Pioneers and prominent men of Utah : comprising photographs, genealogies, biographies, Part 180

Author: Esshom, Frank Ellwood, b. 1865
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: Salt Lake City, Utah : Utah pioneers book publishing company
Number of Pages: 1336


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Married Anna Kathrina Tobler Oct. 29, 1873, Salt Lake City (daughter of Martin Tobler and Anna Kathrina Klarer of Herian, Switzerland), who was born May 21, 1855. Their children: Hyrum J. b. Sept. 6, 1874, m. Elizabeth Backer; Annie K. b. Feb. 6, 1876, m. Elmer S. Merrill; Ernest A. b. March 19, 1878, m. Violet Ivie; Franklin U. b. March 30, 1880, m. Annie M. Stone; Rhoda B. b. Feb. 26, 1882, m. Nlels C. Olsen; Daniel C. b. April 27, 1884, m. Katie Scheibel; Rosa E. b. April 26, 1886, m. Samuel Buckley; Lily J. b. Dec. 28, 1888, m. Jacob A. Wheeler; Elmer M. b. April 26, 1891; Arnold E. b. March 8, 1894. Family home Mapleton, Idaho.


Missionary to Switzerland and Germany 1885-87. Secre- tary of Irrigation Company; farmer; lumberman; weaver; rancher.


NATE, SAMSON (son of Richard Nate and Sarah New of Upton-on-Severn, Eng.). Born May 8, 1834, Worcestershire, Eng. Came to Utah Oct. 9, 1853, George Kendali company.


Married Mary Ann Cottrell December, 1852 (daughter of Benjamin Cottrell), who was born Dec. 23, 1831, and came to Utah with husband. Their children: Samson W. b. Oct. 24, 1854, m. Alice Kellsey; Mary Ann b. March 4, 1857, m. Joseph Lewis; Sarah Jane b. March 1, 1859, m. Reuben Oakey; Willard Benjamin b. April 18, 1861, m. Ann Bird Oct. 3, 1888; Elizabeth H. b. May 6, 1863, m. George H. Cook; George b. June 1866; Lucy Ann b. May 17, 1868, m. Theo- dore Dayton; Rosina M. b. June 19, 1870, m. James Sparks Oct. 3, 1888; Effie Minerva b. Dec. 27, 1872, m. Alfonso Quayle. Family home Fort Herriman, Utah.


Married Elizabeth Cornell Feb. 17, 1864, Salt Lake City (daughter of Frederick E. Cornell and Mary A. Munton, former a pioneer 1863, Captain McCarthy company). She was born Sept. 23, 1839, Enfield, Middlesex, Eng. Their chil- dren: Emma Elizabeth b. Jan. 6, 1865; Frederick Ebenezer b. April 24, 1866, m. Ettie C. Dayton Nov. 4, 1885; Louisa Adelaide b. Oct. 14, 1868, m. Hyrum A. Dayton Nov. 4, 1885; Henry William b. Nov. 18, 1870, m. Mary G. Sawyer Oct. 1891; Mary Ellen b. July 18, 1872, m. Charles H. Bridges Oct. 4, 1888; Charles Cornell b. June 13, 1874, m. Emma May Bird Feb. 14, 1899; Ettie Rebecca b. May 13, 1880, m. John H. Bird Sept. 29, 1899. Family home Paris, Bear Lake Co., Idaho.


First counselor to bishop 1879-1911.


NATE, SAMSON WILLIAM (son of Samson Nate and Mary Ann Cottrell). Born Oct. 24, 1854, Fort Herriman, Utah.


Married Alice Kellsey, at Dingle, Bear Lake Co., Idaho (daughter of Stephen Kellsey and Lydia Snyder, former came to Utah with a contingent of the Mormon Battalion). She was born Feb. 15, 1861, Little Cottonwood, Utah. Their children: Arthur b. Dec. 16, 1878, m. Alice M. Demick; Lydia Ann b. July 6, 1881, m. Matthiar Schmidt; Samson William, Jr. b. Dec. 27, 1883, m. Ella Stephens; Rosina b. Sept. 12, 1885; Stephen Henry b. Sept. 12, 1890; George Talmage b. July 27, 1892; Mary Blanch b. Nov. 30, 1894. Family home Dingle, Idaho.


