Andrew Jackson Allred, Pioneer and Settler

ANDREW JACKSON ALLRED, known as Jack Allred all his life, was born February 12, 1831 in Monroe County, Missouri. He was the twelfth child and the last one born to James Allred and Elizabeth Warren. His family was living in Monroe County Missouri when his parents and their children who were old enough, joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the year before Jack was born. Because Andrew’s family became part of the early movement of the Mormon Church, he experienced in his young life the persecutions and testing that eventually brought the saints to the west.

In the spring of 1851, Jack traveled across the plains with his parents and arrived in Salt Lake City in October. That same year, they settled in Manti, Sanpete County, Utah.
Andrew was very interested in the Native American language, and in time he and his brother James T.S. became interpreters, helping to solve problems between the settlers and the Indians. He wore buckskin pants and became familiar with the Indian lifestyle. One time Chief Whitehorse raised his gun to shoot him, but for some unknown reason, the chief could not do so.

At the age of twenty-three, Jack married Chloe Stevens on November 3, 1855. She was born on June 18, 1838 at St. Louis Missouri. Seven children were born to Jack and Chloe.
Five months after her last child, Elizabeth Ann was born, Chloe died at the age of thirty-four on October 22, 1872.

The following year in July 1873, Jack Allred married his second wife, Elizabeth Ivy. They had two children.

In the spring of 1876 Brigham Young called Andrew to settle in Rabbit Valley with the Indians and establish a trading post.

Jack Allred built his first home east of the Fremont River. That winter was so cold, the river froze over, flooding much of the valley. Jack decided to move straight west on top the point of the hill, since known as Jack’s or Allred point.

He built a house and joined some cabins to it. The place became a rendezvous for Indians, travelers and stockmen. William brought in a two-story sawmill made out of logs lined with lumber. It was set up in the canyon above the valley, taking water from UM Creek for power. The logs were brought from Pole Canyon on the Morrell Fork. This was the first sawmill to operate in the valley.

Jack’s son Marion was the first white boy born in the valley. His daughter Luzernia married Silas Morrell, and their daughter Chloe Jane Morrell was the first white girl born in the valley on March 15, 1877.

Jack’s second wife, Elizabeth died in 1888. Later he married his third wife, Martina Nielson Anderson, and the union bore two more children.

In 1892, the Jack Allred farm was sold to William Irvin Callahan, and Jack moved to Richfield where he died on October 10, 1899 at the age of 68 years. In his later years he developed a swelling on his leg known as “White Swelling,” and he had to walk on crutches.

He is buried beside his second wife Elizabeth in the Fremont Cemetery, located in Wayne County, Utah.

To view his headstone in the Fremont,Utah cemetery click on this link:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=allred&GSiman=1&GScid=77235&GRid=32906107&

Silas Wilson Morrell & Luzernia Allred, A Story Of The Wild West

SILAS WILSON MORRELL was born August 11, 1851, in Cottonwood, Salt Lake County, Utah, to William Wilson and Sarah Jane Richards. He mar­ried Virginia Morrell while living at Union Fort. Virginia died on August 2, 1875.
Silas moved to Rabbit Valley (Wayne County) with his father in 1876. On July 12, 1876, he married Luzernia Allred in Fremont, Utah, daughter of Andrew Jackson Allred and Chloe Stevens. They were parents of seven children. Their daughter Chloe Jane Morrell was the first white child born in Wayne County.

While working his father’s sawmill Silas was injured and was unable to do manual labor after the accident. He and his wife owned a farm just east of Fremont where they built a two-story, log house. They also had a dairy farm east of Fish Lake, later known as Silas Springs where in the early summer they herded milk cows to the mountain spring to graze during the warm months. Summers were spent making cheese, and in the fall they took it to Richfield to sell. March 1891 Silas and Luzernia decided to go to a warmer climate in New Mexico, hoping his health would improve.

Luzernia was pregnant and they stopped at Bluff. She gave birth to her baby in the wagon bed. The next morning when they moved it, there were three rattlesnakes beneath it in the sand. Although they stayed in New Mexico for some time, Silas’s health never improved, so they decided to return home. They reached Fremont in the latter part of September and hadn’t been home long when Silas died on September 26, 1893, in Fremont, Utah, and was buried in the Fremont Cemetery.

Raising a family as a widow is difficult, especially in the “wild west.” A year after her husband’s death, Luzernia married William Henry Long (Bill) on November 14, 1894. He was a crack shot and took care of the Morrell family. They had two daughter born to them at Fremont, Viola in 1896 and Evinda Ann in 1898.

Luzernia and Bill (pictured to the right) later moved to Duchesne, Utah where they lived until their deaths. Bill was a colorful character and is suspected to have once belonged to the Butch Cassidy outlaw gang. On his death certificate, it states that Henry William Long died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head “two miles east of Duchesne,” Utah on November 27, 1936. Luzernia Allred Morrell Long died a few months later in Duchesne on March 11, 1937. Here is a website for information on this theory

http://www.sundancekidhenrylong.com/

To see the headstone for Luzernia Allred and William Long click this link:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32890821

To view the headstone for Silas Wilson Morrell click this link:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=17381847

Cowboy's Goodbye - A Trail Long Traveled and a Life Well Lived.

Perry LeRoy Jackson, age 87, passed away on May 12, 2007 in Richfield, Utah, after a valiant battle with debilitating illnesses. Perry was born May 25, 1919 in Fremont, Utah, the youngest of eight children born to Jeremiah and Chloe Jane Morrell Jackson. He married the love of his life, Shirley in the Manti Utah.
Perry loved to play the guitar and sing. He wrote lyrics and music and recorded over 100 songs. Early in his music career he was known as "The Fremont Troubadour" and his music was often played on a local radio station. In addition to singing, he enjoyed fishing, hunting, camping and was happiest when engaged in those activities. He loved his family and was enthused about having them surround him. In the 1950's, he went to Hollywood, where his first album was recorded. He signed a contract with Victor Recording Company; however, not wanting to expose his family to the life-style of the entertainment business, he broke his contract and decided against moving to California, choosing instead the quieter life of Wayne County. Throughout his life, he enjoyed many occupations: farming, maintaining the Wayne County television towers, and driving a school bus from Hanksville to Bicknell, the longest school bus route in Utah. He could repair almost any appliance and owned a repair shop for many years. He was also a tour guide, giving 4-wheel jeep tours into the Utah desert. In 1952 Perry was asked to guide a group from National Geographic Magazine through Cathedral valley. An article entitled "Roaming The West's Fantastic Four Corners" containing photographs of Perry and his jeep was published in the June 1952 issue. Salt Lake City Magazine interviewed Perry and also published photographs and wrote about him in their article "Discovering Goblin Valley" in May/June 1997 issue.

This is his story and his roots.