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Incidents in the Life and Labors of Alice Randall Clark

Alice Randall Clark, the plural wife of Edward B. Clark, was born December 21, 1863 at Centerville, Utah; a daughter of Alfred Randall and Margaret Morely. She died October 16, 1938 at Salt Lake City.

My first acquaintance with Alice was in 1890 when I taught school in Centerville. In my school were three sisters of the Randall family, Thurza, Alice and Emily. Emily later became the wife of Wilford W. Richards. She was of pioneer stock. Her mother was a plural wife. The Randall family were of a religious nature and active in church affairs. Her mother was president of the Relief Society in Centerville. Her brother Melvin was counselor and later Bishop of the Centerville ward. Her oldest sister Mary was the wife of John Wooley. her sister Ella, the plural wife of James Baird. Her sister Thurza was married to Thomas Tingey, father of Bishop, and later President Wesley Tingy of South Davis Stake.

Alice, as a girl in school impressed me as a good student, of a meek and humble disposition, so that later, when I was impressed to take another wife she appealed to me. She was fully natured with a mind of her own, being about 24 years old without at that time a steady boy friend. While she received a shock, and was taken by surprise, she was willing for me to come to see her and visit her occasionally while she was considering the matter of matrimony. She wanted to talk with her people, as well as with Wealthy who was not without an understanding of my intentions and movements. While sorely tried, she gave her consent and was a silent partner and never stood in the way of my doing my duty to Alice. Wealthy and I had been married several years without any prospects of children, and who knows, but the sacrifice she made, won favor with the Lord. As she later became the mother of seven living