NAYLOR, ROBERT (son of George Naylor and Mary Sefton of Little Budworth, Chestershire, Eng.). Born Oct. 7, 1831, in Chestershire. Came to Utah July 24, 1872.


Married Annie Woodward 1857, Manchester, Lancaster- shire, Eng., who was born 1841. Their children: George, m. Catherine Thomson; Robert; William, m. Elizabeth Sid- doway; Mary Jane, m. Lorenzo S. Briggs; Sarah Ann, m. J. L. Tracy; Amy, died. Family home Manchester, Eng.


Farmer. Died September, 1897, in Shasta county, Cal.


NAYLOR, GEORGE (son of Robert Naylor and Annie Wood- ward). Born Dec. 25, 1858, Manchester, Eng. Came to Utah with parents.


Married Catherine Thomson Aug. 4, 1885, Salt Lake City (daughter of John S. Thomson and Catherine Muir, Fife- shire, Scotland, pioneers September, 1866). She was born June 2, 1864. Their children: Ethel K, b. June 26, 1887; George A. b. July 20, 1888; Annie Maude b. Jan. 10, 1891; Ciarence R. born Aug. 16, 1895; Lawrence T. b. April 16, 1897; John Quincy b. April 22, 1900; Inez W. b. Feb. 1902; William H. b. Feb. 13, 1904; James E. b. May 11, 1907. Family home, Salt Lake City.


Deacon. County road supervisor. Sheepraiser.


NAYLOR, WILLIAM (son of George Naylor and Mary Sefton of Little Budworth, Chestershire, Eng.). Born Aug. 19, 1835, In Cheshire. Came to Utah 1848, Daniel Spencer com- pany.


Married Annie Wright 1853, Salt Lake City (daughter of Henry Wright and Ruth Nevinson of Crewe, Chestershire, Eng., pioneers 1852, Claudius V. Spencer company). She


was born March 31, 1837. Their children: Mary, m. Mar- ceiiius Wooley; Abbey R., d. aged 2; Louisa, d. aged 40; William, d. aged 14; Nettie, m. Henry Spencer; George F., m. Bessie Taylor; Joseph Edward, m. Sadie Garnes; Frank Sefton, m. Dora Laird; Howard B. Family home, Salt Lake City.


Member Salt Lake quorum seventies; missionary to Sand- wich Islands 312 years; high priest; second counselor to Bishop Wooley; superintendent Sunday school 15 years. Wheelwright; maker of the Nayior wagon.


NEAL, GEORGE AUGUSTUS (son of Walter Neal, born 1755, died 1823, and Rachel Scammon, born 1754, died 1842. both of Newmarket, N. H., and Cambria, Niagara county, N. Y.). He was born Oct. 3, 1794, Wakefield, Rockingham county, N. H. Came to Utah October, 1852, James Brown company.


Married Asenath Cooley Jan. 30, 1820 (daughter of Sam- uel Cooley, born Nov. 14, 1775, died Feb. 2, 1843, and Polly Dyke, born Aug. 4, 1781, died Sept. 10, 1838, both of Rutland, Vt.). She was born Aug. 27, 1798, at Rutland, and died Oct. 1. 1872. Their children: Mary Melissa b. July 31, 1824 (d. Jan. 9, 1900), m. Oliver Boardman Huntington Aug. 17, 1845; William Cooley, m. Ann Eliza Dalton. Family home, Salt Lake City.


High priest; missionary in United States 1853-54; presi- dent of branch at Cambria, N. Y., 1843-52; block teacher. Called by Brigham Young to go south to locate places for the people on the "Move South" in 1857. One of the earliest pioneer nurserymen to import fruit trees Into Utah from New England states. Veteran war of 1812. Farmer; stock- raiser; nurseryman; capitalist; philanthropist. Died Oct. 15, 1874.


