Our biography today deals with Sarah Gardner Sheen, lovingly known as Aunt Sarah, who first saw the light of day February 14, 1837 in Preston, Lankshire, England. Sarah spent her girlhood days in this little city and grew and thrived as other young girls do. When she reached the age of maturity, her splendid virtue, …
Elizabeth Gardner Blackhurst
Elizabeth Gardner Blackhurst was born in Preston, Lancshire [Lancastershire?], England, February 10, 1841. Daughter of John Gardner and Martha Dunlop Gardner. Preston has the distinction of being the home of the first branch of the Latter-day Saints Church in England, and the Gardner family was one of the first families of Preston to join the …
Early History of the Rees Family
By La Rita Rees Hancock It all started in Wales! It was 1781 when Isaac was born to a David Jones and an Ann Davies. He went to live with a family by the name of Rees. They were very good to him. Isaac thought so much of them he changed his name to Rees. …
Dan E. Jones Family History
Daniel E. Jones history written by his daughter Elizabeth Jones Thomas. My father’s name is Daniel E. Jones. He was born November 22, 1857, in Llansawel Carmarthen, Wales. His mother was Eleanor Evans Jones, his father William Thomas Jones of Wales, England. Daniel crossed the plains and came to America when he was a young …
Bonnie (Bonita) Davis
Written by her children with love, Todd, Diana, Bonnie Anne, Tracey, Terry, and Kathy Bonnie Davis (Bonita Williams) was born April 14, 1941, in Malad, Idaho. She was the youngest of ten children born to John Haynes Williams and Eleanor Jones. She has four sisters and five brothers. Her family lived at Daniels, Idaho, then …
A Pioneer Doctor in Oneida County
Joseph William(s) (J.W.) Morgan was born in Carmarthenshire, South Wales, in 1838. He studied medicine in Cardiff, Wales, where he became an assistant to Dr. Jones, who was physician to the nearby Colliery, and where he and Dr. Jones alternately prescribed for the miners. On June 4, 1863, he sailed on the ship “Amazon” to …
Nancy Asay is selected as Oneida County Farm Woman of the Year, and as District 1 Farm Wife of the Year
The Oneida County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee elected Nancy Asay as the Oneida County Farm Woman of the Year for 2014. Nancy will also serve as the District 1 Farm Wife of the Year for 2014. She will be honored on July 4 by appearing in the Sesquicentennial parade. Nancy and her husband Bill have …
A Tribute to our Father – Lynn Stayner – A farmer who considered his best crop his children! By his children “Kind, loving, patient, selfless and willing to give service to anyone” are just a few of the words that describe our father, Jay Lynn Stayner. He was born on September 29, 1929, to Henry …
Ilean Corbridge, Malad’s Honored Pioneer for 2014.
Ilean Corbridge has been chosen by the Malad Chamber of Commerce as Malad’s Honored Pioneer for 2014, and as such will be one of the honored guests in the July 4 Sesquicentennial Parade. Ilean was born on June 18, 1928, on a ranch near what is called Red Rock. Her father was mowing hay with …
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Gene Caldwell will be Malad Valley’s Honored Veteran for the July 4 Parade
A wonderful tradition for the Malad 4th of July Parade is carried on each year by the Malad Area Chamber of Commerce in naming an Oneida County military veteran as the “Honored Veteran”. Gene Caldwell will ride in the parade this year as Malad’s Honored Veteran. Normally each year, Gene nominates a veteran from the …
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