ABRAHAM II DAY

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!RECORD TAKEN FROM FAMILY GROUP SHEET SUBMITTED BY ESTHER DAY RFD #1 BOX 266 AMERICAN FORK UTAH

!RECORD TAKEN FROM FAMILY GROUP SHEET SUBMITTED BY ESTHER DAY RFD #1 BOX 266 AMERICAN FORK UTAH
!US CENSUS 1860 AND 1870

ABRAHAM married HANNAH SAWYER on 7 Jan 1806. HANNAH (daughter of ABIJAH SAWYER and MELETIAH GRAVES) was born on 20 Jan 1786 in SWANZEY, CHESHIRE, NH; died in 1818 in PA. [Group Sheet]

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!ABRAHAM DAY WAS MARRIED TO (1) ELMIRA BUCKLEY (2) CHAROLOTTE BROOMHEAD MELLON (3) SARAH JARVIS.
! SOURCES THREE GENERATION FILE GROUP SHEET SUBMITTED BY JUNIUS DAY CASTLE DALE UTAH.

OCCUPATION FARMER, MILLWRIGHT LUMBERMAN AND CARPENTER ALSO SERVED AS THE MAYOR OF SPRINGVILLE UTAH FOR A TIME.

!CENSUS US CENSUS 1860 AND 1870 AND 1880

ABRAHAM married ELMIRA BUCKLEY on 16 Jun 1838 in RUTHLAND, TIOGA, NEW YORK. ELMIRA was born on 30 Jun 1820 in CATHRINE, RUTHLAND, TIOGA, NEW YORK; died on 24 Dec 1905 in CASTLE DALE, EMERY, UTAH; was buried on 27 Dec 1905 in LAWRENCE, EMERY, UTAH. [Group Sheet]

ABRAHAM married CHARLOTTE KATHERINE MELLAND on 30 Nov 1838 in SALTLAKE CITY, UATH. CHARLOTTE (daughter of STEPHEN MELLAND, SQ and ANN BROOMHEAD) was born on 25 Dec 1832 in KILLAMARSH DERBY, ENGLAND; died on 26 Sep 1872 in MT PLEASANT, UTAH. [Group Sheet]

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!MARRIED TO (1) MARY ANDERSON (2) TERESA BERTLESON.

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!MARRIED TO PERRY FRANKLIN WHITMORE 25 APR 1861

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!THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS UNMARRIED.

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!MARRIED TO MAGNESS HENERY BOHNE 9 AUG 1883

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!MARRIED TO WALTER CHRISTOPERSON.

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!MARRIED TO JANE ELIZABETH STAKER 30 DEC 1878 SEALED 12 JUN 1895 MT ALSO CHECK MARRIAGE TO MARY ROWE.

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!MARRIED TO OLE NEILSON 5 JAN 1873

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!SOURCES FAMILY RECORDS. THREE GENERATION FAMILY GROUP SHEETS. RECORDS OF ETHELYN DAY STATES OF SAN JOSE CALIFORNIA.

OCCUPATION FARMER AND MERCHANT. RAN A STORE IN LAWRENCE EMERY COUNTY UTAH.
THEY WOULD GO TO HUNTINGTON IN A TOPLESS BUGGY TO BUY THEIR SUPPLIES.
PERSONAL INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM ETHLYN DAY STATES. IRA ALFRED DAY WAS BAPTISED MAY 16 1863 IN COBBLE CREEK NEAR SPRINGVILLE UTAH COUNTY UTAH, BY HARVEY LYDELL, AN ELDER. HE WAS CONFIRMED BY PETER MONSON, AN ELDER.
HE WAS ORDAINED A SEVENTY 10 JAN 1885 BY JOHN P WIMMER. IN ORANGEVILLE EMERY COUNTY UTAH. HE MARRIED POLLY ANN NOAKES 29 DEC 1877 IN SPRINGVILLE UTAH COUNTY UTAH. THEY WERE MARRIED BY ELDER JOHN BOYER. THEY WERE ENDOWED, AND SEALED 3 JUL 1889 IN THE MANTI TEMPLE. HE RECIEVED HIS PATRIARCHAL BLESSING FROM CHARLES R. PULSIFER 27 JUN 1897. HE WAS A WARD TEACHER FROM 1884 TO 1928. HE SERVED AS A MALE NURSE TO MANY FAMILIES IN PHYSICAL DISTRESS HE NURSED MANY FAMILIES DURRING THE TERRIBLE PLAGUE OF DIPTHERIA, MANY TIMES THERE WOULD BE TWO AND THREE DEATHS IN A SINGLE NIGHT. HE HELPED MAKE THE CASKETS FOR THE CHILDREN OF HIS NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND FOR HIS OWN SISTERS JULIA AND LAURA. HE WAS HANDY IN PREPARING THE BODIES FOR BURIAL, THIS BEING BEFORE THE DAYS OF MORTITIANS AND EMBALMING. HE AND HIS WIFE SERVED AS THE COUNTRY DOCTORS AND MIDWIFES UNTIL THE DOCTORS ARRIVED.

!SOURCES FAMILY RECORDS. THREE GENERATION FAMILY GROUP SHEETS. RECORDS OF ETHELYN DAY STATES OF SAN JOSE CALIFORNIA.