NEAL, WILLIAM COOLEY (son of George Augustus Neal and Asenath Cooley). Born July 1, 1828, Cambria, N. Y. Came to Utah Oct. 16, 1862, Augustus Canfield independent company.


Married Ann Eliza Dalton June 9, 1852, Cambria, N. Y. (daughter of William Dalton and Ann Eliza Savage of Niagara and Genesee counties, N. Y.), who was born Sept. 2, 1833, Rochester, N. Y., and came to Utah with husband. Their children: Josephine Asenath b. Aug. 28, 1853, m. William H. Schluter Oct. 16, 1876; Ann Eliza b. Nov. 19, 1866, d. Sept. 8, 1869; William Dalton b. Jan. 31, 1869, m, Myra Matilda White; Walter Scammon b. July 17, 1871, killed by O. S. L. train Dec. 8, 1907; Emma Elbertine b. Dec. 18, 1873, d. May 10, 1874. Family home, Salt Lake City.


High priest; missionary to New England states 1869-70, and to Arizona In 1873; block and ward teacher. Started first woolen mills In Ogden. Commissioner under Judge Elias Smith three years. County selectman 1869, and 1870 to 1873; grand juror; justice of peace of third precinct 1882. Served in Andrew Burt's company during Black Hawk Indian war 1866, and received medal for bravery. Farmer; stockraiser; freighter. Capitalist. Died Nov. 11, 1912.


NEAL, WILLIAM DALTON (son of Willlam Cooley Neal and Ann Eliza Dalton). Born Jan. 31, 1869, Salt Lake City. Married Myra Matilda White June 25, 1896, Salt Lake City (daughter of Willlam White and Ann Thomas of Salt Lake City; they came to Utah 1876). She was born Feb. 26, 1873. Their children; William White b. Jan. 18. 1900; Lucile Ann b. May 22, 1903; Myra White b. Jan. 27, 1904, d. Jan. 27, 1904; Carrie b. Nov. 4, 1905; George Augustus b. Dec. 26, 1907; Bessie b. Oct. 19, 1909; Frances Dalton b. June 4, 1912. Family home, Salt Lake City.


Member 30th quorum seventies; missionary to Switzer- land and Germany 1896-99; president 4th quorum deacons; Sunday school and block teacher; M. I. A. class leader; president Chemutz branch 1898-99. Assistant In United States geological survey of Book Cliff coal regions in Colo- rado and eastern Utah 1906; chemist for the Amalgamated Sugar Company 1908 in factories at Lewiston, Logan and Ogden. Joined Utah Society, Sons of American Revolution, In 1895; treasurer of same 1904-06; member International Congress of Geologists at St. Petersburg, Russia, 1897; counselor of Utah Academy of Sciences 1909-13; member 12th International Congress of Geologists, Toronto, Canada, August, 1913; member National Geographical Soclety. Book- keeper and clerk for Consolidated Wagon and Machine Company 1911. B. S. and M. S., University of Utah; teacher of geology, University of Utah, Salt Lake high school, and Weber Stake Academy. Charter member Utah Academy of Sciences. Geologist and chemist. Worked at plumbing and gasfitting for David James & Co. 1888-89.


NEBEKER, JOIIN (son of George Nebeker and Susannah Meredith of Newcastle county, Del.). Born Aug. 1, 1813, at Newport, Del. Came to Utah Sept. 24, 1847, Abraham Smoot company.


Married Lurena Fitzgerald Oct. 25, 1835, Reily, Butler Co., Ohio (daughter of John Fitzgerald), who was born April 25, 1819. Their children: William Perry, m. Sarah IvIns Mc- Kean, m. Phoebe Stafford Tingey; Ira, m. Delia Lane; Aaron. m. Jane A. Smith, m. Jane E. Brunker; Ashton, m. Lucy Pratt; Rosella, m. Christopher Stokes; Samuel; John; Almira Jane, m. Fredrick B. Eldridge; Wiley; Precinda, m. Erastus Richards; Laura Lurena, m. Elias A. Smith; Aquila, m. Hortense Haight. Family resided Vermillon, I11., and Salt Lake City.


