HOME OF DR. WILLIAM WALLACE WOODRING AND WIFE MARY VIRGINIA SMUFFER (From our archives)

 

 

 

MT. PLEASANT CREAMERY ON STATE STREET IN 1892

 

It stood where Wasatch Academy Arts Studio Stands now 

Snippets about the creamery taken from History of Mt. Pleasant by Hilda Madsen Longsdorf 

Ole Hansen and the Barton Brothers organized a Creamery Company, which was the first in Mt. Pleasant, and the third in the Territory. History of Mt. Pleasant p 172, Longsdorf 

"The Mount Pleasant Creamery has been running more pleas­antly for the milk producers than for the stockholders. A gentle man interested therein states that they had found out that unless a sufficient supply of milk could be procured, a creamery could not be a financial success.  History of Mt. Pleasant p 179, Longsdorf 

Borg and Ole Clemen­sen had a harness shop near the Beaumann home, and Abner Crane had a blacksmith shop near where the Crane home is now. Ole Hansen and Kimber Barton had a fine creamery where the hotel is now. James Burns was the sheriff and Thomas Braby was marshal. Mr. Oman drove the mail wagon. John Fredrick Fechser ran the mill.

Things have changed since 1890, "we have automobiles now," said Mr. Web Green.

History of Mt. Pleasant p 324,  Longsdorf  (1935)

Some of the early Main Street stores which need only be men­tioned in passing, were Brown & Acord, the creamery stations managed by Peter Matson and Ole Hansen, and James B. Porter's book store a block east; Tarvey's notion store, Arrowsmith notion store, Aldrich Brothers in the Progress Building, W. O. Ash & Company, Hardware, which started as a tin shop and developed into a leading hardware store, located in part of the building used by the Consolidated Furniture Company. History of Mt. Pleasant p 329  Longsdorf  

AUNT MARANDY ~~~ Written by Stanley Peterson

 

AUNT MARANDY

 

This is a copy of a poem written by Stanley Peterson.

Folks call her Aunt Marandy and to them she's very dear,

Because she's worked and slave for them for many many a year.

No sacrifice too great for her, no duty will she shun,

She'll keep on trying day and night, until the job is done.

She's raised a family of her own, of them she's very proud,

Like all good mothers of the town, she'll praise them right out loud.

And then because of her ministrations, there are so many others

Who worship and adore her so and gladly call her mother.

She's cooked and darned and scrubbed so much, til not she cannot see,

But yet ambition drives her on, content she will not be

You'll find her busy, unafraid, a quilting every day

Until each grandchild has a quilt to keep the cold away.

And there she sits all soul alone, her hair a turning grey,

Her friend so rarely visit her and none with her will stay.

And still she keeps a plugging on, a doing all she can,

She'll keep on striving to the end, dependent on no man.

Her love of God and man and beast is, oh, so very real,

Her place in heaven on God's right hand, from her no one can steal.

And when her years upon this earth have been awhile suspended,

Her noble spirit with that of God will be completely blended.

MOUNT PLEASANT MILL COMPANY CERTIFICATE ~~~ MARY MIRANDA OMEN

 

CHRISTIAN FREDERICK AND MARY MIRANDA SEELEY PEEL ~~~ From our Archives

Christian F. Peel and Mary Miranda Seely Peel  Family

After Christian's death, the farm wasn’t the happy place it once was, so the farm was leased out and Miranda and the children moved to town and lived with Miranda’s mother in the big house on 5^th West and Main Street.

Peter Azel Peel and Mary Margaret Ericksen were married March 18, 1908.  They moved down to the log house, but they only lived there a little over a year and then moved back to town.

On November 27, 1912, John Peel and Esther Matson were married and moved to the Peel log house.  They lived there and raised twelve children.  

It was always hard to get to school in the winter.  They moved to town in 1934, where they rented and later bought the Brown Home.  John Peel’s sons worked the farm but the farmhouse almost fell apart. 

