“George Benjamin Wallace”
By Geneva Watson Graham
Born:
16 February 1817. Died: 30 January
1900.
Very few
individuals have been privileged to come to this earth and have more varied,
wider and wonderful experiences than my grandfather, GEORGE BENJAMIN
WALLACE. His progenitors were hardy,
early Pilgrims with their love of religious freedom. They definitely upheld the cause of liberty
and independence, laboring vigorously to maintain their rights, from which they
had been deprived. The original emigrant
to the United States was George Wallis, born about 1620, of London,
England. He sailed from Liverpool,
England 17 June, 1635 at the age of fifteen (15) years. The following was taken from “Founders of New
England” R-8 A 14, Genealogical Library (SL):
“17 Junij
1635. Theis vnder written names are to
be transported to New England imbarqued in the “Abigail.” Robert Hackwell Mr P’r Cert. from the
Minister and Justice’s of Peace of their Conformitie, being no Subsedy men. They have taken the oaths of Alleg; and
Supremacy being all Husbandmen:
Ralph
Wallis - - - - Age 40
George
Wallis - - - Age 15”
The
“Abigail” landed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1635. George Wallis and his people became
landowners of Portsmouth, later called Rye, N. H., which at that time was a
dense forest. Different members became
larger land owners. Several of their men
were in the Revolutionary war. George B.
Wallace’s grandfather, George Wallace, Jr., b. about 1761 or 1755, of
Deerfield, Rock, N. H., d. about 1822, served seven (7) years in the
Revolutionary War and was badly wounded with a shot through the knee, leaving
him crippled for life. His brother
Ebenezer True Wallace, b. 17 Jun. 1821, Epsom, Merrimack, N. H., d. 17 Apr.
1846, came through that war without a wound. Another brother, John, was killed on Bunker hill, where they all fought.
GEORGE
BENJAMIN WALLACE, my grandfather, was born 16 Feb. 1817 in Esom, Merrimack
County, N. H. on a small rocky, but well tilled farm. He was the son of John Wallace, b. 14 Sep.
1783, Deerfield, Rock, N. H., d. 14 Feb. 1839 at Epsom, Merrimack, N. H., and
Mary True, b. 27 Jan. 1783 at Deerfield, Rock, N. H., d. 1 Aug. 1828. They had a family of 12 children, 7 girls and
5 boys. John was married twice and had
one son, Samuel, by the second wife, whose name is not known at present. When my grandfather was about 4 or 5 years of
age he remembers his grandfather, George Wallace, Jr., putting his hand on the
boy’s head and calling him his little boy (or joy); and his grandmother, Rachel
Babb, born about 1750 or 1755, of Deerfield, Rock, N. H., d. abt. 1823, giving
him bread and butter the same day.
George
Benjamin Wallace, as a young boy, had tuberculosis and the doctors said he
would never grow to manhood, but our Heavenly Father had important work for him
to do and through the power of prayer, good food and outdoor living he was
healed to go on with the work he was destined to do. His mother, Mary True died when he was about
eleven years of age, leaving a family of eleven children. He worked hard and helped
consistently on the farm; and also learned the trade of carpentry. Later on when his father, John Wallace,
became ill he requested George, my grandfather, to remain on the farm. According to the old English custom, the
eldest son becomes heir. George was the
third son. John, his father, offered him
one-half of his possessions if he would stay and help him manage the farm. His decision was no, as he was planning
marriage with a distant relative and a different career. He decided at the age of approximately
twenty-three (23) years, to marry MARY C. McMURPHY, b. 27 Apr. 1818 at Boston,
Mass., d. 14 Sep. 1853 in Epsom, Merr., N. H. This marriage was performed on either the 13th or 14th
of Feb. 1840 in Boston, Mass where they lived and he became a building
contractor, taking on larger and more contracts. They were affiliated with the First Baptist
Church.
“Mormonism,”
a new religion, was brought to the attention of George Benjamin Wallace a short
time after he went to Boston, Mass. About June 1842 he met a “Mormon,” Elder Freeman Nickerson and “after
conversing with him for about fifteen minutes, I was convinced I was building
upon a sandy foundation. I invited him
to go home with me and we spent the time from about 10:00 A.M. until evening,
conversing in my parlor. I was convinced
he was a servant of the living God. I
purchased the only Book of Mormon that he had.” George was baptized in December, 1842 by Elder Freeman Nickerson. His sister Sarah Ellen Wallace, unmarried, b.
