Eliza Dangerfield West obituary

Davis County Clipper 12-31-1915

Conversion story of Charles Henry John West and Eliza Dangerfield

MY MEMORIES OF ELIZA DANGERFIELD WEST

MY MEMORIES OF ELIZA DANGERFIELD WEST

Zilnorah D. Barnett

(with slight modifications by Hazel West Lewis)

Grandma was received as a member of the Clearfield Ward July 3, 1910 from the Salt Lake Ninth Ward where since Grandfather's death she had been living with her son, Jabez, and family.

In Clearfield she lived in one of the rooms of my parent's home. She had her own bed and stove and loved to fix her own breakfast in her room but always ate her other two meals with our family. She was a dear old soul and I never heard any of us complaining about her living there.

We chatted with her and she told us many experiences of her early life. She was a visiting teacher in the Relief Society in the Clearfield Ward and loved to bear her testimony. I can hear her yet!

Grandma was a strict tithe payer. She even paid tithing on her gifts!

I did her sewing for a few years before she died. She was always so trim and neat. She was very strict about putting her little hats away out of the dust.

She always kept her money in a pocket in her petticoat when traveling. In order to get access to this money she had to lift her skirt.

She made many piecework quilts. She loved to give readings and some of her poetry I still have. She was very entertaining.

Grandma was an excellent practical nurse. Many are the times she nursed members of her family and other people through serious illnesses.

The few days before she died she made thirteen mincemeat pies, which her family ate when they came to her funeral. Delicious pies, I may add. She baked them in her old fashioned stove, which she kept polished so well.

On the morning of her death, December 26,1915, she was all dressed ready for church. She came into the kitchen and said, “Liza, get me a chair.” She was helped to bed and passed quietly away. My sister Annie Draper Ashby Larsen was holding her in her arms.

Charles Henry John West and Eliza Dangerfield headstones

Patriarchal Blessing for Eliza Dangerfield West

Eliza West
Patriarchal Blessing
January 21, 1877
Salt Lake City

A Patriarchal Blessing given by Charles Edwards Patriarch, upon the head of Eliza West, daughter of Thomas and Caroline Dangerfield. Born Sept. 7th, 1832 Middlesex County London England.

Sister Eliza in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ I place my hand upon your head and pronounce a Patriarchal Blessing, according to the commands and revelations of Jesus Christ through the Holy Priesthood given to me in this dispensation. I say unto you that you are of the Blood of Joseph that was sold into Egypt through the lineage of Ephraim and you are numbered among the mothers of Israel from whom much is expected.

You have a great work to perform upon the Earth. Seek to obtain the blessings of the Spirit of the Lord and the revelations which God seems fit to bestow upon you for the regulation and direction by which you shall be guided and directed in all your course through this your probationary state, and the power and spirit of God shall accompany all your administrations to your family and wherever your lot may be cast. For you shall administer unto the sick and see them healed; even the deaf to receive their hearing and the dumb to speak and almost the dead to be raised. For your faith shall be great in obtaining visions--administrations of angels who shall eat at your table and partake of food that shall have been provided by you and your family.

You shall have knowledge of spirit of just men made perfect and all the power which God designs to place upon the Daughters and Mothers in Israel. Seek to be directed by that monitor within you which shall always be your boon companion and shall be your comfort through all the troubles and trying times which you may be called upon to pass through during your future life which shall be lengthened out according to your faith and prayers and the desire of your heart. You shall always be enabled to counsel righteously with your sisters and be a particular friend to your sex, even the honorable women in whose company your lot may be cast and be enabled through your rich counsel and advice to bring back to the fold of Christ many who may have strayed away from the truth.

You shall always be a comfort to your husband, to his wives and to his children. Your name shall continue to be written in the Lamb's Book of Life and be had in honorable remembrance among the Mothers of Israel. You shall always feel happy and rejoice in having the privilege of donating of your substance to build temples and to assist in furnishing and decorating the same, to the honor and glory of God the Eternal Father and

Jesus the mediator of the New Covenant within the walls of which you shall become familiar with the Third Heavens and see and hear things which to mortals shall not only be insufferable but unlawful to utter except at proper times and proper places appointed for so doing. Your days and years shall be lengthened out and you shall live as long as life is sweet to you and see the Zion of the Lord redeemed and his kingdom fully

established upon the Earth. These blessings God will bestow upon you for the true integrity of your heart for having suffered your husband to enter into the law of Celestial marriage and partake unto himself another wife. Continue to administer unto him and God will bless you not only with blessing that is pronounced upon you at this time but greater blessings, which I cannot give utterance unto.

I seal upon you all your former blessings; your baptism, your conformation, your washings, your endowments. I say unto you that your pathway, though naturally troublesome, shall always appear straight unto you and hold fast to the rod of Iron and you shall arrive safe to your desired haven. I seal these blessings upon you and seal you up with power to enter into lives with your husband and all his wives and children whose posterity shall become numerous as the sands upon the seashore worlds without end.

In the name of Jesus, Amen.

Charles Henry John West and Eliza Dangerfield by Hazel Lewis West

Charles Henry John West and Eliza Dangerfield

As told by Hazel West Lewis--

INTRODUCTION
At a meeting of the John West Family Organization, I was requested, as a granddaughter of Charles Henry John West, to write a history of his life that would be interesting and readable, especially to the younger members of the family.

The source of most of my information was a rather small but comprehensive journal written by Charles himself. It covers (1) the period of his birth and early life in England (2) his coming to Utah and (3) all the years he lived in Utah, up to and including his and grandmother's golden wedding anniversary, December 25, 1900. Grandfather's small green leather journal (3.5 inches by 6 inches) contained 115 pages of small legible writing in black non-fading ink except for the last few pages which were written with ink that has faded considerably.

The material contained in Charles' journal was first typed (mimeographed) about 18 years ago. The typist had the help and advice of Ruth West Sorensen, Agnes (Dot) West and Myrtle West Bitter, who are daughters of Charles' son, Jabez. The typed copies made Charles' life story available to more of his descendants. But since it retained the unique spelling and sentence structure of the original material, older members of the West family urged that a complete rewrite of the material was necessary if it was to be read by all of Charles' descendants.

It is largely from Charles' journal that the writer has obtained the information to write a history of her grandfather Charles Henry John West. In general the manuscript follows the journal closely. But in several instances notes from other sources are used to round out the history of his life. If I have taken the liberty of interpreting some events or conditions that arose in his life, it is because I was trying to understand him better as a man of character who gave up a great deal when he left his secure and comfortable home in England for a new home in foreign land which was full of severe hardships but where his religion continued to be the motivating force in his life.

Charles Henry and Eliza Dangerfield photos

Charles Henry and Eliza Dangerfield West family photo

Eliza Dangerfield West death certificate

Charles Henry John West family group sheet with photos