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They all had their Temple work done In 1879.
Moroni got his endowments
while at Paree Charlotte had a baby boy named William after his father
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to freight lumber from the Sawmill to the mine at Pioch. While he was there Emily Duncan died. He grieved very much for her but finally got to going out with other girls. Twice he was engaged but didnt marry.
He worked on the St.George Temple while it was being built. his family had Chills & Fever badly in that land & decided to go to Arizona with their whole family. His oldest Sister Scharlotte's husband William Sherwood owned a saw mill. There was his sister Ruth & family, Brother Benjaman & family, sisters Emily, Elinor & Susie, Moroni & his father & mother, Ben & Charlotte, Ruth & mates got their Temple blessings. The Richeys sold their Farm 5 miles above their home in Washington, their town home & bought Cattle & horses of a fine breed. Moroni loved fine horses that held their heads high, that he had to hold back on the lines to keep them steady, that wanted to run at every chance. They got heavy wagons to haul the Sawmill on & oxen to pull them. Moroni drove an Ox team all the way to Arizona, that meant walking. They stopped at Paree settlement where there was good pasture for horses & cattle for 3 months to have them in good condition for the trip. They traveled slowly, often laying over where there was grass
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The people moved from the St. Johns field north to the present site of St Johns
James Moroni Richey died Feb. 12, 1930 St.Johns Ariz
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& water. In crossing the Big Colorado River they lost some fine stock. They were 9 months on the road coming to Arizona. Before they arrived in St Johns Apostle Wilford Woodruff who heard they were bringing a SawMill sent word from Snowflake to Sunset where they were, to go as near to St Johns & set up the Sawmill to build up St Johns. They stayed in St Johns field which was north of the town as it is now & put the Sawmill 35 miles in the mountain at the Little Giant Spring & made lumber. Many of the people hauled lumber to St Johns for lumber to build their homes thus getting houses for work.
In 1884 Grandfather Richey, his Sons Moroni & Ben & son-in-law John Sherwood pulled out of the Sawmill Co. got horses & Cattle & bought a big farm at Richville then called Walnut Grove. There was plenty of water that year, they raised an abundant crop of grain to pay Smith & Tee that they bought the 2 quarter Sections of land from. Ben filed on the east side of the river. Moroni on the west side where the springs were. The east side was watered by a ditch taken out of the little Colorado river 2 miles South at the Walnut Grove. In 1885 there wasn't as much water came from the mountain because there wasn't as much snow
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