Shadrack Roundy

Shadrack Roundy was a personal body guard of the Prophet Joseph Smith. The Roundys entered Salt Lake Valley ahead of Brigham Young. They were exiles from Great Britain. Shadrack’s son Lorenzo was called to help settle Kanab and Kanarraville. Wallace Wesley was 16 years old when his father (Lorenzo) was called to assist in settling that area. Wallace later returned to Salt Lake City to continue schooling. His father was called in 1876 to lead an expedition into the southlands, and was drowned in the Colorado River at Lee’s Ferry. W. W. Roundy was then called to succeed his father as bishop. Wallace Wesley had two wives: Margaret Ann Young and Esther Ford. The family left in 1886 to assist the colonists in Arizona to find less harassment in the polygamy setting. It took a month to reach Snowflake, Arizona. Margaret Anne Young Roundy had a nine-month old daughter, Isabelle, and Esther Ford Roundy a two-month old son, John. Margaret Anne’s brother Wesley Young was part of their company. Margaret Anne remained in Snowflake with her children while the rest of the party continued south to establish a homestead. They returned to Snowflake after six months of camping along the Mexican border. Eighteen months after they left Kanarraville, they relocated with other family members in Escalante, Wayne County. They established a coopera¬tive merchantile as they had done in Kanarraville. In 1894, concerned about his children reaching adulthood without proper schooling and in an environment devoid of cultural advantages, he loaded Esther and her children into a wagon, secured Margaret Anne for the winter and went seeking a new location. At ~alina he met an acquaintance, Joel Ricks. They had become acquainted in the livestock markets in Salt Lake City. Mr. Ricks reported that his farm in Cache Valley was for sale. Mr. Roundy continued north, checked out the farm and made the purchase. He sent word as quickly as possible for his brother to assist Margaret Anne to close the affairs and prepare to move north in the spring. Neither family was very delighted with the prospects of living in Cache Valley. Although the land and location was adequate, the family felt it was simply too far north of civilization. Margaret Anne’s brother Wesley drove her wagon to Cache Valley in an unheard of 11 days. They arrived May 27, 1895, in a raging snowstorm. Esther and her children were already here. They spent the first year, Margaret Anne with nine children and Esther with three, in four rooms and a leanto. It was quite a contrast to what they had been used to. They had lived in a small town with neighbors just across the street in every direction. Each wife had had a large home, and here for that first summer the two families consisting of two women and their 13 children lived in the same house – two rooms upstairs and two on the main floor. They were not used to mosquitoes, and really suffered from them that first summer. The end of the first year, they began a brick home for Margaret Anne and a large barn for the livestock. This home was the red brick house William Izatt lived in. He was a man of great vision and judgment as was evidenced in the instance of building this basement with the facilities for installing a furnace or heating plant in the future. A few years later he constructed another home for Esther and her children across the road to the south. Both homes were built where nothing but sagebrush and sunflowers had grown. He bought hundreds of acres of land for himself and his boys. He owned land across Bear River to the north and across Logan River to the west, over at Cache Junction where Brooks Roundy now farms, and at Beaver Dam. He was a liberal donator for all good causes, and some that were not so good. He was very progressive and wide awake. He was a great reader and a greater thinker. W. W. Roundy provided well for his posterity. He planned and organized well; he expected his families to be productive, respectable people. As Benson grew at the turn of the century there was an influx of immigrants and converts. Margaret Anne and Esther often made quilts and clothing for these new families, harnessing the horses and making their visits by buggy. It was sometimes a challenge with the language barrier, but they fed and nursed and learned to accept and assist. Esther was a licensed midwife and was called and set apart to give special blessings to women, a specific calling which no longer exists. Margaret Anne was Relief Society president from 1902 to 1915. Esther moved into a smaller home in her later years (the current site of Bernice and Howard Johnsons’ home Now where Brandon Jorgenson lives today). She provided for herself with a rasp¬berry patch and some small acreage operated by her son Edwin (Ted) Roundy. She was a delightful, spunky lady with a healthy sense of humor and a multitude of experiences which she loved to share. She had a great capacity for sharing and a great tolerance for human kind. Often in the summer, gypsies would camp their wagons along the river under the hill. She would bake cookies for the ragged, dark-eyed children and share her fruit, but locked the henhouse. Although she was not a sturdy child she was promised she would live to be the age of a tree. She died in Benson at 99 years of age. Mr. Roundy was instrumental in bringing schools to Benson and in construct¬ing the chapel for the church membership. He was a member of the committee to bring the railroad to Benson. Two lines approached the town, one from Smith¬field and one from Logan. The passenger train made its last run August 1918, the day he died. He spent years as a high councilman, driving his buggy and beautiful team through the varieties of weather. He was the first man to make “dry farming” successful in Cache County. His was the first combine operated on the dry farms. It was horse-drawn, using 22 head of horses to operate it. He was never robust, but he loved the soil and was a hard worker. He was totally honest and assumed everyone else should be also. He lost much by material measure by trusting everyone. He was not much for those who would not work, but was very willing to provide some means of honest labor for anyone who was in need. He secured land near Cache Junction for dryland farming. He loved the land and left an inheritance for each of his children. Several of his children resided the greater part of their lives in Benson: Malinda Ann married Josep~ Edson Barney Esther Isabelle married Hyrum M. Cardon Almeda Jane married Henry W. Ballard, Jr. Edwin (Ted) married Elvaretta (Retta) Ballard Leone married John E. Allen; Albert J. Munk

