(From a hand written account when Grandpa was in his eighties)
This is John T. Bate writes a little of his Mother Hannah Shelley Bate
Hannah was the oldest girl in the family so had most of the house work to do. All the other children in the family went to school but Hannah had to stay - never went to school. Her folks was farmers and lived in American Fork, Utah County, Utah. She was married to William Bate. They lived in American Fork until years later, then moved to Riverton, Salt Lake County, Utah. Hannah was one of ten children that I remember. They were Joseph, Steven, Sam, Jim and Dave, Hannah, Jane, Ellen, Sarah Ann.
Some time after they was married, William, her husband, took a sun stroke; was in bed for a long time; Doctor gave him up. The Elders came again and he got well. The Doctor said he wouldn't do a days work, but he did.
