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ALEXANDER MORAIN SHOEMAKER Born July 8, 1813, Pendelton County, Ky. Came to Utah Oct. 2, 1847, Charles C. Rich Company. Member School of Prophets.
EDWARD STEVENSON Born May 1, 1820, on Rock of Gibraltar. Came to Utah Oct. 2, 1847, Charles C. Rich Company. High Priest.
ALPHONZO WINGET
Son of Cyrus Winget, Sr., and Catharine llulet. Born Jan. 5, 1846, Nauvoo, Ill. Came to Utah Oct. 3, 1847, with father, in Charles C. Rich Company.
JOHN BENNION Born 1823, Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales. Came to Utah Oct. 3, 1847, John Taylor Company. Farmer and Stockraiser.
SAMUEL ROBERTS BENNION Son of John Bennion and Esther Wain- wright. Born Nov. 10, 1842, Nauvoo, Ili President Uinta Stake.
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DAVID BENNION
Son of John Bennion and Esther Birch. Born Feb. 1, 1865, Vernal, Utah. Bishop Vernal Second Ward. Mayor of Vernal.
SAMUEL BRINGHURST Born Dec. 21, 1812, Philadelphia, Pa. Came to Utah Oct. 10, 1847, John Taylor Company. Wheelwright and Farmer.
WILLIAM A. BRINGHURST Son of Samuel Bringhurst and Eleanor Beitler. Born Jan. 26, 1839, Lyonvilie, Chester Co., Pa. Bishop Toquerville Ward.
WILLIAM BRINGHURST
Born Nov. 8, 1818, Philadelphia, Pa. Came to Utah Oct. 10, 1847, John Taylor Com- pany. Blshop Springville Ward. Director Provo Woolen Mills.
JOHN FRANK BRINGHURST Son of William Bringhurst and Ann Dil- worth. Utah. Born Dec. 13, 1861, Springville, Bishop at Springville.
JOSEPH CAIN
Born Nov. 5, 1822, Douglas, Isle of Man. Came to Utah September, 1847, John Tay- ior Company. Postmaster at Salt Lake City. Editor Deseret News.
GEORGE Q. CANNON
Born Jan. 11, 1827, Liverpool, Eng. Came to Utah 1847, John Taylor Company. Counselor In Mormon Church Presidency. Editor Deseret News.
DAVID H. CANNON
Son of George Q. Cannon and Ellzabeth Hoagland. Born April 14, 1872, Salt Lake Clty. Missionary to Soran, Sllesla, Ger- many, 1891, where he died.
ABRAHAM H. CANNON Son of George Q. Cannon and Elizabeth Hoagland. Member Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
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JOSEPH JENNE CANNON
Son of George Q. Cannon and Sarah Jenne. Born May 22, 1877, Salt Lake City. Mis- sionary to England and Sweden 1899-04. Member Legislature.
WILLIAM T. CANNON
Son of George Q. Cannon and Eliza Ten- ney. Born Sept. 5, 1870, Salt Lake City. Missionary to Netherlands 1899-01. Phy- sician and Surgeon.
BRIGHAM T. CANNON Son of George Q. Cannon and Martha Telle. Born Aug. 3, 1874, Salt Lake City. Missionary to Germany 1895-98. Seventy. Real Estate Investment.
DAVID FAIRBANKS
Born March 14, 1810, Peru, Bennington Co., Vt. Came to Utah Oct. 6, 1847, John Taylor Company. Bishop 1st Ward, Salt Lake City.
JOSEPH WARREN FAIRBANKS Son of David Fairbanks and Susan Man- derville. Born Jan. 2, 1856, Payson, Utah. Bishop Annabella.
GEORGE E. LITTLE
Son of Edwin S. Little and Harriet Amelia Decker (Hanks). Born Aug. 6, 1844. Came to Utah Oct. 5, 1847, with his mother.
JOHN LOWRY
Born Aug. 10, 1799, Nashville, Tenn. Came to Utah Sept. 30, 1847, John Taylor Com- pany. Bishop of 2d Ward, Salt Lake City, 1849.
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WILLARD T. CANNON Son of George Q. Cannon and Martha Telle. Civil Engineer.
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JOHN LOWRY, JR.
