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A Forgotten Pioneers
Submitted By: Dale W Adams | Pioneer: Elizabeth Gaskell | Spouse: John Hiott
Many of the early pioneers who came to the Inter-Mountain West in the mid-1800s were individuals who drew little attention from later writers. Some of them, such as Elizabeth Gaskell, lived obscure, although interesting lives. She was born in Pennybridge, Lancaster, E...
A Great Pioneer Colonizer
Submitted By: Jay M. Smith, Jr. | Pioneer: William Frederick Rigby | Spouse: Elizabeth Eckersley
WILLIAM FREDERICK LITTLEWOOD RIGBY William F.Rigby was born in Yorkshire County England. His mother was Margaret Littlewood who was born on the Isle of Man off the English Coast. His father was Joseph Rigby, though Joseph and Margaret never married. Joseph ...
A History of James Brooks Wasden
Submitted By: Philip Asay Wasden | Pioneer: James Brooks Wasden | Spouse: Tilda Christena Christenson
History of James Brooks Wasden Transcribed by Philip A. Wasden. Phil is the grandson of James Brooks Wasden and Tilda Christena Christensen. James Brooks Wasden, son of John Brooks and Anna Sofie Olsen Wasden was born July 16, 1870, at Scipio, Millar...
A SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF ROBERT ORR
Submitted By: Rodney Orr Chapman | Pioneer: Robert Orr | Spouse: Elizabeth McQueen
Robert Orr was born August 2, 1803 at Kilburnie, Ayrshire, Scotland. He was the son of James Orr and Anne Houston. He was an engineer by trade, being employed at one of the large woolen mills where wool fabric was woven. Robert married Elizabeth McQueen in Scotland...
A Widow Supporting Her Family
Submitted By: Ray Don Reese | Pioneer: Jane Jenkins Howe | Spouse: William Howe
Jane Jenkins was born on 24 August 1806 in Wick , Glamorgan, South Wales. She married William Howe on 7 May 1833 in St. Brides, Glamorgan, South Wales. They made their home in Wick which is a small community near the sea. They were blessed to have four children born...
Alanson David Allen
Submitted By: Elva Merkley | Pioneer: Alanson David Allen | Spouse: Chastina Hadlock
Alanson David Allen was born May 1, 1829 at Deposit, Tompkins, Dalaware County, New York. He was the son of Albern Allen and Marcia Allen. His parents joined the Church and moved to Missouri. Alanson knew and talked with the Prophet, Joseph Smith. He was within hearing ...
Albern Allen
Submitted By: LaRon Taylor | Pioneer: Albern Allen | Spouse: Marcia Allen
ALBERN ALLEN & MARCIA ALLEN Albern Allen, b 22 May 1802, Cornwall, Litchfield, CT, Md Marcia Allen, 1826, Hartwick, Otsego, NY, d 2 Jun 1867, Ogden, Weber, UT In a rapidly changing world, Albern Allen was born four months after Napoleon was elected Preside...
Amelia Jane Davis Blanchard
Submitted By: Darwin L. Salisbury | Pioneer: Amelia Jane Davis Blanchard | Spouse: Thomas Blanchard
AMELIA JANE DAVIS BLANCHARD In the spring of 1860, May 19th, a new baby came into this world. She was the second white girl born in Logan, Utah. She must have been a pretty baby, with a very pleasant disposition because her personality in later years showed su...
An Incident in the Life of George Wood
Submitted By: Jerald S. Bradshaw | Pioneer: George Wood | Spouse: Jane Wood
George Wood George Wood was one of the ironworkers sent by Brigham Young in 1850 to start the pig iron industry in Iron County. He was born in Darlaston, Staffordshire, England on November 13, 1822. He was baptized by Theodore Turley on June 8, 1840 and ordaine...
An Overlooked Pioneer
Submitted By: Dale W Adans | Pioneer: John Hiott | Spouse: Kathaline Harriet Jones
John Hiott was one of those who came to Utah alone, without family members and never had children after arriving. Although only fragments of his life are found in records, he must have lived an interesting, yet difficult life. He survived the handcart disaster of 185...