Willard G Saunders

Willard Gimbert Saunders and Kirstiana Andersen came to Benson with a family of six children just after the war years, in October of 1919. Willard and Christy, as she was called, were a hard working and jovial couple. A stage was in one end of the building. This was later replaced with a beautiful modern structure. Later a modern central school house was built north of the chapel, replacing the two two-room school houses with four grades in each room. Willard was also custodian of the new school, along with his farm work. He took pride in his work and, along with his family, worked hard to keep them clean. This job he held until he was nearly 70 years of age. Before moving to Benson, Willard had taken part in many dramas. It was only natural that he became involved in drama productions in Benson Ward, putting on plays for the enjoyment of the ward for a number of years. He was scoutmaster in the Benson Ward. For 16 years he worked with the boys. He was also secretary of the elders quorum for many years. Later, being ordained as a high priest, he became secretary of the high priests, which position he also held for a number of years. He had a good tenor voice, and sang in ward functions and in the choir. For many years he worked in the Logan Temple, doing thousands of names for those who had passed to the other side, not having the opportunity of doing their own work. In his later years he also raised mink, selling their furs. Christy was born in Greenville (now North Logan) in July, 1889, in a little one-roomed log house with a dirt floor. Her parents were Marinus and Caroline Anderson. They were poor then. Christy remembers that they made their own butter, raised their own vegetables, fruit and honey and most everything they ate. Her parents were generous and thoughtful. She remembers many times carrying butter, eggs, honey, or homemade soup to people who were sick or poor. Her father walked to Logan to work, where he was paid 25¢ a day while he was learning to be a carpenter. In her history, Christy tells how she first met Willard. Her father had a molasses mill, and he ground cane for a lot of farmers. She said, “0ne day George Saunders came with a load of cane and he had Willard with him. Willard’s feet got so cold he would dance around to keep them warm. So Dad gave him two hot bricks. He danced on them till I was glad to see him go home. ” The second time she saw him he was in a white-top buggy with his mother. She said, “Willard was sitting back there swinging his feet and singing and acting so soft.” One day after Christy’s sister Mary had been riding horses with Willard and some other friends, Christy said, “When Mary got home she wrote ‘Willard loves Mary’ all over the privy and all over our calendars, but she never did go with him. I was the one he was after.” Willard and Christy were married September 4, 1907. When they first came to Benson, Willard had rented beets from Bill Petersen. Petersen’s were living on the Marcus Rogers place – east of the church house. At first Willard and Christy and their six children lived in two tents. After the beets were harvested, they moved back to Hyde Park for the winter. In the spring they came back to Benson. They lived in several different places. They became the parents of a large family. Christy taught in the religion classes, later teaching the Primary classes. She was later called to be secretary of the Relief Society. This position she held for many years, until illness prevented her working. She did beautiful hand work, and many were the recipients of her crocheted articles. An attractive yard had been instilled in her as a young girl. She loved flowers. With hard work and the help of her husband, their yard was always full of beautiful flowers. She and her mother, who later became a resident of Benson Ward, always kept a bouquet of flowers in the chapel on Sundays; and she literally gave hundreds of bouquets of flowers to friends for Decoration Day. Throughout the flower season, her flowers brightened the homes of many. Shortly after their 13th child was born, Christy’s mother died, and Willard bought her place and they moved into her house – the Saunder’s home where their son Merlin now lives. Willard and Christy had a large family – seven boys and seven girls ¬making a total of 14 children to feed, clothe, and educate. Four of these children served full two-year missions for the church; five filled two-year missions in the stakes; two were called to the high councils of the stakes; two were in bishoprics; all of them have held responsible positions in ward organizations. All were married in the temple, and are active in the church -a monument and honor to Willard and Christy. The seed planted in youth matured in later years. Willard and his children have worked in the beet fields and farms of most of the families in the west end of Benson, along with running a farm of their own. Willard was born June 1, 1888, in Uintah, Utah. His family moved to Hyde Park when Willard was about a year old. After moving to Benson Ward, he became custodian of the old church house – one large room with two class¬rooms. Curtains were drawn through the main room to form other classrooms. At the time of their death, their posterity numbered 14 children and their mates, 76 grandchildren and 56 great grandchildren. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in July of 1967. Christy passed away just two or three months later on November 14 at age 79. Willard followed his wife six months later, passing on the other side May 31, 1968, at the age of 80. Just a little history of the Saunders family written by Gilbert Saunders, son of Willard G. Saunders, follows: My Grandma Andersen was 13 years old when she received a testimony of the gospel and was baptized. She hadn’t walked for six months and six doctors had told her father that she would never walk again. Still she wanted to come to Zion with the elders. Her father carried her from the carriage to the ship, and placed her on a cot. The elders gave her a blessing and told her if she would be true to the church she would walk again before the ship docked in the New York Harbor six weeks later. She was walking allover the ship and there was never another day in her life when she couldn’t walk. She worked in the fields, pitched hay and did much hard work. Grandfather Andersen heard that his sister was going to marry one of those terrible Mormons in Utah. He sold everything he owned but a few clothes, stowed away on a ship and was found after the ship was two days out to sea. He had to scrub decks for his passage to America. He arrived in New York, hitchhiked his way across the country to St. Louis and there he heard two young elders speaking on the street corner. He sat down on his suitcase to listen to them and received a testimony from the Holy Ghost that what they were saying was true. After the meeting he asked the elders if he could be baptized. He came on to Salt Lake City a few years later, met Grandma and they were married and moved to North Logan. They had five daughters of which my mother Kirstiana was the second eldest. I think Dad and Mother met at a dance. Dad used to ride a horse from Hyde Park to North Logan to court her and in September 1907, they were married in the Logan Temple. Dad never did gain many of material goods or money, but he always said he was the richest man in the world. He and Mother had 14 children of which I was the second child and the oldest son of the children.

