The Family of the Third Wife, Almira Jane Bainbridge Merrill

Utah Pioneer and ApostleMarriner Wood MerrillandHis FamilyMaterial obtained [rom the autobiography, diaries,and notes o[ Marriner Wood Merrill and [romrecord data and textual contributions by memberso[ the family.Edited byMelvin Clarence Merrill1937

Chapter 11THE FAMILY OF THE THIRD WIFE, ALMIRA JANEBAINBRIDGE MERRILLAlmira Jane Bainbridg-e MerrillAlmira Jane Bainbridge was born in Salt Lake City,Utah, August 27, 1849, during the hardships brought on bythe ever-memorable famine of that time. She was the onlychild of Frederick and Elizabeth Almira Pond Bainbridge.She never knew her father on account of his going to Californiaduring the gold craze of 1849 and never returning;no one knew what became of him.Later her mothermarried Beason Lewisand the family movedto Cache Valley in1859, locating at theplace that was to becomeRichmond, Utah.On April 1, 1865, Almira,when only 16years of age, marriedMarriner Wood Merrillas his third wife. She,with her husband andhis other wives andchildren, endured thetrials and hardshipscommon to all theearly settlers of theValley.Almira J.She was active inMerrillchurch work practicallyall her life, serving in various capacities in the different

THE F AMILY OF THE THIRD WIFE 423organizations. She was President of the Relief Society ofthe Richmond Ward for 22 years; in this position she madefriends of the poor and needy and was greatly beloved by all.Almira was the mother of twelve children-eight boysand four girls; all grew to maturity, married, and had familiesof their own, providing her, an only child, with a verynumerous posterity. She was an ardent believer in educationand thought no sacrifice too great to help her children attendschool or college. Six of her sons received the bachelor'sdegree, two daughters received certificates, and one daughterspecialized in music at Ann Arbor, Michigan. Two of hersons and four grandsons became physicians and surgeons.Three of her sons fulfilled missions for the Church and allher children have taken active parts in the educational,religious, civic, or business affairs of the localities wherethey have resided.A,mt Mira's HomeConsidering the times and the hardships that had tobe endured, the life of Almira Jane Merrill was a most successfulone, and one of which any woman in those days couldwell be exceedingly proud. Suffering from a physical ail-

424 MARRINER WOOD MERRILLment for 17 years that cut short her active life, "Aunt Mira,"as she was affectionately caned by all the other membersof her husband's large family, passed from this stage ofexistence at the comparatively early age of 56 years, herdeath occurring April 6, 1906, at her home in Richmond,Utah.A splendid tribute was paid' to this noble woman by herson Albert, who at that time was owner and publisher ofthe Oakley Eagle at Oakley, Idaho. In his paper he publishedthe following tribute.OUR MOTHERWe were called to mourn last week the loss of our dear mother,in our estimation the dearest, sweetest, best woman that ever gracedthe earth. For 56 years and more mother fought the strenuous battleof life, coming out victorious in every contest. But she has now succumbedto the grim reaper and has gone to the land where the sunnever sets, where the rainbow never fades, and where she shall beforever free from sorrow, pain, and ache which racked her body here.Aunt Mira's Family

THE FAMILY OF THE THIRD WIFE 425We accept the opinion of all who knew her that she was, indeed,one of earth's NOBLE women. She was the embodiment of goodnessitself, and will forever remain our ideal of true and beautiful womanhood.When very young she entered that order of marriage whichis so despised by the world, but to which she was so sincerely, devotedlyconverted, and which did for her what nothing else could docrushedevery selfish, sensuous, worldly tendency-and which developedto highest excellence every virtue that belongs to wife andmotherhood.She bore and practically reared twelve strong, robust children,the youngest at her demise being 18 years of age. She loved herchildren tenderly and her love has to some extent been requited, forshe has always enjoyed the supreme confidence and almost reverentialdevotion of her sons and daughters. She cared little for the thingsof this earth, save as they contributed to things eternal. She washighly intellectual and always took a lively interest in things thattend to soul development. She was a faithful and loving wife, unselfishlydevoted to her husband's interest and welfare. For herhusband, her children, her friends and acquaintances, indeed for allof God's children, she lived, and in the Lord she has died. To Himwe reluctantly, sorrowfully, commend her spirit, and may He grantthat she shall still have her loving, protecting guardianship over us.The Children of the Third Wife, Dates of Birth and DeathName Date of BirthCharles Edward MerrilL Feb. 9, 1866Elizabeth Almira Merrill Jan. 11, 1868Heber Kimball MerriIL Sept. 23, 1869Albert Marion MerriIL June 28, 1872Lewis Alford MerrilL June 23,1874Lorin Asa MerriIL April 4, 1876Freddie Whittemore Merrill May 19, 1878Emma Irene Merrill July 31, 1880Preston Reunolds Merrill_Aug. 23, 1882Alva Retta Merrill Aug. 14, 1884Leon Ernest Merrill Aug. 22, 1886Abigail Orella Merrill Feb. 22, 1889Date of Death, ifit occurred priorto 1937Feb. 17, 1931May 13, 1926June 1, 1915Jan. 26, 1919Nov. 23, 1904Oct. 11, 1918Feb. 4, 1911June 10, 1933

