SARAH JANE CARROLL HEATON
Sarah Jane Carroll was born in Heber City, Utah, on February 2, 1864, the fourth child and third daughter of Charles Negus Carroll and his wife, Kezia Giles Carroll. Jane, as she was called, was baptized in Spring Creek by John Horriks, and confirmed by George Thompson on August 25, 1872.
Two incidents are related about her childhood. While living in Heber City, some relatives from Salt Lake City came to visit. Jane went and got her Sunday shoes and was putting them on when her father said, "Janey, I'll have to get a cage and take you around to show off." Her mother came in and made her take off the Sunday shoes, for they were not allowed to wear Sunday shoes on week days. All her life she took particular care of her shoes--she had nice ones, and a nice foot to put them on.
When they first settled in Heber City, the grasshoppers came so thick that a person could not even see the sun. About dusk they would begin to settle. The children and others would take willows and "shoo" the grasshoppers to the bottom of the field to a sort of willow trap her father had fixed, and they would settle on that, and then they would burn them. This helped to save the wheat crop. Jane was about seven or eight years old at this time.
Jane was fourteen years old when her father and family moved to Southern Utah to join the United Order in Orderville.
They made the trip by ox team. At their new location all engaged wholeheartedly in the activities of the United Order living, and Jane and her sisters worked in the community kitchen and dining room.
She had been in the new community less than a year when she had a suitor, he being William H. Clayton of the neighboring town of Glendale, who wrote to her on January 12, 1879.
It was one of her classmates at school in Orderville, Alvin Franklin Heaton, who won her heart and hand. Jane turned sixteen in February and on the following September 29, 1880, she and Alvin were married in the St. George Temple. They traveled by team and stopped on the way to stay with her married sister, Lucy Heaton, at the Cotton Farm in Dixie.
After their marriage, they moved into a new house which had been built by the United Order, called the "Section" house. Their first child, Esther, was born there on October 3, 1881.
Jane's husband courted Miss Lucy Spencer, also, and they were married on March 10, 1882. Lucy, too, lived a short while in part of the "Section" house, which was a mile down the valley from Orderville.
Before the next child, Martha (who was born on August 7, 1883), they had moved to the upper part of Orderville, where the gardens and orchards were. They lived in the Garden House, which was built for the gardener. Her husband was called to supervise this part of the work. All the rest of the children were born in the Garden House, where Jane continued to live for over twenty-five years. Charles Willard was born on January 30, 1886; Alvin Franklin on November 25, 1890; Terrence Carroll on July 11, 1895 and Gerald Frederick on September 16, 1899.
In June of 1886, her husband left to go on a mission for the Church to West Virginia, leaving her with three little children.
He returned home in 1888. While he was gone, his brothers, chiefly Jonathan, helped to care for the family.
Her husband's other wife, Lucy, lived at Moccasin. Lucy's twins, Lucy and Louisa, were born there, however, Baby Louisa died at the age of one month, in January of 1896. Her body was taken to Orderville where Jane prepared it for burial. Two of her own children had previously passed away, both having the disease diabetes--Esther died at the age of eight in 1890, and Charles Willard passed away when he was seven years old,in 1893.
The Garden House became the personal property of the Heatons when the "Order broke up" sometime in the 1880's. I remember seeing Grandma make the beds in the west bedroom, which was one step down. Against the south wall was a dressing table with a ruffled skirt. On the table stood two coal-oil lamps with bright little ruffled covers over the tops of the chimneys. One of Jane's nieces recalled the long lace curtains in the parlor, and the rocking horse. There was a stairway to the attic, and they kept the old sword in it's scabbard there. Grandma loaned this sword so many times to be used in theatricals that it became lost.
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the United Order was celebrated with a great Jubilee. The celebration was held in the newly-completed dance and theatrical hall in July of 1900. Members of the general Jubilee committee were as follows: Isaiah Bowers, Heber Meeks; Maria Porter, Jane Keaton. Committee meetings were held in the Garden House.
They had one big dinner in the hall. At this dinner there was so much food left, they put it in a box and passed it around in the dance. They sent out invitations to all who had lived in the United Order. Many people came.
