to Missouri. They again became active in the Baptist Church and soon the older children became members. Over the next 11 years Jim and Sadie puzzled over the miraculous healing of Baby Melba. They began to study every bit of information they could find on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They were so caught up in the Gospel teachings that they began to teach Mormon doctrine to their fellow Baptists. They were chastised and excommunicated. In 1926, while living in Jefferson City, Missouri, the Riders of the Church found them. Jim, Sadie, and one daughter were baptized in March of 1926. The fol¬lowing month the remainder of the children received baptism. Sadie wrote, "True to the Mormon faith and tradition we soon acquired a desire to come west and cast our lot with the rest of the Saints in the Salt Lake Valley." In the Sunnier of 1929, the DeGraffenreids arrived in Utah and settled in South Salt Lake. They later moved to Sandy. Happy in the Church and having a strong testimony, they wanted to share it with relatives back in Missouri. Several trips back to Missouri were taken in hopes that they could convert other members of their families, but they were the only members of the DeGraffenreid and Brown families to join. Jim and Sadie became involved in the Church, holding many positions in the Auxiliaries, but their greatest joy and satisfaction came from genealogy and temple work. In 1941 the family moved to Alaska, but a year later they were back in Sandy. Jim and Sadie bought a home and fruit orchard in Santaquin. Sadie died in 1965 and Jim lived until 1977. They were parents of seven children: Mabel Lavone, Willard King, Melba Lenore, Blanche, George Lee, Charles Edward and Mary Ann. Melba Lenore was named for Len¬ore (Nodie) Robinson, the neighbor who cared for her during the struggle for life. Jane Webecke, a granddaughter, remarked, "When Grandpa Jim first settled in Utah it is reported he said, 'The cockleburs and the Degraffenrieds are going to take over the state of Utah.' If all of his family was in Utah today they would probably be ahead of the cockleburs." —Jane Paul Webecke, Ogden 289