Show our pioneers I 1 JEDDI mt It WARDLE written aten by um mn setphen M rosa Tr tridell idell jeddiah camle was born bom MAY liay 4 1857 at prow provo utah mail ills ilia parents were george wardle wad d fanny hustyi Hus tui t of leete leek Stal St afton Tord shire england and were with ther the arst company to enter salt rake valley his parents shared the paine ww wn on with george A smith and were among unon the party that fira down clown on oil the bulley tha morning of july 21 1847 three days before the eral emigrating grating party entered the valley they built a home tn in the city in what was waa known then as sugar house housa ward after living there a few year they were called to provo to aa 83 in organizing a stake sta ce school lie he also taught dancing luid and arn dramatics ti Cs while residing at aa this place jeddiah was boni bom jeddiah crew up with tile other bo s and girls g arb in hi the city he ionized arid and played as all helt lV children do one cne of their games of sport was slating antan miny y kinlea they skated without shoes the young boys sed ed to cuty carry a 0 bundle of straw and when khen their leet feet would mould get too cold after skating bard tooted they lay the straw on oil the ground and stand upon it 16 until their feet would warm up a little then they would take tahe it up and continue the skating jed remembers the tha indians indiana coin tog ing to and causing much knuch trouble with the whites oil off their cattle and horses hones ile he bem embers black hawk the old claer ol 01 hom he can tell some intermit ink ing stories when ho he was as in his teens he moved alth ith his parents to orasa valley but due to indian lai they sex e forced to ave to olea glen mood utah there then he took part in many s gazle ww of sport and was a splendid dancer due to tha met that hla his father taught dAnci dancona lift school he was an apt pupil hla his parents made many moves in tle the toan tan toa n and valleys of utah la in ob 0 41 to the cau call caf uie the church to bo ft assist in tile tha singing n e aandrig aej opera they etro never at al lowi lawi to remain very long in one ona place nd ad for that reason had n aride and arieal acance at olle me time lie hired out ty to a I 1 nian man ta to ril rile ride e and bi bicak eak wild horses hors ca or broLio 3 lie ife became bee ame an experts girlder rider and ride the worst animals it BOS as ilia delight to vt get on oil a good horse and chase cha so wild hoisl for days at a time lie learned how havy to tell a good hono homer when lie he looked at ona ile he haa it owned many horses and them for the track both in utah ane and ile he made d it a bustness business for years thil of halbing puro pure bred hf he ts is kind ard with ith all animals the dog is alsa one ot of hla his favorite he has been the happy ax ot A many wise dogs they have been hla moct trusted friends jn in his hi long lowly lonely travels ovier over tha rang ranges of itah 11 ho has also v N olied in tha logging camps in the pine roo auita end and became a very skilled logger ti they y n mostly aly u used ud d loyen own in those thosa days lie he has driven 3 or 4 voke oke cl oxen oven all hooked to ti ithe the same load of logs at the samo tim tima ilia his voice has made tho the mountains moun tanu tho acho sith his hia cheel ivhon i has I 1 I 1 ills his battla catl ld were just as aa well ell trained as aa his hor ot of later bears ears tho the famille familly moved moed front from glenwood v lc it 1877 by that time frim o I 1 ax had haa 1 to oung marx manlio hooL ol well i p with dark brown hair and sparkling hazel eyes and d a skin that would do credill to a comanche indian it waa so welt seasoned son san and wind his inus muscles cles mere ere like lae li liard knots on a rope ile he married i Mi ellabeth zabeth abplanalp of midway bazat A co 1 anty december cember Dp 7 1931 in salt lake endowment bowe ire he wid tind his 1 I bride resided at nud mid w v ay tor for a few ars u after their madriago marr MaT lAgo riAgO tl ti en hiis father received e d another call to so go to the ashley ashe i valley about 1883 together gether alth vit ll 11 his father tits ills brothers ed aln heber and Alf alfonso orzo and their families they moved again and tool took up their abode in another N wild ud urAn habited alley almy all filed on homesteads and be became some ot of ti tf first pioneers of ohp valley jeddiah helped to kill the lizards and arak sakei 4 and blaze the trail from the alley into the mountains ile he also helped to build the canals and water aster ditches ile he brought his farill farm under cutti cultivation ti built his log house fenced his farni farm and bull built his corrals and stables between seasons ha would take hs lauge wagon magon and horses homes and had ha freight from price to ernal lie he lias has been caught out to in all kinds ot of veather neather often taking sixteen day das s to nue make the trip in 1889 lie he receded a call to go M cm a 9 mt mayrion ion to englund in a few shot v weeks beeks he bade his v wife rife an and d bialos farewell U going to salt lake by team and wagon ire he stay staged ed in the mission field vier over two years lie he became a fluent speaker and was so sincere that people became conlin convinced ced ot of tha th truth of t 3 message after home he vs va chosen counselor to bishop OP ab on an page rive 0 OUR UR PIONEERS j continued fiam page ow one panli of glines ward iward and tilled filled that calling verv creditably foi 01 nine years eaas in at the of the uintah reservation Resen Rese ration atlon he again ened onto a new farm at roosevelt to make a new horne home he was aas called to take charge of seven seen elders ciders who nho traveled all through the mun c try as honie ass mss fonaries lie he often wd to ride horseback over 35 rules to fill an and for many years he never a call he was as called on to conduct meetings and preach funeral sermons sern it Is his delight in h ha s deel declining laing ceu 8 to sit by the fireside 04 ani an evening and tear tearh teach h all of those aho ho cue care to listen the night before he was to undergo under goe a critical opera ton t on he said I 1 was 76 last may I 1 have hae been able to vork mork up until thour if our das dans ago I 1 have haae a a ranch down on willow creek and I 1 am fencing it I 1 han have e built miles of rf fencing I 1 enjoy working I 1 am all alone dimny any tims times for das |