Aunt Ruth's Book, Frank's Autobiography, page 4, paragraph 5

When father left for his mission on November 8, 1894, just before Christmas, Uncle Edward Follett came from Pima and took us to stay awhile with mother’s folks. We started out with two big three year old colts and two work horses of ours in addition to Uncle’s team. When we neared Florence, one of the colts gave out and we had to sell her to a rancher for $4.00 and three bales of hay. Soon one of the mares in the team gave out. We tied her to the back of the wagon. She got so tired that she fell and broke her neck. This made mother feel very bad to lose these two animals. The rest of the trip was made safely. A few days after we arrived at Uncle Ed’s, our colt was found dead. This left us with only two horses.

Aunt Ruth's Book, Frank's Autobiography, page 3

[Page 3 is filled with photos. The first photo on Page 3 is a small close-up of “FATHER: George Franklin Ellsworth, Sr.” The next is “MOTHER: Sarah Mariah Follett.” The final photo is “My Sister Hilda May and Myself”. It must have been taken in about 1890.]

[Again, I would rather scan the originals than scan these images made in 1982. If any in the family can scan the originals, we will put them here.]

Aunt Ruth's Book, Frank's Autobiography, page 1, paragraph 5

They left Smithville November 16, 1885 for Mesa accompanied by mother’s brother, William Follett and his family. They arrived in Mesa, Arizona November 26, 1885. They stayed a few days at the home of William Passey, a relative of fathers’ [sic]. Then father rented a two room adobe house from C. I. Robson (the Fannie MacDonald home) for $2.00 per month. There we spent our first winter in Mesa.

Aunt Ruth's Book, Frank's Autobiography, page 1, paragraph 2

My parents came from Utah; Father in 1880 and my Mother in 1877. Father was the son of Edmund Lovell Ellsworth and Mary Ann Bates Ellsworth, his third wife. He was born December 26, 1857 in Provo, Utah. Mother was the daughter of William A. Follett and Nancy Maria Fausett Follett. She was born March 19, 1866 in Provo, Utah. Their parents were called to settle Arizona by President Brigham Young. They were pioneers of Arizona colonization.