from Leslie Mikesell Wood:
[The story below was received from 93 year old May Christensen of Logan, Utah on 15 Sept. 1990, on 3 pages with black & white illustrations. The pages were numbered page 1, 2 & 3 at the top right with the numbers 129, 130, & 131 at the bottom center. I do not know if the original source was from a book. L.M.W.]:
Life Story of Richard Standley and Elizabeth Stults Standley
Compiled by George Burton Standley Nov. 8th., 1931.Richard Standley was born February 14, 1777, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, the son of Alexander Scoby Standley and Sarah Handley. Elizabeth Stults was born March 25, 1782, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, the daughter of Jacob Stults and Margaret Outcalt.
This couple were married in Middlesex County, New Jersey, January 25th, 1799. They resided at New Brunswick in Middlesex County, until the year 1818, and their first eight children were born there. They then moved with their family to Suffield, Portage County, Ohio, where their last two children were born.
In Ohio, Richard and his family cleared a small farm upon which they raised the products for the necessities of the family. Aside from this, Richard was an expert at raising a very fine quality of flax, out of which his wife made all kinds of linens, as well as knit beautiful lace caps and collars for ladies.
The land owned by Richard was covered with timber. He sold loads of wood in the different surrounding towns, which wood was used for fuel. Because there was no coal in this vicinity at that time, something hotter than wood was needed for blacksmithing, so he built pits and burned the wood into charcoal, which product was in great demand.
The parents and most of their children were baptized by Alexander Scoby Standley in the year 1838. They all left for Missouri in September of the same year, arriving in Far West in October, where they found the Saints were being driven from their homes. Richard and his wife and most of their children went to Buffalo, Rock Island County, Illinois, where the family made it's home until the death of Richard on August 6th, 1843. His wife, Elizabeth, then went to Nauvoo, where she made her home most of the time with her son, Alexander. She died in Potawatomie County, Iowa, February 26, 1851.
Elizabeth Stults Standley had the privilege of receiving her endowments in the Nauvoo Temple, on January 30th, 1846. ***
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