Emma Seegmiller recorded in her "Personal Memories of the United Order of Orderville",the following incident, as told to her by her sister, Jane: "A young boy and girl, Indians of the Moccasin Tribe, were courting. A friendly St. George Indian came to visit with them. He fell in love with the girl and she with him. They ran off to St. George. The Moccasin Indian brought her back. Her St. George lover followed. To decide the matter, she was forced to run the gauntlet. She was handled roughly but not seriously hurt. As soon as she broke through the line, she ran to her St. George lover, who was then allowed to take her home, This took place at Pipe Springs Point."
On September 5, 1900 Jane's daughter, Martha was married inthe St. George Temple to Francis Alvin Porter of Orderville. My mother, Martha, has always lived in Orderville.
Jane's husband built for each of his wives a beautiful frame house, painted white, each surrounded by lawn and white picket fence, which are still beautiful today. Jane's house was built a few years before her husband's death in 1910. There was also a barn for the livestock, and an orchard and garden spot. This property, near where the Garden House stood, was always kept in good condition. The new home had a beautiful parlor, which contained her treasures and keepsakes, and there were beautiful pictures on the walls.
Jane had a treadle sewing machine, but she never did own a washing machine. She scrubbed the clothes on a wash board over the tub of billowing suds, and sang as she worked.
Her husband died at "The Green", where Lucy lived. He spent the greater share of his married life with Lucy, who had, in all, eight children.
In 1912, Jane's sister, Emma Seegmiller,went to Salt Lake City with her son, Dan, who was leaving for his foreign mission, and Jane accompanied them. Emma and Jane spent some time in Salt Lake City and in Heber City, where they had lived, visiting their many relatives. It must have been on this trip that Jane attended the opera "Faust". She was a great lover of the opera and drama, and she rehearsed the story of the opera to her family and grandchildren after returning.
Terrence and Gerald attended school at the Brigham Young University Terrence also attended the Agricultural Collegein Logan, and went on a mission to the Southern States. Her oldest son, Alvin, married Bernice Hindmarsh of Provo on October 5, 1917, and they had two children--Ronald, who died
in infancy, and Ferron. They lived in Provo.
Terrence married Mona Patterson of St. Johns, Arizona on May 12, 1920 and they had four sons--Pay, Jay, Max, and Bill. Gerald went on a mission to New Zealand. He married Ione Huish of Provo on December 12, 1923, and they had two children--Phil and Ann Carroll. They have lived in Provo and Southern California. In 1928 Martha's last child was born; her children being Annie, Maria, Willard (who died in childhood), Jane Norene, Esther, Elbert, Malcolm, Twila, Laura, and Gerald.
The activities of the ward and community meant a great deal to my grandmother, and she was an active participant. She taught a class of young girls in the Mutual Improvement Association. She was a Relief Society Visiting Teacher for many years. She served on many committees for ward celebrations, especially for the Fourth and Twenty-fourth of July. She often gave refreshments to the members of the brass band and the string band as they serenaded the town on the mornings of those celebrations. She regularly attended Sacrament Meeting and Sunday School until the time of her death. Grandmother always attended the programs and home-town dramas, and was a good critic of them, as well as giving enthusiastic praise for performances well presented.She loved to visit with her brothers and sisters and the home of her mother was a favorite gathering place for the sisters especially. On these occasions there were always good conversations. Her youngest sister, Amy, recalled in later years that their conversations centered around the subjects of religion, politics, and character.
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Death Certificate:
Name: Sarah Jane Carroll Heaton
Informant: Martha Porter, Orderville, Utah
Death date: 09 Dec 1949
Death place: Kane County Hospital, Kanab, Kane, Utah
Usual residence: Orderville, Kane, Utah
Burial: Orderville, Kane, Utah
Birth date: Feb 2, 1864
Birth place: Utah
Age at death: 85 years 10 months 7 days
Cause of death: Myocardial decomposation (?) Partial intestinal obstruction
Gender: Female
Marital status: Married
Race or color: White
Spouse name: Alvin Franklin Heaton
Father name: Charles Myers Carroll
Father birth: Canada
Mother name: Kezia Ann Giles Heaton
Mother birth: England
GSU film number: 2224900
Digital GS number: 4120940
Image number: 490
Reference number: 130013
Collection: Utah Death Certificates 1904-1956
Sarah Jane Carroll was born in Heber City, Utah, on February 2, 1864, the fourth child and third daughter of Charles Negus Carroll and his wife, Kezia Giles Carroll. Jane, as she was called, was baptized in Spring Creek by John Horriks, and confirmed by George Thompson on August 25, 1872.
