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Nephi James Bates was born to Mary Ann Jones Jacaway and James Bates. Nephi’s mother was a convert to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints and was living in the city of New Orleans at the time of James’ birth. She had children from her first marriage to Fields Jacaway, who had died an […]
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 […]
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 […]
Willia Adam Maiben was born in England shortly after his parents’ move from Scotland. His parents were Adam Maiben and Sarah Osmer. William was the third child of seven born to his mother Sarah. She died when William was eight years of age. In 1814, William married Catherine Williams Cater. They became the parents of […]
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 […]
Elizabeth Sant was born in England in 1842 to John Sant and Mary Shaw. She was known in life as Betsy. She was one of twelve siblings. She married Thomas Winterbottom, son of Samuel Winterbottom in 1861 in England. They became the parents of six children. One, Elizabeth Hannah died as an infant. Another, Hannah […]