426 MARRINER WOOD MERRILLCharles Edward MerrillCharles EdwardMerrill, the oldest sonof Marriner Wood Merrilland Almira JaneBainbridge Mer rill,was born February 9,1866, a t Richmond,Cache County, Utah.As a boy and up to theage of 21 years heworked on his father'sfarm and went toschool. He attendedthe district schools ofRichmond, Miss IdaCook's private school2 years, and the BrighamYoung College 2years.He married OrtenciaHen d ric k sMarch 30, 1887, bywhom he had one child.Charles and TennieOrtencia died October 15, 1889.On March 4, 1891, he married Chloe Hendricks, a sister ofOrtencia, and she bore him six children. He also marriedAnna Victoria Stoddard, and they also had six children."Charley," as he was familiarly known, held many positionsin the different organizations of the L. D. S. Church.He was the Clerk of the Richmond Ward for 18 years, andwas Secretary of the High Priests' Quorum of Benson Stakefor many years.He was Clerk of the Richmond City Council for twoterms, and President of the Richmond Cooperative Mercantile

THE F AMILY OF THE THIRD WIFE 427Company from January, 1900, until his death February 17,1931. He was also made President of the Cache ValleyDairy Company, one of the first creameries in the State.He was a member of the Richmond Library Board, and inhis earlier years hewas a member of theRichmond DramaticSociety. In his earlymarried life he becamepart owner and Managerof a store underthe firm name of Danielsonand Merrill, later,Pond Brothers andMerrill. It was locatedon the site of the homelater owned by AugustS. Schow. He alsoowned and operatedtwo dairy farms inCharles and ChloeRichmond. He was aman of keen businessability and excellentjudgment.When the UtahCondensed Milk Companybuilt its plantat Richmond and began operations in 1904 it was the first ofthe kind in the State, and one of the first in the West. Charleywas appointed to the position in charge of the technicaloperations and was thus one of the first men in the West tolearn how to make evaporated milk. The name of the Companywas later changed to Sego Milk Products Company, andhe was made Superintendent of its factories in Utah andCalifornia, which position he held until his death.

428 MARRINER WOOD MERRILLNames and Dates of Birth of the Children of Charles Edward Merrilland Ortencia Hendricks MerrillNameDate of BirthCharles Leo _. . ._ .. Jan. 13, 1888Names and Dates of Birth of the Children of Charles Edward Merrilland Chloe Hendricks MerrillNameDate of BirthGuy Edward . . ._.. .. July 14, 1892Don Clayton .. __ ._... _.. __ May 16, 1895Ortencia Hendricks ._..... Feb. 4, 1898LaVille Hendricks .. March 15, 1901Owen Hendricks _.. Aug. 6, 1903Ardella Hendricks . Jan. 16, 1910Names and Dates of Birth of theChildren of Charles Edward Merrilland Anna Victoria Stoddard MerrillNameVera Stoddard _Ray Stoddard _Ivin Stoddard __Rulon Stoddard _Landell StoddardAnna Stoddard _Date of BirthJune 19, 1896March 29, 1898Jan. 15, 1900May 15, 1902Dec. 30, 1904Feb. 28, 1909Elizabeth Almira Merrill HendricksVictoria StoddardElizabeth Almira, the second child and eldest daughterof Marriner W. Merrill and his wife Almira, was born January11, 1868, at Richmond, Utah. During her childhooddays she attended and completed the public schools of Richmondand then went 2 years to the private school taught by

THE F AMILY OF THE THIRD WIFE 429Miss Ida Cook. Some of the happiest days of her early lifewere those she spent with her beloved "Miss Ida." She thenattended the Brigham Young College in Logan for 2 years,but because of serious illness she was compelled to quitschool before she completed her course.In 1887 with her brothers Olonzo and Joseph she attendedthe University of Deseret (later named the Universityof Utah) in Salt Lake City. Then for 2 years shetaught school at Newton and Richmond. In the fall of 1890Libbie J. W. Hendricksshe left with Joseph to attend the University of Michiganat Ann Arbor, where she took a special course. She returnedto Cache Valley in the summer of 1891 and taught schoolat Richmond the following year."Libbie" (the abbreviated name by which she was alwaysknown) was married to James Warren (familiarlyknown as Saul) Hendricks, a farmer and business manof Richmond, on September 5, 1887. She, however,remained active in her educational work until 1892, theyear in which her first child was born. Then for someyears she gave up public life and lived on ranches or farms

430 MARRINER WOOD MERRILLin southern Idaho and Lewiston, Utah. In 1900, when Saulbecame interested in the dairy and milk-condensing industry,she moved back to Richmond, where she remained until 1921,at which time she took up her residence in Logan in order tomake a home for her children who were attending the UtahAgricultural College and the Brigham Young College.Logan was herhome the few remainingyears of her lifeand she died there May13, 1926, at the age offifty-eight. Her husbanddied about 3years previously, onFebruary 23, 1923.They were the parentsof four sons and threedaughters, all of whomwere then living.Throughout herlife Libbie was an activeand sincere workerin the L. D. S. Church.While attending schooland teaching in Richmondshe was the Organistfor the Wardand choir. She gaveLibbie and Rhodaa series of lectures inthe Logan Temple. She was the first President of the Daughtersof the Utah Pioneers of the Benson Stake which wasorganized in October, 1907, by Susan Young Gates. Libbiealso worked in both the Sunday School and the Young Ladies'Mutual Improvement Association for many years, particularlyas a leader and teacher of the adult classes.

