"Agnes and Ethyl Rush" 9/1/75 Side 1., 1975

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Pem says that Phil's father was very interested in astronomy and was constantly studying it and this knowledge was passed on to Phil.
Phil's father, Lewis, went on a mission after he had his children and his wife had a bad heart. He went without any money or extra clothes and was able to live off of the generosity of people. His first wife died and he then was married to a woman named Serena.
Agnes recounts learning bad words from men who were around the house because they would use them to describe pigs.
They tell a story about Phil being taken by a group of Native Americans to a ceremony after playing with a Native American boy. He later tried to find these Native Americans to help them, but was unable to locate them.
Agnes says they spent two months together hunting squirrels one summer because the Native Americans would pay fifteen cents for a squirrel. She says that Phil had a bow and arrow with nails attached to the arrows.
Algebra was taught to Phil by Mr. Wells, but Mr. Wells had a procedure done on his eyes that made him very uncomfortable. Because of this, Phil helped to teach both algebra one and two one year and received extra-credit for doing so.
Agnes tells the story of Lincoln B. Farnsworth, who was born unable to really eat very well. They thought he would die but she felt that her father's blessing saved him.
Agnes tells a story of Phil going to get a bucket of milk at age eight in heavy snow. He took a long time to bring it back and her mother kept looking out the door. Eventually, she saw just a bucket above the snow, as it was so deep as to almost cover him.
They all talk about Phil's ability to accomplish vast amounts of work and achieve great things.

Dates

1975

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Collection material in English.

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