In 1996, Dan and Esther Peel Randall bought 39 acres around the farm house from the Peel boys.  They restored the old log house and made a fish pond, a play ground, and built a beautiful new home west and south of the log house.  But sorrow came again when Dan had a sudden heart attack and died May 31, 2003.  Esther still lives alone and is always happy when family comes to visit.

 Peel Homestead

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Taken from "Scandinavia to Sanpete"

edited by Christian Peel

Mary Miranda Seeley was born before the Civil War (1857)

BORN IN 1897~~~~Sharon B. Stauffer Honorable Mention Non Professional Personal Recollection ~~~~Saga of the Sanpitch

 
 It's hard to believe all of the changes that took place in a person’s life when they were born in 1897 and lived 90 years. Before my mother, Nora Velma Tidwell Brotherson (Velma), died shortly after her 90th birthday, she could vividly recall the changes she had experienced in her life.

 These were hard for me to believe. To mention a few: airline jets, spaceships, radio, television, and computers. As a young girl growing up in Mt. Pleasant in the early 1900’s, did she even dream of such wonders?

 Velma was born on March 31, 1897. She was the fifth of nine children born to Jonathan Harvey Tidwell (Harv) and Antomina Oman Tidwell (Mina). Her first home was a log cabin at “The Bottoms” (a settlement along the Sanpitch River between Mt. Pleasant and Moroni).

 Her father farmed forty acres of land there. Her memories of the Bottoms were the meadowlarks, the spring where they got their water, and the good bull berries that her mother used to make jam and dumplings. 

After the family moved to Mt. Pleasant, she liked to go with her father to the Bottoms to haul hay and take care of the land. 

Her first home in Mt. Pleasant was a two-room log house one block west of the highway and a block north of the ballpark. As a child, she would herd cows outside the park and loved to run the fences around the park. 

At home, her job was picking potatoes, tromping hay, and carrying water. Velma would go with her father to the old Zabriskie farm all day and tromp hay.     forty acres of land there. Her memories of the Bottoms were the meadowlarks, the spring where they got their water, and the good bull berries that her mother used to make jam and dumplings. After the family moved to Mt. Pleasant, she liked to go with her father to the Bottoms to haul hay and take care of the land. Her first home in Mt. Pleasant was a two-room log house one block west of the highway and a block north of the ballpark. As a child, she would herd cows outside the park and loved to run the fences around the park. At home, her job was picking potatoes, tromp hay, and carrying water. Velma would go with her father to the old Zabriskie farm all day and tromp hay.  When we got back, you couldn't tell who we were.

 

Life is not easy, and Velma had her share of struggles and hardships, but she had developed many character qualities that made her a survivor. She attributed some of these to her parents and her pioneer heritage. She always spoke of her parents and grandparents with honor and respect. Her father, Jonathan Harvey Tidwell, was a farmer. He had to sacrifice and work very hard for his family. Her mother, Antomina Oman Tidwell, sold eggs for $.15 a dozen, butter for $.15 a pound and chickens for $.30 a piece to the Old Oman Hotel in Mt. Pleasant.

 Antonina was a very good seamstress. She sewed all her children's clothes, sewed for other people, and made beautiful quilts.  

Her grandfather, James Harvey Tidwell, eldest son of John and James Smith Tidwell, was a very young man who crossed the plains, driving a team of oxen for a widow and her family. He also assisted other pioneers to reach the Salt Lake Valley. He came to Utah in 1851. He came to Mt. Pleasant in June of 1859 and helped settle that community.

Her grandfather, Aaron Gustave Oman, came from Sweden and arrived in Mt. Pleasant in October 1861. He was a drummer in the first big brass band in Mt. Pleasant, the John Hasler Band. He was also a sawyer in charge of the phases of construction of the Manti Temple, and he devoted much time and effort to this position.

