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Friday, September 23, 2011

Part of Samuel SMITH's Gravestone

Biographical Stone Samuel SMITH Mormon Pioneer, Seventy, Counselor to Lorenzo SNOW, Post Master, Judge, Mayor, High Priest, Patriarch.

Stone Reads:
Removed from Sherington to London in 1838. Joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Dec. 1841. Sailed from Liverpool with his Parents and family for American Jan. 15th 1843. Arrived at Nauvoo in April and was ordained a Seventy the same year. Came to Salt Lake City in 1850 and moved to Big Cottonwood. Was called to Brigham City in 1855, where hewas chosen a counsellor to Apostle Lorenzo Snow, who was presiding in Box Elder Stake. Was appointed Post Master of Brigham City in 1855, and continued in that position about 17 years. Was elected Probate Judge of Box Elder County in 1858, and served the people in that office for 15 years. Was elected Mayor of Brigham City in 1879, and re-elected in 1881. After the Reorganization of the Stake, he was Chosen president of the High Priests Quorum, and after was ordained a patriarch to the Stake, which latter positions he held at his death.

click on image to enlarge and read Ancestry Chain: 3rd great-grandparents Samuel SMITH b.1818 and Sarah Jane INGRAM b.1841, Isaac SMITH b.1857, George Ensign SMITH b.1898, Camilla SMITH b.1926, Lark, JR.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Part I: Grave Markers found for Ancestors of Mary BRONSON ENSIGN

7-Mary BRONSON ENSIGN
(1806 Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut-1888 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah)

Salt Lake City Cemetery


Numbers refer to number of genrations back from JR
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Thomas was son of 13-Capt. Daniel HOVEY (1618 Eng.-1692 MA) and 13-Abigail (Rebekah) ANDREWS (1623 Eng.-1665 MA) married 1641 Ipswich, Essex, MA
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12-father
Lt. Thomas HOVEY (1648 Eng.-17839 MA)
married 12-Sarah COOK (1662-1739) November 1677 in Hadley, Hampshire County, MA.
+ 11-daughter Abigail Rebecca HOVEY
(1679/82 CT-1709) wife of 11-Samuel LANE (1680 CT-1709) married 10 Jun 1709
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12-mother Sarah COOK (1662-1739) daughter of 13-Capt. Aaron COOKE [III] (1640 CT-1716 MA) and 13-Sarah WESTWOOD (1614 MA-1730 MA)
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13-Capt. Aaron COOKE [III] (1640 CT-1716 MA) son of 14-Captain Aaron COOKE [II] (1613/14-1690 MA) and 14-Mary FORD (1612 Eng.-1645/50 MA/CT) they married 1637 Dorchester, Norfolk, MA
13-Sarah WESTWOOD (1614 MA-1730 MA) was the daughter of 14-William WESTWOOD (1606-1669 CT) and 14-Bridgett

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14-Captain Aaron COOKE [II] (1613/14-1690 MA) son of 15-Aaron COOKE [I] ( -1615 Eng.) and 15-Elizabeth CHARDE (1589 Eng.-1643) married 2 Sep 1610 Thorncomb, Dorset, ENG
14-Mary FORD (1612 Eng.-1645/50 MA/CT) daughter of 15- Thomas FORD (1589 Eng.-1678 MA) and 15- Joanna WAY (-Eng.)
(NOTE:15- Thomas FORD (1589 Eng.-1678 MA) and 15-Elizabeth CHARDE (1589 Eng.-1643) married 19 Jun 1616 Bridport, dorset, Eng. after the deaths of first spouses and came to America together with 14-Captain Aaron COOKE [II] and 4 daughter of FORD-SMITH marriage.)