OCCUPATION FARMER AND MERCHANT. RAN A STORE IN LAWRENCE EMERY COUNTY UTAH.
THEY WOULD GO TO HUNTINGTON IN A TOPLESS BUGGY TO BUY THEIR SUPPLIES.
PERSONAL INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM ETHLYN DAY STATES. IRA ALFRED DAY WAS BAPTISED MAY 16 1863 IN COBBLE CREEK NEAR SPRINGVILLE UTAH COUNTY UTAH, BY HARVEY LYDELL, AN ELDER. HE WAS CONFIRMED BY PETER MONSON, AN ELDER.
HE WAS ORDAINED A SEVENTY 10 JAN 1885 BY JOHN P WIMMER. IN ORANGEVILLE EMERY COUNTY UTAH. HE MARRIED POLLY ANN NOAKES 29 DEC 1877 IN SPRINGVILLE UTAH COUNTY UTAH. THEY WERE MARRIED BY ELDER JOHN BOYER. THEY WERE ENDOWED, AND SEALED 3 JUL 1889 IN THE MANTI TEMPLE. HE RECIEVED HIS PATRIARCHAL BLESSING FROM CHARLES R. PULSIFER 27 JUN 1897. HE WAS A WARD TEACHER FROM 1884 TO 1928. HE SERVED AS A MALE NURSE TO MANY FAMILIES IN PHYSICAL DISTRESS HE NURSED MANY FAMILIES DURRING THE TERRIBLE PLAGUE OF DIPTHERIA, MANY TIMES THERE WOULD BE TWO AND THREE DEATHS IN A SINGLE NIGHT. HE HELPED MAKE THE CASKETS FOR THE CHILDREN OF HIS NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND FOR HIS OWN SISTERS JULIA AND LAURA. HE WAS HANDY IN PREPARING THE BODIES FOR BURIAL, THIS BEING BEFORE THE DAYS OF MORTITIANS AND EMBALMING. HE AND HIS WIFE SERVED AS THE COUNTRY DOCTORS AND MIDWIFES UNTIL THE DOCTORS ARRIVED.

IRA married POLLY ANN NOAKES on 29 Dec 1877 in SPRINGVILLE, UTAH, UTAH. POLLY was born on 2 Mar 1861 in SAN BERDINO, SAN BERDINO, CALIFORNIA; died on 29 Nov 1939 in ELMO, EMERY, UTAH; was buried on 2 Dec 1939 in CLEVELAND, EMERY, UTAH. [Group Sheet]

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!MARRIED TO JOSEPHINE MARIAH JOHNSON.

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!MARRIED TO EMA JANE LOVELESS 18 JAN 1886

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!CENSUS US CENSUS 1870

HARRIET married JAMES HENRY WILCOX on 27 Oct 1880 in MT PLEASANT, SNPT, UTAH. JAMES (son of JOHN HENRY OWEN WIllcox and MARY YOUNG) was born on 10 Nov 1855 in NORTH OGDEN, WEBER, UT; died on 25 Nov 1939 in KENILWORTH, CARBON, UT; was buried on 29 Nov 1939 in CASTLE DALE, EMERY, UT. [Group Sheet]

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!FAMILY RECORDS OF OLEA DAY COX, FAIRVIEW, UTAH, 84629. OLD RECORDS AND
LETTERS, TEMPLE INDEX CARDS. 1994.

GEORGE married ELIZABETH ELLIS STAKER on 17 Nov 1886 in LOGAN,CASHE,UT. ELIZABETH (daughter of NATHAN STAKER and ELIZA CUSWORTH) was born on 4 Feb 1866 in MT PLEASANT,SANPETE,UTAH; died on 4 Sep 1949 in FAIRVIEW,SANPETE,UTAH; was buried on 7 Sep 1949 in MT PLEASANT,SANPETE,UTAH. [Group Sheet]

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!DOCUMENTATION WITH FATHER 32 MARRIED LONA MAY STAKER 24 DEC 1903 IN THE MANTI TEMPLE.

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!DOCUMENTATION WITH FATHER 32 MARRIED JOHN EDWIN ANDERSON 2 NOV 1900.

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! RECORDS IN POSSESSION OF CARMA SHERMAN HUNTINGTON UTAH 84528. MARRIED JOHN EDWARD WILLSON 30 MAR 1903. REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN MARRIED AT A DANCE IN LAWRENCE EMERY COUNTY UTAH BY ANDREW MORTENSEN.

POLLY married JOHN EDWARD WILLSON on 30 Mar 1903 in LAWRENCE, EMERY, UTAH. JOHN (son of JOHN WILLIAM WILLSON and PRUDENCE MARIAH BULLARD) was born on 25 Dec 1877 in PINE VALLEY, WASHINGTON, UTAH; died on 15 Apr 1949 in ELMO, EMERY, UTAH; was buried on 18 Apr 1949 in ELMO, EMERY, UTAH. [Group Sheet]

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!DOCUMENTATION WITH FATHER 32 MARRIED MARGARET TATTON 17 APR 1906

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!DOCUMENTATION WITH FATHER 32 MARRIED CYRUS GREGG MCARTHUR 13 JUN 1910 IN THE SALT LAKE TEMPLE

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!DOCUMENTATION WITH FATHER 32 MARRIED CYRIL MCARTHUR 28 JUN 1913

HARRIET married CHARLES DORIUS on 22 Jun 1903. [Group Sheet]