Andrew Allen
Submitted By: D. Adkins | Pioneer: Andrew Allen | Spouse: Elizabeth Lasley
ANDREW ALLEN WAS BORN 16 NOV, 1849 IN POTOWATAMIE CO. NEAR COUNCIL BLUFFS, Nebraska. HE WAS THE SEVENTH CHILD AND THE SECOND SON OF JUDE ALLEN AND HIS WIFE MARY ANN NICHOLAS.IN THE YEAR 1852, HIS FATHER AND FAMILY JOINED THE BENJAMIN GARDNER COMPANY AND STARTED THE LONG...
Andrew Wood Cooley - A story of Devotion to Family
Submitted By: Jay M. Smith | Pioneer: Andrew Wood Cooley | Spouse: Mary Asenath Huntington
Andrew Wood Cooley was a descendant of Benjamin Cooley, a settler in Springfield, Massachusetts in the 1640s. His ancestors had moved westward through the years until they arrived in Michigan in the mid 1800's. It was from here that Andrew left for California in ...
Ane Nielsen - A Self Sufficient Pioneer
Submitted By: Louis M. Pickett | Pioneer: Ane Kirsten Nielsen | Spouse: James Peter (Jens) Olsen
ANE NIELSEN – A SELF SUFFICIENT PIONEER Ane kirsten Nielsen was the second child of Christian Sorensen Nielsen and Karen or Caroline Eskildsen. She had a sister, Maren, who was three and one half years older. The family lived In Skaabe, by Aarhus, Jutland, Denm...
Annie Rasmussen Christensen
Submitted By: Sydnee Halladay | Pioneer: Annie Rasmussen Christensen | Spouse:
The following is a letter from Annie to her parents in Norway. [Annie was also known as Annie Trondheim]. Fairview, Utah January 12, 1871 I will begin by sending a greeting to you for a Happy New Year from your daughter, Anne. Dear Father and Mother, I want to...
Benjamin Cross
Submitted By: Ivan Y. Haskell | Pioneer: Benjamin Cross | Spouse: Roxana Matilda Powers
BENJAMIN CROSS and Family Benjamin Cross, was chosen to be the first bishop of Peteetneet Creek March 23, 1851 and was Ordained by President Brigham Young, also sustained by the members at the meeting with Heber C. Kimball and President Brigham Young in attend...
Biography of Robert Kenyon Green (1806-1884)
Submitted By: Shane A. Green | Pioneer: Robert Kenyon Green | Spouse: Fanny Greeley
DRAFT December 28, 2006 By Shane A. Green Early Days in New York Robert Green was born on 5 Aug 1806 in Tiscon, Onondaga Co., NY. His parents were Kinyon Green (1776) and Lucy Austin (1780). He was the third of twelve children. He married Fanny...
Charles Jameson - Haun's Mill Survivor
Submitted By: LaRon Taylor | Pioneer: Charles Jameson | Spouse: Mary Ann Hedrick
Charles Jameson, b 28 April, 1803, Codorus, York, PA, m Mary Ann Hedrick abt 1823, d 19 Oct., 1886, Minersville, Beaver, UT Just as the United States doubled in size through the Louisiana Purchase, David Jameson and Magdaline Miller added to that number by the ...
Christopher Lister Riding, Tinsmith
Submitted By: Sydnee Halladay | Pioneer: Christopher Lister Riding | Spouse: Mary Ann Hale
Christopher Lister Riding was born February 10, 1816, in Burnley, Lancaster, England. At an early age Christopher was apprenticed to a tinsmith to learn the trade. He was very apt at this work and became a master mechanic before he was 21. He married Mary Ann Hale 1839....
Daniel Allen - A Life of Consecration
Submitted By: LaRon Taylor | Pioneer: Daniel Allen | Spouse: Mary Ann Morris
Daniel Allen was born on December 9, 1804, just one week after Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned Emperor of France in Paris by Pope Pius VII. And this it was just 4 days after Thomas Jefferson was re-elected as President of the United States. We have little information r...
