Joshua and Lucy Morgan Family

• Joshua's biography
• Lucy's biography.
• Joshua's Life History, from the book Progressive Men of Idaho.
• Threshing Machine Adventures, written by Orion Smout, his son-in-law.
• From the LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 4, p.587 (as contained in the Infobases LDS Family History Suite, 1996 edition):

Morgan, Joshua B., Bishop of the La Belle Ward, Rigby Stake, Jefferson Co., Idaho, from 1922 to 1928, was born Dec. 9, 1862, at Mill Creek, Salt Lake Co., Utah, a son of John Morgan and Ann Gillott. He was baptized Sept. 1, 1870, ordained a High Priest Oct. 17, 1915, by Joseph F. Smith, jun., and ordained a Bishop March 5, 1922, by Melvin J. Ballard.

• A reference to Joshua's service as Bishop of the LaBelle Ward in Andrew Jenson, Encyclopedic History of the Church…, p.408 (from the Infobases LDS Family History Suite, 1996 edition):
LA BELLE WARD, Rigby Stake, Jefferson Co., Idaho, consists of the Latter-day Saints residing on the east half of Poole’s Island, in Snake River. The ward has a fine meeting house, and two school houses. Nearly all the inhabitants within the limits of the ward are Latter-day Saints. The center of the ward, or the village of La Belle, is situated on Poole’s Island about eight miles northeast of Rigby, the stake headquarters, and 20 miles northeast of Idaho Falls.

The early history of the La Belle Ward is identical with that of Menan, to which it originally belonged. That part of Poole’s Island now included in La Belle Ward was first settled in the fall of 1883 by William R. Scott and John G. Morgan. Other settlers followed and these first L. D. S. settlers at La Belle were organized as a branch of the Church belonging to the Menan Ward June 14, 1885, with Winslow Farr Walker as presiding Elder. This branch was organized into a regular bishop’s ward May 21, 1886, with Winslow F. Walker as Bishop. He was succeeded in 1898 by John G. Morgan, who in 1908 was succeeded by George H. Romrell, who in 1913 was succeeded by James C. Allen, who in 1915 was succeeded by John W. Clinger, who in 1922 was succeeded by Joshua B. Morgan, who in 1928 was succeeded by Joseph A. Lundquist, who presided Dec. 31, 1930. On that date the La Belle Ward had 203 members, including 50 children. The total population of the La Belle Precinct was 371 in 1930.
 

• Edith's baby picture.    The doll was her Aunt Vin's (Malvina).  (2)
• Joshua and Lucy. 
• Edith at school.  She is on the back row, on the right, with a bow in her hair. 
• 1915:  Vera, Leda Ellis, and Edith. 
• 1915:  Labelle school.  Pictured is Edith's friend Leda Ellis on the right.    One of the other girls is probably Reba Harrington, but we don't know who the third girl is.  Behind them to the right is someone standing behind the batter.  This guy is the same one that appears in the next picture.
• 1915:  Leda Ellis and friends. 
• 1918, July 11:  Edith with the winning 4H canning team.    She is the girl standing farthest to the right.  On the back of the photo, it reads:  "Taken 11 of July 1918 at the school house the day of a contest about the county in canning.  Rigby canned 63 qts La Belle canned 6? [maybe 66] winning"
• 1918:  Edith practicing her shooting, probably in the antelope area near Ririe. 
• Eugene, age 16, milking the cow. 
• Joshua and Lucy in a balloon flying high over Salt Lake City (probably at a fair). 
• ~1927:  Joshua without his beard.    (2)
• Family Picture.    Left to right: (back row) Elva, Edith, Eugene, Minnie, Elwin, (front row) Lucy, Vera, Joshua, Lovenia.  (2)
• Lucy and the girls. 
• The Beehive Class at the Hardcastle home.    Edith is second from the left and Vera is fifth from the left on the front row.
• Lucy and ??? It might be Vera on the right.
• Floyd, Clinton, and Vera. 
• 1955, July:  Edith Matson, Elva Smout, Vera Keith, and Vin Ball in Labelle. 
• Rudgar and Vin Ball with Judy Matson. 
• Picture in front of the house in Labelle.    (2)