Daniel Moroni and Sarah Elzina Pulsipher Tyler Wedding Photo August 19, 1872
Donated by Dale Cook
(Family photos at bottom of page)
DANIEL MORONI AND SARAH ELZINA PULSIPHER TYLER
By Emily Cramer
Daniel Moroni Tyler Sarah Elzina Pulsipher
Born 27 Jan 1850 Born 06 Nov 1854
Died 10 Sep 1895 Died 18 Sep 1912
Daniel Moroni Tyler, son of Daniel and Ruth Welton Tyler, was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on January 27, 1850. When he was 12 years old, he had the misfortune of getting his leg broken. Daniel was standing watching a baseball game. One of the boys came up behind him and threw him to the ground. He fell on his left knee, driving the thigh bone heavily into the socket, which caused him much suffering and pain. As there were no good surgeons in that part of the country, it was not set properly or replaced. That leg never grew but little afterwards and he suffered all of his life with it. He was compelled to use a crutch and a cane.
Sarah Elzina Pulsipher was born November 6, 1854 at Salt Lake City, Utah. When she was six months old her father was called to go on a mission among the Shoshone Indians. After six months in the mission field, he returned home for the winter. In the Spring of 1856 he returned to the mission field taking his wife and child with him. Elzina was sixteen years of age when her mother died and she was left with the responsibility of the home. She had two sisters and three brothers.
About 1872, Daniel Tyler was called to Beaver City, Utah to labor as a telegraph operator. Here he met Sarah Elzina Pulsipher, daughter of John and Rozilla Huffaker Pulsipher. They traveled two hundred miles in a covered wagon to Salt Lake City where they were married on August 19, 1872 in the Endowment House. The first year after their marriage, Daniel and Elzina lived at Beaver City, Utah where their first daughter, Rozilla, was born and died on May 18, 1873. Daniel was a good telegraph operator and was called to teach others. Elzina learned how to send and receive messages. When they wanted to talk and didn't want the children to hear them, they used the telegraph language with their knives and forks.
Their second child was born October 30, 1874. Daniel Tyler, the child's grandfather said: "His name shall be Daniel and my desire is that the first son of each generation be named Daniel." This child was born at Hebron, Utah where the family made their home. Another son, John Pulsipher, was born at Hebron, Utah on August 31, 1878. A year and a half later a little dark haired, brown eyed girl was born on February 25, 1880, and was given her grandmother's name, Ruth. Two years later on May 31, 1882, William Nathaniel was born.
The family was growing and wages were small so their parents worked hard to make a living. Daniel, not being able to do very much outdoor work, left more of the responsibility to his wife. She milked cows, made large rolls of butter and extra good cheese and had a large garden to care for. They raised melons and cucumbers and made barrels of pickles. These products were exchanged in the city for articles which they needed. Daniel also hauled freight and would take his young son, Daniel, with him to help care for the horses and to run errands.
Another period of two years passed and another brown-eyed girl arrived on August 8, 1884. This wee daughter was named Esther Murray. At this time Daniel was teaching school. November 7, 1886, marked the birthday of a big baby boy named Andrew. Elzina nearly lost her life in the delivery. She was delirious a great deal of the time. One day she would think she was an Indian woman and the next day she was a white woman. Her mother-in-law came to see her and brought a pretty red silk scarf and tied it on her neck. She jerked it off and said: "I'm a white woman today." Her visitor did not understand and was offended.
Emily made her appearance to this world on April 19, 1889. Snakes were numerous. One day while she lay sleeping, a big snake curled up beside her. In January of 1891 the family moved from Hebron to Huntington, Utah in Emery County where six months later on June 3, 1891, twins, Mary and Marion were born. Two years later on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1893, Charles was born.
