From familysearch.org, from a history compiled by Harold Sanford Forbush:
Sanford II is the second child born to Sanford Forbush I and Mary Sophronia Gaylord. They have thirteen children in all. Sanford II has a older sister and he has a twin sister, Mariah. The family had left Illinois and was making their way to Utah. They spent several years in Iowa finally arriving in Utah in 1852. By 1854 they were in Manti, Utah where they stayed and raised their family.
A rock home was erected at Manti and the family also owed properties at some distance referred to as The Forbush Cove. Sanford Sr. and his sons engaged in farming and also other employment, for instance, quarrying oolite stone from which the Manti Temple was erected.
On March 27, 1871 Sanford II married Christina Jensen in Salt Lake City, Utah. Christina wrote in her autobiography: "We made our home in Manti for seven years. There was no land for sale here at this time, but each family had taken twenty to twenty-five acres, cultivated it for grain, and built a cabin on it."
"Our first five children were born in Manti, Utah. We moved to Castle Valley where our sixth child was born. We then went to Green River for six months and herded cattle. We sold our cattle and went to Grand Junction, Colorado, where we traded our oxen team for mules. It was at this time a reservation was built for the Yute Indians. They were moved out and white people immediately settled there. We were the first white family to take up a preemption and remained one and one-half years, returned to Manti for one year, then to Boise, Wood River, and then to Eagle Rock."
Eagle Rock was eventually named Idaho Falls. The Forbush family settled in an area nearby called Iona. According to Bureau of Land Management records, Sanford filed a homestead entry on the East one-half and Lots three and four, of Southwest Quarter, Section thirty, Township three North, Range thirty-nine East of the Boise Meridian (154.50 acres) in June 1884. Four months later the filing was later modified from homestead entry to timber-culture.
The Forbush family moved on the land, built a log home near the hill and outbuildings for the livestock. Ten acres of trees were planted to prove up the timber filing. They planted cottonwood, apple, and other fruit trees. The first fifteen acres of grain was planted, raised, and harvested with a cradle, raked, and bound. After the threshing, the grain was taken to Rexburg to be made into flour. The first ton of wild hay was cut with a poverty hook.
In order to supplement the family income, Sanford II operated a saloon in Eagle Rock. He was also a musician playing a fiddle (violin) to entertain at dances. Unfortunately this supplemental occupation led Sanford to drink which caused hardship for his family for when he was intoxicated he was very abusive.
In January 1892 Christina gave birth to a son who was undeveloped, abnormally small, and not healthy. He lived only six months and was buried on the homestead. Apparently Sanford was impacted with remorse over his little son. The remorse he felt caused him to change his behavior toward his family. About a year later another son, the last of the family, was born and given the name Benjamin Francis.
Approximately thirteen months later death came to Sanford II. He was only 47 years old. Family tradition suggests that he may have had stomach problems. He was also buried on the homestead, next to his little son.
Sanford II is the second child born to Sanford Forbush I and Mary Sophronia Gaylord. They have thirteen children in all. Sanford II has a older sister and he has a twin sister, Mariah. The family had left Illinois and was making their way to Utah. They spent several years in Iowa finally arriving in Utah in 1852. By 1854 they were in Manti, Utah where they stayed and raised their family.
A rock home was erected at Manti and the family also owed properties at some distance referred to as The Forbush Cove. Sanford Sr. and his sons engaged in farming and also other employment, for instance, quarrying oolite stone from which the Manti Temple was erected.
On March 27, 1871 Sanford II married Christina Jensen in Salt Lake City, Utah. Christina wrote in her autobiography: "We made our home in Manti for seven years. There was no land for sale here at this time, but each family had taken twenty to twenty-five acres, cultivated it for grain, and built a cabin on it."
"Our first five children were born in Manti, Utah. We moved to Castle Valley where our sixth child was born. We then went to Green River for six months and herded cattle. We sold our cattle and went to Grand Junction, Colorado, where we traded our oxen team for mules. It was at this time a reservation was built for the Yute Indians. They were moved out and white people immediately settled there. We were the first white family to take up a preemption and remained one and one-half years, returned to Manti for one year, then to Boise, Wood River, and then to Eagle Rock."
Eagle Rock was eventually named Idaho Falls. The Forbush family settled in an area nearby called Iona. According to Bureau of Land Management records, Sanford filed a homestead entry on the East one-half and Lots three and four, of Southwest Quarter, Section thirty, Township three North, Range thirty-nine East of the Boise Meridian (154.50 acres) in June 1884. Four months later the filing was later modified from homestead entry to timber-culture.
The Forbush family moved on the land, built a log home near the hill and outbuildings for the livestock. Ten acres of trees were planted to prove up the timber filing. They planted cottonwood, apple, and other fruit trees. The first fifteen acres of grain was planted, raised, and harvested with a cradle, raked, and bound. After the threshing, the grain was taken to Rexburg to be made into flour. The first ton of wild hay was cut with a poverty hook.
In order to supplement the family income, Sanford II operated a saloon in Eagle Rock. He was also a musician playing a fiddle (violin) to entertain at dances. Unfortunately this supplemental occupation led Sanford to drink which caused hardship for his family for when he was intoxicated he was very abusive.
In January 1892 Christina gave birth to a son who was undeveloped, abnormally small, and not healthy. He lived only six months and was buried on the homestead. Apparently Sanford was impacted with remorse over his little son. The remorse he felt caused him to change his behavior toward his family. About a year later another son, the last of the family, was born and given the name Benjamin Francis.
Approximately thirteen months later death came to Sanford II. He was only 47 years old. Family tradition suggests that he may have had stomach problems. He was also buried on the homestead, next to his little son.
