Four More Mayflower Ancestors: John TILLEY, Joan (HURST) (Rogers) Tilley there daughter Elizabeth TILLEY and John HOWLAND

 Familysearch.org shows another possible Mayflower Ancestor - Elizabeth TILLEY the 11th  great grandmother of my children. Also John HOWLAND 11th great grandfather of my children. Elizabeth and John were not married until about 1623 after the Mayflower voage. 

(There is some speculation about the parents of John Williams the father of Polly Williams.) 

The Stories are From - address to full story below: 

John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley: Their Life and Legacy in Plymouth Colony.

Elizabeth had traveled on the Mayflower as a 13-year-old girl with her parents, John Tilley [my 11th Great Grandfather] and Joan (Hurst) [widow Rogers] Tilley [my 11th Great Grandmother], and her uncle and aunt, Edward and Ann (or Agnes) Tilley. [John Tilley was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact, as was his brother, Edward.]

Elizabeth’s parents and aunt and uncle all died that first winter, leaving her an orphan. She was then taken in by the Carvers. [The] Carvers died in the spring...

[Elizabeth Tilley Original Mayflower Passenger. Wife of Mayflower Passenger John Howland. Elizabeth was orphaned in the New World, at the age of thirteen, after her parents died the first winter in Plymouth.]

....Howland was listed as a manservant to John Carver on the Mayflower voyage, he was perhaps a younger man at the time of the voyage, perhaps under the age of 25.

In November 1620, the Mayflower Compact was signed by nearly all the adult male colonists and two indentured servants. One of those indentured servants was John Howland. His signature on the famous document suggests he was likely an adult and at least 21 years old in 1620....

John Howland’s Voyage on the Mayflower: The One Who Fell Overboard

...The separatist Pilgrims had originally planned on sailing to the New World in two ships. The Speedwell proved to be unseaworthy, and many of the passengers were moved to the Mayflower.

There were turbulent seas that autumn, and in one horrible storm, John Howland fell overboard. William Bradford wrote in his book of Plymouth Plantation about John Howland’s near-death experience:

“It pleased God that he [John Howland] caught hold of the topsail halyards which hung overboard and ran out at length. Yet he held his hold (though he was sundry fathoms under water) till he was hauled up by the same rope to the brim of the water, and then with a boat hook and other means got into the ship again and his life saved. And though he was something ill with it, yet he lived many years after and became a profitable member both in church and commonwealth"....

John and Elizabeth raised 10 children....

...John Howland held several prominent positions during his lifetime. He served as a Plymouth colony assistant and deputy for Plymouth to the general court, was in charge of the fur trading post at Kennebec, and was on the fur trade committee.

John Howland died in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on February 23, 1672 or 1673. Elizabeth died at Swansea, Massachusetts on December 21, 1687 or 1688.

 (https://www.familysearch.org/blog/en/john-howland-elizabeth-tilley/)

Polly Williams Davies, By Esther Parker Robb

Polly Williams Davies, 
By granddaughter Esther Parker Robb

from book "Together Again", edited by Sophia Parker Stapele

Polly WILLIAMS DAVIS

Grandma Davies was born in Springfield, Illinois, May 28th 1838, the daughter of John Williams and Marcy Lucas. She was baptized July 10, 1857 by S. J. Holdaway and confirmed by I. C. Riddle. She and Grandpa had a large family of eleven children, six and five girls, mother being the second. Her first died at two years of age, the same year that mother was born (1859). Grandma was always ambitious, a hard worker all of her life. She ran a dairy business on her ranch on the Kanarra mountain where she made cheese and butter. Then Grandpa hauled the dairy products to Pioche, Nevada where he used to freight. I remember Grandpa and Grandma in the early days. He peddled produce of the ranch and farm to Pioche. This is the means by which they made living. Grandma left the ranch after her garden was planted. She also planted a summer garden of small vegetables as carrots, radishes, onions, peas, and pepper-cress. What vegetables they were, superior to any raised in the country. fall she always returned from the ranch with a rich supply of cheese and butter to be stored away for future use. It was such a pleasure when she opened up a section of the bedroom floor, which they used as the cellar door, and we were invited to go the storage cellar beneath their home. There she kept her cheese and butter which she stored in the big crock jars; also fat pigs which they had raised and killed themselves for their winter meat. It was such fun to see all that good food; also raspberries and gooseberries in the old glass jars, which she had worked so hard at preparing for the winter ahead. While she was living on the mountain she had many visitors dropping in on her to stay overnight. She always welcomed them with good meals and good beds to sleep in. She was always charitable and sociable. One very strong characteristic was her attentiveness toward the sick and her visits among them. It used to cheer me up when I was sick with severe sore throat and Grandma would come to see me. I always looked forward to her visits. Grandma did lots of walking over the mountain, picking berries and visiting her neighboring ranchers or sheep herders, also living on the mountain. Her worst weakness was profanity, as she was often heard swearing at the cattle and used pretty rough language at times. She had no tolerance for laziness nor immorality. She did all the work for the family, and was ambitious to the end. Until the last of her days she did her own laundry, before her last sickness. One of Grandma's big delights was to come over at dark, after her evening chores were done and scare us nearly to death with the most hair-raising stories. Some were true wild Indian stories. Others were made up ghost stories. Sometimes she got us children so upset that we were afraid to make our final trip to the outhouse before going to bed so we just ran out, with our hair standing on end, into the grass or behind the nearest bush we could find to hide behind, so we wouldn?t have to walk that long trip up by the garden in the dark. Many evenings were spent with her, listening to these stories while we sat crunching on big juicy apples while she, having very few teeth, sat scraping hers with a knife in order to eat it. Grandma didn't have the artistic talents that most women do, such as sewing, art, or music. Her talents, besides being an excellent cook, were her great ambition and her attention and generosity toward people. She made many friends during her lifetime and lived a full and happy life, with a successful and happy family.

Ancestry Chain: TR, Lark, Kirt DeMar WOOD, Laura Elizabeth PARKER, Elizabeth Ann DAVIS, James George DAVIS / DAVIES and Polly WILLIAMS.

Aunt Polly's Ranch (Our Grandmother)

Aunt Polly's Ranch by Verlene Smart Ellis

James George DAVIES/DAVIS and Polly WILLIAMS 

with their youngest children Albert DAVIS and Alice Mae DAVIS. 

