would permit father to take a second wife, she would be blessed with children. Mother had been a pupil of my father when he taught school in Centerville. They were married the second of April, 1885. I was born May 31, 1889 at Farmington, Utah. Fifteen months later Aunt Wealthy gave birth to Edward Franklin.

Persecution at this time was quite severe against the L.D.S. people who were polygamists and where I fit into the Clark family was quite a mystery. This was complicated by the considerate treatment I received by father's brothers when I was a baby. Mother lived for a time with her sister Emily, in Farmington while her (Emily) husband was on a mission. Later mother went to Nephi to keep house for her widowed Uncle, Edwin Harley.

Father was advised to move one of his families to a different state. His father, Ezra T. Clark was called by Brigham Young to help settle the Soda Springs area. Grandfather had been through the area with President Young and remembered the two creeks of water running through what is now Georgetown, named in honor of George Q. Cannon. David Hess drove one team and E. T. Clark the other. They spent two weeks, hauled out some timber and secured the services of Joseph C. Rich of Parus. to survey the town. In the spring of 1871 several families came as permanent settlers. Among them was: David Hess, the Clarks, Nicholas Barkdull and Henery Lewis. Henery Lewis was later the presiding Elder and the first Bishop. Joseph Clark was a councilor. Some years later Joseph moved back to Farmington and his brother, Wilford, took over management of the ranch.

I spent two years in Farmington then was told to see what I could do with the farm. It has been divided between the three brothers.** I started out with three horses, harness, wagon, hand plow, harrow and one third interest in a drill and disk. In February, 1907, Father went on a mission and I assumed responsibility for the farm.

** The ranch was divided in 1901; E.B., C.R. and W.W. Clark each having approximately one-third.

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