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December 4, 2011,
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Author:
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- Kanarraville Utah, - Salt Lake City Utah, Adult Years, Benjamin Platt, Childhood, Early Days in the Mormon Church, Emigration, Grandchildren, Homesteading, Illnesses Injuries & Trials, Marriages, Memories, Pinto UT, Professions, Rocena Platt's Family
Tags: Benjamin Platt, Cedar City UT, Charles Dalton, conversion, Grafton UT, James Davis, John W. Platt, Kanarraville UT, Martin Handcart Company, Mary Graves, missionary work, Mormon church, mormon pioneers, Old Fort Harmony, Pinto UT, Rulon B. Platt, the Bible, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
(Life History of Benjamin Platt as given in brief by John W. Platt his eldest son, written by Rulon B. Platt a grandson. This narritative was told Aug 30, 1938. John W. Platt being in his 80th year. At this time he was living in Kanarraville. This sketch of history is authentic, the narriator being in a normal mind with clear understanding). Benjamin Plass was born, April, 12 1833. At Crompton, Lancshire, England. Being the son of Thomas Platt. We […]
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November 20, 2011,
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- Dixie Utah, - John Madison Chidester, - John Peck Chidester, - Nauvoo Illinois, - Salt Lake City Utah, - St. George Utah, Adult Years, Births, Childhood, Childrearing, Deaths, Early Days in the Mormon Church, Emigration, Homesteading, Illnesses Injuries & Trials, Marriages, Personality and Interests, Professions, Reeve Chidester's Family, Spanish Fork Utah, Washington Utah
Tags: - John Madison Chidester, Anthony W. Ivins, Brigham Young, Charles W. Seegmiller, Deseret News, drought, Eli Whiplple, Emaline Chidester, endowment house, Evaline Chidester, Freeman Nickerson., grasshopper plague, Hyrum Smith, Isaac C. Macfarlane, James Bleak, John Foy Chidester, John Peck Chidester, Joseph Smith, Lodema Elizabeth Chidester, Marcus Funk, Mary Catherine Chidester, Mary Parker, Michigan, Myron Alfonzo Chidester, Nauvoo Illinois, Nauvoo Legion, Richard A. Morris, Robert Edgar Chidester, Susan (Susannah) Foy, Susan Emma Chidester, temples, the Cotton Mission, Thelma Chidester, Thomas Birk Foy, United Order, Virgin River, Walker Indian War, Washington Fields, Washington Fields Dam, Wilford Woodruff, William Theobald, wine, Winter Quarters, Zion's Camp
He was such a little fellow to be already a part of a great movement that was to lead him across a great nation — an adventure that was to occupy him most of his lifetime. Being a member of Zion’s Camp in 1834 was a distinction for one so young, and a bit lonely, too–for there were no other children to play with, even if there had been time to play. Of course, there was the new baby sister, […]
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October 16, 2011,
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- Salt Lake City Utah, Adult Years, Births, Emigration, Homesteading, Illnesses Injuries & Trials, Joseph Ellison Beck, Marriages, Personality and Interests, Professions, Rocena Platt's Family, Spanish Fork Utah
Tags: Alfred R. M. Beck, Anna Lucilla Beck, Bishop Butler, Black Hawk War, Brigham Young, George Sevey, Hannah Beck, Hannah Harrison Forsyth, Isaac Roger Robins, James Baites Beck, James Beck, John Antram Beck, John Forsyth, John Forsyth Beck, Joseph Ellison Beck, Joseph Ellison Beck Jr., Margaret Francina Beck, Margaret Hodson Forsyth, Margaret Robbins, Mary Ann Burtis, Mary Comac Beck, Mormon church, Mountain Meadow Massacre, Orson Hyde, Rebecca Rocena Beck, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Thomas Bowne Beck, Thomas Harrison Beck, Tintic War, Walker War, William Clayton Beck
(Compiled and condensed from histories previously turned into the Organization, together with correction of dates, etc. synonamous with the family group sheets of Joseph Ellison Beck) Allen L. Beck 1966 Joseph Ellison Beck was born 31 May, 1810 in New Hanover Township, Burlington Co., New Jersey. He was the 2nd child born to James and Hannah (Antram or Antrim) Beck. His other brothers and sister were John Antram, Thomas Bowne, William Clayton, James Baites, and Mary Comac Beck. James Beck […]
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October 11, 2011,
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- Berryville, (Glendale) Utah, - Dixie Utah, - Kanarraville Utah, - Rebecca Rocena Beck Berry, - Tennessee, - Utah, - William Shanks Berry, Births, Childhood, Deaths, Early Days in the Mormon Church, Emigration, Homesteading, Illnesses Injuries & Trials, Personality and Interests, Professions, Rocena Platt's Family, Spanish Fork Utah
Tags: - Rebecca Rocena Beck Berry, Amelia Shanks Berry, Andrew Gregerson, Apostles, Armelia Berry, B. H. Roberts, Black Hawk War, Chattanooga TN, Conflict between settlers and Indians, Dave Hinson, Diamtha Allen, Dr. Middleton, Grafton UT, Hannah Forsyth Beck, Hannah Margaret Berry, Henry Thompson, Hyrum Stevens, J. H. Gibbs, James R. Hudson, Jesse F Williams, John William Berry, Joseph Berry, Joseph Ellison Beck, Joseph Smith, Lucilla Snell, Margaret Beck, Marion Lynn, Mathias F. Cowley, missionary work, Missions, Mormon church, Mountain Meadow Massacre, Mrs. Jacobson, Nauvoo Illinois, Orson Hyde, Palestine, persecution, Philadephia, Pricilla Roundy, Relief Society, Richard Palmer, Robert Madison Berry, Silver Reef Mining Camp, Tennessee, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Thirza Thurber, W. S. Berry, William Alfred Berry, William Shanks Berry
Written by her daughter Harriet L. Berry in her 75th year. In the year of 1840, Orson Hyde was ordained as Apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, by the Prophet Joseph Smith in Nauvoo, Illinois, and was sent on a mission to Palestine without purse or script, to dedicate that Holy ground for the return of the Jews. On arriving in Philadelphia, Hyde was without means to cross the mighty ocean. Being full of faith in […]
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August 8, 2011,
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- Anna Johanna (Hannah) Nielsen Brown, - Christian Christensen Brown, Childrearing, Homesteading, Reeve Chidester's Family
Tags: - Anna Johanna (Hannah) Nielsen Brown, Adell Christina Brown, Anne Sophi Pederson, Christian Brown, Della Manilla Brown, Denmark, Dora Ann Brown, Elsinore UT, Farming, Hannah Dortha Brown, Hans Brown, James Brown, Jens Christensen, Kistie Marie Brown, Magdlane Brown, Monroe UT, Richfield UT
Hannah’s sister, Mary and her husband, met them at the end of the railroad and took them to Richfield where she lived. They traveled by wagon. Hannah found employment from a man named Jensen who ran a store in Elsinore. Hannah helped Mrs. Jensen in the home. With Hannah and her father both working, they hired a girl to come and sit with her mother. Hannah’s father worked at cutting stone to earn money to build a home and buy a farm. Her father bought an […]