James Roach Thain

James R. worked along with his father, helping to grub the sagebrush from the land. They cleared 160 acres, most of which was done by James R. himself. John Teague was a butcher by trade and was engaged in business with Ebeneazer Farnes. He only came to the farm occasionally, as it was necessary for him to be in Logan to take care of his business. This left James R. to work the land. It was a great help when a ferry was established on the Bear River by Joel Ricks. This made it possible for the settlers to cross the river and bring the necessary things to the west side. James loved horses and rode as a jockey for the men who entered their horses in the races. One Sunday, James and some other men went to the Smith brothers’ stable to look at horses, and one of the horses reached out and bit his ear off and then dropped it in the hay. They tried to sew it back on but it would not grow again. As the years rolled by, James R. grew up, and on April 29, 1897, at the age of 27, he married Charlotte Emily Paull. She was the daughter of Charles North Paull and Alice Jane Fry. They became the parents of five children, three boys and two girls: Marvin, Roy, George, Margaret and Lucille. At first they made their home in Logan, and James traveled back and forth to do the milking. He would skim the milk, feed the skimmed milk to the pigs, and bring the cream back to Logan. Charlotte would churn the cream into butter, and sell it to her regular customers. Later, they came to the farm in summers only, but they decided to make Benson a permanent home. They moved a one-room shack from Logan, to make a nucleus for their home, which today consists of 11 rooms. They were pioneers indeed, sharing the good with the bad. One year they lost everything because of a terrific hail storm. Windows were broken, grain was threshed out on the ground, little chickens were pounded to death, and the children were placed under mattresses to protect them. Charlotte had a pan of newly mixed bread dough, which she placed in the window where the glass had been knocked out, to keep the hail from coming inside. The next year the entire crop of grain was destroyed by accidental fire. At first, all farming was dry farm crops, but in 1915 a gasoline engine was put on the river to raise water up onto the farm land. This made it possible for other crops to be raised, with the aid of irrigation water. James related an experience with fighting grasshoppers. The insects were flying in great clouds, so thick and black they darkened the sun, making the day seem like twilight. They settled in the fields on hay and grain, devouring the vegetation rapidly. The settlers tried to save their grain by drawing a long rope across the fields to keep the insects from lighting on the grain stalks. As night came, weary workers could rest, but at sunrise the task was resumed. Then they found a more effective method of battling them. A ditch was dug along one side of the field and partly filled with straw. The grasshoppers were driven into the straw and then burned. In 1917, a milk route was established to Logan. Horses were used to pull the wagon to take the milk to the factory. It took six hours to make the trip to town by horses and wagon. That was in summer and it took 12 hours in winter months. In 1918, a truck was purchased and this made the trip much faster. The milk route was in the family for many years. One of the sons, George, later took it over. James owned a popcorn machine, and would take it to all the celebration in the surrounding towns and to the movie houses. Finally he sold his popcorn machine and bought a span of horses. The Thain brothers were interested in good horses They built up their dairy herd to be one of the finest won many blue ribbons at the state and county fair and Black and White Days in Richmond, Utah. Draft horses were also invested in, and Thain Brothers had excellent matched teams entered in the horse-pulling contest at the county fair each year. From Charlotte’s diary we get an idea of the