Show OUR PIONEERS mary B String liam continued from last week eek the schools in early days were not graded as they are now tor for the studies in the high school were not as far fax advanced as the bill grade today after finishing ono one 3 lear ear of high school I 1 taught tor for two years 1878 1876 and 1877 mark itt hall a friend whom I 1 was raised with in huntsville and I 1 were married january 12 1877 in november 1878 we e moved to uintah county ny father had come to this country the ye year ar previous and had found it to be very iery productive with a good climate and plenty of water our first home was as in dry fork where here my husband tanned fanned in the summer and taught school tn in the winter when we had been married for ten happy ears my ausba husband d was taken suddenly ill with appendicitis and died afar afur an illness of three days besides myself four children sur survived viled the year after my tius aus bande death I 1 bought a home near my parents place plate in maeser here I 1 hed he d various arious ward and stake positions until IM 1902 when I 1 waa as re teased leasel my two brothers br david and charles were sere going to canada to geek seek new homes my cons sons were anxious to go to so I 1 consented to go too tm this waa was in march 1903 M my y son M mark a r k tl w WM u married to lk t arzy fo at e u SU str in J janu ary 20 1004 in the salt lake I ake temple I 1 lived with mark and may four kara ears and we made our home in maerah and brant we also f pont one winter in cardston bardston Card ston after alving in brant two years I 1 received a telegram from don 13 colton that my daughter maysle his wife was as ve ver ill in vernal I 1 left immediately but arrived too late to reach venial vernal before sha she died 1 I returned to canada and lived there two more years yews then I 1 came to salt lake where I 1 was married to phillip String harri in the salt lake temple december 21 1907 we returned to vernal and made 0 our ur home my eldest son and family re mair d in canada for seven seen jeam ears more and met with many disappoint ments on account of frost drought and hailstorks hailstorms hail storms one season he planted acres of wheat and when nhen it vi wl almost ready to harvest a heavy hailstorm came and in ten minutes the beautiful crop was destroyed I 1 was chosen second councilor to mrs nancy A colton in the stake society on an No goembel embel 22 I 1 was as then chosen chown first counse counselor lor and later president until unta 1919 1916 when I 1 found it necessary to be released of the work on account of my eye trouble we spent the winter of 1918 IP 29 in california Cal trOmia and after return returning ing wo we built a it modem modern homo horne in mae eer iser since then we spent one winter in aft und has gone one tc ast 1st george each winter |