Son of John Lowry and Mary Wilcox. Born Jan. 31, 1829, Lewis County, Mo. Came to Utah 1847, Capt. Hunter Oxteam Company. Mormon Battalion Paymaster.
THOMAS MACKAY
Born July 23, 1810, Belfast, Ireland. Came to Utah September, 1847, John Taylor Company. School Trustee. Farmer and Stockralser.
JOHN MACKAY
Son of Thomas Mackay and Ann Rodgers. Born March 18, 1834, Isle of Man. High Priest. Freighter, Farmer and Stockraiser.
JOHN CALDER MACKAY
Son of John Mackay and Isabella Calder. Born Nov. 30, 1857, Salt Lake City. Coun- ty Commissioner several terms. Farmer.
DANIEL MACKAY
Son of Thomas Mackay and Sarah Franks. Born Sept. 15, 1868, Taylorsville, Utah. Stockraiser.
JAMES OAKLEY
Son of Ezra Oakley, who came to Utah Sept. 30, 1847, John Taylor Company, and Elizabeth DeGroot.
JOHN PARK
Born May 11, 1802, Kent, near Glasgow, Scotland. Came to Utah September, 1847, John Taylor Company, Elder. Veteran Echo Canyon War.
JOSEPH S. PARK
Son of John Park and Loulsa Smith. Born Aug. I, 1852, Provo, Utah. High Prlest. Gardener Courthouse Grounds. Farmer.
JOHN S. PARK
Son of John Park and Louisa Smith. Born Dec. 30, 1849, Provo, Utah. Member Elder Quorum. Constable and Justice of the Peace. Farmer.
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STILLMAN POND
Born Oct. 26, 1803, Worcester County, Mass. Came to Utah 1847, John Taylor Company. Preslding High Priest at Rich- mond. Indlan War Veteran.
BRIGHAM POND Son of Stillman Pond and Abigail Thorn. Born June 9, 1853, Salt Lake City.
LEWIS S. POND Son of Stillman Pond and Abigail Thorn. Born Dec. 25, 1854. Stake President. County Commissioner.
MARTIN POND
Son of Stillman Pond and Abigail Thorn. Born May 21, 1862, Richmond, Utah.
JOHN QUAYLE
Born June 24, 1801, Ramsay, Isle of Man. Came to Utah in September, 1847, John Taylor Company. Lived at Salt Lake City.
THOMAS QUAYLE Son of John Quayle and Catherine Killip. Born 1835, Isle of Man. Came to Utah September, 1847, John Taylor Company.
JUSTUS AZAEL SEELY
Born Nov. 17, 1779, Connecticut. Came Utah September, 1847, John Taylor ompany. High Priest. Built first Cooper hop in Salt Lake City.
WILLIAM STEWART SEELY
Son of Justice Azel Seely and Mehritable Burnett. Born May 18, 1812, in Connec- tlcut. Came to Utah 1847, John Tavior Company.
JUSTUS WELLINGTON SEELY Son of Justus Azael Seely and Mehitable Bennett. Born Jan. 30, 1815, Pickering, Can. Came to Utah September, 1847, City Councilman.
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ORANGE SEELY
Son of Justus Wellington Seely and Cla- rissa Jane Wilcox. Born Feb. 20, 1843, Nashville, Iowa. Bishop. Pres. Mt. Pleasant Town Board.
DON CARLOS SEELY
Son of Justus Wellington Seely and Cla- rissa Jane Wilcox. Born Jan. 4, 1846, Iowa. Elder. Deputy Sneriff and Jailer. Farmer and Stockraiser.
JOHN H. SEELY
Son of Justus Wellington Seely and Cla- rissa Jane Wilcox. Born Apr. 29, 1855 San Bernardino, Cal. Mayor. State Sen- ator. Farmer.
ROBERT SWEETEN
Born Dec. 14, 1840, Brook, Ontario, Can. Came to Utah Sept. 21, 1847, John Taylor Company. Seventy. Mayor two terms. Farmer.
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JOHN TAYLOR
Born Nov. 1, 1808, Milnthorpe, near Lake Windemere, Westmoreland, Eng. Captain of a company of Immigrants arriving Oct. 5, 1847. Third President of the Church of J. C. of L. D. S.
