Elizabeth Gardner Blackhurst was born in Preston, Lancshire [Lancastershire?], England, February 10, 1841. Daughter of John Gardner and Martha Dunlop Gardner. Preston has the distinction of being the home of the first branch of the Latter-day Saints Church in England, and the Gardner family was one of the first families of Preston to join the …
Early History of the Rees Family
By La Rita Rees Hancock It all started in Wales! It was 1781 when Isaac was born to a David Jones and an Ann Davies. He went to live with a family by the name of Rees. They were very good to him. Isaac thought so much of them he changed his name to Rees. …
Dan E. Jones Family History
Daniel E. Jones history written by his daughter Elizabeth Jones Thomas. My father’s name is Daniel E. Jones. He was born November 22, 1857, in Llansawel Carmarthen, Wales. His mother was Eleanor Evans Jones, his father William Thomas Jones of Wales, England. Daniel crossed the plains and came to America when he was a young …
Bonnie (Bonita) Davis
Written by her children with love, Todd, Diana, Bonnie Anne, Tracey, Terry, and Kathy Bonnie Davis (Bonita Williams) was born April 14, 1941, in Malad, Idaho. She was the youngest of ten children born to John Haynes Williams and Eleanor Jones. She has four sisters and five brothers. Her family lived at Daniels, Idaho, then …
Washakie – Setting the Stage
The settlement of Washakie, south of Portage, Utah, has a fascinating history. Many people believe that Washakie was an Indian reservation. That is not the case. Washakie was a project of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to help the Shoshone Indians in a plan which came to be known as the Malad …
Washakie – The Settlement
In a history recounting the terrible Bear River Massacre of members of the Northwestern Shoshone, Colen Sweeten, Jr. reported in the Malad Idaho Stake Centennial History Book, “Mormon settlers began to have some success in their efforts to extend the hand of fellowship and friendship to the scattered Indians. When the survivors of the battle …
Early Settlers of Woodruff
Lying 12 miles south of Malad City, is the southernmost community in Oneida County, the center of which is situated just three miles North of the Utah-Idaho border. Initially known as “Muddy Creek” because of the heavy spring runoff waters making the creek running through the area muddy, the community was later named Woodruff in …
The Tithing Granary, An Economic Necessity For Early Malad Settlers
By: Cameron Wright, the winner of the 2013 8th grade History Project for “Most Historical” with his research on the “Tithing Granary”. The Tithing Granary was an important economic feature of Malad, Idaho. It was located near the historic Malad Co-op building during the 1860’s and then later moved to its current location today, behind …
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A Pioneer Doctor in Oneida County
Joseph William(s) (J.W.) Morgan was born in Carmarthenshire, South Wales, in 1838. He studied medicine in Cardiff, Wales, where he became an assistant to Dr. Jones, who was physician to the nearby Colliery, and where he and Dr. Jones alternately prescribed for the miners. On June 4, 1863, he sailed on the ship “Amazon” to …
Nancy Asay is selected as Oneida County Farm Woman of the Year, and as District 1 Farm Wife of the Year
The Oneida County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee elected Nancy Asay as the Oneida County Farm Woman of the Year for 2014. Nancy will also serve as the District 1 Farm Wife of the Year for 2014. She will be honored on July 4 by appearing in the Sesquicentennial parade. Nancy and her husband Bill have …