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Married Mary Woodcock Sept. 12, 1864, Salt Lake City (daughter of William Woodcock and Hannah Stone of Pilleygreen, Yorkshire, Eng.). She was born Sept. 19, 1830, and came to Utah Oct. 14, 1853, Cyrus Wheelock com- pany. Their children: Encora Lurena; William W .; Alfred W., m. Elizabeth Snowbail; Sarah Ann, m. Alma Findiay; Susannah Adelia; George W., m. Annie Wilcox; Mary Luella; Zettie May, m. Manasseh Kearl.


President clders quorum; high priest. Justice of the peace; deputy U. S. marshai; member territorial legislature two terms, and of constitutional convention of 1872. Farmer. Died Oct. 26, 1886, Laketown, Utah.


NEBEKER, WILLIAM PERRY (son of John Nebeker and Lurena Fitzgerald). Born Sept. 5, 1836, Reliy, Butler Co., Ohio. Came to Utah with parents.


Married Sarah Ivins Mckean Oct. 31, 1870, Salt Lake City (daughter of Theodore Mckean and Mary Page Gulick of Toms River, Ocean county, N. J., pioneers 1867). She was born April 11, 1849. Their children: Theodore M. b. Aug. 28, 1871; Maud b. Jan. 31, 1874, m. Clarence A. Thompson; Sarah Lurena b. April 20, 1876, m. William L. Emery; Wii- iiam Perry b. Sept. 17, 1876; Laura b. Sept. 17, 1876, m. Milton B. Parks; Mary Pagc b. Sept. 9, 1878; Ethel b. Fcb. 10, 1880. Family home Laketown, Utah.


Married Phoebe Stafford Tingey Feb. 19, 1885, Salt Lake City (daughter of John Tingey and Phoebe Stafford, pio- neers Sept. 1, 1862). She was born Dec. 20, 1854. Their children: Charles Stafford; Leo Stokes; Harold Wesley. Family home, Salt Lake City.


Missionary to Germany, France and Switzerland. Mem- ber territorial legislature; U. S. census enumerator. Notary public. Dled Oct. 16, 1910.


NEBEKER, IRA (son of John Nebeker and Lurena Fitz- gerald). Born June 23, 1839, Vermilion, Ill. Came to Utah Sept. 29, 1847, George B. Wallace company.


Married Deiia Lane 1861, Sait Lake City (daughter of Hyrum Lane and Naomi Chase of Jamestown, Grant county, Wis., latter a pioneer 1850). She was born June 30, 1845. Their children: John, m. Josephine Wahlstrom; Hyrum, m. Aimira Hulme; Frank K., b. May 16, 1870, m. Liliian M. Martineau June 10, 1891; Horace G., m. Florence Gwilliam; Clara, m. Joseph A. Hulme; Naomi, m. W. Z. Terry; Eila, m. H. C. Parker; Effie, m. William Jardine; Laura, m. George Torgeson; Ruby, m. Guy Cardon. Family resided Laketown and Logan, Utah.


Bishop of Laketown 1868-1905. Member board county selectmen several terms. Farmer and stockraiser. Died April 29, 1906, Los Angeles, Cal.


NEBEKER, FRANK K. (son of Ira Nebeker and Delia Lane). Born May 15, 1870, Laketown, Utah.


Married Lillian Martineau June 10, 1891, Logan, Utah (daughter of James H. Martineau and Susan Julia Sherman of Logan; former pioneer July 22, 1850, latter October, 1863). She was born Aug. 13, 1868. Their children: Frank K., Jr., b. July 2, 1892; Marjorie b. April 10, 1896; Lyman M. b. Nov. 27, 1899; Joyce b. Aug. 10, 1901; Delia b. April 26, 1906; Ruth b. May 21, 1909. Family resided Logan and Salt Lake City, Utah.


Instructor of mathematics at Brigham Young College, Logan, Utah. Cache county attorney two terms; district attorney of first judicial district. Lawyer.


NEDDO, ISAAC JAMES (son of Charles Neddo of Monroe, Monroe county, Mich., born March 7, 1812, and Caroline Elizabeth Caidweli of La Salle, Monroc county, born Nov. 3, 1827, in Canada-married in 1849). He was born March 14, 1851, La Saile, Monroe county, Mich. Came to Utah 1853, independent company.