H. E. TAYLOR Son of John Taylor, Ogden, Utah.
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JOHN W. TAYLOR
Son of John Taylor and Leonora Cannon. Born Dec. 17, 1834, Newham Bulldings, Eng. Came to Utah Oct. 6, 1863, Thomas Ricks Company. High Priest. R. R. Con- tractor. Plumber.
WILLIAM TAYLOR
Son of John W. Taylor and Mary Young. Born Feb. 22, 1873, Ogden, Utah. Ward Teacher. Warehouse Foreman for Den- ver & Rio Grande R. R. Co. at Ogden.
PARSHALL PETER TERRY Born Ang. 29, 1832, Upper Canada. Cam to Utah Sept. 24, 1847, Brigham Youn Co. Seventy. Missionary to Dixie 1859 61.
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SAMUEL ALONZO WHITNEY Born Nov. 10, 1840, Palmyra, Union Co., Ohio. Came to Utah in September, 1847, John Taylor Company.
JOHN HENRY WILCOX Born Feb. 14, 1824, Arkansas. Came to Utah Sept. 29, 1847, John Taylor Com- pany. Early Settler Mt. Pleasant, Utah. Farmer.
JAMES HENRY WILCOX Son of John Henry Wilcox and Sarah Seeley. Born Nov. 10, 1855, North Ogden, Utah. Quorum Seventies.
Member 91st Missionary 1897-99.
JOSHUA THOMAS WILLIS Born Dec. 12, 1818, Gallatin County, Ill. Came to Utah 1847, John Taylor Com- pany. Bishop of Toquerville Ward, Utah. Sheriff.
MERRILL E. WILLIS Son of Joshua T. Willis and Sarah Mellisa Dodge. Born Jan. 28, 1851, Provo, Utah. High Priest. Seventy. President of Y. M. M. I. A. Indian Fighter.
HORACE MARTIN ALEXANDER Born Feb. 15, 1812, Montgomery County, Va. Came to Utah Oct. 16, 1847. Cor- poral in Mormon Battalion. Contractor and Builder. Farmer.
WILLIAM DENTON ALEXANDER on of Horace Martin Alexander and atherine Houston. Born Dec. 4, 1851, alt Lake City, Missionary. Contractor ad Builder.
ELIJAH ALLEN Son of Andrew Lee Allen and Clarinda Knapp. Born Feb. 7, 1826, Burton, N. Y. Member Co. B, Mormon Battalion 1847. Home, Ft. Herriman, Utah.
JOSEPH SMITH ALLEN Son of Elijah Allen and Ann Bickmorc. Born Oct. 20, 1863, Ft. Herriman, Utah. Missionary. Member Bishopric.
Com- missioner Cache County.
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LORENZO BABCOCK
Son of Adolphus Babcock and Jerusha Jane Rowley. Came to Utah with Co. C. Mormon Battallon. Settlement Guard in Indian Wars.
WILLIAM HENRY BABCOCK Son of Adolphus Babcock, who came to Utah 1847, and Jerusha Jane Rowley. Born July 15, 1848, Salt Lake City. Black Hawk Indian War Veteran.
JOHN HENRY BARNEY Son of Walter Barney and Susan Zabris- kie. Born March 20, 1859, Ephraim, Utah. Farmer and Stockraiser.
EBENEZER BROWN
Born Dec. 6, 1802. Mormon Battalion. Mormon Battalion.
Came to Utah with 2d Sergeant Co. A,
JOSEPH GUERNSEY BROWN Son of Ebenezer Brown and Ann Weaver. Born Nov. 8, 1824, New York. Bishop's
Counselor.
JOHN FRANKLIN BROWN
Son of Joseph Guernsey Brown and Lo- vina Manhart. Born Oct. 11, 1858, Draper, Utah. Mayor of Kanab. Lawyer.
JOHN (M.) BYBEE Came to Utah with Mormon Battalion. Lived at Ogden, Utah.
WILLIAM WALLACE CASPER Born March 12, 1821, Richland, Ohic Came to Utah Oct. 7. 1847, Ephrair lianks Company, Contingent Mormon Bat tallon. High Priest.
