Picture of Jeremiah Bingham Jr.

A distant relative emailed me this picture. It is similar to the one that Grandpa Bingham gave me, but Grandpa says he likes it better because he looks happier in it.

Sybil Bliss

PIONEER SYBIL BLISS LATHROP JACOBS AND HER PIONEER FAMILY
by Mavis Buchanan

SYBIL BLISS LATHROP JACOBS was born in Tolland, Tolland County, Connecticut, 7 January, 1791(sic disputed), the first child of John Bliss and Lydia Chamberlain. She was a great-great granddaughter of immigrant, Thomas Bliss, who settled in Connecticut about 1638. He was a wealthy land owner and Puritan of the Belstone Parish, England, and because of his faith was persecuted, maltreated, impoverished and imprisoned, was finally reduced to poverty and his health was ruined, by the Church of England. This ancestor died shortly after reaching the New England shores.

Sybil married Grant Lathrop, a carpenter, descended from the Reverend John Lathrop, a Pilgrim minister who fearlessly proclaimed in New England as well as old, England beliefs. He, likewise, was persecuted and imprisoned. His distinction to religious freedom was Massachusetts, in 1634. His posterity was great.

Six children were born to Sybil and Grant. When the youngest child was three, Grant died, 21 March 1823, the oldest child was sixteen. The children born to them were, Emily Sophia, Asahel A., Solomon B., Lydia Maria, Horace K., and Osman M.

Records indicate there were many Bliss families that migrated west to Western New York, including Sybil Bliss' father, to the neighborhood of Palmyra. Sybil and her young family were there in 1830. The family was in the right place at the right time, to hear and accept the concepts of the new gospel. Emily, the oldest child was baptized in the Mormon church in 1835. possibly others of the family were baptized at that time. It is known for sure that three of Sybil's children joined the church, also, Sybil. The family seemed to be involved with the movements and activities within the church. They moved with the body of the church to Kirtland, Missouri and Nauvoo, suffering and enduring the hatred and atrocities of the enemies of the church. By this time, Sybil's children had married and had families of their own.

Sybil was married to Dana Jacobs (sic Henry), in Nauvoo, about 1840 There was no issue with this marriage. Dana was the son of Stephen Jacobs and Ruth Chapins. In spite of the turmoil and unrest the saints were going through at this time, the Nauvoo Temple was completed. Temple ordinances and baptisms for the dead were being performed. In January, 1846, the Jacobs, along with thousands of others were rushing to the temple before the westward journey toward Zion began. Records indicate that Zilpha Mills Jacobs, Dana's wife, stood proxy for some of the ordinances done for Sybil's family, which would indicate that Sybil was living as a polygamist wife to Dana. Zilpha was Dana's first wife. Ordinance work was done for family members, parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, and children, which, also, verified and made clear family records of Sybil's.

Sybil received a patriarchal blessing, by Patriarch John Smith, that further indicated her parents. Genealogists, in later years, had been unable to find who her parents were. These church records, when they were discovered, were the answer.

Sybil was voted a member of the Relief Society in Nauvoo.

She left Nauvoo, going west, probably with family members, Michael and Emily Jacobs, and their family. She and her husband, Dana (sic)Jacobs, took different paths and were not together again in her lifetime. He went east to Ohio and married two other women in Ashtabula, Ohio. The marriage to Dana Jacobs must have meant a great deal to her as she kept the name of Jacobs the remainder of her life.

At least three of her children, with their families, joined the exodus of the Saints, crossing the Mississippi River, going west, not knowing where....

...Sybil's (BLISS LATHROP JACOBS) three children (LATHROP), with their spouses and their children, totaled almost 30 pioneers who crossed the plains in the period of time between 1846 to 1852. Her two daughters died, also, two grandchildren and Emily's husband. Two grandsons crossed the plains twice, going back after the first crossing, to help their families along. Two grandchildren died in Fillmore, one killed by Indians and one being murdered for disclosing a secret she knew of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Sybil, in her lifetime, crossed an entire nation by wagon and on foot, from Connecticut to California. She was a true pioneer of her day.

The 1860 U.S. Census shows Sybil living with her grandson, John R. Frink's family, also, grandsons, Asahel and Hyrum (Hoagland) Jacobs were with her, living in San Bernardino.

The 1870 U.S. Census shows her living with Quartus Sparks, age 43. still in San Bernardino. She was 82 years old. A little research revealed that he was the son of Quartus Strong Sparks, a member of the group of converts who sailed in the ship, Brooklyn. His wife, Mary, and his young son, Quartus, sailed with him. They landed at Yerba Buena, San Francisco, in 1846. Quartus, the father, had been a great strength for the church in San Bernardino. He crossed the church authorities there and was excommunicated. His wife, Mary, left him and moved to Salt Lake where she married again. Quartus, the son was living with Sybil. Quartus Sr. became one of the church's severest critics and became a leader in the Reorganized Church. Sybil joined with the Reorganized Latter Day Saint Church on 26 June, 1864. On the 1867 branch list, she was known as Libby Jacobs.

Sybil died 17 August, 1879. Her obituary, as found in the San Bernardino Daily Times,
dated, 29 September, 1879, was brief….."Died. In Temescal, (Riverside County) at the residence of her son, A. A. Lathrop, Sibble Bliss Jacobs of Vermont, aged 93 years (sic), 8 months and 11 days. (New England and Michigan papers please copy." (Her birth date as noted in her history does not agree with her death age by a couple of years).

source: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ldshistorical&id=I252209

Lydia Marie Lathrop

LYDIA MARIE LATHROP, a daughter of Sybil Jacobs, married Samuel Brown, in 1837, at Kirtland, Ohio, when she was 21 years old. Samuel had been married before to Harriet Cooper, who died. When Lydia Marie married Samuel she became the mother of 5 year old, Samuel, named after his father.

Samuel had marched with Zion's Camp. Samuel Brown is a common name. There were other Samuel Browns in the Camp, so, Samuel added his mother's maiden name to his name that made him known as Samuel Webster Brown, or some called him "shoemaker" Brown because of his profession.

The first child born to them was a daughter in Missouri, name, Emily Sophia, born in 1838. Mary W., born in Missouri, 1839, died while they were living in Nauvoo. Other children were born in Nauvoo but did not survive.

After much persecution, they were among the last of the Saints to leave Nauvoo to cross the plains. They settled in Des Moines, Iowa, for a time, where David was born in 1847. Traveling westward, Samuel and Lydia, birthed twins, John and George Austin, in the early 1850's.

The Brown family left Council Bluff, July 10, 1852, as members of the Captain Allen Weeks Company. It had been almost 6 years since they left Nauvoo. All seemed to go well as they followed the pioneer trail across the state of Nebraska. When they camped near the North Platte River, just before the road passes over into Wyoming, tragedy struck the camp. Mother, Lydia Marie, was stricken with the dreaded sickness, cholera. She passed away, one of 13 deaths in that Company. She is buried some where on the plains. The family traveled on and arrived in Salt Lake, October, 1852. Soon to be 16 years old, Emily Sophia, assumed the role of motherhood for her little brothers and helped her father along the way.