hardships that were encountered in getting her children to school. As the school house was on the east side of Bear River and the Thain farm on the west side, it was necessary for the children to cross the river to get to school. As the nearest bridge crossing Bear River in those days was the lower bridge by W. D. Johnson’s and the school house much closer, just across the river, it was decided to try crossing by boat. Bear River was a treacherous river in those days, with natural whirl¬pools. Charlotte was apprehensive of her children crossing the river, as she had witnessed many accidents of others in this river. One day, when the men were not available, and the girls were waiting on the east side to be brought over, Jim Jap, a Japanese who was with the family then, offered to row across and bring them back. He was not accustomed to rowing the boat and it was pulled by the force of the water into a whirlpool. The boat started going around and around. Jim jumped out of the boat, leaving the girls alone. The boat kept bobbing and whirling about. It was only after much terror and flurry that they were brought safely to shore. In winter months they used to cross the river on ice, the river freezing solid enough to let them go across. Their father James R. used to test the ice each day before letting them walk on it. Charlotte taught Sunday School in Benson Ward for eight years. In the winter they would cross Bear River on the ice to go to church. They joined the Amalga Ward soon after it was organized. James R. Thain was superintendent of the Sunday School for 16 years. He was a ward teacher, served on the welfare committee and was chairman of the Smithfield Stake high priest quorum. Charlotte served as Sunday School teacher, MIA teacher, second counselor in relief society. Later she was sustained as president of the relief society of the Ama1ga Ward, and held that position for 18 years. She worked as a counselor in the Smithfield Stake Relief-Society for four years. She served faithfully in genealogy work and did an extensive amount of research. She accepted church responsibilities at an early age. At the age of 14 she was sustained as second counselor in the primary. On April 27, 1947, a testimonial was held in the Amalga Ward chapel in honor of their 50th wedding anniversary. The family held family reunions and outings on James· birthday, July 3. All the children and grandchildren, cousins, aunts and uncles came. It was held in the river bottoms near their home and is remembered as a grand affair. At Christmas time, the Thain’s passed popcorn balls, which they made themselves, to all the members of the Ama1ga Ward and part of Benson. They did this until their health prevented them from doing it. They were generous people, always willing to give to others. This tradition of giving popcorn balls was continued by Emma, wife of Marvin. James Roach Thain died July 13, 1957, in Benson Ward at the age of 87. He was buried in the Logan Cemetery. The sons of James and Charlotte were often referred to as the Thain Brothers; Marvin, Roy, and George. Marvin was married to Emma Beutler. They are the parents of three child¬ren: Paul, Charlotte, and John T. Marvin served a two-year mission for the church. He spent the first part of his mission in the Netherland Mission, then was transferred to the British Mission. He served in the bishopric with Bishop Henry W. Ballard, Jr. He died in November, 1968. His son Paul and his sons now operate the dairy farm. Roy was married to Connie Dahle. They are the parents of three children: Aliene, Garrett, and LuDaun. Roy was bishop of Benson Ward from 1951 to 1956. After his death in February of 1958, Connie moved to Logan. George married Ann Lemon. They are the parents of six children: George, Melvin, Marcus Wade, Gloria, Jeannine, and Coy. George drove a milk truck in Benson for several years. Later he worked with Pack Motor Company in Logan. George died in December, 1971. Marvin and George’s wives, Emma and Ann, are living on the Thain farm in Benson.