HARRIET married ROY BLEVINS on 18 Mar 1913. [Group Sheet]

HARRIET married JOHN PETERSON on 13 Feb 1945. [Group Sheet]

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!CENSUS 1900 STATE OF UTAH
!MARRIAGE CERT STATE OF UTAH




EPHRAIM WILCOX
BY ANNA WILCOX BETTS


EPHRAIM WILCOX CAME INTO THE WORLD THE 15TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 1885, TO JAMES HENRY WILCOX AND HARRIET ANN DAY. IN THE SMALL SLEEPY TOWN OF CASTLE DALE, UTAH.
EPHRAIM WAS THE 3RD CHILD BORN TO THIS NICE COUPLE, THE 1ST DIED SHORTLY AFTER BIRTH.
EPHRAIM GREW UP ON A FARM AND DID THE THINGS A NORMAL FARM BOY WOULD DO. HE RODE HORSES, HERDED COWS, SWAM IN THE CREEK, HAULED HAY, ETC.
HIS FATHER WAS A STERN MAN AND BELIEVED TO SPARE THE ROD WAS TO SPOIL THE CHILD. SINCE EPHRAIM WAS ALL BOY HE GOT THE ROD QUITE OFTEN. HE ALWAYS SAID IF HE EVER HAD A CHILD HE WOULD NEVER LICK THEM.
WHEN HE WAS AROUND SEVENTEEN HE WENT TO SUNNYSIDE, UTAH, TO WORK IN THE COALMINES. IT WAS HERE WHEN HE WAS 21 THAT HE MET AND FELL IN LOVE WITH A BEAUTIFUL DARK HAIRED MISS WITH BIG BLUE EYES. ON THE 19TH OF MAY 1901 HE MARRIED MARGARET ANN SMITH, DAUGHTER OF ALFRED AND ODENA (MINNIE) EPHRAIMINE OLSEN SMITH.
THIS HAPPY YOUNG COUPLE LIVED IN SUNNYSIDE FOR A WHILE. IT WAS HERE THAT A LOVELY DAUGHTER, ARVILLA, CAME TO MAKE THEIR HOME EVEN HAPPIER. SHE HAD BIG GRAY EYES AND CURLY HAIR, THAT WAS LIGHT BROWN IN COLOR. THEN IN ABOUT 19 MONTHS THEY HAD ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL BABY GIRL. SHE HAD DARK EYES AND ALMOST BLACK HAIR, THIS WAS HARRIET ODESSA. THEY SOON MOVED BACK TO CASTLE DALE.
EPHRAIM HAD DREAMS OR VISIONS THAT HE WOULD GET KILLED IF HE STAYED AND WORKED IN THE MINE SO HE TOOK HIS SMALL FAMILY BACK HOME. HE DID FARM WORK AND WENT BACK TO THE MINES A FEW TIMES WHEN MONEY WAS REAL SHORT.
IT WAS HERE THAT THEIR 3RD DAUGHTER WAS BORN. SHE WAS A LIGHT COMPLECTED BABY. THEY NAMED HER ANNE EPHRIA. EPHRAIM?S SISTER HATTIE SAID THAT WHEN HE CAME TO TELL HER ABOUT THE 3RD LITTLE GIRL TEARS ROLLED DOWN HIS CHEEKS BECAUSE HE WANTED A BOY SO BAD.
THINGS THEN MADE A CHANGE AND IN 2 ? YEARS JAMES LU DELL CAME TO BLESS THEIR HOME. AT LEAST EPHRAIM HAD HIS BOY AND HOW HE LOVED THIS LITTLE BOY WHICH LOOKED MUCH LIKE HIS FATHER. DARK BROWN HAIR AND EYES. EPHRAIM WAS SHORT, 5 FT. 5 INCHES TALL, AND VERY HANDSOME.
IN ABOUT 3 YEARS ANOTHER LITTLE BOY CAME TO THEIR HOME ON THE 13TH OF OCTOBER. THIS BABY WAS SMITH HAZARD, WHICH WAS A SIR NAME BACK IN THE GRANDPARENTS OF EPHRAIM WILCOX.
SORROW WAS TO HIT THE WILCOX FAMILY IN DECEMBER; ARVILLA TOOK SICK ON A WEDNESDAY AND DIED ON FRIDAY JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS. SHE WAS THEIR OLDEST CHILD. I CAN STILL HEAR EPHRAIM MOURN HER DEATH.
EPHRAIM THEN DECIDED TO MAKE A MOVE AND TRY TO GET A FARM OF HIS OWN, SO IN FEBRUARY THEY MOVED TO LA SAL, UTAH, (1917). THIS WAS IN SAN JUAN COUNTY. HERE THEY FIRST LIVED IN AN OLD SHEEP-SHEARING PLACE. THIS MOVE WAS MADE BY HORSES AND A WAGON, LOADED WITH ABOUT ALL THE ?WILCOX?S POSSESSIONS.?
AT THIS TIME THE BABY WASN?T VERY WELL. EPHRAIM WENT TO WORK FOR CHARLIE REDD. A RANCHER IN LA SAL, SAN JUAN, UTAH.
