Martha Emma Weber (1893-1960)

Mother was a wonderful cook. She made everything from scratch: sausage gravy, vegetables in white sauce, and homemade bread.
She was an innovator and did many things because she had to, not because she wanted to.
She taught herself to type with one finger of her left hand after the stroke took her right side. That shows determinations.
She kept the house. She was a very good cook. A lot of the time she didn't have a large variety of food, but there was always enough.
She would buy 1 or 2 bananaa and slice them in a bowl of cream.
She made a dish she called Poor Man's Mush wich was nothing but a thick flour pudding served with cream and sugar. She didn't like to make it.
She would make a lot of candy, especially for holidays and birthdays. Unfortunately, she sent most of it to those who were away from home, so we at home got very little.
Another dish was sausage gravy over mashed potatoes.
Baking was done on Mondays, probably because the stove had to be heated all day to heat water for washing. She used to make the best bread that was ever made. One Monday we would get biscuits the next we would get scones. Also she would usually bake 10 to 12 loaves at a time.
She always planted a big garden. She would also put up several bushels of peaches and pears in the fall so we had lots of fruit all year.
In the winter the only room in the house with heat was the kitchen except on Sunday or holidays. the front room stove didn't work to well and took a lot of wood. It smoked up the walls of the front room. It looked like pink putty and she had a Mrs. Walker paper the walls two or three times in a few years.
They moved in 1930 from the house east of Afton which had heating and plumbing to the brick one which was always cold with no plubing and very high ceilings (12 to 14 feet).
She thought everyone should be busy wand since boys didn't have anything to do around the house except for carrying in the wood and cutting the kindling for the stove she didn't allow us to hang around the house. She would always say, "My mother didn't allow my brothers to be in the house and I won't either." So we were sent out to work or play. There was usually something to do, especially weeding the dreaded garden.
Mother was great in writing plays or skits, reading, etc. She belonged to every club in town and started a few on her own. A man JC Mallory used a written history of Wyoming by Martha for his masters thesis.
She was very close to her family of brothers and sisters. After her husband died she took a long trip with her brother Charles and Lena. They wen to Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. While she was gone her children go the measles and it was the only vacation she went on.
Just before she had a stroke which paralyzed her on one side, we moved from east Afton to an apartment above Calls Hardware right downtown. She got a job working for Stayner Call who had a bookstore above Robers market. She only worked for a few days or weeks before her stroke. She really enjoyed it.
She did a lot of sewing. Almost all the girls dresses and most of the boys clothes were altered for our use or made from scratch.
While living in the apartment, she bought or was given an old overstuffed chair. She took it apart and recovered it in a blue velvet.
After her stroke she lived with her daughters, mostly with Clarissa.

Austin T. Miller (1821-1857)

Captain of the 34th Infantry of Ohio

Austin T. Miller (1821-1857)

Sir,
I must respectfully tender my resignation as Captain Company "C" 34th Reg't Oh. Infantry for the following reasons:
I have been subject to a consumptive disease of the lungs since Sept 28th 1861, and knowing that my physical abilities will not permit me to perform the duties appertaining to my office. I judge it proper for the benefit of the General service that I should allow some one more competent and more physical qualified than I am to assume of my Company.

Iam Sir,
Very Respectfully,
Your Obedient Servant
Austin T. Miller
Capt Company "C" 24th Regt Ohio

To:
C. W. Foster
Assistant Adjutant General
Department of Mo Ohio

Headquarters, Department of the Ohio.
Cincinnati Ohio, October 30th 1862
Special Orders
No 92

The resignation of the following named officers are hereby accepted to take effect on the dates set opposite their names.
Captain Austin T. Miller 34th Infantry, Ohio November 1st 1862
By order of Major General Wright
Sgd C W Foster
Assistant Adjutant General

Stanley Cramer Remember his Ancestors

William Rawle was a Jehovah Witness and never joined the church even though his wife, Elizabeth Selvey, and children were baptized into the LDS church. He first came to America to earn money so that he could get the whole family to America. They came to America when Amy Rawle was 8 years old. Elizabeth Selvey was a feisty English women who wore high button up boots.
The family first settled in Nova Scotia and farmed until they finally had enough money to settle in Salt Lake City. Amy Rawle loved to travel and that might have been the reason she meet Walter Cramer because he never left the state of Idaho except for his wedding in the Salt Lake Temple. They must have had a brief meeting in Ucon, Idaho and continued their courting through letters. When they got married they moved to Ucon to farm, but ended up losing the farm in foreclosure. The agreement was that Walter would work on the farm with his father Peter Cramer but because the farm was mortgaged and it went into foreclosure they lost it and their profession. There was always hard feelings for Minnie Hitt who was in the banking industry and is the one who foreclosed on them. The farm was a mile west of Ucon and it was 40 acres. They would also have cattle up at Wolverine.
After they lost the farm Walter had a few different professions. He would become a carpenter to support their family. He also worked for the Boise Lumber Company and he would sell feed and grain.
They had a friend Lon who convinced the family to move out to Mud Lake and farm. That lasted a year before they moved back to Ucon. They didn't have success and barely broke even. When it was time for planting they wondered how they could accomplish it. Stanley and Richard were out plowing with one plow and Walter was sick. It was late in the season and they had to plow 40 acres. That is when high priest from their ward came driving plows and machines to get the seeds in the earth. This was a huge blessing for the family. In the fall their was a hailstorm and the guy next to them harvested it for them and it was enough to pay off the seed loan but that was it. Stanley was just 17 years old and Evan was in the military.
As for Peter Cramer he moved to Goshen to raise sugar beets. He couldn't get a loan so Walter Cramer had to sign on the note and they moved to Goshen to raise sugar beets and help harvest the beets. This is where Stanley Cramer learned to hate beets.
Stanley also made his own wedding ring out of a stainless steel. He was working on a Ford and the ring got caught on the emblem and after that he didn't like wearing rings. His favorite ice cream is strawberry ice cream cause that is the only kind.

James Allen Berry (1854-1927)

James A. Berry
Here is a link to the History of Idaho