Home of James Martin Allred and his first wife Christiana Gustave Anderson ~~~ Corrected ~~ Tudy Barentsen Standlee

Sam said...

What a wonderful surprise to see this post!



There is so much more I could tell you about this house. One brief story. When I was a boy in the late 50's, the west wall of adobes started to collapse. Dad wanted to shore up the wall and pour concrete as a foundation, at least in the damaged section. Our job as boys was to crawl under the house and excavate the space under the crumbling adobes so the concrete foundation could be poured. Up until that time the only foundation to the home was logs placed on rocks. I have no idea why my dad decided to send his boys on such a dangerous job.

I do regret tearing down the old house. We should have built the new house across the creek.

Sam Stewart (Samuel Spencer Stewart, Jr)

Sunday, 14 April, 2019

Unknown said...

Agreed! The old home shouldn't have been torn down. It changed so much.

Tuesday, 21 July, 2020

Unknown said...

Yes, something was lost with the old home being torn down.

Somebody's Birthday Party

My Birthday Party 1952

I'm not sure my memory of all is very good, but here we'll try:

Back Row l to r: Unknown, Tammy Frandsen (hiding behind), Darlene Frandsen, Dennis Cloward, Doyce Coates, unknown, Kathleen Burnside, Me,  Virginia Allred, Gary Larsen

Second Row  l to r: Dorothy Frandsen, unknown, unknown, Tommy Larsen, Donny Larsen

Front and Center:  unknown

Possible unknowns:  Ted Burnside, Scott Frandsen, Gary Brown, Wally Frandsen

Some Rigby Baby in 1947

Home of James Hansen and Wives: Elizabeth Domgaard and Johanna Domgaard ~~~ Researched and Compiled by Tudy Barentsen Standlee

Family Group Sheet of Fredrick Petersen

Journey of Faith ~~~ Erick and Caroline Gunderson by David R. Gunderson

MADSENS OF MT. PLEASANT ~~~ Lars and Bodel

also see: https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-1-565926021-1-500053/bodil-madsen-born-nielsdatter-in-myheritage-family-trees

The MADSENS of MT. PLEASANT UTAH

Our Blog has been posted for over 11 years and most photos, histories, stories, family group sheets, obituaries, etc.  have now been posted. 

 We have invited followers (of which we have many) to send in their family histories and stories as well.We have just about run out of those and we really appreciate your help. 

 The Madsens of Mt. Pleasant is a book of history edited and published in 1967 by Co-Editors Nell Madsen and Pearle M. Olsen.It is a real treasury of histories, photos and more.  Many current local families are offspring of the original Madsens to Mt. Pleasant.  Their stories are of love, success, sacrifice, and of great interest. However, much has happened since 1967. 

If you and your family have more updated material we encourage you to send it in and we will include it in our postings. (pandk@cut.net)
 

The Original Madsens were Lars and Bodel Madsen Their children were  :

Mads Madsen

Niels Peter Madsen

Andrew Madsen

Anna Margrethe Madsen

Jacobena Madsen

Niels Madsen

Lars Christian Madsen 

Melba Hill ~~~

Melba Fay Shelley Hill

December 6, 1941 ~ July 20, 2020

Melba Fay Shelley Hill was born December 6, 1941, in Mountainville, Utah, to John and Fannie Shelley. Melba was blessed to be raised on the farm with eight brothers. After she graduated from North Sanpete High School, she went to work in Salt Lake City, where she met Donald E Hill. They were married in the Manti Temple on April 13, 1961. They had three children: Shelley, David, & Valerie and also welcomed Leonard Stewart into their family for several years. The family moved from Midvale, Utah, back to Mt. Pleasant, Utah, in 1972, where Melba wanted to raise her children closer to family and out of the big city.

Melba was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She served in many callings, including as Relief Society teacher, Young Women president, and family history consultant, but her favorite callings were with the children as Primary chorister, Primary teacher, or Cub Scout leader. Melba loved children, and she had a talent for creating fun activities and memories for her own children and grandchildren, as well as for many young relatives and friends. Like the Pied Piper, she could often be found leading a group of children for a walk in the creek, hunting for buttercup flowers, creating giant bubbles, hiding in the “thicket” under the dining table, or searching for treasures with her metal detector.

Melba loved being outside in nature. She had a sharp eye for birdwatching, hunting for arrow heads, star gazing, and collecting sea shells in Northern California. She loved long lunch breaks walking in the hills with Don. She also enjoyed years of early-morning walks with her friends. She expressed her appreciation for the beauty of the world through her artwork, using oils, watercolors, and charcoal.

