As Told by Richard LeSueur, Recalled in part by Malcolm "Chip" LeSueur
"He talked about when he was a little boy growing up in Wyoming and how he used to ride around with his dad from place to place and that Grandpa Malcolm had (I didn't know this) but he had a collection of rifles and shotguns, and he had this one particular shotgun that Chip wanted to shoot as a little boy (he couldn't remember how old he was but I'm going to guess 8). I think this is one of those shotguns that they don't even make anymore. So, they're driving along and he's begging Grandpa Malcolm to let him shoot this shotgun and Grandpa Malcolm finally pulls over and says "Okay." They were on some back road, and he went and set this tin can on a post and Grandpa Malcolm knew what was going to happen, but Chip fires this shotgun and he says that it just knocked him right on his butt, and that he blew the can to smithereens, but he had this deep bruise on his shoulder 3 weeks afterwards. So, what's funny to me about this story is, I remember being a kid about 8 years old driving on a back road with my dad, Chip, and I WASN'T begging to shoot a shotgun, but he pulled over on the side of the road and he said "How would you like to shoot a shotgun?" And I said "Yeah, sure, I'd love to. So, I go put this tin can on a post and I go to shoot this shotgun and it knocks me on my butt. I'm laying there wondering what's happened, I think I'm dead, and there's Chip over there cackling away like no other."
A Compilation by Emma LeSueur
Caroline LeGresley LeSueur
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Malcolm and Edith's Story
As Told by Jeanne Quinton
"That was his yearbook, well it was actually his yearbook the year before he went to BYU, and he was looking at this picture of Grandma Edith (he had gone to Gila College in Arizona) and he knew he would get into BYU. He had his friend Millett and they were butchers to pay their way through BYU. Some friend had a Banyan (that was the name of their yearbook). Grandpa Malcolm was looking through it and he looked through these pictures and he came to this one of Grandma Edith and he said 'I'm gonna take her out when I get down there.' 3 years later he saw this guy, and this guy said, 'Did you ever take that girl out?' and he said 'I married her.'"
"That was his yearbook, well it was actually his yearbook the year before he went to BYU, and he was looking at this picture of Grandma Edith (he had gone to Gila College in Arizona) and he knew he would get into BYU. He had his friend Millett and they were butchers to pay their way through BYU. Some friend had a Banyan (that was the name of their yearbook). Grandpa Malcolm was looking through it and he looked through these pictures and he came to this one of Grandma Edith and he said 'I'm gonna take her out when I get down there.' 3 years later he saw this guy, and this guy said, 'Did you ever take that girl out?' and he said 'I married her.'"
Recollections of William Francis LeSueur
As Told by Delsa Layton
"I always had a lot of respect and admiration for my grandfather, and heard so many fine compliments of him from my mother, that I knew he was a good man. He was a very reserved persona and seldom if every played or loved his grandchildren, so because of this, I always felt rather timid around him. His work was transferred to the ACMI in Eagar. I thought he owned the store and could give me candy every time I went into the store and reminded him of that fact (I thought) as I would stand by the glass showcase pressing my nose against the glass. He would sometimes give me a sack or handful of raisins. I could get raisins at home and felt rather indignant that he would give them to me instead of candy. When I told my mother one time that I thought Grandpa LeSueur was stingy and told her why I felt that way, she smiled and said, 'When I was a little girl, Grandpa would bring us children a sack of raisins from the store and we loved them as much as candy and too, he knew they were better for us than candy.'"
"I always had a lot of respect and admiration for my grandfather, and heard so many fine compliments of him from my mother, that I knew he was a good man. He was a very reserved persona and seldom if every played or loved his grandchildren, so because of this, I always felt rather timid around him. His work was transferred to the ACMI in Eagar. I thought he owned the store and could give me candy every time I went into the store and reminded him of that fact (I thought) as I would stand by the glass showcase pressing my nose against the glass. He would sometimes give me a sack or handful of raisins. I could get raisins at home and felt rather indignant that he would give them to me instead of candy. When I told my mother one time that I thought Grandpa LeSueur was stingy and told her why I felt that way, she smiled and said, 'When I was a little girl, Grandpa would bring us children a sack of raisins from the store and we loved them as much as candy and too, he knew they were better for us than candy.'"
