This is the story of the 1881 marriage of Edward Jones and Sarah Jane Tolley of Juab County.

Let's go back in time a little and pretend we live in Juab County, and it is the year 1881. You are an active Mormon and as such you want to get married by the higher up's in the LDS church. It is a long horse back ride from Nephi to Salt Lake, so what does a young couple do. The Nephi folks knew the answer, so on her 18th birthday, Sarah Jane and Edward Jones III, hitched up a covered wagon and headed north, but of course they needed to be chaperoned. With them we had Edward's mother, which was Martha Jackson Jones; Thomas Wright; William and Elvina Wright. The first night was spent in Payson at the home of George Montague. The second night they made it all the way to American Fork and camped out with friends of the Wright family. The third day they made it to the point of the mountain, but what a bad night. They were hit by a February snow storm, and by the time it was time to head out they were dreary and drained from their weakness, but trudged on to the Salt Lake Endowment Home where they were married on Feb. 10, 1881 by Daniel H. Wells. After feeding the horses, they turned around and headed back home, taking three days to reach the Nortonville area. They first lived with Edward Jones II, then built a home and later on moved to the home that still stands in Nortonville which was put together by Lee and Anna Tolley. That home was built out of abandoned railroad ties and the home used later used by Alan and Mary Tolley for their dairy business. The photos are of Edward and Sarah Jane Tolley Jones and the Nortonville home, which is on the main corridor north of the Jones family farm.