31 July 1825 at Epsom, Merr., N. H., d. 15 Mar. 1845, was the only other member
of the family to join the Church.
He went to
Nauvoo, Ill., where the body of the Saints were assembled and the following is
taken from “Copy of George Benjamin Wallace’s Original Journal from July 21,
1844 to October 27, 1845, New Bedford, Mass., and his Mission to Nauvoo, Ill.”
“March 5, 1845. Church Meeting. I laid before the Saints the necessity of
gathering to Nauvoo immediately to help build the House of the Lord and to
prepare for their endowments, stating to them that I had been called to go to
Nauvoo, by Elder (Ezra Taft) Benson, and should go leaving my wife and children
‘til I can return; stating to them that I had one dollar ($1.00) to assist me
in getting there; stating to the Saints that if they thought it was the will of
God that they should help me to (obtain) money to go with (and for) them to
come forward and do so; and they immediately raised money to take me to Nauvoo,
and I blessed them in the name of the Lord. I ordained Brother Rogers to preside over them and he was received by an
unanimous vote; after which I received a vote of thanks for my past services
and a letter of thanks for my past services and a letter of recommendation by
an unaminous vote.
Mar. 7, 1845. Friday. Left New Bedford with
family for Boston to start from there on the 11th in company with
others.
Mar. 10, 1845. Monday. Saw my wife (Mary) and
the children aboard the cars for New Hampshire. I bid them farewell. Oh! May the Angel of the Lord protect them.
April 8, 1845. Tuesday morning. Arrived in Nauvoo after four weeks dissable
(disagreeable) journey, with good health, in company with about forty
Saints. The yearly Conference was then
in session.
May 24, 1845. Nauvoo, Ill. Saturday morning
– 6:00 o’clock. The Apostles, Bishops,
Elders and Saints of God of the last days gathered on and around the Temple
(Nauvoo) to witness the last corner stone placed in its place on the southeast
corner of the Temple by our President (Brigham Young) or the President of the
whole Church. A band of music was on the
Temple and played two tunes, after which the stone was laid in its place. Then they prayed to God to protect and
deliver us from the hand of our enemies; and that we might be permitted to
finish the Temple and get our endowments. Then the whole multitude shouted ‘Hossanah, Amen,’ ‘til the Heavens as
it were said Amen. Then the multitude
dispersed to hallow the day.”
Later he
went back to Boston (as a missionary). It is uncertain whether his wife, MARY C. McMURPHY ever did join the
Church. He endeavored to get her to go
back to Nauvoo, Ill. With him, bus she and her people, especially her brother,
were now very bitter against the principles, particularly polygamy. They did not want her to have anything
whatever to do with him. This condition
culminated in a separation between them, after a marriage of about four
years. She took their three children,
Emma A. Wallace, James Berney Wallace and Sarah Ellen Wallace and returned to
her parents, leaving her husband stunned and heartbroken. He returned to Nauvoo, Ill., saying “I feel I
have done my full duty toward my wife Mary and toward my God.” He could not deny the faith; he had joined
the Church completely, but it was tremendously difficult for him to give up his
three children. He was Presiding Elder
of the Boston Branch of the Church while living there.
There was
previously, under date of January 29, 1844, a political meeting held in Nauvoo,
Ill. at which time Joseph Smith, the Mormon prophet, was nominated for
President of the United States and on the 17th of the following May
at a State Convention held there, the nomination was sustained. My grandfather, George Benjamin Wallace,
during this campaign, took the stump for Joseph Smith and delivered a political
speech in the famous Faneuil Hall, called the “Cradle of Liberty,’ in Boston,
Mass., which he committed to memory and considered it his “political
masterpiece.” He was ordained a High
Priest by Elder ______Adams, October 18, 1844 and he was given a Patriarchal
Blessing by John Smith on the 10th of April, 1845, in the Nauvoo
Temple. He acted as an undertaker during
some of the terrifying times in Nauvoo.
While
grandfather was Presiding Elder of the Boston Branch of the Church, Howes
Crowell and his wife, Melissa Mandana King Crowell, requested from George B.
