Thomas John Davis and his wife, Elizabeth Williams Davis and four children came to Samaria, Idaho to make their home in the spring of 1869. He was born 17 March 1820 near Neath, Glamorganshire, Wales and she was born 15 April 1832 in Ystradgunlais, Breckonshire, Wales. Thomas joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 15 May 1848 …
Autobiography of J. W. Hess
My father, Jacob Hess, was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania on May 21, 1792. In 1816 he married Miss Elizabeth Foutz, my mother, who was also born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania on June 4, 1797. They had twelve children of which I was the fourth child. In 1832 my father moved to Richmond County, Ohio and located on a piece …
Matthew Hill
My Great Grandfather, Andrew Hill, was born in Scotland about the year 1808. In his early manhood, he was a sailor. After he married, he pursued the weavers trade. As modern machinery was installed in the mills, the weavers were no longer needed and he then became a coal miner. My Great Grandmother, Elizabeth (Cherry) Hill, was born in Soctland about 1813. She heard the …
Eliza Horne
Eliza Horne was born on the twentieth of October, 1823, in Wakefield, Yorkshire England. She was born into an aristocratic, wealthy English home. Her father, Joshua Horne was a pioneer in the business of manufacturing glass bottles. His beautiful home and estate was known as Redhill, at Castleford, Yorkshire, England. This was one of the large beautiful estates for which England was famous in days gone by. Joshua’s home, fortune and …
My History by Agnes W. Horsley
My parents were born in the beautiful land of the Midnight Sun. My father was a sailor in his boyhood and later learned the trade of a shoemaker. My mother did the most beautiful dressmaking I have ever seen. They have told us such interesting stories about their early life, how they would go out …
Oliver Cromwell Hoskins
by J. Edw. Gibbs, a son-in-law Oliver Cromwell Hoskins, a son of Eliza Hoskins and Mary Hall was born May 17, 1827, at Georgetown Vermillion County, Illinois. He was married to Lucinda Howell, Jan. 18, 1846. They moved to Nauvoo, Ill. in 1847 arriving there after the Latter-Day Saints had made their exodus to the West. In 1849 he went to Garden Grove, …
Mary Edwards Hubbard
(picture of Mary Edwards) Mary Edwards, second wife of Charles Wesley Hubbard, was born May 30, 1835, at Farm Conant, Parish of Llanwenog, Cardinshire, South Wales, the only daughter and second child of John and Ann Jones Edwards. She and her brother John, joined the L.D.S. Church and accompanied by their parents they sailed from Liverpool, England, …
Jane Mason Hughes
By Mrs. Ada Ipsen Jane Mason Hughes was the daughter of Elizabeth and Thomas Mason. She was born in Dukes Town, Monmouthshire, South Wales, Jan 22, 1859. When she was but a girl of seven, her parents were converted to the Mormon church and they had a desire to come to Utah. Her parents were poor and had very …
Merle Elizabeth Daniels Hughes
Merle Elizabeth Daniels Hughes was born in Malad, Idaho on January 30, 1906, to George Daniels and Mary Mae Bolingbroke Daniels. Merle was born at home with Dr. D.C. Ray attended and Mary Bolingbroke as the nurse. Her summers were spent on the farm at Daniels, Idaho, and the winters in Malad. Merle had fond memories of …
Sarah Ann Richards Hughes
Sarah Ann Richards was born 29 January 1859, at Pontypridd, Llanwonno, Glamorganshire, Wales. She was the daughter of John Thomas Richards and Jeanette Thomas Morgan Richards. She was the eleventh and last child born to this union. Her family consisted of five brothers who died in infancy in England, and one sister who also died in England. One …