FAREWELL TO EUGENE,
HELLO TO OTHER OFFSPRING OF ARBA LORENZO
Eugene was one of the sons of Apollos Boaz, who was a son of Arba Lorenzo. I will be branching into other offspring of Arba Lorenzo as soon as I finished with Eugene...but a couple more stories.
"Eugene was offered a good job by Mr. Clawson, so he and Tenney Clawson moved to Wingate for the winter...
Tenney Clawson was quite a man. He could eat a dishpan full of oatmeal and never seemed to get tired of working. They decided one day to go have a piece of pie at the Army Canteen. When they went through the back door they saw a Chinese cook making the pies. He would fill his mouth full of water and spit the water intoi the pan as he mixed the pie dough. As you may well imagine, they declined the pie."
What about Sarah and Eugene? "In Sarah's courting days, her folks thought Eugene was a little too lively and perferred his brother Frank for dating Sarah. <So> Frank would take her to a dance and Eugene would take her away for the evening...they were married on 14 February 1911... Eugene and Sarah went to get their marriage license and John Simpson, the County Clerk, told them the license had been paid for sisx months. Dad Clawson had paid it for them".
Last one: "Eugene tells of going to visit Sarah one night and after dinner they stacked all of the dishes in a dish pan. They were in the kitchen alone sparking and happened to sit on one side of the table, tipping it over and breaking most of the dishes including a beautiful tall cake plate, a family heirloom." No wonder her folks preferred Frank!
Last week I mentioned another of Arba Lorenzo's daughters, Annie, a true pioneer. This week I have a brief story of one of the daughters-in-law of Apollos Lorenzo Lambson, one of his sons. Her name was Lillie Elizabeth Langford Lambson, married to Gus Lambson.
She was born in Coyote Utah 15 December 1900, and was only 2.5 lbs. She was told she was so small she could fit in a quart cup. At 9 months she weighed 9 lbs.
"...In August of 1901, the family was visiting relatives down at the ranch...there were quite a few children there and they were playing in the white-top buggy in the buggy shed. Little Jenny, <Lillie's older sister> only two years old, came into the house where the ladies were. The day was very hot and dry, but there were thunder clouds over nearby hills. Suddenly a flash flood roared out of the ravine behind the homes, threatening to wash away the houses. The ladies tried to get out of the house, Annie with the babie Lillie in her arms and Jenny holding the hand of Aunt Lizzie. When they stepped on the wood porch it was torn away by the water and they were thrown into the flood. Jenny lost hold of Auntie's hand and was drowned. Annie, sith Lillie in her arms, waded as far as she could see her little girl but could never catch her. The cellar split the stream of water, and the children in the buggy shed were unhurt."
Wow...aren't we glad for our weathermen of today!
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