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Show REUNION OF TWO OGDEN FAMILIES Descendants of William Stone and James Jones Hold Their First Meeting and Organized Genealogical Society Spend Day in Musi:. Song. Addresses, Banquet and Dancing Review of the Life of the Pioneers Members of New Society Two of the largest Weber count) families met In reunion on Thursday at the Seventh ward amusement hall and orjiftnl.ed an association of ih descendants of Amos Pease Stone, a pioneer of Utah. 1&50 and a lineal descendant de-scendant of William Stone, one of the original founders of Guilford, Conn . 163'J, and also the descendant of Mei lin Jones, a pioneer of Utah, IV, who was a lineal descendant of James Jones of North Haven, Conn, about L7S0 Dishop Miles L. Jones presided at the meeting The hymn. ' Come, Come Ye Saints," was rendereil by the audi race and this was followed by the in vocation by John L. Wilson. The chairman then in a few chosen words stated the objects of the first annual reunion At the rear of the speakers' stand were the life-size oil portraits of the honored pioneers, Amos Pease Stone and Merlin Jones, which were referred to by the twenty small boys and girls who san the following song of we! come composed for the occasion by Mrs Vincy R Barker: Welcome, welcome. Kindred, Welcome one and all. Greetings to the pioneers Hanging on the wall. Welcome to our loved ones. God he praised this day, Thnl you spared to Join us On this gladsome, festal day. Smooth out all your wi Inkles, Sorrows casi. away, Haste you back to childhood, And join us in our play. Dance to out joyous music. Sing our merry song. Today let's all be playmates. Then we'll help the world along Lot's peep into the future When we are old and gray. May we see little children come To cheer us on our way. Now one and all he merry Happy, blithe and gay. And make this grand reunion Our most Joyous holiday. Desmond J Parker gave an interest ing sketch of the ancestry, covering 3omc three hundred years of ancestral line A piano duet was rendered by Zoe Thomas and Ruth Tloiley. Mrs. Wintle's Address. This was followed by a speech by I Mrs. Daisy Stone Wint'e w hose subject sub-ject was "Our Pioneer Mothers." In turning over the pages of historv we find inscribed thereon the nam' s of scores of illustrious men, but strange to say the names of notable women are not S"0 numerous There Is a reason for this. Mothers and sisters have been hampered In their growth and influence b the condition con-dition of subordination in which woman wom-an has been held. No character can attain its highest possibilities in a position of subordination. Happily in this new era the remnants rem-nants of their vestige of heathenism is fast disappearing in both church and state, and woman stands side b side with man In these relationships wherever Bhe can perform the most efficient service. In whatever other relationships Of life woman might or might not find a representative in man. In this he must utterly fall; ho ran noer represent repre-sent her motherhood God thought to give the sweeteBt thing In all his mighty power to earth. And deeply pondering what it should be. One hour, in fondest Joy and love of heart. Outweighing ever other He moved the gates of heaven apart And pave to earth a mother. All the machinery, all the preceding works of nature are to the end that she may produce a mother and at last according to the law of the author au-thor and controller of evolution a mother exists Nature has never made anything higher Mother of Early Days To this end is the Guy Infant laid so helpless, the moat helpless of nil the animal creation, Into the arms of a mother who rises to the heights of self-purification and self-denial that she may promote Its prosperity and happiness You all remember that thrilling lit tie story of the mother who was lost upon the mountain. How, when the fierce winds howled and the cold pen-etrated, pen-etrated, She stripped her mantle from her breast And bared her bosom to