This article appeared in the Davis County Clipper on February 7, 1908.

"James S. Harvey says that quail are wintering well this year."

Son - Brig hosts ASC tour

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Kaysville Kinks

The February 4, 1898 edition of the Davis County Clipper included in its column, Kaysville Kinks, the following:

"James Harvey and Miss Mary Bosworth were married on Wednesday."

Son- Brigham Harvey seeks new road

An article in the March 5, 1965 edition of the Davis County Clipper states the following:

"Brigham Harvey and Ray Phillips of Fruit Heights, this week, discussed the possibility of building a three mile strip of road from Compton Bench in Farmington to the Fruit Heights town limits. 


Commission Chairman Glen W. Flint suggested that the two men contact all 16 of the property owners who have land in that area to get a release of property for a right -of-way to build a four-rod road. He said that after this has been accomplished, H. Glenn Austin, county surveyor, would then be asked to make a survey of the property needed."

James Smuin and Mary Bosworth Harvey's family

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"Pig King" of Davis County

The pig business is still in the family. These piglets were raised by my husband and son.

James Smuin Harvey was the "Pig King." Dorrit Brough Harvey wrote that she doesn't know whether anyone else in the state had as many pigs as her father did, or not, but that she was certain that no one in Davis County did.

He had over 100 pigs, and more during farrowing season. He was pretty well equipped to take care of the. He had a row of pens where expectant sows were put. These pens had a roof over the rear of the pen and the front was open where there was a trough for food and water. A new litter of pigs had to be watched closely to see that the mother didn't lay on them and smother them.

They always lost a few this way, even with the best of care. It wasn't that the mother didn't care for her babies as she would fight if anyone got in the pen with them, but it seemed she could be laying on one and not even know it was under her. The west end of spring hollow (now under the road) was fenced with combination wire (pig mesh) with a barbed wire strung tight about an inch off the ground and two of them above the mesh. This prevented them from rooting under.  This provided a 20 or 30 acre pig pasture with plenty of running water, grass, shade and lots of acorns in the fall. After the grain was cut, James would haul loads of the bundled grain and throw it over the fence to the pigs and let them thresh it themselves. 

When he put them into the fattening pen, which was a small enclosure with lots of feeders in it, he fed them barley that he had choppd at the mill. He thought chopped barley made top grade pork. He was proud of his superior pork and on returning from a hog selling trip, would say, "Well, I did it again, I topped the market." He always sold his pigs in February and August, as this was the high point of the year, price-wise. The Stewart boys, Al, Roan, and Clarence (Walt) always came to help him butcher his hogs for market. He thought they were extra efficient at it.

He had a metal vat about 10 feet long, which was set in the ground with a hole under it for a fire. Water was heated in it to boiling and the pig rolled in it on ropes until it loosened the bristles. It was then  put on a low table and scraped clean. Then it was taken by block and tackle and hung to cross arms on poles where the insides were removed. The livers and hearts were kept and the intestines were run to remove the fat. There were several buckets full of this which Mary, his wife, rendered into lard in the oven and poured into lard buckets provided her by the Salt Lake butcher shops. She sold it or gave some it away, but never used a spoonful of it in her own cooking, or did the family use any of the pork.

James had to be up at 4 a.m.  in the summer-time, in case a pig got out of the pasture and went "visiting." If there was anything unwelcome among the neighbors, it was a pig. This was quite understandable as it only took a few minutes for a wandering pig to dig a whole row of potatoes if he found a garden. The family was upset once themselves,  when one dug their row of beets when they were ready to pickle.

James also had 35 or 40 head of stock cattle and three or four milk cows. The family used a lot of milk, cream, and butter. Sometimes Mary sold eight or 10 pounds of butter a week to the store.

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.

Son- Brigham Bosworth Harvey

Brigham Bosworth Harvey, was born Jan. 2, 1909, in Kaysville, Utah. He was the youngest living child of eight children. His parents were James Smuin Harvey and Mary Bosworth Harvey. James was born in England. His parents were Daniel Harvey and Hannah Smuin Harvey. Mary’s parents were Esther Emily Ogden Bosworth and father was William Bosworth. Mary was born in Kaysville.

Brigham (Brig) finished the 8th grade. He went to Kaysville elementary. He worked so his brother Alpheus could go on a mission.

He started out with 1 sheep, it had a baby. After he got 100, he had to take them to the Richins' property by Morgan. Alex was the Greek sheepherder who watched them on the hills. He raised Rambouillet Sheep.

Brig met Ruth Leone Hill (pictured together at right) at the Lagoon dances. He came out to Syracuse with a brand new 1935 Grey Plymouth Coup. He paid $600 for it. Mom was walking home. He came looking for her He carried a .22 rifle with him. They went up Weber Canyon shooting. This was the end of July. They went dancing a lot at Lagoon, and Como Springs in Morgan. He dated her for 3 years. When he was 29 years old he married Ruth in the Logan Temple. He had 5 children. Katherine, Elaine, Helen, Howard and Marilyn.

History of Brigham B. Harvey written by his daughter, Elaine Harvey Palmer.

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.