LUCY PLATTS ALLGOOD BOX

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1 73 Coalville D. U. P. LUCY PLATTS ALLGOOD BOX This wooden box was carried across the plains by Lucy Platts Allgood, who was born to John and Ann Tomlinson Platts on December 8, 1808 in Coleorton, Leicestershire, England. The wooden box is believed to have come out of the Allgood Japanning shops of Pontypool or Usk, Monmouthshire, South Wales. The museum index card states that the box was 150 years old when given to Lucy. Japanning is an art of producing by heat, a hard coating of colored varnish upon metal, wood or paper mache, with intricate paintings of Asian scenes, flowers, border decorations, people and animals. What a treasure it must have been to her to have brought it upon the ship General McClellan and over land in the Joseph Rawlings Company, arriving in Salt Lake City, Utah in She called Coalville, Utah, her home.

2 74 Coalville D. U. P. CLUFF WARD SACRAMENT SET This sacrament set was once used in the Cluff Ward. A once thriving community located in Coalville, Utah, about three miles up Chalk Creek Road. The one-room chapel that the sacrament set belonged to was built in 1909 and in 1953 its doors were closed. The members were asked to leave their little Ward and become Coalville 2 nd Ward. It stood empty for 64 years, falling into disrepair. A small group of Coalville citizens have begun a historic restoration project and the 30 X50 wood building is coming back to life! It will serve as a community gathering place for Coalville and surrounding areas in the very near future.

3 75 Coalville D. U. P. JOHN SIMISTER ORGAN John Simister was born June 16, `846, in Evers Knoll Derbyshire England. He emigrated to Utah in 1862 calling Coalville, Utah, his home. He was a natural born musician and could play the organ, piano, and bass violin. He organized the first choir in Coalville. He was also the leader of Summit Stake Choir for 20 years. He was the first to play the pipe organ in the Stake Tabernacle of Coalville. This unique Chappelette organ was his. He was known to carry it on his back to all sorts of town functions and play it. He did this for many years.

4 76 American Fork D. U. P. GRANDFATHER CLOCK Created by local craftsmen from stone and wood from American Fork, Utah Canyon, this eight foot case holds the clock built especially for the Columbian Exposition (World s Fair) in Hannah Lapish (9 th handcart company) headed the committee. According to Relief Society minutes of March 15, 1894, filed in the L. D. S. Church Historian s Office the clock was then placed into the care of American Fork Relief Society (most probably cared for by Hannah Lapish). Under the date of September 13, 1914, Mrs. Lapish presented the clock to the Alpine Stake President Stephen L. Chipman. The clock was housed in the Alpine Stake Tabernacle until 1960 when it was moved to the newly built American Fork D. U. P. Museum. Engraved on the clock pendulum are the words: Sent to the Chicago World s Fair in 1893 through contributions of citizens of American Fork.

5 77 American Fork D. U. P. MAP OF LAKE CITY FORT 1854 Eugene Henroid dated his hand drawn map of Lake City (American Fork) in Shown on the map is the placement of fort wall and gates, cattle run, water sources, and most important the names of individual family occupants. Three photos are included within the frame. Photos are of Arza Adams Flour Mill, the first city hall, and E. A. Henroid. Map was presented to the Adams Chapter of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers by E. A. Henroid. In December 2011, this original Lake City Fort Map was encased in mylar and relocated for preservation purpose into a dedicated historical map drawer at the American Fork City Public Works Building. A copy of the map is hanging in the museum.

6 78 American Fork D. U. P. BAND JACKET This red band jacket of wool has brown cotton lining. The white trim is sewn in patterns of figure eights. The adornment is on the front, sleeves and back of tunic. Metal buttons complete the band suit coat. Jacket was worn by Albert S. Mott ( ) when he played in the American Fork City Band in Donated by Leah Sabey Grantsville DUP

7 79 RIDING/DRIVING GLOVES Grantsville D. U. P. Hilda Anderson Erickson's Riding/Driving Gloves: These white kid leather riding/driving gloves belonged to Hilda Anderson Erickson. They were probably made for her by the Goshute Indians in Ibapah, Utah, where she and her husband had a ranch and she served as a midwife. Hilda came to Utah in 1866 from Sweden when she was seven years old, and was the last remaining pioneer immigrant when she died at the age of 108. She was living in Grantsville at the time of her death. She gave these gloves to Dennis McBride, a Grantsville resident, when he was a young boy as he helped her with her yard work. Mr. McBride donated them to the Grantsville DUP Museum.

8 80 Grantsville D. U. P. TOP HAT BELONGING TO JOHN EASTHAM In the early to rnid-19 th century top hats became popular with all social classes, with even workmen wearing them. This hat belonged to John Eastham. John Eastham, was born 2 February 1820, in Ribchester, Lancashire, England, and married Jane Huntington on 24 February 1841, in Preston, Lancashire, England. To this union was born 10 daughters and one son. They moved to Rotherham, Yorkshire, England where John worked as an engine man at the Rotherham Railroad Center for about 18 years. The English government offered John a job on the recently completed railroad line in the West Indies. John had to sign a four-year contract and so he moved his family to Leeds where the Mormon Church had established a branch. John and Jane had joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prior to that time. In Leeds, John and Jane owned a furniture store, and Jane and the girls took care of the store while John was away. Their two oldest daughters, Emma Eastham Ratcliffe and Louisa Eastham Millward traveled with their husbands to America in These two young couples settled in Grantsville, Utah. John and Jane sailed to America in 1865 with their four youngest daughters and eventually made their journey by wagon train to Grantsville. John probably wore this tall beaver hat as part of his rank as a railroad engineer. John returned to England after his wife Jane died. This hat would have made that journey back again to England. However, John did not stay long in England, stating that it had all changed in the 25 years he had been gone. Donated by Rebecca Lawrence Kimber.

9 81 Grantsville D. U. P. BLOUSE BELONGING TO JANE HUNTINGTON EASTHAM This blouse belonged to Jane Huntington Eastham ( ). Jane was born 22 March 1817 in Chaddesley, Lancashire, England. She married John Eastham on 24 February 1841, in Preston, Lancashire, England. Jane gave birth to eleven children; she raised six girls to adulthood and buried four girls and one boy. In Victorian England part of the mourning period included wearing only black. One year was the standard length of mourning for the loss of a child. Jane Eastham would spend five years in mourning, one year for each child. She and her husband, John, and their surviving children immigrated to Utah in 1865 settling in Grantsville, Utah. Donated by Rebecca Lawrence Kimber.