Dig up story about Martin Harris's stay at the Clark home in Farmington, and the testimony he bore to some of the sons living there at the time.

A Comprehensive Guide to 50 Pioneer Clark Families Surprisingly, they share no blood relation but most share a common bond in Farmington. • Ezra Thompson Clark (Farmington) • Israel Justus Clark, b. 1821 (Clarkston, Vernal) • Ezra Thompson Clark b. 1923 (Farmington) • Joshua Reuben Clark b. 1840 (Grantsville) • Ezekiel Clark b. 1840 (Iowa) Father of the Greenback paper note • Owen Washington Clark b. 1860-1944 (Cannonville) • Samuel Clark Sr., 1798-1885 (New Jersey) Provo Settler, dies in southeast ID

Gathered details for a complete narrative about the cabin triplex constrcted by Ezra at the Farmington homestead. Home 1: Cabin constructed at North Canyon (Bountiful) in the Fall of 1849 and later moved to the Farmington farm. Home 2: Dugout cabin built on the Farmington Farm embankment by the caretaker who left. Home 3: Cabin built by Ezra above ground to replace Dugout.

A history of the gristmill built by Ezra in Morgan and what became of it after its move to Farmington. A History of Morgan County, Utah Centennial County History Series Page 76 A ditch tapping water from East Canyon Creek was constructed in 1861 and extended in 1862. Settlers used a single hand plow and ox team plus a pick and shovel to dig this first irrigation ditch. To make sure the ditch was level, they used a two-by-four and a saucer of water. Water from the ditch was utilized for irrigation, livestock and domestic use. Furthermore, Richville became the home of the first gristmill in Morgan County, located on the ditch at approximately 1425 South Morgan Valley Drive. As a result, the ditch became known as the Mill Race but was later incorporated as the West Richville Irrigation and Canal Company. George Washington Taggart of Salt Lake City and Morgan and Henry Hinman (brothers) from Farmington, Davis County, commenced building the gristmill in 1863; however, owing to the difficulties of obtaining necessary materials, the mill was not completed until 1866. Thomas Grover indicated that Brigham Young came to the valley before the mill was in operation and after viewing it said, "Brother Taggart, it won't run. The draft is in dead water.'' This proved to be true, and the wheel had to be enlarged and sunk deeper before it would operate. Page 152 Preparing the ground, planting, and harvesting were accomplished slowly, using an ox team, horses, or human energy. Seeds were sown by hand and raked with wooden rakes. Harvesting was accomplished with a cradle, scythe, or sickle. Grain was threshed by beating it out with a flail or by having cattle trample the kernels out of their husks into a wagon cover laid on the ground. The grain was then winnowed by the wind and sacked. It was taken to the Salt Lake Valley to be made into flour until a grist mill was completed in the Richville area in 1866 by two Hinman brothers and George W. Taggart. This mill operated until about 1913. In 1867 Ezra T. Clark was asked by Brigham Young to go to Morgan (then Weber Valley) and build a flour mill. Clark's mill was completed in 1868-69 on Mill Race ditch in North Morgan. 4 (from Biography of Ezra T. Clark by Annie Tanner) Page 172 GRISTMILLS Richville was the home of the first gristmill in Morgan. The mill was located on the ditch dug in 1861 at approximately 1425 South Morgan Valley Drive. George Washington Taggart of Salt Lake City and two brothers, Morgan and Henry Hinman of Farmington, Davis County, commenced building the gristmill in 1863. Owing to the difficulties of obtaining necessary materials, the gristmill was not completed until 1866. The irrigation ditch dug by earlier settlers was enlarged into a mill race. Thomas Grover said that Brigham Young came to the valley before the mill was in operation and asserted, "Brother Taggart, it won't run. The draft is in dead water." This proved to be true; consequently, the wheel had to be enlarged and sunk deeper before the mill would run. In the words of Frederick W. Clark, a Morgan County Surveyor, "The old mill was a masterpiece of workmanship. George W. Taggart was a millwright, a wheelwright, a general carpenter, a gunsmith, and last but not least a musician. He could fit a martial band with fifes and drums all from native materials and play many instruments." The gristmill, the first to be built in Weber Valley as Morgan was originally called, was greatly appreciated and proved a blessing to the people as it gave them the opportunity of milling what little grain they raised, encouraging them to plant more. The people of Coalville and throughout the upper country patronized the gristmill. Settlers from outlying areas had to stay overnight when they brought flour to be milled. As many as thirty teams came at one time. The gristmill provided milling and chopping until 1913. Timbers from the old mill were used to build the Ada Waldron barn on Richville Lane (approximately 1540 South 1550 West). The barn still stands today, 1998. The stone (old mill burr) used in the Taggart gristmill is mounted in a monument erected by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. This is located by the log cabin (68 S. State Street, Morgan City). In 1867 at the request of Brigham Young, Ezra Thompson Clark purchased farmland and the property where a sawmill was located at approximately 300 North State Street. He then sent seven yoke of oxen to the Missouri River for equipment necessary to operate a gristmill. Clark's mill was in operation before the railroad came through Morgan in 1868-69, providing a local mill for residents of North Morgan and surrounding areas. The gristmill operated until circa 1892, when Thomas and Edward Spackman bought the Clark Mill. The mill was improved through the years, and ownership changed many times. At one time the old mill was demolished and a new mill constructed at the same location along Mill Race Ditch. The new mill owned by Pingree-Anderson Company was leased to Fry's Flour and Feed Mill. It operated until circa February 1932 when it caught fire and was destroyed. Grant Eddington then purchased the land and built a feed mill which operated for many years under the name Eddington Feed. Page 253 Until the gristmill was built in Richville in 1866, settlers sometimes carried wheat over the mountains to have it ground into flour. News brought back from the other valley was likely almost as appreciated as the flour. If a newspaper was brought back, it circulated through the entire community. Travelers entering the valley from outside areas often stopped for a short rest and told of incidents taking place in regions beyond Morgan.

