James and Isabelle Dayley

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JAMES DAYLEY & ISABELLE MCBRIDE

Jacob Dayley 1787 – Feb. 11, 1811 James Dayley B: Bedford, Pennsylvania March 26, 1811 – July 23, 1905 D: Little Pigeon Roost, Ohio B: Little Pigeon Roost, Ohio D: Basin, Idaho Elizabeth Baker Dec. 12, 1791 – 1834 Enoch Rhodes Dayley B: Bedford, Pennsylvania Sept. 19, 1837 – Nov. 13, 1892 D: Licking County, Ohio B: Grand River, Missouri D: Basin, Idaho Thomas White McBride March 12, 1776 – Oct. 30, 1838 Isabelle McBride B: Loudon County, Virginia March 28, 1816 – Jan. 18, 1861 D: Hauns Mill, Missouri B: Lancaster, Ohio D: Grantsville, Utah Catherine John 1778 – July 27, 1841 B: Frederick County, Maryland D: Nauvoo, Illinois

JAMES DAYLEY

Eleven children were born to this union: Elizabeth, 1835; Enoch Rhodes, 1837; Isaac Morley, 1840; Sarah Ann, 1841; George, 1844; Heber Chase, 1845; Thomas John, 1847; James Carlos, 1850; Jacob, 1852; Isabelle Rebecca, 1853; and Nancy Vilate, 1856.

Born March 26, 1811, at Little Pigeon Roost, Belmont County, Ohio, James was the only child of Jacob and Elizabeth Baker Dayley.675 His father tragically drowned shortly before James was born while the former was en route to Ohio. Elizabeth and her son remained in Ohio, leaving behind their ancestral lands in Pennsylvania where the Dayleys had held residence since colonial times. James’ maternal grandfather, George Baker, was a soldier in the Pennsylvanian militia during the American Revolution.676

675 Cf. There is some discrepancy as to where Little Pigeon Roost is actually located. It is very likely James was born at a place called Pigeon Point, Belmont County, Ohio. For further explanation see Keith Dayley’s Our Dayley Line, 1999, Vol.2.

676 See Progressive Men of Southern Idaho, 1904, A.W. Bowen & Company, Chicago. “The grandfather of James was a soldier in the American Revolution and served six years in that memorable and decisive contest.”

Another anonymous source indicates that “George Baker was severely wounded and scalped while a soldier under George Washington’s command.”

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James had little opportunity for formal education when he was a child; having no father at home, he was obliged to help on the farm at an early age. He also spent a few years of his early life helping out his maternal grandparents on their farm. When his mother, Elizabeth, passed away at Licking County, Ohio, in 1834, the twenty‐three‐year‐ old James left behind all that he had known and struck out on his own.

Conversion to the Gospel (1834)

In February 1834 James was baptized a member of the Church, most likely as a result of his affiliation with the Thomas McBride family, particularly the young Isabelle McBride.677 The two married shortly thereafter on March 18, 1834, in Richland County, Ohio. Eleven children were later born to this union.

The McBrides were introduced to the gospel some years earlier, and Isabelle herself had been baptized in April 1831 at the age of fifteen.678 Some family histories mention that both Thomas McBride and his son‐in‐law, James, were associated with the Prophet Joseph Smith

677 An anonymous account indicates that James was baptized at Johnstown, Licking County, Ohio, on February 10, 1834, by Thomas Tripp, the same man who baptized his wife and in-laws. This account also notes that due to the season, a hole had to be cut out of the ice in order to perform the baptism.

678 See DUP, Women of Faith and Fortitude, 1998, Vol.1:793.

“Isabelle was born in Ohio on March 28, 1816. She was the twelfth of fifteen children. When she was four, her father took a lease on a section of the land called Red Haw at Wayne County, Ohio, and moved the family there.

“In August 1833 her father sold the lease and started moving the family to Jackson County, Missouri. Due to the lateness of the season, they were only able to go as far as Richland County, Ohio. It was here that she met James Dayley.”

