Ada Arlisha Lowry

• Daughter of Abner Lowry, Jr. and Arlisha Jane Funk
• Birth: August 25, 1880 in Manti, Sanpete, Ut
• Death: December 22, 1945 (65) in Delta, Millard, UT

Married

• Married: Edwin Perry Works, on Jan 25 1905 in Manti, Sanpete, Utah. Son of Edwin Mosiah Works and Margaret Maria Munk.

History of Edwin Perry Works 1884-1954

HISTORY OF EDWIN PERRY WORKS by Ada LaFay Works Corey, daughter.

Edwin Perry Works was born on 10 Jan 1884 in Manti, Sanpete, Utah. His early schooling was in Manti and he attended Snow College. He worked with his father and two brothers in the saw mill in Manti Canyon, and in the coal mines just outside of Salina, Utah. He met two men by the name of Black and Allred and worked with them in Delta and Osceola, Utah. He studied surveying by correspondence and then did civil surveying for Delta Land and Water Company. He also worked at the planing mill in Delta, Utah He met Ada Arlisha Lowry at the barbershop in Manti. She cut hair and manicured nails and kept house for her mother. She was rather sickly while she was younger. She had Scarlet Fever which lasted a long time. She was only able to go through the fourth grade. She stayed home and helped raise the brothers and sister. She learned dressmaking and millenary and went to school in Murray, Utah. While there she lived with the Smiths. She paid for board and room by working for the Smiths. She ran into Edwin Perry Works while in Salt Lake City. They went to the dances. Grandpa went back home and while there received a letter from Mr. Smith. He told him that someone else wanted to marry Ada so if Ed wanted her he had better do something about it. He went straight back to Salt Lake City and both of them moved back to Manti where they became engaged. Ada went back to work at the barbershop. They were married in the Manti Temple on 25 Jan 1905. The wedding dress was made from material made in the Philippines. LaFay was the first child of Edwin born in the log cabin built by James Marks Works. LaMar and LaMont were born in the Millett house. Jewell was born in a rock house with no plaster on the walls. The family moved to Ophir near Salt Lake City were Ed worked in the mine. Ada said they left after the bed bugs came. They moved to Sugarville where grandpa leased 100 acres for two years. Uncle Jesse and grandpa put the crops in and then Uncle Jesse went home and brought Aunt Blanch back. It took five days to move from Ophir to Sugarville. They moved grandma’s trunk, bedding, kitchen stuff, dresser, wash stand, stove and bed on a double bed wagon. The hay wagon held chickens, two pigs, and furniture. They also had Ada’s wedding present of a horse and buggy, and a Jersey cow. The wagons were pulled by a span of mules and horses. They lived in Sugarville for two years. The second Christmas, Grandpa (Edwin Mosiah) came down with Typhoid Fever in Delta while visiting Uncle Jim and family. Grandpa and Jewell worked in Stirling for grandpa Lowry until grandma and the kids all moved to the ranch which grandpa ran. Lola was born on the ranch in 1920. They moved back to Delta where grandpa worked for the Delta Land and Water Company as water master. He road the canals by horse to Lyndle and Holden. They moved to Captain Saul’s place on the Bench where they bought 80 acres. They had the biggest seed crop and lived good that year. Then came the drought and the banks went broke and the family had to move back to Delta. Grandpa lost his job at Delta just before the Armistice was signed in the First World War. They headed for Roosevelt but got a telegram to not come. The Indians were dying because of Influenza and the whites contracting it were dying, also. They stayed in Delta in the Copening house and grandpa worked at the Baker Lumber Company. They moved back to the bench and ran the Bender Ranch for Mr. Livingston. About this time LaFay married Leland Gronning and LaMar married Irma Christensen. Grandpa traded railroad ties for a three room house on Main street in Delta where they lived until their deaths. He added on two more large rooms and new kitchen. Grandpa worked as a cement man building the cemetery vaults for Delta and various other projects. After John Corey came, grandpa worked with him building houses and remodeling. They couldn’t always get paid in cash, mostly foodstuffs. Grandpa also did surveying and odd jobs and worked in the mines where he lost one eye in a mining accident. After grandma died, grandpa married Josie Dearden of Garrison, Utah. Grandpa developed dropsy and died at the Fillmore Hospital. Margo’s memories of Edwin and Ada Works: I remember Grandpa having a very low, but strong voice which could be very frightening but for some reason not to me. He always treated me very tenderly. Before he died, he gave me a violin telling me to take good care of it. I used to watch him take his glass eye out and wash it and put it back. I thought that was the neatest thing! He used to take me for walks which usually ended at the ice cream parlor on Main Street. He would work around the yard keeping it nice and tidy. Grandma always smelled of baked bread to me. She would bake six to eight loves at a time and I loved to be there to get the hot piece of bread, usually a heel with jam and butter and a glass of milk. She was an excellent cook and it was a real treat to eat at her table. Most of her vegetables came right out of her garden. I especially loved to eat her stewed rhubarb with homemade toasted bread. Grandma had hair down below her waist. She kept it in a bun at the back of her head. I don’t remember seeing her without her apron on. She died at home after a long illness. After Grandpa died, the home on Main Street was sold and turned into a motel. This was typed as written. There were no dates included except birth for Edwin Perry and daughter, Lola and death date and marriage date for Edwin and wife, Ada. ( ms)