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Henry Samson was born in Henlow, co. Bedford, England, and came on the M a yflower at the age of about 17 with his uncle and aunt, Edward and An n (C ooper) Tilley. He married Ann Plummer in 1635/6 at Plymouth, becam e a fre eman in Plymouth around that time, and volunteered for service i n the Peq uot War of 1637 (but Plymouth's company was not called into ser vice). B y 1643 he had moved to Duxbury, where he became constable in 166 1, and ta x collector for 1667 and 1668. He was on a large number of juri es and gra nd juries, and was appointed a surveyor on a couple of occasio ns. His wif e Ann died sometime between 1668 and 1684; he died in 1684 a t Duxbury. | Samson, Henry (I3671)
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Isaac Allerton was one of the original Mayflower pilgrims who settled t h e Plymouth Colony in 1620. Born in London around 1585, he was a tailo r b y trade, and a religious non-conformist.
Conflicts within the Plymouth Colony forced him to leave, and he settl e d in Marble Harbor in Massachusetts, where he established a thriving fi sh ing business. Not long afterwards, his liberal religious views were ag ai n challenged, this time with the General Court of Massachusetts. In Ma rch , 1635, the court ordered that “he shall be sent for to the intent th at h e may understand the desire of the country for his removal from Marb le-Ha rbor.”
From 1636 to 1646, Isaac Allerton resided in New Amsterdam, where he bec a me a merchant and had a warehouse on the East River. While living at N e w Amsterdam, Allerton made many voyages to Virginia and the West Indie s . In 1643, he was selected as one of the Eight Men.
Isaac Allerton moved to New Haven, Connecticut sometime around 1646, a n d lived there until his death in 1659. He built himself a “grand hous e o n the Creek, with Four Porches,” on a home lot of two acres. | Allerton, Isaac (I10215)
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James Chilton was born about 1556, probably at Canterbury, Kent, Englan d , the son of Lyonell and Edith Chilton. James married about 1583, and h a d his first child (Joel) baptized at St. Paul's, Canterbury, Kent, Engl an d in August 1584. The name of James Chilton's wife is not found in an y r ecords. The long-published claim that she was named Susanna Furner wa s di sposed of by Michael Paulick's research published in 1999 and 2007.
James Chilton and wife had eight children born in Canterbury, Kent, befo r e moving about 1600 to Sandwich, Kent, where he had his last three chil dr en baptized. In 1609, his wife (unfortunately called simply "___ Chilt o n wife of James Chilton," was charged by the Archdeaconry Court with at te nding the secret burial of a child (they opposed the "popish" burial c ere monies of the Church of England). It was presumably not long before t he f amily left for Holland. In 1619, James Chilton (aged 63) and his old est d aughter Isabella were caught in the middle of an anti-Arminian rio t in Le iden, and he was hit in the head with a stone, requiring the serv ices o f the town surgeon Jacob Hey.
James, his wife, and his youngest daughter Mary, all came on the Mayflow e r in 1620. James, at the age of 64, was the oldest person known to hav e m ade the Mayflower's voyage. James died on 8 December 1620 onboard th e May flower, which was then anchored off Provincetown Harbor--one of si x passe ngers to die in the month of December. His wife also died sometim e the fi rst winter, but daughter Mary survived. | Chilton, James (I9760)
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Joan Hurst was baptized 13 Mar 1568 at Henlow, Bedfordshire, England, t h e daughter of William and Rose (maiden name unknown) Hurst. She was mar ri ed first to Thomas Rogers in 1593 and had daughter Joan, baptized on 2 6 M ay 1594, in Henlow. Thomas died, around 1594, and she remarried Joh n Till ey in 1596. | Hurst, Joan (I50691)
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John Howland was born about 1592, in Fenstanton, Huntingtonshire Englan d . He came on the Mayflower in 1620 as a manservant for Governor John Ca rv er. During the Mayflower's voyage, Howland fell overboard during a sto r m and was almost lost at sea--but he managed to grab hold of the topsa i l halyards, giving the crew enough time to rescue him with a boathook.
John Howland was one of the settlers who helped found the Plymouth Colon y . John Carver, a Puritan minister who joined with William Bradford in b ri nging his congregation from Leiden, Netherlands to the New World. Howl and , formally considered a servant, was in fact Carver's assistant in ma nagi ng the migration.
Although he had arrived on the Mayflower as a servant to the Carver fami l y, Howland was a young man determined to make his mark in the new worl d , arriving as neither a "stranger" nor a "saint" as the Pilgrims terme d t hemselves.
The Carver family with whom John lived, survived the terrible sicknes s o f the first winter, during which many Pilgrims died. The following sp ring , on an unusually hot day in April, Governor Carver, according to Wi llia m Bradford, came out of his cornfield feeling ill. He passed int o a com a and "never spake more". His wife, Kathrine, died soon after he r husband . The Carvers had no children. For this reason, Howland is thou ght to hav e inherited their estate. It has been said that he immediatel y "bought hi s freedom" but no record has survived.
In 1623/24, Howland married Elizabeth Tilley, by then a young lady of se v enteen and the daughter of John Tilley and his wife Joan (Hurst) Roger s . Her parents had died the first winter and she had become the foster d au ghter of Governor Carver and his wife who were childless. By then he h a d prospered enough to also bring his brothers Henry, Arthur and Edwar d t o the colony as well, solidly establishing the Howland family in th e Ne w World.
The following year Howland joined with Edward Winslow exploring the Kenn e bec River, looking for possible trading sites and natural resources th a t the colony could exploit. The year after that he was asked to partici pa te in buying out the businessmen who had bankrolled the settlement o f Ply mouth ("Merchant Adventurers" was the term used at the time) so th e colon y could pursue its own goals without the pressure to remit profit s back t o England.
Then in 1626 the governor, William Bradford, selected him to lead a te a m to build a trading station on the Kennebec River, and in 1628, Howla n d was elevated to the post of Assistant Governor.
Finally, in 1633 Howland, then thirty-four, was admitted as a freema n o f Plymouth. He and Elizabeth had by then acquired significant landhol ding s around Plymouth and after his being declared a freeman they dilige ntl y acquired more. Howland served at various times as Assistant Governo r, D eputy to the General Court, Selectman, Surveyor of Highways, and mem ber o f the Fur Committee.
John and his wife Elizabeth had ten children, all of whom lived and ha d d escendants. Their four sons were officers of the Plymouth Colony Mili ti a and served in other capacities.
Howland died on 23 February 1672, and was "with honor interred". This w a s accorded only to the leaders of the Colony and meant that a squad o f so ldiers fired a volley over his grave. He is described in the record s a s a "godly man and an ardent professor in the ways of Christ. "
"The 23 of February 1672, Mr. John Howland, Senr, of the towne of Plymou t h, deceased. He was a godly man and an ancient professor in wayes of Ch ri st; he lived until he attained above eighty years in the world. He wa s on e of the first comers into this land, and proved a useful instrumen t of g ood in his place, & was the last man that was left of those that c ame ove r in the ship called the May Flower, that lived in Plymouth; he w as wit h honor interred at the towne of Plymouth on the 25 of February 16 72. (Pl ymouth Colony Records; page 34.)
Some of his descendants include President George H. W. Bush, George W. B u sh, and Alice Hathaway Lee, the first wife of one of President Theodor e R oosevelt. | Howland, John (I50679)
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Mary (Norris) Allerton was about thirty when she came on the Mayflower w i th her husband Isaac and three children Bartholomew, Remember, and Mar y . Her marriage record in Leiden indicates she was from Newbury, whic h i s presumably Newbury, co. Berks, England. Searches of this area for h er b aptism record and other Norris family records have not yet turned u p anyt hing conclusive. They buried a Child at St. Peters, Leiden, on 5 F ebruar y 1620, and she gave birth to a stillborn son in Plymouth Harbor o n 22 De cember 1620. She herself died during the height of the first wint er, on 2 5 February 1620/1, though her husband and three children all sur vived. | Norris, Mary (I50712)
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Mary Allerton was born about 1616 in Leiden, The Netherlands to parent s I saac and Mary Norris Allerton. She came to Plymouth on the Mayflowe r in 1 620, at about the age of four. Around 1636, she married Thomas Cus hman, w ho had come to Plymouth in 1621 at the age of thirteen on the shi p Fortun e with father Robert Cushman, a prominent member of the Pilgrims ' congreg ation in Leiden. Thomas and Mary had a prosperous family. Seve n of thei r eight children survived to adulthood, got married, and provid ed at leas t 50 grandchildren. Thomas and Mary both lived to an old age , never movin g from Plymouth. Thomas died in December 1691, reaching nea rly 85 years i n age. Mary, who gave birth to and raised eight children , lived to the ag e of 83. Prior to her death in November 1699, she was t he last survivin g Mayflower passenger. She was buried on Burial Hill i n Plymouth. | Allerton, Mary (I50716)
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Mary Chilton (1607-ca.1679) was a Pilgrim and purportedly the first Euro p ean woman to step ashore at Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Mary Chilton was born on May 31, 1607 in Sandwich, Kent, England and w a s the daughter of Mayflower passenger James Chilton. At the age of thir te en, she accompanied her parents on the voyage to Plymouth. Her father , a t age sixty-four, was the oldest passenger on the Mayflower.
It was once believed that Susannah Furner was her mother, but this was c o nclusively disproved in 1999 by researcher Michael Paulick. Susannah Fu rn er was in fact James Chilton's step-sister.
By legend, Mary Chilton was the first female passenger to step ashor e a t Plymouth, reportedly so excited that she jumped out of the small bo at a nd waded ashore onto "Plymouth Rock." [1]
Her father died on December 8, 1620 aboard the Mayflower and her mothe r d ied six weeks later on January 21, 1621, also aboard ship, both on th e fi rst infection of the disease. This was proclaimed by the Governor o f Plym outh, William Bradford in 1650. Once orphaned, it is believed sh e becam e the ward of Myles Standish. Chilton was given three shares in t he lan d division of 1623, one for each of her family members that died . Her pro perty was situated between those of Standish and John Howland.
She was one of eleven under-age girls on the Mayflower. Of these, she w a s one of the nine to survive the first year at Plymouth and would hav e be en present at the time of the famous First Thanksgiving in 1621. I n contr ast, only four of the fourteen adult women survived the first yea r.
She married John Winslow (possibly on October 12, 1624) and thus becam e t he sister-in-law of Mayflower passenger Edward Winslow. They had te n chil dren: John, Susannah, Mary, Edward, Sarah, Samuel, Joseph, Isaac , an un-n amed child who probably died in infancy, and Benjamin. All bu t Benjamin m arried, and Benjamin's birth is the only one listed in the r ecords of Ply mouth colony.
The family moved to Boston some time after the birth of Benjamin in 165 3 . There John Winslow is said to have prospered as a merchant.
She made out a will on July 31, 1676 (the only female passenger on the M a yflower to do so) and died before May 1, 1679 in Boston. | Chilton, Mary (I9772)
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Peregrine White (c. late November 1620 on the Mayflower (when anchore d a t today's Provincetown Harbor) - July 20, 1704) was the first known E ngli sh Child born to the Pilgrims in America. In 1620 his parents, Willi am Wh ite and his pregnant wife Susanna, with their son Resolved White an d tw o servants came on the historic voyage of the Pilgrim ship Mayflower . Per egrine White was born while the Mayflower lay at anchor in the harb or a t Cape Cod. In later life he became a person of note in Plymouth Col ony , active in both military and government affairs.
