VIOLA CALL GEORGE

Born:              June 16, 1858 at Provo, Utah

Father:            Anson Call

Mother:           Ann Maria Bowen

Married:          James George on November 6, 1879 at Salt Lake City, Utah

Children:

   James Bowen George, born 10 September 1880 at Woodruff, Utah (married Annie Fitzgerald)

   John Ray George, born 7 August 1882 at Bountiful, Utah (married May M. Page)

   Frank George, born 22 Jun 1884 at Bountiful, Utah (married Hazel Shelmerdin)

   Cyrill Anson George, born 6 June 1887 at Bountiful, Utah; died 20 October 1887

   Bertha Viola George, born 4 February 1889 at Bountiful, Utah (married Joseph E. Simons)

   Arley Call George, born 6 May 1891 at Bountiful, Utah

   Leona Ventencha George, born 18 November 1894 at Bountiful, Utah (married Ferris Smith)

   Aaron Nix George, born 25 August 18968 at Bountiful, Utah

   Owen Israel George, born 1 September 1901 at Bountiful, Utah

Historical Sketch of Viola Call George

            I, Viola Call George, was born in Provo, Utah June 16, 1858, which was the home of my parents at that time. Most of my ancestors were of the better portion of the middle class of people and came from the Eastern States.

            After my father heard of the gospel, he joined the church and came to Utah, residing mostly in Bountiful, where he was bishop for many years. In 1858 he moved to Provo, Utah, in which place I was born in a covered wagon. While I was very young they returned to Bountiful, making the trip by wagon, which was the best way of traveling in those days. Soon after arriving in Bountiful I was blessed by my father, Anson Call.

            In the fall of 1860, I being two and one half years of age, I met with an accident, the effects of which I am still suffering at this day and will as long as I live. I went behind Harry Summers while he was chopping wood, not realizing any danger, and he very accidently struck me in the head with the ax, and in a short time I went entirely deaf and have not heard a sound since. I can talk but not very plain, and can tell what other say by the movement of their lips. There being no schools in this country in those days for those who were deaf, I did not have a chance of an education and therefore cannot read or write.

            When I was small, my mother had a great deal of knitting, spinning and sewing to do, so I learned to do that kind of work and assisted her in those labors, which was a great benefit to her and to me in my married life. I did this until I was twenty-one years of age, when I married James George. About a week after our marriage my husband and I went to our home in Woodruff, Rich County. We remained there until September 1881, when we sold all our belongings and my husband, one small son and myself returned to Bountiful where we are still living.

            In 1902 I was put in as a teacher in the Relief Society of Bountiful and I enjoy the work very much and always try to do my duty to my church works.

–from the Genealogical Record of Viola Call George