Lindsay Anderson Brady and Elizabeth Ann Hendrickson

Sundays seem like a good day to share family history.  Here is a bit of information about the Brady family.  This is a photograph of Lindsay Anderson Brady.  He was born to Thomas Brady and Elizabeth Bailey on June 11, 1811 in Lincoln County, Kentucky.

His wife, Elizabeth Ann Hendrickson (called Betsy) was born to Simeon Hendrickson and Keziah Paddix (Paddocks) on October 23, 1813 in Washington County, Kentucky.  Betsy and Lindsay were married on October 18, 1831.  Their first three sons were born in Kentucky, Simeon (who died in Nauvoo), Marion Hendrickson, and Warren Paddix.  That is also where they were introduced to the Mormon faith by Wilford Woodruff and his missionary companion, Warren Parrish.  They were baptized on November 15, 1835 by Wilford Woodruff.  Lindsay had the Aaronic Priesthood conferred upon him on September 2, 1836 when Wilford Woodruff returned for a conference of the Damon Creek Branch.

Lindsay's family disowned him for joining the church but Betsy's family were also converted.  On April 24, 1837 the Brady family left Kentucky for Far West, Missouri in the Henry G. Sherwood company.  There were 89 people in their group.  They bought land on Shoal Creek in Livingston County and farmed that summer but later moved within six miles of Far West and settled on Log Creek.  Their first daughter, Elizabeth Ann, was born here. They later fled with the rest of church members to Illinois and lived in Nauvoo.  Lindsay worked on the Nauvoo Temple.  Three more children were born while in Nauvoo including Keziah Frances, Jordan, and Tranquilla.

Jordan would become Glen's great great grandfather.  The above is a picture of Jordan with his wife, Mary Lovina Howell, and their children.  Glen's great grandmother, Sarah Matilda, is seated on the left side of the front row.

This is a photo of Jordan with his brothers. Lindsay and Betsy left Nauvoo with their children in 1846 and traveled across Iowa to the Missouri River.  They settled on the east side of the river at Big Mosquito Creek for three years where they grew crops.  On June 14, 1850 they start for the Salt Lake Valley with the Warren Foote Company (I always find it fascinating when Glen and my ancestors intersect in the past.)  I have great admiration for Betsey for her son Lindsey Anderson Brady, Jr. was born on July 11, 1850 on the banks of the Platte River near Julesburg, Nebraska.  Jordan Brady's age is listed as 7 years old on the Company records.  Betsey was 36 and Lindsay was 39.  Warren Paddix was 13 and Marrion Hendrickson was 15.

Here are Lindsay and Betsy's daughters.  Elizabeth Ann was 11, Keziah Frances was 9, and Tranquilla Ann was 4.  The photo within a photo is Keziah. Sarah Matilda, standing, was born in Utah.

Once in the Valley the family settled in the Little Cottonwood Creek area in Union.  It was here that Sarah Matilda was born on November 30, 1852.  Jordan named one of his own daughters Sarah Matilda after her aunt.  That child later married Jesse Warren Clement and became Glen's great grand mother.  As their family expanded they needed more land.  North Bend (Fairview) in the Sanpete Valley was chosen and they settled there in 1859.

Lindsay and Elizabeth are both buried in the Fairview Cemetery.

The inscription reads:

My Dear Beloved Father In Peace May You Rest While In Heaven Your Spirit Will Be Blessed With the Blessed To Forsake The Vain World With Its Vice and Its Crime And To Dwell With Our Father In Heaven Divine

This inscription reads:

In Memory of Elizabeth Ann Brady, Daughter of Simeon and Keziah Hendrickson, Born Oct 23 1813 in KY, Died Aug 7 1891
Dearest Mother We have laid thee in the Peaceful Graves embrace But thy memory will be cherished till we see thy Heavenly face

I did not find an obituary for Lindsey but here is Betsey's.

Deseret News
September 12, 1891
OBITUARY
BRADY - Elizaabeth Ann Hendrickson, relict of Lindsey A Brady, died in Fairview, Sanpete County August 7th, 1891. She was born October 23, 1813, in Washington County, Kentucky.
Deceased, with her husband, was baptized by Elder Wilford Woodruff November 15th, 1835, and shared with the Saints the privations and persecutions incident to their travels and sojourn in Missouri and Illinois. She with her family came to Utah in 1850, locating in Union, Salt Lake County, where she remained till 1859, when she removed to Fairview, Sanpete County, residing there till the time of her death. With a number of others she received her endowments in the Nauvoo Temple, and remained true and faithful in the Gospel to the last. She was the mother of ten children, eight of whom are still living. She had also ninety one grandchildren and 111 great grandchildren, by whom and a large circle of relatives and friends she was greatly beloved.
 

