William Cottam And Ellen Bridget Gallagher Cottam

William Cottam, Sr. & Ellen Bridget Gallagher and their children:

J ames Moroni Cottam John Cottam Margaret Cottam Ann Ellen Cottam William Cottam, Jr. Elizabeth Jane Cottam Mary Cottam Martha Cottam Eve May Cottam

Compiled by Ron & Lois Cottle

FOREWARD We put together this information for a Wilkins' Family reunion held in the 90's. The information is compiled from Mom (Jessie Irene Wilkins Cottle) and Grandma Wilkins's (Irean Jamima Cottam Wilkins) papers we inherited after Mom's death. We also received much help from Aunt Mae (Cottam) VanLeeuwen, Grandma's sister, who is still living at this time (April 2005), the last of her family. Many of the papers do not have a source of where they came from but were accumulated over the years and treasured as "our family history." We lovingly put it together and present it to you in their honor.

Ron & Lois Cottle 856 East 880 North Orem, UT 84097 (801) 607-3611

How we fit in the family tree: William Cottam, Sr. William Cottam, Jr. Irean Cottam Wilkins Jessie Irene Wilkins Cottle Ronald Brent Cottle

William Cottam, Sr. BORN: WHERE: MARRIED: WHERE: DIED: WHERE: BURIED: WHERE: FATHER: MOTHER:

17 March 1829 Govern, Lancashire, England 21 September 1852 Makersfield, County of Lancaster 31 August 1910 Snowville, Box Elder, Utah Snowville Cemetery James Cottam Margaret McDonald

Ellen Bridget Gallagher BORN: WHERE: DIED: WHERE: BURIED: WHERE: FATHER: MOTHER:

22 December 1831 Wigan, Lancashire, England 11 June 1902 Snowville, Box Elder, Utah 13 June 1902 Snowville Cemetery John Gallagher Ellen Hines Duffy

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Living Sea1ings; William Cottam-born 17 Mar.lS29 ---Ashton, Lane.,England. tl ridget Mary Gallagher - born 22 Dee.lS31--- /.!ayo,Mayo, Ireland. Her endowment eard saYs 22 Dec.lS29 . She took out her Own endowments. ()hlldren Sealed 13 Nov.1895. Cottam -------Thomas Cottam -------Samuel Cottam -------Peter . Cottam -------Hannah Cottam -------John Cottam --- ----- 5 George Cottam -------- 5 Betsey Cottam ------- 5 Cottam ----- 6 Margaret Ann Ellen Cottam ----- 5 Cottam -----24 rrill1am .:Lizabeth Jane Cottam-- 6 311za

Born . abt . lS51 -------Ashton, Lane. Eng. abt.lS53 ------" " " abt .1S53 ------" " " abt.lS54 ------" " " abt.lS59 ------- Sunderland,Durham,Ehg. Thyop ,I II Aug.lS61 ------Aug.1S61 -- --.--" " " Aug.lS61 ------" " Aug.1S63 ------- Osborn " " Dee . lS65 ------- !'ligan " " Mar;186S ------- Beaver Meadow,Beaver,Pa • Aug. 1970 -------West Portervl11e,Morgan, Utah .

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CERTIFIED to be a true copy of an entry in the certified copy of a Register of Marriages i the District above mentioned, Gh'en at the GENERAL REGISTER OffiCE, SOMERSET HousE, LoNDON, under the Seal of the s id Office, the

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Vtry 1'ev 01' our pioneer. have had & mora Bventt'ul 11ra than Ellen Bridget Cottam. Stroll« 1D character tZ'QIII a ..u ohild, she passed throu6h direst, poverty, siokness. lonelinesa, danger and IIIIOrai'ice, vith fl11th in herllal! &II wll .1 great tuth in Oed. Her fathel' loved. hill pe..lnt v11'& enough to 10lle both tortuna and title for her. She 1118.8 Ellen llutf)-, BJl4 "lUI employed &II a DIIl1d in th8 hOlll8 ot th8 Gallegers. and wen James tho DOn 0&II1II home to Dublin, and S&v thb beautit'ul Irish girl ha 1'011 in love vith her and after a time pereandad her to oonsent to a Moret marriage, which was what an 1mplusive Irish boy would be most apt to do. He loved her eo he oould not imag1ne hiB parenti rellieting her charms tor long, but in this ha was mistaken. for wen they disoovered the taot, as they did when Ellen vas not able to contiDue as a maid an account ot her h8alth, they wished him to desert her. This he tirmly re!'used to do, and. vall mode II strll2l8flr to hie parents home. They vare vaq kindly taken in b;y 110lIl8 ot her mother'a people, who wre not walthy, but were ldnd at heart. and IIIade them ,,8100lll8. The:r remained there until a Uttle daughter waa born in 1831, Ellen 'Bridget, the IIt1bjeot ot thi. etory. Atter a time the,. and a COlllpW13 of otherB IIlIeking new opportun1ties, made thsir mak:1I'lg II. 11v1ng. During en epidemio of ohorlera, her father oontractod the diBease and left hie ,.oung vifa and tour ohildren, wo had been born in the meantime. Bridg .... t. James, 1'homna and lIa!m.a or !mi. Alone in England With no one to help her.

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L1.1'e \/8.11 veq hard \0 her, end ahe r6liWXried hoping to better her condition, and find oOlllpsn1.onehip, but love for her was dead and burilid vi th her YOImg husband. Thill second husbend was a tulor. '{'hops JenkinB by nome, and Belfish and disagresable b;y natura. 4a 1I00n as the little ones could vind & bobbin. they ware forced from home by the stepfather. ~llen earned a penny a ~ doing thia, for two yearB. After sevon yearo, her apirU rebelled at this cruel man'lI VfI3 and she 1.ft home and acted &II nuraa maid in private homea, but IIh. t'1nally went baok to the factoq again whore linen vas made, and here her brother Jim found her. ~lla hadn't eeen her people for yearll, and although the,. liTed only a short diatanoe apart. :)be wall determined to keep hidden from bel' stepfather. ~en thill brother and sister BAW eaoh other, they ran into each otherB erma cqing tor joy. JI. triel! to perSUAde her to return hOllIe, but Dha never vent there again. She met bel' mother secretly. In her early taens, a white awelling came on her knee. The ~er or the faotory where sha ..arked WIUI veq ld.nd to her and arrBl'lgSd to seud her to the Manchester Hospital, where ehe reoeived BJllindid treatmant. \>:hen ahe recovered. there was no homo to return to, and "hs was inVited to the tine home or the II!.!IJ18g'Br, but Ellen vu very independent. and very !dndly refused and applied for .. position at ths hospital to ~ for her treatmant there. I'rovidonoe must have euided. her, for aha waa placed in the maternity room. oarr;ring tha babies back and forth from their mothers to the room ..mere they slept. Sha 1I0on Ilc'lvanoed, and .t~ed there !OJ!' tw or mora yaare, ..mere ohe learned a great deal about babies, end delivered III8.It;1 wollen. In her Ufe this proved a great bleBs1n8, beoll.u88 lBtIlr in her lire, ahe delivered hundreds of babiee, and never loot a mother.

netore en1lll1'ing the hoepital t .he 111811 W1111_ CoUam 1%1 Lanohahire, EIlgland. 'l'he1 lo.t track ot each other, and when he found her aga1%l. persauded her to leave the hoepital and IIIArX1' h1Jl. !!he wa_ 21 ane! h_r husbUld 2~ ;years of age. She was '. 'devout !riah CatholiD and he a Latter ~ Saint. Aftll1' a Mort t1mB elIe becBllle oonverted W her hu.bBD4'a taith. and ths;y longed 110 oome to Utah. They seemed unable to get mean. 1!lOU8h to be able to oome together, and the year8 passed. TheY' had & large flllllily. IIIIUIY altha ohildren dying at birth. Tbe:: f1 n r,ll.)" ,~ee1d8
~ len '"17 quiolclJ', NId eM found out later he vu a _bar ot th1a blUld. Their -reaouro•• were 'fU'.Y lov and ahe resolved to u11 her hair which va. very abundant. SM ,... otfered 140.00 tor U. au Mid she 1IIOUld think i t OWl' and let th81ll 1aI0w. On return1JlB Mme, Ihe _t 1'11'. Blaokburn the foreman of the ID1ne where her husblllld worked, 1l0tUl« her lvolle e;yee, allked her~. She told hill that ehe \111& obliged. I1thar \0 "11 her hair or «0 into aeM, untll har husband recovered, a. there WV8 vithon tood. X. &liked her loIhat she had been o1'feree! for her hair, and abe told hila, 10 hi sa14 he woull1 &'1ve her the _ UlOunt 1t IIbI would kaep it on her head aDd. tID £004 OlIN of U. U BOOn . . abe v.. able, &he repa,1d b1Ja. Ber hwsband vu _ abla \0 CO baolt to work -ca1n. and their IIOIl worked vUh hill. She tcok in boa:tderl, Maidel FBOt1aiJl« her profeasion. The1'!IOOn had enough to 00llle to Utah. 'their f'rie4e living sa Utah. told hlr to br1D« 1II011e;r, but an abUlldanc8 ot 010\he8, ahoel, eto. 'rheT 0 _ OIl thl first train (rrei«ht) thAt brCuch' oars, sail and paIIMIICCI.. 'fhen 1II8re IIG extra IIIIJ1 to rell1... the _ , &IIIId wan \bey reaohld & It.tlOA at zUsbttall, IJJI1neer, fireman, brak«man and conductor rolled up in their / blanDts 1D the .tat1oa bouIte and .lapt \II1t11 1IOl'D1.!IB. They arrhad in Morgen on !/ Ootoblr 6, 1868, uul wee met at the train by!ro. Deardon and Mando. They ..ttl. . 111 PorilrvtUe, ~ 1II11el lut ot Morgan, in a bome with a dirt floor, quiltll were und tor doors, burlap beg1l tor windows.

