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| For several general conference weekends I have been going through a large bin of photos which came from Ben's mother's home. This was the first picture I scanned this morning, which was one I sent to Ida Mar after the birth of sweet baby Cori. |
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| In 1919, Ida Mar was herself an adorable little girl, complete with hat and doll. |
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| The following year she lost the hat but kept the doll. |
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| Thirty years later, Ida Mar was caring for her own flesh and blood little boy. |
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| In 1855, William Don Carlos Markham was born in Spanish Fork. He was the son of Stephen Markham, a great pioneer of the Restoration. |
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| One of the many sons of William Don Carlos was Stephen David Markham, born in 1885. |
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| In 1910, Stephen David married the beautiful Phoebe Isaac. |
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| Their son Ben S Markham was born 9 months later. |
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| Ben worked for Utah's Bureau of Land Management. Among other duties, he instructed others. |
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| He also worked very hard with his associates. He's shown here on the right. |
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| This priceless photo shows Stephen David holding new baby Ben, with a proud father on the right. |
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| Many years later, the baby grew up to be a father. Before mailing this picture to his mother, Ben wrote on the back, "Four-day-old-football gets passed around to her brothers." |
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| This adorable photo of little Jeffy was in the box. |
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| Also in the box was Sammie's picture. |
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| I'm not surprised this was in the box. I love it and sent it to everyone I knew for Christmas one year. |
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| Ida Mar herself wrote on the back on this photo, "Ben being chased." She did not say by what. It looks like a four-legged chicken. |
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| Ida Mar's first child was Judith Ann. |
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| Judith Ann was a happy and much-loved daughter. |
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| Ida Mar loved many children during her years as the president of the Palmyra Stake Primary Presidency. She is shown here between her two counselors. |
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| Ida Mar had a large extended family. She is standing on the left between two brothers. |
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| Ida Mar's father was John Wiley Redd, born in Utah in 1886. |
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| His wife was Lydia Nielson, a hard-working woman who, according to her grandson Ben, was the best cook ever. Ask him sometime about her cooking. It will not be a short conversation. |