THE FAMILY OF THE THIRD WIFE 431~amesand Dates of Birth of the Children of James Warren (Saul)Hendricks and Elizabeth Almira Merrill HendricksNameMarriner WilliamLorin Asa .LureaAbigail.Ira KingGertrudeWarren MerrillDate of BirthNov. 11, ]892March 11, 1894May 2, 1895Sept. 30, 1896Sept. 2, 1900.. Jan. 4, 1903...... Oct. 28, 1904Heber Kimball MerrillHeber Kimball Merrill, second son and third child inAlmira's family of twelve children, was born September 23,1869, at Richmond, Utah. His early years were spent onthe farm. His first education was obtained in the districtschools of Richmond. During the first year school was heldHeber KOretta Dudleyin a private home where a table served as a desk and flatsidedslabs as seats. His last 2 years of school in Richmondwere in attendance at a private school taught by Miss Idalone Cook, one of the earliest and most efficient educators ofCache County. Heber spent 1 year, 1888-89, at the Brigham

432 MARRINER WOOD MERRILLYoung College at Logan and 3 years, 1889-92 at the Universityof Deseret, from which he graduated with a normalcertificate. The name of the Institution was changed to theUniversity of Utah in February, 1892.Heber immediately put his educational training to useby teaching in the public schools at Lewiston, Utah. Thedistrict was short of funds, however, and so in March, 1893,he went back to the University and finished the 4-yearNormal Course, graduating with a Bachelor of Pedagogydegree. This gave him a life's certificate to teach in thepublic schools of Utah.While attending the University in 1893 he met his futurewife, Oretta Allen Dudley, a descendant of Governor ThomasDudley of Massachusetts who came to America in 1630.During the winter of 1893-94 Heber taught in the publicschools of Richmond. On April 13, 1894, he left for a missionto Germany where he labored for 33 months in Nuremberg,Frankfort-on-the-Main, and Dresden, and also in Geneva,Switzerland. At the last-named place he studied Frenchfor some months after being honorably released from hismission. He returned home February 8, 1897, and spentseveral months on his father's farms. On June 30, 1897,he and Oretta (always known to the family as "Ora") weremarried in the Logan Temple by his father.In the fall of that year Heber began teaching at theBrigham Young College at Logan where he taught German,French, Book of Mormon, and other subjects for 5 years, atthe same time taking advanced studies himself. In the springof 1902 he received the Bachelor of Arts degree from thatInstitution. He then left the College and in the fall of 1902he entered the Northwestern University Medical School atChicago, from which he graduated in June, 1905, with thedegree of Doctor of Medicine. Returning to his home inLogan, he began the practice of medicine and has carriedon his professional work there up to the present (1937).As a result of Heber's efforts and influence, in coopera-

THE FAMILY OF THE THIRD WIFE 433tion with Dr. C. C. Randall and others, the Cache ValleyGeneral Hospital of Logan was incorporated in 1928, the outgrowthor successor to a hospital Heber and Dr. E. P. Oldhamand Dr. R. O. Porter organized in the spring of 1921. Inspite of the prediction of prominent business people, the hospital,under Heber's able management and direction, hasmade steady and consistent growth until it now (1937) hasa 50-bed capacity, a modern nurses' home, an excellent maternitydivision, a staff of eight doctors, nine full-time graduateand registered nurses, and a graduate nurse as X-rayand laboratory technician. Though it has taken time andmoney, the hospital has been a success far beyond thefondest dreams of its founders.Heber has always been an ardent L. D. S. Church member.He was a High Councilman in his Stake for more than29 years. He was also an active teacher in the SundaySchool for many years.Besides his church activities Heber has also been engagedin other public responsibilities. For 2 years he servedas County Physician of Cache County and for many yearshe was a member of the State Board of Health. Alwaysmaintaining an interest in education, he was a member ofthe Logan City Board of Education for 10 years, duringwhich period the schools made great advancement; a juniorhigh school was established and also a senior high school, oneof the best in the State.In 1926 Heber, in cooperation with others, organized theLogan Garment Company. This business concern has madea very substantial growth each year until it is now one ofthe most prosperous manufacturing institutions in the State.It employs about 200 people and brings in thousands ofdollars to Logan from all over the West. It has two factoriesin Logan, one in Dayton, Ohio, and one in Lethbridge, Alberta,Canada. Heber has been President of the Companysince its organization.For many years he was also a Director and later Presi-28

