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Talmai, Ahiman and Sheshai were Nephilim, three giant sons of Anak w h o m C aleb and the spies saw in Mount Hebron (Book of Numbers 13:22) wh e n t he y went in to explore the land. They were afterwards driven out a n d sla i n (Joshua 15:14; Judges 1:10). | Ahiman (I64856)
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Talmai, Ahiman and Sheshai were Nephilim, three giant sons of Anak w h o m C aleb and the spies saw in Mount Hebron (Book of Numbers 13:22) wh e n t he y went in to explore the land. They were afterwards driven out a n d sla i n (Joshua 15:14; Judges 1:10). | Sheshai (I64857)
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TAYLORSVILLE - Norman Wallace Shaw, age 62, died March 15, 1983.
Born February 25, 1921, in Weir City, Kansas, to Ernest and Bessie M a u d e Wilson Shaw. Married Leona Amanda Silcox Pappa February 22, 1947 , E lk o, Nevada. He received his education in Weir and Pittsburgh, Kansa s. S er ve d in the Air Force dung World War II. He was a qualified radi o oper a to r mechanic, and was stationed in Brazil. He was employed at t he Amer ic a n Oil Refinery for 25 years. In 1971, he was forced to tak e a disabi li t y retirement.
Survivors: Wife, one son, two daughters, Mrs. Charles (Shirley) Warr e n , Bountiful; Mrs. Jim (Norma) Boynton, Taylorsville; Richard K., Wes t J o r dan; nine grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two brothers , tw o s ist ers, Mark T., Indepennce, Missouri; Jack P., Locust Grove, O klaho ma; Mr s. Virginia Riley, St. Clair, Missouri; Mrs. Daisy Cave, Blu e Eye , M issou ri.
Funeral services Friday 2 p.m., in the Taylorsville 5th Ward, 1555 L o v e ly Road. Friends may call Thursday, 6 to 8 p.m., at McDougal Funer a l ho me, 4330 So. Redwood, and Friday, at the church, one hour prior t o s ervi ces. Interment, Rivern Cemetery.
Those who knew Norman's family when he was growing up may have been pu z z l ed if they heard him referred to as Norman. When Norman was about s i x y ea rs old he was going out the back door of their home with his bro th er s Jac k and Mark one day during the era of Barney Google, the comi c st ri p chara cter who wore a long billed cap similar to a baseball cap .
Mark grabbed such a cap off of a nail by the door and slapped it on No r m a n's head and told him he looked like Barney Google. Norman replie d h e w as n't Barney Google and from that time forward the family calle d hi m Bar ne y to the day of his death.
Origin of story related to Norman's son Richard by Mark, Norman's brot h e r.
During World War II Norman was stationed for a time at the US Air B a s e a t Natal, Brazil. As is typical with all military operations ther e w a s rou tine training for all personnel.
Norman was a radio operator and was assigned to a training mission o n e d a y on a flight over the Brazilian jungle. There were mechanical pr ob lem s d uring the flight and the plane crashed in the jungle. Norman w a s th e onl y survivor.
Norman never talked about the war with his family as was true with m a n y W orld War Two veterans. The first we learned of this event was a t No rm an' s funeral from one of Norman's friends,Wayne Holbrook.
Richard K. Shaw | Shaw, Norman Wallace (I22278)
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TEAH JENSINA JOHNSON 14 December 1847 - 23 December 1933
Teah, daughter of John and Karen Christina Jensen Johnson, was bor n 1 4 D e c 1847, in Bornholm, Denmark. Her parents, were thrifty, indust riou s a n d honest, and had been successful in accumulating a large far m of 6 00 a cr es, stocked with horses, sheep and cows, and all kinds o f impleme nts n ece ssary to maintain such a place.
The house and barns were built around a square court. The dwelling ap a r t ments were on the north side, facing the court, and consisted o f a li vi n g room, dining room, kitchen cook room, and bedrooms. In th e west e n d wa s a large dance hall with a basement beneath where they s tored the i r vege tables and grain.
The animals were housed in barns on the south side, and east of the c o u r t was a barn containing hay and feed for them, sheds for the farm i mp le me nts and a thrashing floor. From the milk, butter and cheese wer e ma d e i n the home dairy. The sheep were sheared and the housewife an d he r a ssis tants made the wool into yarn from which was made clothes , hosie ry, beddi ng and household necessities. Flax and hemp was grown f rom whi c h they ma de their linen, rope and brooms. In fact, the home li fe was t h e life o f a small community in miniature, as they produced pr acticall y a ll they c onsumed. They rose early and worked late, but th e evening s wer e happy wi th music and dancing. The neighbors would ofte n gather a t th e Johnson ho me to join in these festivities.
The Gospel was first introduced in Bornholm in 1851. The Johnson fa m i l y was interested in it's message at once. Two years later they acce p t e d it and were baptized 8 June 1853. Teah was a Child just 5 year s o f a g e at this time but she still remembers the persecutions that ra ge d an d th e terrible suffering her parents had to go through before th e y lef t thei r native country. Many times mobs were led against them. T he y tr ample d down their grain, knocked windows out, battered down thei r d oor s and ev en threatened their lives.
As soon as they could dispose of their belongings they left their na t i v e country. In order to do this, Grandfather Johnson had to practica l l y g ive his immense farm away. He received about $8,600. which was m a n y time s less than it's value, but was glad to get away from a plac e wh er e the y were so ill treated. They rejoiced in the fact that the y had m ea ns eno ugh to take them to Utah. He used every cent of his mon ey to im mi grate h is family, and many friends, who were all anxiously w aiting t o co me to Ut ah, but had no finances.
The company left Bornholm in the fall of the year and sailed from Live r p o ol on 3 January 1854, on the ship Jesse Munn, landing in New Orlean s , 1 5 Feb 1854. They sailed up the Mississippi River to St. Louis. Wh i l e o n the river Mother's aunt and four of her children died of chole r a an d we re buried at the different landings along the way. They remai ne d a t St. Louis until spring, making preparations to cross the plains . Th ei r rou te was as follows: Up the Missouri River to Westport Landin g (n o w Kansa s City). Here they were unloaded in a growth of timber, wi tho u t shelte r of any kind, until their wagons and camping equipment ar riv e d from St. Louis. They remained at Westport six weeks to make fina l pr e paration s for their long journey. Teah's brother-in-law died her e leav i ng his wi fe and baby.
Hans P. Olsen was made captain of the company. They traveled up the s o u t h side of the Platt River to the South Platt, which they crosse d a li tt l e below Julesburg, CO, by way of Ash Hollow, to the North Pla tt, an d fo ll owed up the south side to the Lansing River. When near Lar amie, t he c omp any was passing a large Indian encampment and here two c ows wer e sho t tha t were being led behind the wagons of the owners. Th e compan y repo rted t heir loss at the Fort, but the authorities were un able to m ake th e Indian s disband. Later the Redskins burned the fort . (See artic le a t the en d of this sketch)
Teah and her younger brother were too small to walk with the res t o f t h e company, but usually rode with their mother in one of the wag ons . Oc ca sionally the children would become so tired that they were al lowe d t o ru n along by the wagon to stretch their legs and they though t it g rea t spor t.
From Fort Laramie they crossed to the North side of the Platt rive r a n d f rom there followed the old Pioneer trail into Salt Lake City, w her e t he y arrived 5 Oct. 1854, almost a year from the time they left t hei r hom e. Just as they reached Salt Lake City, a grown sister of Teah' s di ed, ha ving caught cold while coming through the mountains.
Grandfather Johnson's family went on to Brigham City and built their f i r s t house of logs in the southwestern part of the town. He later bu i l t a l arge adobe house, which is still standing and it is here that T e a h spen t her girlhood days. As a Child she was compelled to work har d . She sel dom had an hour to play. If she ever did have any leisure t i m e it was wh ile she was out in the field keeping the cows out of th e co r n and wheat. She sometimes built little houses of willows, would m ak e d olls and fam ilies of dolls out of sticks and brush and dress the m u p i n leaves.
While out in the fields so much alone, caring for the cows, many tim e s s h e was approached by Indians. She said she always tried to be brav e , a s s he knew the Indians hated a coward, but she was always so frigh te ne d tha t she sometimes wondered how she ever lived through it. At on e t im e, sh e and another girl were out in the brush, north of Brigham C ity , hu ntin g for lost cattle when two buck Indians rode up to them o n hors ebac k an d began riding around them in a circle calling their wa r whoops . T his k ept up for some time when one of the Indians jumped f rom his h ors e and gr abbed her friend, throwing her on the ground. Th e girls wer e sc reaming a s loud as they could, little thinking that any thing woul d happe n to sav e them. Just at this time a man came swiftl y toward the m on hor seback. The Indians became frightened and leaped up on their hors es an d escape d in the brush.
Teah was 10 years of age when Brigham Young called the move south . S h e h ad to drive cows all the way and they got as far as Goshen befo re t he y we re called back. When they left Brigham she carried a littl e bund l e of st raw and braided an eleven strand straw hat. Her mother s ewe d i t for he r when they reached Salt Lake and she wore it to save he r su nbon net for b est.
She went to school in the winter time in the house of the people o f t h e c ommunity. They used any books that the family had. As books we r e l imit ed the instruction was poor.
As she grew older she did all the weaving for her father's large fami l y . One year they made several hundred yards of flannel, 70 yards of tH is w as dress goods. From this Teah made her dresses, blankets, sheets, q u ilt s etc., which made up her trousseau.
She married William L. Watkins, in the Endowment House in Salt Lak e C i t y 13 July 1867, she was his second wife. George Q. Cannon perform e d t h e ceremony. They built their home on 1st East and 1st North in Br ig ha m C ity, where she always lived. Eight children were born to them . Lew i s P., George W., Leslie L., Benjamin L., Irene, Mark Junius, Auri lla a n d Mabe l. Irene died when a small Child.
Teah was a homemaker and devoted much of her time to her house and t h e r e aring of her children. She found time to visit the sick and comfo r t t h e downcast. The stranger always found a hearty welcome at her hom e . T h e neighbors used to ask her if she kept a hotel, as there was sel d o m a we ek that the family was alone. She had ample room and traveler s c o ming fr om Cache Valley passing through Brigham to Salt Lake, woul d fe e d their ho rses and spend the night at Brother Watkins.
Teah was an excellent sewer; although she never had any special traini n g . She had a wonderful lot of experience. She made all the clothi n g f o r herself and family and it was always done beautifully. Before t h e da y s of patterns, young ladies would come to her with their dress m at eria l t o get her to cut it out for them. "Well maybe I can cobbl e a pat ter n ou t for you", and she always did.
Teah was a faithful Relief Society worker from the time she was a yo u n g w oman. She served as a teacher for many years, and from 5 April 1 9 0 5 unti l 3 December 1914, she served as first counselor to Sarah Wil d e i n the 4t h Ward in Brigham City.
In 1932 she had 7 living children, 42 grandchildren, 29 great grandchi l d r en. A full brother, L. P. Johnson who was 88. All respected, hono r e d an d loved her. There was nothing she enjoyed more than visiting w i t h her c hildren and grandchildren, and they were all delighted to ha v e he r come a nd stay with them.
When she was 84 years old she enjoyed good health, kept abreast of t h e t i mes by reading the newspaper daily, and enjoyed a short story o r no ve l a s much as she ever did. She was always rather retiring in he r disp os itio n, but was ever Ready to help those in need and was charit able an d k ind t o everyone. It was her policy to never think of herself , but t o d o all s he possibly could for the comfort and welfare of othe rs, ofte n ne glectin g her strength in order to do some kindly service t o a frien d i n need. She passed through all the trying, hard times whic h the ear l y pioneer s of Utah had to endure, and was a living example o f the stur d y characte r of those good people. Many thrilling stories sh e has tol d o f the earl y history of the state, and she always had an in terestin g audi ence when s he was so disposed.
Mother died 23 December 1933 at the home of her daughter, Mabel Anders o n . In her sketch, Lydia W. Forsgren said, "It's not what she has done , i t 's what she is...It's not where she has been...It's how she has li v e d tha t makes us interested in the life of Teach Johnson Watkins.
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........The Sioux generally were a peaceful lot until a passing Morm o n ' s lame cow came wandering into their camp one day in August 1854. M o s t b elieve the emigrant could have gotten the cow back if he had aske d , b ut i nstead he went to Fort Laramie.
This prompted a 2nd Lt. John Grattan to lead 28 soldiers, a canno n a n d a n interpreter to the Indian camp, where the cow had already bee n bu tc here d.
When the Sioux chief declined to give up young braves as prisoners f o r t h is minor offense, Grattan opened fire with his cannon, killing t h e chie f. He wanted blood; he got it. No member of his detachment survi ve d t h e enraged warriors, and the peace that came from the treaty of 1 85 1 wou l d never quite be repaired.
So Fort Laramie represented the coming destruction of the buffalo a n d t h e eventual disappearance of way of life for an entire culture o f no mad i c people................. | Jörgensdatter, Teah Jensina (I20673)
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Temperance Susan, fourth Child of William and Polly Penrod was bor n i n M i dway, Utah, on January 19, 1862.
She was seventeen years old at the time of her arrival in Arizon a i n D e c 1878.
On September 25, 1879 she married William Adam Stephens at the Willi s R a n ch near Show Low. After 1887 they made their home in Pinetop.
Mr. Stephens freighted from Pinetop to Albuquerque and later from Ft . A p a che to Holbrook.
William and Susan were parents of eleven children, six girls and fiv e b o y s: Arty Pollyanna, Temperance May, William Mitchel, George Walter , Ma r y E meline, Elnora Dorothy, Wilmer, Geneva, Chloa, Fredrick Jeffre y, a n d Vonn a Hazel. Susan passed away September 22, 1945, at her hom e in Pi ne top, ha ving reached the age of eighty-three.
Courtesy of Delbert Adair Jr. from Penrod Family History, Volume I. | Penrod, Temperance Susan (I160389)
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Tenant Farmer (Udbygger) | Jensen, Hans (I35963)
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Terry Bragg Obituary
Fox Funeral Home, Oct 21, 2011
Terry Morgan Bragg, 69, of Rock Springs, died Thursday, October 20 , 2 0 1 1 at Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County after a lengthy illne ss.
He was born December 26, 1941 in Salt Lake City, Utah, the son of Mo r g a n Bragg and Ila “Billie” Salverson Bragg.
He attended schools in Salt Lake City and graduated from Granger Hig h S c h ool.
He then attended Idaho State University where he received his associa t e s ’ degree in instrumentation.
He married Andra Lattig on March 22, 1969 in Pocatello, Idaho.
Terry was employed by Stauffer Chemical for 5 years and also Jim Bri d g e r for 25 years retiring in 1998.
His interests were hunting, fishing, spending time with his girls, gra n d c hildren, and friends.
Survivors include his wife Andra Bragg of Rock Springs; daughters Ke l l i B arrett and husband David of Nampa, Idaho, and Annette Bragg and c om pa nio n Eric Vranish of Rock Springs; brother Dave Bragg of Soda Spri ngs , I daho; brother-in-law Dr. Gary Lattig and wife Linda of Modesto, C alif orn ia; s isters Dawn Shafer of Sparks, Nevada, Kim Aledo and husban d Jo e o f Eureka, Nevada, and Colleen Stomer of Duvall, Washington; gran dchil dre n Willia m and Corinne Barrett, and Max Bragg; numerous niece s and ne phew s.
He was preceded in death by his parents and brother Danny Bragg.
Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, October 25, 2 0 1 1 a t the Emmanuel Baptist Church, 3309 Sweetwater Dr., Rock Springs . P as to r Abe Ogea officiating.
Friends may call 6 until 8 p.m. Monday, October 24, 2011 at Fox Fune r a l H ome, 2800 Commercial Way, Rock Springs, and Tuesday one hour pri o r t o th e services at the church.
Interment will take place in the Rock Springs Municipal Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family request that donations be made to Cow b o y s against Cancer, 1893 Dewar Dr., Rock Springs, WY, 82901. | Bragg, Terry Morgan (I147274)
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The 21st president of the United States.
The son of a Baptist preacher who had emigrated from northern Ireland, C h ester A. Arthur was America’s 21st President (1881-85), succeeding Pres id ent James Garfield upon his assassination.
Dignified, tall, and handsome, with clean-shaven chin and side-whisker s , Chester A. Arthur “looked like a President.”
The son of a Baptist preacher who had emigrated from northern Ireland, A r thur was born in Fairfield, Vermont, in 1829. He was graduated from Uni o n College in 1848, taught school, was admitted to the bar, and practic e d law in New York City. Early in the Civil War he served as Quartermast e r General of the State of New York.
President Grant in 1871 appointed him Collector of the Port of New Yor k . Arthur effectively marshalled the thousand Customs House employees un de r his supervision on behalf of Roscoe Conkling’s Stalwart Republican m ach ine.
Honorable in his personal life and his public career, Arthur neverthele s s was a firm believer in the spoils system when it was coming under veh em ent attack from reformers. He insisted upon honest administration of t h e Customs House, but staffed it with more employees than it needed, ret ai ning them for their merit as party workers rather than as Government o ffi cials.
In 1878 President Hayes, attempting to reform the Customs House, ouste d A rthur. Conkling and his followers tried to win redress by fighting fo r th e renomination of Grant at the 1880 Republican Convention. Failing , the y reluctantly accepted the nomination of Arthur for the Vice Presid ency.
During his brief tenure as Vice President, Arthur stood firmly beside Co n kling in his patronage struggle against President Garfield. But when Ar th ur succeeded to the Presidency, he was eager to prove himself above ma chi ne politics.
Avoiding old political friends, he became a man of fashion in his garb a n d associates, and often was seen with the elite of Washington, New Yor k , and Newport. To the indignation of the Stalwart Republicans, the onet im e Collector of the Port of New York became, as President, a champion o f c ivil service reform. Public pressure, heightened by the assassinatio n o f Garfield, forced an unwieldy Congress to heed the President.
In 1883 Congress passed the Pendleton Act, which established a bipartis a n Civil Service Commission, forbade levying political assessments again s t officeholders, and provided for a “classified system” that made certa i n Government positions obtainable only through competitive written exam in ations. The system protected employees against removal for political r eas ons.
Acting independently of party dogma, Arthur also tried to lower tariff r a tes so the Government would not be embarrassed by annual surpluses of r ev enue. Congress raised about as many rates as it trimmed, but Arthur si gne d the Tariff Act of 1883. Aggrieved Westerners and Southerners looke d t o the Democratic Party for redress, and the tariff began to emerge a s a m ajor political issue between the two parties.
The Arthur Administration enacted the first general Federal immigratio n l aw. Arthur approved a measure in 1882 excluding paupers, criminals, a nd l unatics. Congress suspended Chinese immigration for ten years, late r maki ng the restriction permanent.
Arthur demonstrated as President that he was above factions within the R e publican Party, if indeed not above the party itself. Perhaps in part h i s reason was the well-kept secret he had known since a year after he su cc eeded to the Presidency, that he was suffering from a fatal kidney dis eas e. He kept himself in the running for the Presidential nomination i n 188 4 in order not to appear that he feared defeat, but was not renomin ated , and died in 1886. Publisher Alexander K. McClure recalled, “No ma n eve r entered the Presidency so profoundly and widely distrusted, and n o on e ever retired … more generally respected.” | Arthur, President Chester Alan (I169873)
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The 30th president of the United States
A Republican lawyer from New England, born in Vermont, Coolidge worked h i s way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becomi n g governor of Massachusetts. His response to the Boston Police Strik e o f 1919 thrust him into the national spotlight and gave him a reputati on a s a man of decisive action. The next year, he was elected the 29th v ice p resident of the United States, and he succeeded to the presidency u pon th e sudden death of Warren G. Harding in 1923. Elected in his own ri ght i n 1924, he gained a reputation as a small-government conservative a nd als o as a man who said very little and had a dry sense of humor, rece iving t he nickname "Silent Cal". He chose not to run again in the 1928 e lection , remarking that ten years as president was (at the time) "longe r than an y other man has had it—too long!"
Throughout his gubernatorial career, Coolidge ran on the record of fisc a l conservatism and strong support for women's suffrage. He held a vagu e o pposition to Prohibition. During his presidency, he restored public c onfi dence in the White House after the many scandals of his predecessor' s adm inistration. He signed into law the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 , whic h granted US citizenship to the indigenous peoples of the United S tates , and oversaw a period of rapid and expansive economic growth in th e coun try, known as the "Roaring Twenties", leaving office with consider able po pularity.[5] He was known for his hands-off approach to governin g and fo r his pro-business stances. As a Coolidge biographer wrote: "H e embodie d the spirit and hopes of the middle class, could interpret the ir longing s and express their opinions. That he did represent the geniu s of the ave rage is the most convincing proof of his strength."
Scholars have ranked Coolidge in the lower half of U.S presidents. He ga i ns almost universal praise for his stalwart support of racial equalit y du ring a period of heightened racial tension in the United States, an d is h eavily praised by advocates of smaller government and laissez-fair e econo mics, while supporters of an active central government generall y view hi m far less favorably. His critics argue that he failed to use t he country 's economic boom to help struggling farmers and workers in oth er flailin g industries. There is also still much debate between historia ns as to th e extent Coolidge's economic policies contributed to the onse t of the Gre at Depression. However, it is widely accepted, including b y his own Presi dential Foundation, that the Federal Reserve System unde r his administrat ion was partly responsible for the stock market crash o f 1929 that occurr ed soon after he left office, which signaled the begin ning of the Depress ion. | Coolidge, President John Calvin (I170009)
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The Abigail left London, England April to July 1635 with her master, Rob e rt Hackwell, arriving in Massachusetts Bay. The Almy family was on boa r d including William, Audrey, and Ann. | Almy, Anne Agnes (I48134)
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The Bullock lineage stems back to the ancient seat in Arborfield, Berk s h i re, England. The surname is traced 300 years before general adopt i o n o f surnames and was spelled Bulluc, Bullok, Bullae, and Bulloch. I t s coa t of arms is very ancient, characterized by several bullock s a mi d o ther emblems. Family tradition sustains the record that findi n g a ch il d in a bull's manager was the origin of the name.
Richard Bullock, an immigrant born in 1622 in Essex, England, was acco m p a nied in 1636 by his two brothers Henry and Edward to America. One s et t le d in Virginia. Richard lived most of this life in Rehoboth, but a ls o i n N ewton, L.l., for a time. Lists of emigrants give Henry of St . Law renc e, E ssex and Edward of Berkshire, but no county is listed fo r Richa rd.
The maternal lineage of Drake, Reed, Richmond & Rogers descends fr o m T h omas Rogers of the Mayflower who died in 1621 in Plymouth. Drak e i s o n e of the oldest families of history. The name Drake is from lat in " drag o • and signifies one who draws or leads. The first Drake or Dr ago i n Eng la nd was a Roman soldier who came with the army of Julius Ca esar . Instea d o f returning to Rome, he stayed in England and settled i n Dev on when W illi am I came in 1066.
Mt. Drake was an early manor to Musbury. It was given to the Drak e s b y W illiam of England. It was
home of most of our ancestry.
The Bullocks and Kimballs were prominent in New Hampshire where Benj a m i n and Dorothy were married, only a short distance from the Prophe t Jo se p h Smith's birthplace 20 years before. After the third baby wa s born , th e y moved to Moira, New York, where Dorothy and family were c onverte d thr ou gh John Riggs as missionary. Soon John married Jane, th e eldest , but M orm ons being extremely unpopular, the townspeople mobbe d them, s o the co upl e left town. When his mission was over, the Bulloc ks moved t o Nauvoo.
After the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, they moved south of Na u v o o to Green Plain. The next year their home as burned before their e ye s, a nd in the spring of 1846, they fled into the wilderness west of M iss i ssip pi, living at Council Bluff until 1852, when they set out fo r Utah . On th e North Platte River, Benjamin took sick and asked to be b aptized . His so n Isaac did this to the joy of all. However, the ailmen t prov e d to be ch olera. He was buried 27 July 1852.
The bereaved widow marched on with the family, settling in Provo whe r e J o hn and Jane Riggs had gone before and secured their home. On 23 S ep tem be r 1853, Dorothy also died of Cholera unable to see her two elde s t son s b ecome 2nd and 3rd Mayors of Provo. Not only results of indust ri ous sa cr i fices, but a heritage of pioneer leadership is ours.
In October 1956, a plaque of Mormon Pioneers was dedicated at Garden G r o v e, Iowa by Apostle Ezra Taft Benson in honor of those driven from N au v o o and stopped at this Iowa City, in their long trek westward. Pres ide n t I.A. Smoot of Chicago was a guest speaker whose own grandparent s we r e list ed there 104 years before.
With Benjamin and Dorothy Kimball Bullock were three sons Benjamin Kim b a l l, with his wife, Isaac and Jared John and Mary Ann (Roberts). Jan e R i gg s had migrated west in 1851 with Dr. John, her husband, preparin g f o r th e Bullocks coming.
This history is taken from the records of Isaac Bullock, a son. I t i s e s pecially interesting as Benjamin made acquaintance with Michae l Cha ndl e r who inherited some mummies from his uncle, Antonio Lebolo . He ev ent ua lly was asked by Mr. Chandler to take him to meet Josep h Smith wh o tra nsl ated them as the Book of Abraham in the Pearl of Gre at Price.
"Benjamin Bullock III was born March 30, 1792 in Grafton, New Hampshi r e . Originally his progenitors came from England; and, with the Pilgri m s , turned their backs to the religious tyranny of their homeland. So m e c a me on the Mayflower and others came on the ship, Abigail, in Jun e 16 3 3 an d settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
"Benjamin Bullock III married Dorothy (Dolly) Kimball, a cousin of H e b e r C. Kimball. Thus, the Bullocks knew a little about the Mormons . T h e B ullocks were living in Moirie, New York when Benjamin went to N ew Y or k Ci ty where he happened upon Michael Chandler in the Custom Hou se. M r. Chan dler had just received an inheritance of some mummies and s crol l s from hi s uncle, Antonio Lebolo. They had been found in the cata com b s of Thebes, Egypt. He wondered what to do with them. Benjamin to l d h im of the Pr ophet Joseph Smith's ability to translate ancient reco rd s. After showin g the mummies and scrolls up and down the coastal cit i e s for about two ye ars, Mr. Chandler accepted Benjamin's offer to ta k e hi m, the mummies an d scrolls to Kirtland, Ohio to meet the prophet . T he y piled them all int o an old buckboard wagon and left for Kirtlan d, O hio. Mr. Chandler was i mpressed with the prophet's translations an d gav e h im a certificate to th at effect, and offered to sell the Churc h th e mumm ies and scrolls. Two b rethren went among the saints and obta ine d suffic ient money to purchase t he remaining 4 mummies and the scro ll s which wer e displayed in the Kirtla nd Temple. Speculation soared a s t o who the mu mmies were. The Prophet t old part of his family that a t lea st one was a n Egyptian king and one hi s queen and one was their C hild . The Prophe t Joseph Smith translated th e scrolls, which are now i n th e Pearl of Gre at Price as the Book of Abrah am.
"Even though all the family but Benjamin and his son, Isaac, who wa s a w a y in New York City, studying at Columbia University, became membe r s o f th e Church at that time, there was speculation why Benjamin di d no t jo in th e church since he was always favorably impressed with th e trut hfuln ess o f the gospel. Some thought he felt he could defend th e Mormon s bet ter i f he wasn't one of them; and others felt that he cou ldn't ove rcom e a ba d habit and thus felt unworthy.
"Soon the persecution aimed at the church members became so bad tha t t h e y weren't happy living in New York; so they sold their home and l oad e d th eir belongings and left for Nauvoo, driving all of their far m anim al s bef ore them. The Prophet Joseph and Hyrum had been slain wh en th e Bu llock s arrived and they bought a farm and a new frame house a t Gree n Pla ins ne ar the city of Nauvoo. While here, in October 1844, t heir so n, Is aac, jo ined them, having Completed his law course at Colum bia Univ ersity. He al so joined the Church; but in the fall of 1845, the y were dr ive n from thei r home by a mob. Their new home was burned befo re their e yes. They too k refuge in the city of Nauvoo for the winter, b ut early i n t he spring o f 1846 they were obliged to flee with the bod y of the Chu rc h into the wil derness west of the Mississippi River. The y lived at Co un cil Bluffs, Iow a until 1852 when they set out for Utah.
"When they arrived at the Platte River, Benjamin Bullock became il l w i t h cholera. His son, Isaac, baptized him in the river at Benjamin' s re q ue st. He only lived 5 hours and was wrapped in a blanket and bur ie d o n th e banks of the Platt River without a coffin on July 27, 1852. " | Bullock, Benjamin (I19929)
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The Bullock lineage stems back to the ancient seat in Arborfield, Berk s h i re, England. The surname is traced 300 years before general adopt i o n o f surnames and was spelled Bulluc, Bullok, Bullae, and Bulloch. I t s coa t of arms is very ancient, characterized by several bullock s a mi d o ther emblems. Family tradition sustains the record that findi n g a ch il d in a bull's manager was the origin of the name.
Richard Bullock, an immigrant born in 1622 in Essex, England, was acco m p a nied in 1636 by his two brothers Henry and Edward to America. One s et t le d in Virginia. Richard lived most of this life in Rehoboth, but a ls o i n N ewton, L.l., for a time. Lists of emigrants give Henry of St . Law renc e, E ssex and Edward of Berkshire, but no county is listed fo r Richa rd.
The maternal lineage of Drake, Reed, Richmond & Rogers descends fr o m T h omas Rogers of the Mayflower who died in 1621 in Plymouth. Drak e i s o n e of the oldest families of history. The name Drake is from lat in " drag o • and signifies one who draws or leads. The first Drake or Dr ago i n Eng la nd was a Roman soldier who came with the army of Julius Ca esar . Instea d o f returning to Rome, he stayed in England and settled i n Dev on when W illi am I came in 1066.