Provo weather

I've been sharing a bit of my life in Provo, Utah this week.  As you may have heard, we experienced quite the storm last Saturday.  It caused a two hour delay of the BYU and Texas game which was a big deal as BYU fans take their football very seriously.  BYU won the game easily but not everyone got off so easily.

This is what happened on the hill they call Grandview.  The homes along this ridge have a rather glorious view of mountains, Utah lake, and beyond.  Just across the street from this new chasm are two lovely, fairly simple homes with beautiful common gardens and landscaping.  I have to admit that Glen and I are kind of stalkers of these homes.  We often detour up the hill on our way to walking the Provo River Trail to see what is blooming or what might be new.  I can't imagine gazing out your front window and seeing this new development in your gorgeous view.

You will notice that a lot of dirt and gravel is missing.  It found its way down 800 North.  We happened up the bulldozers on Sunday morning after dropping our son, Nate, off at the airport.  Craziness!

And where were we while all this craziness was happening?  Sitting it out in a parking lot in Pleasant Grove.  Our original plan was to meet up with our daughter, Janae, and her family in American Fork Canyon for a cookout.  Once at the meeting point at the mouth of the canyon, we knew a cookout wasn't going to happen and were returning home when the rain hit, the black (and I mean black) clouds swirled as they hit the mountains, and we thought it best to wait for it to pass over.  I seriously have never seen such fast moving and swirling clouds before.

We made the right call about American Fork Canyon.  There were several rock slides, cars in the river, and stranded hikers on the trail to Timpanogos Cave.  It took us forever to get back home because of power outages and non-functioning stop lights.  We were in the car for a total of 3 hours from departure to return but did make it home in time for the game on TV which made Glen very happy.  In fact that game made Glen almost giddy.  He was so proud of how the Cougars played.

The pictures are borrowed from the Provo Mayor's blog.  This is another indicator that I am trying to be more involved in my adopted community.

Religion Class

Yesterday I wrote about taking steps towards being more involved and engaged in the Provo Community.  Today I'm sharing my newest educational experience.  I signed up for an Adult Religion Class offered through BYU Continuing Education.  One of the things that I most enjoyed upon retiring was the weekly Institute Class held at the Mesa Stake Center each Thursday morning.  I have really missed it this last year as my Utah time became more and more and my Arizona time less.  It was time to find a substitute and what a great substitute have I found.

I am enrolled in The Nauvoo Teachings of the Prophet: A Year-by-Year Examination taught by Richard Holzapfel, Professor of Religion and History at BYU.  The class meets on Tuesday evenings for an hour and a half in the BYU Conference Center.  I will be in town for most of the lectures.  The lecture last night on primary sources verses "The Cult of the Amateur" which now exists on the Internet was enlightening.  He talked about the process involved in good research and publishing vs. searching on the Internet and accepting whatever is found as truthful and correct.

He went on the explain how amazing the current Joseph Smith Papers project is and how it will enable us to understand and know the Prophet Joseph Smith in more depth and with subsequent insight and admiration.  This is a years long project with a goal to publish all documents, minutes, lectures, sermons, diaries, etc. of Joseph Smith.

He explained how fortunate we are to be living at a time when more and more information is available.  During the Depression Years, the Huntington Library in California sent representatives to Utah to offer money for old pioneer diaries.  Those are now becoming available.  More and more families are sharing their written dairies.  There is also improved relations between The Church of Jesus Christ and the Church of Christ (former RDLS) with regards to the documents, manuscripts, and papers that they have, many of which Emma Smith had possession of at the time church members left for the West.

Professor Holzapfel related the tradition of testimony meeting years ago.  The "old Nauvooers" or those who knew the Prophet Joseph Smith personally were asked to speak first and bear their testimonies so that those in attendance would know more about the Prophet.  Oh, to have been at one of those meetings!  However, we do have primary sources to help us learn about and know as well as personal revelation to fortify our testimonies.

