| Show biographical SKETCH OF LATE JOAB COLLIER mrs may carpenter daughter ol of the lat late joab jb collier furnishes furnished the express with the following biographical sketch ot of her father which was compiled from a record which he kept keeping it posted until his death the sketch follows joab collier was born at lodge lane duckinfield chester county england july 23 1855 ills ilia tather father was killed in a coal mine the next year leaving him an only child when a very small boy he be commenced working with hla his mother in the factories tor for their support at first working halt half the day and attending school the other half at the ago of eleven years he was taken out of school and from that time until he reached the ago age of fifteen years he worked steadily ton ten and one ona half balt hours a day and hla his education then depended upon what he could learn through reading and studying at home at the age of fifteen years he immigrated to utah wim his mother who belonged to the mormon church lie he and his mother lived in the home of aaron nardy hardy of moroni san pete county through the first winter and in the autma of the following year he once more entered school working for his board and schooling until spring the following summer he worked on a farm at 10 per mouth month and again in the fall started to school inis year ended hia bis schooling because of scarcity of paying work but ho he resolved that life should bo be his teacher at the adv of nineteen years he moved to provo prove with the family of dr it M rogers tor for whom he worked most of the time tor for three years yearb when at the age of twenty two years yeara he was married to theodocia Iv kt eeler of provo lie he had bad worked tor for the doctor as a son might have done not drawing wages but with the verbal agreement that he should have a certain portion ot oc the dol doktors tors farm when he married dut but he received one of life ilfe a lessons lesions when the doctor told him promises Prom laes are like pie crusts crusta made rich to be easily broken and dissolved relationship without settlement of accounts leaving the young couple coudle to start life at the very bottom of the financial ladder in the early years of married life he learned the trade of brick mason and also began the the keeping of bees at which two occupations he worked much during his life A strong characteristic in the make up of joab collier was his willingness to assist in any growing enterprise which promised usefulness to a community it was due to this trait that he was an officer in the first young mens mutual improvement association in the fourth ward in provo also in the first sunday school in that ward and after coming to ashley valley in the year 1890 he be was a leading pioneer la in almost every enterprise and association in fix the southern section of this valley now known as naples and davis wards settling as he be did on a dryland farm several miles from water ten months montha out of the year destrini desiring educational advantages for his children but seeing their only chance in the poor little district school with the rudest of equipment still with a strong heart and a never falling failing energy he set to work to make things as lie be would could have them and those who have been closely associated with him did not feel that the statement made at his funeral services vices by a bosom friend was overdone over done when this remark was made what davis ward is in the way of prosperity can be laid to the efforts of joab collier joab collier was a lover of order and of improvements an ever willing helper of those in need a wise counsellor and friend to all who sought aid from his store of experience and knowledge a firm ana loving parent who set an example of true honor to his family and a man worthy to be called a latter day saint |
