Aunt Ruth's Book, Frank's Autobiography, page 1, paragraph 8

My father and Uncle William [Follett] traded a team and wagon for all of Block 4 (between First and Second Street and Robson and MacDonald) [in] Mesa and proceeded to plant it to crops, orchards, and vineyards for themselves and their mother.

Aunt Ruth's Book, Frank's Autobiography, page 1, paragraph 7

While playing in the yard, I fell on a broken bottle and cut my right arm very badly, leaving a long scar.

Aunt Ruth's Book, Frank's Autobiography, page 1, paragraph 6

The family were received into the Mesa Ward, January 31, 1886. My father ran a vineyard for Dan Bagley on West 4th Avenue. We lived the next year on the Bagley farm. It was there that my sister, Hilda May was born on July 31, 1886.

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 4

My father visited Mesa, Arizona in August 1885 and liked it so well that he moved with his wife and baby to Mesa. They went by Smithville, (now Pima) in Graham County, Arizona where they visited mother’s family. While there, I was seized with convulsions and was administered to by patriarch McBride and healed at once. I never had any more attacks.

Aunt Ruth's Book, Frank's Autobiography, page 1, paragraph 3

I was blessed by my grandfather Edmund Lovell Ellsworth on December 27, 1884 at Showlow, Arizona. My first year was a rough one for me as I was sick a lot of the time.

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.

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

[Page 1, as in the book]

[Spelling and punctuation have been preserved as in the original. This will reveal Grandpa’s spellings as well as Aunt Ruth’s writing and Aunt Martha’s typing. (smile)]

I, GEORGE FRANKLIN ELLSWORTH, JR., son of George Franklin Ellsworth and Sarah Mariah Follett, was born in Showlow, Arizona then Apache County on December 24, 1884 at 4:40 P.M. At the time of my birth, the snow was drifted completely over the house and my father had to dig a pathway out from the door.