(Life History was written by herself)
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| Ila Vera Poulton |
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| Ila Vera Poulton and Emerald Poulton |
During the summers they lived on the Ranch and during the winters they lived in a log house with a shingled roof in Oakley. The house I was born in had a dirt roof and a board floor covered with lineoleum.
At Buckhorn Ranch they had many experiences. When I was four our father took Emerald and me to an old sheep camp for a trip one day. While there he made fried mutton with gravy.
The first time she visited school she went with Ethel Matthews. It was a one room log school house with dirt roof.
Her father's sheep herder was Ellis Tolman. He herded sheep on the West mountains and a bear got in the sheep one night. He shot and wounded the bear. He hit its face and broke its jaw, so the bear didn't bite him but just clawed him. The dog finally scared the bear away and an old sheep herder found him. Some men took him to the hospital in Marion and they didn't expect him to lvie. The family went in an old wagon to see him and I got sick on the way home. The man lived but had many scars.
One day it had rained and I had left my doll out in the rain. The family decided to go to the mountains the next day and so before they left I put my doll in the overn to dry. My mom built a fire so it would be warm when we returned. I remember my doll and ran into the house to find her buckskin doll split down the center and sawdust was all over the oven. I cried for many hours.
When I was 8 years old my father died, leaving the family to care for the farm. There were many Indians that slept in the fields and took our food. One night their mother, Alice Ann heard some Indians coming and so she sent the four children out to the hay field to hide, telling them she would be along in a minute. This happened more than once. When they returned they found that most of the food was gone and the house was a mess.
I played the piano and when I was 8 years old I could play concert music.
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| Ila Vera Poulton |
I attended school in Warm Creek. I was baptized the 23rd of August 1902 in Warm Springs, Oakley, Cassia, Idaho by George Craner and confirmed 24th of August 1901 by O. C. Ormsby.
On 8 April 1914 I married Clarence LeRoy Nelson at the Salt Lake City Temple, Utah by Adolph Madison. We were endowed and sealed the same day 8 April 1914.
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| Ila Vera Poulton is in the center |
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| Ila Vera Poulton on her Wedding Day |
I received a patriarchal blessing by James England on 5 March 1917.
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| Cousins on Wagon |
To this family was born 8 children: Merna Adelaide, 9 Jan. 1915; Bernice 28 Nov. 1916; Wanda 7 Dec. 1918; LaRae 24 Jan 1922; Wilma 4 March 1925; Robert Clarence 2 March 1928; Betty Louise 11 March 1930; Alice Carol 11 Dec. 1932. When Betty Louise was born I was very sick and was taken to the hospital in Twin Falls, Idaho.
We had a home full of love and religion. I would help with the chores and my husband would help with the chores of the house. We hauled all the water and heated it. I always had plenty of food to eat and always had a house full of company. Everyone was welcomed and no one went away hungry.
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| Robert, Wanda, Bernice, Clarence, Ila Vera, Wilma, LaRae, Merna, Betty, Carol |
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| Ila Vera Poulton and Clarence LeRoy Nelson in yard in Oakley |
In 1943 I lost my husband after a long illness. This caused me much worry because he would take spells and couldn't remember anything and would do funny things. When he would leave the house I would worry and pray that he would return unharmed.
We raised a beautiful garden and a huge apple orchard. We gave apples away to everyone and kept them in the dirt cellar. When Indians would come aroung begging they would give them apples. One time when I was cooking for the hay men. I had the table all set and some Indians came begging so she fed them some dinner out on the lawn. We never received a penny for apples we gave away. We had a beautiful yard.
In 1930 when I went to the hospital to have Betty, they wanted to surprise me so they had electricity installed while she was gone. It cost $500 to get it to the farm from the city besides a monthly payment.
When the children were small they used to watch the airplanes go across the sky. It took them about a half an hour to cross the sky. They also looked at the new tractors with big iron wheels and think they were really neat. Our first car was a Model-T without a top. We used to take it up Goose Creek where Clarence was putting up wild hay. I would cook for the hay men. One time they had to have someone tie a rope around the radiator and help pull them up one of the small grades on the way home because they had the car loaded down with the things we needed.
The next car was a Cheverolet Touring Car. It had flaps that would snap on for the windows. They used heated rocks to keep them warm. During the depression we didn't have a car and I would drive the team and buggy to my M.I.A. meetings as I was in the presidency. After the depression we got a 34 Plymouth. This ar had square windows and we thought this was great, a car with windows.
After Clarence died of a brain tumor I kept the farm and rented it to my son-in-law George Franks. I cooked in the school lunch proram and milded 10 head of cows night and morning. I later met Don chester Loveland. He was county assessor in Burley. We were married 4 March 1949 for time in the Salt Lake City Temple.
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| Ila Vera Nelson, Carol, Betty, Robert, Wilma, LaRae, Merna, Wanda, Bernice |
I moved to Burley to a two bedroom home with a full basement apartment on 130 West 21st Street. Carol finished her school years in Burley. Shortly after my marriage to Mr. Loveland, he became very ill and I cared for him until his death. He suffered from cancer in the intestines.
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| Ila Vera Poulton Nelson Loveland moved into this home in Burley when she was married to Chet Loveland who had lost his wife and had a son named Scott Loveland |
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| Ila Vera Poulton Nelson in front of her home in Burley in 1967 |
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| LaDell Handy, Oel Parish, Robert Nelson, Mary Nelson, Dale Shelby, George Franks, Quinton Warr Wanda Critchfield, Wilma Parish, Carol Handy, Ila Vera Nelson, Merna Franks, Betty Shelby, LaRae Warr Picture was taken in the house in Burley where Ila Vera Nelson lived (Bernice and Theron Smith are not in the picture) |
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| Ila Vera Poulton Nelson Loveland 1946 |
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| Ila Vera Poulton Nelson - 80th birthday party At LaRae and Quinton Warr's home in Burley |
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| Ila Vera Poulton Nelson in yard in Burley |
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In her later years she lost her memory and couldn't recognize very many people.
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| Ila Vera Poulton Nelson Loveland before her death |
Memories shared by family members:
Brenda Bailey
I remember grandma always dressed well having jewelry, hat, gloves, coat, scarf, dress and shoes all matching She had a bleeding heart by the back door and peonies in the yard. I remember picking peaches off the tree by the garage. I remember her taking some kind of stomach medicine (Liquid drops) that was in a dark bottle. She had a small dog that kept her company in her later years.
She cooked Sunday dinner and always had a jello salad with apples and walnuts in it.
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