A Story from the Life of LeRoy LeGrand LeSueur
As Told by Emeline LeSueur Lynds
"Roy was very well-liked among his friends and the older as well as younger people. He worked with father in the store at different times, but most of the time was the farm work. He was very kind to us children. I don't recall him scolding me but once when he met my girl friend and I riding our horse straddle that was very unlady-like. But we had a saddle and had been up to Primary up at Eagar, and had stayed to a practice and probably had been playing some place, so it was about to get dusk so we got on the horse astride and were galloping like sixty when who should we meet but Roy. He gave me a good going over and shamed me terribly. I don't remember if he told mother and father or not, but I was punished enough for what he had said. We girls had to ride with what we called a cirsingle which was buckled around the horse and held the blanket on which we sat, and we could hold on the strap with one hand and hold the bridle reins with the other."
"Roy was very well-liked among his friends and the older as well as younger people. He worked with father in the store at different times, but most of the time was the farm work. He was very kind to us children. I don't recall him scolding me but once when he met my girl friend and I riding our horse straddle that was very unlady-like. But we had a saddle and had been up to Primary up at Eagar, and had stayed to a practice and probably had been playing some place, so it was about to get dusk so we got on the horse astride and were galloping like sixty when who should we meet but Roy. He gave me a good going over and shamed me terribly. I don't remember if he told mother and father or not, but I was punished enough for what he had said. We girls had to ride with what we called a cirsingle which was buckled around the horse and held the blanket on which we sat, and we could hold on the strap with one hand and hold the bridle reins with the other."
A Story from the Life of Caroline LeGresley LeSueur
As told by Don L. LeSueur
"After joining the Mormon Church, they became desirous of emigrating to the United States to join the body of the church in Utah...After making extensive preparations, in March, 1855, John and Caroline LeSueur, with their five children and no relatives, left the Jersey Islands for America...Early one morning on their river trip, the boat docked for supplies. There was a store close by, so Caroline, who wanted to get some soap, left the boat and went to the store. John, while waiting, became uneasy for fear she would not return in time to catch the boat when it sailed again, and went after her. On their way back, the boat did take off before they reached it. Caroline was so excited, seeing all her children going off without her, that she lost her purse containing all the money she had with her. John had only a few cents in his pockets and the only thing they could offer as security was Caroline's gold ring. Another steamboat was soon leaving that would overtake the slower boat in two or three days, but they found it difficult to make anyone believe they could pay their fare when they reached the other boat. The captain finally allowed them to go, but they received much better treatment after they passed the slower boat and friends aboard held up the children signaling messages to the parents. At the next stop, the family was united."
"After joining the Mormon Church, they became desirous of emigrating to the United States to join the body of the church in Utah...After making extensive preparations, in March, 1855, John and Caroline LeSueur, with their five children and no relatives, left the Jersey Islands for America...Early one morning on their river trip, the boat docked for supplies. There was a store close by, so Caroline, who wanted to get some soap, left the boat and went to the store. John, while waiting, became uneasy for fear she would not return in time to catch the boat when it sailed again, and went after her. On their way back, the boat did take off before they reached it. Caroline was so excited, seeing all her children going off without her, that she lost her purse containing all the money she had with her. John had only a few cents in his pockets and the only thing they could offer as security was Caroline's gold ring. Another steamboat was soon leaving that would overtake the slower boat in two or three days, but they found it difficult to make anyone believe they could pay their fare when they reached the other boat. The captain finally allowed them to go, but they received much better treatment after they passed the slower boat and friends aboard held up the children signaling messages to the parents. At the next stop, the family was united."
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
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