These pages are a random collection that Faye Ward put together.
Brief History of Snowville, Utah
A Brief History of Snowville
A Visit to the Old Homestead
By Nellie Sasser Gleed Guy wanted to go hunting sage hens and I told him that I knew a spot where my Daddy used to kill them without firing a shot. He hit them with rocks and clods and cans while plowing in the field and in the deep furrows. He caught them with his bare hands. “Well …
The Life of Robert Green
Compiled by Jane Ann Ward from memories of Grandson Daniel Clark Green. There are many men and women who have contributed much to the settling of towns and communities in Idaho and Utah, of whom we know very little. These people leaving no written account of their lives and families are soon forgotten. All too often …
Alfred Gardner
Alfred Gardner, son of John Gardner, who was the son of William Gardner, was born September 25, 1842 at Chalford Hill, Gloucestershire, England. My mother’s maiden name was Mary Ann Goodship. My parents first sent me to school when I was four years of age, to a Mr. Keene who was the teacher. He was also our landlord and owned the …
Laura Bowen to celebrate 90th birthday
The family of Laura Reese Bowen will honor her on her 90th birthday at an Open House, Sunday, October 8, 1989, where friends and relatives may greet her from 2:00 pm. to 5:00 p.m. at the Senior Citizens Center in Malad, Idaho. There will be a program at 3:30 p.m. They request no gifts please. Laura was born …
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Emanuel Brookes Last Will and Testament
In the name of God, Amen, I Emanuel Brookes of Moreton in the Marsh in the County of Gloucester, Wheelwright, being of sound and disposing mind, memory and understanding, but mindful of my mortality do this fifth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight make and …
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Owen Davis
The eventful life of Owen Davis goes back to the date I discovered America. I was the first of five children in the family of Owen T. Davis and Anna Price. I was born on 22 November 1901 in a log house in Samaria, Idaho. Dad was then employed as a clerk in Ben Waldron’s …
Owen Thomas Davis
Owen Thomas Davis was the son of David Price Davis and Elizabeth Griffiths. He was the fourth of their seven children. He was born March 15, 1875, at Samaria, Idaho. His parents had both come from Wales and were converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They were one of the first …