Elva 9 Bigelow
16167.3915 Elva 9 Bigelow,
dau of Daniel Don Louis 8
( Daniel 7, Nahum 6 , Simeon 5 , John 4 , Joshua 3, Joshua 2, John 1), and Annie
Maria
(Boren) BIGELOW, was born 25 April
1899, Wallsburg, Wasatch, UT. She married (1) 01 May 1918 at
Salt Lake City, UT to Jesse Monroe Taylor. He was born 23 July
1891 at Heber City, Wasatch co, UT, and died 23 Nov 1940. (see note) He was the
son of Heber and Jane Elizabeth (Mott) Taylor. They divorced after
two children, Velma and Jesse Keith, who were adopted by Clyde
Avor Carter. Elva married (2) 30 Jan 1929 Clyde Avor Carter, who
was born 15 Dec 1893 Nephi, UT, and died 20 Dec 1968 Provo, UT. (see below). Elva died 10
May 1996 (aged 97) Orem, Utah County, Utah
Children of Clyde Avor and Elva (Bigelow) Carter:
16167.39151 Velma Taylor Carter, b 26 Oct 1919
Provo, UT; d 10 Sept 2003 Salt Lake City, UT; m 15 Mar 1941 Robert
Lamar Anderson (1916-1998)
16167.39152 Jesse Keith Taylor Carter, b 03
Feb 1922 Wallsburg, Wasatch co, UT; d 18 Dec 2008 Sutter Creek ,
Amador co, CA; m (1) 06 Dec 1941 Sarah Madeline Rensburg
(1920-1968); m (2) 25 Nov 1955 Mella Elizabeth Williams
(1913-2001)(see below)
16167.3915? Myrna Carter, b 09 Nov 1929; d
____ ; m Robert William Laird (1924-2002 (aged 78))
16167.3915? Carol Jean Carter, b 22 Dec 1931
Provo, UT; d ______ ; m ____ Rawlins
16167.3915? Donald Clyde Carter, b 13 Apr 1935; d
16 Apr 1935 (aged 3 days) same cemetery as Elva, Clyde and Myrna
Sources:
The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Volume II, page 198-199
child;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America; not listed;
correspondence with family descendants;
Note: Jesse M. Taylor,
married in 1925 Effie Beatrice Spencer (1903-1951), and had two
children with Effie: Raymond Jesse Taylor (1926-1927), and Spencer
Norman Taylor (1928-1997) US Navy / World War II;
Find a Grave
Provo City Cemetery; Provo, Utah County, Utah
Obituary: Elva
Bigelow Carter
Elva Bigelow Carter, 97 of Orem Utah, passed
away May 10, 1996, of causes incident of old age. She was born
April 25, 1899 in Wallsburg, Utah, a daughter of Don L. and Annie
Maria Boren Bigelow. She married Jesse Monroe Taylor in 1918 , but
was later divorced. She married Clyde A. Carter in the Salt Lake
Temple January 230, 1929. He preceded her in death December 20,
1968.
She loved to work with her hands, crocheting,
embroidering, and needlepoint were her favorite activities, and
even after she lost her eyesight she continued making lovely
afghans for several years. She was generous with these handmade
aricles as gifts. She loved flowers and there were always lovely
gardens wherever she lived.
Elva was an active member of The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She had many positions in
the various organizations, including that of Relief Society
President, Primary Counselor, and as a teacher. Her favorite
was that of temple work. She and her husband enjoyed this
throughout their lives together. After his death, for eleven
years, she and her sister, Emily Stoker, attended the temple four
days a week, and spent the day. They each did work for over ten
thousand names even though both were blind.
Of her ten brothers and sisters, only
Okie Howard of Salt Lake City, Utah and J. Alton Bigelow of St.
George, Utah, remain. Her five children survive her. They are:
Velma Anderson, Spokane, Washington; Jesse Keith Carter,
Watsonville, California; Myrna Laird, with whom she lived with in
her later years, of Orem, Utah; A. Carol Rawlins, Richland,
Washington; and Don C. Carter, Loomis, California. She also leaves
behind 26 grandchildren, and 63 great grandchildren. She loved
much and was much loved.
Funeral Services.............Burial will be in
Provo City Cemetery.......
Autobiography of Elva Bigelow Carter
Born 25 April, 1899
Compiled by Velma Carter Anderson
June, 1978
[This was scanned from a copy of the original document by Stephen
Rawlins January 1997]
I was born 25 April 1899 in the
small town of Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah, the daughter or Daniel Don
Louis Bigelow, known in life as Don L. Bigelow. He was born 22 May
1866 at Heber, Wasatch, Utah and died at our home in Provo, Utah,
Utah, on 5 July 1954. My mother was Annie Maria Boren, born 24
October 1873 at Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah. Their marriage took
place 29 April 1891 in the Manti Temple in Manti, San Pete, Utah.
