Priscilla was born on December 12, 1871 in Salt Lake City, Utah to William Cook and Ellen Wheatley.
Ellen W Cook, Priscilla's mother died, 9 days after the birth of her 4th child, Ellen with blood poison, when Priscilla was 5. After that, Priscilla was cared for by her grandmothers Clifton and Wheatley for 1 ½ years until William remarried Mary Horrocks Taylor of Heber, a widow, who had three children of her own, so they had considerable trouble and separated in a short time. Then William moved back to Salt Lake and Priscilla was taken care of by her grandmothers. Priscilla and Lida were taken care of by her grandmother Jane Wheatley, and then the other, Elizabeth Clifton. Baby Ellen was taken care of by Elizabeth Clifton of Wallsburg until she was five or six years old. William married Lydia Hartle in 1879, when Priscilla was 8.
All of Priscilla's education was received "in an old lady's kitchen. I sat at the back of her cook stove with my face to the wall. Our desk was a long shelf slightly tipped for writing which was nailed to the wall. We sat on a wooden bench. This lady charged 25 cents a week for each one of us. I never went to District school, and all the education I got was what would now be up to the third grade."
"In Sunday School I held up my hand with the class to say that I would keep the word of wisdom and have tried to do so. As a child I had great faith in prayer and the principles of the gospel as I understood them."
When Priscilla was 16 she served an apprenticeship 6 months learning the art of making clothing. After her apprenticeship was done, she received a dress model worth $5.00 and then she started making dresses for $2.50 per week, in time her wages were raised to $3 per week.
Priscilla would frequently stay up all night, sewing funeral clothes for the dead, as there were no morticians in those days. The Relief Society took care of all the arrangements for the dead. After completing the garment, she would go home alone in the dark in a horse drawn buggy.
William, (who had been employed by her father William Cook & also William was the younger brother of Lydia Hartle, whom Priscilla's father had married), and Priscilla married on May 10, 1891 in her father's home. Her father had some repair work done in the house because the plaster was very old. The scaffolding didn't get removed until the night before the wedding, and they had to scramble to get the house ready. The next day after the wedding they moved to Pocatello Idaho where William was employed in the railroad shops.
After the birth of her first baby, Frank in Idaho, Priscilla was very ill for some time. Their baby was 21 days old when he very ill with erysipelas in his face, so William sent his wife and baby back to her folks in SLC for 2 weeks, while he prepared to join a group of families who were moving to the Ashley Valley. Priscilla had a strong desire to go home and have her father's neighbor give Frank a blessing, and felt certain that he would be made well. The neighbor was sought out, the blessing given, and Frank was healed. Priscilla was able to join William in Ogden 2 weeks later as planned so that they could complete their journey to the Ashley Valley, in the Uintah Basin, Utah. It took 2 weeks to make this trip.
The rest of William and Priscilla's children were born in the Ashley Valley ( now known as Vernal, Utah). During their marriage they had 3 homes made of logs with a mud roof.
William decided to settle in "Dry Fork". He would go to the mountains to get out some house logs, leaving his wife and baby alone from early in the morning until late at night. Priscilla had never been out of the city in her life before marriage and was afraid of everything, especially the cattle. One day some cattle came by and were going to eat the babies clothes that were hanging on the line. She was so frightened and screamed so loudly that she frightened the cattle away, thereby saving the clothes.
The wagon was unloaded so that William could go to the mountain to get the logs William threw up the walls as soon as he could as his family had no shelter until he got the roof on, over their heads. There was no floor, windows or a door, but they were glad for as much as it was.
Life was very hard in this first home; William dug a well 47 foot deep, and still found no water. He built a reservoir to hold water, but the reservoirs would wash out, cattle wander away to search for water, so water had too had to be brought to their home from long distances. While this was going on, Priscilla began to realize that her children should have the chance to go to Sunday School and Primary, and she began to wish that some change might be made so it would be possible. During the winter they decided that they must again give up their land and move away. The Bishop in the area had told William that they were in danger there of being killed by the Indians, being out so far away from other families. Then also under the advice of William Cook, Priscilla's father, they decided to move to the Valley to Steinaker Draw (about 8 miles from Vernal) where they built again and lived for 5 years. Priscilla lived in a brush shanty while William got a 1 room log cabin built. They still lived so far away from the meeting house that they could only attend church about 1 time a month.
On Dec 12, 1894 Rebecca Hartle was born.
On July 30, 1897 , Lida Hartle was born.
On March 12 1900 their fourth child was born, Rhuben Hartle.
Finally they bought 80 acres on Ashley Creek. They bought it on time and parted with all of their cattle to make a payment on it. . Here they only lived 2 miles away from the church so they were able to attend regularly. The land was covered with brush of various kinds. They both worked very hard to clear and brake up the land as we had a family to support and machinery to buy, and pay for the land at the same time. They borrowed a cow so that the children might have milk. After about 3 years they began to do better financially and they were able to buy 2 cows.
William planted another orchard , north of the house and some shade trees on the south of the house. In the summertime they moved the wood stove outside to do their cooking there. They lived there for 21 years.
Priscilla also bought an old carpet loom so she could help make the living. And she discovered that Rebecca could play an organ by ear, so she saved her money and bought an organ, even though there wasn't really room for it in the cabin.
