TITLE PAGE PIONEER (full name) BIR TH (date and place) DEA TH (date and place) PARENTS MARRIED (who and date) ARRIVAL IN UTAH (date) (Company arrived with) HISTORY (who wrote) (date written) (who submitted) (address) Samuel Brough 1 7 September 1839 - Longton, England Richard Brough Mary Holliston Elizabeth Bott 1 February 1858 15 Aug ust 1863 Samuel D. White Company Margaret B. McKinnon November 1981 Margaret B. McKinnon - 20 November 1981 Morgan, Utah 84050 CAMP & COUNTY SUBMITTING _S_o_u_t_h_M_o_r_._g._a_n_ ________ Camp _M_o_r.._.g'-a_n_ ___________ County ( Camp Historian & address )_ ___M_ a_r......._g_a_r_e_t B_. M_c_K_i_n_n_o_n _______ Morgan, Utah 84050 County Historian & address ) __ V_e_l_o..._y_T_o_n_k_s_D_i_c_k_s_o_n _______ _ PO Box 203, Morgan, Utah 84050 SOURCE OF INFORMATION & PAGE NUMBERS: SAHUEL BROUGH 1839-1911 (Pioneer of Port~rvill= and P..an<lolpI1, Utah) (Cor;ipils.d by ~!argaret B. HcKinnon) Samuel Brough was born Sep . 17, 1~39 in Longton, England. He is the son of Richard and ~fary Holliston Brough. H.?. rnarri~d Elizabeth nott o:i February 1, 1858; She was the dau ghter of nenjamin Bott and Elizab~th Abbott. Sha, · was . of t:1e Church of England. Elizabeth ;:>ainted china i-.i th~ local potteries at Silford, in Long ton, England. Sha was tha oldest of nin-r:: chil,ir~n. Wilforc: ~.;'oodruff had co-ro :-;;:: .::d Sa::.u::,l 's filnil :; to !:h: Ci-:urc:1 of .fosus Christ of Lattar Day Sain:.s. (Y;;ars lat.::r it ua::; ,\:rnstl~ 1:ilford 1-:oo<lruff ,~o s~alad Samual and Eli~abath in th6 En<lo,~~nt nousa in Sal: Laka City .) Elizab=th' s pa-::-~nts stror: r-, ly obj .:.ct:::d to her se~in ;; the ~rornon boy. 1 lh::n th,::y u ouldn' t let .h:::r :!, O for a H:i.lk f o·-m th.::. cou,.try lan~ with • J nJ.l".l' h~ would•tsase her and say that h0 would tak~ soneonQ ~lsa. Sarnu z l baptiz2d e: Elizab~th on ~!ay 3, 1957. T:1ey H•,::re r.1arri~,d almost a y.;..ar latar' just prior to har 20th birthday. Sanuel built one roora onto his fachar's hou3S an<l thay liv~d in ona room of his father's hous2 until th~y carr.~ to 1\rr.erica. Her2 ~1ary, Jan~, Sa;nmy and Eliza were born. ~!ary ,.:as five! y.:!ars old o.nd J:liza, th~ b a by, ,ias thr~e months when the y l ~f t Liver;ool, Engla~d for A~arica. It was on :tay 31, 18(.,J. Thsiir ship •.rn.3 calh:d t h.;: "Cynosure:". Th2r ;'.: u .;; r~ 75 0 saints, which w;;,r.s under th <.· dir~ctio".'. of Dav id ~!. St1;:uart. Th.:!.y arriv ,~d in !ioew York on July 19, 18 1'.,3 . Little Sacr.y contract?.d '.:l2as?.ls K'-iil:; on board the:. ship. H.:: was v~ry sick. The:,-· -.. er~ afraid t:hat h.=:. ,:ould have: to b"1 buri2:d at s~a. From New York, they travel~d, part: of th€ ,,ay in cattle cars, to Flor~nc~, . Nebraska, crossing the river by farry. Thsrc little Samny died. Drissed e 2 in a littla colored night dress, they placed him in a drygoods box. Elizabeth took the crepa from bar bonnet that she had worn at h~r father's funaral the year befors., and stuffed the cracks of the littl-: "coffin". They buri~d him in the:: l-fornon Ce.TJ12tary. II~ di~<l on August 7. . TI-u~ir company was held up in Florznc~, waiting for som.? pip~s for tha tabernacl~ orf.an. '.in;;.y l e:f t t'm~ust 15, l ~aving his little Grav.a and knowing t ha t th,:::y would probably n~vcr rsturn to th~ spot. Thsy cross.;d the ?lains with th.'.?. Sar.iusl D. \Ihit8 cor.