Son of John Henry Saline and Susannah Rebecca Osborne. He was single when he died at age 71.
John Henry Saline was was born on April 18, 1863, in Union Fort, Utah County, Utah. He was the oldest child born to John Saline and Susannah Rebecca Osborne. He grew up in Union Fort and Fairview where he attended school for only a few years, just long enough to learn the rudiments of reading, writing, and arithmetic.
In 1880 when John was seventeen, his father was called to go to Arizona to colonize on the Little Colorado. John drove one of the teams and wagons to Brigham City where they lived for about two years before moving to Flagstaff , Arizona, where John, his brother William, and his father worked eight months on the railroad.
In 1882, the Saline family moved to Forest Dale where they raised a crop of corn. They intended to settle permanently, but they were notified that they were living on the Indian Reservation and had to move. They moved to the Gila Valley arriving at Pima, Arizona, on February 14, 1883.
The family bought a farm about a mile out of town and finally settled down. They built a log cabin in front of their tent and lived there several years until it was destroyed by fire. They then bought a lot in town and built a red brick house.
In 1884, John and his brothers hauled freight from Willcox to Globe. Usually the wagons were loaded with coke going to Globe and loaded with copper ore on the way back to Willcox. Most of the time, the boys drove two teams with one wagon because the ore was so heavy. If more power was needed on the hills or in mud, several teams were hooked together to pull one loaded wagon. There was always danger from Indians.
Hay was an important crop in those days so the Salines bought a baler, one of the first in the area. The boys all farmed and worked as a company called the Saline Brothers. John helped homestead a place across the river from Ft. Thomas which they called Sunnyside. They built a house, cleared the land, and built a canal to bring water from the river. They also had a cattle ranch at the foot of the Graham Mountains known as the Cogwheel outfit.
After a few years, they sold Sunnyside and bought a larger ranch about two miles north of the little town of Eden. John never married and lived with William and his family the better part of his life. When William went blind in 1921, John took over William's farm chores as well as his own, making sure that the family was well provided for.
John died February 13, 1935, after a short illness, and was buried in the Pima Cemetery. William's children said that he was like a father to them, and that he was one of the kindest, most unselfish persons that they had ever known.
(The Garden and How it Grew, Eden 1881-1981, page 189.)
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John Henry Saline was was born on April 18, 1863, in Union Fort, Utah County, Utah. He was the oldest child born to John Saline and Susannah Rebecca Osborne. He grew up in Union Fort and Fairview where he attended school for only a few years, just long enough to learn the rudiments of reading, writing, and arithmetic.
In 1880 when John was seventeen, his father was called to go to Arizona to colonize on the Little Colorado. John drove one of the teams and wagons to Brigham City where they lived for about two years before moving to Flagstaff , Arizona, where John, his brother William, and his father worked eight months on the railroad.
In 1882, the Saline family moved to Forest Dale where they raised a crop of corn. They intended to settle permanently, but they were notified that they were living on the Indian Reservation and had to move. They moved to the Gila Valley arriving at Pima, Arizona, on February 14, 1883.
The family bought a farm about a mile out of town and finally settled down. They built a log cabin in front of their tent and lived there several years until it was destroyed by fire. They then bought a lot in town and built a red brick house.
In 1884, John and his brothers hauled freight from Willcox to Globe. Usually the wagons were loaded with coke going to Globe and loaded with copper ore on the way back to Willcox. Most of the time, the boys drove two teams with one wagon because the ore was so heavy. If more power was needed on the hills or in mud, several teams were hooked together to pull one loaded wagon. There was always danger from Indians.
Hay was an important crop in those days so the Salines bought a baler, one of the first in the area. The boys all farmed and worked as a company called the Saline Brothers. John helped homestead a place across the river from Ft. Thomas which they called Sunnyside. They built a house, cleared the land, and built a canal to bring water from the river. They also had a cattle ranch at the foot of the Graham Mountains known as the Cogwheel outfit.
After a few years, they sold Sunnyside and bought a larger ranch about two miles north of the little town of Eden. John never married and lived with William and his family the better part of his life. When William went blind in 1921, John took over William's farm chores as well as his own, making sure that the family was well provided for.
John died February 13, 1935, after a short illness, and was buried in the Pima Cemetery. William's children said that he was like a father to them, and that he was one of the kindest, most unselfish persons that they had ever known.
(The Garden and How it Grew, Eden 1881-1981, page 189.)
