saac Jones was an ambitious young man and as he grew older he longed for independence. After he was married, he felt he would be happier by breaking the ties which held him to the Jones clan and strike out alone with his family. After working with the company about 12 years, he took all his belongings which consisted of a team and a nearly new wagon, and with the few household possessions he and his wife owned loaded all on the train including his livestock and moved to Otto, Wyoming. This area was new to settlers and required a good deal of pioneering before a semblance of civilization could be established. Isaac was not afraid of work. He knew what it would take to begin life in a new territory. Other settlers were friendly and cooperative, and it was not long before a comfortable home was built, canals and ditches surveyed and dug, fences construct ed and field plowed. He was blessed with mechanical
aptitudes, so was called on to do the blacksmithing for all of his neighbors, usually without pay.
At one time the County Road Department needed help in constructing a road near the river. It had to pass around a point of solid rock. No one knew how to approach the problem, so the fore man, having heard of Isaac's many abilities, called on him to help. Isaac looked the place over and said, "I'll put that rock all down into the river if
you will provide the necessary material and tools." The foreman said he would furnish everything needed. All the work had to be done by hand for there were no power drilling equipment to be had. After the holes were drilled and the 50 kegs of black powder was poured in with fuses attached Isaac was satisfied his efforts would be rewarded. There was no such thing as dynamite in those days,
but he knew the power of black powder. The day the blast was to be set off many people came to witness it. Suddenly the earth shook as a great noise accompanied by a huge cloud of dust moved the point of the mountain down the hill into the river. The obstacle to the road was satisfactorally removed all in one great effort. Isaac loved to fish. He could catch fish where others declared there were no fish in the stream. He was blessed with an appreciation for music and
had a town band as well as a family band in which his children participated. Much of the story of Isaac's life is told by his children and recorded in this book. Read them and you will find out about a wonderful citizen and father.
He experienced great sorrow on two occasions. First when Elizabeth Melling, his first wife, died at the time of the birth of their second baby. They had been married a little over four years. The second sorrow occurred when Lette Selena Dalley, his second wife, died after living with her for 37 years. Isaac and Lette Selena Dailey Jones Twenty-two years later he left Wyoming and went to St. George, Utah to work in the temple. Here he married Avery Jennette Duel Campbell, a widow, who he met at the temple. They were very happy together and she gave him the companionship he needed in his old age. He died suddenly in St. George, UT at the age of 84.

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