David Dutton Yearsley...Giving His All
Submitted By: LaRon Taylor | Pioneer: David Dutton Yearsley | Spouse: Mary Ann Hoopes
David Dutton Yearsley & Mary Ann Hoops David Dutton b 3 Mar 1808, Thornbury, Chester, PA; md Mary Ann Hoopes 11 Sep 1830; died 1849, Rocky Ford, NE David Dutton Yearsley was raised in a prosperous religious family in Pennsylvania and belonged to ...
Doug Smoot, Modern-day Pioneer of Technology
Submitted By: Angus H. Belliston (with permission) | Pioneer: Douglas Smoot | Spouse: Marian
Doug Smoot was born in Provo, Utah (1934), as were his father (1909) and grandfather (1878). His great-grandfather, Abraham Owen Smoot, was sent to Provo by Brigham Young in 1868, and was soon called by Brigham Young to be the first president of the Brigham Young Acade...
Edward Alma Bagley
Submitted By: Clell V Bagley | Pioneer: Edward Alma Bagley | Spouse: Mary Almeda McClellan
Edward Alma Bagley Edward Alma Bagley was born at Southampton, York, New Brunswick, Canada, the 10th of April 1847, the ninth of 12 children of Edward Cyrenius and Julia Ann Grant Bagley. Southampton is a very beautiful town, as is all of New Brunswi...
Elizabeth Horrocks Jackson - Handcart Pioneer of 1856
Submitted By: Kirk J Oborn | Pioneer: Elizabeth Horrocks Jackson | Spouse: Aaron Jackson
Elizabeth Horrocks was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England on August 5, 1826. She is the daughter of Edward Horrocks and Alice Houghton. Elizabeth was the oldest of 11 children, and when she was about 7 years old she worked in a silk factory enabling her to assist...
ELIZABETH JANE GREEN Biography by Cora Beck Adamson and amended by Rodney Orr Chapman
Submitted By: Rodney Orr Chapman | Pioneer: Elizabeth Jane Green | Spouse: James Orr
ELIZABETH JANE GREEN 19 Feb 1840 - 2 Apr, 1890 Elizabeth Jane Green was born in Newport, Monmouthshire, South Wales, 19 Feb 1840, the daughter of Richard William Green and Anna Phillips. Elizabeth was the second child in a family of nine children, she bein...
Ephraim Twitchell & Phoebe Melissa Knight
Submitted By: Clark L. Puffer | Pioneer: Ephraim Twitchell | Spouse: Phebe Melissa Knight
Introduction: In order to adequately cover the history of Ephraim Twitchell and Phoebe Melissa Knight I thought it important to join them together as they were so greatly bonded together in life. I give recognition to Mary Almond a great granddaughter of Ephraim an...
Experiences of John R Young
Submitted By: George Lamar Brinkerhoff | Pioneer: John Ray Young | Spouse: Lydia Knight
My great great grandfather John Ray Young was born 100 years before me. I was born April 13 1937, and he was born April 30 1837 in Kirtland Ohio. His parents were Lorenzo Dow, and Persis Goodall Young. Lorenzo is the youngest brother of Brigham Young, and the son o...
Friend of the Prophet
Submitted By: Homer M. LeBaron | Pioneer: Benjamin Franklin Johnson | Spouse: Melissa Bloomfield LeBaron
Joseph Smith’s death was a difficult tragedy for the Saints in Nauvoo. Most were confident that Joseph would again, as so many times in the past, escape his enemies and return to the Church and preside over the great events of the last days, especially finishing and de...
George Freestone, Frontiersman
Submitted By: Angus H. Belliston | Pioneer: George Freestone | Spouse: Alice Carlisle
GEORGE FREESTONE, FRONTIERSMAN By Angus H. Belliston My mother had a special love for her Freestone grandparents and longed to see her grandfather, George, who lived so far away in the Uintah Basin of Utah. In her journal she mentioned his nam...