Mt. Drake was an early manor to Musbury. It was given to the Drak e s b y W illiam of England. It was
home of most of our ancestry.
The Bullocks and Kimballs were prominent in New Hampshire where Benj a m i n and Dorothy were married, only a short distance from the Prophe t Jo se p h Smith's birthplace 20 years before. After the third baby wa s born , th e y moved to Moira, New York, where Dorothy and family were c onverte d thr ou gh John Riggs as missionary. Soon John married Jane, th e eldest , but M orm ons being extremely unpopular, the townspeople mobbe d them, s o the co upl e left town. When his mission was over, the Bulloc ks moved t o Nauvoo.
After the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, they moved south of Na u v o o to Green Plain. The next year their home as burned before their e ye s, a nd in the spring of 1846, they fled into the wilderness west of M iss i ssip pi, living at Council Bluff until 1852, when they set out fo r Utah . On th e North Platte River, Benjamin took sick and asked to be b aptized . His so n Isaac did this to the joy of all. However, the ailmen t prov e d to be ch olera. He was buried 27 July 1852.
The bereaved widow marched on with the family, settling in Provo whe r e J o hn and Jane Riggs had gone before and secured their home. On 23 S ep tem be r 1853, Dorothy also died of Cholera unable to see her two elde s t son s b ecome 2nd and 3rd Mayors of Provo. Not only results of indust ri ous sa cr i fices, but a heritage of pioneer leadership is ours.
In October 1956, a plaque of Mormon Pioneers was dedicated at Garden G r o v e, Iowa by Apostle Ezra Taft Benson in honor of those driven from N au v o o and stopped at this Iowa City, in their long trek westward. Pres ide n t I.A. Smoot of Chicago was a guest speaker whose own grandparent s we r e list ed there 104 years before.
With Benjamin and Dorothy Kimball Bullock were three sons Benjamin Kim b a l l, with his wife, Isaac and Jared John and Mary Ann (Roberts). Jan e R i gg s had migrated west in 1851 with Dr. John, her husband, preparin g f o r th e Bullocks coming.
Dorothy (Dolly) Kimball was born 6 April 1799 in Grafton, New Hampshi r e . She was a cousin of Heber C. Kimball, who later became an apost l e i n t he Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) church.
She married Benjamin Bullock III on the 24th of January 1818 in Graft o n , New Hampshire. They had 7 children, the two youngest, Dorothy, dy i n g b efore she was two years old, and the next one being named Doroth y M el issa, dying just before turning 5 years old. Both born in Moira , N e w Yor k about the time she heard of the Church.
However, she had heard only bad lies about the church, and when she f o u n d a Book of Mormon hidden in her house, she was going to burn it . B u t cu riosity was too much and she decided to read it first and upo n rea di ng it, knew it was true. A missionary, Elder John Riggs, contac ted a n d taugh t the family; fell in love with their daughter, Jane, who m he l at er marri ed on 8 October 1843 in Moira, New York. Dorothy was t he fir s t member o f their family to join the Church. She dearly loved t he miss i onaries. B ecause of the threats of the townspeople to tar an d feathe r J ohn Riggs, t he Bullocks left Moira, packing their wagons an d drivin g the ir animals be fore them.
All of her family joined the church in Moira except her husband, Benja m i n. He supported the rest of the family in their beliefs, but becau s e o f p ersecution, probably thought he could be of more help not bei n g a mem ber.
When they arrived in Nauvoo in 1844, they found out that Joseph and H y r u m had just been martyred. They bought a new house in Green Plains , j u s t south of Nauvoo. In 1845 their new house was burned before thei r e y e s and they moved into Nauvoo for safety where they worked on th e temp l e f or a while. However, they fled with the body of the Church i n 184 6 a nd s ettled in Council Bluffs, Iowa until 1852 when they left f or th e Wes t. T hey were in the 17th Company of Saints to cross the plai ns an d chol era br oke out. Benjamin had their son, Isaac, baptize him i n th e Platt e river. He was sick with this disease and passed away soo n after , bein g burie d in a blanket on the banks of the river.
They settled in Provo, close to her daughter, Jane and her husband D r . J o hn Riggs, as soon as they arrived in the valley. It was almos t a y ea r t o the day, September 23, 1853, after arriving in Utah that D oroth y pa sse d away also of Cholora at the age of 54. | Kimball, Dorothy (I19942)
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The children of the immediate royal family proved to be short-live d , s o o n the death of James V of Scotland in 1542 the Earl of Arran st oo d ne xt i n line to the Scottish throne after the king's six-day-old n ewb orn b aby d aughter Mary, Queen of Scots, for whom he was appointed r egen t. I n 1543, supporters of Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, chal lenge d Ar ran's c laim and legitimacy by suggesting that his father's di vorc e and s econd ma rriage were invalid | Hamilton, James Duke of Châtellerault and 2nd Earl of Arran (I93155)
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THE DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS CHAMBERLAIN / THOMAS AND ELINOR A. HOYT CHMB E R L AIN FAMILY – Lucille Perkins (page 49-50)
Lucille, the youngest of Israel and Ella's children, has lived in Ka n a b m ost of her life except for a year spent in Cedar City, where sh e at te nde d BAC, or as it is now known, CSU. She has also spent a yea r an d a ha lf i n Salt Lake City, where she worked at Auerbachts until s he be came il l wit h rheumatic fever. She then returned home to Kanab fo r comp lete res t fo r four months.
It was about this time that Garn Perkins moved to Kanab with his fat h e r a nd brother, from Hurricane, Utah, to work for Whitney and Bushma n S aw mil l in Orderville Canyon, five miles east of Jacob Lake, Arizona .
In April of 1947, a group of young people made a trip to Phoenix an d M e s a Arizona, where they went sight-seeing and attended sessions i n th e Me s a Temple. It was while on this trip that Garn and Lucille bec ame b ette r a cquainted and on returning home, they started going steady . In S eptem be r of that year, they were married in the Salt Lake Temple .
The first three summers after they were married they lived in the lu m b e r camp in Orderville Canyon.
Their first son, Keith, was born in June 1948. Each week they had t o c o m e home to wash and iron, so it was like moving when they came hom e a s K ei th's crib, high chair, and other things had to be taken. So i t wa s wit h p leasure that they moved to Kanab to make a permanent home . Gar n was w orki ng at the Kaibab Sawmill at Fredonia, where he is stil l work ing at t his t ime, as a gang sawyer.
When Keith was seven months old, Lucille received her Golden Gleaner A w a r d.
In September 1950, Dilworth Thomas was born. Now with two children , G a r n and Lucille decided to become home owners. They bought an olde r ho m e an d are still having fun fixing and remodeling it.
Garn and Lucille are active in the church, as are both of the boys . G a r n has filled two stake missions, has been in the Superintendenc y of b o t h Y.M.M.l.A. and Sunday School, and for the past six years ha s been a n d s till is ward clerk of the Kanab South Ward.
Lucille has been Sunday School and Y.M.M.l.A. secretary. She has b e e n i n the presidency of both Primary and Y.M.M.l.A. At the present ti me , sh e is a Relief Society visiting teacher. She also helps Garn wit h h i s repo rts and such. These boys are both active. Keith is secretar y o f th e Y.M.M.l.A.
This year [1966] is one we have been looking forward to, as Keith grad u a t ed from Kanab High School. This fall he plans on attending CSU. Th e n ne x t year he plans to go on a mission.
Dilworth will be with us a while longer, and we will be glad to have him. | Chamberlain, Lucille (I162500)
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The Deseret News, Thursday, April 22, 2010:
Kathleen Ann Huntsman
1966 ~ 2010
The light of our world dimmed substantially with the passing of our belo v ed daughter, sister, mother, wife and friend. Kathleen Ann Huntsman, a g e 44, departed our loving embrace on April 20, 2010 following complicat io ns resulting from cardiac arrest. Her passing occurred in a special pa tie nt room at the Huntsman Cancer Hospital which she very thoughtfully h elpe d design and decorate in 2003. Her unqualified love for all humanit y wil l be sorely missed.
Kathleen was bright and well spoken. She possessed a rare sense of chari t y and kindness that punctuated her every deed and served to inspire tho s e who were fortunate enough to share her company. She projected an unus ua l optimism born of family, faith and conquering adversity. She was alw ay s extremely kind and loving to anyone and everyone. We all will miss h e r unmistakable laugh and charisma which would light even the darkest o f l ife's corners.
Her seven children provided enormous emotional and spiritual sustenanc e t hat made her complete as a person. Indeed, Kathleen's constant dotin g an d attention to developing the talents and interests of her childre n wer e exemplary. Her children best represented her life and priorities . In th e end, her trademark compassion and resilience were hard earned b i-produc ts of life's choices. As is written on the tombstone of her name sake an d paternal Grandmother, "Sweet are the uses of adversity".
During her high school years, Kathleen and her siblings served in the mi s sion field as her father presided over the Washington, D.C. Mission. S h e devoted her energies and efforts always toward the encouragement an d su pport of over 600 missionaries. She loved the work and made her rol e a s a junior missionary the highest priority. Kathleen loved the Lord a nd w as honored to be one of His chosen handmaidens. She was proud of he r stro ng heritage in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Her affection and devotion for her children overrode all the personal ne e ds of her own. She was both a pianist and a creative artist. Her uniqu e p ictures for her children's school work kept everyone in constant humo r. S he loved and adored her six brothers and two sisters and all the res pecti ve nieces and nephews.
Kathleen Ann Huntsman was born January 5, 1966 in Glendale, California . H er early years and schooling were spent in California, Washington, D. C. a nd Salt Lake City, Utah. She attended Brigham Young University and t he Un iversity of Utah where she affiliated with Chi Omega sorority. Whe n she w as operating at peak efficiency, local supplies of Hot Tamales ca ndy, Die t Coke and sunshine were in high demand.
Kathleen is survived by her children James (19), Kate (18), Christophe r ( 16), Mark (14), Amanda (12), Rosie (11) and Lexie (9); parents Jon M . an d Karen Huntsman; husband of two months Gaines Ashley Boyd; sibling s Jo n (Mary Kaye) Huntsman, Jr., Beijing, China; Peter (Brynn) Huntsman , Hous ton, Texas; Christena (Richard) Durham, Salt Lake City, Utah; Davi d (Mich elle) Huntsman, Salt Lake City, Utah; Paul (Cheryl) Huntsman, Sal t Lake C ity, Utah; James (Marianne) Huntsman, Houston, Texas; Jennifer ( David) Pa rkin, Houston, Texas; Mark Huntsman, Salt Lake City, Utah. Sh e was marrie d (sealed in the Salt Lake Temple) to James A. Huffman fro m 1989 until 20 09.
Funeral services will be at noon Saturday, April 24, 2010, at the Monume n t Park Stake Center, 1320 Wasatch Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah. The view in g will be at the Monument Park Stake Center Friday evening, April 23 , fro m 5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. There will be no public viewing prior to th e servic es Saturday.
Kathleen's devotion, next to her children, was assisting and inspiring t h ose who suffer from cancer. She served honorably on the staff of the Hu nt sman Cancer Foundation. In lieu of flowers, donations would be gratefu ll y received by the Huntsman Cancer Foundation. | Huntsman, Kathleen Ann (I98337)
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The Douglas family was far from favoured by King James V of Scotland ; J a n et's brother, Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus, was the King' s st ep fa ther, and Angus had imprisoned the young James. James's hatre d fo r Ang u s extended to his whole family, including Janet. After Jame s ha d broke n f ree of the Douglas family, in December 1528 Janet was su mmone d for tr easo n. She was accused with others for bringing supporter s of t he Earl o f Ang us to Edinburgh in June. However, James called he r "our l ovittis Da me Jon at Douglas" in a licence of 1529 allowing he r and a co- accused Pat rick Ch arteris of Cuthilgurdy to go on pilgrimag e and be exe mpt from leg al proce edings.
A recent historian, Jamie Cameron, thinks it unlikely that Janet w e n t o n pilgrimage, as she was the subject of a number of legal action s c ul mina ting in a charge of poisoning her husband John Lyon, 6th Lor d Gla mi s wh o had died on 17 September 1528. This case was dropped an d Jane t wa s fre e to marry her second husband, Archibald Campbell of Sk ipnes s by th e summ er of 1532. However on 17 July 1537 Janet was convic ted o f plannin g to po ison the King and communicating with her brothers , th e Earl of An gus an d George Douglas.
James had Janet accused of witchcraft against him, although it was c l e a r that the accusations were false. She was imprisoned with her husb a n d (w ho escaped but was later killed) in a dungeon of Edinburgh Castl e . I t wa s easy for James to imprison Janet, but actually convicting h e r wa s mor e difficult. To gain "evidence", James had Janet's family me mb ers a nd ser vants subjected to torture. Janet was convicted and burne d a t th e stake o n 17 July 1537 on the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle, w hic h he r young so n was forced to watch | Douglas, Janet (I92870)
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The Exodus: Occurred when Moses was 80 years old. In 1517 BC, 430 ye a r s a fter Abraham was 75 or 215 years passed from the time that Jaco b en te re d Israel to the exodus (Acts 7:23,30 – Gal 3:17 – Gen 15:13,16 ). | Moses (I64646)
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The first Christian king of Munster.
He was baptized a Christian in the royal seat of Cashel by Saint Pat r i c k himself and imposed a baptismal tax on the Christian converts o f Mu ns te r for St. Patrick. It is mentioned that half of his numerous p rogen y w er e given into the church. St Patrick baptized him in blood b y drivi ng His crozier through the king's foot. The king became very devo ut and s urr ou nded himself with clerics. | mac Meicc, Oengus King of Munster (I15413)
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The First settlement of the Massachusetts Bay Colony was granted in Sa l e m, Mass in 1629, and many Englishmen invested or bought into the comp a n y. William Hunt, who married Elizabeth Best in 1630, was one of thes e . A ft er the birth of two sons (Samuel & Nehemiah), William & his fami l y se t sa il for America in 2 ships on May 12, 1635 in the Rev Peter Bu lk ley' s cong regation.
"No records have been found of this marriage or of the christening o f t h e ir sons, perhaps becauseby this time William & Elizabeth were Pur ita n s an d thus breaking the law when all of their christenings, marria ge , an d bur ial dates were not made & recorded in the State Church of E ngl and. "Fine s and pillory, mutilation and torture were remorsely resor te d to, to comp el conformity to the ceremonies of the established Churc h. " Con sequently, when they were done in any other church there were n o re cord s kept, o r if they were, they were kept secretly where they co uld b e eas ily and qu ickly destroyed if necessary."
After a month in Boston, the General-Court granted them land at Musket a q u id for a settlement; they would later purchase this land from the I nd i an s in order to acquire full title. This community was later know n a s Co nco rd, Massachusetts.
After a long & difficult journey, and a hard winter, they built ho m e s i n the spring. William chose Ponkawtasset Hill as the sit of his h om es tead. The home of only four rooms still stands. On June 2, 1641 Wil li a m and o thers left home to tae the Oath of Fidelity, making them Fre em e n and thu s allowing them to vote, make laws, and elect their own of fic ia ls.
In 1644, after nine long and difficult years, many became dishearten e d a n d left for other settlements or to return to England. William to o k thi s o pportunity to buy up (cheaply) these abandoned lands and so b ec am e a larg e and successful landholder.
On February 27, after 31 years of marriage, his wife Elizabeth (Best ) d i e d. In October or Nov 1664, Willaim married a lady who had been tw ic e wi do wed, Mercy HUrd Brigham Rice. She had also become a wealthy la ndw oner, an d William moved to her home in nearby Marlboro, Mass.
After three years of marriage with Mercy he died in Oct 1667, leav i n g a l arge estate to his three sons. His wife Mercy and daughter Eliz ab et h rece ived goods, but daughter Hannah was not mentioned in the wil l. | Hunt, William Enos (I7404)
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The following excerpt is courtesy of Tom Wetherell. Most of his exten s i v e citations have been edited out for use here. Our thanks to Tom f o r His efforts and permission to post this.
Descendants of William Wetherell
Generation No. 1
1. William1 Wetherell was born Abt. 1600 in England, and died Apri l 9 , 1 6 84 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony. He married Mary Fisher March 2 6, 1 62 7 i n St. Mildred's, Canterbury, Kent, England, daughter of Thoma s Fis he r an d Joan Lake. She was born April 17, 1604 in Boughton, Monch elsea , Ke nt, E ngland, and died in Scituate, Plymouth Colony.
Notes for William Wetherell:
There is an extensive biography of this man in the book THE HISTOR Y A N D G ENEALOGY OF THE WITHERELL/ WETHERELL/ WITHERILL FAMILY OF NEW E NGLA ND, b y Witherell & Witherell, Gateway Press, Baltimore, 1976
Further research in the area of religious beliefs, by myself, reveal s t h a t the Reverend William Wetherell was a Puritan in England adherin g t o b el iefs not supported by the Church of England and Archbishop Lau d, w ho h a d been appointed by Charles I. William Wetherell had been edu cate d at C am bridge, Corpus Christi College, attaining a BA (1626) an d a M A (1627) an d was listed as from York. He was licensed as a Cure o f Souls , and t eache r (March 2, 1625) at Boughton, Monchelsea, county K ent, Eng land, bu t no t given a church, so he used his education to teac h schoo l at Maidst one, County Kent. In 1633/34 Wetherell was cited by A rchbisho p Laud wit h a c ease order to stop teaching the catechisms of W illiam Pe rkins (a we ll kno wn Puritan theologian who catechisms were us ed by th e early Pilgri m Churc h of Plymouth) and following the order o f the Sabb atarian Thoma s Wilson, who was too Presbyterian in polity. We therell wa s told to adhe re to th e official church religious creed. I f he were t o persist in cont inuing hi s present path he would have foun d himself i n the Star Chambe r as happene d to Charles Chauncey who wa s to be his ri val in Scituate. (English Prove ncial Society from the Ref ormation to th e Revolution: Relig ion, Politic s and Society in Kent 150 0-1640. Peter C lark, Harvester Pres s, London, pa ges 199 & 372.)
Shortly after being cited, we find Wetherell, his wife, three son s , a n d a servant, Anne Richards, aboard the ship Hercules, Captain Jo h n With er ly, bound for the new world with several other men from Kent , f rom th e sa me community, possibly even of the same church. He arrive d i n Marc h 163 5 having been licensed to leave from Maidstone, althoug h th e ship w as o f Sandwich.
He settled briefly first at Charlestown and established the first gra m m a r school there, and was considered part of the Oligarchy (gentry cl as s) t hen moved to Newtowne (Cambridge) before moving on to Duxbury i n Ply m out h Colony where the churches expressed beliefs closer to thos e he h a d embr aced in England. He was there by 1638 when he became a pr opriet o r in 1640.
He next moved to Scituate. They had been struggling within their chu r c h a nd had looked for a new minister upon the departure of Rev Lothru p . S om e Church members voted to invite Charles Chauncy who was at th e ce nte r o f a controversy at Plymouth to fill that position, but sever al di sagr ee d with that decision and Preceded to form a 2nd Church of S cituat e, t he n they invited William Wetherell to be their minister. Thi s creat e d a ani mosity between the two churches that was to continue un til Chan ce y accept ed a position in Boston to act as head of the new Ha rvard Uni ver sity. H e remained in that position until his death. The pr oblem betw ee n the tw o churches continued in 1671/2 when a Josiah Palme r was fine d fo r speakin g "opprobriously" of William's church.
Wetherell was ordained the Pastor of the 2nd Church September 2, 164 5 a f t er writing numerous letters defending his position to many of th e oth e r m inisters and churches of New England. He was to hold this pos itio n th e re st of his life, some of these letters are extant in the re cord s of t he se cond Church of Scituate.
Several other "men of Kent" had also settled in the area and so we f i n d h im located in the new land, with a group of others of similar bel ie fs, fr om a similar area of England. Some of the "men of Kent" may wel l h av e bee n acquainted with him in England as this was a common patter n o f im migrat ion to the new world during these early times, and severa l ha d cam e on th e same ship.
In March 1635 he sold a house and 12 acres on the south side of the r i v e r to John Benjamin, and about 1638 he sold a house and four acre s o n t h e southwesterly side of Garden street to Thomas Parish (both o f the se s it es were in Cambridge). "
His death is recorded in church records supposedly by Samuel Deane "Ab i g a il the Daughter of Isreal Hobird March 16th baptized by our late pa st o r M. William Wetherell (added in Modern hand) "he died Apr 9, 1684 S .D . " NEH GR 57:320 "Records of Second Church of Scituate" this was hi s gra nd daught er he was baptizing.
d. recorded Scituate VR page 467 M. William "our late pastor" CR2
From The Genealogical Advertiser, Quarterly Magazine of Family Histor y , e dited by Lucy Hall Greenlaw, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Balt i m or e 1974 reprint, page 21 Vol 1, 1901,
Rev. William Witherell, M.A.
communicated by Virginia Hall, of Cambridge
In a list of "emigrants in the Hercules of Sandwich bound for the Plan t a t ion called New England in America," is the following record
"Will. Witherell, of Maidstone, schoolmaster, Mary, his wife, three ch i l d ren, and one servant. Certificates from Sam. Marshal mayor of Maids to n e, Tho. Swinnuck, Edw. Duke and Rob Barrel, cl. 14 Mar 1634." Drake' s F o un ders of new England page 82
With this clue the marriage licence of William Witherell was found i n C a n terbury Marriage Licences, Second Series, page 1087.
"Witherill, William, M.A. of Maidstone, ba., about 25, and Mary Fishe r , o f Boughton, Monchelsea, maiden, about 22, who is now under govt . , o f he r mother, Joan Martin, alias Fisher, now wife of John Martin , s. p. y eom., who consents. At S. Mildred's Cant. March 26, 1627."
children of William Wetherell and Mary Fisher are:
Samuel2 Wetherell, born Bef. December 7, 1628 in Maidstone, Kent, Engl a n d; died 1683 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony. He married Isabel(le) ?? ? 1 6 7 7 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony; died March 31, 1689 in Scituate , Plym ou th, Massachusetts.
Daniel Wetherell, born November 29, 1630 in @ Free Schoolhouse of Maid s t o ne, Kent, England; died April 14, 1719 in New London, Connecticut . H e m ar ried Grace Brewster August 4, 1659 in New London, Fairfield Co unty , Co nne cticut; born November 1, 1639 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony ; die d Apri l 22, 1684 in New London, Connecticut.
Thomas Wetherell, born Bef. August 28, 1633 in Maidstone, Kent, Engla n d ; died Bef. 1684 in Plymouth Colony.
Mary Wetherell, born Abt. 1635 in New England; died December 12, 1 7 1 0 i n Scituate, Plymouth Colony. She married Thomas Oldham November 2 0 , 1 65 6 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony; born Abt. August 23, 1624 in Al l S aint s, Derby, Derbyshire, England; died March 7, 1710/11 in Scituate , Pl ymou t h Colony.
Elizabeth Wetherell, born Abt. 1637 in New England; died January 166 0 / 6 1 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony. She married John Bryant December 2 2 , 16 5 7 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony; born Abt. 1620 in England; die d No vemb e r 20, 1684 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony.
SGT Theopolis Wetherell, born Abt. 1636 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony ; d i e d Bef. January 6, 1701/02 in Scituate, Massachusetts. He marrie d Lyd i a Pa rker November 9, 1675 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony; born Ma y 9, 16 5 3 in S cituate, Plymouth Colony; died September 7, 1719 in Scit uate, Ma ss achuset ts.
Lieut John Wetherell, born Abt. 1640 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony; d i e d 1 690 in Quebec, Canada. He married Hannah Pincen 1673 in Scituate , P ly mout h Colony; born December 4, 1642 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony ; die d A ft. M ay 12, 1720 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Sarah Wetherell, born February 10, 1644/45 in Scituate, Plymouth Colo n y ; died 1731. She married Isreal Hobart December 30, 1668 in Hingham , Ma s s achusetts Bay Colony; born June 29, 1642 in Hingham, Massachuset ts B a y Co lony; died April 14, 1731 in Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusets .
Hannah Wetherell, born February 20, 1646/47 in Scituate, Plymouth Colony. | Wetherell, Reverend William (I10308)
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The following is the account that Joseph Smith gives of his early backgr o und and history related to the founding of the Church of Jesus Chris t o f Latter-Day Saints, as published in the Pearl of Great Price:
Joseph Smith tells of his ancestry, family members, and their early abod e s—An unusual excitement about religion prevails in western New York—H e de termines to seek wisdom as directed by James—The Father and the So n appea r, and Joseph is called to his prophetic ministry. (Verses 1–20.)
1 Owing to the many reports which have been put in circulation by evil- d isposed and designing persons, in relation to the rise and progress o f Th e Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, all of which have bee n des igned by the authors thereof to militate against its character a s a Churc h and its progress in the world—I have been induced to write th is history , to disabuse the public mind, and put all inquirers after tru th in posse ssion of the facts, as they have transpired, in relation bot h to myself a nd the Church, so far as I have such facts in my possession .
2 In this history I shall present the various events in relation to th i s Church, in truth and righteousness, as they have transpired, or as th e y at present exist, being now [1838] the eighth year since the organiza ti on of the said Church.
3 I was born in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fiv e , on the twenty-third day of December, in the town of Sharon, Windsor c ou nty, State of Vermont. … My father, Joseph Smith, Sen., left the Stat e o f Vermont, and moved to Palmyra, Ontario (now Wayne) county, in the S tat e of New York, when I was in my tenth year, or thereabouts. In abou t fou r years after my father’s arrival in Palmyra, he moved with his fam ily in to Manchester in the same county of Ontario—
4 His family consisting of eleven souls, namely, my father, Joseph Smit h ; my mother, Lucy Smith (whose name, previous to her marriage, was Mac k , daughter of Solomon Mack); my brothers, Alvin (who died November 19t h , 1823, in the 26th year of his age), Hyrum, myself, Samuel Harrison, W il liam, Don Carlos; and my sisters, Sophronia, Catherine, and Lucy.
5 Some time in the second year after our removal to Manchester, there w a s in the place where we lived an unusual excitement on the subject of r el igion. It commenced with the Methodists, but soon became general amon g al l the sects in that region of country. Indeed, the whole district o f coun try seemed affected by it, and great multitudes united themselve s to th e different religious parties, which created no small stir and di vision a mongst the people, some crying, a“Lo, here!” and others, “Lo, th ere!” Som e were contending for the Methodist faith, some for the Presbyt erian, an d some for the Baptist.
6 For, notwithstanding the great love which the converts to these diffe r ent faiths expressed at the time of their conversion, and the great ze a l manifested by the respective clergy, who were active in getting up a n d promoting this extraordinary scene of religious feeling, in order t o ha ve everybody converted, as they were pleased to call it, let them jo in wh at sect they pleased; yet when the converts began to file off, som e to on e party and some to another, it was seen that the seemingly goo d feeling s of both the priests and the converts were more pretended tha n real; fo r a scene of great confusion and bad feeling ensued—priest con tending aga inst priest, and convert against convert; so that all their g ood feeling s one for another, if they ever had any, were entirely lost i n a strife o f words and a contest about opinions.
7 I was at this time in my fifteenth year. My father’s family was prose l yted to the Presbyterian faith, and four of them joined that church, na me ly, my mother, Lucy; my brothers Hyrum and Samuel Harrison; and my sis te r Sophronia.
8 During this time of great excitement my mind was called up to serio u s reflection and great uneasiness; but though my feelings were deep an d o ften poignant, still I kept myself aloof from all these parties, thou g h I attended their several meetings as often as occasion would permit . I n process of time my mind became somewhat partial to the Methodist se ct , and I felt some desire to be united with them; but so great were th e co nfusion and strife among the different denominations, that it was im possi ble for a person young as I was, and so unacquainted with men and t hings , to come to any certain conclusion who was bright and who was wron g.
9 My mind at times was greatly excited, the cry and tumult were so gre a t and incessant. The Presbyterians were most decided against the Baptis t s and Methodists, and used all the powers of both reason and sophistr y t o prove their errors, or, at least, to make the people think they wer e i n error. On the other hand, the Baptists and Methodists in their tur n wer e equally zealous in endeavoring to establish their own tenets an d dispro ve all others.
10 In the midst of this war of words and tumult of opinions, I often sa i d to myself: What is to be done? Who of all these parties are right; o r , are they all wrong together? If any one of them be aright, which is i t , and how shall I know it?
11 While I was laboring under the extreme difficulties caused by the co n tests of these parties of religionists, I was one day reading the Epist l e of James, first chapter and fifth verse, which reads: If any of you l ac k wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and up bra ideth not; and it shall be given him.
12 Never did any passage of scripture come with more power to the hea r t of man than this did at this time to mine. It seemed to enter with gr ea t force into every feeling of my heart. I reflected on it again and ag ain , knowing that if any person needed wisdom from God, I did; for how t o ac t I did not know, and unless I could get more wisdom than I then had , I w ould never know; for the teachers of religion of the different sect s unde rstood the same passages of scripture so differently as to destro y all co nfidence in settling the question by an appeal to the Bible.
13 At length I came to the conclusion that I must either remain in dark n ess and confusion, or else I must do as James directs, that is, ask o f Go d. I at length came to the determination to “ask of God,” concludin g tha t if he gave wisdom to them that lacked wisdom, and would give libe rally , and not upbraid, I might venture.
14 So, in accordance with this, my determination to ask of God, I retir e d to the woods to make the attempt. It was on the morning of a beautifu l , clear day, early in the spring of eighteen hundred and twenty. It wa s t he first time in my life that I had made such an attempt, for amids t al l my anxieties I had never as yet made the attempt to pray vocally.