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they vere the fira' people in Porterville to have a stOVII, and • lamp, whioh Bridget brougM in Ogden. Trad1llg a revolver and a auit of cloth.. for them. Be1llg a III1nIr, he was Ter.! anxiou_ to settle in Eureka or Wyom.1ng. But thiB vit. determued ~o raise her ohildren in a better enviromont. william went to Eureka to workt but oame home at interTal8~ While hI was ahe assumed the TpposratiOll. f\md ot the AdaIIs in exohazl8e for the Adam. firm. It waa a V1Ir.! happy lIU1'pr1M f~ the hlleband. when he found them all _ttled on "AD ~t to goodneae farm" .. hi. daut;htor expressed U. How thanld'ul Bri~1I __ for her Ixperienoe ill tM hoap1tal in ~llUld. She earned I!IIUU' dollars to pq !~ 'he new farm. Part ot thia fam was a large _adow 5 lII118s up the canyon. She vent to help hill' oldest son pitch b.a,y. 'l'he;r heard • pls.ntive sound and rember1ng hearing the panthers call 4"01'1'11ed AI BUoh, thq dlo1de4 that they were about to be .ttacked by one. They urged tbe .low oxen to greater 8p8fId, and when they arrivwd hOllIe, they had not. spear of b.a,y. ~ would take the children along to help p10k up potatoes for the winter montha. She White vashed the achool houae whioh aleo served as churoh building and tow hall. She took in w.llh1ng, and 41d everything posll1b11 to help. One oh11d was born atter reaching Utah. J. girl, El1ubeth. The ohildren' a bett81" olothing ha4 all been \radec1. for rood. 'rheir olothe. and ahoas vere 80 shabby that ahe ta11l ashe_d to .end them 110 Sundq School, and at times felt ver.! diaoouraged. She vas oalled to the hoae of 1Ienr,y Bower1r!8 • • Patr1areh of thl ohurch, where a nIIW babl' vae beiDg born. Sha raoaivwd a wOndarM ble.sUl« at tbiB t1Ju and was told that AI loll(!' .a ahe remained 1'&1t£u1 and truet .. in ~he Lord .. ahe wou14 be equal to all cooallions, and 111 the praot1oe ot Midwifery 1'or 50 ;years in Ecgland, Pennsylvania. Porterville IID4 anoWYills Utah, ahe never loet a mother. In Portorv1l1e, she uBUAlly went to \he patients holll8 on horae book wading etrelllll8, and 1101118 times riding the runnint

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gears or wagons.

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In two more years she gave birth to a b8b~ girl. The snow ~s 2 foet deep and it va. a bitterly oold da:". There was no one near to hel;> her, and - . only an ox teu to go tor help, she f'e1 t ahe oourd 'nt ba left dona while they \Ifte gone. So the baby WI! born am they felt like they imagined Adam au! Eve] folt in the garden ot Ztten, so thoy named her EYe. Mother an::l child got alor.g vary \/ell. Ev. lived until she \/88 33 yean old, had a family of 4 oh.1ldren em \lent as II pioneer to Dig Horn, !.'yomill(, nong the v~ first \lCD1Ul t!<: .. n. l3r1dget thousht ;;.'; sh.o lay in bed how the Lord bad helped them out of fI'Iary dit'tiouJ.ty am given her strength and Imovledge to help others in distress, am sbe falt that in this IlII1l \lOrld he would opon the wy for tht!ll. Grsat ta1 th had been elmerilloo tor her lim her family by the eldors. A Danbh neighbor by the name of HanBen \lould OeD., am administer to her in Danish language. She alvays telt th. Sp1r1 t ot ths Lord when he cllllle. She began to be bar 010It1 hopeful s " lf agll1n, aIw:rs l.ool¢ng out tor cpportuni ty to help otherll.

1J1l11aa and the oldest son cut cedar posts aJ¥l bauled tho flJ lrlleB

to sall them, am through this enterprille, provided for his 1'alrl1.v. &8

All eoon they were able they atcoked • store at Snowville, and had :aJOO Ibs of

fiour en~ 3 barrels of \IYl'Up both of which sold veJ7 quiokly. They ",ore very thrifty, end soon had a better home. It vao a 2 room log house. She \/81! oov able to practice her profession an.i her husband started to petition a mail routo am secured the oontract to carr" the mail to lelton, utah tw.i.ce a veek. Later he trd(!hted from Kelton to !rl.ily, '.:ood River County, Idaho. 'n:Iey bad !lGver baen able to help \"·rinj1: cny of their peepla to this country, and now the~ hlt the~ could, so they !ent mont'v for ·:;ill!IIlI'l'1I oldest brother. They had also SllVoJ ror t'ridr,,,,t's oldest brother, "'hom she dearly loved, but he died betON the mone)" n!l8ched ·:'nglet\d. Their oldest living daughter, ~~lIrgerat hAving had the edvar:tnp:en of lIOJl!e "hooling, etartad IIOhool teaclrlne ani ar:ong her pupils ....ert! many older thaD hereult. 'rho school bonae vas l:u11t near thu foot Mils and a ·mila trOll allY hotula, the coyatoell, aM \lild cl>ttle ltode her V&t"7' uneasy. In fact IIhe would .".11. until the young men C81t.8 to open the house. Her little l!ietora and broth"rll and nlllighhor chiltlren all attemed. There VBS no !non!!"', for this labor, but .he received cedar PO!lt", :r..eat and. nour or provili1onn" The tollo\ling SUIIIIIIer, tho Io'Ilrd or£lln!zed and. 611 th1e family bocnmo nctivo leebera. 'Bridgot.".. a rerief Bo01 .. t:v- teacher, ~QlIet!ling for \lhich she we partieularlly fitted. l'.lIrgsrllt WIle secretary of !~utunl. "rBget'B ccmpan.1.on vas Ellen C'.oodl1fre, a deat lad:;- IoIho ueed 11 horn. Aunt !':llen, os the ch.1.1Jren cilllJil her "'O'~ld oomo an:! have lunch '.Jith hllr. They would kneel :In preyer wi th the flllldl1es befor!! leaving their hOUS8G. They could 'nt talk togather vi thout. shouting, ao they 1oIOUld councol tognther before leaving heme or on the benk of 8011a oroek.

!hero was aver" voalthy lD.an, P.iobt.rd Crocker, who came out near vhere ·they lived am had 14,000 head of' cattle. I~. laJ:lg8n had 1.500 head and :.l r. Crooker tried to buy them, but f1nd:lng Crocker had a erent deal of ~oneY', asked a great deal II10re than they vere vorth. \d11111m Clcted ae an 3gentfc.r

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Hr. Crocker, bought. the cat.tle ot I_gan ond Villi paid tor his trouble '500.00. \.bleh VIUI II fortune in those clays. l4r. crooker ovned II large intrcst in the railroad and was in a podUon to belp anyone vhCllll he had confi:1ence 1n. "Re planned to have hie ground teneed am gave 'J11110 the contract. Thie vall an immensa urdm'taldng. but brought work for IIGny man 11m va. a great help t.o the country at thie time. 1<1111am and Bridget took II large solt oontract, they vere living near th. lake. ~;he JIIIlDIIged the store and cooked tor t.b. 'm en, while be lII8D11ged tho salt businese.