EPHRAIM FOUND 160 ACRES THAT HIS UNCLE HERB DAY HAD FENCED AND ABOUT 5 ACRES CLEARED. THIS GROUND WAS ALL COVERED WITH SAGEBRUSH. THE WILCOX FAMILY LIVED IN ONE OF CHARLIE REDD?S HOUSES. THROUGH THE WINTER EPHRAIM STILL WORKED FOR CHARLIE REDD. IF I REMEMBER RIGHT HE MADE $50.00 A MONTH. IT WAS HERE THAT ON THE 5TH OF JULY (I BELIEVE 26TH) CAME AGAIN AND THE BABY BOY DIED.
IN THE SPRING EPHRAIM BOUGHT A LOG HOUSE FROM A SAWMILL IN OLD LA SAL AND TORE IT DOWN AND BY TEAM AND HORSES MOVED IT ON HIS RANCH ABOUT 6 MILES. HERE HE REBUILT IT. IT SURE WASN?T MUCH TO LOOK AT, 16? BY 20?. JUST A ROUGH FLOOR BUT IT WAS A HOME. MARGARET ANN WAS A VERY GOOD HOUSEKEEPER AND THE LITTLE FAMILY OF MOTHER AND FATHER AND 3 CHILDREN THAT WERE LEFT NOW WERE HAPPY HERE. CLEARING THE LAND, GROWING BIG GARDENS, TRYING TO GET SOMETHING OF HIS OWN, EPHRAIM WORKED LONG HOURS. HE WAS REALLY A PIONEER HERE IN THIS PART OF UTAH.
HARD LUCK WAS HIS FOR A WHILE. HIS BELOVED MARGARET ANN BECAME ILL AND ON THE 10TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 1924, SHE PASSED AWAY. SHE HAD BEEN IN BED FOR MOST OF THREE YEARS. SHE HAD PERNICIOUS ANEMIA AND THEN DROPSY. IT WAS HARD FOR EPHRAIM. MARGARET ANN HAD BEEN IN THE LDS HOSPITAL AND CAME HOME, LOST THE BLOOD THAT THEY GAVE HER AND TURNED TO DROPSY. SHE DIED IN MOAB. EPHRAIM HAD TAKEN HER THERE WHERE HIS SISTER HATTIE RAN A CAF? AND HOTEL. SHE STAYED THERE AND SHE THOUGHT THE ALTITUDE WAS TOO HIGH IN LA SAL.
EPHRAIM?S FINANCES WERE ZERO SO HE GOT A FELLOW THAT RAN A LUMBERYARD TO BUILD A CASKET. IT WAS HARD TO BE LEFT WITH 3 CHILDREN, LU DELL 10, ANNA 13, AND ODESSA 15. A FARM AND NO WIFE TO HELP KEEP THINGS GOING. THE CHILDREN STAYED IN MOAB WITH HATTIE AND EPHRAIM WENT BACK TO LA SAL ALONE.
EPHRAIM THEN WAS BUILDING A MILK HERD AND WORKED FOR CHARLIE REDD. THE KIDS CAME HOME IN THE SUMMER, AS THERE WAS NO HIGH SCHOOL IN LA SAL.
WHEN ODESSA WAS ALMOST 18 SHE WAS MARRIED. THAT LEFT EPHRAIM WITH THE TWO CHILDREN, ANNA AND LU DELL. EPHRAIM HAD AN AUNT LIL DAY SMITH, THAT CAME TO VISIT HIM AND SHE TOLD HIM OF AN OLD GIRL FRIEND THAT WAS NOW A WIDOW. SO EPHRAIM BEING VERY LONELY WROTE TO THIS LADY WHOSE HUSBAND HAD DIED AND LEFT HER WITH FIVE CHILDREN, ONE OF WHICH HAD BEEN KILLED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. SOON A ROMANCE WAS BLOSSOMED AND IN DECEMBER OF 1927 EPHRAIM WENT TO ORANGEVILLE, A TOWN NOT FAR FROM HIS OLD HOMETOWN, CASTLE DALE, AND MARRIED THIS WIDOW WITH 4 CHILDREN AT HOME. THIS WIDOW?S NAME WAS LINDA WOODARD DENNISON. HER CHILDREN: DELLA, LEONARD, DORA AND MAX. MAX WAS ABOUT 2 YEARS OLD.
EPHRAIM AND HIS NEW WIFE HAD A BABY IN ABOUT A YEAR NAMED LINDA LOU. ANNA LEFT TO LIVE WITH ODESSA AND WHEN LU DELL WAS OLD ENOUGH HE ALSO LEFT TO GO JOIN THE NAVY. EPHRAIM WAS A BUSY MAN WITH HIS 2ND FAMILY. THEY HAD ANOTHER DAUGHTER, RUTH DUZON. WITH EPHRAIM?S 5 AND LINDA?S 5 AND THEIR 2 IT MADE A DOZEN CHILDREN BETWEEN THEM.
EPHRAIM HAD A GOOD HERD OF MILK COWS AND SHIPPED CREAM AND SOME BEEF CATTLE GRADUALLY. HE BOUGHT FARMS THAT HAD BEEN REPOSSESSED BY MOAB STATE BANK AND HAD BEEN JUST LEFT FOR TAXES SO IT WASN?T LONG UNTIL HE HAD AROUND NINE HUNDRED ACRES OF FARMLAND AND SOME RANGE RIGHTS FOR IS CATTLE.
