Willden Family History

When the Endowment house in Salt Lake City was finished in 1855, Charles and Eleanor made the trip to Salt Lake with team and wagon from Cedar City to be sealed in the Endowment House. They were sealed 9 October, 1855.

On the 22nd day of August, 1883, Charles and his son Feargus were hauling hay. Eleanor at the house upon hearing a commotion looked out and saw the team and wagon coming from the field toward the house as fast as the team would go. Eleanor told Louisa to run down the lane and open the gate. They soon learned that while Charles and Feargus had been loading the wagon in the field that Charles had had a stroke, causing him to fall from the top of the load. He was dead when they reached the house, so he had apparently died instantly. He must have been active until the time of his death at the age of 77 years and 26 days old. He was laid to rest in the Mountain View Cemetery in Beaver.