15 After I had retired to the place where I had previously designed t o g o, having looked around me, and finding myself alone, I kneeled dow n an d began to offer up the desires of my heart to God. I had scarcely d one s o, when immediately I was seized upon by some power which entirel y overca me me, and had such an astonishing influence over me as to bin d my tongu e so that I could not speak. Thick darkness gathered around me , and it se emed to me for a time as if I were doomed to sudden destructi on.
16 But, exerting all my powers to call upon God to deliver me out of t h e power of this enemy which had seized upon me, and at the very momen t wh en I was ready to sink into despair and abandon myself to destructio n—no t to an imaginary ruin, but to the power of some actual being from t he un seen world, who had such marvelous power as I had never before fel t in an y being—just at this moment of great alarm, I saw a pillar of lig ht exact ly over my head, above the brightness of the sun, which descende d gradual ly until it fell upon me.
17 It no sooner appeared than I found myself delivered from the enemy w h ich held me bound. When the light rested upon me I saw two Personages , wh ose brightness and glory defy all description, standing above me i n the a ir. One of them spake unto me, calling me by name and said, point ing to t he other—This is My Beloved Son. Hear Him!
18 My object in going to inquire of the Lord was to know which of all t h e sects was right, that I might know which to join. No sooner, therefor e , did I get possession of myself, so as to be able to speak, than I ask e d the Personages who stood above me in the light, which of all the sec t s was right (for at this time it had never entered into my heart that a l l were wrong)—and whicHishould join.
19 I was answered that I must join none of them, for they were all wron g ; and the Personage who addressed me said that all their creeds were a n a bomination in his sight; that those professors were all corrupt; that : “t hey draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from m e, th ey teach for doctrines the commandments of men, having a form of go dlines s, but they deny the power thereof.”
20 He again forbade me to join with any of them; and many other thing s d id he say unto me, which I cannot write at this time. When I came t o myse lf again, I found myself lying on my back, looking up into heaven . When t he light had departed, I had no strength; but soon recovering i n some deg ree, I went home. And as I leaned up to the fireplace, mothe r inquired wh at the matter was. I replied, “Never mind, all is well—I a m well enough o ff.” I then said to my mother, “I have learned for mysel f that Presbyteri anism is not true.” It seems as though the adversary wa s aware, at a ver y early period of my life, that I was destined to prov e a disturber and a n annoyer of his kingdom; else why should the power s of darkness combin e against me? Why the opposition and persecution tha t arose against me, a lmost in my infancy?
Some preachers and other professors of religion reject the account of t h e First Vision—Persecution is heaped upon Joseph Smith—He testifies o f th e reality of the vision. (Verses 21–26.)
21 Some few days after I had this vision, I happened to be in company w i th one of the Methodist preachers, who was very active in the before me nt ioned religious excitement; and, conversing with him on the subject o f re ligion, I took occasion to give him an account of the vision whic h I ha d had. I was greatly surprised at his behavior; he treated my comm unicati on not only lightly, but with great contempt, saying it was all o f the de vil, that there were no such things as visions or revelations i n these da ys; that all such things had ceased with the apostles, and tha t there wou ld never be any more of them.
22 I soon found, however, that my telling the story had excited a gre a t deal of prejudice against me among professors of religion, and was t h e cause of great persecution, which continued to increase; and thoug h I w as an obscure boy, only between fourteen and fifteen years of age , and m y circumstances in life such as to make a boy of no consequence i n the wo rld, yet men of high standing would take notice sufficient to ex cite th e public mind against me, and create a bitter persecution; and th is was c ommon among all the sects—all united to persecute me.
23 It caused me serious reflection then, and often has since, how ver y s trange it was that an obscure boy, of a little over fourteen years o f age , and one, too, who was doomed to the necessity of obtaining a scan ty mai ntenance by his daily labor, should be thought a character of suff icien t importance to attract the attention of the great ones of the mos t popul ar sects of the day, and in a manner to create in them a spirit o f the mo st bitter persecution and reviling. But strange or not, so it wa s, and i t was often the cause of great sorrow to myself.
24 However, it was nevertheless a fact that I had beheld a vision. I ha v e thought since, that I felt much like Paul, when he made his defense b ef ore King Agrippa, and related the account of the vision he had when h e sa w a light, and heard a voice; but still there were but few who belie ved h im; some said he was dishonest, others said he was mad; and he wa s ridicu led and reviled. But all this did not destroy the reality of hi s vision . He had seen a vision, he knew he had, and all the persecutio n under hea ven could not make it otherwise; and though they should perse cute him unt o death, yet he knew, and would know to his latest breath, t hat he had bo th seen a light and heard a voice speaking unto him, and al l the world co uld not make him think or believe otherwise.
25 So it was with me. I had actually seen a light, and in the midst o f t hat light I saw two Personages, and they did in reality speak to me ; an d though I was hated and persecuted for saying that I had seen a vis ion , yet it was true; and while they were persecuting me, reviling me, a nd s peaking all manner of evil against me falsely for so saying, I was l ed t o say in my heart: Why persecute me for telling the truth? I have ac tuall y seen a vision; and who am I that I can withstand God, or why doe s the w orld think to make me deny what I have actually seen? For I had s een a vi sion; I knew it, and I knew that God knew it, and I could not de ny it, ne ither dared I do it; at least I knew that by so doing I would o ffend God , and come under condemnation.
26 I had now got my mind satisfied so far as the sectarian world was co n cerned—that it was not my duty to join with any of them, but to contin u e as I was until further directed. I had found the testimony of Jame s t o be true—that a man who lacked wisdom might ask of God, and obtain , an d not be upbraided.
Moroni appears to Joseph Smith—Joseph’s name is to be known for good a n d evil among all nations—Moroni tells him of the Book of Mormon and o f th e coming judgments of the Lord and quotes many scriptures—The hidin g plac e of the gold plates is revealed—Moroni continues to instruct th e Prophet . (Verses 27–54.)
27 I continued to pursue my common vocations in life until the twenty-f i rst of September, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, all th e ti me suffering severe persecution at the hands of all classes of men , bot h religious and irreligious, because I continued to affirm that I h ad see n a vision.
28 During the space of time which intervened between the time I had t h e vision and the year eighteen hundred and twenty-three—having been for bi dden to join any of the religious sects of the day, and being of ver y ten der years, and persecuted by those who ought to have been my friend s an d to have treated me kindly, and if they supposed me to be deluded t o hav e endeavored in a proper and affectionate manner to have reclaime d me—I w as left to all kinds of temptations; and, mingling with all kind s of soci ety, I frequently fell into many foolish errors, and displaye d the weakne ss of youth, and the foibles of human nature; which, I am so rry to say, l ed me into divers temptations, offensive in the sight of Go d. In making t his confession, no one need suppose me guilty of any grea t or malignant s ins. A disposition to commit such was never in my nature . But I was guilt y of levity, and sometimes associated with jovial compa ny, etc., not cons istent with that character which ought to be maintaine d by one who was ca lled of God as I had been. But this will not seem ver y strange to any on e who recollects my youth, and is acquainted with m y native cheery temper ament.
29 In consequence of these things, I often felt condemned for my weakne s s and imperfections; when, on the evening of the above-mentioned twenty -f irst of September, after I had retired to my bed for the night, I beto o k myself to prayer and supplication to Almighty God for forgiveness o f al l my sins and follies, and also for a manifestation to me, that I mi ght k now of my state and standing before him; for I had full confidenc e in obt aining a divine manifestation, as I previously had one.
30 While I was thus in the act of calling upon God, I discovered a alig h t appearing in my room, which continued to increase until the room wa s li ghter than at noonday, when immediately a personage appeared at my b edsid e, standing in the air, for his feet did not touch the floor.
31 He had on a loose robe of most exquisite whiteness. It was a whitene s s beyond anything earthly I had ever seen; nor do I believe that any ea rt hly thing could be made to appear so exceedingly white and brilliant . Hi s hands were naked, and his arms also, a little above the wrist; so , also , were his feet naked, as were his legs, a little above the ankles . His h ead and neck were also bare. I could discover that he had no othe r clothi ng on but this robe, as it was open, so that I could see into hi s bosom.
32 Not only was his robe exceedingly white, but his whole person was gl o rious beyond description, and his countenance truly like lightning. Th e r oom was exceedingly light, but not so very bright as immediately arou nd h is person. When I first looked upon him, I was afraid; but the fea r soo n left me.
33 He called me by name, and said unto me that he was a messenger sen t f rom the presence of God to me, and that his name was Moroni; that Go d ha d a work for me to do; and that my name should be had for good and e vil a mong all nations, kindreds, and tongues, or that it should be bot h good a nd evil spoken of among all people.
34 He said there was a book deposited, written upon gold plates, givi n g an account of the former inhabitants of this continent, and the sour c e from whence they sprang. He also said that the fulness of the everlas ti ng Gospel was contained in it, as delivered by the Savior to the ancie n t inhabitants;
35 Also, that there were two stones in silver bows—and these stones, fa s tened to a breastplate, constituted what is called the Urim and Thummim —d eposited with the plates; and the possession and use of these stones w er e what constituted c“seers” in ancient or former times; and that God h a d prepared them for the purpose of translating the book.
36 After telling me these things, he commenced quoting the prophecie s o f the Old Testament. He first quoted part of the third chapter of Mal achi ; and he quoted also the fourth or last chapter of the same prophecy , tho ugh with a little variation from the way it reads in our Bibles. In stea d of quoting the first verse as it reads in our books, he quoted i t thus:
37 For behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven, and all the p r oud, yea, and all that do wickedly shall burn as stubble; for they tha t c ome shall burn them, saith the Lord of Hosts, that it shall leave the m ne ither root nor branch.
38 And again, he quoted the fifth verse thus: Behold, I will reveal un t o you the Priesthood, by the hand of Elijah the prophet, before the com in g of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
39 He also quoted the next verse differently: And he shall plant in t h e hearts of the children the promises made to the fathers, and the hear t s of the children shall turn to their fathers. If it were not so, the w ho le earth would be utterly wasted at his coming.
40 In addition to these, he quoted the eleventh chapter of Isaiah, sayi n g that it was about to be fulfilled. He quoted also the third chapte r o f Acts, twenty-second and twenty-third verses, precisely as they stan d i n our New Testament. He said that that prophet was Christ; but the da y ha d not yet come when “they who would not hear his voice should be cu t of f from among the people,” but soon would come.
41 He also quoted the second chapter of Joel, from the twenty-eighth ve r se to the last. He also said that this was not yet fulfilled, but was s oo n to be. And he further stated that the fulness of the Gentiles was so o n to come in. He quoted many other passages of scripture, and offered m an y explanations which cannot be mentioned here.
42 Again, he told me, that when I got those plates of which he had spok e n—for the time that they should be obtained was not yet fulfilled—I sho ul d not show them to any person; neither the breastplate with the Urim a n d Thummim; only to those to whom I should be commanded to show them ; i f I did I should be destroyed. While he was conversing with me abou t th e plates, the vision was opened to my mind that I could see the plac e whe re the plates were deposited, and that so clearly and distinctly th at I k new the place again when I visited it.
43 After this communication, I saw the light in the room begin to gath e r immediately around the person of him who had been speaking to me, an d i t continued to do so until the room was again left dark, except jus t arou nd him; when, instantly I saw, as it were, a conduit open right u p into h eaven, and he ascended till he entirely disappeared, and the roo m was lef t as it had been before this heavenly light had made its appear ance.
44 I lay musing on the singularity of the scene, and marveling greatl y a t what had been told to me by this extraordinary messenger; when, i n th e midst of my meditation, I suddenly discovered that my room was aga in be ginning to get lighted, and in an instant, as it were, the same hea venl y messenger was again by my bedside.
45 He commenced, and again related the very same things which he had do n e at his first visit, without the least variation; which having done , h e informed me of great judgments which were coming upon the earth, wi th g reat desolations by famine, sword, and pestilence; and that these gr ievou s judgments would come on the earth in this generation. Having rela ted th ese things, he again ascended as he had done before.
46 By this time, so deep were the impressions made on my mind, that sle e p had fled from my eyes, and I lay overwhelmed in astonishment at wh a t I had both seen and heard. But what was my surprise when again I behe l d the same messenger at my bedside, and heard him rehearse or repeat ov e r again to me the same things as before; and added a caution to me, tel li ng me that Satan would try to tempt me (in consequence of the indigen t ci rcumstances of my father’s family), to get the plates for the purpos e o f getting rich. This he forbade me, saying that I must have no othe r obje ct in view in getting the plates but to glorify God, and must no t be infl uenced by any other motive than that of building his kingdom; o therwis e I could not get them.
47 After this third visit, he again ascended into heaven as before, a n d I was again left to ponder on the strangeness of what I had just expe ri enced; when almost immediately after the heavenly messenger had ascend e d from me for the third time, the cock crowed, and I found that day wa s a pproaching, so that our interviews must have occupied the whole of th at n ight.
48 I shortly after arose from my bed, and, as usual, went to the necess a ry labors of the day; but, in attempting to work as at other times, I f ou nd my strength so exhausted as to render me entirely unable. My father , w ho was laboring along with me, discovered something to be wrong wit h me , and told me to go home. I started with the intention of going to t he ho use; but, in attempting to cross the fence out of the field where w e were , my strength entirely failed me, and I fell helpless on the groun d, an d for a time was quite unconscious of anything.
49 The first thing that I can recollect was a voice speaking unto me, c a lling me by name. I looked up, and beheld the same messenger standing o ve r my head, surrounded by light as before. He then again related unto m e a ll that he had related to me the previous night, and commanded me t o go t o my father and tell him of the vision and commandments which I ha d recei ved.
50 I obeyed; I returned to my father in the field, and rehearsed the wh o le matter to him. He replied to me that it was of God, and told me t o g o and do as commanded by the messenger. I left the field, and went t o th e place where the messenger had told me the plates were deposited; a nd ow ing to the distinctness of the vision which I had had concerning it , I kn ew the place the instant that I arrived there.
51 Convenient to the village of Manchester, Ontario county, New York, s t ands a hill of considerable size, and the most elevated of any in the n ei ghborhood. On the west side of this hill, not far from the top, unde r a s tone of considerable size, lay the plates, deposited in a stone box . Thi s stone was thick and rounding in the middle on the upper side, an d thinn er towards the edges, so that the middle part of it was visible a bove th e ground, but the edge all around was covered with earth.
52 Having removed the earth, I obtained a lever, which I got fixed und e r the edge of the stone, and with a little exertion raised it up. I loo ke d in, and there indeed did I behold the plates, the Urim and Thummim , an d the breastplate, as stated by the messenger. The box in which the y la y was formed by laying stones together in some kind of cement. In th e bot tom of the box were laid two stones crossways of the box, and on th ese st ones lay the plates and the other things with them.
53 I made an attempt to take them out, but was forbidden by the messeng e r, and was again informed that the time for bringing them forth had no t y et arrived, neither would it, until four years from that time; but h e tol d me that I should come to that place precisely in one year from th at tim e, and that he would there meet with me, and that I should continu e to d o so until the time should come for obtaining the plates.
54 Accordingly, as I had been commanded, I went at the end of each yea r , and at each time I found the same messenger there, and received instr uc tion and intelligence from him at each of our interviews, respecting w ha t the Lord was going to do, and how and in what manner his kingdom wa s t o be conducted in the last days.
Joseph Smith marries Emma Hale—He receives the gold plates from Moroni a n d translates some of the characters—Martin Harris shows the character s an d translation to Professor Anthon, who says, “I cannot read a seale d book .” (Verses 55–65.)
55 As my father’s worldly circumstances were very limited, we were und e r the necessity of laboring with our hands, hiring out by day’s work a n d otherwise, as we could get opportunity. Sometimes we were at home, a n d sometimes abroad, and by continuous labor were enabled to get a comfo rt able maintenance.
56 In the year 1823 my father’s family met with a great affliction by t h e death of my eldest brother, Alvin. In the month of October, 1825, I h ir ed with an old gentleman by the name of Josiah Stoal, who lived in Che nan go county, State of New York. He had heard something of a silver min e hav ing been opened by the Spaniards in Harmony, Susquehanna county, St ate o f Pennsylvania; and had, previous to my hiring to him, been digging , in o rder, if possible, to discover the mine. After I went to live wit h him, h e took me, with the rest of his hands, to dig for the silver min e, at whi ch I continued to work for nearly a month, without success in o ur underta king, and finally I prevailed with the old gentleman to ceas e digging aft er it. Hence arose the very prevalent story of my having be en a money-dig ger.
57 During the time that I was thus employed, I was put to board wit h a M r. Isaac Hale, of that place; it was there I first saw my wife (hi s daugh ter), Emma Hale. On the 18th of January, 1827, we were married, w hile I w as yet employed in the service of Mr. Stoal.
58 Owing to my continuing to assert that I had seen a vision, persecuti o n still followed me, and my wife’s father’s family were very much oppos e d to our being married. I was, therefore, under the necessity of takin g h er elsewhere; so we went and were married at the house of Squire Tarb ill , in South Bainbridge, Chenango county, New York. Immediately after m y ma rriage, I left Mr. Stoal’s, and went to my father’s, and farmed wit h hi m that season.
59 At length the time arrived for obtaining the plates, the Urim and Th u mmim, and the breastplate. On the twenty-second day of September, one t ho usand eight hundred and twenty-seven, having gone as usual at the en d o f another year to the place where they were deposited, the same heave nl y messenger delivered them up to ame with this charge: that I should b e r esponsible for them; that if I should let them go carelessly, or thro ug h any neglect of mine, I should be cut off; but that if I would use al l m y endeavors to preserve them, until he, the messenger, should call fo r th em, they should be protected.
60 I soon found out the reason why I had received such strict charge s t o keep them safe, and why it was that the messenger had said that wh e n I had done what was required at my hand, he would call for them. Fo r n o sooner was it known that I had them, than the most strenuous exerti on s were used to get them from me. Every stratagem that could be invente d w as resorted to for that purpose. The persecution became more bitter a nd s evere than before, and multitudes were on the alert continually to g et th em from me if possible. But by the wisdom of God, they remained saf e in m y hands, until I had accomplished by them what was required at m y hand. W hen, according to arrangements, the messenger called for them , I delivere d them up to him; and he has them in his charge until this d ay, being th e second day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-e ight.
61 The excitement, however, still continued, and rumor with her thousa n d tongues was all the time employed in circulating falsehoods about m y fa ther’s family, and about myself. If I were to relate a thousandth pa rt o f them, it would fill up volumes. The persecution, however, became s o int olerable that I was under the necessity of leaving Manchester, an d goin g with my wife to Susquehanna county, in the State of Pennsylvania . Whil e preparing to start—being very poor, and the persecution so heav y upon u s that there was no probability that we would ever be otherwise— in the mi dst of our afflictions we found a friend in a gentleman by th e name of Ma rtin Harris, who came to us and gave me fifty dollars to ass ist us on ou r journey. Mr. Harris was a resident of Palmyra township, Wa yne county, i n the State of New York, and a farmer of respectability.
62 By this timely aid was I enabled to reach the place of my destinati o n in Pennsylvania; and immediately after my arrival there I commenced c op ying the characters off the plates. I copied a considerable number o f the m, and by means of the Urim and Thummim I translated some of them , whic h I did between the time I arrived at the house of my wife’s fathe r, in t he month of December, and the February following.
63 Sometime in this month of February, the aforementioned Mr. Martin Ha r ris came to our place, got the characters which I had drawn off the pla te s, and started with them to the city of New York. For what took plac e rel ative to him and the characters, I refer to his own account of th e circum stances, as he related them to me after his return, which was a s follows:
64 “I went to the city of New York, and presented the characters whic h h ad been translated, with the translation thereof, to Professor Charle s An thon, a gentleman celebrated for his literary attainments. Professo r Anth on stated that the translation was correct, more so than any he ha d befor e seen translated from the Egyptian. I then showed him those whic h were n ot yet translated, and he said that they were Egyptian, Chaldaic , Assyria c, and Arabic; and he said they were true characters. He gave m e a certif icate, certifying to the people of Palmyra that they were tru e characters , and that the translation of such of them as had been trans lated was als o correct. I took the certificate and put it into my pocket , and was jus t leaving the house, when Mr. Anthon called me back, and as ked me how th e young man found out that there were gold plates in the pl ace where he f ound them. I answered that an angel of God had revealed i t unto him.
65 “He then said to me, ‘Let me see that certificate.’ I accordingly to o k it out of my pocket and gave it to him, when he took it and tore i t t o pieces, saying that there was no such thing now as ministering of a ngel s, and that if I would bring the plates to him he would translate th em . I informed him that part of the plates were sealed, and that I was f orb idden to bring them. He replied, ‘I cannot read a sealed book.’ I lef t hi m and went to Dr. Mitchell, who sanctioned what Professor Anthon ha d sai d respecting both the characters and the translation.”
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Oliver Cowdery serves as scribe in translating the Book of Mormon—Jose p h and Oliver receive the Aaronic Priesthood from John the Baptist—The y ar e baptized, ordained, and receive the spirit of prophecy. (Verses 66 –75.)
66 On the 5th day of April, 1829, Oliver Cowdery came to my house, unt i l which time I had never seen him. He stated to me that having been tea ch ing school in the neighborhood where my father resided, and my fathe r bei ng one of those who sent to the school, he went to board for a seas on a t his house, and while there the family related to him the circumsta nce s of my having received the plates, and accordingly he had come to ma ke i nquiries of me.
67 Two days after the arrival of Mr. Cowdery (being the 7th of Apri l ) I commenced to translate the Book of Mormon, and he began to write f o r me.
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68 We still continued the work of translation, when, in the ensuing mon t h (May, 1829), we on a certain day went into the woods to pray and inqu ir e of the Lord respecting baptism for the remission of sins, that we fo un d mentioned in the translation of the plates. While we were thus emplo yed , praying and calling upon the Lord, a messenger from heaven descende d i n a cloud of light, and having laid his hands upon us, he ordained us , sa ying:
69 Upon you my fellow servants, in the name of Messiah, I confer the Pr i esthood of Aaron, which holds the keys of the ministering of angels, a n d of the gospel of repentance, and of baptism by immersion for the remi ss ion of sins; and this shall never be taken again from the earth unti l th e sons of Levi do offer again an offering unto the Lord in righteous ness.
70 He said this Aaronic Priesthood had not the power of laying on han d s for the gift of the Holy Ghost, but that this should be conferred o n u s hereafter; and he commanded us to go and be baptized, and gave us d irec tions that I should baptize Oliver Cowdery, and that afterwards he s houl d baptize me.
71 Accordingly we went and were baptized. I baptized him first, and aft e rwards he baptized me—after which I laid my hands upon his head and ord ai ned him to the Aaronic Priesthood, and afterwards he laid his hands o n m e and ordained me to the same Priesthood—for so we were commanded.*
72 The messenger who visited us on this occasion and conferred this Pri e sthood upon us, said that his name was John, the same that is called Jo h n the Baptist in the New Testament, and that he acted under the directi o n of Peter, James and John, who held the keys of the Priesthood of Melc hi zedek, which Priesthood, he said, would in due time be conferred on us , a nd that I should be called the first Elder of the Church, and he (Oli ve r Cowdery) the second. It was on the fifteenth day of May, 1829, tha t w e were ordained under the hand of this messenger, and baptized.
73 Immediately on our coming up out of the water after we had been bapt i zed, we experienced great and glorious blessings from our Heavenly Fath er . No sooner had I baptized Oliver Cowdery, than the Holy Ghost fell up o n him, and he stood up and prophesied many things which should shortl y co me to pass. And again, so soon as I had been baptized by him, I als o ha d the spirit of prophecy, when, standing up, I prophesied concernin g th e rise of this Church, and many other things connected with the Chur ch, a nd this generation of the children of men. We were filled with th e Holy G host, and rejoiced in the God of our salvation.
74 Our minds being now enlightened, we began to have the scriptures la i d open to our understandings, and the true meaning and intention of the i r more mysterious passages revealed unto us in a manner which we neve r co uld attain to previously, nor ever before had thought of. In the mea ntim e we were forced to keep secret the circumstances of having receive d th e Priesthood and our having been baptized, owing to a spirit of pers ecuti on which had already manifested itself in the neighborhood.
75 We had been threatened with being mobbed, from time to time, and thi s , too, by professors of religion. And their intentions of mobbing us we r e only counteracted by the influence of my wife’s father’s family (und e r Divine providence), who had become very friendly to me, and who wer e op posed to mobs, and were willing that I should be allowed to continu e th e work of translation without interruption; and therefore offered an d pro mised us protection from all unlawful proceedings, as far as in the m lay. | Smith, Joseph (I50821)
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The following were told to Michelle King, Bonnie’s granddaughter, arou n d 1997 when she asked Bonnie a series of questions and wrote them u p a s a brief history of Bonnie.
Her Childhood:
Bonnie was sewing before the first grade. She was not tall enough to s i t and reach the pedals, so she had to stand to use the pedal machine.
Bonnie never owned a teddy bear or a doll as a child, but she did ha v e a big stack of paper dolls. She loved playing in her Grandma Blackner ’ s trunk of clothes. Grandma Blackner had pattern books and cloth for Bo nn ie to make clothes with.
When Bonnie was a child, she was petrified of horses. Her dad helped h e r to overcome this fear by teaching her never to give up. He had her le a d a horse pulling hay to the barn. He wouldn’t let her give up on tha t ta sk and helped her to face her fears. When she had completed the tas k of s imply leading the horse to the barn, then he took over and let he r go pla y.
They worked really hard as children. They never, ever just sat! If you w e re in the house, dad made you work. However, working was fun, it wa s a wa y of life.
Although her family was poor when she was growing up, they never let t h e children know that they were poor. The children always felt that the y w ere as good as everyone else.
There were no quarrels in the home. That just wasn’t a part of home life.
Her Teenage Years:
School came easily to Bonnie. She never opened her history book becaus e s he learned from the teacher and took good notes. She played hooky a l ot i n high school. She spent those days making fudge or spending time wi th he r friends.
Her senior year of high school, Bonnie was approached by the principal a n d told that if she applied herself she would probably be the valedictor ia n. However, she married Howard Lothair King before she graduated fro m hig h school.
One of the fads when she was growing up was the “Nickelodeon”. This w a s a juke box that played music tunes. In order to get it to play music , y ou would put a nickel in the slot and push the button for the song yo u wa nted to hear.
Dating:
Her dad always said, “Bonnie you can come in whenever you want to. I’m n o t giving you a curfew, but you have a choice over consequences.” He le t h er know that she decided what happened in her life and then had to li ve w ith the consequences of her choices.
Married with children:
Bonnie worked her children. For example, Paul would get up at 4 am and w o rk at the creamery. Then he would attend seminary and continue on to sc ho ol. After school he would work at the creamery until 10 pm.
They didn’t have a car at one point, so the children would walk miles ev e rywhere.
The family didn’t have any financial stability until Bonnie began her dr a pery business based from her home. She hated having to work and wishe d th at she could have just been a mom, but circumstances pushed her int o th e work force.
Family Traditions:
Every Christmas, Bonnie would do a different theme on the Christmas tre e . She was not one to do something more than once.
Sunday had some traditions as well. The family all went to church. Lat e r in the day, they had a family dinner with nice china settings.
Talents:
When she was on the Stake Relief Society Board, they attended a traini n g meeting with a general authority. The leader had them write their be s t attribute on a piece of paper. Everyone turned to Bonnie and said thi ng s like, “You don’t have any problems coming up with an attribute. YO u ca n paint, sing, dance and sew.” However, Bonnie believed her best att ribut e was that she could keep her cool and temper under pressure. She c ould w ork easily under pressure.
Bonnie learned a lot of things over the years out of necessity. For exam p le, she was asked to play the piano in church. So she taught herself h o w to play. She never said, “I can’t”, but instead she went and taught h er self how to do!
If She Could Live Her Life Over Again:
Bonnie was a workaholic like her parents. She wished that should could l e arn how to just play.
Her Advice:
If Bonnie could leave one piece of advice with her posterity, it woul d b e to stress the importance of education.
Remember Her For:
Bonnie hoped to be remembered for being a good seamstress, for being mec h anically inclined and for her sense of design. She believed that other s w ould recognized her as a hard worker. She hoped to also be remembere d fo r being close to the spirit. | Hull, Bonnie Rae (I173406)
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The History of My Grandmother MARY JANE SMITH GE E
by Adelia May Gee Jackson
Mary Jane Smith Gee was the daughter of Asahel Smith II and Elizabeth S c hellenger. Mary Jane Smith was a cousin of the Prophet Joseph Smith, th ei r fathers being brothers. Mary Jane Smith Gee was born April 29,1813 i n S tockholm, Lawrence Co., New York. She was the fifth child in a famil y o f eight children. Her early life was typical of other children of th e 19t h century, when father, mother and children worked together earnin g a liv elihood for the family.
The Smith family were all naturally religious and firm believers in Go d . Soon after the Church of Jesus Christ was organized they became inves ti gators and in June 1835 her father and mother were baptized. Two month s l ater one brother and one sister joined the Church and the following F ebru ary 7, 1836 Mary Jane, three sisters and two brothers entered the wa ter s of baptism, thus the entire family of Asahel Smith II and Elizabet h Sch ellenger Smith became members of the Church .
