Picture of Arnold Goodliffe Born–2 April 1837 Married–Esther Arbon On 17 Jan 1870 Died–9 June 1913 Arnold Goodliffe came quite early because he was in Salt Lake with some of the leading men to meet the Johnson Army who were sent out to see what the Mormons were doing in the West; but the army …
Esther Arbon Goodliffe
A Few Thoughts From Memory By Anna Jane Goodliffe (picture of Esther Arbon Goodliffe) Born–28 Mar 1842 Married–17 Jan 1870 Died–7 Feb 1924 Esther Arbon, your great grandmother and her sister, 2 brothers and parents crossed the plains and met with hardshi[s through sickness and finally the death of her mother and father who were …
Charles W. Goodliffe
(Picture of Charles Willard Goodliffe and wife Annie Eliza Carter Goodliffe) (Condensed from a paper given on his life by LuAnn Secrist Harris, a granddaughter, at his funeral, January 7, 1970, in Brigham City, Utah.) Charles Willard Goodliffe was born at Bingham, Salt Lake County, Utah, October 22, 1877, the son of Arnold and Elizabeth …
Henry Gleed-Life History as remembered by his son Hubert
Born January 1, 1882- Died October 16, 1959 Education: My father always said that he had received only a couple of years of schooling and that was only a few months each year. I cannot be sure about this because it seems now that he was never very definite about it. We all know however …
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Henry Jones’ Diary
May the 25th, 1868, I came from Llanelly to prepare for emigrating this season. June the first I went to Pencader Station to see Isaac Jones and his family going to Liverpool and David Owen (?) and Galch and his family, both of them were going to Utah on the sailing ship John Bright which …
Legends of early robberies in Oneida County, Part I
It is a well-known fact that there were actual stagecoach robberies that occurred in the early history of Oneida County. The problem is that there are many versions of the same stories, and it seems that accounts of different stories have been combined into one story, making it very confusing for the reader to determine …
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Dr. Orsen Henry Mabey
Former Malad doctor and mayor to be inducted into 2014 Hall of Fame To be inducted to the Oneida County Hall of Fame for 2014 is Dr. O.H. Mabey, who will be honored for his public service to his community, especially as a medical doctor. Dr. Orsen Henry Mabey, also known as Dr. Mabey or …
Memories of Early Malad
In 1990 Ruth Thomas Deschamps wrote a story of some remembrances of growing up in Malad during the years 1918 through the early 1920’s. As Malad City and Oneida County are celebrating 150 years this year, the staff of The Enterprise thought everyone might enjoy reading about what life was like for a young girl …
Anna Jane Josephson Goodliffe
(an autobiography in her own words) I came from a family of twelve children. I was the oldest. My father came with a trade from Sweden. When he established a home in St. John, Idaho he set up his shoe shop. Our big room served several purposes, that of a shoe shop, kitchen, and study …
A Brief Sketch of the Early Days
By Thomas S. Thomas Contributed by Mr. Thomas himself. (December 1934) In this paper I mean to trace the passing of time, the onward movement in religious, educational, social and agricultural affairs, beginning with the primitive stages of sixty years ago. First, I will take our religious life of that-a-day and age. This valley at …