WROLTON, ELIZABETH BOURNE 1855 25 SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF ELIZABETH BOURNE WORLTON Elizabeth Bourne Worlton was born December 13, 1827 in the town of Broad, Summerset England. She was the daughter of James and Sarah Bourne. Her parents were members of the Methodist Church. They taught their family to love God and to look to Him for guidance. At the age of seventeen she went to the town of Bath to teach in a Girl's School. She first heard the Gospel preached in the year 1848, and was soon baptized. That same year she married James T. Worlton, a young Elder of Bath. They continued to live here until 1855, leaving with a Company of Saints to come to Utah. They now had three daughters. They arrived in Philadelphia April 20, 1855 traveling from there to Pittsburgh by rail. They traveled by Steam Boat to St. Louis. While on the boat on the Mississippi River, she gave birth to a son. They cont-inued their journey from St. Louis to Atchison by Steam Boat. They started from Atchison with ox teams on July 1st, to cross the plains. They had many hardships to endure. On this journey her baby boy died and was buried. They arrived in Salt Lake City September 25th. The first year was a very difficult one. The grasshoppers had destroyed all the grain, and it was nearly impossible to obtain bread to eat. On one occassion there was nothing in the house to eat, and her husband took some cherished silver spoons and started out to try to trade them for flour. Having no luck, he called on Heber C. Kimball. That noble man sent him home with a small amount of flour and also the silver spoons. They lived in many different places until they moved to Morgan in 1862. After arriving in Morgan she first served as a Sunday School Teacher and also as a Relief Society Teacher. Later she was chosen and set apart as the President of the Relief Society, which position she held with honor for over twenty four years. During the same time she served as 26 -2- Ward Historian and Librarian for twenty years. She was released on account of failing health. Mrs. Worlton was the first mid-wife in Morgan. Many times she de¬livered babies unaided by a Doctor. She was also one of the first School Teacher in Morgan. At one time she opened a class in her own home and taught a group of Railroad laborers the English language. For these tireless efforts she received no money. Her fine executive ability and her tender and sympathetic heart made her a piller of strength in the North Morgan Ward, wherever she presided in public she did so with dignity and ease, commanding respect from all around her. Her virtues as a wife and mother shone with luster in her home. It always represented a sweet resting place for her husband and children after their labor, and a pleasant retirement for her friends and neighbors who would so often drop in, receiving of her hospitality and enjoying a chat that was always pleasant and instrucitve. Her husband died February 6, 1885. She nobly took up his responsibilities and continued the management of his affairs, carrying out his wishes until the fall of 1900 when health failed her. On February 17, 1901 she became very ill. All her children gathered at her bedside. She asked to be anointed with oil and prayed that she might have a clear mind and clear speech in order to express her disires and blessings to her family. Elder Elisha P. Hardy, her son-in-law com¬plied with this wish and their prayers were answered. She called each member of her family to her bedside and thanked them and blessed them in their turn. She thanked the Lord that she had heard and obeyed the Gospel, and that He had blessed them with ways and means to gather in Zion. She died March 10, 1901. WORLTON, JAMES TIMBRELL 1855 27 SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF JAMES TIMBRELL WORLTON James Timbrell Worlton was born in Walcot Bath England March 20, 1821. He was the only son of John and Mary Parsons Worlton. While still a small boy he moved with his parents to London. When he was sixteen his father died. He and his mother fell heir to the property known as Timbrell Court. In London he first heard the Gospel preached by Elder Hyde. Later they moved back to Bath and found a branch of the Church presided over by Elder Thomas Brown. He was Baptized in 1840, ordained an Elder and sent out to preach the Gospel. In 1842 he married Emma Martin who also embraced the Gospel. He was then called to preside over a small branch of the Church in Somerset England. To this union two children were born, his wife dying at the birth of her second child. In the following year he formed the ac¬quaintance of Elizabeth Bourne, also a member of the Church, and they were married by Elder a Marchant of Bath, December 3, 1848. In 1849 he was called to preside over a Branch in Marchfield. In 1851 almost the entire Branch left for Utah. He stayed in Marchfield and continued to preach the Gospel. In 1854 they sold Timbrell Court. He immediately placed his portion of the money in the Perpetual Emmigration Fund, and secured passage for himself and family on the first vessel to sail thereafter. They sailed from Liverpool February 8, 1855, reaching Salt Lake Valley in September of the same year. His first home in Uath was in the Eleventh Ward in Salt Lake City, moving with the Saints from place to place as he was called upon. They moved to Morgan in April of 1862. Their first home consisted of a little one room cabin belonging to John Arthurs and their wagon cover stretched over some poles that leaned with oen end on a fence and the other end on the ground. He hired a man for $3.00 per day to get out logs and help build a home for the Worlton family, now consisting of 28 -2- the parents and their three daughters Martha, Flora and Family. This house will be remembered by many of the older people in Morgan. It was located on the lot between the Carlos Clark home and the Ben Smith home. Soon after he came to Morgan he was called to teach in the Sunday School. Some time later he was made Superintendant of the Sunday School. He also belonged to the 35th Quorum of Seventies. He was later set apart as one of the seven Presidents of the 35th Quorum. He was an assistant to John K. Hall, Stake Superintendant of the Sunday Schools, at the time of the organization of the Morgan Stake of Zion. Mr. Worlton married Mariah Dallamair in the fall of 1863, and on November 23, 1864 a son was born to them named William Albian Worlton. This marriage only lasted a very short time. James Worlton owned a small Shoe Shop business where he made shoes, leather vests, leggings and covered saddles. This shop was in a build- located near where the Heiner garage now stands. It was called the Metts building, and later owned by Winslows. He had his own tannery and tanned all of the leather he used. This was located in a building that stood about where James Anderson built his home in North Morgan. Mr. Worlton made three pairs of boots for Henry Dinnwoody of Salt Lake City who operated the first furniture store in that city. The boots were in payment for the furniture to be used in the Worlton home. Later he and James Tucker and James Stuart of South Morgan, went into business together to make and repair shoes. When the Morgan Co-op was opened they went in with them and their place of business was called the Co-op Shoe Shop. Here he worked as long as his health permitted. On February 6, 1885, at the age of sixty four, he died as he had lived loved, and honored by all who knew him.