the storm I While round her babe she wrapped j the est And smiled to think her child was warm It was an act that rinds its counterpart counter-part in every true mother it is thn. Which makes the various Madonnas the most reverently, universally loved of all the works of nrt. With what rovercuce and admira lion should we. the children and the children s children of the Utah pioneers, pio-neers, honor our pioneer mothers those fearless women who side bj side with the pioneer fathers jour neyed over the bleak prairies of Iowa, the trackless plains and through the I dangerous mountain passes biasing the trail to the west, that they might serve their Uod and their country In .iv.-u. a We have met today In the capaclt of a Stone-Jones reunion and it is appropriate ap-propriate thai we learn something ot the biography of two of our progenitors progeni-tors two of those pious noble Women whose faith and courage paralleled that of the puritan mother of Ion; ago Early History in Utah First let me review the life of my great-grandmother, Roxanna Ives Jones. She was born April 17. 1799, at Walllngford. Conn ; she was the daughter of Joel Jonc3. who fought In the reolutionary war. His flint-lock gun is now In the possession of Amos I. Stone of Ogden. Of her childhood little is recorded, hut It Is safe to say that she led the life of the typical lit tic colonial miss of one hundred years ago. At the age of 21 she married Merlin Mer-lin Jones of North Haven. Conn. She Joined the L D. S church In 1S44. $n 184s with her husband, three children chil-dren and son-in-law. Amos P. Stone started for the west, arriving at Car-lersllle. Car-lersllle. la.. In November While living at this place an Inci dent occurred which served to revel I B sympathetic heart She assisted two Indian women to escape from two men who were on horses with their guns chasing the Indians from the corn fields She ran to the fence and let the bars down so that the women could escape cross lots A blind In dian ran into a pond of water in front of her house, tell down In it and was shot by one of the men, who escaped to the west. A large Indemnity was paid In order to prevent the massacre of the settlement. On June 9, 1S52, grandmother and grandfather Jones, as we must now call them; left Cartervllle la for Utah, arriving in Salt Lake City on September 15, 1852, in Captain Tid-well's Tid-well's company. They immediate!) set out for Ogden, where they made tehlr permanent home In the old Connecticut home the Jones were clothiers and weavers by trade Grandmother Jones broughl her spinning glnny and flax w in , I to Utah, they were the beat makes !n use at that time. They are now In possession of Mrs. Minerva P Shan of Ogden Soon after her arrival in her Btrange mountain home our dear grandmother set about in true New Hn gland housewifely house-wifely lashion looking after the physical phy-sical needs of her family and neigh bors She had brought from far away Connecticut various garden seeds val-urable val-urable for their medicinal dyeing or other finalities. among them were the ground cherry, sage, spenrmim. yellow dock, mullen. peach and some accredit her with having brought burdock bur-dock and dandelion All these she planted and raised with great success Her practical mind had foreseen 1 1 1 - need "I Just such products in a region so isolated fiom the civilised world F1B3 an I some cotton was produced on the Jones farm She spun the yarn and wove and dyed the llnsey and j- :t n for the family clothing She made the first linen cloth made in Utah. The cotton was used for candle wick-ing. wick-ing. Hospitality always 'reigned In the Jones home There was always room for the wayfarer the relative or friend by their genial fireside. Roxana Ives Jones was the mother of five children, Horace, Who died in infancy Minerva Leant ine Stone. Ruth Ives Bartholomew, Olive Ann Karr and Miles Hudson Jones Her courage, piety and gentleness eertaln-I) eertaln-I) exerted their beneficent influence upon the formation of the