Edward Lloyd Parry's Mallet

This is one of Edward Lloyd Parry's mason mallets (owned by Yvonne Parry). Do you have any of ELP's possessions, tools, pictures, documents, etc., or know somebody who does? Please contact me at elephantnavel@gmail.com. We would like to photograph the item and put it on this blog for the benefit of all of his descendants.

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Memorial Day Celebration

As a follow-up to our announcement of April 10, here is the schedule of events for Memorial Day:

11:30 AM     Meet at Manti Cemetery to unveil EL Parry Monument

12:00 PM     Tour EL Parry home in Manti for those who wish

1:00  PM       Lunch and Birthday Party for family and extended family at LDS church
765 So 100 East in Ephraim

2:00 PM        Dessert and Open-house for friends, acquaintances, and family honoring Blodwen Olson's 100th Birthday

Please RSVP to ppolson972@gmail.com by May 17 if you're planning to come to the lunch.

Thank you to those who have responded and contributed to the EL Parry monument.

Blodwen Parry Olson Family

New Monument for ELP in Manti - to be unveiled Memorial Day, May 26, 2014

The family of Blodwen Parry Olson, the only living granddaughter, has decided to replace the monument for Edward Lloyd Parry in the Manti City Cemetery.  Each year as we have placed flowers and otherwise visited his grave site, we have witnessed the deterioration of his present monument which was never engraved and is leaning precariously to one side.

(Since this picture was taken, it was attempted to be taken to the property of the Parry home in Manti. Unfortunately, it essentially crumbled apart in the move.)

  
As a descendant of this special man who did so much work on early pioneer temples we would like to give you the opportunity to contribute to the purchasing of a new monument and ask you to notify your family members as well. We have ordered a nice large monument from State Stone in Salt Lake made from Utah granite. We are hoping to have the monument installed by Memorial Day, May 26th, which also happens to be Blodwen Parry Olson's 100th birthday! The family of Blodwen is planning to have an unveiling of the monument and a celebration of her 100 years that day.

You are welcome to come and participate with us on Memorial Day. Please RSVP if interested and we will send you more information!

If you wish to contribute to the monument, please send any amount to:

Mr. Parry Olson
36 West 200 North
Ephraim, Utah 84627

Sincerely,

The Blodwen Parry Olson Family

The Books are Ready! (Second Edition)

Yesterday we picked up 50 copies of the second edition of The Life of Edward Lloyd Parry from the printers. They look great!

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For an overview of the book's contents, click here.

How does this second edition differ from the first? We made a few changes to the layout, corrected some typos, added more pictures, added more sources in the "works consulted" section, changed the cover color from blue to maroon, and just overall made the book even better.

If you are interested in buying a copy of the book, please email me at elephantnavel@gmail.com. They cost $25 each plus $5 shipping. If you pick up the book personally, we will of course waive the shipping fee.

John Lloyd Parry's toolbox

When the present owners of Edward Lloyd Parry's home in Manti moved in, they found a wooden tool box in the garage. The box has the initials "JLP" on it, which almost certainly stand for John Lloyd Parry (1864-1916), one of ELP's sons.

 

Stone Carved by EL Parry & Sons

A few weeks ago my father and I met up with a fellow descendant of ELP, a gentleman who lives in Woodland Hills, UT. Knowing that we are avidly attempting to unite and preserve all things dealing with ELP's life, he graciously offered us a stone that he had inherited. I believe it is sandstone. It measures approximately 2' X 2' and is approximately 1' high. The top has an unfinished, uneven surface, which makes us think that perhaps it originally had another stone covering it on top and was not intended to be seen. The large hole in the center is not original. The gentleman who gave us the stone said he drilled it and used the stone as a flagpole base for several years.

If you have an idea as to what this stone was originally used for (gravestone? but what stonemason puts his name on someone else's gravestone?) or any other information about it, please contact me.

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ELP's Account Book, 1868-1870

Here is a link to the account book of Edward Lloyd Parry, which he used from 1868-1870 while working on the St. George Tabernacle and County Courthouse. Some prominent residents of early St. George are mentioned in the book, including James G. Bleak, Charles L. Walker, Thomas Judd, George Jarvis, and a "G.B. Parry"- George Brooks Parry (1845-1930) - ELP's adoptive son who later returned to the name of George Brooks.

Here is the link: https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE2602519&usedforsort=MS_12106_f0001

If you would like to download the entire account book, click on the link above, click on the arrow-in-the-box icon

 in the upper right-hand corner then click "All Images."