Elizabeth Ann Dayton (1875-1959)

Elizabeth Ann Dayton Quayle Austin
Elizabeth Ann
Born:	5 Jun 1875 Cedar Fort, Utah
Died:	14 Oct 1959 Tremonton, Utah
Father:	Moroni Dayton
Mother:	Sarah Nichols
Siblings:	Francis Moroni Dayton Charles Henry Dayton William Henry Dayton Hyrum Alvin Dayton Sarah Jane Dayton Theodore Dayton Etta Cerelda Dayton Frederick Dayton George Claudius Dayton Elizabeth Ann Dayton Permilia Mindwell Dayton
Married:	5 Oct 1896 Dingle, Idaho
Spouse:	William Quayle
Children:	William Earl Quayle Sarah Sophronia Quayle Ella Quayle Norma Norene Quayle Genevieve Quayle Joseph Dayton Quayle
Married:	17 Mar 1937 Salt Lake City, Utah
Spouse:	Heber C. Austin

Autobiography

I was born at Cedar Fort, Utah, and when a young girl moved with my parents to Dingle, Idaho, where I was called to work in the Ward Sunday School, and Primary. Through the teachings of my parents, and the work in these organizations, I gained a testimony of the Gospel.

At the age of twenty-two I married Wm. Quayle, and about two years later I was called to serve as second counselor to Sister Lindsay in the Ward Y.L.M.I.A., and worked in that capacity for seven years; and then was appointed president of the organization and served seven years.

We moved to Montpelier, Idaho, in 1916, and in the same year I was called to labor as counselor to Sister Lissie Tueller, who was President of the First Ward Y.L.M.I.A. I also, served as a member of the Bear Lake Stake Y.L.M.I.A. Board from 1915 to 1917.

When the Montpelier Stake was organized, I was called by President Edward C. Rich to serve as counselor to Sister Agnes Pearce, President of the Stake Relief Society, and at that time was set apart by President Rich as chairman of the Red Cross work in connection with the Relief Society work. We distributed Red Cross material to all the Ward Relief Societies in the Bear Lake Stake for one and in the Montpelier Stake for a period of three years until it was discontinued after the signing of the armistice. I worked in the Relief Society until I moved to Salt Lake City in 1925.

In 1927 I became a member of the Seventeenth Ward and was called to serve as chorister in the Relief Society which position I held for three years. Also, served as a visiting teacher for eight years. In 1934 I was called, by Bishop Nicholas G. Smith, to do endowment work in the Salt Lake Temple; after six months Apostle George F. Richards called, and set me apart, to officiate in the temple ordinances where I worked for three years.

I married President Heber C. Austin, and moved to Idaho Falls, Idaho, and was there called by Bishop Warren Wright to serve as counselor to Sister Ruth Hart, Pres. of the Relief Society. I was released as counselor in October 1941, and am at present serving as a visiting teacher in this ward.

Seymour Horne Spencer (1888-1959) Autobiography

Autobiography of
Seymour Horne Spencer

I was born, I was told at 4 am July 16th, 1888 in the two-story brick home of my parents situated on the Southwest Corner lot of Center street one block East of the main or business street. I was the eleventh child, sixth son and have a younger brother. Perhaps the early hour of my birth has influenced my appreciation of the early morning and made it less hard for me to arise early.

George Boardman Spencer

My father, George Boardman Spencer, suffered a severe case of small pox when upon his mission in Switzerland. This disease was so bad that his spirit left his body for a time and those attending him thought him dead. His spirit came to Utah and mingled with a group of people entering Temple Square. He was pushed to the fringe of the group; came up against the fence or wall of the enclosure. Here he seems to have been told that his earth life was unfinished and he must return and take his body. When his spirit reached his body in very brief time he found them preparing the body for burial. He stated it was repulsive for him to reenter his body and also painful, perhaps like starting the early type Ford after a cold night. The disease left deep pock marks on father's face so he thereafter wore whiskers. I never saw him when he did not have long, gray whiskers.

Dorothy Andrus Crane (1902-2002) Autobiography

The History of Dorothy Andrus Crane Price

The history of any person starts long before that person is born but I will sum up my Ancestors in one short paragraph - my Mother was Edith Andrus whose father’s family originated in Scotland before 1640. His ancestors arrived in America that year. Her mother was Catherine Leinweber whose father left Germany to avoid military service in the late 1700’s. My father’s father was Dwight Crane - his ancestors settled in New York in the 1700’s and my father’s mother was Orena E. Gilman whose ancestors came from the State of Maine.

The house where I was born

I was born Feb. 4, 1902 in a little mining town of Congo, Ohio, the second of four children - Gladys, Dorothy, Roderic and Betty. My Dad was an electrical engineer and his job was to install electric lights in the mines - which accounts for the four different towns we were born in. Until we moved to Rockford Illinois around 1908 I remember very little. My father was employed by the City to engineer the first “Pay as you enter,” electric railroad cars or street cars and later was made Supt. of the

Donald Arthur Price (1900-1974) Autobiography

Autobiography of Donald Arthur Price

Nickname - Don.....

Chief occupation or profession - Salesman and commercial artist.....
Date of birth - October 29, 1900.....
Birthplace - Denver, Colorado.....
First came to Michigan - 1904, to live in February, 1934.....
Father’s name - James Lincoln Price.....
Mother’s maiden name - Minnie Pearl Main.....
Sister - Isadora Minerva Sallows, 351 Spring Street, Harbor Springs,Michigan.....
Education - Lansing Public Schools and High School.....
Married - Dorothy Andrus Crane in Lansing, Michigan - February 9, 1922.....
Children      Donna                  Patricia          James           Dorothy
                   Harbor Springs     Petoskey       Los Gatos    Petoskey
                                                                    California

                There are several reasons for my life being molded as it is; love of outdoor living, love of nature, and because of my great love of pioneers (traditionally, Daniel Boone was a distant relative of mine, so all my life has had a strong influence on me), concentrated influence because of my great love of the West and the Colorado Rockies around me, and Denver (my friends called me “Denver Don,” “The Colorado Kid,” and “Rocky Mountain Red”).

                Arranged as near chronologically as possible, the foregoing and following constitute my autobiography.
                Five states lived in: Colorado, Michigan, California, Florida, Maine

                chronologically

                Newspaper carrier - Lansing State Journal - as a boy