13-Capt. Daniel HOVEY (1618 Eng.-1692 MA)married 1641 Ipswich, Essex, MA
13-Abigail (Rebekah) ANDREWS (1623 Eng.-1665 MA)
12-father Lt. Thomas HOVEY (1648 Eng.-17839 MA)married 11-Sarah COOK (1662-1739) November 1677 in Hadley, Hampshire County, MA.
Old Hadley Cemetery

13-Capt. Aaron COOKE [III] (1640 CT-1716 MA) and 13-Sarah WESTWOOD (1614 MA-1730 MA)
son of 14-Captain Aaron COOKE [II] (1613/14-1690 MA) and 14-Mary FORD (1612 Eng.-1645/50 MA/CT)
Old Hadley Cemetery

13-Sarah WESTWOOD (1614 MA-1730 MA) wife of 13-Capt. Aaron COOKE [III] (1640 CT-1716 MA)
daughter of 14-William WESTWOOD (1606-1669 CT) and 14-Bridgett
Old Hadley Cemetery

14-Captain Aaron COOKE [II] (1613/14-1690 MA)Served in King Philip's War, he commanded the garrison at Westfield in 1675.
Married 1637 Dorchester, Norfolk, MA.
14-
Mary
FORD
(1612 Eng.-1645/50 MA/CT)
Bridge Street Cemetery
other spouses of
14-Captain Aaron COOKE [II] (1613/14-1690 MA)2. Joan DENSLOW m. by 1650, 3. Elizabeth NASH, 4. Rebecca FOOTE SMITH
(NOTE: 4. Rebecca FOOTE SMITH COOKE is daughter of Nathaniel FOOTE the Settler he is twice our 11 Great Grandfather.)

15- Thomas FORD (1589 Eng.-1678 MA) named on plaque as father of Abigail FORD STRONGAbigail's mother was and 15-Elizabeth CHARDE (1589 Eng.-1643)
Abigail
FORD STRONG was half sister of Aaron COOKE [II] (1613/14-1690 MA)
Bridge Street Cemetery

Monday, April 12, 2010

Union Soldier Escapes Confederate Prison

Fielding ROBERSON (1838-1924)
and Mary Ann DENBO
(1857-1916)

Fielding ROBERSON
Birth: 21 May 1838, Crawford Co., IN, son of James ROBERSON and Fannie Eliza FROMAN

Married: 28 Sep 1873, English, Crawford, Indiana, Mary Ann DENBO daughter of Woodfield Grant DENBO and Lucinda MATHERS. Fielding and Mary Ann were the parents nine son and three daughter: Alva Thomas ROBERSON b.1878-d.1965, James Washington ROBERSON b.1875-d.1964, Lillie Jane ROBERSON LONGEST b.1878-1906, Fannie Lucinda ROBERSON b.1880-d.1905, Mann Woodfield ROBERSON b.1882-d.1969, Grover Cleveland ROBERSON b.1884-d.1965, Charles Edward ROBERSON b.1886-d.1981, William Fielding ROBERSON b.1888-d.1978, Bertha Mable ROBERSON LASWELL b.1890-d.1966, Reuben Russell ROBERSON b. 1893-d.1959, (Reuben married 1913 Edna Lula SEATON 1894-1961), George Hazelwood ROBERSON b.1895-d.1918, Irvin Ember ROBERSON b.1897-d.1992.

Death: 5 Sep 1924, Crawford Co., IN
Burial: Hamilton Roberson Cemetery, English, IN

Note: Civil War - Fielding ROBERSON
[Fielding Roberson Private Co E 50 REGT, Enlisted 1861]
Pvt. Co. E, 28th Regt. (1st Cav.) Ind Vol
age 24
Eyes blue, hair light, 5'7", complexion light
Mustered in April 4 1862 in Indianapolis, IN

Fielding was in the Indiana Cavalry during the civil war. He had three horses shot from under him during the battles. He must have been in the thick of it. He was captured, I believe, at Vicksburg, He smuggled a spoon from one of the meals and he and two other prisoners dug under the prison wall. The floor was dirt.

During the days they filled the hole back up and one of them would sit on it so they never got caught. It took several days to dig out. The dark night they finally made it they crawled out in pitch darkness. They had no directions and did not know which direction to go. The other two men crawled back in the prison and filled the hole. Grandpa decided he would go for it.