Store keeping eeemed to be one at Bridget'e vocaticns, reme=ber dhe could neither read nor wite, but eha kept traek at everything al\'fone bOU
year. At one tilllll, sha, vi th her t1olO daught"'r~ WIlS alono, all ber lIlen folllS being on the tarm, ,laM II t>&nd ot Indinn!!! ceme los dod vi th wool aOO hides rmd bad come to trade tlllm. She bought t~eir hides and ,,1001 and glOve thru;o It.oney whicb WIlli their custom, ar..i t..'ley in turn ~, a1d l!ICney for proTisian/! ani etcr" goods such a8 all ld MS of cllllco she kep t on 116 nd for ths Indians. There WIll! an .rUcla 'Which the:", wanted that !!Ihe 1idn't have, 110 the" ':iIi').t. to the other store 0IlMd by the bishop for it. '..Illltn th9Y told hio they h!1d Bold thoir .rool to Bridget. he told thsa he would have given them 1/2¢ more II lb. They ~ectlJUe angry and return1ne thMIY tha merchandise in the center ot the floor !1m. vanted their wool back. 'I'hey went in the wool house and took vhat thuv VlInted, ae Bhe VIlli poverlees \lith such a band.

Connected ~ th their lltore VU8 II hotal where they met people ot all kind,s ..,bo remembered them for their honasty. At one time a disoouraging paddler brought. load ot f'rIl1t to Snowvllle, onlv to !'in:! three peddler8 bad proceeded him liD:! biB fruit vaB selling l!O alolol17' it became overripe lim Pridget \/anted to help him it ahe could. She told him Fohe had II 10lld of ~ty soda ~ter botUee, 1oIh1oh he vould have no trout.1e sellinr, aOO \lhien would meet his expenses, this she wuld eJCehange for tho fruit and ri8k disposing of it. He vas s peor man and could not atford to lOBe any monq-" sn::i Inter telll.1lg at" it, he said he bleuN the da:v he met her. She 'Was Verv thoughtfUl and ,""norou:!'. At one time the town 'WitS !lllnding delegate to a convention, but no one Boomed to think he needod mon'~:- . ShE) quiatly aakad him i t be had any monoy 8n:3 fOUIYl out the:'T expected him to use hie own money, BO IIhe gave hilr: $10.00. ~

At OM time in England, her trother-1n-lav CWlle to work in the '"-iMB needed a lamp to "eor on hics hat as the :unern use, but hadn't the 1II0nay to buy it and neith!J1' did they, but she pavned a petticoat and bought it. Another 1n~tanoe hall been told loIhare a convert trOlll 1>.nglalrl \1dS ver;-' an:doUli to 60 the temple "nd hadntt the clothes. rrld~9t gave her hor unJersldrt and

am

said that would be a good etart.

In this mimnr town ottencse had to be met a little differently uong Mexican people. Some t1mes an offender was fined II. box of crackers or II. keg of eear, ao:1 ever-one was inv1 ted. When the officers eMIle to collect the rClvenue they found cmly empty boxu and bottles, but thers .... peaos at th& lIIines alrl not rllvo1utiOlUl. Bridgetts mother died lit the age or ninety in Wlgrin, EnglAnd. And the rest ot the fw1y since. One of Eridget ts sioters died childless, one had J ch11~.m, am Bridgot VIlS the !Wother of 19 ohildren. '!he stavo in Snowville has boon in the family overy since IIi th the exception of six months. She died at the ago or 71 yeare of IlRe. It \lila 90 hard to pert vith this \/orrleri'ul mother and 1l1fe and they wre surrolllrlcd vi th loving Moms aid neighbors \Jho 1111 had some noble doed to tell of our IlIOther. Will.1w& aurvived his wife by ten years, living to bo 84 vears of age and his min:! a8 alert and keen as every.

Bridget WIlS buried in liMn brought from IrelArrl by Josoph ::crovcroft. The pell bearers were boys she had helped bring into the \/Orld. Just a week before she died. the Rolief Society held their meeting in her house and sha bore a vonderi'ul testimony. Onoe \/hen one of hsr dnUf',hters mat JO!!!lP1l "JIlraYcroft, hI,) spoke of the great likenese betlOeen ahe lind her mother. I\e told them they had 11 wonderful mother and one daughter II41d, "If mother had only had an ..:lucation. ahe \/ould have done wMsri'ul things.' He repl1ad, "F.ducation, why your :::other ws the bast educated woman I knov. She could ~~n a railroad if ah. hed ~~e money." AD:i eo she hes !lOt really dIed ror her memory shall live forever and keep her ta~ly striving after the noble Bnd good. To ake thl!!1.eelv8a lIort.l}y to mingle a",in 1.d th her and her noble hUDClitti.

10trltten August 12,

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would do the family washing, bake bread and clean tbe house and never think of any pay except a grateful thank.you. She often remarked that they were all poor together and she was glad to help where she could. - D.U.P. Files Ellen Bridget G,dlager COII,tm. Very few of our pioneers have had a mare eventful life than Ellen Bridget Cottam. Strong in character from a small child, she passed through direst poverty, sick· ness, loneliness, danger and sacrifice, with faith in herself as well as great faith in God . She was born in 1831 in Dublin , Ireland, the daughter of Ellen Duffy and James Gallager. Ellen had the mis· fortune of losing her father when she was a small child. Her step· father was cruel, so she left home and worked in factories until she was in her teens. A knee ailment necessitated her having to take treatment in a hospital. In order to pay the hospital. Ellen Bridget was given employment. Providence must have guided her, for she was placed in the maternity room where she learneel a great deal about the care of babies and helped deliver many women. In her later life this proved a great blessing. Ellen Bridget became acquainted with William Collam whom she married at the age of twenty·one. She was converted to her husband's religion, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter.ciay Saints and they both began to save toward going to Utah. William Cottam emigrated to Pennyslvania where he secured employment in the mines. Bridget became known as an expert midwife and SOOn earned sufficient money for herself and children to join William. After many delays, hard'hips and disappointmC'llts, the family finally arrived in Utah October 6, 1868. They lived in Porterville, Morgan County for awhile; then made their home in Snowville. Here the Cottam family operated a store and Ellen Bridget resumed her practice of midwifery. When a law was passed requiring midwives to qualify by passing an exam· ination, Mrs. Cottam's patients petitioned the authorities that she be allowed to continue to practice without mare schooling. This request was granted and Ellen Bridget continued her service until she became too infirm, at which time she instructed her oldest daughter to do the work while she directed it. Ellen Bridget Cottam died at the age of 71 years and was mourned by her husband, those living of her nineteen children and a host of friends. - Charlotte Johnson Taylor Ann Elizabetb Sheffer Clark, eldest daughter of Philip Sheffer and Margore! Vance, was born in Adams County, pennsylvania, May 29, 1785 . About the year 1800 she was married to Ricbm'd Clark. They lived for a short time in Pennsylvania and then moved to Jefferson County, Ohio, where they took up farmland and where several of their children were born. George Sheffer Clark, their seventh child, was the last of the children oo.rn in Jefferson County. He w..s

Biography of William and Ellen Cottam William and Ellen Cottam were both bo rm in l!:n{>land. VlillttamMarch 17. 1829. Ellen - December years old when he

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William

just ten

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baptized in to the Church so he was one of

the first to hear the gospel in tne old world. He Vias born dbout the time the Church was organized . He had ~ospel,

as he grew up. At an early

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grad t love for the

(in his teens) he was a

Branch visting teacher tindtt1ught Sunday School. He worked in the coal mimes. Ellen was

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sad 'little girl il1 her youth. Her Father died and

her ),r.ot her married again so she' was forced to find employment early in life . She worked at a swwing factory and becasue she was very

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young she was jUstar~le to wind bobbins. But this made her a livelihood until

she~fected

her knee and was taken to the hospital

where she was kept for some time. As she increased in health and was able to walk s ile asked if she might work to pay her bill. This became a blessing to her in her later life for she and learn how to

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ed trt1ining for the

for the sick and it

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she would

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able to work

here where she

reciev~

be called to do later inl life.

-Nilliam and she meet and were married. We do not have any

record to tell us j ust when Ellen c"me into the Church but we do know that she was a member and their only aim in life was to work together so that t ..,ey would be able to cO",e to hmerica. In the year 1865 William left England and cwne as far as Pennsylvania . Here he got a

job working in the mines , the only

thought being to saVe enough money to send for Ellen who by this time was the Mother of eleven children segen who had died and four who she couihd brinB to America. One child was born after William had left England . William sent to En{;land the first money he earned and told

El~en

to come if she could. If there wasn' t enoueh

to bring the children she was to leave the boys and they would send for them later. But Ellen like all mothers couldn't see leaving her children - behind . She worked and made some money and

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also made

a little more money by sellIng the little they had. She was able to set sa il when her baby. Nellie. was just six weeks old. She had a very hard trill accross the Oc eBn. There was a bad storm at sea. They were almost shi p-wrecked . It was wet almost

all the way . If dates a re correct this was in 1866 . The passagners on ship wanted to be

ne ~r

l~te

January of

Ellen for they knew

she was a Mormon and the Lord would hear her prayers . She tlrri ved in

New York s ix wweks later. William came to meet her three times. He almost eave up with dispar believing that she had been lost at sea . But noVl they were togethe r again and their hopes soared knowing that they had been able to make it sO fur , their faith and works would surely bring them on to Uta h to be by the Saints. The underground work in the c oa l mines was bad for

William .

