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Luke Syphu8 was born January 2~. · t827, " at Laafield, . Oxfordab1r.~ Ingland. "He wa.a baptized prior to Dec~er 25, '1851. Be " married Christiana Long, December 25, 1~5l. He died AprU 19, 19~5, at Panaca, Lincoln countf,\~da. ,_

Chriati~ Long Syphua waa born i. uary 10, 1832, at Stanlake, Oxfordshire, England. Baptized 'p~ o~ to ~cesber 25, 1851, married Luke Syphus December 25, 18 1 ~" She died Auguat 17, 1918, at Panaca, Lincoln County, ~v da .!

!bere is very little known of th"'~~e~f Lub ~hua before he married Christiane, except that he ' toQ had heerd and studied the Gospel and had acceptlld it '"joyfully • . Chriatiana' a _ther died when she "was e!Sht years old. Later her father ',remarried and, although the step-mother was kind and good to the children, Christiana, wanted to be. independent. She wanted to earn her own living. So, while she was yet very young she Wlnt to

"~London to find employment.

·Though Christiana waa not born of gentry, she always· conducted heraelf in a .mpst well-bred, lady-like manner. This quality enabled her to find employment in a "gentleman's family," caring for the children. However, ahe did not like the lady besides taking care of the children, the lady made her do so many other things. She decided to leave, and, because ahe had alwaya been tuch a _lady-like girl, they were forced to give her a good letter of recommendation.

Ber next job vaa with 'a f .. Uy by the name 'of King. Here ahe atayed, . ae8lD1ngly very happy .. for five years, or until they left to aaU for .&.arica. The Kinga wanted her to go to America vithth_, ~t for a,*, UIIIal_ reaaon ahe atayed beh1mt;-

Who can tell vheu. the IuIn. of ,Provldence takes over charge of ~ livea for a PUrJOle:: ' It 'faa not long after the Kinga left tiUtt abe beard of the eo.pe"l of the Latter Day Sainta. Yhen, abe heard thia DeW religion ahe began .attending meetinga aM iav .. atigat101l. ~ Mre abe Itudied and heard, the more abe wal cODviace. that abe had found the truth. ...

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During thia tfllle ahe waa keepi. company with a young man that IIhe expected to iDarry • . She induced him to. attend aaM of the meetingll, becaulle ahe wanted to lhare ber new found joy.

Unfortunately, her 'young man ridiculed the teachingl and· acoffed .at the idea of luch thingl"al Modern, Prophetl. and the Lord .revealing Bia Golpel in the Latter DaYI. So Chrisiana drOpped the young man, for ' IIhe thpWlht more of her religion than ahe ' did of him. '

*' And now the hand of proVidence was waiting - juat around the corner from her in the form of Luke Syphua. He, .too, liad heard and studied the Gospel and waa conVinced of ita truthfulnesa. He believed that Joaeph Smith was a true Prophet and that he had been shown the plates and had translated the Book o~Mormon. They both joined the Church prior to December 25, 1851, for "on that day they were married, already being active membe~s of the Church.

Where they iived in England- we do not know, - nor just What occupatiOn Luke followed - but WI do know that later he was a good stone mason ' and was skilled at Whip-sawing lumber. He was able to make goOd ulle of the se skills la ter on in his life. . }

We know that a little over a year after they were married(V~lY in 1853) they set sail for Australia in the sailing vessel v Thia vesael had about five hundred people aboard, and carrie water and provisions for the paasengers for three month voyage, it lengthens 'into six montha. .

All the people on the "eIBel suffered terribly from ' iack of ~ood and ~ water, many died and were buried at sea before Australia waa reached;

e passenge.ra, were put on ratione that amounted to two tableapoone 0

water per day and aea bi·acuita. These sea biscuita were '10 hard they had to be cut with an ax, but they. were also filled with big worma -they were eaten an~ay becauae those on board were so hungry.

When the ahip waa three mont~a out, Christiana gave birth to the firat aon Luke Jr., 'on the March "j '; 1853. He wall born While the IIhip was in the Table Bay, cape of Good Hope, Africa. Due to cond.1tions on boarlf Ih.ip, ahe could not give her baby proper nourishDient and cllre, 10 he died on March 20, 1853, aixteen day a after birth, and was buried at sea .