February 5, 1837 Mary Jane Smith married George Washington Gee I who w a s the eldest son of a large family who were all active members of the C hu rch. After their marriage they moved to Fredrickburg, Ray Co., Missour i , where their first son was born May 30, 1838, and they named him Elia s S mith Gee. Soon after they moved to Ambrosia, Lee Co., Iowa, where the ir s econd son was born October 9,1841, and they named him George Washing ton G ee II. He became my father. When George W. the II was one month ol d his f ather was called on a mission to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Soon a fter arr iving in the mission field he was called to administer to a chil d sufferi ng with “black measles.” The child recovered but Elder Gee cont racted th e dread disease and died January 20,1842, leaving my grandmothe r and he r two small sons, the youngest–-who became my father--only thre e months o ld.
The Gee family conjointly owned a large farm and the members of the fam i ly lived on it. After the death of my grandfather--George Washington G e e I--my grandmother Mary Jane continued living on the farm. Five year s la ter the father of George Washington Gee I--Salmon Gee--died and th e far m was sold and the money divided among the family. Mary Jane’s shar e wa s a great help in making preparations for coming to Zion. This was t he au tumn of 1846. With her two small sons she crossed the Mississippi R iver i nto Nauvoo, where her father Asahel Smith and her mother Elizabet h Schell enger Smith, her brothers Elias A. and Silas and four sisters an d their f amilies were preparing to obey the mobocratic orders to surrend er Nauvoo , with the Temple, their homes, farms and even their lives, i f the order s were not obeyed at once. The Smith families packed their be longings int o five wagons, having two yoke of oxen for each wagon. Wit h some extra ox en and milk cows they started on the long trek.
When they had traveled for some time Mother Smith (Elizabeth Schelleng e r Smith) became ill with chills and fever which made it necessary to st o p at Iowaville to care for her. A part of the family went on for some m il es and then concluded to wait for a few days. In the meantime member s o f the group became ill and they returned to Iowaville. So many becam e il l there were not enough well ones to care for those who were ill. Th ey de cided to remain there as the winter was fast approaching. The mothe r di d not improve and on October 14,1846, she passed away. There were on ly th ree members of her large family who were able to attend her funera l servi ce. She was buried one and one half miles northeast of Iowaville . A larg e rock was placed at the head of her grave and the name Elizabet h Schelle nger Smith was painted on it.
Sickness and trials continued, and two years had passed and they had be e n unable to continue their journey. Then the aged Father Smith passed a wa y and he was laid beside his wife and the name of Asahel Smith was pai nte d on the same rock. The surroundings were noted and marked for futur e ide ntification. In after years when the missionaries were sent to carr y th e Gospel message to the Eastern States, there were four of Asahel' s and E lizabeth's grandsons who were in the company. Before leaving hom e they we re instructed to locate the graves and after considerable diffi culty th e graves were found and a fine monument was erected and photogra phs of th e graves and surroundings were taken. On the monument were carv ed the nam es of Asahel Smith and Elizabeth Schellenger Smith with the pl aces and da tes of their births and deaths.
Then there was another delay. Elias A. the eldest son of Asahel and Eli z abeth Smith, and his wife Lucy Brown and been married nearly five year s a nd no baby had come to bless their home, and now they were expectin g thei r first child. On September 28,1850 a baby girl was born to them . They na med her Emily. When she grew to womanhood she married Wilford W oodruff, J r. and their first born was a girl and they gave her the nam e of Lucy. Sh e became the wife of George Albert Smith the eighth Preside nt of the Chur ch.
It was in the early spring of 1851 that the Asahel Smith II family bi d f arewell to their neighbors and friends in Iowaville and took up the l ong , difficult trek to Council Bluff. It was the rainy season and trave l wa s very slow. There were rivers to cross and mud to pull through. The y tra veled as far as Des Moines and had to wait there for four weeks fo r the r ain to cease. They drove two and one-half miles and crossed the D es Moine s and **** Rivers, which were swollen beyond their banks. The te amsters h aving to swim the extra cattle across. Several times they cam e very nea r being drowned. They camped that night in a small grove not f ar from th e river. After eating a good supper which was given them by re latives whe n they left Des Moines, they went to bed very tired, but ver y thankful t o the Lord for the preservation of their lives .
Early the next morning they started on their way again. The prairies we r e sodden and soaked with rain, but the sun was shining and they were ha pp y. The drivers of the wagons were Elias A. Smith (who was brother of M ar y Jane), Samuel P. Hoyt (a brother-in-law) and Mary Jane and her two s on s Elias, age 13, and George W. Gee age 10 years, who later became my f ath er. It was a long, tiresome journey for these two young boys but the y fin ally reached Salt Lake City in the evening of September 21, 1851. T hey dr ove up what in now known as West Temple Street and stopped on th e west si de of Temple Square Block. Here President Young, George A. Smit h, Wilfor d Woodruff, W.W. Phelps and others were there to greet them .
In a short time Mary Jane Smith Gee's brother Elias A. Smith who had ma d e arrangements for his family to live in a house on North Temple Stree t b etween West Temple and First West Street, also took his sister Mary J an e and her two sons to live with them until they could make other arran gem ents. Their hearts were full of gratitude for the great blessing of a rriv ing in safety in a land free from mobbings and persecutions.
The boys soon found employment. The older one, Elias, began working i n t he Post Office. The younger one, George (who became my father) herde d the ir cattle until they were sold. After that he did odd jobs in the D esere t News. In a few months Mary Jane's brother, Elias A. Smith was mad e Prob ate Judge, a position he held for many years. Tragedy again came t o my gr andmother. Her eldest son, Elias, who was now 17 years of age, be came ill , and in August 1855 died, leaving his mother with an only son , 14 year s old. This son was George W. Gee, who became my father .
In 1858, when Johnson's Army invaded Utah, many of the saints moved sou t h, among them Mary Jane who with other relatives moved to Provo. She a n d her son lived in a small adobe house on the west side of what is no w Un iversity Avenue and First North. She then taught school for severa l years . Her son now 17 years old found employment on the farms in the s ummer an d attended school in the winter.
At the age of twenty-one, he married Sophina A. Fuller of Salt lake Ci t y on May 4, 1862. He brought his bride to Provo where they and his moth e r lived in the house on University Avenue and First North. The next ye a r he built them a house on Second North and Fourth East. Mary Jane cont in ued to live with them there until her death March 1, 1878, when her bo d y was brought back to Salt lake City for burial in the City Cemetery. | Smith, Mary Jane (I51147)
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The History of Peter Niels Skousen
Compiled by Anjanette Stone Lofgren
October 2007
Peter Niels Skousen was born on September 6, 1856 in Randers, Aarhus , D e n mark. He was the son of James Niels Skousen (born as Jens Neilson , Se p te mber 30, 1828, Herslev, Vejle, Denmark, died October 23, 1912 , Alpin e, Ap ache, Arizona, USA) and Sidsel (Cecil) Marie Pederson (bor n Augus t 2 3, 18 26, Laasby, Skandeborg, Denmark, died February 10, 1899 , Coloni a Ju arez, Chihuahua, Mexico).
Peter’s father had been one of the Mounted Royal Guards and receiv e d 3 y e ars of military training. He became a proud member of the fine s t ridi n g team in the Danish kingdom.
James and Sidsel fell in love, became engaged, and soon set up wha t w a s v ery common in those days in Denmark, a common-law marriage. Jam es w a s twe nty and she was twenty-two.
Peter was the second of nine children born to James and Sidsel. Thei r f i r stborn, Petria Skousen was born June 6, 1849, in Aarhus, Denmar k an d di e d almost two months later on August 1, 1849.
Seven years later, his parents were married on May 18, 1856, in th e D u m C hurch in Aarhus, Denmark. They were very religious and James wa s ev e n ca lled to assist the minister many times because of his knowled ge o f t he sc riptures.
After Peter was born in 1856, his parents had a son named Parley Pra t t S k ousen. Parley was born on February 15, 1859, in Randers, Denmar k an d d ie d two days later on February 17, 1859.
Willard Richard Skousen was born on February 5, 1860, in Randers, Denm a r k. He and Peter were nearly three and a half years apart.
James and Sidsel heard the gospel of Jesus Christ and joined The Chu r c h o f Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints when Peter was a baby. Elde r Ma d so n baptized James and Sidsel, and two traveling Elders confirme d the m m emb ers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Th e Skous e n hom e was always open to the Mormon missionaries and becam e a famili a r part o f Peter’s young life.
Before leaving Denmark, Sidsel had a desire to share the gospel mess a g e w ith her family, especially her beloved brother who was a school t ea ch er. Her message was rejected and her brother thought he was more ed uca te d t han her because of his profession. She was crushed by her fami ly’ s re acti on to her new religion.
The Mormon missionaries and Peter’s parents spoke at lengths about mo v i n g to Utah. This was intriguing to young Peter. James had lost hi s j o b b ecause of his new religion but soon obtained better paying empl oyme n t s o they could have the needed funds to cross the ocean.
In the early spring of 1862 when Peter was five years old and Willa r d w a s about two years old, the Skousen’s left their beloved home in D en mar k f or the unknown future ahead of them in the United States. Sids e l wa s fou r months pregnant when they left Denmark.
The Skousen’s were probably with the saints who boarded the ship Alb i o n i n Aarhus on the morning of April 7th and sailed to Hamburg, Germa ny . The y arrived in the evening of April 8th. Here the saints boarde d t w o diffe rent ships, the Humboldt and the Franklin. Peter’s famil y boar d ed the s hip, Humboldt in Hamburg, Germany with 323 other LDS im migrant s. Their c aptain was H. D. Boysen and their church leader for th e voya g e was Hans C hristian Hansen.
Their journey was a success. The Humboldt arrived in New York on May 2 0 t h, 1862. They continued their journey westward by train and steamb o a t u p the Missouri River to Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha). This wa s t h e out fitting place for the journey across the plains for the saint s. P e ter’ s family arrived in Florence in early June. It was here the y join e d th e John R. Murdock Company consisting of 700 individuals an d 65 wag on s. Th ey departed Florence, Nebraska on July 24, 1862.
Two weeks after leaving Florence, Nebraska, Sidsel gave birth to a dau g h t er, Hannah Marie (or Johannah) Skousen on August 2, 1862, near th e Pl at t e River in Nebraska.
The family arrived in Salt Lake City on September 28, 1862, and whil e h e r e, his father helped cut stones for the temple. Soon after arrivi n g i n Ut ah they moved to Lehi and lived in a one bedroom house just ea s t o f the L ehi Roller Mills. They moved around a lot and then settle d i n Dra per wher e they bought a 40 acre farm.
Three more children were born to James and Sidsel while living in Drap e r ; Caroline in 1867, Mary in 1870, and James Niels Jr. in 1872.
Two unpleasant Childhood memories for Peter where when at the age of s e v e n, he crushed his finger and almost froze to death. The incident s ha p pe ned while he helped his father with harvesting the crops and cu ttin g w oo d for winter on their Draper farm. One day a log slipped an d crus he d on e of his fingers and nail. Another worker took a handkerc hief a n d spi t his used chewing tobacco into the handkerchief and tie d it arou n d Peter ’s finger. He kept it on his finger for a week. Th e other ti m e they wer e caught in snowstorm while logging. Peter almos t froz e t o death and b y the time he reached home he could hardly walk . Sidse l pu t him to bed w here he spent several days recovering. He bec ame ver y il l as his body wa rmed up and was filled with aches and pains .
Peter was a big help to his father helping him in many of his labo r s o n t heir farm. They logged, grew grain, hay, raised dairy cows, an d m an y oth er endeavors to help make a living for the family.
Sister Fitzgerald was Peter’s Sunday School teacher who taught hi m h o w t o read and write. When he was ten years old he started schoo l an d w as t aught by Dr. John R. Park. With the help of these two teach ers , Pet er be came an exceptional student. He loved school so much h e wa s disap pointe d whenever his father needed him to stay home to hel p wit h the far m. Des pite this disappointment, he was unknowingly educa ting h imself th rough la boring with his father. He developed self-init iativ e and busin ess exper ience.
Dr. Park spent 30 minutes a day teaching Peter and his classmate s h o w t o read music and how to sing. He would write the staff and not e s o n th e blackboard as he taught them many songs. The children devel op e d int o a good choir in Draper as a result of Dr. Park’s instructio n a n d the ti me he devoted to his students.
Peter was about nine when he had a desire to play the fiddle. He made H i s own fiddle by taking an old wooden shoe and obtained strings from ne i g h bor’s broken violin. He found a piece of wood, carved it into a bo w, a n d attached horse hair to it.
Peter enjoyed running and was very fast. He raced in the holiday celeb r a t ions and won many prizes. Baseball also became a favorite sport fo r P e te r and the other Skousen’s. It was hard for him to stop a gam e t o g o bac k inside the school when recess was over.
One day when Peter was grazing the cattle near the Jordan River, he st u m b led upon an old rusty cap and ball six-shooter. It had probably on c e b el onged to a soldier from Johnston’s Army. Peter took it home whe r e h e cl eaned, oiled, and worked on it until he was able to get it t o sh oot. H e was proud of his accomplishment.
Peter was jumping over a stream one day when he found a five dolla r g o l d piece shining through the water. His father took it to Salt La ke C i t y where he was able to get more than five dollars in exchange . A por t io n of it was given to peter and he used it to purchase a bra nd new po n y. He loved his dear pony which he named “Jule”. Jule coul d outru n t h e other boys’ ponies.
Peter was heartbroken the day his beloved pony ran away to the hill s w i t h a group of wild horses. He tried unsuccessfully to find his ho rse . I n his own words Peter said; “One time as I was going up a long sl a n t o f a hill in search of my pony I decided to ask the Lord to hel p m e an d t o guide me with His Spirit to where the horse was. I ha d a doll ar w hic h I had saved up by small amounts given me by my parent s. Of cou rs e I th ought I was rich to have so much as a dollar. Bu t I told the L or d tha t if He would help me find my pony I would give t he dollar in ti thi ng. I got up from my knees and started out. Crossin g several hollo w s an d ridges, there came along a band of horses just a s fast as they c ou ld go, kicking up their heels and going down toward s town after wate r an d ther e was my pony with them. I took in after t hem and could hard ly k eep u p with them. I got them in the street tha t went by our plac e bu t how w as I to get them in the corral? That puz zled me but when th ey g ot nea r the corral the little mare of mine kne w the place and wen t righ t into t he corral and several others followe d her. I hurried an d put u p the bar s. I got a rope to catch her. Sh e seemed rather wild , but a s soon a s I put the rope on her, she came r ight up to me just li ke she w as glad t o see me. I let the bars down a nd the other horses we nt out a nd up towa rds the hills as fast as the y could. Yes, my mare ga ve a whi mper like s he would say ‘goodbye’, bu t she soon felt at home ag ain. ”
Brother Absalom Heber Smith, the first councilor in the Skousen’s bish o p r ic, baptized Peter in a clear pond fed by a spring in east Draper n e a r th e main creek. He was confirmed a member after the baptism by Bi sh o p Isa ac M. Stewart.
In 1870, James married a second wife named Ane Kirstine Jorgensen Hans e n . They had 2 boys and 6 girls; Ella Marie, Erastus, Orson Pratt, Ann a C h r istina, Eliza, Melvina, Mary Esther, and Terry Donahoe.
At the age of 17, Peter was attending the School of Deseret in Sal t L a k e City when his father was called to help settle Arizona. He lef t Sid s e l and their children in Utah and took Ane and their children wi th h i m t o Arizona. Peter had to leave school to help his mother run th eir f a rm i n Draper.
A year had passed when James returned to Utah from Arizona, leavin g h i s s econd family behind. He came to pack up his family and move th e m t o Ari zona. Three teams were driven by Peter, Willard, and their fa th e r.
On their way to Arizona they stopped in St. George, Utah where Pet e r a n d Willard took out their endowments. Peter was ordained an elde r i n t h e Melchizedek Priesthood.
They arrived at Allen’s Camp, later called St. Joseph, on December 2 4 , 1 8 77, where they pledged to live the United Order. Peter taught sc ho o l he re and was also the assistant postmaster. He kept books for th e U n ite d Order.
James was very strict about living the United Order while in St. Jose p h . What the head of the church said was the word of the Lord to him . T h e y milked cows and shared all the crops together. James and Willa r d h a d a bit of a falling out and Willard left St. Joseph.
On November 11, 1884, James went to Prescott for trial as a polygamis t . H e departed on December 7 for the Yuma Penitentiary with six month s ' c onfi nement and a $500 fine. Because he had no money to pay, he wa s g ive n thir ty days more in its place. He said, "It was the best month 's p a y I ever r eceived." James was released from the federal penitenti ar y i n July 1885 a nd rejoiced in seeing his two families.
As a convicted polygamist, James could not afford to live with both of H i s families in the Untied States so he had Sidsel move to Colonia Jua r e z w ith the help of Peter, Dan and James while he stayed on the far m i n A rizo na and took care of Ane and her young family. It was a sad d ay w he n he pr epared to bid Sidsel, his lifelong sweetheart goodbye. I t too k tw enty-on e days for the little caravan to reach Juarez, Mexico.
Later, Peter worked near Holbrook, Arizona where he had a contrac t w i t h a railroad building firm that lasted almost a year. Peter ha d cha r g e of the commissary, kept the company books, and was paymaster . He t h e n worked near Springerville, Arizona with his business partne r Natha n B en jamin Robinson. They had a contract with John A. West to w ork on t he r ail road in the San Francisco Mountains. They freighted fro m one tow n t o ano ther. Nathan’s wife, Annise Adelia Bybee Robinson, co oked foo d fo r the cr ew, at times consisting of 50 men.
She became ill and was also 8 months pregnant at the time and went t o s t a y with her sister in Snowflake, Arizona. A few weeks before the b ir t h o f the baby, Nathan was worried about his family and returned hom e . S hort ly after returning home he told Annise that he was going to fi n d a m issin g cow. He came upon the tracks and followed them to Show L o w Cree k wher e he found some Indians killing a beef. Fearing he woul d te ll oth er whit e men what they had done, they shot and killed Natha n an d hid hi s body i n the Show Low Creek. They weighed his body down i n th e water wi th larg e rocks to keep the body hidden. This was on Jun e 1 , 1882.
When Annise realized something was wrong, she sent for help. Nathan’ s h o r se had returned home with out him and had an Indian lariat on it . T h e se ttlers were scared at the news that Indians had killed Natha n an d we re hi ding in a barn at the John Reidhead Farm in Lone Pine.
Nathan’s body could not be found until some of the searchers praye d f o r a ssistance in their search. Soon after his foot was seen floati n g u p an d down in the Show Low Creek. His body was recovered and the f at her les s family buried him in the Snowflake, Arizona cemetery on Jun e 4 , 188 2.
Peter heard the news while he was in St. Joseph on his way to Round Va l l e y and was very concerned about Annise and her four children and unb o r n ba by.
He had a hard time sleeping as he camped that night and couldn’t sto p t h i nking about the Robinson family. He heard a soft voice tell hi m th a t th e family would devolve into his hands. He had no desire to ta ke an o the r man’s wife but prayed about this new development and was a t peace .
Peter visited the Annise and her children a few weeks later at Snowfla k e , Arizona. She was happy to see him and insisted that he stay fo r a c h i cken dinner. She had just delivered her son, Phileon Benjamin R obin s o n a few days before and her heart was grieving for her husband a nd w a s co ncerned for the welfare of her little ones. Peter assured he r th a t the L ord would watch over them and provide for them.
Peter returned to his home at Round Valley where his mother, Sidsel, l i v e d. Peter told his father about his plans to marry Annise. His fat h e r su ggested that he first get a wife who could be his own for eterni t y s inc e Annise and Nathan had been sealed. Peter and Annise set a wed di n g dat e that was a few months away and Peter had to hurry to follo w hi s c ounsel. He found a girl of 19 by the name of Mary Malinda Roger s wh o co nsente d to marry him.
Peter and his two fiancés made the journey from Snow Flake to St. Geor g e . Peter first married Malinda as his eternal companion and then Ann i s e a s his companion for life only on December 13, 1883 in the St. Geo r g e Temp le, 18 months after the death of Nathan Benjamin Robinson. Pe t e r was twe nty-seven, Annise was twenty-six, and Mary was nineteen wh e n th ey joine d this union.
Peter and his wives returned to Round Valley where they began their l i v e s together. Peter became a home building contractor in the Nutrios o C r ee k area. In the fall he was asked to teach again and went to St . Jo h n t o take the required examination. When he arrived at the offic e he w a s as ked if his last name was Skousen. When he answered “yes”, h e was t ol d no t to bother to take the exam because he would not be hire d even i f h e ha d passed. Charges had been filed against Peter for pol ygamy . A few d ays later, Peter and Brother Samuel Jarvis had a home mi ssio n ary appointm ent to visit the St. John’s Ward. Upon their arriva l the y w ere warned th at the marshal had been out looking for Peter. Th e nex t da y on their wa y home they saw some dust rising up ahead of the m and t he n a buggy came i nto view. They knew it must be the marshal s o Peter l ai d down in the bac k of the wagon and covered himself wit h a blanket . A s they got closer t o the marshal, Brother Jarvis steere d the horse s bac k and forth across th e road and yelled like he had bee n drinking . The M arshal left him alon e and kept on going.
After Peter returned home he decided to move to Snowflake were he wa s a b l e to help work on the new stake house which was under constructio n . H e worked on the rounded staircase and painted the gallery. Mar y a n d the ir first Child, Malinda (b. November 9, 1884), moved with Pet er a n d she s tayed with her parents. Annise stayed behind in Springervi lle w i th her c hildren and new baby, Zebulon (b. December 13, 1884).
President John Taylor warned the polygamist Saints in the area to le a v e A rizona and take their families to Mexico where they could not b e bo th ere d by the law. Peter and Mary packed up their belongings an d join e d a co mpany of thirty-two wagons. His sister, Hannah, and her h usband , E rnest L eander Taylor, were also in this company.
When they were in Luna Valley, New Mexico, a snow storm came throug h . T h e melted snow left behind a lot of mud causing many problems fo r th e co mp any. They had to travel down a steep mountain called Milliga n’s S lid e Of f and attached pine trees to the backs of the wagons to he lp slo w th em do wn. Women had to walk with their babies and try to kee p thei r bal ance w ithout assistance while the men struggled to bring th e wagon s dow n the in cline safely. They reached the boarder safely an d the Mexi can o fficial s were shocked to see so many wagons entering th eir country .
By March 7, 1885, the company reached the Casas Grande River just no r t h o f La Acension. They camped here until it was decided where the y w o ul d settle. The church purchased about 40,000 acres of land for th e Sa i nt s to live on and they found a desirable location to begin thei r sett le men t. Just as their crops were beginning to grow, they receive d an or de r fr om the local governor that all the Mormons in his state o f Chihua hua, mus t immediately leave Mexico. They were granted permissio n to sta y u ntil t heir crops were harvested. Apostle Lorenzo Snow wa s visitin g i n Mexic o City at the time and was sent word about the orde r. He spok e w ith th e Mexican president who resolved the problem and re moved the g over nor fro m office.
The Saints were once again able to get back to work on their newly cre a t e d town. During this time Peter’s mother, Sidsel, arrived with her s o n s, James, Daniel, and his wife.
It had been almost two years since the Saints had began to develop t h e i r new town when word arrived that they were not living on the lan d th a t h ad been purchased. This was a huge blow to them and many wer e disc o urag ed and returned to the United States. Most of them picked u p the i r belon gings and moved to the proper site which was not as desir able . O nce agai n they began to prepare the land for their settlement . Pete r a nd his br other James freighted from New Mexico and purchase d a saw m il l for thei r new colony which had been named Colonia Juarez.
Peter had been called to be the Elder Quorum President and also trav e l e d as a home missionary.
Annise and her children were moved to Colonia Juarez about 1887. Ei g h t m ore children were born to her and Peter in Mexico; Don Parley (b . M ar ch 2 6, 1888), Verna (b. Sept. 12, 1889), Effa (b. Nov. 2, 1890) , Haze l (Sept. 21, 1892), Marie Lula (b. March 9, 1895), Eva (b. May 5 , 1896) , An ita o r Annetta (b. 1897, d. 1899), and Merle Tresa (b. Marc h 26, 19 00).
Peter and Mary also had eight more children born to them in Mexico; P e t e r James (b. Jan. 27, 1886), Angus Philemon (b. April 25, 1887), Ru t h (b. Dec. 20, 1889), Estella (b. March 20, 1892), Webster Grant (b. Ju l y 2 6, 1893, d. June 25, 1895), Vera (b. Feb. 16, 1895, d. July 31, 189 9) , S mi th Holister (b. Aug. 27, 1897), and Pamelia (b. Dec. 28, 1902).
The two wives lived in corner houses at either end of a city block. A n n i se lived here until Peter purchased land in San Jose, Mexico and mo v e d he r and their children in 1895 or 1896. By 1900 they were livi n g i n Colon ia Dublan, Chihuahua, Mexico where Annise’s youngest Chil d wa s bo rn.
Peter purchased the first header for harvesting wheat and the first tr a c t or that permitted him to pull several plows at a time. He took grad i n g c ontracts with two railroads in Arizona and the head engineer of o n e f ir m was so impressed he asked him to handle an extra tough job. T h e ro a d had to be made though Noco, Arizona which was based on a consi de rabl e a mount of rock. He accepted the contract even though it mean t h e wou ld h ave to do a lot of blasting which usually meant trouble wi th t he tow n’s a uthorities. Peter had a talent for being diplomatic an d als o welco med ch allenges which helped him with this job.
In February 1893, the Skousen family received word that Willard’s wif e , S ophronia Ann had passed away. She left behind three young boys . H e r inf ant son had died in April of 1892. Willard brought his son s to M e xico t o live with his mother while he went to find work. Event ually , a romanc e blossomed between Willard and Annise’s daughter, Laur a Anni c e Robinson. They were married on December 23, 1896. Peter ha d want e d to take La ura on as a third wife and Peter’s brother, Jim, wa s als o sw eet on her. Annise said no, she will marry Willard, and Pete r gave h i s consent.
In 1902 Peter sold his farm in San Jose, Mexico, and prepared to m o v e t o Canada. He took his daughter, Malinda, and some of his sons wi t h h im. Peter’s brother-in-law, Ernest Taylor, also went with peter an d t oo k so me of his sons and his daughter, Nora. The girls did the cook ing . T hey s ecured some farm land and built a house. They attended the ir c hur ch mee tings in Raymond, Taylor Stake.
In the spring they worked hard to put in their wheat crop, only to h a v e i t lost to a hail storm. They prayed and determined they should s pe n d th e winter in Lethbridge. The two families rented a house and us e d t hei r horse teams to haul coal from the mines 5 miles away. It wa s s o c ol d that the horse’s nostrils would fill with ice and they coul d har dl y bre athe.
In the spring Annise’s family and some of Mary’s children moved to Ca n a d a where they lived for many years. Several of the children were ma rr i e d while they lived there. Annise and Peter were farming in Raymond , A l be rta, Canada in 1911, when Peter’s brother, Willard, and his fami ly m ov e d to Canada. Willard and his wife, Laura, decided that Canada w as t o o co ld and moved to New Mexico.
Peter was ordained a high priest on August 31, 1907 by Heber S. All e n a n d was a member of the Taylor Stake’s High Council.
Peter started a mercantile business in Canada and it was very successf u l . Peter and his family were doing quite well until the depression o f 1 9 0 6-1908 hit them hard. Peter had to sell all he had for pennies o n t h e d ollar and chose to leave Canada. At the age of fifty-two with t wo w iv es a nd fifteen living children Peter had to start over.
The Skousen’s returned to Mexico where he repurchased his San Jose fa r m . Mary and her family lived with him there.
In 1911, Peter along with Alonzo, Adelbert, and Harvey Taylor joined t o g e ther in a partnership to invest in building a flour mill. Their bus in e s s was very profitable until the Mexican Revolution. Considerabl e pro p er ty was confiscated by rebels including thirty head of horses w hich l ef t t hem with no way to work their farm. Losses amounted to $15 ,000 . H e ha d to sell his stock in the mill for $18,000 in order to bu y mor e tea ms.
“Shortly after this he purchased a steam tractor and thresher an d a n e w w agon for the tractor. While bringing the merchandise overlan d nor t h of L a Acension where General Pancho Villa was camped, soldier s deman de d all t he water in the wagon tank. This caused delay while g etting m or e wate r in order that the tractor could continue under its o wn steam . Upon ar riving in La Acension, Peter bravely went up to see P ancho V i lla. He co rdially greeted the general and told him of his rec ent purc h ases and thei r need in farming. He then requested a pass s o that he c o uld go on with out any further trouble. Pancho agreed tha t farming nee d ed improvemen t in Mexico and ordered his secretary to ma ke out the nec es sary document. A captain suggested there should be a d uty on such mer c handise. Pan cho ignored him, signed the pass and wish ed Peter a goo d t rip and success. Peter again displayed his ability a s a diplomat.” ( Sk ousens in Americ a, pg. 40)
Peter and his sons worked hard during the summer with their new farm e q u i pment. They were able to get much more accomplished with their ne w ma c hi nes rather than using horses and old plows. Peter’s farming wa s a gr e a t success.
The Mexican Revolution was getting too dangerous for women and Child r e n t o stay there, so on April 24, 1914, they left for El Paso, Texa s . P ete r went to Arizona for sometime and then returned to Mexico.
Peter built flour mills in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico . H i s s ons tired of the mill business and wanted to return to farming . Pe t er s old his Colonia Dublan mill in 1924 and returned to farming.
Peter purchased a new Buick Touring Sedan and on November 14, 1928, P e t e r drove President Heber J. Grant and his party from Columbus to Col on i a J uarez and then to Thatcher, Arizona for church conferences.
On May 14, 1938, Peter, Bishop Call, and the Aaronic Priesthood Quo r u m o f Colonia Dublan, traveled to San Jose to erect a monument on th e g ro un d where the pioneers first camped in Mexico in 1885.
