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Show OSCAR LOUISE ENID THELMA Louise, the oldest daughter, often stayed there and cooked for the hired men and her father. An irrigation pond was developed which served the Rollins, Parrish and Warner family farms. Water for the holding pond was brought four miles from Cottonwood Creek. The pond was built with team and scr¬aper, a back-breaking job. The present pond holds 500 acre feet of water. On April 29, 1908, additional acres of land were bought from Ch¬arles A. Parrish. This piece, which adjoined the Rollins property, was called the Parrish Homestead. That Fall the Rollins family mov¬ed to the Homestead. On February 8, 1909, 14 acres were purchased which now make up the present Rollins home site. Grandmother planned a fine, large home and enlisted the help of her brother, Samuel Whitaker, and a half brother, William Oakden, in drawing up the plans and doing the inside carpentry work. The house was completed in 1910. Grandmother Susan was a beautiful woman and kept herself and home neat and orderly. She believed in a good education and advised her children to get as good an education as possible. As a result Oscar, Enid, Thelma and Josephine attended the University of Utah. Louise became a nurse. Grandmother was, an invalid the last 14 years of her life. On 14 June 1914 she died at the age of 48. She was a comparatively young woman. Grandfather raised hay and grain and a good crop of prize winning potatoes, and onions. At State Fair time he would load up hand picked samples of his favor¬ite crops and haul them to Salt Lake City by team and wagon. He won many prizes with his produce entries, both on a State and County level. Grandfather owned and operated a threshing machine which was put to good use in the Valley during the harvesting time. The old machine is still resting on the brow of the hill north of the Rollins home. The old thresher was powered by teams of horses. After Grandmother's death Grandfather continued to live on the farm with his 227 JOSEPHINE |