Two incidents are related about her childhood. While living in Heber City, some relatives from Salt Lake City came to visit. Jane went and got her Sunday shoes and was putting them on when her father said, "Janey, I'll have to get a cage and take you around to show off." Her mother came in and made her take off the Sunday shoes, for they were not allowed to wear Sunday shoes on week days. All her life she took particular care of her shoes--she had nice ones, and a nice foot to put them on.
When they first settled in Heber City, the grasshoppers came so thick that a person could not even see the sun. About dusk they would begin to settle. The children and others would take willows and "shoo" the grasshoppers to the bottom of the field to a sort of willow trap her father had fixed, and they would settle on that, and then they would burn them. This helped to save the wheat crop. Jane was about seven or eight years old at this time.
Jane was fourteen years old when her father and family moved to Southern Utah to join the United Order in Orderville.
They made the trip by ox team. At their new location all engaged wholeheartedly in the activities of the United Order living, and Jane and her sisters worked in the community kitchen and dining room.
She had been in the new community less than a year when she had a suitor, he being William H. Clayton of the neighboring town of Glendale, who wrote to her on January 12, 1879.
It was one of her classmates at school in Orderville, Alvin Franklin Heaton, who won her heart and hand. Jane turned sixteen in February and on the following September 29, 1880, she and Alvin were married in the St. George Temple. They traveled by team and stopped on the way to stay with her married sister, Lucy Heaton, at the Cotton Farm in Dixie.
After their marriage, they moved into a new house which had been built by the United Order, called the "Section" house. Their first child, Esther, was born there on October 3, 1881.
Jane's husband courted Miss Lucy Spencer, also, and they were married on March 10, 1882. Lucy, too, lived a short while in part of the "Section" house, which was a mile down the valley from Orderville.
Before the next child, Martha (who was born on August 7, 1883), they had moved to the upper part of Orderville, where the gardens and orchards were. They lived in the Garden House, which was built for the gardener. Her husband was called to supervise this part of the work. All the rest of the children were born in the Garden House, where Jane continued to live for over twenty-five years. Charles Willard was born on January 30, 1886; Alvin Franklin on November 25, 1890; Terrence Carroll on July 11, 1895 and Gerald Frederick on September 16, 1899.
In June of 1886, her husband left to go on a mission for the Church to West Virginia, leaving her with three little children.
He returned home in 1888. While he was gone, his brothers, chiefly Jonathan, helped to care for the family.
Her husband's other wife, Lucy, lived at Moccasin. Lucy's twins, Lucy and Louisa, were born there, however, Baby Louisa died at the age of one month, in January of 1896. Her body was taken to Orderville where Jane prepared it for burial. Two of her own children had previously passed away, both having the disease diabetes--Esther died at the age of eight in 1890, and Charles Willard passed away when he was seven years old,in 1893.
The Garden House became the personal property of the Heatons when the "Order broke up" sometime in the 1880's. I remember seeing Grandma make the beds in the west bedroom, which was one step down. Against the south wall was a dressing table with a ruffled skirt. On the table stood two coal-oil lamps with bright little ruffled covers over the tops of the chimneys. One of Jane's nieces recalled the long lace curtains in the parlor, and the rocking horse. There was a stairway to the attic, and they kept the old sword in it's scabbard there. Grandma loaned this sword so many times to be used in theatricals that it became lost.
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the United Order was celebrated with a great Jubilee. The celebration was held in the newly-completed dance and theatrical hall in July of 1900. Members of the general Jubilee committee were as follows: Isaiah Bowers, Heber Meeks; Maria Porter, Jane Keaton. Committee meetings were held in the Garden House.
They had one big dinner in the hall. At this dinner there was so much food left, they put it in a box and passed it around in the dance. They sent out invitations to all who had lived in the United Order. Many people came.
