A Short Sketch of the Life of

ROSEL PATISON HYDE

written July 14, 1947 by himself

Rosel Hyde was born in the home of his Uncle Andrew Griffeth, December 31, 1884 in Fairview, Idaho, the son of Austin Cowles Hyde and Mary Melissa Griffeth. Our family lived in Fairview for six years and then moved to Star Valley, Wyoming.

My father settled on a ranch in Auburn, Wyoming that father had traded for his property in Fairview. Here I grew up doing the things that a normal boy does. I attended school in a one—room school house. I went to Sunday school and sacrament meetings regular with my parents. At the age of seventeen, I was called to take a Missionary course at the fielding academy in Star Valley. One year later I was called on a mission to the Eastern States. I was assigned to the East Pennsylvania Conference. I spent most of my time in Philadelphia and Baltimore, Maryland. I returned home in 1904 and went to work for a missionary companion in Oakley, Utah. I stayed only a short time, then went to work for the Star Valley Livestock Company, herding sheep. In the fall of 1907, I met a lovely girl, Caroline Amelia Allen, from Lewiston, Utah. On the October 23, 1908 we were scalded in the Logan Temple.

I homesteaded one hundred sixty acres of range and farm land, adjourning the one hundred sixty acres we bought three miles north of Aubourn, and lived there for three years. During this time I was called to be a member of the ward Bishopric. I served until we moved to Southern Idaho in 1919, settling in Rupert, Idaho. Here going was pretty tough for awhile. I was not an experienced farmer. When we thought we were doing pretty good then the Great Depression hit us, and it was tough going again for the next ten years.

During these years I taught classes in Mutual and Sunday School. I was Sunday School Superintendent for five years. then served on the Stake Board. I was Stake Superintendent for fifteen years.

In 1946 we rented our farm and retail business to our son, Allen, and moved into town. We are the parents of eight children.