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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 25, 2011,
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- Panguitch Utah, - Samuel Worthen, Adult Years, Births, Deaths, Early Days in the Mormon Church, Emigration, Illnesses Injuries & Trials, Personality and Interests, Professions, Reeve Chidester's Family
Tags: Ann Worthen, Bishop Sevy, Centerville UT, Echo Canyon Campaign, Eliza Judd, Elizabeth Henderson Worthen, England, Hannah Elam, Harmony UT, Henry Excell, Henry Worthen, Illinois, James Worthen, Jane Osborne, Jane Worthen, Jim Henrie, John Imlay, John Worthen, Joseph Worthen, Kanarraville UT, Maria Louisa Grow, Martha Worthen, Mary Cowap, Mormon church, Nauvoo, Nauvoo Illinois, Panguitch UT, Pheobe Burros, Richard Nicols, Richard Worthen, Richard Worthen II, Robert Worthen, Salt Lake City, Samuel Worthen, Sarah Hallam, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, William Cowap
Written by Elizabeth Worthen Henderson of Panguitch, Utah Samuel Worthen, the son of Richard Worten and Mary Cowap, was born December 21, 1825 at Northwich, Cheshire, England. When a boy about ten years of age, he went as an apprentice to learn the trade of a mason, and through his training he became a master mechanic of the trade. He, in connection with his Mother, brothers and sister, emigrated from England to the United States when he was a young […]
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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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October 4, 2011,
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- Alice Campbell, - Kanarraville Utah, - Walter Lysle Platt, Adult Years, Births, Childhood, Deaths, Grandchildren, Illnesses Injuries & Trials, Marriages, Personality and Interests, Rocena Platt's Family
Tags: - Walter Lysle Platt, Alice Campbell, Alice Platt, Arnon Reeve Chidester, Calone Platt, Cedar City UT, Dixie Wilene Williams, Douglas Blaine Hash, Edith Alene Campbel, Elmo W Platt, Ernest Richard Atwood, Eugene Michel, Florence Campbell, Golda Platt, Hurricane UT, Ianta Campbell, Jack Christensen, Jack Trigg, Jay Clair Platt, John Elton Platt, John Lewis Platt, John William Platt, Kanarraville UT, Kate Golda Campbell, Kearns UT, Leila Platt, Lewis Ezekiel Campbell, Lewis Irwin Campbell, Marcus Campbell, Mary Amelia Isom, Mary Lyle Plate, Mary Rebecca Platt, Mary Wilhelmina Berry, Maurine Ianthus Campbell, Melvina Platt, Minnie Platt, Missions, Mormon church, Mosdell Paul Judd, Olga Platt, Phyllis Platt, Ralph Browning Platt, Reeta Iantha, Rocena Platt, Rulon Berry Platt, Ruth Platt, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Tropic UT, Verna Platt, Vernon Platt, Virgin UT, Virginia Campbell, Walter C Platt, William Grant Platt
Written by their daughter Rocena Platt Chidester November 1976 Walter Lysle Platt was born 5 November 1900 at Kanarraville, Iron, Utah, to John William Platt and Mary Wilhelmina Perry. He was the fourth child. The other children were William Grant, Rulon Berry, John Elton, Jay Clair, Mary Rebecca, Minnie, Leila, Melvina, Verna, Vernon (twins), and Ralph Browning. Lysle spent all of his life in Kanarraville. Lysle had long ringlets up until the time he started school. As a boy he […]
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August 8, 2011,
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- Anna Johanna (Hannah) Nielsen Brown, - Christian Christensen Brown, Adult Years, Births, Childrearing, Deaths, Grandchildren, Illnesses Injuries & Trials, Reeve Chidester's Family
Tags: - Anna Johanna (Hannah) Nielsen Brown, Annie Brown, Christal Gray, Christian Brown, diptheria, Dora Ann Brown, Dr. Loring, Ed Simpson, Erastus Nielsen, Erysipelas, Faith, Farming, Hannah Dortha Brown, Hans Brown, James Brown, Kamas UT, Laurine Larsen, Manilla Brown, Missions, Nellie Gould, poetry, Priesthood, Relief Society, sugar beets, Vivian Tuft
The children had to help on the farm. When Manilla was five years old, she went with them to the fields to haul hay. It was a hot day, so Manilla would lie down under the wagon in the shade. As the wagon moved along she followed, staying the shade. One time she got too close to the wheel and was run over, breaking her leg. Hannah lost her oldest son, Christian, during an epidemic of Diphtheria and tonsillitis. He was twelve years of age. A […]