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October 30, 2011,
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Author:
ehoopes
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- John Worthen, - Nauvoo Illinois, - Salt Lake City Utah, Deaths, Early Days in the Mormon Church, Emigration, Historical Documents, Marriages, Personality and Interests, Professions, Reeve Chidester's Family
Tags: Amanda Maria Hartson, Ann Worthen, Brigham Young, Des Moines IA, England, Hannah Elam, Henry Worthen, James Worthen, Jane Worthen, John Worthen, Joseph Smith, Joseph Worthen, Martha Worthen, Mary Cowap, Mary Ellen Midgley, Mary Worthen, Mormon church, Nauvoo IL, New Orleans LA, persecution, Peter William Worthen, Richard Nichols, Richard Worthen, Richard Worthen II, Robert Worthen, Salt Lake City, Samuel Richard Worthen, temples, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, William Berry, William Chrimes, William Worthen, Zenna Worthen Buttle
by Zenna Worthen Buttle – Granddaughter John Worthen was born 22 July, 1817 at Northwich, Cheshire, England. He was the son of Richard Worthen and Mary Cowap. He had seven brothers and sisters. Their names are Samuel Richard, William, James, Robert, Richard 2nd, Joseph. The sisters are Jane and Mary Worthen. Richard, the father of John, was a shoemaker by trade. Richard’s father was Richard Nicols, a soldier who died in Foriegn Wars while fighting under the British Flag. Richard’s […]
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October 25, 2011,
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Author:
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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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August 16, 2011,
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Deaths, Illnesses Injuries & Trials, Memories, Personality and Interests, Reeve Chidester's Family, Rocena Platt's Family
Tags: Arnon Reeve Chidester, Cedar City UT, Dennis Chidester, Dora Ann Brown, fishing, Fritz, hunting, Kanarraville UT, lupus, Randall P Chidester, Richfield UT, Rocena Platt Chidester, Roger Chidester, Salt Lake City, St. George UT
MEMORIES OF ARNON A. CHIDESTER (GRANDPA) Written for his 102nd Birthday By Rocena Platt Chidester, daughter-in-law November 6, 1993 I remember when: I remember the very first time I met Reeve’s mom and dad. Reeve called and said that he was bringing “Rosa” home for them to meet. All his mother could think of was the “Big fat Rosa” on the “I love Luigi” radio program, “well” they treated me great. I also met Lois that day, as she was […]
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August 7, 2011,
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- Anna Johanna (Hannah) Nielsen Brown, Emigration, Reeve Chidester's Family
Tags: - Anna Johanna (Hannah) Nielsen Brown, Christian Nielsen, Hamilton G. Park, Hans Nielsen, James Nielsen, Kirsten Marie Pelsen, Maren Nielsen, Mormon church, Salt Lake City, Steamship Argo, Steamship Wisconsin, UT
Hannah’s family wanted to come to America. They did not have passage money for the whole family so they decided to send her sister Mary first. Mary arrived in Utah and went to Richfield and later married a man named Hans Peter Nielsen. Hans was a Miller and had a flour mill on the west side of town. There was a family going to America that wanted Hannah to go with them, but she did not want to leave her invalid mother. She let her two […]