HISTORY OF STEPHEN PERRY Cont. page 5 Gah. Susannah Irene and Alonzo Jones had become the proud parents of a baby boy, born 18 September 1848. Stephen and Rhoby now had four grandchildren. When the family got together is not known. Had they been able to keep in touch with one another or did they all have a lot of news when they finally got together at Kanseville, Iowa? What a happy reunion it must have been. Except for Sally Sylvia and her husband and William Howard who had already gone west, the family appears to have traveled to Utah on the same wagon train. STEPHEN PERRY'S MORMON TRAIL AND UTAH EXPERIENCES 1850-1870 age 56 to 75 In 1850 the Perry's were ready to go west. It appears that Rhoby was in a weakened or frail condition. Stephen hired Alice Stowell to care for her on the trip. The Perry's traveled in the "James Pace"wagon train. It left Kanseville, Iowa in June and arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on the 20th of September. Apon arriving in Salt Lake City, Susannah and Alonzo turned south to San Bernadino, California. The rest of the family went north and settled at Bingham Fort in Ogden. As soon as they arrived Stephen sent word to William Howard and urged him to join the family in Utah. William Howard had had some successes both with gold panning and driving cattle, but illness and thievery had nullified his efforts. In 1851 he joined the family at Bingham Fort. On 17 October, 1851, William married Alice Stowell, who had stayed with the Perry's after arriving in Utah. In 1852, the Perry's needed more room. Stephen and a man named Alexander Kelly built a log house big enough for several families on Mill Creek. This location was about 5 miles west of Ogden and was north of present day second street and west of the Utah, Army Supply Depot. This area was called Lynne or upper Slaterville. Stephen Washington built his home across the street. He was in the Slaterville Branch and his father was in the Lynne Branch. Stephen served as a counselor in the Lynne Branch and Stephen Washington was a counselor in the first Slaterville ward Bishopric. These early 1852 settlers of Slaterville, together with later ones, had scarely time to move in before they assembled and executed business of a far reaching nature. They organized what today is known as the North Slaterville Irrigation Company. Now operating as a Company, they filled on the waters of Mill Creek and Ogden river which secured for them, early claims to water from these two streams. First claims to these waters had previously been secured by Lynn and Mound Fort Companies, who represented north sections of Ogden City. These Companies in later years refused to defend their claims in court, thus forfeiting their water rights and leaving first claim to the North Slaterville Irrigation Company. Stephen Perry introduced the Madder vine to Slaterville. It was used by the Pioneers to dye cloth yellow. It soon came into disuse as more and more milled cloth became available to the Pioneers. (2) 222