Samuel Webster Brown and his family were sent on to Fillmore, Utah, when they arrived in Salt Lake. Grandmother Sybil Jacobs must have been surprised and happy to see this family as she was there when they arrived. There would have been sadness, too. Both of her daughters died as pioneers crossing the plains.

source: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ldshistorical&id=I252214&style=TEXT

John Wortley Manwill 1791-1882

 

JOHN WORTLEY MANWILL
(by Alan Manwill)

John Wortley Manwill was born May 8, 1791, in Litchfield, Lincoln County, Maine. He was the son of Samuel Manwill and Polly Wortley. Of Samuel Manwll very little is known. John Wortley Manwill lists his father in the 1870 U.S. Census as having been born in England. With Polly Wortley he had three children, Susanna (born January 22, 1787), Martha (born January 4, 1789), and John Wortley Manwill, the youngest child. All three were born in Litchfield and are listed together as having been born to "Manual and Polly his wife. "

Polly Wortley was born in Maine. The Wortley family had already been in New England for several generations. The same town record that lists the birth of John Wortley Manwill and his sisters, also lists the intention of marriage of Polly Manual to Abner True of Litchfield, filed January 2, 1796. Since divorce was virtually nonexistent in those days we can fairly safely assume that Samuel Manwill must have passed away in the previous few years. Polly Wortley and Abner True had six children of their own which lived together with John Wortley Manwill and his sisters.
In 1812, at the age of 21, John Wortley Manwill enlisted for duty in the War of 1812. His enlistment papers describe him as being five-feet, six-inches tall, having blue eyes and dark brown hair. He listed his occupation as farmer. He began duty November 6, 1812, in Capt. David C. Burr's company, volunteer regiment of Litchfield, Kennebec, Maine. He spent the first six months at a temporary fort on the Connecticut River. In June 1813, his company joined the Maine Army at Burlington, Vermont. He was transferred to Capt. Nathan Stanley's company, commanded by Col. Denny McCobb, and served aboard a sloop-of-war for six weeks on Lake Champlain. He then served on the Canadian lines until discharged December 1, 1813. He was paid $86. 59 for his thirteen months of duty.
On April, 21, 1822, he married Susannah Booker in Maine. She died two years later on April 24, 1824. On March 26, 1826, he married Patty P. Tracy in Durham, Androscoggin, Maine. She was the daughter of Samuel Tracy and Elizabeth Getchell. The first three children of John Wortley Manwill and Patty P. Tracy were born in a place designated "Letter "B" , Oxford County, Maine. Daniel Booker Manwill ,was born July 4, 1830, John Ferrington Manwill was born December 2, 1832. The third son was James Booker Manwill, born October 5, 1835. It is interesting to note that both Daniel and James had Booker for a middle name, the name of John Wortley Manwill's first wife.
It is said that in 1838, John Wortley Manwill heard the Mormon missionaries in Maine and moved the family west to Ohio. By 1840 the family had definitely come in contact with Mormonism. A son born March 6, 1840, was named Orson Moroni Manwill. He was born at Spring Creek, Miami County, Ohio, a place 20-30 miles north of Dayton, Ohio. On May 6, 1843, a daughter, Mary Elizabeth Manwill was born at Houston, Shelby County, Ohio, a small town a few miles to the north of where Orson Moroni Manwill was born.
Early Church records show that John Wortley Manwill was baptized in June of 1845. That same year on December 19, John Wortley Manwill and Patty P. Tracy received their patriarchal blessings from John Smith in Nauvoo, Illinois.
In December of 1846,, a daughter, Edith Manwill, was born in Van Buren County, Iowa, about 30-40 miles northwest of Nauvoo. She died shortly after birth. Not long afterwards, Patty P. Tracy also passed away in Van Buren County on January 20, 1847. A history of Van Buren County cemeteries states that a group of Mormons who fled Nauvoo after the persecution there, spent the winter, 1846-7, near the mouth of Reed Creek and buried a number of their dead in that spot. It is probable that the Manwill family was among that group. Patty P. Tracy was 39 years old at the time of her death.
In 1851, John Wortley Manwill listed his residence as Atchison County, Missouri (the far northwest corner of the state and directly south of Winter Quarters), on War of 1812 pension records. Much of this record and subsequent records were written in his own hand and show that he had at least a moderate education.
In 1852, at age 61, John Wortley Manwill and his family crossed the plains to Utah with the Capt. Jolley Company which had 159 men, 130 women, and 63 wagons. The Manwill family is listed on Company records as being in the second ten, W. R. Terry, captain. John Wortley Manwill is shown to have with him, four males, two females, two wagons, eight oxen, two cows, two horses, and fourteen hens. Of the four males and two females, John Wortley Manwill's children would account for all but one of the females. Who the other female might be can only be speculated. The Capt. Jolley Company arrived in Salt Lake City on September 9, 1852.
John Wortley Manwill and family lived in the Salt Lake City 2nd Ward where he was ordained a high priest in March 1853. On December 18, 1853, he married Losana Bentley, a widow from Pennsylvania, in the Endowment House. She died September 25, 1870.
It was probably in 1854 that the Manwill family moved to Payson, Utah in southern Utah County. Church records place the family there as early as February 1855. Church records show them in the Payson 2nd Ward in 1860. It was in Payson where John Wortley Manwill spent the remainder of his days.
The 1860 U. S. Census lists John Wortley Manwill as a farmer. His real estate was valued at $500 and his personal estate at $700. Although not rich,. this made him a little better off than most Payson residents. The 1870 U. S. Census lists his real estate at $350 and personal estate at $300. A 13 year old girl named Charity Kinder is listed as dwelling with them. The Census lists her as "domestic help. "
On December 3, 1870, he married Ann Chalice Gerrett, his fourth 'Wife. She outlived him and died on September 12, 1887. Beginning in February 1871, he received a pension of eight dollars a month for his military service in the War of 1812. He died in Payson on March 10, 1882, at the age of 90. He was buried in the Payson Cemetery.

SOURCES
Vital Statistics of Litchfield, Maine This lists the birth of John Wortley Manwill, his sisters, and also the second marriage of Polly Wortley to Abner True.
War of 1812 Pension Records This record describes the military service of John Wortley Manwill. Also, John Wortley Manwill lists the dates of marriage and dates of death of his wives, and the dates of birth of his children.
Church Records John Wortley Manwill's patriarchal blessing lists his date of birth, place of birth, and names of parents. This information was provided by himself at the time of the blessing. Ordination and marriage records corroborate dates, names, and places as provided by John Wortley Manwill in the War of 1812 pension records.
Payson Cemetery Records These provide dates of birth and death for John Wortley Manwill, his last two wives, and several children. They also list his parents and are in agreement with other records.
Perpetual Immigration Fund Records These records contain the record of the Capt. Jolley company and list the number of people and type of property of each family in the company.
U.S. Census Records, 1830, 1860, 1870 These provide information on location, family, and value of property.
NOTES
1. In 1791, Litchfield was part of Lincoln County, Maine. A few years later the county boundaries were changed and Litchfield was in Kennebec County, Maine.
2. There has been some question as to John Wortley Manwill's father and the origin of the Manwill line. There are several undocumented and highly speculative reports that list his father' s name as James, Nathaniel, or Samuel. John Wortley Manwill on his patriarchal blessing lists his father's name as Samuel. It is also listed as Samuel on other church records where the information would have been supplied by John Wortley Manwill himself. It is also listed as Samuel on John's tombstone. James and Nathaniel Manwill lived in Maine but in a different town. It can only be guessed if they were even related to Samuel Manwill. One report lists Samuel Manwill as having been born in Bakerstown, Maine, but is undocumented. However, in the 1870 U. S. Census, John Wortley Manwill lists his father as having been born in England. It should be noted that his step-father was from Maine but John Wortley Manwill always listed his father as Samuel Manwill and never as Abner True. Several reports list Anthony Manuel, a French-Canadian, as the grand- father of John Wortley Manwill. Once again, no documentation of this is given, and it would appear to contradict the information provided by John Wortley Manwill himself. In all these cases of contradictory information the data supplied by John Wortley Manwill himself obviously carries more weight than undocumented speculation passed on by researchers of later generations.
3. It should be noted that there were two John Manwill's in Oxford County, Maine during the time that John Wortley Manwill lived there. The other lived in the town of Jay, Maine.


