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Evelyn Lyman Bayles
Hanson Bayles' home under construction 1899
Hanson Bayles' home
Evelyn Lyman
Born:14 Dec 1875 at Fillmore, Millard County, Utah, USA
Parents: Platte DeAlton Lyman and Adelia Robison
Married: Ole Hanson Bayles, July 14, 1897 at Manti, Sanpete, Utah, USA
Died: 31 January 1888 at Blanding, San Juan, Utah,, USA
LIFE SKETCH OF EVELYN LYMAN BAYLES
LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 3, p. 16 Evelyn Lyman, second wife of Bishop Hanson Bayles, was born Dec. 14, 1875, at Fillmore, Millard county, Utah, the daughter of Platte D. Lyman and Adelia Robison. In 1879, her father was called to settle on the San Juan River, and he left Evelyn and her mother, who was expecting a child at the time at home in Fillmore. In the fall of 1880, Platte DeAlton Lyman returned to Fillmore. Lymans then set out for Bluff for his family. The group probably reached Bluff, by way of Hole-in-the-Rock, in about December 1880. At the time Evelyn was five years old.
She likely attended what school was available to her in Bluff, and later in Scipio, as her father moved the family to Scipio after he was released as stake president in 1886. Platte began raising cattle in Millard county. When cattle prices fell, he became seriously indebted. He spent 14 years on the range, and drove his cattle to the "Lake Country" about 100 miles from from Bluff. In 1889, the Deseret News reported that Lyman was a member of the Millard stake high council, while the same newspaper lists him in December 1890 as a counselor in the San Juan stake presidency. About 1893 he returned his family to Bluff so he could be closer to home and family while caring for the cattle.
Mary Ann Durham Bayles had died following childbirth in 1888, leaving children ages 7, 5, 3 and newborn. Hanson turned to his family in Parowan for help, and two of his sisters (Anna and Emma) came to his and the motherless children's aide. Five years later, Evelyn Lyman returned to Bluff, now eighteen years of age.
Evelyn married Hanson Bayles in the Manti Temple July 14, 1897, Bro. John D. McAllister officiating. At the time of their marriage, Hanson Bayles' home was still the log cabin built in the early 1880s. With other ranchers having stone homes constructed, Hanson and Evelyn began a new home, as well. It was begun in 1899.
Hanson took Evelyn from Bluff to Grayson in 1903 to begin a new chapter in their lives. Hanson became the first LDS bishop in Blanding and Evelyn took a prominent part in Relief Society work at Grayson (now Blanding), and in public affairs generally. The names of her children follow: De Lyman, Velyn, Clark L., Grant L., Adelia, Weston L., Wesley L., Mary and Scott L. After the Bayles family moved to Blanding, the home in Bluff burned to the ground.
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Evelyn Lyman Bayles
Hanson Bayles' home under construction 1899
Hanson Bayles' home