HAWS, Mina H.

1897 - 1989  (91 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	HAWS, Mina H.
  Birth	15 May 1897	Boulder, Garfield, Utah, United States
  Gender	Female
  WAC	5 Jun 1918	MANTI
  _TAG	Reviewed on FS
  Death	13 Mar 1989	Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United States
  Burial	17 Mar 1989	Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United States
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  Person ID	I26394	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	HAWS, John Franklin ,   b. 1 Apr 1861, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United Statesd. 17 Feb 1930, Marysvale, Piute, Utah, United States (Age 68 years)
  Mother	SMITH, Wilhelmine ,   b. 11 May 1864, Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah, United States Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah, United Statesd. 3 Dec 1919, Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United States (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F14367	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	HAWS, John Franklin
  Mother	SMITH, Wilhelmine ,   b. 11 May 1864, Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah, United States Fountain Green, Sanpete, Utah, United Statesd. 3 Dec 1919, Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United States (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F14368	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	PORTER, Roland ,   b. 2 Sep 1896, Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United States Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United Statesd. 17 Mar 1980, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	14 Sep 1917	Panguitch, Garfield, Utah, United States
  Children	4 sons and 4 daughters
  + 1. PORTER, Velma ,   b. 11 Jun 1918, Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United States Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United Statesd. 15 Oct 2013, Panguitch, Garfield, Utah, United States (Age 95 years)   2. PORTER, Marie ,   b. 28 Jul 1919, Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United States Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United Statesd. 26 Mar 2005, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 85 years) + 3. PORTER, Roland Haws ,   b. 26 Dec 1921, Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United States Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United Statesd. 20 Apr 2002, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 80 years) + 4. PORTER, Merrial Dee ,   b. 27 Aug 1925, Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United States Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United Statesd. 24 Jul 1994, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States (Age 68 years) + 5. Living + 6. PORTER, Maxine ,   b. 4 Sep 1928, Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United States Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United Statesd. 2 Apr 2014, West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 85 years) + 7. Living + 8. Living
  Family ID	F2326	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  Find A Grave Memorial# 118201 Birth: May 15, 1897; Escalante, Garfield County, Utah, USA Death: Mar. 13, 1989 Burial: Escalante Cemetery, Garfield County, Utah, USA; Plot 946 Parents: John Franklin Haws (1861 - 1930), Wilhelmine Smith Haws (1864 - 1919) Children - Marie Porter, Roland Haws Porter, Merrial Dee Porter Maintained by: SMSmith, Created by: Utah State Historical So.; Record added: Feb 02, 2000 1920 United States Federal Census Name: Roland Porter Age: 23 Birth Year: abt 1897 Birthplace: Utah Home in 1920: Boulder, Garfield, Utah Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Mina Porter Father's Birthplace: Iowa Mother's Birthplace: Utah Home owned: Rent Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Household Members: Roland Porter 23 Mina Porter 22 (b 1898 Utah; Father b California, Mother b Utah) Velma Porter 1 8/12 Marie Porter 5/12 Source Citation: Year: 1920; Census Place: Boulder, Garfield, Utah; Roll: T625_1862; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 74; Image: 1009. Mina M Haws Porter was born in Boulder, Utah to John Franklin Haws and Wilhelmina Smith on May 15, 1897. She was the first white baby girl born in Boulder. She was born in a little log cabin in the lower Boulder which was her parents first home. This later became known as the Baker Place. When Mina was five years old her father built a new house for the family in central Boulder. Mina attended school in Boulder until she was thirteen years old. They always rode their horses to school except for the real cold days in the winter, when her father would pull her to school on a cow hide behind his horse. At the age of thirteen her parents purchased the Charley Haycock home in Escalante. She attended school in Escalante during the winter and as soon as spring came she would move back to the ranch in Boulder with her father to take care of the ranch and the horses. Mina’s father built a circular race track on Home Bench where he and Mina worked very hard training their race horses. They would get up early every morning and take the horses to the track where they would work them out for three or four hours. Mina would then come back to the house for her household