George Niles Haskell
Submitted By: Ivan Y. Haskell | Pioneer: George Haskell | Spouse: Sally
GEORGE NILES HASKELL And FAMILY George Niles Haskell was born in the small town of Danbury, County of Grafton, State of New Hampshire, and was the first son of Ebeneezer Haskell and Mary Pittsley Haskell. He was born 16 October 1797. Mary and Ebeneezer were married...
Harrison and Mary Freestone Maughan
Submitted By: Angus H. Belliston | Pioneer: Harrison Davenport Maughan | Spouse: Mary Freestone
HARRISON DAVENPORT MAUGHAN AND MARY ELIZABETH FREESTONE By Angus H. Belliston My grandfather, Harrison Davenport Maughan was born in Wellsville, Cache County, Utah on 17 September 1861, the fourth of thirteen children in the family. Brothers a...
History of Oswald Barlow, St. George Pioneer
Submitted By: Tim Booth | Pioneer: Oswald Barlow | Spouse: Catharine Nightingale
Oswald Barlow was born July 20, 1829 in Prestwich, Lancashire, England. He was the oldest of eight children born to James Barlow (b. 3 Nov 1802, d. 22 Jul 1849) and Ann Crompton Barlow (b. 28 Aug 1804, d. 18 Oct 1887) who were married on February 13, 1831 in St. Mary Ec...
History of James and Ann Crompton Barlow. Edward Martin Company Handcart Pioneers
Submitted By: Tim Booth | Pioneer: Ann Crompton Barlow | Spouse: James Barlow
Ann Crompton Barlow was born on August 27, 1805 in Prestwich, Lancastershire, England, daughter of Thomas Crompton and Martha Mottershead. She was their ninth child and the twin of Martha Crompton. All of her brothers ands sisters were born and christened in Prestwitch,...
Inspirational Story
Submitted By: Roger Slagowski | Pioneer: James Mellor | Spouse: Mary Ann Payne
At the age of eight, with his entire family (father, James Mellor Sr.(37), mother, Mary Ann Payne (36); sister, Louise (15); sister, Elizabeth (14); sister, Mary Ann (10); brother, William C. (5); and the twins, Emma N. And Clara A. (3)) sailed from Liverpool, England ...
James Davenport and Almira Phelps
Submitted By: Angus H. Belliston | Pioneer: James Davenport | Spouse: Almira Phelps
JAMES DAVENPORT AND ALMIRA PHELPS By Angus H. Belliston James Davenport and Almira Phelps were my great-great grandparents -- great grandparents of my mother, Elsie Maughan. James was born on 1 May 1802 in Danville, Caledonia, Vermont. We...
James Thomas and Louisa Belliston
Submitted By: Angus H. Belliston | Pioneer: James Thomas Belliston | Spouse: Louisa Miller
James Thomas Belliston was born on 18 February 1819 at St. Giles in the Fields,Westminster, London, Middlesex Shire, England. He was the oldest of twelve children of John Belliston and Elizabeth Carpenter. Only six of these children lived to maturity. The family were me...
Jens Olsen: An Honorable Pioneer
Submitted By: Louis M. Pickett | Pioneer: James (Jen) Peter Olsen | Spouse: Ane Kirsten Nielsen
James Peter Olsen was born in Viemose, Kalvehave, Praesto, Denmark, on the 14th of May 1841. His father was Rasmus Olsen and his mother was Ingeborg Hansen or Sorensen. James was called Jens for short. The family owned and lived on a beautiful estate, which was on hig...
John Streator Gleason, Miner
Submitted By: S. John Bennett | Pioneer: John Streator Gleason | Spouse: Desdemona Chase
Mining In Rush Valley One of the premier days of my life is the day I took my Mother (Marie Gleason Bennett) to Ophir City in the County of Tooele. It was here where family tradition has it that John S. Gleason sold his "Million Dollar" gold mine, the Mou...
John Carling
Submitted By: LaRon Taylor | Pioneer: John Carling | Spouse: Emeline Keaton
John Carling & Emeline Keaton John Carling, b 11 Sept., 1800, Kingston, Ulster, NY, md Emeline Keaton 1 Sept., 1830, d 2 Apr., 1855, Fillmore, Millard, UT. The year 1800 began the nineteenth century with some notable events. The Italian physicist...