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WILLIAM NEPHI CASPER Son of William Wallace Casper and Sarah Ann Bean. Born Nov. 10, 1848, Mill Creek, Utah. President 96th Quorum of
the Seventics. Farmer.
JAMES MORONI CASPER Son of William Wallace Casper and Sarah Ann Bean. Born Feb. 28, 1853, Mill Creek, Utah. Farmer and Stockraiser.
1847, Battallon. JOHN DARWIN CHASE Born Aug. 10, 1815, Bristol, Vt. Came to Utah Mormon Black Hawk Indian War Veteran.
PHILANDER COLTON Born Oct. 11, 18II, Clarence Hollow, N. Y. Came to Utah In 1847. Member Co. B, Mormon Battalion, George P. Cook Com- any. Mason, Plasterer, Brick Maker.
BYRON OLIVER COLTON Son of Philander Colton and Polly Merrill. Born Nov. 29, 1848, Council Bluffs, lowa. leider. Sunday School Secretary. County Clerk and Recorder.
BYRON OWEN COLTON Son of Byron Oliver Colton and Sarah Marla Smith. Born Feb. 15, 1882, Provo, Utah. Blshop of Maeser Ward. Pres. Y. M. M. 1. A. County Surveyor.
STERLING DRIGGS COLTON jon of Phllander Colton and Matilda Mer- ill. Born March 22, 1851, Provo, Utah. Bishop. Sheriff of Uinta County. 8
DON BYRON COLTON
Son of Sterling Driggs Colton and Nancy A. Wilkins. Born Sept. 15, 1876, Mona, Utah. Pres. Uinta Stake 1910. Pres. Uinta Telephone Company.
DORR P. CURTIS
Born Jan. 21, 1819, Cayuga County, N. Y. Came to Utah 1847. Missionary to Eng- land 1852. Member Mormon Battalion. Bishop's Counselor,
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WILLIAM VAN ORDEN CURTIS Son of Dorr P. Curtis and Sarah L. Van Orden. Born Dec. 29, 1855, Kaysville. Utah. Resides at Oakley, Idaho.
JAMES FERGUSON
Sergeant-Major Co. A, Mormon Battalion. Adjutant-General Utah Militia. Terri- torlal Attorney.
GEORGE HALES
Born 1813, in England. Came to Utah with Mormon Battallon. Member Nauvoo Legion. High Priest. Printer.
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JOHN ERIK FORSGREN Born Nov. 7, 1816, Gefle, Sweden. Came to Utah Oct. 16, 1847, Mormon Battalion.
JOHN HEBER FORSGREN Son of John Erlk Forsgren and Sarah Bell Davis. Born Oct. 7, 1856, Carson, Ky. High Priest.
NELSON HIGGINS
Born 1806, Otswego, Can. Came to Utah as Captain Co.
D, Mormon Battalion. Bishop Richfield. Black Hawk Indian War Veteran.
LEWIS HIGGINS
Son of Nelson Higgins and Nancy Mary- bah Behunln. Born Dec. 15, 1870, Nephl, Utah. Farmer.
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JEFFERSON HUNT Captain Co. A, Mormon Battalion, coming to Utalı 1847. Founder of Huntsville, Weber Co., Utah.
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JARVIS JOHNSON
Born July 6, 1829. Came to Utah 1847, Co. C, Mormon Battallon. Machinist.
WILLIAM LEAMAN JOHNSON Son of Jarvis Johnson and Hester Ann Jackson. Born Jan. 27, 1857, Otoe County, Neb. Farmer and Stockraiser.
RACE APHALUS JOHNSON Son of Jarvis Johnson and Sarah Jane Angel. Born Oct. 4, 1865, Brigham City. Utah. Missionary. Bishop of Beaver Dam, Utah.
ALONZO ALVARO JOHNSON Son of Jarvis Johnson and Sarah Jane Angel. Born Dec. 17, 1866, Brigham City, Utah.
JARVIS JOHNSON
Son of Jarvis Johnson and Mary Jane Ainsworth. Born Sept. 27, 1876, Brigham City, Utah. High Priest. Bishop's Coun- selor.
