Ancestral Histories

Lott Russon

Born: 1 January 1829

Died: 13 April 1916

Lott and his wife

Lott Russon lived on this earth for 87 years.  His time on this earth was full of hard work and trials.  He was born and brought up to his manhood in Nehterton, Worcestershire, England.  Having converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Lott latter moved his family to Lehi, Utah, USA to be part of the building of Zion.  Lott was not a stranger to work.  He started working at a boiler plant when he was 7 and then spent the rest of his career as a miner in England.  His daughter wrote in hear account that there was not room enough for you to touch your finger tip to Lott’s back that would not be touching a scar.  His back was covered in scars from working in the mines for most of his life.  Lott converted to the church when he was 23 years old.  There was a missionary by the name of John Price who had a large part in his conversion and latter sent him the money that it would require to make the trek to Zion.  Lott was married to Eliza Rounds and was later sealed in the temple when they arrived in Zion in 1872.  Eliza taught as a Relief Society teacher for 30 consecutive years and had to give it up finally due to ill health.  Lott and Eliza sacrificed much for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and have continued to influence their posterity to this day.

Paul Mark Barnard

Born: November 27, 1962

Death: December 3, 2001

Paul is the grown man in this picture. I am the one that is up on the stairs the highest. We don't have a lot of pictures of my father, but this is one family pic that we do have.

Paul is the son of Mark and Leona Barnard.  He grew to be a man in Firth, Idaho.  As a boy he had a passion for drawing and working.  He started plowing fields with the tractor when he was between 8-10 years old.  Paul enjoyed working with his Dad and decided to do that as his occupation as an adult later on in life.  Paul loved to hunt, jet ski, snowmobile, and wash his car as a teenager.  He went on a mission to Chile in South America where he learned to speak Spanish.  When he got home from his mission he took night classes and completed his apprenticeship as an Electrician.  He went into the family business with his Dad (Mark Barnard) called Idaho Service and Supply.  The majority of his work consisted of servicing irrigation pivots for farmers, submersible pumps for home owners, and wiring residential homes.

It was often said by Paul and of Paul that he worked hard and played harder.  He really enjoyed telling jokes and making people laugh, including himself.  He got a brick truck phone when cell phones first came out.  He used to get a laugh when people would call the wrong number.  He would answer his phone while driving and tell the person on the other end to hold for a minute and that the person that they were looking for was driving in the car next to him.

Paul married Teresa Mecham in the Idaho Falls temple.  They had 4 children, Julie, Kevin, Kent, and Keith.  Paul was killed in a work accident at a Dairy Farm in Firth Idaho while trying to install a new water line.  His Father Mark John Barnard was running the backhoe when the accident happened.  Paul was down in an 8 foot deep trench when the walls caved in on him.  I (the author) went to the scene of the accident later and found his wood handled shovel.  The handle was broken in about five different pieces about one foot long.  The weight of the dirt must have been incredible.  Paul’s wife and children were devastated and the only comfort they found was in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  Five years the family struggled until Teresa married Brutch Merrill from Blackfoot, ID.