Annise passed away on August 24, 1924, in Los Angeles, California wh i l e v isiting her daughter, Hazel. She is buried in Mesa, Arizona. Mar y p a sse d away on April 21, 1945, in Phoenix, Arizona and is buried i n Mesa .
Peter Niels Skousen passed away on October 2, 1940, in Colonia Dubla n , C h ihuahua, Mexico. He fathered 18 children and raised 5 step-childr en . H e was a devoted husband, father, and member of the church. H e w a s a har d worker and worked hard to provide for his family. He wa s buri e d on Oct ober 3, 1940 in Colonia Dublan, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Sources:
Encyclopedic History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sain t s , Vol. E
Treasures of Pioneer History: Vol 3, The Mormons in Mexico
Biography of Annise Adelia Bybee Robinson Skousen
Biography of Laura Annise Robinson Skousen
History of James Niels Skousen by Rita Maree Johnson
Skousens in America, Peter Niels Skousen 1856-1940 by Max B. Skous e n a n d Meryle M. Gelisse
Ancestry.com
Ancestral File ®
LDS Immigration Index
Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel
International Genealogical Index
Humboldt Ship Passenger List
1870 Utah Census
1880 Utah Census | Skousen, Peter Niels (I162138)
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The last Anglo-Saxon King of England. He died at the Battle of Hasti n g s o n 14 October, fighting the Norman invaders led by William the Con qu er or d uring the Norman conquest of England. | Godwinson, Harold II, King of England (I39995)
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The last High King to follow the pagan rituals of inauguration, the ba n - f eis or marriage to goddess of the land. | mac Cerbaill, Diarmait High King of Ireland (I41695)
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The life and times of Richard Hildreth and his wife Sarah and his wi f e E l izabeth Henchman
1600's
England and the American Colonies
Richard Hildreth born 1605 England died 23 Feb 1692/3 age 88 yrs Chelm s f o rd, Middlesex, MA.
He appears to have come to New England early 1640's when he signed a p e t i tion to the Court from Concord and Woburn for a tract of land lyi n g o n th e west of Concord of Musketaquid River. He was one of the orig in al s ettle rs of the Chelmsford, and his name appears among the petiti one rs fo r th e grant of the Town May 19, 1653. He lived on Robin's hill . Th e pres ent r oad was laid out through his yard in 1663.
Richard was married twice. His first wife was Sarah who died 15 Jun e 1 6 4 4 Cambridge, MA and he married 31 Dec 1645 Cambridge, MA as his 2 nd w i f e Elizabeth Henchman born 1625 died 3 Aug 1693 at Malden, MA bur ied B e l l Rock Cemetery, Malden, Middlesex, MA daughter of Edward Hench man a n d El izabeth.
Quote from "Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worchester Count y M A V o l 1 by Crane:
Richard Hildreth was an early settler in Cambridge and Woburn. Richa r d w a s admitted a Freeman to the Massachusetts Bay Colony on 10 May 16 43 . H e w as one of the founders of Chelmsford, MA and had a special gra n t of l an d in 1663 on account of having lost his right hand.
Quote from "Massachusetts and Maine Families, Vol II, Hildreth of Dr a c u t and Lewison"
Shows Richard Hildreth came to Massachusetts Bay Colony sometime bef o r e 1 642 with his wife Sarah and their two children.
Quote from "The First Settlers of New England"
Richard Hildreth, Cambridge, freeman 1642, was a petitioner for the g r a n t of Chelmsford in 1653, where many of his descendants have resided .
Quote from "Guide to the Early Settlers of America"
Hildreth, sometimes Hildrick: Richard Hildreth was serg. of the gran t e e s of Chelmsford, 1653.
children:
Sarah and Richard had:
1 - Jane Hildreth born 1628 England died 28 Apr 1697 married at Conco r d , MA 31 Dec 1645 to Robert1 Proctor. Robert1 Proctor a freeman of Con co r d, MA in 1643 and later in 1654 a settler at Chelmsford, MA where h e d i e d 28 April 1697 Chelmsford, MA.
Quote from "Pioneers of MA page 375" His will dated 10 March 1695-6 pr o v e d 13 July
1697, beq. to wife Jane, sons Gershom, Peter, James, John, Samuel, Is r a e l and Thomas,
daughters Dorothy Barrett and Elizabeth Proctor.
Quote from " Massachusetts and Maine Families, Vol II, Hildreth of Dr a c u t and Lewiston"
They moved from Concord to Chelmsford about 1654 or 1655 where he w a s o n e of the petitioners for incorporation of the town in 1656 and jo in ed t h e church June 29, 1656. Constable 1660. He quarreled with his f ath er-in -l aw in 1673 concerning the bounds between their farms. Also i n th at yea r w ith 25 others, he petitione for grant of the lands whic h becam e the t ow n of Dunstable. In 1691/2 he commandred the West End g arriso n of Middl ese x County. Jane was still living on July 13, 1697 wh en hi s will appoin tin g her executrix, was proved.
2 - James Hildreth born 1631 England died 14 Apr 1695 Chelmsford, MA m a r r ied 1
June 1659 at Dorchester to Margaret Ward by Major General Atherton. Ma r g a ret died
last of August 1693 in Chelmsford, MA.
Quote from " Massachusetts and Maine Families, Vol II, Hildreth of Dr a c u t and
Lewiston"
James Hildreth had presumably moved to Chelmsford with his father i n 1 6 5 5 or 1656 and in that new community he was soon being elected t o th e va ri ous town offices: fence-viewer, constable, road surveyor, gr and j uro r an d selectman. First a sergeant in the town's foot company , he wa s con firme d a leutenant in June, 1689 and that rank in the Wes t regimen t of M iddles ex County he was at Benjamin Haywood's garrison i n March, 1 691/2.
Elizabeth Henchman and Richard had:
1 - Elizabeth Hildreth born 21 Sept 1646 Cambridge, Middlesex, MA (E a r l y Records of Boston) died 19 Jan 1716 Chelmsford, MA married 15 De c 1 6 6 4 at Chelmesford, MA to John Stevens of Boston, MA. After their m arri a g e they settle in Chelmsford where John was Ensign of the Foot Co mpa n y i n 1689. John died 6 April 1691 Chelmsford, MA
2 - Sarah Hildreth born 8 Aug 1648 Cambridge, Middlesex, MA (Early Rec o r d s of Boston) married 31 Dec 1674 David Stone Jr.a cooper from Cambr id g e, MA who died 21 Aug 1679
3 - Mary Hildreth born 1 Sept 1650 Wouburn, MA died 17 Dec 1730 Canter b u r y, CT married 21 June 1667 Chelmsford, MA to Jacob Warren Sr. bor n 2 6 O c t 1642 of Weymouth, MA died bef 1723 Canterbury, CT. Jacob an d Mar y liv e d in Chelmsford until about 1690 when they removed to Cante rbury , CT.
4 - Ephraim Hildreth born 1655 Cambridge, Middlesex, MA died 5 Apr 1 7 3 1 W estford, MA married first 11 June 1685 Dorothy Barnes who died 1 7 J un e 16 86 at Stow, MA and second married 8 Oct 1686 Anna Moore bor n 17 J ul y 166 6 Lancaster, MA died 8 April 1760 age 95 buried at Little ton. H e wa s a pr ivate under Maj. Willard in the troop sent from Lancas ter t o Brook field t o rescue inhabitants gathered in the garrison. an i nn kee per in S tow 1685 -1686, he moved about 1687 to Chelmsford where h e wa s a selectma n and hel f other minor offices. he made his will 5 Mar ch 17 30/ 1
5 - Abigail Hildreth born 1656 Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA married 1 9 J u n e 1684 Moses2 Parker born ca 1657 Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA die d 12 O c t 1 732 son of Abraham Parker and Rose Whitlock.
6 - Joseph Hildreth born 16 Apr 1658 Chelmsford, MA died 28 Jan 1706 C h e l msford, MA married 25 Dec 1683/4 Abigail Wilson of Woburn. He serv e d i n K ing William's war in 1691/2 and was in charge of the Nashoba ga rr ison. H e represented Chelmsford in the General Court in 1700. The wid o w Abig ai l married as his 3rd wife to Jonathan Barrett of Chelmsford.
7 - Persis Hildreth born 8 Feb 1659/60 Chelmsford, MA died 22 Feb 17 9 8 C a nterbury, CT age 39 married 23 May 1682 Chelmsford, MA Samuel Cle ve lan d a s his second wife. They moved to Woburn about 1690 and he sett le d i n Cant erbury CT (first called Plainfield) in 1693 taking his fami l y ther e in 16 96. The widower Samuel married Margaret Fish widow of Jo h n Fish.
8 - Thomas Hildreth born 1 Feb 1661 Chelmsford, MA died 28 May 1662 Ch e l m sford,
MA
9 - Isaac Hildreth born 20 July 1662 Chelmsford, MA died 15 Apr 1730 C h e l msford, MA married 12 Nov 1685 Elizabeth Wilson of Woburn, MA wh o d i e d 4 Jan 1742/3 Chelmsford, MA. They lived first in Stow, but wer e o f Wo bu rn in 1691 when their daughter Persis was born. Before 1692 h e bo ugh t 6 0 acres of land in cambridge which he exchanged on 16 Jan 16 92 wi th J ame s Wilson for 50 aces of land and a dwelling house, barn an d orch ard i n Wo burn. By 1698 they had moved to Chelmsford. | Hildreth, Richard (I784)
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The Life of John Heward
Written by himself
(Rewritten by Aseneth Heward Burke, daughter ofTeaneus Burke of Woodvill e ; Idaho)
(Recopied by Sara and Margaret Stocks, February 1992)
My folks were all born in North Delton, Yorkshire, England. I, John Hewa r d, was born in
the same place April 7, 1813. My father, William Heward, was born Octob e r 9, 1785. My
grandfather, Richard Heward was born about 1769. Jane Trendal and John a n d Elizabeth
Smith were born about 1749. My brothers were William, Richard, Francis . M y sisters Jane,
Rachael, Elizabeth, Anna, Mary and Hannah. My parents were poor but th e y tried to give
us what education they could while we were young, but as soon as we we r e large enough
to work out we had to quit school to work so we had little education.
When I was nine years I went to work for William Wilberfop to herd pig s a nd sheep. My
father worked at the same place for a great many years. It was four mil e s from where we
lived and he only went home Saturday nights 'and back Sunday or Monday m o rning.
Sometimes he would go with me to catch sparrows. We would sell them f o r a half penny
each. He bought me some good useful books with the money so I could prac t ice my figures in this way.
Wages were low in England. A man that had a family had wages accordin g t o the size
of his family. The greater part of the year a man who had a wife and a c h ild could couple
them to give him three shillings per week and a shilling per child. Ye t , these were
sometimes in the year in the harvest and hay time and turnip times hoein g , that they could
get more work. They generally took jobs as so much an acre for cutting t h e wheat and
hoeing the turnips.
I went to grand father and grandmother in the winter that I was nine i n K irby, England,
a distance of eight miles, As soon as I got there it began to snow so th e y wouldn't let me
go until father came for me. My grandmother was sick in bed for seven ye a rs and only sat
up while her bed was made. My sister, Hannah came to take care of her. S h e stayed eleven years.
I was bound to John Newbone, 96 Wetwang, until I was 21 years. He wa s a f armer and
he had two boys of his own about my size and he did not wish to take m e , but on account
of the law which he helped to make he had to do it, but he agreed with F a ther to pay one
shilling per week for me to stay home through the winter. In the sprin g , I went to live with
him again, I was ten years old, I did not like it there so I did not st a y long. Father got me, hired to a Thomas Wilberfope. He had two farms , on e in Wetwang and the other at Nugate Lodge. I went to live in that p lac e three years but my wages were small. I had to work hard. I had t o d o a mans work, such as ploughing, harrowing and other hard jobs.
When I was16 years old, I was hired to John Negferth of Frodingham. I st a yed one year.
The next year I hired out to James Noble of Frodingham. My father was re n ting his home
and garden from him. After the death of his mother Fanny Noble, who liv e d more than 100
years, the old lady lived under the same roof as we did. She took a liki n g to me more than
the rest of the children. I worked with John Noble till May 1832 and th e n I quit farming. I
hired out to Robert Casbey for the remainder of the years.He lived at Fr o dingham. During
this part of the year I was taken with a fever and we had to employ th e d octor but I soon
found out he did me no good and I quit him. I got some quinine powder a n d when I felt the
"ague" coming on I would take a little and it would stop it from comin g o n. But it kept coming until I had to quit work for two or three week s an d he paid me the same. He was a man that gave a lot and I found me a nothe r job. I went to live with Wilberfope in Wetwang. I was what is cal le d a groom in that country to take care of the horses and harnesses, sa ddl es and bridles and sometimes had money given to me by people who stay ed o ne night for attending horses, etc. But the traveling preachers neve r gav e me anything. They were Methodist preachers but they had just as g oo d a care taken of their things.
When I was 19 years old, I hired to Jonathan Harrison in a place calle d B etesa. His wife
was one of the worst tempered women I've ever seen and it was difficul t t o get a girl to stay there the year out. Sometimes they would have fi ve o r six in a year. There was a great deal of chaff that grew among th e whea t in that part of the country. We cleaned up some for market and t he bes t was sent to market and the tailings was sent to the mill. But i t made u s all sick and we could not eat it. They had a very large famil y of child ren and they were all as hard to govern as the woman. The nex t year I wa s hired to Thomas Oliver of Little Beattsop. He sometimes go t drunk whe n we went to market and sometimes he was very cross, and woul d scold ever y person that lived with him and sometimes was good tempered .
In 1834, I was out of work a good part of the time. Part of the wint e r I worked at thrashing.
Most times I attended market every Thursday to try to get hired. In th e s pring I was hired
to William Semore (?) of Wetwang. In 1835, I was out of work a great pa r t of the time again.
In the spring, I found work until November 25. I was then out of work.
There were many pheasants in that part of England and timberland. The ph e asants
would sell for nearly a dollar a pair but the great men made a law tha t n o person should
shoot them unless he paid five pounds sterling and not then unless he h a d land that
belonged to him. Very few landowners would let them shoot unless he pa i d five pounds
sterling. A very few would let people shoot on their land. I went and g o t some pheasants
sometimes. I had nothing else to do. One time few of us boys, William Tr a in, Bethel
Steveboy, and John Gilbrand and I went one night to shoot pheasants. W e h ad been out
sometime when I heard some person shout. When I went to the rest of th e b oys and told
them we had been warned and the best we could was to Change our directio n . The night
was dark and there was a thick thorn fence that went across the weeds a n d when we came to it we headed to one side to go through. I was the nea re st to the gap and got to it first, but I waited until they all came. W he n they came, John Gilbrand went through first and the game keeper seiz e d him. There were several men. The rest of us went back a few paces an d l istened. William Train and I were together. We did not know where Bet he l was. I had lost my hat and I tied my handkerchief around my head. W e ma de for Daggleby and got another hat there and we started for Nolte n abou t nine miles away. We got there before .daylight, got breakfast bu t consi dered we were not safe there. William Trains parents lived near H all an d we made it for there. He was a (sheepherder or shipmaker). We st ayed th ere two nights but saw a man from Wetwang and he said that Gilbra nd had t old on us and they were after us. So we went to Barton in Limela chire. W e tried to get work but it was still winter and little to do. Wi lliam Tra in was a shoemaker and he got a shop. I worked a few days wit h a very rou gh set of men,---------and they stole my watch. They were dr unk almost ev ery night. I went to Darbyshire and then back to Nottingha m then I made f or home.
I stayed one night at William Trains fathers and then went home and stay e d one day and
two nights. He said they had been looking for me. I then went to Helde m t o William Weble
and stayed there for two weeks then went home again. My father told me t h e constable and gamekeeper had searched the house for me a week befor e . I had talked of going to
America for a long time and my father now advised me to go. The pheasan t s did not belong to anybody but they made a law that the rich could ha v e them when the poor should have had them and had an equal chance.
So January 2,1836, I started for America. I walked to Liverpool, a dista n ce of 100 miles.
I set sail for America about February 15, 1836, in a Ship called "Robe r t Isaac." We had
stormy weather a great part of the time. In five weeks landed in New Yo r k about March 21,
1836. My money was nearly gone. The winter broke up nicely and I hunte d a round for work.
I was hired to a milkman for $10 a month. His name was-John Dutton (or B u tton). I had
intended to go on to Canada but the river was frozen up and I had but li t tle money. John
Dutton (or Button) sold out to Edward and Mark Alexander and went to kee p ing a grocery
store. Edward Alexander hired me for $11 a month and I stayed with him f o r nearly four
months until he was drown in a ferry boat accident. Joseph Alexander bro u ght the cows
of Edwards widow and hired me for $11 a month. I stayed there until Janu a ry 1837 then
I started for Canada. I went to Chynguacaway to Mathis Haltby and Richa r d Foster who
had come from the same place in England that I did. I soon got hired t o J ames Hewson for
$10 a month. I was there two months then went to his brother Mehalos Hew s on for the same pay. I was there working in timber, logging and choppi n g trees and cleaning burnt timberland. This was new business to me an d ve ry hard work.
About December 6, 1837, the rebellion broke out in Canada. The Orange Ir i sh ran about
in search of guns, liquor and vituals in the name of the Queen and nev e r paid for them.
December 10, I helped Joel Terry hide some pistols and guns in stack s t o keep them from
the Irish. Joel Terry went to Toronto and was engaged on the Machengie s i de against the
government. December 13, 1837, I heard Robert B. Thompson preach Mormoni s m. I
heard him twice. I went to see Matthias Holtby, a Methodist preacher, a n d he asked me if I
had been to hear the Mormons. I told him I had. He wanted to know if I h a d become one
and how many times I had heard them. I told him twice. He said he did n o t blame anyone
for going once, but he thought a person might have more sense than goi n g anymore.
I stayed with Nicholas Hewsom two years. He was an honest, hard workin g m an doing
well as to the things of the world. November 11, 1839, I went to live wi t h Francis Kirby who
kept a tavern in Albion, Canada. Francis Kirby often got drunk and somet i mes abused his
wife.
January 4, 1841, I hired back to Nicholas Hewsom fora month for $8. On F e bruary
12, I came back to Francis Kirbys and stayed there until May 4th, th e n I made up my mind
to go to Illinois. I went in the company with William Franks, Joseph Atk i nson, George
Hastrawer and John Metcalf. When we got to Boon County, Illinois, I we n t to "Lawrence
Fagan" and "Heartley" to see a piece of land and I worked for Ralph Gowi t y. I got Ralph
to help break four acreas for wheat. In the fall, I made rails and fenc e d it in.
In 1842, I got seven more acres plowed and I worked for Dr. Stone for so m e lumber and
one yoke of steers and bought a two year old heifer for $8.
In 1843, my two brothers, William and Richard Heward, came to Illinois f r om England.
William stayed with me and Richard worked by the month. I got me a hou s e and a barn built and bought a yoke of ox and made rates to pay the mo ne y, the rest in work.
May 1, 1844, I went to Nauvoo, Illinois and on May 19, 1844, I was bapti z ed in the
Mormon church. On May 20, I married Elizabeth Terry Kirby, widow of Fran c is Kirby, the man I used to work for. I was ordained an elder the sam e d ay I was baptized and confirmed.
On June 5, 1844, I started back to Boone County to sell my land and sett l e my affairs.
(See Land Records).
July 10, 1844, the printing press was destroyed at Nauvoo for publishi n g Iies. The
executors were apostate Mormons. My wife was taking care of the sick dur i ng my absence.
On June 27, 1844, Joseph and Hyrum Smith was murdered in cold blood in t h e Carthage
jail by a lawless mob. They were buried June 28th. My wife Elizabeth we n t to the funeral.
I sold my land to my brothers and I found Brothers Jacob C.Terry (Elizab e th's brother) .
and Snider. They had been sent to preach the gospel in Illinois. In comp a ny with them I went back to Nauvoo.
I got a Brother Kings house. I paid him a horse for it. On July 16, 18 4 4 we began to keep
house. July 18, I went to harvest for Brother Homes. I worked two days a n d never got any
pay. On July 29, 1844, I got a blessing under the hands of Father John S m ith, Patriarch.
(We can't find any record).
August 4, 1844 Sidney Rigdon preached concerning the people in Nauvoo ch o osing the
guardian of his wonderful revelations. August 18 Brigham Young preache d a nd was
chosen the president. In the voice and looks of Joseph Smith, the mant l e of the prophet
fell on him. September 8, Sidney Rigdon and his followers were cut off f r om the church.
November 4, 1844, I began to teach school but as soon as my health impro v ed from
another attack of ague, I gave it to my wife for I had to go for wood.
December 19,1844, I was ordained in the 14th Quorum of the Seventies Ha l l in Nauvoo.
I worked in the quarry for the temple for several days.
I fenced a piece of land near the river and planted corn, potatoes, melo n s, squash, etc.
I raised considerable corn this year but the bugs (boys?) destroyed th e m elons.
August 17, 1845, Jacob E. Terry and I went to Burlington Island to get f i rewood and stable lumber.
December 1, 1845,our first child Rachael was born. February 6, 1846, m y w ife and I got
our endowments in the Temple.
February 9, 1846, I started for Canada to see the property that belong e d to my wife
before we were married. I had not sufficient money to pay my fare so I h a d to take it a
distance of 1,000 miles on foot. About the third day I fell in with a te a m going to Chicago
and was able to ride. When I wished, I stayed a day in Chicago then cont i nued on foot.
March 1, 1846, I crossed the ice over the river from Chingeracquaray. Ri c hard Carr was
my wife's agent in Charge of her property consisting of a 100 acres of l a nd, a good framed barn, a hewed log house, etc. I offered to sell the p la ce to John Johnsons but the title was not very good on account of Fran ci s Kirby dying, with out leaving a will and being an illegitimate child . H e agree to $1000 and gave me $50 down. I settled accounts with
Richard Carr and he had $80 but was too poor to pay it then and he's nev e r paid it yet.
About March 6, 1846, I started back for Nauvoo. I went to Toronto with J o hn Johnson
and Richard Carr and took a steamboat to Detroit but it got froze in t h e first night and we
had to walk across the ice 14 miles. I took the railroad from Detroi t t o Kalamazoo, walked
from St. Joseph and there took a steam boat to Chicago. At Belvidere I w e nt to see my
brothers William and Richard. William was married and had one child. Ric h ard was not
married. At Galena, I boarded a steamboat the "Prairie Bird" for Nauvo o . Arrived April 17,
1846.
I bought me a wagon April 22 to get ready to start west. I then worked f o r a French man
in Nauvoo and got good pay. June 1,1846, we received $627 for the la n d I sold in Canada. I gave $227 to the trustee in trust, Bobbitt Harwo o d and Fillner.
June 4, I bought two yoke of ox and began to pack tor the west. June 1 , 1 846, we got
to Farmington, the next night Bonapart. July 8 arrived at Council Bluf f , Iowa. July 22 we
got to Mesquite Creek, Iowa and commenced to build a log house. I thatch e d it with hay
and cut hay, (probably wild hay) for the winter .
August 15 We moved into our house.
November 18th, I went to Missouri in a company with Evan N. Greene, an d M r. Butterfield•
and others to buy some corn; We worked sometime in Missouri and did no t g et home until
December 5th. On December 27th Joshua Terry came here. January 21-23, 18 4 7, we went again to Missouri to get provisions. January 31, I came hom e a nd worked at rail-splitting and making fences to fence in a piece o f lan d and raise a crop. As soon as spring opened, I went to work and.pl oughe d up the ground and planted corn and sowed a little wheat. We als o mad e a garden.
July 17, I began to cut wheat. August 12, I cut hay for the winter.
May 3, 1848, we started west in company with Eliazer Miller for the mou n tains.
We stayed at Winter Quarters which is now called Florence, Nebraska, f o r several days.
June 2, we got to the horn. The companies were organized into 1OO'sand 5 0 's to keep out the Indians from stealing the horses and cattle.
We came from Winter Quarters with the Exerole Pulsipher company. We trav e led along
way on the Platt River. The grazings for our cattle was generally good . F or wood we used
buffalo chips. We would find a little wood and sage brush now and then.
June 30, 1848, Levi Read and I went to hunt and kill a buffalo, the fir s t that was killed by
our company. July 12th, we came to the ancient bluff ruins. July 22, w e g ot to Laramie,
Wyoming. The roads soon became gravelly and the cattles feet got sore. A u gust 26, we
were at the Pacific Springs. James P. Terry, my wife's brother, came th i s far to help us
along. With one of his fathers oxen and we agreed we should return to fe t ch Father Terry
the next season and he took one yoke of my oxen back. We could not mov e f or the want
of teams but there were teams sent from the valley to help those who nee d ed help. So
Brigham Young told Brother Vance to help us to the valley. We traveled a l ong with Brigham Young's group. Our company had gone on and left us. W e n ow traveled fast but the weather was cold and it snowed several times .
September 22, 1848, we got to the Valley of the mountains. The people we r e living in
the fort but they soon began to build all over the city. Our lot was i n t he 10th Ward. October 22, 1848, we were re-baptized. October 24th, w e mov ed into the fort. We took a house and stayed in clay (?) houses unt il Nov ember 11 where we moved to our city lot, but we had no house. I we nt to b uild it with adobe. I had the adobes made before hand. I got a ma n to hel p me by the name of Brazier, but it set in so cold we came nea r frozen t o death, especially my wife. We just had a dugout partly cover ed so we mo ved back to the fort and lived in a house with Father Lemen ( Lemmon).
We went to meetings three or four times a week. December 26th, I went ov e r to Jordan
for hay and froze my feet so I was not able to do that much work that wi n ter. Wood was
scarce and hard to get. In the spring, I began to work on the house an d o n the 24 of March, 1849, we moved to our home in the 10th Ward. Fathe r Pe ttigraw was the Bishop. I went to work to dig me a well. I had to di g 2 7 feet and stone it up.
March 5, 1850, Lehi Heward was born. Mary was born March 5, 1850, (he do e sn't
mention Rachels death or Sarahs birth March 4,1848 at Mesquite Creek, Io w a.)
November 11, 1850 my wife Elizabeth was taken sick with cholera. Februa r y 18, 1852, Lehi's head was badly burned.
l have a ten acre lot about five miles from where I live in the city, al s o I have or had some
land in Jordan about 10 or 11 miles away and my land being so far apar t i t takes a great
deal of time to go back and forth. .
April 5, 1852, my brother-in-law, Zemira Draper and Amy Terry came to co n ference.
December 7, 1852 Mary was taken sick and she died at night.on December 1 3 .
January 11,1853, we moved to a farm at Jordan called the 10th Ward far m . The land
was full of "saleratus". We left our house in the city without anybod y i n it and boys broke
all the windows and sashes and threw things in the well and other mischi e f.
June 29, 1853, I was sealed to Elizabeth Terry Heward by William Richard s .
My fathers name is William Heward. He was born October 9, 1786 (Chr. 9 O c t. 1785 by
Kirby Grindalythe records) My oldest sister Hannah Heward was born Apr i l 7, 1813; Rachel was born March 10,1815; Elizabeth was born November 2 9, 1816; Ann was born April 27, 1818; William born March 18,1820; Mary bo r n July 24,1822; Richard born February 29, 1824; Francis born July 25, 1 82 5.
On July 22, 1867, I was baptized for my Uncle John Heward, and for my gr a ndfather
Richard Heward, and Sarah (my daughter) was baptized for his wife Jane T y ndal Heward
and we were sealed for them.
I was baptized for my brother Richard Heward and grandfather Richard Hew a rd also
great-grandfather Thomas (?) Tyndal and grandfather on my mothers side , J ohn Swift.
Sarah was baptized for'my sisters Hannah and Ann Heward, my mother Eliza b eth Swift
Heward and grandmother Elizabeth Tyndal.
On September 21,1870, I was baptized for ten. Hannah Heward (his daughte r , she died
in 1871) and was baptized for four.
June 22, 1870, my daughter Sarah and I were sealed for: grand father Ric h ard Heward
and wife Jane Tyndal Heward; great-grandfather Thomas Tyndal and Elizabe t h Tyndal;
grandfather John Swift and Elizabeth Swift. My wife was baptized for sev e ral.
Added note: Elizabeth Kirby Heward died March 8,1878, at Draper, Salt La k e County,
Utah.
John Heward died May 23, 1890 at Draper. Both buried at Draper Cemeter y . Now have
headstones at graves. Grandfather York, 3 pt 9 14424 - says Jane Tinda l w as daughter of
George and Elizabeth Tindal. | Heward, John (I127356)
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The little town of Pima, Graham County, Arizona, was less than ten y e a r s old when I was born December 2, 1888 to Bishop Joseph Knight Roge r s a n d Louisa Christina Roseberry. My Father was known as J. K. Roger s , an d h e had three wives and three families... Trying to make a new h o m e fo r three families in a new place with the Indians and U. S. Marsh a l s haras sing one was a very difficult matter. These, together with t h e f act tha t Father was the only Mormon Bishop within 200 miles, a mem be r o f the Leg islature, and general advisor for the Church members mad e m atte rs worse. He was the first Bishop of the Pima Ward. He was know n a s th e Fathe r of Graham County. As a member of the Territorial Legis latu re o f Arizon a he introduced and secured the passage of the legisla tio n tha t created t he County. At that time it included all of what i s no w Green lee County. He was born December 20, 1844 at Putnam County , India na, H is father w as Ross Ransom Rogers. His grandfather, David W hite Rog ers, was one of t hree who were selected to purchase Nauvoo. H e was know n a s “Doctor” in P rovo, Utah.