John Harrison Maughan and Sarah Mariah Davenport
Submitted By: Angus H. Belliston | Pioneer: John Harrison Maughan | Spouse: Sarah Mariah Davenport
JOHN HARRISON MAUGHAN AND SARAH MARIAH DAVENPORT By Angus H. Belliston John was the father of my grandfather, Harrison Maughan. He was the eldest son of the first Maughan pioneers, Peter Maughan and Ruth Harrison. John’s birth in Alston, Cumberla...
John Pickett - A Fully Converted Pioneer
Submitted By: Louis M. Pickett | Pioneer: John Pickett | Spouse: Rosetta Stringer
John Pickett 4 February 1826 - 27 September 1898 John Pickett was born at Much Hadham , Hertfordshire, England on February 4, 1826. He was the son of John Pickett and Sarah (Susan) Sapsed. Records show that John’s mother, Susan, died when he was seven ye...
John Streator Gleason and the Martyrdom of the Prophet
Submitted By: Ann W. Engar | Pioneer: John Streator Gleason | Spouse: Desdemona Chase
John Streator Gleason (1819-1904) was a scout for the 1847 first group into Salt Lake Valley. He joined the Church in 1839 and moved with his wife Desdemona Chase and her parents to Nauvoo in 1842, where he became a trusted friend of the prophet Joseph Smith.
Joseph Benson Roper: A Talented, Civic Minded Pioneer
Submitted By: Louis M. Pickett | Pioneer: Joseph Benson Roper | Spouse: Hannah Elizabeth Molen
Joseph Benson Roper Joseph Benson Roper was the second son of William and Susanna Smith Roper and was born on November 2, 1834 in Toynton, Lincolnshire, England. One Sunday night when Joseph was seven years old his father, William, offered to stay home with th...
Joseph Johnson Smith
Submitted By: Jay M. Smith | Pioneer: Joseph Johnson Smith | Spouse: Mary
Joseph Johnson Smith Joseph showed great courage while in Nauvoo, just as the Prophet Joseph Smith did. He and his wife, Mary, came from England in 1843 with two small children, Caroline 2 years and Mercy 8 months. It took them two months on the ship Montre...
JULIA ANN CHAPMAN LEE
Submitted By: Rodney Orr Chapman | Pioneer: Julia Ann Chapman Lee | Spouse: Isaac Lee
JULIA ANN CHAPMAN LEE 20 August 1825 - 10 July 1852 Julia Ann Chapman was born 20 August 1825, in Eugene, Vermilion County, Indiana to Isaac Benjamin Chapman and Solona Brown Chapman. She married Isaac Lee and had a daughter Mariette, born 1846, Elizabeth ...
Levi Roberts - Converted by Wilford Woodruff
Submitted By: LaRon Taylor | Pioneer: Levi Roberts | Spouse: Harriett Ann Efford (Hefford)
Levi Roberts, b 26 February, 1815, in Deerhurst, Glouchester, England, md Harriett Ann Efford abt 18 Aug, 1835, d January 22, 1894 in Kaysville, UT On the day that Napoleon and 1200 men left Elba to start the 100 day re-conquest of France, Levi Roberts was bor...
Life of James Kippen
Submitted By: Robert Warner Poll | Pioneer: James Kippen | Spouse: Isabella Watson
"Life of James Kippen" Written by Granddaughter Catherine H. White No one can bequeath to posterity a richer heritage than the memory of a noble and well directed life, devoted with unselfish affection to the up building of the human race. Such a...
Life of John Pannell Wright
Submitted By: John F. Wright | Pioneer: John Pannell Wright | Spouse: Mary Hill Fish
John Pannell Wright was born 18 January 1805 in St. Swithins parish, Lincoln Lincolnshire, England to George Wright and Mary Pannell. He was a man of faith who loved the Bible, but was not affiliated with any church. He married Mary Hill Fish at St. Peters Eastgate in L...
