I desire, for the benefit of my descendants yet to come, to write a sketch of some of the happenings of my life. I was born September 4, 1879, in Malad, Idaho, in a small two roomed straw thatch house situated in the south west corner of the lot on Bannock Street, now owned by …
Hannah Deschamps
by Mitchell Deschamps Dec. 1979 I, Mitchell, being the oldest living son, feel it a duty and a privilege to complete my mother’s life story. In reading her history, I think she has been very modest in telling all her true feelings towards her family and everyone she came in contact with. There never was …
Life Sketch of John and Martha Gardner
John Gardner first saw the light of day in Charlis, Lankshire, England. He was the son of Robert Gardner. He grew up as a boy in this little town but later with his parents moved to Preston, Lankshire, England and there through an apprenticeship he learned the art of weaving. John Gardner put the very …
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Two Kinds of Monuments
Blair L. Gleed During the summer of 1977, after completing our 16th year of teaching, Diane and I decided to take our first out-of-America trip. We joined over 200 other teachers and spouses on a three week educational tour of “The Lands of the Scriptures. Thrillingly we visited Italy, Egypt, Jordan, Damascus, Palestine, the Sinai …
Life History of Edward Gleed
By Matilda Gleed Price Edward Gleed was born in the little town of Broad Hinton, in the county of Wilshire, England on March 23, 1832. Little is known of his early life except that he met and married Ann Shivers Gleed in 1853. While living in Broad Hinton, six children were born to them. They …
Ann Shivers Gleed
Ann Shivers Gleed was born in the town of Winterburn, County of Wilshire, England, on March 25, 1832. She was the daughter of James and Ann Shivers. She spent her early life in Winterburn until she married Edward Gleed in 1853. Ann and Edward Gleed settled in Broad Hinton, Wilshire County, England and to them …
Peter Fredrickson
(from a book of Biographies of Idahoans published by Lewis Publishing Co. in 1899) The hope of reward is the spur of ambition, and honorable ambition is the keynote of success. Without it business would flag. Enterprise and energy would stagnate and advancement would be little, if any, but permeated by this element the world …
Frank Lewis Forsberg
Daniels Idaho Farmer 1914-1923 One day while in this mood a friend of mine came to town. He was a farmer and lived about one hundred miles north of Logan. He wanted me to go with him, he said he knew where there was a place to be had on the public domains that I …
Life Story of David Fredrick Forsberg
(This picture of my first home was taken some 28 years after we had moved away.) The two room log house that had the cracks chinked up with clay and rags to keep the wind out, a dirt roof that leaked when the dirt got soaked up with water, the rough board floor that had …
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John Morris Jones Davis
By Mrs. Daniel L. Tovey John Morris Jones Davis was born November 2, 1831 at Yetgoch, Llanlburg, Carmarthenshire, and was the son of Benjamin Jones Davis and Elizabeth Thomas. My first recollection was that we lived in a place called “Waingron” Parish, of Llanybyther, then moved to Blanllain, Llanlbburg, when I was about seven years …