Cf. The Nauvoo Endowment Index lists the date and location of Isabelle’s birth as March 29, 1817, at Fairfield, Ohio.

PIONEERS OF THE GOOSE CREEK VALLEY 673 while in Ohio.679 James eventually came to affiliate with the Prophet in Far West, Missouri, and also in Nauvoo, Illinois, where the former served for a time as a bodyguard to the Prophet.680

Persecutions in Missouri (1834‐1838)

The newlyweds accompanied Isabelle’s parents that summer to gather with the Saints in Pike County, Missouri. They arrived in June 1834 and there remained for about two years, until the spring of 1836, before they pulled up stakes and moved to Ray County, Missouri, for about three months. From there they moved to Caldwell County, Missouri, where they settled near Haun’s Mill.681 It was there that James enlisted in the local militia as a member of Henry Hardman’s Company.682

James and his two brothers‐in‐law, James and Amos McBride, were three of only four members of Henry Hardman’s Company to survive the Haun’s Mill tragedy on October 30, 1838. Seventeen Saints were killed that day, Thomas McBride included.683 James Dayley and the McBride brothers helped to bury the bodies of those seventeen

679 Dayley, Rhonda, James Dayley Sketch, 1960; On file at the DUP Library.

680 See Dayley, Keith, Our Dayley Line, 1999, Vol.2. Keith Dayley quotes an anonymous source:

“At one time [in Ohio] the Prophet told him [James] if he would be faithful he would live until he was satisfied with his days, and that bullets would fly around him like hail. This was fulfilled at the Haun’s Mill Massacre. The bullets pierced his hat crown and brim, passed through his coat between his arm and body, and through his pant legs. At this terrible massacre, his father-in-law, Thomas McBride[,] was shot with his own gun and hacked up with a corn cutter.”

681 DUP, Women of Faith and Fortitude, 1998, Vol.1:793.

682 Dayley, Keith, Our Dayley Line, 1999, Vol.2.

683 See the Thomas McBride and Catherine John chapter of this compendium (p.383- 408) for further details surrounding the Haun’s Mill Massacre.

674 JAMES AND ISABELLE DAYLEY casualties by converting (and dedicating) a nearby well into a mass grave. During the massacre, Isabelle took her one‐year‐old son, Enoch, who had been born near the mill, and hid among the willows in the stream for safety.

The survivors had very little time to regroup as the mob soon returned, took both James Dayley and Amos McBride captive, stripped them of their weapons, and beat them severely for about three days while they interrogated them.684 One source indicates that James, who would not “testify against the Prophet to satisfy the demands of the mob,” carried scars from this incident for the rest of his life. The remaining Saints were forced to leave Haun’s Mill on February 24, 1839.685

Flight from Missouri and Persecutions in Illinois (1839‐1846)

Despite a particularly cold winter, the families were determined to start for Illinois. James Dayley and the McBride boys had only gone about nine miles when news reached them that their guns, previously confiscated by the mob, had been taken to Richmond in Ray County, and that they could claim them at a price of 60¢ for each weapon. James Dayley and James McBride made a short deviation from their course in order to retrieve their rifles. The family continued on to

684 Cf. Dayley, Rhonda, James Dayley Sketch, 1960.

“James Dayley and his brother-in-law[,] Amos McBride[,] assisted in putting the eighteen bodies of the Saints that were slain into a well where their bones rest today. The bodies were put there to keep them from being destroyed by a herd of hogs [sic] the mob was bringing up to the mill for that purpose. He dedicated the well as the grave. James Dayley, Amos McBride[,] and David Lewis were taken prisoners, kept, tormented, and harassed for a few days and then set at liberty.”

685 DUP, Women of Faith and Fortitude, 1998, Vol.1:793.

See also McBride, James (brother), Autobiography (abridged), 1876; As published in the Tooele Transcript Bulletin, February 15, 1924.

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Nauvoo later that spring; no sooner had they arrived than James Dayley was called upon by Church leaders John Smith and Brigham Young to join with a quorum of brethren assigned to assist in the complete removal of the Saints from Missouri.