Velma's children and grandchildren always enjoyed her stories of growing up in Mt. Pleasant.

Velma Tidwell Brotherson died in Salt Lake City, Utah, on July18, 1987, and is buried in

 Salt Lake City, Utah.

 

~Taken from the personal history of Velma Tidwell Brotherson

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Family History of Gordon and Sharon Stauffer" - Written by Sharon 1978

 

Sharon Brotherson Stauffer

 

I was born in Mt. Pleasant, Utah February 9, 1928. My parents were Nora Velma Tidwell Brotherson and Vernon Hamlet Brotherson. My childhood was spent in Mt. Pleasant, Utah. Here I attended the Hamilton Grade School and North Sanpete Junior High. My mother, my two sisters, and I moved to Salt Lake the summer of 1942. We lived in an apartment on Second East between Second and Third South. I attended Horace Mann Junior High and worked at Holy Cross Hospital. We later moved to a duplex at 758 Browning Avenue and I attended South High School. We then moved to 1453 South Seventh East in 1945 and after graduation from South High School I went to work at the Telephone Company in the accounting department.

On May 17, 1957  I was married to Gordon Ray Stauffer in the Salt Lake Temple. Our first home was at 13th South Ninth East. We moved into our home at 3611 Carolyn Street in October of 1957 and have lived here for twenty years.

Gordon has worked as a plasterer for over thirty years and has worked on many commercial buildings, schools, and temples in Utah and surrounding states. He recently worked eight months on the remodeling of the St. George Temple. He personally did a lot of the ornamental plastering and finish plastering on the inside and outside stucco on this temple. He is now working on the remodeling of the Logan Temple. He is doing the ornamental and finish work in the sealing rooms, celestial room, and other areas throughout the temple.

Our family has been blessed with five children.

We have lived in the Grant 12th Ward, Grant Stake for twenty years and enjoyed the many activities and positions we have held in this ward. Gordon has served as Elders Quorum President, 1st and 2nd Counselor in the Bishopric, Adult Aaronic Leader, and Scout Master.

I have served many years as teacher, coordinator, and chorister in Sunday School and Primary. I have sung in the ward choir for many years.

The activities I remember the most are the camping and vacation trips we have shared together. The fall season is eagerly awaited as the boys are all enthusiastic duck hunters, especially Kyle. Other sports they participate in are wrestling, tennis, and church baseball and basketball. Russell's favorite sport is skiing. Nora and Kathleen each are studying dancing and gymnastics.

A choice blessing came to our family on July 9, 1977. Our son, Clinton, left to serve as a missionary in the Texas Dallas Mission and is now serving in Eastland, Texas which is in the Fort Worth area.

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AUNT MARANDY

 

AUNT MARANDY

 

This is a copy of a poem written by Stanley Peterson.

Folks call her Aunt Marandy and to them, she's very dear,

Because she's worked as a slave for them for many many a year.

No sacrifice too great for her, no duty will she shun,

She'll keep on trying day and night until the job is done.

She's raised a family of her own, of them she's very proud,

Like all good mothers of the town, she'll praise them right out loud.

And then because of her ministrations, there are so many others

Who worship and adore her so and gladly call her mother.

She's cooked and darned and scrubbed so much, til not she cannot see,

But yet ambition drives her on, content she will not be

You'll find her busy, unafraid, quilting every day

Until each grandchild has a quilt to keep the cold away.

And there she sits all soul alone, her hair turning grey,

Her friends so rarely visit her and none with her will stay.

And still, she keeps plugging on, doing all she can,

She'll keep on striving to the end, dependent on no man.

Her love of God and man and beast is, oh, so very real,

Her place in heaven on God's right hand, from her no one can steal.

And when her years upon this earth have been awhile suspended,

Her noble spirit with that of God will be completely blended.

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Peter Hafen's Memory of Aunt Marandy

 She was his great-grandmother. He was only six years old when she died.