Peregrine White was an inutero passenger on the Mayflower, and was bor n o nboard the ship shortly after arrival in November 1620, while it wa s anch ored in Provincetown Harbor. He and wife Sarah lived out their liv es in t he town of Marshfield. He formally joined the Marshfield Church l ate in l ife, on 22 May 1696 at the age of 78. His death on 20 July 170 4 prompte d an obituary in the Boston Newsletter--the only known newspape r obituar y for anyone directly associated with the Mayflower's voyage:
Marshfield, July, 22 Capt. Peregrine White of this Town, Aged Eighty thr e e years, and Eight Months; died the 20th Instant. He was vigorous an d o f a comly Aspect to the last; Was the Son of Mr. William White and Su sann a his Wife; born on board the Mayflower, Capt. Jones Commander, in C ape C od Harbor, November, 1620. Was the First Englishman born in New-Eng land . Altho' he was in the former part of his Life extravagant; yet wa s muc h Reform'd in his last years; and died hopefully. | White, Peregrine (I4474)
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Remember Allerton came on the Mayflower at about the age of five with h e r parents Isaac and Mary (Norris) Allerton. She married Moses Maverick , w ho arrived in Massachusetts about 1630, perhaps onboard the Mary an d John . They took up residence in Marblehead before moving to Salem abou t 1640 . She died sometime after the birth of her daughter Rebecca in 165 2, an d her husband Moses remarried a few years later to widow Eunice (Co le) Ro berts, with whom he had four additional children (Mary, Moses, Aa r on, a n d Sarah). | Allerton, Remember (I50714)
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Resolved White came on the Mayflower at about the age of about five, wi t h parents William and Susanna. He was raised by step-father Edward Wins lo w following the death of his father William and remarriage of his moth e r in 1621. They moved to Marshfield in the 1630s, and later moved to Sc it uate where he married Judith Vassall, the daughter of William and An n (Ki ng) Vassall. Resolved White's stepfather Edward Winslow wrote a pam phle t in 1647 entitled New England's Salamander Discovered, where the no torio us and slanderous "salamander" was apparently William Vassall the f athe r of his wife Judith.
Resolved White moved his family back to Marshfield in the early 1660s, a n d Judith died and was buried there on 3 April 1670. He then remarrie d t o the widowed Abigail Lord in 1674 in Salem. He was a soldier in Kin g Phi lip's War of 1676, and became a freeman in Salem in 1680, before mo ving b ack to Marshfield a couple years later. He died sometime not too l ong aft er 1690, presumably in Marshfield. | White, Resolved (I11528)
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Richard More (1614—c.1694/1696) was born in Corvedale, Shropshire, Engla n d and was baptised at St. James parish church in Shipton, Shropshire o n 1 3 November 1614. Richard and his three siblings were at the center o f a m ystery in early 17th century England that caused early genealogist s to wo nder why the More children's father, believing him to be Samuel M ore, wou ld send his very young children away to the New World on the May flower i n the care of others. It was in 1959, that the mystery was expla ined. Jas per More, a descendant of Samuel More prompted by his genealogi st friend , Sir Anthony Wagner, searched and found in his attic a 1622 do cument, wh ich detailed the legal disputes between Katherine More and Sam uel More an d what actually happened to the More children. It is clear fr om these eve nts that Samuel did not believe the children to be his offsp ring.To rid h imself of the children, he arranged for them to be sent t o the Colony o f Virginia. Due to bad weather, the Mayflower finally anch ored in Cape Co d Harbor in November 1620 where one of the More childre n died soon after ; another died in early December and yet another died l ater in the firs t winter. Only Richard survived, and even thrived, in th e perilous enviro nment of early colonial America, going on to lead a ver y full life.
Richard More was a passenger on the MAYFLOWER. At the time he was six ye a rs old. In 1616, Samuel More accused his wife of adultery and, at the d ir ection of his father, Richard, devised a plan to rid himself of Kather in e and the children. The adultery was supposedly committed with Jacob B lak eway, a young man near in age to Katherine who lived close by and who se f amily had been More tenants for several generations. In 1608, Jaco b Blake way and his father Edward, a yeoman, had renewed a lease on a par cel of l and owned by Katherine More's father, Jasper More of Larden Hall . The man or of Larden Hall was about half a mile from Brockton where th e Blakewa y family lived. By a deed dated 20 April 1616, Samuel cut the e ntail on t he Larden estate to prevent any of the children from inheritin g. During t he long court battle, Samuel would deny that he was the fathe r of the chi ldren borne by his wife, Katherine, and stated them to be ch ildren of th e adulterous relationship. Katherine did not deny her relati onship with J acob Blakeway, stating there was a former betrothal contrac t with him, an d therefore he was her true husband. This would have mad e her marriage t o Samuel invalid. Samuel quotes her words in his declara tion, "though sh e could not sufficiently prove by witnesses yet it was a ll one before go d as she sayed". At that time any of the usual witnesse s would likely hav e been dead. David Lindsey has written a book about hi m entitled THE MAYF LOWER BASTARD.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_More_%28Mayflower_passenger%29
The story of the four More children, Ellen, Jasper, Richard, and Mary , i s a tragic one. They were all baptized in the parish of Shipton, Shro pshi re, England to Samuel and Katherine (More) More, cousins from a weal thy a nd prominent family that had had their marriage prearranged. It wa s no t a happy marriage, and Katherine had a longstanding but secret extr amari tal affair with a neighbor by the name of Jacob Blakeway. At some p oint , husband Samuel More began to notice a resemblance between "his" ch ildre n, and Jacob Blakeway whom he had come to suspect was with his wife . Whe n he realized his four children were not actually "his", but were b astard s, he and his wife engaged in a bitter divorce and Samuel ended u p gettin g custody of the children he claimed were not his. He promptly p aid for t hem to be shipped off to America with a band of "honest and rel igious" Se paratists.
The four children, aged 4 to 8 years old, were placed into the househol d s of some of the most prominent Pilgrims. Richard and Mary More were pl ac ed with Elder William Brewster. Jasper was placed with Governor John C arv er. And Ellen was placed with Edward Winslow. | More, Captain Richard (I167872)
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SOURCE: Jones, Emma C. Brewster (The Brewster genealogy, 1566-1907)
SOURCE: Robert Charles Anderson, (New England Historic Genealogical Soci e ty, Boston, MA).
SOURCE: Barbara Lambert Merrick, (General Society of Mayflower Descendan t s).
Love Brewster was born in Leiden, Holland, to parents William and Mary B r ewster. His father William was the Elder of the congregation, and in Le id en was a teacher of English and also published books on religion and t heo logy (most of which were illegally sent into England).
At the age of about 9, he came with his father and mother on the Mayflow e r to Plymouth. He married Sarah Collier in Plymouth on 15 May 1634. Sar a h was the daughter of William Collier, one of the investors, or Mercha n t Adventurers: a shareholder in the Plymouth Plantation. Love becam e a fr eeman (able to vote and hold land) in the Plymouth Colony on 2 Mar ch 1635 /6, and was a volunteer to fight in the Pequot War of 1637, but P lymout h Colony's volunteers were not needed. He raised his family in th e town o f Duxbury, volunteered for the militia under Captain Myles Stand ish, an d lived out his life in the town. His wife Sarah survived him fo r about t hirty more years, dying on 26 April 1691. | Brewster, Love (I1204)
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SOURCE: Jones, Emma C. Brewster (The Brewster genealogy, 1566-1907)
SOURCE: Robert Charles Anderson, (New England Historic Genealogical Soci e ty, Boston, MA).
SOURCE: Barbara Lambert Merrick, (General Society of Mayflower Descendan t s).
William Brewster was born about 1566, the son of William Brewster. He w a s educated in both Greek and Latin and spent some time at Cambridge Uni ve rsity, although he never completed a full degree. He went into the ser vic e of William Davison, then Secretary of State, while his father bac k hom e maintained a position as the postmaster of Scrooby, Nottinghamshi re. Un der Davison, Brewster first traveled to the Netherlands. After Dav ison wa s removed as Secretary of State by Queen Elizabeth, Brewster work ed himse lf into his father's postmaster duties and maintained Scrooby Ma nor. Brew ster was instrumental in establishing a Separatist church wit h Richard Cl yfton, and they often held their meetings in the Manor house . Brewster an d the others were eventually found and forced out, and flee ing prosecutio n and persecution they headed to Amsterdam in 1608, and mo ved to Leiden , Holland in 1609. Brewster became the church's Elder, resp onsible for se eing that the congregation's members carried themselves pr operly, both he lping and admonishing them when necessary.
In Leiden, Brewster working with Thomas Brewer, Edward Winslow, and othe r s, began working a printing press and publishing religious books and pa mp hlets that were then illegally conveyed into England. Brewster also em plo yed himself teaching University of Leiden students English. By 1618 , th e English authorities were onto him and his printing press, and ha d the D utch authorities in pursuit of him. Thomas Brewer was arrested an d held i n the University of Leiden's prison, but Brewster managed to eva de the au thorities and went into hiding for a couple years.
When the Leiden church congregation decided to send the first wave of se t tlers to establish a colony that everyone could eventually move to, the i r pastor John Robinson decided to remain behind in Leiden with the majo ri ty of the congregation, intending to come later. The smaller group tha t w ent on the Mayflower desired the next highest ranking church official , El der Brewster, to go with them; so he agreed. He brought his wife Mar y an d two youngest children, Love and Wrestling, on the Mayflower with h im.
Brewster continued his work as Church Elder throughout his life at Plymo u th Colony. His wife Mary died in 1627, and he never remarried. He live d t o be nearly 80 years old, dying in 1644. His estate inventory lists t he t itles of several hundred books that he owned. Shortly after he died , Will iam Bradford wrote a short but concise biography of Brewster in hi s histo ry of Plymouth Plantation, though he erroneously filed it under 1 643 inst ead of 1644. | Brewster, Elder William (I1079)
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SOURCE: Jones, Emma C. Brewster (The Brewster genealogy, 1566-1907)
SOURCE: Robert Charles Anderson, (New England Historic Genealogical Soci e ty, Boston, MA).
The English origins of Mrs. Mary Brewster are not known. A number of the o ries have been proposed over the years, including maiden names such a s We ntworth, Love, Wyrall, and others. However, no proof to support an y of th ese hypotheses has been found.
We know that Mary was born about 1569 because she stated she was 40 yea r s old in an affidavit filed in Leiden, Holland on 25 June 1609. She wa s p resumably from the vicinity of Doncaster, Yorkshire or Scrooby, Notti ngha mshire, as she married William Brewster in that area about 1592 an d had t heir first son Jonathan in Scrooby a year later. She next had a d aughte r Patience, born about 1600 or somewhat earlier. About 1606, the c hurch c ongregation began more formally meeting at the Scrooby manor, whe re she a nd husband William resided. About this time, pressure from the E nglish au thorities was mounting, and the meetings became more and more s ecretive . She gave birth to another daughter at this time, which they na med Fear . The couple fled just over a year later for Holland with the ot her membe rs of the congregation, and in Leiden they buried an unnamed ch ild: presu mably one that had died in infancy. In 1611, she gave birth t o a son the y named Love, and two or three years later gave birth to thei r last son , whom they named Wrestling.
Mary came to Plymouth on the Mayflower in 1620 with husband William, a n d her two youngest children Love and Wrestling. Mary was one of only fi v e adult women to survive the first winter, and one of only four wome n t o survive to the so-called "First Thanksgiving" in 1621. Son Jonatha n Bre wster joined the family in November 1621, arriving at Plymouth on t he shi p Fortune. Daughters Patience and Fear came on the ship Anne in 16 23. Mar y died in 1627 at Plymouth, having reached about the age of 60. H usband W illiam survived her, and would live another 17 years before he d ied. | Mary (I1080)
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Surprisingly little is known about John Tilley. He was born in 1571 at H e nlow, Co. Bedford, England, and his brother Edward Tilley and wife Agn e s (along with their niece and nephew Humility Cooper and Henry Samson ) al so came on the Mayflower. Brother Edward is known to have lived in L eiden , but there is no record of John Tilley there (though it is certain ly pos sible he was present there and just didn't get named in any record ). Joh n and Joan Tilley came on the Mayflower with their youngest child , Elizab eth, then about thirteen years old. Both John Tilley and wife Jo an died t he first winter at Plymouth, but their daughter Elizabeth survi ved and la ter married fellow Mayflower passenger John Howland. | Tilley, John (I50690)
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Susanna White's origins, and maiden name, are unknown. The claim she w a s Susanna Tilley has been disproven, and the William White who marrie d An na Fuller in Leiden is now generally believed to not have been the M ayflo wer passenger. That particular William White witnessed an antenumpt ual ag reement of Samuel Lee in Leiden in April 1621, and witnessed the m arriag e of Sarah Priest in October 1621, and so couldn't have been the M ayflowe r passenger. So, Mrs. Susanna White's identity and English origin s remai n unknown.
