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posted by Sandy on Ancestors of Thomas Watrous, Stories Within Stories
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 […]
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Among the inspiring stories surrounding our ancestors is the story of John Painter Reynolds. He was the youngest child of eleven born to his parents Henry Reynolds and Sarah Painter. He came to Illinois from his birthplace in Pennsylvania in 1836. His father Henry bought a farm two miles north of LaHarpe. After the death […]
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The events which took place in and around Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois are laced through the lives of many of our ancestors. Many were converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints in their native lands of Europe and in their towns and cities across New England and in other parts of America. They […]
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Many of our direct ancestors received religious ordinances in The Endowment House. It was built under the direction of Brigham Young in 1855 to serve the Saints until the Salt Lake Temple was completed. It was located in Salt Lake City, Utah on the north-west corner of the Temple Block which is today Temple Square. […]
posted by Sandy on Keepsake Photographs, Stories Within Stories
This home was built by direct ancestor Joseph Hyrum Pugmire for his family which included our ancestor Justin Pugmire. We do not know how long the family lived in it but eventually, Joseph sold it to his daughter Sarah Jane Pugmire and her husband Samuel Newton Henderson. Sarah and Samuel became the parents of thirteen […]
posted by Sandy on Ancestors of Thomas Watrous, Stories Within Stories
Marion Darling Pancake was the eighth child of thirteen born to his parents Samuel Crawford Pancake and Catharine Darling. He was born in Jefferson Township in Coshocton County, Ohio. He came to Utah with his sister Carrie and her husband Albert Conwell before 1880. They are found together in the census in Springville, Utah County, […]
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Sarah Rebecca Watrous married Clarence Roland Gittings in St. Louis, Missouri when she was forty-three years of age. It was the first marriage for her and the second for him. They built a home on land where her childhood home had once stood in the tiny farming community of Terre Haute in Henderson County, Illinois. […]
posted by Sandy on Ancestors of Thomas Watrous, Stories Within Stories
Annie Matthews was born in England to William Matthews and Hepzibah Jarvis. She was the seventh of eleven children born to her parents. She heard the Restored Gospel from the missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints along with her siblings and parents. They were baptized in 1850. Annie emigrated to America with […]
posted by Sandy on Ancestors of Sandra Gale, Stories Within Stories
Direct ancestors Justin Gerald and Clara Lzina Barker Pugmire lived in many homes throughout their married lives but never owned one. When this neighborhood of new homes was built in the early 1940s, their youngest son Glenn took the money he and his wife were going to use to buy their first home and gave […]