He had many boils and was sick. While in Pennsylvani a . another baby was born , William , the first child born in the United :state s. But n111 now they would have to

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ru~e on . Little is know how they did raise

enough money to come but Vie do know that Ellen sold her two long

braids of

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that she had adored all through her life .

But the day came and they were able to board the first train that came to Ogden . It was not a fancyYtrain as we have now, as a engine pulled flat cars that had no shelter. They traveled only in the day time for there were no lights. One can well imagine the thanksgiving

in their hearts when they pulled down Weber Canyon to a new land where they could live in peace and be able to raise their family. They did not see the Ogden of today , but just a small town with a few scattered houses and the shimmering gleaming

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of the Creat

Salt Lake. One can well feel the joy that filled their hearts be cause they had made the trip . From here they moved to a small town nestlee in the rolling hills of Weber canyon . The town was Portervill e , where a brother Tom Dearden lived who pl anned for them a

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pl ace until a better one

coul d be obtain ed . Here William hir ed out making adobes. There is

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still stankin g houses which he built . It was here Ellen tryed her hand at being a mid-wife. She

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able to help t h e sick. 'rhe child-

ren can remember going wi th their Mother to gather

hops along the

bank of the Webe r river al1d selling it to the Breweries in Oed en for money. They 11 ved in Poterville until four more children Vlere born . It was while living here, before the twins Ma.ry and Martha were born,

that they went to Salt Lake Ci ty to the endowment house where they

recieved their endowments. The trip in covered wagon was very slow

and Ellen was very miserable but determined that this work be done . This was in

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1 87) . Than Eva May

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born in 1875. The family

by this time numbered nine children six grrls

and three boys.

There wasn 't enoueh land or water for the land on which homes

could · be made for all. So they were told of the Curlew valley west of Brigham 6ity where there was plenty of land and a stream of water They once again packed all there earthly things and started for this new land that was later named Snowville. Here they encountered hardships and were forced to accept them as part of pioneer life. They, howeyer, did much to emprove and settle the land. Here their boys and girls were raised and educated as best they could with the meger things of early days . Here they were very happy to know that their nine children were all married in the

chu~ch

and had a home

of their own. The ohly child that left that valley was their youngest daughter, May , who with her husband moved in to the Big Horn country. She lived there and was doing well. She had four lovely children when she died at thirty-four years of age. All other members of the family remained in Snowville and raised a big family . After Ellen passed away they began to move

av~y .

Lars and Elizabeth went to Idaho and one by one the family all settled near Ogden . Now William and Ellen ' s descendents live in man y part s of the country, There are just two children left at

this time Elizabeth and Martha. William was farsighted and was able to get jobs to help build up that western count»y.

He was able to get a market for Ceder Post

also a contract from the Bar M. a larBe cattle 60mpany, fencing a large tract of land where he was able to put many men to vo 'rk . He started the salt works on the shores of the Great Salt Lake where there was much work the men of Snowville . He later had a cooperative store in Snowville where he was able to hire and help people. It Viae at this time that there was a missunderstanding

and jealousy

which resulted in his being cut off from the church . But not for apn long, before the yedr had passed he was back in good standing. He never gave up. He loved the gospel and wanted it more than anything . Through his faith he and his family were all once more taking part. All of the children went to the House of the Lord except one . Ellen during this time I was taking care of her children and also did

nursin~.

She deliev ered )OOba bies into the world . She also

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aroft and bought a big bill of goods.

She handled it so well ,

although not being able to write or read, she was able to calculate a long with Mrl Scrowcroft and as she left he patted her on the shou! lder a nd said "Sister Cottam, you have ability to run a railroad." This was surly proven in the way she wan able to do a ca sh bussiness

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along with c redit and make no mistakes. She was loved for her willin gness to serve , kindness she did to others, and for her ability to manage . At the age of 71 she left and entered another world. When we think of a life of only 71 years, her a ccomplishments , mother of fifteen Children, we marvel at such a hertage . Wi l liam was l eft to live eight years longer with his children. He was lov ed by his children who

~ade

the remaining years somewhat pleasent.

He died in 1910 at the age of eighy.o ne. He had lived a very rull and useful life. They were both wonderful and great people and we a~

their desendents can be happy for such parentae e that whey

were able to recieve the gospel and leave us such a heratage .

May we all think more of it and make our lives be as useful l. We must not fail Geneva

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I would like to tell the y~er generation about there Great Grand Parents your Grandpa l'iilliam Cotto s born in England Date 1-17,-1828. Ellen Galager was born of Irish Decent i England onDate l2-2l-l83lWilliam Cottom was c onverted to Mormonizem while a young man date is not known he later meet Ellen Galager they were married in England Grandma Cottom being a nerse in the Hospital at the time and then joining the church Grandpa worked as a sunday school teacher also traveling with the missionarys at night when he was off work and was able to learn with them very much about the church. They were blessed with 5 Children while they were living in England. One of the little girls 5 years old drowned while there this b e ing t h ere first sad thing that happened to them. Grandpa Cottom came to the U.S.A He worke d in a coal mine in Penn. He left Grandma with 3 children and a baby t ha t wa s to come l a ter that he didn't know nothing about. This made it a re a l hard trip on Grandma but she felt happy to know that they were worki ng for one thing tobeable for them to come to Zion . Grandpa earne d en ought money for her farr but she was to leave the two olde st untill they c ould save more money but Grandma had saved enoVght of her own so they all se t s ail with her youngest Nellie being only 9 days old. The trip accros was very b a d they were only out a few days when a bad storm came and they were a lmost wrecked. The trip was a long hard one 6 weeks after arriving in New York it took a long time to locate Grandpa who had already made so many trips to meet her. James the oldest son. was quite grown up while J ohn and Margerat and the baby Nellie whom he never had seen. It was quite a happy family after so many hardships and being seperated so long. They staye d in Penn. for a few months to be able to make more money to come w~st on the first train in 1869 moving to PorterVille where they settled working h ard to get a home they did many things. HerqGrandma practise midwife or I'loman Docter . She was giving a promise by the Patrick that she would never loss a mother during child berthunder her care and this she did bring into the world better than 300 babys. Here she gave birth to other kids and the twi ns were born here about ~mounth before they were borned she road in a c overe d \o/agon to Salt Lake City to the Temple where they were seale d to Gether. a s a family. Grandpa did much building here he started a dab plant and Brick "orne of t h e house s still stand he made the Brick for for he bought the first cook stove and oil l amp to Porterville. They left Porterville Morgan Co. and moved to snowvi l l e were they was ab le to buy more land to raise a large family i t was h ere a last was b orn she was the mother of 19,children triplets 1,Twins 3 , time s she raised 9, of them. . Sh e not only took care of her own Children but she went to Salt Lake City an d brought back 5 more her friend Sister Neal had Passed away in ch i ld birth l e aving a f amily of 7, children she put them in her home and care d fo r then a ll but 2, Alice and Will were left in Plain City when she came home Gran dpa sai d I sent you f or goods not ki ds, They went thru many tryin5 tirr.es i n the new country so poor that they were thankful for everytSIng fl owr, mush, or gr avey with so little to eat but they made good there children a l l marr ied and r a ised large familys. The~later lives the y were blesse d with tloe most c onfortab le h ome s and plenty . They worked hard and together t o make ot h ers happy. They pa s sed away in Snowville, Utah. ON HEAD STONE HilH am Cottom Sr. Born. March 17, 1828 i n Govern,Lanc as, Engl and

Ellen Hines Duffy about 1810 (mother of Ellen Bridget allagher)

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ELLEN BRIDGET GALLAGHER COTTAM Ellen Duffy was employed as a maid in the home of the Gallaghers. When James, the son came home to Dublin and saw this beautiful Irish girl, he fell in love with her and after a time, persuaded her to consent to a secret marriage, which was an impulsive thing to do. He was sure his parents would love her as much as he did. The parents were very angry and turned both of the young people out of the Gallagher home. The couple were taken in by some of Ellen's people and they remained with them until a daughter was born in 1831. Ellen Bridget Gallagher, the subject of this story. After a time, they and a company of others seeking new opportunities made their way over to England, where there were better advantages in making a living. During an epidemic of cholera, James, the father, contracted this disease and died. This left his young wife and four children, Bridget, James, Thomas and Hanna (Anna) all alone in the world with no one to help. When her mother married a second time, Ellen Bridget found her step-father to be a cruel and selfish man. His name was Thomas Jenkins. He was a tailor and made the young children work as bobbin winders. She left home and worked as nurse-maids in private homes. She never went to see her family again, although she would meet with her mother secretly. In her early teens she found employment in a hospital to pay for a knee operation she needed. She was placed in the maternity ward where she learned much about babies and acted as a mid-wife, which proved to be a great blessing as she delivered hundreds of babies later in her life without losing one. When she was 21 she married William Cottam, a 23 year old Latter-Day Saint. She was a devout Catholic. After a short time, she became converted to her husband's faith, and they longed to move to Utah. The years passed and they had a large family, many of the children dying at birth. It was decided that William would go to Utah first and then send for her and the remaining 3 children. There had been 13. He left and Bridget worked at midwifery and stocked a small store saving enough money to get the rest of them to Utah. Another child was born 7 months after William had left and was kept secret from him as a surprise when he saw them.