He traveled by 'night and slept in barns and straw stacks by day. One morning he awoke in the same barn he'd slept in three nights before. He was tired and hungry and decided to give himself up. He went to the house and told them who he was. It so happened that they were Northern Sympathizers. They fed him a big meal and told him how to get back to his outfit, which he managed to do. (Roberson Family Stories August 2006-Remembered and written by: Jack Roger Roberson, b. 1931)

Other family memories of Fielding:

Grandma Wanda Remembers when she was 3 years old, her mother, Edna, was canning pears in the yard. Uncle Grover came in a wagon and took her to visit her Grandpa Fielding . She was his favorite grandchild. She remembers his very wet kiss.


Fielding came home one day and found their log cabin home on fire. He went into the house put on his coonskin cap and walked out of the house. That was the only thing that survived the fire. Grandma Wanda remembers playing with that hat as a child until there was nothing left of it.

Fielding ROBERSON (1838-1924) and Mary Ann DENBO (1857-1916) marker, Hamilton Cemetery, CRAWFORD, Indiana

Friday, March 19, 2010

Brigham City Cemetery - SMITH - ENSIGN - DUNN -


This marker lists the families of all five wives of Samuel SMITH plus Samuel's history.
click on photos to read

Samuel SMITH (1818-1896) and Sarah Jane INGRAM (1839-1872)
Samuel SMITH born 22 May 1818 Sherrinton, Buckshire, England, died 2 Oct 1896 Smithfield, Cache, Utah. Son of Daniel William SMITH and Sarah WOODING.

Sarah Jane INGRAM
(Ingarham) born 9 Jun 1839 Worcester, worcestershire, England, died 4 Sep 1872 Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah. Daughter of William INGRAM and Susannah GRIFFITHS.

1- Mary Ann LINE
2- Sarah Jane INGRAM was the second wife of Samuel SMITH they were married 19 May 1853 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Jane was the mother of nine children, Thyrza Ann SMITH TIPPETS, Daniel William SMITH (teen), Isaac SMITH, Sarah Elizabeth (Eliza) SMITH EVENS, John Wooding SMITH, Susannah SMITH EVENS, Frances May SMITH FORSGREN, Franklin Richard SMITH (infant), Alice Rosesella SMITH EMPEY.
3- Frances Ann INGRAM
4- Janett Maria SMITH
5- Caroline SMITH

History - Samuel
was an ambitious young man: one who was determined to make his mark in the world. He was not a tall man: early records indicate his full height was a scant five feet. But he was a stoutly built person who was agile on his feet and physically able to take care of himself. Economic conditions were rapidly deteriorating in England. England was in the grip of a severe recession, which, in many places was actually a pinching depression. Though the Smiths were not engaged in mining, the repressive economic downturn affected business everywhere.

Samuel and wife Mary Ann longed to find a new place where they would have freedom to take full advantage of their opportunities. They were even willing to consider leaving England (and its bitter memories of their two lost children) if the right opportunity presented itself.

Samuel removed from Sherington to London in 1835. It was in the year 1841 that the Smiths first heard the Elders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Their chief contact with the church was through Elder Lorenzo Snow, who was later to become the fifth President of the Church. Both Samuel and Mary Ann studied the unique new religion very carefully and soon, not only they, but Samuel's parents as well, were listening to the missionaries on a regular basis. They joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Dec 1841. They sailed from Liverpool with his parents and family for America 15 Jan 1843. They came to Salt Lake City in 1850 and moved to Big Cottonwood.

Each time Samuel Smith took another wife he had them stay for two weeks at the beginning of their marriage with his first wife, Mary Ann Line Smith. She taught them how to live in polygamy and consequently there was practically no trouble or jealousy between the different families.

Samuel was called to Brigham City in 1855 where he was chosen as counselor to Lorenzo Snow who was presiding in Box Elder Stake. He was appointed postmaster of Brigham City in 1855 and continued in that position about 17 years. Samuel was elected Probate Judge of Box Elder County in 1859 and served the people in that office for 15 years. Samuel was also elected as mayor of Brigham City in 1879 and reelected in 1881.

