Emma Clark Drysdale , John Drysdale

Cedar Fort Cemetery OBITUARY: DRYSDALE B John Drysdale, an early pioneer of Cedar Fort, died at his home in that place April 4 1912 . Mr. Drysdale was born Oct. 10, 1837. He came to Utah in 1853. He crossed the ocean in the ship Elvira Owen in a company of emigrants in charge of Elder John R. Winder. He went to California in 1854, where he remained during the winter, coming back the next summer when Johnson's army came to Utah. He located first at Bountiful and later moved to Clearfield. He was in the Tintic war and took part in the skirmish in which George and Washburn Carson were killed. Son after this episode he located in Cedar Fort, where he had lived until his death. He married Emma Clark July 8, 1861, and to them were born nine children, six of whom, and his widow, survive him. He had been a prominent citizen and took part in many religious and secular affairs in the community. (Deseret News 15 May 1912)