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Show tt." T'fl.r'O i ri3-'V- Feature The Mariger-Stewart-Chamberl- SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY AUGUST 20, 1W7 rs ain Home i4 Writers note: This article is the Woolley Chamberlain writes in fourth in a series featuring His- her journal: "When the town of toric Homes in Kanab, and the Kanab was surveyed and platcolorful pioneers who lived in ted in 1871, President Brigham them. I have only touched on the Young selected a city block just lives of these brave pioneers who west ofthe Public Square, for his ventured into the unknown to own use, and planted it with the experience hardships, sadness, choicest fruit trees and grape and happy times. I have nothing vines. These bore fruit for many but admiration for the women, years." After Brighams death, particularly those who were plu- one of his daughters received ral wives . These homes are not this block in the settlement of open to the public. Please respect his estate, and sold it to Laurence the privacy of the owners. My Mariger for $650.00. Laurence C. Mariger along thanks to Beth Martin for her David with his brothers-in-lahelp. Udall and William Thomas Stewart opened a store on BxBarJxuxLples The corner of Brighams Block. 'Now were not talking House, it was a one-roocross wing house, is constructed ofbrick. This home faces frame building with a east toward a street with no lean-t- o on the east. The three curbs or gutters or sidewalks. gave up the store when the An feature in this people of Kanab were advised. pioneer hdmeis the hand painted .by church leaders, to organize The partner pine wood work (made to look the Kanab Co-olike oak) found in both the south ship sold two lots to Sarah and north part of the house. Lucretia Mariger, and her husAnother fascinating feature, band built the north half of the found in a closet in the north house in about 1881. side of the house, is a hidden Woolley had this to say when seshe was working for Mariger, 7 stairway that ascends to a cret room upstairs ..At one tun etjvorked for my board and surely ther was a secret passageway earned if-- . . The fapiily con- in the house that led to the coal sisted of the husband, two wives, bin by the bam. Many of Kanabs and six children, including two pioneers practiced the doctrine babies in long clothes . . talk of plural marriages, and needed about washing and ironing. "She to hide from the U. S. Marshals went on to say that Brother or deps as they were called. Mariger was bishop of the ward, This well preserved home with stake clerk, the superintendent its elaborate bay window sits in of the p store, telegraph opa neighborhood that was once erator, mail contractor, and sevknown as Brighams Block. Mary eral other things. i P' ?r rf: . the'-northwe- Mariger-Stewart-Cham-berla- J ii !i. v Vi'"' ay - -- ' fewfi!7 $ $&' K. . vi: st in ry Wal-Mar- m t, full-leng- th eye-catchi- p. co-o- It's BacIt-to-Scho-ol tilS9..af - t.-- . 1 Ctzftas?tofz Gca4. 644-556- 2 406 East 300 South Kanab Come and sign up for classes Tole Painting Scrapbook and Keepsake Supplies Halloween Decorations sees start September 4 Sign up today i I 1 i t 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 I lli'-iili- !. i The home was built by Laurence and Sarah Mariger. It is believed that John and Eliza Stewart built the south half of the house. Photo by Barbara Pyles. in i Bishop Mariger would have disapproved, of the series of rhythmical motions and steps that dancers use today. As Bishop, he made the rules governing the behavior of dancers. A young man could only swing his partner once around. If he broke th? rule, he had to ask forgiveness on Sunday morning. One young man broke the rule more than once. Instead of asking forgiveness again and again, he stopped dancing. One can almost hear him say, Ill wait for a new bishop to change the rule. Mariger also helped lay out the town of Fredonia, Ariz. where his second wife, Linda Farnsworth, hid out. Since the raids were only conducted in Utah, Fredonia, also called Free Women, became a popular gathering place for plural wives. John Riley and Eliza Stevenson Stewart were the second owners of the property. Its believed that the Stewarts built the south half of the house in about 1893; the kitchen was was an inspiration and example to their children : Their close companionship and confidence in one another imparted a warmth in their home." John Riley Stewart never took a plural wife. John was the fourth child of Levi and Melinda Howard Stewart. The family emigrated across the plains in 1848, settling in Salt Lake City. At the age of 16, John drove a team to Omaha to get supplies for his fathers store. At the age of 21, he made a second tri p to Omaha and was drafted into the U.S. Army. While fighting in the Civil War, John was wounded. He recuperated at the home of relatives in Illinois and fell in love with his first cousin, Frances Ellen Van Hooser. Three years after he brought also remodeled at that time. Since this was done within the historical period, it does not affect the historical integrity. Clarice Stewart Anderson wrote the following about her parents: Both John and Eliza appreciated culture and refinement and tried to provide it for their children. They both loved good books . . . their children followed the example and excellent books were provided for thei r reading. Musical instruments were common in the home . . . Eliza played the accordion and the organ . . . love to think of her sitting at the organ and encouraging us to sing Clarice also wrote: "Their deep his bride to Juab Valley, love and respect for one another Frances died. He met Eliza Stevenson in Cottonwood and fell in love for a second time. John married Eliza on December 16, 1865, and they settled down at Little Salt Creek. In 1870, Brigham Young called Levi Stewart and his married sons and their wives to help give birth to the town of , Kanab. John and Eliza lived at the old Kanab Fort where they EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE suffered many hardships. He ran cattle on the Kaihab, was a Now accepting applications guide for Mjor John Wesley for full and part-tim- e Powell, and helped to build positions trails down the Grand Canyon Different departments - All shifts to the Colorado River. John and Eliza helped set up a sawmill Excellent benefit package for full-tion the Kaibab where they milled employees me Please contact personnel department at 644-- 1 200 for an appointment Equal Opportunity Employer lumber for the St. George Temple. Unfortunately, doctors were few and far between, so John cared for the sick. 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