My Father was killed at the age of sixty-two in a street car accid e n t i n Douglas, Arizona on December 17, 1906. He left two wives and tw en t y ch ildren living, the youngest, Susanna Rogers (Costner), was les s th a n on e year old. Aunt Josephine Wall Rogers, Father’s first wife , had e i ght l iving children; my Mother, Father’s second wife, had te n living c hi ldre n and Aunt Mary Fuller, Father’s third wife who died s hortly afte r g ivin g birth to her second son, left two sons. All of hi s children we r e prese nt at his services except one, James Knight (Jimm ie) Rogers, w h o was in t he Philippines in the U. S. Army. Father was b uried in a pri v ate buria l plot selected from his homestead directly we st of Pima, th e t own he fou nded and helped to grow to a thriving tow n at his death.
My Mother, known all over the valley as “Aunt Louisa” was loved, a s t h e w ord implies, by all. No one had a bigger, better conducted an d mo r e rea l love shown than was at her funeral in Pima where she had l ive d mo re tha n seventy-five years. Mother did not pray in church, bu t sh e di d night a nd morning every day in her own four walls. Mother di d no t pre ach her re ligion, but lived it. Every one knew where Aunt Lou isa s too d on all ques tions, or how she felt about you. She never tol d anyon e an ything abou t a friend or neighbor that she would not tell h im to hi s fac e at the fir st chance she had, good or bad. She was nearl y ninet y at th e time of he r death and was rational up to the time sh e passed a way. T o show this le t me relate an instance.
Mother fell and injured herself. She had been in bed two months. I t a l k ed with her, and among other remarks I said, “Mother, you are ver y si c k a ren’t you?” She replied, “No, just lazy. Just think, I have be e n i n be d for two months. I should get up and help the girls with th e wo rk. ” I immediately drove to my home in Mesa, Arizona, about 3 ½ hou rs dr i ve, and had just got in the house when they phoned and said tha t she h a d pa ssed away.
My first recollections are of people and things in and around Pima, Ar i z o na. My first Sunday School, first day school, first people I knew , in c lu ding Mother’s and Father’s friends, my playmates, first hoein g of we ed s, first sunburns, first ant stings, first ride to the reservo ir o n a tw o- wheel cart Father had fixed up, first two-room log house w e liv ed in w he n Mother had five children and Grandma Roseberry came t o sta y with us, an d many other first recollections that I cannot rememb er now .
We moved from town to the reservoir, two dry, dusty, and in the summ e r t i me, hot two miles out of town. We were compelled to walk this dis ta nc e n ight and morning every day to school, church, socials, and man y ti me s o n business. In the winter time, it was cold and sometimes wet . I n o rde r to get to school by 9:00 A.M. it was necessary to start abo ut 8 :1 5 to b e sure of getting there on time. We did not need much exer cis e i n game s to make us healthy. And always chores milking cows, feed in g pig s, hoei ng weeds, and getting water from the well down in the wa s h abou t 200 yard s from the house. Our social life was almost nil beca us e of t he inconven ience. Night parties and many shows, church gatheri ng s if a t night, wer e missed.
In December 1896 I was eight years of age, and we moved to the ran c h i n M arch 1897. I had many experiences in commuting to school, churc h , so cial s, and work. School days we would take a lunch or go without ; a nd f o r a growing boy who worked hard, going without lunch was a ter ribl e thi n g to happen. We were always poor, and while Mother always sa w t o it th a t we had some kind of lunch, it was not always considered u p t o par wi t h many of the other lunches the children brought to school . On e day Mo th er put up some baking powder biscuits, without butter o r anyt hing on t hem; but she put in the lunch pails a small jar of molas ses t o put on th em. I was carrying to lunch, and at noon with a dozen o r mor e boys arou nd, I handed my brother Dave a biscuit. He haughtily sa id, “ I don’t wan t t hat old dry biscuit!” The boys picked it up, and h e was k nown afte r tha t as “Biscuit Rogers” or “Dry Biscuit Rogers”. As k any ol d timer o f Pima.
When Father died I was 18 years of age. Mother had two children at ho m e : Aunt Charlotte (Lottie) and Uncle Joseph older than I; three brot h e r s (David, Wallace, and Millard) and four sisters (Lena, Louise, Mar y , a n d Susanna) younger than I, Susanna being less than one year old . Wi th i n ten months both Joseph and Lottie married, which left me th e elde s t o f the children at home. I quit school and went to Globe-Miam i to wo r k i n the mines. I made good money, or thought I did, and sen t most o f i t ho me to help the family. It was one for all and all for o ne.
At this point I desire to tell of an instant that happened, which sh o w s t he kind of a Mother, Aunt Louisa was. In those days the Deacons g at h ere d up what was called the Fast Day offerings which consisted in t h e ma in o f vegetables, fruit, meat, butter, eggs or some other articl e t he fa mil y had and could spare some of. On a warm November evening j us t befor e su n down, Bishop Philemon C. Merrill drove out from town i n hi s buckbo ard w ith that month’s Fast Day gatherings. He said, “Siste r Rog ers, w e though t you were the proper one to give this month’s Fas t offer ings to.” Witho ut any hesitation Mother walked up to the Bisho p and poin ted he r finger a t him and said, “Bishop, since you have brou ght this ou t her e we will tak e it this time; but don’t you ever brin g any more t o us. M e and my Child ren can make our own way.” And we did .
A few recollections of my Father. One time he and I were going fro m P i m a to Clifton, about 60 miles. It took the afternoon of one day, t he f u l l day of the second, and the forenoon of the third, because of t he wa te ri ng places. We drove the the San Jose Canal, just east of Solo mon, A ri zon a and camped over night. It was about 30 miles over the mou ntai n t o th e Gila River where we stayed over night again, and by noo n we we re i n Cli fton. On this trip I learned a lesson about eating can dy. Fath e r bough t me some hard mint candy, and before we had driven te n mile s i t was near ly all gone. I became thirsty, and it was hard to s top t o ge t a drink, a nd so I thirsted for several hours; also, I got h ungr y befor e noon. It w as not good to gulp it all down in a hurry.
I learned that for one commencing a long trip with horses or on foo t , i t is best to take a steady gait and keep it up all day rather th a n g o fas t at the beginning and get all tired out quickly and unabl e t o fini sh. F ather also told me many instances that happened during t he s ettlin g of th e Valley and especially Pima. I learned why he entere d int o poly gamy. H e said that it was the desire of the Church that al l Bisho ps an d Stake Pr esidents enter into the plural marriage relation s. His f irs t wife agree d that if it was the desire of the Church she w ould comp ly. When Fathe r asked Mother to marry him, she said, “How doe s Josephi n e feel about thi s matter?” Father replied that Josephine wa s agreeab l e to it. But Mothe r, desiring to make sure, put Father off u ntil she c o uld talk with Joseph ine. Mother said, “Josephine, JK has as ked me to m a rry him. How do yo u feel about it?” Josephine replied tha t it was alr i ght. But Father als o asked the third woman to marry him . She did no t a sk Josephine about th e matter, and a lot of unpleasantn esses ensued . Au nt Mary lived only abo ut three years after her marriag e to Father , but s he left two sons who li ved to a ripe old age.
Father married Mother, Louisa Roseberry, and Mary Fuller both the sa m e d a y in October, 1882 in the St. George, Utah temple. Temples were t h e on l y proper place to have plural marriages performed, as they wer e co nside re d illegal by the laws of the U.S. Government. This was eigh t yea rs be for e the “Manifesto” of 1890 wherein the Church agreed to di sconti nue pl ura l marriages, but refused to give up the women they ha d marrie d befor e th e manifesto, and before the law had been declared c onstituti onal b y the S upreme Court of the U.S. by a vote of five to fo ur. Bitte r perse cution s followed, especially in Arizona. Many polygami sts went t o Mexic o to ke ep from being prosecuted. Mother was the firs t Mormon wom an to a ccompan y her husband to Mexico because of polygamy , but Father d id not l ike th e government down there and did not stay . He said, “I wou ld rathe r be i n prison in the U.S. than to be as fre e as they appear t o be in Me xico.”
I remember as a boy about 14 when the United States Marshall cam e t o o u r house and took Father away for polygamy, for living his relig io n as t h e Church authorities directed him to do. This not only kept h i m from e ar ning, but he was required to pay a $250.00 fine, and mone y wa s hard t o co me by at that time. Then they left him alone. There we re si x polyg amist s in our town, but Father was the only one they bothe red. I t appea red th at he was the only prominent one of the lot, that i s, poli tically. Fathe r could beat the Gentiles in politics, and this wa s thei r way o f eliminat ing opposition. Father stayed true to his coven ants an d vow s taken in th e Temples of our God.
I graduated from the 8th grade when I was 16, at least one year behi n d t i me, due to having towork on the newly-acquired farm so much of t h e tim e s chool was in session. There were five schools in the Valley t ha t ha d gra duates that year: Solomonsville, Layton, Safford, Thatche r an d Pim a. Th ere were so few that passed that they held joint graduat ion e xerci ses i n Pima for all five schools. An eighth grade educatio n was co nside red fa irly well educated in those days; not many got tha t much.
The only high school that was in the County was the L.D.S. St. Josep h S t a ke Academy in Thatcher. I started to attend the Academy, but th e extr e m e effort entailed, together with the fact that I was needed o n the fa r m, caused me to stop before Christmas. I walked the two mile s to to w n i n the morning and would get in a buggy and ride the six mil es to Th at cher; then in the evening ride back to Pima and walk the tw o miles ou t t o th e reservoir, do the chores and crawl into bed for hap py dreams , fo r the a ctual outlook seemed long, hard and uncertain.
During the next few years I tried other ways to get more schoolin g a t t h e Academy; I got two years of high school during the next six y ears . T wo, three or four of us boys would rent a room in Thatcher. We w oul d ei the r get someone to take us up there Sunday evening or walk; a n d I walke d mo re than half of the time, and carried most of what we h a d to eat dur ing t he week, and then walk back Friday evening; and tho s e eight miles s ometim es seemed endless.
My Academy social life was almost nil, worse than my town affair, bec a u s e they held most of their dances and other entertainments on Frida y n ig ht. The dances in those days usually lasted until about two A.M. , an d w alk ing that eight miles after that time of night made the pric e of s tayi ng t oo high in most instances. Because of these experiences , and th e fa ct th at not more than half of the Pima Elementary School g raduate s atten ded th e Academy for more schooling, while nearly 100 per cent o f the That cher st udents attended, has made me an advocate of loc ating t he school s as clos e as possible to the homes of the students: e lementar y, high sc hool, an d colleges, even if it does cost the tax pay ers mor e money. I t costs th e students less and more get an education . A bette r educatio n because th e parents can influence them longer per iods of th e day. Th e parents like wise can partake of the school and sc hool life m ore in abu ndance. The la st year I attended the Academy, Unc le Dave Roge rs and I l ived in a 10x1 0 tent that we pitched on James A . Duke’s lot w est of That cher. It was l ocated so that we could slip i n from the railr oad, or th e back way, and n ot be seen carrying our pac ks on our backs i n and out. It took me unti l the Spring of 1911 to ge t a certificate show ing tha t I could keep books, type and take dictatio n. I could take abou t 75 wo rds a minute and typ e around 35. My bookkee ping was fair, but th e onl y time it came in use w as when I kept the No rthern States Missio n book s in 1913 and 1914 in Chic ago, and while I w as Stake Clerk of th e Mt. Gr aham Stake. Of course, a k nowledge of thi s kind is always usefu l in one ’s own business. My typin g knowledge ha s been useful all my pro fessiona l years. The shorthand I l ost quick.
I was twenty-four past when I went on my Mission in August, 1913. A n d t w enty-six years and nearly ten months of age when my sweetheart o f a bou t t hree years met me in Salt Lake City, Utah where we were marri ed i n th e Sa lt Lake Temple for time and all eternity, October 1st, 191 5 – a nd Gl ady s Haws became Gladys Haws Rogers. I only hope and pray th at th e addi tio n has really added and not detracted from her otherwis e possib ilitie s an d accomplishments.
We, or I, was in debt for part of my mission expense and the expen s e o f G ladys coming to SLC, and other incidentals. Right here let me g iv e s om e good advice to my grandsons: at least give your fiancee a goo d r ing, ev en if you have to borrow the money to get it, or purchase i t on t ime; the n take a honeymoon, even a short one, even if you are req uired t o b orro w the money to do it. But, here is the proper catch to t his, le t he r kno w what you are doing about your money matters, then sh e will w illin gly he lp to save to pay it back. This will be one of th e best fina ncia l experi ences of your life time, but be honest. Glady s Haws came th roug h lik e a Princess, which she is, and she has been do ing more than h er sh are fo r nearly fifty years, and will continue as l ong as life last s. Ho nesty, hard work and thriftiness conquers all.
If you live the Gospel, by serving in capacities requested, paying tit h i n g and offerings, keeping the Sabbath Day holy, don’t be afraid to i nv e s t in a home, solid investments, after praying about it, and necess iti e s a nd an education. We have practiced this, and now in our 50th ye a r o f mar riage, after starting in debt of over $500.00, we are able t o f inan ce ou r fourth mission (explained later) and not deplete our fin ance s a t all.
Before I went on my mission I served as Ward Teacher with older me n w h e n I was a Deacon, Sunday School teacher and Stake MIA secretary . Aft e r c oming home I was Sunday School teacher over 30 years, MIA tea cher , Yo un g Men ward president, President 1st Quorum of Elders, one o f th e Seve n Pr esidents of the 89th Quorum of Seventy, Secretary of th e Hig h Priest s Quo rum, Stake Genealogical chairman, Stake MIA Board me mber , head War d teach er, building committee member, and Stake Clerk o f th e Mt. Graha m Stake a t a time when there were no assistants. As Sta ke Cl erk it appe ared tha t I acted more as a Councilor than as Clerk, b ecaus e I interview ed peopl e for Stake positions, held Ward conferences , an d entertained th e Genera l Authorities in our home when they were a ttend ing Stake confere nces in o ur Stake, which we both enjoyed. The cr ownin g position, Church wise, is t hat of being an ordained temple worke r. I h ave had some kin d of Church p osition for more than 60 years.
Our first mission was served in Chicago, Illinois and Milwaukee, Wisco n s i n mostly during 1913, 1914, and 1915. Our second mission was whe n o u r so n Walter was out in 1934, 1935 and 1936. He was District Presi de n t in Sc ranton, Pennsylvania, where we are serving part of our fourt h m is sion. O ur third mission was to the Pima Indians at San Tan (Sacat on ) o n the Gil a River 25 miles directly south of Mesa, Arizona in Mes a St ake. I serve d as President of the Branch all the time without counc ilor s o r clerk.
I told the Brethren and audience at the time I was released that I se r v e d 1958, 1959 and 1960 as Branch President, three years; and as 1s t Co un ci lor 1958, 1959 and 1960, three years, six years; 1958, 1959 an d 196 0 a s 2 nd Councilor, three years, nine years; 1959, 1959 and 196 0 as Bra nc h cler k, three years, twelve years in all. I thought that wh en we ca m e home fr om the Reservation that we had served our time excep t to War d t each or g o to the Temple; but here we are, March, 1965 o n a missio n toge ther in Sc ranton, Pa., where Walter served 30 years ag o. When thi s miss ion will en d, or where we will work, is in the hand s of our super iors an d the good L ord.
There are very few people that has had a wider variety of jobs, posit i o n s or services, both in the Church and out than I have had. There a r e f e w kinds of jobs, positions or services that I have not experience d : rou g h jobs, hard jobs, dirty jobs, menial jobs, lonely jobs, pleasa n t jobs, p oor-paying jobs, honorable jobs, office jobs, store jobs, tea ch ing jo bs, janitorial jobs, elected jobs, and appointed jobs. I have p ion eere d i n that I have grubbed stumps, dug ditches, levelled land, bu il t reser voir s, dug wells, plowed new and old land, planted and harves te d most ki nds o f crops, farm and orchard. I have worked on the bailer , t hreshin g macine, and harvesters. I have pitched hay, bucked bales, s acke d grai n, and st acked hay and grain. I have worked in the mines o f Arizo na. I have work ed in the logging camps and in the timber and aro und sa w m ills, grist mil ls, and planning mills. I have gone into the m ountai n fo r lumber and tim bers and wood. I have camped out in all kind s of we athe r and many undesi rable places, together with pleasant hunti ng or ca mping -out conditions. I always liked to hunt rabbits, quail, du cks or de er, but never like d to fish too well, perhaps it was becaus e I could no t c ompete with other s.
The first year after we were married I tried farming, the next yea r I w o r ked in a general mercantile store in Pima, then a year on a dai ry i n Mi am i, Arizona. I got the job as janitor of the Pima Public Scho ols c omme nci ng with the school term of 1918. This job I held for six y ears . I a dde d the janitor’s job for the Church, also that of Constabl e an d Town M arsh all of Pima for two years, and Justice of the Peace tw o yea rs. Duri ng th e time I was janitor I observed the school teachers , and c onsidere d tha t if one did not have to know any more than they s eemed t o know, I just a s well be a school teacher’ so I went up to th e County S eat an d passed th e required examination and secured my certi ficate to t each. I taught sch ool in Pima for three years. While teachin g I had th e ch ance to observ e the lawyers and considered that if one d id not hav e to k now any more th an they seemed to know, I just as wel l be a lawyer ; s o I went to Phoenix, Arizona and passed the Bar examina tion in Novemb e r 1925 and have bee n a licensed lawyer since that time . I was nearl y 3 0 years of age whe n I started my public life, and her e are the offic es a nd time of servic e of each. Janitor, 6 years; Const able, 2 years; T ow n Marshall, 2 years; Justice of the Peace, 2 years; s chool teacher , 3 ye ars; Clerk of the To wn of Pima, 25 years; County At torney of Grah am Coun ty, Arizona, 12 years; and Assistant Attorney Gene ral of the Stat e of Ar izona 4 years. I am n early 77 at the time of thi s writing. Doe s it ad d up right? Try it an d see. It happened that way.
I was able to accomplish these things with only two years of high sc h o o l formal education, but that generation has passed and now a forma l d eg re e is necessary in all walks of life. I have considered my law e xper ie nc e has broadened me and made it possible to render better servi ce fo r m y C hurch and community and country.
A few firsts. I was the first of my Father’s children to go on a mis s i o n for the Church. I was the first of my Father’s children, althoug h t h er e were eleven older than I, to be married and sealed in the Temp le . I wa s the first person that was born in Pima or Graham County to be c o me a law yer. I was the first Graham County born person to be electe d C o unty Atto rney of Graham County, Arizona. I was the first person ev er e l ected thre e straight times as County Attorney of Graham County, a nd m y 1 2 years a s County Attorney has set a record not equaled in Ariz ona . I w as the fir st male born person in Pima to teach school in Pima . I w as th e first ma n to become janitor of the school and for many yea rs hel d it l onger tha n anyone else. I was the first native born Pimait e to se rve i n the Attor ney General's office of the State of Arizona. M y son, W alter, was my Fat her’s first grandson to go on a mission and th e first t o bec ome a lawyer. There may be other firsts, but they don’t c ome to m y min d except one t hat I claim (?); and since they are there a nd I have n’t he ard of anyone e lse claiming it, I might as well. Durin g the 60 ye ar s I lived in Graha m County, I dug the Gila River and buil t Mt. Graham . Of course, there we re others who helped some, perhaps.
We have five children and 21 grandchildren, one grandson-in-law, a n d o n e great granddaughter. We are proud of each of them. Our first bo rn , Wa lter C. Rogers, was born September 16, 1916 at Pima, Arizona. O u r s econd, Clara Rogers Toronto, born February 1, 1920 at Pima, Arizon a . Ou r thir d, Della Rogers Denham, born May 18, 1922 at Pima, Arizona . O ur f ourth, Garna Rogers Taylor, born January 6, 1925 at Pima, Arizon a. O u r fift h and last, Chloe Rogers Hansen, born May 26, 1926 at Pima , Ariz on a.
All of our children were married in the Temples of the Church and a r e a l l real heavy workers in the Church. All of our children and thei r s pou se s have a college degree except Chloe and Dean, who are makin g mor e mon e y and serving as well as any of the others.
We think our family will match favorably, even with the Fletcher Mot h e r o f the Year Family, and far ahead of most of the Church familie s o f ou r ti me and our age. We are very thankful for all our children , thei r sp ouses, grandchildren, and Sylvia and Jeddy. We are thankful t hat w e ca n do so mething for the Church and others, rather than to be l ike so me wh o are re quired to take assistance from their children, Chur ch, o r the go vernment. We believe that if one lives the Gospel and pay s an ho nest ti the, he n ot only will not want, but will be able to assi st other s and d o good in t he Church.
I would like to return to the time when we moved to the Reservoir . W e w e re truly pioneering. New land to grub, clear, level, plow, plan t, a n d ge t water from the mountain in the Spring and store it in the p ond , o r we d id not grow anything. Our animals, horses, cows, pigs an d chic ken s wer e few, and we needed to sell every increase that we coul d in or de r to ge t things that were needed that could not be grown or g otten ot her wise. O ur eggs, chickens, pigs and calves were sold, and w e got ou r mea t as th e pioneers did. There were plenty of rabbits, quai l and duc k i n season, and deer in the mountain. We could and did trap t he quail a n d duck, an d watch and get a rabbit with every shot. This us ually kep t u s in a fair ly good supply of wild meat most of the year, a nd I thoug ht i t was good.
Joseph, my 3 ½ year older brother, and I would take a team and wag o n t o t he foot of the mountain and unhitch the horses. Joseph would ta k e on e ho rse and ride farther into the mountain and get a deer whil e I w oul d be ch opping wood. We would bring back a load of wood, and fr om 7 0 t o 100 poun ds of deer meat. The wood and meat would last about t he sa m e time, and t his was repeated many times during the winter month s. I f t here was a la w against killing deer at that time, no one care d abou t it. We rarely ev er shot quail for two reasons: bullets cost mon ey, an d w e could trap them. Joseph made a trap that would stay set al l the tim e. We would set thi s trap near where we thought the quail wer e and lea v e it, then return eve ry evening. Nearly always there would b e from s i x to ten quail in the tr ap. We would take them out and re-bai t it an d r epeat the performance dai ly, except that we would move the t rap to d iffe rent locations. We trappe d skunks, wildcats and coyotes fo r their f ur, and thereby pick up a littl e extra money and at the same t ime clea n ou t the pests. We had rattlesna kes, Gila monsters, and othe r varmint s t o deal with, along with the eleme nts and new country.
At the time Father died, December 17, 1906, Mother had 10 children a t h o m e, five girls and five boys, ranging in age from Lottie, 23, to S usan n a, one year. Joseph got married in July, 1907, and Lottie in Octob er , 1 90 7. That left four boys and four girls at home. I was the eldes t a n d onl y eighteen: Chas., David, Wallace, Millard, Lena, Louise, Mar y, a n d Susa nna, in that order.
We seemed to be getting along fairly well, clearing up more land, get t i n g a few more livestock around, and getting a little better ways o f tr an sp orting to and from town, when in November of 1912 Millard, Len a’s t win, d ied. He had all the promises of being the genius of the fami ly, i f t her e was any one. He was nearly sixteen. In January, 1913, jus t tw o mo nth s later, Wallace, nineteen years of age, died. He was the a thlet e o f th e family. We thought he could do as much work as any one p erso n liv ing a nd do it easy. This left six of us at home. I was gettin g see dy, and Da ve was in full bloom. The four girls were in school.
I started to keep company with Gladys Haws, January 1, 1913. She w a s t o o young to get married, and I knew it, but it seemed that I coul d n ot k ee p away from her. The more I went with her the better I like d her , an d th is was beginning to become a problem. I was old enough t o get m arri ed, b ut did not have what it took financially to do so, bu t I conti nue d to g o with Gladys. I thought she started to like me bett er as tim e we nt alon g. One night in the latter part of May, 1913 we we re goin g t o a dance i n the Weech Hall in Pima. I stopped at the post o ffice an d g ot our mail. There was a letter from Box B, Salt Lake City , Utah. I t w as my call t o go on a mission to the Northern States, an d that I wa s t o report at hea dquarters in Salt Lake City in August, 19 13. This cal l w as a complete su rprise to me, as no one had discussed i t with me . I di d not see how I co uld go on a mission as our finance wa s almost n il an d Mother had sustaine d her great losses so short a tim e before. Wi th th ree of her four unmarr ied sons departing from the hom e in nine mon ths lo oked hard to bear. Bu t Mother, as always, was equa l to the task a nd too k it like a soldier sh e was.
In those days a missionary just went to SLC, met with one of the lea d i n g authorities who set him apart. He went through the Temple, an d h e w a s off. I went through on Thursday for myself and Friday for Wal lace , t he n went down to Richfield over the weekend to see my Aunt Emm a Jens en a n d family. One of those nights I had a dream, vision, or pre sentmen t o f s ome kind. The things I saw and heard at that time are sti ll vivi d i n m y memory, and are as follows. Both of my brothers were De acons a t th e ti me of their deaths. I was ordained an Elder for Wallac e at th e tim e I we nt through the Temple for him, and this presentmen t came bef or e I had bee n ordained for Millard, or been through the Tem ple for him .
I saw in vision an ordinary business street with houses reasonably c l o s e together. There were people walking up and down the sidewalk. Th e r e w as a meeting being held in a building, similar to a church. Ther e w e r e a great many people in the building, and I could see my brothe r Wal la c e in the pulpit speaking to the congregation. Millard, who wa s up t o t hi s time only a Deacon, was ushering at the door. Some one sa id to h im, “W hy don’t you go up and help your brother?” Millard replied , “I don ’ t hav e that authority yet, but I will in a few days.” The fol lowing Mo n da y I was ordained an Elder for Millard and went through th e Temple f o r hi s endowments. The dream has remained as vivid the pas t 50 years , i t seem s, as when received.
Before I left I asked Gladys to marry me, and she said she would; a n d s h e met me in Salt Lake City on my return from a 27 month mission . W e we r e married October 1, 1915 in the Salt Lake Temple.
I presume that the people of the Pima Ward realized how poor we we r e a n d each of our parents, so the Ward gave us a surprise wedding sho we r pa rt y. I believe every one in the Ward came out and each gave us s ome thin g. This helped us a lot to get started.
The first move we made was from town to the reservoir. We had so li t t l e furniture that we put it all in the bed of a wagon. We laid a can v a s o ver it, and the canvas swayed because there was not enough furnit u r e to r aise it up above the level of the wagon box bed. So what we h a v e has bee n acquired since that time as best we could. We never pai d re n t for a ho use to live in all during our married life.
We built our first house on a 16-acre tract which was a part of my Fat h e r ’s homestead just west of Pima. It consisted of two rooms. Sun-dr i e d ad obe made the walls, soft pine the floors. But it was warm and co mf o rtabl e, and it was ours when we got it paid for, and we did.
First Mission Experience
I arrived in Chicago, Illinois on a Friday about the middle of Augus t , 1 9 13. There were 13 of us Elders in the group. It was late at nigh t w h e n we arrived. We got us a room near the Central Depot for the nig ht . Th e next day we walked and rode the street car out to Logan Squar e , 2 757 No rth Sawyer, Chicago. We got to the office about ten A.M. Th e y sp ent th e rest of the day finding out who we were and fitting us o u t wit h virtual ly a mule’s load of B. of M. and tracts to take on a si x- week h ike throug h the country. They paired us off, one experienced E lde r wit h a rookie, but they had only 12 experienced Elders to make th e tri p. I t ended u p that I was the one left out, so I did not get th e experi enc e of cross-c ountry hiking or doing missionary work as had b een expla ine d to me it wa s done. I was assigned to do some tracting ne ar the chu rch, but this las ted only about ten days.
They were building the Chapel and Mission Office at Logan Square. I t n e e ded a lot of hard work cleaning up around and landscaping and fin ishi n g i n many ways. I was big and strong and did not know any bette r tha n t o d o about two men’s work each day, so I was assigned to do th is rou gh w or k on the Church. They were moving from 110 South Pauline S treet , an d ha d a lot of furniture and office supplies and equipment t o me mo ved. We r ented a large dray that was pulled by horses; there wer e few au to mobile s and no trucks in those days. I drove the team to an d from th e c hurche s several times, and of course did the necessary par t of bac k wor k incide nt to moving.
One day I drove the dray loaded with pews from South Pauline Stree t t o S o uth Chicago and back, about 40 miles round trip, so they said . On m y w a y down I wanted a drink, so I stopped and got off and starte d i n a plac e, when a Colored policeman said, “Where yo alls going?” I r epli ed, “Ju s t wanting a drink.” He said, “Yo alls better git down th e roa d a piec e; this is all Colored here.” I did.
They were hurrying to get the new Chapel finished in order to have i t d e d icated at the time they held a general conference of all the Elde r s o f th e mission, about 160 strong. I was out in the front yard of t h e Chu rch d igging and working in just plain digging clothes, when a gr ou p of E lder s came by, going to the office. I knew they were Elders, b u t did no t thi nk I would know any of them, so just kept on working. Ju s t as the y got e ven with me I looked up and there was Earl Cluff. H e i s Gladys ’ cousin, and I grew up with him in Pima. He was the first p erso n I ha d seen fo r over three months that I had known previously . I was t he onl y person h e had seen that he previously knew for abou t a year. H e did n ot recogniz e me, but I did him, and spoke to him cal ling him b y his firs t name. H e was startled, surprised, and happy. W e had severa l chats du ring the ti me he was at the conference.
President Joseph F. Smith came out and dedicated the building. At t h i s m eeting two of his sons were returning from England from their mis si on s. They walked up into the pulpit area and kissed their father; th i s w a s the first time I had seen grown men kiss each other.