~pany. Several famili es wer2 allotted to only on3 wagon. A h~drid~~n ~OD3 n and Jani, who was cripplad by polio, were th~ only ones allow~d. to rid~ th~ whole di s t ance. Th2 othi!.rs walJ..:~<l; Sar.iu~l carrying Eliza, the baby, nost of the~ uay. Ev~ry oarning and ev~ning co~pany prayers w~r~ held. Everyon2 was expec:~d ~o att.;;r.d th2s.;;. prayc.rs. . Th,~ cor.ipany stoppcc. on~ day ~a ch l;c-:?.1-. for th~ ~··or::2n to wash -th:.:ir cloth.:s which they did in the cr.a.:k, wit:-iout soap. Th."cy hung the clothas on bushes to dry. Snow had fallen by th~ tima they r~achc<l S~l~ Lak~ City on Aug 15, 1863. Samual and his family stayed in llountiful that first winter. Accordin~ to "A Eistory of th~ Porterville Church," by Grace Kilbo,.1rne:, it was Sept;;r.ib~r of 1864 Hhen Samuel and Thomas Brough and th~ir f a!:'.ilies arrived in Porterville, Utah. They Cc'.71= in cover::d ~,'a ~ons with th2ir f~H possessions. /\long ,,:ith nany others, !:hGy s.:,ttled on t :ie ~ 1est Be.nc:1 w:1e:ra they made dur,outs in tha sidehill. Th~ du:>.outs '-''ere lin~d with ndobies, had a roof of brush cov~red with dirt, an adobie fir-=?lace and front wall. Samuel's _fireplace was in on:e corner. In the Spring, as the snow melted and the frost w~nt out of the r,round, torrents of ,vatar ran from the hills. The chimn ey and part of the wall was washed away. It happened while Elizabeth was in labor. One account of this incident tells that little Emma was born in the dugout. . _) Another states that Elizab~th was ill and had to be tak an to the_ Thomas Rroughdugout where h~r -haby was born. In eith£,r case, Enur.a was born in a dugout, on March 25, 1865. Later they moved into a two room lo g hous~. That first year in Portervill~ was very hard indeed . Th:?y lost littl\! Eliza, now two ya.ars old. Durin~ her ill!12Ss sh~ ken t cry ing for a ootato. Her mothar had no pota to to ~iv~ her. ''Co over to Aunt Jane's a!ld ?:~tone," she would pl~ad. Elizab;::th kn!:w that Aunt Jan-~ had no potato€s cith~r. Thara ar2 two accounts of how t)1By uatch.::d throuf.h t :1i:! ni~:-1.t as thz little one's lif~ slowly ebb e d 2.wA.y. 0ne, tha t t:1~: watch~d b y th~ light of ths fireplace: the ot~ar, chat they wa tch ~d and r.,rayr::d that th!: light of th::: "bitch" (a raf. ;mrninf, in a dish of oil) Hould las:: as long as t :1a child liv,:.. . .-1, 'P.:::rl-iaris hoth an, true , ~h.:• l, itch li$:!.n~ light e d nec1 r th2 .?nd. It is r 2corc~~d t ha t t ~<?. bitch did last until t~e chil~ was taken. The tvo brothers, Samuel and Thanas, ha<l b:a<:'.n tau~h t ::h e ~rarlcs o t 1 brickr.1ak.inr, and masonry by th:dr f a thc.r, in En<?,land. To.o;!.th~r th~y ~1ent i:\to th~ bric1:.":u11d nP, husin:.:ss. T112ir kiln was loca ';-:.d in lou?.: r '''est Port ervilli'! , north ~2.st of the prcse.nt f.ud C:r,;3~2 r hor.e , (T!1,s. :1res~n ?:: h€'.in <> l 0 8 2) Th(•. rurnin ~ of the hrick was cl. bi<> 2v::n':: i::. th,1 little" tmm. T1h~ hurnin~ r::c,uir.'.lc t:1,:, constant a tt::,:-,~lo:1. or: t h ,; 1,rfckr.1a1::-.rs for ':', re' ::! ~h e fir~ '.'1.ol::.s w2 r t". opc-n~d to F,,1r! :rear~ lo;s, t h.~y could S '?f:: th'"'. h~autif:il ?lowinr; brick ir:.sid~. 1"~ Brough brot:1,2.rs r:nda th2ir first brick in 1 ··55 , the first brick in '-~or?,an Cou::.-:y . Th :<'/ 1,s.r2 purchasod by John P. 1'orto?.r a~d Lyman \ 'rifht. Th~ hous·es r.ade of t ru., se b ricks are still in use today. ()n~, w!:iich is m·m -;:;d by t'!-1~ ~-~artin L.:;e far:.ily is bG inP, r :;;n~wE:d to be ant~red - on the rec ister of the State Historical Soci~ty. Th2 oth~r is the comfortable home of 1'1arion Fishar. Thomas was eight years older th2n Samui!l. TiMes wc-r:: hard. and th-=rf-. e. w~r~ feH who could afford hrick houS,?.S, In ))176 th~ Pnio:1 'P2.cific rail road stB.rt,;;.n d o<.