Little is known about the years that the Dayleys spent in Nauvoo except that James was ordained to the office of seventy on April 9, 1845, and sustained a member of the Twenty‐second Quorum of Seventy organized that same day.686 James and Isabelle were endowed in the Nauvoo Temple on February 6, 1846.687 It was only a few weeks later that the young family was driven out yet again to fend for themselves in the wilderness. Isabelle remembered looking back and seeing her own home burning as they left Nauvoo.

Refuge in Iowa (1846‐1850)

In April of 1846, James, his family, and other members of the McBride family stopped at Farmington, Iowa, where they found work grubbing (clearing land) for a wage of 25¢ each per day.688 In September of the same year, they left Farmington and moved down the Des Moines River to Tom’s Mill where they made preparations to spend the winter. The following year, in May 1847, they left Tom’s Mill and traveled about sixty miles to Centerville, Appanoose County, Iowa.

The two families realized that their teams were not sufficient to draw both their families and provisions across the plains, so they were forced to spend the winter of 1847 among unfriendly neighbors at

686 CHL, Nauvoo Seventy’s Quorum Records, Film WFR Rt.1-Bk. B. 1844-1847.

687 Nauvoo Temple Endowment Index. Endowment records on the index were kept by the temple recorder, William Clayton; washing and anointing records were kept by the First Quorum of Seventy.

688 See Dayley, Keith, Our Dayley Line, 1999, Vol.2:597-626.

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Centerville. The people of that settlement hated the Mormons and made a number of bitter threats against them. Nonetheless, the Dayleys and the McBrides built makeshift cabins and waited out the winter.

It turns out that they would have to remain a little longer than anticipated as it was not until May 17, 1850, when the two families disposed of their homes at Centerville and again started west. They traveled about 300 miles to Kanesville, Nebraska, where they waited another two years before heading to Salt Lake City.689

The Journey West (1852)

The Dayley family joined the John B. Walker Company in 1852.690 Company records list James, age 41, as being accompanied by Isabelle, age 36; and their sons, Enoch Rhodes, age 14; Heber Chase, age 6; Thomas John, age 4; James Carlos, age 2; and Jacob, infant.691 The company departed Kanesville, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, on July 5, 1852, with 258 individuals, and it arrived in Salt Lake City on October 2 of that same year – James and family arriving on October 4, 1852.692 Excerpts from a diary written by one in the company read:

“Spring 1852: Went to the Missouri River bottom where Ezra T. Benson organized the Saints which gathered there which was the fourteenth company which left for the Salt Lake Valley in the spring of 1852 (bapt. John B. Walker). Crossed on a large flat boat, two wagons to a trip, three men to the car and one to the rear to steer; would land down the river

689 McBride, James (brother), Autobiography (abridged), 1876; As published in the Tooele Transcript Bulletin, February 15, 1924.

690 Cf. DUP, Heart Throbs of the West, c.1951, Vol.12. This source lists James Dayley and his family as having come west in 1851. No party name is mentioned, and the contributor of this information is not cited.

691 See the Mormon Overland Travel Records (MOTR) for additional detail about the John B. Walker Company.

692 Dayley, Keith, Our Dayley Line, 1999, Vol.2.

PIONEERS OF THE GOOSE CREEK VALLEY 677 about ¼ of a mile from the starting point, and pulled the boat back with oxen. The company consisted of fifty wagons and five tens and each ten had a captain and our captain was David M. Conley. Made the westward start (from Kanesville, Iowa, July 8, 1852) and went over to the Elkhorn, Neb., River and found an old decaded [sic] flat boat of about four or five tons capacity. We supposed it to be the property of some fur traders who had lost or left it there. The next camp was on the Platte River, Neb., where the cholera broke out and two of our number succumbed to the dread disease, which did not leave our company until we reached Loup Fork, which is up the river from our first camp on the Platte and ten more or our company died of cholera. At this point some one threw out a buffalo robe and stampeded about fifty wagons and one woman was thrown out and killed. Trailed along up to the Grand Island. Traveled two days up the river and saw the first buffaloes on the route.…

“Went on up the Platte until the last crossing and we crossed back on the north side…Passed Independence Rock and next to the Devils Gate…We went up to the three crossings of Sweet Water and camped. These crossings are not a half a mile apart…The next place is Ice Springs where there is several bogs…Crossed over Rocky Ridge and several small streams and crossed the last crossing on the Sweetwater, and passed over the pass and camped on Pacific Creek….