Emma Seegmiller recorded in her "Personal Memories of the United Order of Orderville",the following incident, as told to her by her sister, Jane: "A young boy and girl, Indians of the Moccasin Tribe, were courting. A friendly St. George Indian came to visit with them. He fell in love with the girl and she with him. They ran off to St. George. The Moccasin Indian brought her back. Her St. George lover followed. To decide the matter, she was forced to run the gauntlet. She was handled roughly but not seriously hurt. As soon as she broke through the line, she ran to her St. George lover, who was then allowed to take her home, This took place at Pipe Springs Point."
On September 5, 1900 Jane's daughter, Martha was married inthe St. George Temple to Francis Alvin Porter of Orderville. My mother, Martha, has always lived in Orderville.
Jane's husband built for each of his wives a beautiful frame house, painted white, each surrounded by lawn and white picket fence, which are still beautiful today. Jane's house was built a few years before her husband's death in 1910. There was also a barn for the livestock, and an orchard and garden spot. This property, near where the Garden House stood, was always kept in good condition. The new home had a beautiful parlor, which contained her treasures and keepsakes, and there were beautiful pictures on the walls.
Jane had a treadle sewing machine, but she never did own a washing machine. She scrubbed the clothes on a wash board over the tub of billowing suds, and sang as she worked.
Her husband died at "The Green", where Lucy lived. He spent the greater share of his married life with Lucy, who had, in all, eight children.
In 1912, Jane's sister, Emma Seegmiller,went to Salt Lake City with her son, Dan, who was leaving for his foreign mission, and Jane accompanied them. Emma and Jane spent some time in Salt Lake City and in Heber City, where they had lived, visiting their many relatives. It must have been on this trip that Jane attended the opera "Faust". She was a great lover of the opera and drama, and she rehearsed the story of the opera to her family and grandchildren after returning.
Terrence and Gerald attended school at the Brigham Young University Terrence also attended the Agricultural Collegein Logan, and went on a mission to the Southern States. Her oldest son, Alvin, married Bernice Hindmarsh of Provo on October 5, 1917, and they had two children--Ronald, who died
in infancy, and Ferron. They lived in Provo.
Terrence married Mona Patterson of St. Johns, Arizona on May 12, 1920 and they had four sons--Pay, Jay, Max, and Bill. Gerald went on a mission to New Zealand. He married Ione Huish of Provo on December 12, 1923, and they had two children--Phil and Ann Carroll. They have lived in Provo and Southern California. In 1928 Martha's last child was born; her children being Annie, Maria, Willard (who died in childhood), Jane Norene, Esther, Elbert, Malcolm, Twila, Laura, and Gerald.
The activities of the ward and community meant a great deal to my grandmother, and she was an active participant. She taught a class of young girls in the Mutual Improvement Association. She was a Relief Society Visiting Teacher for many years. She served on many committees for ward celebrations, especially for the Fourth and Twenty-fourth of July. She often gave refreshments to the members of the brass band and the string band as they serenaded the town on the mornings of those celebrations. She regularly attended Sacrament Meeting and Sunday School until the time of her death. Grandmother always attended the programs and home-town dramas, and was a good critic of them, as well as giving enthusiastic praise for performances well presented.She loved to visit with her brothers and sisters and the home of her mother was a favorite gathering place for the sisters especially. On these occasions there were always good conversations. Her youngest sister, Amy, recalled in later years that their conversations centered around the subjects of religion, politics, and character.
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Death Certificate:
Name: Sarah Jane Carroll Heaton
Informant: Martha Porter, Orderville, Utah
Death date: 09 Dec 1949
Death place: Kane County Hospital, Kanab, Kane, Utah
Usual residence: Orderville, Kane, Utah
Burial: Orderville, Kane, Utah
Birth date: Feb 2, 1864
Birth place: Utah
Age at death: 85 years 10 months 7 days
Cause of death: Myocardial decomposation (?) Partial intestinal obstruction
Gender: Female
Marital status: Married
Race or color: White
Spouse name: Alvin Franklin Heaton
Father name: Charles Myers Carroll
Father birth: Canada
Mother name: Kezia Ann Giles Heaton
Mother birth: England
GSU film number: 2224900
Digital GS number: 4120940
Image number: 490
Reference number: 130013
Collection: Utah Death Certificates 1904-1956
SARAH JANE CARROLL HEATON
Sarah Jane Carroll was born in Heber City, Utah, on February 2, 1864, the fourth child and third daughter of Charles Negus Carroll and his wife, Kezia Giles Carroll. Jane, as she was called, was baptized in Spring Creek by John Horriks, and confirmed by George Thompson on August 25, 1872.
