| Show HORACE B OWENS experiences WOODRUFF navajo county arizona I 1 seat myself to write you a few lines tu give a abort tory story ot ol mycell I 1 wat wa corn in mercer county penney vania ort the 2311 uy any of june 1819 at ai that time the gospel goepel owe ome to us ua my others lamely were living in portage county onto it web brought by b lyman wight and john jobu whitmer I 1 was prepared for abe gospel and ea an braced it at Sylv hule hya ays it was waa on the anu any of march 1831 1 I woo zeil zoot at the same tim tuat his bla mother was waa too toe anuw in an too lee waw about a foot deep I 1 was tbt d orel rat of my fat beto family to embral too loepki loe pei IQ in the spring the family came from abe be I 1 now new york amongst the rest reet josept jobell oame and they stopped la in our hetue went ment joseph dayd stayed there albil and then in the spring moved ovet into the next wee wea tbt tb name ot the low nobia where we was nelson the name A the met joseph went to was haium H moved into the house hoube of father jobi cobl and it was while he be was waa living jiving at ai father joanana Job nana that he took a west and located Jack jackcon tiou cout county ity two this won was in 1881 1831 early in 1832 our branea moved to missouri my lather father loodie his bia family about twelve milts mils west but eventually moved into independence where we were living at the ume lima that the brethren gave up their arme arm I 1 was wai a boy at abe time ao 1 was wai not with them it was waa about one tind and a halt bait miles west of 00 0 the incident occurred and they agreed to leave the county the mob passed right by our bou bouse seand and eisaw 1 saw L W boggs boga in the ranks with hla his gun on bit tier he be was waa lieutenant governor at the time the brethren then moved over the ibe river into clay county and from there we moved to far west caldwell cald well county we stayed there knittl the mob rose roee as an a tates tate and JL W boggs as ai governor ordered us ua to it leave ave T eu we went veriato ve ver loti illinois I 1 was wag married in nauvoo in the fall of 1845 to a y ung woman by the name of sally bally ann layne biayne I 1 worked for a man by the be name of J 1 U lee aliee he agreed to take me to cali oralu that was the place we expected to go to but when he KOI got me an ai astr far as a elagah pisgah he set me down there from guere I 1 went want down into and stayed there until I 1 got an outfit ol of my own this was waa in 1852 and then I 1 came to the valley I 1 have worked more or lose leas ou on tour lour dif different terent and now I 1 have got down into arizona und nd I 1 am so poor that hat I 1 expect I 1 will have to remain here I 1 cannot go soy any fart farther ber burrt BUBB OWENS |