Around 1901 their ward teachers came and urged them to go to the temple. They had to work hard for this trip, some times working far into the night. Then as the only way to travel, was by team and wagon; it took them 6 ½ days to get to Salt Lake City. While they were there, President Snow died. On the 9th of Oct 1901 their family was sealed in the temple for time and all Eternity, which made them very happy...then for the long trip home.
William decided to settle in "Dry Fork". He would go to the mountains to get out some house logs, leaving his wife and baby alone from early in the morning until late at night. Priscilla had never been out of the city in her life before marriage and was afraid of everything, especially the cattle. One day some cattle came by and were going to eat the babies clothes that were hanging on the line. She was so frightened and screamed so loudly that she frightened the cattle away, thereby saving the clothes.
The wagon was unloaded so that William could go to the mountain to get the logs William threw up the walls as soon as he could as his family had no shelter until he got the roof on, over their heads. There was no floor, windows or a door, but they were glad for as much as it was.
Life was very hard in this first home; William dug a well 47 foot deep, and still found no water. He built a reservoir to hold water, but the reservoirs would wash out, cattle wander away to search for water, so water had too had to be brought to their home from long distances. While this was going on, Priscilla began to realize that her children should have the chance to go to Sunday School and Primary, and she began to wish that some change might be made so it would be possible. During the winter they decided that they must again give up their land and move away. The Bishop in the area had told William that they were in danger there of being killed by the Indians, being out so far away from other families. Then also under the advice of William Cook, Priscilla's father, they decided to move to the Valley to Steinaker Draw (about 8 miles from Vernal) where they built again and lived for 5 years. Priscilla lived in a brush shanty while William got a 1 room log cabin built. They still lived so far away from the meeting house that they could only attend church about 1 time a month.
On Dec 12, 1894 Rebecca Hartle was born.
On July 30, 1897 , Lida Hartle was born.
On March 12 1900 their fourth child was born, Rhuben Hartle.
Finally they bought 80 acres on Ashley Creek. They bought it on time and parted with all of their cattle to make a payment on it. . Here they only lived 2 miles away from the church so they were able to attend regularly. The land was covered with brush of various kinds. They both worked very hard to clear and brake up the land as we had a family to support and machinery to buy, and pay for the land at the same time. They borrowed a cow so that the children might have milk. After about 3 years they began to do better financially and they were able to buy 2 cows.
William planted another orchard , north of the house and some shade trees on the south of the house. In the summertime they moved the wood stove outside to do their cooking there. They lived there for 21 years.
Priscilla also bought an old carpet loom so she could help make the living. And she discovered that Rebecca could play an organ by ear, so she saved her money and bought an organ, even though there wasn't really room for it in the cabin.
In 1915 Priscilla's ward was Vernal first ward was divided, and Priscilla was chosen councilor in the Ashley Relief Society. The RS first rented a two room log house with a dirt roof, and this was their meeting place. But we soon had to part with it and met in the home of the people. Then we decided to build a RS home. One man donated a log room and another sold his stable cheap. Others donated logs and lumber, farm produce and labor. We hired a carpenter to take the load and do all he could. The ladies donated eggs, chickens, garden stuff, grain, made quilts, rugs, etc. They also gave dances, raised beans and corn. "The building was completed after I had left the ward and returned to the Vernal First Ward. During the war we spent many days in our unfinished RS home, working for the Red Cross."
In 1918 they sold that home they lived in, and bought a place in Vernal First Ward and moved their family and furniture into tents while William built them a new home.
He bought an old frame School house that was cheap and they all worked at tearing it down carefully, so as not to injure any of the material. The men folks doing the hard work while the women pulled nails and straightened them for use in the new house. They worked so well that by September they moved into a comfortable home.
Priscilla had faith and used it on many occasions. Her oldest son Frank had trouble with his eyes which caused lots of headaches. She writes, " He and I fasted and prayed each Sunday so that they would get better. One Sunday when we came home from church, He took off his glasses and said he didn't need them anymore. His eyes were better now".
Priscilla became very interested in genealogical and temple work and helped organize a family organization to do research and genealogical work so that temple ordinances could be preformed and records kept of their ancestors. She kept at it for many years and did much good. The family donated money for research and temple work, and this helped the work to go forward.. She served faithfully in her church callings for many years.
William left home in September 1927 to go on a trip to see many of his relatives and children...going to Bennett, Provo, Salt Lake City, then on to Pocatello, and then other parts of Idaho. Then he left for the Logan hospital where he was operated on for a rupture (or hernia). He took Ether Pneumonia and died 21 November 1927. Priscilla had been notified of his illness by telegram and got to Logan to be with her husband as soon as she could, but he died shortly before she entered his room. They buried him in the Vernal Cemetery.
Priscillla had suffered for years with Hay fever and asthma. She was no longer able to take care of the farm, she rented it to a neighbor and went to Salt Lake City to "Be doctored and have a rest. I wanted to work in the temple also. I worked until the last of April and then returned home"
She stayed frequently at her daughter, Rebecca's home in Bennett when it was Winter.
Priscilla spent much of her last years doing temple work. We owe a great debt of gratitude to her and her children, Lida and Frank who also became heavily involved. Our ancestor, Rebecca, got Multiple Sclerosis and was paralyzed so she was unable to help. But the Family Organization that Priscilla helped to found, did much good and much work for the salvation of our dead. Priscilla Cook Hartle died Aug 2 1954 of pneumonia at the age of 83 years, in her own home in Vernal, Utah. She worked in her vegetable garden 3 days before she died. She was buried in Vernal.