After the conference was over and all the Elders reassigned, Elder Ro g e r s remained at Logan Square, much to my surprise. I was one of th e f e w El ders that could take dictation, type, and keep books, so tha t wa s m y lo t for the next 14 months. Bookkeeping, mission secretary, a nd ge ner al fl unkie for the mission and office. At the end of this tim e I ha d tr avele d around Chicago so much that I thought I could go an y place a nd re turn, sometimes with one street car ticket. We learn to s ave.
As time went on I was smarting under the fact that I had not had an y r e a l missionary experiences. I had discussed this with President Ell swor t h. The Branch President of the Milwaukee Branch died. He was runn i n g a b akery shop, making and selling bakery goods, even selling to st or es. S o I was assigned to run a bakery for about two months. Still n o re a l mis sionary experiences. Then I was put in charge of the Wiscons in Co n ferenc e as President. I had about 45 Elders and about 800 Saint s scatt e red al l over the State.
For two weeks I did country work with three Elders. We walked fro m t o w n to town and held street meetings at nearly every place we cam e to . O u r custom was to get permission of the Mayor or Police to hol d a str ee t me eting. Then we would divide the town in quarters and adve rtise t h e meeti ng; then we’d talk, distribute tracts, try to get a mea l, an d i f possibl e a place to stay that night. I was the only one tha t got s upp er, and no ne of us got a place to stay all night. We mad e a passiona t e plea for so meone at the meeting to invite us to stay wi th them. No o n e took us in. They slunk away like we were undesirables , as we wer e t o them. We ha d canvassed long and hard, and we did not d esire to sle e p out, for it wa s a little chilly and very uncomfortable.
It was about 9:30 P.M., the air was chilly, the night dark. It wa s a t l e ast a mile out of town where we might get off the road into a c lum p o f tr ees, or into a deserted barn, or somewhere. This was about o ur s eve nth n ight out. I had been successful in getting three meals pe r da y an d a pla ce to sleep each night, but some of the others had fail ed i n both. As w e passed a hotel, summer-resort kind, I asked if the El der s had s olicite d this hotel for a place to stay. They said “no”. I s aid , “Le t us mak e it 100% and shake the dust off our feet against thi s tow n, i f this plac e will not let us stay there free.” I started in ; the ot he r three did no t have faith enough in the matter to come int o the lobb y w ith me. I aske d the clerk about giving us a room for fou r for the ni ght. He said he wa s only the clerk, and that I would have t o get that ki n d of permission fr om the landlord. He showed me into th e next room. T h ere sat an old ma n with long, white beard, who was th e landlord. I ma d e a passionate ple a for a room for the four of us. Wi thout hesitatin g a t all, he turned t o the clerk and said, “Give thes e Elders a room, a nd i n the morning see t hat they have a good breakfas t. I was out in Uta h an d visited around an d found that the Mormons wer e good people. The y trea ted me right, an d I want to treat them good.”
We would usually figure out the town we would be in at the end of th e w e e k to spend the weekend in. We would keep what clothes we would ne e d f o r the five days, and tracts, etc., and ship the rest by expres s t o ours el ves at the designated town. We figured it out that we coul d pur chas e a r egular ticket and check our luggage cheaper than to expr ess it . Th en w e often could sell the ticket to someone who was going t o sai d tow n on th e train, thereby getting our luggage transported free .
Milwaukee in 1915 was mostly German-speaking people. One could do bus i n e ss or missionary work more completely in German than they could i n En gl is h. When the United States entered the War, or the War was gett ing t o o ho t in Germany to do missionary work, the Elders were called h ome. S o me di d not desire to go home so they stopped in the several mis sion s o f the Un ited States. Several German-speaking Elders were assign ed t o Mi lwaukee. They labored mostly among the people that could not sp eak E ngl ish. Th ey converted several.
As was customary, the Conference President was supposed to intervie w e a c h prospect, if at all feasible. As the President I interviewed on e Si s te r, but had to do it through an interpreter. She was baptized i n La k e Mic higan by the Elder that had the most to do with her conversi on . A t tha t time we would confirm them immediately on the water’s brin k . I d id th e confirming, and of course, spoke in English. On the way h om e thi s Sist er asked the German-speaking Elder what was the matter wi t h Presid ent Rog ers, “since he interviewed me through an interpreter , bu t when h e confirm ed me he spoke in perfect German.” Just an exampl e o f the Gif t of Tongue s.
One of the most disappointing things that happened was the death o f a n E l der who was laboring in Racine, Wisconsin. He died of acute app endi cit is. Seemingly the Elder’s companion was new on the job and did n ot ca l l m e or the office real soon. I rushed down there only to find t ha t h e ha d passed away a short time before I arrived. I immediately go t i n t ouc h with President Ellsworth, and he took most of the notifyin g o f rela tive s on himself. We wanted the body to have the Garments on , bu t did n ot wa nt the undertaker to put them on. My companions were v ery s hy o f a corps e. I had had some experience at home and knew how t o dres s one. It wa s the custom then to ship bodies on the train. We wou ld purc has e two tic kets, one for the dead person and one for the bod y guard, a s i t were. I thought I was going to get to go to the Elder’ s home, but P re siden t Ellsworth took that task or pleasure away from m e. I would ha v e been h onored to have done it.
My outstanding missionary meal came one March day about 3:00 P. M . I h a d traveled until nearly noon and had to walk about five miles o u t in t h e country, snow on the ground, in spots. Dirt road and slippe r y in pla ce s. When I arrived at the Hodges, Sister Hodge knew I was hu ng ry, so s h e Preceded to give me some bread and milk. The bread was li gh t bread, j ust out of the oven. The milk was in the form of an old-fas hio ned pa n th at farmers used to set their milk in to let the cream ris e. M y hung er co upled with this warm bread and cold milk that was heav y wit h cream, cause d me to eat very heartily, and it seemed to please t he ol d folk s as the y said that I was so easy to satisfy. It was good t o th e last d rop, an d it was good to tell about.
[That is the end of the personal-written biography.... From this p o i n t on, the events listed and incidents related are as …the childre n ha v e r emembered them or as they have been told to us.]
Charles, a life-long Democrat, ran for the position of County Attor n e y i n Graham County in the elections of 1926. His opponent was Jess e Ud a ll, the Republican incumbent. Charles won the election in the Nove mb e r gen eral election. He defeated Mr. Udall again in the general elec ti o n of 19 28, again for County Attorney. Twice he ran against the incu mbe n t Superi or Court Judge, in 1934 and 1942, but lost both times.
After he was elected County Attorney, it was necessary to move to Saff o r d, the county seat of Graham County. It was May, 1927 that the mov e w a s m ade. They (Charles and Gladys) selected a big, yellow frame hou s e o n tw o acres just outside the West city limits and near the railro a d trac ks. It was close to the court house so Charles could walk to wor k . H e wa s elected to this position of County Attorney for six two-yea r t erm s (1 2 years total), but they were not consecutive years. In th e off- yea rs, h e opened his own law office and had his own practice. H e also p urc hase d and operated the Graham County Credit Bureau, as wel l as pract icin g la w the last years he lived in Safford.
Through the years he still liked to go deer hunting, usually up in t h e G r aham Mountains, and usually he would bring home a deer. More tha n l ike l y it was only a one-day hunting trip, leaving early in the morn in g an d re turning after dark. He enjoyed the picnics and outings tha t bec am e tradi tion with his own family and the relatives.
There were the Saturday night Rook parties with the 12 or so couples g a t h ering at someone’s house to spend the evening playing cards, then h av i n g a pot-luck refreshment. The men against the ladies, or couples a gai n s t couples, would lend variety to their evenings. On special occas io n s (T hanksgiving, or Christmas, or a birthday, or just to have somet hi n g to do) the Rook cards were easily available, and it wasn’t hard t o in t erest so meone in playing.
Not to be forgotten were the years they had the “Rogers Grade A Raw M i l k ” dairy. (Note: Walter says “Grade D” which may have been true i n t h e ea rliest months; but also see the reproduction of a “Grade A” st am p us ed i n later months.) Milking 12 cows night and morning without a n y mech anica l assistance, worrying about having enough feed for them , ke eping t he she ds and corrals and milk house in proper sanitary clea nline ss in or der t o pass the state inspection; all these and more caus ed con siderabl e worry, but it did help the financial situation for a fe w roug h years o f the de pression.
All five children went to the elementary schools in Safford, graduat e d f r om the high school there, and the local junior college (Gila Juni o r Col le ge) at Thatcher. His son went on a mission in 1934 to the East er n Sta te s Mission, then to the University of Arizona and graduated i n la w. Al l t he children were married while the family lived in Safford .
For some reasons that he thought wise at the time, Charles joined th e I O O F (Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a secret fraternal organizat ion) . I n September, 1944 they moved to the IOOF Home in Safford to be c are t aker s of grounds and buildings as well as the individuals who cam e t o li ve th ere. “They” included Charles, Gladys, Garna, Chloe, Dell a an d Sue. In t he Fall of 1945 they left the Home and purchased the All red h ouse. Charl es was asked to be the Stake Clerk for the Mr. Graham S take , o n conditio n that he would resign his membership in the IOOF. H e acce pte d this cal l from his Church and was sustained at a Stake conf erenc e on 1 6 May 1948; he was set apart by Marion G. Romney. Charles se rved a s Cle rk until mo ving to Phoenix in December of 1948.
He had been appointed a deputy in the State Attorney General’s offic e , a n d he worked there for four years. They lived in Phoenix only tw o ye ar s, then they moved to Mesa in 1951, and Charles commuted to wor k the n e x t two years. When his boss wasn’t re-elected, Charles worke d a shor t w hi le with Elijah Allen in Allen’s office for the practice o f law. Wh e n All en died he used the same office as Ether Ferrin (a life -long frie n d fro m Pima) used for his realty office. Their first home i n Mesa w a s a “cour t” on Udall Street which had several apartments arou nd it . I t was a stru ggle to keep them clean and rented, so in 1953 the y boug ht a nd moved to t heir little home on Hobson Street.
Here he lived the rest of his life. He and Gladys served their three-Ye a r mission to the Pima Indians at San Tan; they also served their sho r t s i x-month mission in the Cumorah Mission; and then in 1967 they wer e s e t ap art as ordained temple workers. In 1964 they added a large roo m, a s mal l bath, and an office for Charles on the back of their home wh ic h ma de i t more comfortable, especially when some of the friends came , o r th e chil dren and grandchildren arrived for a visit. By this tim e he h ad c losed h is downtown law office, but he still had people com e to him a t h is home f or help with a divorce or some of the lighter an d easier la w w ork. Alway s, each year there were many income tax report s prepared f o r other people.
Whenever the Spanish-Americans came for their temple excursions, the y w e r e housed at the Tri-Stake Center in Mesa. Volunteer Priesthood me n wo u l d go early and stay late each day for a week to help prepare th e foo d n ec essary to feed these humble people. Charles usually voluntee red an d r epo rted about five each morning and stayed through the day un til eve ryth in g was cleaned and cleared up after the evening meal. Ofte n it wou l d b e a 14-hour day for the workers, and this happened two o r three tim e s eac h year.
He was injured in an automobile accident on the Mesa streets in May, 1 9 6 2, which resulted in more-or-less permanent injury to a hip; at lea s t h e f elt he never regained fully to his pre-accident condition.. . H e b ecam e anemic, for his blood wasn’t building the way it should, a nd t he d octo r had him lose weight. He did lose the required weight, bu t h e als o los t that Swedish huskiness that had been so characteristi c fo r him... St ill later, he was involved in another auto accident, bei ng de cl ared to b e the one at fault. As a result, he was sued for ove r $150,0 0 0 for damag es and permanent injuries. This suit was settled o ut of cou r t for $40,00 0. This necessitated depleting all of his saving s accoun t s and borrowin g sums of money from some of his children (whic h were re pa id before his d eath), but he was able to save his Mesa hom e and his t e n acres in Pima...
He was a great one for helping others when he could. Relatives fro m b o t h sides of the family sought his advice and help all through th e yea r s. There were many widows and old and elderly people living in hi s Me s a w ard, and he assisted them by whatever means he could: free leg al as s ista nce, driving them in his car to the doctor’s office, for gro ceries , etc.
On one such occasion he was helping two ladies gather pecans. He cli m b e d the tree to shake down the nuts, and the ladies would pick the m u p a n d put them in boxes. For some reason, he fell from the tree, sc rapi n g th e back of his head against the tree trunk as he slid down an d land e d on h is neck at the base of the tree. Whether he reached too f ar an d l ost hi s balance, had a dizzy spell, his foot slipped, or a lim b brok e a s the po lice reported, we don’t know. He was rushed to the Me sa Luth era n Hospita l, and they kept him alive for ten days.
Without ever regaining consciousness, he died 15th January 1970. Hi s f u n eral was in Mesa on the 17th, and he was buried in Pima that afte rno o n. Just as the sun was setting down beyond the Graham Mountains a l ad i e s chorus sang “Now The Day Is Over”, and in a grave close to his b oyh o o d homestead farm and reservoir, Charles was laid to rest. | Rogers, Charles Roseberry (I161535)
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The marriage record for Timothy Gates and Susannah Masters reads as foll o ws:
Whereas publick declaration has been made of an intention o f
marriage between us, Timothy Gates & Susannah Master
both of Bridgton; & there not being any Person withi n
our Plantation authorized by Law to perform the Cere-
monies of Marriage nor could any be procured with-
out great difficulty: We therefore think it fit, & do i n
the presence of God & these Witnesses whose name s
are under Written Solomnly engage to hav e
taken each other as Husband and Wife, promisin g
to perform to each other all the Duties thereunt o
belonging; in witness whereof we have hereunt o
set our names this Fourth Day of December On e
thousand Seven hundred & Seventy Seven.
Timothy Gates
Susannah Gates
Witnesses
Jacob Stevens
Stephen Gates
Reuben Burnam
Benjn Kinball
Enoch Perley
Recorded by me
Caleb Chafe, Town Clerk | Gates, Timothy (I175303)
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The most famous of Norse Gods, but very likely derived from an actua l h i s torical person. Many of the old Icelandic and Nordic sagas and do cume n t s speak of this man, sometimes with magical powers. Odin migrate d fr o m As gard (near Byzantium). He brought his cheif priest, Njord, wi th h i m and t hey settled in Uppland Sweden, near present day Stockholm . Al l o f the Ang lo-Saxon and Scandinavian Kings trace their direct mal e anc estr y to Odin. As shown in this genealogy, there are no fewer tha n 8 o f hi s many son s that are direct ancestors of Frida Rage.
Odin's wife, Skade was a daughter of Tjatse. Skade was first marri e d t o N jord, but did not want him, so instead she married Odin. Odin h a d man y so ns. Sæming was one of the sons of Odin and Skade, accordin g t o Snorr e Stu rluson (Heimskringla). But all other known sons are sho wn a s sons o f Frig g. Uncertain as to the real mother of all the sons o f Odi n. Accord ing t o Norse mythology, Tjatse (Skade's father) was a jo tun (b ad god) wh o wa s killed by the aeses (good gods). His daughter, S kade (I njury), dem ande d retribution, and the aeses gave her then Njor d to be h er husband.
In the Scandinavian Historical Magazine v1/96 is written: "Odin wa s n o d o ubt of Pontos King's family. His parents were Bor Buresson an d Beis tl a Bo ltornsdatter. Odin's maternal father, Boltorn, was Mimer' s brothe r a nd th ereby a brother of king Mithridates VI of Pontos. Ther e are man y th eorie s about the meaning of Odin's name. His name may b e derived fr om 'V ohtan ' - the furious - or from 'Adonai' - master. I n his Edda Snor re ha s menti oned many different names for Odin. When th e Gothic histori an Jor danes (a bout 550 AD) identify a Goth near the Bl ack Sea, as the p ossibl e Odin, al ias Gaut or Gapt, with the real nam e Cotys, which wa s a King' s name. Hi s wife Frigg was a daughter of kin g Mithridates VI o f Pontos o r perhap s a daughter of king Tigranes II o f Armenia and of Kl eopatra o f Pontos. (This ancestry is not what is sho wn in this genealogy .) Frig g followed Odi n on his wandering throughou t Europe to the North , probabl y in the year 4 7 BC, and they had a so n Skjold and probably al so the fir st king Alv of A lvheim in Tune in Øs tfold. When Odin came wit h his peopl e to the North, S candinavia was pa rtly populated by other s - perhaps gia nts 'jotner'."
Tomsett says: The Prose Edda shows the names of other Sons who beca m e t h e Kings of Denmark, Sweden and Norway, but I can't find analogue s f or t he se in the Anglo Saxon Chronicles. They are Skjöldr of Denmark , Sa eming r o f Norway and Yngvi of Sweden.
Prose Edda: Odin had the power of divination, and so had his wife, a n d f r om this knowledge he found out that his name would be held hig h i n th e no rth part of the world, and honored beyond that of all kings . Fo r thi s rea son he was eager to begin his journey from Turkey, and h e ha d wit h him ve ry many people, young and old, men and women, and h e had w ith hi m many co stly things. But wherever they fared over the la nds grea t fam e was spoke n of them, and they were said to be more lik e gods tha n men. And they sto pped not on their journey before they cam e north int o tha t land whicHis now called Saxland; there Odin remaine d a long time , an d subjugated th e country far and wide. There Odin est ablished his t hre e sons as a defens e of the land. One is named Veggdeg g; he was a str on g king and ruled ove r East Saxland. His son was 46 Vi trgils, and hi s son s were Ritta, the fat her of Heingest (Hengist), an d Sigar, the fat her o f Svebdegg, whom we cal l Svipdag. Another son o f Odin hight Beldeg g, who m we call Balder; he pos sessed the land whic h now hight Vestfal ; his so n was Brander, and his so n Frjodigar, who m we call Froda (Frode ). His so n was Freovit, his son Yvi gg, his son G evis, whom we call Gave . The thir d son of Odin is named Sigg e, his so n Verer. These forefather s ruled th e land which is now called Fr anklan d, and from them is come t he race tha t is called the Volsungs. Fro m al l of these many and great r aces are des cended. | Odin (I13953)
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The next to the youngest of eight children born to Serge Ballif Benson a n d Melinda Caroline Nelson, Theodore Nelson Benson died at his home in S pr ingdale.
Born in Whitney, Idaho, he and his siblings all graduated from Utah Sta t e University. An active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- da y Saints, he served a mission Brazil and held many positions in bishop ric s and in the Stake High Council. He married Margaret Jayne Todd Febru ar y 11, 1943 in the Logan LDS Temple.
Used by the New Jersey Legislature in developing its highway program, H i s graduate thesis, "Financing New Jersey Highways", was written at Prin ce ton University. Ted Completed the academic work for a Masters at Uta h Sta te and was awarded a fellowship to Denver University.
Holding membership in the Retired Officers Association and the America n L egion, Sigma Chi Fraternity, the Pi Gamma Nu National Social Scienc e Hono r Society, the Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Fraternit y and B lue Key, he was a World War II veteran serving in Okinawa and i n the Arm y of Occupation in Japan.
Recalled to active duty in the Army, Ted served in the Pentagon as an In t elligence Officer. He served as Secretary to the Joint Brazil U.S. Mili ta ry Commission in Brazil, where the Brazilian Government awarded him th e " Order of Military Merit." He worked in the Office of the Assistant Ch ie f of Staff for Intelligence, was a Special Forces Officer, a paratroop e r and commanded a Green Beret Group in Okinawa. Assigned duty in Vietna m , he was awarded the U.S. Legion of Merit and the Republic of Vietnam d ec orated him the RUN Medal of Honor, First Class.
After retiring from the Army the family moved to Pasadena, California wh e re he helped organize a business and taught for two years in a privat e sc hool. In 1992, he and Margaret moved to Springdale to be near Zion N ation al Park.
His wife, Margaret, daughters, Kristen, Elizabeth Benson Cutler, Carolin d a, three grandchildren and sisters, Jacque Benson Bell and Zetta Benso n P eterson survive Ted. | Benson, Theodore Nelson (I336)
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The Proposal
Jacob Hamblin married widow Rachel Judd Henderson of Council Bluffs. Hav i ng dreamed that he would marry her, he knocked on her door and announce d , "My name is Jacob Hamblin, I was impressed to come to your home and a s k you to be my wife." She replied, "I am Rachel Judd, and am willing t o m arry you, but it will be impossible for us to have children." Hambli n res ponded, "My name is Jacob, yours is Rachel, we will have two sons a nd sha ll name them Joseph and Benjamin." They also had three daughters.
The Jacob Hamblin Home
The Jacob Hamblin home was built of sandrock quarried from the red hil l s behind the home. In 1863 stone masons, including Elias Morris and th e A verett Brothers, were called by the Mormon Church to build a home fo r th e Buckskin Apostle to the Lamanites (Indians), The builders left "Ir ontow n" near Cedar City, crossed the mountains to Santa Clara. In a shor t tim e a two story home was constructed, built into the hillside so tha t the s econd story could be entered from the outside at ground level.
The home has a regular gabled roof with shed extension in the rear, an d t wo porches running the full length of the house. The upper porch floo r sl opes so that fruits could be dried on it. The main entrance is on th e sou th, opening into a hallway that leads to the rear of the home int o the ki tchen and storage areas.
Because Jacob had two wives at the time the home was built, the room t o t he right (east) and the room to the left (west) are nearly identica l wit h beds, fireplaces on the outside walls, and small stairs ascendin g to th e second floor from the back outside corner of each room.
On the second floor is a large room, used for religious, civic and soci a l events. People could enter it directly from the outside without goin g i nto the main private quarters. Behind the main room, in the lower she d po rtion of the back room, were two small, short-cei1inged sleeping roo ms us ed by the smaller children.
Hamblin's two wives, Rachel Judd and Priscilla Leavitt, apparently dear l y loved each other. Together they had five and three children respectiv el y and cared for some of Jacob's older children by his first wife. Late r J acob married a young Indian girl as a fourth wife, and finally Louis a Bon elli, as a fifth. It seems probable the house may have been home t o as ma ny as ten to fifteen children and three or four wives. His secon d wife, R achel, died in the home in 1865. However, Louisa preferred to l ive by her self and other arrangements were provided.
Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel
Family links:
Spouse:
Jacob Vernon Hamblin (1819 - 1886)
children:
Lois Hamblin Burk (1851 - 1891)*
Joseph Hamblin (1854 - 1924)*
Rachel Tamer Hamblin Stewart (1856 - 1877)*
Benjamin Hamblin (1858 - 1930)*
Arminda Hamblin (1861 - 1862)*
Burial:
Santa Clara Cemetery
Santa Clara
Washington County
Utah, USA
Plot: A15
Created by: SMSmith
Record added: Feb 02, 2000
Find A Grave Memorial# 42000 | Hamblin, Benjamin (I99108)
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The Prosecuting Attorney of Snohomish County (Everett) was looki n g f o r a new deputy and I was looking for work and a wife. I had sign e d u p a t BYU to teach Business law with the thought I would look fo r a w if e in m y free time. I found my future wife in Seattle, Vera Leis hman , s o most o f my reason for going to BYU was gone. I was released o f m y duti es at BY U and took the deputy prosecutor job and got married , al l withi n the nex t 4 months.
I worked with the Prosecuting Attorney from 1948 to 1952 handling crim i n a l cases. In Feb., 1952 I started on my own as an attorney and hav e pr a ct iced civil law in Everett ever since (now being Sept 1991). A t fir s t I w as in the general practice of law. As the years went by i t narrow e d dow n to real estate and personal injury law as my main are a of pract ic e. | Leishman, Vera Louise (I21848)
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The story of the death of Edson Whipple's son, Heber, who died 19 Ma r c h 1 877 in Provo written by a friend named Albert Jones of Provo.:
The love and devotion of his large plural family in the early days i s e m p hasized when one of his children contracted the dread disease, sm all- po x. A consultation was held between his first wife, Mary Ann, an d Edson , i n regard to the case. The Child was not one of Mary Ann’s no r of h e r sist ers, but a well-grown boy of his third wife, Amelia, name d Heber . The dis cussion concluded with Mary Ann’s argument, as if in fo rebodi n g of her de ath, that if anything happened, she could be spare d bette r th an Edson; th erefore she would go in and nurse the boy, an d she did . Th e boy died an d so did she. The case produced quite an exc itement a t th e time. The stre et was fenced off by order of the City Co uncil; fir es we re built near th e premises, and the two victims of th e dread disea se wer e burned in the d arkness of the night. The coffin s were wrapped i n cloth s dipped in tar; n o funeral service, no sympath etic accompanimen t of fri ends, but in the de ad hour of the night, Edso n consigned to th e flames t he remains of his lo ved ones.
Edson Whipple’s journal was 62 pages long (found in the BYU Archiv e s M S 6 91). Edson lost every member of his family in Winter Quarters–h i s m othe r, his wife, his Child. There was so much sickness there. He n ar ro wly e scaped death himself.
He was called on a mission to the east in 1848. After filling this mi s s i on, Edson returned to Salt Lake City. On 7 November 1850 he marrie d t h e t wo sisters Mary Ann and Harriet Yeager. He had brought them acr os s th e pl ains with him from Philadelphia, where he had made their acq uai ntanc e. E dson’s first wife (Lavinia Goss) had died before he came t o Sa lt La ke Cit y. He married four other wives and had families by al l of th em. H e ha d a total of 33 children. | Whipple, Heber (I50423)
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The surname of Bertha Spring's adoptive family is actually spelled Beutl e r. This family took in Bertha at a very young age when she arrived in U ta h from Bern Switzerland. This is according to her personal history wri tte n by Louise Gessel Layne. | Spring, Bertha (I173316)
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The Theodore Turley Family Book, pp. 184-185
Elaine Turley Rogers
Elaine Turley married Orson William Rogers in the Arizona Temple Febr . 9 , 1949. She has worked in the Primary and Relief Society and Orso n h a s w orked in MIA, Sunday School, and for eleven years was financia l cle r k fo r the Joseph City Ward. At present he is stake auditor for t he Hol b roo k Stake. He is Operations Officer for Great Western Bank. H e has be e n wi th the bank 28 years.
We lived in Woodruff two years when we were first married, almost th r e e y ears at Window Rock, Arizona where Orson was manager of the Grea t W es ter n Bank; all the rest of our married life we have lived in Jose ph C it y Ari zona. Orson has been on the School Board and acted as Presi den t o f the B oard. He was in a very serious car accident in 1968. Th e Lor d h as bless ed him and all our family very much. Although he ha s a 33% d isa bility i n the use of his legs, he does very well and doe s almost any thin g anyon e else can do.
We have three children: George Charles, who served a mission in Canad a - C algary Mission and who has Completed a course in Auto Mechanics; Sa nd r a, who was in the Manila-Philippines Mission as a health missionar y a n d no w works as an R.N. at Utah Valley Hospital in Provo; and Willi am D al e, wh o just graduated from high school. Our children have been a ctiv e i n th e Church and held offices in their classes and Quorums as t hey h av e advan ced in their priesthood and in school. George has his Du ty t o Go d Award, and William is an Eagle Scout. Sandra graduated thir d in he r N ursing C lass at BYU and was Valedictorian of her high schoo l class.
Elaine, Sandra, George, and William were almost taken from this lif e f r o m a fireplace that had gas logs in it, when the vent had been pul le d sh u t and not opened when it had been lit. Orson was in Kingman an d i f Ela in e's dad, Charles H. Turley. had not been inspired to stop t o se e how w e w ere we would not be here today. We're grateful to parent s wh o liste n t o the still small voice and have taught us and been goo d exam ples, an d w e do love them for this. May we do the same for our c hildren . | Turley, Elaine (I161766)
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Theodora was born in Constantinople at 3 after midnight on 15 Januar y 1 0 9 6, the fourth of five daughters, and seventh Child overall, of Em per o r Al exios I Komnenos (r. 1081–1118) and Irene Doukaina. In c. 111 1 sh e m arrie d Constantine Kourtikes, but her husband died soon after m arria ge. Theodo ra is mentioned as a widow in 1118 and the marriage rema ined c hi ldless. I n 1122 after the death of Alexios I, she married a se cond ti me, to Consta ntine Angelos, a minor noble from Philadelphia. H e was exce ed ingly beauti ful, but Empress Irene disapproved, and it see ms to hav e sou red her relat ions with Theodora, who is listed last an d with the l east f avourable prov isions in the typikon that Irene grant ed to the Kec haritom ene Monastery. Theodora is mentioned for the last t ime in Octobe r 1136, and it is unkn own when she died | Komnēnos, Theodōra (I8126)
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Theodore I Laskaris or Lascaris (Greek: Θεόδωρος Κομνηνός Λάσκαρις, r o m a nized: Theodōros Komnēnos Laskaris; c. 1175 – November 1221) was t h e fi rs t Emperor of Nicaea—a successor state of the Byzantine Empire—f ro m 120 5 t o his death. Although he was born to an obscure Byzantine ar ist ocrati c fa mily, his mother was related to the imperial Komnenos cla n. H e marri e d a younger daughter of the Byzantine Emperor Alexios II I Angel os in 12 00. He received the title of despot before 1203, demonst rating h is righ t t o succeed his father-in-law on the throne. | Laskaris, Theodoros Emperor of Nicaea (I8630)
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There are several different spellings for this person's name. | Frithuwald, Borr (I13957)
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Thero Eames Tippets
Born:April 25, 1911 in Preston, Idaho
Parents:Arthur Tippets and Sarah Greaves Eames
Married:November 8, 1937 in Salt Lake City to Ruth Ida Ruchti
Children:Thero Richard Tippets, Marleen Ruth Tippets, Patricia Ann Tippe t s
Died:December 6, 1980 (Age 69) in Idaho Falls, Idaho
Buried:December 11, 1980 in Idaho Falls Cemetery, Idaho Falls, Idaho
Thero Eames Tippets, son of Arthur and Sarah Eames Tippets, was born o n A pril 25, 1911 in Preston, Idaho. He had five brothers: Harold (die d ag e 3), Merlin, Vaughn, David (died at birth) Howard and one sister, E lean.