Mother died at our home in Provo, on 5 January 1947. They were
buried side by side in the Wallsburg cemetery.
My father was the son of Daniel
Bigelow, who was born 18 March 1842 at Camp Creek, Mercer,
Illinois, and Permelia Mecham (Meacham) who was born 11 September
1832 in Delaware, Mercer, Pennsylvania. They were married 23 July
1865 at Siler Creek, Summit, Utah. In the spring of 1866 an Indian
scare in Wallsburg sent the settlers to the fort at Heber for
protection. It was there my father Don L. Bigelow was born. His
parents later returned to Wallsburg to resume their daily pursuits
of life.
Daniel Bigelow was the son or Nahum
and Mary Gibbs Bigelow, and crossed the Plains in the 6th Company
(the Capt. Joseph Young Co.) in 1850. He was active in the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon) in his early years
and prominent in church and civic affairs. He married three wives
in polygamy. In later years he became so engrossed in financial
matters and providing for his growing family he became negligent
in his Church responsibilities. He was blind in one eye, having
lost the sight of his eye when driving cattle. He was hit in the
eye with a whip. In his later years unscrupulous men took
advantage of his failing sight, which annoyed him very much. He
died in Vernal, Uinta, Utah at the home of his daughter Emily B.
Batty on 22 October 1921 and was buried in the Wallsburg Cemetery.
My grandmother, Permelia Mecham,
crossed the plains in a handcart company pulling a handcart all
the way. She was the first wife of Daniel Bigelow. She was
exceedingly happy in her marriage until polygamy came into her
life and she missed the close association of her husband as he had
been a devoted and loving father and husband up to this time in
their lives.
Permelia Mecham was a lovely lady
with dark flashing eyes, long black hair that she could sit on
when it was combed out. She parted her hair in the middle and wore
it in braids twined around her head.
I remember a lesson she taught me
about honesty. She said she would not keep a pin that she found in
a neighbors yard (pins were scarce in pioneer times). She taught
her family well, for I can remember my father's word was as good
as his bond.
Permelia and Daniel Bigelow were the parents of five children:
Daniel Don Louis, born 22 May 1866, Heber, Wasatch, Utah
Permelia Emily, born 25 September 1867, Heber, Wasatch, Utah
William Cecil, born 27 August 1869, Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah
Polly Adora, born 18 February 1871, Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah
Emma May, born 30 July 1873, Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah
*Barney (adopted), born 10 February, 1887, Provo, Utah, Utah
*Barney Boberg was adopted by my grandparents Daniel and Permelia
Bigelow. He is listed on the Wallsburg Ward Records as Barney
Bingham Bigelow.
Permelia Mecham Bigelow died at her home
in Wallsburg on 10 June 1911, and was buried in the Wallsburg
cemetery. I was twelve years old at the time of her death and this
was the first funeral I had ever attended.
Daniel Bigelow's second wife was Emmaline
Augusta Stevens and they were married 9 April 1882 and were the
parents of six children who were all born in Wallsburg.
Moronia Theophilis, born 1 August 1883, Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah
Mary Maria, born 1 February 1884, Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah
Rhoda Ronia, born 19 November 1885, Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah
Parley Percival, born 26 November 1888, Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah
(see below)
Ellen Charlotte, born 15 December 1891, Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah
Leslie Stevens, born 07 February 1895, Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah
Daniel Married his third wife, Clara Fredricka Ostensen, 9 May
1887 and they were parents of eight children:
Lafey LeRoy, born 27 May 1888, Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah
Lucy Lovina, born 21 January 1890, Provo, Utah, Utah
Hyrum Harold, born 19 July 1893, Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah
Clara Caroline, born 16 December 1895, Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah
Daniel Dewey, born 17 July 1898, Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah
Philip Eddie, born 26 February 1901, Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah
Ada Marjorie, born 11 January 1903, Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah
Elzie Emil, born 27 August 1905, Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah
My maternal grandfather William Jasper
Boren was born 29 November 1837 in Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, the
son of Coleman Boren and Malinda Keller. He crossed the plains
with his parents and other Mormon Pioneers in 1851. Of him, I
remember my mother saying he was a kind and loving father but a
strict disciplinarian. He only had to speak once and the children
knew he meant what he said and just one look from him and they had
better obey. He never raised his voice. He died of diabetes 16 May
1900 at Wallsburg, Utah and is buried in the Wallsburg cemetery.
