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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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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 […]
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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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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. […]
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“The Quaker Lovers” by Homer Pyle Henry Reynolds was born in Delaware in 1786 to James England Reynolds and Hannah Webster. He was the oldest of eleven children born to his parents. By 1803 he was living in Pennsylvania where he settled near New Castle and built a grist mill. In 1809 he married Sarah […]
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This is a photograph of Grace McVey and Sherman Adams. Grace McVey was born in Illinois to Ophelia Pancake and William Franklin McVey. She was the oldest child of six born to her parents. She migrated with her family from Illinois to Utah and then to California. Sometime before 1896, she married Ulysses Sherman Adams […]