characters of her children All have lived pure, useful and exemplary lives. Grand mother Jones died Settled at Ogden. "Among my fathers records I find the following information concerning tho life of another of lion's noblewomen, noble-women, that of Minerva Leontlne Jones Stone, my father's mother and the daughter of Merlin and Roxanna Ives Jones. Horn June 4 1822 at Wallingford, Conn, and died August 17, lxt;7. at Ogden. Utah. "Prom early childhood she exhibited exhibit-ed a spiritual nature and an artistic temperament which ofteu found expression ex-pression In poetry Her letter1- reveal her to 1G religious, conscientious and lovable. "She became a member of 'he Baptist Bap-tist church in 1842 and resigned In 1844 and Joined the Latter-daj Saints church, being the first convert from her father's family "At the home of hor parents at Hamden, f'onn.. Minerva Leontlne was married February 1. 1846. to Amos Peas Stone of Canaan. Columbus county. N. Y. Soon after marriage they decided to move west with the general exodus of L. D. S. which was then In progress "On March 20, 84fi. She bade her parents farewell ami with her husband's hus-band's little daughter Fmll l''f fot the west, joining her husband at I'hll I adelphia, where they met a company of Mormons with whom they journeyed journey-ed tb Nauvoo. aud then to Council Bluffs, la , arriving there July 15, 1846. Just at this time the taut company com-pany (if volunteers were getting ready to leave for the Mexican war. "Buying a farm in the iclnily of KaneSYllle; la., they made this their home for about two years In the nprlng of IK48 Amos Stone relumed to the eastern slates, where he visited and did missionary work during the summer. In the fall he returned, bringing with him Morlln Jones and family and his own little daughter Merab. "In June of 1850, with her husband hus-band and little family of small children, chil-dren, left the Missouri river for the Valleys of tho Mountains Their meager mea-ger little outfit consisted of two wagons, wag-ons, three yoke of oxen and one yoke ot cows. This frail little mother drove one of the teams most all of the way. Crowing the Plains. ' While crossing the plains thousands thou-sands of buffaloes were seen. Onfe day the sight of an immense herd of buffaloes stampeded their ox teams, which ran with dangorous Bpeed for a long distance Mrs. Stone was then driving next to tho head team. "Many of their trials, hardships and thrilliiiL- experiences defy description. I Ehrea the wonderful tllins of the ki-netoscope. ki-netoscope. With the assistance of the skillful actors and the actual geographical geo-graphical stage setting fall to give to the world anything but a vague suggestion of the stern realities of those bitter days "They arrived in Salt Lake City September 30. 1850, and located at the Sessions Settlement or Bountiful, Bounti-ful, as it is now called Moved to Ogden. "The Stone family removed to Ogden, Og-den, Utah, March 21. 1857. where a permanent home was established j Minerva Leontine Stone was the moth- er of eight children There was not 8 more affectionate mother and dutiful duti-ful wife than she, as all who knew her will testify The influence of her noble character still radiates down through the long, long years The In-delllble In-delllble impression made by the gentle gen-tle voice and the tender touch of a mother "passed Into the skies" has left its imprint on the plastic hearts of her boys and girls. It has been a powerful factor In guiding them I one and all In the paths of honor, purity and truth. ' A tribute of love and praise :s due to Surah Speneer Stone that unselfish un-selfish devoted mother who mothered the motherless. Hers is indeed motherhood of the highest type Fortunate For-tunate were the children who were entrusted to her benevolent care. "After all, A mother Is a mother still. The holiest thing on earth " Pioneers' Short Addresses. Song by Mi.