William Leroy Stokes - son of Heber and Mary Frances Anderson Stokes was born March 17, 1906 in Bothwell, Utah. He was the fourth child of ten born to this union.
The family left Bothwell when Uncle Bill was six. His father Heber picked a 320 acre place in sagebrush and cedar trees on the north half. They had good, big horses and used four head on an old plow that they used to breakup half their ground. It was hard going for a while until his father got a job trapping for the government.
(Bill) "We first ate cottontail and young jack rabbits. We had six or eight cows so we had butter and our milk. We were all right for eats of a kind. That was better than a lot of them had. When we moved to Black Pine from Bothwell, Arch and me drove the cows. We started the day before, going just to Blue Creek. The rest of the family came the next day. We was on an old mare named Peggy. Arch sat in the saddle, and I sat behind -- when I didn't walk. We got to Blue Creek, where we was to stay, about sundown. Arch was bashful, and he said, "Let's keep going to Snowville." One cow was reeling when we left Blue Creek, but she made it. In Snowville we slept in a barn, and the next morning, Arch traded one cow for a wild horse. When Dad and the rest came they stayed in the same place as we did. When they got to Black Pine, they were leading the cow Arch had traded off, and Dad was kind of mad. The cow was never broke to lead, so I guess she gave him some trouble in the twenty miles.
After dad started trapping, and as soon as I could stand on the springs of a trap and set it, I started to trap with some old traps Dad was not using. I caught a few and then every time I got a dollar or two I would buy a trap or two. Earl and I had quite a business, and we started buying a few furs. We all did most anything we could do to make a dollar. Dad sheared sheep in the spring and I watched his traps. Arch finally started shearing and Earl sheared some, too. After my brothers moved to Salmon that changed everything. I sheared sheep in the spring for several years but was a little trashy if I could see some way to get out of it.
We used to go to Juniper to dances on the 24th of July -- Black Pine some times. Men would go up the canyon and get snow and the women would make ice cream to sell for the 4th and 24th of July. The ward had 2 five gallon freezers."
Uncle Bill had his schooling in Black Pine, Idaho. He trapped for the government one year in Nevada and seventeen years in Idaho. He was a good shot with his gun.
He married Edith Evelyn Mills on November 10, 1924 in Brigham City. They stayed in Black Pine for a while and in 1939 they moved to Snowville where they lived the remainder of their life.
They had seven children: Heber Jay (1925-2002), Thomas Leroy (1927-1998), a daughter born and died on May 4, 1930, Vernon Deloy "Billy" (1934-1991), Jimmy Lorin (1940-2005), Ferron (1950) and Boyd Stokes (1952).
Uncle Bill died June 11, 1983 and is buried in Snowville, Utah.
The family left Bothwell when Uncle Bill was six. His father Heber picked a 320 acre place in sagebrush and cedar trees on the north half. They had good, big horses and used four head on an old plow that they used to breakup half their ground. It was hard going for a while until his father got a job trapping for the government.
(Bill) "We first ate cottontail and young jack rabbits. We had six or eight cows so we had butter and our milk. We were all right for eats of a kind. That was better than a lot of them had. When we moved to Black Pine from Bothwell, Arch and me drove the cows. We started the day before, going just to Blue Creek. The rest of the family came the next day. We was on an old mare named Peggy. Arch sat in the saddle, and I sat behind -- when I didn't walk. We got to Blue Creek, where we was to stay, about sundown. Arch was bashful, and he said, "Let's keep going to Snowville." One cow was reeling when we left Blue Creek, but she made it. In Snowville we slept in a barn, and the next morning, Arch traded one cow for a wild horse. When Dad and the rest came they stayed in the same place as we did. When they got to Black Pine, they were leading the cow Arch had traded off, and Dad was kind of mad. The cow was never broke to lead, so I guess she gave him some trouble in the twenty miles.
After dad started trapping, and as soon as I could stand on the springs of a trap and set it, I started to trap with some old traps Dad was not using. I caught a few and then every time I got a dollar or two I would buy a trap or two. Earl and I had quite a business, and we started buying a few furs. We all did most anything we could do to make a dollar. Dad sheared sheep in the spring and I watched his traps. Arch finally started shearing and Earl sheared some, too. After my brothers moved to Salmon that changed everything. I sheared sheep in the spring for several years but was a little trashy if I could see some way to get out of it.
We used to go to Juniper to dances on the 24th of July -- Black Pine some times. Men would go up the canyon and get snow and the women would make ice cream to sell for the 4th and 24th of July. The ward had 2 five gallon freezers."
Uncle Bill had his schooling in Black Pine, Idaho. He trapped for the government one year in Nevada and seventeen years in Idaho. He was a good shot with his gun.
He married Edith Evelyn Mills on November 10, 1924 in Brigham City. They stayed in Black Pine for a while and in 1939 they moved to Snowville where they lived the remainder of their life.
They had seven children: Heber Jay (1925-2002), Thomas Leroy (1927-1998), a daughter born and died on May 4, 1930, Vernon Deloy "Billy" (1934-1991), Jimmy Lorin (1940-2005), Ferron (1950) and Boyd Stokes (1952).
Uncle Bill died June 11, 1983 and is buried in Snowville, Utah.