I always admired the large red mountains east of Kanarraville, knowing they had very special memories of my great grandmother, Polly Williams Davies. She had become a colorful legend to we, her progenitors. She was my grandmother, Alice Mae Pollock's, mother. "Aunt Polly" as she was known, was a fascinating story teller. "Uncle Jim", James George Davies, her husband, and "Aunt Polly", were very charitable people and many visitors stopped at their doorstep in Kanarraville, getting hot delicious meals or a quick cold lunch of head cheese or scrapple packed in crocks. Everyone was welcome! James and Polly developed a ranch in the "Upper Basin" part of those large red mountains east of Kanarraville, where many of her stories come to mind, instilling in me a desire to witness and enjoy some of her memories there. . We were visiting cousins, Joan and Ronald Williams, after a family reunion, and I mentioned my desire to someday travel to the top of those Kanarra mountains where "Aunt Polly" lived. Ronald said, "If you do not mind riding in a truck, I, will take you to "Aunt Polly's" mountain today!" Of course we went on that bumpy little dirt road up and over steep hills until we reached the top of "Polly's" mountain, and to our surprise, we beheld a beautiful green meadow with a cool stream flowing through "Polly's" area. Oh such memories of "Aunt Polly's" stories filled my bosom as I walked the paths she walked. Pieces of broken crocks were picked up and held closely as I envisioned the many crocks of cheese she made during her summer's stay on the mountain. The bushes of berry blossoms gleamed in the sunshine as I strolled in between her little cabin home comer stones, still in place after these many years. Tears in place, pictures taken and a quiet ride, we started back down the mountain. "It was here," I shouted out loud, "just about here", I said With my arms stretched out to the right of the road. "Yes, about here Uncle Jim pulled his buck board wagon, full of harvested supplies of food, cheese and berries to side of this little, dirt road." Polly was pregnant and labor started. "My precious grandmother, Alice Mae Davies was born,right here,on August 18, 1883". Alice was Polly's 11th and last child. Yes, Alice was born on this, Polly's mountain, the same mountains I look at and admire whenever I am near Kanarraville, Utah,and I was there, there on those hallowed mountain areas. By: Verlene Smart Ellis Notes: Polly Williams Davies was 6 years old and living near the Prophet Joseph Smith, when he was assassinated in 1844. She was 11 years old when she crossed the plains by ox team with her mother, Marcy Jane Lucas Williams. Her father, John Williams, had passed away in 1844 and very much against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Polly was 6 years old when he died. Polly, born May 28, 1838, was first baptized June 10, 1847, another date recorded July 10 1851.

Ancestry Chain: TR, Lark, Kirt DeMar WOOD, Laura Elizabeth PARKER, Elizabeth Ann DAVIS, Polly WILLIAMS and James George DAVIES/DAVIS.

"My Grandparents, James George Davies and Polly Williams"

"My Grandparents, 
James George Davies and 
Polly Williams" 
from book "Together Again", 
edited by Sophia Parker Stapeley

James George Davies [Davis]

Born:November 6, 1831

Place: Llanelly, Carmarthen Co., South Wales

Died:April 3, 1909

Place:Kanarraville, Iron Co., Utah

Baptized: January 6, 1845

Endowed: October 21, 1880

Polly Williams

Born: May 28, 1831

Place: Springfield, Illinois

Died: August 12, 1914

Place: Kanarraville, Iron Co., Utah

Baptized: July 10, 1851-7?

Endowed: October 21, 1880

Sealed to Husband: October 21, 1880

Events:

-Ordained teacher and Elder October 5, 1880
-Filled a Mission among the Indians

Together 

Married: 1855 or 1856
Place: Not Known
Children: 11, all born in Utah; the first three in Old Fort Harmony, the last eight In Kanarraville.

[Note: because the name "Davis" had been spelled Davies in Wales and mispronounced in America James changed the spelling of his last name to Davis so it would not be mispronounced.]

        As with our other grandparents, we have different stories about each of Grandfather and Grandmother Davies. Let me tell you my story of the both of them first, much which came from my mother and sisters, and then let you hear Esther’s story of them separately. Bear with us if some of the comments are repetitious. Esther and I shared many of the same feelings and experiences.

        James and Polly were among the first settlers in southern Utah, settling first at Kan Creek. Later, Brigham Young, President of the Church and leader of the settlers, had the people move to a settlement of Old Fort Harmony. The Navajo Indians often attacked them there, so they built a fort to defend themselves. The walls were several feet thick. The homes inside were built close together and along the walls. All the settlers were Mormons and they got along well together. The building material for the walls was sun-dried clay brick. They lived there for several years but in 1861 the rains were so heavy that the clay got wet and soft and the walls began caving-in. This forced people to move away from Old Fort Harmony. Some went to New Harmony; others, including James and Polly, went north to the town known as Kanarra.

        James and Polly were dairy farmers. Polly became the manager of the ranch, in effect, running it with her children, and producing the food products. James developed a freighting business, carting the food products by wagon to various mining camps in Utah and Nevada. They worked long and hard. Polly and the children had to hand-milk 50 cows twice a day, for milk, cheese and butter. They raised chickens for meat and eggs; pork for fresh meats, headcheese and scrapple; vegetables; and animal feed. James was on the road quite a bit, going back and forth, delivering supplies and returning for more.

        In those days, all merchandise was paid for in gold coins, and James often carried a great deal of money on his way home from his trips. Travel by wagon and team was not very fast either, and there was always the danger of being way-laid by robbers or bandits. One notorious gang leader of stage-robbers in the area, at the time, was one Ben Taster. James believed that Ben was close on his tail, on one trip. But somehow, by being very careful and using out-of-the-way trails and places to rest, he never was held up.

        They were very charitable people, and came to be known by every one as ‘Uncle Jim” and “Aunt Polly.” Many, many people stopped at their home on their travels through Kanarra, getting hot delicious meals with biscuits and butter and coffee, and staying the night. Polly was an expert at preparing jams and jellies, and she always had “bricks” of head-cheese and scrapple packed in crocks for quick cold lunches. No wonder people loved to stop in and visit! James and Polly developed a ranch in the “Upper Basin” part of the Kanarra Mountains, where they stayed and worked during the summers, and even there they had callers by the dozen. Polly, in particular, had a good sense of humor, and much genuine empathy for helping others with their sorrows and problems. They loved being around her and “Uncle Jim” as well. If wealth was measured in friends, James and Polly were very wealthy people.

