Bio added by request of Brat:

Lydia was born Apr. 10, 1863 at Smithfield, Utah. She was the daughter of Mary Garnett and David Bennett. She was the oldest girl and third child to live past infancy. Her mother died when she was 8 years old and her father died when she was 11. Lydia, being the eldest girl, much of the responsibilities fell on her. Her eldest brother John was able to take care of them and keep them together except the baby. John married and moved to Arizona. Lydia and Sarah did not go with him but started to work to support themselves.
Lydia was married when she was eighteen, Oct. 9, 1882 to Joseph Longhurst in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City. They made their home for about year with Marintha Whittington, Joseph's sister. Here, a daughter, Lovina, was born. They purchased a house in Swan Creek and lived there a short time. They then came to Iona Idaho, then called Eagle Rock Valley in Nov. 1884 to homestead. They settled in Sand Creek. They brought all their possessions in a covered wagon. They had a little pig in one box. A few chicken in another. These boxes were nailed to the outside of the wagon. They led a cow behind. They had a small team of horses.
There were only five or six in the valley at the time and they were miles apart. Lydia used to say all she could see was sage brash and Indians and they were numerous. She was very frightened of them. On one of the times the Indians came begging for food and she had given so many times to them that they hardly had any for themselves she decided to try to get rid of them without the usual handout. She saw them coming in the distance so she hurriedly put the stove poker into the fire. When they came and she refused them food they said they would take her baby then. She grabbed the poker and told them she would poke out the eyes of the first one to lay hands on her baby.
In the spring her husband went with the rest of the men of the valley to dig canals to bring the water for irrigating purposes. This made it necessary for him to be away from home several nights at a time. When night came she would take her baby and walk to the nearest neighbors, one and a half miles away. She had to cross Sand Creek on two little poles that would bend down in the water as she stepped on them, but on she went and carried the baby. When she was not able to go, she would hang a quilt up to the window so the Indians could not see a light. She didn't dare to let the baby cry for fear the Indians would hear her. The second baby arrived in May that spring. That was Nora.
They cleared some land and planted grain and a garden. It was sowed by hand and harrowed in by a homemade harrow. Their pioneering life had many hardships. The next summer they built a new one-room log house on their own homestead. This was extra good as it had a floor. They lived in this home about four years during which time the third child had arrived, a boy, Joseph Jr. About this time grandfather Longhurst came and lived with his boys, one at a time, Joseph, Charles and George. Grandfather was a carpenter so he helped them to build another room. He also built several pieces of furniture. The house was completed by the time of the arrival of the fourth child, Sarah. Their home was now among the best in the valley.
They were a happy family, busy and cheerful and active. One of the 12 apostles came and organized a branch of the LDS church. Joseph and Lydia were active in building a church and were active members. School also came into existence.
Now came into their home a shadow as Joseph, Lydia's husband, became ill. He stayed at home just long enough for the fifth child to be born, Alverda. Then he went to Salt Lake to the doctor. He was the victim of cancer and was never able to return to his home again as he had to have many operations. Joseph's eldest sister Amelia Rounds lived in Salt Lake at the time and helped to care for him. He and her son Ambrose became fast friends. Having once discussed the probability of a hereafter each promised the other they would let the other know when they knew for sure. Upon Joseph's deathbed he told Ambrose, "Just as sure as you are here, Ambrose, there is a life after death." Lydia took her two babies and went to his side during this illness. The other three children stayed with relatives.
After 11 months Joseph passed away. It was just nine years after their arrival in Idaho. Lydia was a widow with five small children to support. She took in washings, worked whenever she could and rented the farm. In 1895 she was married to Ambrose Rounds in the Logan Temple. Four children were born to them, Hazel Amelia, Ambrose Edmund, Alice May, and Vera. Times were hard and it was a struggle to support a home with nine children. There was the large doctor bill to pay and also Ambrose filled a 2 ½ year mission in Australia. Brave Lydia with her children ran the farm with her eldest boy just fourteen years old. But the Lord helped them through, and the mission was completed.
Lydia's health began to fail and she suffered a paralytic stroke. She lived seven years a cripple, unable to lift her left arm or leg. She died leaving her husband and nine children. Lydia's life was courageous, honorable and worthy. Her children all remember her as a wonderful mother and a good friend to everyone. Surely her reward will be great.
Her children were:
Lovina, Nora, Joseph, Sarah, Alverda LONGHURST
Hazel, Ambrose, Alice, Vera ROUNDS