Alexander and Jeanette, in Cache County, 1864-1869

The beautiful Cache Valley extends fifty miles from Paradise, Utah, north to Preston, Idaho. Alexander and Jeanette moved to Logan, Cache County, Utah about the time of their marriage in February 1864. He began at once to build a log cabin for his new bride where they were very happy in their humble home. They were both lovely singers and would sit and sing together by the light of the fireplace.³⁴ Alexander bought one of the first stoves in Logan for Janetta. She gladly shared it with her neighbors to bake bread.²

In 1865, priesthood leaders created the LDS Logan 5th ward. Members of the ward, including Alexander and the Izatt families, built a ward community center during the winter of 1865-66. Even school boys helped the men get logs from the canyon. The center consisted of one room sixteen by twenty feet. It served as a church meeting house, amusement hall and school. It was soon too small, so in 1868, they doubled it’s size.²

Jeanette gave birth twice in 1866. She had a baby boy in February who died at birth. Later that year on December 21, 1866 their first daughter, Agnes Izatt, was born. On November 4 1868, their son Alexander Williamson Izatt was born, but he died just two days later. Their second daughter, Ellen Spowart Izatt, was born on October 21, 1869.

Jeanette contracted tuberculosis and died on December 9, 1869. It was devastating for Alexander to lose his sweetheart, and the need to care for a new baby and a three-year-old child was overwhelming.

The Angel of Providence

William W. Low moved to Providence, Utah in 1868. He became the Postmaster there. Jane Angus moved to Providence with the Low Family.³⁶  There, she reacquainted with her old friends from Scotland, Little Sandy Izatt and Jeanette Williamson Izatt. They lived in Logan, just a few miles north.

When Jeanette died, Alexander’s health declined. He had heart problems, leaking heart valves, believed to be caused by the trauma of crossing the plains and working many years in the coal mines. It became so bad, he could not do a days work.⁵ Jane consoled and comforted him.

He told Jane he had to regain his health so he could take care of his two girls, and that he didn’t want to have his neighbors carry his responsibilities. He didn’t give up, and soon became strong enough to go back to work.⁵

Little Ellen Spowart Izatt was seven weeks old when her mother died. It was a constant struggle to find the proper foods for her. She would not eat and at one time they thought she had died. However, under Jane’s constant nursing and care she was restored to health and gradually grew stronger.⁵

Alexander Izatt and Jane Angus were married in Salt Lake City, on January 31, 1870. He told his family many, many times how grateful he was that Jane accepted him in his poverty, and the two small babies.^1,8

Alexander’s dream of the Logan Temple

In 1860, the population of Cache County was recorded at 2,605. More than 800 of those were children who were born in Utah.^35b Hundreds more children, who were living in the county, arrived in Utah with their parents between 1847 and 1860. Therefore, close to half the population of the valley at that time was under the age of 13.

During a visit by President Brigham Young, on August 22, 1863, Elder Wilford Woodruff spoke to the young people of the valley. He told them that “the day will come… when you will have the privilege of going into the towers of a glorious Temple built unto the name of the Most High, east of us upon the Logan bench, and from there “your eyes will survey this glorious valley filled with cities and villages, occupied by tens of thousands of Latter-day Saints”.³⁷

One day Alexander S. Izatt told his wife that he saw the Logan Temple in a dream “built on a sandhill”. He saw the plan of the structure and the brethern laying out the plans, many years before the temple was begun.⁸

Building the Cache Valley Tabernacle

In December 1864, Apostle Ezra T. Benson called a special meeting to discuss the proposed construction of a tabernacle. Benson pledged $1,200 himself, and others in attendance pledged $26,450. In 1865, the apostle authorized the project and work began on the 60 foot by 106 foot building. The basement was soon dug and a cobblestone foundation completed. Then, for reasons unknown, the project was suspended.^35a

When Logan was connected by the railways in 1873, Brigham Young believed it was time to resume work on the tabernacle. However, he wanted the foundation enlarged to 65 feet by 130 feet. He also wanted the railroad extended from Smithfield, Utah to the sandstone rock quarries in Franklin, Idaho.^35a

In the winter of 1873-74 teams and sleighs brought rock from Green Canyon, and the Utah Northern Pacific Railroad brought sandstone from Franklin. Work on the Tabernacle began again in 1874. They removed the old foundation and built a larger one.^35a

A mission to Saint George

Alexander was a master stone mason and church leaders called him on a service mission to build a temple in Southern, Utah. His group arrived in Saint George, Utah on November 23, 1874. The first thing they asked them when they arrived was: “Are there any masons along with you?”  They were happy to hear that there were quite a few stone masons in the company.

They worked for five months on the Saint George Temple. Alexander, in a letter to his wife Jane said he liked the work well, and that he believes it will be a beautiful building when completed. He liked the winter weather but thought it was not a good place to to live because of alkali soil, lack of water and poor water quality.

After he finished his assignment, he received $12 and a pair of half-soled shoes. When he arrived home, his clothes were worn out and his family was in need. He got some work and received for pay a large piece of cloth big enough to make him a coat.⁸

Working on the Cache Valley Tabernacle

They then asked Alexander to work on the tabernacle for pay of donation furniture or store script. One day he went for his pay and found there was nothing at the store for him. So, he did not return. Instead, he went to Logan Canyon to work on getting ties for the railroad. They soon offered to pay him if he would return to work on the tabernacle.⁸

They completed the basement and outer walls of the tabernacle in 1876. The tabernacle was excellent training for a larger project- building the temple.

In August 1878, before there were seats for the choir or in the balcony, the church held its first conference in the building. In 1881, the uncompleted tabernacle tower was roofed over and work ceased so work could go forward on the temple.^35a

The Logan Temple

The temple was the Church’s highest priority. Once the stone work of the tabernacle was finished, the temple excavation began May 28, 1877.

On September 17, 1877, they laid the cornerstones under the direction of President John Taylor.³⁸ Alexander S. Izatt played in the band for the cornerstone laying occasion.⁸

He worked with the masons until the temple was built up to a square. Brother Card then placed him in charge of building the temple annex and cook rooms. The names of masons who worked on the temple were placed on the cornerstone.⁸

When the temple was completed, it measured 171 feet long by 95 feet wide and 86 feet high at the square. The east tower was 170 feet tall, which was five feet taller than the west tower. True to the prophecy of 1863, it had four octagonal cornered “towers” crowned with battlements. The towers were 100 feet tall.^35c

The Logan Temple was an amazing pioneer achievement. The temple district made up of Cache Valley, Bear Lake, and Box Elder Stakes provided a work force of 144 men and 45 teams. This number included masons, carpenters, quarrymen, tenders, teamsters and lumbermen.

