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Show • ·- • JPEG - Bk13 . i_ 1.'2.. . ··T IT .L E PA G E PIONEER {full name) BIRTH (date and place) DEA TH (date and place) PARENTS . MARRIED (who and date} ARRIVAL IN UTAH (date) (Company a~rived with) HISTORY (who wrote} (date written) {who submitted} {address} Morgan Campany D.U.P. Camps: Mt Joy Camp, South Morgan Cam,p, Hardscrabble Camp, Weber River Camp,. Honored Dau_ghters 80 years and older Tuesday 7 p.m. D.U.P. Building Louise Butters Waldron 15 September 1992 Lousie Butters Waldron CAMP & COUNTY SUBMITTING ...:S::::..o=-u=t=h__...,M=o=r...;:gL-"a=n~------- Camp _M_o_r--a..g_a_n_ _____.. ...;__ ____ C cunt y {C amp Hi st or ian & address }_G=l..;::;e.;n;;.=; n;.;:a~R"'-'-._ P=--=-o=-r-=t~ea.:r'------------- County Historian & address )__...;;B;;..;a~r;;..;a;;;..a=r.;:;,;a___;;Cc.;:.__...;P; :....;o;;..;r:;...t.=;.e=r----------- SOURCE OF INFORMATION & PAGE NUMBERS: • • • JPEG-Bk13 . TIT.LE PIONEER (full name) BIRTH (date and place) DEA TH (date and place) PARENTS . MARRIED (who and date) ARRIVAL IN UTAH (date) (Company arrived with) IDSTORY (who wrote) (date written) (who submitted) (address) PAGE South Morgan D.U.P. Camp honored Daughters 80 Years and older, read their histories Ann Giles Larson Emma Mills Harding · Glenna Rich Porter LaRue Richins Waldron Miriam Moore Elma Whitesides Dickson Virginia Carter Baer Dora Clark Rich Flora Dawson TQnks CAMP & COUNTY SUBMITTING ________________ Camp __________ ...;__ ____ County ( Camp Historian & address ) _ ---:1L~o,u~i.::::S..:::e~B::..:u~t:::.t=e.::.r..::s:___:W.:.:a=-l=-d=r-=o:..:.n=-------- G l enna Porter Jolene Rich Price County Historian & addr es 5 ) ___F _r_a_n_c_i_·_ s_B_u_r_t_o__n _T_ u_r_n_e__r _______ Barbara C. Porter SOURCE OF INFORMATION & PAGE NUMBERS: • • • MORGAN COMPANY D.U.P. CAMPS September 15, 1992 Tuesday 7 P.M. D.U.P. Bldg • Daughters 80 years and older will be honored tonight. SOUTH MORGAN CAMP Clara Virginia Carter Baer Elma Whitesides Dickson Leah Fern Brown Johnson Ennna Mills Harding Ann Giles Larson Miriam Taylor Moore Margaret Baker McKinnon Glenna Rich Porter * Dora Clark Rich Deleeri White Sommer Flora Dawson Tonks LaRue Richins Waldron MT. JOY CAMP Lucy Lafern Winward Boyce Edna Irene Dearden Carter Chloe Harriet Preece Heiner Ireta Carter Jensen Ida Moss O'Driscoll ____.,,,.-• .- -·. . ....__.... . ,.-__ :Jc-:'!-~ Geneva Julia Robinson Preece Lerene Morris Preece Mary Jane Smith Smith Hazel Cornea Sfms · HARDSCRABBLE CAMP Emeline Hendricks Florence Grace Bowen Kilbourn ---···- • * Dora Clark Rich has the distinction of being a living daughter of a immigrant pioneer . Her father,Frederick William Clark, came to the valley on October 25, 1864 as a child. He was only five years old and they came with the William Hyde Company. Each daughter is special with many accomplishments. The success of the company or camp is due to your dedication and leadership qualities. You cared enough to attend meetings and you honored your heritage by the histories you read. You are outstanding representatives of the generation who followed the original pioneers. Your pioneer ancestors would be proud of you. So thank you daughters very much for caring, for sharing, and for giving. We appreciate and love you. You are wonderful. Louise Butters Waldron South Morgan DUP Camp JPEG-Bk13 • Emma Mills Harding was born September 18, 1910 to Albert E . Mills and Martha Ann Wilkinson . She was born in Hoytsville where she lived until she married DeWilt C. Harding on 29 August 1934. Before her marriage , Emma filled an L.D . S . mission to the Central States . The year was 1932. She was already in love with DeWilt so he waited for her to complete her mission then they married. Emma and DeWilt have seven children - Paul , Tom, Carl , Hazel, Jean , Judy , and Tami r a. Each of them has done their part to pro - vide Emma with numerous grandchildren . Emma says there have been t tr©ns of highlights in her life namely though her 50th wedding anniversity , friendships , and being able to serve others. Emma has been "the " example to the community • of how service should be given and many have felt her quiet touch and benefitted from her time. • She says that the happiest and the scariest day came at the same moment and that