[Excerpts taken from "Our Dayley Line" compiled by Keith L. Dayley, Vol. 1]
Born the second of ten children to Porteious Donald and Birdie Estella Fairchild Dayley, Enoch grew up in Basin, Idaho. The family homestead provided work, food, and plenty of outdoor childhood adventures for him and his siblings. Enoch and one of his brothers (Lyle) especially enjoyed teasing their sisters. One sister remembers, "Once in awhile we would get mad at our brothers. They were so ambitious, and always thinking up something. . . . Different things that the boys would do, we girls would do too. They would double dare us and we accepted. They pulled tricks on us all of the time."
Enoch didn't go to high school and left home while in his teens. Another sister remembers, "[He] traveled a lot. He would get on his horse one day and maybe you wouldn't see him for another month or six weeks, or maybe you would see him in a week. He just was a nomad. . . . He'd grab his horse, back pack, and off he'd go. . . working, I suppose, on farms through the valley. . . then show up with little gadgets to entertain us kids. He would be home for a week or maybe two at a time and then get on his horse and disappear."
He eventually went to Pocatello to work for the Union Pacific Railroad. It was there he met Josephine Morris and married her 1 May 1929. They had two children (Evelyn RaDene and Morris J), lived through hard times during the depression, and eventually bought a little farm outside of Pocatello, where they lived until his death in 1960 of lung cancer.
In the words of his daughter, "My father had many talents. He was a carpenter, mechanic, farmer, and also worked on the railroad [he was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen]. My mother helped him on the farm. she milked the cows and helped him put in the crops, hay and grain. she also raised a large garden. They sold milk and cream. Dad really enjoyed working on the farm.
"Dad also liked to fish and hunt. He went fishing, among other places, on the Portneuf and Salmon rivers. He usually went up into the mountains hunting each year and would shoot a deer. That was our meat for the winter."
Another sister remembers, "Enoch always loved horses. He had a beautiful sorrel horse called Ginger with a flaxen mane and tail. He was always grooming the horse and combing it's tail. He would ride Ginger like a streak around the farm. He was a pretty lively man and very determined."
Children of Porteious Donald and Birdie Estella Fairchild Dayley:
Porteious Lyle Dayley (1901-1984)
Enoch Rhodes Dayley (1903-1960)
Bertha Estella Daylley Spargo (1905-2003)
Clayta Nellie Dayley Christensen (1908-1999)
Arlie Marzette Dayley Harris (1910-2004)
Rex Dayley (1911-1957)
Dazel Clarice Dayley Kelly (1914-1995)
Eula Emma Verness Dayley Henderson (1917-2001)
Rulon Donald Dayley (1920-1940)
Imogene Dayley Winters (1925-1972)
Born the second of ten children to Porteious Donald and Birdie Estella Fairchild Dayley, Enoch grew up in Basin, Idaho. The family homestead provided work, food, and plenty of outdoor childhood adventures for him and his siblings. Enoch and one of his brothers (Lyle) especially enjoyed teasing their sisters. One sister remembers, "Once in awhile we would get mad at our brothers. They were so ambitious, and always thinking up something. . . . Different things that the boys would do, we girls would do too. They would double dare us and we accepted. They pulled tricks on us all of the time."
Enoch didn't go to high school and left home while in his teens. Another sister remembers, "[He] traveled a lot. He would get on his horse one day and maybe you wouldn't see him for another month or six weeks, or maybe you would see him in a week. He just was a nomad. . . . He'd grab his horse, back pack, and off he'd go. . . working, I suppose, on farms through the valley. . . then show up with little gadgets to entertain us kids. He would be home for a week or maybe two at a time and then get on his horse and disappear."
He eventually went to Pocatello to work for the Union Pacific Railroad. It was there he met Josephine Morris and married her 1 May 1929. They had two children (Evelyn RaDene and Morris J), lived through hard times during the depression, and eventually bought a little farm outside of Pocatello, where they lived until his death in 1960 of lung cancer.
In the words of his daughter, "My father had many talents. He was a carpenter, mechanic, farmer, and also worked on the railroad [he was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen]. My mother helped him on the farm. she milked the cows and helped him put in the crops, hay and grain. she also raised a large garden. They sold milk and cream. Dad really enjoyed working on the farm.
"Dad also liked to fish and hunt. He went fishing, among other places, on the Portneuf and Salmon rivers. He usually went up into the mountains hunting each year and would shoot a deer. That was our meat for the winter."
Another sister remembers, "Enoch always loved horses. He had a beautiful sorrel horse called Ginger with a flaxen mane and tail. He was always grooming the horse and combing it's tail. He would ride Ginger like a streak around the farm. He was a pretty lively man and very determined."