Susanna came on the Mayflower with husband William, and son Resolve d . S h e was pregnant, and gave birth to son Peregrine while the Mayflow e r was still anchored off the tip of Cape Cod. Her husband William die d th e first winter, and she remarried a few months later to fellow Mayfl owe r passenger Edward Winslow. Their marriage in May 1621 was the firs t marr iage at Plymouth. Susanna was one of only four adult women to hav e surviv ed to see the "First Thanksgiving" at Plymouth that autumn. Susa nna die d sometime after 1654, when she is mentioned in her husband's wil l. | Susanna (I11529)
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Very little is known about James Chilton's wife. Mrs. Chilton's name h a s not even been discovered. It has been widely suggested for many year s s he may have been Susanna Furner, but this was fairly conclusively dis prov en by the research of Michael Paulick, published in 1999.
In May 1609 in Sandwich, Kent, "_[blank]_ the wife of James Chilton" w a s one of several individuals accused of attending the secret buria l o f a child of Andrew Sharpe. Shortly thereafter the family apparentl y lef t for Holland and took up residence with the Pilgrims' church in Le iden . She, her husband James, and her youngest daughter Mary came on th e Mayf lower to Plymouth in 1620. Her husband was one of the first peopl e to di e after arrival, on December 8. She died sometime later the firs t winter , but her orphaned thirteen year-old daughter Mary survived. | Chilton, Mrs (I9759)
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William White is a difficult individual to research because of the commo n ality of his name. Much has been mispublished about him. There is a mar ri age record in Leiden, Holland, which records the marriage of a Willia m Wh ite to Anna Fuller on 27 January 1612; the marriage was witnessed b y Sara h Priest and Anna's brother Samuel Fuller, all members of the Leid en chur ch congregation. For many years this was thought to have been th e Mayflow er passenger (Susanna and Anna being reasonable variants of th e same name ).
This has been a heavily-debated issue: was this the marriage of the Mayf l ower passenger, or not? There are at least two William Whites living i n L eiden during the appropriate time period, one was a wool comber, an d on e was a tobacco merchant. The William White who married Anna Fulle r was c alled a wool comber in the 1612 marriage record, which was witnes sed by S arah Priest. On 10 April 1621, well after the Mayflower had depa rted, Wil liam White wool comber was a party to the antenumptual agreemen t of Samue l Lee in Leiden. Thus, William White, wool comber, could not h ave been th e Mayflower passenger. And since Sarah Priest had witnessed t he will of W illiam White in 1612, wouldn't it be reasonable to assume i t was the sam e William White who witnessed her own marriage to Godbert G odbertson in L eiden in October 1621? The Mayflower passenger was also no t the tobacco m erchant, who appears in numerous Leiden records throughou t the 1620s. S o there was either a third William White in Leiden, or els e the William W hite of the Mayflower may have joined onto the voyage fro m England.
In any case, William and his wife Susanna came on the Mayflower in 162 0 w ith son Resolved; Susanna gave birth to son Peregrine while the Mayfl owe r was still anchored off the top of Cape Cod waiting for the Pilgrim s t o discover a place to build their colony. William died the first wint er , on the same day as three other passengers, including William Mullins . H is wife Susanna remarried to Edward Winslow a few months later, bein g th e first marriage to occur at Plymouth. | White, William (I11530)
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SOURCE: Jones, Emma C. Brewster (The Brewster genealogy, 1566-1907)
SOURCE: Robert Charles Anderson, (New England Historic Genealogical Soci e ty, Boston, MA).
SOURCE: Barbara Lambert Merrick, (General Society of Mayflower Descendan t s).
Wrestling Brewster was born in Leiden, Holland, to parents William a n d M a ry Brewster. His father William was the Elder of the congregatio n , an d i n Leiden was a teacher of English and also published books o n re ligio n an d theology (most of which were illegally sent into Englan d).
At the age of about 6, he came with his father and mother on the Mayfl o w e r to Plymouth. He was alive during the 1627 Division of Cattle at P ly mo ut h, where he is listed in the household of his father William. H e i s no t m entioned again in any other record, and at William Brewster' s de ath i n 16 44 he is not listed in the will or estate inventory, so h e mus t hav e die d at some time in the interim. | Brewster, Wrestling (I1203)
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Meadow Ward records, baptism 29 Sep 1890 by Pearson. Confirmation 29 S e p 1890 by L.A. Larson. Removed to Hinckley Apr 11, 1912. | Pearson, Hilma Cecelia (I33316)
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Meadow Ward records, baptism 5 Oct 1892 by John A. Beckstrand. Confirmat i on 9 Oct 1892 by Bp. Hiram B. Bennett. Ordained Deacon 11 Feb 1901 by J am es M. Stewart. Ordained priest 10 mar 1908 by Joseph H. Fisher. Struc k b y automobile and died. | Gull, Hyrum Bryant (I5256)
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Meadow Ward records, baptism 8 Dec 1894 by James M. Stewart. Confirmati o n 9 Dec 1894 by Hyram B. Bennett. Ordained Deacon 11 Feb 1901 by John G ul l. Ordained Seventy 11 Aug 1907 by Andrew Stephenson. Removed from Mea do w 26 Jun 1910.
David William Duncan was born October 6, 1886 and Meadow, Millard Count y , Utah. He was one of nine children born to Mormon pioneer parents, Dav i d and Mary Stott Duncan. He was educated in the Millard County school s .
He married Louie Stringham of Holden, Utah, in the Salt Lake City Temp l e on October 3, 1907. He is survived by his wife, Louie and eight son s an d daughters. Sons are; David Reed of Weston organ, Joseph Stringha m of Da llas, Oregon and J. Blair of Downey, California. Daughters are; L ouise Wh iteside of Downey, California, Lorraine Nance of Keysville, Utah , Blend a Barrett of Linwood, California, Odetta Wiggins of South Gate, C aliforni a, and Gaylord of Whittier, California.
All of these devoted sons and daughters are here today. He is also survi v ed by a brother, Clem Duncan and sisters, Mrs. Lulu Gill and Miss Laur a E dwards and Mrs. Vanda Swallow, all of Meadow, Utah, and his sister Mr s. V erda Gull of Salt Lake City, Utah. He also has 24 grandchildren an d 28 gr eat-grandchildren surviving.
David William Duncan assumed the responsibility of the family farm an d o f caring for the family at Meadow, Utah at an early age when his fath er p assed away. He assumed this responsibility successfully and gained r espec t to all who knew him for it his industrious effort .
At the age of 23, he moved to Clearfield, Davis County, Utah and was p u t in charge of the Woods Cross Company farm property there. In a very s ho rt time his industrious effort and ability was recognized by his compa ny , and added the responsibility of superintendent of the Woods Cross Ca nni ng Factory to his care. He successfully managed this business, togeth er w ith his own farming and stock raising activities for 25 years. He ma de ma ny lifelong friends among farmers and businessman in the area, whil e enga ged in this business.
He was very active in local community affairs while living in Clearfiel d . He was a member of the town board for several terms and was chosen t o t ake part in the activities that many local farm and irrigation associ atio n groups.
After a successful career as a farmer, stock raising and canning in Clea r field, David William Duncan, for reasons pertaining to his health, mov e d to Compton, California in 1933. He is been living in Compton, wher e h e established his home since that time, until recently, when he and M rs . Duncan moved to Garden Grove. All this time while living in Californ ia , he was devoted to his family, his church and personal affairs to th e ex tent his condition of health would permit .
David William Duncan was always active in boyhood and route his entire l i fe in his church. He was a teacher in the Sunday school class, while li vi ng in Meadow. He was ordained a Seventy at the age of 22 while in Clea rfi eld. He served as a teacher of the Seventies Quorum for many years. H e al so devoted much of his time to the work of one of the Seven Presiden ts o f the Seventies in the North Davis Stake. He was a leader in M.I.A . and o ther youth activities in his Clearfield Ward .
At the age of 45 he was ordained a high priest, and was active in his qu o rum in Clearfield. He was a member of the High Priest Quorum in the Com pt on Ward and had been active as his health would permit .
He was interested in the development of the church in Compton and duri n g his early years there, when the membership was small and the work wa s h eavy. He assisted in the building of the Chapel and the development o f th e missionary work there.
His has been an active and useful life. His friends, family and neighbo r s are proud of him and will forever cherish their memory of him. | Duncan, David William Jr (I4901)
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Meadow Ward records, baptism 9 apr 1885 by E.A. Beckstrand. Confirme d 1 1 Apr 1885 by H.B. Bennett. Ordained Deacon 23 oct 1893. Ordained Sev ent y 9 Oct 1899 by C.D. Fieldsted. Ordained High Priest 31 Jan 1909 by G eo . F. Richards. Removed to Hinckley Apr 11, 1902. | Stewart, Nephi Richard (I31753)
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Meadow Ward records, blessing 1886 by James Duncan Jr. baptism 28 Oct 18 9 4 by James Duncan. Confirmation by ?. Ordained Deacon 4 Mar 1901 by How ar d B. Bushnell. Ordained Elder 20 Feb 1911 by John A Beckstrand. Missio n t o England 19 Apr 1911. | Duncan, James Alonzo (I4929)
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Meadow Ward records, blessing 20 Nov 1881 by H.B. Bennett. Baptism 16 A u g 1890 by James Duncan Jr. Confirmation 17 Aug 1890 by H.B. Bennett. | Duncan, Alice Jennette (I4903)
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Meadow Ward records, blessing 3 Jan 1884 by Wm.H. Stott. Baptism 5 oct 1 8 92 by John A Beckstrand. Confirmation 9 Oct 1892 by Neil M. Stewart. | Duncan, Mary Elizabeth (I4902)
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Meadow Ward records,blessing 12 Sep 1880 by James Duncan Jr.. Baptis m 2 8 Sep 1888 by Edwin Stott. Confirmation 30 Sep 1888 by James Duncan J r.o r Anne. Removed to Salt Lake City 17 Feb 1909. | Duncan, Anna Jennett (I4930)
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Melvin Reo "Dan" Adams
Dec. 21, 1927 - Feb. 25, 2016
Date of Service: Mar. 5, 2016
Melvin Reo “Dan” Adams
ALBION - Melvin Reo “Dan” Adams, age 88, of Albion, passed away Thursda y , Feb. 25, 2016, at his home, with his daughters by his side.
Melvin was born in Elba, Idaho, Dec. 21, 1927, the son of Melvin and Ver d a Eliza Wickel Adams. Following his Childhood and schooling in Elba, M e l v in was drafted into the United States Army, and served his countr y in G ermany during the Korean Conflict. On Feb. 27, 1960, he married th e lov e of his life, Carma June Asher in Elko, Nev.
Melvin was naturally skilled at handling animals, and he especially enjo y ed riding horses. His younger years were filled with farm and ranch lab o r that helped him acquire a strong work ethic that he carried with hi m th roughout his life. He worked for the Elba Cattle & Horse Association , an d The Bureau of Reclamation, which later became A&B Irrigation, wher e h e performed electrical and mechanical work until his retirement.
Outside of his career and family responsibilities, Melvin also enjoyed b e ing a part of the Big D Roping Club and the Rupert Elks, where he wa s a m ember for 37 years.