New editions of the Scriptures were released on August 1, 2013.  The headings for different sections of the Doctrine and Covenants will be changed.  There is an elimination of the History of the Church in headings which was put together by Willard Richards, George A. Smith, and Wilford Woodruff.  They did the best they could with what they had available.  As documents are now being studied with the ability to digitize and magnify, mistakes are being found.  Professor Holzapfel shared some examples last night.  For instance, Willard Richards had pretty awful handwriting which is hard to decipher resulting in inaccurate wording.  Insertions made later to some sources are now known to be later because of the different handwriting used which is now easy to recognize.

I was grateful for the insights provided in last night's lecture.  During this year's Education Week, I heard John W. Welch say that if church members would spend as much time reading LDS research, history, and scriptures as they do pursuing what they find on the Internet; they could avoid a crisis of faith.

A Book Club and a place to swim

I am spending more and more time in Utah with my hubby so have decided to start branching out a bit.  I had belonged to a book club in Arizona for over 10 years but with our new schedule the club's every 2nd Tuesday wasn't working out for me. I don't have 25 years worth of friends in Provo but I discovered that there was a bonus to my new senior pass for the Provo Recreation Center.  There is a monthly book club meeting for seniors with book copies included.  Viola, instant book club people to meet and share books with.  "Yellow Star" by Jennifer Roy was the book for September.  It is a wonderful little book based on the experience of Syvia, a Jewish girl, who enters the ghetto in Lodz, Poland at the age of 4 1/2 years of age.  She remains there until 1945 and finally leaves as a 10 year old.

Jennifer Roy is her niece and she felt that her story should be told.  She does so in first person and in free verse and the reader truly feels that they are hearing the voice of Syvia now called Sylvia who lives in the United States.  It is emotionally wrenching and ultimately triumphant.  Syvia is one of a dozen children which survive the ghetto.  The forced yellow star ultimately saves her life.  That is a story one needs to read for them self.  It brought tears to my eyes.

"Yellow Star" is written for ages 10 and above and with its free verse format is a very quick read.  I would recommend this book to anyone in the age range of 10 - 100+.  We must never forget past evenets even in our current world where atrocities continue.  My new book club group had wonderful things to say about this book today.  I think I have found a new book club home.

I originally bought my annual senior pass to the new Provo Recreation Center so that I could have a place to swim laps and to walk on snowy days.  Behind those big windows on the left you will find this. . .

See that lap pool back in the corner?  That is my new water filled pool home.  It is not, however, my favorite place to swim.

My pool in Arizona is because there is not only a lap lane but butterflies, humming birds, flowers, and sometimes clouds in the sky.  I am learning to adapt.  I have changed the address for my JoAnn's and Costco coupons.

Current Sewing

These are my latest sewing projects.  Two more swoon blocks for a large quilt for these are large blocks.  I have also gone back to a bit of hand quilting on the frame in the background.  It can't be just a room accessory forever.  I hand quilted another handful of blocks.

I finished block number 8 of my "Night Before Christmas" quilt.  Just one more block to go and I can sew it all together.  My block 8 has more appliqued stars than the pattern.  That tiny gray star by mouse's hand covers a mistaken nick of the scissors.  I added other stars blend it all together.

I also hand appliqued a bunch of these blocks as part of the Saturday Sampler I am participating in at American Quilting.

This Saturday I will find out what the next step will be.  I've never done a program like this before with not knowing the ending from the beginning.  It is kind of exciting.  I also like the impetus to finish each month's blocks knowing that completed blocks mean no additional $5 fee. 

Darius and Louisa Kelsey Clement

I recently finished the Journal of Darius Salem Clement, parts 1 and 2.  Stevenson's Genealogy and Print Shop in Provo has the master on file and I was able to order these soft cover and bound copies for $39.75.  It includes Darius' ledger book, copies of letters, and other papers as well.  It is a wonderful companion to the Journal of Warren Foote.  Warren was Darius' uncle and their lives intersect beginning in the Navuoo era then on to Winter Quarters, Fort Union, the Muddy Mission in Nevada, and as they do the temple work for their family in Manti and St. George.

 

Darius spends the majority of his married and family life in Sanpete County, Utah farming and working in Fairview.  He moves to Mesa, Arizona in May of 1906, dies there on May 22, 1917 and is buried in the Mesa Cemetery.

This is a picture of his family with wife Louisa Abigail Kelsey.  Together they had 10 children.