A woman passed by the Ezra T. Clark rock home a couple months ago cautiously asking if it was the original Clark home of her Clark pioneer ancestors. (Casual engagement with passerby and drive-by relatives has been happening ever since I can remember) and I told her it most definitely was. She seemed relieved and pleased. I followed up my response asking which child she descended from. She wasn't sure. "Do you know which wife?" Also unsure. All she knew is that she was indeed a Clark, and she drove from Bountiful to Farmington often to walk the Farmington Creek trail and admire the homes on Clark Lane. As always, I was elbows deep building, digging, clearing or cleaning something at the time, but I removed my gloves and pulled out my phone. We had a mystery to solve. She apologized for interrupting and not knowing more, but I told her I would not let her leave until we had it all figured out. I named all Ezra's children and wives, all felt familiar to her but nothing seemed to ring a bell. I asked for her grandparents' names which she gave as I typed them into FamilySearch. After a couple minutes of typing, tapping and scrolling I was happy to solve two old mysteries that had been lingering most of our lives: 1. Who were the Clarks for which Clarkston, Utah is named, and which Clark exactly this woman descended from. Surprisingly, she proved to be a descendent of a different, somewhat distant Clark line. One of many notable Clark lines that pioneered the Great Salt Lake Valley. Israel Justus Clark, born Christmas day, 1821 in New York and was baptized in 1844 at age 23 and entered the Salt Lake Valley a couple weeks prior to Ezra in the Brigham Young Company of 1848. Israel settled in Farmington and his wife, Betsy bore 3 children there before heading north to the Clarkston area. Due to harsh conditions, many of those original settlers began a new settlement nicknamed New Town which eventually became Newton, Utah. (Wikipedia) Israel fathered 33 children with wives Elizabeth "Betsy", Louisa and Emily. Later, when I had some free time to do additional research, I learned that Israel mentions he "was met by my friends and family with a hearty welcome" in Farmington with whom he frequently stayed when moving between northern Utah (now southern Idaho) territory and Salt Lake City. So without a pedigree chart, it's conceivable that the two pioneer patriarchs knew each other well and were good friends (and distant cousins) https://relativefinder.org/#/all-relations/friend/KW83-LG6/name/undefined%20undefined/user/LZ87-J7T/group/connect-2-deceased/report/eachother My research shows Israel and Ezra are 5th cousins. I also learned that Israel lived in Farmington between 1852 and 1857 before moving north into northern Utah and Southern Idaho and eventually to Vernal, Utah. Approximately 50 Clark families entered the Salt Lake Valley in those first five years (1847-1852) a few Clarkes as well. So. the fact that more aren't more widely known to this author comes as a surprise. The parents of famed author and scholar J. Reuben Clark were baptized in 1867 emigrated to Utah the following year after only planning to be in the area temporarily. Interestingly, these Clarks also have fond Farmington connections. From a history: "At Farmington he (Joshua Reuben Clark) heard his first sermon of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and the following day March 10, he arrived in Salt Lake City and a month later April 14 was baptized into the church and from that time forward was a zealous and loyal churchman." Joshua met and married John Wickersham Woolley's sister, Mary Louisa Woolley in July of 1870. John W. Woolley's daughter also married a Clark, Charles Rich Clark, Ezra T. Clark's son.