He is survived by his children, Debra Adams of Albion, Dixie (Bill) Est e s of Declo, Connie (Mike) Bryan of Heyburn, and Delilah Reed of Declo ; si ster, Verda Vee (Felix) Villarma of Wrangell, Alaska; 14 grandchildr en; 3 8 great-grandchildren, with one on the way; and 21 great-great gran dchild ren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Carma; son, Melvin R e o Adams Jr.; and grandson, Wyatt Rodgers.
The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 5, at the Albion LD S C hurch, 889 Main St., with Bishop Jason Phillips officiating. Burial w il l follow in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Albion.
Friends may call from 6 until 8 p.m. Friday, March 4, at the Rasmussen F u neral Home, 1350 E. 16th St., in Burley, and from 12 noon until 12:45 p .m . preceding the service at the church. | Adams, Melvin Rio (I152340)
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Melvin was killed when a train hit the truck that he was driving. The ac c ident happened around noontime, and it was also the same day that his w if e Viola found out that she was pregnant with Brent (Lyle's brother). I nfo rmation in the possession of Lyle Pedersen. | Pedersen, Melvin Andrew (I149)
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Memories of grandma Mary Hirst Wood, by Lee Carlson
Grandmother Mary Hirst Wood. Was born May 1, 1848, in Slaithwaite, Yorks h ire, England. She was the seventh child born to John Hirst (a farmer a n d cattle rancher, who was born January 7, 1816 in England) and Charlot t e Brook (who was born 1819 in England). They settled on a farm at Colle g e Ward, near Wellsville, Utah. Their children were: Mary Alice (b. 1870 ) , George Hirst (b. 1871), John Hirst (b. 1873), Henry Hirst (b. 1874) , Jo seph Hirst (b. 1876), Sarah Ellen (my mother, b. 1878), Ann (b. 1879 ; d . 1898), Martha Rebecca (b. 1882, d. 8 hours later), Ida Hirst (b. 18 84) , Ida Hirst (b. 1884), Ella Wood (b. 1885), Margaret (b. 1888), Willi am B rook Hirst (b. 1889, d. 1902), and Olive (b. 1891). All thirteen o f the c hildren were born in Wellsville. My grandmother, Mary Hirst Wood , died i n Rexburg, Idaho, on March 5, 1909, at the age of fifty. She wa s buried i n Wellsville. | Hirst, Mary (I120)
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Memories of grandpa George Wood (jr.) by Lee Carlson
Grandfather George Wood, [Jr.] was a short fellow, about five foot five/ s ix inches tall and very distinguished looking. I only knew him, when h e w as older and he had nice grey hair and wore a goatee, without mustach e. H e was born February 1, 1840, in Slaithwaite, Yorkshire, England. Th e stor y is told, that, at about age 16, he came from England with his mo ther, R ebecca Shaw Wood, with two of his sisters, Alice and Mary, and hi s brothe r, John—coming across the plains with handcarts. His parents, Ge orge Woo d (born Jan 26, 1813) and Rebecca Shaw had been married Februar y 25, 1838 . The family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day S aints in En gland and wished to come and join the Saints in Utah. He rece ived his end owments March 29, 1866, possibly serving a mission, and wa s then marrie d and sealed June 21, 1869 in the Endowment House, Salt Lak e City to Mar y Hirst.
In 1912, Grandpa sold the Wellsville area farm, took a vacation, to hi s h omeland—England--and visited his sons in Rexburg. All of them had hom este aded in Rexburg years earlier. Then, he moved to Logan, where he bou ght t wo 4-room [duplex?] homes at 460 South Main Street. Grandpa lived i n on e home; and my Aunt Ellen (his sister), lived in the other. Aunt Ell en to ok care of his needs until he died December 28, 1924, nearly 85 yea rs old . He was buried inWellsville. | Wood, George Shaw (I119)
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Memories of My Dad by Leon Bushnell- A Son
I remember by father, Leland M. Bushnell for the hard working man tha t h e was.
My first real recollection was in 1942. We were west of Grampa Bushnell ' s house, cutting hay. I was on the mower at the time. It as drawn b y a te am of horses. I was seven years of age. I couldn't reach the foo t rests . Dad put a board on the back of the rests to put my feet on. Gra mpa Bush nell came down in the field and told dad that I would be kille d if I drov e the mower, but dad said the war is on and there is no help . From that d ay until 1946 when we got our first tractor, I drove the mo wer.
Dad was a fair person, always kept his word. I remember him getting u p a t four o'clock in the morning to milk cows so he could be at a design ate d place at a designated time. He said being on time is a virtue .
It was not until I was sixteen years old, that I remember going any pla c e other than work, with my dad. That was the Deer Hunt. That was our va ca tion, two or three days out of the year.
He provided a good home for us, and taught us to be honest and fair i n o ur dealings. That I will always be thankful for.
A son. Leon Bushnell.
A son.
Leon Bushnell. | Bushnell, Elmer Leon (I5123)
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MEREDITH A. DISNEY ~
was the daughter of Schuyler S. Boyington and Gertrude Rohrer. She was t h e twin sister to Alfred M. Boyington and her older sister was Wanda Ma e B oyington Yates. She was the wife of Raymond Arnold Disney, who was a n old er brother of Walt Disney (Walter Elias Disney). Raymond's parent s were E lias Charles Disney and Flora Call Disney.
Her two sons are Charles Elias Disney (who is named for his paternal gra n dfather Elias Charles Disney) and Daniel Harwood Disney. Meredith's la t e daughter-in-law was married to Charles Elias and she was Mary Elizabe t h (O'Brien) Disney and Meredith had one grandson who was Charles Roy "C ha rlie" Disney. Both lost their lives in an automobile mishap many year s ea rlier.
Later, after Meredith had passed away in 1998 her son Charles Elias Disn e y adopted Cristian Petrea in 1999 when he was five years of age after h i s parents who were Lucian (Luke) and Maria Petrea, both died in a circ u s accident and he became Cristian Petrea Disney. Cristian passed awa y o n May 10, 2018 at the age of 24 after suffering cardiomegaly or enlar ge d heart.
Other close family included three brothers-in-law Herbert Arthur Disne y ( Louise), Roy Oliver Disney (Edna), Walter Elias Disney (Lillian) an d on e sister-in-law Ruth Flora Disney Beecher (Theodore).
Meredith Disney was a music teacher and she was an accomplished pianis t , violinist, composer and lyricist for many years. She was the co-found e r of LodeStar Pictures, an early private feature film financing enterpr is e. This enterprise originated in Kansas City and then to Los Angeles a n d moved to Paramount Pictures Studios in Hollywood and then to Walt Dis ne y Productions in Burbank and finally was in the historic First Nationa l B uilding on Highland Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard until the entity m erge d with another film company many years ago.
Meredith was quite active in the Roman Catholic Church and she served wi t h Roy Edward and Patricia Ann Disney, among many others, on the origin a l committee that was organized to assist and advise +Cardinal Roger M . Ma hony, the Archbishop of Los Angeles, to build the new Cathedral of O ur La dy of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles. Sadly, she passed away be fore t he new Cathedral was dedicated in 2002. She was also quite activ e with Ca tholic Charities and Meredith and her very close lifetime frien d who wa s actress Rosalind Russell raised many funds for numerous Cathol ic and ot her philanthropies. When Meredith had converted to Roman Cathol icism, Ros alind Russell was her sponsor.
She actively supported the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and she wo r ked with Lillian Disney and Diane Disney Miller raising funds for the n e w Walt Disney Concert Hall also in downtown Los Angeles. She was als o a l ongtime close friend to Edna Francis Disney and Patricia "Patty" Di sney a nd many others. Meredith always was cheerful and so generous and s he wa s always willing to encourage others to "do their very best with ev erythi ng in their lives!"
Meredith was a strong supporter of the Shriner's Hospital for Crippled c h ildren (later named the Shriner's Hospital for children) in Los Angele s a s her husband Raymond Arnold Disney was an active Mason and Shriner f or m any years! Also, she supported St. Jude children's Research Hospita l tha t was originally founded by longtime close family friend Danny Thom as!
Much of Meredith Disney's biography can be found in the Disney2Disney.c o m website. | Boyington, Alvah Meredith (I152804)
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Michael Wager was an American film and television actor.
He was born Emanuel Weisgal in New York, NY, and nicknamed "Mendy". He w a s the son of Meyer W. and Shirley (Hirshfeld) Weisgal.
He appeared in the war film, Hill 24 Doesn't Answer, and he appeare d i n a recurring role, as Jonas Roving, on the soap opera Ryan's Hope. O ne o f his memorable roles was Thomas the Apostle in King of Kings. | Weisgal, Emanuel (I114012)
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Middle name per email from his granddaughter | Dove, Howard Alonso (I74738)
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MILITARY: 1719-20: Colonel of the regiment of militia on the mainland (J o hn Osborne Austin, _Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island_, p. 223.
SOURCE: Charles M. Whipple, Jr., Sons and Daughters of Jesse: A 360 Ye a r History of the Whipple Family (Oklahoma City: Southwestern Press, 197 6) , p. 13.
Marriage: Variant date: 20 May 1684.
SOURCE: John Osborne Austin, Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (Al b any, N.Y., 1887; reprinted. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 197 8 ) p. 223, 379.
SOURCE: Henry E. Whipple, A Brief Genealogy of the Whipple Families Wh o S ettled in Rhode Island (Providence: A. Crawford Greene, 1873), p. 39 . Fro m a corrected copy of the book found in the Rhode Island Historica l Socie ty Library, call no. CS71.W574 1873 RIHSL.
Birth: Dick Weber, in a printout from the Sprague Database dated 7 Nov 1 9 97, citing Robert Charles Anderson's "The Great Migration Begins: Immig ra nts to New England, 1620-1623" (Boston: New England Historic Genealogi ca l Society, 1995), p. 1973, gives birth date of "about 1660."
SOURCE: Dean Crawford Smith, The Ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-19 1 0 (Boston: NEHGS, 1992), p. 473-4. Notes that David Jillson's articl e i n the New England Historical and Genealogical Register 32[1878]:407 i ncor rectly includes a daughter named Ann.
SOURCE: James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Vol . 1 , Warwick, Part 1 (Providence: Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., 1892 ), p . 77.
SOURCE: James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Vol . 2 , Providence, Part 1 (Providence: Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., 1 892) , p. 197.
SOURCE: Abby Isabel Brown Bulkley, The Chad Browne Memorial, Consistin g o f Genealogical Memoirs of a Portion of the Descendants of Chad and El izab eth Browne (Brooklyn, N.Y., 1888), p. 44.
SOURCE: Email from Charles M. Whipple, Jr., to Weldon Whipple, 4 Oct 200 3 . Charles writes: "I am now convinced that Lieutenant Governor Joseph W hi pple Jr. was Anglican not Quaker. I received a reply from Harvard Univ ers ity finally. His son, William, graduated in 1749 at the head of his c lass . His biography notes that he was indeed Church of England as was Co l. Jo seph Whipple, his father. So, although Lieutenant Governor Joseph W hippl e III and his mother, as well as some siblings may have been Quaker s, a t least it is now known that this was indeed a religiously mixed mar riage ."
SOURCE: Reprint of the "Brown genealogy of 1851," Submitted to the Whipp l e Website by Ian Mackie, 20 Oct 2003. | Whipple, Colonel Joseph (I734)
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Military: An officer in Utah's Blackhawk War of 1866 Mission: Septembe r 1 852, misssion in the Southern States Mission. Headquarters in Chattan oogo ,Tenn. Developed 'brain fever' returned home 16 Oct 1883. BIOGRAPHY : Wa s with the resucers for the Martin and Willie handcart companies. | Butler, Kenion Taylor (I171047)
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Military: U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File - Arm y O c t 15, 1941 - 21 Sep 1945, U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records , 19 38 -1946, Rank - Private
Death: U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Cook County, Illino i s Death Index, 1908-1988 | Holran, George (I44341)
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Millard County Chronicle Progress, April 14, 2021:
J. Ralph Wood
27 July 1929 ~ March 29, 2021
J. Ralph passed away peacefully in his sleep on March 29, while his belo v ed daughter, Heather, was visiting him in Nevada.
