Samuel Jr. LINTON

                   Family Records in possession of Richard C. Holden of Colorado Springs, CO. and
LDS Church archives - Microfische. Also from records of his great grandson,
David Bryce Linton of Colorado Springs, CO. The following are notes written by
Margaret Linton LeMon:"Samuel Linton Jr was born on January 7,1867 in Nephi,Ut.
to Samuel Linton Sr. and Ellen Sutton.  There were 8 children born to this
union (There were actually 10 counting Ellen Sutton's daughter, Sarah and the
twins Titus and Timothy).  Samuel Sr. was a farmer and freighter.  Father was a
falrmer.  Both Samuel Sr. and Father worked for David Broadhead on a large farm
seven miles south of Nephi.  David Broadhead was the first man to grow "dry
land wheat" on the Levan ridge.  Grandfather could cradle more wheat than any
other man.  Father married Elizabeth Jenkins on October 29, 1890 in the Manti
Temple.  To this union were born 5 children.  Three girls and two boys.  Father
served a mission in the Louisiana Territory for two years from 1896-1898.
Leonard was just two years old when Father left for his mission and mother took
Ida and Leonard and went to live with her parents, James and Margaret Jenkins.
Mother went to work at the co-op store to support Father on his mission and she
and two children.  When he returned home he was hired by David Cazier to run
his farm in the west fields.  There was a house built there and that is where
mother and father lived for several years and some children were born there.
Later, father and mother leased David Broadhead's ranch.  In the summer we
lived on the ranch.  There were seven other families that had homes there.  It
was like a small community.  There was not a city water system, so many of them
had cisterns and wells or water from the canyon springs.  On David's farm there
was a 10 acre peach orchard and we grew beautiful fruit.  Hay fields fed cattle
and horses in the winter and large fields which were harvested with a header.
lThe grain was stacked in large stacks then was threshed with a threshing
machine run by steam.  At this time and during haying season, many men were
hired and food was furnished to then by mother.  It was very hard work but we
were all happy and had a lot of fun with all the other children that lived
there.  We would go into Nephi and do our washing on Mondays after attending
church on Sunday.  The clothes were washed in a wood washer driven by an
electric motor.  Father also worked for the Grace Brothers during harvest time.
This was done by a combined harvester pulled by 20 horses and these were driven
by Jack Blackett.  Father owned a farm of his own and at harvest time they
camped there  rather than drive back and forth to town.  Mother would fix a hot
dinner and we would go out and have dinner with them which they appreciated
very much.  Every Monday we packed a grub box with enough food for a week.
Later father was appointed City Marshall and served in this capacity for 5
years.  While he was Marshall there was a man named Jack Thomas who lived at
Mills, Utah.  He was a cattle buyer land he loved to go on a binge and be
drunk for days.  He had a beautiful diamond ring and he would bring this ring
to father to keep for him until he sobered up.  Father had to check on men in
jail and provide their meals.  Mother fixed many meals that father took to
the prisoners.  Father rode a horse also a bicycle to get around town. Later,
Jather and Rulon bought a farm in Dog Valley.  They also ran the Brough
farm and fed cattle for the Broughs during winter. Earlier, father and Rulon
worked on the new road built through Ferner Valley also Dog Valley.  They also
hauled Cedar wood for kindling and Oak and maple from the canyons. and this was
sawed into stove lengths for fuel to cook and heat with.  Later they hauled
coal from the mines over in Carbon County.  It took 3 days to go over and back.
While at the Dog Valley Farm, Father owned some fine machinery consisting of
three tractors, plows, a harvestor and other machinery to farm with. Each
Spring, father would take us to the farm to pull rye out of the wheat so his
seed wheat would be clean and free from rye..  He always had beautiful horses
and cows.  At the time of the 1st World War, the government men came through
The country buying horses and for field artillery.  Father sold them a team of
beautiful black horses and our favorite riding horse.  This really broke
Rulon's heart as this beautiful mare was a race horse and so smooth to ride
and was our pride and joy.  Father always raised a beautiful garden with many
lovely vegetables.  We also had many varieties of fruit trees and Father
furnished many friends withsthem.    He grew apples and sugar beets on the
two acres he had on 5th east.  Margaret and Rulon had to help top the beets
which he sold to the sugar factory.  While working on the Dog Valley farm, he
suffered a severe accident.  He was run over with the wheel of a big grain
drill.  It ran over his head causing a bad wound in the back of his head.
Infection set in and we almost lost him.  But through the power of the
Priesthood and good nursing by Ida, Margaret and Leonard he was spared.  (note
from RCH-- I can remember this happening.  I think it was Grandmas sister,
Mary Morgan, who wrote the news..sometime in the 40's.  She also stated the
doctor mentioned that Sam had a very beautiful body...like a young man.)  He
retired shortly after this, sold his farms and machinery and was a temple
worker in the Manti Temple.  After mothers death, he met Agatha Farnsworth, a
very lovely lady from Richfield, Utah who worked in the temple.  Both of
them were Temple workers.  They were a very happy couple and her family loved
father very much and we loved her too.  So the two families were very congenial
and we all got along very well.  Father had a bad heart and passed away very
suddenly on April l, 1944 at the age of 77 years.  Father and Agatha had three
delightful years together before he passed away. "

Sam married Elizabeth Jenkins in the Manti Temple on 29 Oct. 1890

His second wife was Agatha Lee Farnsworth whom he married on the 8 Oct 1939