Show alva alexander f 1 hatch and mary elizabeth nelson ruh r uh week we will nm run a hl eai eu ketch sketch of one of f oar our planken pla neen next week win will spur the history of e mr am dennl und Froe ae te would like of any of our alonen or L blant sent nt in 1 to be b nm run la in this column alva alexander hatch son of patriarch jeremiah hatch and louisa pool alexander wu was born marc 11 1551 eoon soon aft after r the arbir al 4 hl hh parents in salt lake city his father waa was born in vermont and his mother in new hampshire mary Fl alizabeth ni zabeth nelson was bon in st louis mo may 4 1853 1832 and came to utah with her parent parents hobert robert B and elizabeth nelson when she was only six months old olda both la millea ettlel settled in smith field where here young al at and luti mary grew up tide side by tide side aten al at was but 17 and mary 18 10 they I 1 were married in the En dowmen house in salt lake city november 7 IWO 18 they made their home near their parents and lived there until tile five children elizabeth ElUa heUi alva louisa loulu and jane b born prom from eli they moved to heber where a baby girl N minnie linnie may was born and in the spring ol 01 18 mr hatch accompanied by some of his relatives came come into the ashley valley tc te locate ome some farming firming and grazing land although vernal waa was at that time i ey e y much a be he law saw and am realized that here was land rich aw fertile to grow food for hh his fitly and sad rait vast franzes tor for stock the me following s he brought his f family amily to vernal built a neat little cabin ol 01 ila docs in fn which tich they lived until eight children 11 all II boy boys david jer imlah samuel john charles loran lotan abe and clyde werf er bom born uncle ar with david woodruff and george merkley hauled logs Ws for the first schoolhouse in ashley valley he its also helped build the fort la in dan days of indian trouble owned ft a mote mou ts t mill milt which IUT tur dished ro olASA to the enar set oa on pw PH artz foar ALI 11 ALEX autmer AD IL liaci E HATCH continued fam page one 11 lenient and kept a tore store where the conico service station statton na nai tand stands lie ile served as a county corn com mUt mili loner stoner for or one term and va w th hh father uncle jerry hatch did much to make pece peace between the indian indians and the white when this pioneer lam family I 1 ay left heber for vernal they were vere presented with six alx lx hens and a rooster by dill bill reynold reynolds and with the ther r four our coss they felt that afe tres could feird their family aunt mary vary insists that times were ere not hard bard be baube bergi e shared alike when the friendly indians coun died the few settlers of ashler to build a tort fort as protection against the hostile indians ancle al icv ed pd his house into the fort and there aunt mary says w s as s spent the happiest winter inter of their lives food plentiful plen titu to be sure but with the help ot of money loaned to them by archie lc supplies were bought and no one starved mr hir hadlock had rece received led this money as a compensation tor for tle ile loss 0 a on mn killed in the civil cliff I 1 war r A sell ell dug ann n toe ko durni 5 li ed and art ad oily only coi owned bv aunt mary hatch furnished rih rl h italic milk all of 0 the in f fort this cow sas a kept fit rod 1 P ductile bi se scraps rap c ct f food rom cary k no ahry nor gain ei a in ft t one time the cooles motes killed U 24 chickum b belonging longing to mrs brad bird Efird ato lived out outs de the fort and thee chicken bere rere cleaned and prepared for a regular feast least tle fort parties were ere held and dancing was enjoyed on the only wooden floor in the fort a white hite puncheon floor planed and smoothed and scrubbed spotlessly cean can ir the home borne of aidt mar hatch abe A be coan furnished the mus muse c lor for danclar by playing a much erld fadde far ha ats pa ire it and other food aunt neary belonged to the rast relief sock ty organized in N vernal ernal by jeremiah hatch and aas a faithful worker u among the s ack ek and need needa until her old ege age kept aler e from active enice at one tine time an ardlan baart and his s wife afe jane came to vis list t auit mary and ond uncle al at peeing a fresh killed steer given glen to the family ea by A C hatch of heber he offered fer to jerk the meat A tire fire was sas built a brine made aej old soon had rows roas of beet beef hanging to dry it was very iery good the indians remained over oer n fht and were ere very cry friendly at no tune time were sere the indians ds dishonorable in their dealings ith the white hite women and girla and the expected the same treatment tor for their squads squaws As the years have hane gone by these PJ pioneers ars have hae sit witnessed nested great pro gress and ind many improvements ln in the ashley valley and are bining no now at the ager of 80 and 75 79 hap 1 surrounded by bir tt tte e following posterity nine chud child tn en fifty four grandchildren grand children thirty three creat great preat great grandchild crand chUd |