After the reorganization of the Stake he was chosen President of the High Priest Quorum and was ordained a patriarch to the Stake which the latter position was held at his death.
(Family Histories of the Smith Family)

History - Jane, as she was called, was born in Worcestershire, England. Her parents William Ingram and Susanna Griffiths were strong and good honest workers. They joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when it was first brought to England. They emigrated to America in the year 1841 coming over in a sailing vessel [Yorkshire]. They came to St. Louis but was not there but a short time when the black measles broke out and they both (parents) died within a week, leaving three small children, a boy 8 yrs old, Richard by name, Jane 6 yrs. and Frances (Fanny) Ann 2 yrs. Their Uncle Richard Griffiths and his wife Mary took the children and gave them a home, they moved several times. At one time they lived near a forest of trees and the children would get the nuts in the fall for winter. Her uncle used to do a lot of trading horses and cattle, one night he came and told Richard and Jane to put the horses in the stable. When they went to do as they were told they heard a strange noise and ran to the house, the horses ran away in the woods. The children's uncle was angry at them and was going to whip them but their aunt would not let him ¬ so he went to see what it was and found a large wild hog in the stable, it came after him so he did not say anything to them. After that they soon moved from there. They were acquainted with the Prophet Joseph Smith and saw him and his brother, Hyrum, after they were martyred. One night just after they had gone to bed the mob entered the town and drove the saints out and set fire to their homes. The Saints grabbed what they could and ran to the river and crossed on the ice. Jane crossed the plains with an ox team walking all the way. She never had a chance to go to school and as her Aunt Mary had no children of her own she expected Jane to work like a grown woman. Her childhood was not in flowery paths for she was expected to do the housework at home while her aunt went to work for others to help make a living and if she did not have it done she was punished. This made her a quiet and of a discouraged nature. She never expected to be their equal to those who had an education but longed to learn. While crossing the plains her Aunt Mary took the cholera and died in the year 1849. After they arrived in Utah she went to live with Samuel Smith's mother (Sarah Wooding Smith) as Samuel and family did not arrive until the fall of 1850) who gave her a home. Jane married Samuel Smith in 1852, they moved to Cottonwood, where her first baby was born. Jane came to Brigham City in 1854 (1855), she was industrious and did all she could. When her third child was about three weeks old she was dressing him and accidentally swallowed a pin, (needle) which caused her much trouble later. Speaking of the time when the U.S. Army threatened to invade Utah, Jane, with the rest went south, walking most of the way carrying her baby so that the two little ones could ride, she like all the other in the company never complained but put their trust in the Lord and never asked why. After they returned, she helped her husband and the other families to keep a hotel for years. In the year 1864, Jane with her children, five in number, went to homestead in a place called Blue Springs, there were but a few settlers, about eight in number. They had a hard and a lonely time, it took two days with oxen to go from there to Brigham City. In the year 1867, the Indians threatened to attack the settlement and every one moved, the boys took all the stock and grain and left her with her little family, a girl 15 and her oldest boy 13 years. There were four other families left but they went three days after. The hired hands left her alone and as it was fall, a heavy snowstorm came and it was ten days before they could get to her. But she had no fear, she put her faith in the Lord and her calling that she knew that the Lord would protect her. The storm had caused the Indians to camp about 30 miles from her, so her (Jane's) prayers were answered. About nine years after she had swallowed that pin (needle) an abscess came on her left side just below the last rib. She suffered for years with that. She was bed-fast for eighteen months, then died (36 years old). She had lived a good life, was a good mother, a faithful Latter-day Saint and a good wife. She was the mother of nine children, eight were living at the time of her death. They were all home at the time, and none of them were married. She died the 4th of September 1872 at Brigham City, Utah. Sarah Jane was a very attractive woman; slender, with pretty brown eyes, long eyelashes and beautiful brown hair. She was of a quiet, retiring disposition, not given at all to quarreling. In fact, there were times when she would not defend herself even when such action was justified. Sarah Jane certainly had the sincere love and admiration of her sister Frances Ann Ingram.
(Family Histories of the Smith Family)


Simeon Adams DUNN (1803-1883)
Simeon Adams DUNN born 7 Aug 1803 Groveland, Williamstown, Ontario, New York, died 22 Feb 1883 Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah. Simeon was orphaned as a child. He was the son of Simeon A. DUNN and Sarah/Sally BATH.

