Here, part of his diary is missing, September 3, 1874, to May 5, 1876. To fill in that gap there are three paragraphs from a history written by his daughter Sarah Arletta Palmer Cox which supply some information we otherwise wouldn’t have.
“In the spring of 1873, I think it was, we moved to Springdale, in Washington County, where we lived for 3 years. My sister Laura was born here in 1875.
“My father was put in as Presiding Elder of Springdale then succeeded by Evan M. Green in the early part of 1875. This settlement as well as the other settlements in Dixie attempted to live the United Order but did not make a success of it. While living here my father hauled lumber from Mt. Trumble for use in the building of the St. George Temple. He owned land in Zions Canyon where he raised corn and had an apple orchard. He sold this land after he went to Orderville.
“In Jan. 1876, father and my half-brother, James W. visited Orderville in Longvale, where the people were organized in the United Order. On returning they moved the family to Orderville and joined the United Order. Later father moved Aunt Sally and family to the Order. He had married Sally before he did my mother. My father turned into the Order about $1600 worth of property, and he and his family worked faithfully in the Order.”
So at this point, Zemira and his family were living in the Order at Orderville, Utah.
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