Bayles Family

Bayles Family. . Ole Hanson Bayles was a single 21-year-old when he accepted a call to the San Juan Mission. He drove/herded the cattle of the initial five-month-long exploring expedition. Church leaders encouraged the single men to marry before making the remote San Juan area their home. Immediately after marrying his sweetheart, Mary Ann Durham, they came to Bluff, arriving seven months following the Hole-in-the-Rock pioneers., Mary Ann, who was known for her patience and good cheer, died while giving birth to their fourth child in 1888. The baby survived, leaving Hanson with four children under the age of eight., Nine years later, Hanson married Evelyn Lyman. Evelyn was musically inclined. At the time of their marriage, she along with two of Hanson's daughters were members of the Bluff Orchestra. Evelyn was involved with church and community throughout her life. Evelyn and Hanson had nine children. Hanson was instrumental in the establishment of Bluff's successful co-op. The family operated a boarding house in Bluff. Hansen was nearly killed while taking his turn as sheriff. Hanson became successful in cattle, sheep, and land operations. In 1908 the family moved to Grayson, now Blanding, Utah, where he was called as that community's first bishop., Hanson's youngest sister, Emma Theodora, was one of Bluff's early schoolteachers. When Mary Ann died, Emma quit teaching, and for six years cared for Hanson's children and assisted with the boarding house. In 1895 Emma married John Albert Scorup. The Scorups were an asset to the community. Five of their six children were born in Bluff., Hanson's sister Anna Marie came to Bluff when Mary Ann died and also helped. She worked as a clerk in the Bluff Co-op.