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When the baby was nine days old, the family sailed for America. After six weeks on the boat, they arrived in New York on New Year's Day, where William Sr. met them and was extremely happy about the new baby. They went to Pennsylvania where William Sr. was employed in the mines. As soon as they were financially able, they went to Utah on the freight train that carried cars, mail, and passengers. They arrived in Ogden and then in Morgan on October 6, 1868. They settled in Porterville, 3 miles east of Morgan, in a house with a dirt floor , quilts were used for doors, burlap bags for windows. While her husband was away mining in Wyoming, Bridget aquired a farm. She was a hard working woman. She took in washing, delivered many babies, and treated contagious diseases and other illnesses. She walked many miles or rode a horse to get to those who needed her. She could neither read or write and could not read a thermometer. If the people could not afford the $3 she charged for a whole illness, she received no pay. Bridget and William went to Salt Lake City and received their endowments Soon after this, twins, with Daniel H. Wells performing the ceremony. Mary and Martha, were born to them. Two years later, Eve arrived. Elizabeth had been born soon after reaching Utah. So the family grew in number. They moved to Snowville and stocked a small store; they were thrifty and were soon able to move into a two-room log cabin. The mother continued to practice her profession and William petitioned to get a mail route. Their daughter, Margaret, started school teaching . Some of her pupils were older than herself. For this service, she was paid in cedar posts, meat, and flour. They were all active members of the ward . Even though she cou ld not read or write, Bridget kept track of the sales in the store. She relied on her memory and kept every detail of prices, etc. in her head. She was a thoughtful and generous woman and helped those who needed money, food , or aid in any way. They went to the Logan Temple where their children were sealed to them . They always had faith and were true to their religion. She was the only member of her family to join the Latter-Day Saint Church and saw only one member of her family again. John, a brother, came to Utah to see her from his home in Mexico . Her mother died at the age of ninety in Wiggan, England, and the rest of the family Bridget never heard of any more. She had 19 children, only 9 of whom grew to maturity. 2

She died at the age of 71 years. It was so hard for her good husband and children to part with their wonderful wife and mother, but they were surrounded with loving friends and neighbors, who all had some noble deed to tell of her. William lived 10 years after his wife's passing. He was 84 years old and his mind was still alert as always. Bridget was buried in linen brought from Ireland by Joseph Scocroft, a good family friend. The pall bearers were boys she had helped bring into the world . Just a week before she died, the Relief Society held their meeting in her home and she bore a wonderful testimony. Bridget's memory shall live forever and keep her descendents striving after the noble and good, so they may make themselves worthy of her and be able to mingle with her and her noble husband.

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65 YEARS OF FOOD SELLING BY ONE FAh\ILY W X'l back in 1882 in the north western corner of Box Elder County, at a little place called Snowville, Utah, a group of ~5 men decided to start a co-op store. They each in\'ested S~5 . Then they built a small store and 7 of them each with a covered wagon and good horses, came to O!!cien, or down below as they called it, and went to Scowcrofts wholesale for the goods. Some tried to discourage them and told them that no one would let them have enough goods to stock a store under that ,et up, but William Cottam went to Scowcrofts, whom he had known in England and received permission to get all they needed . So the Co-op store was started. It wasn't long until William Cottam and his wife bought out the other 24 men and ran their O\\'n busin ess. Grandma Cottam really was the business head of the family. She had sold goods in England before she imm igrated to help pal' her passage to America. She had a limited education, but no one ever cheated her and she had her own method of keeping accounts. She wo uld come to Ogden and buy S500 to £1000 worth of merchandise from memory. At one time Joseph Scowcroft told one of her daughters, that Grandma Cottam had the ability to run a complete railroad. In th ose days, calico, sugar, coal oil, salt (fine and coarse), bacon, a few canned good~. coffee, tea, molasses, big kegs of pickles, loose soda and sweet crackers were some of the main items . Later fancy things like ribbons and candies we r e added. There are a lot of people still alive who traded an egg fo r candy at Grandma and Grandpa Cottams stor e, eating it very slowly to make it last as long as possible. In those days it was called t radin g, becau se that is the way most of the busin ess was transacted. A great dea l of the business was with cattle and sheep men as well as the ranchers and I ndians . The sheep men brought pelts and the settlers brought cedar posts to trade, and the Indians brought pine nuts, beaded glo\'es, and moccasins and a lso cedar posts. They had to be very careful in dea ling with the Indians, because if they thought everything wasn't al· ri ght ther would cause a lot of trouble. Most of the money they had was gold pieces, and one day one of her grand-da ughters came with a S5 gold piece thinking it was a nickle, but Grandma Cottam soon put her right on the value of that coin . Keep in mind that all the goods had to be hauled in covered wagons from Ogden or Salt Lake. Grandma or Grandpa and some of the children would bring the pelts and cedar posts down and trade them for goods. It was a long, hard trip, but it also held a lot of happy experiences, too. For one or more of the children to be allowed to go on one of these t ri ps was all event in their lives. Also it wa s a day of drummers. or sales· men as they are called today.' They were u3unlly very g-enerous, as they co uld well afford to be, for a big order of voods . One t:randrlallg-hler remcmhcr!i ll=lY· ing a s wollen jaw fro m toothache, aJld the drummer It:qlpenerl the re Clt the time and J;:lYC' her :I n 'n llilir pf :-dippcrs which ~hl~ lias Ill,\,{!r for},olu'll. l\i l-rclt;!llcli sinv ~l'(·!ll(·d to li:l Vl' 11('('11 a Ilalllr:ti

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thing to several of the Cottam descendants. Elizabeth, ~Iary and 1rurtha and their husbands carried on in the mercantile busitle~s until they each retired. The place \vhe re the orig-inal co·op store stood is still owned by a member of the Cottam family and has a store and cafe on it now. After Grandma and Grandpa ~~Ive up the store husiness, Martha and Her husband , Ch ri s Peterson, ran it, then Elizabeth and Lars Jensen and, later, iIlary a nd George Nelson, a ll Cottam gi rls. Lars Jensen owned and operated stores in several different places at different times. They had a stor e in Tremonton, Blue Creek, Harrisville, West Point and last at 806 Canyon Road in Ogden , after which they retired. Theil' grandson, Linn C. Baker has built a new modern store on that site on Canyon Road in Ogden, Utah, which is so modern I'm su r e it would make his gr eat-grandfather Cottam very happy as well as bewildered at the difference in merchandising, the method of obtaining and disposing of his merchandise. This is really a story of a century of mer, chandh:.ing in one family.