Most of these men were also farmers, who had to balance their immediate family survival with the promised riches of eternity. Some of their labor was donated, other times they received compensation in goods or wages.^35c

Numerous members of the Shoshone nation from Washakie, near the Utah-Idaho border, also helped build the temple. They worked in the rock quarry at Franklin, or with the Box Elder crews living in a camp near present day Romney Stadium.^35d

President John Taylor dedicated the temple on May 17, 1884.³⁸

Completing the tabernacle

After their work on the temple was completed, the skilled carpenters and wood craftsmen returned to finish the intricate and ornate interior of the tabernacle.

Brother Erastus and brother Cole built four steeples. The first one went on the courthouse, the next two went on the temple while the last one completed was placed on the tabernacle tower in 1886.

They then made dramatic changes to the exterior. The outside flights of stairs were removed and enclosed passages constructed. Twenty-six years after the first foundation was laid, the tabernacle was finally completed. President Wilford Woodruff dedicated the structure on November 1, 1891.^35e

Alexander “Big Sandy” Izatt, “The hardest thing I ever had to do”.

“Big Sandy” Izatt was also a stone mason who worked on the temple and tabernacle and many other projects.  When building didn’t provide enough work during the winter, he worked in the coal mines in Wyoming.

One winter, he had only been working in the mine for two days when he was strongly impressed to leave his work and go out of the mine. He stopped his work but then thought, “How foolish, I need this money to support my family.” He went back to his work. Once more a voice came to him and told him to leave the mine. “No, I cannot go!” he protested. The third time, it seemed he had no power to resist until he got out of the mine. He went to the cabin where he was staying. An explosion that night killed every man in the mine.³⁹

In 1886, there was an explosion at the Almy #4 mine in south-western Wyoming. The Deseret Evening News, very accurately describes the event Alexander told about to his family.

The night of January 12 about 25 minutes to 12, the people of the vicinity were startled by a loud report as of thunder, and for a few seconds the sky was illuminated for miles like a bright-yellow sunset. The noise and light, proceeding from the No. 4 mine, was caused by an explosion of gas, the force of which was so terrific as to blow all of the building’s above-ground into kindling wood, sending great timbers and rocks three-quarters of a mile. Miners’ houses were’ struck and pierced, but the people in them were not seriously injured. Two miners riding down the slope in a trip of empty cars had got down to the 3d level when the explosion broke the cars into fragments and shot them out as from a cannon. The two bodies were blown to pieces and were found a considerable distance from the portal. Eleven men and two boys were said to have been in the mine, and all were killed.⁴⁰

Alexander often said, “The hardest thing I ever had to do was to leave that mine”.³⁹

“This house was not built right!”

In addition to Big Alexander’s work on the temple and tabernacle, he worked on the old ZCMI, the First National Bank in Logan, the meeting house annex in Paradise, the McMurdy Dairy and various homes. He was also superintendent, for a while of the Green Canyon rock quarry.⁶

These projects kept him very busy and often took him away from Logan. It seemed to his wife Elizabeth that Alexander was always prompt enough when he worked on other people’s houses, but could never get around to build his own house. It was during one of these absences that Elizabeth lost her patience and had the house built.

Their grandson tells the story: “There were words, grandfather never got it out of his system. To his dying day there was nothing right about the stairway to the foundation, not to mention a few other things. Personally, I think he had some justice on his side too.”⁶

Cache Valley Square Dance

Elizabeth loved to dance. Alexander (big Sandy) didn’t dance, but that did not stop Elizabeth at all. They went to dances in the old rock school house, church, and community center. Alexander would have to carry one child on his back and one in his arms and Elizabeth would pack the baby.²⁷

Some dances started at sundown and lasted through the night. They opened and closed with prayer. A violin, an accordion and harmonicas struck up the music as the caller called out the square dance instructions.  The women served dinner at midnight and the left overs were put out for breakfast. Children slept through the din on benches lined against the walls. Christmas and New Years were always celebrated with a dance.²

Alexander and Elizabeth had ten children, 2 boys and 8 girls. They were Mary 1866, Grace 1868, William Boyle 1870, Elizabeth 1871, Jeanette 1873, Margaret 1875, Jane 1877, Annie 1879, Alexander George 1881, and Georgina 1883. The first two died in childhood.

Alexander Spowart Izatt, Sr.

Alexander Spowart Izatt, Jr. described his father as dark complexioned, wore a chin beard, medium height and weighed about 145 pounds. He was cheerful and jovial and people loved to have him at parties. Alexander and Jane were part of a group in the Fifth ward that had a party at each other’s house almost every week.⁵

In the 1870s, Bishop Hyde called him to be Sunday School Superintendent. He didn’t have any nice clothing, so he used money he was saving to buy a horse and bought a large piece of cloth to make a beautiful suit.⁸ He served in that calling for about twenty years.

Music was dear to his heart and he loved to sing. He had a beautiful voice and was often invited out in the community to sing and was very popular. His favorite church calling was leader of the ward choir.

One night he was not feeling well and stayed home to rest. Because of his absence, the bishop ask him to resign as choir leader. Alexander was hurt and offended and would not attend church for a while. Jane persuaded him to attend meetings at the tabernacle. Several other men tried to lead the choir but were not successful. Finally, the bishop came to Alexander and told him he was needed for the choir. He happily accepted the position.⁸

They taught their children to be industrious to obtain and enjoy the necessities of life. And to have a spiritual home, to keep the commandments of the Lord and to take an active part in church. They were also very civic minded. Alexander was elected to the city counsel for a while.⁵

Alexander “Little Sandy” Izatt returns to coal mining

In addition to his work on three temples and the Logan Tabernacle, Alexander S. Izatt helped build the rock mill at Franklin, Idaho and many concrete and rock homes in Cache Valley. He built his own home at 331 North, Fourth East for his growing family. It was made of the same stone as the temple.⁸ He often had to leave home for work during the winters to provide clothing and other needs for the family.¹

In November, 1883, he once again braved the dangers of coal mining in Rock Springs, Wyoming. In a letter to his wife he told her he had not seen daylight for a week. He said the work there was a sudden change “but all right if I can accomplish what I came here for, praying our Father in Heaven to preserve us all in good health, also from accident and danger.” He also advised her of his health condition, “My breast had not grumbled since I came here although the work is pretty hard for new comers.”⁴¹

At home in the winter

In the winter of 1883, Jane cared for the small children at home. Alex was 10, Jeanette 6, Margaret 5, and Catherine was a baby. They had a three room home and all the children slept in one room with chairs placed in front of a couch or sofa for part of a bed.¹

The three oldest girls had to arise early in the morning to help with the work before going to school. Agnes was 17, Ellen 14 and Mary 13. They would feed and care for the animals and chop wood in the cold, deep snow of Cache Valley winters. They washed and prepared the wool and took it to the carding mill so they could make their own fancy dresses and stockings. Ellen liked to knit, so her assignment was to knit stockings for the smaller children.

