(Picture of Gwenford Cabin on left) There is an odd mention of David in the Ward Records on 14 February 1885. The teachers met in Brother John E. Price’s house according to a previous appointment. Bishop J. Evans offered the prayer. The Bishop then stated that David P. Davis asked privilege of complying with the …
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David Price Davis
There is an odd mention of David in the Ward Records on 14 February 1885. The teachers met, in Brother John E. Price’s house according to a previous appointment. Bishop J. Evans offered the prayer. The Bishop then stated that David P. Davis asked for the privilege of complying with the decision rendered against him …
David Price Davies
In the Mynydd Mawer (great mountains) of Brecon lies the parish of Llanddulas (church by the Dules brook) or Tyr Abed (abbot’s land). Some of the better farm and grazing lands of Wales are nestled here in this land that was granted by Lord Rhys, Prince of South Wales to a new order of monks, …
EVA NANCY CRIDDLE CLEGG
BORN JULY 19, 1887 DIED DECEMBER 2, 1971 Photo of Eva Clegg July 1967 I, Eva Nancy Criddle Clegg, was born in Syracuse, Davis Co. Utah, on July 19, 1887. I was the third child of John and Sarah Ellen Bennett Criddle. Nora Azellia born Dec. 30, 1883, Lonetta born Sept. 17, 1885, then me. …
William Coooper and Millizer Robinson
Sketch written by grand daughter, May C. Burns Bountiful, Utah Millizer Robinson was born in Eastwood Nottinghamshire, England, August 21, 1819. She was the daughter of Samuel Robinson and Mary Price. She was a member of a large family consisting of five boys and three girls, There were no free schools in those days, consequently …
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John Crowther
The following are some experiences of my Grandfather, John Crowther, who came from England with his family for the gospel’s sake. After landing by steamship and while on their way to Utah in 1864 sickness came into the family resulting in the death of four out of his six children leaving my father, Edward, and …
Libbeus Thaddeus Coon, Sr.
Libbeus Thaddeus Coon, sometimes spelled Coons, was born in Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island, on May 13, 1911. His parents were Thomas Coon and Elizabeth Crandall. His parents were first cousins. His father was the son of Thomas (1737) and Anne Crandall. His mother was the daughter of Joseph Crandall and Mary Ladd. His Grandfather Crandall …
Ann Hewitt White Ceaston, Ellen White Colton
(Written by Ella Colton Palmer, March 9, 1938) Because the lives of my great grandmother and her daughter, my grandmother, are so entwined and because they were both pioneers having come to this valley together, I can hardly write the biography of one without the other. My great grandmother, Ann Hewitt White Ceaston, was born …
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History of George Cole
George Cole’s parents were James Cole and Elizabeth Savager, who were married in Hereford County, England. They were converted to the Mormon Church and migrated to Utah in 1853. Their oldest child was born aboard ship. After settling in American Fork, Utah, four more children were born. George Cole was the youngest, born on October …
Three Generations of Twins in Prominent Mormon Family (Crowther)
The Deseret News Saturday, 18 July 1942 Three generations of twins in this Church Family. Left to right they are: back row, Mary Weston Crowther and her twin brother, Samuel Weston; Edwar N. Crowther and his twin sister, Rose Crowther Fowler; front row, Carol and Carma Crowther, daughters of Bishop J. L. Crowther, youngest son …
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