Charles Madison Donelson, as a young man, was employed on an early steamship on the Mississippi River. While working there, a friend converted him to the Church.
He had met Caroline Jolley and when the time came to go west, he asked her to marry him and go with him to the Valley. Upon their arrival in Salt Lake, they determined to settle in Battle Creek (Pleasant Grove). After the birth of their first child, they moved to Palmyra and then to Spanish Fork. In 1862, they were called to help settle Dixie but soon returned to Salt Lake where they operated a rooming house.
Charles was handy with tools. He made a loom for carpet weaving on which his wife wove their first carpet. He also started one of the first lumber yards in the valley. He made many things welcomed by the people.
He went on a mission to Tennessee from 1882-1883. He was a doorkeeper in the old Salt Lake Theatre for many years and sometimes assisted in small parts. He was an expert chess and checker player. People loved and respected him and he loved people. He remained active in church and community all his life until he died.
(Written by Beverly Moore)
He had met Caroline Jolley and when the time came to go west, he asked her to marry him and go with him to the Valley. Upon their arrival in Salt Lake, they determined to settle in Battle Creek (Pleasant Grove). After the birth of their first child, they moved to Palmyra and then to Spanish Fork. In 1862, they were called to help settle Dixie but soon returned to Salt Lake where they operated a rooming house.
Charles was handy with tools. He made a loom for carpet weaving on which his wife wove their first carpet. He also started one of the first lumber yards in the valley. He made many things welcomed by the people.
He went on a mission to Tennessee from 1882-1883. He was a doorkeeper in the old Salt Lake Theatre for many years and sometimes assisted in small parts. He was an expert chess and checker player. People loved and respected him and he loved people. He remained active in church and community all his life until he died.
(Written by Beverly Moore)
Charles Madison Donelson, as a young man, was employed on an early steamship on the Mississippi River. While working there, a friend converted him to the Church.
He had met Caroline Jolley and when the time came to go west, he asked her to marry him and go with him to the Valley. Upon their arrival in Salt Lake, they determined to settle in Battle Creek (Pleasant Grove). After the birth of their first child, they moved to Palmyra and then to Spanish Fork. In 1862, they were called to help settle Dixie but soon returned to Salt Lake where they operated a rooming house.
Charles was handy with tools. He made a loom for carpet weaving on which his wife wove their first carpet. He also started one of the first lumber yards in the valley. He made many things welcomed by the people.
He went on a mission to Tennessee from 1882-1883. He was a doorkeeper in the old Salt Lake Theatre for many years and sometimes assisted in small parts. He was an expert chess and checker player. People loved and respected him and he loved people. He remained active in church and community all his life until he died.
(Written by Beverly Moore)
He had met Caroline Jolley and when the time came to go west, he asked her to marry him and go with him to the Valley. Upon their arrival in Salt Lake, they determined to settle in Battle Creek (Pleasant Grove). After the birth of their first child, they moved to Palmyra and then to Spanish Fork. In 1862, they were called to help settle Dixie but soon returned to Salt Lake where they operated a rooming house.
Charles was handy with tools. He made a loom for carpet weaving on which his wife wove their first carpet. He also started one of the first lumber yards in the valley. He made many things welcomed by the people.
He went on a mission to Tennessee from 1882-1883. He was a doorkeeper in the old Salt Lake Theatre for many years and sometimes assisted in small parts. He was an expert chess and checker player. People loved and respected him and he loved people. He remained active in church and community all his life until he died.
(Written by Beverly Moore)
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