Morgan Pioneer History Binds Us Together before Mother passed away, I was married and he lived with us until his death December 25,1923. He thought more of my wife, Jessie, than he did of me or any of his living children because she took such good care of his needs and was kind and considerate. She and Spencer seemed to be the apples of his eye the last few years of his life. He used to call her "Girl." One night she became violently ill, I was away on the ranch. By this time he was unable to get around very well because of arthritis in his knees. He heard her moaning with pain and got up and saw her condition and he laid his hands on her head and she stated as soon as his hands touched her head every bit of pain left her. It was necessary to obtain a doctor so he walked down to Harry's and they called Doctor Dorland but as far as suffering it was immediately alleviated. His spiritual powers I have always tried to measure up in a small way. His physical powers I have always envied. There have been few men blessed with as great spiritual powers and physical powers and endurance as William Henry Toone. He and his wife were among the elect of God. ©9 Hannah Webb Toone Wife of William Henry Toone Hannah Webb was born in Lidling- ton, England, November 25, 1845, a _ daughter of Thomas I Webb and Sarah Hunt Webb. Their home was in Lid- lington, Cambridgeshire, England, and it was there the family joined the Church. Sarah Webb, her mother, could see Hannah Webb Toone there was a danger of her daughter, Hannah, marrying outside the Church, as her older brother had already done, so she sent her with a company of immigrants who left England in the spring of 1863 for Utah. The sole purpose of her coming without any members of her family was to surround her with an environment where she could choose a mate of her own faith. She came across the plains with what is known as the Dixie Company and arrived in Salt Lake City in the fall of 1863. For one year she worked in different homes as a maid to maintain herself. During that time she had many opportunities to be a polygamous wife. In the fall of 1864 she had about made up her mind to marry into the family of Brother Larkin, who established the Larkin Undertaking Company, as one of his wives, but providence ruled otherwise. She stated that this seemed to be a good arrangement until "Smart Alec" came along on the scene (referring to William Henry Toone). Father was always lots of fun and full of jokes. Father was coming from one of his trips across the plains to bring immigrants, acting as teamster and other times as night herder, he had just arrived in Salt Lake City and in company with some of the other men he had worked with was walking down the street and saw this little English dark-complexioned girl and said to his companions, "There is my wife." They laughed at him and made many jokes as to how he was going to accomplish this, but on March 4,1865, they were married in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City by President Wilford Woodruff and commenced a life of happiness and sorrows and heartaches that lasted for fifty- four years. William Henry Toone was born 4 March 1842, in Leamington, Warwickshire, England, to John Toone and Emma Prosser Toone. On March 4,1915, they celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary. It was the most elaborate affair of a social nature every held in Croydon. Their numerous posterity made it necessary to use the ward-meeting house to accommodate them. The afternoon was reserved for the honored couple and their descendants and in the evening all members of the ward were invited. Eight of the surviving children and their posterity were all present. The writer of this article was on a mission in Great Britain. The day she passed away, surrounded by her children. Father made the statement that he had never known her to be unkind or selfish or speak unkindly of anyone and that they both had been clean and sweet morally all the days of their lives. Twelve children were born of this marriage, they all