DANIEL HEINER Daniel Heiner was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania on 27 November 1850 to Martin Heiner and Adelgunda Detzel. He was the sixth child in a family of nine children. His parents : •. jguAmg^ were good people of German ancestry who instilled in their children a love of God and a ?, desire to follow his teachings. They had a cheerful home of humble circumstances, but it never lacked for love and ^B . happiness. Martin played a German Zither (a flat t^rfpr ^L stringed instrument), his wife sang and the ^tk * ^Kk home was filled with laughter and music. They I * fh^'j^^m reac* scriptures together and were always full of ^^m 4*rr^^^m inspiration, never complaining of their trials or hardships. They lived the gospel and found all the enjoyment out of life that they could. Daniel was baptized into the Church on 11 April 1859, the same year the family emigrated to Utah. All they owned was put into one wagon, and with one yoke of oxen and oneyoke of cows, they started across the plains. Daniel walked all the way. He later stated: "It's wonderful how happy we could be with all the hardships." On 16 September 1859, the family arrived in Salt Lake City and camped for three days. Then they moved to Bingham Canyon into a dugout with a dirt floor and no windows. The smoke from a fire in the center ofthe dugout often drove them outdoors. The four older children stayed in Salt Lake where they had found work. As food was very scarce, the family subsisted mainly on bran bread. When Daniel learned to shoot a gun, things were a little better. During the second winter in Bingham, Daniel froze his heels so badly that the flesh came off, exposing the bone and cords. It was months before flesh grew back, during which he suffered greatly. In I860, the family moved five miles west of Salt Lake City. Here they tried to grow crops, but the soil was poor and they would not grow. Daniel and his brother, Anthony, herded sheep during the summer months. Their food was mostly bran bread and molasses. Daniel felt bad when a wolf would kill one of the sheep. His mother would take the wool, card it, spin it, and weave cloth, which she used to make clothing for the family. During the winter of 1863, the Heiners moved to Morgan. As they were crossing the river at Devils Gate, the oxen began slipping on the smooth stones, and Daniel, now 13 years old, had to help get them turned around. As a result, he became very wet and his clothes froze to him. Only by running up and down the road was he able to keep from freezing to death. When they 249