Nevertheless, it was a happy time when families worked together. They had parties in the homes to sew carpet rags, pop corn, make homemade molasses candy and play games. They had about one hour a day to skate or sleigh ride. Oh how happy they were when their father brought them a new, home made sleigh so they could coast down the hills with the other children.

All the children looked forward to Christmas and the night Santa Clause would come. They always hung up their stockings by the old chimney. In the morning, they found in them a nickel, an apple, an orange and a small bag of candy and nuts. Each of the girls also received one new dress and a new pair of shoes which had to last the entire year.¹

Sugar Cane production in Cache Valley

Alexander and Jane Izatt owned twenty acres and had a team of horses, a cow, chickens and other small animals. They had a huge garden with fine soil where they grew vegetables, berries and fruit trees.^5,8 They were blessed with good crops each year.¹

At planting time, the children would drop the seeds in the furrows while their father did the plowing. Then came the hoeing, weeding and watering. This was followed by the picking of cherries and berries and harvesting of the wheat. “Then the cutting of sugar cane and hauling the bundles to the mills for grinding into molasses.”¹

Sugar was scarce in Utah in the 1880s and molasses was the substitute. Many settlers had a small cane patch. They squeezed the juice from the sugar cane to make molasses.⁴² Samuel Clark, Sr. made hundreds of gallons of molasses in the Cache Valley every year.⁴³ His horse walked around and around to power the mill.⁴⁴ Fruit was dried or boiled and stored in five-gallon jars without sugar but sweetened with molasses.⁴³

Grandmother Williamson

Agnes Leatham Williamson Lawson owned a small notions store in Wellsville. Little Agnes and Ellen called her Grandmother Williamson. When Ellen was about thirteen, she went to live with her and help her in her store.

In the winter months, many men made her store their headquarters where they would gather around the warm stove, smoking and telling stories. They often left a mess which Ellen had to clean up. She asked her grandmother why she put up with such things. Grandmother Williamson told her that they bought candy and nuts and other things which helped her business. She said she preferred being independent and wanted no charity.¹

Children of Alexander and Jane Angus Izatt

Alexander and Jane Angus Izatt had nine children: Mary M. Izatt 21 November 1870, Alexander S. Izatt Jr. 16 March 1873, Jeanette W. Izatt 8 July 1877, Margaret A. Izatt 18 March 1878, John Izatt 2 September 1880 (died at birth), William R. Izatt 10 February 1882 (died at birth), George J. Izatt 17 April 1887 and Angus J. Izatt 6 January 1890.

When Angus Izatt was born Jane became very ill and was not expected to live. Alexander worried about her as he was trying to finish the home he started building for his family during the summer. It was bitter cold in the Cache Valley and he caught a cold. Jane recovered, but Alexander died two weeks later.⁸ He was 45 years old.

Jane outlived all her Scottish peers

William Izatt died in Logan in 1873 and his wife Grace lived with her son Alexander for a while. She died in 1890. Their daughter Janet and James B. Gallacher had marital problems. Judge Elis Snow granted Janet custody of the children in 1881. James Gallacher died in SLC in 1885. Janet Izatt Gallacher in Logan in 1895.

Grandma Agnes Leatham Williamson died in Wellsville, Cache Valley, Utah in 1888. She was 81.

Elizabeth Boyle Izatt, Alexander (Big Sandy’s) Izatt’s wife,  died in Logan December 20, 1887. Her eight children were between the ages of 4 and 19. Alexander raised the children by himself and they later wrote that he was a wonderful father and took good care of them.²⁷ He married Mary Legg in 1904. Alexander lived well into the twentieth century. He died in Logan on January 21, 1913 at age 69.

Jane lived for almost another quarter century.

The match maker

When her husband Alexander Spowart Izatt died in 1890, Jane was left to raise the young children by her self. Her oldest son, Alexander Jr, finished the house and she used her beautiful new home to take in students attending the Agricultural College as a source of income.

The home that A. S. Izatt built at 331 N. Fourth East⁴⁵ was a great match maker. Many students lived there with the family and studied in the Izatt home. Some of them married into the family.

One of her boarders, William Beers, married Jeanette Izatt in the home parler on Christmas in 1902. Catherine (Kate) Izatt, who was a singer and soloist like her father, married boarder David Edmond Stevens on June 9, 1906, and George Izatt married Charlotte Stevens, also a boarder and David’s cousin, on September 27, 1908.³⁰

When Jane was about sixty-five she returned to her native Scotland. She came back to Logan with names of her family, parents, brothers, sisters cousins, aunts and uncles. Unfortunately, she was unable to find many names in her direct ancestor line of her own family. For many years she enjoyed walking from her home up the hill to the temple. She served there regularly as long as her health would allow.³⁰

She was mindful of her community and served in numerous ways and was an assistant to Dr. Budge on many of his calls to the sick and assisted in the delivery of many babies.

Women could vote in Utah in 1870 and she always exercised her privilege. Even when she was blind at age 86 she found a way to vote. She requested her son George come from his work out of town to give her a ride to the voting place.³⁰

A tribute by her granddaughter

When her Aunt Mary was away. Eva Faye Izatt would often care for and read to her grandmother. The following was taken from a tribute written by Jane’s granddaughter, Eva Faye Izatt.

Jane Angus Izatt at 86 years old is a sweet, white haired woman whose countenance radiates the love, understanding, hardship, friendliness, and mirth that has accompanied her through the years. She is small in stature but stalwart of character, brave and valiant all the days of her life.

She now sits quietly, either knitting stitches into a sock for one of her grandchildren or just twiddling her fingers over the arm of her favorite old Morse chair. Her eye sight, now dimmed with cataracts, she needs a reader. She loves to have one of her family read from the Bible, and also certain sections of the daily news paper.

Those who know her can recall many pleasant hours spent listening to her deep and thoughtful philosophy, her rambling tales of old Scotland and her early girlhood, or best of all her love of the Gospel and the Bible. She speaks with a quick, concise, yet lilting Scottish brogue of her native land, delighting us all and we love her dearly.³⁰

Jane Angus Izatt died on January 17, 1937. She was 91-years-old.

James and Agnes Izatt Adams

Alexander and Jeanette’s oldest daughter Agnes married James Hugh Adams in Logan on January 7, 1885. His father James Adams and uncle Hugh Adams also joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Scotland before their trek to Utah.

Their children were: James I. Adams 1885-1955, Jeanette (Netty) Adams Williamson 1887-1962, Margaret (Gretta) Adams Christensen 1890-1966, Alexander I. Adams 1893-1910, Livonia Adams Barney 1898-1951, George L. Adams 1903-1973, Lyle I. Adams 1904-1968, Jessie I. Adams Ross 1907-1972, and Ernest I. Adams 1913-1977.

