Morgan Pioneer History Binds Us Together "To me—as a young boy— Grandpa was a special person, different from anyone I knew. He possessed great dignity and reserve and always dressed in tailored broadcloth suits with a long, Prince Albert style coat. He maintained the appearance of an English gentleman. Sometimes he would have me hitch up "Old Bess" to the buggy and take me to the business section in Morgan to pick up supplies for his store and attend to business. He never failed to stop at A.W. Francis's store. A.W. was one of his closest friends. Grandpa seemed to have an enviable record as a man of importance in the community. He built a small subdivision across the street from his home, long before the word "subdivision" was in the dictionary. He gave Lake Como its name. It was named after the home of Mrs. Samuel Francis in Italy. European history was one of his favorite subjects and he clipped many items of special interest to him and kept them pasted in large Journals. As a boy, I knew no one who had a grandfather with such a varied and interesting background." Another tribute comes from his daughter Primrose Wadsworth Ball: "We always had Fourth and Twenty-Fourth of July celebrations. My father was Marshall of the day. He always rode a black horse. We always had a long parade and everyone in Morgan took part, and everyone was in costume. Well, Thomas Shore Wadsworth certainly had a full life and I was so proud of him." In 1904 a fiftieth wedding anniversary party was given for Thomas and Catherine at their daughter, Christmas's home in Ogden. Children and grandchildren came from all over. There were beds all over the house. Cousins who had never met were together for the first time. A good time was had by all and the party was remembered lovingly for many years. Over 600 people from all over the state attended, Thomas was known far and wide because of the many civic and professional things he had been involved in all his life. Thomas retired from his medical practice in 1915. He got Doctors Ausgood and Pugmire to take his place. He had been a doctor for thirty-seven years. He was now seventy-five years of age. During the last years of this practice, he would often fall asleep on the way home. "Old Bess" knew the way and would bring his master safely home. Catherine would listen for the buggy's return and go out and help Thomas into the house and stable the horse. Thomas's wife died on November 16, 1918. Ann Wadsworth Stuart saw to his comfort. Thomas followed Catherine on May 1,1920. He was eighty years old. He and his wife are both buried side by side in the Ogden City Cemetery. Their five dead babies are there, as well as two of their daughters, Martha Jane and Primrose, together with some of their families. An infant granddaughter and a great-granddaughter are also there. They are located behind the Dee family, all together, under the pine trees. ©9 Joseph W. Wadsworth Joseph W. Wadsworth was born in Lincoln, Maine, He was the son of Abiah Wadsworth and Eliza Hardy Wadsworth who were also natives of Maine. He with his parents, brother and sister came to Nauvoo in 1840, and in 1851 they came west arriving in Salt Lake City, September 17, 1851. Here they stayed only long enough to rest their teams and then moved on to East Weber, Uintah, arriving there September 20, 1851. They came in Captain Day's company of pioneers. They lived in a dugout made in the hillside until they were able to cut and haul logs to build them a three room log house, which they finished before the winter of 1851. Here they lived and farmed and he worked at carpenter work and at a small sawmill for several years. In March of 1855 Joseph married Abbigail Higley, daughter of Myron Higley, and a few months later married Lydia Stoddard, daughter of Amos Stoddard and Leah Stoddard. While living in East Weber, a call came from Brigham Young for volunteers to take teams, food and blankets and go to meet companies of Saints who were stranded because of deep snow and severe cold weather. Joseph answered the call making three trips back to assist the Pioneer Saints, among whom were the ill-fated Handcart company. He and his father also donated forty days work with teams, hauling material for the Salt Lake Tabernacle, and did about forty days carpenter work (donation on these buildings and the Salt Lake Theater, and as well as many school and church houses). The Indians were sometimes very troublesome, but as the Wadsworths tried to do them a good turn whenever they could and do as Brigham Young said, be honest and fair in all their dealings with them, they were always friendly and peaceful with them. They called him Big Chief, or Medicine Man because he was Bishop.