“The next point en route is Big Sandy. Traveled down this until we came to Green River. Crossed the river and went over onto Black’s Fork. Traveled up this a few days and came to Fort Bridger, next to the Muddy; from here over to the Pioneer Ridge. Came to a little creek called Wolf Creek. From here to Needle Rocks on Yellow Creek and there we buried a young man by the name of (Samuel) Sherman, the last death on a long and wearisome march. From here we came down a fork of Echo Canyon. We came down and passed Redden’s or Cache Cave. Traveled down a day or two and came to Weber River. Traveled down the Weber four miles and crossed where Hennefer (Henefer) now stands. Went about ten miles southwest and came to East Canyon. Beaver dams and mud holes and brush made it very difficult for us to drive the sheep. It will be remembered that we brought sheep across the plains. Went up East Canyon and then up a hollow to the right nearly to the top of the Big Mountain. From here we crossed over the Little

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Mountain late that afternoon and down Emigration Canyon into the Salt Lake Valley about the last of September or the first of October 1852.”693

Settlement at Grantsville, Tooele County, Utah (1853)

James and family settled in Grantville, Tooele County, Utah, where he met up with his brother‐in‐law and life long friend, James McBride, who had co‐settled the camp the previous summer. The settlers at Grantsville built a fort and moved inside, both the Dayleys and the McBrides contributing to its erection. An article published by the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers depicts the fort and the circumstances surrounding its construction as follows:

“The Indians were a constant problem to the settlers…During the years of 1852 to 1854, the cattle had to be kept under constant guard both day and night…They decided to build a fort for their protection. The wall was constructed on the north and west sides of dirt dug from the outside of the wall and pounded hard with hand mauls. This part of the wall was five feet thick at the bottom and stood twelve feet high. The south and east walls were built of a rock foundation, with adobe bricks, three feet thick and standing twelve feet high. This wall was 120 rods long and enclosed a plot of ground 30 rods along each side. The homes were moved within the wall. Each man was responsible for a section of the wall. Its cost at that time was over $3,000. A man’s wages were less than a dollar a day so the cost was enormous for the settlers.

“A stockade of cedar logs stood upright with their ends stuck in the ground to hold the cattle at night, on the east side of the fort. This fort was located where Clark Street intersects Cooley Lane (Street).”694

693 MOTR, Dickson, Albert D., Reminiscence (abridged), c.1911, p.2-5.

694 DUP, History of Tooele County, 1961, p.217-220. This description is also included in Keith Dayley’s history along with the following commentary:

“Vergie Cooley, in her history of Grantsville, says, ‘Portholes were built into the wall in case of an attack. These were larger on the inside, tapering down to small holes on the outside. As an added protection, the houses were built with all the openings [opening from] the inside of the fort. These were built closer together on the east side than on the other sides.”’

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On March 18, 1857,695 James married a second wife, Caroline Hardy, who would bear to him an additional fourteen children.696

Isabelle worked as a midwife while in Grantsville, often making visits that would require her to travel in deep snow. It was on such an occasion that she contracted a fever and was unable to regain her health. She passed away on January 18, 1861, at Grantsville and is buried in the Grantsville Cemetery.697

695 Cf. This plural marriage date has been recorded as 1863 in a number of sources, but the confirmed year of marriage was 1857.

696 See DUP, Pioneer Pathways, 2005, Vol.8:221.

“Caroline Elvira Hardy was born on March 9, 1840, in St. George, Augusta County, Maine. Caroline was only a small child of about eight when… [she] and her family crossed the plains as members of the Heber C. Kimball Company. She said that she walked all the way and that her feet would get sore and bleed. As a child she had [eczema] that caused her to lose her hair. She was always self-conscious and would not go out and mingle with young folks of her age. And because of the loss of her hair, she never went to school. Her mother taught her at home.