A BRIEF HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE JOHN WORTLEY MANWILL FAMILY AND ANCESTORS, COMPILED BY A GRAND-DAUGHTER, MRS. MELISSA MANWILL LEWIS, PROVO, UTAH, 30 MARCH 1951.
Some 300 years ago, dating back seven generations, we find a John Wortley born
1653 in Bedforshire, England. He married Martha Bailey, a daughter of Robert and
Martha Clark Bailey to whom nine children were born at Bedfordshire, England. We
will choose to follow Thomas, third son of John Wortley and Martha Bailey Wortley. He
was born at Bedfordshire, England in 1691. Not being too congenial with his
stepmother, and being of a venturesome disposition, he ran away from home at the
restless age of 14 years, stowing away on a ship sailing to America and landing safely at
Salem, Mass. in 1705. Seeking employment he moved about to Londonburry, Worcester,
Weare, Mass. etc. Being industrious he acquired a home at Worcester where he met and
married Mehitable Yarrow of North Yarmouth, Maine. They were parents of 8 children.
He later married Mehitable Ordman. Thomas was a public spirited citizen and builder of
Weare, Mass and lived to the fine age of 108 years. (He was a N.H. signer of the
Declaration of Independence of 1776.)
We will now follow John Wortley, 2nd child of Thomas and Mehitable Yarrow
Wortley, who was born Feb. 1740 at Litchfield, Maine. He served as captain in 3
divisions of the Revolutionary Army of 1776. To John and Martha Wortley, 12 children
were born. He died 7 June 1810 and Martha died 14 June 1817 at Weare, Mass. Mary
(or Molly) Wortley was born 25 Aug. 1766 at North Yarmouth, Maine, the 4th child of
John and Martha Wortley. She first (should be second) married Abner True of Litchfield,
Maine. Molly had 2 daughters, Susannah and Martha True. After Abner's passing, Mary
(Molly Wortley True married Samuel of Bakerstown, Maine in 1790. (These two events
are just opposite from the way they actually happened). Change of Manuel name came at
this time. Samuel Manuel was the son of Anthony Manuel, an Arcadian and a
Frenchman. He had 2 brothers, Nathanial and James Manuel of Poland, Maine. There
being five or six families by the name of Manuel or Manual, which created much public
confusion. Samuel Manuel, who was known by various surnames, decided to adopt the
name Manwill, which he did legally. Anthony Manuel, Samuel's father, died in 1800 at
the age of 90 years. James and Nathanial kept the name Manuel, and therefore lost their
identity with their brother Samuel Manwill and his descendants. Thus Samuel Manwill
of North Yarmouth, Maine and Mary (Molly) True became the parents of John Wortley
Manwill born 8 May 1791, Litchfield, Lincoln Co., Maine. The name Wortley given
John was his mother's maiden name. John Wortley Manwill, later of Poland, Maine, first
married Susan Booker of Lincoln, Co., Maine. She was born 17 Oct. 1808. No record of
any children is known. Susan died in 1824. After her demise, John Wortley Manwill
met and married Martha (Patty) Tracy of Durham, Maine on the 26th of March 1826.
Martha (Patty) Tracy was the daughter of Samuel Tracy and Elizabeth Getchell of
Brunswick, Maine. To John Wortley Manwill and Patty Tracy 5 children were born:
1. Daniel Booker Manwill, born 22 Sept. 1830 at Letter "B" (rural route) Oxford
Co., Maine. Died 28 Nov. 1866 at Payson, Utah.
2. John Ferrington Manwill, born 2 Dec. 1832, Letter "B", Oxford, Maine.
3. James Booker Manwill, born 5 Oct. 1835, Letter "B", Oxford Co., Maine.
4. Orson Moroni Manwill, born 6 Mar 1840 at Spring Creek, Ohio.
5. Mary Elizabeth Manwill, born 6 May 1844 at Houston, Shelby Co. , Ohio.
Patty Tracy died 20 Jan. 1847 at Van Buren, Iowa following a premature child-
birth. This was a severe blow to John Wortley Manwill and his now five motherless
children.
We shall turn back in our history to the early life of John Wortley Manwill and
Patty Tracy Manwill, who were prosperous and progressive citizens of Durham, Maine.
During the War of 1812, John Wortley Manwill, patriot, enlisted as a private in the U.S.
Army in defense of his country. At the end of the war he was honorably discharged and
received timber grants in Maine for his military services by the government. In the
Military records at Washington D. C. he is listed as private John Wortley Manwill,
Litchfield, Maine; but nowhere in the records of Maine or the L. D. S. Church History is
the name Manwill spelled with an "e". Those using an "e" instead of an "i" in the
Manwill name are either misspelling or creating a name of their own. John Wortley
Manwill and Patty Tracy Manwill acquired valuable timber lands and mills in Maine.
They kept a country store on West Purgatory Creek for the convenience of their timber
and mill crews and families. Being of a devout and strong character, and learning of the
restored gospel of Jesus Christ through the Prophet Joseph Smith, and brought to them by
the L. D. S. missionaries, which he accepted, he could not shake off the desire to join the
saints in Nauvoo. Following this inspiration, he sold, at a great sacrifice, all his worldly
possessions in Maine to his partner, Henry Jewell on the 15th of Feb. 1840. Part of this
deal was transacted by Lloyds of Boston, Mass. After selling out, John W. and his wife
Patty with their few earthly possessions and their little family, headed their prairie
schooner westward to cast their lots with the most talked and very unpopular Mormon
Church. Through all the early persecutions and hardships, neither John W. nor his wife
Patty ever faltered. Several years of this strenuous life was spent in Iowa. Following the
loss of dear Patty, Jan. 20, 1847, once again John W. had the urge to join the many saints
making their way west to Utah. With his four sons and his daughter only 7 years old he
joined up with captain Jolley's Company which reached Salt Lake, Utah Sept. 1852,
making a temporary home for a few years in Salt Lake.
Soon after his arrival he married Losania Bentley, a widow and a very fine
woman. She was born at Sugar Creek, Penn. 4 April 1813. Having to part with dear
Losania in a few short years, he looked about and came across dear Ann Garrett Challis
another widow who made him a very kind helpmate until his death in March 10, 1882 at
Payson, Utah, 91 years of age, having been a most successful farmer and businessman in
Utah for better than 25 years. Ann Challis Manwill died five years later in 12 Sept. 1887
at Payson, Utah. His four sons and daughter Mary all married well and were sealed in the
Salt Lake Endowment House. Their families are listed as follows: (Having no children
by Susan Booker John W. gave the Booker name to two of his sons. Patty Tracy was the
mother of his children.)
1. Daniel Booker Manwill, born 22 Sept. 1830 at Oxford Co. , Maine. He
married Mary Amanda Shumway, Payson, Utah, who died in March 1866. Daniel was
killed Nov. 28, 1866 by a failing tree while logging in Payson Canyon and was buried in
Payson 30 Nov. 1866. Their children were Ammi who was drowned while fording Bear
River in Idaho, at about the age of 20 years. Also there was a daughter Olivia, who
married Issac Hatch of Koosharem, Utah.
2. John Ferrington Manwill, born 2 Dec 1832, at Oxford Co., Maine. He married Emily
Sophia Brown in Salt Lake City, Utah on June 22, 1855. She was born 16 April 1837 in
Davis Co., Mo., a daughter of Samuel Webster Brown and Lydia Maria Lathrop Brown
who crossed the plains to Utah in Captain Meeks Company, Sept. 1852. Lydia Maria
Lathrop Brown died near the North Platte River, in the plains Aug. 1852 of cholera,
enroute to Utah. John F. Manwill died at Lake Shore, Utah 26 Oct. 1922, at the age of 90
years. Emily Sophia Brown Manwill died April 3, 1903 at Payson, Utah at the age of 68
years. To John and Emily were born 12 children, all at Payson: Emily Elizabeth; Lydia
Maria; James Riley; John Monroe; Mary Ann; Virginia Losania; Cynthia May; George
A.; David Samuel; Melissa; Lillie Prinsetta; Sarah Amanda. John F. married a widow,
Rosina Sarah Savage at Salt Lake on Dec. 15, 1881. To this union 2 sons and three
daughters were born: Daisy; Myrtle; William R. ; Dolly; Nephi.
3. James Booker Manwill born 5 Oct. 1835 at Oxford Co., Maine. He married
Sarah Amanda McClellan, Payson, Utah. James died 17 May 1900 at Payson, Ut.
To these parents seven children were born.
4. Orson Moroni Manwill, born 6 March 1840 at Spring Creek, Ohio. He
married Alice Crandall of Salt Lake 16 Nov. 1863. He died 1925 at Koosharem, Utah.
To these parents 13 children were born.
5. Mary Elizabeth Manwill, born 6 May 1843 at Houston, Ohio. She died at
Grays Lake, Idaho March 1900. Mary married Horatio Palmer Calkins 20 April
1859, at Payson, Utah. To this union 11 children were born - 7 in Payson, 4 in
Idaho.
To Samuel Tracy, born 30 June 1762 at Brunswick, Maine and Elizabeth Getchell
Tracy born 13 Feb. 1764 at Brunswick, Maine - 13 children were born as follows:
1. Abigail Tracy - 29 June 1784
2. Judith Tracy - 11 March 1786
3. Samuel Tracy - 17 March 1787
4. Dorthy (Dolly) Tracy - 23 Oct. 1789
5. Anna Tracy - 8 Oct. 1791
6. Jerremiah Tracy - 18 July 1793
7. Comfort Tracy - 1 April 1795
8. Wheeler Tracy - 5 May 1797
9. Hugh Tracy -16 June 1799
10. Abel Tracy - 21 May 1801
11. Moses Tracy - 20 July 1804
12. Martha (Patty) Tracy - 26 May 1807
13. Olive Tracy - 5 April 1810
Family Home - Brunswick, Maine