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rever:e vinds wer~_not the !'I1!L~!oubles th.t be:s.e_t the J • .!8' spr.n • le.k .nd for some time the Captain considered ab.ndoning

the.hip. In f.ct he ordered the boats lowered, vith .11 the vomen .nd children . loaded into them. Here is where Luke showed his Paith perception. While the Captain vas beloW seeing .bout rep.irs and

umping oper.tions .nd organizing. bucket brig.de to b.il v.ter, uta took the Capt.in's place and ordered .11 passengers. to stay

.board .nd aw.y from the bo.ts. In a c_lm~ authorat.tive voice he told them that the leak would be rep. ired .nd the water pumped out, .nd the ship would continue on s.fely. ~

They were .ssured by his c.lm manner .nd none' left the ship. However, the Capt.in came on deck he w.s very angry a~d threatened to put Luke in the brig for his actions. But luke did not b.ck down on the wisdom of his orders, and the Captain, re.lizing. that he had been sp.red .dditional troubles, forgot the insubordination .nd the incident v •• closed •

. , I After six months of buffeting by the elements, passengers were almost - ---.-.'c.rodW'fl, with many lick on board the J.V. reached Australi.. This

' j·V.s just, at the time when, so many rich gold mines were being discovered in that country. Conseque~tly there. vas a great demand for lumber .nd all kinds of building material. Luke was quick to see . the possibility in the offing and immediately prep.red to saw llilllber . Well sawed, lumber brought • very good p.rice.

At that time lumber w.s s.wed by hand .nd under great difficulties. It v •• c.lled whip-s.ving .nd vas done in this manner.

"First. deep cellar like pit v.s dug. Usually six~et deep, lix­·teen feet 10111 .nd four to five feet wide., The lot to be sawed wee ',_r,ked with str.ight bl.ck: lines, the _lize of boards was

, deter)liined by the number of lines per 101. The log w.s then pl.ced .cro.s tM : lenlth 'of tha pit., vith one under the log. The helper vou14 staDe! on the log. ~he '~ of ~hem dr.wing the gre •• e saw up .nd ~_ , the letlgth of the log. What : . way to ,get lumber! aurely ~' .. rlled ,the 100d v .... he received for h~s efforts.

, . 'iDee I.uIre and Cbr1adana were Lattar Day Saints, the home they established became in Austr.li., he.dquarters for the L.D .S le •• s .nd Apost~. who c_ to pro .. lyte the natives.

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In Austr.li. the cool time of t~ ye.r comes in the summe~' months, which was fortunate for Christi.na, ,for 011' August 31, 18 ,she gave birth to her second child, • lovely , d.ughter l.ter "name/} 1J ina. At the time of the birth 'Luke .nd Otristi.na .were living in Sydney\ , Nev South Willes, Australi.. , . 1

Luke vorked hard; and ,with tj!e help of hi~ gOodvife w~~ ~bte to •• ve enough money for passsge to Americ." Alway. in their hea~\ s~ .from the time they first joined the Oturch, they had the desire to '~ ~o , Zion. lihen the time came to sail, Lovin. w.s not quite two ye.rs ', d"" but · w.s .lread a beautiful child, t.king .fter her mother in lqo • ,Christiana, w.s a small dainty woman, with fine features, beautiful blac~ :iry hair, laughing brown eyes that were shadowed, with long lashes arid! i . ly mouth that curved easily into smiles. Her ankles were trim' adei' neat, ending in high arched instep ' of the true aristocrat. These .ttributes of be.uty she passed on to her children in more or less degr~e, but her first born daughter, Lovina, was a true prototype. .

There is no record of the names of the people with whom they associated Snd d1<l bus,ine", while in Australia, except one, this was Joseph Ridges. He and Luke were associated in the lumber business. and became fast friends. a tie that lasted throughout their lives. This same JOS!ph ,Ridges was later called to build the Salt Lake Tabernacle Organ

In May of 1856, they set sail on the ship Jeneveve or Jenny Plor. for America . . They sailed with a large company composed of mostly L.n.S. people. This too was a hazardous paBsage as the ship ,caught fire three ,times while on the t~ree month voyage across the Pacific.