“She was only a young girl of sixteen when Isabelle McBride Dayley, who was in very bad health, hired Caroline to work for her. Caroline had great affection for Sister Dayley, and she called her ‘Aunt Isabelle.’ After Caroline had worked in the Dayley home for a long time, Isabelle realized that she would not get well, and she was worried about her five children being without a mother. Isabelle Dayley asked her husband to marry Caroline in order to help him raise their children. She knew that Caroline was a good girl and a hard worker and that she was spotlessly clean in her grooming and her work. Caroline said that her mother advised her to marry James because he was such an honest, upright, prince of a man who would make a good husband. They were married on March 18, 1857. Isabelle McBride Dayley lived only four years after Caroline and James were married.”

697 DUP, Women of Faith and Fortitude, 1998, Vol.1:793.

Cf. Progressive Men of Southern Idaho, 1904, states that Isabelle died on January 18, 1862, and was buried in Grantsville.

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Enoch Rhodes and Gennette Cooley Dayley698

Enoch Rhodes met Gennette Cooley at the Grantsville settlement and there fell in love with her. Gennette had been born December 20, 1836, at Cronache, Northumberland, Canada, the daughter of Hannah

Gould and John William Cooley. She came west with her father in ENOCH R. DAYLEY GENNETTE COOLEY 1853. Though only seventeen years of age at the time, Gennette walked the entire distance, leading an ox team much of the way. Enoch and Gennette were subsequently married on December 29, 1856, in Grantsville.699 Eight children were born to this union.

The couple lived in Grantsville for a few years until shortly after the birth of their first child in February 1858. That same year Enoch was called by the Church to help settle Richmond, Cache County, Utah.700

698 See Dayley, Keith, Our Dayley Line, 1999, Vol.2:597-626. Keith references a historical sketch written by Bertha Dayley Spargo as the source for much of this information.

699 Id. One source describes Gennette as “a pretty little girl, small of build, trim of figure, with a sparkling personality, black hair and eyes.”

700 See The History of Richmond, Utah, 1976, p.6 & 11-13. One of Enoch’s assignments while in Richmond was to assist in building a fort.

“[The Richmond fort] consisted of two rows of houses running east and west on each side of what is now Main Street. It extended about 40 rods north and south, beginning at a point 10 or 15 rods west of the present State Highway 91, and then ran east to the Enoch Tripp home, located about 180 rods east of the west end.

“Farthest to the outside of the fort, were about five rods for gardens, and just inside of this, a fence was built where corrals could be provided for the livestock. The houses were numbered and faced inward toward the open space which was provided for travel and a play area for the children. This area became the main street of Richmond. Water was supplied from an open ditch, which was constructed from Cherry Creek, coming down from

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Eventually, James and Caroline also joined them at Richmond and there remained until the spring of 1867; at which time they were released from their call and both families went back to Grantsville where they lived an additional thirteen years.701

Settlement at Basin, Cassia County, Idaho (1879)

James and Caroline lived in Tooele Valley until the spring of 1878 when they started for Idaho with the hope of homesteading on the Snake River Plain. Being driven out by hostile Indians, however, James went back to Utah and remained there until the fall of 1879; at which time he moved his family to a location just a few miles outside of Oakley, Cassia County, Idaho.702

In the fall of 1879, Enoch accompanied his brother, Thomas, to Basin, Cassia County, Idaho. Thomas had already relocated his family to Idaho the year before, but it was on this occasion that Enoch became

the mountains and the springs which were located there. Two ditches ran in front of the houses along both sides of the open space. This water was used for culinary purposes as well as for irrigation on the gardens.”

701 Territorial census records confirm Enoch and Gennette (spelled “Jeanette” on the records) to be living in Cache County, Utah, in 1860. The 1870 and 1880 U.S. Census records both show them as having returned to Grantsville, Utah.