ALBERT KNAPP Born July 10, 1825, Antwerp, Jefferson Co., N. Y. Came to Utah 1847, Co. E. Mormon Battalion. Resides at Farmington.
THURSTON LARSON Came to Utah with the Mormon Battalion.
JOHN V. LAWSON Came to Utah with the Mormon Battalion.
NELSON MCCARTY, JR. Son of Nelson McCarty, who came to Utah Oct. 16, 1847, Contingent Mormon Bat- talion, and Mary Jane Morris. Born Oct.
28, 1849, Salt Lake City.
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RICHARD SESSIONS Born April 28, 1799, Logan County, Ky. Came to Utah 1847, Co. A, Mormon Bat- talion. Farmer. Black Hawk Indian War Veteran.
DANIEL ALEXANDER SESSIONS Son of Richard Sessions. Born Jan. 11, 1829. Farmer and Cattleman. Died Sep- tember, 1905, at Heber, Utah.
LYMAN STEVENS Came to Utah 1847, Co. B, Mormon Bat- talion. Bishop's Counselor. Walker War Veteran.
JOSEPH S. STEVENS
Son of Lyman Stevens and Martha Durfee. Born March 12, 1845, Hancock County, 111. Came to Utah 1849. Indian War Veteran.
JOHN C. THOMPSON Born May 15, 1821, Tazewell County, Va. Came to Utah Oct. 16, 1847, Co. A, Mor- non Battalion. Bishop's Counselor. Pre- siding Elder. Missionary.
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MOSES WADE Member of Mormon Battalion, Co. C Lived at Salt Lake City.
EDWARD D. WADE Son of Moses Wade and Mary Bundy. Member of Mormon Battalion.
E. W. WADE Son of Edward D. Wade and Belinda Hickenlooper. Born October, 1850.
JAMES MONROE WADE Son of Edward D. Wade and Belinda Hickenlooper. Born Feb. 15, 1852, Sal Lake City. Bishop's Counselor Sixteer Years.
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CHARLES F. WADE Con of Edward D. Wade and Belinda Hickenlooper. Born Dec. 8, 1853, Salt ake City. Bishop of Liberty Ward.
CHARLES E. WADE Son of Charles F. Wade and Sarah E. Bidwell. Born Oct. 11, 1877, North Ogden, Utah. Pres. Y. M. M. I. A. of Liberty Ward. Carpenter.
FRANKLIN WEAVER Born May 28, 1829, Scio, Allegany Co., N. Came to Utah 1847, Co. A, Mormon Battalion. Indian War Veteran.
FRANKLIN EDWARD WEAVER on of Franklin Weaver and Christianna Reed. Born Dec. 23, 1848, Salt Lake ty. Resides at Bennington, Idaho.
WALLACE WATSON WEAVER Son of Franklin Edward Weaver and Christianna Graham. Born Feb. 27, 1884.
MILES FRANKLIN WEAVER Son of Franklin Weaver and Sarah Eliza- Supt. beth Holmes. Born Nov. 11, 1857, Farm- ington, Utah. Missionary. Sunday School Pres. Seventies.
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IRA JONES WILLIES
rn Jan. 21, 1812, New York. ah
1847, Mormon Battalion. rmer. Lived at Lehi, Utah.
Came to Elder.
JOHN R. YOUNG Came to Utah Oct. 21, 1847.
FRANK A. YOUNG Son of John R. Young and Aibina Terry. Born Jan. 6, 1861, Payson, Utah. Elder. School Trustee. Farmer.
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THOMAS ADAMS
Son of William Adams, who came to Utah 1847, and Mary Ann Leach. Born Nov. 4, 1860, Parowan, Utah. Block Teacher. Attorney.
ORSON P. BADGER Born in 1835, Waterford, Caledonla Co., Vt. Came to Utah 1847.
ORSON P. BADGER, JR. Son of Orson P. Badger and Eliza Jar Gay, Born Oct. 29, 1857, Salt Lake Cit,
JAMES WESLEY BAINBRIDGE Son of Fred Nance Bainbridge, who came to Utah 1847, and Elizabeth Hendricks. Born Oct. 21, 1848, Salt Lake City.
AARON W. BEACH Son of Rufus Beach, who came to Utah 1847, and Harriet Cordelia Williams. Born Oct. 27, 1847, Salt Lake City.
