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GILLIES, Ebenezer
Born 11/16/1819, Blairloggie, Perth, Scotland Died: 4/24/1883, Beaver, Utah Ebenezer Gillies was born November 16, 1819 at Blairlogie Perth, Scotland, the son of John Gillies and Christina Gibb. He was…
FOX, Charles Wilson
Submitted by Susan Hawkes Born: 14 Sept 1823, Derbyshire, England Died: 8 Jan 1880, Franklin, Idaho Charles Wilson Fox was born in Derbyshire, England in 1823; he was the son…
GREENHALGH, William: In his Own Words
Submitted by Jake Smith William Greenhalgh Born: 7/29/1811, Bolton, Lancashire, England Died: 04/03/1882, Spring Lake, Utah William GREENHALGH was born on 29 July 1811, the son of Robert GREENHALGH and…
MITCHELL, James Jr. & Anne Hull
Up north in the Upper Snake River Valley, the virgin soil was bringing forth bounteous crops. This land could be had almost for the asking, so James took advantage of the pre-exemption rights of the Homestead Act and secured 360 acres of virgin soil just two miles north of Shelley, Idaho. So it was that in 1885, James came to Idaho.
DAVENPORT, James and Almira Phelps
In this spring of 1847, James Davenport was recruited as a blacksmith for the first company to leave with Brigham Young for the Great Basin of the West. They would generally follow the Oregon/California Trail along the Platte River. But they deliberately chose the opposite side of the river from the well-traveled side. Part of the mission of that first company was to identify the best route for the trail and the best sources for feed for the livestock, and to improve the road for the thousands that would follow. There were worrisome encounters with Indians, whose intentions were not well-know at the time, but no serious troubles occurred.
ALLEN, Andrew Lee
The family moved to Provo, where Andrew and his sons helped to build the Provo Fort. Andrew taught his sons to work and take care of their animals. The sons worked quite often as teamsters. Andrew was an excellent rope maker and knew how to make dyes from plants. He made tassels and decorations for his teams.
DAVIS, Edward William
With Sarah's support Edward followed his trade as a weaver in the Salt Lake Valley. His daughters made some of the cloth into men's neckwear. Some of them were sold through ZCMI.
ALLEN, Andrew
WHILE WORKING AROUND A THRESHING MACHINE, ANDREW LOST HIS ARM IN THE GEARS, NEEDING AMPUTATION ABOVE THE ELBOW. IT WAS SAID OF ANDREW, HE COULD HARNESS A TEAM OR ANY OTHER WORK ON A FARM AS QUICKLY AS ANY MAN WITH TWO ARMS AND HANDS.
NIELSEN, Peder Christian
This is a story about my great-great-grandfather Peder Christian Nielsen. It was written by May Nielsen Anderson, with modifications by Frank Merrill Nielsen in 2019. Peder Christian Nielsen was born April…
TAIT, Elizabeth Xavier: Convert from India and Survivor of Willie Handcart Company
Elizabeth Xavier Tait was born in Mumbai (Bombay), India in 1833. Her family was part of the nobility, and she was raised in luxury and comfort. Gifted with intelligence, she…
STEPHENS, Evan
This article originally appeared in Vol.50, No.1 (2003) of Pioneer Magazine. by Janet Peterson Evan Stephens‘s philosophy of Mormon music, “that which breathes optimism and not pessimism, “1 permeates the…
BEESLEY, Ebenezer
This article originally appeared in Vol.50, No.1 (2003) of Pioneer Magazine. by Janet Peterson Ebenezer Beesley was born in Bicester, Oxfordshire, England, on December 14, 1840, the fourth child of…
PHELPS, William Wines
This article originally appeared in Vol.50, No.1 (2003) of Pioneer Magazine. by Janet Peterson Among W. W. Phelps’s many important contributions to the building of the kingdom was his writing…
SNOW, Eliza Roxy: Zion’s Poetess
This article originally appeared in Vol.50, No.1 (2003) of Pioneer Magazine. by Janet Peterson The Prophet Joseph Smith often referred to Eliza R. Snow as “Zion’s poetess.” When she joined…
James Henry Rollins, Faithful Pioneer
The San Bernardino colonizers were called back to Utah by Brigham Young when Johnson’s Army threatened. Henry and his family heeded the call, leaving behind still another home. In Utah, they settled in Minersville where he opened a lead mine and served as postmaster. He spent most of his life there serving faithfully in the church as a Bishop and in other callings well into his 80’s. He spent his last years in Lyman Wyoming to be near his children, where he passed away February 7, 1899.
