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Show COUPLE MARRIED SIXTY YEARS Three Score Years of Iloneer Hardships See Couple Still' InUed. The 60th wedding onuivorsary of Mr. and Mrs. John Dennett was quitely observed at their home in Ttockville on April 18, with many friends and relatives calling to wish they happy returns re-turns of the day. John D-ciuiett was born in Salt Lake City, October 10. 1S53. in 1862, he came with his parents par-ents to Dixie, settling first at M.l-iof titoc tli on L-npwn a o A rl - venture. Later he moved a few miles east on what is now the David Terry lot at Rockville. He was very active in building and making roads, fences, ditches, dams, etc., and in living and working as the old pioneers did. When fifteen years of age he went to the northern part of the state and helped break the railroad track through Echo canyon. can-yon. In the fall of 186S he returned re-turned to Rockville with a government gov-ernment wagon drawn by five yoke of oxen. In the fall of 1S69 he drove a team of four mules taking supplies to the settlers of Kanab. Ka-nab. The Indians were so bad that during the trip, which required re-quired three weeks, no fires were lighted. He learned to play a drum and in spite of many years of hard pioneer life, can j still play as well as ever. Rebecca Dennett was born . January 13. 1S57. at Cotton-i wood. In 1862 she came to Dix-j ie, settling in Harrisburg. In j the spring of 1S6S they moved i to Rockville. and she t-pent much ' of her time as other women of' that day did. in spinning, card- j ing and weaving. She spent a i great deal of her life caring j for the sick, and has assisted at j the birth of hundreds of babies. ; The first pay she received for such help was $3. after caring; for the child day and night for i three weeks. ! They are the parents of 12! children, have 75 grandchildren and 55 great-grandchildren. |