While she was raising her kids, Melba had several jobs to help provide for her family. She worked as a lunch lady, custodian, and babysitter to the Hobby kids, who grew to call her Mommy Hill. Melba became a case manager for Central Utah Counseling Center in Ephraim, where she was known for her kind heart and listening ear.

After she retired in 2006, Melba served in the California Santa Rosa Mission of the Church. Later, she felt she wasn’t doing enough with her life, so she served two more missions: one in the Family & Church History Mission in Salt Lake City, and one in the Family History Mission from her home. She also served in the Manti Temple. Melba’s life exemplified love, selfless service, kindness, peace, and gentleness.

Melba passed away at her son’s home on Monday, July 20, 2020. Melba is preceded in death by her parents and by her sweetheart, Don. She will be thrilled to be reunited with him after 21 years! Melba is survived by their children, Shelley (Jeff) Trump of Round Lake, IL, David (Jeana) Hill of Herriman, UT, and Valerie (Shayne) Stegman of Mesa, AZ, as well as by 8 beloved grandchildren: Liz, William, Jake (Heidi), Jaylynn (Jordan), Janesa (Mike), Bryant, Chad, & Emerie. Family has been the joy of her life! Melba is also survived by her 8 brothers and their spouses: Lloyd & Virginia (Cedar City), Ben & Sandy (Bountiful), Ross & Nadene (Nephi), Ervin & Loretta (Fairview), Ivan & Dawn (Oak Creek), Lowell & Barby (Salt Lake City), Hal & Becky (Mountainville), and Louis & Nancy (Price).

A viewing will be held at Rasmussen Mortuary, 96 N 100 W, Mt. Pleasant, on Monday, July 27, 6-8pm. Graveside services will be held on Tuesday, July 28th at 11am at the Mt. Pleasant City Cemetery.

Elmo Lovell Winward ~~~ Mt. Pleasant Pioneer Association Board Member

Elmo Lovell Winward


7/5/1942 ~ 7/13/2020







Elmo Lovell Winward, 78 of Mt. Pleasant, UT, passed away July 13, 2020 at the Timpanogos Regional Hospital in Orem, Utah. Born July 5, 1942 to Peter LeeRoy & Mildred Densley Winward in Salt Lake City, Utah. Elmo graduated from Bingham High School in 1960. He worked with the 4-H and FFA programs until his sons graduated from high school. He participated in rodeos for 13 years riding saddle broncs and bulls. He retired from Utah County as a heavy machine operator after 30 years.

Elmo and JoAnn’s family came together in January of 1978. Elmo and JoAnn were sealed on June 6, 2002 in the Manti LDS Temple. Elmo and JoAnn were Santa’s helpers for 30 years. That gave them much enjoyment. They were ward missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for 13 years. Elmo would take the clients to Matter, to the 12 Step programs, and to church during those years. It was very satisfying for him. He loved his calling. He loved farming and ran two farms in Mt. Pleasant until recently.

Elmo is survived by his wife, JoAnn Sena Carlson Lea; children, Frank E. (Ramon Gomez) Winward, Shannon G Winward, Shane L Winward, Blaine (Janice) Bowers, Cherryl B. (Don) Golding. Preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Pauline Bowers Smith; siblings Dean, Valoy, Gail, Grant, Donna, Donald, Frank and a baby boy Winward.

A graveside funeral will be held Saturday July 25, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. in the Mt. Pleasant City Cemetery. Viewings will be held Friday July 24, 2020 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. and Saturday from 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. prior to services both at Rasmussen Mortuary (96 N 100 W, Mt. Pleasant, UT) followed by a horse drawn carriage ride to the cemetery. The family is requesting that you please wear a mask. Online condolences at rasmussenmortuary.com

Home of George Druce Guiver and his wife Annie Mina Jacobsen ~~~ Researched and Compiled by Tudy Barentsen Standlee

HOW LONG WILL CHAOS-- VIOLENCE--INSANITY-- AND DESTRUCTION CONTINUE? ~~~ Submitted by Larry Staker

In some places, especially in large Gadianton run cities... it will not go away. Instead, it will continue to increase ...like a roller coaster, up and down... but, continually downward until a state of mobocracy replaces law and order.

Interesting, that is exactly what Orson Pratt and others described...


Elder Orson Pratt
That war, we must remember, was only one solitary judgment, compared with what will come, and that, too, in the near future. It has been revealed that the time will come in the history of our nation, that one State will rise against another, one city against another, even every man's hand shall be against his neighbor, until the whole Republic will be in general commotion and warfare. How and when this will take place, the Lord, in his wisdom, has not told us; but it is sufficient for us to say, that he has told us of the facts that such and such will be the case.

