George Cole’s parents were James Cole and Elizabeth Savager, who were married in Hereford County, England. They were converted to the Mormon Church and migrated to Utah in 1853. Their oldest child was born aboard ship. After settling in American Fork, Utah, four more children were born. George Cole was the youngest, born on October …
Three Generations of Twins in Prominent Mormon Family (Crowther)
The Deseret News Saturday, 18 July 1942 Three generations of twins in this Church Family. Left to right they are: back row, Mary Weston Crowther and her twin brother, Samuel Weston; Edwar N. Crowther and his twin sister, Rose Crowther Fowler; front row, Carol and Carma Crowther, daughters of Bishop J. L. Crowther, youngest son …
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Charles Clark Winter of 1912
My Father, Charles Clark used to like to go to Portage on Friday nights to see the Woodruff boys play basketball. He would hitch his old team up and take some of the folks over with him. I think Joseph Harris always went with him, Tom Clark was one of the players. I made three …
Eliza Jane Thomas Clark
(Written October, 1953, by her granddaughter, Ella Colton Palmer) My maternal grandmother, Eliza Jane Thomas Clark, was born June 6, 1828 at Michelstone, Glamorganshire, South Wales, the sixth child in a family of 14, 13 of whom grew to manhood and womanhood, and 12 of whom married and in turn had large families. Robert, an …
Biography of Edward N. Crowther
A brief biography of my life. I was born in Laketown, Rich County, Utah, my sister, Rose, and I, on February 13, 1889. Our mother was there visiting with her parents at the time of our birth. Our home was in Logan and we were the first of a family of seven children–myself, Edward Nehemiah, …
The Life and Personal History of My Father Niels Christensen
Niels Christensen was born in Sohl, Ringkobing, Denmark on December 6, 1876. He was the son of Jens Peder Nielsen and Johanna Jeppesen. He had one half brother Martin Christensen on his mothers side and also a half sister Marne who died when a young girl. He had two half brothers on his fathers side, …
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J. T. Chivers
Mr. J. T. Chivers, born December 23, 1853, near Cardif, Wales. He came to this country in a boat. A test. He called it, of six weeks and two days on the water. He was eight years old, 1862. At the time he remembers a woman singing and being buried in the ocean. Then they …
Ann Morse Camp
(by her daughter, Deseret C. Moon) Ann Morse Camp was born August 9, 1862 in Mountain Ash, Idanno Co., South Wales, a daughter of William Morse and Margaret Evans. Her father, William Morse, worked in the coal mines, and it was here, while still in his teens, that he first received the Gospel. Because of …
Information about L. M. Camp
One summer he told Allene and LaVella that they could keep busy raising and feeding animals and the garden. It turned into quite a project! We had one sheep for burrs, big Devil Creek calves to feed by bottles, pigs also. We played bull fighting with one animal and when Bert Call came to load …
About My Father Leo M. Camp
By Wilson Camp I was only ten years old (1923) and my recollections are somewhat hazy. In 1923 my all around cowhand father bought, traded or rustled?? 30-35 wild mustangs in Nevada. I was in the round-up and captured those speedy steeds. But a little background first. I was raised on a ranch in South …