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The family records of the the James Newberry Morris Family are a wonderful example of diligence and attention to detail. They document the lives of James and his two wives, Harriette Louisa Elliott and Betsey Sholes. We obtained a copy of the extensive record from members of the family in 2003. James Newberry Morris was […]
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The history of the Cottonwood Metals Mining Company was researched and compiled in 2005. It tells the story of the efforts of direct ancestors Henry Reynolds Watrous, his sons and grandson to develop what they hoped would be a promising mine in Big Cottonwood Canyon outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. The company was incorporated […]
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This portrait was taken in Utah upon the marriage of direct ancestors John Jenkins and Rosella Newberry Morris. They became the parents of seven children. The sixth child, Mary Maria Jenkins married Everest Elliott Watrous when she was sixteen and he was nineteen. They are also direct ancestors.
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This is one of many keepsake photographs in our collection of direct ancestor Rosella Newberry Morris Peck Jenkins. She was born in Lee County, Iowa in 1848. Her parents, George and Hannah Maria Newberry Morris had been driven from their home in Nauvoo, Illinois by a mob. Rosella was born just across the Mississippi River […]
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Ephraim Newberry Morris was born to George Morris and Hannah Maria Newberry in 1864. He was twelve of twelve children born to his parents. His sister Rosella Newberry Morris, born third in the family, is our direct ancestor. She married John Jenkins. Their daughter Mary Maria married Everest Elliott Watrous. In 1885, he married Harriett […]
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Photographers of the past developed quite a talent for portraiture. This portrait is of Harriett Bailey who was born in England in 1854 and came to America as a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints. In Salt Lake City, in 1869, she married another convert named James Bailey McGregor. He was from […]
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To our surprise, after the stories and memories of two generations, we discovered that direct ancestor Henry Reynolds Watrous had a second wife. After his divorce from his first wife and direct ancestor Glendora in 1892, he married a much younger Clara Harriett McGregor. They were married in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1893, which […]
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When our relative, a native of Richfield, Utah died . . . her belongings included many photographs of women she had labeled as “my dear Richfield friends”. Only one photograph had a name or any information written on it. It was the woman in the lower left of the last display of photographs. Her photograph […]
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This is a keepsake photograph of the mine which was a part of the family of Everest Elliott Watrous, his brother Earl Pancake Watrous, their father Henry Reynolds Watrous and Everest’s children. It was called the Lindell Lode. It was located in the area now known as The Spruces in Big Cottonwood Canyon outside of […]
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This keepsake photograph is of Everest Raymond Watrous on his way to Heart Lake in Wyoming. Isn’t it interesting that people used to go many places without all of the fancy equipment that is available today ? He has the essentials: a sleeping bag and backpack, a pail, a lunch sack and a fishing pole. […]