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On John's family group sheet it states that he was endowed 3 feb 1854-31 Jan 1863.
John came to Utah October 1852, Captain Howell company -- Missionary to England 1854. Played an instrument in the first orchestra in the Salt Lake Theatre. Guard on the pioneer mail routes.--- Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, p. 1216. John is listed with the Edward Martin Handcart Company (fifth) which left Iowa on July 28, 1856 and arrived in Salt Lake City November 30, 1856. John was 43 years old when he made the trip.
John was listed as part of the Handcart 6th Company with Captain Israel Evans in 1857. Also listed in this company were his future wives - Hannah Wardle and Jemima Cook.
An Enduring Legacy
An Enduring Legacy: Volume Eleven
Early Mormon Settlements Compiled
Brief History of Croydon, Morgan County, Utah
In 1874 the settlers reported a good harvest but expressed concern about a possible smallpox
epidemic. Nearly all school children were vaccinated. John Toone, painter, royal musician, and
community doctor, obtained vaccine in the following manner: when his young son, Richard, got
smallpox, John took the pox germ and inoculated a calf, from which he made vaccine. He
inoculated sixty persons, thus helping to end the epidemic.
An Enduring Legacy
An Enduring Legacy: Volume Eleven
Early Mormon Settlements Compiled
Brief History of Croydon, Morgan County, Utah
In that same year (1874) the Croydon-Morgan road was repaired after being out of condition
for two years.
An Enduring Legacy
An Enduring Legacy: Volume Eleven
Early Mormon Settlements Compiled
Brief History of Croydon, Morgan County, Utah
In 1877 grasshoppers again threatened to destroy crops, but Croydon had its own little miracle
of the gulls. Seagulls descended to eat vast hordes of the insect pests. There were then 173
inhabitants in Croydon, about sixty students in public school, four stores, a restaurant, a
sawmill, and a very rich coal mine. This must have been the "golden age" of Croydon.
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