434 MARRINER WOOD MERRILLdent of the Wellsville State Bank. This bank was one ofthe few small banks in Utah that came through the depressionin better financial condition than many of the largerbanks.Although extremely active in professional, church, civic,educational, and business affairs, Heber has not neglectedhis home life. He and Ora are the parents of four girls andone boy. On September 1, 1933, they adopted a little girl,Derry Rae, into their family as one of their own. She wasborn January 23, 1932, in Salt Lake City.Names and Dates of Birth of the Children of Heber Kimball Merrilland Oretta Allen Dudley MerrillNameOl'etta DudleyLoila Dudley... .Leah Dudley .Jean Dudley .Hebel' Kimball Jr.Derry Rae (Adopted) .....Date of BirthApril 4, lRfJRSept. 6, lR9fJMarch 2;), 1906. June 22, IfJmJMay 2;), IfJ12........ Jan. 23, 1932Albert Marion MerrillAlbert Marion Merrill, third son of Almira, was bornat Richmond, Utah, June 28, 1872. His first educationaltraining was received in the public schools of Richmond andthe private school conducted for 2 years by Miss Ida loneCook, that wonderfully fine and inspirational teacher underwhose superior tutelage many of Albert's brothers and sistershad been enrolled. Her influence was of such upbuildingand lasting quality that her praises were sung by her pupilswho were so fortunate as to have been her students, formany, many years after she left Richmond. As an educatorshe was highly esteemed and memory of her was affectionatelycherished.Thus began Albert's long educational career as a studentand teacher and educational administrator. In Utahhe attended the Brigham Young College and the University

THE F AMILY OF THE THIRD WIFE 435of Utah. Having chosen the teaching profession as thataround which should revolve his life's work, he turned hisface to institutions outside of Utah for the advanced andspecialized training he sought, and attended successively theOswego Normal School in New York State, Harvard University,Stanford University, and the University of Chicago.From the last-named institution he received the Ph. B. degreein June, 1909.His first teaching position was in the public schools ofRichmond in 1892-93, after which he taught in the Salt LakeCity public school system for 2 years, 1895-97. Then for 6Albert and Juliayears he was Superintendent of the Logan City Schools. In1903 he accepted the Principalship of the Woodward Gradeand High School at St. George, Utah, and was there for 2years. These positions had all been in the public schoolsystem of the State. Then for 3 years he was engaged in theL. D. S. Church school system, having been appointed Principalof the Cassia Stake Academy at Oakley, Idaho, whichposition he occupied from 1905 to 1908. During those yearshe was Editor and Publisher of the Oakley Eagle.

436 MARRINER WOOD MERRILLReturning to Utah and the public school system in 1910,Albert was for 7 years Principal of the Box Elder High Schoolat Brigham City, and for 3 years thereafter, from 1917 to1920, he was Principal of the Jordan High School. From1920 to the present (1937) he has been Principal of theOgden Senior High School.Not only in day-school or secular education did Albertutilize his educational training, but he was also active atdifferent times in the religious activities of the Ward orStake in which he resided. Thus for many years he wasa teacher in the Sunday School or the Young Men's MutualImprovement Association. At Oakley he was President ofthe Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association of CassiaStake, and he also served as home missionary and HighCouncilman while there. At Brigham City he was StakePresident of the Religion Classes.On May 10, 1899, Albert married Julia Etta Lewisof Oxford, Idaho. To them were born five children. One ofthem died as a youth of 11 years. The other four all graduatedfrom the University of Utah.Names and Dates of Birth of the Children of Albert Marion Merrilland Julia Etta Lewis MerrillNameAlbert Marion Jr. _Raymona Lewi;;Lewis Jack _Helen MayPhyllis AleneDate of Birth_ July 4, 1901__ Jan. 8, 1904Oct. 17, 1906May 2, 1908Nov. 30, 1909Lewis Alford MerrillLewis Alford Merrill, fourth son and fifth child of Almira,was born at Richmond, Cache County, Utah, June 23,1874. He attended the public schools of Richmond and spent2 years in the private school taught by Miss Ida Cook. From1889 to 1891 he studied at the Brigham Young College at

THE FAMILY OF THE THIRD WIFE 437Logan, and from 1891 to 1895 at the Agricultmal Collegeof Utah, from which he graduated in June, 1895. He wasthus among the first graduates of that Institution. Atcollege he was active in literary societies and in debating.In 1898 he did post-graduate work at the Iowa State College,and in 1904 he attended the Graduate School of Agricultmeat the Ohio State University."Louie," as he wasknown by his familyand friends, taughtin the public schools ofRichmond in 1895-96.From 1896 to 1902 hewas Assistant Professorof Agriculture atthe Agricultural Collegeof Utah, and inthe latter year he wasmad e Professor ofAgronomy and Vetel'­inary Science at thatInstitution. Owing tosome differences ofopinion between PresidentW. J. Kerr on theone hand and Dr. JohnA. Widtsoe, Directorof the Experiment Station,and Lewis on theother, the latter two Lewis and Effiefound it necessary to resign their connections with theCollege in 1905. Both were thereupon appointed to agriculturalpositions on the Faculty of the Brigham Young Universityat Provo, Lewis becoming Professor of Animal Husbandrythere. However, when the Governor of the State,sympathetic to the Widtsoe and Merrill side of the contro-

