BRICK HOME BUILT BY JAMES KIPPEN Lake City with her feet wrapped in burlap sacks. They were worn completely out. On 10 October 1853 Catherine became James' second wife. He moved her to a little home in West Bountiful where she helped clear the land and plant crops. She was the mother of nine children: Joseph, Catherine, Margaret Jane, Janett, James, Duncan, Robert Alexander, Elizabeth, and George. James acquired considerable property in Morgan County and built a log cabin on Dry Creek in Mountain Green. Land was cleared for farming and crops were plant¬ed. Joseph, Robert and George spent summers here operating the farm. Later a handsome red brick home was built on the ranch where the boys batched, except for periodic visits from their parents. James served an LDS two-year mis¬sion to Scotland. He also did much temple and genealogy work, assisted by Catherine. Three times in his life James had near brushes with death, but each time his life was spared. In 1901, while driving his team across a railroad track in Davis County, a fast moving express train thundered down the track, smashing his wagon to bits. He was thrown clear and suffered no injuries. While serving his mission he converted a woman whose brother was so enraged that he picked up a heavy club and struck James over the head. The blow was so severe that, ordinarily, it would have killed the victim, but James again suffered no ill affects. He was also shot at, but never wonded. James died at his home in Bountiful, 12 August 1911. Catherine lived less than eight months, dying 24 April 1912. Both are buried in Bountiful. Margaret Warner Ranson, Ogden 214