Wallace a recommend, transferring their membership from the Boston Branch to
Nauvoo, which my grandfather gave them. When George went to Nauvoo he again met Melissa, who was distracted and
heartbroken with grief at the death of her husband Howes, and their two
children. She was very pleased to see
him at this time and their friendship later ripened into love. MELISSA
MANDAN KING (Crowell) and GEORGE BENJAMIN WALLACE were married June
4, 1845 in Nauvoo, Hancock County, Ill. He had not received a divorce from his first wife, Mary C. McMurphy, and
although polygamy was frowned upon by the outside world, it was permitted in
our Church. For some time they kept
their marriage quiet, not even letting either of their families know, but the
news leaked out and his first wife filed for divorce. She was greatly influenced by her parents who
would not tolerate “Mormonism” and particularly polygamy.
When the
Saints were leaving Nauvoo, the Wallace’s fitted themselves out for the long
journey west and left for Winter Quarters, where they spent the winter of
1846-1847. Their first child, Mary
Melissa Wallace was born 8 Jan. 1847 and they started the trek with this baby
girl, which was very hard on mother, father and child.
George
Benjamin Wallace was appointed Captain over fifty (50) individuals in Abraham
O. Smott’s company of 100, which was organized June 17, 1847 on the west bank
of the Horn River, Omashaw Nation. The other three organized hundred were under the direction of Daniel
Spencer, Edward Hunter and Jedediah Grant, which composed the whole camp of
Israel journeying in the wilderness, under the care and direction of two
Apostles, Parley P. Pratt and John Taylor. They left Friday, June 18, 1847 and while on this trek his Clerk, J. C.
Kingsbury kept a day by day account of events of this nerve racking
journey. They arrived in the “Old Fort”
now known as Pioneer Square or Park. The
last of Captain Wallace’s company or 50 arrived on the 29th of September
1847. The little baby girl, Mary Melissa
Wallace, died 27 Sep. 1847 the day after their arrival in the valley. The parents buried her on a hillside in the
northeastern part of the Valley. They
had another child, George Crowell Wallace, born 12 June 1848, d. 14 Aug. 1848,
also buried there. The little girl, Mary
Melissa Wallace, was the first person buried in the area that late. Pres. Brigham Young chose George Benjamin
Wallace to plot and lay out as the Salt Lake Cemetery. A granite shaft is erected on the spot where
the tow little children lie.
George and
Melissa hastened to build a dwelling before winter. They built a log cabin inside the “Old Fort,”
now known as Pioneer Park. In this log
cabin, which was more commodious than some others at that time, four persons
were set apart and ordained Apostles, February 12, 1849, in a meeting held by
the First Presidency of the Chruch. They
were Charles C. Rich, Lorenzo Snow, Erastus Snow and Franklin D. Richards. On February 22, 1849, in this home, at the
Reorganization of the Salt Lake State fifteen (15) Bishops of Salt Lake Valley
were ordained under the direction of pres. Brigham Young, who was present,
along with Pres. Heber C. Kimball, the Twelve Apostles and others. The next day another meeting was held in this
log cabin home when Reynolds Cahoon and George Benjmain Wallace were set apart
as Counselor to John W. Young in the High Priests Quorum; and Daniel Spencer
was set apart as President of the Salt Lake Stake.
The corner
of First North and Second West Street was chosen by George Benjamin Wallace as
his property. It was then thought that
this would be the future business street. The Union Hotel, a good one, was built on the opposite corner; also John
Squires built a barber shop on the Wallace corner. The hotel was eventually used for a first
class school known as the Union Academy and still later the building was used
as a temporary headquarters for the University of Deseret, L.D.S. Hostpial and finally
as a warehouse for the Salt Lake Knitting Works. He built a one rrom red abode house near the
corner. The bricks were made from a
mixture of red clay and fine gravel, the roof covered with boards and the cracks
filled with cottons. After it was
completed he moved the little log room, their first home in the “Old Fort,” to
their new home site, which is now 168 North 2nd West, in the 17th
Ward.