J. Ralph was born on July 1929 to John Ralph Wood and Leah Duncan Woo d i n Fillmore, Utah. He and his sisters Anna and Elaine enjoyed their wo nder ful home and family growing up in Fillmore .
J. Ralph's family spent summer vacations at Fish Lake and it was there t h at he met Jacqueline Jensen, his future wife. The Wood family spent ma n y happy summers fishing and boating on the lake. After high school, h e at tended BYU and as the Korean War escalated, he joined the Air Forc e in 19 52 and was assigned to the 4th Fighter Intercepter Wing, flyin g a Sabreje t. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross for meritoriou s performanc e in Korea.
He married Jacqueline upon his return to Utah on December 5, 1952. The n e wlyweds moved to Florida so he could finish more pilot training. Upon r et urning to Salt Lake, J. Ralph worked for the First Security Title Comp an y while flying part time for the Air National Guard. The family grew a s R ussell (1954), Randall (1955) and Heather (1959) were born .
The family moved to Montgomery, Alabama from 1968-1969 for J. Ralph to a t tend the War College. They returned to Salt Lake and J. Ralph continue d h is career with First Security Title and Utah Air National Guard for t he n ext thirty years.
His first son, J. Russell Wood, cherished wife Jaqueline, and dear seco n d wife, Jill, preceded him in death. J. Ralph is survived by his childr en . Randall, Jill and their son, Zachary live in Colorado. Heather and h e r husband Toby Levitt, their children, Julie and John Edison (Eleanor) , G regory and Pauline Schlesinger, Sara Levitt, Matt Levitt, and Hanna L evit t live Utah.
After Jacqueline's passing, J. Ralph was blessed with a new beginning wh e n he ran into an old friend from high school, Jill Bunker. Jill brough t h er love for adventure and her wonderful family into his life. Larry a nd K athleen Jensen's family (Draper), Clark Johnson's family (Park City ) an d Eric and Christy Johnson's family (Salt Lake City) welcomed J. Ral ph in to their lives.
Ralph and Jill moved to Nevada and enjoyed their new beginning. J. Ral p h was surrounded by wonderful friends and neighbors .
The Wood and Levitt families would like to thank Carolyn Mcvey, Gary a n d Suzanne Egeland, and Jack and Elaine O'Neil for their wonderful frien ds hip, support and caring for J. Ralph during his many years with them .
Ralph's Cocktail Memorial will be held Thursday, May 27 from 4:30 to 6: 3 0 p.m. PST at Ralph's home. | Wood, J Ralph (I5119)
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Milton Lloyd Whipple
I Milton Lloyd Whipple better known as ‘Fat’ will try to tell my life st o ry as best I can. I was born in Show Low, Arizona territory June 15, 19 1 1 along with a twin brother Melvin Floyd known as ‘Slim’ he was abou t 1 5 or 20 minutes younger than I. According to reports I weighed abou t 5 po unds and he about 2 ½ pounds at the most. They say they could pu t him i n a quart fruit jar very easy so he had to be pretty small.
We were the tail end of a family of 14. One girl Laura and 2 boys, Jose p h and Oliver died at infancy. The rest of us grew up to raise a family . T here were 11 of us: Lidia, Willard Jr., Harriat, Nancy, Alzada, Annie , Or son, Charlie, Howard, Milton, and Melvin. There are three of us left , Alz ada 87, Charlie 80, and I at 75.
The first of our ancestors in America was John Whipple, also known as Ca p tain John Whipple. He came to America on the ship ‘Lion’, who’s maste r wa s William Pierce. It sailed from London on June 23, 1632 and arrive d in B oston Sept. 16, 1632.
My grandfather, Edson Whipple was born in Denverston, Whittingham Count y , Vermont on Feb 5, 1805. He was the son of John and Mismeth Hutchiso n Wh ipple who were descendants of early settlers in the New England .
My grandmother Harriat Yeager Whipple was born in Glenchaster County, N e w Jersey, July 15, 1826. The daughter of John and Ann Hyiet Yeager wh o we re the descendants of the early Dutch settlers in Pennsylvania. Sh e move d to Philadelphia where she heard of the restored gospel and in co mpany w ith her sister Mary crossed the plains and arrived in Utah in 185 0. On No vember 4, 1850 she married Edson Whipple.
My grandfather grew up to manhood in Vermont where he married his firs t w ife Lavinia Goss in 1830. They moved to Boston, Massachusetts about 1 83 3 or 34 and lived there until 1837. Then they moved to Philadelphia wh er e they joined the Latter-Day Saints Church. In 1842 they moved with th e S aints to Nauvoo, Illinois. In May 1846 they left Nauvoo and started w es t with the other Mormons who were driven out of Nauvoo after the Proph e t Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were murdered in the Carthage jai l . They came on west to Sugar Creek, Iowa and wintered there with the ma n y others who had been driven out. There was much sickness. Grandfathe r lo st all of his family; his wife, his two year old daughter and his mo ther .
In the spring of 1847 a company was organized to pioneer the way to Cali f ornia or the Salt Lake Valley. They left Winter Quarters in May of 184 7 a nd arrived in the Salt Lake Valley July 24, 1847. He was in the Hebe r C . Kimball Company. He lived with the Kimballs after he got to the Sal t La ke Valley. The next year he ran the Kimball farm while Brother Kimba ll an d some of the other leaders returned to the east. After Brother Kim ball r eturned, grandfather went east. He went in October of 1848. He car ried th e first gold from the California diggings to the east with him. W hile h e was back there he did some missionary work. He met my grandmothe r Harri at Yeager. He wished to take her to Salt Lake so Brother Kimbal l could pe rform the marriage. They took her older sister Mary Ann with t hem. In Nov ember of 1850 he married not only Harriat, but at Brother Kim balls sugges tion he married Mary Ann also. In December he was called wit h others to g o to Iron County in southern Utah to help settle that count ry. When he fi nished that assignment, he returned to Provo and settled t here where he l ived until he went to Arizona in 1880.
My father Willard Whipple was born at Provo, Utah, March 16, 1858. He gr e w up to manhood there and came to Arizona in 1882. He met and marrie d m y mother after a two year courtship in 1884. My mother, Emma Meliss a Oliv er was the daughter of William Temple Oliver and Nancy Francis Lov ern. Sh e was born in Payson, Utah September 21, 1867. She came to Arizon a with h er parents January 1881.
My father served as counselor under two bishops from the years of 189 4 t o 1919. He was a leader in the developing of the Show Low irrigatio n syst em. He was well known for his non biased opinions and good sound j udgment . He was Justice of the Peace in Show Low as far back as I can re member u p until 1932. He taught us to be respectful of our elders. We ca lled ou r neighbors aunts and uncles or grandma and grandpa. They taugh t us to li ve accordingly to the principles of the Gospel .
In the summer of 1897 they took their four small children and made the t r ip to Manti, Utah to be sealed in the Temple. They made the trip by wag o n and team and were gone from August until October. Mother did practic a l nursing and midwife work as there were no doctors available. She di d no t keep record of the number of children she helped bring into the wo rld , but in later years she counted nearly 250. Whenever mother was miss in g and father was getting breakfast we knew that she had gone coon hunt ing . Dad always said when she was gone, that she was off coon hunting .
My first year in school was in the back end of Dad’s store. They had p u t a board petition in and was holding school in the back end. This is w he re I learned I was to do what the teacher told me to do. There were tw o b oys sitting behind me who were a little older than I and struck a mat ch a nd put it under my seat. The teacher thought I had done it. She too k thei r word over mine. This is what started the trouble. She was not le tting m e go out to recess. We were having a little round and I called he r a nam e and kicked her shins. This is when the teacher called through t he wal l to my mother to come and give her a hand. She came to help her a ll righ t, but I got the hand. This is when I learned then that you had t o do wha t a teacher told you to.
I will try to recall some of the events of my life. Starting this lat e i n life it will probably be some what scattered and some what out of p lac e and mixed up. The dates I will try to recall to the best of my reme mbra nce.
I was born in Show Low June 15, 1911, along with a twin brother who wa s j ust younger than I by about fifteen or twenty minutes. From all repor ts w e must have started a new era in Show Low as I can remember of heari ng pe ople referring about us as the Whipple Twins, sometimes as those da mn Whi pple Twins.
Some of the earliest memories was going with my father after ‘a few stic k s of wood’, as he would say. At one time he took us out in a snow stor m i n the field we called nineteen, when we got bogged down and had to le av e the wagon. When he made the remark he couldn’t get the wagon out t o tak e it home, that’s when the trouble started. We (Slim and I) had th e ide a that we were going to spend the night there. I had an idea that i f al l the wild animals were around as close as we thought they were. The y wer e there to see what was making all that noise that early in the eve ning .
At times he would take a team and wagon with salt for the cattle and ta k e along a saddle horse and go out to the pasture to clean them out. H e wo uld take us along with him. This was quite a novelty to us. He woul d leav e us at the salt lick with the wagon and team, get on his saddle h orse an d go to clean out the pastures. We had several versions as to wha t and ho w he was cleaning these pastures. We knew what mother did and wh at she di d to clean the house, but for father to take a saddle horse an d clean th e pastures was something for us to wonder about.
The winter of 1918 was extra cold and lots of snow. Dad had lots of hors e s then and he had them in barns where he could care for them. I rememb e r him having to freight hay in and have it hauled up from Daggs RR sidi ng . It seems that he lost most of his horses that winter. I think they m us t have had to boost or tail them up most of the winter .
The first school that I went to was in the back part of my Dad’s store . T his is where I got my first lesson in doing what the teacher told m e to d o. I got blamed for something that two other boys done and she wa s not go ing to let me go out to recess and she didn’t. This is when my f irst less on started. I kicked her and called her a name that I was soo n to learn n ever to do again. As I said it was in the back of Dad’s stor e and communi cations between the petitions was good and in no time she h ad turned th e task over to my mother. That is the one and only time I go t two whippin gs in school the same day, my first and last.
It was not long until the new school over the hill was ready and they mo v ed us up there. This is where the grade school is now (at this time). T hi s was the winter that I have mentioned having so much snow and being h ar d on the livestock. They (my parents) took us out for the rest of th e yea r (when I use the word us it will mean Slim and I). The teacher tha t I ha ve referred to was Laura Baird later in years known as Mrs. Laur a Hunt .
The following school year I went to school on the hill and had a teach e r by the name of Mrs. Beck. I better mention that she had a son Willia m w ho I think must have felt that we took out on him the treatment tha t we t hought his mother, Mrs. Beck was handing out to us .
At the time every one in Show Low had milk cows and they all went ou t o n the mesa to the town pasture. The Beck’s pasture joined the town pa stur e and we had to go by there to take our cows to Dad’s pasture.
Our day would start with Dad rapping on the petition walls calling ‘boy s , boys, up and get those cows milked and out of the corral before sun u p’ . It was our chore to wrangle the calves and let them in to its mother . T hen the older boys (Charlie and Howard) were ready for them, as the y don e the milking. At this time we would have from 26 to 30 head of ran ge cow s to milk thru the summer months. There were always one or two you ng heif ers to break in. For some reason Dad would seem to have at leas t one co w that was almost impossible to milk, but he always insisted o n keeping h er in and come what may she had to be milked. I have though t thru the yea rs that it was more to train the boys than it was the cows .
There was also horses to be broke to work on the farm and saddle horse s t o break to ride. As we grew up there was times when each boy had hi s ow n horses to break. We would have help to snub him. This was done b y someo ne riding along on another horse and holding a snub rope keepin g the hors e from giving too much trouble until he learned what was wante d of him an d he became gentle enough to ride by himself. This was not al ways as eas y as it may sound. There was always a mess up between horse a nd the rider . Those are the times you learn the horse has ideas of his o wn, and you f ind out there are just some parts of the ground that is har der and more r ocky than others, which is usually where this takes place . Breaking the m to work in the harness was usually easier because you pu t them with on e or more horses and put them to work, they would tire an d give in much f aster. A few days hard work and they were ready to giv e up .