NATHANIEL BEACH Born Dec. 13, 1815, Massachusetts. Came to Utah 1847. Indian War Veteran.
LYMAN SMITH BEACH
Son of Nathaniel Beach and Isabell Ada- line Saxton. Born May 7, 1849, Salt Lake City. Bishop Molen Ward, Black Hawk Indian War Veteran.
FRANCIS HENRY BEACH
Son of Lyman Smith Beach and Ma Jane Sutliff. Born Nov. 5, 1877, Man- Utah. Farmer and Sheepraiser.
Farmer.
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JOHN A. BOUCK
Born 1798 in New York State. Came to Utah in 1847. High Priest. Farmer and Stockraiser.
WILLIAM C. BOUCK
Son of John A. Bouck and Elizabetil
Howell. Born May 25, 1854, Salt Lake City. Elder. Farmer and Freighter.
AARON BENJAMIN CHERRY Born Feb. 21, 1801, Hamilton County, Ohio. Came to Utah 1847.
JOHN JAMES CHERRY
Son of Aaron Benjamin Cherry and Mar- garet Yelton. Born Jan. 13, 1834, Pen- lleton County, Ky.
JOHN JAMES CHERRY, JR. Son of John James Cherry and Laura Bratton. Born Oct. 16, 1857, Centerville, Utah.
EBENEZER GRIFFIN CHERRY Born in Pennsylvania. Came to Utah
1847. Farmer.
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JOSEPH CHERRY
on of Ebenezer Griffin Cherry and Mary humway. Born 1865, Utah.
ERASTUS CURTIS Son of Uriah Curtis, who came to Utah 1847, and Phoebe Martin. Born May 15, 1828, Georgetown, Ohio.
JOHN SOLOMON CURTIS Son of Erastus Curtis and Joanna Price Fullmer. Born April 19, 1863, Moroni, Utah. High Priest. Farmer and Stockman.
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GEORGE PRESTON DAVIS Came to Utah 1847. High Priest. Hawk Indian War Veteran. Black
ZACHARIAH WISE DERRICK Born March 1, 1814, Heysham, Somerset- shire, Eng. Came to Utah 1847.
JAMES DIAMOND Born June 22, 1833, Crossiand, County Kerry, Ireiand. Came to Utah 1847, Inde- pendent Company. Did first plowing at Manti.
LEONARD LORUS DIAMOND Son of James Diamond and Mary Ann Burton. Born May 21, 1875, Springviiie, Utah.
Eng.
ALFRED CHARLES FORD Born Sept. 28, 1833, Tipton, Staffordshire, Came to Utah 1847.
REVILO FULLER Born Oct. 8, 1843, Windham, Greene Co. N. Y. Came to Utah 1847.
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ALPIONZO GREEN Born Juiy 8, 1810, Brookfield, N. Y. Came to Utah 1847.
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ALVA ALPHONZO GREEN Son of Alphonzo Green and Betsey Mur- doek. Seventy. Farmer and Stockraiser.
Came t C. B. HANCOCK Born 1823, Columbus, Ohio. Utah 1847 with an Independent Company Second Bishop of Payson, Utah. Farmer Stockraiser.
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C. B. HANCOCK, JR.
Son of C. B. Hancock and Samantha Raw- son, Born Jan. 1, 1851.
GEORGE W. HEDGES Born June 20, 1842, Surrey, Eng. to Utah 1847. Musician.
Came
JOSEPH LELAND HEYWOOD
Trustee in Trust at Nauvoo, III. First U. S. Marshal Utah. Commissioner to es- tablish Territorial Boundary. Postmaster Territory West of Missouri River.
B. B. HEYWOOD
Son of Joseph Leland Heywood. Stockman. United States Marshal. Hotelkeeper. An acknowledged "Prince" of Friendship.
ARCHIBALD N. HILL Son of Alexander HIIl and Elizabeth Cur- ry. Born Aug. 20, 1816, Johnstown, Ren- frewshire, Scotland. Came to Utah Sept. 27, 1847, A. O. Smoot Company.
WILLIAM T. HOPKINS Father of the wife of Moses Thatcher, Jr.
