Ida Lavisa Pettingill Life History

Ida Lavisa Pettingill was born in Elba, Cassia, Idaho on March 2, 1884, the fifth of nine children. She was the daughter of John Christopher and Everline Taylor Pettingill.

She spent her young girlhood in Elba moving to Willard, Box-Elder, Utah and then back to Elba, Idaho. She lived on a farm and did what most farm girls did, helping with the younger children. She went to the Upper District School, there being the Upper and Lower Districts. She went to the lower district part of the time.

Her father was a good violinist and Ida and her other sisters had to accompany him on the organ as he played for dances at Elba and surrounding towns. Sometimes they took their own organ. She loved to dance, and the dances were all night affairs in those days. Everyone took food and all shared and ate about midnight. I can remember the old Ward House which my grandfather helped build. In the West end there was a bed where all of the babies were put while they danced. Grandma had a lovely voice and used to sing in the choir and sing solos at ward functions and funerals.

Grandma was a cowgirl. Grandma and Grandpa were childhood sweethearts, knowing each other all of their lives as they grew up together. She was a pretty girl and he was a good looking boy. On August 13, 1902 they were married at her parent’s home in Elba. They spent their honeymoon on a hay ranch in Malta, Idaho as he had a contract to harvest the hay, and she cooked for the crew. Later they went to the mine in Connor Creek, he working in the mine and she cooked for the workers there. She tied her belongings in a sheet and moved on her horse.

Pictures of where Ida grew up in Elba Idaho. The house burned down but some of the outbuildings are still there.

Later they were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple on Aug 13, 1903.

In 1904 they bought an 80 acre farm of Hyrum Ward's in Elba. This was the family home for 45 years. The house was just two rooms at first, then two more rooms were added and later a five room home was built, using the original two rooms. All of her children were born, raised and married while still living in that home. She used orange crates for furniture and oat straw to fill the the bed. There was no running water in the house. They made their first carpet out of rags. They bought a sewing machine and the last payment was a cow. She made all of her soap.

Ida was active in the ward taking part in dramatics, President of Y.W.M.I.A.; Counselor in the Relief Society (1925), teacher in Sunday School, ward organist and secretary for the Sunday School for 7 years.

Picture of Elba Relief Society Building where Ida served as 2nd Counselor in the Relief Society for several years.

Elba Ward Relief Society Building

The transportation was first by horseback, wagon buggy and then a Model-T Ford and later they had other cars. She made trips to Ogden for supplies. They borrowed a stove and bought a table. She had one new dress a year and purchased flour from the mill.

Ida was an expert seamstress making all of their clothes and coats. She knitted the stockings. She made over all the clothes she could get to do that were worth sewing. She not only sewed for 7 children but neighbors and relatives. She made all of the quilts. She was always making something for the children or for the home. She had good taste. They stored ice in a sawdust bin under the wagon shed. They had lots of blizzards and snowstorms.

Ida July 1945 in her yard in Elba

She was a good cook and always had a big garden, berries and fruit patches, which they canned for the winter. It was no small task to keep 9 people clothed and fed. Most of the children had music lessons and other advantages that were available.

Ida didn't enjoy very good health, being anemic. They were a long way from a doctor and so she nursed her family through illnesses. When the children had measles, she got them too and then getting pneumonia she almost died. She was ill for a long time.

She used to go out helping the sick, especially pneumonia patients. Geral had it twice and she took care of him not getting undressed for many nights. She also helped lay out the dead and make burial clothes along with the other Relief Society Sisters. There weren’t undertakers then. They put a breast plate on top of the caskets.

After the children were married, they sold the farm and bought a 40 acre farm in Burley in 1950 where they lived until grandpa's death. Their son Oel and his family bought the farm. She moved into different places and then later into the Romney Apartments, where she lived until she went to live with her daughter Alta in Utah.

Ida lived in the Romney Apartments 1501 Miller Ave in Burley until she went to live
with her daughter Alta before her death

While in Burley she was chorister and visiting teacher. She has been a devoted wife and mother, teaching her children to do right and helping her husband in anyway she could She as broken her hip twice but recovered very well.

Grandma died peacefully at Aunt Alta's home in Salt Lake City, Utah on 20 Dec. 1974. She was buried at Gem Memorial Gardens in Burley, Cassia, Idaho on the 23 Dec. 1974 in a beautiful white velvet casket.