438 MARRINER WOOD MERRILLversy with President Kerr of the Agricultural College, appointednew members of the Coilege Board of Trustees, hechose only those favorable to the Widtsoe-Merrill viewpoint.\1\ \~\f\ , \\\~'C~\~1'~, ~1'~':',\.~~1\\ \\.~n \~\l1\~ \.\ 1\~e,~':',':',2.1';Y \C) 1'~sign,and Dr. Widtsoe was named President of the College.Lewis was thereupon appointed Director of Agricultural ExtensionWork.In h~s Extension Work activities Lewis visited, heldmeetings, and talked better agriculture in every town in theState. He was personally acquainted with every prominentfarmer in Utah. During the years he was with the Collegehe wrote numerous bulletins on the agronomic phases ofagriculture and thus acquired not only a national, but aninternational reputation, particularly along dry-farminglines.In 1904, in cooperation with Dr. Widtsoe and others,he established the Deseret Farmer, which later became theUtah Farmer. Published weekly, it was a potent factor forthe betterment of agricultural conditions in the IntermountainWest, and Lewis enjoyed his editorship of that farmpaper.When he resigned his position at the Agricultural Collegein 1905, Lewis was offered and accepted positions asAgricultural Expert for the United States Smelting andRefining Company and for the Salt Lake Route RailroadCompany, with his headquarters at Salt Lake City. Thesepositions he occupied until his death in 1915, at the sametime carrying on his lectures at the Brigham Young Universityfrom 1905 to 1907, his Extension Work duties atthe College, and his farm editorial writings. Indeed hewas busy and active in promoting Utah agriculture.In 1913-15 Lewis was a member of the Utah ExpositionCommission, which functioned for the World Fairs at SanFrancisco and San Diego, Cal., in 1915. In the absenceof Governor Spry he officially opened the Utah Building at

THE F AMILY OF THE THIRD WIFE 439San Francisco. He also participated actively at other nationalexpositions and congresses relating to agriculture.Lewis was also active in various church capacities. From1901 to 1905 he was Superintendent of the Fifth WardSunday School in Logan. As one of the teachers in theSunday School he obtained the services of William (Bill)Jardine, then a student at the Agricultural College and aclose associate of Lewis, who was later to become Secretaryof Agriculture in President Coolidge's Cabinet. After Lewismoved to Salt Lake City he was chosen Bishop of the newThirty-first Ward in that city. This position he occupiedfrom 1908 to 1911. He very much enjoyed his religiouswork and made cordial friends of those with whom heassociated. Whatever he undertook he did with energy andinterested enthusiasm.As his matrimonial companion in all his professionaland religious life Effie Ensign of Brigham City deservesmuch credit for his social joys and his successes. To her hewas married by his father June 6, 1895, in the Logan Temple,his father being President of the Temple at the time. Lewisand Effie became the parents of three daughters, one ofwhom died in infancy, and they later adopted a son.Lewis died June 1, 1915, as a result of an automobileaccident.N ames and Dates ofNameLola EnsignMyla EnsignEdna EnsignLynwood (Adopted)Birth of the Children of Lewis Alfordand Effie Ensign MerrillLorin Asa Merr:nDate of BirthAug. 13, IS!)6June 11, IS:!SAug. 4, IS!)!)Sept. 24, IHOSMerrillLorin Asa Merrill, fifth son and sixth child in a familyof eight boys and four girls, was born at Richmond, Utah,on April 4, 1876. He was Almira's son. He received hisearly education in the district schools of Richmond. He

440 lVIARRINER WOOD lVIERRILLentered the Agricultural College of Utah in the fall of 1892and graduated in June, 1896, with the Bachelor of Sciencedegree.The following year Lorin assisted Professor Linfield inthe Dairy Department and also did graduate work.Lorin and LauraOn his 21st birthdayhis father presentedhim with a goldwatch and his mothergave him a gold ring,in the midst of a happyfamily gathering at hismother's home in honorof the event.During the daysof his boyhood andearly manhood Lorinworked on his father'sfarms when he was notin school and therebyacquired most valuableexperience in practical,useful work and in thedevelopment of habitsof thrift and the effectiveuse of time thatstood him in good steada\\ d\lY\n~ his \\l~. ll\S lath~y D~\l~\T~d tn()nm~nh in tnesaving doctrine of work and he saw to it that his boys practicedthe principles of that gospel. And Lorin's life was noexception.Having received a call to the California lVIission, Lorinleft for that field of labor June 8, 1897, and returned homein October, 1899. During the winter that followed he manageda creamery at lVIink Creek, Idaho, and in later years oneat lVIurray, Utah.

THE F AMILY OF THE THIRD WIFE 441On June 18, 1900, Lorin and Laura Liona Reese of BrighamCity, Utah, were married in the Logan Temple by hisfather. Lorin and Laura had met at college and becomeacquainted before he left for his mission to California. Theirfirst home after being married was at Murray, Utah. Fromthere they moved to Richmond, where Lorin was engaged indairying on the hill farm up near the mountains owned byhis brother Charley. Later he was employed in the creameryin Richmond operated by the Cache Valley Dairy Company.Then he became Manager of his father's flour mill on CubRiver, which position he held until 1905.In September, 1905, Lorin was called to the position ofRecorder in the Logan Temple. Making his home in theLogan Seventh Ward, he became very active in church workthere and on November 17, 1907, he was appointed Bishopof the Ward. During the years he served in that capacitya new meeting house was constructed for the "Vard. Hewas also elected a member of the City Council.Having accepted an appointment as County AgriculturalAgent for Sevier County, thus becoming a member of thefaculty of the Extension Service of the Agricultural Collegeof Utah, Lorin resigned his position as Temple Recorderand was released from the Bishopric in August, 1913, whenhe took up his residence at Richfield. After 2 years' servicethere he was called back to Logan to fill the position ofAssistant State Leader of County Agent Work at the College.This position he occupied very capably and satisfactorilyuntil he contracted the influenza during that devastating,world-wide scourge in 1918-19 and after 2 weeks' illness hepassed away at his home in North Logan January 26, 1919.The Sunday before he took sick he attended sacramentmeeting and bore his testimony and later reported to thefamily that he had settled his tithing for the year and thathe was happy that he was able to pay a full tithing. Allduring his life from the time he was old enough to attendchurch Lorin was an active and earnest church worker.

