The light you shine
does not vanish into the distance.
It moves through other lives,
rests in small kindnesses,
learns new shapes.
And one day,
often when you are not looking for it,
it comes back to you
as warmth,
as help,
as hope,
as a reminder
that nothing given in love is ever lost.
–Rivers in the Ocean
Art by Wendy Andrew
I am Janet Moosman Jenkins, my Great Grandmother was Regina Cragun Smith, a daughter of Thomas Calvin Cragun. I am looking to obtain the book Face Toward Zion, written by Martha Cox Cragun – and have had no luck finding a copy. If you have contact information for any Cox/Cragun family I’d love to reach out to them. The book was originally published by a family organization. my email is: janetmjenkins@gmail.com and cell is 509-768-1360. I live in Spokane, WA
Thank you for any help you can be!
I’m sorry I don’t know of any family members. If I hear anything or see anything about that book, I’ll let you know!
The Biographical sketch of Martha Cragun Cox (282 pages) is digitized in FamilySearch.
https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/491848-face-toward-zion-pioneer-reminiscences-and-journal-of-martha-cragun-cox-v-01
It looks like vol. 1 of Face Toward Zion is also there. Perhaps you could print from the digital copy.
https://rsc.byu.edu/supporting-saints-life-stories-nineteenth-century-mormons/martha-cragun-cox
Here’s more about Martha.