A pioneer and \"healer\" for the Church, was living in Illinois when he and his family \"received the Gospel.\" He moved his wife and children to Nauvoo, and then, as part of the great exodus, to the Salt Lake Valley in 1847. In 1851 he volunteered to move to Iron County to strengthen the failing community of Parowan. Ten years later he joined the saints at Orderville, where he lived for over twenty-five years until his death. His journal provides rich insight into the spirit of pioneer life.