Born in 1857, B.H. Roberts became a historian, and politician, and would serve as President of the First Council of Seventy. But every famous man was also once a boy, and sometimes boys do the strangest things. When Brigham Henry was nine years old he emigrated to Salt Lake from England with his sixteen-year-old sister, […]
Mr. Powell, tried to persuade him to give up his faith or otherwise he would have to surrender his work position. He flatly told him no, as to deny his knowledge that he had received would be the greater sin. In his words, “I knew it would be a great sacrifice to me to give up my employment and the comfortable home which I appreciated so much, but to give up the principles which I had received and which I knew to be true would be a far greater sacrifice, and of the two I would choose the lesser … no position, wealth or earthly honor could move me from my convictions and purposes at that time…”
Written by Rich Kirkham
Endure to the End by Richard D. Kirkham At the age of 26, Isaac Morley served in the War of 1812 holding the position of captain in the Ohio militia. That same year Morley married his first wife, Lucy Gunn, with whom he eventually had seven children. Morley was an early settler in the Western […]
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While the wagon train was stopped one day for a rest Elizabeth and her girlfriend had taken their knitting and gone down alongside the creek to set in the sun. They looked up from their chattering and laughter to see an Indian watching them. Then he disappeared. Upon their return to camp, the Indian was in consultation with Captain Zebriski. Then later the Captain reported to Elizabeth their conversation. The Indian, attracted to Elizabeth had said to the Captain, “Heap wino squaw, she knit socks, me want her.”
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Stephen Winegar was born on March 23, 1830 at Onondaga County, New York, to Samuel Thomas Winegar and his wife, Rhoda E. Cummins Winegar. The family came west through Ohio and being at Nauvoo for a time before Stephen and one of his brothers, Alvin, came to Utah about 1848. He married Lois Smith on […]
Written by Rich Kirkham
https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/5192094?cid=mem_copy by Thomas G. Alexander Henry Hughes was born to Robert Hughes, born 1785, died 1845, and Martha Read born 1786, died 1857 in Mold, Flintshire, North wales on Christmas day in 1825. At the age of nine he began working in a coal mine near Mold. At age twelve he was trapped with other […]
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Francis Webster was attending Sunday School. A group of adults criticized the Church for letting the martin handcart company suffer on their 1856 trek. Old Brother Webster stood up and said: “I ask you to stop this criticism. You are discussing a matter you know nothing about. Cold historic facts mean nothing here, for they […]
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William Jones, a Welsh convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, acquired an old Model T Ford touring car that he had made into a truck by cutting off the back of it. He used it for chores around their farm in Almo, idaho where they had emigrated and settled. The […]
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Maren (or Marion) Fraengler was born at Studstrup, denmark on April 2, 1848, the youngest child of Joseph Poulsen Fraengler and Anne Nielsen. There were five other children; Niels, Poul, Johannes, Ane Kathrine, and Ane Marie. Marion’s father was a musician and she and her children were also blessed with great musical ability.At the age […]
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Samuel Humphries 1846-1928. Samuel Humphreys was born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, Jan. 31, 1846. His parents, Thomas, and Mary Sudbury Humphreys joined the church and left England to join the Saints in Salt Lake City, arriving in St. Louis on July 13, 1853. In November of that same year Thomas died of cholera leaving Mary […]
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WILMER WHARTON BRONSON (Excerpts from the Book “Bronson” published by Sarah B. Boden) Wilmer Wharton Bronson was born October 20, 1829 in the town of Brownstown, Wayne County, Michigan. His father, Leman Bronson, was the son of Jesse Bronson and Ester Osborn. He was a native of the state of New York and at an […]
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HE WOULD MAGNIFY HIS MASONARY GIFTS AND TALENTS. ORSON HYDE CALLED ELISHA TO SETTLE DIXIE AND HIS FAMILY ANSWERED THE CALL AND WOULD CONTINUE TO FOLLOW & MOVE WHERE HE WAS NEEDED…. ELISHA AND TWIN ELIJAH WORKED IN CONSTRUCTING ST. GEORGE, MANTI, AND SALT LAKE TEMPLES AND WERE ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN BUILDING COVE FORT, KANAB FORT, DIXIE COTTON MILL (IN WASHINGTON, UT.), PIPE SPRING FORT,ARIZONA, HEBER TABERNACLE, AND MANY OTHER HISTORICAL SITES.
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The miracle of AMAZING GRACE is well portrayed in the life of an English coal miner by the name of Lott Russon, born in Dudley, England, a place called “The Black Country” because coal was mined there. Lott grew up in a very poor coal mining family. He was the only boy in a family […]
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Rasmus Johnson was born September 19, 1813 in Falster, denmark. He was the son of Jens Larsen and Karen Rasmussen. He had nine brothers and sisters named Lars, Rasmus, Kirsten, Lars, Maren, Ane, Kirstine, Ole, Bodil, and Simon. Rasmus had three wives. The name of his first wife is unknown. His second wife was Anna […]
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Christena Schow first heard the Gospel in her native land of denmark when Apostle erastus snow and Elder George P. Dykes, two of the first Latter-day Saint missionaries, visited that country. On 13 April 1851, she and her brothers were baptized by Elder Hans Peter Jensen. In 1853 they left their home and native land […]
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HISTORY OF SHADRACH MONTGOMERY RICHARDSON written April 1926 by Ivy Richardson Francom, Daughter Shadrach Montgomery Richardson was born in Keg Creek, Pottawattamie County, Iowa March 11, 1848, is the son of Shadrach Richardson and Lavina Stewart. He came to Utah with his parents and one brother Willshire arriving at Payson, Utah in September, 1852, his […]
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IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE At age 18, young Utah pioneer Jane Grover experienced a miracle when her life was threatened and in peril. Jane was the eldest daughter of prominent Utah pioneer, Thomas Grover who was born July 22, 1807 in Whitehall, New York. In her own words, Jane tells the remarkable story of what […]
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Silas Harris was born in Lawrence County, Indiana, on October 14, 1824. He was the son of Moses and Fanny Smith Harris. He was baptized a member of the CHurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Far West Missouri when he was 14 years old. When he was 22 years of age his family […]
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LUCINDA CATHERINE HAGGERTY AYERS PETTY Compiled by Lila B. Badger, a great granddaughter. Great grandma, Lucinda Catherine Haggerty, and her twin sister Malinda were born 29 Jan 1816 in Branchville, Sussex, New Jersey. They were the 6th and 7th children born to John S. Haggerty and his wife, Catherine Welch. One little sister, Mary […]
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KIRKHAM, George “Uncle Sam’s Hotel”: The Utah Penitentiary By Melvin L. Bashore Where I first met you Brother, Was in the Utah Pen. Where I hope that you nor me, Will never meet again. 1 Over eight hundred men were sentenced to terms in the United States Penitentiary at Salt Lake City. The dilapidated […]
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