was shen her first child Paul was born. She was so thrilled to be a mother but the baby was a "blue baby" and his life was seriously threatened. To Emma and DeWilt's relief , the baby survived and was healthy . Emma is greatly appreciated for her generous service to DUP, JPEG-Bk13 Ann Giles was born 28 February 19o9 to William and Sarah Hogg Biles . She married Raymond Larson on 21 May 1930. He taught school and she was a homemaker all the years of their marriage . They have three children , Keith , Leah, and Vaughn. She enjoys the company of eighteen grandchildren , and twenty-one great-grandchildren . Ann says that the day she married Ray, they walked together into the sealing room and there to officiate was David 0 . McKay . Ann says she is still thrilled whenever she thinks about that moment . Ann tells of two experiences that were very frightening for her and both experiences involve driving . At 4:30 one morning , she left Keith's home in Pleasand Grove to drive to a temple assign-ment in Ogden . There was a terrible blizzard raging yet she went • so she wouldn't miss her assignment . She says with the help of the Lord she made it in one piece . • The second experience occured when she and Ray were on a mission in California . Ray was called home for a court appearance and Ann knew that while he would be away that she had a dental appointment. She and Ray practiced a couple of times how to cross the busy free-ways corning and going and she was able to do it . On the day of the appointment , however, things didn't go so smoothly . She was on her way home, when suddenly the car drove like it had four flat tires . Her strength was taxed to the limit, yet she managed to cross the traffic on the freeways and make it home . When the car was inspected, the mechanic told her that the steering was completely gone and he didn ' t know how she had ever steered the car at all . Ann told him she was sure that she didn ' t do it alone. JPEG-Bk13 • • • Glenna Rich Porter was born 28 September 1909 in the Kent Rich home in Richville , Utah . Her Father was William Rich and her Mother was Ethel Randall . She had one brother and six sis-ters . She married Golden Porter on 3 January 1934 . She and G@ili den had both grown up in thetown of Richville so they had known each other forever she says. She and her husband owned and operated a cattle ranch all of their married life except for one year . That year they de-cided to try hauling coal from Price to Salt ' Lake City . One year was enough of that and so back to Morgan they came and to ranching again. Glenna says the saddest day of her life was the day her Mother died . She was thirteen and it had a traumatic effect on her young life . · o n e of the happiest times was when she celebrated her S®th wedding anniversary with her husband and children and friends. Other gratifying days have been when her children have first gone to the temple . Glenna joined Daughters of Utah Pioneers on November 17 , 1975 and has served as a camp officers for years . Glenna ' s chilren are Gwen , Connie , JoAnn , Richard, Res, and Danny. She enjoys their visits and the laughter of her grandchildren • JPEG - Bk13 • • • J PEG - Bk13 LaRue Waldron was born October 8, 1911, in Henefer, Utah a daughter of Parley T. and Fannie Richins. She graduated from North Summit High School, and Quish Cosmetology School in Salt Lake, practicing in her home beauty shop . She married Lorin Jay Waldron, January 18, 1933 in the Salt Lake Temple. They resided in Morgan, Utah, He died May 23, 1987 . Her children are, Keith and Karen Waldron, Clinton, Utah; Lyle Waldron, Flaming Gorge ; Verl and Deanna Mecham and Robert and Gaylene Haws of Morgan. LaRue has 14 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren that bring her much joy and happiness. She is acti v e in the LDS Church and has held many positions in the various organi z ations . She is a member and past officer of the South Morgan D.U . P. Camp. LaRue enjoys ceramics, bowling, traveling and is a volunteer at the McKay-Dee Hospital . • • • JPEG-Bk13 Miriam Moore was born December 9, 1898 in Salt Lake City, Utah a daughter of John and Miriam Marston Taylor. She moved to Clinton at the age of two. She married Art Moore in the Salt Lake Temple on June 14, 1922. They