Another
little child was born to the Wallace’s, namely, Louisa King Wallace, born 20
Sep. 1849; d. 13 Dec. 1865. She was but
one month old when George Benjamin Wallace was called as one of the first
missionaries to be sent out of Utah. He
left for Great Britain on Oct. 18, 1849. He gave a neighbor a yoke of oxen and several acres of land to look
after Melissa and her little girl and to furnish duel and other meager
necessities. She had to depend on the
neighbors for help. She was given a
dress by Vilate, Wife of Heber C. Kimball. Mrs. Kimball advised Melissa to reverse the material to the other side
and Melissa made her a fine dress to fit her and was most appreciative to her
friend, Vilate. Melissa did heavy work
she had never done before, such as milking a cow, growing a garden, taking in
boarders, sharing her little dwelling with another family to provide fuel, and
raising some livestock. Considering the
fact that she was quite frail, a great deal of credit for accomplishment should
be given to her. She had a great faith
and an undaunted spirit. Before George
left for his mission she was concerned about having a time piece as the only one
they owned was a silver watch he had brought from Boston. She asked what she would do for the time if
he took the watch. President Brigham
Young said, “Brother Wallace, if you will leave that watch with your wife, I
will promise you that you will come home with a gold one.” This promise was fulfilled for he did come
home with a gold watch and chain, a gift from the Saints on his mission. Also before he left Salt Lake City a little,
elderly lady at the depot pressed his hand in “God Speed” and left enough money
in it to pay his fare and a few cents over. The Lord blessed him so he was able to sent a little help in money home
to Melissa and he was able to bring back to her a parasol, the only thing she
requested from him in the way of a gift.
George Benjamin
Wallace remained in Great Britain nearly three years as First Counselor to
President Franklin D. Richards, who highly praised him. His greatest desire was to serve the Lord
faithfully, which he did all his life. He was highly respected and loved by the Saints. He had issued a small circular among the
Saints and friends with whom he labored, for help to pay his expenses home, and
being greatly blessed as a result he had a purse of $800.00 in cash; and many other
presents given to him by the Saints.
The steamer
“Canada” was the ship he set sail for home on, and left Liverpool March 20,
1852, arriving in Boston, Mass. approximately 31 August 1852. He went directly to Epsom, Merr., N. H. in an
endeavor to see his estranged wife, Mary C. McMurphy. She was not home and he was unable to see
her, so he very reluctantly left Epsom for his home in the Salt Lake Valley.
Yielding
obedience to the higher law of plural marriage, George Benjamin Wallace, under
date of October 15, 1852, married the three Davis sisters whom he had converted
to the Church when in England; together with their parents, Edward Davis and
wife Sarah Drabble, all from London, Middlesex, England. They are as follows:
LYDIA
DAVIS, b. 15 June 1830, London Middx. Eng. d. 8 Mar. 1869 Salt Lake, SL. Ut.
HANNAH
DAVIS, b. 4 May 1830, London, Middx. Eng. d. 5 Feb. 1896 Granger, SL. Ut.
MARTHA
DAVIS, b. 9 Jan. 1836, London, Middx, Eng. d. 7 Oct. 1913 Salt Lake, SL, Ut.
Parents:
Edward
Davis, b. 1 Feb. 1794, London, Middx, Eng. d. 2 Oct. 1878, Salt Lake, SL, Ut
Sarah
Drabble, b. 16 Jan. 1802, London, Middx, Eng. d. 29 Oct. 1876, Salt Lake, SL,
Ut
Edward
Davis and Sarah Drabble were married – 13 or 18, Jan. 1822
There were
three or four more rooms added on to the original red brick room and the family
increased at a rapid rate. For Melissa,
it was quite a period of adjustment. Years later, on one occasion, grandfather received complimentary tickets
from a circus manager for himself and family. Imagine the look of dismay on the manager’s face when he was my
grandfather, four wives and twenty or more children march past him.
While Pres.
Brigham Young was Governor of Utah, George Benjamin Wallace was on his staff
with the rank of Major. He was also in
the Nauvoo Legion and was one of the President’s body guards during the Johnson
Army trouble. In early days he, along
with Erastus Snow, was sent to Souther Utah to locate sites for
settlements. He made the first panel
door in Utah, although he did not follow his trade as a carpenter after coming
to Utah. He took up other pursuits,
including that of nurseryman, farmer and butcher.
The
Dedicatory Prayer by my grandfather, George Benjamin Wallace, was delivered on
the northwest corner of the Salt Lake Temple of Salt Lake City after the Presidency
of the High Priests Quorum and the Presidency and High Council of the Stake had
layed the cornerstone on April 6, 1853.