Married Pauline S. Burridge Jan. 8, 1880 (daughter of George Wilcox Burridge and Hannah Jane Shaw-married Nov. 16, 1847, in England-pioneers Oct. 24, 1856, Milo An- drus company). She was born Feb. 26, 1858, Tooele, Utah. Their children: 1saac James b. May 1, 1882, m. Alice Oster- hout June 2, 1906; Hannah Pearl b. Aug. 8, 1884, m. Aaron A. Zollinger Nov. 24, 1909; Agnes Elizabeth b. Jan. 6, 1888. m. Archic E. Lloyd June 5, 1907; Ivie Grace b. June 26, 1890, m. Alma Rasmussen May 26, 1909; Chariotte b. July 11, 1892; Ella Pauline b. Jan. 6, 1897; George Wiliard b. March 6, 1900; Annie Marion b. July 8, 1902. Family home St. John, Tooele Co., Utah.


Veteran Black Hawk war. Brought immigrants to Utah in 1868 under John Gillespie. Missionary to northern states in 1890; president Y. M. M. I. A .; high priest. Farmer and sheepraiser.


NEDDO, ISAAC JAMES, JR. (son of Isaae James Neddo and Pauline S. Burridge). Born May 1, 1882, St. John, Utah.


Married Alice Osterhout June 2, 1906, Logan, Utah (daugh- ter of John Carlos Osterhout, born at Willard, Utah, and Lottie Estella Condit). Their children: Estella Pauline b. Oct. 31, 1906; Isaac James b. March 12, 1908; Milton Le Roy b. May 13, 1910. Family home Malta, Cassia Co., Idaho.


Sunday school superintendent; ward clerk; counselor to president of Y. M. M. I. A. in Malta, Cassia Co., Idaho. President Malta brass band. Farmer and stockraiser.


NEEDHAM, JAMES (son of James Necdham and Mary Armitage of Warrington, Eng. Born Aug. 20, 1826, at War- rington. Came to Utah October, 1854.


Married Alice Warburton Jan. 24, 1849, Darsbury, Eng. (daughter of John Warburton and Martha Wilkinson of


Darsbury, pioneers 1854), who was born March 10, 1826. Their children: Sophia, d. infant; Mary Alice, m. George C. Lambert; James and John, d. infants; Wiliiam A., m. Eliza- beth Brown; Martha E., m. William T. Rose; George H., d. infant. Family home, Salt Lake City.


Married Martha Barton November, 1857, Salt Lake City (daughter of Thomas Barton and Martha Skinner of Dover, Eng., pioneers 1865). She was born Jan. 25, 1838, in Dover. Their children: Thomas B. b. Feb. 16, 1862; Georgiana B. b. Sept. 10, 1864; Murlel B. b. Sept. 24, 1867; Louisa B. b. Aug. 12, 1871; Frank B. b. Dec. 9, 1873; Albert B. b. Jan. 16, 1876.


Married Elizabeth Snalem March 27, 1868 (daughter of William and Martha Snalem, pioneers 1854), who was born March, 1842, Preston, Eng. Their children: Walter S. b. Oct. 12, 1866, m. Kate Hansen; Nellie S. b. April 23, 1873, m. Benjamin Fullmer.


One of presidents of seventies; missionary to England 1866-69. School teacher. Merchant. Dicd June 7, 1890, Sait Lake City.


NEEDIIAM, JOIIN (son of James Needham of Arton, York - shire, Eng.). Born April 1, 1819, in Yorkshire. Came to Utah 1860.


Married Martha Millens June 27, 1853, Salt Lake City (daughter of Henry Millens of Arton, who died on plains en route to Utah). She was born Sept. 14, 1833. Their ehil- dren: Elizabeth T., m. Charles Tuckfield; Amelia J., m. Seth Tingey, m. Fred T. Taylor; Edward H. N., m. Lydia Green; Charles A., d. aged 21; William and Clara, d. infants; Maud L., m. Frank Earl; Claude N. and Seymore, d. infants. Family home, Salt Lake City.


