Morgan Pioneer History Binds Us Together Lorenzo Heber Durrant and Sarah Jane Norwood Durrant Lorenzo Heber Durrant Lorenzo Heber Durrant, son of William Durrant and Phebe Hoar Durrant, was bom in Deanshanger, Northampton, England, on Decem- ber2,1856.Hewas the tenth child of eleven children in this family. His parents had been converted by missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints inl850, and they had each one of their children baptized as they grew old enough. Lorenzo and his younger sister, Lovina, were baptized on the same day, November 17, 1867, by their oldest brother, James. Lorenzo had a little schooling in England and went through the third grade. For many years, this family worked and sacrificed and saved what money they could to realize a dream they had of each one of them someday going to America, land of Zion. Slowly, but surely, this dream came true. One by one, they came, as their meager savings were accumulated. First they sent Jane, then Thomas and Joseph, then Eliza and her baby daughter, Sarah Jane. After two more years of hardship and savings, Lorenzo's parents, with the three youngest children, Emma, Lorenzo, and Lovina, also sailed for America. They left England on May 10,1871, on the ship Wyoming. After arriving in New York, they came to Salt Lake City, Utah, by railroad, which had just been completed. They came into the valley July 12, 1871, stayed in Salt Lake City for three months, and then went to Morgan, Utah, and settled there with the other members of their family. Lorenzo was fourteen years of age at this time, and he went to Porterville in search of work. He was hired as a farm hand by Richard Smith Norwood, who lived with his wife and children in a log house in Porterville, Morgan County, Utah, in an area known as Norwood Hollow. Here he met and fell in love with Sarah Jane Norwood. They were married June 13,1878, in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City by Daniel H. Wells. Lorenzo was twenty-two years of age; Sarah was sixteen. Sarah Jane was born May 13,1863, in Porterville, Utah, to Richard Smith Norwood and Caroline Chloe Norton Norwood. She was the third of eight children. Sarah Jane was baptized May 20, 1871, by Edward W. Phillips. She received her schooling in Porterville. After Lorenzo married Sarah Jane, they lived with the Norwood family until after the birth of their third child, Heber Lorenzo. Their first two children had died as infants. They homesteaded a farm about three miles south of the Norwoods, where they built a one room log home and had their family. They lived here, adding rooms on to their home until 1930, when they moved to Midvale. They had twelve children, all bom in Porterville; the eleventh, a girl, was stillborn. Lorenzo loved the Gospel, and served in many positions in the church: Sunday School superintendent of Porterville Ward (twice); first counselor to Bishop Joseph R. Porter, set apart February 17,1890, by Apostle John W. Taylor; high councilman in Morgan Stake, September 4,1916; superintendent of Stake Religion class; superintendent of Stake Genealogy Committee, 1912; very energetic. He was an avid reader, and very active in civic affairs, being appointed to Morgan County School Board in 1896; justice of the peace, 1912; Morgan County assessor, 1916; served three years with state militia. He was a carpenter also, and helped build the Porterville chapel and school house. Sarah Jane was an unselfish, patient, hard-working woman and kind to all - always giving food to Indians passing through. She was also active in the church, serving as a counselor in the Porterville Ward Primary, 1891-94 (twice); Relief Society secretary, 1901- 1908; Relief Society visiting teacher for many years; and a member of ward choir for forty years. In 1930 they sold the farm and moved to Midvale, Utah. Here Sarah Jane passed away on July 30,1936. She was laid to rest in Sarah fane Norwood Durrant 72