source: http://www.familylinks.us/JWM-m.html

Nancy Eleanor McCullough Keele 1788-1877

Nancy Eleanor was born to Thomas and Mary McCullough in North Carolina. She married Richard John Keele in Bedford, Tennessee. Nine of her children were born in Bedford, Tennessee. The last two children were born in Green County, Illinois. Their family became converted to the LDS Church. Nancy, her husband, and some of her children moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. They had to leave the area due to so much persecution. They traveled with their son-in-law, Jeremiah Bingham, and his family. Their daughter, Sarah, was married to Jeremiah in 1846, but died in childbirth in 1852. Nancy's daughter, Susan, also married Jeremiah. They traveled with the John W. Cooley Wagon Company on September 9, 1853. They then moved their family to Payson, Utah, where she died just three years later.

BIRTHDATE: 13 Apr 1788

Rockingham, Richmond, North Carolina

DEATH: 11 Nov 1856

Payson, Utah, Utah

PARENTS: Thomas McCullough

Mary McCullough

PIONEER: 9 Sep 1853

John W. Cooley Company

SPOUSE: Richard John Keele

MARRIED: 18 Sep 1808

Bedford, Bedford, Tennessee

DEATH: 17 Nov 1877

Mt. Carmel, Kane, Utah

CHILDREN:

Mary 24 May 1810

Jacob 6 Mar 1812

Elizabeth 18 Feb 1814

Samuel 21 Jan 1816

John 18 Dec 1817

Sarah 10 Apr 1820

Alexander 25 Feb 1822

Richard 25 Mar 1824

Dobney Uel 15 Sep 1826

Thomas Henry 15 Aug 1829

Susan 15 Sep 1832

source:http://www.ourfamiliesroots.org/sketches/2689.htm

Old Home of Benjamin Thomas Clark

Located at 1460 South 1100 East Street (southwest corner at the intersection of Roosevelt Avenue and 1100 East Street).
The old home now only exists in memories and photographs as it was torn down back in the sixties to make way for a four plex.
The Don Carlos Kimball home still stands on the northwest corner of this same intersection.
This photo shows Benjamin and Ann's son Lorenzo Southwell Clark, and his wife Mary Rachel Wagstaff Clark, standing in front
Photo taken in July 1915
 


source:http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~archibald/Clark_Home2.html

John Harris Sr. 1819-1907

Birth: Jul. 22, 1819 Worcestershire, England Death: Jan. 28, 1907 Pleasant Grove Utah, USA

Son of: Mary Smith (died in 1833) and Edward Harris (1790-1869) Married: Ann Stanley January 19, 1846 in England Sealed: November 7, 1868 in the LDS Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Utah Married: Emma Love Ainge November 9, 1874 in the LDS Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Utah Family links:  Spouses:   Ann Stanley Harris (1819 - 1916)*   Emma Love Ainge Harris (1840 - 1905)*  Children:   Edward Alfred Harris (1847 - 1927)*   Emily Harris Keetch (1849 - 1922)*   John Harris (1851 - 1895)*   Caroline Harris Cobbley (1854 - 1923)*   Albert Harris (1857 - 1924)*   Mary Ann Harris Aston (1863 - 1945)*   George John Harris (1877 - 1949)*   Elizabeth Emma Harris Culmer (1879 - 1954)*   Joseph Edward Harris (1880 - 1968)*   Alma William Harris (1884 - 1955)* *Calculated relationship

Burial: Pleasant Grove City Cemetery Pleasant Grove Utah, USA Plot: B-23-005-03

Benjamin Thomas Clark 1799-1867

Benjamin Thomas Clark was born 20 February 1799 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England to Thomas Benjamin Clark and Elizabeth Eusden Bell.  He was the fourth of five children and the only boy.  His siblings were Elizabeth, Martha, Frances and Sarah.

Cambridge was a major university town filled with many centuries of historical events.  The earliest authenticated fact in its history is its settlement by the Danes, in 871.  William the Conqueror built a castle at Cambridge.  Through the years it has changed hands according to whichever conqueror came through.  It has also suffered several times from natural calamities.  In 1174, the church of the Holy Trinity was destroyed by fire and most of the other churches injured.  In 1294 another fire destroyed St. Mary's church and many of the adjoining houses.  In 1630 the plague raged so violently that the university commencement was postponed till October.

It is a large town containing fourteen parishes.  Benjamin's father was an office clerk at one of the many business office located in town.  Benjamin was a member of a Methodist congregation where he was choirmaster.

Romantically in love with Ann Shuker he had her initials A. S. Tattooed over his heart.  And at age 21 he married Ann Leaford Shuker at the Holy Sepulcher Church in Cambridge on 25 September 1820.  Their first son, Thomas Benjamin, was born 23 November 1820 and was baptized at three weeks old at St. Peter's Church in Cambridge.  They were living on Castle Street.  Joseph John was born 4 Apr 1822 also in Cambridge and was baptized 25 days later at St. Giles Church.  At the time of his baptism they were living at Wrays Lane, Castle End, Cambridge.  A daughter Elizabeth was baptized on 21 October 1823 and her father was according to the baptism records working as a servant in one of the homes.  A son,  John (13 Oct 1825), was baptized at St. Clements Church and died shortly thereafter. Benjamin was working then as a postal boy.


Daughter Ann was born (15 Aug 1826) and baptized 21 days later at St. Giles Church while her family lived at Gloucester Lane.  Another Daughter Frances was born 3 April 1828 and baptized 12 days later at St. Giles Church.  They were then living on Wray's Lane.  Charles Jonas, born 20 September 1830 and baptized 21 days later.  They were living on Gloucester Lane at the time.  After Charles, came Martha (18 Jan 1832), William Bell (6 Aug 1834) and Benjamin Thomas (2 Feb 1836).

