This is a history of Jonathan Chatterton who came to the United States and then Utah as a young Pioneer. Contributors to this work are Dorla Liedtke, Louise Chatterton, Karen Chatterton and Mildred P. Chatterton Meyers. A history by Katie Ann Guiver Chatterton Hadley was also used.

When Jonathan Chatterton was first baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints in the Manchester Branch of the church in Lancashire England, he gave his birth as the 14th of April, 1834 in Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire England. He said his parents were William Chatterton and Ann Wood. His birth was recorded, as required by English law in his parents parish in Ashton Under Lyne.

Katie Ann Guiver Chatterton wife of Jacob Arthur Chatterton and son of Jonathan, told her son Otto E. and daughter-in-law Ruby G., that she was told Jonathan's parents had met with an un-timely death and that they had three sons. With the varying information, possibly only Jonathan’s mother died. In later years after entering the Salt Lake Valley he listed his mother as Alice Smith and sometimes referred to her as "Mrs. Alice". Jonathan's death certificate lists his father as Samuel Chatterton, which is of coarse incorrect. Death certificates are not a reliable source of information. This could have been an uncle whom he lived with after his parents death and possibly Alice Smith was this Samuel's wife. This is only a possibility and not fact.

Katie Guiver Chatterton also said that of the two brothers in addition to Jonathan, one went to India. The other brother fate is unknown as yet. It is a strong possibility he was put into a church controlled home and possibly an “ emigrate “ to another country. The strong possibility of this has come to light in the year 2000 as information has come to the surface from Australia, Canada and the United States as well as other countries.  Sometime after Jonathan’s parents death Jonathan went to live with the Isaac Mills family. They apparently were friends with the Chattertons either before or after the Mills family moved to Ashton under Lyne in Lancashire. Isaac Mills eldest child was a daughter Hannah. As time passed Hannah and Jonathan fell in love.

Both Jonathan and Hannah were baptized in the Manchester Branch of the L.D.S. Church on the 9th of May 1857 by a brother Henry McCracken. Jonathan, as the record states  was re-baptized on that date. It is obvious Jonathan had been, as they called it "Cut Off" from an earlier membership for some reason. The authorities didn’t seem to need much of a reason in those days. Jonathan and Hannah married later in that same year on the 20th of Dec. 1857 and were both "Cut Off" again. It was most probably because of being married in The Cathedral Manchester in Lancashire, as this was not a church of their faith. On Sept.14th 1860 Jonathan was baptized again.

When Jonathan married Hannah Mills on the 20th of December 1857, the marriage certificate listed Jonathan as 23 and occupation, "stoker". At one time in Utah Jonathan had a job "stoking wood or coal in a Locomotive Engine. Information from a cousin still living in the United Kingdom states that this was indeed what a Stoker was in England also. Jonathan’s father's occupation on the marriage certificate was an "Overlooker". The same cousin as listed before said Overlooker was a foreman in one of the many cotton mills. Hannah was 19 and she was born to Isaac Mills and Charlotte Potter in the town of Levinton, in the parish Eccles, Pendlebury  in Lancashire England. Her father's occupation on the marriage certificate was listed as " Dyer". Most probably in one of the areas many cloth mills. The marriage certificate didn't show Hannah with an occupation and only listed her as spinster as was the term then for a single unmarried  woman.  They married in the Cathedral Manchester in Manchester England. In the film showing their marriage certificate, along with many other certificates, the priest signed the names of those married behind an X so the writing was uniform. All the handwriting on all the certificates was the same. Jonathan and Hannah were both educated to some degree and were intelligent. Jonathan's name is written very fine on a picture and one of his children's marriage certificates in the possession of Dorla Liedtke.