In December, 1891, Daniel Moroni Tyler and his son Dan were coming through Huntington Canyon. There was an accident and Daniel Moroni was thrown out of the wagon and hurt so badly that he was unable to ride, so Dan left him and went on his horse to Huntington to get a carriage and help. Daniel did not expect to live until help arrived so he wrote these few lines in his pocketbook. "My dear Zina and children; I am worse that I thought when Danny left me, but hope they will reach in time to get me home OK. If not, forgive my failings and may God bless you and prosper you all through life and all people be charitable to you. Ask all people to forgive wherein I have offended in the least. I ask Brother Yorgenson and the Lambord Investment Company to be charitable to my family and give them extra time if necessary, to meet my obligations to them. Also the Desert News and Juvenile [Instructor]. My children, pay every honest debt I owe and God will bless and prosper you and enable you to do so. Oh, Zina, my dear, may God always be as merciful and charitable unto you as you have been unto me, always willing to forgive and forget. May he ever bless you with power to resist everything that is evil. Danny, be kind to your mother as you have been to me. Johnny, Ruthie, Natie, Etta, Andy and Emily -- may God bless you each to remember your father. Forgive all he may have done against you. Be kind to Ma. She is the best friend you will ever know on earth. Marion and Mary, my dear little twin children, be kind to each other and to your brothers and sisters and especially to your mother in her old age. Do all you can to comfort her and God will bless you. Your loving husband and father, D.M. Tyler."
Daniel was brought home safely and in time was as well as usual until about eight or nine months before he died. He had inflammatory rheumatism and was in bed a great deal of the time. The last six months of his life he was bedfast and unable to move without help. He died September 10, 1895, and was buried in the Huntington Cemetery. The children were in bed with the measles at the time. After a few days illness with diabetes, Nathaniel died January 7, 1897. Elzina took her family and left Huntington for Idaho on the 19th of May, 1897, with two covered wagons with the furniture, bedding and provisions and cattle. The journey was slow, stopping to let the cattle feed. The children would play games, run races at camping time while their mother would cook and knit stockings.
After traveling the distance of about six hundred miles, they reached Idaho Falls, Idaho a month later on June 19, 1897. They settled first at Milo. Six years later they moved to Ucon, then Willow Creek, and lived about three-quarters of a mile east of the Ucon Gem State Roller Mills. Elzina was a true Latter-Day Saint. It was her greatest desire to see her children grow up clean and free from the sins of the world. In 1902 she and Sarah G. Simmons were Missionaries to the Young Ladies Organization. She was a visiting teacher in the Relief Society. The last few years of her life, she was ill and unable to do her work, but she was patient and uncomplaining. She died September 18, 1912, and was buried at the Ucon Cemetery in Ucon, Bonneville, Idaho.
Elzina Pulsipher Tyler, Daniel Tyler, Daniel Moroni Tyler (back row)
Ruth and John Tyler (Front Row)
Left to Right starting in the back: Andrew, Ruth, John and Esther.
Emily, Daniel, Elzina, (Mary, Marion (twins) and Charles seated in front.
Sarah Elzina Pulsipher and Daniel Moroni Tyler had 11 children. Dan passed away Sept 10, 1895. The first child, a girl, was born May 28, 1873 and died the same day. Another son William Nathanial died at age 14. The oldest son Daniel helped his mother to raise his brothers and sisters. He built his mother a home and made sure each of his siblings had a "start" in life when they got married. He was our Grandfather. (The father of Alice Matilda Tyler Byington).
Daniel Moroni passed away before this photo was taken. A son, William Nathanial, died before this photo was taken. He was 14 when he died. The eldest son Daniel is seated next to his mother.
Andrew, Ruth, Esther
Emily, Mary and Marion
Tyler Siblings in later years. Photo taken in Ririe, Idaho by the old gym.
William and Esther Tyler Davis
Photo sent to me by grandson Kelly Davis
Charles and Elverda Tyler
Photo sent to me by Kelly Davis
John Pulsipher Tyler and wife Myrtle Dodge Tyler
Photo sent to me by Kelly Davis