Maggie Anna Ferrell Orr, a life history
Submitted By: Rodney Orr Chapman | Pioneer: Maggie Anna Ferrell Orr | Spouse: James Copeland Orr
Maggie Anna Ferrell was born September 20, 1847, in a small house on the outskirts of Sugar Grove, Butler County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of John Bell and Frances Jemima Sweatt Ferrell, both born in Lebanon, Tennessee, and both loyal Southerners. Maggie’s fathe...
Man of Steel, True to the Faith
Submitted By: Larry La Mar Adams | Pioneer: William Decatur Kartchner Adams | Spouse: Margaret Jane Casteel
W. D. KARTCHNER, MAN OF STEEL, TRUE TO THE FAITH William Decatur Kartchner was a man of faith, obedience, sacrifice, and Christian courage from his youth as a meek and humble leader among his family, peers and seniors. He was born 4 May 1820 in Montgomery County...
Margaretta Unwin Clark & Anson Call
Submitted By: Ariel Knowles | Pioneer: Margaretta Unwin Clark | Spouse:
In 1847, Margaretta Unwin Clark, a nineteen-year-old young woman employed in a Nottingham England stocking factory, was hurrying home after work when she came to a scene on a street corner where a young man, probably a little older than herself, was street preaching to ...
Marie-Michelle's Enduring Hard Work
Submitted By: Matthew Wayne Vinton | Pioneer: Marie-Michelle Pierre-Louis Mileon | Spouse:
The Story of Marie-Michelle When it comes to pioneers, I cannot think of a better example than my mother-in-law, Marie-Michelle Pierre-Louis Mileon. She came from a small town in Haiti and made it all the way to owning a business in the United States. All ...
Milton Ezra and Ida Hansen Steed
Submitted By: Robert Steed | Pioneer: Milton Ezra Steed | Spouse: Ida Hansen
MILTON EZRA AND IDA HANSEN STEED Milton Ezra Steed was my father. He was born in Farmington, Davis County, Utah January 23, 1899. Very little is known about his younger years. He never talked about himself. We do know that he worked very hard on the Steed f...
MOMMA - A SHORT STORY OF ABIGAIL SCHAEFFER WOOLSEY
Submitted By: Wilford W. Whitaker | Pioneer: Abigail Schaeffer | Spouse: Joseph Woolsey
"MOMMA" The Life of ABIGAIL SCHAEFFER WOOLSEY As Told by Sarah Woolsey Hickerson (her daughter) by Wilford W. Whitaker August 2002 The End of the Road Wet and cold, the little group huddled closer together, seeki...
Moses Thomson, Jr.
Submitted By: Jolene Spendlove Allphin | Pioneer: Moses Thomson Jr. | Spouse:
MOSES THOMSON, JR. Born: 5 Feb. 1834 Kincardine, Perth, Scotland Died: November 1856 on the Sweetwater River near Devil’s Gate (Possibly at Martin’s Cove) MARTIN HANDCART COMPANY - Age 22 Moses was the 5th of 8 children of Moses and ...
Nelson Higgins - Through it All
Submitted By: LaRon Taylor | Pioneer: Nelson Higgins | Spouse: Sarah Blackman
Nelson Higgins was born in Otsego County, NY on 1 Sep, 1806 (one month after the end of the Holy Roman Empire) to Daniel Higgins and Mary Dagget. The name Nelson means courageous, a champion, the chief. It didn’t take long for Nelson to live up to that name, and he di...
Peter Maughan
Submitted By: Angus H. Belliston | Pioneer: Peter Maughan | Spouse: Ruth Harrison
Because of his prominence, much has been written about Peter Maughan, the great pioneer colonizer of Cache Valley. This account will serve only as a vignette, summarizing hislife. John was the progenitor of the Mormon Maughans, and was my own great great-grandfather o...
Pioneer Historian and Traveler
Submitted By: Dale W Adams | Pioneer: Andrew Jenson | Spouse: Kirsten Marie Pedersen
Of the Danes who early joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Andrew Jenson left the largest historical footprint. During a career that spanned 65 years he authored more than two-dozen books, edited four historical journals, and compiled thousands of pa...