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A HISTORY OF THE WILLIAM COTTAM FAMILY 1954. BACK IN 1900, IN SNOWVI : LE, UTAH, GRANDMA AND GRANDPA COTTAM MOV~D FROM THEIR STORE INTO A 4 ROOM DIRT ROOFED HOUS~ TO R~ST AFT~R A VERY ACT I VE L I FE. TH~Y HAD SUR~LY BEEN VERY BUSY AND ACT I VC: I N THE I R L I V~S . TH~Y WERE AN ASSET TO THEIR COMMUNITY . GRANDPA BEING QUITE A FINANCEER, FIURN I SH I NG EMPLOYMENT FOR MANY MEN. HE TOOK CONTRACTS FOR F~NC I NG BIG CATTLE RANCHES, AND CONTRACTS FOR SALT TO BE TAKEN FROM THE SALT WELLS AND SH I PPED I T ALI. OVER THE COUNTRY, CrilNTRACTS FOR CEDAR POSTS TO AE SHIPPED FROM KELTON TO OGElEN, UTAH . AND GRANDMA ALWAYS BUSY AS A WIF~ AND MOTHER, ~ND ALSO A MIDWIFE, DELIVERING 300 BANIES. SHE WAS BL~SSED IN MINISTERING TO THE SICK AND HER OWN FAMILY., AS WELL AS HER NEIGHBORS. I T WAS WONDERFUL HOW SHE RAN THE STORE, AS SHE COULD NE I THER READ NOR I'IR I': ONCE JOSEPH SCOWCROFT TOLD HER SHE HAD THE ABILITY TO RUN A ~ILROAD •• THEY ~AD A LARGE FAMILV, 19 CHILDREN BORN TO THEM, BUT ONLY 9 OF THEM GROWING TO MATURITY. IT WAS ALWAVS A PLEASURE TO GO TO GRAND MA'S WELL KEPT HOUSE, WISH YOU COULD HAVE SEEN HER PRETTY DISHES, IN HER CUPBOARD, HE R HOME MADE CARPETS, HER CANARY BIRD, THE ALACK STOVE POLISHED SO BRIGH. LY. THE WHOLE FAMILY WENT HOME ON SUNDAY AFTERNOONS, THE AIG FAMILY DINNERS, ESPECIAL~V ON THE 17TH OF MARCH, ON GRANDPA'S BIRTHDAY. LOTS OF LAUGHTER AND HAPP I N~SS. FR I ENDS AND N~ I GHAORS ALWAyS WELCOME. BROTHER AnBON WOULD COME AND THEY WOULD DISCUSS RELIGION, WHICH WAS VERY DEAR TO BOTH OF THEM. JUST A LITTLE ABOUT EACH OF THE CHILDRSN, UNCLE JIM COTTAM AND AUNT MARIA'S HOME ABOUT A MILE NORTH OF TOWN, 2 BIG BAY WINDOWS, A AEAUTIFUL PARLOR WHICH WAS NOT USED ONLY WHEN COMPANY CAME, THE PIANO FOIi N~LLIE AND CLARA TO LEARN TO PLAY ON, UNCLE JIM'S BIG CORRELS, HIGH FRNCES, AND WELL FILLED GARNERIES, WHAT EXCITM~NT WHEN THEV BROUGHT THE WILD HOIiSE S IN OF THE RANGE TO BE BROKE AND ARANDED. ALSO THE LARGE BARRELS OF CURED MEAT ON THE BACK PORCH. THEN AFTER AUNT MARIA DIED UNCLE JIM MARRIED AUNT EDW I NA, WHO WAS A BEAUT I FUL SEW~R AND HOMEMAKER. . THEN UNCLE JOHN AND AUNT LILLIE ~OTTAM, WHO LIVED JUST BETWEEN IDAHO AND UTAH, ON THE OLD COTTAM RANCH. UNCLE JOHN WAS VERY ACTIVE, LIKE HOME DRAMATICS , AND P~AYED IN MANY OF THEM, ALSO CALLED FOR TH~ S1UARE DANCES. AUNT LILLIE SACRIFACED A GREAT DEAL FOR UNCLE JOHN TO GO ON A MIS S ION TO GALVESTON , TEXAS. HE WAS A VERY CONVINCING SPEAKER, AND COULD HOLD P~OPLS ATTENTION FOR HOURS. AUNT LILLIE ALWAVS HAD A LOT OF HOME MADE JAM, AND I T liAS SO GOOD WH£N SHE F I X'::D US BREAD AND JAM , ON OUR WAy HOM~ FROM SCHOO · THEN AUNT t,lAGGIE AND UNCLE PHILIP ARBON, THEIR HOMe: Nt:AR STONE, IDAHO, FILLED WITH A LARGE FAMILY. AUNT MAGGIE, SO STYLISH IN HER DRESS, SHe: TAUGHT THe: FIRST SCHOOL IN SNOWVILLE, UTAH, SH:: WAS 'WITE R~LIGIOUS AND STIJDIOUS, SHE WENT TO SALT r.AKE TO LEARN TO B':: A MIDWifE, SHE LOVED PUSLIC WORK. I'D LIKE TO READ THIS TRIBUTE TO AUNT ~GGIE, WHO WORKED SO HARD TO GET THlS COTTAM FAMILY ORGANIZED INTO A REUNIIN. I DONT KNOW WHO WROTE THIS 1RIRUTE, TO AUNT MAGGIe: COTTAM ARBON, JA CX IiI SON, OLDEST DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM AND ELLEN COTTAM. BUT WE ALL OWE H~R A GREAT DEAL, SHE BROUGHT MANY OF US INTO THE WORLD, NURSED MANV WHO WERE SICK, INSPIR~D THE COTTAM TO HOLD ITS FIRST REUNION. SHe: WAS PRC:SIDENT OF THE GENEALOGICAL WORK FOR MANY YEARS, FINDING MANY RECORDS AND DOING MUCH WORK I N THE TEMPLE. WE SHOULD ALL FEe:L SO THANKFUL FOR AUNT MAGG IE. THIS IS A L I TTLE NOTE AUNT MAGGIE WROTE IN REGARDS TO THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ·COTTAM FAMILY REUNION, ABOUT 1926-27. "BEING IMPRESSED MANY TIM~S TO HAVE OUR FAMILY ORGANI·ZED INTO A REUNION FOR ALL, IT SE~MEDTO BE ON MY MIND FOR MANY YEARS, I HAD OFTEN MENTIONED I T TO SEV~RAL OF THE FAM I LV, BUT WE CO'JLD NOT COME TO ANY CONCLUS ION, SOMe: OF THEM SAID IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING, OTHERS SAID IT COULDENT BE DON~. I DID NOT GET TOO MUCH ENCOURAGMENT FRO" MOST OF THEM, SOMe: WERE IN FAVO R AND OTHERS THOUGHT THE FAMILY WAS TOO SCATTERED. SO IT STOOD THAT WAY FOR SEV~RAL VEARS, THEN ONe: DAY I Fe:LT STRONGLY I~PRESSED, I WENT OUT TO HARRISVILLE TO MY NEICE, ADA JENSEN TAYLOR AND TOLD HER HOW I FELT. SHE SA I D SHE WOULD HELP ME SO WE SAT DOWN AND WROTE I NV I TAT IONS TO ALL OUR IMMEDIATE FAMILIES.WE THOUGHT IF WE MADE A START SOMETHING WOULD COME OF IT, IF WE DIDENT SUCCEED WE COULD ONLY FAIL. SO We: FORMe:D A COMMITTEE OF TWO, SHE APPOINTED ME PRC:SIDENT, AND I APPOINTED HER SECRC:TARV. AFTER STUDY I NG THE PROBLEM OF WHAT We: SHOULD HAVE AND WHERE AND WHEN (WE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE HELD IT. .SITHER ON MOTHERS OR FATHERS BIRTHDAY, BUT AS BOTH OF THEIR BIRTHDAVS CAME IN THE WINTER) WE DICIDED TO HAVE IT ON THE 15TH OF AUGUST, WE DECIDED TO MEET AT LORIN FARR PAR~. WE WERE MORE THAN SURPRISED A1' THE GOOD TURN OUT, AND We: ALL HAD A VC:RV GOOD TIME, AND ALL AGRE:ED IT VIAS A WONDERFUL PLANA AND We: ORGANIZED INTO A COTTAM ORGANIZAfION, AND AGR~ED TO MEET ONCE A YEAR ON THE SAME DAY. WE FIRST THOUGHT OF JUST HAVING THE WILLIAM COTTAM FAMILY, BUT AFTER 3 YEARS WE DECIDED INTO ORGANIZE INTO A REA.L BIG COTTAM REUNION, AND TRY TO GET ALL TH~ COTTAMS IN THE STATE TO JOIN WITH US., AS THSRE ARE MANY WHO WE CANNOT CONN~CT UP YET WITH OUR I MMi:D I ATE FAM I LY , BUT AS ThEY ALL CAME FROM :

