Tag Archives: Homesteading

Andrew and Hannah – A Hard and Happy Life

Posted on November 19, 2017 by Kenneth Richard Hardman

“Hannah gave Andrew to understand that her husband had to be worthy to take her to the temple. So he set about preparing himself…” At last the happy day arrived. He borrowed a team and sleigh and they drove from … Continue reading →

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Walter Tennyas Griffin – Plows and Pennies

Posted on April 3, 2016 by Kenneth Richard Hardman

Shortly after his birth in 1898, WT Griffin, named after his father and the poet Tennyson, moved from Newton, Utah to Indian Valley, Idaho to homestead. Life was hard living off the land, raising grain and livestock. At age five … Continue reading →

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Charlotte Hannah Dearden – Hard Work, Love, and Smile

Posted on March 9, 2016 by Kenneth Richard Hardman

In 1924, eleven months after returning to Utah from difficult homesteading in Canada, my great-grandmother Charlotte Hannah Dearden Hardman was widowed with eight children when her hard working husband died of a broken ulcer. They had previously lost and buried … Continue reading →

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