Life sketch of Isaiah Butterworth,

In a beautiful little English town or Parish Winwick, in the country of Huntingdon shire, Northampton, England 1 was born to William Butterworth and Mary Rose Butterworth a lovely baby boy on July 8, 1868, whom they named Isaiah.  He was the baby of the family as be had three older brothers and six older sisters.
His father worked as a stable man tending horses tor rich people and making carriages ready for riding.  His father before him, John Butterworth, kept tine blooded horses and was very well~to~do in those days.  But as grandfather grew older, he had his choice of tending and caring for these fine horses or to take~ a trade..  He loved horses so much that he stayed until he was married to Mary Rose on November 2, 1848 at Huntingdon shire, England, and then he worked away from home at different jobs.  Grand-mother was a very, loving and strict mother, because when bedtime came, the children were put to bed promptly, and Grandfather would only get to see them in bed 1 as he went to work early and came home late.  It was during this time that they heard two Mormon missionaries preach the gospel.  It interested them very much because it answered all their questions about life and the hereafter.  So they were all baptized members of the Church of Jesus Chri 5t of Latter-day Saints.

This father and mother sent two of their oldest children to America with a company of Saints; and two-years later, they sent two more with another group of Saints.  They all worked hard to get enough money together so all of them could go to America and be reunited with their four children and live in a land where they could worship the Lord in peace and love.

It wasn't very long until the day arrived when they boarded a large steamship with a group of Saints coming to America.  They were leaving relatives, friends, and possessions behind for the love of the gospel.  But they were happy and would soon meet the older children they had sent on ahead.

Our own father was only two years old, and thought the ride on the big ship was wonderful.  When the ship would rock and dip as ships do on the ocean, he would put his little feet out and brace himself so he wouldn't fall Over.

After two weeks of ocean travel, they came into the harbor of New York.  Our father could remember (many years later told we children) seeing~ a large lady holding a lamp in her hand.  He could also remember walking down the gang plank on to the land.  He told of how happy they were to be on solid ground once again.

They came across the plains to Salt Lake, and from there the family made a home in Plain City, Utah, northwest, of Ogden.  While living here, some of the family were married and established their own homes.  After some years, they moved to Mill Creek,seven miles south of~Salt Lake, on a farm.  They lived there four or five years.  Then they bought a home in East Mill Creek, Utah, where the rest of the family grew up.

Father's sisters were lovely singers and would go into Salt Lake City- and other places to sing.  Their voices harmonized beautifully.-  They were called The Butterworth Sisters.  Our father had a beautiful voice and loved music.  He loved to play the snare drums in a little hand they had organized in the town.  He also had an accordion which he played.

In those days in the early evening in the summertime, the children would gather at each other's homes and play hide and seek and other games,  By now there were lots of children in this colony of English people.  One family by the name of Byram had some boys about father's age. When they would play hide and seek, the one Byram boy his name was Bill and later became Sarah Louise Wright Butterworth's second husband) "Oh I spy Ridy, the little lad.'- Many were the happy times they had as they all grew into young manhood.

Our~father was now in his teens, and worked away from home a great deal.  He went into the canyon and got wood to-take into the city to sell.  His best customers were the Chinese laundrymen. because they liked wood the best for their fires.  He received 10 to 12 dollars for a load of wood.

When the first electric street cars came into use in Salt Lake City, the old Chinese men that bought the wood from father would say to him as the cars went by "No pushy, no pullee, alle same go like hellee."---it seems they were so used to seeing their people push or pull everything

In the summer of 1685, he first met our mother, Sarah Louise Wright.  They went together for two years and were married in the Logan L.D.S. Temple on August 24, 168?. They were very happy together living in a little house in East Mill Creek.  Father would work in the canyon getting out wood and logs to sell,  She had to teach him to like all kinds of vegetables as he only liked potatoes and gravy and would eat a raw carrot. He didn't care much for meat,  He liked peaches and pears but didn't like any of the little fruits.

So the first winter Passed spring came and on the 23rd of May their first child, a girl. was born.  They named her Mary Louise after her grandmother Butterworth and for her own mother.  Life went on the same and two years later, another baby girl was born, whom they named. Isabelle after Grandmother Wright. Her birthday was October 11, 1890.  Mother was a good cook and seamstress and did all the sewing for her children. Anyone who ever ate at our table always praised her cooking.  After another two years, December 21, 1892, their first boy was born.  Father was Sc proud of Edmond Isaiah.

Times were changing in and around Salt Lake, so my father decided to move up to Hooper Ward, Davis Stake on a farm of. 40 acres.  This was in March 1892.  The house was so small so my father built another room for his family.  He began to clear the ground and plant crops.  They grew and Produced abundantly.  He had to dig a well for their drinking water.  It was 100 ft. deep and the water was drawn up with a rope and bucket.  He also built a nice barn for his horses and to hold hay.  An orchard was plant and as time went on, the farm began to be a beautiful and fruitful place.