Alonzo Franklin Parish - Tribute Given at Funeral

The following is a tribute given at his funeral by Sylvan Burgi written by Alta Parish Glade, a daughter:

He was small of stature, five feet seven was all he stood,
But he accomplished as much as most any man could.
He only weighed one forty five, but was as active as any man alive.

He could always find something to do,
And how to work was one thing he knew.
He toiled from early morn till night,
And he’d never do anything if he thought it not right.

He was hones in his dealing with men,
And he was always in harmony with the gospel plan.
He scattered gladness and sunshine along his way,
And he brought joy to the hearts of those who listened to what he had to say.

He was a man with a heart of gold,
And a character that couldn’t be bought nor sold.
Seasoned with toil, sorrow and sweat,
Somehow he didn’t look old, just yet.

With seventy one years written across his brow,
Only death has stilled his earthly labors now.
But he will go on in the eternal realm,
And may you find peace, knowing that God is at the helm.

Alonzo Franklin Parish Life History

Alonzo Franklin Parish was born 16 April 1882 in Willard, Box Elder, Utah. He was blessed on 2 June 1882 and baptized on 12 July 1890. He married Idaho Lovisa Pettingill on 13 August 1902 in Elba, Cassia, Idaho.

Alonzo had a wonderful disposition, seldom getting angry. He loved to whistle, sometimes a little off key, but sounded good to his kids.

He was an early riser and expected everyone to be up and about his duties. He was noisy when he arose to build the fire. He worked long hard hours not always doing justice to himself. He enjoyed working and seldom took time off for fishing or relaxation. He got his enjoyment out of nature and watching his crops grow. He loved the mountains close by.

He loved his children, romping with his own and the neighbors. Every grandchild was a great event so he could enjoy soft sweet kisses. He was much like his mother, reciting poems, singing catchy tunes, etc. All children were nice to him, brown black or white, clean or dirty.

He worked hard with his wife to raise their children. They always had plenty to eat and there was always room for others. He sheared sheep in the surrounding towns and enjoyed talking to his many friends.

Lon provided a comfortable home for his wife and family. He made a closed in breeze way from the kitchen to the cellar so they didn’t have to go outside. He built a small building that held ice using sawdust to insulate it so they could have root beer on the 4th of July. He also sold ice blocks during the summer months. He put in the first indoor bathroom in the Elba Valley. Theral was a senior in high school when the electricity was put in the house.

He was an honest man and never beat anyone out of anything. In fact, he wouldn’t collect bills if it would cause hard feelings. He wasn’t a good businessman but friends with everyone. He administered to the sick, helped deliver babies, etc. “Lon” as he was known was in the Bishopric for 23 years. He also was a good actor and served as drama director.

His children were Alta, Delta, Orvis, Eveline, Oel Elihu, Geral John and Theral Fredrick. In 1950 they moved to Burley, Cassia, Idaho buying a 40-acre farm. He enjoyed the farm since it was easier work and there was plenty of water. He raised good crops there.

Alonzo and Ida Parish 50th Wedding Anniversary - 1952

He was killed on the 16th of April 1953 on his 71st birthday. He was plowing the garden alongside the creek. The tractor wheel hit a cement block and the tractor overturned into Goose Creek which ran through their property next to the garden, pinning him underneath it. His wife, Ida was watching him work from their living room window. He was buried 20 April 1953 at Gem Memorial Gardens in Burley, Cassia, Idaho.

Pictures of Homestead in Elba where Alonzo and Ida raised their family.

Sword Orvis Parish Carried in WWII

Benjamin Taylor Life History

Benjamin Taylor was born 11 Dec. 1814 in Ledbury, England.  His parents were John Taylor and Sarah Minet.  He was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ on 15 Aug 1840.  He married Mary Ann Dorset Fenner 25 Oct. 1837 in Worcester, England.  They came to America and lived in Iowa where six children were born.  They moved to Willard Utah.  His son Paul Taylor (Apalas) built them a two room house in the orchard next to his home.  He had dark hair.  Ida Parish told of things she remembered when visiting.  He kept wine in his cellar that he made from his grapes.  He always kept the door locked.  The grandchildren would ask to taste his wine.  He only drank it at mealtime.

In the attic they kept silk worms.  The fed them mulberry leaves.  They weren't kept in boxes but they always stayed in one room.  They spun the silk for clothing.

Every year Everline and the children would go to Willard and can fruit then haul it back to Elba.  He was quite tall.  He died 11 Dec. 1907 in Willard, Box Elder, Utah.

