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Show Pine Valley Scene Of Seventh Ralston Family Reunion Beautiful Pine Valley, Utah, was the scene of the Seventh annual reunion of the descendants descend-ants of Andrew Ralston, Revolutionary Revo-lutionary soldier, on Saturday, July 18, 1936. Two hundred members of this historic family, many of them from St. George, were in attendance, ami others from California, Nevada, Arizona, and Pennsylvania. Andrew Ralston served seven and one-half years in the army of George Washington, being taken prisoner at Long Island and being wounded in the Battle of Bradywine. After being mustered must-ered out November 3, 1783, he married Sophia Waltermyer in York County, Pennsylvania, and was a pioneer farmer there until un-til 1812, when he and his family fam-ily migrated to Bloomfleld, Ohio. His granddaughter. Hannah Davis Huntsman, and her husband, hus-band, James W. Huntsman, became be-came pioneers of Utah, settling first at Lake Point, and later 'in the Dixie Mission at old Hebron. Heb-ron. The oldest member of the clan present was Mrs. Mary Terry Huntsman, of Enterprise, eighty-five years old, who was also present at the first State Day Celebration held at Pine Valley resort in 1864. The reunions were called to order by Dana E. Towne, second sec-ond vice-preseident, of Helper, Utah ,and the opening song, America", Am-erica", was sung. Prayer was offered of-fered by Clyde D. Huntsman, Fallon, Nevada. Lam on d W. Huntsman, Enterprise, welcomed the reunioners, to which George L. Ralston, Los Angeles, California, Calif-ornia, responded. Led by Leland Huntsman they sang, "O, ye Mountains High," after which Lewis C. Walkinshaw, historian, gave his annual report of the collection of historical data of interest to the family. Mabel Mc-Kndght, Mc-Kndght, Littlefleld, Arizona, gave a reading, "Betty at the Ball Game." Lelacnd, Merlin and MHian Huntsman rendered a trio with guitar accompaniment. After lunch and the taking of a group picture, a lively discussion was had on the genealogical work of the family, and particularly that part of it concerning the Hunts-mans. Hunts-mans. A cordial invitation was received from Oscar D. Davis and family to hold the Eighth (Continued on page five'1 RALSTON REUNION i ' (Continued from first Daee) Annual Reunion at Argyle, Wisconsin, Wis-consin, which was accepted, and the time fixed as August 21, 193 7. The officers were then elected for the coming year. Sunday was spent by a large group of the reunioners at Enterprise, En-terprise, visiting the , Terry ranch, the site of old Hebron town laid out by John Pulsipher ana l nomas Terry, the old Hebron Heb-ron burying ground, the Arthur Huntsman ranch, and attending sessions at the L. D. S. Chapel. On account of the large number of the descendants of James W. Huntsman and Hannah Davis Huntsman, pioneer settlers in Utah, who are also Ralston descendants des-cendants it was decided to continue con-tinue the organization of the Huntsman group so that genealogical genea-logical work might be continued and sub-reunions held at times when the larger reunions were being held in other parts of the country and officers were selected se-lected for the coming year to conduct the affairs of the Huntsman Hunts-man group. |