The following are some experiences of my Grandfather, John Crowther, who came from England with his family for the gospel’s sake. After landing by steamship and while on their way to Utah in 1864 sickness came into the family resulting in the death of four out of his six children leaving my father, Edward, and …
Libbeus Thaddeus Coon, Sr.
Libbeus Thaddeus Coon, sometimes spelled Coons, was born in Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island, on May 13, 1911. His parents were Thomas Coon and Elizabeth Crandall. His parents were first cousins. His father was the son of Thomas (1737) and Anne Crandall. His mother was the daughter of Joseph Crandall and Mary Ladd. His Grandfather Crandall …
Ann Hewitt White Ceaston, Ellen White Colton
(Written by Ella Colton Palmer, March 9, 1938) Because the lives of my great grandmother and her daughter, my grandmother, are so entwined and because they were both pioneers having come to this valley together, I can hardly write the biography of one without the other. My great grandmother, Ann Hewitt White Ceaston, was born …
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History of George Cole
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 …