Mary Ann Dorset Fenner Life History

Mary Ann Dorset (Fenner)

Mary Ann Dorset Fenner pulled her hair in a bun and was quite short.  She had a mole on her lip and had dropsy or watery blood and would get real big.  The grandchildren carried a chair for her to sit on after every three or four steps. 

Mary Ann was born 14 Feb 1817 in Mushmarkle, Hereford, England.  Her mother was Maria Dorset and her step father was William Fenner.  She took his name as an adult because she was an illegitimate child.  She was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ in 1840.  She was married to Benjamin Taylor on Oct. 25, 1837.  She was the mother of nine chldren.  She died 10 Oct. 1892 in Willard Utah.

ANCESTORS (This is not all documented as facts)

John Christopher Pettingill

Family Group Record
Submitted to Family Blog by Suzanne J. Belger (desertmtnmalinois@gmail.com)

Husband
John Christopher Pettingill
Wife Eveline Taylor
Notes
HUSBAND - John Christopher Pettingill
This information was gathered by Renae Moncur from sheets of
Brenda Parish Bailey

1. Elba Ward Records GS film #2462 birth, blessing, death and name of child #6 & child #7
2. Marriage record of husband & wife Microfilm #M0375 Batch #M183398 Serial #0318
3. marriage records Cassia County Courthouse
4. Elba Ward Records film #9538 007450 show birth, bapt death & marriage records of all family members
Another sourse:
Ancestral File

CHILD 6 - Clotilda Pettingill (Twin)
She was a twin with Robert Pettingill who was still born
On other records we found that she was named Matilda

CHILD 7 - Robert Pettingill
Was a still born twin of Clotilda Pettingill

Sources
1. Delta Parish Wickel, Pedigree Chart, Deborah Beecher Jones, 26 West 200 South, Burley, Idaho 83318.
2. Delta Parish Wickel, Pedigree Chart.
3. Payne Mortuary, Funeral Program for Ida Parish, Deborah Beecher Jones, 26 West 200 South, Burley, Idaho 83318.
23Nov2009

John Christopher Pettingill
30 August 1850 - 10 December 1921

Born August 30, 1850 at Kanesville, Lee County, Iowa

. Died December 10, 1921 at Willard, Box Elder County, Utah

John Christopher Pettingill was born at Kanesville, Lee County, Iowa, 30 August

1850, the eldest son of Elihu Ulysses and Jane Clotilda Marsh Pettingill. The family joined
the church in the middle west, suffered many hardships, and john, being the eldest, had
many responsibilities.

When he was two years old, the family moved west by ox team with a large company
of Saints, lived in Bountiful, Utah and Ogden, Utah when he was smal1. Then the family
moved to Willard, Utah .

. In Willard he met, courted and married Everline (Eveline) Taylor in the Endowment
House in Salt Lake City, Utah. After his marriage, he lived on his father's farm until they
had three children. He and his family moved to Snowville, Box Elder County, Utah, then
to the Dilly Ranch, where he farmed.

At this time, many of the young people of Willard were moving to Elba, Cassia
County, Idaho, so John took his family and went there too, homesteading an eighty acre
farm. At that time they could cut hay from the meadows for the livestock. They went
there in 1877.

The early settlers had trouble with the Indians, as they had camped and hunted there
for many years.

Grandfather was a good carpenter and helped build many of the early homes, the
church and schools. He was always called to help build the caskets of his neighbors, as
there were no mortuaries. All of them were built from lumber hauled in from Ogden, Utah
by freight wagons and teams. The freight wagons were owned by his brother-in-law,
Thomas Taylor, who also owned the general store in Elba. John was a good farmer and
stock raiser.

Wood poles and logs were brought from the near by canyons which they used to build
the log homes, poles for the fences and corrals, and for firewood. Brick homes were built
later.

One time, while getting a load of wood, he cut his foot across the instep. He rode
home on the load of wood. The wound took a long time to heal, so he learned to knit, as
the stockings the children wore were all hand knitted. One side of his shoe had to be built
up after the accident.

He was a very accomplished violinist, having studied with Evan Stephens, first in
Willard, then in Salt Lake City He played for dances at Elba and surrounding towns. He was accompanied by one of his daughters. They would load the organ into the buggy, or
wagon, or white top buggy and go to surrounding towns to play. Dances were an all night
affair so supper was served at midnight. The pay was $10.00 per night, which was very
good pay at that time.