Simeon married:
1- Adaline RAWSON (1811-1841) married 1826 likely in Rawsonville, Wayne, Michigan, she died 1841 in Nauvoo. Adaline was the mother of seven children, Adaline DUNN HAWS, Francis DUNN (toddler), Mary DUNN ENSIGN, Maria DUNN (infant), Mosiah DUNN (infant twin), Amariah DUNN (infant twin), Betsy DUNN HAWS.
2- 1842 Margaret SNYDER two children. Margaret died 1846 in Nauvoo.
3- 1846 Jane CALDWELL WAITE KELSEY one child divorced.
4- 1847 Harriet Atwood SILVER seven children. Harriet died 1858 Brigham City.
5- 1858 Abagail BRANDON STODDARD divorced.
6- Keziah FOWLER BRANDON.
7- 1865 Elizabeth WICKHAM two children divorced.
8- 1868 Mary MCCREE BLACK BROWN.

The Dunn Family--My grandparents, Simeon Adams Dunn and Harriett Atwood Silver were married at Winter Quarters, January 3, 1847, by President Brigham Young. They arrived in Utah September 28, 1848, and established their home in Brigham City. On December 31, 1857, to their family were added twin babies, Harriett and Henry Silver. The tiny girl died shortly after birth, and two days later, on January 2, 1858, the mother, Harriett, closed her eyes in death, having given her life for her family and the religion she had espoused. Twice before, this good husband and father had been called upon to lay away a devoted wife and .companion. This time his heart was almost broken as he placed the form of his lovely young wife in the crude, home-made casket and laid her lifeless bady daughter in her arms.

Three months later, in April 1858, the call came for all Saints to leave their homes in northern Utah, and journey southward. Simeon Adams Dunn loaded a few provisions and household effects into his covered wagon, assisted his motherless children to their place in the wagon box, and cracking his long whip over the backs of his oxen, commenced his journey. He had also provided a wagon for his eldest daughter and her three little girls, and they traveled together. The husband and father of this little family, Martin Luther Ensign, at that time was serving as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

As they proceeded on their way, baby Henry became very ill. They camped on Kay's Creek, (now Kaysville) and there they saw the life depart from their lovely three-months-old baby son and brother. The father made his little family as safe and comfortable as possible in this temporary camp, and with a sad and heavy heart slowly wended his way back to the lonely grave in the Brigham City Cemetery. Very near to it he dug a very small, new grave, and in it tenderly laid the remains of his baby boy.

He found the town empty, except for a few men who had remained behind, ready at a moment's notice to touch a match to the homes and buildings if the enemy should enter the city. He went into his house, expecting to spend the night there, but it was so quiet and lonely it was more than he could endure, so he went to the stable, laid down by his faithful oxen, and spent the night near them. Early the next morning he was on his way to rejoin his family. He found them safe and well and they continued their journey as far south as Payson, where they made their camp and remained until the Saints were counseled by the Church leader, to return to their homes.

From the diary of my father, Charles Oscar Dunn, who was four years old at the time of the move, I quote: "On our return home we passed the soldiers at the point of the mountain. It was a great sight to see them march by us. As we watched them pass, the wind blew my hat off and it rolled down a steep dugway and into the Jordan River, so I had to go on home without a hat, which made me very sad. We reached home alright but found all of our possessions gone, and our house empty."
(Eva Dunn Snow, Heart Throbs of the West, Kate B. Carter, Vol. 10, p. 259)


Martin Luther ENSIGN (1831-1911) and Mary DUNN (1833-1920)
Martin Luther ENSIGN was born 31 Mar 1831 Westfield Hampden Massachusetts, died 11 May 1911 Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah. Son of Horace Datus ENSIGN and Mary BRONSON.

