Show randolph pioneers celebrate golden wedding mr and mrs thomas longhurst of lona iona idaho celebrated their golden wedding 14 1930 at their home in lona iona all the children were present except blanch blanc h the youngest child several relatives from utah ut all were adre also present they received man manyi golden golde ii gifts ts amounting to in in gold boid cains coins A history of their lives fol aws thomas longhurst was born at london hug latia april 8 1651 being tile ane buu 6 u u of ilia in ia H and annii amu 1 ewton aho who vho joined tile the L D a 8 church iu in their native land at the of hla his buth birth alie family lilY was ablith tul ful latter day saints when lie he was 8 years baia old Uli arles IV penrose was in ili england erveng ervi ug as president of 0 etli sion and comi obed tile the song oil oh ye yc mountains bligh 11 Ur ought the sung song to grand ther late te or a i saturday Satu iday night and licked itt ked her to sing it in on the following lay day father states that he can n uie niber lier her spending ii iLL of t tue tile night lea ining the tong song which she sung sang on oil the following day she being the first parson to sing tang the san atrat Et rat alia chafe slie she sang bang the soni 8 av 0 ta that was a dry eye III me house at uie agi bojc 13 the longhurst hurst facially emigrated t iud K at bountiful u utah ill they litter later moved to woodruff utah where ills died at the age of 40 years yeara leaving loav ln a family of 10 children sirs mrs was tile d U 11 ga sli tw ter ot of samuel baroug Iliou arli li and elizabeth Ellz albeth bott who emigrated to ant ani orlea anti and sailed at loit ervill in III county itah attar morann ii the family lainily livel lived ili ina a in taj side elac of a hill when whery mother was born I 1 march 21 lai ian file alio was I 1 MY day old th the daout MITOI lit in ind and mother mul and babe vere carried to tho the dugout of thoi ij broush at t thy are age of G 0 leafs venra tile farlly moved to ettli on arriving at randolph andolph It thuy they moved in a log cabin without floor or door or window flow nother sat down in ili tho the corner of the house on oil 1 a I pile of ch chips and cried the children could note not dundei understand st and what wala eilf in the Ille Wol world ld she was crying lor for late ater I a brass s band way was or organized in ILI r a and thomas bthomas came to ran llan dolph with the band to play for a dance where he met euima brough bronsh buring the tn inter 1 9 79 80 he be was waa called b by to work ut tit the temple emilj log ft in cany canyon on C cutten cutt it idill ln 1 4 1 timber for ogan temple they were burrud on october 11 1880 in the house houie at salt luke city being sealed to gother fr time aud and all eternity 1 by bp daitel H walls walla the trip gas as by wagon fth ii the the wag wagon non was with ilch a nio mormon brake father not noam be lug ing able to handle ills bride ills er in law anil tile tho brake and teairl E tile the same tittle tipped tho the company over oi er in ili weber canyon they returned turned ic to dandolph Kan dolph and made their honie there in ili july they moved to vernal they lived forte years and made their home until oct 1901 when they moved vieb their family to lona iona ida lib jib their present home they are the parents of 11 children boys a nad P a rt girls giris 9 living at lie present time the eldest daugh daughty tm Ellz ElIzaboth abath died on may 25 1882 at the age of 8 months and was burled buried il at utah and tho the eldest son bon wm win T who died aled june logli 1007 at the R ae e of 24 pars jj oars was burld buried at Lin lincoln collit idaho I 1 thay tha y AIA hav hate 29 grand childred chil drep ind and 1 grek gred grond grand hald |