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Author
Coombs
,
Ellis
Day
Birth and Death Dates
1883-1981
Call Number
MSS
710
;
BX
8670.07.C781c
;
MSS
SC
406
Material Type
Autobiography
,
history
Biography
Ellis
Day
Coombs
was
born
March
1
,
1883
in
Mt
.
Pleasant
,
Sanpete
County
,
Utah
to
Eli
Azariah
Day
and
Eliza
Jane
Staker
. Her
father
was a
polygamist
, and their
family
experienced
much
persecution
.
Consequently
, the
family
moved
several
times
within
Utah
.
When
Ellis
was
eighteen
, she
taught
school
in
both
public
and
church
schools
.
Later
, she
enrolled
in the
University
of
Chicago
,
where
she
took
teacher
training
courses
. In
1908
, she
went
to
Mexico
to
teach
kindergarten
, and there, she
met
her
future
husband
,
Leslie
McLean
Coombs
. They were
married
in the
Manti
Temple
and
afterward
,
moved
to
Canada
,
where
Leslie
worked
with his
brother
in
Cardston
.
However
, they
returned
to
Mexico
upon
hearing
that
Leslie's
brother-in-law
was
sick
. There was
much
turmoil
due
to the
Mexican
Revolution
, and in the
midst
of
it
, the
Coombs's
first
child
was
born
.
After
some
trouble
,
Leslie
was
mistakenly
sent
to
prison
.
After
he was
bailed
out
, the
family
left
Mexico
and
returned
to
Canada
,
where
Leslie
worked
with his
brother
at a
harness
shop
. They had their
second
child
in
1913
, and their
third
a
year
later
.
Ellis
conducted
a
training
school
for
teachers
to
teach
kindergarten
in
Utah
while
Leslie
aided
in the
construction
of the
Cardston
Temple
. In
1916
, their
fourth
child
was
born
, but the
family
,
because
of
Leslie's
ill
health
, was
only
able
to
make
a
living
from
candy-making
. They
returned
to
Mexico
on
doctor's
recommendations
, but in
1917
,
Leslie
accidentally
overdosed
, and he
died
at
age
thirty-three
.
Ellis
,
left
with
four
children
,
continued
candy-making
. Her
family
continued
to
experience
much
sickness
, and
when
about
to
return
to
Utah
, her
son
,
Leslie
,
broke
his
leg
. Not
long
after
, the
youngest
child
,
Gladys
,
became
ill
and
died
in
1918
. The
family
returned
to
Utah
,
where
Ellis
took
a
position
teaching
third
grade
at
Fairview
Elementary
School
. She
advanced
to
fifth
grade
and then to a
junior
high
school
.
Ellis
began
attending
BYU
Summer
Schools
, and she
received
the
Junior
High
Certificate
required
to
teach
higher
grades
.
However
,
after
teaching
ninth
and
tenth
grades
, she
applied
for and
received
a
position
as a
fourth
grade
teacher
.
Throughout
her
career
, she
taught
at
Fountain
Green
and
Fairview
schools
.
Meanwhile
, she was a
member
of the
Relief
Society
Stake
Board
as the
director
of
welfare
. She was also
elected
President
of the
North
Sanpete
Daughters
of
Utah
Pioneers
. In
1943
, her
father
died
, and
four
years
later
, her
mother
. She was
called
on a
mission
in
December
1953
, to
serve
in the
central
states
for
six
months
.
Afterward
, she
returned
to
Fairview
although
she
moved
to
Bicknell
in
1963
to be
closer
to
family
. In
1965
, she
slipped
on her
linoleum
, and was
injured
. She
died
in
1981
.
Abstract
MSS
710
: This
is
a
116-page
typewritten
autobiography
. A
table
of
contents
is
provided
in the
beginning
outlining
important
events
in
Ellis's
life
.
Ellis
begins
with a
brief
background
on her
parents
and how they
met
. She
expresses
the
fears
she had as a
child
of her
father
being
taken
to
jail
. She also
lists
games
she
played
at
school
,
such
as
marbles
,
jump
rope
,
jacks
,
anti-i-over
,
nip
cat
,
stink
base
,
kick-the-can
,
steal
sticks
, and
different
kinds
of
ball
games
like
Danish
ball
,
one
old
cat
,
two
old
cat
, and
rounders
.
During
the
winter
, the
children
would
make
forts
and have
snowball
fights
.
Chores
consisted
of
milking
the
cows
,
washing
the
dishes
,
straightening
up
the
house
,
making
the
beds
, and
cleaning
the
coal
oil
lamps
.
Ellis
recalls
in
particular
an
experience
in
which
she
tried
to
milk
a
calf
, and
it
broke
through
the
fence
,
allowing
many
of the
animals
to
escape
.
Throughout
the
rest
of the
manuscript
, she
does
not
write
about
many
of her
feelings
in
depth
,
although
she
does
relate
her
testimony
. She also
includes
a
poem
she
submitted
to a
contest
titled
, 'The
Awakening.
' At the
end
of the
manuscript
, she
concludes
with her
testimony
of the
Gospel
and
records
of her
prosperity
.
BX
8670.07.C781c
: This
is
Ellis's
published
autobiography
as
edited
by her
daughter
,
Esther
Durfey
, and
Roma
Roderick
. The
main
difference
between
this
book
and the
manuscript
is
that this
autobiography
includes
Ellis's
patriarchal
blessing
as
given
by
John
Smith
, the
patriarch
of the
time
.
It
also
includes
two
other
blessings
Ellis
received
, in
addition
to
photocopies
of her
call
to be a
missionary
and her
certificate
of
release
. In the
back
are
photographs
and
articles
written
about
her.
MSS
SC
406
: This
is
a
sixty-six
page
history
of
Fairview
,
Utah
. In
collaboration
with
George
F
.
Olsen
and
Allie
L
.
Carlston
,
Ellis
compiled
these
pages
detailing
the
development
and
organization
of the
Church
of
Jesus
Christ
of
Latter-day
Saints
in
Fairview
, the
beginnings
of
education
,
farming
,
electricity
,
social
life
, and
politics
. Also
included
is
an
extensive
geographical
description
of the
area
as
it
was in
1982
.
Coverage
1825-1889
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