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THE FOLLOWING IS A POEM Dt:DICATED TO AUNT MAGGIE BY ONt: OF HER NEICES, NAMt: UNKNOWN. REFLECTIONS. COMING TO E~RTH FOR THE PURPOSE OF MOLDING THE SPIRIT OF YOUTH, DOING THt: MASTER'S BIDDING, TEACHING THE GOSPt:L OF TRUTH; LIKt: THE SUN THAT BRIGHTENS THE MEADOWS, AND CAUSES THE FLOWERS TO GROW, HER LIFE WAS AN INSPIRATION, HER SOUL A RADIANT GLOW. CO"PLt:T I NG HER EARTHLY DUT I ES, T I RED AND READY TO SLEEP, SMILING, SHE BIDS US ALL FAREWt:LL, WONDERING WHY WE WEEP. LAYING ASIDE THE BURDENS OF THIS WEARY MORTAL LIFE, DONE WITH THE CARt:S AND SORROWS, DONE WITH ITS Tt:ARS AND STRIFE. LEAVING HER TRAILS AND HEARTACHES, LAYING EACH HEAVY TASK DOW~, GOING TO JOIN HER MAKER, FORSAKING A CROSS FOR A CROWN. OUT OF A WORLD OF SHADOWS, INTO ETERNAL DAY,-_ WHY DO WE CALL IT DYING?--IT'S ONLY GOING AWAY. UNCLE WILL · AND AUNT EDfdE COTTAM, SO CLOSE IN LIFt: AND Dt:ATH, THEY LlVe:D NIRTH ~E~R THE IDAHO LINt: ON THE BANK OF THE CRoEK, AND IT WAS AL_ WAYS WONDERFUL TO GO THe:IR HOMe:, AUNT t:IIITIE WAS SO FULL OF FUN, AND SHe: USt:D TO GO SWIMMING WITH US AND LET US SWIM ON HER BACK , SHE LOvt:D FUN. SHe: USt:D TO SHOW US HER BE AUTIFUL WEDDING DRESS WHICH WAS BLUt:, AND WHICH SHt: Kt:PT UNDt:R HER BED. WHEN UNCLt: WILL AND AUNT ETTIt: AND UNCLE GEORGE AND AUNT MARY GOT MARRIED THE SAME DAY, MANY SAID THEY HAD Nt:Vt:R St:EN MORE BEAUTIFUL BRIDt:S THAN MARY AND t:TTIE. THEN AUN T NEELIE AND UNCLE CHARLEY ALLEN, WHO LIVED AIi10UT 1/2 BLOCK SOUTH OF THE IDAHO LINt:. AUNT NELLIE ALWAYS SUCH GOOD COMPANY, AND GOOD COOK. UNCLt: CHARLEY AND ~S HE AN EARLY RISER, AND WANTED EVERYONt: ELSE UP T8, HIS BIG HAYSTACKS AND GARDEN THE ENVY OF ALL. SO MUCH FUN ON THe: LONG WINTt:R EVENINGS, WHt:N THt:Y WOULD GATHER AND PLAY HIGH FIVt:. AND AUNT Nt:LLlE ALWAYS LIKED TO GO SO WELL, SHE USED TO SAY THAT HER HAil' WAS AIIIWAyS RIGHT HANDY ON A NAIL RIGHT BY THE DOOR. AUNT LIZZIE AND UNCLE LARS Jt:NSt:N, WHOSE lllITCHt:N 'NAS IN IDAHO AND B.::o ROOM IN SNOWV I LLE UTA H. THEY MOVED A ROUND A GRt:A T DEAL, MADt: vA NY F R I t:NDS AND WAS AN ASSET TO ANY PLACE THEY L1 VED, AS WERE ALL THE COTTAMS. EVERY ONO: WAS ALWAYS WELCOME IN THEIR HOME. AUNT LIZZIt: IS FAMOUS FOR Ht:R WaND!! ERFUL CHEeRY PIES. SHE AND UNCLE LARS HAD 56 WONDERFUL YEARS TOGATHER. AND AUNT LIZZIE IS STILL WITH US. AUNT MARY AND UNCLE GEORGE NELSON WITH THe:IR FAMILY OF BOYS, WHO LIV~D UP ON THi: RANCH NORTH OF SNOWVILLE. THill!: ALWAYS KO:PT UP WITH CURIiENT i:Vt:NTS. THt:Y TOOK THE PAPERS AND AFTER THEY READ THEM · THEY SHARED THEM I'll TH THt: I R NE I GHAORS. UNCLt: Gt:ORGt: L1 KED TO DISCUSS POL I TICS. YOU KNO'N AUN T "A Ii! AND AUNT MARTHA Wt:RE TWINS, AND WHEN THEY Wt:RC:: GROWING UP GRANDMA AND GRANDPA ',\e:RE DOING PRETTY GOOD so MARY AND MARTHA GOT MANY BO:AUTIFUL CLOT~ ES, WHEN GRANDMA WOULD GO DOWN BELOW FOR GOODS. AUNT MARY WAS A VERY GOOD ENTERAINER AND EVERYONe: LOVED TO GO TO HER HOME. AUNT MARTHA AND UNCLE CHRIS PETERSON, A VERY LOVA8Lt: COUPLe:, THt:IR HOMO: WAS JUST NORTH OF SNOWVILLE, VERY HOSPITABLt: HOME. Rt: MEM3ER He:R Rt:D CHECKERt:D TABLt: CLOTHS, AND GOOD HOME MADE BREAD, CHi:t:SE AND SALMON, A~.D AUNT MARTHA'S DRY HUMOR, LOVING BRIGHT COLORS, AND PEOPLt: LIKe:D TO Bi: AROUND HER. AND IT HAS BO:EN HER PRIVILIGSE ALONG WITH AUNT LIZZIE TO LIVE LONGER THAN THO: REST OF THE COTTAM FAM I LY. I GUESS WHEN THEY Wt:Rt: YOUNG AND STRUGGLING OUT IN '· SNOWVILLE TO RAISE THEIR FAMILIES, THEY NEVe:R THOUGIf THEY WOULD LIVt: TO SEE SO ' MANY COTTAMS GATHt:R TO HONOR THE COTTAM FAMIL Y. AUNT MAY AND UNCLt: LAURANCE PARKER, AUNT MAY THE YOUNGEST OF THt: COTTAMS , HER FATHER ALWAys CALEO:D HER "EVE". SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL AND CHIIRNING AND AFTER HER MARRIAGE THEY LEFT SNOWVILLt: AND SETTLED IN BIG HORN, WYO. AND RAN A STORE THERE. SHE HAD 4 CHILDREN . HER BROTHcERS AND SISTER S FtLT SO BADLY WHt:N SHE PASSED AWAY AND ONLY ·HER BROTH<:h JIM COULD ATTEi;D THe: FURNERA L. ' WE CAN Bt: PROUD OF OUR COTTAM ANCt:STORY, AND WE DO LOIi1E AND APPRt:CIATE AND HONOR THEIR MEMORY, AND wt: WANT TO ALWAYS KEEP THEM IN OUR MINDS AND HO RTS . THEY Wt:RE TRULY GRt:A T Pt:OPLt:. MATERIAL G~THERt:D AND 1.l0MPILED BY Gt:NEVA GAhfle:LD AND ADA JENSEN TAYL OR AUGUST I S.• 1 0 <;4 READ BY _ADA JENSEt! TAYLOR , .<. OF TR~ FIlf;1Il.y RAN TH~ STORE THc.IR FATHER AND MOTHER HAD STARTt:D AND

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THE COTTAM FAMILY Let's take a trip down memory's lane To the days of yesteryear Reminiscing on joys we fondly remember And faces we hold most dear. First, there's Grandpa and Grandma Cottam Whom we honor and revere And whose courage and faith and love of God Led them from their native land, to this mountain home so dear. Nineteen children were born to them; Nineteen wee spirits choice, God called ten home to dwell with Him, Leaving them nine to love and guide and fill their lives with joys. Uncle Jim, the eldest living, And Aunt Maria, hi s wife Lived in stately grandeur, By the standards of pioneer life. Preaching, and calling for square dances Were special talents which U ncle John had, While Aunt Lillie, who gave us after school snacks, Was beloved of each lassie and lad. To Aunt Margarat Arbon we attribute The success of this organization, As school teacher, midwife, mother and friend She prepared for celestial exaltation. In my mind I see a picture, Depicting sweet love and devotion: 'Tis Uncle Will and gentle Aunt Etta With their fun loving ways and their tender emotion.

The story is told that Aunt Nellie hung her hat On a peg by the door on the wall And was always ready to visit her friends , Or accompany Uncle Charley'S first call.