He taught many boys to play the violin, among them was Hank Perkiser, an Indian. He
stayed in their home many times. Later he took his own life.

John was(n't) a particularly religious man, but very interested in the affairs of the
community and was much respected and helped by many people. Later, the family moved
back to Willard selling their farm to their son John.

John died on December 10, 1921 in Willard, Box Elder County, Utah and was buried
in Willard. 

A Tribute to John Christopher Pettingill

By Ransom Beecher, a nephew

They have records sent out by the church for the old time dances (here in Brigham
City) supposed to be the best old-time music for the dances, but when you compare them,

. especially the quadrilles, it sounds pretty tame. Wouldn't it have been something
wonderful if we could have made some records of Uncle John's hornpipes a and handed
them down to our children now they are beginning to appreciate the good old past?
Bishop Wright used to say, "I have danced allover the country, but 1 never found anyone
that could make you hit the ceiling as nearly as John Pettingill's music.

They play some of his old tunes, but how? About like Tom Babbit or the rest of us.

You can dance by them but they don't pick you up and carry you up in the sky.

1 think the finest tribute 1 ever heard paid anyone was that Christmas (or was it New
Year's) when they coaxed the Elba Hall Committee to let them go after Pettingill to play.
Uncle Merritt Beecher was playing. The house was full, the dance was going, forming for
a plain quadrille, and you know what a tumult of chattering and laughing that meant.

Suddenly it all stopped short, still as a mouse. You could have heard a pin drop.

Pettingill stood in the doorway, that old violin under his arm. Every eye was upon him as
he walked up to the stand - he took plenty of time, as you well remember. It took a long·
time to unwrap the flannels, to rosin the bow, to tune up. He didn't start out, like some
today, half tuned. It had to be exactly perfect.

All the time he was getting ready you could have heard a pin drop. 1 remember Sam
Graham, Hen Grahm, and Erv Savage standing in the set in front of me at perfect
attention, But when uncle John finally hit the high note of the hornpipe, which nobody else
tried to play, you never heard such a turn loose of noiseand hand clapping. Maybe you
remember, but it was a long. time ago for a young fellow like you to remember - Ha! 1 like
to think of the past

Remember the time we went to Almo, to honor John Morgan's soldier boys of the
Spanish American War, 1898. Uncle John played for the dance, and they coaxed him to
playa solo on the program - the only time 1 ever heard him play one. Of course, everyone
was drunk with patriotism (some might have had something else too).

Anyway, he walked out on the stage like a professional, the old violin under his right
arm, the bow dangling from his thumb. No great artist ever got a finer hand for the size of
the crowd. He bowed just so you could see it was a bow, that fine dignity of his, and then
he played a medley of patriotic songs and the national anthem.

The crowd went wild, another tiny bow - no one could have acted the part better. He
had to come back again and again. He played a deep bass. Was it the Oxford waltz? A
glide waltz, beautiful time - and his son John could dance it so beautifully.

Enough of the past. 

Sarah Finley Merrell

Sarah Finley is the daughter of John and Mary Bosarth Finley born 18 Feb. 1819 in Grayson Co., Kentucky. About the year 1829 she with her parents moved to Lewis Co., Missouri. On Oct 12, 1834 she married Charles Merrell son of Eli Merrell who was born 13 Oct 1811 or 1813.

Soon after her marriage they moved to Des Moines, Iowa. There the following children were born: Francis Marion 18 Feb 1837; Nancy 8 Nov. 1838; Sophia 11 Dec. 1839; While there Mr. and Mrs. Merrell joined the Mormon Church and in 1849 moved opposite Nauvoo, Lee Co., Illinois where the following children were born: Orson 2 Feb. 1842; John Finley 21 Oct. 1843; Sarah 5 Nov.

Early in 1846 they moved West with the main body of the Saints and settled in Council Bluffs, Iowa. There Sarah (infant daughter) died 8 Oct. 1847. Here the following children were born: Joseph 22 Sept 1847; Charles William 27 Nov 1849; Mary Jane 29 Jan 1852.