They build a home and raised their family at 603 E., 500 North in Logan one block from Agricultural College campus. Like Jane Izatt, they also boarded students in their home.

Archie and Livonia Adams Barney and the birth of Fay Barney

Archie F. Barney came to the Cache Valley to the Utah Agricultural College (now Utah State University). There he found board and room in the Adams home. He there met 18-year-old Livonia Adams. They were married in Logan on September 26,1917.

The great war was in progress in Europe and Archie Barney was enlisted and left for Camp Lewis, Washington on May 25, 1918. He was on his way to France on July 11, 1918 when their first daughter Agnes Fay Barney was born in the back bedroom of the Adams home in Logan.

The family cut a lock of the baby’s long black hair, tied it with a pink ribbon and sent it in the letter announcing the birth of his daughter. As he was sitting in a park reading the letter a young girl snatched the pretty pink ribbon off Archie’s knee before he had a chance to enjoy it.⁴⁶

Argonne offensive, September 26, 1918

It was Archie and Livonia’s first anniversary, the morning  of September 26, 1918. The great Argonne offensive in France had begun. A heavy artillery barrage had ousted the enemy from their trenches. Archie, with his comrades were waiting for the order to go “over the top”.

The order given, they scrambled out of their trenches through the barbed wire entanglements toward the enemy trenches. Their business was to locate and eliminate or drive back German machine gunners concealed in the trees and brush.

Thinking they could make better time, they entered a large opening in the brush and woods. The lieutenant with Barney and three others went a head. A gunner, hidden in the brush, opened fire. They immediately dropped to the ground for cover. There was little protection to be had, however, as the machine gun spit several hundred balls per minute toward them.

Only a moment on the ground and one slug hit Archie in the left side of his neck.  It coursed its way down between his spine and his lungs. It was quite an injury. He was stunned and completely paralyzed below his arms. The bullet remained inside below his right arm pit. “In an instant more, (he wrote) my throat and lungs started to rattle. My breathing came hard and I thought perhaps it was my turn to fertilize the poppies. Within a few moments more, however, I had overcome the first shock of my experience and had perfect confidence in a speedy recovery from my injuries”.⁴⁷

This assurance came to him as he lay helpless on the ground, still under fire from the machine gun. He distinctly remembers several balls striking the dirt near his head and of others cutting the blades of grass near by.

They were not held for long under this intense situation, however, before some of the Americans located and silenced the machine gun. Upon being relieved the boys of his company jumped up to continue their pursuit of the enemy.

He was injured at about 9 am and laid there on the muddy ground through the day. As he listened, he could hear the noise of battle receding into the distance as the Americans continued their advance. He laid there with the dead all night. The next day some medics collected the wounded together and covered them with blood-stained German garments to keep off the evening autumn chill. The following morning Archie was taken to a field hospital where he received excellent care from the doctors and nurses.⁴⁷

After being in several hospitals in France he sailed for the USA, debarking at Ellis Island on November 18, 1918. He was sent to a hospital in Cape May, New Jersey, where by February, 1919, he had recovered sufficiently to walk in the halls. After November 11, 1919 (Armistice Day) he was discharged from the Army.⁴⁷

Archie and Livonia Barney Family

Archie’s disability rating at the time of his discharge was 75% permanent disability. However, he persevered until he could walk with a cane and he was able to drive an automobile.

He returned to Logan and graduated from the Utah Agricultural College in the class of 1920. That autumn he moved with his family to Ithaca, New York and registered in the graduate school. He studied genetics, plant breeding, plant physiology and soil technology and received his Doctorate Degree from Cornell University.

They moved back to Utah and he got a job on May 1, 1925 as a field agronomist at American Smelter and Refining in Salt Lake City. It was satisfying work with a very good salary. He worked there for 30 years and retired in 1955.

Archie Barney was born on July 4, 1892. This year (2021) his grandchildren and their families will gather to continue the tradition of celebrating his fourth of July birthday, Granddad Barney’s 129th birthday.

Archie and Livonia had four children: Fay born in Logan, Utah, July 11, 1918; Ellen born at Ithaca, New York, October 4, 1921; Dean was born at Logan, Utah, on February 12, 1925; Carol born in Salt Lake City, Utah, January 11, 1928.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CChapter 27- Fay Barney Chamberlain: Dating and Marriage  (Fay Barney is a great-granddaughter of Alexander Spowart Izatt)

Summary Page 4- Alexander Spowart Izatt Family History

© Copyright Dennis D. Chamberlain, All rights reserved. The Chamberlain Story, 2021.

References:

1- Ellen Izatt Stoddard, A Brief Sketch of My Life. Personal family record

2- Marva Lawrence, History of William Izatt (1812) and Grace Adamson Izatt (1811) Familysearch.org, memories.

5- Jane Angus Izatt, My Dear Children, A History of Our Coming to Utah, Familysearch.org.

6- Early Mining History, http://www.scottishmining.co.uk/8.html

8- Jeanette McNeil, A Sketch of the Life of Alexander Spowart Izatt, Familysearch.org, memories.

34- Jeanetta Adams Williams, Grandmother and Grandfather Izatt, Handwritten by granddaughter, 1952.

35- F. Ross Peterson, The History of Cache County, Utah State Historical Society, 1997.

35a pages 109-112
35b page 40
35c page 114-115
35d page 116
35e pages 112-113

36- Providence History Committee, Providence and Her People, Keith W. Watkins and Sons, Inc, 1974

37- Temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Logan Utah Temple, https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/logan-utah-temple/

38- Latter-day Temples. https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1972/01/

39. Alexander Izatt, Compiled by Marsha Ann Lloyd Howell

40- Almy Wyoming, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almy,_Wyoming Deseret Evening News.

41- Letter from Alexander S. Izatt to wife, Jane Izatt, December 2, 1883, Rock Springs, Wyoming Territory.

42- Franklin and Whitney Idaho, http://docshare04.docshare.tips/files/4147/41475065.pdf

43- Samuel Clark, Sr, (1798-1885) https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Clark-30879

44- Whitney, Idaho, http://franklin.idgenweb.org/franklin_county_towns.htm

45- Obit. of Jane Angus Izatt, Memories, FamilySearch.org.

46- Ernest & Fay Chamberlain Personal Histories, Recorded 25 June 1984 in England by Lyle Brent Chamberlain.

47- Selected Journals of Archie F. Barney, compiled by Deanna Fay Chamberlain Grant, pages 20-22.