Mary DUNN was born 2 Nov 1833 Belleville, Wayne, Michigan, died 7 Nov 1920. Daughter of
Simeon Adams DUNN and Adaline RAWSON.

They were married 8 Jan 1852, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Martin and Mary were the parents of nine children, Mary Adaline ENSIGN ROBERTS, Georgianna ENSIGN HILL, Emma Lovinia ENSIGN LEE, Harriett Camilla ENSIGN SMITH, Martin Luther ENSIGN Jr., John Henry ENSIGN (infant), Horace ENSIGN (infant), Effie Celestia ENSIGN MERRILL, Adam Wesley ENSIGN.


Martin Luther Ensign--My grandfather, Horace Ensign, and his five sons of Westfield, Massachusetts, were all carpenters. They joined the L.D.S. Church in 1843 and arrived at Winter Quarters in 1846 where they built a fine home, with a living room large enough in which to hold public meetings. Grandfather died of malaria that winter, but the eldest son Datus Ensign came with the first company to Salt Lake City and later moved to Ogden. Grandmother Ensign, with four sons and a daughter, arrived in Salt Lake City with the second company on September 18, 1847.

My father, Martin Luther Ensign, moved to Brigham City in 1852 with the Lorenzo Snow Company. He, with a partner had a carpenter shop on the bank of Boxelder Creek so that they could procure water power for their machines. Father made the furniture for our home and many others. He made dining room chairs, bureaus, wardrobes, bedsteads, shelves for books, etc. I have one of the dining chairs now. It has a carved back and is very sturdy. Besides building furniture they also helped erect buildings. private and public and he also helped build two bridges.
(Effie Ensign Merrill,
Heart Throbs of the West, Kate B. Carter, Vol. 12, p. 376)





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The SMITH's and ENSIGN's are the grandparents of George Ensign SMITH (1898-1967), DUNN is a great grandfather.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Kanarraville Cemetery - PARKER - DAVIES / DAVIS

Great grandparents, grandparents and Parents, of Laura Elizabeth PARKER WOOD (1889-1970).

Our ancestral sure name DAVIES was changed to DAVIS by James George DAVIS because it was pronounced "Davis" and too often misspelled after leaving Wales.



William Reese DAVIES (1805-1865) and Rachel MORRIS (1803-1882).
First man and women baptized in South Wales 1843. William R. DAVIES was the first Welsh speaking missionary in Wales.
Councilor to Dan Jones head of the emigrating company on the "Buena Vista" sailed in 1849. Called as branch Leader, at Council Bluffs.
Arrive in Utah 1852 William Morgan Wagon Train. First Presiding Elder of the Fort Harmony.


William Reese DAVIES born 1805 Saint Ishmael, Wales, married Rachel MORRIS abt 1824 Swansen, Wales, died 1805 Kanarraville, UT.
Rachel MORRIS born born 1803 Saint Ishmael, Wales, died 1882 Kanarraville, UT.
Parents of five children. George DAVIES, John Rees DAIVES, Elizabeth DAVIES WILLIAMS DAVIES, James George DAVIES / DAVIS, David DAVIES (child).

William Reese was the son of Rees DAVIES and Ann THOMAS.
Rachel was the daughter of George MORRIS and Catherine ANTHONY.