        There was another fascinating part of Polly. She had a very deep appreciation for beautiful articles. China was her special interest, but she also had a keen eye for oil paintings, glass dishes and ornaments, and tea sets. Her only brother, William George Williams, was the owner of the Kanarra Co-op Store. Whenever salesmen, or “drummers” as they were called, came to the Store to wholesale supplies to George, as he was called, either he or they learned to call Polly to the Store to get her advice on the type of products to buy, and their quality. She had an eye for the finer things and for knowing what people wanted. There were lots of stories about how she would order the finer things, while her brother would order the heavier “more practical” appliances, and the shelves would soon be sold clean of her orders while his “collected dust.” They say that when the ordered, crated goods would arrive at The Store, Polly would get word to her friends to get there early in order to get the best choices, and that often her orders would be sold or spoken for before George could finish uncrating. When big orders were sold to the Store, the drummers would give Polly complimentary articles or gift sets. Her pantry shelves at home were filled with the beautiful china, glassware, and other gifts that had been given to her! Many years later, when she had passed away, her beautiful sets were divided among her children.

        Spending time with them on the Kanarra Mountain ranch, at “Upper Basin,” was a special treat for those of us who, as “grandchildren” of James and Polly, got the chance. My sister, Laura Parker Wood, enjoyed telling of how they would invite one a grandchild at a time to spend a couple of weeks with them during the summer. One event that everyone looked forward to was going with “Grandpa” on his trips up into the timber to get logs that he sometimes needed to fill orders. He drove his team with just the “running-gears” for this purpose. The children took their turns sitting on the running-gear as the teams hauled the logs along the long stretches of narrow dugways through the tall timbers -- with Grandpa singing at the top of his voice all the way! He was Welsh, remember, and just loved to sing. And when they got back to the ranch, Grandma was always there to give them a hearty welcome! How they loved it, when it was their turn to “go to the ranch.”

        One autumn in 1884 after the summers work had been completed at Upper Basin, James and Polly were on their way back to their home in Kanarra for the winter, with their wagon loaded with the harvested supplies and food. Polly was pregnant at the time, and went into labor while they were still on the trail. They delivered their own baby in the wagon, making the best of the situation. Everything turned out well. The baby was a beautiful, lovely girl. They named her Alice May and she was their last child. Alice May lived a full life and married Henry Pollock.

        There are many other stories which could be told about Grandfather Davies. He was called on to help protect the settlers against many of the Indian raids that were common in those days, but refused to participate in destructive, vengeful attacks against the Indians. Later, he was sent on a mission to work among the Navajos, in order to promote better relationships between the Indians and the settlers. He learned to speak Navajo and developed some close friends among them. Esther had some stories about this, so I won’t go into them here. James built a brick yard in Kanarra and produced the bricks that were used to build the homes in that day; and his sons Lorenzo and George took over the business when he retired. He is credited with having built the first bridge across the creek at Kanarra, and built one of the first homes. It was built in 1863 and still stands in Kanarra!

        The same with Polly -- many other stories to tell. She was a great story-teller, and never seemed to run out of interesting tales. She called faithfully on the homebound, usually taking a dish of their favorite food to them to make them feel better. In her last days, she was bedridden most of the time, but even then refused to have anyone help her with her washing -- which she liked doing. My sister Zina Ett Parker Pollock tried to help her, to no avail, and said, “I think no one could wash her clothes to look so white and clean as she could.”

Their children, and dates of birth, were: 1.Rachel Davies, April, 1857 2.Elizabeth Ann Davies, my mother, January 8, 1859 3.James Lorenzo Davies, February 14, 1861 4.William Rees Davies, March 2, 1863 5.George Alma Davies, February 14, 1866 6.Myron Thomas Davies, March 17, 1868 7.Rees Davies, February 4, 1874 8.Nora Davies, December 24, 1874 9.Eleanor Matilda Davies, January 26, 1877 10.Albert Davies, May 13, 1880 11.Alice May Davies, August 18, 1884

Ancestry Chain: TR, Lark, Kirt DeMar WOOD, Laura Elizabeth PARKER, Elizabeth Ann DAVIS, James George DAVIS / DAVIES and Polly WILLIAMS.

Family Group Sheet DAVIS

James George DAVIES/DAVIS Photo Family Group Sheet
FATHER: Welsh Saint James George DAVIS (1832-1909)
Award Winning Tenor Voice / Mormon Pioneer / Indian Missionary and Peacemaker / Spoke Welsh, English and Navajo / Owned the Kanarra Brick Yard hand made the bricks for the houses in town / Ranched on Kanarra Mountain.
Born 6 Nov 1832 in Llanelly, Carmarthen, Wales to William Rees DAVIES and Rachel MORRIS. Died 3 Nov 1909 in Kanarraville, Iron, Utah at the three days short of age 77.

11 Children were born to James George and Polly WILLIAMS DAVIS.

Children:
1. Rachel (1857 Fort Harmony, UT - 1859 Fort Harmony, UT) age 2.
2. Elizabeth Ann DAVIS PARKER (1859 Fort Harmony, UT - 1927 Kanarraville, UT) age 68. Married Charles PARKER Sr.
3. James Lorenzo DAVIS (1861 Fort Harmony, UT - 1929 Cedar City, UT) age 68. Married Irona Weltha HANKS.
4. William Reese DAVIS (1863 Fort Harmony, UT - 1920 buried Kanarraville, UT) age 57. Married Eliza Ann WILLIS as a widow she married 2nd widower Matthew Newton BATTY.
5. George Alma DAVIS (1866 Fort Harmony - 1941 Kanarraville, UT) age 74. Married Sarah Isabell HALES.
6. Myron Thomas DAVIS (1868 Kanarraville, UT - 1922 Kanarraville, UT) age 53. Married Annetta Rebecca REEVES.

MOTHER: Polly WILLIAMS (1838-1914)
12 year old Mormon Pioneer traveled with stepfather Henry BARNEY, mother, and siblings / Polly's 1st child was born when she was age 18 - 11th child born at age 45 / famous for unladylike comments / knew fine china / hard working / charitable / friendly.
Born 28 May 1839 in Springfield, Sangamon, IL to John WILLIAMS and Marcy Jane LUCAS.
Married 23 year old James George DAVIS, 21 Oct 1856 St George, Washington, Utah Polly was age 18.
Died 12 Aug 1914 in Kanarraville, Iron, Utah at age 82.

