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The Marriott-Slaterville City History Collection was created by the residents of the town to document their history. The collection includes Autobiographies, Oral Histories, History of Marriott, History of Slaterville, and the History of the Merging Townships to create Marriott-Slaterville City. This information has left behind rich histories, stories and important information regarding the history of the Marriott-Slaterville area. |
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Show May 11, 2001, Cont'd BRIAN NICHOLSON/Standard-Examiner Shannon De Jarnatt, portraying Ruth Elizabeth Bell Rackham, stands near her headstone during a dress rehearsal of the cemetery tour being held in the Ogden City Cemetery. black hat during the tour, even though he has never been able to document that his relative ever donned one. He's wearing it to cover another discrepancy. "He was baldheaded and I," LaGrande Belnap said with a smirk, raising the hat by its brim, "have quite a lot of hair ... that I didn't want to shave off for this." A brave, fighting woman Other historical figures portrayed by descendants during the tour include John Marriott, founder of Marriottville; Ann Etherington Newey, a young mother cared for by the Church of the Latter-day Saints; Esther Jones Raper Brown, who traveled here from the plantations of North Carolina; Marianne Combe Beus, who went from a dugout in Ogden Canyon to a silkworm success story; Madeline Malan Farley, who came to Ogden from the silk farms of Piedmont Valley in Italy; Ruth Elizabeth Bell Rackham, a woman who traveled to Deseret in search of eternal life; and Ruthinda Baker Stewart, whose family was the first in Harrisville. Stewart's great-great-great-granddaughter, Colleen B. Tippets, plans to tell the story of how Stewart, a widow, traveled with her 10 children across the plains to Utah in 1847. When they settled in Harrisville, Tippets said, Stewart bravely fought the invaders that attacked. The invaders? A plague of Mormon crickets that devoured her garden. She struggled with pests and a host of other challenges along the way, all on her own, Tippets said. She never remarried. Tippets believes her ancestor "must have been a remarkable woman." As she recounts the history, Tippets predicts that she may do so through tears. "I'll probably be emotional," she said. "These pioneers did so much for us to help make what we have today." You can reach reporter Amy Schoon at 625-4277 or aschoon@standard.net. Jean Siemens plays the part of Ann Etherington Newey in the cemetery tour. BRIAN NICHOLSON Standard-Examiner 113 |