Patriarch; member 13th quorum seventies; missionary to England nine years; block teacher. Manager clothing de- partment Z. C. M. I. many years. Died June, 1901, Logan, Utah.


NEEDIIAM, JONATIIAN (son of Joseph and Jane Necdham of Lancastershire, Eng.). Born Dec. 4, 1836, In Lancaster- shire. Came to Utah Oct. 20, 1862, Horton D. Haight com- pany.


Married Mary Ann Furniss Jan. 20, 1856, Ashton-Under- Lyne, Lancastershire, Eng. (daughter of Samuel Furniss and Elizabeth Simpson of Yorkshire, Eng., pioneers Oct. 20, 1862, Horton D. Haight company). She was born April 14, 1839. Their children: Martha, d. infant; Joseph B., d. aged 1 year; Lorenzo; Jane E., m. Alexander S. Gillespie; Jonathan, m. Georgina Brown; Charles William, m. Julla F. Donavan: Sarah, died; Francis H., d. aged 1 year. Family home, Salt Lake City.


Elder. Assistant jailer. Laborer. Died May 1, 1873.


NEELEY, ARMENIUS MILLER (son of Lewis Neeley and Elizabeth Miller of Illinois). Born Jan. 7, 1836, in Ver- milion county, Ili. Came to Utah in 1849.


Married Susan Morgan Dec. 22, 1856 (daughter of William and Betsy Morgan), who was born Dec. 8, 1841. Their chil- dren: Armenius Miller b. Sept. 30, 1857, m. Emma A. Mecham Nov. 25, 1879; Orson D. b. Dec. 23, 1869, m. Mary Shumway Nov. 26, 1880; Dora E. b. June 26, 1861, m. Joseph S. Geddes Dec. 29, 1882; Lauretta G. b. April 14, 1863, m. William Chadwick Nov. 25, 1879; William L. b. May 7, 1866, m. Louisa Foster Dec. 21, 1887; Jonathan H. b. Sept. 2, 1867, m. Elizabeth M. Packer Nov. 25, 1892; Lo- renzo H. b. June 8, 1869; Eli Davis b. May 5, 1871; Ezra Elias b. June 5, 1872, m. Eliza F. Lowe; Mary Myrum b. Sept. 19, 1874, m. Amasa Beckstead Nov. 13, 1895; Sarah Jane b. Sept. 14, 1876; Susan b. Dec. 31, 1877, m. Benjamin Dunkley. Family home Frankiin, Idaho.


NEELEY, ARMENIUS MILLER, JR. (son of Armenius Mil- ler Neeley and Susan Morgan). Born Sept. 30, 1867, Brig- ham City, Utah.


Marrled Emma A. Mecham Nov. 26, 1879 (daughter of Leonidas C. Mecham and Margaret E. Champlain), who was born Nov. 30, 1860, Provo, Utah. Their children: Chioe A. b. Sept. 27, 1880, m. Francis J. Waters April 2, 1903; Lesiie A. b. July 16, 1882, m. Mary Evans March 29, 1906; Ira L. b. Jan. 23, 1884, m. Myrtle Greaves Dec. 13, 1906; Asa H. b. Dec. 16, 1886, d. Oct. 30, 1897; Orville b. March 11, 1889, m. Alida Peterson April 27, 1910; Loren b. Jan. 22, 1891, n1. Jennie Hymas Nov. 27, 1912; Myrtle b. April 7, 1893; Clarence b. Oct. 6, 1896; Milton b. March 22, 1898; Herschel M. b. April 13, 1899: Lowell M. b. Scpt. 13, 1902. Family home Riverdale, Idaho.


Assistant postmaster 21 years. Assistant superintendent Sunday school 16 years. School trustee 18 years.


NEELEY, LEWIS (son of John Nceley and Elizabeth Miller of Ohio). Born Oct. 4, 1806, in Ohio. Came to Utah 1850, Captain Wall company.


