of sixteen. He held positions in the ward and stake. In January 1896, he was called on a mission to the southern states. He and his companion traveled without "purse and script" and were compelled to ask for free lodging. He was struck by malaria and after weeks of suffering, he was given an honorable release and returned home before the two years had passed. He made it a point to always to be on time and Morgan Pioneer History Binds Us Together was honest in his dealings with others. He earned the name of "Honest Tommy Rich." He was the father of ten children. They were (in the order of their births): Henrietta, Emily Jane, Joseph and Adria (twins). Emetine, Benjamin Thomas, Arnold C, Samantha, Hosea, and Ruth. He died December 8, 1940, at the age of ninety-three. He was buried in the Porterville Cemetery beside his mother and father. ©9 Adria Brough Rich Adria Elizabeth Brough Rich was bom in Madison County, Illinois, on October 13,1859. At the time of her birth, the Saints were enduring many hardships, both from the evil-designing people and the lack of some of the necessities of life. Prior to that, they were well-to-do people leaving good homes and comforts in England for the Gospel's sake. They left Nauvoo, Illinois, with the Saints in April 1864. They started with two yoke of oxen and one cow. During the trip, the two oxen died and they used the cow in the team. The cow also supplied them with milk all the way and served the family for years after reaching Utah. Their journey across the plains was rather tiresome, yet they enjoyed themselves with the thought that they were coming to Zion. One little incident occurred on the way. Mother tells it as follows, "We children were seated on the ground under the wagon eating our supper of mush and milk when a wind arose covering our supper with sand. I remember how some of the children cried because their supper was spoiled." They arrived in Utah in September, 1864. They settled in Porterville, Morgan County, Utah. All winter they lived in a dugout in the side of the hill. Part of the dugout is still there. Their food supply during the first year was very scant. They were forced to grind their grain, which they brought with them across the continent, through a coffee mill to make bread. They also used sego roots and all kinds of greens. The following spring her father built a brick kiln, having learned the trade in England. He made bricks all summer. Before the year ended, he had completed a house for his family, as well as furnishing brick for another large house. These were the first bricks made in Morgan County. Her mother, Jane Patterson Brough, practiced medicine throughout Morgan County. She saved the lives of hundreds of people because she had a wonderful knowledge of herbs and faith in the priesthood. She used herbs, such as yarrow, worm- word, tansy, sage, horehound, grape root, licorice root, Indian root, mint, and catnip, that she raised in her own garden. She was an experienced midwife ad brought hundreds of babies into the world. She had a kind disposition and an unusual talent and ability. She was a very good homemaker. During her childhood, my mother, Adria, and her brother, Samuel, helped their father at the brick kiln. They would work all day carrying the wet bricks. They would lay them in rows on the ground to dry in the sun for adobe and put them in the kiln to be burned for bricks. She and Samuel also hauled hay. Mother, when a young woman, had many suitors. She was finally won by Thomas Rich, an honest young man twelve years her senior. They were married in the Endowment House on December 4,1876. They lived simply, yet always had plenty to eat. Mother was a good cook and never wasted anything. They used candles in the early part of their married life, as a great deal of their time was spent in the mountains getting timber for the lumber camps. After leaving the canyons, they lived in a one-room, dirt-roofed log house. The rain would often leak through the roof onto the bed. Mother was an excellent butter maker. Her butter was in demand by people from far and near. She would sometimes put away several gallons of butter and cheese in crock jars, adding more salt to the butter and a little brandy to the cheese. Prepared this way, it would keep almost indefinitely. The Indians often called at our home and exchanged beads for butter, bread, and buttermilk. At one time, she made a shirt for an Indian chief. She made her laundry soap from grease scraps and lye. The lye was sometimes made from wood ashes. She often dyed old worn-out clothing for rugs