Emma was lonesome, but kept busy. She worked in the Primary, holding the position of President for twenty years. Little did she know that she would be sharing her John with two other wives soon after his return from his mission. While on his mission he converted a very nice young English school teacher by the name of Hannah Wardle, born April 2, 1821, at Hookley Heath, Warwickshire, England. She became his second wife on February 1, 1857. Little is known of Hannah or her family. While returning from his mission in 1856, in Apostle Richards' Company, John met Jemima Cook. Jemima was the daughter of Richard Cook and Elizabeth Johns Cook. To our knowledge she was the only one of her family to join the church. Her early childhood was one of nine children, five boys and four girls, Jemima being the youngest daughter. The children were all born at Stoke Damerel, Devonshire, except Jemima. When she became old enough she had to help support the family. Her schooling was very little, two or three months each winter, over a period of a few years, but she was bright and alert and learned the profession of a tailoress. When she heard the Mormon missionaries preach the Gospel, she became very interested although her family was very much opposed to her listening to their teachings and attending their meetings. She would slip away after they thought her in bed, and slip back in through the window unobserved. She was baptized in February of 1854, against the wishes of her family. She had the tailor, who had especially trained her, and for whom she worked, hold a little of her earnings back each week until such a time as she would be ready to start for America. The night she left she wrote her parents a note, and then she slipped quietly through the window. Her parents rushed to the harbor, but the ship had already set sail. She came to Utah in 1856, in Captain Edward Martin's company. She often pushed a handcart through eighteen inches of snow. One night she was so exhausted she tried to steal a ride on one of the wagons, and the teamster guide used his bullwhip on her. This incident was told by Jemima to one of her granddaughters, with whom she used to live. Most of the way they suffered many hardships. She told of men digging graves where fires had been burning all night This softened the ground, as it was frozen very hard. One night eighteen souls were buried in one grave. Their provisions ran out and they became very hungry. Some ate the flesh from their own arms. At Morgan Pioneer History Binds Us Together night, when they stopped, their clothing was covered with ice and snow and frozen to their bodies. Large fires were built to thaw them out, only to have them awake in the morning and find two or three feet of snow on their beds. Some of the Saints were so exhausted they would ask to die; they felt they could not go on. Many did die and were buried only in the deep snow. President Young heard of their suffering and distress and sent men and provisions to help them. One of the greatest of Mormon Scouts was Ephraim Hanks, and he said the storm during those three days was simply awful. In all his travels in the Rocky Mountains, before and after, he said, "I have seen no worse. It lay on the ground so deep it was impossible to move wagons through it. The sight that met my gaze, as I entered their camp, can never be erased from my memory. The starved forms and haggard countenances of the poor, suffering souls was enough to touch the stoutest heart. I was camped in South Pass one night and earnestly prayed for meat to take to the starving Saints. Upon arising next morning, a buffalo crossed my path. I shot it and took it to the starving Saints." John was one of the many men sent to rescue the Saints. At a place called Devil's Gate, in Wyoming, John again met Jemima. He asked her if she were going to cross the river in the morning. She told him she was. The river was deep and the water very cold. She sat down to remove her shoes to wade it. Instead John picked her up and carried her across the river to safety. He also helped push her handcart. This was when their courtship began. She had remained at Winter Quarters for some time before leaving with the Saints for the Rocky Mountains. The faith of these Saints was surely tried, and yet, in the face of so many obstacles, they had courage to go on, stopping each Sunday to worship and give thanks for their new found true religion. They arrived in Utah November 1, 1856. John and Jemima were married February 22, 1857, and she became his third wife. Jemima, like Emma, was also a excellent seam- L