EPHRAIM?S SON LU DELL NOW LIVED IN CALIFORNIA SO HE MADE A FEW TRIPS TO CALIFORNIA TO SEE HIS ONLY SON. ODESSA AND 1ST HUSBAND (FRED WEILER) HAD DIVORCED. SHE MARRIED REX BOHLEEN, HE VISITED HER ALSO.
THERE WAS LOTS OF TRIALS FOR EPHRAIM, DROUGHT, A YEAR OR TWO AND THE DEPRESSION, BUT THE 2ND WORLD WAR BROKE AND THE RANCH BEGAN TO PAY OFF. BEEF BEGAN TO BRING PRICE AND EPHRAIM WAS A HARD WORKER AND STAYED OUT OF DEBT SO HE MADE GOOD. HIS 2ND CHILDREN MARRIED AND MAX STAYED AND RAN THE RANCHES AND AS EPHRAIM GREW OLD HE SOLD THE RANCH TO MAX AND RETIRED.
IN 1962 HE CAME UP TO POCATELLO AND HAD HIS BELOVED MARGARET ANN SEALED TO HIM IN THE IDAHO FALLS TEMPLE. HE ALSO HAD ARVILLA, ANNA, LU DELL AND SMITH HAZARD SEALED AT THE SAME TIME. ARVILLA AND SMITH HAZARD BY PROXY. A GLORIOUS EXPERIENCE FOR EPHRAIM. HE WAS 78 YEARS OLD. BEFORE MARGARET ANN DIED HE PROMISED THAT WHEN HE WAS FORTY HE WOULD BECOME ACTIVE IN THE LDS CHURCH AND TAKE HER TO THE TEMPLE TO BE SEALED FOR ALL TIME AND ETERNITY BUT WHEN HE WAS FORTY SHE HAD GONE BACK TO HER FATHER IN HEAVEN.
MANY THINGS HAPPENED DURING THE LIFE OF EPHRAIM WILCOX. TWO WORLD WARS, 2 DEPRESSIONS, AIRPLANES, RADIO, TELEVISION. HE LIVED MOST OF HIS LIFE WITHOUT ELECTRICITY, BECAUSE THERE WAS NONE IN LA SAL, UTAH. HE NEVER HAD A TELEPHONE NOR DROVE A CAR, BUT HE OWNED MANY CARS AND TRUCKS, HIS BOYS DROVE THEM. WHEN HE WAS 84 YEARS OLD HE WENT FROM MOAB TO POCATELLO, IDAHO BY AIRPLANE TO VISIT HIS DAUGHTER ANNA BETTS, HE SAID HE ENJOYED THE TRIP AND THAT HE HAD ALWAYS WANTED TO RIDE A PLANE.
ONE MORE SADNESS WAS TO COME TO EPHRAIM. HIS SECOND WIFE PASSED AWAY BUT THIS TIME HE HAD PLENTY OF MONEY AND BURIED HER IN STYLE.
EPHRAIM HELPED LINDA RAISE SEVERAL OF HER GRAND SONS AND HELPED SEND ONE ON A MISSION. HE ALSO HELPED SOME TO SEND A GRAND DAUGHTER, CALLEEN BETTS ON A MISSION TO CANADA.
HIS LAST FIVE YEARS WERE NOT SO PLEASANT, HE BECAME ALMOST BLIND AND HE LOST ALMOST ALL OF HIS HEARING. THIS I?M SURE IS WHAT MADE HIM SENILE HIS LAST FEW YEARS.
HE DIED THE 27TH DAY OF JULY 1973 IN A REST HOME IN MONTROSE, COLORADO. HE TAUGHT ALL HIS CHILDREN TO WORK, TO BE HONEST AND TRUTHFUL. HE LOVED HIS CHILDREN AND HIS STEPCHILDREN AND HIS GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRAND CHILDREN.
HE WAS A FAITHFUL PIONEER AND A GOOD FATHER AND NEVER LICKED ANY OF IS CHILDREN. I THINK HE ONLY OWNED ONE DRESS SUIT IN HIS MARRIED LIFE. WHEN HE DRESSED UP IT WAS TO WEAR A NEW PAIR OF BIB OVERALLS AND A STETSON HAT.
HE WAS OVER 60 YEARS OLD BEFORE HE GOT INDOOR PLUMBING. HE WAS ALWAYS HEALTHY. HE HAD QUINCY ONCE WHEN I WAS A CHILD AND THAT?S THE ONLY TIME I REMEMBER OF HIM BEING ILL. UNTIL HE GOT OLD. EPHRAIM DIDN?T GET MUCH SCHOOLING BUT HAD A BRILLIANT MIND AND COULD DO MATH WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM.
HE OFTEN TOLD US THAT THE WORDS MOVED AROUND ON THE PAGES SO EVEN AS A CHILD, HE NEEDED GLASSES. HE WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKING PEOPLE. HE WAS WISE WITH HIS MONEY AND KNEW HOW TO SPEND IT. HE COULD ENDURE HARDSHIPS.
HE WAS A LOVEABLE KIND PERSON, A STANCH REPUBLICAN AND ALWAYS VOTED FOR HIS PARTY
I AM PROUD TO CALL EPHRAIM WILCOX MY DAD.
(ADDED: SO AM I. ODESSA)