My maternal grandmother Lucina Mecham
(Meacham) was born 11 Mar l841 in Lee County, Iowa, the daughter
of Moses Worthen Meacham and Elvira Derby. She was a small woman
and very precise. She was the mother of thirteen children and had
the responsibility of raising this large family after
Grandfather's death. She was very devoted to the church. She loved
flowers and liked to be surrounded by them. She died instantly of
a stroke on 21 June 1925 at the home of her daughter, May B. Snow,
at Provo, Utah and is buried in the Wa11sburg cemetery.
The children born to William Jasper Boren and Lucina Mecham were:
William Jasper, born 11 April 1860, Provo, Utah, Utah
Samuel LeRoy, born 8 May 1861, Provo, Utah, Utah
Lucina Izora, born 1 October 1862, Provo, Utah, Utah
Malinda Elvira, born 20 September 1864, Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah
Moses Marcus, born 16 July 1866, Provo, Utah, Utah
Lorana Jane, born 25 September 1868, Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah
Clinton Coleman, born 22 October 1870, Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah
Annie Maria, born 24 October 1873, Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah
Alma Lionel, born 5 June 1875, Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah
Ida Viola, born 5 March 1878, Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah
Sarah Minerva (Mina), born 18 November 1881, Wallsburg, Wasatch,
Utah
Wilford Wells, born 23 September 1883, Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah
Polly May, born 29 March 1885, Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah
Don L. Bigelow, my father, was the eldest son of Daniel Bigelow
and Permelia M. Bigelow. On the Heber Branch church records, his
name is recorded as Daniel Don Louis Bigelow. On the Wallsburg
Ward records his name is recorded as Daniel Don Bigelow. Due to a
rift with his father he dropped the name of Daniel and preferred
to write his name Don L. Bigelow. In his declining years he told
me emphatically he wanted his name written as he signed it, Don L.
Bigelow.
He was a very kind man, considerate of other people, a very loving
and devoted father. Father liked things kept in order, He used to
say, "A place for everything and everything in it's place". He was
an ambitious man and an early riser -- and when Father arose in
the morning the cogs started turning -- everyone in the family was
called to awake, get out or bed and help with the work of the day.
Father was the head of the house. He held the priesthood and was
so respected and esteemed, his word was law in our home. If mother
ever had to make a decision she would remark, "What would your
father say?" Though Father was the "head" of the house, Mother was
the "neck" that turned the head, figuratively speaking. We were
taught respect for our parents and to obey them and obey others
who held authority. Father went to Brigham Young Academy. In those
days it was important to write well, and he prided himself on his
handwriting.
My mother, Annie Maria Boren, was the daughter of William Jasper
Boren and Lucina Mecham (Meacham). Mother was a gracious lady,
good natured, patient, understanding, and very discerning. It was
a pleasure to be around wherever she was. She had a sense of humor
that was worth cultivating. She had the ability to make a joke and
laugh with you even if the joke was on herself. Mother was very
poetic. In fact, she wrote her complete history in poetry form. It
was typed by my sister, Emily B. Stoker and is a priceless
possession of mine.
Our family home nights are a fond memory for me. They were
something special. Father and Mother used to sing beautifully
together sometimes and how we loved that. Father also played the
guitar and would sing and play for us. Everyone participated in
the stories, songs, jokes, and
games, and of course, at the close was a surprise, a treat which
we all looked forward to. Occasionally Father would come home with
a special treat for the family, and jokingly say he purchased it
with his "Booze Money". Father was not a drinking man.
My father and mother were a very devoted couple. Father once made
the remark, "I love to sit across the table from your mother and
look into her beautiful blue eyes."
Mother was an excellent cook. In fact, Father said she was the
best in the world. After eating a good meal Father always
complimented Mother and showed his appreciation for her good
cooking. He used to remark, whenever he came to our homes and had
a good meal,"Your mother sure taught you girls how to cook." That
became a standing joke and a fond memory of our father.
As a family many times we worked together and after completing our
tasks we would play games. We would most always have a picnic
lunch with plenty of good things to eat. Some of the good things I
remember are the meat they used to cure, especially their corned
beef. They also had a special way of curing their pork. Mother
made delicious pies. I did not especially like pumpkin pie. One
time I told Mother this and she asked me what kind I did like.
When I said I would like a raisin pie, she called it a "Jealous
Pie," and made a special pie for me. Mother's biscuits were out of
this world, as the saying goes, and they would melt in your mouth.