In 1837/8 they moved the family to Chesterton, Cambridge, England just one and one-fourth miles northeast of Cambridge.  It was smaller town and the remains of Cambridge Castle are in this parish with the river Cam running through it.  It was surely a relief to move out of the city into relative country.  Benjamin took a job there working in a brickyard as a brick burner and they took up residence at Johnson's Hall (1841 Census).  They had two more children there: Susannah Shuker (15 June 1838) and Caroline (28 April 1845).

His wife Ann died in June 1848 and was buried at Tulborn, Cambridgeshire, England.  Benjamin was left with seven children still living at home.  About this time, Benjamin learned of a new religion, which was causing quite a stir among the people.  The Church of Jesus Christ "The Mormon's" made its way into Benjamin's life and on 26 December 1849 he was baptized a member.  Probably the concept of eternal marriage and forever a family made an important impression on him as he had just lost his wife.

On June 25 1850 Benjamin married again to Ann Southwell Seymour, a widow.  She had been married to William Seymour and had one child, Charles William Seymour.  She became a dressmaker after her first husband died and continued in this after she and Benjamin were married.  They had three children together.  The first was named Lorenzo Southwell (14 May 1852) born in Chesterton.


They decided it was time to immigrate to America and join the other Saints in the Utah valley.  On 23 January 1853 they left Liverpool, England on the ship "Golconda" along with 321 other people for America.  Traveling together were Benjamin and his wife Ann,  his son Joseph and his wife Ann, his daughter Elizabeth with her husband George Handle and small daughter Elizabeth (1 year), his daughter Ann and her husband Joseph Owen Onion Clark with their daughter Mary Ann (5 years old) and son George (3 years old), his son Benjamin (16 yrs), daughters Susan (12 yrs), Caroline (7 yrs), Ann's son Charles William (12 yrs) and their new son Lorenzo now 5 months old.

After six weeks on the ocean the Golconda arrived at the mouth of the Mississippi River. There they waited for twelve days before a steam tug could tow her to New Orleans, Louisiana and they could disembark on 26 March, 1853.  They came up the Missouri River by steamer to Koebuk, Iowa where they joined the Cyrus H. Wheelock Wagon train heading west.  They left Iowa with 400 people and 52 wagons on 1 June 1853.  They again camped near the Missouri River 45 days and finally on 11 July they left for the Great Salt Lake Valley.

Upon arriving in Salt Lake on 6 October 1853 they spent the first winter in a dugout in the banks of the gulch made by Parley’s stream in the vicinity of the present Sugar House district. The next year Benjamin purchased ten acres of small farm land in the Big Field Survey and built a large commodious adobe dwelling.  These are now Eleventh East and Highland Drive.  Homemade furniture was provided for needs and comfort. Benjamin brought with him a chest of the finest carpenter tools available.  He was skilled in making brick and tile and knowledge of veterinary care.  He followed all three of these trades and as a landholder be became a farmer.  He was always devoted to his family and had brought as many from England as would come.  The whole family lived together in the large adobe dwelling until the married couples could get a start and set up housekeeping independently.  They were a musical family and entertaining and happy with each other.  Immigrants from England, whom they had never seen before were welcome in this spacious home as if they were dear old friends.  He and Ann were endowed and sealed in the Endowment House on 11 October 1855.

On 28 June 1857 he entered a polygamist marriage with Ruth Butterworth Briggs.  Ruth was born 23 April 1817 in Middleton, Lancashire, England, was converted and joined the LDS Church in 1840 during the proselyting mission of the twelve apostles.  Ruth and her husband John Briggs immigrated to America and crossed the plains with the Edward Martin Handcart Company (5th Company) in 1856.  Their family consisted of seven children.  Due to a late start across the American plains, the company was caught in early winter snows and almost all perished before they could reach the safety of the Salt Lake Valley.  John Brigg’s died in that terrible tragedy at Devil’s Gate, Wyoming on the 3 November 1856 just a few days after Captain Grant’s advance rescue party came to their assistance.  Two of the children also perished on the trail before arriving in Salt Lake City.  (Thomas age 13 on 11 November near Split Rock, Wyoming and Mary age 7 on 29 November in the Wasatch mountains, just one day before the company’s arrival in the Salt Lake Valley.  Ruth now faced a terrible dilemma with five surviving children probably with permanent damage from the freezing conditions they had experienced and no husband to support the family in this new desert environment.  It was common practice after this tragedy for Church authorities to ask faithful and established LDS men to take the widows and orphans into polygamous unions.  It was not long before Benjamin was asked to take Ruth as a third wife.  To them one daughter, Lavina Alice was born in 1858.  Ruth died two years later on 4 August 1860 at age 43, perhaps as a consequence of her ordeal on the plains as so many like her ultimately did.  Ann Southwell may have taken Ruth’s children into her care at this time.  What a mixture of families this must have been.  In 1858 he took up farming, raising stock and building homes in Spanish Fork.

He also married Martha Larkins on 3 March 1866 in Salt Lake.  She was born in Cambridge, England and was 44 years old, but little is known of her life.  No mention of any children in this union.

Benjamin Thomas Clark died just a year and a half after this last marriage on 4 Sep/Nov 1867 and was buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah. (E-6-3 N1/2.  Also buried in that plot are Ann Southwell Seymour Clark born 18 Sep 1815, died 7 Jun 1897 and Emma Briggs, born 8 Aug 1855, died 20 Oct 1869, daughter of his third wife.  Emma’s mother and father are buried elsewhere and were not living at the time of her death. 

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Mary Pittaway 1821-1901

BIRTH DATE: 1 May 1821 Droitwich, Worchester, England

DEATH: 15 Jan 1901 Clarkston, Cache Co., Utah

PARENTS: John Pittaway Anne Willis

PIONEER: 10 Oct 1862 Henry W. Miller Wagon Train

SPOUSE: John Godfrey

MARRIED: 15 Sep 1845 Dodderhill, England

DEATH SP: 19 Feb 1893 Clarkston, Cache Co., Utah

CHILD: Letitia, 26 Sep 1841 (father was Abraham Louis)

CHILDREN:

George, 24 Jan 1845

Thomas, 25 Nov 1846

Joseph, 18 Feb 1849

Mary Ann, 8 Jun 1851

Lucy, 10 Mar 1853 (died)

John Ezekiel, 10 Mar 1854

Emma Elizabeth, 6 Apr 1856

Sarah, 22 Jul 1859

Catherine, 10 Aug 1863

Mary was nineteen when she had her first child by Abraham Louis. She married John Godfrey in the Dodderhill Parish Church in September of 1845. Mary and John had three children when they heard the gospel from the missionaries and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

John was fired, from his job because of his affiliation with the Mormons. He worked for the railroad for a short time and finally found work in the salt works in Stoke Prior. They had five more children here.

To help with their income, Mary made cheese for the farmers. Often she would make one hundred fifty blocks of cheese in a season. She also raised peppermint, took the leaves to the factory that gave her juice for pay. Mary used this juice to treat illnesses. John wanted to immigrate to Utah, but Mary felt they could live their religion in England.

After about nine years, she finally gave her consent, but due to finances, the family had to leave at different times. Her sixteen-year-old son, George, went to America first. John, Mary, and the rest of the family sailed on the ship "William Tappscott" on May 14, 1862. After arriving in New York, they traveled to St. Louis, Missouri, by rail and to Winter Quarters by steamboat. They stayed in Winter Quarters until August 10th, the started their journey across the Plains and arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on October 10, 1862.

Her son, George, had built the family a log house in Salt Lake City where they stayed for a while. They moved to Coalville where their last child was born, then moved to Mendon, then moved to Smithfield for a time. While moving to Smithfield, her son Joseph, accidentally drowned.

Mary passed away, in 1901, while living in Clarkston Cache County, Utah.

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John Godfrey 1825-1893

A Brief History of John and Mary Pittaway Godfrey

By Flo Munson

Grandfather John Godfrey was born in Hanbury, England on Oct. 30, 1825. He was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Ainge Godfrey. He was the oldest in a family of six children—five boys and one girl.