Children continued:

7. Reese DAVIS (1871 Kanarraville, UT - 1957 buried Kanarraville, UT) age 85. MARRIED Sarah Elizabeth REDD (PRINCE) widow of James Franklin PRINCE.
8. Nora DAVIS BERRY (1873 Kanarraville, UT - 1946 buried Kanarraville, UT) age 72. MARRIED George Albert BERRY.
9. Eleanor Matilda DAVIS POLLOCK (1877 Kanarraville, UT - 1950 buried Kanarraville, UT) age 72. MARRIED Samuel Lorenzo POLLOCK.
10. Albert DAVIS (1880 Kanarraville, UT - 1948 Cedar City, UT) age 58. MARRIED Hannah Agusta REEVES.
11. Alice Mae DAVIS POLLOCK (1883 Kanara Mountain, UT - 1963 Cedar City, UT) age 79. MARRIED. Joseph Henry POLLOCK Jr.

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Wives: 6. Annetta Rebecca Reeves and 10. Hannah Augusta Reeves are sisters.

Husbands: 9. Samuel Lorenzo Pollock and 11. Joseph Henry Pollock Jr. are brothers. Their brother William Wallace Pollock married the oldest daughter of 1. Elizabeth Ann Davis.

Ancestry Chain: 3rd great grandparents James George DAVIES/DAVIS b.1832 and Polly WILLIAMS b.1838, Elizabeth Ann DAVIS b.1859, Laura Elizabeth PARKER b.1889, Kirt DeMar WOOD b.1923. Lark. TR.

Quote Board

One day Uncle Jim [James George DAVIS 1832-1909] got miffed over some thing and was writing to Brother Brigham Young about it, when his wife [Polly WILLIAMS 1838-1914] looked over his shoulder and said, "Why James, Bro. Brigham Young can't read such writin." And he answered, "Oh yes he can, he's a better scholar than I am."

(The Family of Joseph Henry Pollock, Jr. and Alice Mae Davis, Written & Compiled by Verlene Smart Ellis, page 120 History of Kanarra, By William Charles Reeves [1867-1954], age 83 (from memory).)

Ancestry Chain: 3rd great grandparents James George DAVIES/DAVIS b.1832 and Polly WILLIAMS b.1838, Elizabeth Ann DAVIS b.1859, Laura Elizabeth PARKER b.1889, Kirt DeMar WOOD b.1923. Lark. TR.

Kanarraville Cemetery - PARKER - DAVIES / DAVIS

Great grandparents, grandparents and Parents, of Laura Elizabeth PARKER WOOD (1889-1970).

Our ancestral sure name DAVIES was changed to DAVIS by James George DAVIS because it was pronounced "Davis" and too often misspelled after leaving Wales.

William Reese DAVIES (1805-1865) and Rachel MORRIS (1803-1882).
First man and women baptized in South Wales 1843. William R. DAVIES was the first Welsh speaking missionary in Wales.
Councilor to Dan Jones head of the emigrating company on the "Buena Vista" sailed in 1849. Called as branch Leader, at Council Bluffs.
Arrive in Utah 1852 William Morgan Wagon Train. First Presiding Elder of the Fort Harmony.

William Reese DAVIES born 1805 Saint Ishmael, Wales, married Rachel MORRIS abt 1824 Swansen, Wales, died 1805 Kanarraville, UT.
Rachel MORRIS born born 1803 Saint Ishmael, Wales, died 1882 Kanarraville, UT.
Parents of five children. George DAVIES, John Rees DAIVES, Elizabeth DAVIES WILLIAMS DAVIES, James George DAVIES / DAVIS, David DAVIES (child).

William Reese was the son of Rees DAVIES and Ann THOMAS.
Rachel was the daughter of George MORRIS and Catherine ANTHONY.

John Davis PARKER (1799-1891) and Almeda Sophia ROUNDY (1829-1912)

John Davis PARKER born 1799 Saratoga, NY.
Baptized 1832, member of ZIONS camp, 1835 member of First Quorum of Seventy, body guard to Joseph SMITH Jr., 1841 New Orleans Mission, built wagons at Winter Quarters for five years, captain of 10 Stewart's company 1852.
First married Harriet SHERWOOD (deaf) before 1834 Nauvoo, IL two or more children all died as infants, this marriage ended in divorce.
Second married Almeda Sophia ROUNDY 1846 Nauvoo, IL. John and Sophia were the parents of ten children. Jared R. PARKER (infant), John Davis PARKER (teen), Malinda PARKER ROUNDY, Charles PARKER, Mary Ellen PARKER (child), Betsey Jane PARKER SMITH, Otho PARKER (child), Lauretta PARKER (teen), Almeda Sophia PARKER TAYLOR, Samantha PARKER BERRY.
Third married Samantha ROUNDY 1846 Nauvoo, IL - no children.
Samantha was the older sister of second wife.

John Davis PARKER died 1891 in Kanarraville, UT.
John was the son of Able PARKER and Mary DAVIS.

Almeda Sophia ROUNDY was born 1829 Spafford, NY and died 1912 Alton, UT.
Sophia was the daughter of Shadrach ROUNDY and Bestsy QUIMBY.


James George DAVIS (1832-1909) and POLLY WILLIAMS (1838-1914)

James George DAVIS called "Uncle Jim" by all in Kanarra. He was the son of William Reese DAVIES and Rachel MORRIS and was born 1832 in Llanelly, Wales. He pioneered to Utah before his parents traveling with his brother John Reese DAVIES and their widowed sister in-law Mary Ann GRIFFITHS DAVIES. He was called on an Indian mission by Brigham Young to discern if the Welsh language could be found among the indians. James married 1856 in St. George, UT Polly WILLIAMS daughter of John WILLIAMS and Marcy Jane LUCAS WILLIAMS BARNEY. Polly was born 1838 in springfield, IL.

James and Polly were the parents of eleven children. Rachel DAVIS (infant), Elizabeth Ann DAVIS PARKER, James Lorenzo DAVIES/DAVIS, William Reese DAVIS, George Alma DAVIES/DAVIS, Myron Thomas DAVIS, Reese DAVIES, Nora DAVIS BERRY, Eleanor Matilda DAVIS POLLOCK, Albert DAVIS.
James George died 1909 in Kanarraville, UT. Polly died 1914 in Kanarraville, UT.

