• • • • JPEG - Bk13 T I T L E PAGE PIONEER NAME James Timbrell Worlton I BIRTH DATE AND PLACE 20 March 1821. Wolcot, Bath, England DEATH DATE AND PLACE 6 February 1885. Morgan, Morgan County, Utah FATHER MOTHER John Worlton Mary Parsons WHO MARRIED AND DATE James Timbrell Worlton- Elizabeth Bourne 3 December 1848 YEAR ARRIVED IN UTAH 25 September 1855 ., -:-------- - -- - - -- - - -- - - -- - NAME OF .COMPANY.~ Captain Ballantyne WHO WROTE HI STORY AND DATE Dr . James T. Worlton II WHO SUBMITTED HISTORY AND DATE Louise B. Waldron-16 March 1990 GGGgrand - - - - - -- - - - -- - - -----'~;i.Qhte ADDRESS 1785 S. Morgan Valley Drive Morgan, Utah 84050 --~~~~ ~-- - --~~~TELEPHONE NO. 829 - 3936 CAMP NAME South Morgan COUNTY NAME National Society of Daughters of Utah Pioneers - Morgan County CAMP HI STORIAN =-=-~L_u~c~i_1_1_e_ o_._ w_i_1_1_i_a_m_s_ _______________ __ ADDRESS 47 N. 200 W. Morgan, Utah 84050 COUNTY HISTORIAN Barbara C. Por.ter ADDRESS 2955 S. Hwy. 66, Porterville · Morgan,Utah 84050 · SOURCE OF INFORMATION AND PAGE NUMBERS: Birth&Life In England- was writtenfrom (James Timbrell Worlton) own recor, In Salt Lake City and Utah- was from (Elizabeth Bourne Worlton) Journal and Scrap Book • • • JPEG-Bk13 LIFE OF JAMES TIMBRELL WOR LTON, 1ST. (1821-1885) James Timbrell Worlton was born in Wol cot, Bath, E.ngland on the 20th day of March, 1821. He was the only son of John and Mary, Parsons Worlton. During his boyhood he moved with • his father's family first to London and then lat~r back to Bath where h is father labo red as a s hoe make t. Li t tle is known of hi s youth other than hi s r ;:;1 t. h et· schooling him in the art ot shoemaking. When James was 16 years of age (1837) his fa the r suddenly died and he fell heir :in connect:i.on with his two sisters and mother to the ·f a mily estate . This property was · known as Timbrell ' s Court . It was located at the foot of Bochenhill and consisted of a large house a t the top with six cot tages on either side leading sowri t u Clev ersato n Street in the Parrish of Lyncombe a nd Widcombe. Thi s property had been handed down according tb heirsh1p for s everal generat ions and "· conferred for life but without any r i ght to s ell it excep t at the demand of t he government . The Wor l ton family occupied the top house wh ic h faced down the street and between the t wo rows composed of the ot he r twelve houses. During· the year of 1840 and while in Bath, James joined the Church of Jesus Chr is t o f Latter Day Saints. Before long he found himself not only preaching on stre e t corners but standing as Presiden t of a small Latter Day Saints branch in (00 • • • JPEG-Bk13 -2- Somerset. In 1842 he man ied Emma Mary Mar Un who also joined the Church. From this union came two chi l dren; Ann (born J an u ary 17, 1844J and John (born September J 4, 1H4t,). Emma sickened soon after J ohn w2s born and on August 31, 1848, a t the age of 28, she died of "ovarLan disease" leav ing her husb a nd wi t h t wo young c h ildren. JusL prior to her death " Emma was persuaded by her parents to r·eJ01n her own church . In the following month James formed the acqua intance of Elizabeth Bourne who was a y oung sister ·in the Church. were married on December 3, 1848 by Elder A. Me rc hant of Bath . They In 1849 he was called to presirle aver a branch of the Church 1n Marc hf1el d. Less than two year·'", .later almost the entire branch immigrated to Utah. Thif; was a s o1·rowing expe ri ence fo r thes e young people as they also longed to make the journey to "Zion" but d id not have t he means. Returning to Ba th he continued to p reach a n d work as a cobbler like h is father before him . "The s p iri t of gathering had comP. upon us and I and my wi fe felt th e necessity of rnaking an fJf·foi t t,o t hat end. But we coul d noL see our way clR~r to gei~ Lo !ion until 1851 when the city desired to purchase prope, ·Ly in tha t 10( • • • JPEG-Bk13 -3- neighborhood for improvement of the city. The City Council made application for Timbrell ' s Court and negotiations were at once entered into but 1t was not unt i l late in the fall of 1854 that the final settlement was made . My wife and I felt to ackno,wledge the hand of god in the s ale of the property ' . for it opened lhe way for us to gather wi t h the S a ints in Zion. We at once placed my portion o f t.h e mo11ev i n the perpetual im1111g1~a t i o n ·r und r.A 11d s e c ui tJd p ,t',Sage 011 t he fir~"> t. vessel that left thereafter. I joyfully let·t our native l a nd a nd home o f niy forefathers. bade farewell to my wi dowed mother, 5isters and friends to cast my Jot with t he people of God . We left our home in Bath on February 8, 1855 taking a train to Liverpool. I• By this time our children were Martha (age 5), Flora (age 3) , Emily Amilia (age 2Z months), Ann ( a ge 11). and John (age 8), making in all seven of us be s J d e s a h1 r e s g i1 l, my wife being t n d(d i c a te heed th . The vessel in t"hich we were to s ai1 left l_iverpool, England on February 27th, 1 8 55 . It was and old sailing vessel named SIOONS. There were 4 3 0 sa i n t s on board . The ship was commanded by a Capta i n Taylor . The saints were placed under the presidency of Elder John Fuller and James Pace . After a safe voyage las ting 52 days we arrived in Philadelphia on April 20, 1855. After a short stay in Philadelphia, we traveled by rail to Pittsburgh where ,oz.. • • • JPEG-Bk13 -4- arrangements were made for OUi ' trans port,':51 l. J.on t o ~')t. Louis by steamboat sown the M1.ssissipp i ancl Uhio r .Lvers . The name of the steamer was MONGOLA. About Apr il ~ 9 dt 6 o ' clock in the morning a baby buy was born on Lhe Mi ssl ss 1 ppi river. We named him James Cyru s . We ar ri v ed aL S L. Louis on May 7th • and on May 9th we ernba t' ked on the '.::~ V ~cirne r POL OR STAR for Atchinson. On arriving there we 1mmHdiately proceeded to "Mormon Grove", the camp ground appointed by the Church for the company to ma~e ar·r a ngements Fo r cross ing the plains. We left the camp ground at Atchison on July 1st . There were 402 souls. babies and all, 4 5 wagons, 220 o xe n and 24 c ows. The cows worked with the oxen. There 11~e ,· e a bo u t 25 horsemen who acted as scouts with Cap ta1 n Ballanty ne lv .wi ng charge of the company. Shortly after we s LarLed the scou ts came back to say t here was a b 1 g company o f I n d L.H 'i ~:; ,;01n1n q towar d u s. They demanded beef a r,d f l ou r f·or l et t.1 n9 u ~; trav e l through their country. The Capta in me t t hem ab o u L a mile form camp, smoked with them and told them that we were very poor and meant no harm. The cattle were so p o o r Lhc\t. they could hardl y pull ~he wagons: They Jnsi s ted tha t we gi v e them one beef and several sacks of flour, They prom ised never to bother us again, nor did they. The whole camp was struck with the "mountain fever" and many died . My wife took the fever. The baby nursed it f rorn her and d1e d on t.h e 1 3t h of Ju 1 y. I never will forget the day we lu i d ou t d8~r 1, ttl e boy away b y the r oads :i de and travel ed on t.he ne.>, I. n,o r ( 11 rig. We arrived i n Salt Lake City un S eptembe r 2 5. 1 A55 Tt ha d t~ k en 87 days /03 • • • JPEG-Bk13 -5- to cross the p la ins . A brass ba11d welcomed us ,3.nd we rna rc hc~d behind it into the city . was Sund'3y. We went to the Union Square, ~campground . It In the afternoon we all went to the meeting and • heard Presiden t Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball preach. They directed a ll their talk to the newcomer·> and blessed then, and encou roged thern all they cou J d. " > It was here 1n Ut;:;1.h that t.hE~ Wor lt.on f,..1 mily ~'llas to go through all th e hardships ut early settlers . The S alt Lake Valley had been settled only 7 yea rs when they arrived. t heir arrival they stayed in Salt Ldke CiLy for one year, "living in a dugout wit hout a floor". The fa mily was ,. extremely poor. Mo~t allot their money had bee n used t o Upon afford transportati on to Utah . On one occasio n James sent his children John and Ann to Hebe r C . Ki111ball 's home for some ·f} OU r. He gave them some in a sack and when they returned home w.1. th the flour eve ryune wa. s so h,,,ppy t t·,ey a 11 joined h ands a nd de1nced around Lh1; <.:.a.ck. TI ,c ,1e;< t. vea r t hey moved to East Webe r (Morgan City), Utah di.. Lhe suggestion of Brigham Yo un g. The y were Just gett1nq settled. ho wever, when wo rd came of the advancing army of the U11:i ted States unde r the comma nd of Gene r,?