442 MARRINER WOOD MERRILLTo him and Laura were born eight children-six boysand two girls. AU of them attained maturity except one boy(Virgil), who died in infancy.~ames and Dates of Birth of the Children of Lorin Asa Merrilland Laura Liona Rees MerrillNameMilton ReesVirgil Rees _ __Asa June Rees _Harold Rees _Dean ReesLaura _Lorin ChristianLiana__Date of BirthApril 3, 1901Sept. 28, 1902Oct. 18, HJ03Sept. 8, 1905May 26, Hl07May :10, l!JOBDec. 10, 1911July :n, 1!J18Freddie Whittemore MerrillFred (the shortened form of his name used after hereached maturity) was born May 19, 1878, at Richmond,Utah, the sixth son of Marriner W. Merrill and Almira JaneBainbridge Merrill. Obtaining his first schooling in thedistrict schools of Richmond, he graduated from the AgriculturalCollege of Utah with the Bachelor of Science degreein June, 1899, having taken the Course in Agriculture.In later years he took graduate work at the Iowa StateCollege, the University of Chicago, the University of Minnesota,and the University of Wisconsin.For 7 years Fred was an instructor successively at theOneida Stake Academy at Preston, Idaho, the Nephi HighSchool at Nephi, Utah, and the Beaver Stake Academy atBeaver, Utah. With the exception of those years of educationalwork, Fred's entire professional life has been ardentlydevoted to the dairy business.To him belongs the credit for organizing and conductingthe first 4-year high school course in agriculture and domesticscience in the Western States. This was done at Nephi,

THE FAMILY OF THE THIRD WIFE 443Utah, in close cooperation with A. C. Nelson, then StateSuperintendent of Public Instruction.As a result of passing a Civil Service examination Fredwas employed by the United States Department of Agriculture,Division of Dairying, and was assigned to service inNorth Dakota. During this employment he organized thefirst Breeding Circuit and the first Calf Club in the country.Both organizations have been prominent in the developmentof dairy cattle in America. Subsequently he organized107 Calf Clubs, with an average of 20 boys in each.Fred W.Ida HomerFred resigned this position to accept employment withthe DeLaval Separator Company. With that company for5 years he had the opportunity of traveling in practicallyevery State in the Union in the work of developing andimproving the dairy industry.During the World War he managed the farms of theWisconsin Condensed Milk Company at Burlington, Wisconsin.He there supervised the production on the farms of thatplant whose contracts with the Government for evaporatedmilk amounted to millions of pounds.He next became Associate Editor of the Fred L. Kimball

444 MARRINER WOOD MERRILLCompany Publication~in Waterloo, Iowa, where he remained3 years. During this employment he attended practicallyevery farmers' convention in the country a~ reporter and asone of the speaker~ on the program.Returning to Utah in 1923, Fred introduced purebreddairy cattle in Cache Valley. He has contended that if Utahwould devote it~ live~tock interests to the breeding of registeredcattle it would become one of the richest agricultural~ections of the world.From Utah he went to California and became AdvertisingManager and Sale~ Director for the Los Angeles CreameryCompany, a position he held for 5 year~. Then he movedto Nevada, where he a~sumed the responsibility of developingthe dairy industry on five newly developed irrigation sectionsin that State. He there worked for himself and withhis son Russell he operated five creamerie~ and developeda busine~s of h:s own. In 1937 he became Director of PublicRelations for Agricultural Trade Relations, Inc., with headquartersin Salt Lake City.Thus Fred, who was kept busily at work on his father'sfarms in his boyhood and early manhood years and who wasthus brought into direct contact with farming and dairying,and who took an agricultural course in college, has spent hislife thus far in some phase of agriculture or dairying.On September 6, 1899, he married Ida Homer of Oxford,Idaho. To them have been born eight children-three boysand five girl~. All of them reached manhood or womanhoodexcept one girl (Hazel), who died when about 3 years old.Fred and Ida frequently said that the best educationthey could give to their children would be a preparation todo something worth while, and to be able to do it no matterwhat circumstance~ ~urrounded them. They are proud oftheir family. They are proud of their heritage. They havenever found it necessary nor even of any advantage to denytheir membership in the Church. They have been proud oftheir membership in it.

