Show INCIDENTS IN THE LIVES OF THE LATE MR ME AND MRS MES GEORGE PICKUP by F K X SMITH thou little what ITS he can brave who born and nursed nur ged in dangers path has dared her worst upon whose ear the signal word of strife and death is hourly breaking who sleeps with head upon lila sword hla his fevered hand must grasp in waking THOMAS MOORE sometimes in turning over pages in the life book of the aged often alien they have passel passed to the gabat beyond who in their simple mods mode of life were known to us oaly by their quiet undemonstrative and peaceful walk down dowa the th last miles of the slope elope of time clinging as it were like a few withered leaves on the branches of some grand old oak of a past age we find chapters chapt sra of heroism a power of endurance in conflicts sharp and trying as they traveled tover lover rugged and stony paths wrestling with dangers and trials of every description often for or their dally daily bread overcoming difficulties that ithac to io us of the present day would seem insurmountable how much we would like to recall the opportunities bo 30 lightly esteemed while we were in dally touch with them in order to ascertain more mono fully truths which have become history from eya eye witnesses arid real actors in these frontier movements ilow how in the spring and summer eummer seasons ot of rife life all they faculties were quickened with energy and resisting power they en countered and overcame dangers alad aad hardships we may imay read between tines lines in their life book of souls alive falth with sensation of 0 resolute will power strung up with a purpose for which they were wiluin to bring every sacrifice everi of life itself the parents mr air and mrs airs george pickup transmitted to their children the heroism to be true to 0 their religion whatever the consequence their childhood demor memories ies irb ini this school of hard blocks gave them stout hearts and willing milling han hands ids to do and to dare they wisely recognized the fact that the present presen was not all of life but merely a preparatory school that hat not on oa flowery beds of ease but in effort and endurance could they hope tor for ultimate success thy they put their heir powers on the rack and staggered before on labors when there was scarcely a hops hope of 0 their opa opportunities port unities were meager but they possessed energy to and apply them to the best of their ability their generous deeds were concealed by the veil of modesty yet yei many a milestone on lifes highway testifies to their missions having been nobly fulfilled george pickup was born in provo valley his parents were early pioneers at the age of 18 years he accompanied his father in piloting L D S promised promised land these excursions ewers attended not only with the usual dangers of encountering with indians but in the fact that they were obliged to endure privations of every kind and to practice the most rigid economics living on the products of a barren aid a id sterile land until their patient toll had metamorphosed utah into a productive and prosperous state at the age of df twenty lie be was bait u ailt ed in marriage to miss olive durfee of eden she was the daughter of mr and mrs airs theo durfee the latter mho was a personal friend of the mormon prophet joseph smith and an ail early co convert avert to his teachings ln gs mrs airs pickups parents remained in ill III until in 1864 when alien their home was burned by tho the th o lawless tl element ement their oldest son gave ills hla life to the union cause on their journey to their new home mrs airs pickup and her older sisters walked much of the way in order to lighten the heavy load En route the train had two encounters with in deans and at one time the emigrants were almost overpowered when assistance si camo to their til sir relief la in the pioneer days of ashley valley mr and mrs airs pickup moved to vernal where their child childen rn grew to manhood and womanhood woman hoo d at the opening ot of the reservation they moved to a homestead two miles east of 0 roosevelt where they remained until 1919 when th he couple now advanced in dearv and their children settled in and about noo roosevelt sevelt moved to the city ci y mel pickup plotted the pickup addition and built one ot of the he first commodious brick houses for or some years he w waa as in the real ral estate bu business a here mr air pickup his wife to the horns homs beyond alne aine years |