As a younger boy he worked on farms driving horses. He would drive from three to five head of horses at one time. He was a good worker and a dependable worker.

Grandmother Mary Pittaway Godfrey was born May 1, 1823 in Broitwich, England. She was the daughter of Mark and Ann Willis Pittaway. Grandmother had five brothers and two sisters. Her brothers were all seamen—they loved being on the water. Her parents had no desire to come to America. They said the Church of England was good enough for them.

On Sept. 15, 1843 Grandfather and Grandmother were married. They had nine children—George (my father), Thomas, Joseph, Mary Ann, Lucy, John E., Emma, Sarah and Catherine. Grandmother had one daughter previously to marrying Grandfather, Aunt Letitia, who remained with her grandparents Mark and Ann Willis Pittaway. She never came to America.

Grandfather and Grandmother were converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They were baptized in 1848. As soon as word got around that they had joined the Mormons, people shunned them. Grandfather was told to report to his employer who gave him notice to leave the Mormons or find employment elsewhere. The same thing happened time and time again. He was well known in this area and wherever he went it was the same. He worked for a short time on the railroad and finally secured work in the salt works. This was very hard work. Grandmother helped by making cheese in their home. She would make as many as 150 cheeses in one season. She raised peppermint in her garden. She would take the leaves to the factory to have the juice extracted and would receive several bottles of juice in return, which she would use for sickness among the families. Grandmother was a mid-wife and delivered many, many babies both in England and after she came to Utah.

Grandfather’s mother, Elizabeth Ainge Godfrey, accepted the gospel soon after Grandfather joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Grandfather wished very much to come to America. Grandmother thought they could practice their religion and still remain in England. However, they were persecuted constantly and finally Grandmother realized they must come to America where they could live the religion of their choice. She had great fear of crossing the water. Their presiding Elder told Grandfather to send his oldest son, (my father, George Godfrey) and that when a year had passed he was sure he would have no trouble persuading Grandmother to cross the ocean. This was true—by the time a year had passed Grandmother was ready to go through water or fire to be with her oldest son.

My father was only 16 years of age at this time. It was finally decided he would come to America first and prepare a home for his parents and brothers and sisters when they arrived in Utah at a later date. He left England May 3, 1861 on a sailing vessel called "Monarch of the Sea". He walked, from the Missouri River to Salt Lake City. He arrived in Salt Lake City in Sept, 1861. He lived with Grandfathers brother, Uncle Richard Godfrey (whom grandfather had assisted in coming to America previously) for a short time.  He worked for Bishop Proctor in the 14th Ward. He hauled logs and rock from the canyons to help build the Temple and Tabernacle.

After Father left England, Grandfather assisted in organizing three branches near Wichbowl. He was a local Elder. One day as he was talking in Church he suddenly began talking in a foreign tongue. It frightened him, as he knew not what he was saying. A lady in the audience interpreted and said he was blessed with the gift of tongues. She said that through his faithfulness a way would be opened and money provided and he and his wife and family would be able to come to America within a years time. At this particular time, this seemed impossible, but a way was opened and money provided and in May 1862 they took passage on a sail boat, the William Tapscot. They spent seven weeks on the ocean. The ship had 24 sailors, 16 white men and 8 negroes.  During the crossing, one man died and was buried at sea. His body was wrapped in a blanket and put in a waterproof bag, strapped to a plank and lowered into the water feet first. They landed in New York and took a train to St. Louis, Mo. They went by steam boat 500 miles up the Missouri River to Florence, Nebraska. On this trip a man died. They pulled up to the bank, near a grove of trees and buried him.

They crossed the plains with ox team in the Henry Miller Company. There were 665 persons, 100 wagons with four ox teams to each wagon in the company. Each night 6 men would guard the 800 oxen to prevent Indians from stampeding them.

They arrived in the Salt Lake Valley Oct. 10, 1862, five long months after leaving their homeland. They found my father had built a little log house in the 10th Ward in Salt Lake City and had made table and chairs from logs he had hauled from the canyons. It was all completed. This was unusual, as most immigrants had nothing waiting for them at the end of their trail.

They lived in Salt Lake City that winter and Grandfather and his sons sawed wood for 50 cents each per day to earn a livlihood (sic) for the family.

That fall General Conner along with approximately 500 men camped where Fort Douglas is today. He had made a threat to take President Brigham Young dead or alive. When the Saints heard this, the brethren (sic) gathered by the hundreds at Brigham Young's office. Lot Smith and his minutemen came armed for battle. When General Conner received word he became alarmed and informed the Saints that his men were merely there on dress parade. The Saints said they were there merely on dress parade also. In January they went to Cache Valley to fight Chief Bear Hunter and his tribe at Battle Creek on Bear River. During this fierce Indian conflict many men and women were killed. The Indians were finally subdued in this battle and the Saints lived in peace.

In the Spring of 1863, the Godfrey family moved to Chalk Creek (now Coalville) and rented a farm. It was here that their youngest daughter Catherine was born. They planted, wheat, barley, oats, etc. A severe frost in September took the entire crop. The Godfrey family then moved to Wellsville in Cache Valley, They remained there only two months and moved on to Mendon where they lived in a cellar for the winter. The snow was heavy and every morning it was necessary for Grandfather to dig his way to the surface.

In the spring, they built a little house 14 feet square which had a dirt roof and floor. This house and city lot were later traded for a yoke of oxen when the family moved to Clarkston.

It was the Spring of 1865 when Grandfather first went to Clarkston. It was a small settlement at this time.  Grandfather planted a vegetable garden and a crop of grain. He was the first man to plow in this vicinity. In May he moved his wife and family to Clarkston. They camped in the open for several weeks while he built a small home. That fall two companies of soldiers, who were on their way to Idaho to fight Indians, camped on the public square near their home. They bought forty dollars worth of vegetables from Grandfather's own garden. The Godfrey children attended school about three months that winter.

The summer of 1886 almost the entire population of Clarkston moved to Smithfield because of hostile Indians. The men returned occasionally to care for their crops, but made preparations to spend the winter in Smithfield. However, President Brigham Young sent word for them to return to Clarkston and stay in their homes.

During the summer an Indian had been killed in Mendon, which caused more trouble for the Saints. A white man was accused of killing the Indian. President Young came to Logan to attend Conference that fall and prophesied that the hand of the man who had killed the Indian would wither and by this sign the people would know who the guilty man was. Grandfather and his sons, along with many others, saw this prophecy fulfilled.

A fort was built in Clarkston to protect settlers from the Indians. While living in this fort, a schoolhouse and meetinghouse were built.

Grasshoppers and crickets were very bad during those first few years and many times the small amount of grain that was harvested would also be frozen. They harvested the grain with cradles and cut the hay by hand.

In the summer of 1866, tragedy entered the Godfrey home when their son, Joseph, only 17 years of age, was accidently drowned in Bear River.

Hampton Bridge on Bear River in Box Elder County was the nearest store in those days. It was ten miles from Clarkston. Men would take turns going by twos to the store for supplies.

Grandmother kept her small home spotlessly clean. She was a good cook and many remember the red plum pudding which only Grandmother could make in her special way. She had piercing black eyes which would look through you. She liked her bed made real high—she had a straw tick with a feather bed on top. Grandchildren liked to watch and when Grandmother wasn't looking they would run and leap on her high bed. In spite of the scoldings they got when they were caught doing this forbidden stunt, they still were unable to resist the temptation.

At first they used candles for light, but finally they bought a small lamp which held a cup of coal oil. Each morning Grandmother saw that the lamp was filled, and the chimney washed and put on a shelf ready for night.

Both Grandfather and Grandmother loved to attend church meetings. Grandfather was most liberal where church donations were needed and gave freely. Grandfather was a Seventy and a ward teacher for many years. They took out their endowments on Feb. 8, 1869.