They landed .t San Pedro Harbor, caUfornia, ~arly lin August. Most of the saints moved inland to San Berna~ where anJ. .• D.S . fg},QI.lY-WlS already established. However. the Syphuses and a few close friends st.yed behind at ~n Pedro because Christiana was expe~ her third child momentarilY, Luke quickly gathered driftwood and ' , the ship wrecks to make a shelter. This was the first cabin on the beacb , and 'ome ~eeks later the first white chil~bar~th~ ~ia was Edward Henry S~born Azust. 22, 1856, a son to Luke IJIcl Otriatlana · M't/ - -~-7f~ When the mother and baby could travel the little party also moved into San Bernardino. Here Luke WII again a lumber wprker. He sawed lumber and made rakes from the , trees on the nearby mount.ins. With the8e he built a three roOlll 'house for hia little family and fenced a fifteen acre farm. The 89il was very good, and with .the help of a young Indian, Luke cle.red and planted his small farm.

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• kindly man .nd one to help the needy, Luke took t~ hungry Indi.n boy in. Gave him food and paid him to help with ~~ land. ·Over Christi.na' a protests, the Indienwaa allowed to alt at/ the tab.l" with the family for his meals. Thia .waa contrary to prev.iling custOm, but "Luke felt that if he worked in the fie ld he should be .llowe\! to e.t with the family. Thie c~isti.n kindne .. l.ter p.·id bi, d11c!dend. to the Syphus.. .nd their friends. " '\ , 1 . "'

The small f.rm yielded .bundant crops in 1857. It loobd. ~ t;hough the family l.rder would be running over with winter aupp·li.. 'Plu.s

. ,what could be grown the year round. The thinga began to 100 goijd for the Saints in San Bernardino. They had water, good so,1l~ be! climate, and were, aeemingly, unmoleated by their persecut"".\ - .. but their good fortune w.s short lived. . ; ".

Far aw.y in Southern Utah the Mount.in Me.dow Ma ... cre he'd bean perpetrated. it's affect. on the members of the Church were far reaching.

In California the Latter Day Saints were- threai:e~d with~de.th ' if they did not go out. The leader a ip Salt Lake City were calling them to CDllll! to Utah .for .afety. They had to le.ve so suddenly that they . did not have time to aell. anything, and ,they probably wouldn't have found buyers anyway. They just walked away ·le.ving their hDllll!s and cropt to .nyone who chose to take them.

This wal cert.inly a teat of Faith, .nd proof of the sturdy ' character of thele peopl.. The wildernals of Utah lay acroas three waterlell 'delertl, thrDUlh valleYI infelted with starving hoatile Indi.na. Ivery mile w •• frauabt with danger, yet those sturdy people loaded their famUie. &IIel •• Ier pOllelaions in their wagona and Itarted acroll t~ tr.ckl •••. wa.ta~.

.y wre .ure Qf tbree_ 08 .. 1 between San Bernardino and Ut.b, , but they wra Dot iure they would ever reach 'them.

!be O8le. '~re Lat V ..... thit Mudely Jliver and Be.ver DuI. I.ch had ~ waUer. • ..... .-cl • .ocIiclIII of ar.... Lal Vep' wal a claar .pdlll that .,..tael up a,lId r.n out into the de .. rt.

- -- . ~ Muddy we. a bi, creak. f.el by w.rm Ipringl that ran out througb • lOll, narrow ".11.,. •• u _lo .. d by t.wny meadowi. Be.ver .Daa waf a aountain fad atr ... bordared with treel .nd grail at ,

intervall. that had cut a wide lalb in the e.rtb for more than ,. , hundred milea. Before,between and .fter these tbree oaael l.y the delert, Itark and je.lou., reaching out hungry hand~ for the .we.k and unprepared. .

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. The little party of fleeing Saint.hed .afely negotiated the firlt third of their journey. ' They Itopped in Lal Vegaa. without incident, and were prayinl to do tbe same at Muddy. But as they drove 'down the toturoul trail ~tha 'river ford, they came upon Indiana ••• S.lf .. naked hungry Indiana. _,

The wagons had made the croaaing s.fely and were slowly following the trail acrosl the upper valley eacH driver keeping a sharp lookout· for Indianl, for tbey knew tbe Piautes would do anything for food.

