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January 29, 2012,
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Author:
ehoopes
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Categories:
- Almina Chidester, - John Foy Chidester, - John Peck Chidester, - Panguitch Utah, - Susan Foy Chidester, Reeve Chidester's Family, Washington Utah
Tags: - John Madison Chidester, 24th of July, Almina Chidester, Almina Worthen Chidester, Andrew Sproul, Anthony W. Ivins, Charles Seegmiller, cotton, damming the Virgin River, Emma Chidester, Emmeline B. Wells, Evaline Sproul, George H. Burgess, George Hanks, Hasting (Bud) Thompson, Ida Josephine Sargent Chidester, Isaac McFarlane, James Worthen, Jennie Ruby, John Peck Chidester, missionary work, Missions, Myron Chidester, Panguitch dance hall, Panguitch Lake Resort, Panguitch Utah, persecution, Richard Morris, Samuel H. Chidester, silk, Southern States Mission, Susan Foy Chidester, Tennessee, Thomas J. Jones, Virgin River, Washington Utah, William T. Owens, women's suffrage
by Ida Josephine Sargent Chidester Way back in 1861, John Peck Chidester, who was a Pennsylvanian by birth, came with his father John Madison Chidester to Washington, Utah and is listed in Washington records with about 50 families who were called by Brigham Young under the date of October 13, 1861, to the Southern or Dixie Mission. These 50 families bolstered up the settlers who, after several years of colonizing, had become discouraged and there were only 20 families left […]