Our Wells line has roots deep in the red soil of southern Utah, stretching the centuries into the present day. After coming
from green lands in Europe and the East, the dry red hills and sun-baked land
of southern Utah must have been quite an adjustment for the early pioneers. Several ancestral couples were called to settle the Dixie Mission in 1861 (a surprise announcement
for them at General Conference): Asa, Agnes, and Amy Calkin, Schuyler and
Rachel Everett, Addison and Orpha Everett, Ellis and Rachel Sanders, and
Stephen and Annie Wells (whose son, ancestor Saint George Wells, was born there). Their lots are found on the map of early
settlers above—Stephen and Asa were only a few blocks from each other, and the
Schuyler Everetts lived adjacent to the Sanders.
Stephen Wells: 94/First South Third West; Asa Calkin: corner of First East and Tabernacle Street, Sanders and Everetts: Fourth South and the block between First and Second West. Grandma Rose lived at 80 S 400 W, and the George Wells farm is outside of town.
Stephen Wells: 94/First South Third West; Asa Calkin: corner of First East and Tabernacle Street, Sanders and Everetts: Fourth South and the block between First and Second West. Grandma Rose lived at 80 S 400 W, and the George Wells farm is outside of town.
 |
| Agnes Calkin home |
In addition to the pioneer settlers, William Hunter
came down to work on the St. George Temple (where he met his bride, Amy Calkin). Miles Williams used his wagon to move some of Brigham Young’s furnishing
to St. George. Lorenzo Hill Hatch worked
on the St. George Tabernacle, and John Welch came down to work in Dixie vineyards. When Agnes Calkin returned to Salt Lake after
several years in St. George, her brother noted that it took her a year to regain
her health and looks after scraping by in that “second Mexico.”
 |
| Grandma Rose at her house |
 |
| the Wells farm |
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment