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Show American Fork CitizenLone Peak New Utah! - Wednesday, September 8, 1999 - Page 7 Family History Center sets open house The American Fork Family History Center will hold an open house on Saturday, Sept. 11 from 3 to 9 p.m. All members of the public are invited to attend at the center, cen-ter, located in the basement of the Alpine Tabernacle, 110 E. Main, American Fork. The event will assist those who are interested in linking with their ancestors. Those attending should bring the name and birth date of one of their progenitors. They will see displays, demonstrations and classes to assist them. In addition, there will be periodic tours of the center. Special features are: Ancestral file submissions, updates and corrections. Personal histories. The value of histories left by ancestors ances-tors and use of modern technol- " '"x ;: i Members of the newly re-organized LDS 6th Ward Bishopric are, l-r: seated, Michael T. Armstrong, Bishop Bruce M. Hoggard, Brian D. Thompson. Standing, David G. Bridges, Michael Healey, Swen R. Howard, Scott Miller, Cloyd Timothy. AF Sixth Ward sustains bishopric Family records. Keeping Bruce M. Hoggard was sustained sus-tained as bishop of the American Fork LDS 6th Ward in the Central Stake on Sunday, Sept. 5. First counselor is Michael T. Armstrong and 2nd counselor, Brian D. Thompson. Swen R. Howard is executive secretary, with David G. Bridges serving as assistant ward clerk. Retained were Cloyd Timothy, ward clerk, and Scott Miller and Michael Healey, assistant clerks. Released were Bishop Duane M. Durrant, 1st counselor Rondall W. Morrill, 2nd counselor coun-selor Bryant K. Kettle, executive execu-tive secretary Stanley Rawlings, and John Sermon, assistant clerk. The re-organization was under the direction of the American Fork LDS Central Stake presidency. ogy- records up to date, accurate and secure. Temple records. Clearing records of ancestors for temple ordinances, and how to avoid duplications. Family organizations. Using modern technology to obtain total family involvement, involve-ment, and creating a family web site. Name extraction. Data entry of vital records. Ida Wagstaff shares history of progenitor Ida Wagstaff provided the following history from her late husband, David. Samuel Wagstaff, David's great-grandfather, along with other members of his family, emigrated from England and arrived in Salt Lake City Sept. 24, 1862. Samuel was an experienced expe-rienced gardener. Soon after his arrival he heard that Bishop Edward Hunter wanted someone some-one to operate his farm in American Fork. He applied for the job and was accepted. He moved his family to that place in Oct. 1862 and lived there for five years. He, with his son, David, took up bench lands (in j$ctkn$ll and 14) and built a molasses mill, which was the first on the bench. He also built a little home in what is now the American Fork Third Ward. He was set apart as a teacher in the American Fork Ward, which was then a part of the Utah Stake with A.A. Smoot of Provo as president. Sometime in the sixties, the Sunday School was organized in American Fork with William Paxman as superintendent. The school grew so large the meeting house could not hold all who came. Brother Wagstaff was asked to take part of them and hold his Sunday School in the west school house. He was successful in keeping the attendance atten-dance up and in time after the meeting house was enlarged, they were returned to the original origi-nal Sunday School. In 1888 he was fined and sentenced to serve a term in the penitentiary for living with .more than one wife. The story gpe -tha while Samuel was visiting a daughter with a sick child in Salt Lake City, one of the wives was taken with her baby to testify in court. She refused to answer the question as to who was the fat her of the baby. Because of this she and the baby were sentenced to prison. When Samuel returned home he went to the court and turned himself in so his wife and child could be set free. It was while he was in prison that he started recording his memories. He described in detail what happened, along with his feelings at the time. It is a good example of how we should be recording our own personal histories today. His journal is an invaluable, document in that chapter of the Wagstaff history. It harbors no resentment nor bitterness. It casts a halo of gloriousness over the entire proceedings. So firm were these men in their convictions of righteousness of their conduct, that they accepted accept-ed this, type . of .persecution almost with fervor. : As the twilight of mortality crept on, Brother WagstafFs testimony of the gospel became more prounounced until his death April 13, 1897. He was a gentle and firm man of spiritual, spiritu-al, not material wealth. He was a friend to all and a laborer of the work. Many of Samuel Wagstaff s posterity engaged in farming and livestock raising. Some expanded into Lehi and West Canyon as a summer range. So it was with David, his son, and John A., down to David Edison Wagstaff, the husband of Ida Hayward Wagstaff. , Down through the years with the passing of time, the landscape has changed. The molasses mill is gone. Fields that once produced abundant crops are now occupied by homes and streets. As we approach the fall season, we won't see fat cattle stringing along the road returning from West Canyon. There are only a ' few relics to remind us of the past. There may be a wagon wheel here, another piece of worn-out machinery there, a family Bible, personal journals along with bits and pieces of information informa-tion left in various forms. Ida Hayward Wagstaff has brought these things together in her compiled histories. 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