Ellen W Cook, Priscilla's mother died, 9 days after the birth of her 4th child, Ellen with blood poison, when Priscilla was 5. After that, Priscilla was cared for by her grandmothers Clifton and Wheatley for 1 ½ years until William remarried Mary Horrocks Taylor of Heber, a widow, who had three children of her own, so they had considerable trouble and separated in a short time. Then William moved back to Salt Lake and Priscilla was taken care of by her grandmothers. Priscilla and Lida were taken care of by her grandmother Jane Wheatley, and then the other, Elizabeth Clifton. Baby Ellen was taken care of by Elizabeth Clifton of Wallsburg until she was five or six years old. William married Lydia Hartle in 1879, when Priscilla was 8.
All of Priscilla's education was received "in an old lady's kitchen. I sat at the back of her cook stove with my face to the wall. Our desk was a long shelf slightly tipped for writing which was nailed to the wall. We sat on a wooden bench. This lady charged 25 cents a week for each one of us. I never went to District school, and all the education I got was what would now be up to the third grade."
"In Sunday School I held up my hand with the class to say that I would keep the word of wisdom and have tried to do so. As a child I had great faith in prayer and the principles of the gospel as I understood them."
When Priscilla was 16 she served an apprenticeship 6 months learning the art of making clothing. After her apprenticeship was done, she received a dress model worth $5.00 and then she started making dresses for $2.50 per week, in time her wages were raised to $3 per week.
Priscilla would frequently stay up all night, sewing funeral clothes for the dead, as there were no morticians in those days. The Relief Society took care of all the arrangements for the dead. After completing the garment, she would go home alone in the dark in a horse drawn buggy.
William, (who had been employed by her father William Cook & also William was the younger brother of Lydia Hartle, whom Priscilla's father had married), and Priscilla married on May 10, 1891 in her father's home. Her father had some repair work done in the house because the plaster was very old. The scaffolding didn't get removed until the night before the wedding, and they had to scramble to get the house ready. The next day after the wedding they moved to Pocatello Idaho where William was employed in the railroad shops.
After the birth of her first baby, Frank in Idaho, Priscilla was very ill for some time. Their baby was 21 days old when he very ill with erysipelas in his face, so William sent his wife and baby back to her folks in SLC for 2 weeks, while he prepared to join a group of families who were moving to the Ashley Valley. Priscilla had a strong desire to go home and have her father's neighbor give Frank a blessing, and felt certain that he would be made well. The neighbor was sought out, the blessing given, and Frank was healed. Priscilla was able to join William in Ogden 2 weeks later as planned so that they could complete their journey to the Ashley Valley, in the Uintah Basin, Utah. It took 2 weeks to make this trip.
The rest of William and Priscilla's children were born in the Ashley Valley ( now known as Vernal, Utah). During their marriage they had 3 homes made of logs with a mud roof.
William decided to settle in "Dry Fork". He would go to the mountains to get out some house logs, leaving his wife and baby alone from early in the morning until late at night. Priscilla had never been out of the city in her life before marriage and was afraid of everything, especially the cattle. One day some cattle came by and were going to eat the babies clothes that were hanging on the line. She was so frightened and screamed so loudly that she frightened the cattle away, thereby saving the clothes.
The wagon was unloaded so that William could go to the mountain to get the logs William threw up the walls as soon as he could as his family had no shelter until he got the roof on, over their heads. There was no floor, windows or a door, but they were glad for as much as it was.
Life was very hard in this first home; William dug a well 47 foot deep, and still found no water. He built a reservoir to hold water, but the reservoirs would wash out, cattle wander away to search for water, so water had too had to be brought to their home from long distances. While this was going on, Priscilla began to realize that her children should have the chance to go to Sunday School and Primary, and she began to wish that some change might be made so it would be possible. During the winter they decided that they must again give up their land and move away. The Bishop in the area had told William that they were in danger there of being killed by the Indians, being out so far away from other families. Then also under the advice of William Cook, Priscilla's father, they decided to move to the Valley to Steinaker Draw (about 8 miles from Vernal) where they built again and lived for 5 years. Priscilla lived in a brush shanty while William got a 1 room log cabin built. They still lived so far away from the meeting house that they could only attend church about 1 time a month.
On Dec 12, 1894 Rebecca Hartle was born.
On July 30, 1897 , Lida Hartle was born.
On March 12 1900 their fourth child was born, Rhuben Hartle.
Finally they bought 80 acres on Ashley Creek. They bought it on time and parted with all of their cattle to make a payment on it. . Here they only lived 2 miles away from the church so they were able to attend regularly. The land was covered with brush of various kinds. They both worked very hard to clear and brake up the land as we had a family to support and machinery to buy, and pay for the land at the same time. They borrowed a cow so that the children might have milk. After about 3 years they began to do better financially and they were able to buy 2 cows.
William planted another orchard , north of the house and some shade trees on the south of the house. In the summertime they moved the wood stove outside to do their cooking there. They lived there for 21 years.
Priscilla also bought an old carpet loom so she could help make the living. And she discovered that Rebecca could play an organ by ear, so she saved her money and bought an organ, even though there wasn't really room for it in the cabin.