From familysearch.org, from a history compiled by Harold Sanford Forbush:
Sanford II is the second child born to Sanford Forbush I and Mary Sophronia Gaylord. They have thirteen children in all. Sanford II has a older sister and he has a twin sister, Mariah. The family had left Illinois and was making their way to Utah. They spent several years in Iowa finally arriving in Utah in 1852. By 1854 they were in Manti, Utah where they stayed and raised their family.
A rock home was erected at Manti and the family also owed properties at some distance referred to as The Forbush Cove. Sanford Sr. and his sons engaged in farming and also other employment, for instance, quarrying oolite stone from which the Manti Temple was erected.
On March 27, 1871 Sanford II married Christina Jensen in Salt Lake City, Utah. Christina wrote in her autobiography: "We made our home in Manti for seven years. There was no land for sale here at this time, but each family had taken twenty to twenty-five acres, cultivated it for grain, and built a cabin on it."
"Our first five children were born in Manti, Utah. We moved to Castle Valley where our sixth child was born. We then went to Green River for six months and herded cattle. We sold our cattle and went to Grand Junction, Colorado, where we traded our oxen team for mules. It was at this time a reservation was built for the Yute Indians. They were moved out and white people immediately settled there. We were the first white family to take up a preemption and remained one and one-half years, returned to Manti for one year, then to Boise, Wood River, and then to Eagle Rock."
Eagle Rock was eventually named Idaho Falls. The Forbush family settled in an area nearby called Iona. According to Bureau of Land Management records, Sanford filed a homestead entry on the East one-half and Lots three and four, of Southwest Quarter, Section thirty, Township three North, Range thirty-nine East of the Boise Meridian (154.50 acres) in June 1884. Four months later the filing was later modified from homestead entry to timber-culture.
The Forbush family moved on the land, built a log home near the hill and outbuildings for the livestock. Ten acres of trees were planted to prove up the timber filing. They planted cottonwood, apple, and other fruit trees. The first fifteen acres of grain was planted, raised, and harvested with a cradle, raked, and bound. After the threshing, the grain was taken to Rexburg to be made into flour. The first ton of wild hay was cut with a poverty hook.
In order to supplement the family income, Sanford II operated a saloon in Eagle Rock. He was also a musician playing a fiddle (violin) to entertain at dances. Unfortunately this supplemental occupation led Sanford to drink which caused hardship for his family for when he was intoxicated he was very abusive.
In January 1892 Christina gave birth to a son who was undeveloped, abnormally small, and not healthy. He lived only six months and was buried on the homestead. Apparently Sanford was impacted with remorse over his little son. The remorse he felt caused him to change his behavior toward his family. About a year later another son, the last of the family, was born and given the name Benjamin Francis.
Approximately thirteen months later death came to Sanford II. He was only 47 years old. Family tradition suggests that he may have had stomach problems. He was also buried on the homestead, next to his little son.
Sanford II is the second child born to Sanford Forbush I and Mary Sophronia Gaylord. They have thirteen children in all. Sanford II has a older sister and he has a twin sister, Mariah. The family had left Illinois and was making their way to Utah. They spent several years in Iowa finally arriving in Utah in 1852. By 1854 they were in Manti, Utah where they stayed and raised their family.
A rock home was erected at Manti and the family also owed properties at some distance referred to as The Forbush Cove. Sanford Sr. and his sons engaged in farming and also other employment, for instance, quarrying oolite stone from which the Manti Temple was erected.
On March 27, 1871 Sanford II married Christina Jensen in Salt Lake City, Utah. Christina wrote in her autobiography: "We made our home in Manti for seven years. There was no land for sale here at this time, but each family had taken twenty to twenty-five acres, cultivated it for grain, and built a cabin on it."
"Our first five children were born in Manti, Utah. We moved to Castle Valley where our sixth child was born. We then went to Green River for six months and herded cattle. We sold our cattle and went to Grand Junction, Colorado, where we traded our oxen team for mules. It was at this time a reservation was built for the Yute Indians. They were moved out and white people immediately settled there. We were the first white family to take up a preemption and remained one and one-half years, returned to Manti for one year, then to Boise, Wood River, and then to Eagle Rock."
Eagle Rock was eventually named Idaho Falls. The Forbush family settled in an area nearby called Iona. According to Bureau of Land Management records, Sanford filed a homestead entry on the East one-half and Lots three and four, of Southwest Quarter, Section thirty, Township three North, Range thirty-nine East of the Boise Meridian (154.50 acres) in June 1884. Four months later the filing was later modified from homestead entry to timber-culture.
The Forbush family moved on the land, built a log home near the hill and outbuildings for the livestock. Ten acres of trees were planted to prove up the timber filing. They planted cottonwood, apple, and other fruit trees. The first fifteen acres of grain was planted, raised, and harvested with a cradle, raked, and bound. After the threshing, the grain was taken to Rexburg to be made into flour. The first ton of wild hay was cut with a poverty hook.
In order to supplement the family income, Sanford II operated a saloon in Eagle Rock. He was also a musician playing a fiddle (violin) to entertain at dances. Unfortunately this supplemental occupation led Sanford to drink which caused hardship for his family for when he was intoxicated he was very abusive.
In January 1892 Christina gave birth to a son who was undeveloped, abnormally small, and not healthy. He lived only six months and was buried on the homestead. Apparently Sanford was impacted with remorse over his little son. The remorse he felt caused him to change his behavior toward his family. About a year later another son, the last of the family, was born and given the name Benjamin Francis.
Approximately thirteen months later death came to Sanford II. He was only 47 years old. Family tradition suggests that he may have had stomach problems. He was also buried on the homestead, next to his little son.
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