Jonathan and Hannah's marriage certificate gave as an address, Daniels Street for both of them. This was in Bradford, a suburb of Manchester in Lancashire. In the 1861 census this address was the home of a man named Jonathan Chatterton but he was married to a lady named Ann and they had a son named Alfred. It is obvious there is a relationship hear, perhaps an uncle. It is very probable Jonathan and Hannah gave that address to qualify to be married in the Cathedral Manchester. Jonathan, Ann and Alfred were not at that address in the 1851 census. It leads you to believe they lived there only a couple of years or so before our Jonathan and Hannah gave Daniels Street as an Address. Jonathan's son William was born the 12th of December 1858 .In 1860 another  son was born and also named William which must mean the first son died, most likely as an infant.

Sometime in the fall of 1862 and the early part of 1863 Jonathan and Hannah had another child, a baby daughter. The ship Hannah later sailed on listed an infant daughter named Harriet. Jonathan and Hannah decided to gather with the saints and emigrate to the United States, and then Utah. It was decided that Hannah and the children would go first and Jonathan a year later as he earned enough money for passage and the rest of the journey.

Jonathan was made a Priest in the L.D.S. faith on the 15th of May 1864. On the certificate the secretary wrote his name on it was spelled  Chadderton and the Certificate was given in Clayton, Manchester, Lancashire and not in Salt Lake City, Utah. This was 6 days before Jonathan emigrated. In 1840 members were encouraged to emigrate, and by the end of the century 85,000 members emigrated. On Jonathan's marriage certificate the Reverend spelled his name Chatterton. This makes it difficult to search Genealogy for other family members as there are any number of ways to spell this sir name.

Jonathan sailed from Liverpool England as stated in the shipping files, on 21 May 1864 on the ship General McClellan There were 802 immigrants on board. He was in the L.D.S. company 128, and it was a Saturday.

 ( The following information is given to explain what Jonathan very most likely went through with the rest of the emigrants as they traveled by ship as well as crossing the plains.)

Telegraph messages as related by The Millennial Star church chronology: Also the Mormon Immigration Index, Family History Resource File.

 The ship General McClellan was chartered to sail on the 20th, of May 1864 but owing to the rain which set in, the upper deck could not be used for the purpose of examination of passengers, who had to consequently  undergo inspection between decks. This put the passengers to some inconvenience and discomfort but, notwithstanding this, we did not hear one unkind word or one ill natured remark from the Saints during the proceedings, which occupied some little time. The vessel could not leave until the following day, the 21st.

The ship General McClellan was 1518 tons and built in 1862. It took 32 days to cross the Atlantic Ocean, which was a brief time. The captain was C.D. Trask and there were 802 Latter Day Saints on board. Emigrants were under the Presidency of Thomas Jeremy and his counselors, Joseph Bull, George G. Bywater and John C. Grahm, Clerk. Elders Jeremy and Bull and Bywater were returning missionaries as was Elder Moses Farnsworth, who was with the company. On the voyage, there was 1 birth, 2 children died and four couples were married.

 Because of the civil war in the United States Captain Trask sailed farther north of his course to miss the Confederates on the ocean. On the 4th of July he got amongst ice bergs. "A large ice berg in the shape of a lion floated across our course. There was a dead calm. During the night of the calm the winds started to blow and by morning a storm was raging. Buckets and boxes were sliding to and fro across the vessel dumping their contents as they went. Water came down the hatchway exciting a great many and many thought their last hour had come. But for the grace of God, it could have been their last hour because of the length and power of the storm. Water surged over the ships decks in large dashing waves almost sweeping the sailors from their posts.

The company  arrived in Castle Gardens, New York  on the 23rd June 1864 much to the delight of all passengers on board, and proceeded to Wyoming, Nebraska. President Thomas Jeremy related to George Q. Cannon under date of 2nd of July 1864, that upon arrival at New York  the company boarded a steamer up the Hudson River. We docked along the way and took a train to Rochester where we stayed for one day, the day being Sunday. At Albany  they boarded a train and traveled night and day to St. Joseph Missouri. Some delay had occurred on the road at Buffalo, New York. The railroad officials distributed a quantity of biscuits and cheese and again upon the arrival at Fort Huron, a good supply of bread and cheese was supplied by Railroad officials. Because of the Civil War it was an exciting time, but we got through safely without any serious trouble. We were told the General McClellan was sunk on her return trip to Liverpool. She was a North American vessel and was sunk by the Alabama.