Around 1901 their ward teachers came and urged them to go to the temple. They had to work hard for this trip, some times working far into the night. Then as the only way to travel, was by team and wagon; it took them 6 ½ days to get to Salt Lake City. While they were there, President Snow died. On the 9th of Oct 1901 their family was sealed in the temple for time and all Eternity, which made them very happy...then for the long trip home.
William decided to settle in "Dry Fork". He would go to the mountains to get out some house logs, leaving his wife and baby alone from early in the morning until late at night. Priscilla had never been out of the city in her life before marriage and was afraid of everything, especially the cattle. One day some cattle came by and were going to eat the babies clothes that were hanging on the line. She was so frightened and screamed so loudly that she frightened the cattle away, thereby saving the clothes.
The wagon was unloaded so that William could go to the mountain to get the logs William threw up the walls as soon as he could as his family had no shelter until he got the roof on, over their heads. There was no floor, windows or a door, but they were glad for as much as it was.
Life was very hard in this first home; William dug a well 47 foot deep, and still found no water. He built a reservoir to hold water, but the reservoirs would wash out, cattle wander away to search for water, so water had too had to be brought to their home from long distances. While this was going on, Priscilla began to realize that her children should have the chance to go to Sunday School and Primary, and she began to wish that some change might be made so it would be possible. During the winter they decided that they must again give up their land and move away. The Bishop in the area had told William that they were in danger there of being killed by the Indians, being out so far away from other families. Then also under the advice of William Cook, Priscilla's father, they decided to move to the Valley to Steinaker Draw (about 8 miles from Vernal) where they built again and lived for 5 years. Priscilla lived in a brush shanty while William got a 1 room log cabin built. They still lived so far away from the meeting house that they could only attend church about 1 time a month.
On Dec 12, 1894 Rebecca Hartle was born.
On July 30, 1897 , Lida Hartle was born.
On March 12 1900 their fourth child was born, Rhuben Hartle.
Finally they bought 80 acres on Ashley Creek. They bought it on time and parted with all of their cattle to make a payment on it. . Here they only lived 2 miles away from the church so they were able to attend regularly. The land was covered with brush of various kinds. They both worked very hard to clear and brake up the land as we had a family to support and machinery to buy, and pay for the land at the same time. They borrowed a cow so that the children might have milk. After about 3 years they began to do better financially and they were able to buy 2 cows.
William planted another orchard , north of the house and some shade trees on the south of the house. In the summertime they moved the wood stove outside to do their cooking there. They lived there for 21 years.
Priscilla also bought an old carpet loom so she could help make the living. And she discovered that Rebecca could play an organ by ear, so she saved her money and bought an organ, even though there wasn't really room for it in the cabin.
In 1915 Priscilla's ward was Vernal first ward was divided, and Priscilla was chosen councilor in the Ashley Relief Society. The RS first rented a two room log house with a dirt roof, and this was their meeting place. But we soon had to part with it and met in the home of the people. Then we decided to build a RS home. One man donated a log room and another sold his stable cheap. Others donated logs and lumber, farm produce and labor. We hired a carpenter to take the load and do all he could. The ladies donated eggs, chickens, garden stuff, grain, made quilts, rugs, etc. They also gave dances, raised beans and corn. "The building was completed after I had left the ward and returned to the Vernal First Ward. During the war we spent many days in our unfinished RS home, working for the Red Cross."
In 1918 they sold that home they lived in, and bought a place in Vernal First Ward and moved their family and furniture into tents while William built them a new home.
He bought an old frame School house that was cheap and they all worked at tearing it down carefully, so as not to injure any of the material. The men folks doing the hard work while the women pulled nails and straightened them for use in the new house. They worked so well that by September they moved into a comfortable home.
Priscilla had faith and used it on many occasions. Her oldest son Frank had trouble with his eyes which caused lots of headaches. She writes, " He and I fasted and prayed each Sunday so that they would get better. One Sunday when we came home from church, He took off his glasses and said he didn't need them anymore. His eyes were better now".
Priscilla became very interested in genealogical and temple work and helped organize a family organization to do research and genealogical work so that temple ordinances could be preformed and records kept of their ancestors. She kept at it for many years and did much good. The family donated money for research and temple work, and this helped the work to go forward.. She served faithfully in her church callings for many years.
William left home in September 1927 to go on a trip to see many of his relatives and children...going to Bennett, Provo, Salt Lake City, then on to Pocatello, and then other parts of Idaho. Then he left for the Logan hospital where he was operated on for a rupture (or hernia). He took Ether Pneumonia and died 21 November 1927. Priscilla had been notified of his illness by telegram and got to Logan to be with her husband as soon as she could, but he died shortly before she entered his room. They buried him in the Vernal Cemetery.
Priscillla had suffered for years with Hay fever and asthma. She was no longer able to take care of the farm, she rented it to a neighbor and went to Salt Lake City to "Be doctored and have a rest. I wanted to work in the temple also. I worked until the last of April and then returned home"
She stayed frequently at her daughter, Rebecca's home in Bennett when it was Winter.
Priscilla spent much of her last years doing temple work. We owe a great debt of gratitude to her and her children, Lida and Frank who also became heavily involved. Our ancestor, Rebecca, got Multiple Sclerosis and was paralyzed so she was unable to help. But the Family Organization that Priscilla helped to found, did much good and much work for the salvation of our dead. Priscilla Cook Hartle died Aug 2 1954 of pneumonia at the age of 83 years, in her own home in Vernal, Utah. She worked in her vegetable garden 3 days before she died. She was buried in Vernal.
