I
was the third child and first son born to Thomas Martin Grover and
Isabella Hogg, in North Morgan, Morgan County, Utah on March 3, 1897.
Morgan
is in a beautiful little valley in Weber Canyon where the Weber
River flows. Our pioneer families settled on both sides of the river
dividing the town of Morgan into North and South Morgan. My father's
family settled in North Morgan on property that his mother, my
Grandmother Heiner, had inherited from her family. Grandmother Heiner
passed away when my father was 15 years old. My mother's family, the
Hogg's, had settled in South Morgan. The young people from both
North and South Morgan would meet at the "Switch" (railroad station)
to visit with one another. Father had hurt his hand and was having a
hard time tying his horse up. Isabella Hogg helped him tie it up.
This act of kindness was the beginning of their friendship and
courtship, which later resulted in their marriage on 29 June 1892 in
the Logan Temple. My three older sisters and I were born there in
Morgan.
Probably,
my earliest memories were of my Grandfather Grover staying with us
on weekends. I later found out he had been an Ordinance Worker in the
Logan Temple. I remember thinking it strange he would always wear
his Sunday clothes to "work" when we weren't allowed to.
I
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