Irene Larona Lindsay was born September 27, 1874 at Urda, Utah. When she was very young her parents separated and she went to live with her grandmother where she remained for several years. Her mother married William H. Lee who adopted Irene and she was raised with his family. When she was twelve years old, they moved to Garden City; here she went to school, and grew to womanhood. Here she met James Harvey Lindsay and they were married in the Logan Temple, Nov. 9, 1892.
To this union 11 children were born, five of whom preceded her in death, and her husband passed away in 1947. Soon after they were married, Irene and Harvey moved to Bennington, Idaho. When the Mormon colony came to the Big Horn in 1900, they were among the first companies to arrive. They had three children at the time and experienced all the hardships of pioneer life that first hard winter of 1900 and 1901.
Here they made their home and reared and educated their fine family. Irene drove a team all of the way on the trip from Idaho to Wyoming. She road in a light buggy while Harvey drove a team on a heavy wagon loaded with their household goods. She carefully packed her most treasured possessions in her own vehicle, some of the delicate china ware which her grandmother had brought across the plains to the Salt Lake Valley, their wedding presents, and many other valuable things. In going up a very steep hill, the endgate fell down and everything spilled out and rolled back down, breaking the dishes, scattering sugar, flour, and precious garden seeds, and cracking jars of jam, etc., designed to feed the family till they could raise a garden here. thing considered from our viewpoint, but to them it was very tragic, aside from the delay in trying to salvage what was not destroyed.
Harvey worked on the canal and took up a small farm north of Byron. In 1903 he went to work on the road above Cody where he was seriously injured in an explosion. He was bedfast for many weeks, and was unable to do any work of any kind for more than a year. This left the burden of support on her shoulders, as the children were too small to help much.
When he was again able to get around he took a job of mining at Kerwin, Wyoming for several years and then took the mail contract from Byron to Cowley and later to Lovell which he kept for many years. Irene made many of the trips with him in the severe cold of winter and heat of summer.
They were indeed a devoted couple and their children were raised in an atmosphere of reverence to God and loyalty and love for each other. Irene was an outstanding example of Motherhood.
To this union 11 children were born, five of whom preceded her in death, and her husband passed away in 1947. Soon after they were married, Irene and Harvey moved to Bennington, Idaho. When the Mormon colony came to the Big Horn in 1900, they were among the first companies to arrive. They had three children at the time and experienced all the hardships of pioneer life that first hard winter of 1900 and 1901.
Here they made their home and reared and educated their fine family. Irene drove a team all of the way on the trip from Idaho to Wyoming. She road in a light buggy while Harvey drove a team on a heavy wagon loaded with their household goods. She carefully packed her most treasured possessions in her own vehicle, some of the delicate china ware which her grandmother had brought across the plains to the Salt Lake Valley, their wedding presents, and many other valuable things. In going up a very steep hill, the endgate fell down and everything spilled out and rolled back down, breaking the dishes, scattering sugar, flour, and precious garden seeds, and cracking jars of jam, etc., designed to feed the family till they could raise a garden here. thing considered from our viewpoint, but to them it was very tragic, aside from the delay in trying to salvage what was not destroyed.
Harvey worked on the canal and took up a small farm north of Byron. In 1903 he went to work on the road above Cody where he was seriously injured in an explosion. He was bedfast for many weeks, and was unable to do any work of any kind for more than a year. This left the burden of support on her shoulders, as the children were too small to help much.
When he was again able to get around he took a job of mining at Kerwin, Wyoming for several years and then took the mail contract from Byron to Cowley and later to Lovell which he kept for many years. Irene made many of the trips with him in the severe cold of winter and heat of summer.
They were indeed a devoted couple and their children were raised in an atmosphere of reverence to God and loyalty and love for each other. Irene was an outstanding example of Motherhood.