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His father died in 1890 - 2 years after we were married
Lou born 11 Sept 1889
James Welcome born 16 Feb. 1891
Elinor Ruth born 26 Jan 1892
Our little Lou was now 3 once more she was our only child & such a darling. Everywhere I went I had my little Lou by the hand her little soft hand in mine it was such a comfort to have her still with us.
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There were bushes & wild grapes & one Spring that ran down & formed a meadow.We called it the big spring. It was such pure good water & was all we needed for a garden. The River ran through the length of the farm & valley. It was good land & when they bought the place there was plenty of water to farm. They took water from the river 2 miles South to water the valley crops but people near the mountain made Reservoirs & took up more land. That & dry years made it so there wasn't enough water for our little valley, but with Cattle we got along. We had a house high above the river with a spring for house use, the house Moroni had built to prove up on his land, but they were in company with Grandfather Richey, Moroni, Benjamin & John Sherwood their sister Ruth's husband. Grandfather & Grandmother Richey had a home in St.Johns our Ward she belonged to. When our first baby Mary Lucinda was born at St.Johns we were so happy. Moroni had always made so much over his Sisters children, being so long without any of his own that his sweet sister Emily told me they will all be
jealous of our Lou, as we called her. Our next baby, a fine boy, was born dead. That was a great trial,
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Hugh was born April 2, 1896 St.Johns Ariz. We moved to the farm as soon as I was able to have milk because I did not have nurse for him. He grew so fine & was such a lovely baby & we were so happy to have 2 boys that lived, we were so happy to have our babies & welcomed every one & so thankful for them all.
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but we still had our little Lou to comfort us. We came to St.Johns from the farm before our babies came, to have the help we needed, renting a house so I could stay until I got strong to move back home. The Flu was causing much sickness, when our little Elinor Ruth was born. She was well until 3 months old then she took Spasms & was very sick. I had to do most of my work with the little darling in my arms or in my lap. Drs didn't know what it was or how to help her. In the spring of 1892 she improved very much & was doing fine but cutting teeth in hot weather weakened her & she died 11 July 1893, 3 months before our Moroni Forest was born. How I missed our little Elinor. She was such a sweet Pretty darling. Oh the heartache. When Forest was a baby we stayed in St. Johns that winter, Uncle Hyrum Chapman stayed with us & worked on the reservoir. His family was the only relatives I had of my fathers people & they came to see us oft times. Years after, I found I had a cousin Pearl Potter & her sisters in Snowflake but we were in different Stakes & did not see much of each other. They were my mother's brother Edwin Potter's girls. She was a comfort & such a help when our Moroni Forest was born 22 Nov 1893, St.Johns Ariz. He was strong & healthy, always smiling,
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