At Chicago President Jeremy met Judge Godbe and Francis A.N. Mitchel who together gave a sum of fifty dollars to assist the emigration. Several times collections were made among the saints to help other less fortunate saints who had no funds at all. This money and the generous help of railroad officials was much appreciated as a large number of emigrants were entirely destitute of means and depended upon President Jeremy and his assistants to supply their needs (Millennial Star-church chronology & other accounts.)

The company precede to Wyoming, Nebraska. The Mormon boys from Utah were there helping the saints to gather to Zion. Many of these young boys made this trip a number of times and met the women they later married. The saints, some 400 strong, left there July 15th,1864, on a trip of 1000 miles. We went in 66 wagons drawn by ox teams. Three or four yoke per wagon.  The captain of the company was Joseph S. Rawlins from Draper. At night when we stopped for our camp, the captain would give orders to form a circle with the wagons as a protection against the Indians. Many Indians were met on the long journey and the captain would always give them a little sugar to keep peace with them. Most of the time the younger people would start out early in the morning and go on foot ahead of the ox teams but one day the captain said the Indians were on the war path and ordered us to keep close by or we might all be killed. The captain and his men made a ford across the Plate River. We all crossed safely after experiencing some difficulties. One old lady had to be rescued or she would have drowned.

 From a telegram sent to President Brigham Young from Sweet Water Bridge in Wyoming September 1 it stated," The wagon train, drawn by oxen is in good condition and doing well, cattle traveling well."  A telegram September 9th from Little Sandy to Brigham Young stated," Traveling all right, doing well."

The company arrived in Salt Lake City September 20th, 1864. It took 67 days total. One company arrived on the 29th. We were met by kind, loving and sympathetic family and friends.

New information from the Family History Resource File on compact disc, the MORMON IMMIGRATING INDEX, has better information. It gives Hannah's departure date from Liverpool on the 23rd of May 1863 (a year before Jonathan) on the ship Antarctic with 486 L.D.S. immigrants. They arrived in New York, New York on the 10th of July 1863. It further states Hannah was born in 1839, William in 1860 and Harriet in 1863. At the time of the voyage Hannah was 24 years old, William 3 years and Harriet, an infant, who must have been born at the first of the year.

 This information corroborates the previous information the family has about the birth of a second son, Jacob Arthur born the 9th of Oct. 1863. By this new information Hannah was pregnant a couple of months before she left England. The infant Harriet has not been accounted for and presumed died on the trip at some point.

Jonathan held the Priesthood and was a real hard worker in the church. He belonged to the 16th ward in Salt Lake City. He was the 2nd engineer in Salt Lake County. On a trip to Park City he fixed the first engineers engine so the engineer could blow the 1st whistle on a steam engine in Park City ,Utah. As the story goes, the first engineer got the credit for it.

It's been said Jonathan had 13 children and was a good provider, and his family always had plenty of what they needed. He was a nice looking, fair skinned gentleman with black hair. He looked to be a very  well educated and an intelligent man. An archive sheet lists 9 children born to Jonathan and Hannah, and it is rumored there were 13 children born and that at least 4 died as infants or still born. There were 6 or 7 children born to Jonathan and Almeda Mitchel his second wife in Polygamy.

The Utah 1870 census shows Jonathan age 34 with wife Anna (Hannah),31 and William as age 11(he was 12)  The census listed a Jane instead of Jonathan. It showed the following children Jacob age 6,  James age 2 and Samuel 1 and three fourths year. The children's place of birth places Jonathan in Salt Lake. Jonathan and his family do not show up in the 1880 census. A lot of information was concealed because of the polygamy law in those times and many mistakes were made as the census was taken.

