Son of Napoleon Bonapart Roundy and Louisa Jane Higgins

Married Jane Lay, 15 Jan 1908, Escalante, Garfield, Utah

A brief history written by his daughter Lenora Roundy Griffin, December 1988 - Napoleon was born in Centerville, Utah, Davis County, on February 5, 1851. He married Elizabeth Margaret Williams, November 2, 1872, in the St. George Temple.

Napoleon B. Roundy was called upon early in his life to stand guard over the family livestock against the Indians, and thus became an expert marksman with a gun.

He worked and earned the money to buy his first gun at the age of twelve by shucking wheat for the neighbors by moonlight after he had finished his days work for his father.

Napoleon played the drum, while his brothers played fifes in the town band. His Elizabeth's first home was a three-room house newly built for them. When it was completed Napoleon said to his young wife "Well, Elizabeth, we will move home today if you will carry the drum and I'll carry the gun." They laughed, but it was literally true.

Napoleon had worked for his father until he was 21 years old. He had very little money saved up to start housekeeping. His mother gave them the necessities for furnishing their little home.

Napoleon spent much of his time preaching to the Indians, with the aid of an interpreter. After five years in Snowflake, Arizona, he returned to Utah and settled in Escalante. He sold his Snowflake farm and other property, except their piano. Their piano had been the first one in Snowflake and was the first one in Escalante.

For years the home in Escalante was a gathering place on Sunday evenings for the young people, where the cheerful music of the piano and violin proved a great attraction.

Napoleon built the largest brick home in Escalante, none too large for his big family of 17 children. He had two wives, but his second wife died through childbirth, so his first wife, Elizabeth, raised all 17 children.
Napoleon had remarked from the pulpit in church while acting as a counselor in the bishopric of Escalante, that one of his chief ideals in life was the building up of a fine home, which would serve as a living monument to him after he left this life.

In the early days of Escalante, he built a fine amusement hall, with artistic stage scenery and a dome-shaped ceiling that carried the sound to all parts of the room. He was also a leader in promoting good times.
Although he was a hard-working man, he always found time for recreation with the young people. He died in Escalante, Utah on October 6, 1928, at the age of 77. In his later years, he was a wealthy man, for in those days he owned a lot of farm ground on the south side of town and also on the north side he had sheep, horses, and raised pigs.

He gave his boys Ammon, Reese, Wallace, Albert, and Hyrum each a lot to live on. He gave Verda her lot and I got the lot that had the house on for keeping him until he died. All of our family were born and raised in this brick house. Some of the grandchildren of my parents were born in this brick house, too.

He made a lot of fences and dug water holes in the desert and in Pine Creek Mountain.