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Solomon Wardell was born July 20, 1841, in Warwickshire, England. He was a shoemaker, beekeeper, and gardener. His first wife, Ellen McKell Matheson, was born in Scotland, November 7, 1848.

At the request of Church leaders, the Wardell's settled in Snowflake, Arizona, where they owned a peach orchard.

In 1890, three years after his wife's death, Solomon married Sarah Permelia Holyoak Robb, a widow with four children: Alburtis, William Heber, Franklin Adam, and Alice. The Holyoak and Robb families had been closely associated when they went down the "Hole in the Rock," near Bluff, Utah. Solomon and Sarah had two children: Mattie Louena and Joseph.

The family arrived in Cowley, Wyoming, in October, 1905. They raised wonderful gardens and beautiful flowers. Solomon was one of Cowley's early beekeepers. Sarah did fine knitting and other hand work. She did quilting exceptionally well. They both did genealogical research and temple work.