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Show arm. Although considerably disabled, he wasn't disheartened, and soon found work to support his wife and five children. He raised chickens, cared for 150 hives of bees and ran a small grocery store. In the spring of 1884, he purchased two sections of land in the Cotton Wood Canyon in Morgan County where he built a comfortable summer home. He raised hay and also ran a herd of cattle for other people, the cattle being returned to the owners in the fall. In 1900 he again moved back to Morgan to be near his wife's mother, Mrs. James T. Worlton, caring for her in the last few months of illness and death. He then bought the Worlton home where he lived until the time of his death. He was a businessman in Morgan and constructed the building where Creager's Barber Shop is now located, in which he operated a Confectionery, a Barber Shop and Pool Hall. He also worked with Union Pacific surveyors to locate and mark sections of their land in the County. He was one of the largest contributors. He was always among the first to give help to the needy and to give to all Church calls. He lived an honest life and taught his large family to do the same. Some of his strongest teachings were: Never to find fault with the authorities of the church. Do unto others as you would have them do to you. Never judge too harshly. Kindness will reap greater rewards than unkindness. He died October 12,1921, in Morgan, Utah. Flora Worlton Hardy was bom May 9, 1851, in Bath, England. She was the daughter of James T. Worlton and Elizabeth Worlton. At the early age of four years, she with her parents and brothers and sisters left their native home to sail with a large company of Latter Day Saints for America. They left Liverpool February 27, 1855. They sailed in an old sailing vessel called the Siddons. It was under the command of Captain Taylor. There were on board four hundred and thirty Saints. They were led by Elder John Fullmer, assisted by Isaac Allred and James Pace. After a long perilous voyage, ITora Worlton Hardy Morgan Pioneer History Binds Us Together during which they encountered severe storms and very rough seas, they arrived in Philadelphia on April 20, 1855. After a short stay, they traveled by rail to Pittsburgh where arrangements were made for their transportation by steam boat down the Mississippi River to St. Louis, arriving on May 7,1855. The name of the steamer was Mongolo. The next day they embarked on the steamer Polar Star for Atchison, from which place they proceeded to Mormon Grove where plans were made for crossing the plains. They left the Mormon Grove Camp Ground on July 1,1855. There were 402 saints, forty-five wagons, 220 oxen and twenty-four cows in the wagon train. The cows provided milk and were worked with the oxen. There were about twenty horsemen who acted as scouts. Captain Ballentine had charge of the company. Shortly after starting out, the scouts returned and told the captain that a large band of Indians were coming toward the Saints. Captain Ballentine went out to meet the Indians. He smoked with them and explained to them that the oxen were not fit to eat. They still demanded flour and beef. The Captain decided that it was better to give them what they asked for. They gave them beef and several sacks of flour, on the promise that the company would be allowed to pass unmolested. Soon after this, the entire company was struck with "Mountain Fever" and many died. Mother Worlton and her newborn son both contracted the disease. The baby died on July 13,1855. Flora Worlton writes these words in her journal: "I will never forget the morning we laid our dear little brother by the roadside in a shallow grave and traveled on with the company with our mother so sick she could not raise her head." They arrived in Salt Lake on September 25,1855, having been traveling for more than eight months. A brass band met them and marched ahead of the company into the city. That being Sunday, they held a meeting on Union Square and there first saw and heard Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball. They stayed in Salt Lake City for one year living in a dugout. In the fall of 1856, they moved to East Weber (now called Uintah), living there for one year. In July 1857, President Brigham Young received word of the advancing army of the United States, under the command of General S. Johnson, and everyone was ordered to move south. They moved to Spanish Fork, Utah and from there to Camp Floyd, after which they moved to Lehi, Utah in 1860. Five years later, father Worlton was called to go with a company of Mormons to help settle a new part of the country. They settled in Morgan, Utah, being among the first pioneers. $7 |