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The Evergreen Cemetery in Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa Wayne Watrous was the infant son of Everest Elliott Watrous and Edith Glendora Pancake.  He was the second child in a family of four sons.  Only two lived to adulthood.  Of Earl, Wayne, Everest and Martin, only Earl and Everest survived.  Wayne followed brother Earl Pancake […]

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James Newberry is one of the most interesting ancestors in our lines.  He was born in New York to John Newberry and Jemima Benedict.  His father was from New York and his mother from Connecticut.  He was the eleventh child of thirteen born to his parents.   In 1811 he married Mary Smith.  They became the […]

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Henry Maiben was born in England to William Adam Maiben and Catherine Williams Cater.  He was the fourth child of twelve born to his parents.  His Maiben ancestors were originally from Scotland but his father moved from there to Brighton, England before Henry’s birth.  Henry and his closest sibling John Bray Maiben were both educated […]

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Ithamer Thomas Sprague was born in New York to Hezikiah Sprague and Abigail Jeffers.  He was the eighth child of eleven born to his parents.   Ithamer is an unusual name.  It was the name of one of the sons of Aaron, who was charged with administering the rites of the Temple in the days […]

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James Jenkins was the second child and first son born to his parents Thomas Jenkins and Mary Thomas in Wales.  His older sister was named Harriett and his younger brother was named John.  Nothing is known of his childhood.  In 1842 he married Elizabeth Davis in Wales.  In 1847 they heard the message of the […]

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John Jenkins was born in Wales to James Jenkins and Elizabeth Davis.  He was the middle child of three, an older sister and a younger brother.  John’s parents heard the Gospel from the missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints and were baptized in 1847.  Speaking only Welsh, they were taught and baptized […]

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Maria Susannah Merrick was born in England to James Merrick and Mary Vaux.  Her life story has been somewhat difficult to tell.  That is because for many years, from the time she came to America until just two years ago, the written history of her life contained incorrect information.  We have corrected the record in […]

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Nephi James Bates was born to Nephi James Bates and Sarah Sprague in Fillmore, Millard County, Utah.  He was the second child and first son of 12 children born to his parents.  His personal journal has been preserved and tells us much more about him.  In 1901 he married Flora Louise Maiben in the Manti […]

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Nephi James Bates was born to Mary Ann Jones Jacaway and James Bates.  Nephi’s mother was a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints and was living in the city of New Orleans at the time of James’ birth.  She had children from her first marriage to Fields Jacaway, who had died an […]

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Jerome Timothy Watrous was born to Timothy Watrous and Mary Rowley in what would become Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio.  His father Timothy, along with many others, migrated from various places but primarily from Connecticut to Ohio.  There, Timothy Watrous bought a large piece of land.  Just a few months short of Jerome’s birth, his father […]