Two Trips to Washington

Jan 29th 1900              Presided at the funeral of Ann Swindle.

Nov. 1895                   My self and 3 eldest daughters Sarah E., Mary E. and Emma M. started from Monroe Sevier Co. By team to visit my Father and his wife in Washington, Washington Co. Utah, a distance of about 150 miles.  Neither of us had seen Father for about 11 years.  Our visit was a very pleasant one.  We also visited many of our friends in the beautiful City of St. George; same Co.  We also visited every place of note, the S. S. Tabernacle and Temple.  In this connection we shall ever remember the name of George Anderson of Bellevue, for his great kindness to us.  Right here I am reminded that he died a few months ago in St. George in the year 1900.

July 28th 1899              I again in connection with my 4th daughter Ida Rebecca and in company with William Salsbury of Richfield and Bining Goold of Monroe, made another trip to Washington, this time for the sole purpose of moving my Father and his Wife to Monroe.  We arived in Washington after about 5 days travel by team, found all well, but it was a time of great storms and floods, which caused us some delay.  In the mean time however, we loaded our three Wagons and on the ____ of August 1895 we rolled out of Washington.  Myself bearing the precious freight of my Father and his Wife, and my daughter, Ida (who by the way was taken very sick while at Washington) but had so far recovered that we were now able to travel again.  Our first nights encampment at a place called Kelseys Ranch, about 30 miles North of Washington was a terible night, and one that I shall long remember.  It was dark and stormy when we arived, but as the night grew on, the clouds became more dence, followed by heavy peals of thunder.  Then came a heavy storm of the largest hail that I ever saw in my life.  They were about the size of Pigeons eggs, and they came with such violence that I feared that they would surely cause our horses (6 in number) to turn over the wagons to which they were tied.  But what was worse than all, my Father was taken very sick that night and was under the necessity of being up and down all through that auful night, until it began to look as though he could not survive the troubles of that terible night.  However we rolled out in the morning.  Father still being very sick indeed, and continued so for sometime.  But Finally we reached Monroe in pretty fair condition, considering all things.  I must mention here that my Father was 77 years old at this time, and his Wife (who had suffered much for several years previous to this) was about 70 years old.

Arriving at Monroe, and once more getting settled, Father and his Wife were quite reconciled to the great change that they had made.  From nearly 40 Years in one place in a southern climate, to a northern climate, I must not forget to mention, while passing that in less than 1½ years after my father settled in Monroe the Presidency of the Sevier Stake saw fit to present his name to the Saints in Conferance asembled for their aproval to be ordained a Patriarch in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and to labor in particular in the Sevier Stake of Zion.  And he is now at this time, the com­mencement of 20th Century 1901, laboring in that capacity.  And may he live long yet to enjoy this happy privilege, is the Prayer of his eldest Son,

Samuel W. Goold,

Monroe Sevier Co. Utah

Feb 6th 1901