Priscilla was born on December 12, 1871 in Salt Lake City, Utah to William Cook and Ellen Wheatley.
Ellen W Cook, Priscilla's mother died, 9 days after the birth of her 4th child, Ellen with blood poison, when Priscilla was 5. After that, Priscilla was cared for by her grandmothers Clifton and Wheatley for 1 ½ years until William remarried Mary Horrocks Taylor of Heber, a widow, who had three children of her own, so they had considerable trouble and separated in a short time. Then William moved back to Salt Lake and Priscilla was taken care of by her grandmothers. Priscilla and Lida were taken care of by her grandmother Jane Wheatley, and then the other, Elizabeth Clifton. Baby Ellen was taken care of by Elizabeth Clifton of Wallsburg until she was five or six years old. William married Lydia Hartle in 1879, when Priscilla was 8.
All of Priscilla's education was received "in an old lady's kitchen. I sat at the back of her cook stove with my face to the wall. Our desk was a long shelf slightly tipped for writing which was nailed to the wall. We sat on a wooden bench. This lady charged 25 cents a week for each one of us. I never went to District school, and all the education I got was what would now be up to the third grade."
"In Sunday School I held up my hand with the class to say that I would keep the word of wisdom and have tried to do so. As a child I had great faith in prayer and the principles of the gospel as I understood them."
When Priscilla was 16 she served an apprenticeship 6 months learning the art of making clothing. After her apprenticeship was done, she received a dress model worth $5.00 and then she started making dresses for $2.50 per week, in time her wages were raised to $3 per week.
Priscilla would frequently stay up all night, sewing funeral clothes for the dead, as there were no morticians in those days. The Relief Society took care of all the arrangements for the dead. After completing the garment, she would go home alone in the dark in a horse drawn buggy.
William, (who had been employed by her father William Cook & also William was the younger brother of Lydia Hartle, whom Priscilla's father had married), and Priscilla married on May 10, 1891 in her father's home. Her father had some repair work done in the house because the plaster was very old. The scaffolding didn't get removed until the night before the wedding, and they had to scramble to get the house ready. The next day after the wedding they moved to Pocatello Idaho where William was employed in the railroad shops.
After the birth of her first baby, Frank in Idaho, Priscilla was very ill for some time. Their baby was 21 days old when he very ill with erysipelas in his face, so William sent his wife and baby back to her folks in SLC for 2 weeks, while he prepared to join a group of families who were moving to the Ashley Valley. Priscilla had a strong desire to go home and have her father's neighbor give Frank a blessing, and felt certain that he would be made well. The neighbor was sought out, the blessing given, and Frank was healed. Priscilla was able to join William in Ogden 2 weeks later as planned so that they could complete their journey to the Ashley Valley, in the Uintah Basin, Utah. It took 2 weeks to make this trip.
The rest of William and Priscilla's children were born in the Ashley Valley ( now known as Vernal, Utah). During their marriage they had 3 homes made of logs with a mud roof.
William decided to settle in "Dry Fork". He would go to the mountains to get out some house logs, leaving his wife and baby alone from early in the morning until late at night. Priscilla had never been out of the city in her life before marriage and was afraid of everything, especially the cattle. One day some cattle came by and were going to eat the babies clothes that were hanging on the line. She was so frightened and screamed so loudly that she frightened the cattle away, thereby saving the clothes.
The wagon was unloaded so that William could go to the mountain to get the logs William threw up the walls as soon as he could as his family had no shelter until he got the roof on, over their heads. There was no floor, windows or a door, but they were glad for as much as it was.
Life was very hard in this first home; William dug a well 47 foot deep, and still found no water. He built a reservoir to hold water, but the reservoirs would wash out, cattle wander away to search for water, so water had too had to be brought to their home from long distances. While this was going on, Priscilla began to realize that her children should have the chance to go to Sunday School and Primary, and she began to wish that some change might be made so it would be possible. During the winter they decided that they must again give up their land and move away. The Bishop in the area had told William that they were in danger there of being killed by the Indians, being out so far away from other families. Then also under the advice of William Cook, Priscilla's father, they decided to move to the Valley to Steinaker Draw (about 8 miles from Vernal) where they built again and lived for 5 years. Priscilla lived in a brush shanty while William got a 1 room log cabin built. They still lived so far away from the meeting house that they could only attend church about 1 time a month.
On Dec 12, 1894 Rebecca Hartle was born.
On July 30, 1897 , Lida Hartle was born.
On March 12 1900 their fourth child was born, Rhuben Hartle.
Finally they bought 80 acres on Ashley Creek. They bought it on time and parted with all of their cattle to make a payment on it. . Here they only lived 2 miles away from the church so they were able to attend regularly. The land was covered with brush of various kinds. They both worked very hard to clear and brake up the land as we had a family to support and machinery to buy, and pay for the land at the same time. They borrowed a cow so that the children might have milk. After about 3 years they began to do better financially and they were able to buy 2 cows.
William planted another orchard , north of the house and some shade trees on the south of the house. In the summertime they moved the wood stove outside to do their cooking there. They lived there for 21 years.
Priscilla also bought an old carpet loom so she could help make the living. And she discovered that Rebecca could play an organ by ear, so she saved her money and bought an organ, even though there wasn't really room for it in the cabin.
