112. My grandfather I never knew, swam the Colorado river, quiet, great man, died young.
HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW, OR HAVE KNOWN YOUR GRANDPAS? I NEVER KNEW MY OWN GRANDFATHER – MY MOTHER’S FATHER (OR MY FATHER’S FATHER AND MOTHER). WHAT A BLESSING IF YOU KNOW THEM PERSONALLY. I HAVE ENJOYED GETTING TO KNOW MY MOTHER’S FATHER BETTER THROUGH THE HISTORIES WRITTEN BY MY MOTHER, AND HER SISTER LA VERN – AND WHAT THEY WROTE . Some following is what they wrote: My mother Ruth’s father, John Butler Allen was born October 8, 1856, in Spanish Fork, Utah. His parents were Philo Allen and Sarah Adeline Butler, who was his second wife. Philo Allen and his first wife, Lucy, were some of the first settlers called to settle Spanish Fork, and while they were establishing dwelling places or homes, they lived in a dug out in the side of the mountain. In this they were warm and comfortable while their cabin was being built. Sarah Adeline was the daughter of John Lowe Butler, who was the first bishop in Spanish Fork, and when they were...