In 1860
George Benjamin Wallace was chosen to act as Second Counselor to Pres. Daniel
Spencer of the Salt Lake Stake. In 1866
he was chosen as First Counselor, then in 1874 he was called to preside over
the Salt Lake Stake, which position he filled for about two years. From 1877 until his death in 1900, a period
of 23 years, he was President of the High Priest Quorum in the Salt Lake
Stake. In 1867 he was instrumental, with
others, in organizing Brighton Ward on the west side of Jordon River. IN October 1869 he filled another mission,
this time to the Eastern States. He left
home in a wagon accompanied by Nathan Eldridge. This mission was quite short, as he returned the following April. He also had charge of the Territorial Farm,
located where the Fair Grounds now stand, receiving this appointment from Pres.
Brigham Young. He was also a promoter to
get canals from Utah Lake.
In 1875
George Benjamin Wallace homesteaded 120 acres of land in Granger SL County,
Utah where his wife Hannah lived. My own
grandmother, Martha Davis Wallace and her sister Lydia resided at the home
located at 168 North 2nd West, Salt Lake City, SL., Utah. Melissa also lived there for awhile, until
her son Howes built her a home on 2nd Avenue in Salt Lake City. Grandfather planted the first trees in the
community of Granger, and his nursery was located near where the Salt Lake
Airport now is. His first nursery
business stood where West High School now stands. He introduced the nursery business into Salt
Lake County. He was a very good
nurseryman and gardner. He later owned
the land from 4100 to 4700 South and 3200 West one-quarter mile, or 160 acres.
I have
heard my mother, Lois Davis Wallace Watson, his daughter by Martha Davis, state
that the Indians were permitted to camp on grandfather’s nursery land at the
West High School present site and also probably at the other nursery, where he
fed them and never had any trouble with them. All the vegetables, fruit, livestock and foul required for the large
Wallace families, were raised by my grandfather and sons, besides considerable
red-top hay. His boys all acquired a
wonderful knowledge of gardening and farming before several of them branched
off into different pursuits and businesses.
During all
the years of hardship the large Wallace families experienced, George Benjamin
Wallace was loving, patient, kind, humble and long suffering. He loved the out-of-doors and was happy and
cheerful. He loved little children and
took his children and grandchildren on his lap and talked to them. He never aspired to any public office, either
ecclesiastical or civil. He was not
particularly shy, but never put himself forward. If his services were required, he was always
ready and willing to respond. He did not
aspire to the gaining of wealth, but was a devout Christian all his life, which
always took precedence over everything else. He did not receive a real scholastic training, but what knowledge he
acquired was from experience, as the little old fashioned schoolroom in Epsom
could not have afforded him much, but his training and applied skill as a
carpenter helped. He was a subscriber
and constant reader of daily papers and had a fair vocabulary. His main impediment was his writing and
spelling. Whatever mistakes he made, his
virtues outnumbered them by far for he was always zealous, faithful and
persevering.
My mother,
mentioned above, said that the Wallace families and children were always loving
and agreeable with each other – never like half sisters and brothers, but full
loving brothers and sisters, getting along happily together.
George
Benjamin Wallace’s families consisted of five wives and 45 children
Wf. #1 Mary C. McMurphy Wallace . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 “
Wf. #2 Melissa Mandan King (Crowell) Wallace
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 “
Wf. #3 Lydia Davis Wallace . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 “
Wf. #4 Hannah Davis Wallace . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 “
Wf. #5 Martha Davis Wallace (my grandmother)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 “
Practically
the last twenty-five years of his life were spent on the new farm mentioned
above and he really enjoyed it, spending the happiest of all his eighty-three
years, as most of the family were now married, leaving him almost free from
worry. During his residence on the farm,
raids were made on polygamists, but he was unafraid. While many of the leading men of the church
were hiding away on the “underground,” he traveled back and forth from the city
home to the farm home visiting his wives, with utmost unconcern. He was arrested, imprisoned for a short term and
had a short trial, being acquitted without cost.
