labor along the road to Oregon. Nevertheless, they had asked for aid and now they were determined to carry through the proposition of the government. After assisting in organizing the Battalion and accompanying the enlisted men as far as Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Jesse returned to his duties as mission president and his family in the east. He received a letter dated November 15, 1846, from Brigham Young asking him to appoint faithful and trustworthy men to preside over the eastern branches and get ready to leave with the first company from Winter Quarters for the west. Leaving a wife and two children, he left in April, 1847 for Winter Quarters and arrived about three days after the first company had started. He overtook them on April 19,1847, at a point about eighty miles west of Winter Quarters. Special care was taken to choose men for their ability in all trades ncessary for the trip across the plains and to start life in the new valley. There were fourteen companies organized into tens with a captain over each. Also there were captains of fiftys and hundreds. There was also a military organization formed with the various ranks of which Jesse was adjutant. Mostly, they lived under careful discipline and good order. Jesse was one of the first nine men to enter the Salt Lake Valley, a day ahead of the main party. Early in August, he explored Ogden, Bear River, Cache Valley and Utah Valley looking for good places to settle. He stayed in Utah one month. Early in November he returned back home to his family and duties as mission president. His first son, Charles Wallace, was born November 14, 1847; his second son, Edward Kendall, was born August 9,1850. In May of 1851 he again began the journey to Salt Lake City, this time with his wife and four children. All the early pioneer people endured many hardships and much suffering. On May 12, 1851, Helen Amelia, the oldest child, died at nine years, eight months, and twenty-four days with what they called inflamation of the lung in St. Louis, Missouri. Then on May 16, 1851, little Edward Kendall died of inflammation of the brain in St. Charles, Missouri. They were buried in Bellefontain Cemetary in St. Louis, Missouri. On July 4, 1851, Sarah Louise was born at Kendallsville, Iowa. She died and was buried on the plains just off the trail. Morgan Pioneer History Binds Us Together The families arrived in Utah in 1852. Diligent and hard-working, they became the owners of the first hotel at Warm Springs, later called Beck's Hot Springs on the north side of Salt Lake City. Jesse was the first Sexton, the first city marshal], the first fire chief. He built the first fire station. In 1853 he built the first fire engine west of the Missouri River. For thirty years it was used and finally ended up in a museum. He was the first internal revenue collector under President Lincoln. He built and owned the first wagon and carriage shop and built a large omnibus in which the general authorities traveled. He was shop foreman at the first church-owned wagon and carriage shop in 1869. He was a member of the legislature when it was in Fillmore. He built household furniture for sale at his home. He was second counselor to Bishop Edward Hunter from 1856 to 1874. At the welding of the rails of the Union Pacific and the Southern Union Pacific, he represented the Mormon authorities. He helped with building the railroad and some city roads. It has been stated Jesse was Brigham Young's right hand man. After reaching Salt Lake City, they had four more children, eleven in all. Eliza Greenwood French, his first wife, was of medium height and coloring, a hard worker and a kindly woman. On January 29, 1855, Jesse married Emily Hoagland, who was born September 20, 1837, at Royal Oak, Michigan, a daughter of Abraham Hoagland and Margaret Quick Hoagland. It has been said she was a very demanding woman. They had eleven children. She lived most of her life in Salt Lake City where she died. On January 29, 1855, he married Mary Maria Holbrook, who was born May 17,1836, at Liberty, Clay County, Missouri, a daughter of Chandler Holbrook and Eunice Dunning Holbrook. she was of medium coloring and height, a very hard worker and very kind. They had five children. She, along with her children, lived on a farm in Littleton, Morgan County, Utah. She died in Morgan on March 23,1906. In 1874 Jesse resigned from his positions in Salt Lake City and retired to his farm in Littleton. He died at the home of a son in Salt Lake City on December 26,1893. ©9-