-.. Melbs Read Bishop Jame6 Taylor having been closely associated with the family and in his labors with the Utah pioneerB, gave a glowing tribute to them, as to the part the hid filled in tht.- building build-ing of this empire Piano solo by Miss Kdna Moore President L. W Shurtliff ol the V e-her e-her stake in a short speech, eulogized the worthy pioneers and also paid tribute to a number of other pioneers who helped to build this great commonwealth. com-monwealth. Song, Clarence Barker and Lois Jones Mr Merlin J. Stone gave a brief ikbtch of hlsv labors during the last 38 years In Compiling the history and genealogy of the Stone and Jones families. numbering about 1 names The number of doseendants of our Utah pioneers were as follows Amos Pease. Stone, 24., of whom 9'. malel and H females are living. Merlin Jones, 167, of whom 137 arising. ar-ising. After the program a bounteous dinner din-ner was served to the two hundred persons present This was followed bj a few songs and musical numbers and a dance until midnight Those Present Among those present, were the fol low Ing : Alberl Aland. Friend L Alvord, Mabel Ma-bel m. Alvord, Florence N Alvord. .Mattie II. Alvord T.ouella S Mvord n hie Browning. Mrs rrhle Browning, Brown-ing, Kdmund R Browning Mary A Browning, Walter Browning. Mildred Browning. Miles Browning, Mary Browning, Hazel Browning, Annie Browning. I R. Browning. J B, Browning Jr. Frank Browning Mrs J E Browning. Jr Clara Bartholomew. Bartholo-mew. Clarence Bartholomew, Davis Bartholomew, Amantha Bartholomew. Mary Bartholomew. Merlin J Bartholomew. Barthol-omew. Henry Bartholomew CaSBle Bybee, C C. Brown, Arthur Budge fennle F. Budge, Flmer Barrett. Ruth Bailey. Ruth Barker, Rllia Bnrker. Vlncy R Barker. Clarence R. Barker. Flwood Barker, James J. Barker Amos Howard How-ard Barker, Desmond J Barker, Lean- tine Barker, Frank Chase, Blvn Chase. Marjorle Chase, Herbert Chase. Harold Chase, Rosa B Chase. Doris Chane, Byron (base, Dalla Christa! ferson. I C.lenn Farley David Farr Mrs Dald Farr. James F. Fa it. Laor tU8 Farr, Merlin Farr, Verne Farr. Ivan Farr, Dorothy Farr, Volasco Farr, Elizabeth Farr. Herald Farr. Agnes Fnrr. Aael Farr, Asael Fair. Jr. Jul la ! Farr. Dexter Farr, Ellen Parr, Rowland Row-land Farr, Lawrence Farr, Wm. H. Green, Mary Ann Green, Charlotto I. Crcen. Ives Creen, Mary Green. Harry Hales. Olive A. Hales, LUCile Hales, Alonzo Jones, Ida Jones. Marlon Mar-lon Jones. Lizzie Jones, Leland Jon" Dora E Jones, Vivian L Jones. Winifred Wini-fred L. Jones. Miles L. Jones. Wilbur Jones. Olive A. Jones, Lois Jones, Mrs. Rachel Jones, Isabella Jones W A. Koldewyn. Emrnn Koldewyn, Franklin C. Moore, Jesse L. Moore, Winifred G. Moo ire, John O Moore. Edna M Moore. Joseph B. Moore, Alice Al-ice M Moore. Diana Moyes, Edith Farr Moyes, Gordon Moyes. Melbn Nelson. Blanche N'elson. Cwenn Nelson, Nel-son, Olive Parry, Olive Ann Parry. Julia E. Parry. Fern Parry. Luclle Parry, Par-ry, Grace Parry. Arvilla Parry. Frank Parry, Roland Parry. Walter Parr Joseph 0 Read. Albert E Read. Hat-tic Hat-tic Jones Read Mrs Grace Shaw. Phyllis Shaw, Le- I ona M Shaw, Grade Shaw. Jesse Ambrose Am-brose Shaw, Charles A Shaw. Ernest Shaw, Merlin Shaw. Irma Shaw. Ernest Er-nest Shaw, Jr., Melva Shaw, George Sharrett. L. W. Shurtliff. Merlin J Stone, Merlin J Stono, Jr., Maria B Stone, E Maude Stone. Amos Howard Stone, Edith Stone. Thelma Stone, (irace Stone, Clyde R Stone, Amos C. Stone. Blaine Stone. Mrs Mayme Stone. Bernard Amos Stone, Myrtle It. Stone, Mrs M A H Stone. Lewis P Stone, Fred T. Stone M m Stone. Ray G. Stone, Jay G Stone. Emilar W Stone. Mrs Emilar Stone Bernard S Stone. Blanche B. Stone. Amos I Stone, Belle stone. Anna Stone. Sarah Stone, Hazel Stone Clarence Tuttle, Chrlsta Tuttle, Newton Z Tutttle, Emily A. Tuttle, Bishop James Taylor, Mrs. James Taylor, John W. WIntle, Daisy 1. Winiie. Ellen L. Wilson. John L. Wll-son. Wll-son. LUClle Tribe. Doris Tribe, Laura J Tribe, Spencer Tribe. Doris M Tribe, Laura June Tribe. Henry 'l ribc Charles E Tribe. Frank L Tribe Zoe Thomas, Samuel Thomas. Lloyd i S. Thomas. Ida Moore Thomas oo |