William Toombs

William Toombs, his wife and family, were converts to the LDS Church. They came to America and to St. Louis where they joined a company of saints and crossed the plains, arriving in Salt Lake City, Utah, in September 1858. Their work in England was railroading so that was the kind of employment they looked for here. They were successful in getting the contract to build the fill for the railroad from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Pocatello, Idaho. This work took him away from home much of the time, leaving his wife (who was in ill health) and his daughter alone much of the time. Consequently, he decided to try farming. He bought a farm in the east part of Benson, across the street from Angus Funk’s. The Funk property was then a part of the farm. Anna Marie Jorgensen (a sister of Mary Munk) married Francis Thompson. They purchased a small farm in Benson, joining Andrew Munk on the east. Here they built their home, but it was not for long. He died about four years after their marriage, leaving her with a debt and two little girls, Bertha and DoRinda. It was about this time that the LDS Church set up a nursing school to train women to be midwives. This was badly needed, because the few doctors who were here and the slow method of traveling made it difficult to care for all the little towns that were springing up allover the state. Anna Marie went to Salt Lake City, Utah, and took the course. Soon after graduating she found herself very busy. She kept check on the expectant mothers and when time came, delivered the baby. For ten days after, she hitched her horse to the buggy, went to the home, bathed the mother and baby, and usually washed the baby clothes ~ all for the sum of $5. She was often called on to help with the sick and she did all she could for them, but sometime they did not get well. So she cared for the dying and helped care for the dead. She kept this up for more than 14 years. By then, cars came along, so doctors could get around faster. Even then, Anna did some nursing, especially with Dr. T. B. Budge. During this time William Toombs’ wife died, and Anna married him and moved up to his farm. His daughter Annie, who was married to Howard Reese, moved down to Anna’s farm. Howard Reese was later bishop of the Benson Ward. William and Anna were parents of three children: William, Agatha, and Mabel. The farm work was getting too much for them, as they grew older. They sponsored two Danish families from Denmark who had joined the church: M. J. Falslev and H. P. Hansen. We all learned to talk Danish by playing with their children. They lived there seven years. William and Anna purchased a home in Logan so they could go to the temple and so the children would be closer to school. William died August 15,1915. Anna’s daughter Bertha married Herman Kowallis and DoRinda married E. A. Parson (Ed). He and DoRinda took over her mother’s farm; it is still owned by the Parson’s. When William and Anna’s son William returned from his mission, he took over the Toombs farm in Benson. He married Effie Nelson and there they raised their family: Bernell, Marlin, Bevelyn, and Marie. (Jerry Toombs is the son of Marlin.) Agatha married Robert LeRoy Ballard. They lived in Benson Ward and raised their family: Nyrna (died October 24, 1943), Robert Mel Roy, RaNae, Joan and Gary. Mabel married Earl Clifford and lived in Millville. After William’s death in 1915, Anna lived alone until she was 89 years old. She then lived with her children until July 13, 1956. She died at age 96. William and Anna are both buried in the Logan Cemetery.