 Jonathan married Almeda Mitchel in Polygamy 24th of April, 1871, In the Endowment House. Hannah was also endowed on that date. Hannah had 4 children after 1869 and Almeda had 7. Both wives are shown to live in 16th ward in Salt Lake City Stake.

The International Genealogy Index shows Jonathan's baptism the 14th of Sep.1860,and  his Endowment 24th of April 1871 in the Endowment House. Someone else did his endowment the 5th of feb.1974. The index shows he was sealed to Hannah the 2nd of Nov.1978 in Oakland. and to his parents the 6th of Feb.1974 in Los Angeles.
 
 

Hannah's daughter Lilly Charlotte was born on the 18th of June 1880. Charlotte was Hannah’s mothers name. Hannah had another child in 1883 and Hannah and the child died. Hannah's death certificate gave her death date as 23 January 1883, with an infection called Septicoemia.

Jonathan endured Judicial Prosecution for Plural Marriage. In District Court #3 he gave his age as 53.  He was given 3 months to serve and served 3.5 Months. He went to jail February 8th,1886 and was released May 25, 1886 with a $150  fine and other costs of $52.25, none of which were listed as paid.

Sometime after 1886 Jonathan and Almeda Mitchel divorced.

In 1887, he married Sarah Susannah Lamb Blackburn. Her husband had died earlier and Jonathan had known the Blackburns in England. Sarah’s family stated Jonathan and Sarah  had no Children together.

 Jonathan's death certificate lists his death on the 1st of July 1896 in Salt Lake City, Utah. It further states that he was five foot 7 inches tall and seventeen inches wide at the shoulders. He was a polygamist, and worked as a railroad fireman. He was buried in the Salt Lake City cemetery, July 3rd, 1896. Plot-1 block 16, Lot #1, grave #1- east half. He was a member of the 16th ward and lived at 351 North 5th west in Salt Lake City, Utah. The funeral was at Joseph William Taylor Memorial Mortuary.
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Jonathan's birth & baptism are listed in "The Early L.D.S. Ward or Branch Records; Indexed by Minnie Margetts and arranged alphabetically by sir name. The film number is 415445. The International Genealogy Index shows Jonathan's L.D.S. ordinance as Baptized 4 September 1860, Endowed 24 of April, 1870 in the Endowment House and sealed to parents in the Los Angeles Temple.

The film number of the Newton-Clayton branch of the L.D.S. Church is 87022. This is where Jonathan was baptized September 14th 1860 by A.G. Sutherland. Film 87017 has more information about Hannah Mills Chatterton and her family.

Utah Immigration Card Index, film # 298440 shows Jonathan listed as J. Chatterton. See also film # 1233536 of the previous index. The Family History Resource file on CD-Rom-MORMON IMMIGRATION INDEX.
Jonathan's judicial persecution for plural marriage-Book 289.3439-EV15J
 
This information submitted by:
Dorla Meyers Liedtke
8292 Bryce Dr.
Sandy, Utah 84070-0454
Ph.801-255-8215
e-mail: heinz1@jps.net
Daughters of Utah Pioneers
Company-Salt Lake Far South East
Camp-Sand Burr

Jacob Arthur Chatterton, as explained in the history of Katie Ann Guiver, was a railroad
brake man. Jacob and Katie Ann lived in Salt Lake City during the first twenty-five years of their
marriage. They had eleven children - nine boys and two girls. (See the family group sheet.)
Goldie Jake, Cora May and Clarence Chancey died when they were young. When Jacob was
transferred to the Cache Junction to Preston, Idaho run, he took his family to Idaho. Katie May
Chatterton Hadley was married at the time and stayed in Salt Lake. This might have been true for
Roland and Leroy as well. Marlin Lynn was born in Mapleton, Franklin, Idaho, (14 Aug. 1908) a
small town outside Preston on the Cub River. Possibly, the family moved hear for a short time
before making a permanent move because the next child, Jacob Jay was born in Salt Lake.