Football Hall of Fame inductee and actor, Merlin Olsen, died March 11, 2010. A sculpture of him was erected the following Fall outside Romney Stadium's Merlin Olsen Field at Utah State University. After playing for the Utah State Aggies, he became well known as part of the Los Angeles Rams' defensive line known as the "Fearsome Foursome". Later he acted in the cast of Little House on the Prairie, then as the lead in Father Murphy. He is the son of Merle Barrus Olsen of the Timothy Baldwin Clark branch of the family. https://www.hjnews.com/cache_magazine/magical-merlin-the-incredible-life-of-logan-native-merlin-olsen/article_b57a79fe-6a5e-57cb-adfc-d6fd66c75497.html

During the October 2, 2005 General Conference of the church, Elder Boyd K. Packer, in a talk entitled “On Zions’ Hill”, referring to an experience the Prophet Joseph had in the home of Elizabeth Stevens Stevenson in Pontiac, Michigan, said: “The Prophet Joseph Smith had borrowed the volumes of the Book of Martyrs by the sixteenth-century English cleric John Foxe from the mother of Edward Stevenson of the Seventy. After he read them, he said, "I have, by the aid of the Urim and Thummim, seen those martyrs, and they were honest, devoted followers of Christ, according to the light they possessed, and they will be saved." As one who has always been interested in Church history and especially the parts wherein my ancestors participated, I was humbled by this brief intersection of the Prophet’s life with my ancestors. This Stevenson family gave to the church at least three stalwart saints from that Pontiac experience. The first was very well known in the church as Edward Stevenson of the Quorum of the Seventy; another less obvious because she was always known as Mary Clark, the wife of Ezra Thompson Clark, but no less faithful than her more noted brother; and mother Elizabeth Stevenson herself who survived through Missouri and Nauvoo and emigrated to Utah with her pioneer family and friends. So that the descendants of Elizabeth Stevens Stevenson, mother to Edward and Mary Stevenson, may better understand the context of that experience, I present several supporting pieces of information that develop more background for the incident and add to the information associated with that short episode in Church History. I personally first heard the story while listening to a popular audio recording prepared and presented by the distinguished professor and scholar from BYU, Truman G. Madsen. In an extract from that program on the Life of Joseph Smith, Bro. Madsen explains that even the Prophet, when overcome with persecutions and afflictions, when asking for peace of soul in moments of great anguish did not always receive the Lord’s full explanation. He was simply given assurance, the whisper of peace that reminded him that he was on track and not to worry about when his ministry would end. “Well, the Prophet had to endure and not know when. He had premonitions, over and over. He said things like, ‘Can I borrow that book?’ It was at the home of Edward L. Stevenson in Pontiac, Michigan, early 1830’s. Here is a book called Fox’s Book of the Martyrs. He takes it. When he returned it to Mother Stevenson in Missouri he said, ‘I have prayed about those old martyrs. These were men and women who had literally given their blood and lives in the testimony of Jesus. Various faiths, backgrounds, but their conviction meant death.’ He read it and said, “I prayed about them and they were good men according to the light they received and God has a salvation for them.” Question: Why would he have been preoccupied with that? Answer: My guess is that he anticipated that he would be numbered among them. Again and again he had promises, as I have told you, that his life would be prolonged to fill a certain mission. “Thy days are known”, he was told in Liberty Jail…. Apparent differences in the quoted portions of the Prophet’s words are not significant enough to worry, but they do spawn interest in knowing more of the factual basis and context of that experience. First, there was no Edward L. Stevenson home in Pontiac. It was the home of Elizabeth S. Stevenson, recently widowed mother of 7 children, one of whom was son Edward Stevenson, without an “L.” It was to that home that the Prophet Joseph came in late 1833. Speaking of Edward Stevenson, he was baptized soon after meeting the prophet and went on to become a faithful member of the church and ended his life with lengthy service in the Quorum of the Seventy. In his writings the following information is found from which the previous two authorities apparently derived their information. “Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer and Martin Harris were also heard by the writer to testify that they, in open day, stood in the presence of the God who ministered unto the Prophet. And indeed there was a power accompanying these testimonies which was irresistible, and which made deep and lasting impressions. Although a mere humble widow's son, I felt proud and blessed of God, when he honored us by coming under our roof and partaking of our hospitality. Oh! how my heart swelled with delightful emotions of heavenly love, as I selected and presented to him some of our choice apples in exchange for the golden nuggets of celestial truth, which he bestowed upon us as he partook of the humble but hearty hospitality of a widow's table! We were proud, indeed, to entertain one who had conversed with the Father and the Son, and been under the tuition of an angel from Heaven, and who, under the immediate direction of the Almighty, had organized the true church on the earth