Absolom Woolf

(by Granddaugher Afton Smith)

Absolom was born in Westchester County, February 4, 1832. His parents John Anthony and Sarah DeVoe joined the LDS Church in 1841. In 1845, they moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. In 1846, when Absolom was 15, they started to Utah and arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah, with the second company of pioneers, in October of 1847. When he was 21 he married two young girls, the same day; Harriet Wood and Lucy Hamilton. They were married in the endowment house, April 19, 1857. The three of them, and the two families, which Absolom provided for, lived in harmony, and after 50 years, the three of them – Absolom, Harriet and Lucy ¬celebrated their golden wedding day. Absolom came down to Benson and made a home for Harriet where the Hayball place is situated. Across the road was a log cabin where Harriet taught school. Lucy and her family stayed in Hyde Park. She was a midwife. Rhoda Woolf Reese, wife of A. V. Reese, was born there in June of 1876. After a few years in Benson, Absolom moved his family back to Hyde Park. Absolom and his two wives are buried side by side in the Hyde Park Cemetery.

Jennie Ricks and William Richard Young

William Richard Young was born December 27, 1883, in Fairview, Sanpete County, Utah. He was the fifth child in a family of seven. Will, as he was always known here in Benson, was only seven years old when his mother died. His father died a few years later and Will was then raised by his eldest sister. At age 16 he went to work in the coal mines in Eureka, Utah, with his brother. When he was about twenty-eight he was in a mine accident and ended up in a Salt Lake hospital with a broken back. Jennie Ricks was born on July 9, 1886, in Benson, the eleventh child of Margaret Gordon and William Ricks. By the time Jennie was born, her sisters were married and had families. Some of their children were about the same age as Jennie. Jennie spent many of her younger years helping her widowed mother care for her brother. She also spent a lot of time caring for her ailing brothers and sisters. While on a trip to Salt Lake City with her best friend Etta Kidman, they went to the hospital to visit a friend of Etta’s. The friend then introduced them to his roommate, Will Young. Unbeknown to Jennie’s family she and Will corresponded regularly and a romance blossomed. While visiting Willis sister in Blackfoot, Idaho, they were married on July 26, 1911. She was twenty-five and he was twenty-eight years of age. After they were married they made their home in Benson and worked for James Thain for two years, after which they bought their own home and farm. Will and Jennie were always known in the community as Uncle Will and Aunt Jennie. Will spent many hours drilling and cultivating crops with a team of horses and he was always available to help anyone who needed it. They always loved children and Will spent a lot of time going to different homes in the community to see their children. By this time they had been married for eight years and it didn’t look like their dream of a large family would come true. During the flu epidemic of 1918 while caring for her brothers and their families, Jennie came down with the flu. While on her death bed she was given a blessing by her brother Ed, in which she was told she would get well and would raise a large family. The following year Jennie’s promise of a large family began to come true. In early October 1919, a call came from Will IS sister in Blackfoot, Idaho, saying that there was a baby girl available for adoption, would they be interested. Will took Jennie to Cache Junction to catch the train to go and bring the baby home. Jennie was then thirty-three and Will was thirty-five years old. Their dream had finally come true. They had a baby daughter, born October 1, 1919, and they named her Margaret Bernice Young. Will and Jennie helped raise Bernice’s nine children and also tended some of their great grandchildren. Many times they would do without to give to their child and grandchildren. Will died February 26,1965, at age 81, at his home next to his daughter’s, surrounded by his family which he had devoted his life to. At that time, Jennie went to live with Bernice, Howard and their children, where she lived until she died on April 8, 1969, at age 82. Their daughter Bernice, her husband Howard H. Johnson and their son Robert are still residing in Benson at this time. Also residing in Benson are their married children Paul Johnson, Margaret Lofthouse, Randy Johnson, and Dion Reese. Other children are Dick, Bill and Dean Gunnell, California. A daugher Jean is deceased.

