There are many lessons to be learned in settling up new countries and in those days there was not much to do it with, making it all the more difficult to build new homes; now it is comparatively easy to do what was then a great hardship, one can scarcely realize if they have not passed through it. We were glad to have a spring seat in a lumber wagon to ride in, but that is almost a thing of the past now and buggies have taken their place. In 1865 another daughter was born to us. In 1868, the Relief Society of Morgan was organized and I have been a member of it ever since; for which I am truly thankful, for it has been a good school for me; it has taught me to rely on my Father In Heaven for strength to do all things. In March, 1877,1 was chosen president of the Relief Society of Morgan and when the stake organization was effected in 1878,1 was chosen president and held both offices until 1889 when I asked to be released from the ward. I am still laboring as president of the Morgan Stake. I shall never forget how I felt when my name was called out for me to take that responsible position. When I reached home, I said to our dear sister Eliza R. Snow, "I fear I am not capable of filling that position." She said, "You will; and fill it with honor." Those words have always been strength to me in the hour of need, and before she went home, she blest me; and it has always been a help to me with other blessings that I have received from her and Aunt Zina and many others who have gone behind the veil, not forgetting the many kind and encouraging words I have received from many of the Morgan Pioneer History Binds Us Together sisters that have visited our conferences; among them Sisters Jane S. Richards and E. B. Wells. Many words of counsel have been given me by them and they have been as landmarks while passing through life. In 1879 my eldest daughter died, leaving a baby girl four days old. It lived one week and passed away. In 1886 my eldest son died, leaving a wife and six boys. They are all grown up to manhood and are workers in the church. I have passed through many trials; it has given me experiences that have been as gems by the wayside; and my faith has been increased and I trust I will be faithful to the truth to the end of my life. John Henry Rich and Lydia Pond Rich ©9 Thomas Rich Thomas Rich, Jr., my father, was the fourth child of a family of fourteen children of Thomas Rich, Sr, and Henrietta Peck Rich. My grandfather Thomas Rich, Sr., was a cousin of Apostle Charles G. Rich, their fathers being brothers. Grandfather was bom in Floyd County, Indiana, on November 29,1817. His father was in the War of 1812 and moved with his family to Kentucky where my grandfather was reared. He married Henrietta Peck, who was born in Chenango County, New York. They joined The Church ofjesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and were subsequently sealed in the Nauvoo Temple. They passed through the persecutions of the saints in Missouri and Illinois. He was a participant in the Crooked River Battle and also acted as a bodyguard to the Prophet Joseph Smith. They left Nauvoo during the summer of 1847 with the pioneers en route to Utah. By the time they reached the Missouri River, the season was so far advanced and the condition of the mother would hardly permit further travel, so they stopped at Winter Quarters. On October 11,1847, Thomas Rich, Jr., my father, was bom. They remained at Winter Quarters until the spring of 1850 and then continued their trek across the continent with a group of pioneers in Joseph 153