Two incidents are related about her childhood. While living in Heber City, some relatives from Salt Lake City came to visit. Jane went and got her Sunday shoes and was putting them on when her father said, "Janey, I'll have to get a cage and take you around to show off." Her mother came in and made her take off the Sunday shoes, for they were not allowed to wear Sunday shoes on week days. All her life she took particular care of her shoes--she had nice ones, and a nice foot to put them on.
When they first settled in Heber City, the grasshoppers came so thick that a person could not even see the sun. About dusk they would begin to settle. The children and others would take willows and "shoo" the grasshoppers to the bottom of the field to a sort of willow trap her father had fixed, and they would settle on that, and then they would burn them. This helped to save the wheat crop. Jane was about seven or eight years old at this time.
Jane was fourteen years old when her father and family moved to Southern Utah to join the United Order in Orderville.
They made the trip by ox team. At their new location all engaged wholeheartedly in the activities of the United Order living, and Jane and her sisters worked in the community kitchen and dining room.
She had been in the new community less than a year when she had a suitor, he being William H. Clayton of the neighboring town of Glendale, who wrote to her on January 12, 1879.
It was one of her classmates at school in Orderville, Alvin Franklin Heaton, who won her heart and hand. Jane turned sixteen in February and on the following September 29, 1880, she and Alvin were married in the St. George Temple. They traveled by team and stopped on the way to stay with her married sister, Lucy Heaton, at the Cotton Farm in Dixie.
After their marriage, they moved into a new house which had been built by the United Order, called the "Section" house. Their first child, Esther, was born there on October 3, 1881.
Jane's husband courted Miss Lucy Spencer, also, and they were married on March 10, 1882. Lucy, too, lived a short while in part of the "Section" house, which was a mile down the valley from Orderville.
Before the next child, Martha (who was born on August 7, 1883), they had moved to the upper part of Orderville, where the gardens and orchards were. They lived in the Garden House, which was built for the gardener. Her husband was called to supervise this part of the work. All the rest of the children were born in the Garden House, where Jane continued to live for over twenty-five years. Charles Willard was born on January 30, 1886; Alvin Franklin on November 25, 1890; Terrence Carroll on July 11, 1895 and Gerald Frederick on September 16, 1899.
In June of 1886, her husband left to go on a mission for the Church to West Virginia, leaving her with three little children.
He returned home in 1888. While he was gone, his brothers, chiefly Jonathan, helped to care for the family.
Her husband's other wife, Lucy, lived at Moccasin. Lucy's twins, Lucy and Louisa, were born there, however, Baby Louisa died at the age of one month, in January of 1896. Her body was taken to Orderville where Jane prepared it for burial. Two of her own children had previously passed away, both having the disease diabetes--Esther died at the age of eight in 1890, and Charles Willard passed away when he was seven years old,in 1893.
The Garden House became the personal property of the Heatons when the "Order broke up" sometime in the 1880's. I remember seeing Grandma make the beds in the west bedroom, which was one step down. Against the south wall was a dressing table with a ruffled skirt. On the table stood two coal-oil lamps with bright little ruffled covers over the tops of the chimneys. One of Jane's nieces recalled the long lace curtains in the parlor, and the rocking horse. There was a stairway to the attic, and they kept the old sword in it's scabbard there. Grandma loaned this sword so many times to be used in theatricals that it became lost.
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the United Order was celebrated with a great Jubilee. The celebration was held in the newly-completed dance and theatrical hall in July of 1900. Members of the general Jubilee committee were as follows: Isaiah Bowers, Heber Meeks; Maria Porter, Jane Keaton. Committee meetings were held in the Garden House.
They had one big dinner in the hall. At this dinner there was so much food left, they put it in a box and passed it around in the dance. They sent out invitations to all who had lived in the United Order. Many people came.
