CHILDREN OF NELSON AND AROLINE-Front L.-Frank, William Joseph, Eli. Back L.-Eugene, Elnora, Dora, Heber IDA BELLE In 1851 Nelson began his journey across the plains, driving an ox team for a Mrs. Corey, widow and midwife. He was 17 years old. When the family arrived in the Valley he was sent to live with the Abiah Wadsworth family in East Weber (Uin¬tah), where Abiah taught him the skills of carpentry and cabinet making. Nelson was 21 and Aroline Wadsworth 19 when they were married, 18 February 1855, by her father, Bishop of the East Weber Ward. Susanna Aroline Wadsworth was born, 16 September 1836, in Camden, Knox, Maine, a daughter of Abiah and Eliza Hardy Wadsworth. In 1842 her family left Maine for Nauvoo, Illinois, where they lived until they were driven out by the mobs. They traveled to Winter Quarters and remained there until 1851, crossing the plains that year and settling in East Weber. Nelson and Aroline were parents of 12 children, Joseph Warren, William Alma and David Eli were born in East Weber. The family moved to Mountain Green where Frank and Heber were born. One pleasant summer day all the families in the settlement, except the Araves and Wadsworths, had gone to the canyons to pick berries. Suddenly Indian Chief Little Soldier and his son rode into the Village and threatened the two families with death. On the warpath, they accused the Mormons and President Brigham Young of trying to cheat them out of their land. Wild rumors had been spread among the Indian tribes by malicious and wicked travelers, gold seekers and emigrants, and the word spread like wildfire from camp to camp. 136