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Son of John Henry Saline and Susannah Rebecca Osborne. He was single when he died at age 71.
John Henry Saline was was born on April 18, 1863, in Union Fort, Utah County, Utah. He was the oldest child born to John Saline and Susannah Rebecca Osborne. He grew up in Union Fort and Fairview where he attended school for only a few years, just long enough to learn the rudiments of reading, writing, and arithmetic.
In 1880 when John was seventeen, his father was called to go to Arizona to colonize on the Little Colorado. John drove one of the teams and wagons to Brigham City where they lived for about two years before moving to Flagstaff , Arizona, where John, his brother William, and his father worked eight months on the railroad.
In 1882, the Saline family moved to Forest Dale where they raised a crop of corn. They intended to settle permanently, but they were notified that they were living on the Indian Reservation and had to move. They moved to the Gila Valley arriving at Pima, Arizona, on February 14, 1883.
The family bought a farm about a mile out of town and finally settled down. They built a log cabin in front of their tent and lived there several years until it was destroyed by fire. They then bought a lot in town and built a red brick house.
In 1884, John and his brothers hauled freight from Willcox to Globe. Usually the wagons were loaded with coke going to Globe and loaded with copper ore on the way back to Willcox. Most of the time, the boys drove two teams with one wagon because the ore was so heavy. If more power was needed on the hills or in mud, several teams were hooked together to pull one loaded wagon. There was always danger from Indians.
Hay was an important crop in those days so the Salines bought a baler, one of the first in the area. The boys all farmed and worked as a company called the Saline Brothers. John helped homestead a place across the river from Ft. Thomas which they called Sunnyside. They built a house, cleared the land, and built a canal to bring water from the river. They also had a cattle ranch at the foot of the Graham Mountains known as the Cogwheel outfit.
After a few years, they sold Sunnyside and bought a larger ranch about two miles north of the little town of Eden. John never married and lived with William and his family the better part of his life. When William went blind in 1921, John took over William's farm chores as well as his own, making sure that the family was well provided for.
John died February 13, 1935, after a short illness, and was buried in the Pima Cemetery. William's children said that he was like a father to them, and that he was one of the kindest, most unselfish persons that they had ever known.
(The Garden and How it Grew, Eden 1881-1981, page 189.)
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John Henry Saline was was born on April 18, 1863, in Union Fort, Utah County, Utah. He was the oldest child born to John Saline and Susannah Rebecca Osborne. He grew up in Union Fort and Fairview where he attended school for only a few years, just long enough to learn the rudiments of reading, writing, and arithmetic.
In 1880 when John was seventeen, his father was called to go to Arizona to colonize on the Little Colorado. John drove one of the teams and wagons to Brigham City where they lived for about two years before moving to Flagstaff , Arizona, where John, his brother William, and his father worked eight months on the railroad.
In 1882, the Saline family moved to Forest Dale where they raised a crop of corn. They intended to settle permanently, but they were notified that they were living on the Indian Reservation and had to move. They moved to the Gila Valley arriving at Pima, Arizona, on February 14, 1883.
The family bought a farm about a mile out of town and finally settled down. They built a log cabin in front of their tent and lived there several years until it was destroyed by fire. They then bought a lot in town and built a red brick house.
In 1884, John and his brothers hauled freight from Willcox to Globe. Usually the wagons were loaded with coke going to Globe and loaded with copper ore on the way back to Willcox. Most of the time, the boys drove two teams with one wagon because the ore was so heavy. If more power was needed on the hills or in mud, several teams were hooked together to pull one loaded wagon. There was always danger from Indians.
Hay was an important crop in those days so the Salines bought a baler, one of the first in the area. The boys all farmed and worked as a company called the Saline Brothers. John helped homestead a place across the river from Ft. Thomas which they called Sunnyside. They built a house, cleared the land, and built a canal to bring water from the river. They also had a cattle ranch at the foot of the Graham Mountains known as the Cogwheel outfit.
After a few years, they sold Sunnyside and bought a larger ranch about two miles north of the little town of Eden. John never married and lived with William and his family the better part of his life. When William went blind in 1921, John took over William's farm chores as well as his own, making sure that the family was well provided for.
John died February 13, 1935, after a short illness, and was buried in the Pima Cemetery. William's children said that he was like a father to them, and that he was one of the kindest, most unselfish persons that they had ever known.
(The Garden and How it Grew, Eden 1881-1981, page 189.)
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