John Davis PARKER (1799-1891) and Almeda Sophia ROUNDY (1829-1912)

John Davis PARKER born 1799 Saratoga, NY.
Baptized 1832, member of ZIONS camp, 1835 member of First Quorum of Seventy, body guard to Joseph SMITH Jr., 1841 New Orleans Mission, built wagons at Winter Quarters for five years, captain of 10 Stewart's company 1852.
First married Harriet SHERWOOD (deaf) before 1834 Nauvoo, IL two or more children all died as infants, this marriage ended in divorce.
Second married Almeda Sophia ROUNDY 1846 Nauvoo, IL. John and Sophia were the parents of ten children. Jared R. PARKER (infant), John Davis PARKER (teen), Malinda PARKER ROUNDY, Charles PARKER, Mary Ellen PARKER (child), Betsey Jane PARKER SMITH, Otho PARKER (child), Lauretta PARKER (teen), Almeda Sophia PARKER TAYLOR, Samantha PARKER BERRY.
Third married Samantha ROUNDY 1846 Nauvoo, IL - no children.
Samantha was the older sister of second wife.

John Davis PARKER died 1891 in Kanarraville, UT.
John was the son of Able PARKER and Mary DAVIS.

Almeda Sophia ROUNDY was born 1829 Spafford, NY and died 1912 Alton, UT.
Sophia was the daughter of Shadrach ROUNDY and Bestsy QUIMBY.


James George DAVIS (1832-1909) and POLLY WILLIAMS (1838-1914)

James George DAVIS called "Uncle Jim" by all in Kanarra. He was the son of William Reese DAVIES and Rachel MORRIS and was born 1832 in Llanelly, Wales. He pioneered to Utah before his parents traveling with his brother John Reese DAVIES and their widowed sister in-law Mary Ann GRIFFITHS DAVIES. He was called on an Indian mission by Brigham Young to discern if the Welsh language could be found among the indians. James married 1856 in St. George, UT Polly WILLIAMS daughter of John WILLIAMS and Marcy Jane LUCAS WILLIAMS BARNEY. Polly was born 1838 in springfield, IL.

James and Polly were the parents of eleven children. Rachel DAVIS (infant), Elizabeth Ann DAVIS PARKER, James Lorenzo DAVIES/DAVIS, William Reese DAVIS, George Alma DAVIES/DAVIS, Myron Thomas DAVIS, Reese DAVIES, Nora DAVIS BERRY, Eleanor Matilda DAVIS POLLOCK, Albert DAVIS.
James George died 1909 in Kanarraville, UT. Polly died 1914 in Kanarraville, UT.

Charles PARKER Sr. (1853-1935) and Elizabeth Ann DAVIS (1859-1927)

Charles was the son of John Davis PARKER and Almeda Sophia ROUNDY.Elizabeth was the daughter of James George DAVIS and Polly WILLIAMS.
Charles was born 1853 Centerville, UT. He married Elizabeth 1880 in St George, UT. Elizabeth was born 1853 Old Fort Harmony, UT. The Parker's are the parents of nine children. Zina Ett PARKER POLLOCK, Charles PARKER Jr., Esther PARKER ROBB, Laura Elizabeth PARKER WOOD, (Dee) John Davis PARKER, Sophia PARKER STAPLEY, (Lena) Samantha Ahlena PARKER WILLIAMS, Ray Cecil PARKER, (Fay) Bruce Fayette PARKER.

Charles PARKER Sr. died 1935 in Kanarraville, UT. Elizabeth also died in Kanarraville in 1927.

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Logan City Cemetery - SMITH - ENSIGN

Isaac and Camilla are the parents, of George Ensign SMITH (1898-1967).



Both born in Brigham City, UT
Isaac SMITH (1857-1914) and first wife Harriet Camilla ENSIGN (1859-1930) married 1877 in Salt Lake City, UT.

They were the parents of twelve children.
Isaac Samuel SMITH, Martin Luther SMITH, William Richard SMITH, Mary Camilla SMITH (teen), Wesley Ensign SMITH, (Dolly) Sarah Ann SMITH LEWIS, Theron Ensign SMITH, Leona SMITH HENRICKS, George ENSIGN SMITH, Malcolm Woodruff SMTIH, Theodore Roosevelt SMTIH (infant), Ruby SMTIH NASH.

Isaac was the son of Samuel SMITH (1818-1996) and Sarah Jane INGRAM (INGRAHM) (1839-1872).
Camilla was the daughter of Martin Luther ENSIGN (1831-1911) and Mary DUNN (1833-1920).

