John Drysdale

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Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on November 16, 2012 at 0:08

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)

Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on March 8, 2012 at 13:55

Excerpt the life of Jane Clarke Hacking .

In 1872 Emma Drysdale lost three of her children from Diphtheria, two boys and a girl, all within a few days of each other. Her husband, John was also down with the disease. Jane went into their home across the street from her own and helped to nurse and care for them. Then she would return to her own home, change her clothes and wash, and care for her own family. One morning as she came home, her husband eating his breakfast asked, "How are they." She replied, "There is one more dead and John (Drysdale) and another child have it."