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COUNTY NAME _:..M.;o.,;r;g..:a~n:: ..:.;;_-~ ·:.f'; ________________________ ___:_ ~~ CAMP HISTORIAN Lucille O Williams '~( .~.: ADDRESS -"------...;.....,---------------------------....:_~·,~,1 ·rf•.f•j --------------:----------------------·,.';,,. . .fJ: \•.;~~ COUNTY HISTORIAN Barbara C. Porter ' )' ADDRESS -l~_}.,1- 'l",.·1t - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' - - - -- - - - - - - -, '.)I: ---------------------------------~r..~ ~ /i1 ' ,'.!r-i.- JPEG-Bk13 • • HISTORY OF JAMES POPE PASKETT Co/ St/ James Pope Paskett, was a native of Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England . He was a son of Fanny Pope and Philip Paskett and lived in a nice rural district just outside the town in what was known as Chavenage Lane. He learned the trade of shoemaking At the age of 24 he married Charlotte Buckingham . Before they heard the true gospel they belonged to the Baptist persuasion. Charlotte joined the Church about a year before James did. He had a nwnber of brothers and sisters who tried to persuade him not to join those "Mormons" . Others joined the Church until there was enough to form a branch . James was set apart as President. They used to meet in a private house in Harper Street and enjoyed a good spirit in their meetings . They were persecuted some and the mobbers would sometimes interrupt their meetings by knocking on the door with sticks or throw rocks at the door and on the roof of the house . When one day James suggested they stand such treatment no longer . So one meeting day three or four of the brethren decided to ai"Ill themselves with a besom handle each [a stake about three feet lo~g] and wait behind the door . Presently the mobbers came and gave a loud knock on the door . The brethren sprang out and struck them across the ribs but they could only get a lick in before they ran down the street and the brethren could hear their heavy hobnailed shoes cloutjng along for some time. The brethren djdn ' t try to catch them. James made the remark " I have seen the scripture fulfilled where it says ' The wicked fleeth when no man pursueth. ' ' They didn't need pursuing . They were not molested that way anymore . After a while the meetings were held i n James ' house in Chavenage Lane . On Testimony Meetings the gift of tongues was sometimes manifest . Many times the sick were healed by the laying on of hands and the saints would rejoice , although they had to endure the scoffs and scorns of the world . Many missionaries were entertained and stayed in James and Charlotte home , even though they were a family of ten. The children were Sarah Patience , Fanny, Jane , Annie , John Curtis, Philip Andrew, William Pope and Emily Agnes , eight in all. James was appointed president of the Tetbury branch, held the position for many years and was appointed president of the Shortwood branch also. It was about six miles from Tetbury . The family used to go to Shortwood to meeting one Sunday and the Saints would come from there to Tetbury the next , and they went alternately that way for many years, walking all the way of course . That was a twelve mile walk on the Sabbath to attend meeting but they didn ' t mind it. They used to sing the songs of Zion while walking along the ' beautiful green lanes of England.' They used to hope and pray for the way to be opened for them to go to Utah . The time came when James Uncle Pope died and left him ninety pounds which was about $~00 . 00 in U . S . money, which enabled James and the rest of the family to emigrate to Utah quite comfortably, which they did in September 1871, where he located, as his children , Jane, Fanny and John had already gone to Utah a few years earlier . JPEG-Bk13 • • By the fall of 1871 the goals of James and Charlotte Paskett had been realized. The entire family were baptized members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and had emigrated to Utah to be near the headquarters of the Church. With the exception of their fourth daughter, Annie, who had married William Tunley, a minister . They were happily married and became the parents of ten children. Because of ill health Mr . Tunly moved his family to Australia, thinking that a warmer climate would be beneficial to his asthmatic condition. Although living conditions in the Utah Territory were not as pleasant as the Mormon missionaries had described them to be, James and Charlotte were content to be near their families . All of their children found and married good companions and settled in the little community of Heneferville, which was located directly on the original Mormon Pioneer trail , about four miles north of the historic Echo Canyon . Each helped the others to get logs and build small homes. James and Charlotte acquired lots Numbers 3 and 4 of block 12 of Heneferville Townsite . The agreement was undersigned on August 23, 1872 by Probate Judge William L. Mitchell . This property was located across the street just east of the property of their daughter Jane and her husband George Judd. They had purchased lots numbers 1 and 2 of block 11 Henefer Townsite from Mr . Lee Miles and his wife Emma. For the first time since she had arrived in