Amos Willby Atkinson-the second son of Henry Atkinson and Mary Ann Prescott was born 30 Sept 1886 at Bountiful Davis County Utah. He was Baptized 1 Aug 1895. Married 30 Sept 1908 Blanch Josephine Potts at Salt Lake City. Died 5 Oct 1933 at Francis Utah. Buried at Francis Cemetery. Willby came to Francis Utah with his parents in July 1890 at the age of three and spent the remainder of his life there. He was the second son of Henry Atkinson and Mary Ann Prescott. He received his schooling at Francis and attended the Brigham Young Academy at Provo Utah. He was appointed ward clerk of the Francis Ward when his father died in 1905 and held the position until the time of his death in 1933. He received a call from the head quarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day saints in 1912 to fulfill a mission to the central States Mission Independence Missouri the head quarters and brother Leo Muir the Mission president. At the time of his mission call he had no means of support but his widowed mother and his wife who was expecting their first baby. But he accepted the call knowing the support would come and it did. He fulfilled an honorable mission. His son Glen was born seven months after he left home for the mission field. When he returned home the baby was 18 months old. I recall that a number of babies about that same age were placed on the bed side by side and he was able to pick his baby out of the group. He was second councilor to Bishop Marion L. Corbett and also active as ward clerk for Bishop Corbett and Bishop Thomas McNeil. He was very active in church and civic organizations. His hobbies were singing and acting. Many times I have been sung to sleep by a quartet consisting of Willby, Leon Fisher, a school teacher in Francis for a number of years Issac O'Driscoll, and Arzy Mitchell. They would stand on the corner near our home and sing for hours. He always took the part of a comedian in plays and acted as a clown in war celebrations. He was always the life of the party where ever he was. He had a wonderful personality. yvonnewarnick1
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