Charles PARKER Sr. (1853-1935) and Elizabeth Ann DAVIS (1859-1927)

Charles was the son of John Davis PARKER and Almeda Sophia ROUNDY.Elizabeth was the daughter of James George DAVIS and Polly WILLIAMS.
Charles was born 1853 Centerville, UT. He married Elizabeth 1880 in St George, UT. Elizabeth was born 1853 Old Fort Harmony, UT. The Parker's are the parents of nine children. Zina Ett PARKER POLLOCK, Charles PARKER Jr., Esther PARKER ROBB, Laura Elizabeth PARKER WOOD, (Dee) John Davis PARKER, Sophia PARKER STAPLEY, (Lena) Samantha Ahlena PARKER WILLIAMS, Ray Cecil PARKER, (Fay) Bruce Fayette PARKER.

Charles PARKER Sr. died 1935 in Kanarraville, UT. Elizabeth also died in Kanarraville in 1927.

Follow the name labels for more pictures and history.

Monuments and Markers - Fort Kanarra

Fort Harmony foundation from north east corner. Photo by Joseph Buchanan

Fort Kanarra

FORT KANARRA Old Kanarra, as it was called by early inhabitants, was founded in the spring of 1881 by settlers who moved from Fort Harmony. The town was situated on Kanarra Creek about one mile east of the present location. Later a group from Toquerville built on the present site in the springtown fashion shown. This settlement became known as Fort Kanarra. In 1866 the present town site of Kanarraville was surveyed by settlers from Kanab. During the same year this aggregate of settlements became one when the original group also moved to the new town site bringing with them a log meeting house. This building served for many years as a church, school and social hall. To build their homes, logs were hauled out of Shirts Canyon to the east. The first child born in Kanarraville James Wallace Pollock, son of Samuel Pollock, arrived on November 17, 1866 in his father's blacksmith shop. On September 29, 1867 Apostle Erastus Snow set apart Lorenzo W. Roundy as the first Bishop of this Mormon community. The town may have acquired its name from either of two sources. The popular belief is that the name came from an Indian Chief, Kaunar, who resided along the creek. Another origin may have been from the kind of willows that grow along the creek, Kanarra willows.

Site Information
Location: 40 S Main Street
KANARRAVILLE
IRON County

Marker Information
Placed By: Not Available Marker Condition: Excellent Marker Description: Diagram of homes in fort

Monument Information
Description: Boulder Constructed By: Not Available Materials: Native stone Dimensions (base): 5'W 4'3"H 3'D Condition: Excellent

Additional Information
Surveyor's Name: B. Bryant/A. Topham Surveyor's Organization: DUP Iron County Date Surveyed: 1995-05-15

[Among the pioneers of Kanarraville are uncle and first Bishop Lorenzo Wesley ROUNDY, grandfather and mother John Davis PARKER and Grandfathers and mothers from Old Fort Harmony - Almeda Sophia ROUNDY. William Reese DAVIES and Rachel MORRIS, James George DAVIS and Polly WILLIAMS and their daughter Elizabeth Ann DAVIS, Marcy Jane LUCAS WILLIAMS BARNEY.]

7 DAVIES / Morris
7 (Barney) / Lucas
6 DAVIS / Williams
6 PARKER / Roundy
5 PARKER / Davis

At Home In Kanarraville 1902

Polly WILLIAMS (1838-1914) and James George DAVIS (DAVIES) (1832-1909)
with youngest of their 11 DAVIS children - Alice May DAVIS POLLOCK (1883-1963) holding her oldest of 9 POLLOCK children - Lila Vaughn POLLOCK ISOM (1902-1999)

"The family records of Viola Pearce, a descendant of James, show that James, 'was the first member of his family to come to America. He worked in the mines in Wales and earned his fare to come to America. His hardships were many. As a pioneer he walked across the continent. Later he earned money enough for the rest of his people to come to Southern Utah. Pipe Springs, Arizona was named from an Indian shooting a pipe out of his mouth with an arrow.'...James may have come as far as Council Bluffs with his older brother, John Rees DAVIES." (Life and Family of William Reese Davies, Murland R. Packer, May 1990)

James' parents William Reese DAVIE and Rachel MORRIS and his sister Elizabeth with her husband Rees Jones WILLIAMS and their one year old son traveled form Wales in 1849.

1850 Mormon Trail - Marcy Jane LUCAS WILLIAMS BARNEY - Mother Pioneer

Seventh Generation Marcy Jane Lucas - John WILLIAMS died in Illinois.

Places Marcy lived: Lake Fork, IL / Provo, UT / Manti, UT / Fort Harmony, UT / Grafton, UT / Karnarraville, UT / Escalante, UT Marcy Jane LUCAS WILLIAMS BARNEY age 35 / b. 1814 Summit, OH - m. 1833 Sangamon, IL - d. 1896 Escalante, UT - buried Escalante, UT / other spouse Henry Barney. BAPTIZED: Marcy Baptized in IL 1840-1846. John was not a member of the LDS church and did not want his wife to join because of the persecution. BY LAND: 1850 Warren Foote Company Departure: 17 June 1850 Arrival in Salt Lake Valley: 17-18, 26 September 1850 Barney, Marcy Lucas [Williams] (35) Husband Barney, Henry (35) Williams , Sarah (13) Williams , Polly (12) Williams , Elizabeth (10) Williams , George (7) Williams , Mary A (5) Barney, Alma (2) [Missing Record - Amanda Williams oldest daughter of Marcy Jane Lucas Williams Barney] Pioneer Information: Marcy took her children by night to join the church. She had to escape her husbands Will restrictions and those who where watching her movements. She married a Mormon, Henry Barney and travels west. Company Information: About 540 individuals and 104 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs). Read Trail Excerpt: 11 June 1850. We traveled in company with 3 other families to the place where the company was to organize. It was 18 miles below Kanesville and we arrived on the 21st. Elder Orson Hyde proceeded to organize a company of 100. He nominated me to be captain, with Otis L. [Lysander] Terry and William [Madison Wall] captains of 50. The company started from the Missouri River 17 June 1850. After a wearysome journey of 101 days, we arrived in Salt Lake City, 26 Sept 1850. There were about 20 deaths in the company, most of them caused by cholera, in the beginning of the journey. (Foote, Warren, [Autobiography], in James Albert Jones, comp., Some Early Pioneers of Huntington, Utah and Surrounding Area [1980], 78-79.) Barney, Marcy, 1850, 37, Utah 1850 Census, Utah County Page 132 Microfilm 25540 Barney, Marcy Lucas, 1850, NA, NA, Roster found in Heart Throbs of the West, Volume 11, Pages 396-455 SEE: Kirt DeMar WOOD - Laura PARKER Pedigree for relationship