after the exact pattern of that organized by God, through Jesus Christ, eighteen hundred years before. In parting from under our roof the Prophet expressed a desire to have a loan of a large English Book of Martyrs which we possessed, promising to return it to us when he should meet us again in Zion, in the State of Missouri, which he did, and on returning it he said, “I have, by the aid of the Urim and Thummim, seen those martyrs, and they were honest, devoted followers of Christ, according to the light they possessed, and they will be saved. " From Bro. Stevenson’s autobiography additional information adds more perspective and detail: The following year after the organization of the Pontiac Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of L. D. Saints, in 1834, we had the pleasure of having a visit from-The Prophet Joseph Smith; a plain but noble looking Man, of large frame and about 6 feet high. With him were his Father Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer and Martin Harris, whose sister Sophia Kellog lived in our settlement, a great stir was made in this settlement at so distinguished visitors. The meetings held were crowded to see and hear the testimonies given which were very powerful. “During the Prophets visit to Pontiac he visited our house. I got him some very early apples and he dined with us and while looking over our very large Book of Martyrs he felt a degree of sympathy for those Martyrs and expressed hopes for many of those who had suffered death for their faith as for as they understood and borrowed the book to take home with him to return it to us when we met in Zion Mo. - which he did do, saying, “Mother Stevenson, I have seen those Martyrs by aid of the Urim and Thummim.” He also looked over our large Bible and remarked that much of the Apocrypha was true as well as the bible required much of the Spirit of God to select from those things correctly and finally in his review of the Book of Martyrs & Bible said there are thousand of good people in England and those old countries who are waiting for the fullness of the gospel and it will not be long before they will flock to Zion, for Ephraim dwells largely in those parts. . . . the visit of this Man of God to our house and the testimonies of the 3 witnesses left a lasting remembrance with us and will stand as a witness against those who were so favored above many. . .” “I recollect that the Prophet Joseph Smith, at my Mother’s house in 1834 while dining with us said there were thousand’s of the children of Ephraim’s waiting in Europe for the gospel.” “Now comes fresh again to my mind what the Prophet said in my widowed Mother’s house in Pontiac, Oakland County, then Territory of Michigan. While looking over our Book of Martyrs & large Bible, the Prophet said, “Most of those martyrs died fully believing in Christ, and for the gospel’s sake and their reward is sure. Mother Stevenson there is a great many in Europe who are waiting for the fullness of the gospel and tens of 1000 are ready and waiting to receive it for there is a large amount of Ephraim blood in that land a great work to be done in that country.” These remarkable insights from the Prophet were early in the Church’s history and are valuable in explaining the early efforts of an obscure and fledgling church in foreign missionary work. Bro. Stevenson’s record of the Prophet’s comments provides unique and valuable insight into the probable origin of the Prophet’s early interest in spreading the gospel to Europe. From the Prophet’s own record we have this account under the date of October 1 – 15, 1834: “Having accomplished all that could be done at present, on the 16th of the month, in company with my brother Hyrum Smith, and Elders David Whitmer, Frederick G. Williams, Oliver Cowdery, and Roger Orton, left Kirtland for the purpose of visiting some Saints in the state of Michigan, were, after a tolerably pleasant journey, we arrived at Pontiac on the 20th…. After preaching, and teaching the Saints in Michigan as long as our time would allow, we returned to Kirtland, greatly refreshed from our journey, and much pleased with our friends in that section of the Lord’s vineyard. This account lacks any details of the experience Edward Stevenson reports, but at least substantiates the timing of the events. What was so remarkable to a young Edward may have been routine for a prophet, especially THE Prophet of the last dispensation. A. Charles Clark October 8, 2005 & March 27, 2017 Noblesville, Indiana HYPERLINK "mailto:ACCLARKK@gmail.com" acclarkk@gmail.com Note: If any reader of this narrative knows of additional sources that document this experience, I would appreciate knowing of it; with the same invitation extended for corrections and clarifications. In Edward Stevenson, Reminiscences of Joseph, the Prophet, and the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon (1893), 6. [This is the footnote provided in the internet version of Elder Packer’s talk presented on the Church’s website.] “Joseph Smith the Prophet” Truman G. Madsen, Bookcraft Recordings. Eight lectures on Four Cassettes. Date unknown. Elder Edward Stevenson, Reminiscences of Joseph, the Prophet and the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City. Published by the Author. 1893. pp. 5 - 6 Edward Stevenson, Autobiography of Edward Stevenson, 1820 – 1897. Joseph Grant Stevenson, Editor. Stevenson’s Genealogical Center, Provo, Utah. 1986. p. 7 Ibid. p. 8 Ibid. p. 24 Ibid. p. 74 The Journal of Joseph – The Personal History of a Modern Prophet. Compiled by Leland R. Nelson. Council Press, Provo, Utah. 1979, p. 84 – 85.