In the spring there was the manure which had been taken out of the stabl e s in the winter time to be hauled out on to the farm ground and sprea d ou t to be turned under. This usually went on the garden and where th e swee t corn, potatoes and squash was to be planted .
Going back to my earlier days, Dad had two large stallions, Toby and Pri n ce and then in later years, old Nig. There were also mares which mean t th ere were always colts in the spring to contend with .
There were usually at least two teams to use to do the plowing with. The r e was a sulky riding plow and a walking plow. The sulky had to have thr e e horses on it and was used more on the larger fields .
The plowing would start in the spring as early as the ground was ready a n d would usually last until April and May. This was the plowing gettin g th e ground ready for the planting. This would include planting of th e grain . Oats and wheat was first then came the corn. Then the staple cr ops; swe et corn, potatoes, squash and the garden .
One of the main chores in the early spring was to get the ditch cleane d o ut. This took from a month to six weeks. This was all done by hand, w it h a shovel. Each share holder would be assessed so much work and mone y pe r share. There was a higher assessment on the work as every family h ad mo re men folks than money. This is the place every boy learned what i t wa s to have to be to the job at 8 o’clock and work 8 hours a day, 8 t o 12 a nd 1 to 5. Then there would be a 5 to 10 minute break every hour . This wa s up to the ditch boss. As a general rule there were from six t o ten me n in the ditch at one time shoveling. The main ditch was abou t 4 to 5 mil es long and the lower one about 2 ½ miles long. This work wa s done by th e boys and the men, along with the thrashing of the grain i n the fall o f the year. This made it possible for me, and I am sure ever y other youn g man at that I time in Show Low, felt as though he had grow n up with eve ry man and boy there and knew each one as a friend and neig hbor .
During the summer months there were the regular chores along with cultiv a ting, irrigating, hauling of hay, mending the fences out at the pasture s , with four sections to be repaired every year. This was some of my mo r e pleasant times going out there with one of my older brothers and camp in g out for a week or two. The only water there for us was the water fro m M ormon Lake. This was the best and only water out there at this time . Mos t of the time there were dead cows lying around, some of them in th e wate r. It never seemed to stop anyone from drinking it and I have no t known a nyone at that time to get sick from using it .
In the late summer (August), before school started was the time to ge t i n the winter wood supply. This mainly was the cook stove wood, junipe r an d oak. This was hauled by team and wagon and always meant a days wor k. Ea rly morning, unlike after dark, our family and the Hanson family us uall y worked together. This would require going six or seven miles out , somet imes on the Indian reservation as far away as Forest Dale. But mo st of th e time we went out west to Joe Tank and Deep Tank. We would hav e to try a nd locate a place where we could find enough for a load. Mos t part we wou ld take the team and a long chain and pull the trees down a nd drag them u p to the wagon. Some of us would split it up while the oth ers brought i t in. When we had enough cut and split we would load it an d start the lon g trip home. We would have to keep this up for about 2 we eks so as to hav e enough for the winter. The pine wood for heat could b e found in close a nd could be got in the winter. Some times by going ou t and cutting dow n a big pine tree and dragging it in on the frozen snow .
When school started then came the time to start harvesting the crops, sh o cking the grain, cutting the corn and shocking it. Bringing these crop s i n and getting the fields cleaned so the steers and cows that were t o be s old could be brought in and put there where they put on a little w eight a nd be ready to drive to the RR which at the time was down to Dagg s Sidin g to be loaded, which was an all days job sometimes longer .
This was done in October late. Next came the time to get the turkey rea d y for the Thanksgiving market in Holbrook. Mother and father always rai se d turkeys in the summer about 50 to 60 every year. These had to be kil le d and dressed and taken to market. Sometimes this was not done until C hri stmas time. Henry Lewis, my brother in-law, Nancy’s husband, always t oo k charge of things as he was very good and knew just how to do the kil lin g. This is also the time to do the killing of the beef to be put up i n bo ttles. Also the butchering of the hogs which my father made his ow n curin g and it took several weeks to finish the job. This had to be pu t on, han d rubbed in and wait so long, then again this would take him ab out 3 week s before he would put it away in a large wooden box he had jus t for thi s purpose.
Next came the putting in of the ice for the next summer. When the ice be c ame thick enough and the weather was cold it was cut or sawed in 18 in c h blocks usually about 12 inches thick, hauled in and stored in sawdus t a nd packed tight with snow. This would take several days as it had t o be d one just right, but it was well worth it in the summer time to hav e it. I n those days there were no electric ice boxes or freezers. The fo lks ha d a ice box to put ice in to keep the milk and left over food cold . The y also used it for cold drinking water and making home made ice cre am. Th is had to be turned by hand to freeze it .
Along in the middle 1920s Show Low irrigation board decided to build ano t her damn up on the creek out from the Jaques ranch before the elk spri n g draw. This had to be done by team and scrapers with the rocks being h au led by wagon. This work was done in the fall of the year, after the su mme r rains and before the winter snow got to bad. They used slip tongu e an d from some where they got some wheat scrapers. For the most part on e tea m was enough. On the larger ones it usually took four head or two t eams .
The wheel scrapers required what was known as a snatch team to help lo a d them up. Loading these scrapers up was very touchy for the young ma n th at was loading. The ground was heavy clay mixed with rock and this t ime o f year sometimes frozen. To be jerked and thrown or hit by the John son ba r could really hurt. There was a kitchen set up under a tent and m eals we re provided for those who stayed and camped there. The cook was u sually J oe Stock who was one of the best camp cooks there were. Sometime s uncle L on Merrel would do the cooking, but with the hard work these me als alway s were very tasty.
This damn was built three or four different years before the county ca m e in and helped with heavy equipment. Since then, there has been no mo r e trouble.
The highlights in the way of entertainment in these years were the bon f i res at night, both summer and winter. The winter was playing fox and ge es e. This was done by making a large circle in the shape of a wheel wit h th e circle about 150 feet in diameter. There the center would be abou t 15 f eet in diameter with trails running out from the center all around . Thes e trails were made by everyone getting in a line and tramping th e snow do wn then choosing up sides. The center part was the safe area. T his is whe re the geese would run for safety .
Then there was a game we called bull ducket. This was played with throwi n g rocks and could be very dangerous. There was ‘steal the pile’. This w a s done with both sides having a pile of sticks which would be stolen fr o m the other side. There was one called ‘run sheepy run’. Then there w a s a recess game we called ‘leap frog’. Most of these games were playe d a t night at a bon fire.
There were also times when we would coast down the school hill on a sle d . There was a hill up back of the Harrison barn where we could coast i f t he snow was right.
During the Christmas holidays we always looked forward to the dances a n d socials they would put on in the old church house on the hill .
I finished my years of high school in Show Low under the teacher Miss Ur i ght. She had taught there for several years .
In the spring of 1929 my brother Howard had a job on a look out towe r o n Lake Mountain. He was still going to school when they called for hi m t o go up there to work, so I went there to hold his job for him unti l he f inished his high school at Snowflake. This was my first experienc e of loc ating fires from a tower and then going to fight them. At that t ime the o nly transportation was on horse back. One horse to ride, and pa ck your to ols on the other. The experience I got there came in handy a s I worked fo r the Indian Service several years through the 1930’s.
During the depression our wages at that time was $90.00 a month and we o n ly got paid once a month. We also had to furnish our own grub. This jo b w as usually three months, May thru July. Sometimes we would have to g o bac k in August and September for a week or so. Work was hard to find a nd w e were glad to get the chance to work at any kind of work .
I started going to Snowflake High School in the fall of 1930. The scho o l had started a school bus from Lakeside to Snowflake at this time. Th e y went the way of the old Linden road. There was no pavement at all o n th e road anywhere. The road was always so dry and dusty or wet and sno wy o r slick and slippery that it took one hour to two hours to make th e trip . There were no heaters in the bus. There was an exhaust heater th at woul d help the chill some. But it was not meant to warm the bus. Ther e was no t the equipment to take the snow off the roads that they have no w. The ro ad blades they used at that time had to be pulled by truck an d chain. Whe n the snow got deep and frozen there was no way to move it f rom the road . In times of deep snow my brother Orson, who lived out on t he ranch wer e the Show Low High School is now located, would take a fou r up team an d a v shaped drag and work out at night to try and keep th e snow pushed t o the side of the road as it was snowing before it becam e frozen solid .
The road was cleared this way from Show Low as far north and west to t h e top of the Pierce hill or to the cement dip just over the hill. Ther e w ere many times you could not see the fences along the road where thes e ra nches were.
In riding the bus it did not give us much time to take part in any athle t ics as we had the bus there waiting when our classes were finished. Th i s did not help to build up our interest in going to high school.
During the years of riding the bus there were some happenings that wer e v ery funny and some of them were not, but they were the usual things , I’ m sure, that happened thru the years. Not worth mentioning here, bu t at t he time they were rather amusing or serious which ever the case .
This is where I met my first wife Donna Peterson. Her mother moved to Sh o w Low to teach school and we became engaged. Donna and I were married t h e 2nd of June 1933 at the home of my sister Alzada in Show Low by the J us tice of the Peace, Jesse J. Beady, about 8 in the evening. We had as w itn esses our friends, George and Nell Woolford .
At this time the depression was well on its way and little if any work w a s hard to come by. There were several of us that went to Holbrook to en li st or sign up with the CCC camp. It was to get started by the 1st of J uly . Our pay would be $30.00 a month. I would get $5.00 and the wife wou ld g et $25.00.
I worked at this camp all that summer. Its head quarters was just sout h o f Pinetop just before the reservation fence. We worked out in the woo ds b uilding and improving spring and water holes for the wild game and a lso b uilding roads and trails in the forest for fire roads. It helpe d a lot wh en it came to getting to forest fires as I learned in later ye ars as I wo rked at fire protection for the Apache Indian Reservation . I stayed in th e camp all that summer.
I was there all that summer driving truck for a Mr. Jerry Porter form He b er. He was one of the bosses to oversee the work. We worked road buildi n g in the forest and we also made paths thru the wooded areas. We spen t mo st of the summer at Phoenix Park. It was located south and west betw een C lay Springs and Heber. From there we would go out and cut fence pos t an d also build fire roads in the forest .
Our main camp for all the troops and headquarters was south of Pineto p o n the west side of the highway going to McNary just before you crosse d th e reservation line. There was a big canyon in there and also a sprin g wit h plenty of water. With the exception of what few local boys were t here , the rest were from down in Texas. The camp was made up of about 50 0 CC C men and it was run army style. Army officers and NCO’s along wit h som e of the older men were hired as foremen. I was there all that summ er. Th ey moved the camp to Globe for the winter. In the meantime I go t a job i n Lakeside at the Fish sawmill and worked there in the winter w hen it was n’t to stormy.
I worked around on different road jobs the next summer and winter, but t h ere was very little steady work and it was a hard time to get work. Th e g overnment finally set up some different kinds of jobs where we coul d wor k 2 weeks on and 2 weeks off.
In the winter of 1934, I went to work over in Apache County up until t h e job was shut down on the account of too much storm. This was the wint e r Lloyd Vaughn was born, Dec. 15, 1934. He was born in St. Johns. We th e n came back to Show Low and lived there until spring. I got work with t h e Indian Forest Service in the summer of 1935. I worked up there up o n th e lookout tower as a fire guard until August or September, then I wa s lai d off.
There was always work you could get, but there was no money for the wor k . We would have to take what ever we could get. It was mostly what yo u co uld use or trade for something at the stores for groceries. Leroy El lswor th had a store there in town and he was very good to take this in a s he c ould in turn trade it to the stores in Holbrook for more food an d supplie s. Some times it was really hard to come by any cash. There aga in in th e summer I would go back over to White River and work for the In dian Fore st Service fighting fires and on the towers. This was a very in terestin g job as there were very few roads in there and there were lot s of fish a nd other game to be had. In the winter time from 1936 to 193 9 we would mo ve down to Tucson and work for Donna’s brother in-law, bu t this was neve r too pleasant for me. In the spring of 1939 they decide d we should ge t a divorce, which we did.