Isaac married second in Logan, UT 1885 Anna Elizabeth CARLISLE (1860-1886) no children.


Isaac married third 1894 Elizabeth FUHRIMAN (1871-1944) married in Cardston, Canada, they are the parents of seven children.
Jacob Isaac SMITH, Joseph Furhiman SMITH, Welland Fuhriman SMITH, Ingram Fuhriman SMITH, Elva Fuhriman SMITH KELLER, Oliver Fuhriman SMITH, Clyde Fuhriman SMITH.

Monday, March 8, 2010

Logan City Cemetery - HAWKES - COLE


Mary Ann MILES HAWKES ARMSTRONG born in England (1878-1879) married first 1822 Shoreditch England to widower with two children William HAWKES born and died in England (1790-1838). Mary Ann and William were the parents of seven children.
Thomas Columbus ARMSTONG Sr. married Mary Ann Salt Lake City, UT 1857, she was soon abandoned by Thomas.
Mary Ann was the daughter of Bernard MILES and Mary Ann LUCKIN.


William George COLE born in England (1814-1890) married 1837 in London, England Sarah LARNDER born in England (1813-1884) they were the parents of nine children.
note: Sarah's maiden (Larnder) name is miss spelled the grave marker.
Hannah Louisa SMITH SQUIRES became the second wife of William George COLE abt 1884 Logan, UT.
William was the son of William COLE and Elizabeth MAY.
Sarah was the daughter of George LARNDER and Elizabeth FOSSEY.


Francis HAWKES born in England (1830-1899) married first 1860 Salt Lake City, UT Georgina Maria MADDSEN they had one child. As a widower with no living children Francis married second 1862 Salt Lake City, UT Eliza COLE born in England (1840-1905). Eliza was a mother, one of her two children was living at the time of the marriage. Francis and Eliza were the parents of nine children.
Francis is the son of William HAWKES and Mary Ann MILES.
Eliza is the daughter of William George COLE and Sarah LARNDER.


Born in Logan, UT.
Herbert Henry HAWKES (1869-1948) married 1896 in Logan, UT Sarah Amy JONES (1875-1952) they were the parents of nine children.
Amy Ella HAWKES SMITH MONSON, Kate HAWKES OBRAY, Herbert Jones HAWKES, Frank Jones HAWKES, Joseph Jones HAWKES, Ethel HAWKES POULTER, Lorin Jones HAWKES, Blayne Jones HAWKES.

Herbert was the son of Francis HAWKES and Eliza COLE.
Sarah was the daughter of Cyrus Joseph JONES and Sarah WORLEY.

These are the parents, and paternal grand and great grand parents of Amy Ella HAWKES SMITH MONSON (1897-1971).

Logan City Cemetery - JONES - WORLEY



Thomas JONES born in England (1822-1897) and his first wife Mary WILLIAMS born in England (1825-1877) married 1848 Halesowen, England, they are the parents of fifteen children. The second wife of Thomas JONES was Jane Ann OUTSON WILSON born in England (1846-1916) married 1878 Salt Lake City, UT, they were the parents of seven children.
Thomas was the son of William JONES and Mary TROW.
Mary was the daughter of John WILLIAMS and Sarah WOOD.


Henry WORLEY born in England (1827-1914) and his wife Catherine WILLMORE born in England (1822-1904) they are the parents of ten children.
Henry was the son of George WORLEY and Sarah HARRISON.
Catherine was the daughter of Edward May WILLMORE and Catherine RUDHALL.



Cyrus Joseph JONES born in England (1850-1919) and his wife Sarah WORLEY born in England (1851-1925) they are the parents of eight children.
Sarah is the daughter of Henry WORLEY and Catherine WILLMORE.
Cyrus is the son of Thomas JONES and Mary WILLIAMS.

These are the maternal grand and great grand parents of Amy Ella HAWKES SMITH MONSON (1897-1971).