Five thousand miles from home

Alexander Spowart Izatt is now five thousand miles from home and misses his friends “Big Sandy” Izatt, Robert Rankin, and certainly Jeanette Williamson. He met Jeanette in October of 1861 and they formed a romantic bond before he left Scotland. (See Part 1)  According to one report, Alexander had fallen in love with young Jeanette.⁸

He was a romantic fellow and his feelings may have been captured in the verses of his favorite poet Robert Burns:

A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns

O, my luve’s like a red, red rose
That’s newly sprung in June;
O, my luve’s like the melodie
That’s sweetly play’d in tune.

As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in luve am I:
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a’ the seas gang dry.

Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi’ the sun:
I will luve thee still, my dear,
While the sands o’ life shall run.

And fare thee weel, my only luve!
And fare thee weel, a while!
And I will come again, my luve,
Tho’ it were ten thousand mile.

Voyage of the John J. Boyd, April 30, 1863

Jennette was soon on her way to America. She left Liverpool accompanied by her nineteen-year-old sister Marion Williamson and their mother, Agnes Lawson, on a three mast sailing ship, the John J. Boyd. It sailed with about 850 passengers on April 30, 1863. The ship record said Janet was 17, however, she was not yet 16.

Jeanette’s voyage was much calmer than Alexander’s a year earlier. There were no major storms. Yet, five died during this trip across the Atlantic.¹⁹ No one died the year before on the voyage of the Manchester.

The first burial at sea was a public ceremony. They wrapped the old man up in a blanket, head to the east, tied coal to his feet and laid him on a plank. While reading the sermon they tipped the plank and down he went into the water. Some of the people watching screamed and some fainted. They never let them see anything like that again.¹⁹

Like the passengers on the Manchester, they also saw some whales and a few icebergs. However, with no major storms or headwinds they made the trip in just 29 days instead of 38. They arrived at Castle Gardens, New York on May 29, 1863.¹⁹

Train derailed

To avoid the southern rebels, Jeanette’s train route from New York went north through Canada precisely as Alexander’s had done in 1862. However, this year, they saw railroad wrecks and destruction along the way.

When they traveled through Missouri the American Civil War became real to the immigrants. All the passenger cars were destroyed, so they had to ride in cattle cars with straw on the floor and no seats.^19,20

Near a soldier’s camp in Missouri, saboteurs placed logs on the tracks to derail the train. The train hit the blockade which threw everyone forward to one end of the car. Women and children were screaming and crying. A few were hurt.¹⁹
They placed the derailed cars back on the tracks and they continued on to St. Joseph.

The John R. Murdock ox wagon company

Jeanette Williamson, her mother and sister made the journey to Salt Lake in the John R. Murdock ox team company. We know her company, only by the story written by Ellen Izatt Stoddard. Williamsons are not recorded in the Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868. However, Ellen wrote: “My mother-in-law, Emma (Eckersly) Stoddard, came with the same company as my mother” (Jeanette Williamson).¹

The John R. Murdock company left with 55 wagons pulled by oxen teams on June 29, 1863. There were between 275 and 375 pioneers in this company.²¹ All who were old enough and healthy enough to walk, had to walk most of the way.²²

Ellen Stoddard’s mother-in-law told her that her grandmother (Agnes Leatham Williamson Lawson) and her family added greatly to the crossing.  They were fine singers and musicians and almost every night participated in the campfire concerts where the trials of the day were forgotten and strength obtained for the next day’s travels.“¹

They arrived in Salt Lake City on August 29, 1863.

The marriage of Alexander and Jeanette

When they arrived in Utah, Jeanette’s mother made her life miserable because she wanted her to marry a man she did not like. Her mother had persuaded her sister, Marion, to marry Andrew Christensen. He was not her choice. Nevertheless, they were married on October 3, 1863, one month after the Williamsons arrived in Salt Lake.⁵

Jeanette’s health was not good, and the conflict with her mother made it worse. Her mother told Alexander she was sick to discourage his pursuit of her daughter.

Alexander told her he was not worried and they were getting married. He would marry her, he said, even if she had but one day left on this earth.⁵ They were married in the endowment house in Salt Lake City on February 27, 1864.

They were very poor, having nothing but the clothes they wore. The church leaders asked Uncle William to settle in the Cache Valley, which he did. He told Alexander he would give him a city lot there. Some of the family did not like it, but his uncle knew he deserved it.⁵

William Izatt’s family back in Scotland

James Gallacher received the first letter from William in Salt Lake City on December 17, 1862. That day he wrote in his journal: “It was a good letter and breaths the spirit of the Gospel – answers a good many questions that I asked him relative to the journey”. The letter was then taken to Rutherglen and read to William’s wife, Grace. “At home, Grandma was very proud to hear the letter read and hear her husband was landed safe – so far away – 8000 miles.”¹⁰

The next day, December 18, 1862, after making plans for a big days work, James Gallacher’s plans were “knocked on the head by Sis. G. (his wife Janet) being seized with labour pains.” She gave birth on that date to a son they named Alexander Gallacher. With the birth of their grandson, William and Grace graduated in James journal from the title of “my father-in-law”, and “my mother-in-law” to “Grandfather” and “Grandma”.¹⁰

Grace Izatt’s “mental derangement”

On April 19, 1863, James wrote two letters to William in Salt Lake. One from himself and one from William’s wife Grace. The next day, when he took the letter to read to Grace, he got a very cold reception. And, she would not say whether the letter he wrote was good or bad. She then ordered him to no longer send her bread, and to no more bring her clothes to wash, as she is not going to be anybody’s drudge. James was very much grieved at her state of mind.

The mighty offence Grace felt was a mystery to both James and his wife Janet. Janet went to Rutherglen the next day to visit her mother to see what could be done. However, she was astonished that she would only hint that James said something, about something to someone. Grace could not explain the problem and James and Janet came to the conclusion that the offense was only in her mind.

They decided to have their son, Big Sandy, come often and tell them how things were at home with his mother. However, even two weeks later on May 3, Big Sandy told them that “Grandma was no way cooled down yet”.  And, on May 16, Grace came in from Rutherglen and “did some very foolish things and looked as wild as ever”.

Finally, on June 11, James took a letter from Grace’s son-in-law, John Campbell in America to share with Grace. “She seems to have nearly recovered from her mental derangement”, he wrote.¹⁰

Departure of the General McClellan

March 15, 1864 Janet Gallacher went to Rutherglen to tell her family they received a letter from the valley containing an order for 25 pounds for Grace Izatt and her children’s emigration to Utah this spring.¹⁰

A concert and ball for the benefit of Grace and her family was held on the 13th but turned out to be “a very bad affair”. Perhaps the Saints left behind in Scotland were getting burned out by fundraisers.

On May 16th James, prepared to send off his wife’s family. He worked hard and late to bring in “Granma’s” things from Rutherglen.¹⁰   James and Janet planned to bring their family at a later date. 