George
Benjamin Wallace died January 30, 1900 at his home in Granger, SL County,
Utah. Most impressive funeral services
were held in the Assembly Hall, on Temple Square, when high tribute was given
to him. The love and esteem in which the
deceased was held was betokened in the vast crowds of people who gathered to
witness the ceremonies, for the capacity of the lower floor was exhausted
before the hour of opening arrived. The
casket was carried by six High Priests, members of the quorum over which he
presided. Pres. Angus M. Cannon presided
over the services. Among those on the
stand were Pres. George Q. Cannon, Pres. Joseph F. Smith, Apostle M. F. Cowley,
Bishop W. B. Preston, Pres. Joseph E. Taylor, Pres. C. W. Penrose, Pres.
Seymour B. Young, Pres. George Reynolds, Elder John Nicholson, Patriarch John
Smith, Bishop Daniel McRae and Conuselors of the Granger Ward, in which the
deceased lived, Elder William H. Folsom, a former Counselor to Elder Wallace;
the members of the High Priests Quorum. Opening prayer was offered by Bishop Daniel McRae. Elder John T. Caine was the first
speaker. Elder C. W. Penrose followed,
then Elder Nathaniel V. Jones, followed by Pres. Angus M. Cannon, who said that
“George B. Wallace had owrn himself out in the cause of God. I never knew a more humble and faithful man,
illustrious in the Church of God, and a pillar among His people.” The next speaker, Pres. Joseph F. Smith,
stated he felt for the past few years that the deceased needed a rest for he
had suffere much, had toiled hard, but never did a single word of complaint
come from his lips. He was a valiant,
and now he had come to rest and his good works will live after him. He read a passage from Revelations, which
passage said he, relates to men like George Benjamin Wallace. Pres. Smith felt that it would not be right
to mourn on this occasion, because Brother Wallace had kept the faith, had
fought the good fight, and had a crown of glory laid up for him in Heaven. He said to the sons of the departed that
their father was right in his religion; was right in his convictions and that
if they would follow in his footsteps they would again unite with him and he
with them throughout eternity. Pres.
George Q. Cannon did not take much time. The speaker crossed the plains in company with the deceased in 1847 and
found him to be a man of integrity, courage, and yet great humility, but his
greatest virtue was the spirit of obedience, for never in all his life did he
swerve from his duty. Closing prayer was
offered by Patriarch John Smith. A large
cortege followed the remains to the Salt Lake City Cemetery for interment in
the cemetery he had originally plotted and layed out.
My mother,
Lois Wallace Watson and my father William Watson, came up for the funeral of my
grandfather from our home in Manti, Sanpete County, Utah. My mother thought her father George Benjamin
Wallace was the best man that ever lived whom she knew personally and she very
dearly and deeply loved him.
The only
time I can remember seeing my grandfather was when I was a very little girl and
vaguely I recall being to one of the Wallace homes, it seems was the one at
Granger, Utah, and how the many members of the family kneeled down for the
morning family prayers, with all their chairs in a circle. When we set up to the breakfast table I
looked down this long table and when the pitcher of syrup for hotcakes or some
such food was passed near I remember someone using it all and I began to cry,
thinking I would not get any. My
grandfather came and got me, taking me by the hand to the “cellar” where there
was a huge jug of it, with a large spigot, and he poured the big pitcher full
again of this syrup. I presume it was
molasses or sorgum, and I received my full share and was appeased. It seemed so tall, and he was tall.
Another
thin I remember my mother relating was what staunch, loving and perfect friends
my grandfather and pres. Joseph F. Smith were; also their families. The Smiths lived just across the street and
south from my grandfather’s Salt Lake City home and remember some of whom were
my friends, also when we moved back to Salt Lake City from our home in
Manti. He and grandfather visited our
home in Manti and blessed and named my sister, Zina and also administered and
blessed me at the same time, when I had rickets, and I was healed. At a Family Reunion of the Joseph F. Smith
Family at Lagoon when I was a girl of about fourteen or fifteen years of age, I
too was at the resort and I saw him and had the courage to go to him, introduce
myself and told him I am a granddaughter of George Benjamin Wallace. I asked him if he remembered the incident
when he and grandfather administered to me in Manti and he said he did. He took me gently by the hand and introduced
me to members of his family, being very pleased that I had made myself known to
him. I was so thrilled and pleased with
the experience.
Andrew
Jenson, Asst. Church Historian, also lived near my grandfather’s home at 168 N.
2nd West, Salt Lake City, Utah and they were good friends. In fact Andrew Jenson bought his property
from my grandfather.
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