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Joseph Morris was the fifth child of seven born to his parents Joseph Morris and Elizabeth Vernon. We know him as the brother of our direct ancestor George Morris and as the leader of the apostate church called the Morrisites. Joseph was born in England. He worked in the mines and is said to have […]
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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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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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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 […]
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This is direct ancestor George Morris after he came to Utah. It is thought that this portrait was taken in about 1865 when he was forty-eight years of age.
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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 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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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 […]