The General McClellan set sail from Liverpool on May 21, 1864. It was raining that day, so inspection of the passengers had to be done below deck. Not withstanding the inconvenience and discomfort, no unkind word or ill natured remark was heard from the Saints during the proceedings.^23a

Grace Izatt (53), Alexander Izatt aka Big Sandy (20), David Izatt (19), William Izatt (11), James Izatt (9) and Thomas Gallacher (12) were among the 861 passengers listed.²³

Who is Thomas Gallacher?

Thomas Gallacher age 12, listed as traveling with the Izatt family, is a puzzle. He is not Thomson Gallacher who would be age 12. Thomson was a twin daughter of James and Janet Robertson Gallacher. Thomson came to America on the “Colorado” in 1868.

Calm before the storm

The Captain of the General McClellan took the far north course to avoid confederates on the ocean. In the north Atlantic, they saw some large icebergs. One, which appeared in form of a lion, floated across their path.^23b

On June 9, the wind stopped and there was a dead calm. There was not a puff of wind to ruffle the water. It was an eerie feeling to see their ship sit powerless on the great ocean of water as smooth as a sheet of glass.^23b

Then during the night of calm, the wind commenced to blow and by 4 am the storm became a full gale. The ship began to pitch and dive. Buckets and boxes slid to-and-fro across the deck spilling their contents. The heavy sea completely engulfed the bow of the ship and torrents of water found its way down the forecastle hatchway. The man on lookout and the man at the wheel were almost swept away. The rushing sound of water and creaking timber caused the women and children cry out in panic, fearing that the vessel had stuck an iceberg and would sink in the depth of the sea. However, the fears of the people were soon quieted by the reassuring words of the first officer, who cried below, “All’s right.“^23bcde

The storm subsided by 10 am on June 11, and a peaceful breeze again filled the sails. Their experience was a vivid reminder to all aboard that they were truly in the hands of the “Master of ocean, and earth, and skies”.^23cd

The pleasure of seeing land

The ship anchored in New York on June 23. The passengers remained on the ship one day to wait for the crowds through Castle Garden to dissipate. From the deck they admired the beautiful scenery of the New York harbor.  What gave this scene extra charm, no doubt, was the pleasure of seeing land once again after 32 days of viewing only a great expanse of water.^23bd

Travel through the Civil War zone

The United States was still in the midst of the Civil War and the government was using the railroads for the movement of war supplies and troops. Also, there were many broken bridges and uptorn railways.^23c The Izatt family, among the four hundred and fifty other immigrants bound for Zion, boarded the St. John, a large beautiful steamer which took them up the Hudson river to Albany.

At Albany they got aboard the train to Rochester. They arrived early the next morning, but were delayed there until 2 pm. In Buffalo and also Port Huron, in consequence of their detention, they were kindly presented with a large quantity of biscuits and cheese. This was distributed among the Saints, a large portion of whom were needy and were traveling with little or no food of their own.^23f.

They then traveled to Chicago and to Saint Joseph, Missouri. Passenger cars often were not available, but they were fortunate to secure transportation in cattle cars when necessary.^23b

At St. Joseph, they were on alert for “gorillas”, as a hostile band of rebels attacked there a fortnight before.^23d They occupied for the night a large shed-room attached to the warehouses of the Steampacket Company. Every able-bodied man was stationed as a guard, watching the safety and property of those who slept. Some preferred sleeping in the open-air, because of the suffocating heat, the likes of which, many from the old country had never experienced before.^23f

The next morning, the company took a small river boat, the West Wind, up the dirty waters of the Missouri River. They landed at Wyoming, Nebraska on the evening of July 3, giving thanks to Heavenly Father for His protecting hand. ^23de

“Novelty and Pleasures”

They were met at Wyoming, Nebraska by teams of oxen and teamsters from Utah preparatory to their 1,100 mile journey.^23cf The Mormon boys with their big bull whips and their wide rimmed hats seemed rather odd to the new arrivals, as they had never seen anything like this before.^23b

Some slept in wagons, others under tents, and others, again, with nothing but the sky to cover them. This change in their mode of life, however, had its novelty and pleasures.^23f

The Izatts were part of the William S. Warren company of about 400 immigrants composed of English, Scots, Welsh, and a few Germans and Danes. There were 65 wagons. They began their journey on July 22, 1864.^24a

All who were able had to walk.^24b Alexander (Big Sandy) Izatt was called on to walk along and heard the cattle.²⁵

The Plum Creek Massacre

There were reports of Indian raids along the Platt River on July 17, so the four immigrant trains lead by John Smith, A Canfield, W. Hyde and W. S. Warren traveled close together “to effectually resist any hostile attack”.^24c There were about 210 wagons in all.^24b

Two small mule trains, consisting of 16 wagons heading for Denver,²⁵ traveled along with the Mormons for protection. After a while, however, they got impatient with the slow ox train and pushed ahead.^24d

On August 8, 1864, Lieutenant Joseph Bone of the Iowa 7th Cavalry at Plum Creek Station sent a telegraph message to Fort Kearney calling for help.²⁵

In response, a group of US Army soldiers, riding swiftly west from Fort Kearney, soon passed the ox train. They told the pioneers that the Indians were attacking and burning the wagons in the mule train just a few miles ahead them.^24b

Some 100 Cheyenne warriors swept down on the mule trains from the bluffs to the south. The teams began to scatter. One mule train, with ten drivers and a cook, belonged to E. F. Morton of Sidney, Iowa.²⁵ All of the men were killed and Morton’s wife Nancy, age 19, was taken captive. After, she was thrust up behind a Cheyenne rider, she noticed she had arrows in her thigh and left side.²⁶

The other mule train with six wagons was loaded with corn and machinery. It belonged to Michael Kelley of St. Joseph, Missouri. In this train, all the men were killed and a young boy, Dannie Marble, was captured.²⁵

Their 50 mules were driven away by the Indians.²⁵

As the pioneers passed the scene they saw the burning wagons and horses shot full of arrows.^24b Some saw the bodies of the men lying where the Indians had killed them.^24e Others, who were with the later wagons, saw the fifteen graves the soldiers dug for them.²⁴

They past several ranches and stations that were burned. One pioneer stopped to bury a man laying in the smoldering remains of his house.^24b

“Teeth chattering with fear”

It was a terrifying night. Homes were seen burning along the horizon.^24f There was heavy guard set up around the cattle and camp that evening. One guard counted fourteen Indians crossing the river not far from camp. As he passed by some of the wagons, he could hear people’s teeth chattering with fear.^24b At midnight, they heard them coming, shouting their war hoops. When they got about half way around the camp, the men fired on them. Finding the camp prepared for them, the Indians fled.^24e

 

“A thousand tepees”

As the ox teams started their journey the next morning, (presumably August 9), the pioneers could see, about a mile from the road, more than a thousand tepees of Cheyanne and Sioux Indians.