After the move to Idaho Jacob homesteaded 160 acres at the Cottonwoods near Swan Lake,
(about 25 miles north of Preston). This land was developed as a cattle ranch. Jacob was bitten by
a tick and developed Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. A week later he died (1917).

Katie Ann bought a two-story, red brick home in Preston where she and her boys lived,
scratching out a living how and wherever possible. There was little food for the family, and a
dinner might consist of milk gravy and a piece of bread. Despite the poverty Katie Ann
frequently took in stray cats and dogs. She had a little cross-breed long-hair dog, “Trixie”. Katie
Ann loved the little dog, and her grandchildren called Katie, “Trixie”.

The boys found work wherever they could to support the family. Lynn was about ten, and he
worked as a shoe-shine boy. The family lived adjacent to a railroad yard. The boys each shoveled
three tons of coal a day before or after school to make a dollar. Lynn remembers doing this until
he was in high school. During the summers the boys went to Southern California to work in the
soy bean fields, or thinning beets, and working with other crops at very minimal wages. They
also worked in the fields in and around Preston. Lynn bought his first Model T Ford by saving
aside some money from his work in the fields over two summers. Jesse became a barber in
Preston, but he was already married when his father died. Leland LeGrande or “Shely” became a
linotype operator for the Preston News. When he retired years later, he moved to Bosie, Idaho.
Otto Francis, on the other hand, became a linotype operator for the Deseret News in Salt lake.
Jacob Jay, the youngest boy, followed in Jesse’s footsteps and became a barber in Eureka, Utah,
a booming mining town. Jay was also a constable and Justice of the Peace in Eureka. LeRoy
lived in Salt Lake and worked for the railroad as his father had done.

When Lynn was out of high school he worked at the Piggly-Wiggly Market in Preston. Later, he
went to Salt Lake and became the “premiere” store manager for the Warshaw enterprises. About
this time W.W.II broke out. Mr. Warshaw was successful in getting several deferments for Lynn
because many of his managers had been drafted including Jess Van Patton. When Van Patton
returned from the service he and Lynn formed a partnership and opened their own store, “The
Main Market” which flourished during the fifties and sixties.

The Chatterton were athletic and loved sports. In high school all off the boys were skilled and
lettered in football and basketball. Lynn said that his “long suit” was high jump. He was also an
amateur boxer. One of the Chatterton grandchildren played football for the New York Giants for
ten years. (We are too flaky to remember his name.) This was in the days when the helmets were
made of leather.

Fishing had to be their all time favorite sport. The brothers and their families along with Katie
Ann and Kate and her family went to Idaho together to camp and to go fishing. The Teton River
was a favorite of some. “Bitch Creek” as they called it was three mimes of steep rattlesnake
infested trails down to the river. Bob and Glen came up with a fruit jar full of rattles on one trip.
For Glenn his most vivid memory of “Bitch Creek” was when he and Ott were fishing. The only
way out was across the raging torrent of the river. Both stripped to hold their clothes over their
heads to keep them dry. Ott went first. After a struggle he made it. He called a warning back to
Glenn. Glenn was swept downstream. The rocks shredded the skin of his chest, but he made it to
the other side.

The Cooner Creek, a tributary of the Teton River was also a favorite fishing ground. Ott’s in-
laws, the Nybergs, had property in the area, and the Cooner Creek traversed the property.

A few years later, Ponds in West Yellowstone became a favorite gathering place of the
Chatterton. At one of these outings a bear tore up Ott’s tent and rifled through his supplies. A
few days later fire swept through Glenn’s tent where he and his wife, Louise, were camping. At
the time Lynn lay in bed in his cabin when he saw flames shooting up past the window. Crying
out, he jumped from his bed and rushed to the tent to effect a rescue (dressed only in his BVD’s).
Miraculously, no one was hurt. At Ponds everyone liked to get together and visit. Katie May
related how her mother’s family lived in Essex, just outside London, England. The family was
entranced by the Royalty and gossiped about their every move–much as the British do today. She
also shared a number of superstitions and warnings regarding the moon, death and birds or other
signs, and taking caution how one handles an ironing board.