Richard Carlisle and Jane Field
Submitted By: Angus H. Belliston | Pioneer: Richard Carlisle | Spouse: Jane or Jennie Field
RICHARD CARLISLE AND JANE FIELD By Angus H. Belliston Richard Carlisle and Jane (or Jenney) Field were both born in England – Richard on 30 April 1798 in Riseholme, Lincolnshire and Jane on 18 November 1795 in Willingham, Lincolnshire. The cou...
Sanford Porter - A Visionary Man
Submitted By: LaRon Taylor | Pioneer: Sanford Porter Sr. | Spouse: Nancy Arrita Warriner
Sanford Porter, b 7 Mar 1790, Brimfield, Hampden, MA, m Nancy Arreta Warriner 1 Jan 1812, d 7 Feb 1873 Sanford Porter was born 7 Mar, 1790 in Brimfield, Hampton, MA to Nathan Porter and Susannah West. When he was old enough to leave home, he traveled to Willi...
Still Giving Her Life
Submitted By: Elizabeth C. Zaleski | Pioneer: Margaret Church Callister | Spouse: Joseph Lathel Callister
"After you've raised 16 children on a farm in Delta, sent them all to college, participated in church and community affairs, what do you do for an encore? "You work in a hospital, go on a mission, and become Utah's Mother of the Year." (Max...
Survival Tips From a Pioneer Born 100 Years Too Late
Submitted By: John K. Francis | Pioneer: John Kimball Francis Jr. | Spouse:
Introduction I grew up in a hard scrabble farm in Idaho. I sometimes tell folks that the Depression lasted in that part of the country until 1963 (when I left home) . We really did pioneer and hunter-gathering things. My mother used to reuse gift wrapping paper and...
The Adventures of Nathan W. Adams
Submitted By: Dale W Adams | Pioneer: Nathan William Adams | Spouse: Mary Malinda Plunkett
Much fanfare accompanied the completion of the transcontinental railroad at Promontory Point, Utah on May 10, 1869. Two weeks later Major John Wesley Powell and nine companions in four row boats left Green River, Wyoming, with almost no fanfare, to explore the Green an...
The History of Tilda Christena Christenson
Submitted By: Philip Asay Wasden | Pioneer: Tilda Christena Christenson | Spouse: James Brooks Wasden
History of Tilda Christena Christensen Wasden Transcribed by Philip A. Wasden. Phil is the grandson of James Brooks Wasden and Tilda Christena Christensen. The following are some of the incidents that Tilda related in her own words of her early life:...
The Life and Struggles of Jesse Molen
Submitted By: Louis M. Pickett | Pioneer: Jesse Molen | Spouse: Laurany Huffaker
HISTORY OF JESSE AND LAURANY HUFFAKER MOLEN Jesse Molen was born the son of Aquilla and Docia White Molen on July 25, 1805. The tax list for Henry County, Virginia for 1804 contains the name of Aquilla, his father, so it is likely that Jesse was born...
The Life of Edward William Davis
Submitted By: Joan Wallace Weston | Pioneer: Edward William Davis | Spouse: Sarah Drabble
Edward William Davis was born February 1, 1794 and Sarah Drabble was born January 16, 1802 in Tower Hamlets, London, Middlesex, England. "Nothing is known of his childhood or young manhood, except that he had a fine profession as a silk and cloth weaver. ...
The Life of George Benjamin Wallace
Submitted By: Joan Wallace Weston | Pioneer: Geroge Benjamin Wallace | Spouse: Martha Davis
Excerpts from journals and books and other sources about his life There are many journals, articles and Daughters of the Utah Pioneer biographical sketches available for George Benjamin Wallace. It seems appropriate to cull the information from many of these source...
The Story of Melvin "P" Anderson, A Modern Pioneer
Submitted By: Dona H. Anderson | Pioneer: Melvin P Anderson | Spouse: Dona Hansen
THE STORY OF MELVIN "P" ANDERSON A Modern Pioneer Melvin Anderson was born and raised in Lehi, Utah. He has spent his whole life-time as a citizen of this community. His father, Evans L. Anderson was a true farmer, acquiring good land to raise crops ...
