| Show life history of all alice ce lovina griffin por porter t er I 1 aleco lovana was born march 21 1856 in the Sugar sugarhouse bouse ward in salt lake city utah the daughter of charles emerson griffin and sarah smith her father was born in essex county vermont may 10 1836 he was the son bon of albert bailey griffin who was the son bon of samuel griffin her grandmothers name was abigail aughter of paul and ann varney her if mother iother sarah smith was the daughter ot of hyrum smith and was born in kirtland ohio october 2 1837 while nile her heir father the brother of joseph smith was waa absent having gone to 0 o missouri in zions camp her father and mother were ParrI farrield eld when her father was 17 years old by den heber C kimball on the tha day of january s 1854 her mother lather father was onel of the sir original members of the church and her fathers father was waa converted lu in 1842 by some mormon elders and shortly afterwards moved with his family to nauvoo illinois her grandfather and family crossed the plains wit h one yoka of oxen and an old vago wagan n in april 1846 in a small company by parley P and orson pratt after staying lu fia winter quarters for two they the went to salt lake valley in 1348 in president Kim kimballs balls company her grandfather was wag a caPt captain itin of ton ten shortly after fter ahe wai bom her bier took part in the against johnsons army along with porter rockwell und and others and had some very exciting or she levad on an the church farm in salt aalke cley until she bho was as five years old in 1861 she moved with her family to coalville alville Co summit coun ty where her father put pui up one of the first houses in the tall of 18 4 hey grandfather was called py by heber 0 kimball to move mova south and help settle southern utah in the spring her father was counseled eif to move south sout and soiling selling out the family moved in tale lie summer of 1885 the family moved south to long valley in tane kane county arriving on september 1 where her bier father alered a farm built a house and helped build a tort fort for protection against ahe indians here the family was isolated all winter with no mall 11 and practically rio no contact with the outside the next year the indians indiana drove the settlers out and the family moved leaving their home farm orchard ep and to nd again tho the family traveled to kanab up t thi alle tr lK narra wea aliey commenced nig laing 1 another home finishing the house housa the first of of september after aing house the family went to salt lake bake on oa a visit taking tailing twelve days for the journey from to salt lake about conference time afie father was counselled counseller coun selled to stay in the north th ahr family moved again to coal bille tile whore the father taught school during the winter and in tole spring built another house hous e on january 1 1872 when she was fifteen years old she married J R porter last new years day being the tale anniversary they libeg at Co coalville alville for or a few years then moved to kanar Ka narra ra in 1878 the camly moved to potato valley now known as Escal escalente ynte they have since resided tor for 58 she was the mother of thirteen children charles inez ernest joseph emily emaly hyrum edith adella parley emerson leland and roland five of axom whom pra ceedee her in death she quietly passer away on the evening of 0 december 26 1936 at her residence in E escalante calante with her remaining children by her bedside she left a total of 97 descendants ants eight children forty six grandq hildron and forty three great grandchildren long will her memory bo cherished by all who know knew and loved cleor the sketch given above was read at the tale funeral services by miss velma porter a granddaughter december 30 1936 in tho Esc escalante alanto north ward L D S chapel thoi the following exercises were given opening sons song come come came ye saints by choir invocation elder thomas alvey vey song oj say not I 1 journey alone 11 choir reading sketch of the life of alac lovina griffin porter by miss aliss velma porter A tribute to mother a poem compos composed cyl by joseph J porter and read by worth porter talk by elder it II J allen alien duet by quinn roundy and vernon porter talk by mor eler roy lee le vocal duet by Y quinn roundy and vernon 0 porter talk by president milton twitchell Ite remarks marks by lorein z 0 ja H benediction by lender I 1 interment was in the cemetery with elder josm I 1 barker th the grave |