She made her cake from sour cream and it was delicious. After
Father's mission in the south where he learned to like corn bread
Mother said she would make some. Father said, "Oh, you cannot make
corn bread like those women in the south." Mother made it anyway
and when Father tasted it he said, "That mother of yours has been
in the cream jar again." That was one of the secrets of Mother's
good cooking -- fresh separated cream. Father kept bees and the
corn bread was delicious with honey and good fresh butter churned
at home.
Mother was famous for her homemade
ice cream. They had their own milk, cream and eggs. They made ice
cream for the 4th of July to sell in the store. In the winter
Father had stored blocks of ice in sawdust in a large bin in our
granary. We used it to freeze the ice cream and we turned the
freezer by hand. At first they sold the ice cream for 10 cents a
dish. Then ice cream cones were made available and everyone wanted
ice cream in cones which sold for 5 cents each. They could never
make enough ice cream to last the day through.
Father went to school at the
Agricultural College in Logan, Utah for three months. He planned
on building a creamery. This plan never matured but Father learned
how to take care of milk and make butter. When the cows were
milked the milk was poured in a can and cooled in the creek that
ran through their pasture. After cooling the milk was separated.
To churn, the cream was soured at the right temperature and time,
then churned to butter. Father's butter was in such demand they
could not supply all that the market wanted. They sold the butter
to a market at 5th East and 4th North in Provo.
Mother's specialty was chicken and
noodles or dumplings which she was an expert at making. Relatives
loved to visit our home. They knew there was always a good meal to
be had. Many times I remember that they made remarks about our
congenial family and the love and good feeling in our home.
Mother and Father were the parents of eleven children:
Annie Adora, born 6 May 1892, Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah, died 11
February 1902
Ida, born 25 August 1893, Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah, died 6
February 1902
Eva, born 30 January 1895, Vernal, Uinta, Utah, died 8 February
1902
Don Ervin, born 28 February 1897, Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah
Elva, born 25 April 1899, Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah
Floralia, born 25 November 1900, Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah, died 9
February 1902
William Wells, born 17 October 1904, Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah, 18
November 1917
John Alton, born 12 July 1906, Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah
Emily May, born 26 May 1909, Walls burg, Wasatch, Utah
Winona, born 31 December 1910, Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah
Okie, born 24 November 1912, Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah
The three older girls Adora, Ida, and Eva
all had blue eyes like our mother. My older brother Ervin also had
blue eyes and a fair complexion. He was very special since he was
the oldest son in the family. He was two years and two months
older than I. An interesting thing in this family was that the
first four children had blue eyes and fair complexions. Then I
came along to change the picture, a brunette with black curly hair
and brown eyes. From then on the rest of the children were born
with dark eyes and hair.
The sixth child, Floralia, was a little
curly head and only a baby when tragedy struck the family in 1902.
I was too young to remember -- yet I am sure the sadness of the
tragedy affected my life. The three eldest girls and the baby girl
died within one week, of diphtheria and black measles. Two of them
Eva and Floralia were buried together in the same grave. After the
death of their children Mother said, "I guess they were just too
good to live". Ervin became ill and then I was the last child to
become ill with the dread disease diphtheria. I can remember
hearing Mother tell how for two days and nights they watched and
prayed for the Lord to spare my life. It is needless to say that
much love and affection was showered on the only son and daughter
left.
In the fall, after the death of my
sisters in February.1902, Father was called on a church mission to
Kentucky. He hesitated about going and leaving Mother with so much
responsibility of a family, a store and the U. S. Post Office to
take care of. He left in November and had only been gone about
nine months when Mother became seriously ill with a heart
condition and Father was called home from his mission in the
summer of 1903.
continued on link below:
http://www.rawlins.org/histories/html/carter_elva_b_history.html
16167.39152
Jesse Keith Taylor Carter, b 03 Feb 1922 Wallsburg, Wasatch co,
UT; d 18 Dec 2008 Sutter Creek , Amador co, CA; m (1) 06 Dec 1941
Sarah Madeline Rensburg (1920-1968); m (2) 25 Nov 1955 Mella
Elizabeth Williams (1913-2001)
Children of Jesse and Sarah Madeline (Remsburg) Carter: also
child? of Jesse and Sarah: Timothy E. Teeters, b 09 Apr 1947; d
before 2013
16167.39152.1 Michael Dennis Carter, b 13
Nov 1942 Hayward, Alameda co, CA; d 29 Jan 2013 Roswell, New
Mexico; m 1974 Doreen Doe Lucky/Warren. Michel is buried
in the Santa Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, , Santa Fe co, NM (see obit)
3 children known:
1. Shayne Carter, m Wendy
2. Shawn Carter, m
3, Michelle Carter, m Jason Hudson
16167.39152.2 Patrick Albert Carter, b 24 Oct 1944 San Frabcisco, CA; d after 2013;
OBITUARY: Roswell Daily Record
(NM) I 30 January 2013 Funeral services will be held for Mickey
Cafter 70, of Hageman, at 10am,,Monday, Feb.4, 2013, at
Anderson-Bethany
Funeral Home Chapel, with Brett Shangraw officiating. Interment
will be in the Santa Fe National Cemetery. He went home on
Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013 .
