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Jedediah Morgan Grant III & Nellie Amelia May

Jedediah Morgan Grant III & Nellie Amelia May

In 1903, Morgan served a mission in Ireland. The two years he spent there were very special to him throughout his life. He found the food in Ireland to be his biggest problem and he had always been selective in his food habits. In the rural community in Ireland the barn and houses were in one building. They had cows, chickens and pigs. You could often see a pig in the house as they had the run of the house. When they milked they wouldn't take the cream off and they put the milk in a big 55 gallon barrel. Once this barrel finally got full they would make it into butter. This barrel had a really strong smell it was a dark gray color. At night the missionaries would have to pick the cooties off of themselves, the sanitation was so bad.
            When Morgan got back from his mission he found that the May family had moved to Lovell, onto the old Cotner place. It was while attending a dance that he met one of the daughters Nellie Amelia May. He started courting her; sometimes he would ride a horse over to her home or sometimes walk on the rail road. When he walked on the railroad, he would have to cross the railroad bridge. Morgan was afraid of heights and he would have to crawl across the bridge.

            After about a year of courting they decided to get married in the Salt Lake Temple for time and all eternity.  They rode a train to Salt Lake City it went around by Nebraska to Denver, Colorado. It took them about 3 days to get to Salt Lake City. John Winder May married Jedediah Morgan Grant Jr. and Nellie Amelia on The 6th of October 1906 in the Salt Lake Temple. Here they spent their Honeymoon. Morgan enjoyed introducing his bride to his many relatives living in the Salt Lake and Bountiful area.

Nellie Amelia May was born in Rockland, Idaho. Nellie spent her childhood on a small farm where she was required to help with chores, housework and the care of the younger children in the family. When she turned eight years old on 16 Dec 1893, her father broke the ice in a creek about one mile from their house where he baptized her a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
            In 1905 when she was 18 years old her parents moved the family to the Big Horn Basin which was being colonized by the Mormons. They moved in covered wagons traveling through the Yellowstone Park. She later told her children wonderful stories about the geysers and wild animals there. She was an exciting story teller and was able to make her experiences live for others.