Emma Seegmiller recorded in her "Personal Memories of the United Order of Orderville",the following incident, as told to her by her sister, Jane: "A young boy and girl, Indians of the Moccasin Tribe, were courting. A friendly St. George Indian came to visit with them. He fell in love with the girl and she with him. They ran off to St. George. The Moccasin Indian brought her back. Her St. George lover followed. To decide the matter, she was forced to run the gauntlet. She was handled roughly but not seriously hurt. As soon as she broke through the line, she ran to her St. George lover, who was then allowed to take her home, This took place at Pipe Springs Point."
On September 5, 1900 Jane's daughter, Martha was married inthe St. George Temple to Francis Alvin Porter of Orderville. My mother, Martha, has always lived in Orderville.
Jane's husband built for each of his wives a beautiful frame house, painted white, each surrounded by lawn and white picket fence, which are still beautiful today. Jane's house was built a few years before her husband's death in 1910. There was also a barn for the livestock, and an orchard and garden spot. This property, near where the Garden House stood, was always kept in good condition. The new home had a beautiful parlor, which contained her treasures and keepsakes, and there were beautiful pictures on the walls.
Jane had a treadle sewing machine, but she never did own a washing machine. She scrubbed the clothes on a wash board over the tub of billowing suds, and sang as she worked.
Her husband died at "The Green", where Lucy lived. He spent the greater share of his married life with Lucy, who had, in all, eight children.
In 1912, Jane's sister, Emma Seegmiller,went to Salt Lake City with her son, Dan, who was leaving for his foreign mission, and Jane accompanied them. Emma and Jane spent some time in Salt Lake City and in Heber City, where they had lived, visiting their many relatives. It must have been on this trip that Jane attended the opera "Faust". She was a great lover of the opera and drama, and she rehearsed the story of the opera to her family and grandchildren after returning.
Terrence and Gerald attended school at the Brigham Young University Terrence also attended the Agricultural Collegein Logan, and went on a mission to the Southern States. Her oldest son, Alvin, married Bernice Hindmarsh of Provo on October 5, 1917, and they had two children--Ronald, who died
in infancy, and Ferron. They lived in Provo.
Terrence married Mona Patterson of St. Johns, Arizona on May 12, 1920 and they had four sons--Pay, Jay, Max, and Bill. Gerald went on a mission to New Zealand. He married Ione Huish of Provo on December 12, 1923, and they had two children--Phil and Ann Carroll. They have lived in Provo and Southern California. In 1928 Martha's last child was born; her children being Annie, Maria, Willard (who died in childhood), Jane Norene, Esther, Elbert, Malcolm, Twila, Laura, and Gerald.
The activities of the ward and community meant a great deal to my grandmother, and she was an active participant. She taught a class of young girls in the Mutual Improvement Association. She was a Relief Society Visiting Teacher for many years. She served on many committees for ward celebrations, especially for the Fourth and Twenty-fourth of July. She often gave refreshments to the members of the brass band and the string band as they serenaded the town on the mornings of those celebrations. She regularly attended Sacrament Meeting and Sunday School until the time of her death. Grandmother always attended the programs and home-town dramas, and was a good critic of them, as well as giving enthusiastic praise for performances well presented.She loved to visit with her brothers and sisters and the home of her mother was a favorite gathering place for the sisters especially. On these occasions there were always good conversations. Her youngest sister, Amy, recalled in later years that their conversations centered around the subjects of religion, politics, and character.
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Death Certificate:
Name: Sarah Jane Carroll Heaton
Informant: Martha Porter, Orderville, Utah
Death date: 09 Dec 1949
Death place: Kane County Hospital, Kanab, Kane, Utah
Usual residence: Orderville, Kane, Utah
Burial: Orderville, Kane, Utah
Birth date: Feb 2, 1864
Birth place: Utah
Age at death: 85 years 10 months 7 days
Cause of death: Myocardial decomposation (?) Partial intestinal obstruction
Gender: Female
Marital status: Married
Race or color: White
Spouse name: Alvin Franklin Heaton
Father name: Charles Myers Carroll
Father birth: Canada
Mother name: Kezia Ann Giles Heaton
Mother birth: England
GSU film number: 2224900
Digital GS number: 4120940
Image number: 490
Reference number: 130013
Collection: Utah Death Certificates 1904-1956
Sarah Jane Carroll was born in Heber City, Utah, on February 2, 1864, the fourth child and third daughter of Charles Negus Carroll and his wife, Kezia Giles Carroll. Jane, as she was called, was baptized in Spring Creek by John Horriks, and confirmed by George Thompson on August 25, 1872.