As they drove along, four Indians came toward the train at full speed. Every man grabbed his gun thinking it might be an attack. The lead Indian had a short shot gun. He dashed into the train and began snapping his empty gun at the women and girls, making them scream. Since his gun did not go off, they decided not to shoot him. The other three Indians grabbed him and took him away. The fellow was drunk.^24b

The Stampede

“The next morning”, (presumably August 10), they were about to start the train, “and as quick as a clap of thunder” there was a stampede. It tipped over wagons and spread goods and provisions along the road. The cattle ran about 300 yards and then stopped as suddenly as they began. Some oxen were crippled or had broken horns. Broken wagons had to be repaired or abandoned and loads put on other wagons.^24bg

Note: None of the stories I read speculate on the cause of the stampede, nor do they reference any association with the Indian troubles. However, it apparently occurred very close to the time of the Indian raids, and stampeding cattle was one of the Indian’s tactics.

Elizabeth Boyle and Alexander (Big Sandy)

George Boyle was a boot maker by trade, and quite well to do. His family, like the Izatts, had traveled from Scotland on the General McClellan. Now, they were traveling together in the same wagon company. Boyle’s daughter, Elizabeth, was not happy about leaving her good life and boy friend behind in Scotland. She often expressed an uncongenial disposition toward her father for taking her on an expedition that rivaled the journey of Lehi to the land of promise in the Book of Mormon.

Big Sandy Izatt was very attracted to the fair Elizabeth who had dark curly hair and beautiful blue eyes. His challenge was to get her to notice him. She tried to ignore him and had nothing to say to him. Nevertheless, Alexander was persistent. He coaxed her to walk along with him as he drove the cattle each day. Eventually, she accepted the offer.²⁷

They picked bull berries together near South Pass. And then down the canyons of Utah, they waded or crossed bridges over the stream forty-six times,^24b as they walked together the rest of the way to Salt Lake City.²⁷

“Gratifying assurance”

On August 24, the Salt Lake Telegraph published that the Overland Stage, coming from the east, had seen the immigrant trains. They were about 100 miles west of Fort Kearney on August 11. This was “gratifying assurance that none of them have suffered or probably will suffer from the existing Indian uprising on the Platte”.^24c

The ox train arrived in Salt Lake City on October 4. On the 5th, the SL Telegraph reported that Captain William S. Warren’s company of 400 immigrants arrived yesterday, “having made a good trip since July 22nd. One birth and twenty-six deaths occurred on the journey, the sickness was chiefly dysentery. Thirty head of cattle also died on the road.”^24a

Welcome to Logan, Utah

William welcomed his wife Grace and children to Utah and Alexander S. was glad to see his cousin and best friend, Big Sandy. They were soon on their way to their new home in Logan. A stage coach line was now operating between Salt Lake City and Logan, but they made the 80 mile trip by wagon.

In 1864, the roads and streets in Logan had recently been surveyed. There was a sawmill, a dam was built on the Logan River for irrigation, there was a general store and Logan Hall in the center of town for large gatherings.  The first school was a 40 by 60 foot log house with dirt floors and a roof. Inside the were spilt log seats without backs. It was lite by candles that were held by jack knives stuck in the cracks of the walls.²

Like many others in Logan at that time, William and Grace lived in a dugout with crude homemade furniture. It was described as “a hole in the mountain, fourteen feet square and a dirt floor”.²⁸

William’s son, Big Sandy got work as a rock mason in Salt Lake City and continued to court the girl he walked with on the trail. Elizabeth Boyle was working as a housekeeper. They got married in the Endowment house in Salt Lake on June 2, 1865, and moved to Logan in 1866.²

Little Sandy also worked as a rock mason and started going by his initials A. S. Izatt to avoid being confused with his cousin.

Alexander Spowart Izatt built a little log house for himself and Jeanette. It had dirt floors, no windows and a door built from boards. It was about as good as any in Cache County in those days.²

William Andrew Izatt, the brother of Alexander S, married Ellen McNeil in Salt Lake City on November 2, 1867. They moved to Logan and lived next to Little Sandy for a while.²

There was considerable tension at this time between the settlers and the Indians. The Shoshone gathered on the eastern hills and built great fires where they performed war dances. Settlers below trembled for their lives. Brigham Young’s counsel was to “feed them, don’t fight them”. Often they walked into homes and demanded whatever attracted them.²⁹

Jane Angus in Scotland

In 1863, Jane Angus was almost 18. She lived in Rutherglen, Scotland with her mother, and her 26-year-old sister. They were staunch Presbyterians. Jane went to Bible school and loved the Bible. Her favorite part was Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount.³⁰

When Little Sandy left Scotland in 1862, it seemed to take the life out of the old gang .⁵  He was well liked and a pretty good singer. Big Sandy and others missed him a lot.  Jane Angus knew that he went to America, but no one would tell her why he went.⁹

Jane became friends with Violet Swand and often visited her home. She didn’t know Violet was a Latter-day Saint until one evening she said, “I am going to church, do you want to come?” She went her where she heard a talk by Elder Alexander Duncan. It really impressed her. She became interested and always attended meetings after that.⁹

She knew there would be trouble at home if she told the folks, so she kept it to her self. However, some way her sister heard she was attending Mormon meetings and told her mother. Between the two of them, they turned her out in the street.⁹

A Latter-day Saint family took her in, and on Mach 11, 1865 she was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Elder Daniel Burlington. He had helped her get set up in Glasgow, where she worked until 1868.⁹

Jane Angus’ voyage on the John Bright, June 4, 1868

On June 4, 1868, Jane Angus set sail for America, fulfilling her own prophecy she made as a child, “Someday, I’m going to Zion”.⁹

She boarded the John Bright in Liverpool with group of 722 joyful Latter-day Saints. At a meeting called on deck, Elder C. W. Penrose made a few remarks and gave a prayer, dedicating the vessel and those aboard to the care and protection of Almighty God. The hymn Come, Come Ye Saints was sung followed by three hearty cheers!^31a

Jane traveled with William Low and his family. Low was a tailor and the President of the Rutherglen Branch. He brought his wife, Ellen (37) and his five children, Mary (14), William (11), David (8), Andrew (6) and Jemima (18 months). I am sure Jane (23) could be very helpful to the Low family.

It was intended that this group of immigrants cross the Atlantic by steam ship. However, the price for steam ship passage was too high for those with limited means. Therefore, the voyage was made by a sailing vessel like those before.^31a

Some passengers commented on the very rough seas, however, it was a comparatively smooth voyage with little sea sickness. They arrived safely in New York on July 14.