Around 1901 their ward teachers came and urged them to go to the temple. They had to work hard for this trip, some times working far into the night. Then as the only way to travel, was by team and wagon; it took them 6 ½ days to get to Salt Lake City. While they were there, President Snow died. On the 9th of Oct 1901 their family was sealed in the temple for time and all Eternity, which made them very happy...then for the long trip home.
William decided to settle in "Dry Fork". He would go to the mountains to get out some house logs, leaving his wife and baby alone from early in the morning until late at night. Priscilla had never been out of the city in her life before marriage and was afraid of everything, especially the cattle. One day some cattle came by and were going to eat the babies clothes that were hanging on the line. She was so frightened and screamed so loudly that she frightened the cattle away, thereby saving the clothes.
The wagon was unloaded so that William could go to the mountain to get the logs William threw up the walls as soon as he could as his family had no shelter until he got the roof on, over their heads. There was no floor, windows or a door, but they were glad for as much as it was.
Life was very hard in this first home; William dug a well 47 foot deep, and still found no water. He built a reservoir to hold water, but the reservoirs would wash out, cattle wander away to search for water, so water had too had to be brought to their home from long distances. While this was going on, Priscilla began to realize that her children should have the chance to go to Sunday School and Primary, and she began to wish that some change might be made so it would be possible. During the winter they decided that they must again give up their land and move away. The Bishop in the area had told William that they were in danger there of being killed by the Indians, being out so far away from other families. Then also under the advice of William Cook, Priscilla's father, they decided to move to the Valley to Steinaker Draw (about 8 miles from Vernal) where they built again and lived for 5 years. Priscilla lived in a brush shanty while William got a 1 room log cabin built. They still lived so far away from the meeting house that they could only attend church about 1 time a month.
On Dec 12, 1894 Rebecca Hartle was born.
On July 30, 1897 , Lida Hartle was born.
On March 12 1900 their fourth child was born, Rhuben Hartle.
Finally they bought 80 acres on Ashley Creek. They bought it on time and parted with all of their cattle to make a payment on it. . Here they only lived 2 miles away from the church so they were able to attend regularly. The land was covered with brush of various kinds. They both worked very hard to clear and brake up the land as we had a family to support and machinery to buy, and pay for the land at the same time. They borrowed a cow so that the children might have milk. After about 3 years they began to do better financially and they were able to buy 2 cows.
William planted another orchard , north of the house and some shade trees on the south of the house. In the summertime they moved the wood stove outside to do their cooking there. They lived there for 21 years.
Priscilla also bought an old carpet loom so she could help make the living. And she discovered that Rebecca could play an organ by ear, so she saved her money and bought an organ, even though there wasn't really room for it in the cabin.
In 1915 Priscilla's ward was Vernal first ward was divided, and Priscilla was chosen councilor in the Ashley Relief Society. The RS first rented a two room log house with a dirt roof, and this was their meeting place. But we soon had to part with it and met in the home of the people. Then we decided to build a RS home. One man donated a log room and another sold his stable cheap. Others donated logs and lumber, farm produce and labor. We hired a carpenter to take the load and do all he could. The ladies donated eggs, chickens, garden stuff, grain, made quilts, rugs, etc. They also gave dances, raised beans and corn. "The building was completed after I had left the ward and returned to the Vernal First Ward. During the war we spent many days in our unfinished RS home, working for the Red Cross."
In 1918 they sold that home they lived in, and bought a place in Vernal First Ward and moved their family and furniture into tents while William built them a new home.
He bought an old frame School house that was cheap and they all worked at tearing it down carefully, so as not to injure any of the material. The men folks doing the hard work while the women pulled nails and straightened them for use in the new house. They worked so well that by September they moved into a comfortable home.
Priscilla had faith and used it on many occasions. Her oldest son Frank had trouble with his eyes which caused lots of headaches. She writes, " He and I fasted and prayed each Sunday so that they would get better. One Sunday when we came home from church, He took off his glasses and said he didn't need them anymore. His eyes were better now".
Priscilla became very interested in genealogical and temple work and helped organize a family organization to do research and genealogical work so that temple ordinances could be preformed and records kept of their ancestors. She kept at it for many years and did much good. The family donated money for research and temple work, and this helped the work to go forward.. She served faithfully in her church callings for many years.
William left home in September 1927 to go on a trip to see many of his relatives and children...going to Bennett, Provo, Salt Lake City, then on to Pocatello, and then other parts of Idaho. Then he left for the Logan hospital where he was operated on for a rupture (or hernia). He took Ether Pneumonia and died 21 November 1927. Priscilla had been notified of his illness by telegram and got to Logan to be with her husband as soon as she could, but he died shortly before she entered his room. They buried him in the Vernal Cemetery.
Priscillla had suffered for years with Hay fever and asthma. She was no longer able to take care of the farm, she rented it to a neighbor and went to Salt Lake City to "Be doctored and have a rest. I wanted to work in the temple also. I worked until the last of April and then returned home"
She stayed frequently at her daughter, Rebecca's home in Bennett when it was Winter.
Priscilla spent much of her last years doing temple work. We owe a great debt of gratitude to her and her children, Lida and Frank who also became heavily involved. Our ancestor, Rebecca, got Multiple Sclerosis and was paralyzed so she was unable to help. But the Family Organization that Priscilla helped to found, did much good and much work for the salvation of our dead. Priscilla Cook Hartle died Aug 2 1954 of pneumonia at the age of 83 years, in her own home in Vernal, Utah. She worked in her vegetable garden 3 days before she died. She was buried in Vernal.
