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Ithamer Thomas Sprague was born in New York to Hezikiah Sprague and Abigail Jeffers. He was the eighth child of eleven born to his parents. Ithamer is an unusual name. It was the name of one of the sons of Aaron, who was charged with administering the rites of the Temple in the days […]
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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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Jane Pickett was born in England to George Pickett and Maria Jarvis. She was the youngest of three children, the others being Mary and James. Two years before Jane’s birth, her parents heard the message of the Gospel from the missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints and were baptized. When Jane was […]
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John Sant was born to Abel Sant and Margaret Bayley in England. He was the seventh of twelve children born to his parents. When John was just ten years of age, his father was convicted of having a file in his lunch pail and sentenced to the prison ship which traveled to Australia. This method […]
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John Thompson Barker was born in England to Thomas Barker and Elizabeth Thompson. He was the eighth of thirteen children which were seven girls and six boys. Five of the children died in infancy and one, a brother died at the age of twenty-seven. In 1856, at the age of 18, John and his family […]
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Jonathan Pugmire was born in England to Jonathan Pugmire and Hannah Hetherington. He appears to have been their only child. During his childhood he was raised by his mother and a step-father named Thomas Coulthard. Jonathan went by his step-father’s name when he was young. We don’t know if his father died or if his […]
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Maria Susannah Merrick was born in England to James Merrick and Mary Vaux. Her life story has been somewhat difficult to tell. That is because for many years, from the time she came to America until just two years ago, the written history of her life contained incorrect information. We have corrected the record in […]
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Joseph Hyrum Pugmire was born in Liverpool, England to parents Jonathan Pugmire and Elizabeth Barnes. He was the fifth child of ten born to his parents. His parents joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints in their native Raughton Head, England and were waiting in Liverpool for their trip across the ocean to America […]
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Nephi James Bates was born to Nephi James Bates and Sarah Sprague in Fillmore, Millard County, Utah. He was the second child and first son of 12 children born to his parents. His personal journal has been preserved and tells us much more about him. In 1901 he married Flora Louise Maiben in the Manti […]