The brick residence which is now the home of Victor Wheeler's family, the youngest member of John's family, was erected in 1930. After the death of his father two years later, 1932, Victor acquired ownership of the family possessions where he lived and provided a comfortable home for Emma, his mother. (See Fig. 3-41). Alma Richardson, one of the sturdy pioneers known to possess great physical strength and ability to withstand the most severe hardships, was the orginial owner of the property on which the homes of Austin Fowers, and Crystal Wardle live. (See Fig. 3-42). Older members of our ward can, no doubt, recall that south of this row of houses, Mr. Richardson had an orchard of various kinds of fruit trees: pears, apricots, prunes, plums, and several varieties of apples. Alma's land holdings were increased in later years to include a farm that now belongs to Julian Powell. This farm bordering Weber River in the Southwest corner of our settlement, was originally settled by Ammon Green Sr., but ownership to it changed several times through the years. (See Fig. 3-43). Following Mr. Green in their order, those who owned it for various periods of time were: Peter Rogers, Alma Richardson, Alma's son, Walter, Lavern D. Bowns, and finally Julian Powell. Identity of an early pioneer may be easily lost in the maze of changes of ownership title to one not of blood relationship, by heirs of his estate. According to word of mouth of Fredrick L. Foy, Henry Manning and other early pioneers, the present home of Levi Slater was originally the home of Thomas Virgo, one of the frist settlers who came here in 1852. The property, at the time it was purchased by Mr. Slater, belonged to Parley Howell, a part of the estate of his father, William Howell. (See Fig. 3-44). The Howell family came to Slaterville from Wales in 1861 as converts to the Mormon Faith. Unfortunately, Mr. Howell contracted a sickness to which he succumed in 1864, three years after he arrived here. The widow, Louisa Thomas Howell, under some what adverse circumstances, had to provide for herself and small family of three children. A few years after the death of her husband, while engaged as head of the household, she ventured matrimony the second time. The second marriage, which was not of long duration, was to old gentleman Knight, grandfather of John, James, and William who are long-time citizens of our community. In a religious capacity Mrs. Howell worshipped in Sacrament, and the various organizational meeting of the Church, engaging energetically in Relief Society work to which she devoted much time. Davis Bartholomew, one of the enterprising men among the first pioneers, lived neighbors to the Howell family. The large estate to which he acquired ownership several years before the Howells came, joined their property on the west. The Bartholomew family lived in a log cabin near the location of the large brick house in which the family of Frank Yoshida, a Japanese tenant lives at the present time at 2553 W. Pioneer Road. However, only part of the brick residence, as it appears today, was built while Davis and his wife were living. (See Fig. 3-45,46). During the pioneering years the couple, like all the faithful, toiled and sacrificed and during the trying years, promoted projects that proved to be a boon to the men and women struggling to live in the infant community. A granddaughter of -34- (Fig. 3-39) Slaterville May 20, 1914 1st Row: Ted Holley, Amanda J. Holley, Donald Holley, Henry Cecil Holley, Henry Ezra Holley, Elda Holley 2nd Row: Anna Holley, John Amos Holley, George Victor Holley, Alice Holley, Horace Holley Delia Holley, Deloss Holley Henry C. Holley Home (Fig. 3-40) John Wheeler Family (Fig.3-41) Top: L-R John Wheeler, Francis, Emma Bottom: Rosella, Victor, Ethel -35-