Ellen W Cook, Priscilla's mother died, 9 days after the birth of her 4th child, Ellen with blood poison, when Priscilla was 5. After that, Priscilla was cared for by her grandmothers Clifton and Wheatley for 1 ½ years until William remarried Mary Horrocks Taylor of Heber, a widow, who had three children of her own, so they had considerable trouble and separated in a short time. Then William moved back to Salt Lake and Priscilla was taken care of by her grandmothers. Priscilla and Lida were taken care of by her grandmother Jane Wheatley, and then the other, Elizabeth Clifton. Baby Ellen was taken care of by Elizabeth Clifton of Wallsburg until she was five or six years old. William married Lydia Hartle in 1879, when Priscilla was 8.
All of Priscilla's education was received "in an old lady's kitchen. I sat at the back of her cook stove with my face to the wall. Our desk was a long shelf slightly tipped for writing which was nailed to the wall. We sat on a wooden bench. This lady charged 25 cents a week for each one of us. I never went to District school, and all the education I got was what would now be up to the third grade."
"In Sunday School I held up my hand with the class to say that I would keep the word of wisdom and have tried to do so. As a child I had great faith in prayer and the principles of the gospel as I understood them."
When Priscilla was 16 she served an apprenticeship 6 months learning the art of making clothing. After her apprenticeship was done, she received a dress model worth $5.00 and then she started making dresses for $2.50 per week, in time her wages were raised to $3 per week.
Priscilla would frequently stay up all night, sewing funeral clothes for the dead, as there were no morticians in those days. The Relief Society took care of all the arrangements for the dead. After completing the garment, she would go home alone in the dark in a horse drawn buggy.
William, (who had been employed by her father William Cook & also William was the younger brother of Lydia Hartle, whom Priscilla's father had married), and Priscilla married on May 10, 1891 in her father's home. Her father had some repair work done in the house because the plaster was very old. The scaffolding didn't get removed until the night before the wedding, and they had to scramble to get the house ready. The next day after the wedding they moved to Pocatello Idaho where William was employed in the railroad shops.
After the birth of her first baby, Frank in Idaho, Priscilla was very ill for some time. Their baby was 21 days old when he very ill with erysipelas in his face, so William sent his wife and baby back to her folks in SLC for 2 weeks, while he prepared to join a group of families who were moving to the Ashley Valley. Priscilla had a strong desire to go home and have her father's neighbor give Frank a blessing, and felt certain that he would be made well. The neighbor was sought out, the blessing given, and Frank was healed. Priscilla was able to join William in Ogden 2 weeks later as planned so that they could complete their journey to the Ashley Valley, in the Uintah Basin, Utah. It took 2 weeks to make this trip.
The rest of William and Priscilla's children were born in the Ashley Valley ( now known as Vernal, Utah). During their marriage they had 3 homes made of logs with a mud roof.
William decided to settle in "Dry Fork". He would go to the mountains to get out some house logs, leaving his wife and baby alone from early in the morning until late at night. Priscilla had never been out of the city in her life before marriage and was afraid of everything, especially the cattle. One day some cattle came by and were going to eat the babies clothes that were hanging on the line. She was so frightened and screamed so loudly that she frightened the cattle away, thereby saving the clothes.
The wagon was unloaded so that William could go to the mountain to get the logs William threw up the walls as soon as he could as his family had no shelter until he got the roof on, over their heads. There was no floor, windows or a door, but they were glad for as much as it was.
Life was very hard in this first home; William dug a well 47 foot deep, and still found no water. He built a reservoir to hold water, but the reservoirs would wash out, cattle wander away to search for water, so water had too had to be brought to their home from long distances. While this was going on, Priscilla began to realize that her children should have the chance to go to Sunday School and Primary, and she began to wish that some change might be made so it would be possible. During the winter they decided that they must again give up their land and move away. The Bishop in the area had told William that they were in danger there of being killed by the Indians, being out so far away from other families. Then also under the advice of William Cook, Priscilla's father, they decided to move to the Valley to Steinaker Draw (about 8 miles from Vernal) where they built again and lived for 5 years. Priscilla lived in a brush shanty while William got a 1 room log cabin built. They still lived so far away from the meeting house that they could only attend church about 1 time a month.
On Dec 12, 1894 Rebecca Hartle was born.
On July 30, 1897 , Lida Hartle was born.
On March 12 1900 their fourth child was born, Rhuben Hartle.
Finally they bought 80 acres on Ashley Creek. They bought it on time and parted with all of their cattle to make a payment on it. . Here they only lived 2 miles away from the church so they were able to attend regularly. The land was covered with brush of various kinds. They both worked very hard to clear and brake up the land as we had a family to support and machinery to buy, and pay for the land at the same time. They borrowed a cow so that the children might have milk. After about 3 years they began to do better financially and they were able to buy 2 cows.
William planted another orchard , north of the house and some shade trees on the south of the house. In the summertime they moved the wood stove outside to do their cooking there. They lived there for 21 years.
Priscilla also bought an old carpet loom so she could help make the living. And she discovered that Rebecca could play an organ by ear, so she saved her money and bought an organ, even though there wasn't really room for it in the cabin.