Jay joined the family for the various outings in Idaho, but even in the desert environs of Eureka,
he had a nice little fishing spot on Cherry Creek..

In the sixties Lynn and other members of the family went weekly to Cub River in Idaho. Snow
and ice made little difference. Lynn changed his grandson’s diapers out in the freezing weather.
After purchasing a truck and camper, Lynn would spend weeks at a time at Cub River. Shely’s
son, Eugene, and his family were frequent visitors.

Bob Chatterton said that in all the times together, he never heard a harsh word or any criticism
from the brothers. They were all generous, loving and concerned for each other. They were
totally willing to help each other.

Life was often difficult for the Chatterton family, but they seemed to overcome most obstacles.
The death of their father, and the resulting poverty was their greatest blow. Another was Jesse’s
wife Josephine who was diagnosed with crippling rheumatoid arthritis shortly after they were
married. Jesse and Josephine lived with Katie Ann in another part of her house. Katie would fix
their meals and help out, but times were very painful. After a few nightmarish years of total
isolation and confinement, Josephine died. Some of the family believed in Christian Science.
When LeRoy had an appendicitis attack, no doctors were consulted - resulting in his death.

The four or five youngest boys spent the most time together as you may imagine. Therefore, we
don't have as much information as we would like on the rest of the children. In fact, there needs
to be more communication in the family. Some of the grandchildren who Bob recalls are: Katie
had a boy, “Toots.” He worked with Lynn at the Primary Children's Hospital in later years. His
wife's name was Bernice. Shely had four sons: Eugene, LeGrande, Merlin and Dale. Eugene and
his wife, Leona had a hardware store in Preston. The store was the first place most people headed
when going to Cub River to fish. In later years Eugene and Leona moved to Saint George to run
motels. Merlin became a Jockey. He worked on the Warner Ranch in California for Henry
Warner of Warner Brothers Studios, taking care of their horses. He had a nice home on the ranch,
and other cousins such as Bob visited him on occasion. Otto had two sons, Galen and Jerry. Jerry
died when he was a young man. Galen has been a gifted singer since his very early years. He
married Karen who had a large dance Studio. The two now live in Southern Utah with their
family to take advantage of some new business opportunities. Lynn had two sons, Glenn and
Bob. Glenn was a special education teacher for the intellectually handicapped. He is now
deceased. Bob was a manager for K-Mart stores, and has much talent in singing and dancing. He
produced his own musical, “Porter” several years ago. Jay had one stillborn son, but no other
children. He was a great friend and uncle to his nephews, especially Bob.

For myself, Louise Chatterton, I'm pleased to be part of the Chatterton family. Lynn taught me to
be still and say nothing if a kind or generous thought was not at hand. He taught me to garden on
our “acre”. He taught me to work hard. When I was tired and wanted to quit - even thought he
enjoyed poor health and was equally tired, he continued to hill up tomatoes and corn. He was
generous to a fault, giving my children every conceivable toy. He laughed and sang and told the
children stories of his childhood. He took the children fishing or on rides every week. He
attended all of their special events. He provided for our family when we needed help. My
Mother-in-law, Gwen, was just such a person as well. We were good friends. She died this year,
1997. I miss her. I miss Lynn. My association with the Chatterton family has been one of love,
caring and good times.

     Jonathan was born the 10th of February 1866 in Ogden, Utah. He was the third son of
Jonathan Chatterton and Hannah( Johanna) Mills who were from Lancashire, England.
Jonathan Chatterton senior became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints
before the 1860's. He married Hannah Mills in the Cathedral Manchester of Manchester England
on the 20th of December in 1857. Jonathan came to Salt Lake City in 1864. Hannah came in
1865 with son William and Hannah's sister Harriet.