It would appear that James and Caroline also lived for a time in Morgan, Weber County, Utah, since one of their children was born there: William Francis on October 26, 1867.

Additionally, Keith Dayley mentions a number of land transactions in Grantsville to which James was a party between the years 1878 and 1882. See Our Dayley Line Vol.2.

702 The 1856 Territorial Census and the 1860 and 1870 U.S. Census records show James living in Grantsville, Tooele County, Utah, along with his family (interestingly enough, the 1870 U.S. Census states that James could not read or write even at age fifty-nine). The 1880 U.S. Census places James and Caroline in Oakley, Cassia County, Idaho.

682 JAMES AND ISABELLE DAYLEY enchanted with the area, located a homestead, and returned to Utah with the intentions of bringing back his wife and children.

At a conference held at Grantsville, Utah, on March 26, 1880, a branch known as the Goose Creek Branch of the Tooele Stake was organized with William C. Martindale sustained as president. George Whittle was set apart as first counselor and Enoch R. Dayley as second counselor.703 These three men were commissioned by Francis M. Lyman, President of the Tooele Stake, to purchase water rights in the valley (then held by certain stockmen) and also to prepare for a general colonization.

Enoch returned to Grantville and in the fall of 1880 he moved his family to Basin, Idaho. When the family came to the new frontier they brought seeds for planting crops; they also brought starts of rhubarb, gooseberry bushes, currant bushes, and a variety of trees to give them shade in the years ahead. Sugarcane was planted in the vicinity of Marion, Idaho, because they thought the climate more favorable for its growth. Additionally, they brought yellow roses to beautify the landscape.704

In August 1881 a Basin Sunday School was organized by Enoch R. Dayley and William Moultrie. In 1882 Goose Creek Branch became a ward; this was followed with the Cassia Branch also being organized as a ward and Enoch being sustained as its first bishop.705 James

703 Jacob Dayley and Hyrum S. Severe were chosen and set apart as teachers by President Martindale.

704 See Dayley, Keith, Our Dayley Line, 1999, Vol.2:597-626.

705 See Jensen, Andrew, Encyclopedic History of the Church, 1941; “Basin Ward.”

“In September 1882 the Oakley Ward was organized, of which Basin then became a branch with Enoch R. Dayley as presiding priest, who continued to act in that position until the organization of Cassia Stake in 1887, when, on November 22, the Spring Basin Branch was organized as a ward with Enoch R. Dayley as bishop.

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Dayley donated a plot of land for the Oakley Ward House in 1882. The building was finished in 1884.706 Later, a post office was opened at Basin with Enoch Dayley as postmaster. He served in this capacity as well as that of bishop until his death in 1892.707

Less than a year before he passed away, Enoch and Gennette, along with their children, ventured down to Logan, Utah, where they were sealed on October 22, 1891. The relationship between Enoch and

“Bishop Dayley died November 13, 1892, after which Basin again became a branch of the Oakley Ward, and thus remained until 1900, but as the records of the branch were destroyed by fire, the names of the presiding elders of the branch during this period are not available.”

See also Jensen, Andrew, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, 1901, Vol.4; “Stake and Ward Officers: Cassia Stake.”

“Dayley, Enoch Rhoades, bishop of the Spring Basin (or Basin) Ward, Cassia Stake, Idaho, from 1887 to 1892, was born Sept. 19, 1837, in Grand River Township, Caldwell County, Missouri, the son of James Dayley Sr., and Isabelle McBride. He was baptized in April 1850 at Keg Creek, Iowa, came to Utah in 1852, and was ordained a high priest and bishop, Nov. 22, 1887, by John W. Taylor.”

See also Deseret News, October 5, 1890; “Southern Idaho Tour: A Visit by Apostle Francis Marion Lymon [sic].”

“Spring Basin Ward presided over by Bishop Enoch R. Dayley consists of twenty-six families who reside in a beautiful little valley or basin, the centre of which is about five miles east of the Oakley meeting house, a low spur of mountains through which there is a natural gap separating this little valley from the Goose Creek country below [sic].”

