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These are the children of John Thompson Barker and Jane Pickett. Our direct ancestor is Clara Lzina Barker Pugmire in the lower right of the collage. They are: George Hyrum Mary Elizabeth Either Elias Nancy Alice Joseph Ephriam Jane Maria John Thompson Amos Eli Annie Pearl Clara Lzina
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Abraham B. Newberry was born in New York to James Newberry and Mary Smith. He was the third child of ten born to his parents. In 1842 he married Eliza Duty in New York. They migrated to Nauvoo, Illinois as converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints along with Abraham’s family. His youngest […]
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William Morris was born in England to Joseph Morris and Elizabeth Vernon. He was the third child of seven born to his parents. He was the brother of our direct ancestor George Morris. He married Mary Ann Durham in England, where she died in 1852. He then married Sarah Durham, Mary’s sister. They emigrated to […]
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James Washington Newberry was born in New York to James Newberry and Mary Smith. He was the fourth of ten children born to his parents. He moved with his family to Ohio and later to Nauvoo, Illinois. All were converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints. James’ parents became antagonistic towards their new […]
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Mathew Morris was the youngest child of seven born to his parents Joseph Morris and Elizabeth Vernon. His brother George Morris is our direct ancestor through George’ wife Hannah Maria Newberry Morris. He was born in England and died in Utah.
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Joseph Morris was the fifth child of seven born to his parents Joseph Morris and Elizabeth Vernon. We know him as the brother of our direct ancestor George Morris and as the leader of the apostate church called the Morrisites. Joseph was born in England. He worked in the mines and is said to have […]
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When all was said and done, we found much information about our ancestor Jerome Timothy Watrous, his wife Mary June Reynolds and their children Henry, Sarah Rebecca and adopted daughter Mary Ellen Byrnes. The one piece of their later life migration that has eluded us in a reference in Jerome’s obituary to a few years […]
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Few events were as monumental in the lives of many of our ancestors as the encampment at Winter Quarters in what is today Florence, Nebraska. Many of our ancestors have recorded their experiences in their journals which include the cold, hardships, hunger and fear that followed them from their comfortable homes in Nauvoo, Illinois. Many […]
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This is the original grave stone for Jerome Timothy Watrous who was born in 1818 in Ohio and died in 1904 in Illinois. It was originally placed in a straight row with similar stones for his wife Mary June Reynolds Watrous and little daughter Lydia Viola who died at the age of four. We we […]
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Many of our ancestors lived through the events in the early Church including the trials and tribulations which befell the Saints in Nauvoo, Illinois. Many journals, including that of George Morris and Jonathan Pugmire talk of their direct contact with the Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother, the Patriarch, Hyrum Smith. Other journals from the […]