Grandpa Bloxham was a grandson of English immigrants. His Grandfather and Grandmother, Thomas Bloxham and Diana Harris Bloxham lived in Deerhurst, Worcestershire, England. They were the parents of six children, four boys and two girls. Thomas Bloxham joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and immigrated to America in 1841 with his wife and four children. Two sons had died and were buried in England. They arrived in Nauvoo, Illinois where they made a home and for some time Thomas worked for the Prophet Joseph Smith. The next year after they arrived in Nauvoo, Isaac was born. In 1847 they started on the long journey to the West. When they reached Kanesville, Iowa, the Mother, Diana, became ill. She died and was buried in Kanesville. The family continued on their journey until they reached Utah. 

Isaac grew to manhood and on April 11, 1867, was married to Ann Barnes in the Salt Lake Endowment House. They settled in Kaysville, Utah, where their first four children were born. Isaac and Ann then moved to what was then known as Marsh Valley. Here they remained and were the parents of twelve children. Grandpa Bloxham was the seventh child and was born February 21, 1876. His birthday being on the 21st, he used to tell his children he was a day older than George Washington. 

He grew to manhood and spent most of his life in the same locality where he was born. He was only 15 years old when his father died. On September 26, 1894, he married Sarah May Wakley. She was the daughter of John Nelson Wakley and Elena Hemenway Wakley. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Logan Temple on July 21, 1933. They are the parents of fourteen children, ten of whom are still living. 

Grandpa spent most of his life farming and stock raising. He loved to work with horses and always enjoyed riding a good saddle horse. In the fall of the year he would make several trips to the nearby canyons and bring out enough wood to last through the winter. He looked forward to the deer hunting season each year and nearly always got his game. In May 1944 he retired from farming and moved to Idaho Falls, where he has since resided. 

Grandpa’s interests seemed to change in his later life. He took a great amount of pride in his yard and flowers. He would grow impatient each spring because the weather would delay planting his flowers. Many people have told him that he had the prettiest yard in Idaho Falls. He always enjoyed having someone from Downey stop in and always liked to come home for a visit. 

He was affectionately called Grandpa by a lot of people. All the employees at the dairy called him Grandpa whether they were there a month or several years. They seemed to enjoy his jovial ways. He liked to visit with the men as they ate their lunch. Several of them are here today. 

Grandpa and Grandma have been married sixty-one years and a year ago on September 26th, they celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with an open house party which they enjoyed very much. 

Grandpa’s interest in the last few years has turned more to the religious side. You could find him sitting in his lawn chair or his favorite chair in the house reading the Book of Mormon. In the past year he has read it through once and had started the second time. 

He is also survived by one sister and two brothers, Richard of Downey, Horace of Arimo and Mattie Treasure of Rigby. 

This life sketch was written by his daughter, Emma B. Thomas, and was given at Grandpa’s funeral by his Granddaughter Lou Jones Williams on Wednesday, October 12, 1955.