H. B. JACOBS Pioneer 1847
HENRY CHARITON JACOBS
Son of H. B. Jacobs. He was born on the Chariton River in Iowa on the way from Nauvoo to Winter Quarters. Bishop Ogden, Utah.
SAMUEL LANE JONES Born April 14, 1828, Worcestershire, Eng. Came to Utah 1847.
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WILLIAM MILLER
Son of Eleazer Miller and Rebecca Rath- bone. Born June 10, 1832. Utah 1847. High Priest. Farmer and Came to Freighter.
baur. City.
WILLIAM PERRY MILLER Son of Willlam Miller and Margaret Nei- Born Jan. 7, 1860, at Salt Lake Bishop's Counselor. Farmer.
CHARLES FRANKLIN MIDDLETON Pioneer 1847. One of the First Settlers at Ogden. Counselor to President of Weber Stake.
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ISAAC MORLEY
Born March 11, 1786, Montague, Mass. Came to Utah 1847. Patriarch. First settler of Manti, Utalı.
RICHARD SMITH NORWOOD Came to Utah Oct. 6, 1847.
ALMA PRATT
Brother of Orson Pratt. Farmer and
Road Builder.
PETER NEBEKER Relative of W. S. Mason of Riverside, Utah.
WILLIAM RHODES
Pioneer, Discoverer and Explorer of Rhodes Valley and Discoverer of Gold in Eastern Utah.
GEORGE F. RICHARDS Member of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints,
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VINCENT SHURTLEFF
Born May 14, 1814. Came to Utah 1847. Missionary to England 1851; School Trus- tee in Mill Creek. Farmer ; Stockraiser.
HARRISON TUTTLE SHURTLEFF Son of Vincent Shurtleff and Elizabeth Loomis. Born Jan. 1, 1841, Russell, Mass. Member of the Constitutional Convention in 1895.
HARRISON SMITH SHURTLEFF Son of Harrison Tuttle Shurtleff and Nel- die Smith. Born Dec. 7, 1867.
JOSEPH SKEEN Came to Utah 1847. Ogden, Utah.
LEVEN SIMMONS
Born Feb. 1, 1812, Mead County, Ky. Came to Utah, 1847, Capt. Cowell Oxteam Company. Indian War Veteran. Served in Echo Canyon War.
AMMON SIMMONS Son of Leven Simmons and Harriet Brad- ford. Born in 1860. Resides at Spanish
Fork, Utah.
J. D. SKEEN Resides at Ogden, Utah.
LYMAN SKEEN Ogden, Utah.
DANIEL SMITH
Came to Utah 1847. Lived at Uinta
Weber County, Utah.
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THOMAS S. SMITH Relative of Thomas Abbott of Farming- ton, Utah.
NATHANIAL SMITHI Came to Utah 1847.
CORAL SPAULDING Son of Ira Spaulding, the son of Ira N. Spaulding, who came to Utah 1847, and Rebecca Stimson. Born Aug. 31, 1881, Uinta, Utah. Machinist.
THOMAS SPEIRS
Born July 14, 1804, in Scotland. Came to Utah 1847. Seventy. Blacksmith. Re- sided at 10th Ward, Salt Lake City.
ADAM SPEIRS
Son of Thomas Speirs and Mary Corchran. Born Juiy 7, 1834, Pittsburgh, Pa. Came to Utah Oct. 17, 1848, Amasa M. Lyman Company. Bishop.
GEORGE SPEIRS Son of Thomas Speirs and Mary Corchran. Born Nov. 6, 1837, Pennsylvania. Seventy. Blacksmith.
WILLIAM H. SPEIRS
Son of George Speirs and Adeline Harris. Born Dec. 26, 1880. Salt Lake City. Miner and Farmer.
LEVI STEWART Came to Utah 1847.
JOHN R. STEWART Ogden, Utah.
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JOHN TAYLOR Father of John A. Taylor of Ogden, Utah.
JOSEPH TAYLOR
Father of the wife of Emuel Bachman of ( Harrisviiie) Ogden, Utah. Came to Utah 1847, contingent of Mormon Battallon.
CHAUNCEY TURNER Son of Thomas Turner and Betsy Bishop of New York and Michigan. Born May 19, 1800, New Hampshire. Came to Utah 1847. Farmer.
