Amos Maycock, his 82-year-old father James, and stepmother Susannah moved to Pleasant View in 1857 where they lived in a one-room log cabin.  They were pleased with the fertile ground and the good location as they were near a spring that provided water for their gardens and livestock.  In 1861 Amos married Mary Humphreys and built log home with a shingle roof. Latter in 1875, following his religious beliefs, Amos married a second wife Mary Jane Hurst Crandall.

In 1874 or 1875 Amos built this two-story brick home.  This home was considered quite commodious at this time and was the place of entertainment for many people, especially many church visitors.  A large red barn was erected near the house which was the first one built in this part of the country.

Amos Maycock was the son of James Maycock and Esther Berry, was born on May 1, 1836, in Warwickshire England.  He was the youngest of seven children.  The family heard about the gospel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  They were baptized and around the year 1848.  After being baptized they followed other saints and migrated to the United States.  While traveling overseas his mother and one brother passed away.

They arrived in St. Louis and lived there for 3 years while they saved and accumulated provisions.  The father James and his two youngest sons, John and Amos, left in 1852 to Utah.  The trek of 1,000 miles was a tedious journey.  Amos was in his 16^th year and was of large stature, he learned how to drive the oxen team.  He was good at driving the oxen and made many trips back to help other immigrant trains.

Amos, John, and their father James first settled in Springville, Utah.  In 1858 when Brigham Young ordered the “Mormons” of northern Utah to move south to escape being persecuted by Johnston’s army.  Henry Mower from eight miles north of Ogden was one who had come to Springville.  He later traded his land in what is now Pleasant View for the land which the Maycock family-owned in Springville.

The house is in good preservation and provides a comfortable living for Jeremy Maycock’ and his family, making his family the 6^th and 7^th generation to live under its roof.  Many scenes of joy and sorrow have happened within the walls of this home.  It stands today as a monument to the integrity and nobleman and his posterity.

NOTE: The arrow on the map shows where this home is presently located.