In 1912, Thero’s family moved to Driggs, Idaho where his father, Arthu r , opened a hardware store. There Thero spent his days growing into a y ou ng man. He went through school in Driggs, Idaho. He played in the pe p b and and on the basketball team.
In his teenage years, Thero became very interested in Scouting. He us e d to spend many weekends out camping and hiking.
Thero spent time working with his father in the hardware store. Howeve r , during the depression of 1929, the hardware store went broke, and s o Ar thur closed his store and moved his family from Driggs, Idaho to Poc atell o, Idaho. Thero was a senior in High School at that time, and ha d just b een elected Student Body President, so he stayed in Driggs to fi nish scho ol. He graduated with honors. He was awarded a scholarship t o Ricks Col lege, but decided to go to college in Pocatello because he co uld live a t home for free.
When Thero turned 19, he worked for the Forest Service and built trail s a ll over the Teton Mountains. One summer he worked on the beetle infe stat ion which included a group of fellows climbing the mountains and mar kin g the trees that needed to be cut down. Another group would follow c los e behind, spray kerosene on the downed tree, and then burn the trees.
While in college, Thero took an active part in the Seminary program, a n d also was on the Stake Board for Mutual. He attended college for 3 ye ar s and studied business and school teaching. He also played the trumpe t i n college band and orchestra and participated in lots of school plays . W hile in college, he worked for Safeway Stores, and was transferred t o Ida ho Falls in the summer of 1937 to work for them. He was married t o Rut h Ida Ruchti on November 8, 1937 in the Salt Lake City Temple, an d then t hey moved to Idaho Falls to live. They bought their first hom e on 315 7t h Street in the spring of 1938 and lived there until he died.
However, in November of 1942, Thero entered the army. He trained in t h e U.S. for a year and then went to Europe. He was a part of the 92nd S ig nal Corps of General Patton’s 3rd Army group. He had 5 battle stars , an d when the war ended he was at Hitler’s Buthargarden or secret hide away . Hitler was a vegetarian and ate lots of fresh grown veggies fro m his o wn garden with either pasta or rice. Thero spent 3 years to the d ay in th e Army. While in the army, Ruth gave birth on July 25, 1944 t o their fir st child, Thero Richard Tippets. She was living with her mot her in Pocat ello, Idaho at the time of Richard's birth. Thero had sol d shoes to bare foot Germans to help earn money necessary to pay for thei r home in Idah o Falls.
When Thero came home from the army, he went back to work in the grocer y b usiness and became a store manager of Safeway for many years. When h e wa s asked to transfer to the Pocatello store, he didn't want to uproo t hi s family so he quit Safeway. He later worked at Ashton’s Glass & P ain t Company until he retired. Following retirement, he spent much of h is t ime following, researching and investing in the stock market.
In the late 1950's Thero and his son, Richard, built a cabin up in Isla n d Park, Idaho where the family spent many weekends up there fishing, b oa ting, and enjoying the outdoors.
He had a strong testimony of the truthfulness of The Church of Jesus Chr i st Of Latter-Day Saints. He was an active member of the church and ser ve d as a High Priest’s secretary, home teacher, and in the MIA and Scout in g programs.
Thero died December 6, 1980 in Idaho Falls at the hospital following a s t roke. He was 69 years old. At the time of his death, he was survive d b y his wife Ruth, 2 children, and 5 grandchildren with one more grandc hil d being born after his passing. From those 6 grandchildren he now ha s 1 8 great-grandchildren and 2 step great grandchildren. | Tippets, Thero Eames (I392)
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They were in a flood in 1950 in Marrysville, CA. They lost everything
they had including their records. | Martin, John Thompson (I34282)
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This excerp is from "A Sketch of the Life of Iver Petersen and His Wif e A ne Mette Iversen" By their Granddaughter Gertrude Petersen Nebeker.
A large number of people were gathered at the wharf. Many were saints pr o mising they would be on the next ship or as soon as they could and man y t hreatening mobs who seemed to want to give trouble whenever and where ve r they could. Iver and Ane Mette Petersen sailed by way of Keil and Gl uck stadt, Germany to Hull and crossed England by rail to Liverpool, arri vin g there on the 28 December, 1853. On the first day of January, 1854 , the y went aboard the Sailing Ship "Jesse Munn" and sailed from Liverpo ol o n the 3rd of January,1854. A few days later on January 8th, 1854 An ton , the little almost two-year old son of Grandfather Iver and Grandmot he r Ane died. Oh how hard it must have been to leave their baby buried a t s ea in the ocean.
During the voyage, twelve of the emigrants died and two couples were mar r ied. In most ways they had a pleasant and prosperous voyage. They arriv e d in New Orleans, Louisiana on February 20th 1854 and stayed there a f e w days. Then they went by river boat to St. Louis, Missouri. Because o f t he unusually low water in the Mississippi, the passage was slow and t edio us. Because of the change in climate and the difference in the mod e of li ving, Cholera broke out among the emigrants, sadly resulting in m any deat hs. They had now been on the water eleven weeks since leaving th eir homes . | Pedersen, Antone (I175797)
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THOMAS C. GREAVES;
Thomas C. Greaves, of Preston, Idaho, one of the progressive and repre s e n tative farmers and stockmen of Oneida county, living on a well-impr ov e d a nd highly cultivated ranch two miles north of Preston, was bor n a t Pr ovo, Utah, on November 2, 1860, the son of Joseph and Sarah P. ( Clul ey) Grea ves, natives of England and residents of Liverpool. In 185 0 the y w ere con verted to the Mormon faith and soon after were married . On th e da y therea fter they set sail for America, intending to live a t the he adqua rters o f the Mormon Church, and to accomplish this resul t they cro ssed t he plain s with ox teams to Utah, bringing cattle wit h them. The y remaine d at Sal t Lake City about two years, then went t o Provo, wher e they too k up gover nment land and went to farming. Afte r a residence o f six year s near Prov o they moved to the vicinity of Lo gan, being amon g the firs t settlers i n that neighborhood. They then lo cated on land o n the outski rts of the to wn and for a number of years a gain engaged i n farming. Th e father then we nt to work at his trade o f stone-mason, be ing employed o n the Temple at S alt Lake City, but als o continued his fa rming operation s while he was thu s engaged until 189 2. At that time h e returned to hi s earlier trade of ta iloring, at whic h he had wrought i n Liverpool; at t his he is still workin g in Logan, a nd there he has a p rosperous merchan t tailoring establishmen t. His wif e died in 186s and w as buried at Logan.
Thomas C. Greaves grew from Childhood to manhood at Logan and was educ a t e d in the public schools of the town. He remained at home and work e d o n th e farm with his father until he was twenty-one, and in the spr in g o f 188 2 he moved to Preston, Idaho, and took up the ranch on whic h h e no w lives, two miles north of the town. Here he was busily occupie d i n far ming unt il 1890, when he went to work for his brother, John C . Gre aves, in his ge neral merchandising establishment at Preston. He wo rked i n th is store fo r nine years, carrying on at the same time his fa rming a nd st ock industri es, during this time steadily improving his pl ace, adv ancin g its cultivat ion until he has one of the best and most a ttractiv e count ry homes in thi s section of the county. In 1903 he form ed a merc antile a ssociation wit h his brother, John C. Greaves, and T . W. R. Nels on, unde r the firm titl e of J. C. Greaves & Co., and the y have erecte d the fines t business bloc k of the town, being constructe d of stone an d containin g their large stor e, the Bank of Preston, an d several office s. This buil ding was occupied b y them on November 2. 1 903, since whic h time they hav e conducted very pro sperous merchandisin g.
In October, 1900 he was sent on a church mission to England, and wh i l e h e traveled over most of the island and did missionary work in eve r y p art, his principal field of labor was in Liverpool, the old home o f h i s pare nts. In November, 1901, he was called home by sickness in hi s fa mi ly, an d since then he has devoted his time to farming. He has an othe r ra nch bes ides the home place, distant from it about a mile, on w hic h he i s buildin g a good two-story frame dwelling. On May 26, 1886 a t Sa lt Lake, Mr. Grea ves married Miss Hannah Kidd, a native of Englan d an d a daught er of Samue l and Sarah J. (Small) Kidd, they being als o nativ es of tha t country. He r parents came to Utah and settled at Log an in 18 73, remain ing there unti l their deaths, the mother passing awa y in 188 6 and the fa ther in 1897. M r. and Mrs. Greaves have four child ren, Ethe l, Thomas K., Levean, Clule y and Seymour. In 1902 Mr. Greave s was calle d as counselo r to Bishop Carv er of the Third ward of Presto n and is eff ectively perfo rming the dutie s of this office.
[Source: Progressive men of Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Fremont and O n e i da counties; By A.W. Bowen & Co; Publ. 1904; Transcribed and submit t e d b y Andrea Stawski Pack.] | Greaves, Thomas Cluley (I2663)
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Thomas Carter signed the 1634 Visitation of Bedfordshire as the olde s t m e mber of the family. Occupation: Doctor of Civil Law and Chancell o r of t h e Diocese of Lincoln.
About Thomas Carter
Thomas Carter the Elder, Gent., was the son of William Carter and wi f e M a ry Anscell. He was born September 19, 1575 in Kempston Parish, Be df ords hi re, England, and died there in 1647. He married Jane Bellay, t hir d dau ght er of Dr. John Bellay of Lincolnshire. Dr. Bellay was the c hanc ello r of t he Diocese of Lincoln.
Thomas and Jane appear in the Visitations of Bedfordshire in 1566, a l o n g with three daughters and two sons. He inherited Oakes Farm at hi s f at he r's death.
children of Thomas Carter and wife Jane Bellay:
Elizabeth Carter, who married a Mr. Malcott and had three children, ac c o r ding to the will.
Jane Carter, who was not married at the time of her father's death
Susan Carter, who married a Mr. Woodward
William Carter, who married Anne Emmery, daughter and co-heir of Tho m a s E mmery of Alridgesey, Bedfordshire. William died before his fathe r , ac cord ing to his father's will, included below.
Thomas Carter the Younger, second son and heir.
The Will of Thomas Carter
Thomas left a detailed will was dated 11 August 1647 at Kempston, Bedf o r d shire, England and proved 5 October 1647 in the Prerogative Cour t o f Ca nt erbury. The will named many of his family members, with descr ipti ons o f t he relationships. He was listed as "Thomas Carter, the eld er o f Kemps ton, Bedfordshire, gentleman". He specified that he was th e fathe r of Th oma s Carter Junior, who was to be executor. To be superv isors we re Broth er-i n-law Dr. Francis Banister, Doctor of Physick; fri end Edmun d Wingat e of G ray's Inn, Esquire; brother Anscell Carter. Wit nesses wer e Edmun d Wingate; Elizabeth Anscell; Mary Anscell; Charles Mo rdaunt; Rob ert Bea umont; Joh n Browne. He also directed that he was t o be buried a t Kempsto n Church a s near my father as possible. He lef t the followin g bequests:
His wife Jane to receive "3 milch cows and household stuffs".
"I stand possessed of 3 acres of land in Kempston for 1,000 years by i n d e nture dated 20 June 30 (1630) Elizabeth and am indebted to Henry Pu ck wo o d of South Hill, Bedfordshire, for 30 pounds. For the satisfactio n t her eo f I give him the aforesaid land."
"To the 3 children of my daughter Malcott viz Thomas, William and Ur s u l a Malcott, 5 pounds each at the age of 21.
To every of my grandchildren, viz William and Elizabeth the childr e n o f m y son William deceased, 13 pounds 6 shillings 8 pence each at t h e ag e o f 21.
To my daughter Jane 30 pounds.
To my servant Margaret Hiles 20 shillings per annum for llife.
To my son Thomas Carter and his heirs one tenement in Barford no w i n t h e tenure of Thomas Henton with orchard and gardens etc. adjoini ng a nd b el onging thereto, lately by me purchased of Thomas Peirce, t o be so ld to war ds the payment of my debts.
To my Aunt Mrs. Elizabeth Anscell, my cousins Mr. Thomas Anscell and M r s . Mary Anscell, my cousin George Carter, son of my brother Anscell Ca rt e r, 20 shillings for rings.
Having sold my copyhold land in the Manor of Kempston, my son Thom a s t o p ay with the proceeds as follows: 52 pounds to my Aunt Elizabet h A nsce ll; 22 pounds to Edmund Sparkes of Silvershoe; and the remainde r t o Henr y H ill of Bedford, to satisfy my debt of 40 pounds which I ow e hi m on bo nd.
To my daughter Susan Woodward 10 poounds; and to Thomas Woodward, he r s o n, my
godChild 10 pounds at the age of 21.
I give my grandchild Thomas Carter the residue of my estate. My son Th o m a s Carter to be the Administrator during the minority of my grandso n T ho ma s Carter who is under 21, and if he chooses my wife to be his g uard ian, s he is to continue to live at Kempston, and to have 30 pound s per a nnu m fo r his education for the next two years after my deceas e and afte rwar ds un til his full age, forty pounds per annum. | Carter, Thomas (I167582)
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Thomas Earl Clements was born October 12, 1890 to Thomas and Eliza J a n e H igginson Clements. He had two sisters older than he, Mable and Ba rb a ra.
They lived in five different towns before his father died of a fev e r a n d was buried the day Earl turned thirteen. His father was 43 yea r s old.
When Earl was 15 years old he was driving mules for a construction com p a n y in Bingham, Utah. Later he went to live with his uncle Jake Higgi n s o n and his family in Knightville and he worked in a mine to help hi s m ot he r. His mother did practical nursing to make a living for thei r fami ly.
His aunt Mary Ann's brother, Hugh M. Woodward, came to visit them . H e h a d just graduated from the B.Y.U. and was going to be the princi pa l of t h e new Dixie High School in St. George Utah. He persuaded hi s nep hew Fr an k Higginson and Earl, who was living with them, to quit w ork an d com e t o St. George to school. They did and they stayed one win ter. Wh il e ther e Earl met his future wife Anna Snow. They corresponde d and sa w e ach oth er when she came to Salt Lake in the summers for eig ht years.
Earl's mother died March 21, 1915 in Spanish Fork Utah. They live d i n S p ringville where Barbara worked in the post office and she had h er s ist e r Charlotte made a home for Earl and Reed who was the younges t in t he f am ily. Later Charlotte went to Los Angeles with Elizabeth an d got w or k the re.
Earl served in the army in World War I in the 362 Infantry. in the 9 1 s t D ivision, and went over seas and was a sergeant. he had two pal s i n t he s ame division who were from the B.Y. U. They had all been i n scho o l toget her. They were Howard Hales and Blacky Huish. When the y arriv e d in Franc e they were lined up according to their height and g ot o n a Fr ench train. Another French train ran into them and Howard Hal es wa s kil led. He wa s a big fine built athlete from the B.Y.U. and a g ood fr ien d of Earl's. After the war brought Howard's watch and things h ome t o hi s mother.
On June 16, 1920 Earl and Anna were married in the Salt Lake Templ e a n d t hey moved to Los Angeles, California where Earl entered the Uni vers it y o f Southern California Dental College. He worked and went to s choo l a nd t hey lived in an apartment house above his sister and her hu sband , El izabe th and Clyde Himes. The Himes were so nice to them.
Earl and Anna had two children, Jean and Howard while they lived i n L o s A ngeles. The apartment house was sold and the rent was doubled s o th e y bo ught a little temporary house which was not finished thinkin g the y c oul d finish it and live there until school was out. But they f ound t ha t th e temporary houses had no right to be there and at leas t a four r oo m hous e built on the front of the lot so when Earl was hom e from wor k h e buil t a foundation. They got a carpenter and Anna order ed the thin g s he tol d her to get. They moved their little house on t o the foundati o n while A nna and Jean were in it. The carpenter built o n a new part a n d they ende d up with a cute four room home with bath fr ont porch and a ll. When the y left Los Angeles they sold the home.
Anna's brother, Laurence C. Snow was an M.D. in Park City and Earl dec i d e d to start dental practice there. Laurence didn't stay there lon g . H e w ent east to school and settled in Salt Lake City. Earl's offic e w as o n th e second floor across the street from where the Memorial Bu ildi ng wa s bui lt on Main Street. At first their home was a small hous e on P ark A venu e but later they had a chance to buy the big two stor y house a t 30 5 Par k Avenue. This is where their children were raised e xcept Roge r wh o wa s only seven when they moved to Salt Lake City in 19 44.
Earl took an interest in the town of Park City. He served on the Ci t y C o uncil for six years. He was the highest vote getter on the ticke t a n d a c ommittee tried to get him to run for mayor. When he said "No " th e y aske d Anna to work on him but she said "No." He didn't think i t wou l d be wis e along with his profession. Earl served 4 years on th e scho o l board. I t was during this time that Jean, Howard and Blaine g raduat e d from high s chool. Blaine was valedictorian of his class. He d id a f i ne job.
Earl was active in the Victor Peterson Post of the American Legion a n d w a s Post commander. He was a member of the Kiwanis Club and the Cle me nt s e njoyed the Ladies Nights, which were dinner dances held in th e Ath ena eu m building. Anna was a member, and president at one time, o f the W ome n' s Athenaeum Club. They owned their own building which ha d a danc e flo o r and stage, club room and kitchen making it an ideal pl ace fo r a dinn e r dance and members of the Athenaeum served the dinne r and i t was a sou rc e of income for the Athenaeum club when they neede d a ne w roof etc.
Earl and Anna taught a class in M.I.A. of the L.D.S. Church. It was h e a l th class and Earl had charge of it in the stake.
Earl was nice in fixing the teeth of the Catholic Sisters who did s o m u c h good and had no income. He also sent many L.D.S. Missionaries o n th e i r way with their teeth fixed up as his contribution. He had grea t sym p at hy for widows left with a family of children as his mother was . Ea r l lov ed to take his boys on hikes up in the hills and he persiste d an d l earne d to ski even if he did go in on his head once. He and Fra zer B uc k enjoy ed skiing and hiking together. He enjoyed hunting and h e play e d on a bas eball team.
In June of 1944 Earl and his family moved to Salt Lake City and he had H i s office on the eighth floor of the Tribune building on Main Stree t . H e enjoyed the friendship of other dentists around him and the den t a l meet ings. He belonged to the Salt Lake and Utah Dental Association s.
There were two army dinners he never missed. The 362nd Infantry m e t i n J une and the 91st Division banquet was Sept. 29th. He was a Seve nt y i n ch urch and he enjoyed going to church and to the parties.
When the Clements first came to Park City Santa Clause came to Sunda y S c h ool at Christmas time. They got Earl to take the part. He had a r en t e d suit and bells etc. and they built up the anticipation to a hig h pi t c h and finally Earl burst in with his bells shaking and shoutin g Ho! H o ! H o! Each Child got a sack of candy and he talked to Jean alo ng wit h ot hers. When Jean got home she said, "Mama Santa's voice sound s just l ik e dad' s." But she never knew until she was older.
The family had many advantages attending a small high school like th e P a r k City school. They all belonged to the band and the choruses an d h a d le ads in plays and operas. The boys were presidents of their cla ss e s and B etty Lou was in her fourth year in high school when the fami l y mo ved to S alt Lake in June 1944. She was fortunate and got a par t i n th e school pl ay at the East High School but she found out, as Rog er d id wh en he got th ere later, that if you were in the band you could n't b e in t he chorus etc.
Earl had a keen sense of humor and so many people have said they l i k e t o come to him not just because they knew they were getting excell e n t dent al work but because they liked to talk with him. He was a gre a t r eader a nd a good conversationalist.
About 1968 Betty Lou and her husband Jim Lassetter were stationed in H a w a ii. He was aid to General Ryan who was head of the Pacific Theat e r o f Ai r and Jim was aid. They wanted the Clements to visit them. Th e y we re li ving at Hickham Field west of Honolulu. The Clements spent t w o mon ths wi th them and visited three islands and went to the Cultura l C enter.
Later General Ryan was made head of the Air Force. Jim was a colon e l a n d they were moved to Washington D.C. and Earl and Anna visited h i m in W as hington for two weeks.
Earl was proud of his children. They are all college graduates. Ho w a r d and Blaine both studied dentistry and when Blaine graduated in Ca li fo rn ia he was valedictorian of class and his parents went to Califor ni a t o ex ercises. He is orthodontist now. Jean taught in high school a n d be cam e to woman in the telephone company. Betty Lou taught school a n d Rog er i s a pharmacist.
The night of July 11, 1963, Earl and Anna were at the stadium at the U n i v ersity of Utah seeing the musical Kismet. At the end they rose t o f o l d chairs and as Anna moved into the isle Earl had a dizzy spell a nd w ou l d have fallen had not Graham Doxy caught him. When Anna spoke t o h i m h e lisped. Anna drove the car home He was taken to the doctor a n d h e wa s partly paralyzed. He had suffered a stroke and had to retir e . fo r nea rly twelve years he lived quietly at home but got much bette r . The n he n eeded an operation. It seemed a simple thing and that he w ou ld on ly be g one three days. But when he entered the hospital they sp en t thre e days t aking test and X-rays. They found he needed blood tran sfu sion s and he on ly had one kidney. He was in hospitals all winter ev en t houg h he got ove r the operation alright but he couldn't get back t o nor mal a nd he finall y died March 30, 1975. He had a nice service. Gr andson s we re pall beare rs etc. He is buried in the Salt Lake City Ceme tery.
He was a good man, a good father, and a good husband.
--Written by Anna Snow Clements (Earl's wife) | Clements, Thomas Earl (I166899)
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Thomas Gasquin's story, early on, is very compelling from what we kn o w . An orphan at an early age, Thomas came to Utah in the family of J o h n a nd Fanny Powell, English converts who arrived in the Salt Lake Va ll e y b y wagon in late September 1856 just before the ill-fated Marti n an d W illi e handcart companies would be caught in early snowstorms o n th e plai ns. Excerpts from John Powell's journal help fill in some ear ly de tail s o f Thomas Gasquin's otherwise sketchy later life. An Octobe r 185 4 ent ry a t St. Louis by John Powell relates the following:
"...when a visiting elder in the 5th section of the 6th War d, I w a s called to visit some emergrants (immigrants) who were sick; I w e n t t o see them and just as I came to the door of the house in which th e y w e re, the man had just bs last. The wife and three little b oy s we re on th e sidewalk crying bitterly. I felt very sorry to see thei r d is tress . I went and informed Elder Robert Hill, the visting Elder o f t h e secti on they were in, but he would do nothing for them. I return e d t o the su ffering family and took them to my house. The woman tol d m e he r husband 's name was Gascoign. The husband was buried the follo win g day. This fam ily staid (stayed) with my family for some time. In t h e meant ime, Mrs . Gascoign was taken with the Colrah. I went and go t a D r. to se e her . He said by all means to have her taken to the Hors epital. I too k his a dvise. My wife went to those in charge of the horse pita l and go t a perm it. The following day I hired a car. My wife wen t wit h her to t he horse pital. After aw[h]ile she sent word to us she w ante d to come ou t of th e horsepital. My wife went and hired a car an d broug ht her to th e house . Her children staid (stayed) with my famil y while t heir mother w as i n the horsepital. I rented a small house fo r the famil y. They wen t to l ive in the house I rented for them. The fa mily consis ted of thre e boy s and a married daughter. They had lived i n the house t wo weeks whe n th e woman came with her three boys again t o my house cryin g and wringi n g her hands. After repeatedly questionin g her, I found he r daughter w a s taken with the Colra. I then went to t he house and foun d the young w om an lying on the floor in great agony . I sent to her hus band to come a n d attend to his wife, but he would n ot come. I got a Bro. William Rober t s to help. We attended to her all t he day. I wished he r mother to st a y with her daughter the night, but s he declined. I sen t to the husban d a gain, but he would not go and eve n see his wife. I at tended her th e nex t day when she died. I had to g o to the City Registra, who sent a c offin. I could not get any person t o fix her for burial. While I was awa y t o get the coffin, someone wen t to the house and too k from the corps[ e's ] finger her gold wedding ri ng. After the burial th e mother returne d t o the house, and took to dri nking w[h]iskey. She ver y soon was take n sic k, sent for my wife, who w aited upon her. She becam e weaker ever y day al though my wife gave he r nousishing food. When my w ife was shake n (shakin g) up her bed (beddi ng) she found under the pillo w a bottle o f w[h]iskey. She talked to he r about drinking w[h]iskey whe n she confess ed to drink ing. She was die ing. She asked my wife to tak e her little bo y, Thomas, and be a mothe r to him. My wife said if I wa s willing she wou ld. Sh e asked me. I con sented. We took Tom. Bro. Ro bert Windley took th e tw o larger boys. I g ot her burried by the City an d Bro. Windley an d I divi ded the clothing )."
Another entry, dated 29 April [1856], confirms that Thomas was ind e e d i n company with the Powells when they left St. Louis for the West . T h e re cord says: "Bro. Canute Peterson was in St. Louis with a compa n y o f Dani sh Saints. I agreed to go to Florence, at five dollars per h ea d. My com pany consisted of myself, my wife Fanny, Mary, Fanny, Jessy , T h omas Gasco ign, Mrs. Smith, her son Joseph, and Jane White. Nine i n all . " By journ ey's end, John Powell's diary simply states: "We arriv e d i n Great Salt L ake City, September 21st [1856]. We made the journe y f ro m Florence to G. S.L. City in 87 days." No mention of Thomas howev er , no r any of the res t of the company for that matter, is made at th e ti me. One can only assu me that all made it, since no mishaps were men tion e d along the way.
After reaching Utah and settling in Millard County, not many blank s i n t h e life of Thomas are filled in by the Powell journal. Two 186 8 entr ie s r ecord that, "I and Thomas Gascoign cut 20 rod[s] of fencin g and pu t i t u p on my hay claim," and "Tom and I made adobes at Meado w Creek. " An d i n 1897 John Powell does write in his journal, "Jul y 4 - Thoma s Gasco[ i]g n came to Fillmore to see me..." Both John's con cern for Tom 's spiri tua l welfare and Tom's respect towards John in ref erence to hi m as "Fath er " are displayed in a reply letter sent from To m to John, wh ich is foun d k ept in John Powell's journal. The letter fo llows:
Leamington, Sept. 3, 1897
Dear Father, I received your letter some time ago, and in reply wi l l s a y that I will not have anything to do with the Leamington branc h . I do n' t think that I will stay very long here. In reply to helpin g yo u thi s fa ll, I will do what I can for you. I am pretty hard run a t pres ent. Alm a and Lilly told me they would help you when you needed i t. Hopi n g thes e few lines will find you well, as it leaves me at prese nt.
Yours respectfully,
Thomas Gascoign | Gasquin, Thomas (I118960)
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Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk KG PC (1473 – 25 August 1554) , w a s a p rominent English politician and nobleman of the Tudor era. H e wa s a n uncl e of two of the wives of King Henry VIII, namely Anne Bol eyn a nd C atherin e Howard, both of whom were beheaded, and played a maj or rol e i n the mach inations affecting these royal marriages. After fal ling fr om f avour in 15 46, he was stripped of his Dukedom and imprisone d in th e Towe r of London, avoiding execution when Henry VIII died on 2 8 Januar y 1547.
He was released on the accession of the Roman Catholic queen, Mar y I , w h o he aided in securing her throne, thus setting the stage for t ensi on s be tween his Catholic family and the Protestant royal line tha t woul d b e con tinued by Mary I's half-sister, Elizabeth I. | Howard, Thomas 3rd Duke of Norfolk (I170367)
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Thomas le Sieur de Savage - Le Sauvage. Bedford Normandy France. Arriv e d in Britain with William the Conqueror. Survived the Battle of Hasting s . Married in Derbyshire in 1023.
Thomas came from France with William the Conquer when he invaded Engla n d in 1066. William came with an army of 8000 strong; 1000 archers, 400 0 i nfantrymen and 3000 knights. The battle for England began the end o f Sept ember, and William was crowned King on Christmas day 1066.
Savage is an ancient and noble family known as Le Sauvage in Normandy Fr a nce from whence they were first recorded. Unfortunately the archives o f t he ancient De Sauvage, Lords of Mountbaron, were destroyed in a fir e tha t occurred in the Chateau De Mountbaron in 1615.
The Savage family entered England when Thomas Le Savage came with Willi a m the Conqueror in 1066 and settled in Derbyshire. From Derbyshire th e fa mily branched out into several English counties. In 1177 the famil y estab lished themselves in Ireland when William de Savage, who was on e of 22 kn ights who fought De Courcy in the subjugation of Ulster, Irela nd.
The family has its share of illustrious men who served their states, t h e military, the church and literature. The name Savage can be found amo n g the crusaders, warriors knighted, speaker of the English House of Com mo ns, Bishop and Archbishop of York and as poets. | de Savage, Sir Thomas le Sieur (I171759)
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Thomas Prence (c. 1601 – March 29, 1673) was an English born coloni s t w h o arrived in Plymouth in November 1621 on the ship Fortune. In 16 4 4 h e mo ved to Eastham, which he helped found, returning later to Plym ou th. For m any years he was prominent in Plymouth colony affairs and wa s c ol ony gove rnor for about twenty years covering three terms.
Thomas Prence came to Plymouth Colony on the ship Fortune in Novembe r 1 6 2 1 as a single man. In the 1623 division of land, Thomas Prence i s nam e d a s "holder of one akre of land". | Prence, Governor Thomas Jr (I10214)
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