·'11 throu~11 F cb ·2:r canyon. Sanuc.l r.ioved his family to nov2rl back to Port2rvill~ whe-r::: h.;; built a sa~,'i:dll for r:i.a!dn .c: shin7l ~s r.:'1<l 12th. It \·.'as locat'.?d on ~ crr:: \?k in Pardscrahl,l c can:'O!;, Th ::: ere~~: :!.s still c.alle.d "S!!inr;1~. Cre ,::k." :'o :trovidi:: for his ~rm•i.n~ f anil y, Tho::1.as d :-,ci,i c=.d ':o r o' '? to "TI?r..r ,could hav~ his own brickmal:in~ 1'usin2ss. This s;:':l.:;r:.;~nt th2.t ~ms :iust orcr:in r. up, se~n~.d nost 11ronisb.7,. In 'fay of l!'l70 h~ L:ft his facilv anc~ Lak::: tmm for R. "?;rist o.f flour anrl hr2n," t'.1::n r~!:urn °, d to T'ort:;:rvilL~ for his fanily. He harvested his crops, sold his house to r.1rn.rl(!s r:'hit~, an d e his farm to !lis brother T:10mas. Ee than gath~re.d tog;;ther his fanily, •·: including baby r:eorP,c? who had be.=an horn to t~wn in July, and h ·~.;ded for th~ir n~w hone. Their outfit consis~:d of on~ horse, on~ oxen, a rrarie schooner (a cover~rl wagon som.?what lon02r than tha~ used in crossinp. th~ rilains) which contai!'le<l all of their household goods and in a box, :1ttachsd to the wagon th.:ly carri:=d pir.s, ducks, and c~ick.:,ns, T1-.ro cows wl:'re driven with otJ1;z,r aninals, ~,i.:,adcd for th~ sar:1:2 destini;tion. It took about a w2ek for th3 trsck. The h~avily loa<kd wa~on <co': stuck in the mud at D9ep Creek. The family walk~d into tm:m and waited at t:w, SaMu2l H.;nderson and Samuel went back to free the wagon. It uas after midnight: wh~n they finally r~ached the new little cabin. A pile of cliips from the hewn logs had bsen piled in th~ c~ntGr of the room. Thera was soon a fira going in the fireplace. Elizab~th sat down and cried. Was it that this move was so r.1Uch . improved over her earlier mova to Porterville wh~re they had 5 scrambled to dig a hole in the hill, or was it that she was over tired e, and faced another col?n_izing period of hardship? Jtlo Their first year$ in Randolph were years of great trial. When spring came Thomas cleared ground and planted grain and a small garden. He made chimneys for other people's houses. When winter came he went to Almy to work in the coal mines, as did most of the men of Randolph at that t .ime, leaving Elizabeth with her children, the animals and the homemaking chores. For their c~ws, they had gathered hay from the bottoms, east of Randolph, cutting it with a sythe, raking it with a rake, little bigger than a hand rake. They carried their water from Littler.reek, until a well could be du~. (They called the ,;.,ell ''the old windless".) They had hard times for a long time. Their crops were not certain. It was not until an apostle of the Lord blessed the people and . promised them that if they would live their religion anc! pay .<their tithes that the seasons would be moderated so that their crops .e would mature. (See history of Archibald McKinnon.) That was in 1884. The growing season was legthened. Ben McKinnon a grandson relates that during his early life in Randolph. he never remembers the frost taking the grain or the garden. ......... Three more children were born to them in Randolph, Hannah, Ben and Ada. This made elevin, nine of whom .were still living. At this time Samuel built his brick kiln. He did much toward the building up of Randolph. Harold Brough tells that "Grandph also made some adobies , but never very many. Some say he didn'•t like making adobies'!. He made the adobies and built the first adobie home in Randolph. It was located on Otter Creek where they Ray Hoffman ranch is now. He made adobies for the first church and amusement hall. He made the brick for the first school house in Randolph and helped to build it. It was an imposing structure of two stories • . .,: . .... -,·•. e At one t:inle he and Edwin Lamborn had two l:inle kilns in the old