For aught we know, the fulfillment of this prophecy may grow out of politics. If the people are very nearly equally divided in politics, this feeling may run so high, in years to come, as to be the direct cause of war. And if this should be the case, it would very naturally spread to every neighborhood in the Union. One class of political opponents would rise up against the other class in the same city and country, and thus would arise a war of mobocracy. Discourse by Elder Orson Pratt, delivered in the Eighteenth Ward Meetinghouse, Salt Lake City, Sunday Afternoon, Feb. 25, 1877.



Elder Moses Thatcher, June 16, 1882
"I have seen the end of this nation and it is terrible. I will tell you in the name of the LORD that a secret band will sap the life out of this nation."

Interview by Dr. Poulson with David Whitmer, Deseret News, Friday, August 16, 1878

Question: When will the temple be built in Independence?
Answer: Right after the great tribulation is over.
Question: What do you mean by that?
Answer: A civil war more bloody and cruel than the rebellion. It will be the smashing up of this nation, about which time the second great work has to be done, a work like Joseph did and the translation of the sealed plates and peace all over.


Discourse by President John Taylor, delivered at General Conference, Salt Lake City, October 6, 1879.

Need we be surprised that they should trample underfoot the Constitution of the United States? No; Joseph Smith told us that they would do it. Many around me here knew long ago that they would do this thing and further knew that the last people that should be found to rally around that sacred instrument and save it from the grasp of unrighteous men would be the Elders of Israel!

...Were we surprised when the last terrible war took place here in the United States? No; good Latter-day Saints were not, for they had been told about it. Joseph Smith had told them where it would start, that it should be a terrible time of bloodshed and that it should start in South Carolina. But I tell you today the end is not yet. You will see worse things than that, for God will lay his hand upon this nation, and they will feel it more terribly than ever they have done before; there will be more bloodshed, more ruin, more devastation than ever they have seen before.


We see in New York, Seattle, Minneapolis, Chicago, Baltimore and many other   Gadianton run cities that mob rule (mobocracy) has already taken over... According to the prophecies and scriptures, this will lead to the destruction of America as a Nation.

We are witnessing it now.

  We removed political content.

J. Golden Kimball ~~~ Written and Directed by James Arrington

Mormon Folklore

The following is from Wikipedia:

Mormon folklore is a body of expressive culture unique to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and other sects of Mormonism. Mormon folklore includes tales, oral history, popular beliefs, customs, music, jokes, and material culture traditions. In folklore studies, Mormons can be seen as a regional group, since the core group of Mormon settlers in Utah had a common religion and had to modify their surroundings for survival.[1]:115 This historical regional area includes Utah, Southeastern Idaho, parts of Wyoming and eastern Nevada, and a few towns in eastern Arizona, southern Alberta, northwestern New Mexico, southern Colorado, and northern Chihuahua, Mexico.[2]:826

Verbal lore for Mormons includes stories that missionaries tell each other as a part of initiation and also to encourage adherence to mission rules. Members tell stories about Mormonpioneers, The Three Nephites, and unseen benevolent spirits to bolster their faith. In pioneer times, folk songs alternately praised and punished prominent leaders like Brigham Young.

Common customs for Mormons include reciting conversion narratives, which is especially common during fast and testimony meeting. Married members also commonly tell how they were inspired to choose their spouse, and some women with children recount that a vision of a future child inspired them to have more children. In the Mormon regional area, creative date invitations are a common way for teenagers to ask each other out. Pioneer Day is a state holiday in Utah, where members patriotically celebrate their religious predecessors.

Pioneer handicrafts were inspired by the many cultures that came together in Utah. Handicrafts were initially a necessity, and pioneers developed techniques to adapt their skills to the materials on hand. Later, the Relief Society promoted handicrafts as improving mental health. Along with quilting and needlework, pioneers also made Hair jewellery, human hair wreaths, and silk thread. Towns in the Mormon regional area have a unique combination of features, including unpainted barns, irrigation ditches, wooden moveable hay derricks, and Lombardy poplars as wind breaks. Tombstones in this area commonly depict clasped hands or a Mormon temple. Mormon fundamentalists have different folklore from Latter-day Saints. They draw on their shared heritage of experience in government raids to unify them, and enjoy folk dancing.



The following is my comment:

I remember when the above-pictured grapes appeared in almost every L.D.S. home. A nonmember supposedly asked, "What significance were the grapes to the Mormons?" I believe the answer is

none. They were just a craft that the L.D.S. women enjoyed and had learned at Relief Society homemaking day.