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TELL ME A STORY

FOREWORD

The Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a merchant man seeking goodly

pearls: who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that hehad, and bought it. (Matt. 13:45, 46)

Seekers after truth may acquire much that is good and desirable, and notfind the greatest truth of all, the truth that will save them.

Yet if they seek persistently and with right intent, if they are really in questof pearls and not of imitations, they shall find.

Men who by search and by research discovers the truth of the kingdom ofheaven may have to abandon many of their cherished traditions and even theirtheories of imperfect philosophy and science falsely so called (I Tim. 6:20) ifthey would possess themselves of the pearl of great price.

No man can become a citizen of the kingdom by partial surrender of hisearlier allegiances; he must renounce everything foreign to the kingdom or he cannever be numbered therein.

If he willingly sacrifices all that he has, he shall find that he has enough.The cost of the pearl is not a fixed amount, alike for all; it is all one has.

Even the poorest may come into enduring possession; his all a sufficientpurchase price.(Jesus the Christ by James E. Talmage, pages 278-279)

This book and website is in response to the implicit request: TELL ME ASTORY. It is a compilation of the stories of our ancestors - each married coupleof five generations that gave their all for their one pearl of great price.

I. Tell me a story about the married couple in the first generation;

Robert Keith S h aw-Mary Lou Abb o tt SHAW

II. Tell me a story about each of the two married couples in the second generation

John Riley Shaw-Josephine Cottam SHAW

Austin Neal Abbott-Ruth Venetta Naylor ABBOTT

III. Tell me a story about each of the four married couples in the third generation;

Edmund Riley Shaw-Sarah Jane Ward SHAW

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John Cottam-Lille Rose COTTAM

John Austin Abbott-Chrissie Eveline Whitney ABBOTTFrank Sefton Naylor Sr-Rhoda Lois Laird NAYLOR

IV. Tell me a story about each of the eight married couples in the fourthgeneration;

Elijah Shaw II-Martha Ann Thomas SHAWJames Spackman Ward-Harriet Brown WARD

William Cottam-Ellen Bridget Gallagher COTTAMAndrew Rose-Josephine Malcolm ROSE

Myron Abbott-Laura Josephine Allen ABBOTTGeorge Burton Whitney-Lovina Syphus WHITNEY

William Naylor-Annie Wright NAYLOREdward Laird-Valeria Ann Flint LAIRD

V. Tell me a story about each of the sixteen married couples in the fifthgeneration and how they were converted and gave their all when (they) had

found one pearl of great price. Tell me a story about those that left their nativecountries and what their personal conditions were and the routes they took to join

the main body of the Saints in America.

Elijah Shaw-Lydia Bowen SHAWJacob Thomas-Elizabeth Miller THOMASWilliam Spackman-Sarah Ward SPACKMAN

John Brown-Sarah Mundy BROWNJames Cottam-Margaret McDonald COTTAM

John Gallagher-Ellen Hines Duffy GALLAGHERGeorge Washington Rose-Mary Moore ROSEJonathan Malcolm-Debra Moore MALCOM

Stephen Joseph Abbott-Abigail Smith ABBOTT

Orvel Morgan Allen-Jane Wilson ALLENGeorge Sanders Whitney-Mary Barnard WHITNEYLuke Syphus-Christina Long SYPHUSGeorge Naylor-Mary Sefton NAYLOR

Henry Wright-Ruth Nephewson WRIGHTJames Laird-Marie Rennie LAIRD

William Flint-Mary Jane Goodridge FLINT

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The Saints be honored and praised for their faith, courage and strengthneeded to overcome great obstacles.

These hardy pioneers had found their one pearl of great price.

Robert K Shaw12.24.2009

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