made their home in Ogden Canyon. Her companion Art Moore died August 25, 1976. prior to her marriage. She worked as a telephone operator Miriam moved to Morgan, Utah, eleven years ago to be near her daughter Evelyn Wangsgard Durrant and her grandchildren, Marion and Ronald Andrews and Jeff and Debbie Wangsgard, Morgan; Roger and Phyllis Wangsgard, Bristol, Va. She has eight great-grandchildren. Her daughter Evelyn W. Durrant died February 5, 1985 • Her hobbies include gardening, sewing, and crochet. Many family members and friends have received homemade gifts and crocheted items from her. She also took care and watched over the \ sick in her families, neighbors and friends. With the help of her devoted grand-daughter Marian; she is able to enjoy the comfort of her home at the age of 93 . • • • JPEG-Bk13 Elma Dickson recently celebrated her 87th birthday. She was born in Kaysville, Utah, a daughter of Frank Lewis and Nettia Burton Whitesides on May 6, 1905. She taught first grade in Layton Grade School, while waiting for her sweetheart, Forde Dickson, to return from his LDS Northwestern States Mission. They were married June 16, 1927 in the Salt Lake Temple and made their home in Richville, Morgan, Utah. Elma served an LDS mission in Maryland Delaware area with her husband in 1970-72. Her lifelong companion Forde Dickson passed away September 14, 1985. Elma is the proud mother of seven children. J. Burton and Elaine Dickson, San Diego, Calif; Paul and Ramona Dickson, Morgan; Lois and Frank Anderson, Morgan; Stephen and Jean Dickson, Morgan; David and Eleanor Dickson, Meadow Vista, Calif; Suzanne and Kent Garner of Flagstaff, Ariz; Jane and Brent Rasmussen, Modesto, Calif. She has 47 grandchildren and 81 great-grandchildren. She has contributed much to the church and community. She was a volunteer 4-H teacher for over 30 years. She is a member and past officer of the South Morgan D.U.P. Camp. Stephen and Jean have invited her to make her present home with them . 2J~ • • • • FLORA DAWSON TONKS Flora was born on April 21, 1909 at Devils Slide, the first of eight children born to Meredith Andrew And Ellen Emilly Toone Dawson. The family moved to Henefer where she grew up. Flora married Frank Tonks on June 15, 1929 and they made their home in Morgan (Round Vallley) where she has lived ever since. She has been active in the LOS Church, serving in a variety of positions. Frank and Flora are the parents of five cildren: Larry Tonks (who died July 23, 1973) Mrs. Ray (Jolene) Smith, Bountiful; Mrs. Lee (Veloy) Dickson, Morgan; Blaine tonks, Roy; and Mrs. Ray (Dawna) Millgate, Hawaii. she has 22 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. Flora's service in the LOS church positions began as a young woman teaching in the Primary, from there to many other callings. She served in the Stake Primary and also the Stake Relief Society. Her membership in the Daughters of Utah Pioneers dates back to too many years to remember, she recalls. She served as Captain of the Camp for five years and various other offices. Fora truly enjoys and loves her family. Times when they were small, when they enjoyed outings such as Lagoon together are very special to her. And the grandchildren today are a very important part of her life, such as the one that comes to spend weekends w ith her. One grown grandaughter remembers a very special song her grandmother sang to her as a child, and still will today. Flora remembers her happiest times as being the births of her babies, to see them perfect and to hold them in her arms. Flora enjoys crocheting aphagans, and making quilts for loved ones and friends. After sixty-two years of marriage, her husband Frank passed away on Oct 2, 1991. They were a great example of togetherness as they lived and worked on the farm in Round Valley all their married life. Flora has a quick ready smile for all and is loved by all who know her . JPEG-Bk13 2,JJ • • • VIRGINIA CARTER BAER Virginia Carter Baer was born July 19, 1906 in Porterville, Morgan County to Levi Alfred Carter and Clara Pollow Porter. She is eldest of ten children . From the time she was very young she loved to sing and shared that talent all her life, as she sang in choirs, duets with her sister Alice, later even produced a number of operettas for her