( picture of Martha Toombs and picture of William Toombs) Martha Arbon and William Toombs met in England and became engaged to be married. All of the Toombs family were coming to Utah so William insisted on bringing Martha with them. Since Martha’s two sisters, Ellen and Elizabeth, had also joined the church and were …
John Price 1820 – 1883
John Price, the son of William and Sarah Price, was born the 12th day of April in the year 1820 in Monmouthshire, South Wales. One day the Mormon missionaries were baptizing some of the people that they had converted to the Mormon Church in a river nearby. John and his boy friend decided to go …
John Lyman Smith
John Lyman Smith was called by the Presidency of the LDS Church to enter the Swiss-German mission at a time when he had been ill with inflammatory-rheumatism (what is now known as rheumatic fever). He had been bedfast for several weeks and seemed unable to regain his strength. President Brigham Young and George A. Smith …
Sketch of the life of Howell Henry Mifflin & Lucretia Williams
Howell Henry Mifflin, son of Howell Hopkin Mifflin and Celia Morgan Mifflin was born at Malad, Oneida County, Idaho on February 11, 1868. I spent my boyhood in Malad Valley and attended school there. The pupils sat on board benches so high that their feet did not touch the floor. If they did not know …
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History of the Waldron Family
Written and compiled by Martha Thomas Lewis (Picture of Benjamin Waldron) Benjamin Waldron, son of George and Betty Brodie (Brawdy–Broody) Waldron, was born 29 March 1795, at Bellbroughton, England. He had a brother, Thomas, and a sister, Betty. When a boy, he was taught the trade of shoe making which he followed nearly all …
Hannah Elizabeth Josephson Anderson
I, Hannah Elizabeth Josephson Anderson was born November 27, 1877, at St John, Oneida County Idaho. My parents were Charles Josephson and Anna Isaacson Josephson. The family consisted of 12 children- eight boys, four girls, and one- half sister: Anna Jane, Lorenzo Charles, Hannah Elizabeth, Levi Benjamin, Joseph Hyde, Ephraim Arnold, Alma Hiram, Clarence Gent, …
Excerpts of 1844 Diary by John Lyman Smith Sr.
May, 1844– Mayor Joseph’s life was still sought after. Troops were armed out from Macedonia to Nauvoo, I among the number on foot. …About five miles on our way, we encountered a band of mounted men with red flags flying. They were twice our number (about 150 of them and 75 of us) and had …
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History of Evan Austin Williams and Mary Ann Tompkins Williams
Evan Austin Williams was born October 29, 1822 at Llanytidant, Glamorganshire, Wales. He was the oldest child of Noah Williams (a nailer) and Jane Austin. Evan kept a diary, but only the beginning was ever found. In his diary he states that he was raised by his grandmother, Mary Williams, and her daughter, Mary, a …
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History Written By Celia Morgan Mifflin
I was born in Treeponest, South Wales, Clan Morgan Shire, April 13, 1841. I was a daughter of John Morgan and Mary Meredith Morgan. I was baptized when I was eight years old. My mother died when I was three years old. Father joined the church in our native land. We emigrated in 1849, starting …
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Augusta Bowen Cleveland Smith
Augusta Bowen Cleveland Smith, frail wife of John Lyman Smith had endured many hardships following the martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph Smith, and the expulsion of the Saints from Nauvoo. In the freezing winter, their first baby was born and died in a wagon box at Winter Quarters. She was tiny in stature and thin, …