duties. Her father always had many hired men working with the stock and putting up the hay so she had extra duties feeding these men and keeping the house in order. Her father would tell her if she would work real hard all week he would take her to Escalante on Friday for the dance. After a week of hard work they would ride their horses to Escalante. The horses were groomed, the family was fed and certain chores completed then Mina would dress excitedly for the dance which was the highlight of her week. During Mina’s last three or four years at home she would ride her father’s race horses at the races held all over southern Utah. He owned some of the best race horses in the state. Some of these horses were: Tiger Jim, Joe, Smit, Maud E., Brady and the best of all was Red Wings. Once she was riding her brother’s horse in Panguitch and it ran away with her. It circled the tack three times before she finally got it under control. After the racing season when she was eighteen she went to Cedar City, Utah to attend school where she lived with the Nelson family. Roland first saw Mina Haws on one of his trips to Boulder to play ball with the boys from Escalante. Some of the boys stayed at Mina’s home. The next day Roland saw Mina coming up the road on a black horse and inquired more about her. They met as teenagers on the steps of the old elementary school house. This meeting blossomed into a beautiful relationship and they were married in Panguitch, September 14, 1917. Ammon Liston and Voney Griffin had taken Rol and Mina to Panguitch to be married. They had car trouble so they didn’t arrive in Panguitch until 1:00 AM. After the wedding ceremony was performed that day they started back to Escalante only to have more car trouble and spent that night in Widsoe. Their first home was a little house located on the same lot where they lived for many years. Rol worked for his father who operated a sawmill up Main Canyon. They would spend their summers at the mill and the winters in town. Roland and Mina’s marriage was solemnized in the Manti Temple, June 5, 1918. Their first daughter, Velma, was born June 11, 1918, just a few days after their trip to Manti, with Mary Alice Shurtz as the midwife. Marie, their second daughter, was born July 28, 1919 in Escalante and the following September they moved to Boulder where Rol taught his first year of school. They moved back to Escalante the next year and he taught there. The following year the people of Boulder persuaded him to move back and teach for a few more years. While there they lived at the old ranger station and also at Mina’s father’s old place. Roland Haws, their first son, was born December 26, 1921 in Escalante. Their second son, Merrial, was born August 28, 1925 during a bad whooping cough epidemic. He became very ill and they felt the importance of naming and blessing him and he survived. The family moved back to Escalante where Rol taught school once again. Vergean was born November 23, 1926 and two years later, Maxine was born September 4, 1928. The family lived in the granary on their lot while their new house was being built. It had two rooms and was built by Art McInelley. On January 12, 1933, Bobby Lynn was born with Susan Heaps as the midwife. Two other babies were born this same day keeping Susan busy trailing through the deep snow in Escalante. She was paid well for her efforts with a sack of flour. In 1939, Rol purchased the ranch of I.J. Riddle which was five miles from town. The first few years on this ranch were the best years of their lives. However, there was a problem getting water to the land and with the diminishing water supply and the land was impossible to cultivate, so in 1950, the ranch was sold to Rex Whitaker. Yoland was born March 13, 1942 to complete their family. Rol and Mina helped raise several homeless children and they participated in the Indian placement program with Maria Cooley, a young Navajo girl from Tuba City, Arizona. They were able to go with Maria when her husband and two adopted children were sealed in the Mesa Arizona Temple. Rol taught school for forty-four years and was a principal two different times in Boulder and Escalante. He was principal at the elementary school in Escalante when he retired. Rol enjoyed his retirement and slowed down a bit in 1975 when his right leg had to be amputated after a lingering infection. During this time in his life he appreciated the love and devotion of his wife. Rol and Mina were both loved and respected by their children. This lovely couple has always been very active in the Church and has accepted any call. They have both been compassionate and concerned for the welfare of others. Roland passed away March 17, 1980. Mina had always been an early riser and worked very hard to keep her home neat and clean. She is well known for her handiwork. She is an artist when it comes to crocheting and other hand work. She has made hundreds of beautiful quilts for her friends and family and will always be remembered for this. Her cooking is unsurpassed and she is especially famous for her delicious pies. She had a strong testimony of the Gospel and always had love and concerned for those around her. Mina passed away on March 13, 1989. She is greatly missed by her family. She was truly a wonderful lady. (Written by Mina's son Bobby L. Porter)