classes in school . Her desire to become a teach came very early and she prepared for this . Her schooling began with the Beginner class in Morgan through grade eleven , then the 12th grade in East High in Salt Lake City, then Brigham Young University for two years where she received her teaching certificate . Following this she taught school until the time she retired at age 65. She taught at Milton, Box Elder, Snowville and Trementon, then Morgan, Utah . It was when she was teaching at Trementon that she met and married Walter Matthew Baer on October 8 , 1932 . They lived in Peoria, Illinois for ten years and that is where their children were born. They are Larry Baer , Las Vegas , Nevada , Virginia Woodward , St . George, Utah, and Robert D. Baer. Tempe , Arizona . Virginia and Walter also have two foster Indian sons , Charlie Dandy and David . They have thirteen grandchildren . She filled many offices in the LDS church, including many Stake and Ward Executive Callings . It is a delight to visit with her and hear of her great experiences, of how she came from Porterville to High School in Morgan in a covered wagon with a little stove in it to keep warm in the winter . She tells that the next year the Waldron boys had a truck that they came in . She recalls that in teaching the eighth grade , some of the boys were taller than she . Most of the classes that she taught her 40 children in them. She has a quick wit and good sense of humor . She and Walt have traveled a great deal , crossing the United States many times . They have gone on several tours , also enjoyed spending the winters with their son in Arizona . They live in the home in Morgan that they built. The yard is beautiful with the many flowers and trees they have planted themselves. She shares them generously with friends and neighbors. She has lived a full , varied and interesting life. It is delight to visit with her • JPEG-Bk1 3 • • • DORA C . RICH , A DAUGHTER OF UTAH PIONEERS Dora Clark Rich was born August 31 , 1902 , in Richville , Morgan County, Utah , the youngest of eight children born to Frederick William and Emma Sophia Robinson Clark . She states with pride that her father was an original pioneer to the valley October 26, 1864 , as a child of five years of age with the William Hyde Company . She married William Rawl Rich September 15, 1926, in the Salt Lake Temple . They became the parents of two sons and four daughters . Carl, Morgan , Beatrice Schofield, Bountiful , Beverly Grenshaw , Salt Lake City, Dorothy Camper San Diego, California , Lyle , of Preston , Idaho and Doraleen , Salt Lake City. William was a widower and had six children which Dora helped raise . Dora has been a Daughter of Pioneers for 28 years and held many office s . At 88 she still presented the lesson and enjoys telling the stories of her ancestors. She assisted in fund raising projects to help with the building of the County D. U . P . Building . Her community involvement has included service in the LDS Church , holding positions including Relief Society President, and many others . County Fair time you would find her taking tickets for the Morgan County Fair. Her children soon learned fast to have Mother gone for three days . Because of her pioneer heritage she fondly recalls with pride the invitation to be an honored guest on July 23, 1983 , to the then Governor Scott Matheson's Days of 47 Governor's Ball . She is a charter member of the Morgan County Senior Citizens and serves on the Board . She is a master quilter and is gracious and willing to share her talents with those who call her . She has pieced and given to family and friends hundreds of quilts . She enjoys a good party, especially the 4th of July celebrations because of the fond memories of these gatherings when she was growing up . She loves to visit others and now the telephone is her means to call someone who is ill or just to wish a "Happy Birthday" . She still resides in her home in Richville . Her son Carl grows many flowers and keeps the yard and grounds beautiful . It is a pleasure to go to her home and visit with her . Dora still drives her own car to DUP meetings, is a faithful Daughter and a good example to all . She has fourteen grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren . JPEG-Bk13 233 |