Mountainville Tragedies ~ from History of Mountainville compiled by Melba Shelley Hill

             

              Alec Burnside's barn was struck with lightning and burned.

              Will Burnside's house burned to the ground in 1890.


              Jim Brown's house burned.  Kids lit a match in the clothes closet to find their clothes and              
              started it.


             Inger Christensen was the first death in the ward.
     
             Jean Cowan died in childbirth Feb. 7, 1890.


             Hartley Syler came from Fairview and lived in Len's orchard.  Their little girl drowned in a sunken 
             swill barrel.

An Unusual Achievement ~ is made by these North Sanpete Stake members of the Mountainville Branch

The story below comes from Mountainville History

compiled by Melba Shelley Hill

In 1944 an article appeared in the Church News about Mountainville Branch

BRANCH HAS TOP RECORD

It is not infrequent that individual wards or branches have unusual records of achievement, 

but here is one that is hard to equal.