A BRIEF HISTORY OF EPH WILCOX
AFTER HE MOVED TO LA SAL.
BY MAX WILCOX 1983


EPH WILCOX WAS BORN FEBRUARY 15, 1885. HE MOVED TO LA SAL IN 1917. HE WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL HOMESTEADERS WHO CAME FROM EMERY COUNTY. HIS FATHER, JIM WILCOX WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL SETTLERS IN CASTLE DALE, EMERY COUNTY. OWNING A RANCH IN CASTLE DALE AND RANGE RIGHTS IN JOE WORK ON THE RANCH, BUT HARD TIMES FORCED HIM TO WORK IN THE COALMINES IN CARBON COUNTY AND DRIVE A FREIGHT WAGON BETWEEN CASTLE DALE AND SALINA. THIS TYPE OF WORK WAS NOT TO HIS LIKING. HIS UNCLE HERBERT DAY WAS AN EARLIER SETTLER IN LA SAL AND ENCOURAGED HIM TO COME TO LA SAL AND HOMESTEAD THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO HIS. (NOW KNOWN AS THE RYNIO PLACE). HAVING VERY LIMITED FUNDS HE ARRIVED IN LA SAL WITH HIS TWO TEAMS AND TWO WAGONS AND HIS PERSONAL BELONGINGS. HE HOMESTEADED NW ?, SEC 13, T29S, R 24E. HERE HE BUILT A LOG CABIN, AND STARTED TO CLEAR THE BRUSH TO PLANT CROPS. HIS WIFE ANN AND CHILDREN FOLLOWED ON THE MAIL STAGE.
HE KNEW THAT THE LAND IN LA SAL WOULD NOT PRODUCE WITHOUT WATER. AND HE SOON REALIZED THAT THERE WAS PLENTY OF HIGH WATER IN THE MOUNTAIN, IF A DITCH COULD BE BUILT TO BRING IT TO THE CROPLAND. HE HELPED BUILD THE DITCH FROM TWO MILE CREEK TO BEAVER CREEK AND HELPED ENLARGE THE SMALL DITCH FROM LA SAL CREEK. THIS WAS DONE THE HARD WAY, WITH TEAMS, PLOWS, SCRAPERS AND HAND SHOVELS. THIS WATER WAS THE LIFEBLOOD TO THE SO-CALLED DRY FARMERS IN LA SAL. EPH WILCOX COULD (IT WAS SAID BY MANY AND BELIEVED BY HIS FAMILY) WATER MORE LAND WITH LESS WATER THAN ANYONE ELSE. HE DID HAVE IRRIGATION DOWN TO A SCIENCE. THIS HE HAD LEARNED IN BOYHOOD YEARS IN EMERY COUNTY. AND TO A LARGE DEGREE CONTRIBUTED TO HIS SUCCESS IN LA SAL.
HE SOON REALIZED THAT HE WAS NOT CONTENT WITH THE 160 ACRES OF LAND AND THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF WATER. IT WAS NOT AN ECONOMIC UNIT. AS SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS BECAME DISCOURAGED HE WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE THEIR LAND AND WATER RIGHTS. THESE WERE CHARLIE ZUFELT, ALBERT TUFF AND JESS LEEMASTER.
TO MAKE THE CASH MONEY THAT WAS NECESSARY TO RAISE THE FAMILY AND OPERATE HIS RANCH HE WORKED AWAY FROM THE RANCH. HE WAS RANCH FOREMAN FOR LA SAL LIVESTOCK OWNED BY CHARLIE REDD, FOR NINE YEARS. HE ALSO WORKED ON THE STATE ROAD WITH HIS TEAMS IMPROVING AND BUILDING THE ROAD FORM MOAB TO LA SAL. THE STATE ROAD FOREMEN WERE ALWAYS GLAD TO HAVE HIM WORK FOR THEM AND WOULD HIRE HIM BEFORE OTHERS BECAUSE OF HIS GOOD TEAMS AND HIS EXPERTISE AS A TEAMSTER.
HE BECAME VERY SELF-SUFFICIENT. THIS STEMMED FROM HIS EARLY MORMON UPBRINGING. HE HAD SEVERAL MILK COWS, RAISED A HUGE GARDEN AND FIELDS OF GRAIN AND HAY. FROM THE WHEAT FIELD HE WOULD HAUL THE WHEAT TO BE MADE INTO FLOUR, AND FROM THE GARDEN HE WOULD HAUL POTATOES AND OTHER PRODUCE INTO MOAB TO TRADE FOR CLOTHING AND OTHER STAPLES SUCH AS SUGAR THAT HE COULD NOT RAISE.
DURING THE DEPRESSION HE WAS BETTER FINANCIALLY THAN MOST OTHERS. MANY RELATIVES WERE DESTITUTE DURING THESE HARD TIMES. THEY CAME TO THE RANCH AND WERE FED AND HOUSED. AT ONE TIME THERE WERE 20 PEOPLE LIVING ON THE RANCH, WHO SAT AT HIS TABLE THREE MEALS A DAY.
LIFE WAS HARD DURING THE EARLY DAYS IN LA SAL. HE LOST HIS WIFE ANN AND TWO CHILDREN. ANN WAS ANEMIC AND AT THIS TIME THE DISEASE WAS FATAL. ANN WAS ONE OF THE EARLY SCHOOLTEACHERS IN LA SAL.
HE RETURNED TO CASTLE DALE TO CLAIM HIS CHILDHOOD SWEETHEART FOR HIS SECOND WIFE. LINDA WOODARD DENNISON, HAD BEEN WIDOWED BY THE FLU EPIDEMIC, AND THREE CHILDREN. HE HIRED A NEIGHBOR WITH A TRUCK (LUCIAN TANGREEN FROM RATTLESNAKE RANCH) TO FETCH HER AND HER BELONGINGS FROM CASTLE DALE. LINDA WAS INDEED AN ASSET TO EPH AND THE RANCH. SHE WORKED IN THE FIELDS AND TENDED HIS CHILDREN AS HER OWN. THEY ACQUIRED SOME TWENTY HEAD OF MILK STOCK. SHE AND THE OLDER CHILDREN MILKED THESE BY HAND, SEPARATED THE MILK, SHIPPED THE CREAM, ON THE MAIL TRUCK TO PRICE TO THE DAIRY, AND FED THE SKIMMED MILK TO BABY CALVES. SHE LOVED THE GARDEN AND THE CANNING OF THE PRODUCE. SHE WAS INDEED A REAL HOMEMAKER, HAVING A SPOTLESS HOME. MANY HAVE SAID THEY COULD EAT OFF HER FLOOR. TOGETHER THEY WERE PARENTS OF TWELVE CHILDREN, AND RAISED SEVERAL GRANDCHILDREN. SHE WAS A HELPMATE THROUGHOUT EPH?S LIFE AND CONTRIBUTED MUCH TO HIS SUCCESS.
HE STARTED ACQUIRING A FEW RANGE CATTLE, AS FINANCES WOULD PERMIT. THIS WAS A BOYHOOD DREAM TO OWN A HERD OF CATTLE. THE DEPRESSION WAS A BIG FACTOR IN HELPING THE HERD GROW, AS HE COULD NOT SELL THE OFFSPRING SO HE KEPT EVERYTHING.
EPH WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING OTHER SETTLERS TO LA SAL. AMONG THESE WERE HIS FATHER, SISTER HATTIE AND BROTHER EDGAR, WHO TOOK UP HOMESTEADS NOW OWNED BY FRED MARKLE.
HE WAS THE ONLY ORIGINAL HOMESTEADER WHOSE RANCH IS STILL OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE FAMILY.
IN 1954 HE MOVED FROM THE HOMESTEAD, BUILDING A NEW HOME ON THE OLD LEEMASTER PLACE ON SECTION 10. HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME HE ENJOYED THE MODERN CONVENIENCES OF RUNNING WATER IN THE HOME.
HE WAS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN FARMING AND RANCHING, WORKING IN THE FIELDS AND RIDING HIS HORSE UNTIL HE WAS 72 YEARS OLD. AT THIS TIME HE DECIDED TO RETIRE AND SELL TO HIS SON MAX. LINDA PASSED AWAY IN 1968. EPH WAS EXCEPTIONALLY OF GOOD HEALTH AND MENTALLY ALERT UNTIL TWO YEARS PRIOR TO HIS DEATH AT 88 YEARS OLD, ON JULY 27TH 1973.