Married Elizabeth Miller April 20, 1828, in Ohio (daughter of Armenius Miller, that state), who was born April 4, 1808. Their children: Alanson; William, m. Hellen Car- bath; Armenius, m. Susan Morgan; Mary Jane, m. Jona- than C. Wright; Harriet, m. William Strong; Lewis, m. Maud Mary Treseder; John; Hyrum; Elizabeth. Family home, Sait Lake City.


High priest. Farmer. Dicd Nov. 6, 1856.


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NEELEY, LEWIS, JR. (son of Lewis Neeley and Elizabeth Miller). Born Aug. 1, 1841, Vermilion county, Ill. Came to Utah 1850, Captain Wall company.


Married Maud M. Treseder Aug, 3, 1869, Salt Lake City (daughter of Richard D. Treseder and Elizabeth Makay of same place, pioneers 1862, William Godby company). She was born June 20, 1849. Their children: Lewis Richard b. June 7, 1870, m. Elizabeth Hughs; Ada Elizabeth b. Sept. 5, 1873, m. Eli S. Winward; Maud Irene b. June 6, 1876, died; Etna May b. June 30, 1877, m. Thomas Whitman; Harvey LeRoy b. Aug. 20, 1879, m. Hedwig Bilis; George Raymond b. Oct, 16, 1881; Willard b. Feb. 3, 1884, m, Hannah Atkinson; Ella Dean b. March 9, 1887, died; Mary Anna, died. Family home Granite, Utah.


High priest. Mail carrier between Sandy and Alta, Farmer. Went to Missouri in 1860 for freight. Drove stage for Ben Halliday 1861. Went to Missouri and Colorado for freight 1863; and to Los Angeles and Montana 1864. Ap- pointed deputy sheriff of Salt Lake City 1883, under John Groesbeck.


NEELEY, WILLIAM N. (son of John Necley of Ireland and Elizabeth Miller, born Oct. 8, 1808, Miami, Ohio). He was born Aug. 29, 1830, in Dane county, Wis. Came to Utah Oct. 14, 1850, Wilford Woodruff company.


Married Helen Cravath Sept. 19, 1852 (daughter of Austin - Cravath and Eliza Doty), who was born Sept. 19, 1835. Their children: Viroqua V., m. Peter Nelson; Lauretta, m. Israel Hunsaker; William, died; Laura, m. Frank Hunsaker; Mary Elizabeth, m. John Smith; Lewis and Horace, died; Arthur C., m. Rose House; Ira J., m. Mr. Loveland; Alferette, m. William Hunsaker. Family home Brigham City, Utah.


Married Mary C. Nelson April, 1862, Salt Lake City (daugh- ter of Neils and Ingabas Nelson of Denmark). She was born June 17, 1847, Sjeliand, Denmark. Their children: John Miller b. Nov. 12, 1864, m, Ellen Johnson; Oliver b. 1866 and Lucy Sophia b. Jan. 24, 1878, died; Amos William b. Dec. 26, 1870, m. Ada M. Natts; Enos Austin b. May 19, 1873, m. Eva Ricks; Elanson Armennina b. Sept. 10, 1875, and Melleturde Alvira b. June 18, 1877, died; Helen May b. March 9, 1879, m. B. Thomas Morris; Isabella b. March 5, 1881, m. Theodore Daniels; Peter Edgar b. Sept. 3, 1883; Ruben Snow b. March 18, 1885, m. Myrl Heyeslov; Irene b. Sept. 2, 1888, m. David Whitaker; Viola b. Feb. 16, 1891, died. Family home Oneida Co., Idaho.


Bishop of Bear River City ward, Utah, and Neeley ward, Idaho. Founded village of Neciey, Idaho.


NEELEY, PETER E. (son of William Neeley and Mary C. Nelson). Born Sept. 3, 1883, Neeley, Idaho.


