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    SMITH, Joseph Johnson

    How happy they must have been to be in “Joseph’s City”. But the happiness didn’t last long. Within three months after arriving in Nauvoo, little Mercy became ill and died. Joseph’s wife, Mary, grieved with Joseph, but within two months, she and Joseph became excited again because she was going to have another baby. But again, the excitement was blunted by death as Mary died a week after her baby son, Joseph, was born and baby Joseph died twelve days later. Joseph now was left with just three year-old Caroline. His parents and two sisters and three brothers were still with him in Nauvoo, but how hard it must have been to have sacrificed so much in such a short time.
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      ANDERSON, Melvin “P”: A Modern Pioneer

      Mrs. Kaye Collins, band instructor at the high school brought some band members together and Lehi had a Silver Band again. But they needed a wagon. Mel decided that he could build a new wagon and set about designing and then started to build. Melvin had played in the band for about 12 years, so this was close to him. After 8 to 16 hour days and six months, with considerable volunteer help, the wagon was completed with Upholstered seats and special suspension. Mrs. Collins said, “It rides like a Cadillac!” This was in 1997. They were invited to meet the incoming Wagon Train and Pioneers at the “This is the Place State Park” on July 22, 1997, in celebration of the original pioneer trek.
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