The Daniel Harvey Homestead

by Doritt Harvey Brough

I'm grieved when I look at those mulberry trees,
Limbs broken, some branches bare.
Because it is more than a hundred years
Since grandfather planted them there.

They were large, very large when I was a child
In their tops hung an Oriole nest.
And grandmother, then gray and aged
Paused in their shade for a rest.

From a branch hung a couple of swings
Where we children would float with the breeze
And eat a few purple berries
That dropped in our laps from the trees.

Gone is the old log home
Where they grew each side of the door.
Yes, sad to me, will be the day
When those trees are not there anymore.

James Smuin Harvey

James Smuin Harvey was born November 1, 1858, in Middlesex, England. He is the son of Hannah Smuin and Daniel Harvey, who were married on May 21, 1854, in Paddington, Middlesex, England.
Daniel was born May 29, 1830, in Stanford-Le-Hope, Essex, England and died September 15, 1899 in Lehi, Utah,. Hannah was born September 28, 1834 in Radley, Berkshire, England, and died August 22, 1915 in Layton, Davis, Utah.
James is the second child of Daniel and Hannah. His older sister, Ann Harvey, was born June 25, 1856, also in Middlesex. She married Lyman S. Conley.
James was followed by his only brother, Daniel Harvey, Jr., who was born on November 21, 1860, in London, England. He married Olive Welker, November 2, 1896.
The Harveys immigrated to Utah at this time and their last three girls were born in Kaysville, where they homesteaded. Susannah Harvey, was born June 29, 1865. She married Joseph Henry Morgan on November 6, 1884.
The couple’s fifth child was Mary Elizabeth Harvey, born on January 8, 1868. She was followed by Martha Harvey, born March 30, 1870. They also had a daughter, Mercy, who died within the year she was born.
James married Mary Bosworth February 2, 1898.

James Smuin Harvey

James Smuin Harvey was born 1 Nov 1858, at London, England. He is the son of Daniel and Hannah Smuin Harvey. The area in London where his parents lived had two story houses built in one continuous row, all around the block, except for openings in the middle of each block where hacks could enter with coal and other supplies. These buildings had numerous apartments, each being a living unit for a family, with ah kitchen and living room down and two bedrooms upstairs. A front door opened onto the cobblestone street and the slate floored kitchen had a door to the back yard and was also handy to the cookhouse. Food could be prepared at home and for a very small sum it could be taken to the cook house to b cooked or a whole hot meal or any part of a meal could be purchased for just a few pence and taken home to eat. These homes were built of stone and roofed with slate. James and his sister, Ann, and brother Dan, lived here with their parents until Jim was five years old.

Excerpt from James Smuin Harvey History document written by Doritt Harvey Brough.