Children of Porteious Donald and Birdie Estella Fairchild Dayley:
Porteious Lyle Dayley (1901-1984)
Enoch Rhodes Dayley (1903-1960)
Bertha Estella Daylley Spargo (1905-2003)
Clayta Nellie Dayley Christensen (1908-1999)
Arlie Marzette Dayley Harris (1910-2004)
Rex Dayley (1911-1957)
Dazel Clarice Dayley Kelly (1914-1995)
Eula Emma Verness Dayley Henderson (1917-2001)
Rulon Donald Dayley (1920-1940)
Imogene Dayley Winters (1925-1972)
[Excerpts taken from "Our Dayley Line" compiled by Keith L. Dayley, Vol. 1]
Born the second of ten children to Porteious Donald and Birdie Estella Fairchild Dayley, Enoch grew up in Basin, Idaho. The family homestead provided work, food, and plenty of outdoor childhood adventures for him and his siblings. Enoch and one of his brothers (Lyle) especially enjoyed teasing their sisters. One sister remembers, "Once in awhile we would get mad at our brothers. They were so ambitious, and always thinking up something. . . . Different things that the boys would do, we girls would do too. They would double dare us and we accepted. They pulled tricks on us all of the time."
Enoch didn't go to high school and left home while in his teens. Another sister remembers, "[He] traveled a lot. He would get on his horse one day and maybe you wouldn't see him for another month or six weeks, or maybe you would see him in a week. He just was a nomad. . . . He'd grab his horse, back pack, and off he'd go. . . working, I suppose, on farms through the valley. . . then show up with little gadgets to entertain us kids. He would be home for a week or maybe two at a time and then get on his horse and disappear."
He eventually went to Pocatello to work for the Union Pacific Railroad. It was there he met Josephine Morris and married her 1 May 1929. They had two children (Evelyn RaDene and Morris J), lived through hard times during the depression, and eventually bought a little farm outside of Pocatello, where they lived until his death in 1960 of lung cancer.
In the words of his daughter, "My father had many talents. He was a carpenter, mechanic, farmer, and also worked on the railroad [he was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen]. My mother helped him on the farm. she milked the cows and helped him put in the crops, hay and grain. she also raised a large garden. They sold milk and cream. Dad really enjoyed working on the farm.
"Dad also liked to fish and hunt. He went fishing, among other places, on the Portneuf and Salmon rivers. He usually went up into the mountains hunting each year and would shoot a deer. That was our meat for the winter."
Another sister remembers, "Enoch always loved horses. He had a beautiful sorrel horse called Ginger with a flaxen mane and tail. He was always grooming the horse and combing it's tail. He would ride Ginger like a streak around the farm. He was a pretty lively man and very determined."
Children of Porteious Donald and Birdie Estella Fairchild Dayley:
Porteious Lyle Dayley (1901-1984)
Enoch Rhodes Dayley (1903-1960)
Bertha Estella Daylley Spargo (1905-2003)
Clayta Nellie Dayley Christensen (1908-1999)
Arlie Marzette Dayley Harris (1910-2004)
Rex Dayley (1911-1957)
Dazel Clarice Dayley Kelly (1914-1995)
Eula Emma Verness Dayley Henderson (1917-2001)
Rulon Donald Dayley (1920-1940)
Imogene Dayley Winters (1925-1972)
Born the second of ten children to Porteious Donald and Birdie Estella Fairchild Dayley, Enoch grew up in Basin, Idaho. The family homestead provided work, food, and plenty of outdoor childhood adventures for him and his siblings. Enoch and one of his brothers (Lyle) especially enjoyed teasing their sisters. One sister remembers, "Once in awhile we would get mad at our brothers. They were so ambitious, and always thinking up something. . . . Different things that the boys would do, we girls would do too. They would double dare us and we accepted. They pulled tricks on us all of the time."
Enoch didn't go to high school and left home while in his teens. Another sister remembers, "[He] traveled a lot. He would get on his horse one day and maybe you wouldn't see him for another month or six weeks, or maybe you would see him in a week. He just was a nomad. . . . He'd grab his horse, back pack, and off he'd go. . . working, I suppose, on farms through the valley. . . then show up with little gadgets to entertain us kids. He would be home for a week or maybe two at a time and then get on his horse and disappear."
He eventually went to Pocatello to work for the Union Pacific Railroad. It was there he met Josephine Morris and married her 1 May 1929. They had two children (Evelyn RaDene and Morris J), lived through hard times during the depression, and eventually bought a little farm outside of Pocatello, where they lived until his death in 1960 of lung cancer.
In the words of his daughter, "My father had many talents. He was a carpenter, mechanic, farmer, and also worked on the railroad [he was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen]. My mother helped him on the farm. she milked the cows and helped him put in the crops, hay and grain. she also raised a large garden. They sold milk and cream. Dad really enjoyed working on the farm.
"Dad also liked to fish and hunt. He went fishing, among other places, on the Portneuf and Salmon rivers. He usually went up into the mountains hunting each year and would shoot a deer. That was our meat for the winter."
Another sister remembers, "Enoch always loved horses. He had a beautiful sorrel horse called Ginger with a flaxen mane and tail. He was always grooming the horse and combing it's tail. He would ride Ginger like a streak around the farm. He was a pretty lively man and very determined."
Children of Porteious Donald and Birdie Estella Fairchild Dayley:
Porteious Lyle Dayley (1901-1984)
Enoch Rhodes Dayley (1903-1960)
Bertha Estella Daylley Spargo (1905-2003)
Clayta Nellie Dayley Christensen (1908-1999)
Arlie Marzette Dayley Harris (1910-2004)
Rex Dayley (1911-1957)
Dazel Clarice Dayley Kelly (1914-1995)
Eula Emma Verness Dayley Henderson (1917-2001)
Rulon Donald Dayley (1920-1940)
Imogene Dayley Winters (1925-1972)
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