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Show tup Tr--m Wmn Its History Narrated in a Sunday School Essay. Following is tho essay which took the Sunday School prizj in the Tenth Ward last Sunday. The succeful contributor was Fred Rosslter. Tho Tenth Ward was organized in February, IS19. Among its early sy-tilcrs were Iral Evans, Conrad Klienman, Zeming Draper, Isamiah Draper, John Steele, William Strong, John Proctor, David Pette-grew, Pette-grew, Thomas Speirs and Isaac Iianey. The two last named built the first two residences in the Ward in the spring of 18J3. They were both two-stery adobe buildings containing con-taining four rooms each. Tiie one built by Thomas Speirs isstillstaud-ing isstillstaud-ing on tno corner of Sixth South and Eighth Etst streets. One year after the Ward's organization, In ISS3, a fence was built around it, each man building au amount In proportion to the property occupied ty him. Around this fence (which was removed in 1S571 a guard, with Daniel Tyler as their leader, was stationed to protect the erops. In tho-e days wnen lumber was scarce tho lots were surrouudel by stone wall. One lot, containing two hundred square rods, novr worth thousands, could have been bought for seven dollars. Thf wall which surrounded the city to protect it from the ravages: of the wily red man, passed through the eastern portion of tho Ward. In IS), soon after the Ward fence was finished, the Ward was divided Into twenty-rour twenty-rour blocks of ten acres each, Willi streets betwecn.two rods wide. These were changed to their present width when the ward was enlarged on the easU On December .TOth, 1S50, the first marrlsgs ceremony of the wan), at which Edward Taylor and Sarah Turner were joints! Iu wedlock, was performed by David Pettegrs!5'- Tlle firet divorce was granted to John and Hannah Booth in January, 1S53. In the sprlDg of ISoO, the male population united iu digging a ditch to bring tho water from Emigration canyon Into the w ard. This 'tnam was used to w attr the crops and the trees which had been set out to givushadeand beautify beau-tify the ward. The first srhool-liousc, srhool-liousc, a small adobe building 1Sx2ux 7 feet, was built about twenty rods south of tho present one from contributions con-tributions of money and labor from the i itizens. This was urd for re-liiilous re-liiilous aud school serviee-s until Ibo-t, when it gavo way to a two-stoiy two-stoiy adobe structure 41x22 feet, n Inch was tho largest ward house In the cityal that time. The lower -stbry Is hbw ill existence atid Is utsl for school purposes. A large addition of two spacious rooms was added to this in 15SS, nnd still the school cajaeity is insufficient. The prci-ent nutting house, 55x33 feet, which was built In 1S73, at a cost of SS'JII, was dedicated entirely for religious re-ligious servlct-. Ill 1SS9 a estry to stories high aud containing two rojnis was added lo it. Tho princlinl other buildings of the ward are tho Territorial Exposition Ex-position Buildiuz, erected in ISSSat a cost of over Slo.OK), a Cou;ri-ga-tlonal church, the Tenth Ward IijmUrr and Bulldiug Association's Associa-tion's buildings, tho Salt Lake-Brewcry, Lake-Brewcry, which was partly destroyed des-troyed In the spring of 1S9J, the Troy Steam Bauudry, and several stores and other minor buil lings August Gth, 1SG3, the first permanent perma-nent Sunday school was orennize-i. I Benjamin Bang w as cho'en superintendent. super-intendent. At liU death George Baddley was appointed to tako his plsce. When Elder Baddley became be-came seriously IU, James C. Woods took temporary charge. At lladd-ley's lladd-ley's death Brother Woods was appointed in his stead with Rjbert Miller and William Poll as assist-atiU, assist-atiU, none of the previous sutier-iutendculs sutier-iutendculs Invlug had any. At Brother Pcil'd death Nejihl How-nrtli How-nrtli wasappoint'-d to the position of second as-iisttntsiperiutendent. On his removal from the ward Samuel E. Baxter wu chosen to act in his place. Dtvid Pcttegrew was ordained or-dained first Bishop of the ward February 22a J, 1S19. His coun sellors were Daniel Tyler aud San-ford San-ford Porter. John Steels was appointed ap-pointed as tho first ckrk of the ward on April 1st. 1B19. December Otb, 1S53, Conrad Kleinman and Alfred Cordon were appointed counselors coun-selors to Bishop Pettegrew, both the others having removed from the ward Subsequently Elders Cordon and Klienman removing to another ward, their places were filled by Adam Speirs and John Proctor. BIsnop Pettegrew died December 31st, 1SG3, when his Counselors had charge of the ward until January, 1S87, when John Proctor was ordained or-dained Bishop and Adam Speirs and William Ashman as his Counselor. Coun-selor. John Proctor died February Febru-ary 12th. 1871. Adam Speirs was appointed to take temporary charge of the ward. He acted by virtue of his appointment until June 20th, 1S77, when ho wasordained Bishop with James C. Woods and William GriQln as Counselors. Elders Speirs and Griffin were ordained and set apart as High Priests by Apostle John Taylor, and Elder Woods by Apostle'George Q Cannon. Can-non. Counselor (Jrlflhi removing to another ward in 1SS9, Elder Joseph Knldlngton was ordained Second Counselor to Bishop Speirs in his place. The population of the ward in 1S50 was 192, In 1SS0 OS.1!, and in 1SS9 nearly 3000. |