\l . A. S. Jo h ns Lon . This ar my had been sent to Utah to engage in the expected war with the Mormons . It was a· time of considerable unrest fur· all church members and especially those with plural wi ves. It was beginning to • • • JPEG-Bk13 be cl ear that Utah would never attain sta t e hood as long as polygamy was practiced and the Church was resis t i ng the Federal law outlawing polygamy with every k no wn device . The army came to enforce the law an d back u p t.he autho r ity of official~ appointed for the Territo ry of Utah by the Federa l Government. The army stayed i11 Uta I, tor three years ( 1858-· 1861). It was fe lt by church officials to be too dangerou s for ·~ the Sa:i.nts to live 'in vulnerable outly i ng cornmuni ties so the Churc h directed the Mormons in E::ast Webe r to "make the move south". James and Elizabelh and their f amil y moved to Spanish Fork for a shor t time and Lhen on to camp Floyd in 1858 (Cedar Valley, now ca lled Fairf i eld) where J o hnston' s a rmy had made a s emi-pe rma nen t camp . Here they stayed for t hree years while James carried on h1 ~ work as a shoemaker . In those pionee r days a s hoer'laker :;.ct:ually made as well as repaired shoes. J. T . w. told the sto1·y ot seeing several s old i ers at Camp Floyd who had been scalped b y Indians and r emarked was a fri0hteni.ng thing 1t wa s to see. In 1862 , and after the closing of Camp Floyd , they moved to Lehi Utah, where they lived about four years . Here James did a little farming as well as s hoemaki ng but found the going diffi c ult. Oecembe r 20, 1862 n,y w i fe El .i zabeth 8.nd I r-ccei ved ou ,- J()5 • • • JPEG-Bk13 - 7- Fndowments and Sealing. I was orda1ned a seventy on 2 Oecember 1862 in the 68th Quorum. In the fall of 1863 I married Maria D~l limore in a polygamo~s marriage and November 23, 1864 a so n was born to • us and we named him William Albian Worltori. come from Bath , England. Maria had also Difficult times pr·omoL(~d thi::nt· movc=i b,{C:k t o Morgan Utah about 18l,S. T he l. as t 2 O ye~ rs of h J :: • l J , f1 i n Mo r g a n w he re he farmed as well as worked tn the Coope r ati ve Manufacturing Company of Morgan . He made shoes for men working on the railroads being built in Utah. He remained active in the L.D.S. Church. James Ti,obtell Worlton was called upon at the time of the organu:aLion of the Morgan S~.dke oi' Zion . in 1877, . . . to be an assistant to - John K. Hall, S t ake Superintendent of Sunday School . Our Children: Mar tha Worl ton married Martin B . 8w~hm;,.. rn·-::i March 1867 Flora Worlton married El1sh P . Hardy-13 J~nuary 1867 Amelia Emily WorJ.ton mar-r-ied ~fohn Obon~-31 October 1868 Emma Ann Worlton married John Oborn-31 August 1862 John Worlton married Elizabeth 8one-2a ·Junn 1869 William Albion Worlton rnar;-1ed Evelyn Maria. Grover-29 September 1889 /04 4 • • " • • • JPEG-Bk13 - 8- I contracted a disease o·f the !< 1 dney a. t t. imes it seemed that it would cause my death, lhen l wuuld get better and seemed to get a new lease un life and feel well for some time. For alon~1 time now rny heal th has continued to fail and I feel that the end is drawing near. James Timbrell Worlton, the subject ot this sketch was full of Faith, hope and courage up t(.) his death. He was like a good tree, he brought good fruit in a goodly land, and h 1s po5Lerity which number s hundreds a.re the branches o ·f this tree. They are all bringing this quality of good truit, and honor to their land . ,James Timbrell Wor lton I, died on February 6, 1885. His wife Elizabeth stayed in Morgan , Utaf, with her "adopted" son William Albion while ·he ran the farm. flizabet h Bourne Worlton died on March 10, 1901 and was laid to rest beside her husband in the North Morgan Cenieter-y. Was written from (James Timbrell Worlton I) own records. · Was from (Elizabeth Bout ne tAJot'l Lon) Jo urnal and scrap book. 3 J ·Jr-a ndda. «J hfe r ;;f~B~m~I/ ;qqo J07