tree caught me against it and I came down crushed between the two trees.
My left thigh and hip were badly brused & my left arm^;^ my breast bone broken
into about 6 inches and three of my ribs of my left side broken and my lungs
and vitals bruised
After the accident I sat down upon a log and
waited until Brother John Garrison went a quarter of a mile to get my horse
Notwithstanding I was so badly hurt I had to mount my horse and ride
two and half miles over a rough road and my bones being so much broken
every step went through me like an arrow. I rode to Turkey Creek and was
exhausted and was there taken off and carried in a chair home. Elders YoungKimballRichards and others met me in the street and assisted
me home where I was laid upon my bed exhausted. Here I
laid without being able to move much until my bones knit together
and they began to knit on the 9th day but I was not able to
sit up in my bed until the .
On the I was helped out of my waggon and
with the assistance of two persons I was enabled to walk to my tent
and to Sister Benbows waggon where she laid very sick. On this day
our little son Joseph was taken sick ^and^
On the
My Son Joseph Died.
As I grew convalescent bour little son declined. He
suffered much from convulsions during his sickness and breathed
his last 15 minutes before six o'clock in the morning and we took
his remains to the grave at 4 in the afternoon. His loss was
a great sacrifice to us
I began to labour once more on the
and during the next two weeks was overwhelmed in business which
was the case with the whole Camp of Israel
I had never seen the Latter-day Saints in
any situation where they seemed to be passing through greater tribulations
tree caught me against it and I came down crushed between the two trees.
My left thigh and hip were badly brused & my left arm; my breast bone broken
into about 6 inches and three of my ribs of my left side broken and my lungs
and vitals bruised
After the accident I sat down upon a log and
waited until Brother John Garrison went a quarter of a mile to get my horse
Notwithstanding I was so badly hurt I had to mount my horse and ride
two and half miles over a rough road and my bones being so much broken
every step went through me like an arrow. I rode to Turkey Creek and was
exhausted and was there taken off and carried in a chair home. Elders
YoungKimballRichards and others met me in the street and assisted
me home where I was laid upon my bed exhausted. Here I
laid without being able to move much until my bones knit together
and they began to knit on the 9th day but I was not able to
sit up in my bed until the 1st of November.
On the th I was helped out of my waggon and
with the assistance of two persons I was enabled to walk to my tent
and to Sister Benbows waggon where she laid very sick. On this day
our little son Joseph was taken sick and
On the
My Son Joseph Died.
As I grew convalescentour little son declined. He
suffered much from convulsions during his sickness and breathed
his last 15 minutes before six o'clock in the morning and we took
his remains to the grave at 4 in the afternoon. His loss was
a great sacrifice to us
I began to labour once more on the th
and during the next two weeks was overwhelmed in business which
was the case with the whole Camp of Israel
I had never seen the Latter-day Saints in
any situation where they seemed to be passing through greater tribulations