1850 Mormon Trail - Polly WILLLIAMS - Child Pioneer

Sixth Generation - Polly WILLIAMS and husband James George DAVIS (DAVIES)

Polly WILLIAMS traveled as a child with her mother Marcy Jane LUCAS and step father Henry BARNEY. Places Lived: Polly - IL / Provo, UT / Manti, UT / Fort Harmony, UT / Kanarraville, UT / Kanarra Mountain, UT Polly WILLIAMS age 12 / b. 1838 Springfield, IL - d. 1914 Kanarraville, UT - buried in Kanarraville, UT. BAPTIZED: [Iowa] 1847 at age 9. BY LAND: 1850 Warren Foote Company Departure: 17 June 1850 Arrival in Salt Lake Valley: 17-18, 26 September 1850 Barney, Marcy Lucas [Williams] (35) step father Barney, Henry (35) Williams , Sarah (13) * Williams , Polly (12) Williams , Elizabeth (10) Williams , George (7) Williams , Mary A (5) Barney, Alma (2) Pioneer Information: Polly WILLIAMS 12 year old child Pioneer, traveling with mother, step father Henry Barney and (Amanda age 15 not in records), Sarah age 14, Elizabeth age 9, William George age 8, Mary Ann age 6, and half brother Alma age 2. Company Information: see 7th Generation, Marcy Jane Lucus Williams Barney SEE: Kirt DeMar WOOD - Laura Elizabeth PARKER pedigree.

Henry BARNEY - second husband of Marcy Jane LUCAS / Step Father of Polly WILLIAMS

Name: Henry BARNEY Surname: BARNEY Given Name: Henry Sex: M Birth: 1 Jun 1816 in Paint Creek, Wayne Twp, Fayette, Ohio, USA Death: ABT 1890 in Cannonville, Garfield, Utah Territory, USA

[Henry Barney, born 1 Jun 1815 in Winchester, Knox Co., Ohio; died in Cannonville, Garfield Co., Utah, son of Charles Barney and Mercy Yoeman. He married (1) in 1835 in Summit, Clinton Co., Ohio, Marcy Jane Lucas, born 25 Dec 1813 in Clinton, Summit Co., Ohio; died 20 Mar 1896 in Escalante, Garfield Co., Utah; daughter of Thomas Lucas and Sarah Hoblit. He married; (2) on 10 Oct 1863 in Salt Lake City, Utah Mary Powell, born 10 Mar 1847 in St. Luke, London, Middlesex; christened 7 Feb 1849 in Shoreditch, St. John the Baptist, London, Middlesex; died 15 Oct 1932 in Bexley, Franklin Co., Ohio; daughter of James Thomas Henry Powell and Sarah Brittle; (3) Mary Bromel.]

The following found at: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kbkeeley&id=I261

From CONQUERORS OF THE WEST: STALWART MORMON PIONEERS, vol. 1:
"Henry Barney, with his family, moved to Illinois and then to Iowa, where they joined the Church. They settled in Nauvoo, Illinois, where* he married [Marcy Jane LUCAS WILLIAMS] a young widow with six children. They had a son in Springfield, Illinois, and shortly after, made the trek to the Valley. They lived in Provo and Manti where two more children were born, and then they went south to help settle several communities (including) New Harmony, Grafton, and Virgin City. He served as a bishop's counselor for a time. Henry was reputed to be an adopted son of John D. LEE. They lived in New Harmony at the time of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. He was not directly involved but remained behind to take the water turns of those who went. He is listed as receiving some of the spoils. He operated the first molasses mill in Dixie. He took to wife an Indian girl amid some controversy. Some time later, his first wife, Marcy, took the children and went to Kanarra. In 1863 he married Mary POWELL and they helped settle the "Muddy Mission," and later Monroe, Utah. Henry spent his last years in Cannonville, Utah, where he died in a cave-in while digging an irrigation canal."

From HEART THROBS OF THE WEST, vol. 3 (Pioneer Mills and Millers):
"The molasses business is one of Dixie's outstanding accomplishments. Henry BARNEY ran the first molasses mill in 1858 or 1859 at Virgin. It was made with wooden rollers, out of mountain mahogany. It was such a primitive affair and had to run night and day in order to take care of the cane, before heavy frosts came. It squeaked so that it could be heard all over town and sounded just like a flock of geese. The boiler was made out of the bottom of a cook stove, with wooden sides fastened at the corners with wooden screws, and corked with cotton to keep it from leaking...." (from Daughters of Utah Pioneers)

From HEART THROBS OF THE WEST, vol. 12 (Pioneer Furniture, Garfield County):
"The rawhide-bottom chairs used in the prayer circle room, Stake Presidency and Relief Society rooms of the old Bishop's Building in Panguitch, were made of ashwood from Ash Creek, Dixie, by Henry BARNEY. Meetings at that time were held in the old tithing office in Panguitch. Later when the Bishop's building was erected in 1911 they (the chairs) were taken to the upstairs room which had been dedicated and set apart for the purpose of holding prayer circle. These chairs were made between 1890 and 1900 during the time Jesse W. Crosby served as Stake President......they were later taken downstairs and used in the Seminary room. In 1950, when the new Welfare building was dedicated, they were taken there to be preserved."

According to OUR PIONEER HERITAGE, vol. 20, Henry Barney was a member of the first brass band in Garfield County. This band played for many years.

Another reference to Henry Barney appears in Vol. 16: "When organized, Toquerville was attached to Harmony Ward which at this time also embraced the settlements of Pinto, Pine Valley, and Washington. The Bishopric of Harmony Ward was William Rees Davies, with John R. Davies and Henry BARNEY, counselors."
[William Rees Davies is our grandfather. (father in-Law of Polly WILLIAMS DAVIS) John R. Davies is the son of William Rees Davies. ]
see also http://www.rootcellar.us/glennsrh.htm

note: CONQUERORS OF THE WEST: STALWART MORMON PIONEERS gives Henry's birthdate as 1 June 1816 at Winchester, Knox County, Ohio. Other sources say 1 June 1815 at Wayne Township, Fayette County, Ohio.