Father had kept the snare drum and sticks all these years.  We children loved to hear him play thaw,  I remember how he would put the strap of the drum around his neck and get the sticks and four (another girl, Leonora Wright. had joined the family in the winter of 1894, December 6) of us children would put on old hats and follow him, marching to the time of the drum.  out to the barn and corral we would go, with the horses coming up to the fence to look at the parade we made.  All of a sudden, Father would give an extra loud bit with the sticks and away the horses would go and we would march on, laughing.  Father loved his family, and how we children loved our home life.

Father was first chosen to be a Ward Teacher.  Then was first assistant in the Sunday School for about 6 months.  When the little ward of Clinton was organized, Father was chosen second counselor to Bishop Glande Hadlock, which position he held until September, 1896.  In the spring of 1897, still another baby daughter came to live with them, Zeipha Naomi was her name,   In 1898 the family moved to Freedom, Star Valley Stake, Wyoming.  We moved in a wagon and a white topped buggy.  We had two cows tied behind the wagon.  Mother drove the horses on the buggy which was loaded with provisions for the family for the coming winter.  We had canned fruit, dried corn and apples.  We had sugar., cured meat, and flour.  Father made sure his family would not suffer.  We were ten days going from Ogden to Freedom, Wyoming.  Winter came early in that country and deep snow was always present.  We lived in three-room log house that first winter and were very comfortable.  The winter was long and we tired of it--so Father stored our belongings and bought a nice new wagon, bows, and cover.  We traveled all the next summer through Snake River Valley down to Ogden and Salt Lake.  In September we went to Big Piney, Wyoming, and stayed a month..   Then we went over the mountains into Star Valley again.  This time, we settled in Thayne, in the lower valley.  By thi 5 time, it was late October, 1899.  We rented a house Across the Salt River in the mouth of a canyon on the west side of Thayne; we could look over the entire valley from here and it was a beautiful place.  Here Father bad ten cows he milked and cared for.  It was in this little house, the baby daughter, Nellie Josephine, was born on a cold MARCH night, March 8, 1900.  The family was now five girls and one bo'

Father thought it was time he must get a home and settle down, so went across the river and north of Thayne and filed on 160 acres of land.  Here again he made a lovely far" home.  He and Mother and Isabelle milked cows and made cheese all that Sumner.

Time went on and Father was busy improving his farm, making ditches to irrigate the dry part and clearing sage brush and willows from some of the land.  He loved the green meadows above the house, also the pure spring water that started in those meadows.  It was in the fall of 1901 he was chosen to be the bishop of Glenco Ward, in which capacity he served until 1905.  In the fall of 1901*, be moved his family to Willard, Utah, to stay the winter.  In February of 1905, a son was born to them on the 25th, named Ralph Wright.

In the spring of 1906 he returned to Thayne and was released as Bishop.  They lived there all summer, but in the fall they sold their home and went to live in Idaho Falls, Idaho, where he worked for Coltman Lumber Company in 1907.  They lived in Idaho Falls until February of 1904, when they moved to Menan on a large farm he bought from Luxton an Idaho Falls businessman.  By this time all of his family were married except Nell, Ralph, and Edmond.  They lived here until 1917, when John W. Hart, vice-president of Woods Livestock came and talked to Father and offered him the job of managing their large ranch of 600 acres,  Mother was to cook for 15 to 20 men all during the Sumner. It looked like a good deal, so they sold their farm to William Barrett, and moved to the Cline Ranch 4 miles south of Rigby.  Here rather was happy in overseeing and running this large ranch.  He was a good farmer, and few men could do better.

The same company owned other ranches, one was at Camas, Idaho  this is where Mr. Hart asked Father to take over the management.  This ranch was mostly in hay and the raising of cattle.  So in the spring of 1920. they moved to Camas and were there only seven weeks when one day (17th of March) Father and some hired men were hauling baled hay from the railroad station at Camas back to the ranch.  They had worked all morning, then the cook had dinner ready, so they stopped to eat at noon.  About 2:30 they were  in Camas to get more hay.  They had loaded one load when Father decided to cross the tracks and pick up the mail at the Post Office.  He came back in front of the team and load of hay just as a freight train came by, making a lot of noise whistling letting off steam.  This frightened the horses.  Father grabbed the bridle of the horse nearest him and as the train came nearer. the horses gave a lunge forward~ knocked father down and the front wheels of the wagon ran over his chest on the right side.  The back wheels ran over his chest. The men picked him up and carried him into a house and went for Mother.

A freight train from the north came in and they put Father and mother and two of the hired men into the caboose, then telephoned ahead for Dr. Cline to meet them at the station. He had an ambulance there and took him to the General Hospital.  The Dr. examined him and knew the end was near.  At 7:00 p.m. he passed away, leaving a heart-broken wife and sorrowing children.  So ended the earthly life of our father, Isaiah Butterworth,.




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