Grandfather was personally acquainted with Martin Harris, one of three witnesses to the Book of Mormon.  He heard him bear his testimony many, many times.

Grandfather assisted his parents in coming to America. His father was a shoemaker. They lived in Clarkston and are both buried in the Clarkston cemetery.

Grandmother loved freshly scrubbed floors and was known to re-scrub her floor if she could see the faintest smear.

Matches were scarce and men would rub flint together to make a spark. In this way they made fires. Anyone seeing smoke coming from a neighbors chimney would rush to this home with fire shovels to get hot coals to start their own fire.

Grandfather and Grandmother knew a lady by the name of Mrs. Petersen who lived in Wellsville.  She told them of her younger sister, Olina Tralseth, who lived in Norway and who wanted very much to come to America. This was in the days of polygamy and Grandfather and Grandmother talked this over and finally it was decided that Grandfather would send money for Olina to come to America with the idea that he would marry her after she arrived. Grandfather said it was ‘sort of like buying a pig in a sack’. When she finally arrived she was a backward, shy, little person, speaking no English. Grandfather kept his promise and married her on Feb. 14, 1875. She was 16 years younger than he. For a time she lived in the same house with Grandmother Mary and Grandfather. Grandmother Mary was a meticulous housekeeper and it was hard to have another woman share her home. Finally Grandmother Mary told Grandfather it would be best if he took his new bride and moved into a different house. Grandfather never lived with Grandmother Mary again. At first he and Olina lived in Mendon, but later came back to Clarkston where Grandfather homesteaded 80 acres of land. They had five children (two died in infancy). Olina was known as "Grandma Leeney".

Grandmother Mary lived alone with her daughter Catherine who had lost her husband (Richard Jardine) and who had one small daughter, Katie. Their home had a thicket of red plum trees in the back. In front was green gage plum trees.  During fruit season everyone visiting Grandmother was treated to her plums. She raised chickens and had nice gardens. She loved to quilt. She never owned a machine but she pieced quilts by hand. At holiday time, she loved to have all of her family home for meals—many have fond memories of her famous English Plum Pudding. She would trade a cup of yeast for a cup of flour and in this way kept in bread. In the fall grandchildren would all gather to help get in the squash and knew there would be special treats for them at the end of the days work.

Grandfather had many fine head of cattle. In February 1893 his cattle broke loose and in trying to round them back into the corral by himself he became cold and wet as if was an exceedingly bitter, windy day. He contracted pneumonia which developed into double pneumonia. He realized he was going to die. He asked someone to get in touch with Grandmother Mary to see if he could come to her house to spend his last days, but she thought it would be best if he didn't. He died in the little log house, which he and Grandma Leeney called home, on Feb. 17, 1893 at the age of 67 years.

Grandmother Mary had a heart condition and suffered from dropsey (sic) for many months before she passed away on June 15, 1901 at the age of 78. They had no means of caring for sickness and death as they do now. Her body was placed in a home-made casket and because the odor was so strong from her being sick for such a long period of time they were unable to have the casket inside the church house. They left it in a white top buggy just outside the church and raised a window next to the casket during the funeral.

After Grandfather’s death, Grandma Leeney took her three children and moved to Teasdale to be near her sister. Soon, however, she returned to her little log home in Clarkston. She spoke little English and it must have been most difficult for her so far away from her people in Norway. In 1914 she became very ill and was taken to her daughter Aunt Marie Brindley's home in Salt Lake City where she died after being bedfast for six weeks. She had stomach cancer. She passed away June 5, 1914 at 73 years of age.

Grandfather and his two wives are buried in the Clarkston Cemetery.

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William Henry Clark 1852-1942

Autobiography of William H. Clark

I will say at the beginning, that my life has not been without spot or blemish, that I have not been free from faults and failings, but what I may have committed in my weakness I have a firm belief that I expiated them in the sight of God my Heavenly Father. I have frequently prayed for forgiveness, and I firmly believe that my prayers have been heard. And I thank God that I have never with all my faults committed the unpardonable sin.

I was born in the town of Cambridge, England, December 3, 1852. The town of Cambridge was named for a bridge over the river Cam, It is a it seat of learning; there being fourteen colleges, and four halls of learning. Young men from all over the world are educated there. The Prince of Wales, now King Edward VIII, was educated at one of the colleges of Cambridge.

My father was Joseph John Clark and my mother was Maria Leach Clark. My father was born April 4, 1822 at Cambridge and my mother was born November 17, 1815 in the same town. My father at his death was sixty-eight years of age, and my mother lived to be ninety-six. My father was foreman of a large brickyard, and was considered to be fairly well to do.

My earliest recollection is when about the age of three years I was sent to an old lady's school for infants. I suppose we were sent there to be out of Mother's way. My parents were of the Methodist persuasion, and as such I used to be carried to the Sunday School. While at this old lady's school I was requested, among others, to learn and recite the third chapter of St. John; a prize of a nice bible was offered to those children who were most proficient in their recitation, and a testament was awarded those who did not recite so well. Although I was only a month over six years of age, I was very proud to think I was awarded a nice bible, which I have today. The old teacher used to read us a verse and then we had to memorize it. Soon after this I was sent to the district school for boys.

At the age of eight years I was sent to one of the colleges to be a member of the Corpus Christi College choir; where we had to study music three times per week. I stayed with the choir until I was fourteen years old, and my voice changed. Of course this did not interfere with my attendance at school. By singing in the choir I obtained some pocket money, and was enabled to lay a little by.

My oldest brother had a position as teacher in a large school at London and at an Easter holiday, he wrote for me to go to London and make him a week's visit. I was very much delighted to go, and I had a splendid time, visiting many beautiful and historic buildings, including St. Paul's Cathedral, British Museum, Crystal Palace and many other places of interest, I was twelve years of age at this time. During my last year's attendance at school, my father frequently asked me to make up my mind as to the choice of a trade or profession so as to be like my other brothers. One a teacher, another a brick mason, and the third a carpenter. But I could never make up my mind as to a trade, so I had to start to work at the brick yard, I must here digress a little, because I firmly believe the Lord's hand was working in my behalf.  If I had learned a trade or some profession, it is very doubtful if I should ever have left my native land—but more of this anon. In the meantime I was having considerable pleasure, in a worldly way, with my companions.

My father had a sister living in the state of New York (about two hundred miles from New York City) and they used to correspond quite frequently. She used to praise up the country of America, and as I was sometimes out of work, I thought I would go to America, and try my fortune there. So I began to write to my aunt, and finally I made up my mind to leave England. My father said he believed the country was all right and that if he were a younger man, he thought he would do the same.

I would here explain that when I was in the college choir, I received four pounds ($20.00) per year, and with an honorable discharge, was presented with a Bank of England note for five pounds ($25.00) which I put in the bank forming a nucleus, which I added to occasionally, and with my father's help, had quite a nice little sum to start with. I took passage on the Cunard liner "Samaria," on June 14, 1870 and landed at Boston, Massachusetts on June 26th.  When I arrived aunt's place at Mooer's Junction, Clinton County, New York, they were very glad to see me, and made me feel very much at home, but I quite homesick for a few days, as I had never been from home but once or twice in my life.

My aunt lived about a mile from the Canadian line, and her husband used to smuggle liquor across the line into the state of New York. He used to drink a great deal and got me into the notion of taking some of the stuff before breakfast, and I soon got so that I had to have a drink or I couldn't eat any breakfast.  So with my aunt's advice, I stopped taking the liquor. Well, this didn't suit my uncle, we couldn't agree, and I left and went to work on a railroad in Vermont.