William Watterson

Grandfather of Mony Watterson and Kittie Tarbet written by Kittie Tarbet William Watterson was born March 20, 1839, at Peal, Isle of Man, England. His parents were William Watterson and Mary Calvin. The family embraced Mormonism in 1844. They came to America by ship, landing at New Orleans. From there they went by boat to Nauvoo. The prophet Joseph Smith came to meet them. The father bought a farm in Nauvoo. When the saints were driven from Illinois, he traded the farm for a team of oxen. The first night the oxen wandered off, fell over a cliff and broke their necks. In 1850, the Watterson’s joined the company of 100 wagons commanded by Captain Foot and crossed the plains to Utah. They lived at Bountiful, Utah. The father died in 1855. For the following five years, William, only 16 years old, took care of the family. In 1860, they moved to Logan where he took up land in Benson raising livestock. He also had real estate in Logan and owned a good livery barn there. In 1866, he married Caroline (Kittie) Hobbs, daughter of Thomas and Ann Hobbs. They became the parents of four boys; James Lamoni, Thomas Henry, Alma Eugene, and one baby who died. In conformity to the teaching of his church, Mr. Watterson married the second time. This wife was Mary Ann Dunkley. They had one son named Mose. James Lamoni (Mony) liked the farm, so he spent the weeks down there, in a little one-room house, going to Logan on the weekends. Caroline Larsen came from Denmark, arriving in Logan, June 3, 1903. She went to work for Grandmother Watterson, who had a millinery shop in Logan, and needed a girl to help at home. It was on one of these weekends she met our father. Mother told us he came in the house, and went to the cupboard for something to eat. She, not being able to speak the language, wondered who this was. It didn’t take long until they became more than friends. They were married that fallon November 7, also Mother’s birthday. Father built onto the little house and they spent many happy years down there. Eleven children were born to them: Joseph L. (Mony), Caroline (Kittie), Thomas Larsen, Ella, Edward (Ted), William Owen, Dean, Rex, Donald L. (Oon), Dorothy M. and Darrell L. In 1928, Father purchased a farm in Burley, Idaho. It was a beautiful farm, but he became sick and died June 27, 1929. Mony and brothers took over the farm in Benson; Rex the farm in Burley, Idaho. Mother came back to Benson and purchased the little home across the street and north of Hyrum Cardon’s where she lived until her death May 6, 1974, at the age of 91t years. Mony and Kate have seven children; Mona, Florence, Wayne, Jim, Janet, Jean (twins), and John. Their son Jim and Barbara have purchased the family farm and are making a lovely home down there. [Caroline (Kittie) and Bourke Tarbet also have seven children: Bourke Dewaine, Jr.; Doris Marie; James LaMar; Floyd Lee; Robert Max; Lois Jean; and Bonnie Ann. Their daughter Bonnie and her husband John Fisher live in the original Tarbet home.]