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Show Feature SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 4, 2000 13 Winning essays from Heritage Council essay contest Addison Everett Sandra Dewitz (1st place) By Good afternoon, I am Addison Everett This story is about myself. Lets start with my birth. I was bom on October 10, 1805inWaUkill, Orange County, New York. I had nine brothers and three sisters. My father always said I was a strong lad, but I had no idea of the journey that I would take in the years to come. As a young man I was an apprentice to a carpenter who taught me many skills. I was one of the early converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Baptized on September 1, 1837, 1 was known to be the first man baptized into the church in the New York Branch. I moved west and became one ofthe original pioneers to Utah. I also assisted in buildingthe Salt Lake Temple and later the St George Temple. Well get to that later. I was 25 when I married my first wife, Eliza Ann Elting on January 21, 1831. We had two lovely children together, a girl, Ann Eliza Adelaide, and a boy, Schuyler. When my wife died on November 17, 1835, 1 moved my children in with my mother and they stayed there until I remarried. When I did remarry in Nauvoo my wife, Orpha Marie Redford, took on my two small children as her own. We then had two more children, Mary Everett and Orpha Marie. Orpha Marie sadly died one year after her birth. During the time my family and I lived in New York, I was a ships carpenter in the New York docks. This knowledge was useful to me in the future. On April 15, 1841 Luden R Foster was elected to be President of the branch and I, Addison Everett as well as George Holmes, were to become his counselors. At a September conference in 1842, held at Meads Basin, Pessaic County, New Jersey, I was unanimously chosen as President ofthe Little Falls and Meads Basin branch of the church. In the fall of 1843 the Everett family dedded to move to Nauvoo with the rest of my fellow LDS people while I stayed behind to work through the' winter. I traveled to Nauvoo in the spring to be with my family. On December 16, 1844 I was selected to be one of the carpenters on the Nauvoo Temple. There was a time when all I had to eat, while working on the Temple, was frozen potatoes. When some of the brethren asked how L managed to viveIsaid,TfIdidnothaveenough to eat, I just tightened my belt a little more." In Nauvoo, I became a member of the Nauvoo Legion and also played the drum in the Nauvoo Legion Band. Sadly, I played in the band when the bodies of the prophet, Joseph Smith, and his brother, Hyrum were brought into Nauvoo from: , supply water to the land. I also pany left for Utah on May 1, 1858. used my knowledge and great James had experiences like many skill to help build the St. George others who crossed the plains. He took turns at night guarding the Temple. When the St. George Temple animals from the Indians. They was completed, Orpha, my wife, met Col. Kane with an escort of and I spent a great deal of time Mormon boys who brought news working inside the temple and from Utah. The saints had left when I retired from active work Utahs northern settlements and I spent my time doing work for went south because of Johnstons the dead. Army. Addison Everett continued this On June 2 1,1858 they reached work until his death, January 12, the Salt Lake Valley and had 1885. This is a poem for him writ- the opportunity and pleasure of ten by his great, great, great, great shaking hands with the Prophet granddaughter, myself. Brigham Young. Awhile-late- r He was a known friend to James moved to foe to none. He lived Salt Lake City and worked for many and a his life to the fullest and his President Young. James then work was never done. A hus- married Miss Harriet Dye. They band, a father, his titles never were married May 15 1858, by cease. I pray to you grandfather, Bishop E.D. Woodley. James was called to help promay you rest in peace. tect the settlers of Sanpete Valley from the Indians. For six weeks James helped guard the James Lovett Bunting Jo (2nd By Shelly Honey place) settlement ofFairview while the Hi! I would like to tell a story settlers were harvesting. about my In April 1870, James was James Lovett his is name called grandpa, by President Young to take Thowere His his parents Bunting. family and go to Kanab and mas and Early Lovett Bunting. help colonize it. So James famJames was their second son and ily left for Kanab on November was bom on October 5, 1832. When 5, 1870, with nine span mules he was 21 he was converted to the and a covered wagon, arriving Church of Jesus Christ of Latter there on December 2,1870. Day Saints, and was then baptized Bishop Levi Stewart and the rest on March 7, 1853. James and his of the people were located in an little brother were the only ones old fort by the side of Kanab converted in their family. Later Creek. Most ofthe buildings Charles A Harper ordained James were roughly built and most an elder in the church, and he was the Carthidge jail, where they had been killed. The bodies were wrapped in flags. Our band played, with muffled drums, a martial air called Liberty. I also remembered the sadness from the funeral and the burial at night so that the mobs would not steal the bodies. In Nauvoo, I became a bishop of one of the wards there. While other LDS members left because of persecution, I stayed and completed my work on the temple. Later, my family and T joined the LDS people on the Chariton River and moved with them to Winter Quarters. On November 29, 1846 I was elected to be the president of the 21st ward. On April 16, 1847,1 was appointed a captain of 50 and left Winter Quarters with the Brigham Young Company. I was a member of the third ten with Phinias H. Young as captain. Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball were members of this group ten as well. I acted as a bodyguard for Brigham Young. My daughter, Ann Eliza Adelaide, entered Salt Lake Valley before BrighamYoung. He entered the Salt Lake Valley with his group on July 24, 1847. About two weeks latermy family andl arrived, along with all the other LDS members, and we were all by the elders. I was also an elder that baptized my fellow brethren and sisters of the church. I became bishop of the eighth ward and had to provide for the poor ofthis ward. This was difficult, for my family too had very little. I went without to provide for the people in my ward. I was released as bishop in 1855, when Bishop Sheets succeeded me. On March 12, 1849, I was elected magistrate of the eighth ward. On this day a general election was held and Brigham Young was elected Governor. I was proud for both of us. On December 19, 1852 1 married again to Hannah Gregory and had two boys, Addison Jr., and William Everett. My family and I took part in the settlement of the Sahnon River area in 1853 and I was also called to help build Fort Supply on the Green River. In an October conference, I, as well as other LDS members, were called upon to settle in Washington County, in southern Utah. The living conditions down there were rough. By the time my companions and I got there, most of the other settlers had left for less demanding living conditions. Before the new settlers came, there was malaria and if not for my group and I, the settlers would have abandoned the place all together. The people there were to raise cotton, but it was hard, for they had difficulty getting water to the fields. I was one of nine others to .start acpmpanyto build dams to houses were made out of log and some adobe. Everyone in Kanab treated them very kindly and they got an adobe without a door, windows or a floor. In April 1870, James was called to gc on a mission, for the church, to England where he remained twro years. It was during his mission that their tenth child, a girl, was born, and a year later the home with most of their things w as burned. James and others built and operated the first tannery in Kanab, near the creek; the remains still stand. James was . great-great-gre- ed at to be a local missionary . James also had the pleasure to meet Samuel Smith. Samuel was the son of Samuel Smith, the brother of Prophet Joseph Smith. James immigrated to Utah in 1858 with the American elders who were called home because of Johnstons Army troubles. James tells of how sad he was leaving his parents, brother and sisters. When he came to Utah he had to leave his home and his their luggage wet , After staying in New York a few days, the company started west by railway. Once the company reached Burlington they went on a steamboat, they traveled on it until they got to Florence. At Florence, companies were organized to start the journey across the plains. Brother John Berrey was chosen to be captain ofJames' company, 'nieircom- - County. During this time Jamess wife had tw o more chil- dren, making a family of 12, six boys and six girls. In January 1883, his wife Harriet died leaving six unmarried children; one was on a mission in the eastern states. James was later called to labor as an ordinance worker in the St George Temple. In 1897, after his marriage to Esther Mayers, he moved to St George and began his labor in the Temple. He did that for over 20 years. At the age of 89 he was compelled, because of ill health, to discontinue his labor in the Temple. Afterwards, he returned to Kanab where he-spthe rest ofhis days. When he was 92 he died in Provo on November 20, 1923 and was buried in the Kanab cemetery. 4. "Hocus-Pocu- s" Halloween Family Fun Fest Oct. 12th, 13 14 th o&mopSSL See Ronnie in native land. He was glad to receive a letter from his mom containing a postal order, which wasapresentfromhis dad, to help him with his immigration. On February 16, 1856 he left his homeland and boarded the ship Empire headed for America. On the ship most passengers were seasick. He said by then the sea had become very rough. The pots, pans, and kettles would roll around the cabins, and several people were thrown out of their beds. The water would gush in the cabins and get made probate judge of Kane GitThrit Bring your Hallo roen Troe to Decorate Create a in tho Haunted Forest Spooky Old Tree Behind. Firehouse - Gift Certificates Grand Prize $50 readings daily for drawings Psychic readings - .Also on Oct. 26, 27 28th Wo aro having a Painted and Carved Pushkin Contest at Fredcnia Middle School 1st, 2nd 3rd place -- IQ Gypsy $30$20$10 ftfrctonit Oani ad CnotR ent |