This more comprehensive history of Joseph Nicholas Arbon, now in his 96 year, is reproduced at length because it is representative in detail of the great struggle our people made to establish themselves and their family in this arid but wonderful land. This is the excellent recording of Fern T. Hartvigsen, Arvilla McKay Arbon, “Uncle …
History of David Price Davis
David Price Davis was born on the 11th of October 1825. He was baptized in Tirabad Church, Braconshire, South Wales. He was average height. He weighed 180 pounds and stood 5 feet 8 inches tall. He had dark brown hair and blue eyes. His first wife was Mary Williams and they lived in Wales. They …
Ellen Arbon
(picture of Ellen Arbon) Ellen Arbon daughter of James and Susan Newman Arbon was born 20 July 1840, in Gravely, Cambridgeshire, England. Ellen was the third child and the oldest daughter in a family of twelve children. Ellen had very little education. She went to work for people to help support the family. At one …
HISTORY OF
ELIZABETH DAVIS ARBON Born May 8, 1879 and died January 29, 1957 and was buried in Pocatello Cemetery, Idaho. This is the story of my mother, Elizabeth Davis Arbon. The facts and interesting stories have come from relatives and friends who knew her and what I could remember myself. Mother was born May 8, 1879 …
100 Years Ago Hiram Snell
February 23, 1890 The New York Medical Journal says: Hiram Snell of Malad, Idaho, one day last week gave birth to six children, three boys and three girls, weighing 8 pounds altogether. If this Malad-y should become contagious, Idaho will soon be entitled to admission as a state. Excerpt from “The Statesman” (This article was …
Charlotte Parry Evans: First Businesswoman
(By Ione and Marilyn Jones) (Portrait of Charlotte Evans on upper right hand side of article) Charlotte Parry Evans could easily be considered the first businesswoman in Malad, having established a restaurant here in the early 1880’s. She was in business for more than thirty years, closing her doors in March, 1915. At one time …
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Biography of John Price – 1820- 1883
Prologue I have tried to write this history of my great-grandfather in such a way that it would be interesting to the reader. All dates, names and places are factual; however, I tried to feel as they would have felt under the circumstances when I wrote of their experiences, so the emotional account may or …
History of Martha Arbon Toombs
( picture of Martha Toombs and picture of William Toombs) Martha Arbon and William Toombs met in England and became engaged to be married. All of the Toombs family were coming to Utah so William insisted on bringing Martha with them. Since Martha’s two sisters, Ellen and Elizabeth, had also joined the church and were …
John Price 1820 – 1883
John Price, the son of William and Sarah Price, was born the 12th day of April in the year 1820 in Monmouthshire, South Wales. One day the Mormon missionaries were baptizing some of the people that they had converted to the Mormon Church in a river nearby. John and his boy friend decided to go …
John Lyman Smith
John Lyman Smith was called by the Presidency of the LDS Church to enter the Swiss-German mission at a time when he had been ill with inflammatory-rheumatism (what is now known as rheumatic fever). He had been bedfast for several weeks and seemed unable to regain his strength. President Brigham Young and George A. Smith …