Charles Edward Titt changed his name to TEA in the SaltLake county c ourt 1892.

The following is a summary of his life submitted by EdnaMcNeill, hi s daughter.

Charles Edward Tea was born on April 22 1877 in Salt LakeCity, Uta h to William
Henry & Mary Ann Titt. William Henry Titt, when he was aboy of eleve n years
old, came up the Mississippi River with his father WilliamCase Tit t and mother
Mary Ann Spershott from England. They stopped in St Louisbecause hi s mother
was ill. William Henry was sent on alone to the Salt LakeValley. Whe n he
arrived President Daniel Wells (LDS Church) sent him on toParowan, U tah to
live with a Mr Meeks. William later returned to Salt LakeCity and ma rried a
Mary Ann Brown. Mary Ann was eighteen years of age when shewith he r father and
mother, one sister and four brothers came from Liverpool,England, ar riving in
Salt Lake City on August 4, 1871. She met and marriedWilliam Henry o n August
19, 1874. They had seven children, two of these were twins.CHarles E dward was
the second child, one of four boys. He was born eightmonths after th e Custer
massacre on the Little Bighorn River.

Charles Edwards father died the 2nd of February 1891, whenEd (nickna med Ed) was
thirteen years old. His mother remarried. His newstepfather (being an
alcoholic) was cruel to him and his elder brother, so theyran away f rom home
to Riverton, Utah. He was forced into servitude like a bondservant b y a Mr
Nokes who beat him and made him sleep in the barn. When hecould no l onger take
this abuse he ran away. A Mrs Lund saw him running throughthe fields . She said
his clothes were like rags, hanging from his body and hishair was lo ng. She
took him into her house and fed him. Ed never forgot thiskindness. L ater thatevening a Mr John Hansen found Edshivering from the cold ni ght in a ditch
alongside the road. Mr and Mrs. Hansen took him in, fed andclothed h im. They
were good to him, but never sent him to school, insteadthey put hi m to work
for them.

A few days later Ed went to Meridith Page's store with mrHansen wh o left Ed
alone in the buggy. Mr Nokes came by, saw Ed and said;"There you ar e you ****!
You are coming with me!"

Just then Mr hansen came out and told Nokes to kep hishands off Ed a nd neverto bother him again or he would havehim arrested.

Years later when Ed was in church sitting on the stand withthe Bisho p,
Margaret Weenig came in the door with her mother. TheBishop whispere d to Ed
saying that young lady was the one he was going to marry.Ed replie d that he
didn't even know her. At the same time Margaret's motherwhispered t o her,"See
that man on the stand, he is going to be your husband". Theprompting s came
true. Ed courted Margaret in his buggy with his beautifulblack horse . Edward
and Margaret were married in the Salt Lake Temple onFebruary 27 1907.

CHarles Edward Tea was a kind, good, hard working man. Hewas patient , honest
and sincere and a very religious man. People still come upto his chi ldren 50
years after his death and say what a wonderful man he was.

Some recollect how he came to their home ward teaching andwhat a good
inspirational teacher he was and how they always awaitedhis coming.
He has always been praised as one of the best farmers inRiverton. On e man
remembered how well Ed kept his black surrey horse and howhe was a f ast
trotter. Others recall his humble, sincere talks in church.He was al ways good
to the wodows helping them when he could, especially MrsLund.
Ed was the father of 13 children, 7 boys & 6 girls.
He died on 28 Oct 1935 of a ruptured appendix in a hospitalin Salt l ake City,
and was buried in Riverton, Utah.

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