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posted by Sandy on Ancestors of Sandra Gale, Keepsake Photographs
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This keepsake photograph was taken at the home of Justin and Clara Pugmire in Salt Lake City, Utah about 1947. Justin is holding grandson Douglas in the back right. Justin died in 1949. Clara, his wife in front on the right died in 1969. She is holding a granddaughter Robyn. Next to Clara is […]
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This wonderful photograph was in the collection of Mr. Painter in Terre Haute, Illinois. He made a copy for us which is shown here. Our ancestors Jerome Timothy and Mary June Reynolds Watrous adopted a “soldier’s orphan” in about 1870. Her name was Mary Ellen Byrnes. She is shown here in the checkered dress. The […]
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Mary Ellen Byrnes was born in 1860 to her parents Michael Byrnes and a mother whose name we do not know. She was born in New York. At the age of ten, she came to Illinois on the Orphan Train. She was called a “soldier’s orphan”. She was adopted by our direct ancestors Jerome Timothy […]
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In 1924, our ancestor Nephi James Bates ran for the position of Sixth District Judge. It was an election which he won. This flyer was distributed prior to the election in order to introduce him to those who would be voting.
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Sarah Sprague was the third child of five born to her parents Ithamer Sprague and Sarah Stedwell. Sarah’s mother of the same name had been married twice before she married Ithamer, Sarah’s father. Her life had been full of tremendous heartache. When Sarah was eighteen, she married Nephi James Bates 1848-1921 in Washington County, Utah. […]
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Amos Eli Barker was born in 1876 to John Thompson Barker and his wife Jane Pickett. He was the fourth child of eleven born to his parents in St. Charles, Bear Lake County, Idaho. He is the brother of our direct ancestor Clara Lzina Barker Pugmire. This keepsake photograph was taken during The Great Depression. […]
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This is the funeral program prepared for the services for ancestor Clara Lzina Barker Pugmire. The funeral was held in the Riverside Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day-Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Riverside Ward was earlier called the 29th Ward. It was located on the corner of 1000 West and […]
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This obituary for Clara Lzina Barker Pugmire was carried in the Deseret News and the Salt Lake Tribune. It is in our file and archived by both newspapers. A copy is also kept by Deseret Mortuary.
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This resolution honored Nephi James Bates upon his death in 1958. It was created and submitted by the Southern Utah Bar Association.
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This is the funeral program for Nephi James Bates who was born in 1875 to Nephi James Bates and Sarah Sprague. His funeral was held in Richfield, Sevier County, Utah. Following the service he was buried in the Richfield City Cemetery.