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1850 Census, Utah County, Utah
p.132; dwelling #194; family #194:

Henry BARNEY; age 34; male; occupation: Farmer; value of real estate: $50; birthplace: Ohio
Marcy BARNEY; age 37; female; birthplace: Ohio
Sarah BARNEY*; age 14; female; birthplace: Ill.; attending school
Polly BARNEY*; age 12; female; birthplace: Ill.; attending school [Polly WILLIAMS DAVIS]
Elizabeth BARNEY*; age 10; female; birthplace: Ill.; attending school
George BARNEY*; age 8; male; birthplace: Ill.; attending school
Mary A. BARNEY*; age 6; female; birthplace: Ill.; attending school
Alma BARNEY; age 3; male; birthplace: Ill.
Jacob H. BARNEY; age 2/12; male; birthplace: Deseret
Ransom AMES; age 22; male; occupation: Laborer; birthplace: Wisconsin

*the first five of these children were actually the children of Marcy Jane LUCAS (WILLIAMS)(BARNEY) and her first husband, John WILLIAMS. In most records they used the surname WILLIAMS.
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1860 Census, Virgin City, Washington County, Utah (date: 24 July 1860)
Post Office: Tokerville; p.141; dwelling #1188; family #1059:

Hy. (Henry) BARNEY; age 46; male; occupation: Far(mer); value of real estate: $300; value of personal estate $600; birthplace: Ohio
Mercy BARNEY; age 47; female; birthplace: Ohio; cannot read or write
Geo. BARNEY; age 17; male; birthplace: Ill.
Alma BARNEY; age 12; male; birthplace: Ill.
Mercy J. BARNEY; age 5; female; birthplace: U(tah) T(erritory)
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1870 Census, St. Joseph, Rio Virgin County, Utah Territory (date: 1 July 1870)
dwelling #35; family #35:

BARNEY, Henry; age 54; male; white; occupation: Farmer; value of real estate: $100; value of personal estate: $100; birthplace: Ohio
BARNEY, Mary; age 21; female; white; occupation: Keepinghouse; birthplace: England
BARNEY, Mary A.; age 5; female; white; birthplace: Utah
BARNEY, Henry; age 4; male; white; birthplace: Utah
BARNEY, David; age 2; male; white; birthplace: Utah
BARNEY, James W.; age 8mo.; male; white; month of birth: Oct.; birthplace: Utah

(note: Rio Virgin County was included in Utah Territory for the 1870 Census, even though it is actually located in Nevada. This area, known as the "Muddy Mission," was settled by Mormons who were called by Brigham Young in 1868. The Muddy Mission was not a success, was closed in 1871, and the settlers returned to Utah).
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1880 Census, Panguitch, Iron, UT:
Henrie BARNEY, age 64, marital status: Widowed, occupation: Chair Maker, birthplace: OH, father's birthplace: VT, mother's birthplace: VT
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Henry BARNEY and John D. LEE were disfellowshipped by Bishop William Rees DAVIES for taking Indian women as wives. John D. LEE was the presiding officer over the Indian Mission and Henry BARNEY was a counselor to Bishop DAVIES.

John D. LEE writes in his journal that he was exonerated by Brigham Young and told to treat an Indian wife with the same respect as his other wives.

When Henry BARNEY married Mary POWELL in 1863. It appears that either he abandoned Mary Jane or she no longer welcomed him. It seems he was not a part of Marcy Jane's life after this marriage.

History - Elizaberth Ann DAVIS

Ancestry chain
TR, Lark, Kirt DeMar WOOD, Laura Elizabeth PARKER, to her mother

Elizabeth Ann DAVIS PARKER who was the daughter of James George DAVIS and Polly WILLIAMS. Elizabeth was the wife of Charles PARKER who was the some of John Davis PARKER and Almeda Sophia ROUNDY.

above - Elizabeth Ann DAVIS PARKER with baby "Lena" 1897
below- Elizabeth Ann DAVIS PARKER about 1926

Elizabeth Ann DAVIS PARKER
By Esther PARKER ROBB - daughter of Elizabeth Ann DAVIS and Charles PARKER

[Elizabeth's names between photos are linked to two post with PARKER family photos, her name just above is linked to more of her history.]

An old adobe fort was the first thing built by the settlers as they had to protect themselves from the ravages of the Indians who infested the territory. This old fort was built in the form of a square, with one entrance only, a heavy, thick, wooded gate. The community lived inside the fort. Each family had one or two small rooms in which they lived. There [were] no outside openings from these rooms. Inside the square of the fort was a well which furnished the water supply used by all the families within.

In such a fort [Old Fort Harmony] on Jan 8th, 1859 a baby girl was born to James and Polly Davis. They named her Elizabeth Ann. Sociability reigned in this little fort and she grew up with other children and played with them every day, having no older brothers and sisters.

Although the conditions in that day were very poor, she had a strong desire to go to school and learn the “Three R’s, Reading, “Riting and “Rithmetic. Her determination to go to school was not daunted by the privations she had to endure. She never missed school at any time, no matter who trying the difficulties were in getting there. She even attended school when she had to go barefooted, =when there was ice on the ground. In that day in the old fort they had no modern facilities for gaining an education. About all the subjects were R, R, &R, but in these subjects she became very proficient and was [considered] to be the best speller in any of the classes, and was above the average in reading and arithmetic. There [were] no High Schools or Colleges that she could really attend so her educational training was limited to the grade system.

Being the oldest child in the family, she was looked up to by the younger members. There were three sisters and six brothers all younger than her and they depended a great deal upon her for their care. She had a great responsibility as she had the household duties to take care of as well as helping to care for the children. The household training she received in her early childhood days, under very adverse conditions were a wonderful help to her in her later married life, in raising her own family. In that day there ere no modern conveniences. The washing had to be done by hand: ironing with the sad irons, which were heated on top of the stove, and as one cooled off, it was exchanged for another hot one, keeping the ironing job continuous without waiting for irons to be re-heated. They also made their own sop, in a brass kettle, out side over an open fire. The family meals were cooked, many times, over the fireplace in a bake skillet or Dutch oven.

