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Elizabeth Thompson was the oldest child of four born to her parents John Thompson and Ann Odell. In 1825 she married Thomas Barker and together they became the parents of twelve children. The first five of six died as infants. Biographical sketches by Elizabeth’s children and grandchildren describe her as a kind and faithful woman. […]
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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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Some stories are hard to read. The story of the life of Sarah Stedwell is one of those stories. She was born to Abraham Stedwell and Rebecca Shefield in New York. She was the second of ten children born to her parents. Her family moved from New York to Ohio and then to LaHarpe in […]
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Mary Shaw was born in England to Richard Shaw and Elizabeth Postles. She was the eleventh child of twelve born to her parents. She married John Sant in 1831 and became the mother of twelve children. Their daughter Elizabeth who married Thomas Winterbottom is our direct ancestor. Mary’s husband John met the missionaries of The […]
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Juliet Galena Conwell Giesy was born in Utah and died there after being a resident for 50 years. Her first name was for her aunt Juliet, her mother’s sister. Her middle name, by which she went, is the name of an ore. Perhaps as her father was a miner, the name appealed to them. Her […]
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Demie Seville Pancake was born in Jefferson Township, Coshocton County, Ohio to Samuel Crawford Pancake and Catharine Darling. She was the fourth of thirteen children and was named for her maternal grandmother Demie Butler Darling. In 1877 she married Theodore Washington Whiteley at her parents’ home in Blandinsville, Illinois. She and her husband Theo migrated […]
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Albert G. Conwell was born in Illinois. He married Carrie Virginia Pancake, daughter of Samuel Crawford Pancake and his wife Catharine Darling in about 1876. Albert and his wife Carrie were the first of her large family to come to Utah to work and invest in the explosion of profitable mines. Albert and Carrie settled […]
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The Evergreen Cemetery in Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa Wayne Watrous was the infant son of Everest Elliott Watrous and Edith Glendora Pancake. He was the second child in a family of four sons. Only two lived to adulthood. Of Earl, Wayne, Everest and Martin, only Earl and Everest survived. Wayne followed brother Earl Pancake […]
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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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Henry Maiben was born in England to William Adam Maiben and Catherine Williams Cater. He was the fourth child of twelve born to his parents. His Maiben ancestors were originally from Scotland but his father moved from there to Brighton, England before Henry’s birth. Henry and his closest sibling John Bray Maiben were both educated […]