John Henry TOBLER
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Family Records of Mrs. Lettie T Whitney, Hurricane, Utah. Family Records of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Stucki Tobler, St. George, Utah. IGI as of 4/94
Family records of Mrs. Lettie T. Whitney, Hurricane, Utah. Family records of Mary Elizabeth Tobler, St. George, Utah. IGI as of 4/94.
Blessing Date: January 21, 1901 at Santa Clara, Utah. From the family record of LeRoy Tobler.
Story of Luke and Christiana Long written by Lettie Tobler Whitney "Luke Syphus and Christiana Long, the Great Grandparents of Fenton Whitney, were born and grew to adults and were married in England. They hared the Gospel of Jesus Christ there and were converted. They had a strong desire to immigrate to Utah to live with the Saints. They had no money to buy their passage way, so they accepted a free ride on the sailing ship, "Java" on the twenty first of Nov. 1852 to go to Australia as a "whip Sawyer" for a cumber company. Their first baby was born at sea. After many trials they landed in Australia. Luke made good wages in Australia as gold had been discovered and much lumber was needed. The second child, Lovina (Fenton's grandmother) was born there. After three years they saved enough money to set sail for America. It was a long hard journey. The ship caught on fire three times. There were five hundred people on board the "Jenny Flora" and they were mostly Mormons. The ship finally landed at San Pedro Harbor, California on the 15, August 1856. Christiana was expecting her third baby so Luke built a shack out of driftwood and pieces of shipwrecked vessels he found on the beach. After their baby, Edward Syphus was born they moved on to a Mormon community at San Bernardina, CA. In San Bernardina, Luke made lumber and adobes to sell and with the money, purchased 15 acres of good land and built a three room house on it. He hired a young Indian to help him clear the land. It was the custom to feed the Indians outside the house, but Luke told Christiana, "He is a child of God and he can eat at our table with us". Luke treated him really good. This community of Mormons prospered there in San Bernardina and were happy there until the Mountain Meadow Massacre in southern Utah. When the non-Mormons heard of it, they told the Mormons to leave or be killed. So Luke and his family, along with the other Mormon families, were told by the Church to come to Utah. They left their good homes and crops and in covered wagons, started their journey over hot deserts and through regions where hostile Indians lived. It was the hot month of August and the Indians were starving in Southern Nevada. The little band of Mormons came through Las Vegas. It was then a small place with water and shade where they could camp and no harm come to them. The next place to camp was the Muddy River at Moapa. There an Indian tried to steal Lovina out of the back of the wagon, but was rescued by her father. They traveled on to Beaver Dam, another camping place with water and shade. There the whole Piute Tribe of Indians assembled to kill them and take their food. One young Indian recognized Luke Syphus, the man who befriended him in San Bernadina. He plead with the chief to spare their lives and just take the food. He said, "Syphus a good man, do not kill him". So by giving their food, they were allowed to go on to St. George. "Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days." Ecc. 11:1 Merged data had Endowed date of 22 Jun 1922
He married Mary Elizabeth Stucki 28 Feb 1900 at St George, Washington, Utah . Mary Elizabeth Stucki was born at Santa Clara, Washington, Utah 30 Oct 1882 daughter of Samuel Stucki and Anna Maria Reber .
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John Henry Tobler died 28 Jul 1956 at St George, Washington, Utah .
Mary Elizabeth Stucki died 28 Nov 1973 at Santa Clara, Washington, Utah .