     Grandfather Jonathan  grew up in Utah among the pioneer children of Utah's early days. It was
a wild and adventurous time and place for boys and through the years when we were children he
told us many stories of narrow escapes from Indians. Once he and a friend were out by what we
know as the Wasatch Plunge, a natural hot springs with a large swimming pool and small rooms
and pools for private use. An Indian was sleeping with his foot tied to his horse while the horse
fed on tender green grass. There was a cement retaining wall on one side to keep the gravely
mountain side from working down over the lawn. Grandad and friend found some white canvas
and came back along the wall side of the feeding horse and still sleeping Indian. Getting as close
as they could they jumped up and flapped the canvas hard. The frightened pony broke and run
dragging the Indian with him. The boys ran and swam the Jordan river but by then the Indian was
after them, as they got out on one bank the Indian took his knife in his mouth and jumped into the
river. The boys ran to a house nearby and went in shouting about an Indian after them and they
dove under the bed, leaving the surprised lady to do what she could to turn the Indian away.
Grandpa always thought the Indian must not have known for sure where they were because he
went away mumbling when the lady said she hadn't seen them.

     Jonathan and his friends took real pride in making sling-shots. Each tried to make the best one
and use it with the most skill. They would go to the steel foundry and get the little round punched
out steel pieces and he said they could put one of these through a window three blocks away or
bring home much needed meat for dinner by getting ducks, grouse or wild rabbits.

     Jonathan was baptized a member of The Church or Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on the
3rd or March 1885.

     Jonathan married Sarah Ann (Sadie) Munn, the 12th of September 1886. Ten children blessed
their union. The first two were twin boys, Jonathan and Edward were born and died in 1888.
Maud Marie was born the 18th of July 1890 and died as an adult. Another daughter Myrtle was
born the 6th of July 1891 and died in infancy, no death date. Byron Lincoln the fifth child and my
father was born on the 5th of November 1892. Pearl and Joseph, twins were born the 10th of
April 1895. Pearl grew up and married but she died very young, before her baby was to be born.
Joseph died in 1897. Grant  was born the 5th of September 1900  and died the 3rd of September
1901. Vivian Lefrona was born the 10th of June 1903 and died the 24th of July 1969. Dorthy
Alice was born the 26th of Januhe 26th of January 1907 and died the 24th of March 1983.

     Jonathan worked occasionally in railroad jobs. It's been said  that Jonathan's father was the
second engineer on a train that went up to Park City. Grandfather was a miner and prospector,
having hundreds of claims in the Ocher Mountains, even the Kennecott Copper area. Without
money and no connections, soon the claims were in default. He was also a powder man at the
construction of the Lucin cut off which is the railroad crossing the Great Salt Lake.

     My first memory of Grandpa Chatterton was near Thanksgiving time. I was six years old and
we were living  with dads parents in Hooper. I remember grandpa coming in one night and he
unloaded ducks from a sack and from pockets, they seemed tucked in his clothes every where. He
was wet, cold and happy. For Thanksgiving, dads sister Vivian and her husband Byron came and
we all had dinner together. Even us kids got a whole roast duck each. Uncle Byron fought with us
over the crusts of bread and there were more goodies than we could get ourselves around.
Grandma knew how to roast wild ducks, make plum and carrot pudding, and pies you just
couldn't stop eating. The feast seemed to last until Christmas.

     Sometime right after Christmas, I awoke in the night to hear Grandpa crying and cursing in
pain. The Doctors took out his teeth but that didn't help. He was 54 years old when Doctors
decided it was Rheumatoid Arthritis and the only thing that might help would be natural hot
spring bathing.

     It was decided we would all go back to Idaho and pay off the mortgaged homesteads they had
proved up on some six years before. It was a tearful good-by for grandma, her mother, brother
and sisters were all in the yard hugging and crying. Grandpa was in the bed in the covered wagon
which also sheltered the rest of us at rainy times. There was another wagon and a buggy all
loaded with family possessions and food. There were  horses  pulling the wagons and one horse
pulling the buggy. There was a colt, 2 cows, 2 calves, some chickens and a dog. There was
grandpa, grandma, momma, dad, Dorthy, myself and George and Munn who was our baby. I
turned seven that spring on the road between Hooper and Swan Lake. It was an exciting 4 to 6
weeks adventure for me. I loved it, everyone I loved was  with me and I was going to be closer to
Mom's brother Mark.

