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The biographies of Everest Elliott Watrous and his son Everest Raymond Watrous were written by Thomas Watrous.  Both tell the tale of this family and their efforts over many years to find the magical mine.  Henry Reynolds Watrous is on the left.  He was a prominent attorney in the Utah Territories but his heart was […]

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This wonderful photograph was taken before “catch and release”.  Everest on the left and Earl are the sons of Henry Reynolds Watrous and his wife Edith Glendora Pancake from whom Henry was divorced in 1892.  Everest is our direct ancestor.  He married Mary Maria Jenkins.  They became the parents of three sons:  Mervin, Wayne and […]

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This is the original home which John Jenkins (1846-1930) built in Pleasant Green, Utah.  He came to Utah from Wales with his family who were converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints. The name of the town was later changed to Magna.  Over time the home changed as additions were made and the […]

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Hannah Maria Newberry Morris was born in New York to James Newberry and Mary Smith.  She was the sixth of ten children born to her parents.  Nothing is known about her childhood except that which is recorded in her father James’ ancestral summary.  Hannah heard the message of the Gospel from missionaries of The Church […]

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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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Mary Maria Jenkins was born to Rosella Newberry Morris and John Jenkins in the town of Pleasant Green, Utah.   Her father was a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints and her mother the child of recent converts from New England.  Mary was the sixth child of seven born to her parents.  At […]

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Rosella was born to goodly parents, George Morris and Hannah Maria Newberry in Nauvoo, Illinois.  George was a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints from England and Hannah was from an early New England family who had also joined the Mormon Church.   Rosella was the third child and third daughter born to […]

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George Morris was born in England to Joseph Morris and Elizabeth Vernon.  He was the oldest child of seven.  In 1840 he married Jane Higgenbothom who died the next year.  He heard the missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints in his native England and emigrated to America where he lived in the […]

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Everest Elliott Watrous was the third of four sons born to Henry Reynolds Watrous and Edith Glendora Pancake.  He was born in the tiny Iowa town of Red Oak where his father Henry had gone to practice law.  He joined an older brother named Earl and followed the death of an infant brother named Wayne.  […]