Seth and Arlene McPherson-the grandest marshals of them all!

At the recent rodeo in Nephi, Utah, Seth and Arlene McPherson were named as the Grand Marshals of the Western Heritage Parade. The Ute Stampede committee couldn't have picked anybody better. These two people and their herd of cattle and kids are what make Juab County as good as it gets. I am getting a little deaf, but never heard of a bad herd of McPherson's, and that goes back to the 1890's, when my grandfather served on an LDS mission with a McPherson; and then my father's journal in 1942 of the farm work shared with the McPherson's. In the 1950's, there wasn't a animal doctor in Nephi, but we did have Gene Mac, and he was as good as any doctored up Vet. Then I hear tell of another McPherson who recently noticed a neighbor in dire straits, and drove his tractor over to help out. Although the parade announcer did a great job naming many of the McPherson's named Seth, we threw in another one that locals probably forgot about. That Seth married Margaret Shaw, who was born in 1870, then died in 1934. We have listed her obituary. The second photo is of the newer home of Myrl McPherson, and his old one, which was built by and for Wm. Fisher Tolley, and yes, it looks like a home of a polygamist, as he was as were his four wives!