     When we arrived at the homesteads, mother, my brothers and I were left at our cabin. Dad
took grandpa grandma and Dorthy in the covered wagon to Lava Hot Springs for the summer.
Here Grandpa could get all the hot mineral baths he could stand. Dad brought the team back and
then went to find a job.

     Before winter dad went up and brought grandpa, grandma and Dorthy back to their cabin.
Grandpa's pain was all gone, but he couldn't stand, walk or feed himself. He could sit when
placed in a sitting position. Their cabin had one room with a stairway and a small room over.
This was about a mile from our cabin.

     By my second year in school I was reading Kipling's Zane Gray and many other books of
adventure stories to grandpa. We got to be great friends during the next five years. He never gave
advise or consolation but he was colorful and interesting. He could curse a blue streak when
things went wrong or when everyone got busy and he couldn't get any attention.

     About 1930 grandpa, grandma, Dorthy and my mothers brother Ralph moved to Sandy, Utah.
Ralph and Dorthy married and they all lived in the same house. Ralph could carry grandpa over
his shoulder and they took him driving and visiting a lot. On the 21st of March 1938 he passed
on. He was 72 years old and had been crippled for 18 years.
 

                                      SARAH ANN (Sadie) MUNN
                                                        My Little Grandmother
                                                 by Mildred Chatterton Meyers

     Sadie was born the 22nd of March 1862 in Bountiful, Utah. She was the second child of
Edward Frederick Munn and Sarah Ann Pearson. I knew she was Sarah Ann because of a small
clear and red cut crystal glass on which was written Sarah Ann in gold. It was always on the top
shelf of her cupboard. She said her father gave it to her when she was a young girl. Her young
days were spent in Bountiful, Idaho and Hooper. I wish I knew some of the interesting things that
she experienced during this time. I knew that she spoke softly, and was kind and always gentle. I
thought of her always as cheerful, courageous and very tired.

     Sadie was married to Jonathan Chatterton under the name " Sadie Munn", without any
mention of "Sarah Ann", on the 12th day of September 1886. In 1888, twin boys were  born to
them. They were either still born or died shortly after birth. By 1907 she had eight more babies.
There had been another set of twins, a boy and a girl. Another infant girl died and then a boy died
at just over one year. Five of her children reached Maturity but when she passed away on the 3rd
of June 1938 she had two daughters living.

     The first distinct memory I have of her was in Hooper. I was not yet seven years old. Grandpa
Chatterton had been taken down with arthritis. I was scared but full of adventure and happy
because all the people I loved were going with me on a long trip. The covered wagon had
Grandpa in bed in it. The other wagon was loaded. The buggy was loaded. Every one was
gathered around saying good-byes. I will always see aunt Ollie and Grandma clinging together
and crying.

     She was always my little Grandma because I grew up so fast. When I was eleven years old I
could hold my arm out and grandma could stand straight up under it. For eighteen years she cared
for grandpa without complaint. She washed him, fed him and dressed him with a never faltering
tenderness. Her biggest fear was that she might die and leave him behind, and that his family
would not take care of him and he might end  up in the poor house. Three months after his death
we buried her.

     It seemed to me that she had a cup of tea and a crust of bread always ready. She picked at her
food, eating very little. Only twice did she ever jaw at me in anger. One time Dorthy and I
laughed at my brother when he had a mishap and she called us hussies. The other time she was
signing a check and I crowded in close so I could see her hand writing. She thought I needed a
lesson in better manners.

     While she was having her family I know she had a boarding house in Salt Lake City and
cooked for many years. She was an excellent Old- English cook and we always looked forward to
her special treats on Thanksgiving and Christmas.