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TURNING SOUTHWARD
October
19. I traded three cows and a yearling heifer to Ed. Oakey for a yoke of
oxen. I thought I would start today but failed to get ready.
October
20, Sunday. I went to meeting and was called upon to speak. Before closing
my talk I referred to my moving away and said if I owed anything to anyone
in the community I wanted them to acquaint me with the fact, for I want
to settle all my indebtedness. I told them I was going away because I feel
the responsibility of getting established in a home, having been married
nearly four years and finding myself homeless now. I got our recommends
from Bishop John Andrews. Many people said they were grieved to have us
leave Nephi. Today I finished recording the genealogy of my father's family
in my family record.
Monday,
October 21. I left home this morning at 10:30 with four yoke of oxen, a
3 1/2-inch wagon, a log wagon, a gang and sulky plow all coupled together
behind my oxen. My load consists of 800 lbs. of flour, 700 lbs. of salt,
six bushels of Sonora wheat. three trunks, one box of dishes, one stove,
one walnut secretary I bought at Dinwoody's in Salt Lake City which cost
me $50; one cupboard costing $25, one walnut table costing $7, one bedstead,
four chairs, and a lot of small articles such as tubs, buckets, etc. My
load weighs about 4,000 lbs. A good load for my poor oxen. I left in Nephi
three cows, one ox, three yearlings, two chairs, besides one quartersection
of land located in Township 12 S., R. I W., and on which I have lived according
to the requirements of the law. Also a one-half interest with father in
a reservoir. These have been surveyed and recorded in the county records.
I have settled all my debts but $10 at the Nephi Z.C.M.I. This amount Supt.
Charles Foote is to collect from people who owe me.
Lately
I gave my sister, Mary, a nice coming two-year-old heifer. Also to my brother,
Joseph, I gave this year's heifer calf. I gave Aunt Rebecca Doctor Gunn's
Medical Book.
I leave
Nephi with good feelings for its inhabitants, with a few exceptions, and
a desire to do good wherever I go. I could not keep the tears back when
it came to parting with my dear kindred and friends. Father bad to go to
work before I started. What a good father he has been! God bless him, also
my brothers
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