Hyrum Turley (1876-1946)
By himself and another

The Theodore Turley Family Book, pp. 212-215

Hyrum Turley, son of Isaac and Sarah Greenwood Turley was born March 1, 1876 in Beaver, Utah.  My father left Beaver in March, 1877 and went to settle the Salt River in company with Daniel Jones.  In 1878 my father moved my mother and family to St. Joseph, Arizona.  Here we lived in the United Order.  On May 7, 1881 my father moved both of his families to Snowflake.  I was baptized by William J. Flake Jan. 5, 1884, and the same day was confirmed by John Woodruff Freeman at Snowflake.

In the spring of 1885, all of us, except Theodore and his family, left for Mexico.  I rode a horse all the way and drove horses and cattle.  We located at Corralitos.  My father planted a crop in connection with James Gale and others.  Later we moved up to San Jose, across the river from where Dublan is located.  It was called Turley's Camp. My father was appointed Presiding Elder.  There were about twenty-five families located there.  In the spring of 1886 my father, Isaac Turley, returned to Snowflake and on May 3, 1886 he left Snowflake again for Mexico with Clara Ann Tolton and children, a few cows, two ordinary wagons, one spring wagon and one buggy.  They arrived in Benito Juarez May 27, 1886.

My mother, Sarah Greenwood Turley, died in Benito Juarez Jan. 15, 1887.  I was nearly eleven years old and my brother, John Andrew, was twenty-one months old.  I took care of him for ten months, then he was taken to Snowflake to live with Theodore and Mary F. Turley.

In the fall and winter of 1885, Alex F. MacDonald and the Apostles made the purchase of 100,000 acres of land on the Piedras Verdes River.  This was mostly grazing land. There was a very little timber and very little land good for farming.  Brother MacDonald made a survey for the town lots.  This place was called Benito Juarez.  We moved to Benito Juarez and we lived there many years.  This is where I went to school and courted my girl.  I worked for two yearsin the Juarez tannery, learning to tan leather.

I was ordained a deacon by Bishop Sevey May 17, 1887 and was made second counselor in the deacons' quorum.  I was ordained a priest by Elder George Teasdale Jan. 3, 1895.  I was married to Pearl Sevey, a daughter of Bishop Sevey, on February 21, 1896 at Colonia Juarez by Elder Anthony W. Ivins.  Hyrum Venus and Ivan were born at Juarez.  We took them to the Manti Temple where Pearl and I were sealed and the boys sealed to us Nov. 16, 1898. I was ordained an Elder at that time by Elder John D. T. McAllister.

I helped to plaster the Juarez Academy and the school house, also other buildings there.

        We moved to Colonia Chuichupa in January, 1904.  We milked cows and made cheese for Howd Vader and John Davis and farmed over 100 acres of land.  In the middle of the winter we would turn the cows out to find their own feed for a month or two and go to Madera and Pearson to plaster.

 

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