Midway Cemetery

Just some records of relatives buried in the Midway Cemetery.  Just a few of the MANY relatives we have buried there.

 John and his three wives.

 View of the valley from the cemetery.

Bonners aren't relatives, but the headstone was cool.

 Hey, some living relatives in the cemetery :)

The Bonner Homes

Continuing on with our home tour...

John Watkins also built 3 homes for a man named Bonner and two of his sons.

 These homes are on three corners of one block on the main street in Midway.

 One of them is now a real estate office and the very nice man let me wander freely through the house.

 Looking out from the balcony on the second floor. 

 Really cool, but the ceilings were low.

 Steep stairs!

 Really fun to see the whole inside.

John Watkins Home - Midway, Utah

My Aunt Sybil is in town, so after a quick trip to Vernal for some, others of us met up in Midway to revisit the cemetery and the homes that my great, great grandfather built. 

John Watkins came across the plains with the Martin Handcart Company.  He was the bugler for the group and eventually had three wives.  Two of his wives shared this house on the main drive in Midway.  He was a bishop for 17 years and his child is the first person buried in the Midway cemetery.  There is a whole lot more to tell about him and his family, but I am done for now :)

 This home has been under renovation for a very long time.

 The funny thing about this next photo is that I took it by pointing my camera through the broken bottom section of the big windows in the middle front of the house.  I couldn't see in, but after moving the curtains, the camera could.

 Then what do you know!  When I went around the other side, a door was open!  Happy Day!

 An open door means come on in, doesn't it?

 Really old lilac bushes.

 Mr. Coleman

 John Watkins

 Lethe Coleman Tagthe

 Love the headgate.

 And the rock-lined ditch.

 More old landscaping.

 Rock retaining wall.

 Old fence.

 Old ...  nope, I won't go there!

 Sorry about all the yard photos, I was somewhat obsessed with the old bushes and trees.