William Leroy Stokes - son of Heber and Mary Frances Anderson Stokes was born March 17, 1906 in Bothwell, Utah. He was the fourth child of ten born to this union.
The family left Bothwell when Uncle Bill was six. His father Heber picked a 320 acre place in sagebrush and cedar trees on the north half. They had good, big horses and used four head on an old plow that they used to breakup half their ground. It was hard going for a while until his father got a job trapping for the government.
(Bill) "We first ate cottontail and young jack rabbits. We had six or eight cows so we had butter and our milk. We were all right for eats of a kind. That was better than a lot of them had. When we moved to Black Pine from Bothwell, Arch and me drove the cows. We started the day before, going just to Blue Creek. The rest of the family came the next day. We was on an old mare named Peggy. Arch sat in the saddle, and I sat behind -- when I didn't walk. We got to Blue Creek, where we was to stay, about sundown. Arch was bashful, and he said, "Let's keep going to Snowville." One cow was reeling when we left Blue Creek, but she made it. In Snowville we slept in a barn, and the next morning, Arch traded one cow for a wild horse. When Dad and the rest came they stayed in the same place as we did. When they got to Black Pine, they were leading the cow Arch had traded off, and Dad was kind of mad. The cow was never broke to lead, so I guess she gave him some trouble in the twenty miles.
After dad started trapping, and as soon as I could stand on the springs of a trap and set it, I started to trap with some old traps Dad was not using. I caught a few and then every time I got a dollar or two I would buy a trap or two. Earl and I had quite a business, and we started buying a few furs. We all did most anything we could do to make a dollar. Dad sheared sheep in the spring and I watched his traps. Arch finally started shearing and Earl sheared some, too. After my brothers moved to Salmon that changed everything. I sheared sheep in the spring for several years but was a little trashy if I could see some way to get out of it.
We used to go to Juniper to dances on the 24th of July -- Black Pine some times. Men would go up the canyon and get snow and the women would make ice cream to sell for the 4th and 24th of July. The ward had 2 five gallon freezers."
Uncle Bill had his schooling in Black Pine, Idaho. He trapped for the government one year in Nevada and seventeen years in Idaho. He was a good shot with his gun.
He married Edith Evelyn Mills on November 10, 1924 in Brigham City. They stayed in Black Pine for a while and in 1939 they moved to Snowville where they lived the remainder of their life.
They had seven children: Heber Jay (1925-2002), Thomas Leroy (1927-1998), a daughter born and died on May 4, 1930, Vernon Deloy "Billy" (1934-1991), Jimmy Lorin (1940-2005), Ferron (1950) and Boyd Stokes (1952).
Uncle Bill died June 11, 1983 and is buried in Snowville, Utah.
The family left Bothwell when Uncle Bill was six. His father Heber picked a 320 acre place in sagebrush and cedar trees on the north half. They had good, big horses and used four head on an old plow that they used to breakup half their ground. It was hard going for a while until his father got a job trapping for the government.
(Bill) "We first ate cottontail and young jack rabbits. We had six or eight cows so we had butter and our milk. We were all right for eats of a kind. That was better than a lot of them had. When we moved to Black Pine from Bothwell, Arch and me drove the cows. We started the day before, going just to Blue Creek. The rest of the family came the next day. We was on an old mare named Peggy. Arch sat in the saddle, and I sat behind -- when I didn't walk. We got to Blue Creek, where we was to stay, about sundown. Arch was bashful, and he said, "Let's keep going to Snowville." One cow was reeling when we left Blue Creek, but she made it. In Snowville we slept in a barn, and the next morning, Arch traded one cow for a wild horse. When Dad and the rest came they stayed in the same place as we did. When they got to Black Pine, they were leading the cow Arch had traded off, and Dad was kind of mad. The cow was never broke to lead, so I guess she gave him some trouble in the twenty miles.
After dad started trapping, and as soon as I could stand on the springs of a trap and set it, I started to trap with some old traps Dad was not using. I caught a few and then every time I got a dollar or two I would buy a trap or two. Earl and I had quite a business, and we started buying a few furs. We all did most anything we could do to make a dollar. Dad sheared sheep in the spring and I watched his traps. Arch finally started shearing and Earl sheared some, too. After my brothers moved to Salmon that changed everything. I sheared sheep in the spring for several years but was a little trashy if I could see some way to get out of it.
We used to go to Juniper to dances on the 24th of July -- Black Pine some times. Men would go up the canyon and get snow and the women would make ice cream to sell for the 4th and 24th of July. The ward had 2 five gallon freezers."
Uncle Bill had his schooling in Black Pine, Idaho. He trapped for the government one year in Nevada and seventeen years in Idaho. He was a good shot with his gun.
He married Edith Evelyn Mills on November 10, 1924 in Brigham City. They stayed in Black Pine for a while and in 1939 they moved to Snowville where they lived the remainder of their life.
They had seven children: Heber Jay (1925-2002), Thomas Leroy (1927-1998), a daughter born and died on May 4, 1930, Vernon Deloy "Billy" (1934-1991), Jimmy Lorin (1940-2005), Ferron (1950) and Boyd Stokes (1952).
Uncle Bill died June 11, 1983 and is buried in Snowville, Utah.
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