Luke suddenly heard a~ turned toward the ~oise at the rear of bis ' outfit . Haatily he looked over his shoulder into the dark deptha of the wagon. He 'saw Lovina being 'lifted out of the back opening, by

two brown handa. With a shout he stopeed the team and leaped to tbe ground, running at' he lit . He struck the Indian with a blow that made him drop the child and aent him spinning. Lovina had 'been too frightened of the ugly brown face to cry out, but in later yeara she said she waa sure. tbe Indian waa only looking for food, and bad moved her for a better look.

Witb this incident on they moved to Beaver Dam. Up they went, up the sandy alope of the mesa, over the ragged rim-rock, a~rosa the dreary milea of top, down ovet the rim-rock, and on across the slopes of shifting sand. OMormon Mela) On they went and in the minds of the people a question - Would there be Indians at Beaver Dam? There was - the whole tribe had .as~bled, ready to pounce on the wagon train. The Saints quickly prepared to defend themselves and 'in doing 10, one member of the party was recognized. Luke Syphua - the young , Indian -that he had employed in San Bernardi~o so quickly and kindly treated - knew hil friend. ,He spoke to the Chief - ple.ded with him to tp.re the livel of those in thia wagon train. Reluctantly the Chief ' consented, provided the Saints would give them food. An agree- . ~t was made. Le.ving malt. of their provisions behind, the train w •• .11owed to proceed in safety.

And so the third Oaail was left behind, and what lay ahead nona knew • When Utah wal re.ched the Syphuaes .stopped in Cedar City ~ometime in early 1858 . They Itayed here about a year, but were not satisfied ao they moved farther South into Toquerville. This was a small lettlement

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of Saints betWeen Cedar City and ' rt. George. The Syphuriu, did not Itay lana here either, but during their Itaya fourth child, a ' daughter W88 born; 'on March 6, .1S 9, Mary Ellen Syphul joined the family. \ . .

The next place the family move~ wa __ t6 the settlement of Sa~' Clara. A ..,.11 I,ettlement that W88 beina built up on the bend of the nta Clara Creek. Here they acquired '~d' built a home, and aurr , nded themselvel with twe' usual trea~. of farm life. Pigs, chickens, catt~e" farm equipment and 10 0~1 e family was doing very well ,­waa busy and happy, and well onto f0!:f~Hng their previoul hard­Ihipl. Here to, n the quiet ti~, .~':~hUI W88 born, December 22,. ! , \. . . .

When he 0 week old disaster Itruck again. . ing the winter

He quickly made adobies and built a houae for hia family. One was needed' 'for there W88 much elckneaa thet a_i after the Uo045'a: ­Because of ao much sicknesa in the two flllDiliea, Luke moved Marianna and her children into his home. There- they watc6ea her two oldest daughter.

d ie, even al Christiana nursed her own aUina children. It was a terrible '-_r and tr,ied the Faith of the moat devOIlt.

Probably because of the lorrow he had aeen in this house Luke sold it and moved the two familles to a new ODe cloSer to the hills. In this heme Mariamia saw her baby die and Christiana gave,' birth to another son. Her sixth child, George Alvin Syphus, born Decembe~ 23, lS63.

In the preceeding two years, and in spite of much personal trouble and orrow Luke had· been ve bus ·. He had ',been building homes for other

people . Some homes that still stand a monument to his inte rit as a builder. One house in articular that he built:~-home for Jac~ Hamblin. It's site was u on a-hlT -side over lookin~the rest of the town. A. rather pretentious two story house with thick rock adobe.

of the year there had been so much~ nd ' n that the beneficient Santa Clara Creek beca,me a ·torrent. It' I ter gobbled up the land . it had, previously made. The people haatily ab'andoned their homes, c1illbing to a ~ Bide for safety. ~Christiana' lat with her 0II4t ek old son, along wUh her neighbors and watched .the..-gl:ee4 creek carry their homel and farma away. The men saved what they . c!lUld, but linc'! they had been forced . out in the evening it wal hard to work in ,the'dark. When ornina came ,the only thing left in the

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floudlhina ~nity W88 and Christiana'i chimney. This ,made two haa.1 and farms that ha en lost in five years. But thay Were not. daun~ed.