Michael was bom on Friday, Nov.13,1942, to Jesse and Sarah
Remsburg Carter, in Hayward, Alameda Co. Calif. He served in the
United States Amy and did a tour in Vietnam from 1968-1969, where
he received two Purple Hearts. He was a life member of theVFW,
DAV, American Legion, and NRA, and a member of the Purple Hearts,
Loyal Order of Moose, Second Amendment Foundation, American
Hunting Association, and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.
Mickey met Doe in1974 and fell in love at first sight.The moment
he met her, he knew she was"the one."They were married within six
weeks and he moved her and their two boys to Alaska, then to
Washington, and eventually settled in Hagerman in 1976, when Doe
was pregnant with Michelle. He went to work for Buck Pirtle and
Bamey Green as foreman running hay cubers, where he employed every
member of his family and all his friends for 20 years.He loved
hunting and fishing, welding, cooking for hundreds of people at
his famous get-togethers. He could grow massive gardens. He was
very patriotic and proud of his country. He taught his children
that freedom is never free, to fight for what is right, and to
never back down. He would drop whatever he was doing to help a
friend in need, and never wanted or expected anything in
retum.There was rarely a time when he didn't have someone extra
staying in his house because they needed a place to stay. At
Christmas and Thanksgiving he would go around and pick up those
who otherwise would be alone, and bring them home to have dinner
with his family. He included his
family in everything he did. He taught his children how to do
things right the first time and never accepted less than their
best.
Once he retired,he enjoyed spending quality time with Doe,
traveling, getting together with friends, and helping raise his
grandkids, whom he cherished. He considered his friends family,
and always treated them as such. He had a hard tongue and a
softheart and loved to make people laugh. If you made the mistake
of letting him know how to get to you, you were introuble, because
he would harass you every chance he could get. He could get away
with almost anything with his crooked smile and innocent look. He
was the leader of the family and held on as long as he could to
make sure they would all be okay.
Michael issurvived by his wife of 38 years Doreen (Doe) Carter, of
the family home in Hagerman; his father-in-law Lucky Warren, of
Hageman; his son Shayne Carter and his wifeWendy, of Germany; his
son Shawn Carter, of Hagerman; his daughter Michelle Hudson and
her husband Jason, of Capitan; his brother Pat Carter of
Califomia; his chosen brother Sam Huerta, of California; two
sisters, Linda DeLacy and Darcy Lawson, of Califomia; his
sister-in-law BonnieWarren, of DelRio, Texas; his grandsons, Eric
Carter, Johnathan Carter, Chance Carter, Derrick Hudson, Anthony
Burge and TerryBurge; his granddaughters Shantel Carter, Sarah
Booher, Sunshine Carter, Michaela Hudson, Shelby Carter and lris
Losoya; one great-granddaughter Zoie Speaker, and one more on the
way. He had numerous nieces and nephews whom he loved very much,
and all his friends, whom he considered family.
He was preceded in death by his parents Jesse and Sarah Carter;
his brother TimTeeters; his mother-in-law SarahWarren; and his
brother-in-law Dee Warren.
Pallbearers will be Shawn Carter, Jason Hudson, Lea Elrod, Eric
Carter, Johnathan Carter, Sam Huerta, John D. Langenegger, Bill
Pollard and Tye Thomas.
Honorary pallbearers are Shayne Carter, Lucky Warren, Derrick
Hudson, Richard Warren, Michael Warren, Coy Warren, John Ison
Warren, Dr. Mike Grafe, Bubba Elrod, Rudy Medrano, Eddie Medrano,
Mike Mendoza, Mac Griffln, Paul George, Dick Wyman and the
Dunnahoo boys.
Please take a moment to share your thoughts and memories with the
family in the online registry book at andersonbethany.com.
Services are under the direction of Anderson-Bethany Funeral Home
and Crematory.
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