See also Deseret News, October 11, 1882; “Trip to Cassia County.”

“Enoch R. Dayley was chosen and set apart to preside over the Little Basin Branch of the Cassia Ward.”

706 DUP, Our Pioneer Heritage, 1977, Vol.8:224.

707 See Dayley, Keith, Our Dayley Line, 1999, Vol.2:597-626. Quoting from the Bertha Dayley Spargo account:

“[Enoch] was the first postmaster of all Cassia County, and was succeeded by his daughter, Gennette I. Dayley [sic]; later by P.D. Dayley and then by John H. Fairchild. John was postmaster until rural delivery was established and the post office moved to Oakley.”

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Gennette was known to be especially deep and sincere. There is no example of this fact more moving than the one that ultimately culminated in Enoch’s death. In the fall of 1892, Gennette became very ill and came very close to dying. Feeling deeply concerned for her welfare and believing that she would be a greater influence to their children than he would be, Enoch retired to a shed and prayed that her life would be spared and his taken instead. His prayer was answered almost immediately when Gennette was healed as if by miracle; Enoch died a few days later on November 13, 1892.708

Gennette lived on for many years, providing service to her children and the community. She eventually passed away on February 6, 1927, at Burley, Idaho, and her body was laid to rest at the side of her beloved husband in the Basin Cemetery.709

Later Years of James (1902‐1905)

James Dayley was ordained Patriarch of the Cassia Stake on November 13, 1902.710 Assistant Church Historian Andrew Jensen records the event as follows:

708 Id.

709 Id.

“Gennette, who had been known as an angel of mercy by those who knew her, continued to care for the sick and afflicted. She also served for a time as mid-wife, often seen carrying her little black delivery bag and ready to assist at a minute’s notice. She seldom received money for this service as there was very little to go around in those early days.”

710 The First One Hundred Years of the Cassia-Oakley Idaho Stake, 1987, p.60; Referenced in Our Dayley Line Vol.2. This source indicates that James was ordained a seventy by Joseph Young and a high priest by Apostle John W. Taylor. It also indicates that James was a patriarch in the Cassia Stake, stating that “James was constant and faithful, rising to positions of seventy, high priest, and patriarch. He was also bishop pro tempore for two years at Council Bluffs, Iowa.”

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“Thursday, November 13, 1902 – Brother John Henry Smith reported attendance at Cassia Stake Conference. The new building at Oakley was dedicated on the 9th. It is quite a handsome structure of dark blue stone, with white trimmings. Its seating capacity is about 600. Although there were some 700 counted as they left the building on Sunday. The following named brethren were sustained and ordained as patriarchs, Brother John Henry Smith officiating: James Worthington Phippen, Thomas Dunn, and James Dayley. At the conference President Jack inquired how many were present who were personally acquainted with the Prophet Joseph Smith. In response to this, four men and three women answered, all of whom bore their testimony and spoke of their experiences with the Prophet, which was a very pleasing feature of the conference.”711

In 1905 James took all of his surviving family to the Logan Temple where they were sealed to him. He mentioned to some of his children on the way home from this outing that he was “ready to go,” and that his work “had been finished.” Soon after that he was taken ill. One day, after having wandered out into the hay field, he was found unconscious. His son‐in‐law, Jack Hunt, who had gone out looking for him, assisted the Dayley patriarch back to his residence. James passed away within a week on July 21, 1905, at the age of ninety‐four, and was buried at Oakley Cemetery.712

Caroline passed away at Oakley on October 7, 1931.713

711 JH, November 13, 1902.

712 The following words are inscribed on James’ headstone: “James Dayley, B. 26 Mar. 1811, D. 25 July 1905; Son of Jacob and Elizabeth Baker Dayley; Resting Till the Glorious Resurrection Morn.”

713 Cf. DUP, History of Tooele County, 1961, p.447. This source has an incorrect date for James’ second marriage, listed as March 18, 1863.