Charles Gale 1821-1903
2010
Charles was born in England to Charles Gale and Anna Marie Woodford. He was the oldest of six children born to his parents. At the age of twenty-two he married Emily Blake in the Copey Thorne Church in Cadham. He had always been a member of The General Baptist Church and was actively involved with it. In 1850, a missionary from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints knocked on his door. He was converted and baptized. In 1857, he was ordained an Elder and sent out to preach the Gospel. His mission lasted six years. In 1863, he and his family emigrated from England to America. They spent eight weeks on the water and the same amount of time crossing the plains. When they arrived in Salt Lake City in the fall, they remained through the winter. Charles worked in City Creek Canyon and hauled rock for the Salt Lake Temple with teams of oxen. In 1869 he married a much-younger Amanda Jane Cloward. She was a plural wife. Her parents had also heard the message of the missionaries and had joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints. Charles and Amanda Jane became the parents of twelve children. Six died in infancy.
Charles served as a High Priest for many years. As was the custom at the time, when he became old and ill, he was released from his responsibilities. When he died, he was buried next to his wife Emily in the Payson City Cemetery in Payson, Utah County, Utah. Twenty-three years later, his wife Amanda Jane Cloward Gale joined them.
The migration of Charles Gale
England to Utah