THE FAMILY OF THE THIRD WIFE 445Names and Dates of Birth of the Children of Freddie WhittemoreMerrill and Ida Homer MerrillNameLeland HomerIda ElRita _HazelFred HomerRussell Homer _Edith LeOtta _Dorothy ..RebeccaDate of BirthMay 24, IHOONov. 20, Hl02Jan. 18, HJ05Feb. 6, 1907May 28, HilOAug. 8, IH12March 28, IH15July :n, HI17Emma Irene Merrill SharpEmma Irene Merrill was born in Richmond, Utah, July31, 1880. Her mother was Almira, the third wife of MarrinerW. Merrill. Emma was the second daughter in a family ofeight boys and four girls.Emma and "'Joe"' SharpEmma had the usual schooling in the district schools ofRichmond, and in the fall of 1898 she entered the AgriculturalCollege of Utah and there took a Domestic Science Course.Having had considerable experience at home in cooking and

446 MA RRINER WOOD MERRILLsewing, as one would naturally expect to be the case in sucha large family, and the most of them boys, she made extremelyrapid progress and in the spring was offered a positionas Assistant to the Head of the Department. Thisposition she declined, as she had become engaged to JosephPalmer Sharp of Vernon, Tooele County, Utah, one of thestudents who had just returned from a 3-year mission tothe Southern States. They were married June 14, 1899, byher father in the Logan Temple. A dinner was given inthe evening at her home where her mother's children and afew close friends attended.On June 16 they bade her folks goodbye and went toSalt Lake City, where a reception was tendered them by theparents of the groom, John C. and Sula Sharp. Joe andEmma located at Vernon, Utah, and engaged in ranching andsheep raising. They were active in all the Ward organizationsand even directed the production of a three-act play,"Border Land."In the fall of 1902 they moved to Rexburg, Idaho, whereJoe entered the mercantile business with the Sharp Groceryand Supply Company. Here their lives were very happyand they purchased a choice building spot and began perfectingplans for a modern home of their own. Emma wasCounselor in the Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Association,and the husband was Counselor in the Bishopric andalso a member of the City Council.Emma went to Richmond in the fall of 1904 to attendthe Merrill Family Reunion and there became seriously illof typhoid fever of a very virulent type. In spite of the factthat she had been the picture of rugged health, this illness.lasting 9 weeks, during the most of which time she was unconscious,gradually sapped her strength and vitality and shepassed peacefully away on November 23. Her remains weretaken to Salt Lake City for interment and the funeral washeld at the home of her father-in-law.In church and social circles Emma was a general favor-

THE FAMILY OF THE THIRD WIFE 447ite, and friends throughout Utah and Idaho expressed theirmost profound sorrow at her departure so early in life, shebeing only 24 years old at the time of her death. Besidesher husband, her parents, her brothers and sisters, and otherrelatives of herself and husband, she left three young children,the oldest being 4 years old and the youngest, 9 months.Names and Dates of Birth of the Children of Joseph Palmer Sharpand Emma Irene Merrill SharpNameDaphney Merrill _Beth MerrillStanley LewisDate of BirthNov. 22, 1900May 12, 1902________ Feb. 23, 1904Preston Reunolds MerrillPreston Reunolds Merrill, son of Marriner Wood Merrilland Almira Jane Bainbridge Merrill, was born August 23,1882, at Richmond, Cache County, Utah. He received hisearly education in the public schools of Richmond and thenattended the Agricultural College of Utah until he reachedthe Senior year. Instead of completing the last year's workand graduating at that time, he decided to enter the MedicalPreston R.Millie Lowe

448 MARRINER WOOD MERRILLSchool of Northwestern University in the fall of 1902, fromwhich he graduated after 4 years of study. His jovial goodnature and friendly ways made him many friends while incollege.Because of the work he did in his medical course hisacademic credits were later applied to the subjects offeredat the Agricultural College and he was granted a Bachelor'sDegree from that Institution in 1914.Instead of doing his intern work at some hospital in theEast, Preston preferred to do it at the L. D. S. Hospital inSalt Lake City and obtained that opportunity.On November 4, 1906, Preston and Millie Doney Lowefrom Franklin, Idaho, were married, and to them were borntwo boys and three girls.Preston's first post as a practicing physician was atGarfield, Utah, where he was employed by the AmericanSmelting and Refining Company when the smelter was firstlocated there. After 18 months he moved to Wellsville, Utah,where he practiced his profession for 8 years. He then sawa good opportunity for professional advancement and enlargedservice by buying the hospital at Tremonton, Utah,and transferring his residence and practice to that place.It was there he died of influenza October 11, 1918, beingamong the first in the State to be swept away by thatterrible epidemic of 1918-19.In the various communities where he lived Preston alwaysoccupied a prominent position of service and leadership.He maintained, under all circumstances, a character andreputation above reproach.N ames and Dates of Birth of the Children of Preston ReunoldsMerrill and Millie Doney Lowe MerrillNameManiner Wood Lowe.Jane Lowe .Beth LoweRobert Lowe.Dorothy LoweDate of Birth... Jan. 16, 1909Aug. 27, 1910..... Jan. 16, 1912Aug'. 3, 1913Sept. 1, 1915

