Horatio L. ORTON

                   Mrs. Samuel Steele, Ruth Ellen's mother cfame to see Ruth Ellen when the twins Nancy and Ellen were born.  As they visited she (great grandmother Steele) remarked, " I can't understand this.  There have b een no twins in our family as far  back as I remember."  Thre weeks later she, grandmother Steele had twins--a boy, Len, and a girl, Martha.  (Len Steele and Martha Burraston)

Grandma Steele left Horatio Orton in Illinois bacause he would not join the church.  Horatio Orton married Sam Steele's wife in Illinois.  Nancy Baily Orton (Horatio Orton's wife) married Samkuel Steele and lived in Grantsville, and then Goshen Utah.

Family records have Ruth Ellen's birth date as 21 Apr 1848.  All IGI records show 2 Apr 1848
                  

                   Note in Eileens handwriting "Rilla said, "Go to Goshen Cemetary-check spelling of Jemima Orton, she's buried at side of ggrandma Steeles grave.