Gunnell Family 4 Generations

Francis Wilson Gunnell [B 1841 - D 1889]. He was from England and crossed the ocean and the American continent with the Mormon Pioneers. He was crippled from a dislocated hip that never healed properly, but he never let that stop him. He was one of the first settlers in Tooele (where he experienced the cricket plague of 1855) and then a few years later was called to settle Cache Valley. He was a choir director, a teacher and a record keeper for the church. Charles Edwards Gunnell [B 1861 - D 1934]. Charles was also a musician with a beautiful voice. A story stood out to me that he related in his history. One day he and his older brother Frankie were working in the canyon hauling wood. His brother Frankie (Francis Jr.), had quite a string of profanities he would use, and things were not going very well; so he began to take the Lords name in vain and swear at the horses. Their mother died when Charles was only 15 months old so he didn't know what she looked like. Suddenly his brother Frankie stopped and said to 9 year old Charles, "See that woman over there sitting on that log." Charles said "Who is she?" Francis replied "That is our mother." Charles said he never heard Frankie swear again. Joshua Brown Gunnell [B 1900 - D 1973] my great grandfather. Joshua was also a musician who sang and played the organ and piano by ear and played semi-professionally in dance bands (notice a trend here with me picking out the facts about my progenitors musical ability). His school teachers said he was the meanest kid in school, he would throw crayons at the other kids (I thought that fact was kind of amusing). He was a sealer in the Logan temple and sealed my Mom and Dad when they were married. This is Hazel Maxine Gunnell [B 1922 - D 2008], Joshua's daughter and my grandmother. This is a picture of her from 1950. But the next Pic is how I remember her... It is because of her that I have these histories. I am grateful I could learn more about these people. Quoting my cousin and blogger buddy Min "It's the Grandma W. in me." My mom is also responsible for scanning the pictures from the histories. Gwen asked in a comment a few weeks ago why exactly I started posting these family history pics. Actually, I was puttering around one day going through the photos on my hard drive. I came across the family history photos randomly and thought it might be fun to post some of those (because after all this is our "Family" blog). I have become interested in doing family history but am just starting. I find blogging to be a great organizing tool. Maybe if I can get to know these people a little better this way, I can put the pieces together and start tracing back a little more. I have felt promptings to do family history for a while now (sometimes those feelings are very strong). I know doing family research is not some super-human ability that some possess and some don't, but sometimes it feels that way. If you have any clue what I have seen my family do with genealogy you would understand. I know I don't have to write 1000 page books and volumes of histories like they did or even expect to get to that level. I just need to start somewhere.