WILFORD TUTTLE Son of Newton Tuttie, who came to Utah 1847, and Emily A. Stone. Born March 7, 1867.
ELISHA WILCOX
Born Oct. 24, 1809, Delaware County, Pa. Came to Utah 1847. High Priest.
Farmer.
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GEORGE ALBERT WILCOX
Son of Eiisha Wiicox and Anna Pickle. Born Sept. 10, 1853, Pleasant Grove, Utah. Elder ; Pres. Teachers' Quorum. Deputy Sheriff of Carbon County. .
ALMA WILCOX Son of George Albert Wilcox and Matilda Nielson. Born July 14, 1882.
CHAUNCEY WALKER WEST Born Feb. 6, 1827, Orange Township, Erie Co., Pa. Came to Utah 1847. Bishop of 1st Ward at Ogden. Member House of Representatives.
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JOSEPH ALVA WEST
Son of Chauncey Waiker West and Mary Hoagiand. Born Sept. 12, 1851, Sait Lake City. High Councilor. Major of Cavairy in Utah Militia.
FRANKLIN LORENZO WEST Son of Joseph Aiva West and Josephine Richards. Born Feb. 1, 1885, Ogden, Utalı. Professor Utah Agricultural College.
DENNIS WILSON WINN Son of Miner Winn and Nancy Wilson. Born Dec. 11, 1826, Mobile, Ala. High Priest. Indian War Veteran.
JAMES MARKS WORKS
Born Oct. 5, 1821, Aurelius, Cayuga Co., N. Y. Came to Utah 1847. High Priest ; Patriarch.
THOMAS RHOADES
Was in Utah in 1846 with the trappers and fur hunters. Seventy. Scout. Farmer, Stockraiser and Prospector.
JIM BRIDGER
Guide, trapper before the Pioneers came, and is said to have offered the Pioneers a bushel of gold for a bushei of corn raised in Salt Lake Valley. For whom Fort Bridger was named.
JACK ROBINSON
fariy pioneer and associate of Jim Bridger. Guide and trapper before the Pioneers came.
KANOSII
Chief of the Pauvante Indians with whom a treaty of peace ending the Black Hawk War was made in May, 1854, on Chicken Creek, Juab Co., Utah.
WASHIAKIE
Chief of the Shoshone Indians, a pcace- abie Indian and a great friend of the Pioneers.
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PIONEERS AND PROMINENT MEN OF UTAH-1848
JAMES STEPHENS BROWN Born July 4, 1828, Davidson Co., N. C. Came to Utah Sept. 28, 1848, Mormon Battalion. Lived at Salt Lake City.
JOSEPH DOBSON
Born in June, 1805, Chestershire, Eng. Came to Utah in 1848, Mormon Battalion. Member Mormon Battalion.
THOMAS F. DOBSON
Son of Joseph Dobson and Elizabeth Frain. Born Feb. 19, 1837, Macclesfield, Chestershire, Eng. Came to Utah in 1850, Warren Foote Company. Seventy.
WILLIAM JOHN FIFIELD Son of Levi Joseph Fifield and Sarah Smith.
WILLIAM TILLMON FOLLETTE Born March 26, 1819, In New York. Came to Utah June 5, 1848, Mormon Battalion Company. Indian War Veteran.
ORIN HATCH Son of Ira Stearns Hatch and Wealthy Bradford. Born May 9, 1830, Farmers- ville, N. Y. Came to Utah in 1848, Mor- mon Battalion. Patriarch.
WILLIAM IRA HATCH Son of Orin Hatch and Maria Thompson. Born March 10, 1857, Eagle Valley, Car- son Co., Nev. Bishop's Counselor. County Commissioner.
MATTHEW PHELPS FIFIELD Son of Levl Joseph Fifield, who came to Utah June 5, 1848, Mormon Battallon, and Amy Tracy. Came to Utah Sept. 20, 1848, William G. Perkins Company.
WILLIAM PHELPS FIFIELD Son of Matthew Phelps Fifield and Re- becca Ann Hoopes. Born April 10, 1870, Western, Idaho. Clerk of Rockland Ward.
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