I traveled around the state of New York for quite a while. At one time a sailor on Lake Champlain. At the end of about eighteen months I thought I would like to visit my relatives in Utah. I started up a correspondence with some of them, with the result that in the latter part of 1871, I left New York City for Utah. William C. Staines was then Emigration Agent for the Church. I arrived in Salt Lake City on November 10, l87l.

My folks treated me very kindly, and used to explain the principals of the Gospel to me, with the result that I was baptized by my uncle, William B. Clark, in Parley's Canyon Creek in Sugar House Ward on Sunday, May 16, 1872 and confirmed by Bishop William C. A. Smoot. As I stated before, if I had stayed and learned a trade in England, in all probability I would never have been baptized into the Church. So I implicitly believe that I was led to Utah to do Temple work for my dead relatives.

I do not wish to weary you with an account of my working in different places for the next two years. In the fall of 1873, Samuel Stewart of Clarkston came to Salt Lake City for conference, and asked me to spend the winter with them. Brother Stewart's wife, Mary Ann, was my cousin. In October of the same year I came to Clarkston and spent a very good time until April, 1874 when I returned to Salt Lake again. The next fall I came to Clarkston again, and lived with Brother Andrew W. Heggie. He was a good man and taught me to pray.

On October 10, 1877 I was married to Sarah Godfrey at Logan by Bishop William B, Preston. We were remarried in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City on October 10, 1879 by President Daniel H. Wells. On September 22, 1878 our first child was born, and we were very happy. I was ordained an elder by Martin Harris Jr., (can't find record of date). In the year 1901 the Clarkston Prayer Circle was organized by Samuel Roskelly, and I felt myself much honored by being chosen a member of the circle. I was ordained a member of the High Priest's Quorem (sic) on May 19, 1901, by Samuel Roskelly. I have done the work for the deceased members of my father's family in the Salt Lake and Logan Temples.

I fully believe this is what I was led to come to Utah for, and for this cause my life has been miraculously preserved many times. On one occasion, while chopping timber in Mill Creek Canyon. Salt Lake County, a large tree was falling towards me. My companion called to me, and I sprang behind a tree, narrowly escaping death. I was walking on a railroad track with my companion in New York State, a drizzling rain was falling. We were on a very high and narrow fill. We saw a train approaching, he stepped on one side and I on the other. I thought I was in danger and went to step over to my companion. The train was close upon us, in crossing the track I slipped and fell across the rails. The man seized me by the coat collar and dragged me over, and the train went by in a rush.

I dug a well for Famus Rasmussen, on land now owned by John Jardine; I just got it finished and was being drawn to the surface, when nearing the top the windlass broke and I dropped thirty-three feet. I thought I was dead sure that time. I can say I have not had a great deal, of sickness. The worst was when I had spotted fever. My son William had it at the same tine. One day we were very sick; burning with fever. Brother Nathan Tanner came and administered to us, and I here testify that in a few minutes we were both very much relieved and cool.

I wish to bear my testimony of the truthfulness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I know it is true. I know that Joseph Smith was a true prophet of God. I know that his successors have all been men of God, called by revelation. I also testify that the Book of Mormon and the other works of the Church are true. I hope that during the remaining portion of my life, I will not deviate from the straight and narrow way that leads to eternal life. I have not been gifted as an orator on this earth, but I do hope to improve on the other side. This is my earnest desire, and I ask it in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

/s/ William H. Clark April 15, 1923

January 14, 1936

After fifty-seven years of unalloyed happiness, God is His wisdom saw fit to call my beloved wife to a better world. She died January 29, 1935 after much severe suffering. But I cannot complain as I firmly believe that she has gone to a place where sickness, sorrow and trouble are unknown, and I do hope and fervently pray that I may be counted worthy to meet her, never to be separated again

These are my reasons for an inexpensive funeral, I have seen funerals of people of poor or middle-class being buried in very expensive style; very much beyond their means, just to be gazed upon for a few hours.

God said to Adam, "Dust thou art and unto dust thou shalt return.”

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Sarah Godfrey 1859-1935

BIRTHDATE: 22 Jul 1859 Stoke Prior, Worchestershire (sic), England

DEATH: 29 Jan 1935 Clarkston, Cache Co., Utah

PARENTS: John Godfrey and Mary Pittaway

PIONEER; Henry W. Miller Company 17-18 October 1862

SPOUSE: William Henry Clark

MARRIED: 10 Oct l877 Salt Lake City, Endowment House

DEATH SP: 21 Jul 1942 Buhl, Idaho

CHILDREN:

William Henry, 22 Sep 1878

Joseph John, 22 Feb 1881

Mary Ellen, 13 May 1883

Effie Maria, 13 May 1886

Ida Ann, 10 Nov 1888

Sarah Malinda, 19 Dec 1890

Arthur Benjamin, 22 Aug 1892

Amelia Emma, 1 Sep 1894

Raymond Aubrey, 15 Jan 1897

Andrew Leslie, 12 Jan 1900

Marjorie, 21 Jun 1902

Sarah Godfrey was born in England, 1859. She was the eighth child in the family.  Sarah's family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and immigrated to America. Some of her earliest memories were of crossing the water to America on a ship, and her father giving her a hard sea biscuit when what she really wanted was a drink of water.

After their arrival in America, they joined a wagon company to travel to Utah arriving in Salt Lake City in October 1862.

They made their first home in Mendon, a small town in Cache County, northern Utah. Later, they were asked to help make a settlement at Clarkston, about twenty miles farther north.

William Henry Clark also left his home in England and had joined the Church after coming to America. William and Sarah met and fell in love in Clarkston, they were married in the Endowment House, Salt Lake City.

They continued living in Clarkston, with William working on the farm and Sarah caring for their growing family.

The children had to walk three miles to school. They carried their shoes and stockings and only wore them for school so they would last longer. They only attended school in the spring and fall because of the severe weather, but there was always plenty to do at home.

Sarah's life was one of hard work, economic hardship and few conveniences. She had no formal education and never learned to read or write, not even her own name. Yet she could 'figure' in her head and with amazing speed and accuracy. When she took eggs and butter to the store, she knew exactly how many she had and how much they would bring.

Sarah was a religious woman. When the table was set for breakfast, the chairs were turned with the backs to the table and everyone knelt by his chair for family prayer. One-tenth of everything they produced was set aside for tithing, each tenth dozen eggs was set aside, so was one-tenth of the farm produce. Tithing goods were taken to the Bishops' storehouse or tithing office.

Sarah was a visiting teacher, primary worker, and counselor in the Y.W.M.I.A. She lived to see all nine of her children married and with families.

Sarah's full and busy life came to an end in Clarkston, Utah, January 29, 1935, when she was seventy-five years of age, a true pioneer of faith and fortitude.

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Ludlow History

The LUDLOW surname started over 900 years ago by someone who was known as “de Ludelowe” (of Ludlow). Ludlow (or Ludelaue, meaning the ‘loud lowland’ or ‘roaring hill’ by the noisy rapids of the River Teme) was a Celtic town near the Welsh border where William the Conqueror built Ludlow Castle.

Ludlow Castle, Shropshire England

During the medieval period, the Ludlows spread southeast to Gloucestershire and Wiltshire where a Stephen and Joan Ludlow lived in the Shipton-Moyne area in the early 1500’s. Stephen & Joan Ludlow had two large families of descendants:

Walter (c. 1575-1639) & Bridget Ludlow

John (1588-1662) & Edith Ludlow

The posterity of John & Edith Ludlow included Thomas and Grace Ludlow of the Tetbury, Gloucester area, who, in turn, were the grandparents of Thomas Ludlow, a British soldier who died fighting Napoleon’s forces in Holland in 1799. Thomas’ son, John, and Mary Matthews LUDLOW started their family some two centuries ago in Avening, Gloucestershire, England. Their children Hannah, Nathaniel, Daniel, James, John, and William now have many known descendants living in England, Australia, and the USA.

Ludlow Church, Shropshire England

 

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