He remembers her bringing Keneflei when anyone was sick. She did this for everyone in town. 

 

On the bottom she writes:  This Recipe came with the

Hafen Family from Switzerland. 

CHARLOTTE STAUNTON QUINDLAN JOHNSON HYDE "Aunty Hyde"

 

Charlotte Staunton Quindlan Johnson Hyde
You would think that a wife of Orson Hyde would be buried in Spring City next to him. You would think that she would have a very distinctive, monolithic marker of granite and stand very tall. Not so for Charlotte Staunton Quindlan Johnson Hyde. Of those many names by which she was called, we can only verify that her name was Charlotte Quindlan Hyde. She lived in Mt. Pleasant, taught school in Mt. Pleasant and died in Mt. Pleasant. Her grave marker is about 18 inches tall made of marble. You literally have to kneel down to read her epitaph there.

Charlotte Quindlen was born 22 of August 1802 at Lower Pensnock, Salem, New Jersey. Charlotte Quindlan was the name used at the Endowment House in Salt Lake City when she was sealed to Orson Hyde in 1852. The marble marker lists her as Charlotte Staunton Hyde as does the Mt. Pleasant History Book. Perhaps the name Staunton came from another marriage. From the dates we find that she was fifty years old when she married Orson Hyde.
The following is taken from the book “Orson Hyde Olive Branch of Israel”
“Orson Hyde was chosen as an original member of the Council of the Twelve in 1835, when the Mormon Church first organized this governing body. Orson's most well-known accomplishment was as a Mormon missionary to Jerusalem (1840-1842) to dedicate the land for the return of the Jews. Because his words have proven prophetic in the many decades since his entreaty, a peaceful garden on the Mount now honors him and his supplication. In 1979 civil authorities in Jerusalem invited the development of a five-acre hillside garden in honor of Orson Hyde.
“Orson Hyde was a remarkable individual. He received esteem in many roles, among them apostle, teacher, missionary, orator, scriptorian, journalist, editor, lawyer, judge, statesman, colonizer, and administrator; also as the husband of eight wives, the father of thirty-three children, a friend of mankind, and a servant of God.” MYRTLE STEVENS HYDE,
During the years 1850-1852 Charlotte Quindlin Johnson lived in Kanesville, Iowa at the home of Orson Hyde as a domestic assistant to his first wife Marinda. She was already a member of the L.D.S. Faith. She had been divorced from a man named Johnson. She was described as a seamstress who also liked children. She helped Marinda with her children Alonzo, Frank and baby Delila. She was with the Hyde Family at Winter Quarters and as they traveled across the plains to Salt Lake, arriving in 1852. Marinda and Charlotte got along very well.

Orson and Marinda discussed the possibility of inviting Charlotte to become a wife rather than a domestic. Orson had also married Mary Ann Price who for a time was a domestic in his household. Orson and Mary Ann were married in Nauvoo in 1843. Orson talked with Brigham Young about taking Charlotte as another wife and Brigham Young approved. Orson proposed to Charlotte, she accepted and they were sealed as husband and wife in the Endowment House 22nd of November, 1852. She was the fourth wife of Orson. Besides Marinda and Mary Ann, Orson had married Martha Rebecca Browett, who he later divorced in 1850. Martha went on to become the wife of Thomas McKenzie who also divorced her.

In the spring of 1853 we find Marinda, Mary Ann and Charlotte all living together under one roof in Salt Lake. Charlotte, however, was having a hard time adjusting to being a plural wife and departed the family, a mutual decision between she and Orson. They were separated, but never divorced. Brigham Young granted official separation for Charlotte and Orson Hyde in 1859.

Charlotte came to the Sanpete Valley long before Orson shows his influence here. It was during the “big move” with the earliest Saints first to Fort Ephraim, then north to resettle Mt. Pleasant. The first pioneers had been driven out of Camp Hambleton, located one mile west of the current city of Mt. Pleasant. She first made her living as a seamstress then as a school teacher while the settlers still lived inside the fort. A schoolhouse was then built outside the fort. She was fondly called "Aunty Hyde" by her students. She inspired many of her students to become teachers themselves.