A bedroom in Utah, and in Idaho the kitchen Is the distinction held by Uncle Lars and Aunt Lizzie, Who made each day an adventure for fifty- six years, Spreading cheer, keeping happy and busy. Since Aunt Lizzie came to this earth to dwell Eighty-nine winters and summers have passed Her life has been spent serving man and her God, And to her faith she still holds fast. Uncle George and Aunt Mary nel son Were studious, unselfish and gay: Newspapers they read, then passing them on to their friends, As no waste was allowed in that day. Another fair Cottam daughter, Aunt Martha Peterson, by name, Is still blessing the earth with her presence, We pray God's blessings while here she shall remam. She and Uncle Chris, her sweetheart and husband, Were hospitable, and loved to have friends with them tarry: Aunt Martha has another distinction, She was a twin to Aunt Mary. Aunt May, the youngest of the family , Was fondly called "Eve" by us all: She and her husband, Uncle Laurence Parker Were industrious, and honest, and respected by friends, great and small. Now, You've met all the Cottam family, And their mates, whom we love and respect: We're proud to have such noble ancestors, For they truly were "Pioneers" elect. --Composed by Lila Lutz, and copied and read at the Cottam Reunion, Aug. IS, 1959 by Ada Jensen Taylor

A Tribute to Grandma

"THROUGH GRANDMA'S EYES"

What simple faith you had, my dear, And yet you were so wise; You showed us beauty in the stars, And in the sun and skies. You walked with us beside the streams, With flowers all along; And there within our childish hearts, You made us hear its song.

You used your talents well, my dear, To bring nearly a thousand babies into this world. As nurse, midwife and mother of nineteen, No sick, no suffering one was ever turned away. So many shared your food and lodgings, So many orphans shared your home, So many asked you to pray.

You made us see the greatness too, Of distant hills and trees; And then you turned our hearts to hear The music in the breeze.

Dear Grandma, When your body was racked with pain You taught us the courage of dying, As you went back to God again.

You showed us beauty in a smile And in a kindly deed; How simple understanding faith Would fill our every need.

You taught us to stand so firm and strong In the Gospel, without doubt or fear. But best of all, oh, best of all "You taught us God," Our Dear.

As you buried so many children, one by one; You taught us "God's will be done." You taught us to take it to God, He'd do the rest; This you did, and were so blessed.

- composed by Grand daughter Alta Cottam Goble (daughter of William Cottam Jr.)

It was so hard, to leave dear loved ones;

Lovely Ireland, England too. But God knew that you had a great work That only you could do. We knew as you faced the storms oflife, And the storm upon the sea; With prayer and fear, you did reach America, And Grandpa, who had gone before. For God did bless and guide you safely.

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Bicentennial Year of 1976.

NELLIE COTTAM TOOMBS, daughter of James Cottam, is 90 years old. We all look to Nellie for our refinement. She has alway, beon

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Next in years is GRACE (GRACIE) AL LEN SPARKS, Aunt NellIe Cottom Allen's thIrd gal. She was 86 on her bIrthday. She ,old her home on Chester and is living with her daughter, LaDora. Cousin Gracie is the teller of long tales, maker of many painted and lace gifts for us, and calls each of us each day. Then MABEL ELLEN COTTAM ELLIS, John and LIllIe Cottom's second daughter, wIll be 83 In October and stili on the go. She and Alma celebrated tholr 65th Wedding AnnIversary on ./!i¥21, 1976, and received congratulatory letters from President Gerald Ford, President Spencer W. KImball, and Brother David W. Konnec ~'-l-.

RAYMOND ARBON, Aunt Margaret (MaggIe) Arbon's ,on, and LESLIE ALLEN, Aunt NellIe Allen's son, and MABEL Snowville. In June 1976 all are alIve.

all three were bam at the ,ame time In

VAN PETERSON r Aunt tv\Qrtho Cottam Peterson's second son. Van and Marie, his dear wIfe, deserve our love and thanks for being so good, even at the peril

of their own lives, in taking such good care of their son, Jack, for 30 years. ALONZO JENSEN, Aunt Lizzie Cottam Jen,en', only 'on. Alonzo and Mamie, hi, dear wife, 01,0 had ,omeooe to worry over. A dear ,an, late in lIfe like Van and Marie, was found worthy to go through our Temple. ADA JENSEN, Aunt Lizzie', gal, was 76 in March - a "Tum of the Century Gal." My SIster, Josephine and I (Mabel), were so ,ad when Aunt Llzzlo had Baby Ado and Au.,t Nellie had her son, Frank, and still no baby for us. My dear Grandmother Bridget Ellen Cottom, I must 'ay I loved her '0 and ,he wa' s., good to Mother and us two girls while her son, John, was In Texas on hIs mission, promised us when our Father came back, It would be our tum. This proved to be a true promise, because in 1902 here came a miracle when Baby Mo zelia came to our house, and what a blessing she was for 14 years.

EVA ARBON SANDBERG, Aunt Margaret Arbon's girl, was such a wonderful school teacher and loved to travel. She married late In life and ,ho and her husband were very happy. Although she has been ,lck in her later I ife, she Is so brave. She celebrated her BOth birthday in May 1976. IRENE COTTAM WILKS, UncIeWliliam and Aunt Ettie Cottom', girl, hod her BOth birthday In March. We love her for her sunny di'posltlon. VIDA PETERSON WEST, Aunt Martha Cottam and Uncle Chris Peterson's gal, whose birthday Is In May. Vida will be remembered as the "Mother of u, 011"a nurse and always

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FLO PETERSON CUTLER, Aunt Marth::t Peter's girl who lives In Snowville. We love to visit her when we journey tlhome" to Snowville.

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My Father, John Cottam, on. of a set of triple 1>, was born In England 5 ",ugust 1861 to William and Bridget Gallagher Cottam. Grandmother Cottan had a sad life, as she lost a set of twins, and now two of the trlplel> died, the littl o 9;.1 Betsy and the little boy George. My Father 'l'as the tiniest of the three and I had his tiny hood for years. He .was only four years old when they left England. His Fatherl William, had left for the United States to Barn enough to bring the !=amily to the Unlled Slates for his Latter-day Saint Religion. My Father was a good looking English/ Irish gentleman was a th fng they wanted to do.

never overdoing, only when he and his Brother William worked for their oldest Brother Jam.!s, end it

When Father John was about 28, he drove out of Snowville with team and wagon to find work In Pleasant View, Utah. It was In 1891 he met a sweel Vlidc'H: Lili'e Rose Wade. She and her two sister-In-Iaws had buried the three young Wade Brothe", who had died of typhoid fe ver. Lillie and Andrew Wade wer. ' on !y man-ied three months. At

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time she was 18 years old. She was the oldes ~ of eight children and was always a hard worker for her family. After John om : lillie

wen married, they went bock ta Snowville Ia try and fann, living In the last log house that h is Mother and Father had built, which was called the Ranch f!e",e. Mother Lillie was a wise person when it came to sick people. This wcr; a big factor, CIS her Mother-in-law Bridget wos a midw ife arid she depended c ., Lill ie! to help. lhey were fast friends. lillie was by now 20 years and Father 30 years when Josephine was born. lhen in hard time:: a secane baby wes expected, c:ld Grcncmotller Bridget made Mother lillie go to Pleasant View, Utah, with her 1-1/2 year old Josephine, for extra help, and h~re I was bom (Mabe l Ellen) : 5 O c. Io"., 1893. Shortly after I was born, Mother, with her Brother Ashman, drove bock ta the Snowville Ranch House in cold weather with her two baby girls. I can always remember that we lost our baby brother, John Andrew, only three days old. Then Josephine and I wanted e very baby Grandmother deli lered~ We rold Aunt Margaret we even wanted a black boby.

Father thought if he went on a mission for his Church, he would be bl essed and maybe make life worthwhile. Dod could talk himself out of anything ,. wanted to, while Mother was the deep, hard-working and planning kind, w illing to go the extra mile without a complaint. So she agreed to the Texas Misdon. Father John surely made friends and 'did much good on his mission, while back on the Cottam Ranch every plan Mother made resulted in making money. Sh. ~ onJ Morton Jensen replaced all the old machinery and wagons, added to the barn Grandmother Bridget Cottam had built, and many extra barns were built. r ha ve al wa ys believed In miracles. One cold snowy night in Grandmother Bridg e t Cottam's one-room log house close to schoo l in Snowville whe:,e v'e li v(. d In the Wi nter, Mother pulled out the old trunk and we dresse,d up in the shaw ls and shoes, etc., and there in the c orner was stacked three silver dollors. V,'e Ij!"r;; b~~d them. There was o ne for each of us. Two weeks before Father had begged Mother to send st~lmps so he co uld write to us. There was not a word thc; ~ night ~b:'; Li t what we were to do with our dollars. We slept with the money in our ha nds that night, but in the morning - as one - we all headed for the post off ic e a~~d A lice Whittaker, who was e veryone's friend. When we put our money on the counter board, she look ed up in surprise as we all said Ustamps" toge ther. TIl er. W~ :J:I

laughed. I was 5 and Josle 6-1/2, but this I always remembered. At that time, all L.D.S. missi onaries labored w ith out "purse or script .. I; Only the Lord provided the way.

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