Mother had much artistic ability which she applied after she grew up. Her crochet work and knitting were very beautiful. She made many beautiful household articles such as tidies, throws, and doilies. In those days, when a girl married, it seemed she had a cover for every cedar chest, many beautiful articles in embroidery and hand-knitted lace which she used to pay for all the thread and materials she needed to [use], so she did fancywork for others and was paid ”spool for spool“, for a customer, she Earned on spool for herself. Can you imagine what a lot of work this required to make all the art pieces she owned? You can have had a dozen or more quilts with beautiful patterns such as “Rose of Beauty”, the “Feather Star”, “Sunflower”. “Bethlehem Star”, “Double Irish Chain”. “Kentucky Star” and many more. These also required a great deal of money which she had to work for to earn. She did the family washings for fifty cents to earn the money to buy the material to make the quilts. Grandpa Davis [went] to Silver Reef to sell it, the proceeds from which she wished to use to apply on her trousseau, but when Grandpa Davis [James George DAVIS] was considering selling it, he didn’t want to part with it. Her industry didn’t let up with the trousseau. She kept up her work after she was married, until in later years when she was unable to use her hands to work with. She was a good dressmaker, having made many beautiful dresses for herself. I remember on in particular, a black alpaca skirt with eight plaited ruffles up the front funning around the bottom of the skirt. We were a lucky bunch of girls to have so many pretty dresses made by her. She never used a pattern. She did all the sewing for the family: shirts, underwear and all the other clothing. She was a good helpmate for father. The helped each other financially by being able to do so many of the necessary jobs to keep the family well dressed and well fed.

I remember once when mother was having a little difficulty in getting Laura and me to get the dishes done. (This was later in life when she was afflicted with rheumatism.) She said if we wouldn’t come do the dishes she would call in the Relief Society ladies to make our dresses. We didn’t want that to happen, so we responded at once. The dresses were rose cashmere trimmed with green print silk. They were very beautiful dresses.

When mother and father were first married [10 Mar 1880] they made a trip to Salt Lake. It was a combination honeymoon, pleasure, and shopping trip. They were on the road three weeks, the duration of the round trip. While there they had pleasant visits with their relatives then they went shopping to buy their outfits to start housekeeping. They bought their furniture, consisting of two bedsteads, a dresser, a commode, kitchen table and chairs, a stove, dishes, and Cedar chests, one for each of them. Their first home was a log house that they built by the side of Grandpa and Grandma Parker’s. Here they had the misfortune of losing their first child, a little girl, who was stillborn. Mother always blamed this tragedy onto her being badly frightened by being chased by a cow just three days before the baby was due. The second baby born in this house was a girl named Zina Ett.

The first home that they bought was Wallace Roundy’s old home where they both worked very had the first year. Father cut crops in the field for custom. He started work as early as 4 a.m. and worked until as late as he could see at night. Mother shouldered her load at home. Besides caring for the children and the meals and the household work she went out to do the chores, cutting alfalfa for the pigs, milking a corral full of cows and caring for chickens. They worked together to raise the money to pay for the home they were buying. Mother always did the gardening.

She raised chickens, and most of the proceeds from them were sold for cash or used as a medium of exchange for the things bought at the store. She and father both schemed to get everything possible by their own work, and trade such things as they could such as horses, cattle and farm produce instead of cash.

As the family grew and we were in need of more room for our convenience, mother and father took great pride and joy in planning what was to be our new home. They planned the way they wanted it built by adding a kitchen and pantry on to ground, and tow large bedrooms upstairs, and changing the front part with an entrance and a stairway. They also added a by window in the front which extended up into the bedroom above.

They had much more planning than just the architecture as it took a great deal of scheming to finance the materials and the workmanship. Father put in all the time he could take away from the farming to make trips to haul lumber from duck Creek, which took him several days to a week to make each trip. The brick all had to be made. My brother Charles [Jr.] did most of the work with [my brother] Dee [John Davis Parker] helping him to make the brick. This was done at the brick kiln south of Kanarra. [Father] had to sell the livestock and proceeds from the farm for cash to purchase the parts of the house which required cas, such as the windows and doors which we ordered from Montgomery Ward. Father was a strudy builder. When ever he built a barn or a fence or anything it was built to stand. Many people said that when Charles Built anything it was good for a hundred years. And so it was with his house. It was built to last for many generations.

Charles PARKER's Kanarra Home
with grandchildren Elaine and Parker ROBB and son Bruce "Fay" PARKER

Mother’s biggest plan, outside of the help she gave father, was to have carpets. This took extra money which she financed by the proceeds from her hens also by selling butter, milk and cream. It was a big job but no task was too great for her that she could do with her own labor as long as she had her health. The carpets were ready and large rolls lay waiting for the floors when they were finished. She also made many rugs some woven and others she made from wool that she had gathered in small bits form the bushes, off the barb-wire and sage brush, where the sheep had lost some of their wool as they ran through tight places. After picking enough of these tiny bits for a rug, she had to wash, cord, and spin it into yarn, after which she colored the skeins to work up into the [rugs.] She hooked these rugs and mad many beautiful designs, some with flowers. Some with animals and other pretty patterns. When the house was finished she had all of her work done, carpeting enough and throw rugs for five huge rooms, four bedrooms and the parlor.

The home after 100 years - taken at Kanarra, UT about 2003

SW corner at 1st East and Center Street, Kanarraville, Utah

In spite of the negative attitude toward education in her home early in her life, she was always determined to see her children as well educated as could be. It was remarkable how she, in her poor health and crippled during her later years. Still financed the schooling for her younger children.

She and I undertook a big project on year to get money for my second year of high school. Sericulture in Utah had never before been tried out, so as an experiment, we decided to try raising the silkworms. It was a very interesting project. We sent a mail order to Salt Lake to receive the tiny eggs which came in a small package. When we opened the package the eggs had already started hatching out. Nature took care of the feed immediately as the mulberry trees were just budding out at the right time. (Mulberry leaves are the only food that silkworms live on.) We built shelves and laid the leaves out for the little worms to eat. They steadily grew and the food supply had to be increased day by day. Until we were bringing in larger and larger branches. About the third week they began molting, they attached themselves on to a branch and started spinning a thread from their own bodies inside the cocoon. About six to ten weeks later their bodies have completely disappeared and have formed a ball of beautiful silk thread. This thread had to be heated immediately to kill the moth inside before it broke out and destroyed the silk thread. Then the thread was reeled and used for silk yardage. During all these processes we had many interested visitors who quietly watched the little worms doing their jobs. (We always had to be extremely quiet when we were with the worms. Any disturbance or chilling would cause an imperfection or the silk thread would be tangled and could not be used in top grade material.) After mother and I split the money at the end of the season, I had enough to buy a little trunk to store my school clothing in and some of the silk was made into a beautiful golden wig. Mother saved hers for something really special.

Besides being artistic and clever with her hand, she inherited a good voice from Grandpa Davis and spent many enjoyable hours singing at home and for church programs.

[see "More Memories of Elizabeth Ann DAVIS PARKER" by Sophia PARKER STAPLEY .]