American three years before , Jane was happy and contented. She had been very homesick for England and her family after arriving in the desolate surroundings and living conditions that she had to live under. It was a great contrast to the sheltered life she had become used to at the home where she was employed as a nurse maid for the young son of Mr . Frederick Tabrum, and she was sorely tempted to return to the "Old Country . " But with the coming of her family her life soon became a beautiful and rewarding experience . James and Charlotte were happy in their new home also. Their log house stood on the south end of the property where James could stand in his front dooryard and see the homes of his children . Jane was just a stone ' s throw to the west, John to the south and west , just through the town square and Emily one block south and east. It is not remembered just where Phillip, William and Sarah lived but it muEt have been in the vicinity because Phillip stated in his history, "My brother, John , gave me two town lots upon which to build a log house. William C . Betteridge, my brother-in-law , took his team and wagon to the canyon and helped me [or I helped him} get the logs . " James Paskett was known as a expert gardener in England and he soon put his knowledge to good use in his new home . He had brought a good supply of garden and flower seeds along with him and he sent back to the ''Old Country" for more as they were needed . . His lower lot was planted in hay, but the south lot where the house stood was filled with small fruit trees and bushes, and every kind of flower available . English currant , gooseberry, raspberry and red currant bushes were planted around the fence lines . After a few years growth they had made a fence of themselves. Hops were planted here and there, and stalks of ruby red pie plant {rhubarb] could be seen in every unused corner. JPEG-Bk13 -2- • • • James did not consider gardening work, ever though it was just that, but to him it was a labor of love and he found a great deal of satisfaction and took great pride in his well-kept gardens . He found joy also in sharing the fruits and vegetables with friends and neighbors . He was especially generous with the friendly Indians . Chief Washaki brought his band of Indians to the river bottoms each summer , where they raised their teepees and camped until the winter season came . It took only one v i sit to James' garden for the squaws to learn where they could get delicious food . Sometimes they were greedy and troublesome and took advantage of his good na.::ure and generos i ty , but James never turned them away as he was working in his garden . One of them was carrying a papoose on her back . James loved little children, i t made no difference whether they were brown or white, so as he was admiring t h e young child he said to the mother, "What is your baby ' s name? " She beamed with pride as any mother might and with a beautiful , toothless smile she answered . " He name Margaret, white man ' s name . James was much amused and enjoyed many a good laugh over the little bronze boy with his jet black hair and eyes whose name was Margaret . James also raised pigs . fed them until they were fat, then butchered them and cured the meat . Hams and shoulders were sold to the Coalville Co-op and the other meat was used by the family . The inner organs . heart , liver , tongue , kidneys , sweet breads and more were all saved and used for food . Charlotte also made headcheese, sausage and ''chittlings ." This was a custom of the English people. Charlotte was a clean tidy lady and kept her home always in good order . If she wanted anything done she just went out to her fror.t step and waved her arm for one of her children or grandchildren to come over . When they got there she would say , "Would ye scrub my floor? " or what ever . James be i ng a Cobbler {shoemaker} by trade i n his native land and Charlotte an expert seamstress . She kept the clothes of the Mormon missionaries clean and mended and James kept soles on their shoes, while they, the missionari es , tried the i r best to save the souls of the new church members in the Br anch . James brought his cobbler tools to this country with him and set up shop in his log house . He made shoes by hand and though plain, they were well made , to last a long time. Sometimes he tanned a beef hide for the leather but more often he bought leather from a tanner . One day as James took a stroll away from his work bench, he stopped beside the family well just a short distance from the house. He stood pensive l y looking over the edge into the water when he accidently dropped his hammer , which landed at the bottom with a splash . He exclaimed in dismay, "There goes my bread and butter . " In those days a cobbler's hammer was hard to come by . Another item that James "cobbled11 up was the clogs he made for his wife . Ordinary rubbers to wear over the shoes were unheard of, so he fashioned some wooden shoes out of wood about 1 1/2 inches thick in the shape of a sole of the shoe her correct size, fastened a layer of leather on the bottom. nailed a leather strap at the back, over the instep and in front for a toecap to hold it on her