laketown canyon. Also he ouerated a lime kiln in town. He shipped out, by team, 100 tons of line to many different places. With only a spirit level and a sixteen foot board as instruments . he surveyed the canal that runs west of town. Eventually he spuired auite a ,. lot of meadow and farm land. Ee experimented with many kinds of grass and hay seed to find those most suitable to the extreme climate. P.is O'm house stands today as a beautiful Monument to his skill as a hrick.rnaker and r.iason. He was a long time in the building of it. It was the first brick house in Randolp and it still stands proud with its intricate brick work. Its artistic entrance has a splendid bay window on the south ~ and two large delicately arched front windows. Tvo stories high, . it has lovely proportion. Each hrick was produced by him, carefull y packed in straw and hauled from the brickyard to the homesite where, with the lime from his own lime kiln, re mixed the Morter and carefully laid each brick in place. His dainty, immaculate, artistic little Elizabeth (less that five feet tall), helped with the splendid d,IelUnr,. She accumulated beautiful china in her later years and her grandchildren remer.iber her gleaming kitchen with its hay window, full of flowering plants, mostly fuschias and geraniums. Her ward ,ms also iim'!laculate with flm,·ers horderin~ the walks. A mound of pansies, lilacs were her favorites . They also remember the stylish black surrey, to get a ride in it their noses had to be clean and they had to be dressed in their ''hest bib and tucker.'' Samuel had many grandsons. He furnished employment for most of them while they were growing up. There \,'as work on his rather extensive farm and meadow holdings. ... 6 • It is said that at one time he did not know how many horses he had. They · ran loose on the range, were rounded up in the spring, branded and turned out to run again on the free range. He also had lots of cattle. He owned and operated a saw mill. It was located on the little creek. To power it, Samuel made a ditch from the creek, around the hill. There on the f hill he built a reservoir. A steel pipe carried water to the pol,er wheel. Eere he milled more than shingle and lath. as he had in Porterville. He always had a blacksmith shop. It was mostly for his own purposes, but he was always ready to help others with their blacksmithing needs. During his first years, when he and all the other men of the town worked at the coal mines, it came to be Samuel's task to sharpen the miner's tools. They ha d to be heated, tempered and then sharpened. He was considered expert, and was rated as the best by the miners. "Tail, straight as an arrow in spirit and stature", it was said of him. Grandmother used to tell me that his father was a soldier in the Eng lish Army for a long time and that he used to line his boys up and tra,in them as to how to carry thetT1selves. " His hair was gray. He had many gray hairs when he was eighteen years of age. His beautiful gray hair and neatly trimmed gray beard gave him an air of dignity and worth. An incident in his younger years, in Porterville, hears this out. It was February on 1867, Samuel, Thomas and their wives, with baby, Emma and with their belong ing s 7 .'f :. .. . ·: ·. tied in a bundle, set out for the Endo"'I!lent House in Salt Lake City. They stopped over night on the way. When they presented themselves at the temple Samuel's and Elizabeth's recommend were nowhere to be found. Their hearts were heavy but the kind mc1.n in charge, said, "your face will take you anywhere, you may proceed, when you find your reconnnends, send them to me. '!l