Henry Wilding

"I was born on 15 Oct, 1868, the son of George Wilding, and Mary Elizabeth Layne. I was the 10th child and was referred to as the tithing. I obtained my education by attending schools, which at the time were held in various wards in the city. at this time one had to pay tuition to attend school. In school I got as high as fifth reader. We were graded according to the reader you were in and above the fifth reader you was ready for the University.

Father, with his parents, came from Preston, England, and settled near Council Bluffs. Mother came from Clay County, Indiana, and was personally acquainted with the Prophet Joseph Smith. Mother seen them take the Prophet's body from where it fell at the jail and put in the wagon."



(Thanks to Sharon Parker Christensen for her efforts in collecting and pulishing this information.)

Home at the Moody Farm

Quoted from Sharon Parker Christensen's publication:
It is thought that the adobe bricks and possibly the sandstone bricks were made right on the site near the river. The basement walls were two and one-half feet thick. The ceilings were 14 feet high. The home sported "state of the art" Delco Lighting System, a system in which the gaslights which hung from the ceilings were networked together with the kerosene coming from a common source on demand.

Henry & Eliza

This has always been a favorite picture of mine. My mother-in-law has this hanging in the main area of the cabin.

Henry Wilding