THE F AMILY OF THE THIRD WIFE 449Alva Retta Merrill LewisAlva Retta Merrill, third daughter and tenth child atAlmira, was born at Richmond, Utah, August 14, 1884. Shereceived her early education in the public schools of Richmond,and her time as a growing girl was fully occupiedwith the home duties and responsibilities, her school lessons,and her church and social activities.Alua Rctta Gcorgc LcwisActuated by the desire to perfect herself as much aspossible for her life's work Retta entered the Utah AgriculturalCollege September 30, 1902. She took a 3-yearcourse in Domestic Art and graduated with a certificate in1905. During the school year 1905-6 she taught school inRichmond.On June 20, 1906, she was married to George ArthurLewis, son of President Wm. H. Lewis of Lewiston, the ceremonybeing performed in the Salt Lake Temple. They madetheir home in Lewiston and there they were both active inchurch work. Retta was Secretary and Treasurer of theLewiston First Ward Relief Society.The few brief years of their married life were busy29

450 NIARRINER WOOD MERRILLand happy ones as they were together laying the foundationof their home life. To them were born two boys and twogirls.Tragic sadness came into the home on February 4, 1911,when Retta passed to the Great Beyond at the very earlyage of 26 years.N ames and Dates of Birth of the Children of (~eorgeand Alva Retta Merrill LewisArthur LewisNameGeorge Al,thur .Jr.Almira Menill .Claud L.Alva MelTill .Leon Ernest MerrillDate of BirthApril l:l, 1907April l:l, InORSept. 4, 1909Feb. 4, IHllLeon Ernest Merrill, youngest son of Almira Jane BainbridgeMerrill, was born August 22, 1886, at Richmond, Utah.His boyhood was spent on his father's farms and in the publicschools of Richmond. Although his natural bent or inclinationwas toward active business affairs instead of alongscholastic or educational lines, Leon attended the BrighamLeon

THE F AMILY OF THE THIRD WIFE 451Young College for a time. But he soon found that work atthe First National Bank at Logan was more alluring and heaccepted part-time employment there during some of thetime he lived in Logan.About this time he was called to fill a mission in theNorthern States. This he did, being honorably releasedDecember 20, 1907.On April 2, 1908, he and Bertha Doney Lowe of Franklin,Idaho, were married in the Salt Lake Temple. For the firstfew years of their married life they made their home inRichmond and later moved to Logan.Leon entered the United States Army at Camp Lewis,Washington, in January, 1918, and was released in Novemberof the same year.To this couple were born one son and two daughters.Some time afterward the parents became divorced, and Leonmade his home at Twin Falls, Idaho.In later years he lived at Idaho Falls, Idaho, and wasmarriej to Mary Ann Judd of Provo, Utah. No childrenwere born to this marriage.Leon died June 10, 1933. Services were held in theRichmond Tabernacle and he was buried in the Richmondcemetery.~ames and Dates of Birth of the Children of Leon Ernest Merrilland Bertha Doney Lowe MerrillNameAlwyn Lowe.Ann Almira.Ruth Evelyn.Date of BirthJan. 15, lUOflOct. 26, 1!J11April 26, 1!1l5Abigail Orella Merrill JensenAbigail Orella Merrill, always called by her middle, insteadof her first name, was the twelfth and last child ofMarriner Wood Merrill and Almira Jane Bainbridge Merrill.She was born February 22, 1889, at Richmond, Utah. Al-

452 MARRINER WOOD MERRILLways jolly and full of fun, Orella very greatly enjoyed herearly life and associations in Richmond, where she attendedthe public schools and engaged in various church and socialactivities.-------~~--OrellaCyrus JcnscnShe later attended the Brigham Young College for a timeand then entered the Utah Agricultural College. However,on account of the illness and untimely death of her motherApril 6, 1906, this death occurring just 2 months after thatof her father, Orella was unable to complete her course ofstudies at the College. However, she had received, in additionto her educational work, a good deal of training in vocaland instrumental music, and freely used her talents atnumerous entertainments.On June 8, 1908, she was married in the SaltLake Temple to Cyrus Jensen. Making their home atDevil's Slide in Weber Canyon, her husband was calledto serve as Bishop of the Ward, and she as Presidentof the Relief Society and First Counselor to the Presidentof the Primary Association. When they moved toOgden, Utah, Orella was again active in church work, servingas Secretary, Treasurer, and Theological Teacher in the Relief

THE F AlVIILY OF THE THIRD WIFE 453Society of the Ward where they resided. At the presenttime (1937) Cyrus and Orella are living in Salt Lake City,where Orella is again an active worker in the Relief Society.The commercial, business training that Cyrus receivedas a young man provided him with employment opportunitiesat various places and hence, in addition to the placesabove mentioned, he and Orella also made their home atLewiston, Utah, his boyhood home, and Bancroft, Idaho.To them were born three children, but tragedy earlystalked among them. The second child, a girl, died fromburns received when her clothes caught fire while she wasplaying with other children around a bonfire. The youngestchild and the only son was drowned while swimming withother boys at Ogden.Names and. Dates of Birth of the Children of Cyrus .Jensenand Abig-ail Orella Merrill JensenNameGayleBerta Jean .Cyl'US MerrillDate of BirthJune 1, UlOnOct. 7, 1!J10May 24, 1912