Wit)l atout hearts they moved around. the ,Point of the hill, a greiter dbtance-- frOlD the creek and Itarted over again .

LuQ dul into the aiele of the h,ill to ~ke a temporary shelter for hil family. ' Then he aet to work buileli~dobe. to make a ' new house.

In the year. between the time thet Luke and Christiane-hael left lnaland, and elurina their _ny _a, they had converted Luke 'a f.ther and .other, MattheW and ~n IPDI SyphuI, and alao hb brother Matthew Jr. aDd flllDily. S~how, toq he had managed to bdna KBtthev ancl ~r1uma a. f_ny to AMrica. Thb a_ .tthaw alii! f .. Uy .. re at Santa Clara at the time of the flood _~ionael above. ' After the elbaater he went to Callfornia, leaving his ,nfe MariaD1Ul a. chilclre,n in LuU 'a care. Thl. ' addeel ',reaponBibillty helpeel in hb deeldon to live far.ina up anel to follow the masonary trade. "

George Alvin, Apsotle Erastus Snow called on Luke to make snother move. This time they were to go to Clover Valley with a group of settlerl. Luke wal to relide as Bishop.

These were the days of Indian uprisings and raids and Clover Valley was not exempt. In fact raids became so frequent that the settlers had to build a fort and a big stockade for the c~ttle and horses. At night . the guards had to be posted to warn the settlers of Indians.

One of these raids two of the Indians were shot, but the sett~ers decided to follow them 'and end once and for all, if at all possible. Soon ·the raid took place at midnight, the men at the fort t ,ook up the trail as Boon as they could follow the tracks. When they stopped for breakfaat, Luke's horse got loose and went back to the fort. This caused a great deal .of excitement and sorrow, because he was loved by all the settlera. They awore- vengance on anyone who had harmed. "Their Luke."

The men returned to their families without success, and the raids continued nearly all the stock waa driven off.

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beautiful, one of the moat picturesque jet eo--LliKe-- ana Christiana, not long' after tbeyCliiiii!to Panaca, dect'dcd' ~"' -""'''''r--i-:l aettled by the Saints. lbe present settlement is known as Barkley and ' another moVIL to-1'1.oche, __ (IlJ ic:h .J!!ining t~)_. _ Jle...J' __ !L1.l!eye found read-y-18 on the -union Pacific Railroad : But in 1864 it was an isolated, _eo sale for all th~_vegetables and farm pr~ucts they _c:.ouJd grow. -lonely place. lbe small group of .saints had to depend entirely on ttie:lr own reaaurces for protection from the Indians. lbe Indians were especially troublesome. lbey were ruled tyraniclilly by one Bushead. Re was feared -as much by his own people as by the white ' settlers.

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Luke was not only the ecclesiasticai leader of the group, but he had to plan the strategy against the Indians as well. Ma,ny skirmishes ,and narrow escapes were recorded by the Clover Valley group" bu,t, by more distant settlements. _ " ' - - - "

One of the_e more distant settlements was in pahransgate Valley, some \69 or -70 miles away. lhe settlers were not Latter ay Saints, but Buahead was not respector of persons, and one of his group killed a man at Hiko in the Pahranagate Valley, and cunningly blamed the ' Mormona for it. lbis of course aroused their fury against the Saints

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But here agaifi we see the, quiet strength of Luke Syphus revealed and his 'group me~ the irate ~osse and ask for a heaYing. He quickly ,outlined the sit~tion explaining ,the cunning actions of Bushead. Immediately the two valleys joined forces and subsequently suceeded in capturing the leaders of the Indians, among them the rebel Buahheaci. After this skirmish there 9a8 no more Indian trouble.

It s.emed' that' i~ each place that Lu~ and ' -; _ethey' were destined, to spend a short time.

and talen t to establish a aettlement and : a permanent home elaewhere.

Christiana helped to settle lbey gave their strength then were called to make

'In the iall of l866 ,tru;y moved 55 miles east -to an isolated little vaUey known aa Pinto. The,. stayed here jl.8 t through out the Winter of 1866-67. In, the spring of 1867 the Syphuses moved to an established c-.nity and we. aituaetecr adjacent to the rich and active mine a • Yea._ in the apliini of 1867 the Syphua.s moved to Pllnaca, Lincoln County,

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lbey built a comfortable home_ ~d being thrifty and industrious were -able ' to sive their children all -- the'~rts---avai1able at the time and in some instances provided even -luxuries. -

In Panaca Luke and Christiana found ,the sanctuarY among the Latter Bay Saints of, Zion, what they ha4 set out to find, so many years before. when they left England on the sailing vessel Java. lbey had given the strength of their youth, their talents and native abilities ' to help in getting the church established in 'outposts throughout Southern Utah and Nevada.