AN ARTICLE WRITTEN TO THE EMERY COUNTY PROGRESS
WRITTEN BY ODESSA WILCOX BOHLEEN
AUGUST 4, 1973
RED BLUFF, CALIFORNIA


EMERY COUNTY PROGRESS;
I WANT TO SEND IN THE INFORMATION OF EPHRAIM WILCOX?S DEATH. THE OTHER PAPERS NEVER EVEN MENTIONED MY MOTHER?S NAME.

MOAB- EPHRAIM WILCOX DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES, JULY 27, 1973 IN MONTROSE, COLO. BORN ON FEB. 15, 1885 IN CASTLE DALE UTAH TO JAMES AND HARRIET ANN DAY WILCOX. MARRIED MARGARET ANN SMITH, 19 MAY 1906 AT PRICE, UTAH. HER LIVING CHILDREN, ONE SON, JAMES L. WILCOX OF SACRAMENTO, CALIF., MRS. REX (ODESSA) BOHLEEN OF RED BLUFF, CALIF., MRS. DELBERT (ANNA) BETTS OF POCATELLO, IDAHO.
HIS FIRST WIFE DIED, SEPT. 10, 1924 AT MOAB, UTAH.
MARRIED TO LINDA WOODWARD, DEC. 2, 1927 IN ORANGEVILLE. DIED IN 1968. HER CHILDREN ARE MAX OF LASAL, UT., MRS. LINDA LOU MCCUNE, CINCINNATI, OHIO, MRS. RUTH BAXTER, ELECTRIC CITY, WASH., STEPDAUGHTER MRS. LYNN (DORA) DAY, MOAB UT., 28 GRANDCHILDREN, SEVERAL GREAT GRAND CHILDREN, 2 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN; BROTHERS, SISTER, QUINT HENRY WILCOX OF SALT LAKE, EDGAR OF MOAB, UT., MRS. ANN TAYS OF KENILWORTH, UT., HALF BROTHERS, TRUMAN WILCOX, ARDEN WILCOX BOTH OF ABERDEEN, IDAHO.
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD TUESDAY IN MOAB. BURIAL IN GRAND VALLEY CEMETERY.


GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE
WILCOX LINE


JAMES HENRY WILCOX
BORN- 10 NOV 1855
BAPTIZED- 30 APR 1865 BY HARRY TIDWELL
CONFIRMED- SAME DAY BY DAVID CANDLIN
ORDAINED A TEACHER- FEB 1872 BY HENRY JOHNSON
ORDAINED AN ELDER- 1 JUNE 1881 BY JASPER PETERSON
ORDAINED A SEVENTY- 20 OCT 1897 BY CHRISTIAN D. FELST
ORDAINED A HIGH PRIEST- 15 NOV 1915 BY RICHARD R. LYMAN

HARRIET (HATTIE) WILCOX
BORN- 11 DEC 1882
BLESSED- 4 JAN 1883 BY J. W. SEELY
BAPTIZED- 14 JULY 1891 BY F. M. REYNOLDS
CONFIRMED- SAME DAY BY NIELS CHRISTENSEN

EPHRAIM WILCOX
BORN- 15 FEB 1885
BLESSED- 2 APR 1885
BAPTIZED- 18 JUNE 1893 BY C. P. ANDERSON
CONFIRMED- SAME DAY BY NIELS C. JENSEN

HENRY WILCOX
BORN- 8 MAY 1890
BLESSED- 3 JULY 1890 BY NIELS P. MILLER
BAPTIZED- 7 AUG 1898 BY NIELS P. MILLER
CONFIRMED- SAME DAY BY PETER FRANDSON
HENRY?S WIFE EDNA DIED AND HE MARRIED A WIDOW NAMED HAZEL H. HAWKINS WITH CHILDREN. ON THE 5 SEPT 1941 THEY TOOK THEIR ENDOWMENTS IN THE MANTI TEMPLE. HENRY WAS SEALED TO EDNA AND HAZEL WAS SEALED TO THE HUSBAND OF HER CHILDREN.

EDGAR WILCOX
BORN- 15 JUNE 1892
BLESSED- 4 AUG 1892 BY NEILS CHRISTENSEN
BAPTIZED- 12 AUG 1900 BY FATHER, JAMES HENRY WILCOX
CONFIRMED- SAME DAY BY SETH ALLEN
ORDAINED A PRIEST- 25 NOV 1912 BY ABINADI OLSEN
ORDAINED AN ELDER- 24 FEB 1923 BY GEORGE A. ADAMS

(WILLIAM) HAZARD (BILL) WILCOX
BORN- 13 OCT 1894
BLESSED- 6 DEC 1894 BY JOHN Y. JENSEN
BAPTIZED 2 NOV 1902 BY OLAF J. ANDERSON
CONFIRMED- SAME DAY BY RICHARD C. MILLER
ENDOWED- 16 FEB 1953
HE TOOK THE NAME OF BILL WHEN A BOY BECAUSE HE HATED THE NAME
HAZARD. THAT?S WHERE THE WILLIAM COMES IN. HE WAS BLESSED,
HAZARD WILCOX. HAZARD IS AN OLD FAMILY NAME DATING BACK MANY
YEARS.

QUINTEN WILCOX
BORN- 23 APR 1897
BLESSED- 6 JAN 1897 BY ALEXANDER JAMESON
BAPTIZED- 6 AUG 1905 BY ERASTUS P. RASMUSSEN
CONFIRMED- SAME DAY BY FATHER, JAMES HENRY WILCOX

ANNIE WILCOX
BORN 29 SEPT 1902
BLESSED- 7 DEC 1902 BY C. G. LARSEN
BAPTIZED- 9 OCT 1910 BY JOHN P. PEARSON
CONFIRMED- SAME DAY BY A. E. WALL

EPHRAIM married MARGARET ANN SMITH on 19 May 1906 in PRICE, CARBON, UTAH. MARGARET (daughter of ALFRED SMITH, FARMER & COOK and ODINE EPHARAMINE OLSEN) was born on 1 Jul 1887 in MAYFIELD, SANPETE, UT; died on 10 Sep 1924 in MOAB, GRAND, UT; was buried in MOAB, UT, MOAB CEM. [Group Sheet]

EPHRAIM married MARY ALINDA LINDA WOODWARD on 21 Dec 1927 in PRICE, CARBON, UT. MARY was born on 28 Aug 1886 in ORANGEVILLE, EMERY, UT; died on 8 Apr 1968 in MONTROSE, MONTROSE, CO. [Group Sheet]

HENRY married EDNA BEACH on 22 Feb 1910 in PRICE, CARBON, UT. EDNA was born on 23 Jan 1892 in MOLEN, EMERY, UT; died on 17 Aug 1925 in STORRS, CARBON, UT; was buried on 19 Aug 1925 in PRICE, CARBON, UT. [Group Sheet]

HENRY married MARY HAZEL HAWKINS on 28 Jul 1926. [Group Sheet]

WILLIAM married Living. [Group Sheet]

QUINTIN married GENEVA SHAFER on 21 Sep 1918 in PRICE, CARBON, UT. GENEVA (daughter of FRANCIS MARION SHAFER and DAISY DEAN WESTWOOD) was born on 17 Dec 1896 in MOAB, GRAND, UT; died on 23 Jul 1978 in SLC, SL, UT; was buried on 27 Jul 1978 in SLC, SL, UT. [Group Sheet]

Living married Living (son of THOMAS BENTON ARMSTRONG and VIRGINA LEE COCKRAN) [Group Sheet]