feet . He called them clogs and were meant to be worn in wet weather . JPEG-Bk13 -3- • • Charlotte Paskett was a good God-fearing woman and she aimed to live the principles and ordinances of the Gospel to the letter. She was not superstitious but she would never look at herself in a mirror, nor did she like having her picture taken . In her concept of obeying the commandments , she quoted the verse in the Bible which reads "Thou shalt not take unto thyself any graven image ." and she felt that to stand in front of a mirror and 'primp' or look at herself with any degree of self esteem or pride was somehow breaking this commandment. She would get herself ready for church, put her bonnet on her head and turn to her husband and say , " Father is me bonnet on straight?" and with her best knitted shawl over her shoulders, they were off to church . All of her sewing was done by hand , her own clothes and for many years , her husband's trousers. Her day dresses were made of dark calico, her best dress of fine woven "linsey woolsy". She always wore long aprons gathered at the waist with ties at the back. They were in dark colors for every day but white with wide crochet or knitted lace for Sunday . She wore a bonnet day and night , all made by her own hands. Those worn every day were made of black ribbon and lace with ties unde-r:- the chin . For Sunday she had a special pretty one which was never taken out of the tissue wrapping except on that day . Her bonnet for night wear [night cap] was made of white fabric, gathered in back , with a small poke over the hair in front and the usual ties under the chin . James and Charlotte were loved and respected by all members of the community . He was known as Grampy, she as Grandmother Paskett by adults and children alike. They endeared themselves to friends and neighbors in many ways . Him with his gardening and cobbler skills and Her skill with a sewing needle brought many opportunities to helping others besides family . They received little pay for their work, sometimes a glass of jelly, an egg or two or maybe a soup bone, but never cash money, there was none to give. In late afternoon Charlotte served her afternoon tea, an English custom she observed throughout her life . It consisted of fruit and toast or sweet cakes, and tea , which she made by pouri ng hot water from the tea kettle over the tea leaves left at breakfast time, with a little sugar and milk added . This was real ly their evening meal as they ate nothing afterward . James could read and write well but Charlotte had no education, however, she did teach herself to read some --- the Bible and Book o f Mormon . As they grew older they moved to a small log house within a stone 1 s throw of their daughter Fanny . Fanny and Emmie kept their home in good order and washed their few clothes . Phillip and William had moved away, John was the only son living near and he saw to it that they wanted for nothing . ''To know them was to love them". They both passed away in the little log house, he several years before his wife . Both were buried in the little cemetery which look down upon the town which they had adopted as their own about t,..0 years before . -4- JPEG-Bk13 62 • • • Coalville Times, Oct. 30, 1903 James Pope Paskett, one of the old~st and most highly respected citizens of our county, passed away on Saturday morning, October 2~th, 1903 at 12 : 35 o'clock, at Henefer , after a very brief illness of four days. He was taken sick on Tuesday, the 20th , with severe pains in his chest and back, which lasted about twenty--four hours; he took to his bed and gradually sank away . The end was peaceful and he died surrounded by his aged wife and children . Deceased was born at Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, March 12, 1817, making him 86 years , 7 months and 12 days old . His father died when he was a small boy and in time it became his duty to assist in caring for his widowed mother . At the age of 2~ he married Charlotte Buckingham; she was two years his junior, and lives to mourn his death, but enjoys good health, considering her advanced age. Eight children were born to them, three sons and five daughters, all of whom su~behim. He has been a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for fifty-seven years, and emigrated to Utah in the falJ of 1871, bringing with him the remainder of his family, some having preceded them. He located in Henefer and remained there until his death. On the following Sunday after his arrival, he joined Elder Robert Jores in Sunday school work in the Henefer Ward, laboring as assistant superintendent for 25 years, and did efficient work in that organization. He also labored in other capacities in the ward. He took great delight in visiting the Saints, administering to them whenever called upon, and many have been healed under his hands. He was a quiet, unassuming man of cheerful disposition, having a good word for all he met; was a good husband and kind and indulgent father. His posterity now numbers 128 children, grandchildren and great grand children; only nine of the entire number having died up to the present date . The funeral services were held this afternoon and was largely attended . JPEG-Bk13