Now at the ages of 40 and 35, those choice ripe years of life, they found permancy-~ana'--coula 'putthese activities with which they were ao richly endowed, to ,purposeful ,and permanent use. '

They took Aill~_~JlsJl\!.~h .. .£i :lli I;..AruLp .. Q1LticJll acti t~s . Luke waa Bishop for nine years in tbe Panaca Ward. leading that branch of ' the Church into IIreater and more ~iY.i ties. He was county commissionerfor Lincoln County. NeYAda~t.elLY.eJln. In th:\,a capAc:it)'_ he skillfully lIuided the political an4-~~~~ts to that body alana lines of greater chic improvement.

Christiana was not idle either. She, was busy helping her husband to organize and staff the various church activities. and some of these she had to guide herself, until enough people came into the ward to take over the leadership. Always they wanted the best the church had to offer their children in opportunities and training and they worked to­gether to achieve this end.

Here in Panaca' their last children were born. Christiana Amelia, , 17 March 1868; Mary Etta, 5 January 1871; and Clara Melissa, 6 January 1874.

In the last years as Christi~na would tell the stories of her ,conversion and travels to doting wide-eyed children, she would conclude with this '~ou know, when 1 first heard the Elders, my young man and 1 would go to the meetings t~ether. Their message _seemed ,true to me and found response in my heart, but he could not see anything in _it and was not

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interested. I tried to talk to him and show him, b~t'he ~ould not accept the Gospel. I could not marry him because -he 'would not- accept--- -------------:------- ---'-- ---:-----the Gospel. I told him thill" and we both felt very sad and ~, ____ _ ~ ___ _ but I wanted my children to grow up and be taught the Gospel., Thus we parted. He was a good young man. But there, was another young man by the name of1.uke Syphus -- Your Grandfather. He was a good, y,oung man

.1ifO- He had joined the church and so I married him andI have never been sorry." (Note: Luke's mother and Christiana's father were brother and sister -- so they were first cousins.)

Never been sorry!} What a revealing statement, and what sublime faith!: After 16 years of wandering and building and moving, and fighting floods and famin, she could say, "I've never been sorry . " How well she had earned the place and comfort of the final years in Panaca.

Luke and Christiana passed on their reward after years of full rich living in. the Gospel of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints.

Luke died at ,the age of 88, 19 April 1915. Christiana followed 3 years - later- at- the-ase- of":"86,-17- August ,19-18. ~

. This 'story is written by Vera Perkins'Hoss.

(Luke and Christiana sYPhus are my great great Grandparents).

~lotta Lynne Stewart '

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interested. I tried to talk to him and show him, b~t'he ~ould not accept the Gospel. I could not marry him because -he 'would not- accept--- -------------:------- ---'-- ---:-----the Gospel. I told him thill" and we both felt very sad and ~, ____ _ ~ ___ _ but I wanted my children to grow up and be taught the Gospel., Thus we parted. He was a good young man. But there, was another young man by the name of1.uke Syphus -- Your Grandfather. He was a good, y,oung man

.1ifO- He had joined the church and so I married him andI have never been sorry." (Note: Luke's mother and Christiana's father were brother and sister -- so they were first cousins.)

Never been sorry!} What a revealing statement, and what sublime faith!: After 16 years of wandering and building and moving, and fighting floods and famin, she could say, "I've never been sorry . " How well she had earned the place and comfort of the final years in Panaca.

Luke and Christiana passed on their reward after years of full rich living in. the Gospel of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints.

Luke died at ,the age of 88, 19 April 1915. Christiana followed 3 years - later- at- the-ase- of":"86,-17- August ,19-18. ~

. This 'story is written by Vera Perkins'Hoss.

(Luke and Christiana sYPhus are my great great Grandparents).

~lotta Lynne Stewart '

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