On July 4, 1852 they started for the Salt Lake Valley and on July 13th 1852, Charles Merrell died, being stricken with cholera. He was buried at 5:00 p.m. that evening with Apostle John Taylor taking charge. The next day they crossed the Elk Horn River and organized. There were about 52 wagons. Allen Weeks was chosen Captain of the company. There was a captain for every 10 wagons. Mrs. Merrell's team wasn't very gentle so Apostle John Taylor sent her a pair of gentle oxen which was a great help to the family as Mrs. Merrell was ill most of the way and Orson 10, John 8 had to manage the two pair of steers and one pair of cows.

They arrived in Salt Lake City 12 Oct. 1852 being met by her son Marion and Mr. Chaffin who took the family to a 2 small room home.   The family soon moved to the North part of the city where they resided until spring when friends arranged for them to move to South Farmington where Mrs. Merrell met and married Samuel B. Hardy in June 1854.  Soon after her marriage she moved to Bountiful where she resided until 1860.  Mr. Hardy was called to help settle Southern Utah and they took their family to Willard, Utah where 3 of her children resided namely Mrs. Homer Call (Nancy), John and Orson.  They provided a home for their mother and the family consisting of William 11, Joseph 13, Mary Jane 8, Matilda 5, Martha 2 and Sarah born 12 days after the family moved to Willard.

Soon after moving to Bountiful, Mrs. Hardy took up nursing.  Her first case was at the birth of Jane Pettingill, now Mrs. William Parsons.  By studying and being set apart by the Priesthood she became very successful as a good Practical Nurse of the sick. She officiated at 900 births.

At Willard she continued her activities until 1885 when she went to Elba Cassia, Idaho to live with her children.  Mrs. Martha Parish and Mrs. Sarah Brewerton.  She died at the home of Martha on 5 Feb. 1901.  She was buried at Willard, Box-Elder, Utah.

Frederick Walter Parish

FREDERICK WALTER PARISH son of John Henry Parish and Sarah Knight was born 4 Feb. 1848 at Eynsbury, Huntington, England. His mother and children joined the church and decided to come to America. Their father didn’t want to come so they came without him. He was baptized 27 March 1861. The family moved to Willard and there he met Nancy Henrietta Call and they were married 27 Dec. 1875 in Salt Lake City Utah in the Endowment House. They moved to Willard, Box-Elder, Utah and while living there four children were born. They then moved to Elba, Cassia, Idaho in 1882 or 1883. Eight more children were born here. They had a farm and Frederick ran a thrashing machine. They raised farm crops and cattle. He was a good farmer and always had a good garden and good orchard. The farm was not very big and they had a hard time making a living for the large family. As soon as the oldest children were old enough they went to work and helped raise the smaller ones.
Frederick was very active in dramatics, being president of the Theatrical Group in Elba. The men made the scenery, building the frames while the women painted the scenery. He gave readings. He was a very public spirited man, always working to build up the community and the ward. He loved celebrations. He held positions in the ward and at one time went to Salt Lake City and the Logan Temple where he and his mother did temple work for some of their ancestors.
He was a great reader and read only good books. Later in life he was not able to read as much as he lost one of his eyes, which caused him much regret.

He enjoyed children but the grandkids were afraid of him because he spoke crisp and harsh. He was dark and wore a moustache. He loved horses. As he became older he became deaf. After his wife died he still wanted to be alone. He drove a one horse buggy. He ate by himself and really enjoyed being alone. In 1919 his daughter Amber Glenn and her family moved into the house and he lived with them.
He had a bad heart and when Uncle Walter of Rigby Idaho was killed he was not able to go to the funeral.
One day he went to town to get some groceries, mostly consisting of sardines. When he returned home he went outside to get some chips to build a fire. When he went to go into the house he fell off the step under a bush that was right by the door. Orvis Parish, his grandchild was getting in the cows and decided to go visit his grandpa. He found him under this bush. Evidently he died of a heart attack.
The rest of the family was in Rigby attending the funeral of Walter Frederick, a son who was killed by a train. Alta Parish, a granddaughter called the family and they hurried home to prepare for Frederick’s funeral. Frederick had requested he not be taken to a mortuary so after his death they kept bottles filled with ice packed around him. He was a simple man who lived simply. He did not care for show. He was buried in a simple home-made casket in the Elba Cemetery. He died 26 Sept 1927 at Elba, Cassia, Idaho

FREDERICK WALTER PARISH

By Alta Parish Glade, a granddaughter

(Submitted to Family Blog by Suzanne J. Belger (desertmtnmalinois@gmail.com)

Frederick Walter Parish was born at Eyunsbury, Huntington England, the son of John

Henry and Sarah Knight Parish. His father died at an early age, just thirty-six years.
While he was still young, his mother and her three small sons joined the Mormon Church
and came to America. They finally came to Utah, settling in Willard, Box Elder County.