Around 1901 their ward teachers came and urged them to go to the temple. They had to work hard for this trip, some times working far into the night. Then as the only way to travel, was by team and wagon; it took them 6 ½ days to get to Salt Lake City. While they were there, President Snow died. On the 9th of Oct 1901 their family was sealed in the temple for time and all Eternity, which made them very happy...then for the long trip home.
William decided to settle in "Dry Fork". He would go to the mountains to get out some house logs, leaving his wife and baby alone from early in the morning until late at night. Priscilla had never been out of the city in her life before marriage and was afraid of everything, especially the cattle. One day some cattle came by and were going to eat the babies clothes that were hanging on the line. She was so frightened and screamed so loudly that she frightened the cattle away, thereby saving the clothes.
The wagon was unloaded so that William could go to the mountain to get the logs William threw up the walls as soon as he could as his family had no shelter until he got the roof on, over their heads. There was no floor, windows or a door, but they were glad for as much as it was.
Life was very hard in this first home; William dug a well 47 foot deep, and still found no water. He built a reservoir to hold water, but the reservoirs would wash out, cattle wander away to search for water, so water had too had to be brought to their home from long distances. While this was going on, Priscilla began to realize that her children should have the chance to go to Sunday School and Primary, and she began to wish that some change might be made so it would be possible. During the winter they decided that they must again give up their land and move away. The Bishop in the area had told William that they were in danger there of being killed by the Indians, being out so far away from other families. Then also under the advice of William Cook, Priscilla's father, they decided to move to the Valley to Steinaker Draw (about 8 miles from Vernal) where they built again and lived for 5 years. Priscilla lived in a brush shanty while William got a 1 room log cabin built. They still lived so far away from the meeting house that they could only attend church about 1 time a month.
On Dec 12, 1894 Rebecca Hartle was born.
On July 30, 1897 , Lida Hartle was born.
On March 12 1900 their fourth child was born, Rhuben Hartle.
Finally they bought 80 acres on Ashley Creek. They bought it on time and parted with all of their cattle to make a payment on it. . Here they only lived 2 miles away from the church so they were able to attend regularly. The land was covered with brush of various kinds. They both worked very hard to clear and brake up the land as we had a family to support and machinery to buy, and pay for the land at the same time. They borrowed a cow so that the children might have milk. After about 3 years they began to do better financially and they were able to buy 2 cows.
William planted another orchard , north of the house and some shade trees on the south of the house. In the summertime they moved the wood stove outside to do their cooking there. They lived there for 21 years.
Priscilla also bought an old carpet loom so she could help make the living. And she discovered that Rebecca could play an organ by ear, so she saved her money and bought an organ, even though there wasn't really room for it in the cabin.
In 1915 Priscilla's ward was Vernal first ward was divided, and Priscilla was chosen councilor in the Ashley Relief Society. The RS first rented a two room log house with a dirt roof, and this was their meeting place. But we soon had to part with it and met in the home of the people. Then we decided to build a RS home. One man donated a log room and another sold his stable cheap. Others donated logs and lumber, farm produce and labor. We hired a carpenter to take the load and do all he could. The ladies donated eggs, chickens, garden stuff, grain, made quilts, rugs, etc. They also gave dances, raised beans and corn. "The building was completed after I had left the ward and returned to the Vernal First Ward. During the war we spent many days in our unfinished RS home, working for the Red Cross."
In 1918 they sold that home they lived in, and bought a place in Vernal First Ward and moved their family and furniture into tents while William built them a new home.
He bought an old frame School house that was cheap and they all worked at tearing it down carefully, so as not to injure any of the material. The men folks doing the hard work while the women pulled nails and straightened them for use in the new house. They worked so well that by September they moved into a comfortable home.
Priscilla had faith and used it on many occasions. Her oldest son Frank had trouble with his eyes which caused lots of headaches. She writes, " He and I fasted and prayed each Sunday so that they would get better. One Sunday when we came home from church, He took off his glasses and said he didn't need them anymore. His eyes were better now".
Priscilla became very interested in genealogical and temple work and helped organize a family organization to do research and genealogical work so that temple ordinances could be preformed and records kept of their ancestors. She kept at it for many years and did much good. The family donated money for research and temple work, and this helped the work to go forward.. She served faithfully in her church callings for many years.
William left home in September 1927 to go on a trip to see many of his relatives and children...going to Bennett, Provo, Salt Lake City, then on to Pocatello, and then other parts of Idaho. Then he left for the Logan hospital where he was operated on for a rupture (or hernia). He took Ether Pneumonia and died 21 November 1927. Priscilla had been notified of his illness by telegram and got to Logan to be with her husband as soon as she could, but he died shortly before she entered his room. They buried him in the Vernal Cemetery.
Priscillla had suffered for years with Hay fever and asthma. She was no longer able to take care of the farm, she rented it to a neighbor and went to Salt Lake City to "Be doctored and have a rest. I wanted to work in the temple also. I worked until the last of April and then returned home"
She stayed frequently at her daughter, Rebecca's home in Bennett when it was Winter.
Priscilla spent much of her last years doing temple work. We owe a great debt of gratitude to her and her children, Lida and Frank who also became heavily involved. Our ancestor, Rebecca, got Multiple Sclerosis and was paralyzed so she was unable to help. But the Family Organization that Priscilla helped to found, did much good and much work for the salvation of our dead. Priscilla Cook Hartle died Aug 2 1954 of pneumonia at the age of 83 years, in her own home in Vernal, Utah. She worked in her vegetable garden 3 days before she died. She was buried in Vernal.
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