That evening, one immigrant family went up town to get some bread and cheese. The mother saw some beautiful red fruit and bought some. Her family tried to eat them but couldn’t. That was their first experience with tomatoes.^31b

The last group of Pioneers

The next day they were on the train heading west. They passed Rochester and on July 17 arrived at the Suspension Bridge. They stopped there for four hours to enjoy the scenery at Niagara Falls.^31c They then traveled to Detroit, Chicago and all the way to Omaha on the train.

The new Union Pacific Railroad line now went from Omaha to Laramie City. The fare from New York to Omaha was $14, but to go all the way to Laramie City cost $35. The extra $21 was waved for anyone willing to stop for a while and do some labor on the railroad.^31a

At 8 am on July 22, their Locomotive passed Grand Island, Nebraska. It was now a big station and a town with many houses. They viewed from the comfort of their passenger car window, two prairie fires and a large Indian camp. At 7:00 pm they passed the river to North Platte. The next day they saw more large Indian camps, some antelope and many other animals. In the evening they arrived at the station at Laramie City. They stayed in the cars during the night.^31c

The church sent mule teams to take the immigrants from Laramie City to Salt Lake. On July 24 at 4 am they were told to get up, take their baggage out of the train and load it on the mule train. They traveled a few miles then set up camp by the river, washed their clothes and bathed. It was very pleasant.^31c

Most of the company walked along with the mule train from Laramie and arrived in Salt Lake on August 19, 1868. This was the last year the Church sent teams to bring the immigrants across the desert and mountains. The transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869.

James Gallacher’s children on the Colorado, July 14, 1868

James Gallacher’s children from his first wife, Janet Robinson Gallacher, John (18), Elizabeth (16), Thomson (16), and William (15) came to America on the steamship Colorado on July 14, 1868. They crossed the Atlantic in two weeks. The sailing ship that transported Jane Angus in June, took six weeks.³²

When they arrived in Salt Lake, John Gallacher took his two twin sisters by ox team to Logan to stay with their step grand parents, William and Grace Izatt.  John must have been very disappointed to find the Izatts living in a 14 foot square dugout, and that there was no employment for him in Logan. John helped the Izatts for a couple of days, then got some blankets and cut himself a willow staff and walked all the way back to Salt Lake City.²⁸

James and Janet Gallacher on the Manhattan, September 22, 1869

James (40) and his wife Janet (34), the daughter of William and Grace Izatt, left Liverpool on September 22, 1869 on the steam ship Manhattan. They brought the four youngest Gallachers, James Jr. (7), Alexander (4), Grace (3) and Andrew (infant).³³

Steam ship passage and the completion of the transcontinental railroad made an amazing improvement in travel. The Gallachers arrived in New York on October 7 and they got off the train in Ogden, Utah on October 16, 1869. Their entire trip took 24 days.

In 1862, just seven years earlier, William and Alexander S. Izatt’s entire trip from Liverpool to Salt Lake City took 152 days. After 24 days of travel, they were still in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

To be continued. 

Chapter E15- Alexander Spowart Izatt, Part 3- Cache Valley

Alexander and Jeanette’s Cache Valley home. “The angel of Providence” saves Alexander and his family. Alexander’s dream and Wilford Woodruff’s prophecy of the Logan Temple. Building the tabernacle and the temple. Alexander’s home, family and garden. The unusual Utah crop grown in Alexander’s garden. How Big Alexander narrowly escaped a coal mine disaster. Why Big Alexander didn’t like his house.

Summary Page 4- Alexander Spowart Izatt Family History

© Copyright Dennis D. Chamberlain, All rights reserved. The Chamberlain Story, 2021.

References:

1- Ellen Izatt Stoddard, A Brief Sketch of My Life. Personal family record

2- Marva Lawrence, History of William Izatt (1812) and Grace Adamson Izatt (1811) Familysearch.org, memories.

5- Jane Angus Izatt, My Dear Children, A History of Our Coming to Utah, Familysearch.org.

7- Cyrus L. Clark (grandson), A History of Alexander Izatt (“Big Sandy”, son of William Izatt and Grace

8- Jeanette McNeil, A Sketch of the Life of Alexander Spowart Izatt, Familysearch.org, memories.

9- Pioneer Lady of Logan Tells story, Jane Angus Izatt, Familysearch.org, memories.

10- James Gallacher, The Journal of James Buchannon Gallacher, Part 2. Familysearch.org.

19- Saints by Sea, The story of Mary Charlotte Jacobs Soffe, LDS.org

20- Saints by Sea, Autobiography of John Lingren. LDS.org

21- John R. Murdock Company, 1863, historyofthechurchofjesuschrist.org

22- Anna O. Rigby, Life of Sophia Eckersley Rigby, memories, Familysearch.org.

23- Saints by Sea, General McClellan, Liverpool to New York, 21 May 1864 – 23 Jun 1864

a- A Compilation of General Voyage Notes
b- Journal of David Coombs
c- Autobiography of Christopher Alston
d- Autobiography of Jane L. Sprunt Warner Garner
e- Letter of Thomas Evans Jeremy – June 19, 1864
f- Letter of Thomas Evans Jeremy – July 2, 1864

24- Pioneer database, https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/overlandtravel/

a- “Got In” Salt Lake Daily Telegraph, 5 October, 1864
b- Robert L. Ashby, Family History of Thomas Waters Cropper, p22-26, (1957)
c- “The Incoming Trains”, Salt Lake Daily Telegraph, 24 August,1864
d- Ada Alice McDuff Rampton, Called at the Age of Sixty, Davis Clipper, September 16, 1910.
e- Eliza Duncombe Fletcher, Life of Eliza Duncombe Fletcher
f- Edwin Stott, A Sketch of My Life, Utah Historical Quarterly, October,1941

25- Cheyenne War of 1864, Nebraska, LegendsofAmerica.com

26- Michael Trevis, Plum Creek Massacre, Lexington, Nebraska, forttours.com

27- Georgina Izatt Clark, Story of Elizabeth Boyle, Familysearch.org

28- William and Grace Adamson Izatt shared their Pioneer Dugout Home, by unknown, Familysearch.com

29- Joel Ricks, Logan Fifth Ward History, 1950, FamilySearch.org

30- Eva Faye Izatt,  Jane Angus Izatt, (written in the 1930s by granddaughter)

31- Saints by Sea

a- Liverpool to New York 4 June 1868 – 14 July 1868, General Voyage Notes
b- Autobiographical Sketch of Mary Ann Williams Jenkins
c- Diary of Michael Mathisen

32- Saints by Sea, the Colorado, July 14, 1868

33- Saints by Sea, the Manhattan, September 22, 1869