Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah - ENSIGN

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D. H. Ensign
Son of Datus Ensign, who came to Utah
July 24, 1847. Bishop 1st Ward, Ogden,
Utah.

Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, pg.84- next two photos

Luman Daniel Ensign
Son of Luman Ashley Ensign, who came
to Utah in 1847. Born March 25, 1854,
Salt Lake City.

[Luman Ashley Ensign (1828-1897) was the brother of Martin Luther ENSIGN (1831-1911) they were the sons of Hoarce Datus Ensign (1797-1846) and Mary Bronson (1806-1888).]

Martin L. Ensign
Born March 31, 1831, Westfield, Hampden
Co., mass. Came to Utah, Sept. 22, 1847,
Ira Eldredge Company. High Councilor.

Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, p.861

ENSIGN, MARTIN [Luther] (son of Horace [Datus] and Mary [BRONSON] Ensign). Born March 31, 1831, Westfield, Hampden county, Mass. Came to Utah Sept. 22, 1847, Ira Eldredge company. Married Mary Dunn Jan. 8, 1852 (daughter of Simeon A. Dunn and Adaline Rawson, married July 3, 1828). She was born Nov. 2, 1833. Their children: Mary Adaline b. Nov. 10, 1852, m. John L. Roberts; Georgiana b. April 6, 1854, m. William J. Hill; Emma Lovinia b. Aug. 22, 1856, m. Siveren N. Lee; Harriet Camilla b. April 24, 1859, m. Isaac Smith; Martin Luther b. Jan. 15, 1862, m. Martha Wright Jan. 15, 1888; John Henry b. May 8, 1864; Horace b. March 29, 1866; Effie Celestia b. Sept. 7, 1871, m. Lewis A. Merrill June 6, 1895; Adams Wesley b. Jan. 1, 1875, m. Charlotte Winnifred Boden Dec. 20, 1901. Family home Brigham, Utah. High councilor. Justice of peace; coroner. Built ferries at, and bridges over Bear river at Standings, Bear River City, and Corinne, Utah; helped build first house on Church Farm, Cache Valley: built sawmills in Box Elder and Logan Canyons, Blacksmith Fork, Three Mile, Willard and Honeyville.

Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, pg.85 - next three photos

Adams Wesley Ensign
Son of Martin L. Ensign and Mary Dunn.
Born Jan. 1, 1875, Brigham, Utah.
Dental Surgeon.

Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, p.861

ENSIGN, ADAMS WESLEY (son of Martin L. Ensign and Mary Dunn). Born Jan. 1, 1875, Brigham, Utah. Married Charlotte Winnifred Boden Dec. 20, 1901, Logan, Utah (daughter of Heber Coleman Boden and Charlotte Welch), who was born Jan. 16, 1881, at Brigham. Their children: Hugo B. b. Oct. 30, 1902; Wesley B. b. July 19, 1904; Coleman B. b. Feb. 28, 1906; Olive b. April 19, 1908; Mary Winnifred b. Jan. 1, 1910; Eliza Boden b. May 9, 1913. Family home Brigham, Utah. Missionary to southern states 1906. Dental surgeon, 1903; dairyman.

Samuel Ensign
Born May 24, 1805, Westfield, Mass. Came
to Utah Sept. 22, 1847, Ira Eldredge Company.
High Priest.

[Samuel Ensign (1805-1885) was the brother of Horace Datus ENSIGN (1797-1846) Horace died at Winter Quarters]

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ENSIGN, SAMUEL (son of Isaac Ensign and Lydia Noble of Westfield, Mass). Born May 24, 1805, at Westfield. Came to Utah Sept. 22, 1847, Ira Eldredge company.
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Married Mary Everett Gordon Nov. 29, 1832, Westfield, Mass. (daughter of Conrad Gordon and Julia A. Searles of that place), who was born May 15, 1811, and died Feb. 12, 1868. Their children: Julia Searles b. Sept. 16, 1833, m. John W. Woolley March 20, 1851; Samuel Lozene b. Jan. 24, 1836, m. Mary Angell Dec. 29, 1858; Horace Sobieski b. April 6, 1848, m. Martha Triplett March 7, 1870; m. Thurza Case; Harriet Ann L. Port (adopted) b. July 1, 1850, m. Henry B. Rugg Jan. 25, 1870; Lorin Gordon b. Feb. 12, 1855, d. Feb. 12, 1855. Married Ruth Kelson Dec. 27, 1857, at Salt Lake City. Their child: Mary Jane b. March 17, 1859, m. Henry B. Rugg. High priest. Worked as carpenter on Nauvoo temple 1844 until completion; aided in building many grist and sawmills in Utah, worked on Salt Lake temple and lost his life by falling from its wall June 24, 1885. Millwright.

Samuel Lozene Ensign
Son of Samuel Ensign and Mary Everett
Gordon. Born Jan. 24, 1836, Westfield,
Mass. Came to Utah Sept. 20, 1847.

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ENSIGN, SAMUEL LOZENE (son of Samuel Ensign and Mary Everett Gordon). Born Jan. 24. 1836, Westfield, Mass. Came to Utah Sept. 20, 1847, Ira Eldredge company.
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Married Mary Angell Dec. 29, 1858, Salt Lake City (daughter of Solomon Angell and Eunice Clark Young of Providence, R.I.), who was born Nov. 22. 1842. Their children: Orpha Adella b. Feb. 4, 1860; Julia Angell b. Dec. 21, 1861, d. April 24, 1871; Samuel Lozene Jr. b. May 9, 1863 m. Mary Ann Gibson; George Albert b. July 22, 1865, m. Mary C. Woodruff, d. Feb. 29, 1912; Amy Eunice b. June 8, 1867. d. Sept. 29, 1882; Alfred Horace b. Sept. 19, 1869, m. Edith Lucile Hyde; Mary Elizabeth b. Aug. 8, 1871; Frank Victor b. May 5, 1873. m. Gracie F. Free; Louis Osborn b. March 16, 1875, m. Florence May Papworth; John Woolley b. April 15, 1877, m. Florence Louise Hughes; Herman Ross b. Jan. 21, 1881, d. Jan. 15, 1900; Stanley b. Nov. 14. 1882. m. Anna Mork; Ivie Jean b. Nov. 29, 1889. Family home, Salt Lake City. High priest. Assisted in bringing immigrants to Utah; carried mail from Salt Lake City to Fort Kearney for the Y. X. Co. 1857; was member of Nauvoo Legion, member of territorial militia.