Graves of People Who Knew ELP

Last week our family visited St. George for Thanksgiving. While there, I visited the St. George Cemetery and photographed (click on each image for a larger version) the graves of several people whom ELP knew, as follows:

James G. Bleak (pronounced "Blake"), who worked on the St. George Tabernacle with ELP. Bleak also confirmed two of ELP's children (Elizabeth Ann and Edward Thomas), and was the clerk who helped ELP obtain U.S. citizenship in 1869.

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Juanita Brooks (1898-1989), who authored numerous books, including The Life of George Brooks, which chronicles the life of ELP's adoptive son. Juanita was married to George's son Will.

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David H. Cannon (1838-1924), who worked with ELP in locating a fort southeast of St. George.

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When ELP had a dream about some loose scaffolding during the construction of the St. George temple, George Jarvis (1823-1913), helped ELP fix the scaffolding.

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John McAllister spoke at ELP's funeral in 1906.

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Daniel D. McArthur (1820-1908) also worked with ELP in locating a fort southeast of St. George.

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David Milne (1832-1895) confirmed ELP's daughter Mary Ellen, and also worked with ELP on the St. George Tabernacle.

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Erastus Snow (1818-1888), whose house in St. George ELP helped to build. Later, in 1873, ELP purchased land from Snow in order to build his own home. Both men were also present at the laying of the foundation cornerstone of the St. George Tabernacle in 1863.

ELP Tools at the LDS Church History Museum

Edward Lloyd Parry is recognized at a permanent display at the LDS Church History Museum, which is located directly west of Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah. Many of his tools are on display, as well as his tool box. Recently the museum curators have slightly rearranged his tools, so that the viewer can distinctly see his "ELP" monogram on the tools. Enjoy:

(Remember to click on each picture to enlarge it)

Mormon Miracle Pageant article about Edward Lloyd Parry

Each year in June in the small town of Manti, Utah, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hosts the Mormon Miracle Pageant. This year's pageant featured a newspaper with an article about Edward Lloyd Parry. Author Lori Smith interviewed ELP's remaining grandchild, Blodwen Olson of Ephraim, Utah. Read the article here (click on each image to enlarge it):

A Majestic Building Stone: Sanpete Oolite Limestone

William T. Parry, a geologist and descendant of Edward Lloyd Parry, just published an article in The Utah Historical Quarterly (Volume 81, Number 1, 2013). The article, entitled "A Majestic Building Stone: Sanpete Oolite Limestone," makes mention of Edward Lloyd Parry. Click here to read the article: 
http://utahhistory.sdlhost.com/#/item/000000059001966/view/48

My Nephew's Power Point

My nephew, who lives in St. George, recently completed a Power Point on ELP for a school assignment. I converted it to a video here. It has no audio, and plays fast, so you will probably need to pause it to read each slide.

Image of Edward Lloyd Parry for Book Cover

The following are images of an inverted photograph of Edward Lloyd Parry, with his signature below. It is mounted on wood and measures roughly 5" x 6.25". We believe this was the same image used in Orson F. Whitney's History of Utah, Volume 4, pages 459-461. It is the same image we used for the front cover of the biography The Life of Edward Lloyd Parry. We think that ink was originally applied to the image and somehow stamped or applied to paper in order to create images in books. In my limited research on the topic, I believe this is called a tintype, but I am unsure. I would also like to find out what the image is made of (Tin? Silver?). If you have information about this image or how the process worked, please contact me at elephantnavel@gmail.com.

 

This last image is an actual scan of the piece:

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Early Photo of the ELP Home in Manti

Just last week a friend of mine who lives across the street from me came over with an old leather book of his ancestors' photos, just because he knows I like Utah Pioneer history. I noticed that a few were taken in Manti, but with no apparent relation to Edward Lloyd Parry. One picture, however, caught my eye:

Edward Lloyd Parry's home in Manti!

The back of the photo reads: "Jezreel Shoemaker's House, Manti." What a blessed coincidence! My neighbor friend is a descendant of Jezreel Shoemaker, hence he had this picture. Shoemaker was one of two previous owners of the home in Manti before Edward Lloyd Parry moved in; therefore my friend and I are descendants of two different men who both lived in the same house over 100 years ago!

This is the first time I have seen this picture, and one of the oldest pictures we have come across showing the old Parry home in Manti (50 North 100 West).

Nowadays, the home has the following plaque affixed to its front:

 

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P.S. March 3, 2013: I just received further information regarding the house from their present-day owners, as follows:

This picture of the home was taken approximately 1930-1940. There is really very little different from the present looks except for the closed in sleeping porch on the upper story front. The kitchen extension to the south is still clapboard (later stuccoed over) and has the door and windows to the south as well (those were closed off when the stucco job went on). The rear carriage shed is unchanged and there is a different building (near the current stone garage) in the far rear but its details are not discernible.
     The ash tree in the front yard is the best dating device. Remember the 1907 picture you provided; there the ash was maybe six inches in diameter. Here it is maybe 18 inches.
     There is no driveway close to the house at that time. We intend to eliminate the current driveway and take it back to that wrap-around lawn eventually. Just one more facet of restoration.
     The old chimneys have been exposed in the north rooms by our latest work. Our helper stripped the plaster off the parlor and upper N room chimneys over that time. They are back to the original field oolitic limestone and we are planning to re-point them (gouge out the old adobe and re-mortar the joints nicely) and use them as backdrops to modern gas-burning stoves in each room. Plumbing the gas lines and venting the stoves through the old chimney flues will be the major challenges.