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Joining the Mormon church If the early history of Utah is ever completely written, it will reveal many instances of undaunted determination, perseverance, and self sacrifice in this country where each man or woman must carve out their own fortunes and be judged, not by what their ancestors have done,...
Four years after Thomas Rowell Leavitt married Ann Eliza Jenkins, he married a second wife, Antonett Davenport. She was born 2 Sept. 1843 at Hancock, McDonnough County, Illinois. They were married at the endowment house at Salt Lake City by Pres. Brigham Young 9 March, 1861. She was as beautiful...
“Now you will ask about Thomas. On the 30 June 1857 he was twenty-three years old, a young man of medium height, dark hair and eyes. He was a well-built man with a strong, healthy body and mind. Although he had a quiet disposition, he made friends easily as he...
Eleanor Caroline Kington was born 18 April 1848 at Garden Grove, Somerset, Iowa, the daughter of Thomas and Margaret Piezel Kington. Her father was a Patriarch of the LDS church in Wellsville, Utah. He gave John Redford his first Patriarchal blessing. She was baptized a member of the LDS Church...
A brief sketch of the life of Sister Ann Redford Haslam, born May 27, 1846, at Lancashire, England, the daughter of Robert and Lettice Redford. This sketch is given in her own words. I was born and raised in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Father and mother...