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Show AMASA HAYMOND OBSERVES 92BIRTHDAY Oldest Springville resident, as well as oldest Springville man Amasa Haymond, celebrated his ninety - second birthday anniversary anni-versary Sunday, December 8 at his home, 8 5 West Second South Coming to Springville the next year after the initial settlement Mr. Haymond has lived here practically prac-tically all his life. Born December 8, 1848, at Des Moines, Iowa, a son of Edward Owen and Margaret Ann Cisell Haymond, he crossed the plains by ox team in 1850, arriving in Salt Lake City that fall and settling set-tling in Springville the next April. His father -was a blacksmith and he and his family came to , Springville especially to practice that trade. As a small hnv lvr. Haymond recalls helping his father fa-ther in the trade and he personally made many of the nails that were used. At thirteen, he began his career as a freighter by driving his father's fa-ther's four-mule time to Carson City, Nevada, in company with other freighters, and from that time until the advent of the railroads, rail-roads, he freighted to nearby states, Montana, to the east, and to California. He recalls the trip to Los Angeles with the freight lines took three months with only one or two stops, almost entirely through desert. He said that at that time Los Angeles was only , a sman settlement or adobe huts. , During his later life, he did extensive ex-tensive farming, stock raising, and !ran a threshing machine for 46 years. He married Eliza Jane Bring-hurst Bring-hurst in the Salt Lake Endowment House, May 29, 1871, with Salt Lake City Mayor Daniel H. Wells officiating. The couple celebrated their sixty-second wedding anniversary anni-versary in 1933. Mrs. Haymond and one son,, George D. Haymond of Nephi, died in 1934 and 1938, respectively. Mr. Haymond is the father of nine living children, Amasa Lyman Ly-man Jr., John C. Haymond, Dr. W. Creed Haymond, and Mrs. W. W. Wagener, of Salt Lake City; F. O. Haymond, W. B. Haymond, Magna; Mrs. W. Y. Stoddard, Mrs. George Willis, San Francisco; and Dorothy Haymond, Springville. He has 25 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. An accomplished musician, Mr. Haymond played in Springville's brass band for twenty-five years, playing a variety of instruments. He is also a Black Hawk Indian war veteran, serving in the Jesse P. Steele Cavalry company. Of that entire company, Mr. Haymond Hay-mond is now the only living member. mem-ber. He also made the assertion that of all those whom he freighted freight-ed with, none are alive today except ex-cept himself. Mr. Haymond has good hearing and eyesight and an excellent posture. pos-ture. He is in good health and with a sense of humor enjoys life very much. |