Two incidents are related about her childhood. While living in Heber City, some relatives from Salt Lake City came to visit. Jane went and got her Sunday shoes and was putting them on when her father said, "Janey, I'll have to get a cage and take you around to show off." Her mother came in and made her take off the Sunday shoes, for they were not allowed to wear Sunday shoes on week days. All her life she took particular care of her shoes--she had nice ones, and a nice foot to put them on.
When they first settled in Heber City, the grasshoppers came so thick that a person could not even see the sun. About dusk they would begin to settle. The children and others would take willows and "shoo" the grasshoppers to the bottom of the field to a sort of willow trap her father had fixed, and they would settle on that, and then they would burn them. This helped to save the wheat crop. Jane was about seven or eight years old at this time.
Jane was fourteen years old when her father and family moved to Southern Utah to join the United Order in Orderville.
They made the trip by ox team. At their new location all engaged wholeheartedly in the activities of the United Order living, and Jane and her sisters worked in the community kitchen and dining room.
She had been in the new community less than a year when she had a suitor, he being William H. Clayton of the neighboring town of Glendale, who wrote to her on January 12, 1879.
It was one of her classmates at school in Orderville, Alvin Franklin Heaton, who won her heart and hand. Jane turned sixteen in February and on the following September 29, 1880, she and Alvin were married in the St. George Temple. They traveled by team and stopped on the way to stay with her married sister, Lucy Heaton, at the Cotton Farm in Dixie.
After their marriage, they moved into a new house which had been built by the United Order, called the "Section" house. Their first child, Esther, was born there on October 3, 1881.
Jane's husband courted Miss Lucy Spencer, also, and they were married on March 10, 1882. Lucy, too, lived a short while in part of the "Section" house, which was a mile down the valley from Orderville.
Before the next child, Martha (who was born on August 7, 1883), they had moved to the upper part of Orderville, where the gardens and orchards were. They lived in the Garden House, which was built for the gardener. Her husband was called to supervise this part of the work. All the rest of the children were born in the Garden House, where Jane continued to live for over twenty-five years. Charles Willard was born on January 30, 1886; Alvin Franklin on November 25, 1890; Terrence Carroll on July 11, 1895 and Gerald Frederick on September 16, 1899.
In June of 1886, her husband left to go on a mission for the Church to West Virginia, leaving her with three little children.
He returned home in 1888. While he was gone, his brothers, chiefly Jonathan, helped to care for the family.
Her husband's other wife, Lucy, lived at Moccasin. Lucy's twins, Lucy and Louisa, were born there, however, Baby Louisa died at the age of one month, in January of 1896. Her body was taken to Orderville where Jane prepared it for burial. Two of her own children had previously passed away, both having the disease diabetes--Esther died at the age of eight in 1890, and Charles Willard passed away when he was seven years old,in 1893.
The Garden House became the personal property of the Heatons when the "Order broke up" sometime in the 1880's. I remember seeing Grandma make the beds in the west bedroom, which was one step down. Against the south wall was a dressing table with a ruffled skirt. On the table stood two coal-oil lamps with bright little ruffled covers over the tops of the chimneys. One of Jane's nieces recalled the long lace curtains in the parlor, and the rocking horse. There was a stairway to the attic, and they kept the old sword in it's scabbard there. Grandma loaned this sword so many times to be used in theatricals that it became lost.
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the United Order was celebrated with a great Jubilee. The celebration was held in the newly-completed dance and theatrical hall in July of 1900. Members of the general Jubilee committee were as follows: Isaiah Bowers, Heber Meeks; Maria Porter, Jane Keaton. Committee meetings were held in the Garden House.
They had one big dinner in the hall. At this dinner there was so much food left, they put it in a box and passed it around in the dance. They sent out invitations to all who had lived in the United Order. Many people came.