NEIBAUR, ALEXANDER (son of Nathan Neibaur and Re- becca Peretz Samuel of Ehrenbreitstein, near Coblenz, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia). Born Jan. 8, 1808, in Ehrenbreit- stein. Came to Utah Sept. 20, 1848, Brigham Young com- pany,


Married Ellen Breakell Sept. 16, 1833, Preston, Eng. (daughter of Richard Breakell and Alice Bannister of Preston), who was born Feb. 28, 1811. Their children: Joseph William, m. Elizabeth Cranshaw; Margaret, m. Wil- liam Miller; Isaac, m. Emily Holland; Samuel, died; Alice, m. Morris Rosenbaum; Bertha, m. Levi Pangburn; Hyrum Smith, m. Jane Sprigs; Leah, m. Adam M. Paul; Sarah Eilen, m. John O'Driscoll; Rebecca Ann, m. Charles W. Nibley; Matilda Isabel, m, William Lorden; Nathan Alexander, m. Georgiana Clyde, m. Lena Borup; Rachel and Mary Esther, died. Family home, Salt Lake City.


Member 5th quorum seventies. Dentist, and original matchmaker in Utah. Died Dec. 15, 1876.


NEILSON, HOGAN (parents lived at Belivella, Sweden). Came to Utah September, 1862, oxteam company.


Married Johanna Larson in Sweden. Their children: Ma- tilda, m. George A. Wilcox; Christina, m. Willard Kofford; Johanna, died; Hyrum, m. Fanny Fisher, m. Malinda Malissa McBride. Family home Mount Pleasant, Utah.


NELSEN, ANDREW, Born March 8, 1834, Velle, Denmark. Came to Utah 1852 by oxteam.


Married Metta Neisen at Spring City, Utah (daughter of Godfrey Nelsen, of Jutiand, Denmark), who was born 1827. Their children: Andrew, m. Annie Lorentzen; Emma, m. John Lemon; August, m. Maggie Brown and Elmina Stevens; Christian, m. Caroline Olsen; Joseph, m. Eleanor Worthen and Annie Sorensen. Family home Manti, Utah.


Married Christina Jensen July 1858, Manti, Utah (daugh- ter of Jens J. Jensen and Anna Lucile Fransen, both of Sjelland, Denmark, pioneers September, 1857, handcart com- pany). She was born March 7, 1840. Their children: James, m. Mary Oisen; Hyrum, m. Artimisia Lowry. Family home Manti, Utah.


Married Camilla Miller 1865, Salt Lake City (daughter of Soren Miller and Anna Christena Hirch, of Roscoe, Den- mark, pioneers 1860, last handcart company). Their chll- dren: Erastus, m. Celia Olsen; Annie, m. William Geck; Clara, m. James P. Nelson; Franklin, m. Dorothy Calkins Thompson; Julia, d. child; Matilda, d. child. Family home Manti, Utah.


Married Sophia Miller 1865, Salt Lake City (daughter of Soren Miller and Anna Christena Hirch, of Roscoe, Den-


mark). Their children: Sophus, m. Mary Petty; Maria, m. Thorvald Peterson; Anna Christena, d. infant; Oscar, m. Mary Jane Bearnson; Thorvald, m. Ethel Nelson; Fanny, d. infant; Guy, m. Eunice Madsen; Myrtle. Family home Manti, Utah.


Veteran Black Hawk war. Farmer. Died September, 1909, Manti, Utah,


NELSEN, ANDREW, JR. (son of Andrew Nelsen and Metta Nelsen). Born April 2, 1857, Manti, Utah.


Married Anna L. Lorentzen July 12, 1880, Manti, Utah (daughter of Christen Lorentzen and Dorthea Larsen of Holbek amt, Sjeliand, Folleslov, Denmark; came to Utah July 3, 1878). She was born Feb. 15, 1863. Their children: Andrew Lawrence b. March 25, 1881, m. Rhoda L. Smith; Metta Einora b. Nov. 8, 1882; Lillian D. b. Dec. 21, 1884; Silvia T. b. Nov. 6, 1886; Anna Ethel b. Oct. 16, 1889; Jess R. b. Nov. 29, 1890; Mildred M. b. July 31, 1893; Stanley C. b. Nov. 25, 1895; Linda M. b. July 28, 1899; James Rulon b. May 19, 1901; Ernest Edwin b. May 23, 1904; Emma Mar- garet b. June 2, 1908. Family home Ferron, Utah.




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