Robert Hogg 58 do Robert Hogg was born in the parish of Stowe Midlothain, Scotland, March 1, 1814. In his youth he belonged to the United Presbyterian Church, but was never satisfied with its doctrine; to his mind it did not agree with the scriptures. When he expressed his views he was excommunicated from the church. He and others who had similar beliefs, banded together and baptized each other according to the scriptural pattern as it related to baptism. They fastened their minds upon the twenty-fourth chapter of Mathew: "And this gospel shall be preached in all the world for a witness". He prayed for true messengers and his petition was answered. He was baptized into the L.D.S. Church by Charles W. Mibley in 1851. From that time he was a zealous and fearless preacher of the latter day message. He was subject to jeers, insults and violence, but he never wavered. He came to Utah in 1851 in and settled in Morgan county, being one of the pioneers of that section. He built the first log house in what is now South Morgan. He held positions of trust both in a religious and cibic way: he was counselor to Bishop Turner, president of the High Priests quorum and Patriarch. He possessed the gift of healing and was instrumental in doing good among the sick. He also adjusted broken bones until a docter came to the community. He died Nov. 11, 1900, at the age of 86 years. He is buried in the South Morgan cemetary. Mr. Hogg married Mrs. Janet McNiven in 1862. Mrs. McNiven was 59 born in Edenburgh, Scotland Oct. 14, 1826. She was left an orphan at the age of thirteen years. It became necessary for her to sup¬port herself and she entered the employ of a docter's family. The experience gained here was very useful in her later life. She was left a widow with two small children early in life. She became converted to the Mormon religion and left Scotland for America in 1861, arriving in Salt Lake City in the fall of that year. She went to Morgan county the next year. There being no doctor in the settlement she was called to assist in sickness and was very successful in this, attending the birth of six hundred babies with very few fatalities. She was a woman of great faith and always had the Priesthood present in sickness.