In Willard he met Nancy Henrietta Call, whose family had moved there also.

Four children were born while the family lived there, namely: William, Walter, Mary

and my father, Alonzo Franklin.

About 1882 or 1883, the family moved to Elba, Cassia County, Idaho. My father,

Lon, was only a few months old. Mary had died when only thirteen days old and is buried
in Willard.

The farm was not very large, but they raised cattle and hay and grain.

Twelve children were born to the union. Mary and Elmer died while very young. They

all worked so hard and as soon as the older boys were big enough they went to work any
place they could find work to help support the big family.

Grandfather was a public spirited man, always working to build the community into a

better place, helping in the Ward. He loved celebrations, and was also at the head of the
Elba Dramatic Club for many years.

He held positions in the Ward and at one time went to Willard, where he and his

mother went to the Logan Temple, where he and his mother did work for many of their
family, among them his father and several of the Knights, his mother's family.

As long as I can remember, Grandfather was hard of hearing, so became an avid reader

and had to withdraw from some of his activities. He read the scriptures and good
literature.

Later in life, he lost the sight in one eye and was not able to read as much, which was a

great hardship and handicap to him.

After my Grandmother's death in 1919, his daughter, Amber Glenn and family moved

in the home and took care of him. Later, his son Ellis bought the farm and moved there.
Grandfather died there.

He was a good farmer and raised good gardens and had a good fruit orchard.

My uncle, Walter Parish of Rigby, Idaho, was hit and killed instantly by a train. He

died on 24 September 1927.

Grandfather had developed a bad heart, so could not go to the funeral. My Uncle Ellis,

my parents and all of his children had gone to Rigby to the funeral. I was at home taking
care of my brothers and sisters.

Grandfather had a one-horse buggy and loved to go to the store and get a few goodies

and fix himself a meal. So he went to the store and stopped at our home (which was only
l/4 of a mile east of his home) on his way to the store. I told him to stop when he went
home and I would have a good dinner ready, but he went on by.

Later on my brother Orvis went up in Grandfather's pasture to look at some traps he

had set there, then to bring the milk cows down. He got to the back gate and was
prompted to go back, so did and found Grandfather dead on the back door step, with a
pan of chips which he had to make a fire with.

Every one was gone, so Orvis called me.- He was only fourteen years old, but had

gotten Grandfather to the couch in the front room. I went right up in the old model-T and
he was crying and so frightened. I had to find Grandfathers dentures, clean and put them
in, find and put his glass eye in.

We stopped a neighbor who was coming from the canyon with a load of fire wood.

We found planks and laid Grandfather out. I called the Bishop who then called the Relief
Society President. They came, washed and dressed him and prepared him for burial.

Grandfather's request was that he not be taken to a mortuary and that he be buried in a

-simple home made casket.

I helped sit up with him the first night, as we had to go to Malta and get ice and keep it

packed around him until his burial so the body would not go dark.

My parents got home the following day. He died September 26, 1927, at age seventy-

nine years. He was a very simple man, not wanting show or the limelight.

He was buried at Elba cemetery beside my Grandmother.