In Mt. Pleasant History by Hilda Longsdorf the following description of Aunty Hyde school: “In a little log house about 12x15 feet, on the south side of the street on First North, about midway between State and First West, (in the area where Mary Ursenbach now lives-2008) Charlotte Staunton Hyde taught school. The building was also known and later used for Lesser Priesthood meetings and similar Church gatherings. Mrs. Hyde was a woman who no doubt had earlier in life received quite a liberal education, and although described as “a little old woman who smoked a pipe and was quite deaf,” she was affectionately called "Aunty Hyde". Many amusing stories were told of her school, but with all her students there remained pleasant memories. There being no hand bell, as in later years, the children were always called from their play to the schoolroom with her familiar call, “To Books. To Books. To Books.””

“Mrs. Hyde lived in a little log house west of the school. She often brought her bread to the schoolhouse to bake. She had a skillet with a tight fitting lid and in this, by heaping on it coals from the fireplace, which was in one end of the building, she baked the bread during school hours. She was paid for her services as a teacher with any produce or garden stuff available.
Mrs. Hyde taught for sometime in the log meeting house in the fort. Many attended school. A number of the pioneers were polygamist families and usually were large families. In some cases the entire family had attended her school as was the case in Abraham Day’s family, Joseph, Abraham Jr. , Eli A., Ezra, and Ephraim, children of the second wife, all attended; among others who also in later days became prominent citizens were her students Emaline Seely Barton, Oscar Anderson, William Morrison Jr., Sylvester Barton, Joseph Nephi Seeley, Annie Porter Nelson, Melvina Clemensen Crane, Peter Johansen, Chastie Neilsen, Benta Neilsen, Peter Jensen, Allen Rowe, Henry Ericksen, Miranda Seeley Oman, Wilhemina Morrison Ericksen, Hans Neilsen, William D. Candland, Charlotte Reynolds Seeley, Sarah Wilcox Bills, Celestial McArthur Barton, William A. Averett, Amasa Aldrich, James B. Staker, Maria Tidwell Larsen, Libby Barton Averett, Morgan A. Winters, Eli A. Day, W.W. Brandon, Sarah Davidsen Wilcox, Maggie Peel Seely, Samuel H. Allen, Harry Candland, Albert Candland, Charles Averett, Hazard Wilcox and Hans Neilsen.

CHRISTIAN FREDERIC PEEL FAMILY ~~~(New Info and from our archives)

  

Mother: Mary Miranda Seely Peel
Father: Christian Frederick Peel
Boy in the back: Peter Azel Peel
L to R: Sarah Seely, John Henry Lemuel Peel, Orange Frederick Peel 

Christian F. Peel and Mary Miranda Seely Peel  Family

After Christian's death, the farm wasn’t the happy place it once was, so the farm was leased out and Miranda and the children moved to town and lived with Miranda’s mother in the big house on 5^th West and Main Street.

Peter Azel Peel and Mary Margaret Ericksen were married on March 18, 1908.  They moved down to the log house, but they only lived there for a little over a year and then moved back to town.

On November 27, 1912, John Peel and Esther Matson were married and moved to the Peel log house.  They lived there and raised twelve children.  

It was always hard to get to school in the winter.  They moved to town in 1934, renting and later buying the Brown Home.  John Peel’s sons worked the farm but the farmhouse almost fell apart. 

In 1996, Dan and Esther Peel Randall bought 39 acres around the farmhouse from the Peel boys.  They restored the old log house and made a fish pond, a playground, and built a beautiful new home west and south of the log house.  But sorrow came again when Dan had a sudden heart attack and died on May 31, 2003.  Esther still lives alone and is always happy when family comes to visit.

 Peel Homestead

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