Hi everyone. First off I need to apologize for not posting last week. I was knee deep in school work that could not wait and dealing with some sick kids. Anyway here we are and this weeks post I chose to do on Martha Ann Barlow. I found her life sketch and thought that I would share it with you all. For those of you who may be wondering who Martha is and how we are related to her the answer is that she is the mother of Grandpa Earl (my Great Great Grandmother).
Martha was born on 30 Nov. 1884 in Ogden Utah. She was married to Chancy Earl on 2 Nov 1903. and passed away on 16 Nov 1951. Her Parents were George Thomas Barlow and Sarah Coop.
The following comments were given in her life sketch by Chauncey Earl at her funeral.
In the year 1903 I, Chauncey Earl, and Martha Barlow were united in marriage in the Salt Lake Temple. Returning to Iona, Idaho, we made our home there for the following two years. There our first Daughter, Sarah, was born. She was a very good looking girl and very dark. My wife being very ill, was healed by faith, after many weeks of suffering. Later we moved down San Creek, and made our home on a 40 acre farm. There living in a tent, while our house was being built. This farm was covered with a heavy vegetation of sage brush, which took about two years of hard work to clean it off ready to plant the first crop.
We had been living on our new farm for three years, when our daughter, Martha was born, and she was a beauty. The following winter was a very hard one. I worked in the sugar factory, and my eye was injured by a piece of steel which got into it. In the year of 1909 another fine baby firl was born, which we named Orma, but who should of been named Harry. She grew up to be her dads right hand man and quite satisfied the longing for a son. She, with the older sister, Sarah, were not only growing up to be fine beautiful girls, but they were both also great "Pals" to their Dad and they could harness a horse and mild a cow as well as any of Dads hired men.
Martha could not seem to get along with anything in the barnyard but she was a pretty good dish washer and knew how to thin sugar beats along with the sister.
They were all pretty good musicians. How Sarah and Orma use to sing while Martha accompanied them on the piano.
On Dec. 8th 1913 a wonderful thing happened. We had born to us a son. We named him Chauncey Wayne. My, what a wonderful boy he was. I am sure there was never one more grand. He had the Blackest hair and was just like we wanted him to be.
Our happiness could not seem to last, he was only with us 20 months and was taken from us. He was drowned in a small irrigation ditch that passed near our house, on the 4th day of Aug. 1915. It seemed we would never be able to stand this loss, but one year later, on Jan 31, 1916 we were blessed with another son. He was a grand boy and helped so much to bear the loss of our other son.
We named him William Thayne. He was a fine brown eyed chap and he weighed 13 lbs at birth.
Thayne grew to be a very healthy chap until about the time he started school. Then his health seemed to fail him for a few years. We believed this trouble to be caused mainly from the after affects of Typhoid Fever. He was very ill with this disease along with Father and sister Sarah. We were very thankful to the Lord for his blessings in helping us this terrible sickness. Thayne finally overcame this weakness, however, and grew to be a healthy young man "6 feet tall auburn, curly hair and brown eyes".
On Jan 21, 1920 we were blessed with another son. He was a grand boy that weighed 12.5 lbs. He grew to be a real husky. He liked, more than anything else, to make a big noise but he was so cute that we all enjoyed it. He was loved by everyone that knew him and he always seemed to be a great leader.
A true friend, Myrtle McMulin died soon after. She left a baby boy 10 days old. She asked before she died if Mother would raise her baby. We adopted him. We loved him as our own. When he reached the age of 10 months it became necessary to let the family take him back because of mothers ill health. We named this boy, Earl Roscoe.
Mothers health continued being very poorly. On Aug 9, 1924 we received another son who died at birth.
We moved around several times and ended up in Montana for a while. Mother had a hard time leaving her sister Orma a great deal.
We were financially broke at this time. We went through many hardships and discontented hours. There was a small branch of the church there in Montana that we attended and took a very active part and it seemed to furnish us more satisfying contentment than anything else we could do.
While living in Montana Grant had an accident involving a small hardwood silver which he ran in his knee. It was hard hearing that he might have to have his leg amputated. We believe with all our hearts that he was healed and made well through faith. He was operated upon and in the hospital for nine weeks. We were finally able to bring him home and watch him grow to manhood without physical defects of any kind.
It was while Grant was sick and in the hospital that we believe the answers to our prayers regarding Martha's affliction were answered. Grand was in a hospital 35 miles away from our home. It was a strange town. We did not know anyone. Dr. E.M. Porter, a bone specialist, saw her walking in the halls of the hospital one day and he made it known that he wanted to operate on her. Sometime later this was done. O, how successful it was! This was a joy that can not be expressed. Martha did not walk for 6 months after the operation. But when she did try it, it was possible to do it without the aide of braces from any kind.
We returned from Montana, and spent many happy years reunited with our family, again thankful for our blessings received.
In 1934 we had a new modern home on 2nd street in Idaho Falls, Id. At this time I had the dealership for McConnon and Company.
In 1937 I purchased the Yellowstone Tourist Park on 1st street, just through the alley through our home on 2nd. At this date the plans were drawn up for the 5th ward church house, which was to be build just one block from our home on 2nd street.
This is the end of the life sketch comments that we will use. I did take some things out but not many.
On this day in History
From DMarie Time Capsule
Sunday, November 30, 1884
Top News Headlines This Week:
Dec 6 - Aluminum capstone set atop Washington Monument, Washington DC Dec 9 - Levant Richardson patents ball-bearing skate Dec 12 - 1st Test match played at the Adelaide Oval Dec 16 - Great Britain recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State Dec 19 - Italy recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State Dec 24 - Austria-Hungary admits King Leopold II's Congo Free State
Top Songs for 1884
| Listen to My Tale of Woe | A Boy's Best Friend is His Mother |
| Espana | Rock-a-Bye Baby |
| Clementine | Always Take Mother's Advice |
| Climbing Up the Golden Stairs | Love's Old Sweet Song |
1884 Prices
US President
Chester A. Arthur
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People Born on this day in history
| 1874 - Winston Churchill, (C) Brit PM (1940-45, 1951-55, Nobel 1953) | | 1929 - Dick Clark, Mt Vernon NY, TV Host (American Bandstand) | | 1835 - Mark Twain, [Samuel L Clemens], author (Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn) | | 1927 - Robert Guillaume St Louis MO, actor (Benson, Soap) |
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