By Hannah Deschamps At about the time the Revolutionary war was at its height in America, an infant son was born to Mary and John Hughes at Llangbyther Carmarthan, So. Wales. While this son who was christened William, was of no more importance to the world than thousands of other children, yet to this group assembled here, he is an important factor, …
Annie Williams Jones
By Mrs. Norman Crowther Annie Williams Jones was born July 15, 1849 at Glamorganshire, South Wales. She was the daughter of Thomas Williams and Annie Jones Williams. Annie was the fifth child in a family of five. They lived in Wales until she was 14 years old; having attended school there and also being a member of a choir that was considered …
Anna Evans Jenkins
(1820-1889) By her Granddaughter Esther Jenkins Carpenter Anna Evans Jenkins, Malad Valley Pioneer of 1869, was born June 13, 1820 at Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, South Wales. Her parents, Evan Evans and Esther Jones, were natives of Cardiganshire, a county noted for its beautiful farms and and for its wool growing industry. Her grandparents, John and Esther Evans, are buried in the churchyard …
Alberta Jeppson
March 1962 This is the life story of Alberta Jeppsen, who was born 12 June 1931 in Hill Spring, Alberta, Canada to Samuel Leland Jeppson, father; and Mary Thomas Jeppson, mother. I, her mother , am writing this story of Alberta’s short, but abundant life, with the hope in my heart, that her brothers and …
William G. Jenkins
History of Firm, Founders Given As Bank Readies New Building Page 2 – The Idaho Enterprise Thursday, August 9, 1962 Following is the concluding article of the series on the five founders of J. N. Ireland and Co., Bankers, in December, 1892. These were the pioneer financiers of this area whose foresight and zeal brought about the founding of …
Evan Stephens
Esther Hall James
by granddaughter, Esther Williams Morris One bleak day on the 6th of November, 1842, there was born to Esther and Isaac Williams, a sweet little girl. She was born of good but very humble parents. Her father , Isaac Williams was born at Llapyns Car, Wales in 1802 and her mother, Esther Frances, was also born in Wales at Loesgreek Car, Mathenshire, August 18, 1808. Esther came into a very humble …
James E. Jones, James T. Jones, and Oren J. Jones
(Some information from the works of Norma South, 15 June 1989) (Photo of Charming Old Home – Pearl and Oren Jones home) If a house could talk, many a tale it would spin of the generations of passing time, especially one that is over 100 years old, as is the Oren and Pearl Jones home …
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James E. Jones
“3 families boast oldest farms in Oneida” In their search for the oldest farm in Oneida County still remaining in the original family, it appears that the Farm Bureau’s Women’s Committee has a three-way tie. Three local families can trace their relatives back to the fall of 1864, after a wagon train of pioneers from the east …
James E. Jones
By Margaret P. Metcalf William Jones was born in 1798 in Carmarthenshire, South Wales. He became an elder and president over a branch of the LDS Church in Wales. He was a soldier in the English army for 21 years. Then he married Eleanor Evans/Eleanor James of Llansawel, Carmarthenshire, Wales in 1838 or 1839. She came …