to serve six months for poligamy. When they found out I was a farmer they asked me to farm 10 acres of garden stuff which was used in the kitchen. After that I never had to go inside the prison, only to answer roll call. I returned home in five months and bought a small place in Hooper. "We have lived here ever since we left Mountain Green. I am the father of 24 children, 13 boys and 11 girls. My first wife, Abigail, was mother of 13, seven boys and six girls. My second wife, Lydia, was mother of five girls and six boys. Joseph Warren Wadsworth died in Hooper June 24,1925. Abigail died March 4, 1928, in Hooper. Lydia died Dec. 19, 1887. There is no available picture of Lydia. JOSEPH WARREN WADSWORTH HOME IN HOOPER —Iris Wadsworth Sowell 127 |