This was in the spring of 1939. I then went to Prescott and tried selli n g sewing machines. I worked there until the first of the year 1940 wh e n I came back to Show Low. For the rest of the winter my parents wer e i n the valley spending the winter and working in the Temple, while I s taye d and looked after their home.
In the spring I went to Mesa where I went to work for a friend by the na m e of Fred Campbell. I had worked with him in White River and at Show L o w several different times. I worked with him until I went to work in t h e state hospital. I worked there off and on until I went into the servi ce . During this time I was around my children Vaughn and Paula, but my ‘ x ’ was not very understanding and would do everything she could to kee p m e away from them. I could not find them when I went into the servic e an d she would not let me see them or tell me where they were .
I went into the Army in the Medical Corp in August 1942 and was sent t o A bilene, Texas for three months and into South Carolina where I finish ed m y basic training. Then in Feb. 1943, I was sent back to California w her e we were put on a ship and sent to India via New Zealand and Austral ia . Then to Bombay, India then up along the coast to Karachi fighting i n th e South Seas. We were in a troop ship and was alone and no escort . I don’ t know how we made it, but we did without too much trouble .
We were there for about four months then put on a troop train and sen t t o Calcutta where I was put on detached services with the military pol ic e and was to buy the beef and food of all ports for the troops. This w a s in the 1943. There was a famine and there were sights there that wou l d tear your heart out. People were starving and we were not allowed t o sh ow any concern. I was here for about six months when I was sent up t o th e 20th bomber group to buy and butcher their beef, which was quit e a chor e. I was in charge of all the inspection of all meat food for al l the tro ops there and also over the Hump.
We had to fly this meat over in planes. While here I had the pleasur e o f meeting General Stillwell who was inspecting our operations. He wa s a v ery nice and friendly man. We were in charge of the horses that wer e ship ped from Australia and New Zealand. This in its self was quite a c hore a s these horses had been on ship for 2 to 3 weeks and they were har d to ha ndle. When they were released from the ship and corals they woul d break a nd run in a stampeding manner and were very dangerous and coul d cause suc h damage if they ever got out of control. They were very mea n as they ha d been mishandled on the ship by the crew men. We would hav e to keep the m there for quarantine for so many days and also doctor th e ones that wa s sick and had some kind of accident. Then we would ship t hem to Rangoo n for the Chinese Army to use as pack animals. The report s were that th e Chinese would eat them as there was a shortage of meat u p that way .
(This is all I have, I don't know if he ever finished his life story. De b bie Palmer Morgan, grand daughter.) | Whipple, Milton Lloyd (I161435)
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Minister and champion of Liberty. He immigrated to Salem, MA where his s t rong belief in civic and religious liberty put him at odds with the Pur it ans. He founded the colony of Rhode Island.
Roger's youth was spent in the parish of St. Sepulchre's without Newgat e , London. This was at a time when so-called Puritans and heretics wer e be ing burned at the stake in nearby Smithfield. The burnings ended i n 1611- 1612, but they probably influenced the young Roger in his later b eliefs i n civic and religious liberty.
During his teens, Roger Williams came to the attention of Sir Edward Cok e , one-time Chief Justice of England, through whose influence he was enr ol led at Sutton's Hospital, a part of Charter House, a school in London . H e next entered Pembroke College at Cambridge University from which h e gra duated in 1627. All of the literature currently available at Pembro ke t o prospective students mentions Roger Williams, his part in the Refo rmati on, and his founding of the Colony of Rhode Island. At Pembroke, h e was o ne of eight students granted scholarships based on excellence i n Latin, G reek and Hebrew.
After he left Cambridge, Roger Williams was Chaplain to a wealthy famil y , and on 15 December 1629 he married at the Church of High Laver, Esse x , England, Mary Barnard the daughter of the Reverend Richard Barnard o f N ottinghamshire. He became one of a growing group whose ideas of sou l libe rty and the separation of church and state differed from the estab lishe d Church of England. When he discovered he was to be brought befor e the K ing's Council for trial, he thought it expedient to leave England . He an d Mary sailed aboard the ship LYON. After 67 days at sea, they ar rive d 5 February 1631 at Boston in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Roger preached first at Salem, then at Plymouth, then back to Salem, alw a ys at odds with the structured Puritans. When he was about to be deport e d to England, Roger fled southwest out of the Massachusetts Bay Colony . H e was befriended by local Indians, and eventually settled at the head wate rs of what is now Narragansett Bay, after he learned that his firs t settl ement on the east bank of the Seekonk River was within the bounda ries o f the Plymouth Colony.
Roger purchased land from the Narragansett Chiefs Canonicus and Miantono m i, and named his settlement Providence in thanks to God. The original d ee d remains in the archives of the City of Providence.
In 1638, Ezekiel Holliman, in the absence of any scripturally baptized p e rson in the new world, is known to have baptized or rebaptized Roger Wi ll iams who in turn baptized Ezekiel Holliman and the following ten men : Joh n Throckmorton, Richard Scott, Stukeley Westcott, Thomas James, Rob ert Co le, John Greene, William Harris, Thomas Olney, Francis Weston an d Richar d Waterman. These twelve men are considered founding of the Th e First Bap tist Church in America, a congregation which remains active t oday in it s beautiful old church on North Main Street in Providence. I n addition, t he following women were known to have been baptized and the refore though t to have joined with the church at the time of its origin : Mrs. Mary Wil liams, Mrs. Thorgmorton, Mrs. Olney, Mrs. Westcott, Mrs . Holliman, Wido w Reeves, and probably Mrs. Richard Scott.
Roger made two trips back to England during his lifetime, the first in J u ne or July 1643 to obtain a charter for his colony to forestall the att em pts of neighboring colonies to take over Providence. He returned wit h a c harter for the Providence Plantations in Narragansett Bay which inc orpora ted Providence, Newport and Portsmouth. During this voyage, he pro duced h is best known literary work Key Into the Languages of America, wh ich, whe n published in London in 1643, made him the authority on America n Indians .
In 1651, Colony affairs again interfered, and he sold his trading pos t a t Concumscussoc (now North Kingstown) to raise fund for another voyag e t o England to have the first charter confirmed. He was accompanied b y Reve rend John Clarke of Newport who stayed on when family responsibili ties ca used Roger's return sometime before 1654. John Clarke finally obt ained th e Royal Charter from Charles II on 8 July 1663, thereby avertin g furthe r trouble with William Coddington and other colonists at Newport , who ha d previously obtained a charter for a separate colony.
Roger Williams was Governor of the Colony 1654 through 1658. During th e l ater years of his life, he saw almost all of Providence burned durin g Kin g Phillip's War, 1675 to 1676. He lived to see Providence rebuilt . He con tinued to preach, and the colony grew through its acceptance o f settler s of all religious persuasions. Volumes I and II of The Corresp ondence o f Roger Williams, published in 1988 for the Rhode Island Histor ical Socie ty, Glenn W. LaFantasie, Editor, present an excellent pictur e of his phil osophy and personality. Unfortunately, there was no known p ainting made o f him during his lifetime, although many artists and sculp tors have portr ayed him as they envision him.
Source: Human Rights Great lives by William Jay Jacobs
His father owned a tailor shop on Cow Lane. The family room and kitche n e xtended ack to the rear of the store, with bedrooms ranged above on t he s econd floor.
He learned the newly developed shorthand and would take down the sermon s . He was hired by Sir Edward Coke as his secretary. in 1621 he provid e d a scholarship for him at the Charterhouse School to prepare him for c ol lege.
In 1627 Roger Williams graduated with honors from Cambridge University , a gain on scholarship. Two years later he was ordained at Cambridge a s a Pr otestant minister.
In 1628, Roger Williams became personal chaplain to Sir William Masha m , a country gentleman. He married Mary Barnard who worked in Masham's h ou sehold. In 1630 they set sail aboard the Lyon. After a rough crossing , th ey arrived near Boston on February 5, 1631. The Massachusetts Genera l Cou rt offered him a position as minister to the Boston congregation. H e refu sed. He said that the Church should be separate from the governmen t. Hi s followers were called "Separatists".
He ministered at Plymouth Colony made up of the society of Pilgrims le d b y Governor William Bradford.
Next Williams became minister in Salem, Massachusetts Bay. He clashed wi t h the Puritan minister John Cotton. All religion, not just one shoul d b e tolerated. They didn't like either his opinion of the treatment o f th e Indians. The General Court lost patience with him on Oct 9, 1635 f or pr eaching "new and dangerous opinions". He fled on foot into the wild ernes s in midwinter snows.
He survived with the friendship with the Indians Wampanoags and the Narr a gansetts. He stayed 14 weeks in a bitter winter season. In 1636 he cros se d the Seekonk River and established the colon of Providence, a gift fr o m Canonicus chief of the Narragansetts.
His wife and second daughter named "Freeborn" came. He was contemporar y w ith Anne Hutchinson. They gained title to the islands of Prudence an d Aqu idneck, part of Rhode Island for forty fathoms of white beads, te n coats , and twenty hoes. It was a gift of love that chiefs Canonicus an d Mianto nomi had for Roger Williams.
1643 Rhode Island had grown to include Providence, Portsmouth, Newport , a nd Warwick all which began a haven for persecuted of which the Quaker s we re part. He wrote a book called "The Bloody Tenet of Persecution". H e bel ieved civil power belonged to the people.
In 1654 he was elected president of Rhode Island. For the rest of his li f e he was a public servant, never receiving pay for his work. He was a f ar mer and trader. He died 1683 at about age 80. He was respected for hi s ho nesty, generosity, open-mindedness, but most of all his desire to li v e a live in the cause of humanity. | Williams, Roger (I175946)
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Miss Margaret Collins Becomes Bride of Duane Westfall
Before an altar banked with Easter lilies and white snapdragons an attra c tive wedding ceremony took place at 4 p. m. Saturday in 'St. Agnes' Chu rc h, when Miss Margaret Jayne Collins, daughter of ,Dr and Mrs. George R . C ollins, became the bride of Duane Carson Westfall, son of Mr. and Mrs . Jo hn L. Westfall, of Avon. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Will iam F . Gaynor in the presence of many socially prominent guests. The bri de ent ered with her father who gave her in marriage. She wore a gown o f ivory f aile designed with fitted bodice, long fitted sleeves, sweethea rt necklin e, and long full skirt en train. She wore an heirloom Juliet c ap of pearl s from which fell a veil of illusion tulle. She carried a whi te prayer bo ok with white satin streamers caught with lilies of the vall ey.
Miss Mary E. Collins of Rochester, Sister, of the bride, was maid of hon o r and Miss Martha Ann Collins of Avon, was bridesmaid. They wore gown s al ike of ivory faile fashioned with sweetheart neckline, bracelet slee ves , and bouffant floor length skirts. They wore small flame red hats ti ed i n the back with matching ribbons. They carried old fashioned bouquet s o f red camellias and cream colored freesia tied with red and white rib bons . Miss Maureen Joan Collins, sister of the bride, was junior bridesm aid . She was dressed like the other attendants and wore a flame red velv et r ibbon at the waist. She carried a similar bouquet. Marcia Joan Coll ins , another sister of the bride, was flower girl. She wore a gown simil ar t o the junior bridesmaid. She carried a bouquet of sweetheart roses a nd fo rget-me-nots tied with a shower of varicolored ribbons. John C. Wes tfall , brother of the bridegroom, was best man and the ushers were Joh n R. Col lins, Buffalo, brother of the bride, Elliott L. Cummings, Jr., o f Avon, M axwell Sweeney of Industry, and Ira Browne, Avon. The bride’s m other wa s attired in a gown of black triple sheer with white lace colla r and a sm all black turban trimmed with lilies of the valley. She wor e a corsage o f red camellias and white freesia. The mother of the brideg room wore a go wn of sheer blue wool with fitted jacket and a small blac k ha t trimmed , with matching blue flowers. Her corsage was of pink rose buds. Followin g the ceremony, a reception was held in Avon Inn where th e bridal party m et their guests in the reception room before the firepla ce which was bank ed with palms arid spring flowers. The bride's table wa s centered wit h a bouquet of spring flowers and tall ivory tapers in cry stal candelabra .