Emma Seegmiller recorded in her "Personal Memories of the United Order of Orderville",the following incident, as told to her by her sister, Jane: "A young boy and girl, Indians of the Moccasin Tribe, were courting. A friendly St. George Indian came to visit with them. He fell in love with the girl and she with him. They ran off to St. George. The Moccasin Indian brought her back. Her St. George lover followed. To decide the matter, she was forced to run the gauntlet. She was handled roughly but not seriously hurt. As soon as she broke through the line, she ran to her St. George lover, who was then allowed to take her home, This took place at Pipe Springs Point."
On September 5, 1900 Jane's daughter, Martha was married inthe St. George Temple to Francis Alvin Porter of Orderville. My mother, Martha, has always lived in Orderville.
Jane's husband built for each of his wives a beautiful frame house, painted white, each surrounded by lawn and white picket fence, which are still beautiful today. Jane's house was built a few years before her husband's death in 1910. There was also a barn for the livestock, and an orchard and garden spot. This property, near where the Garden House stood, was always kept in good condition. The new home had a beautiful parlor, which contained her treasures and keepsakes, and there were beautiful pictures on the walls.
Jane had a treadle sewing machine, but she never did own a washing machine. She scrubbed the clothes on a wash board over the tub of billowing suds, and sang as she worked.
Her husband died at "The Green", where Lucy lived. He spent the greater share of his married life with Lucy, who had, in all, eight children.
In 1912, Jane's sister, Emma Seegmiller,went to Salt Lake City with her son, Dan, who was leaving for his foreign mission, and Jane accompanied them. Emma and Jane spent some time in Salt Lake City and in Heber City, where they had lived, visiting their many relatives. It must have been on this trip that Jane attended the opera "Faust". She was a great lover of the opera and drama, and she rehearsed the story of the opera to her family and grandchildren after returning.
Terrence and Gerald attended school at the Brigham Young University Terrence also attended the Agricultural Collegein Logan, and went on a mission to the Southern States. Her oldest son, Alvin, married Bernice Hindmarsh of Provo on October 5, 1917, and they had two children--Ronald, who died
in infancy, and Ferron. They lived in Provo.
Terrence married Mona Patterson of St. Johns, Arizona on May 12, 1920 and they had four sons--Pay, Jay, Max, and Bill. Gerald went on a mission to New Zealand. He married Ione Huish of Provo on December 12, 1923, and they had two children--Phil and Ann Carroll. They have lived in Provo and Southern California. In 1928 Martha's last child was born; her children being Annie, Maria, Willard (who died in childhood), Jane Norene, Esther, Elbert, Malcolm, Twila, Laura, and Gerald.
The activities of the ward and community meant a great deal to my grandmother, and she was an active participant. She taught a class of young girls in the Mutual Improvement Association. She was a Relief Society Visiting Teacher for many years. She served on many committees for ward celebrations, especially for the Fourth and Twenty-fourth of July. She often gave refreshments to the members of the brass band and the string band as they serenaded the town on the mornings of those celebrations. She regularly attended Sacrament Meeting and Sunday School until the time of her death. Grandmother always attended the programs and home-town dramas, and was a good critic of them, as well as giving enthusiastic praise for performances well presented.She loved to visit with her brothers and sisters and the home of her mother was a favorite gathering place for the sisters especially. On these occasions there were always good conversations. Her youngest sister, Amy, recalled in later years that their conversations centered around the subjects of religion, politics, and character.
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Death Certificate:
Name: Sarah Jane Carroll Heaton
Informant: Martha Porter, Orderville, Utah
Death date: 09 Dec 1949
Death place: Kane County Hospital, Kanab, Kane, Utah
Usual residence: Orderville, Kane, Utah
Burial: Orderville, Kane, Utah
Birth date: Feb 2, 1864
Birth place: Utah
Age at death: 85 years 10 months 7 days
Cause of death: Myocardial decomposation (?) Partial intestinal obstruction
Gender: Female
Marital status: Married
Race or color: White
Spouse name: Alvin Franklin Heaton
Father name: Charles Myers Carroll
Father birth: Canada
Mother name: Kezia Ann Giles Heaton
Mother birth: England
GSU film number: 2224900
Digital GS number: 4120940
Image number: 490
Reference number: 130013
Collection: Utah Death Certificates 1904-1956
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Willard Carroll
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George Carroll
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Emma Isabelle Carroll Higbee
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