DURFEE, Edmund
The mob told them to go back. Edmund Durfee hesitated and pleaded for them to allow him to put out the fire and the mob shot him down. They took his b…
Category: Pioneer Stories
BENBOW, John: Man of Faith and Generosity
This article originally appeared in Vol.65, No.4 (2018) of Pioneer Magazine. by Jay A. Parry Wilford Woodruff’s astounding experience with the United Brethren in 1840…
MCCARTHY, John
This article originally appeared in Vol.62, No.2 (2015) of Pioneer Magazine. by Pioneer Magazine John McCarthy, was one of only two Mormons who were part…
HUGHES, Henry – The Man from Mendon
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,…
SHEETS, Elijah Funk
As Captain of Ten in the immigration of 1847, Elijah F. Sheets, the venerable Bishop of the Eighth Ward, came to Salt Lake valley in…
PARK, Isabella Gray Park
This article originally appeared in Vol.62, No.1 (2015) of Pioneer Magazine. by Pioneer Magazine The following excerpts appeared in the March 1930 issue of the…
SORENSEN, Horace August
In recognition of significant contribution to the Sons of the Utah Pioneers, the Sugarhouse Chapter expresses thanks and appreciation to Horace A. Sorensen This article…
SUTHERLAND, George Alexander
from History of Utah, Volume IV, by Orson F. Whitney UTAH’S Representative in Congress from March 1901, to March 1903, was the Hon. George Sutherland,…
HESS, John W.
This article originally appeared in Vol.65, No.2 (2018) of Pioneer Magazine. John W. Hess was born to Jacob and Elizabeth Foutz Hess on August 24,…
CHURCH, Margaret – Still Giving Her Life
Despite their full-time family and farming commitments, the couple accepted teaching and leadership responsibilities in nearly every church position p…
PICKETT, John – A Fully Converted Pioneer
In 1861 John and his family were called to move to Gunnison, Utah. Their first home was west of where Gunnison now stands. It was a dug-out near the S…
ALLEN, Joseph Stewart
After the prayer we sat for a while just resting, and pondering our lives and what we were doing. Finally we decided it was time to be on our way aga…
NEFF, John II: The Money Belt
This is the story of a man who, having missed the trials of Ohio, Missouri and Illinois, came to the Saints in Nauvoo, and aided thousands of them to …
HINTON, James Maurice: Life Story
I herded those sheep through what they call the Bear Hole. I'd start them through the East side and it would take them ten days to go through. I her…
COX, Orville Southerland
Occasionally, the monotony of the bellows was broken in other ways. For example: At one time, oxen were brought to the shop to be shod that had real h…
SPEIRS, Adam
from History of Utah, Vol. 4 by Orson F. Whitney ADAM SPEIRS, ex-Alderman of Salt Lake City, and present Bishop of the Tenth Ward, is…
ASHTON, Samuel
This article originally appeared in Vol.65, No.2 (2018) of Pioneer Magazine. Samuel Ashton and his wife Mary Bunting Ashton came across the ocean on the…
Jacob C. Woolsey & son Joseph H. Woolsey – to Utah 1848
Jacob C. Woolsey is the "brother-in-law who dug Abigail Lee's grave" at the "9th or Last Crossing of the Sweetwater" on 2 Sep…
STAINES, William C.
Another of the original immigrants to Sail Lake valley was William C. Staines, for many years the emigration agent of the Church of Jesus Christ…
JOHNSON, Benjamin Franklin
Every house was a hospital, but without nurses. There were hardly enough men to bury the dead. As Benjamin had cared for the sick at the Kirtland Po…
TWITCHELL, Ephraim & Phoebe Melissa Knight
One day Branch President Ephraim Twitchell was traveling from Sacramento a long way by wagon. The last day of his journey he was traveling late, after…
WEBSTER, Francis – Stop the Criticism
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…
CANNON, Frank Jenne
from History of Utah Vol. 4 by Orson F. Whitney EX-SENATOR FRANK JENNE CANNON is a native son of Utah and was born at Salt…
JONES, William – Young Angels Are Messengers
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…
ROBERTS, Brigham Henry
from History of Utah, Vol. 4, by Orson F. Whitney HONORABLE B. H. ROBERTS is a personage of more than ordinary interest, not only from…
HUGHES, Henry – Miner, Soldier, Bishop, Farmer, Saint
Henry Hughes was born to Robert Hughes (1785-1845) and Martha Read (1786-1857) in Mold, Flintshire, North Wales on Christmas day in 1825. At the age…
ALLEN, Clarence Emir
from History of Utah, Vol. 4 by Orson F. Whitney To this gentleman belongs the distinction of being the first man elected in Utah to…
IVINS, Anthony Woodward – The LDS Colonies in Mexico
This article originally appeared in Vol.65 No. 1 of Pioneer Magazine. By Thomas G. Alexander Anthony W. Ivins, who served as a member of the…
FRAENGLER, Maren – The Minute Woman of San Juan County
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…
HUMPHREYS, Samuel – Imprisoned in Idaho for his faith
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…