Back: Albert, Elizabeth, Easton, Oliver, Nancy
Front:  Amos, Louisa, Jess (standing), Thomas (sitting), Clarence, Darius, Orin

Jesse Warren Clement, in the center of the family picture, is Glen's great grandfather and father of Della Maretta Clement.  Della married George Jenson and had a son named, Jordan Clay Jensen, who is Glen's father.  This young picture of Jesse Warren reminds me of younger pictures of Glen.

This is a photo of Darius about 1907 after arriving in Arizona.  He liked the warmer weather.

This photo appears from that same time period.  He and Louisa are holding their twin grandchildren, son and daughter of Orin and Lettie Clement.

This is an even later photograph of Darius and Louisa. I found it delightful that they would without fail attend the Arizona State Fair each autumn traveling from Mesa to Phoenix by train.

After Darius died in 1917, Louisa sold their house and property near Alma School Road and returned to Fairview, Utah where she died two years later.

This is a photo looking west towards Fairview from where their farm and home were located at the mouth of the canyon.  Darius felt that those canyon breezes kept his crops from freezing even when those in the valley would freeze.

This is a photograph taken outside their home in Mesa with a daughter (or DIL) and grandchild.  It may be their daughter, Nancy Clement Williams, who lived with her family in the colonies in Dublan, Mexico and then Tucson, Arizona during the time that Darius and Louisa lived in Mesa. Another possibility is that it is their DIL, Lettie.

Glen and I plan to go and find this grave stone on our next trip to Mesa.  Thomas and Betsy Foote Clement were baptized into the Mormon faith while still living in Dryden, New York.  Thomas died there in 1842.  Betsey left Dryden in 1844 with her children including Nancy, Albert, Laura Elizabeth, Darius Salem, Mary Irene, and Thomas Alma.  They joined her mother and father, Irene Lane and David Foote, in Adams County, Illinois.

Click on the photos above to get a closer look at a timeline of Darius' life and the loss of many family members resulting in his exodus across the plains to Utah as an orphan along with his younger sister and brother.

Following is an obituary of Darius Salem Clement.  I noted inaccuracies in this obituary at the bottom.

(Deseret News 4 June 1917)

Mesa, Arizona, June 4 - Darius Salem Clement, whose death occurred here May 22, was born Nov. 24, 1834, at Dryden, Thompkins County, N. Y.  He was the son of Thomas and Betsy (Foote) Clement.  His parents joined the Church in Dryden, and his father died in 1842, and his mother with her surviving children went to Nauvoo.  She buried a daughter, 13 years old, on the way.  The family settled near Nauvoo, and within a week the mother and a son aged 26 years died, leaving Darius, then aged 12 years and two younger children in the care of his sister Nancy, wife of George A. Smith, and she died four months later in Winter Quarters.  Darius was sick a long time there and came near dying.  With the two younger children he came to Utah in 1848 in Heber C. Kimball's company, and located in Big Cottonwood.  He taught school and served in the Echo canyon campaign.  He married Louisa Kelsey, Nov. 27, 1859, and in 1862 was called on the "Dixie mission."  When the "Muddy Mission" was opened he removed there and remained until called north by President Brigham Young.  He lived in Fairview 33 years, and held positions of honor and trust.  In 1906 he settled here on account of his health.  He did much work in the Manti temple and was a faithful Latter-day Saint.  He was the father of 10 children, nine of whom, with his wife survive him.  The children are:  Easton, Oliver and Darius A. of Fairview, Utah; Jesse W. and Orin F. of Talmage, Utah; Thomas A. of Ephraim, and Amos B. of Provo; Clarence of Clifton, Ariz., and Nancy A. Williams of Tucson, Ariz.  He also has 65 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

Note:  The above is as it appeared in 1917.  There are inaccuracies.  Betsy Foote Clement's daughter Laura Elizabeth Clement was 17 when she dies in September 1845.  Betsey and her son Albert both die in Iowa after leaving Hancock County near Nauvoo in May of 1846.  Albert dies in Pigeon Hollow on 2 November 1846 and Betsy dies 8 November 1846.  Daughter Nancy dies 26 March 1847 in Winter Quarters.

Circle Valley

These are pictures taken while descending the mountain to the west of Junction, Utah.

That bit of sunshine through the clouds makes Circle Valley look like God's country.

The drive over the mountain from Beaver to Junction may take some time but it is worth every minute.