As the Primary Association of the LDS Church gets set to celebrate its 125th anniversary, it is well to go back in time and see the role the Clark family played in that event. Aurelia Rogers was one of Farmington's early stalwarts and a close friend of the Clark family. It is not improbable she found some inspiration from some of the Clark children as well. Spurred by what she saw as a lack of organized activities for boys in her community, Aurelia shared her vision of an organization for children with Bishop John Hess, and then eventually Eliza R. Snow, who was then General President of the Relief Society. Given the location of Rogers' home, (just east a block and a half from most of the Clark homes) it is likely some of the troublesome boys she had in mind were Clark boys. There were certainly a number of Clark boys in the neighborhood and vicinity. Amasa, the 11th child of Ezra Thompson Clark and Mary Stevenson Clark, is pictured on the mural celebrating the establishment of the Primary in 1878, but records show he was not the only Clark to be part of the first Primary organization. Journal accounts done by Aurelia Spencer Rogers, recorded in "Life Sketches of Orson Spencer and Others" show that there were 112 boys and 112 girls in the first primary. She broke the children into districts and District 4 included the following Clark children: Sarah Clark, Alice Clark, Eva Clark, Mamie Clark, John Clark, Amasa Clark, Eugene Clark and Anna Clark. _________ From LDS.org Aurelia Spencer Rogers, a 44-year-old mother of 12, felt strongly that something should be done about the behavior of the neighborhood boys who ran freely through the town day and night. She felt many of these children were not being taught basic principles and values and therefore would not be prepared in either knowledge or behavior to carry the gospel forward or even to be good parents or citizens. Sister Rogers discussed her concerns and a plan of action with General Relief Society President Eliza R. Snow. With the approval of President John Taylor and after receiving a calling from her bishop, Sister Rogers began planning for the first meeting of the Primary Association. Since these leaders decided that “singing was necessary,” girls were also invited to “make it sound as well as it should.” Children ages 4 to 14 were invited to participate in the first Primary. Under the direction of the priesthood, the first Primary was held in the Farmington Rock Chapel on Sunday, August 25, 1878, with 224 children attending. Now, more than 130 years later, this organization for children has approximately one million attending.

Some men are blessed with the gift to see things that ordinary people cannot see. Great artists and musicians often wrestle with this burden. Torlief Knaphus belongs among those who have known the struggle of dealing with a gift, greater than the mere shaping of clay between human hands.

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