Nancy Henrietta Call

NANCY HENRIETTA CALL daughter of Homer Call and Nancy Merrill was born 4 Dec. 1857 at Willard, Box-Elder, Utah. She was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ in 1866. On 27 Dec. 1874 she married Frederick Walter Parish in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City, Utah. They made their home in Willard Utah where four children were born. William Charles was born 17 Oct. 1876. Walter Frederick was born 2 Nov. 1878. Mary was born 11 Feb. 1881 and Alonzo Franklin was born 16 April 1882. They moved to Elba, Cassia, Idaho where they purchased a farm.
Seven children were born in Elba. Homer John, 17 August 1884; Oel Oscar 7 April 1887; Sarah Amber 11 August 1889; Elmer 28 Jan 1892; Chester Leo 25 Nov. 1893; Ellis Robert 21 August 1897; Inez Caraline 23 July 1900 and Elva Nancy 6 Nov 1903. Because of no doctors back then Nancy did have the best of medical care and had been torn during childbirth. When they moved to Elba, Nancy planed two orchards and raised a beautiful garden. They had plenty of fruit. She always said, “If it wasn’t for me we wouldn’t have any fruit.”
Nancy was a tall slender person. In fact, she was just a little bit taller than her husband. She reasoned things out when disciplining her children. She was a good mother and very active in the church, working mostly in Relief Society. She was very particular about paying their tithes. They were a God fearing couple and very good Latter-Day Saints. She worked hard, and sewed the clothes for her family. For activities they had to make their own entertainment and mostly went on picnics, dances and plays.
Later she became sick with cancer in her female organs. She went to Ogden to the doctors and she was baked in an oven. This was used as a remedy for cancer then. Although she suffered very much she never was cross or complained. She would always send something home with her grandchildren, even if it was one egg that they could take to the store and trade for candy. She loved children, had infinite patience and kindness for all. When she was too ill to be dressed and she had time to take the children on the bed, she sang to them, dressed dolls, made doll houses out of boxes and wall paper catalogs. Everyone loved her dearly and she was an inspiration to most of her grandchildren. She wrote poems and axioms. She was a very spiritual woman, read when she could and had a cheerful disposition and a great sense of humor.
When her youngest daughter was 16 years old she died of cancer after being sick for more than 13 years. Her death was a blessed relief to her. She died 13 Jan 1919 in Elba and was buried there.

Aunt Alta Parish (my father’s oldest sister) gave me this information.
Elva Nancy lived in Burley. I was asked to tie the bow on her veil before closing the casket at her funeral as I as the only family member who held a Temple Recommend. by Brenda Bailey

NANCY HENRIETTA CALL PARISH

By Alta Parish Glade, a granddaughter

Submitted to the Family Blog by Suzanne J Belger (desertmtnmalinois@gmail.com)

Born: 4 December 1857, at Willard, Box Elder County, Utah

Died: 9 January 1919, at Elba, Cassia County, Idaho

Nancy Henrietta Call was born at Willard, Box Elder County, Utah, a daughter of

Homer and Nancy Merrell Call. Her father was a farmer and owned the first grist mill in

Box Elder County. She was the oldest of twelve children. She spent her childhood in

Willard, Utah.

In December 1875 she married Frederick Walter Parish and spent seven years (in

Willard), having four children while living there. They buried one daughter there, Mary,

thirteen days old.

The farm they settled on in Elba, Cassia County, was not very prosperous, but they

were thrifty and with the help of the older children, they were able to make a living.

My Grandmother was a good worker, sewing for her large family, as they had eight

more children over the years, after moving to Elba. A small son and two grown sons

preceded her in death.

She had to knit most of the stockings that the family wore, and when my father,

Alonzo, went to the Academy in Oakley, she made his suit. My father helped her with her

knitting.

She worked in the church what she could, and was very faithful in paying her tithes

and Grandfather was the same way. They were a very hardworking, God fearing couple

and were good Latter Day Saints.

In the latter part of her life, my Grandmother did not have very good health and after

the birth of her youngest daughter she suffered from palsy and became a semi-invalid. She

did not have a doctor attend the birth of any of her children, consequently, she suffered

damage and it was never repaired. She went to Ogden, Utah and had surgery, but was

never well.

She suffered much, but was still not cross and irritable or complained of her lot. My

mother, Ida, helped what she could. I remember going up to visit and she would always

find a bit of something to send home with her grandchildren, if it was only an egg, which

we could take to the store and trade for candy or gum. I spent many hours there, as my

two aunts and an uncle were not much older. Elva was only one year older.

Grandmother loved children, had infinite patience and kindness for all of us, and when

she wasn't able to be out of bed, we would get on the bed with her. She sang to us,

taught songs and poems to us. She dressed dolls, made doll houses out of cardboard

boxes and wall paper catalogs. We all loved her dearly, and she has ever been an

inspiration to me. I well remember many of her poems, songs and axioms.

I remember her father, my great-grandfather, coming from Rigby, Idaho to visit. He

had a long white beard and a big watch chain and a pocket watch. I sat on his lap. I was

four years of age.

Grandmother contracted the "flu" in the bad epidemic of 1919 and died 18 January

1919. She had been ill a long time, suffering intensely from uterine cancer. She had been

close to death in November 1918, seeing her mother and loved ones and calling for them.

They had been dead for many years. Death for her was a blessed release.

She was a very spiritual person, reading scripture when she found the time. She had a

sense of humor and was cheerful. Many children inherited her keen sense of humor and

keen wit, including my father, (Lon).