Thomas and Sophia Belliston
Submitted By: Angus H. Belliston | Pioneer: Thomas Belliston | Spouse: Sophia Bardsley
On 1 December 1845, Thomas Belliston was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire,England. His father, James Thomas, and mother, Louisa Miller, were both age twenty-six andliving with their little family in Birmingham. Thomas was the fourth child, but a little brother and siste...
Thomas Freestone and Ann Fall -- Perseverance!
Submitted By: Angus H. Belliston | Pioneer: Thomas Freestone | Spouse: Ann Fall
THOMAS FREESTONE AND ANN FALL By Angus H. Belliston Thomas Freestone, the father of my great grandfather, George Freestone, was born in Fixton, Suffolk, England on 19 May 1795. This was a comparatively prosperous time in England, and Thomas c...
Thomas John & Margaret Thomas
Submitted By: ElRoy Taylor | Pioneer: Thomas John | Spouse: Margaret Thomas
Thomas John & Margaret Thomas Thomas John, b 29 Jan 1820, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, m Margaret Thomas, Jul 14, 1840, d Jan 20, 1890, Portage, Boxelder, Utah. In the 19th century, shoemaking was a respected and much needed trade, but it was hard to m...
Thomas Rees - Poor Welch Immigrant
Submitted By: LaRon Taylor | Pioneer: Thomas Rees | Spouse: Rebecca Williams
Thomas Rees, b 4 Jan, 1820, Pembroke, South Wales, md Rebecca Williams 8 Apr, 1841, d 8 Sept, 1892, Wayne County, Utah. This biography is a story of conversion and of a struggle to come to Utah that took years and cooperation of a faithful son. Just 8 days...
Thomas Woolsey, Pioneer
Submitted By: Wilford W. Whitaker | Pioneer: Thomas Woolsey | Spouse:
THOMAS WOOLSEY (1805 - 1897) by Wilford Whitaker Descendants of Thomas Woolsey During the years 1846 and 1847, there was much more traffic across the unmarked prairies than what we usually think. There was that seemin...
True Grit: The Elizabeth Cunningham Story
Submitted By: Dale W Adams | Pioneer: Elizabeth Nicholson Cunningham | Spouse: James Cunningham
After years of widowhood and a life of hardship, Elizabeth Nicholson Cunningham died on March 19, 1890 in American Fork, Utah. Except for her friends and relatives, her passing wasn’t noteworthy at the time. From an historical perspective, however, she lived a remarka...
William Henry Adams, Jr.
Submitted By: Golden V. Adams, Jr. | Pioneer: William Henry Adams Jr. | Spouse: Melissa Jane Caldwell
William Henry Adams Jr. came to Utah with his baby sister and parents when only three years old. During the time they were crossing the plains he was accidentally shot with a pepperbox pistol through both knees, the bullet lodging in the left knee. It was removed by Wil...
William Henry Adams, Sr.
Submitted By: Golden V. Adams, Jr. | Pioneer: William Henry Adams Sr. | Spouse: Martha Jennings
William Henry Adams, Sr., was one of the first three settlers of Pleasant Grove on July 19, 1850 with Philo T. Farnsworth and John Mercer. He scouted the area along Provo River and came back with his report of straight logs for houses, and rocks for foundations. He sur...
William Wadley's Short-Handled Hoe
Submitted By: Dale W Adams | Pioneer: William Wadley | Spouse: Isabella McKay
In most respects William Wadley was typical of many other people who joined the LDS Church in the mid-1800s in England. Many of them migrated to the Utah Territory, many of them endured hardships during the trip, and many of them settled in difficult places. There ar...
William Wood Sr. From February 3, 1823 to September 18, 1900
Submitted By: Tim Booth | Pioneer: William Wood Sr. | Spouse: Lucy Babcock
History of the Life Of William Wood Senior From February 3, 1823 to September 18, 1900 History of the life of William Wood, Sr, written by himself, but never finished. In order that my children and others may have ...
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