After the reception the couple left for a trip through Williamsburg an d t he Southern States. On their return Mr. and Mrs. Westfall will resid e a t 18 Lacy St., in this village. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Donald L ewis , Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Kohn, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Westfall, Mrs., Wa lte r Westfall, Miss Louise Meiggs, Mrs. William Carsen and Dr. and Mrs . Robe rt Richie, all of Rochester, and Miss Teresa Mahan and Dr. and Mrs . Berna rd Mahan of Buffalo, Daniel Collins, Miss Esther Collins and Mis s Mabel C ollins of Austin, Pa., and Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Moone of Savona . Prenuptia l events for Miss Collins included: A dining room shower give n by Mrs. El liott Cummings; a tea by Mrs. Van Zandt Knight and Mrs. Joh n Westfall i n Mrs. Knight's home, "West Winds; " a surprise kitchen show er by Mrs. Cu mmings; a buffet supper by Mr. and' Mrs. John Westfall; a v ariety showe r by the Tuesday Night Club in the home of Mrs. William Coyn e.
The Avon Herald News, Jan 17, 1941. p 5. | Collins, Margaret Jayne (I174055)
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Mission:
Age Called: 22
Canadian
Set Apart: 14 January 1930
Departed From Home: 16 January 193 0
Priesthood office: Elder
Called From: United States
Set apart by: George Albert Smith | Bennett, Earl Reed (I4800)
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Mom was a fun and loving stay-at-home mom for my life in my childhood ho m e. She developed many homemaking skills. Sewing was a special talent o f h er;s. I always felt well dress in the clothing she made. She also spe nt t ime knitting and crocheting. She was a good cook. She was willing t o shar e her talents with family and friends. She created a loving home f or he r children. | Johnson, Lorna Moveda (I126985)
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Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel
Cyrus H. Wheelock Company 1853
Taylor, Joseph (53)
Taylor, Harriet Barnes (49)
Taylor, George John (30)
Taylor, Martha Annley (26)
Taylor, Mary Annley (22)
Taylor, Samuel Barnes (12)
Joseph and Harriet Taylor emigrated from England to the United State s o n a ship called the Elvira Owen. They left a port at Liverpool on th e 15t h of February 1853 and arrived in New Orleans the 31st of March 185 3. Som e fell ill of small pox during their travels. There were three bir ths, th ree marriages, and three deaths amongst their company. | Barnes, Harriet (I110262)
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MORONI WEST SMITH
My father [Jesse Nathaniel Smith, Jr.] and mother [Mary Ann Mitchell] w e re both born in Parowan, Iron County, Utah. In 1880, when my father wa s 1 9 years and my mother 17, they were married in the St. George Temple , an d went by wagon to Snowflake, Arizona. Grandfather Smith [Jesse Nath anie l Smith Sr.] had already settled there. In 1884 father took a plura l wife , according to the accepted practice at that time. A year or two l ater fa ther joined other plural families in a move to Mexico, to avoid p ersecuti on at the hands of United States Marshals .
I, Moroni West Smith, was born on a hot August 1st, 1894, at Colonia Pa c heco, Chihuahua, Mexico. My father, Jesse N. Smith, Jr., was Bishop o f th e ward at that time. When I was two years old, he moved my mother, M ary A nn Mitchell Smith, and her children, down to the valley from the mo untain s where we lived. My earliest recollection is of the adobe house d own i n the Dublan fields.
Father had attended the University of Utah on a scholarship before he w a s married. In my eyes, he was the bravest, smartest, most honest and up ri ght man in the world. He never used offensive language anywhere at an y ti me. Father’s activities were varied: school teacher, farmer, freight er, r ancher. Always I remember teams and wagons, growing and harvestin g [crops ], winter food stored, cattle, horses, cows to be milked twic e a day, pig s and chickens to be tended, wood to chop and be carried t o the house. A t first we got our water from a ditch out in the street. L ater we drew i t up out of an open well about 30 feet from the house.
My mother bore 11 children without the aid of a doctor. In spite of h e r frail body, and delicate health, she was a ministering angel of merc y a nd devotion to her large family. Home meant food and shelter and secu rity ; a good book by the winter fireplace; everyone singing while mothe r an d my sisters played their guitars; games, family love, and infinit e peace .
I remember Sunday School, and Primary, and day school, and wonderful te a chers. I loved to sing in the operettas, cantatas, and take part in pla ys . I sang in the high school operettas, and one year I sang the lead. I n c ollege I belonged for two years to the male glee club of 24 voices. W e to ok two-week tours of high schools in Utah and Idaho each spring .
In 1912, Mexico was torn by revolution. In Chihuahua, Salazar and Vil l a were active. The Church leaders advised the colonists to get out of M ex ico until things quieted down. Father died of a lingering illness 13 J uly , 1912. Two weeks later, mother and her younger children joined the e xodu s to the United States. We had a trunk, a bed roll, and a lunch box , an d intended to return soon. Instead of waiting it out at El Paso, a s so ma ny of the refuges did, mother went to Snowflake, the land of th e Smiths . We kids had hardly seen a relative. In Snowflake there were hu ndreds o f them. We loved them.
After two years, it became apparent we would not return home. Mother’ s b rothers sent her money to come to Utah. Parowan! I grew up on storie s o f mother’s childhood home. Nor was I disappointed. The Mitchell uncle s an d aunts and cousins took us right into their hearts. We boys got wor k. Wi lliam sent money home from Arizona where he was teaching school, an d we b uilt mother a four room bungalo[w] near Uncle Will and Uncle Walte r Mitch ell. PAROWAN: Uncle Walter’s saw-mill; the Day Farms; love and go od fello wship.
I enlisted in the army June 4, 1917. I attained the rank of sergeant, a n d demobilized from officer’s training school at Camp Pike, Arkansas, t h e latter part of November, 1918. Back home I found a community in quara nt ine for the flu. No work, no socials. I turned to the public library f o r stimulation. There I found an article in an Improvement Era by Profes so r N. A. Pedersen of Utah State University. He said there was a good ch anc e for ambitious, rural youth to work their way through the Universit y . I decided the article was written for me. At that time I had complet e d three years of high school at three different academies .
On September 15, 1919, I placed all my saved wages to my mother’s accou n t, borrowed $150.00 from the bank, and went to Logan, Utah. I found wo r k (for two years I milked cows at the college barn) and graduated wi t h a BS degree in the spring of 1922. I was a charter member of the Univ er sity Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi. My major was agronomy [field crop produ cti on and soil management]; minor, was education. I hold a professiona l hig h school teacher’s certificate, and have taught continuously from 1 922 t o 1962, with the exception of two years, 1946-1948. Those years w e trie d the grocery business. After five years teaching in high school , I switc hed to Seminary teaching with the same age group. I received a n MS Degre e in Religious Education from Brigham Young University in 193 2 .
I have always loved the doctrine, the brotherhood, and the wholesomene s s of our Church. I have directed music, drama, dance, and games in th e M . I. A. [the Church’s Mutual Improvement Association for youth ages 1 2 t o 18] and in Sunday School. I have served on Stake boards for both or gani zations. I have worked in [the] M. I. A. [Mutual Improvement Associa tion , or Church Teen Organization] superintendency, and have been Sunda y Scho ol Superintendent for many years. In the thirty years [that] my wi fe an d I served as organist and chorister in choirs of four different wa rds, w e produced operettas, sacred cantatas, and special concerts with t he choi r members. I was a member of the Seventy Quorum Presidency for ni ne years .
I have written the following dramatic pageants and produced them with t h e help of my wife: Nine graduation pageants for Seminary classes at Ric hf ield when I was Principal there; The Manti Temple Jubilee Pageant (pro duc ed on a double stage east of the Temple for eight nights); The Sevie r Cou nty Centennial pageant, presented two nights at the County Fair Gro unds , (President David O. McKay participated in the final episode); A Re lie f Society Centennial Pageant produced in four different stakes.
Over the years my life has been enriched by the association of high sch o ol students, and the members of the several faculties I ave served wit h . It has been my privilege to know many of our beloved Church leaders . Am ong those whom I have known and had some contact with are: Elder Geo rge T easdale and Matthias F. Cowley who came to our home often in Mexico . Som e others: President Anthony W. Ivins, Heber J. Grant, George Alber t Smith , Hugh B. Brown and David O. McKay. Also Elders Joseph Fielding S mith, Jo hn A. Widsoe, Melvin J. Ballard, Joseph W. Merrill, Adam S. Benn ion, Ezr a Taft Benson and Marion G. Romney. Among the assistant to the T welve: Bo yd K. Packer, Henry D. Moyle, ElRay Christiansen, and Alma Sonn e. First Q uorum of the Seventy: Antoine R. Ivins, Milton R. Hunter, Mari on D. Hanks , A. Theodore Tuttle.
Dublan gave me my most ideal years; the world was full of beauty and go o dness. There was no evil. The Mormon Colonists of Mexico came nearer li vi ng their religion than any group I have ever seen. My parents were lea der s in Christian living.
Parowan ranks in my life because of mother’s family and childhood frien d s and neighbors [who] were so gracious to us. My many cousins afforde d m e the most enjoyable associations. Often the girl cousins were willin g t o act as my date. Harold and Warner were pals.
Richfield 1923-1927: I found my wife, Lena LaVerda Poole, and our fami l y began with the birth of our daughter, Ramona .
Hyrum 1927-1936: Three more children were born to us: Jesse Robert, Ren a e, [and] Diane. At Hyrum we made a host of friends in different Activit ie s—dancing, drama, Ward Choir operettas, Cantatas, Tennis, Lion Club ac tiv ities, political activities, pageants. We brought many people into pa rtic ipation.
Back to Richfield as Seminary Principal 1936-1946. These were our produ c tive years of dramatic pageants. Even yet, people speak kindly of our w or k there. But most important of all, our daughter, Sondra, was born the re .
These four lovely daughters and one fine son are a great comfort and su p port for us. We are proud of them and of their life companions. We ar e al so proud of our fine grandchildren—13 of them at this writing. We ha ve be en extremely blessed by the bright spirits whom the Lord has sent t o mak e our family.
Provo has been a rich experience socially and culturally; the high sch o ol activities and the Y [Brigham Young University] offerings! Concerts , d ramas, extension classes, leadership weeks, forum Assemblies, specia l dis cussions, ball games, athletic events! I hope to see the Y play an y colle ge football team on even terms. It will come !
The Lord had been good and gracious to me and mine all the days of my l i fe. I have sought Him early and late. May His love and care remain wit h u s and be our intimate companion to the very end of each of our lives , i s my humble and fervent prayer. AMEN | Smith, Moroni West (I173824)
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Mother of actress Estelle Taylor and mother-in-law of fighter Jack Demps e y. Bertha was married to Harry Boylan a former vaudeville actor. | Boylan, Bertha (I97902)
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Moved to Arizona in mid-1920s, managed Singer Sewing Co. in Flagstaff. M o ved to Winslow in 1940; started small business Whipple's of Winslow (n o w Whipple's Family Fashions). Served two terms as Winslow's mayor. | Whipple, Floyd Cleo (I68904)
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My father loved to make people smile. He always had a funny story to te l l or practical joke. He worked very hard for our family, as an operato r a t a nuclear energy facility and other odd jobs to provide for a famil y o f ten. He was an excellent snow skier; he and his boys sold firewoo d to t he Kelly Canyon owners for free ski passes. His dream was to trave l, an d he had plans of traveling when he retired. He died of a heart at tack a t the young age of 48. | Bush, William Frank (I127857)
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