[On] May 11, 1903 at Samaria, Idaho the ninth child and fourth daughter was born to Emma Morse Price and John E. Price Jr. The name Edith was chosen for this baby because of the love my mother had for her dear friend, Edith Bowen. When I was four years of age my father passed …
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Edward J. Evans
(Thursday, July 29, 1976, The Idaho Enterprise) Another 1864 Settler (Headshot picture of Edward J. Evans at the beginning of this article) According to family history, Edward J. Evans first came to Malad Valley in October 1864, after talking with Henry Peck and sons. He was so impressed with the Valley that he located a …
Family History of David R. Evans
Born, Fillmore, Missouri 23 Aug. 1853. Copied from information given to H. W. Steffens by David R. Evans. Parents landed in Orleans, then up the Mississippi River, moved to Fillmore, Missouri in 1850, then moved to Nebraska City in 1856, then moved to Logan, Utah in 1863. David R. Freighted to Silver City, Montana with …
D. L. Evans Sr.
(This article is from The Idaho Enterprise, Thursday, August 2, 1962, page 2) History of Firm, Founders Given As Bank Readies New Building In conjunction with the forthcoming opening of the new building of J. N. Ireland and Company, Bankers, this is one of the series of articles which will be published concerning the bank’s …
Catherine (Katie) Hill Evans, school teacher…
By Catherine Evans Limb (Newspaper article. 6 July 1984) Catherine (Katie) Hill Evans was born January 18, 1894, in St. John, Idaho, to Matthew and Catherine Nelson Hill. She was the twelfth child and the only girl in the family. She had eleven older brothers. Her parents were older when she was born. She had …
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The Story of Our Aunt Annie Evans
(From Betty Jones Richards Files) Prologue It was 9:54 a.m., Thursday, August 13, 1992. I sat reading an article written by Jim Thomas from the Idaho Enterprise Newspaper of Malad, Idaho, dated May 24, 1990. The Late Annie Evans – An Angel in Repose “Annie Evans, 92 of Malad, died Tuesday at the Oneida County …
Ben Davis Evans
(Contributed by Mrs. Hannah Deschamps) (Newspaper clipping?-Pioneers Brief Biographies of Malad Valley’s Early Settlers.) Ben Davis Evans, son of Thomas L. Evans and Jane Edwards, was born in Yatalfia, Glamorganshire, South Wales, on March 15, 1844. He started working in the tin-works at the age of eight years, where he remained until he immigrated to …
Biographical Sketch of John Lodwick Edwards
(Brother of Mary Edwards, Second Wife of Charles Wesley Hubbard) Willard, Utah, October 1917 I feel impressed to write a brief history of my life, giving some incidents in which I personally figured as well as incidents in the lives of the members of my family, and to include in the sketch some of my …
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John Edwards
(Picture of a Cowboy standing on the porch of his home. Caption says: John Edwards – grandson of Gwennie Davis Edwards and John Edwards. Photo taken in 1980 in front of the little house where Titus Davis Sr. lived until his death. John Edwards still lives on this property which was originally built and owned …
Gwennie Davis Edwards
Written by her brother – Thomas A. Davis Gwenifred Bowen Davis, daughter of Titus Lazarus and Mary Bowen Davis, born at Llanwenog, Cardiganshire, South Wales in the year 1844, July 15. About the year 1855, she with her people, moved to Carmarthenshire and while here she was in the service of an expert milliner and …