Moses Willard Andrus

We printed a booklet to use in one of our activities at the reunion. Here is the digital copy of the booklet. We have 3 versions.

The first just prints full size pages. full size booklet

The second has been setup to print on a duplex (double sided) printer. So you can print it and then just have it cut in half and fold the halves together into a booklet and have it bound. duplex booklet

The third set allows you to print the odd pages then turn them over and print the even pages then cut in half, fold in half and bind. odd pages even pages

1908-July 28th, Moses Willard and Elizabeth Orpha Morris Andrus welcomed their 8th child into their home. Twins, Charles and Etta, and son, Roy, had died as infants. I was their 4th daughter. Orpha, Willard, Pauline and Richard were my older brothers and sisters. James was born four years later.

The day was, I’ve been told, one of the most extremely hot, sultry, cloudy days that July weather could bring to St. George, Utah. No relief to be found through aid of fans or coolers—electric power came much later. Mother has told me that before I came she laid on the floor in front of the door, fanning herself with a folder paper to get some relief from the heat.

I have no date for this photo. It says on the front "Children of James Andrus". On the back is the following:

* - 2nd wife's children
+ - 1st wife's children

Back Row Left to Right
* Pearl Andrus, married Clair Morris
* Ethel Andrus, married Bert Sorenson
+ Milo Andrus, married Mary Nixon
* Charles Andrus, married Rose Turner
* Moses Willard Andrus, married Elizabeth Orpha Morris
* Alexander Burto Andrus, married
* Thomas Garland Andrus, married (Lizzie) Whitehead
+ Gideon Andrus, Married
+ Thauizan (Tam) Andrus, Married George Lund

Front Row Left to Right
+ Laura Jane Andrus, Married

Here is the GEDCOM file I have at this point. I have also created this fan chart that shows some of the contents of the file, but not all.

As I have entered some of the stories I have found other names that are not in the GEDCOM file, so I'm sure someone has a more up-to-date copy.

But here is what I have for what it is worth.

written by her daughter Orpha and son Richard

Orpha Elizabeth Morris, later Andrus, of whom I write was my mother and the few things I jot down came from bits of information she gave to me a few months before she passed away. Perhaps her grandchildren or their posterity may be interested in reading this very brief account of her life.

On January 22, 1872, in the little town of St. George, Utah, a baby girl was born to Richard Morris and his good wife Emma Packer Morris. There was no doctor present at the time but fortunately there was a capable midwife in attendance. She was Mrs. Samuel B. Hardy.

by Richard M. Andrus, son

My father, Moses Willard Andrus, was born at St. George, Utah, April 7, 1869, eight years after the town was settled. Although he was the fifth of eleven children born to James Andrus and Manomas Lavina Gibson, he was the first one to live beyond the age of two years and therefore assumed the responsibilities of the eldest or first-born.

He was taught the gospel of hard work at an early age, and because of the need for his services, his schooling was extremely limited. He did have the opportunity of attending Brigham Young Academy for several months and even with scant formal education he acquired a good working knowledge of mathematics. As soon as he was able to ride a horse, he was given considerable responsibility helping with, and later managing his father's large cattle interests.

The following pioneer personal history interview with Manomas Lavina Gibson Andrus, wife of Captain James Andrus, was held at the home of Mrs. Andrus in the presence of her granddaughter, Mrs. Caddie Andrus Graff, and Mabel Jarvis, the interviewer, in behalf of the Utah Historic Records Survey of Washington County, Utah, in 1936. Whenever the pioneer is quoted the writer has made an effort to quote the exact wording given. All supplementary material used was assembled from a previous interview with the writer and from a sketch prepared by Manomas's daughter, Mrs. Vilate Andrus Wadsworth, on the request of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers.