Claridge Siblings All

cheeks, sparkling brown eyes, dark wavy hair and a countenance which portrayed a beautiful
soul. The next morning when she saw a man like this coming towards the house, she gave a
startling scream. Sister McCune came running to find out what was wrong. Rebecca, after
recovering her senses said, “That is the man I dreamed about last night.”

Sister McCune said, “Rebecca that is Brother Claridge, one of the most beloved men in our
community.” Rebecca said she was ashamed that she had been dreaming about someone she
had never met – but it had been shown to her that this was to be her husband and mate for all
time and eternity. At church that Sunday she met Samuel Claridge and she went home with a
song in her heart.

When the principle of polygamy was given – Samuel was married with four children when he
met and married Rebecca. As she attended church each Sunday she became better
acquainted with the family. Samuel & Rebecca had a short courtship – traveled to Salt Lake
City and were married in the Endowment House on 1 Jul 1865. She was 19 years younger than
Samuel.

After the wedding they returned to Nephi – Samuel provided a small but comfortable home
for Rebecca. A year later John William was born - 23 July 1866 but died 1 Oct 1867 – seven
months later the Lord sent them another son, Hyrum on 11 Apr 1868. That same year Brigham
Young read the name of Samuel Claridge to go to the ‘Muddy’ in Nevada. Many things
happened to discourage Samuel from going but he knew he should go even if he had to walk.

They encountered Indians along the way but Samuel told the family not to fret – that they
were in the hands of the Lord and no harm would come to them. While living there, Rebecca
suffered many trials until they moved to Mt. Carmel where they joined the United Order putting
all their assets into the venture. The Order moved to Orderville up the canyon and the Claridges
moved there. After having six sons – Rebecca was blessed with a daughter 21 Apr 1877 which
was named Rebecca Hughes Claridge. When she was only two hours old, Samuel left to go on
a mission to England – Rebecca was left with seven children to take care of the best way she
could. There was plenty to eat and wear since they were in the Order.

After Samuel returned from England - 15 years in Orderville and 3 more sons (one died) –
they left Utah and moved to Thatcher, Graham, Arizona. After settling in Thatcher, five more
daughters were born – Samuel built her a 2 story brick house where they had many parties.

Rebecca loved the bright lights of the city, beautiful homes, parks, gardens in Long Beach
where she stayed with her daughter Fay. She passed away 6 Oct 1923 and was buried 9 Oct
1923 in Thatcher Cemetery next to Samuel.

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Family Group Sheet

Husband David Claridge

Birth 19 Oct 1795 Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, ENG B: 5 Oct 1870 EHOUS
E: 11 Feb 1880 SGEOR
Death 10 Dec 1835 Somers Town, Middlesex, ENG SP: 31 May 1895 SALKE
SS: 26 Oct 1888 MANTI
Burial
B: 3 Oct 1980 LANGE
Marriage 1 Jul 1813 Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, ENG E: 22 Oct 1980 LANGE
SP: 20 Jan 1955 ARIZO
Father George Claridge (1763 – 1820)
B: 19 May 1853
Mother Mary Birdsey (1769 – 1820) E: 23 Jun 1866 EHOUS
SP: 31 May 1895 SLAKE
WIFE Elizabeth Pratt Hopkins SS: 28 Nov 1888

Birth 17 Feb 1795 Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, ENG B: 15 Mar 1884
E: 19 Feb 1887 SLAKE
Death Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, ENG SP: 20 Nov 1981 OGDEN
SS:
Burial Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, ENG
B: 5 Oct 1870
Father Samuel Hopkins ( - 1843) E: 18 Feb 1880 SGEOR
SP: 31 May 1895 SLAKE
Mother Elizabeth Frances Pratt ( - 1869) SS:

CHILDREN B: 8 Aug 1893 SLAKE
E: 10 Aug 1893 SLAKE
Hannah Claridge SP: 31 May 1895 SLAKE
SS: 10 Aug 1893 SLAKE
Birth 17 Oct 1813 Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, ENG
B: Child
Death 31 Mar 1881 Hunter, Salt Lake, Utah E: Child
SP: 31 May 1895 SLAKE
Burial SS:

Marriage 1842 Charles Millard B: 12 Sep 1927 SLAKE
E: 14 Oct 1927 SLAKE
Sarah Claridge SP: 29 Jan 1927 LOGAN
SS:
Birth 19 Jun 1850 Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, ENG

Death 20 Feb 1896

Burial

Marriage

Eliza Claridge

Birth 2 Mar 1817 Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, ENG

Death 21 Jun 1893

Burial

Marriage

George Claridge

Birth 7 Nov 1818 Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, ENG

Death 21 Jun 1893

Burial

Marriage 1841 Hannah Church (1818 – 1878)

William Claridge

Birth 1820 Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, ENG

Death 1823

Burial

Marriage

Mary Claridge

Birth 17 Mar 1822 Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, ENG

Death

Burial

Marriage

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William Claridge

Birth 5 Apr 1824 Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, ENG B: 29 May 1917 SLAKE
E: 17 Sep 1917 SLAKE
Death SP: 29 Jan 1987 LOGAN
SS:
Burial
B: 16 Apr 1918 SLAKE
Marriage E: 13 Feb 1919 SLAKE
SP: 28 Jan 1987 LOGAN
Charles Claridge SS:

Birth 28 Jun 1826 Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, ENG B: 5 Jun 1851
E: 1 Nov 1855 EHOUS
Death 22 Jan 1918 SP: 31 May 1895 SLAKE
SS: 1 Jul 1865 EHOUS
Burial
B: 5 Oct 1870 EHOUS
Marriage E: 25 Oct 1906 SGEOR
SP: 31 May 1895 SLAKE
Samuel Claridge SS:

Birth 5 Dec 1828 Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, ENG B: 23 Oct 1906 SLAKE
E: 25 Oct 1906 SLAKE
Death 11 Sep 1919 Thatcher, Graham, Arizona SP: 29 Jan 1987 LOGAN
SS:
Burial 14 Sep 1919 Thatcher, Graham, Arizona
B: Child
Marriage 1 Jul 1865 Rebecca Hughes (1847 – 1923) E: Child
SP: 31 May 1895 SLAKE
Elizabeth Claridge SS:

Birth 3 Mar 1830 Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, ENG B: 27 Jan 1945 LOGAN
E: 20 Mar 1951 LOGAN
Death 1850 SP: 6 Nov 1980 LANGE
SS: 9 Dec 1952 ARIZO
Burial
B: 17 Dec 1952
Marriage E: 6 Aug 1941 LOGAN
SP: 29 Jan 1987 LOGAN
David Claridge SS:

Birth 1831 Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, ENG

Death 24 Oct 1905

Burial

Marriage

John Claridge

Birth 1832 Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, ENG

Death 8 Dec 1834

Burial

Marriage

John Claridge

Birth 1835 - 1836 Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, ENG

Death

Burial

Marriage 1854 Anne Maylain

Catherine Claridge

Birth 27 Sep 1840 Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, ENG

Death

Burial

Marriage

Samuel – M 1st Charlotte Joy (9 Dec 1849) SS: (18 Dec 1853)

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David Claridge & Elizabeth Pratt Hopkins

F Hannah Jane Claridge – 27 Oct 1813 – 12 May 1898 Charles Millard – 26 Mar 1815 – 1888
B: Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England – D: Hunter, S.L., UT B: Leighton Buzzard, Bed., England – D: Hunter, S.L., UT

F Sarah Claridge – 19 Jun 1815 – 20 Feb 1896 John Abbott – 28 Aug 1812 – 18 Oct 1883

B: Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England – D: B: Haycock, Lancaster, England – D: Linslade, Buckingham, EN
F Eliza Claridge – 2 Mar 1817 – 10 Oct 1862 George Harmon – 23 Apr 1826 – 8 Aug 1903

B: Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England – D: B: Margate, Kent, England – D: Orderville, Kane, UT

M George Claridge – 7 Nov 1818 – 21 Jun 1993 Hannah Church _ 1818 – 16 Dec 1878
B: Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England – D: B: Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England

M William Claridge – 1820 - 1823
B: Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England – D:

F Mary Claridge – 17 Mar 1822 - John Chew – 1784 – 11 Apr 1854

B: Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England B: Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England
M William Claridge – 5 Apr 1824 - Jane Canton – 8 Dec 1809

B: Leighton Buzzard, Bed, EN – D: Summers Town, Mids., EN B: Wall, Northumberland, England

M Charles Claridge – 1 Jun 1826 – 22 Jan 1918 Elisabeth Spreckley – 9 Aug 1827 – 12 June 1867

B: Leighton Buzzard, Bed, EN – D: Summers Town, Mids., EN B: Wovendon, Bucks, England

M Samuel Claridge – 5 Dec 1828 – 11 Sep 1919 Rebecca Hughes 15 Nov 1847 – 6 Oct 1923
B: Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England – D: Thatcher, G, AZ B: Liverpool, Lancashire, EN – D: Long Beach, L.A., CA

F Elizabeth Claridge – 3 Mar 1830 – 1850

B: Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England – D:
M David Claridge – 1831 – 24 Oct 1905 Lydia Fields – 1829 – 4 Jan 1898

B: Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England – D: B: Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England

M John Claridge – 1832 – 8 Dec 1834
B: Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England

M John Claridge – 1835-1834 Ann Maylain – 1836 – Jan 1898
B: Leighton Buzzard, Bed, EN – D: Summers Town, Mids., EN B: Leighton Buzzard, Bedford, England

F Catherine Claridge – 27 Sep 1840 Joseph Ellis – 1830

B: Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England – D: B: London, England

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Family Group Sheet

Husband John Hughes

Birth 16 Feb 1824 Liverpool, Lancashire, ENG B: 29 Sep 1903 SLAKE
E: 30 Sep 1903 SLAKE
Death 15 Feb 1903 Safford, Graham, Arizona SP: 1 Feb 1956 ARIZO
SS: 30 Sep 1903 SLAKE
Burial 17 Feb 1903 Safford, Graham, Arizona
B: 29 Sep 1903 SLAKE
Marriage 25 Dec 1846 St. Nicolas Parish, Lancashire, ENG E: 30 Sep 1903 SLAKE
SP: 7 Nov 1980 SLAKE
Father Thomas Hughes (1798 – 1857)
B: 28 Oct 1854
Mother Ellen Grimshaw (1800 – 1863) E: 1 Jul 1865 EHOUS
SP: 26 Mar 1957 ARIZO
WIFE Rebecca Maddocks SS: 1 Jul 1865 EHOUS

Birth 18 Jun 1828 Liverpool, Lancashire, England B: 29 Sep 1903 SLAKE
E: 14 Oct 1903 SLAKE
Death 27 Dec 1898 Portland, Multnomah, Oregon SP: 26 Mar 1957 ARIZO
SS:
Burial 28 Dec 1898 Portland, Multnomah, Oregon
B: 29 Oct 1955 ARIZO
Father Samuel Maddocks (1788 – 1861) E: 29 Oct 1955 ARIZO
SP: 26 Mar 1957 ARIZO
Mother Martha Bursons (1794 – 1866) SS:

CHILDREN B: 29 Oct 1955 ARIZO
E: 29 Oct 1955 ARIZO
Rebecca Hughes SP: 26 Mar 1957 ARIZO
SS:
Birth 15 Nov 1847 Liverpool, Lancashire, England
B: 7 Mar 1975 LANGE
Death 6 Oct 1923 Long Beach, Los Angeles, California E: 7 Mar 1975 LANGE
SP: 26 Mar 1957 ARIZO
Burial 9 Oct 1923 Thatcher, Graham, Arizona SS:

Marriage 1 Jul 1865 Samuel Claridge (1828 – 1919) B: 7 Jan 1939 ARIZO
E: 16 Mar 1939 ARIZO
John Hughes SP: 26 Mar 1957 ARIZO
SS:
Birth 27 Jun 1849 Liverpool, Lancashire, England
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Death

Burial

Marriage

Thomas Hughes

Birth 3 Sep 1851 Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Death

Burial

Marriage

Samuel Hughes

Birth Oct 1853 Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Death

Burial

Marriage

James Levi Hughes

Birth 1855 Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Death

Burial

Marriage

Emily Jane Hughes

Birth 4 Sep 1858 Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Death

Burial

Marriage

Joseph Hughes

Birth 12 Sep 1860 Dublin, Dublin, Ireland B: Child
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland E: Child
Death Dublin, Dublin, Ireland SP: 26 Mar 1957 ARIZO
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland SS:
Burial Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
B: 22 Mar 1978 OAKLA
Marriage E: 9 May 1978 OAKLA
SP: 28 Jun 1978 OAKLA
Helen Hughes SS:

Birth 13 Jul 1865 B: 23 Apr 1993 ARIZO
E: 3 Oct 1996 ARIZO
Death SP: 8 Oct 1996 ARIZO
SS:
Burial
B: 3 Oct 1980 LANGE
Marriage E: 22 Oct 1980 LANGE
SP: 7 Nov 1980 LANGE
George “J” Hughes SS:

Birth abt 1866 B: Child
E: Child
Death SP: 26 Mar 1957 ARIZO
SS:
Burial

Marriage

Mary “J” Hughes

Birth 1 May 1871

Death 4 Jul 1840

Burial

Marriage

Martha Hughes

Birth Abt 1873

Death

Burial

Marriage

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John Hughes & Rebecca Maddocks

F Rebecca Hughes 15 Nov 1847 – 6 Oct 1923 Samuel Claridge – 5 Dec 1828 – 11 Sep 1919

B: Liverpool, Lancashire, England – D: Long Beach, L.A., CA B: Leighton Buzzard, Bed., England – D: Thatcher, G, AZ

M John Hughes – 17 Jun 1849 -

B: Liverpool, Lancashire, England –
M Thomas Hughes – 3 Sep 1851 - 1940

B: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

M Samuel Hughes – Oct 1843 – 15 Feb 1903
B: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland – D: Safford, Graham, Arizona

M James Levi Hughes – 23 Apr 1856
B: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

F Emily Jane Hughes – 4 Sep 1858 – 30 Sep 1934 Arthur Ellis – 24 Mar 1850 – 9 Dec 1937

B: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland – D: Lon Angeles, Los Angeles, CA B: Old Buckenham, Norfolk, England – D: Los Angeles, L.A., CA
M Joseph Hughes – 12 Sep 1860

B: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

F Helen Hughes – 13 Jul 1865
B: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

M George “J” Hughes – 1866
B: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

F Mary “J” Hughes – 11 May 1870 – 4 Jul 1940 C.L. Van Meter – 1868

B: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland B: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
F Martha Hughes - 1873

B: Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

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Family Group Sheet

Husband John Monroe Moody

Birth 16 Feb 1822 Ashville, St. Clair, Alabama B: 2 Jul 1853
E: 18 Mar 1856 EHOUS
Death 27 Jan 1884 Thatcher, Graham, Arizona SP: 23 Jan 1856 EHOUS
SS: 23 Jan 1856 EHOUS
Burial 29 Jan 1884 Pima, Graham, Arizona
B: 1850
Marriage 23 Jan 1856 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah E: 18 Mar 1856 EHOUS
SP: 11 Aug 1970
Father John Wyatt Moody (1776 – 1839)
B: 6 Apr 1866
Mother Mary Baldwin (1785 – 1853 E: 22 Feb 1877 SGEOR
SP: BIC
WIFE Elizabeth Poole SS: 18 Jul 1980 SGEOR

Birth 6 Sep 1838 Manchester, Lancashire, England B: 8 Apr 1867
E: 10 Mar 1877 SGEOR
Death 18 Apr 1919 Thatcher, Graham, Arizona SP: BIC
SS: 7 Nov 1882 SGEOR
Burial Apr 1919 Thatcher, Graham, Arizona
B: 2 Jul 1868
Father Daniel Poole (1800 – 1876) E: 16 Feb 1877 SGEOR
SP: BIC
Mother Elizabeth Miller (1805 – 1843) SS: 20 Jun 1976 OGDEN

CHILDREN B: 18 Jul 1970 ARIZO
E: 1 Jul 1970 ARIZO
John Monroe Moody SP: BIC
SS:
Birth 28 Oct 1856 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
B: 6 Jun 1872
Death 23 Mar 1888 E: 28 Jan 1881 SGEOR
SP: BIC
Burial SS: 31 Oct 1899 SGEOR

Marriage 27 Feb 1883 Eunice Renbow Carter B: 2 Jul 1874
E: 6 Jul 1954 SGEOR
Francis Winfred Moody SP: BIC
SS: 13 Dec 1955 SGEOR
Birth 26 Aug 1858 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Death 18 Aug 1919 Thatcher, Graham, Arizona

Burial Thatcher, Graham, Arizona

Marriage 7 Nov 1882 Melinda Gimlin Lewis

Urilda Poole Moody

Birth 28 Mar 1860 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Death 29 Nov 1950 Provo, Utah, Utah

Burial 2 Dec 1850 Provo, Utah, Utah

Marriage 6 Jan 1879 William Reed Horizon Pasman

Edward Poole Moody

Birth 3 Mar 1862 Pine Valley, Washington, Utah

Death

Burial

Marriage

William Alfonzo Moody

Birth 8 Mar 1864 St. George, Washington, Utah

Death 9 Dec 1936

Burial

Marriage 10 Oct 1888 Salina Vilate Cluff

Elizabeth Dorinda Moody

Birth 19 Sep 1866 St. George, Washington, Utah

Death 28 Nov 1943

Burial

Marriage 14 May 1884 Joseph Edwin Cluff

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Thomas Epps Moody

Birth 23 May 1869 St. George, Washington, Utah B: 10 Oct 1889
25 Jan 1899
Death 5 Jan 1945 Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona E:
BIC
Burial 10 Jan 1945 Thatcher, Graham, Arizona SP: 31 Oct 1956

Marriage 25 Jan 1893 Frances Olive Felshaw SS: LANGE

Susan Ann Moody

Birth 5 Oct 1871 St. George, Washington, Utah B: 5 Oct 1879
10 Oct 1889
Death 29 Dec 1927 Thatcher, Graham, Arizona E: LOGAN
BIC LOGAN
Burial 31 Dec 1927 Thatcher, Graham, Arizona SP: 10 Oct 1889

Marriage 10 Oct 1889 Hyrum Claridge (1868 – 1953) SS:

Emma Rosezilla Moody

Birth 16 Mar 1874 St. George, Washington, Utah B: 13 Sep 1978 SLAKE
31 Oct 1893 SGEOR
Death 23 Mar 1960 E:
BIC SGEOR
Burial 2 Apr 1960 Inglewood, Los Angeles, California SP: 31 Oct 1893

Marriage 24 Sep 1893 William Kenneth Cluff SS:

Charles Daniel Moody

Birth 29 Mar 1877 St. George, Washington, Utah B: Child
Child
Death 23 Jan 1878 E: BIC

Burial SP:

Marriage SS:

Henry Owen Moody

Birth 10 Feb 1879 St. George, Washington, Utah B: 16 Jul 1887
3 Jun 1903
Death E: SLAKE
BIC
Burial SP: 28 Nov 1900

Marriage 28 Nov 1900 Laura Effie Huntley SS:

John Monroe – M 1st Margaret Anglin (2 Jan 1850) – SS: 25 Dec 1856 SGEOR

3rd Sarah Matilda Damron – SS: 20 Dec 1857 EHOUS

4th Margaret Lenora Pace – SS: 15 Sep 1878 SGEOR

William Alfonzo – M 2nd Maybelle Cluff (24 Jun 1980) SS: 31 Oct 1899

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John Monroe Moody & Elizabeth Poole

M John Monroe Moody 28 Oct 1856 – 23 Mar 1888 Eunice Benbow Carter – 23 Mar 1864 – 18 Jun 1883

B: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT – D: Thatcher, Graham, AZ B: St. George, Washington, UT – D: St. George, Washington, UT

M Francis Winfred Moody 26 Aug 1858 – 18 Aug 1919 Malinda Gimlin Lewis – 10 Sep 1866 – 28 Jul 1903

B: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT – D: Thatcher, Graham, AZ B: Minersville, Beaver, UT – Central, Graham, AZ
F Urilda Poole Moody 28 Mar 1860 – 29 Nov 1915 William Reed Horizon Paxman – 13 Jun 1856 – 8 Jan 1925

B: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT – D: Provo, Utah, UT B: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT – D:Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT

M Edward Pool Moody 3 Mar 1862 – 8 Sep 1878 Christine Amanda Alleman – 3 Mar 1864 – 30 Mar 1879
B: Pine Valley, Washington, UT – St. George, Washington, UT B: Springville, Utah, UT – D: Springville, Utah, UT

M William Alfonzo Moody 8 Mar 1864 – 9 Dec 1936 Salina Vilate Cluff – 13 Mar 1873 – 18 Oct 1889
B: St. George, Washington, UT – D: Jerome, Yavapai, AZ B: Provo, Utah, UT – D: Thatcher, Graham, AZ

F Elizabeth Dorinda Moody 19 Sep 1866 – 28 Nov 1943 Joseph Edwin Cluff – 6 Feb 1858 – 21 Apr 1920

B: St. George, Washington, UT – D: Central, Graham, AZ B: Provo, Utah, UT – D: Central, Graham, AZ
M Thomas Epps Moody 23 May 1869 – 5 Jan 1945 Frances Olive Felshaw – 6 Jul 1873 – 8 Mar 1931

B: St. George, Washington, UT – D: Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ B: Fillmore, Millard, UT – D: Inglewood, Los Angeles, CA

F Susan Ann Moody 5 Oct 1871 – 29 Dec 1927 Hyrum Claridge - 11 Apr 1868 – 17 Jun 1953
B: St. George, Washington, UT – D: Safford, Graham, AZ B: Nephi, Juab, UT – D: Safford, Graham, AZ

F Emma Rosezilla Moody 16 Mar 1874 – 30 Mar 1960 William Kenneth Cluff – 31 Mar 1871 – 11 Nov 1923
B: St. George, Washington, UT – D: Burbank, Los Angeles, CA B: Logan, Cache, UT – D: Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ

M Charles Daniel Moody 29 Mar 1877 – 23 Jan 1878

B: St. George, Washington, UT – D: St. George, Washington, UT Laura Effie Huntley – 24 Sep 1882 – 8 Apr 1980
M Henry Owen Moody 10 Feb 1879 – 2 Aug 1902

B: St. George, Washington, UT – D: Thatcher, Graham, AZ B: Albion, Cassia, ID – D: San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA

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John Monroe Moody

John Monroe Moody was a tall dignified looking man with black hair,
grey eyes and well-trimmed chin whiskers. When in public his clothes were
always neatly pressed and his boots well shined. He was always
meticulous in his appearance and was thought of as a gentleman. He was
very outspoken - he was strictly honest and scarcely knew the meaning of
deceit.

He was the son of John Wyatt Moody & Mary Baldwin – born 16 Feb 1822 in St. Clair Co.
Alabama – the fifth of six children. The family lived in Iredell Co., North Carolina, St. Clair &
Montgomery Co. in Alabama, Wetunipka (in the ‘Indian Territory’ and finally in Texas under the
Mexican government. When Texas became part of the United States the sons of John Wyatt
were given land grants for serving in the “Grand Army of the Republic of Texas”. When his father
John Wyatt became the state’s first State Auditor, John Monroe worked as a clerk for his father.
He later moved just out of Houston on Spring Creek and became a farmer.

In 1849, missionaries preaching the gospel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
in Texas completely changed his life and others in the Moody family. In 1850 his mother joined
the church but John Monroe after investigating it thoroughly made up his mind that he would
“someday obey it”.

On 2 Jan 1850 he married the widow Margaret Anglin McIntyre who was baptized in March
1850. His brother, William Cresfield and his wife joined the church in 1853 and decided with
John’s mother and Aunt Rebecca Anglin to join the main group of saints in Salt Lake City. John
remained behind to dispose of the property they owned. He accompanied them to Galveston and
returned home to find that his friends had circulated all manner of lies and evented threatened his
life merely because his family chose to subscribe to what the world called Mormonism. He was
baptized on 2 July 1853 in to the church.

The following March he left with a number of saints for Utah and arrived in Salt Lake City on
the 20th of Sep 1854. He remained in Salt Lake City for two years and Married Elizabeth Pool on
the 23rd of Jan 1856 who bore him eleven children.

In 1856 he was called with his brother to do missionary work in Texas. While there they met
and converted the Damron family – later after their return to Utah, the Moody brothers married
two Damron sisters – John married Sarah Matilda – William married Cynthia Elizabeth both in the
Endowment House on the 20th of December 1857.

While residing in Utah, the family was considered a well-educated, cultured family that took
part in church and civic activities. In 1859 & 1860 John Monroe was elected a member of the
Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Utah. Before his second term was up, he was called in
the fall of 1860 to go to southern Utah and help build a settlement and temple in St. George.
Even after hearing discouraging accounts of the country, he felt that it was his duty to go. He
prayed about what he should do – waking up from sleep, singing an unfamiliar hymn that he could
not remember the words to. Looking up the hymn – the words he read the words ‘Be calm and
seed to do His will.’ This was the answer to his prayer.

He started accordingly for St. George with part of his family. After 300 miles they arrived
in Pine Valley where he was able to find a vacant home – two of his wives were expecting and it

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was December – so he decided to remain there for the rest of the winter. He returned to Salt
Lake City to attend the Legislature. The following spring he moved the family to St. George
where he paid $50 each for two lots. He had been in St. George a short time when he was
selected to be a member of the High Council of the Stake.

John procured a farm, cattle & horses and became very busy in the settlement. In 1872
the foundation of the Temple in St. George was laid. Being a member of the School of the
Prophets, he was requested to turn out and labor on the foundation one day in each week. The
walls went up, the roof on and the lathing was finished in the spring of 1877. During this time in
1874 his 3rd wife, Sarah Margaret died leaving 2 children for Elizabeth Pool to care for.

John served as a School Trustee, Justice of the Peace and an Alderman for St. George. He
was put in charge of the dances of the town which were held in the Court House & school building
– these were successful – he paid off a $1000 debt and had $800 to the good.

In addition to farming, raising cattle and civic duties, John officiated in the Temple. During
this time he became acquainted to Margaret Lenora Pace who became his 4th wife when he was
56 years old. His 1st wife Margaret sued him and got judgment for the house and Elizabeth Pool
and family had to rent since Lenora Pace was living in the other house. John was relieved of his
mission and thought he would locate somewhere else – he heard of the Gila River being a
notable place – he concluded to go there.

Early in 1881, he set out for Arizona accompanied by his wives, Elizabeth and Lenora never
doubting that they were doing the will of the Lord in helping to pioneer another frontier. The
journey was approximately 600 miles taking more than six weeks. On arriving in the Gila Valley
he purchased 150 acres of land, the only place in the entire area under cultivation, took up
homesteads for his families and was soon a prosperous farmer.

Smithville (Pima) lay 5 miles west of his farm and had been settled about one year
previously – Central Ward was organized and he became the 1st Bishop. After a year the
Thatcher Ward was organized and John became the 1st Bishop of that ward. In 1884 several
apostles came from Salt Lake City to hold Stake Conference in Pima. It was bitter cold, but John
decided to attend and rode the five miles in a wagon. He caught a severe cold and died several
days later at age 62. The funeral was held in Pima and all the Sunday School children stood on
each side of the road for several blocks adjoining the church to show their respect. He was a
man loved and respected by all and never failed to accept and preform with ability any
assignment given him. Abridged from Moody Family Record by E. Grant Moody, Ph.D.

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ELIZABETH POOL
Elizabeth Pool, daughter of David Pool and Betsie Miller, was born in
Manchester, England, September 3, 1838. Her mother joined the Church
in the first company of Saints that sailed for America in 1840 taking about
six months to reach Nauvoo. After reaching there, Betsie married John
Blazzard but passed away in Nauvoo in 1843. Elizabeth was only 5 years
old at the time of her mother’s death - she lived for a while with my Uncle
Thomas and Aunt Susan Miller. They went to St. Louis, Missouri and were there
when the Prophet Joseph was killed but returned back to Nauvoo. Uncle Thomas went back to
St. Louis alone - he was in the habit of drinking and did not think much of his religion. While he
was there, his wife was sealed to John Kay, and soon after went to Winter Quarters. From there
we went with the pioneers to Punca, Indiana.

While living in Punca, the Indians set fire to the prairie, thinking that it would burn us out.
We snuffed out the flames by making fires and burning the grass close by. Elizabeth
remembered seeing the cinders flying over the town while we were down by the river. On the
way to Punca it was a custom to drive the wagons in a circle so that all of the stock would be in
the center. Their wagon was at the mouth or opening in the corral and they slept in a tent. All at
once the cattle started to stampede! Uncle Thomas jumped up and warded them off with his gun.
Two wagons were broken, and they had to stay two days until they could come back and move
us. It was the hand of the Lord in saving our lives that night. They stayed in Punca over a year –
while there they were obliged to grind their corn on a coffee mill, and the last two or three weeks
they had to eat meat alone. Because of this they moved back to Winter Quarters.

John Kay went on ahead after something to eat, leaving us with only one biscuit to go a
distance of 200 miles. When we saw him coming back, Aunt Susan told us to turn back and
make a fire, so we soon had something cooking. Never was a meal so much enjoyed as that
one.
From Winter Quarters Aunt Susan took us back to Savanna where Elizabeth’s sister, Sarah Ann
Pool had married a man named Peter Jones. He drank considerably and did ot treat her good, so
she ran away from him and went to St. Louis to get some clothing. We were still quite young –
but Sarah got a chance to work out. Elizabeth’s brother came from St. Louis and took her to
Council Bluff and left her with a family named Ripley. Aunt Betsie came back for her and he told
her Elizabeth was all right. Had it not been for him Elizabeth would have gone to Utah with her
Aunt with the first company of saints. The objection Elizabeth’s brother had in not wanting her to
go until he went was he feared I would be a ‘spiritual wife’, meaning that I would marry a man that
already had a wife.

The Ripley’s took Elizabeth back to Illinois where she stayed for two years. Elizabeth was
offered a good education if she would stay and not go back to Utah with the Mormons. Her
brother sent her Uncle Charles Miller after her from St. Louis in order that she might go with him
to Utah. She was then staying with the Whittock’s as the Ripley’s were poor. It was five miles
from there, and there were several streams to cross; the roads were quite muddy. They tried to
get a conveyance to take them down to the ferry, but we could not because they were Mormons.

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Family Group Sheet

Husband Daniel Poole

Birth 31 Dec 1800 Middlewich, Cheshire, England B: 12 Jun 1877 SGEOR
12 Jul 1877 SGEOR
Death 14 Nov 1876 Middlewich, Cheshire, England E: 12 Jun 1903 SLAKE
28 Jul 1970 OAKLA
Burial SP:

Marriage 15 Sep 1824 Manchester, Lancashire, England SS:

Father Thomas Poole (1764 – 1835)

Mother Ann Faden (1765 – 1814)

WIFE Elizabeth Miller

Birth 19 Nov 1805 Manchester, Lancashire, England B: 25 Nov 1838
28 Jun 1877
Death 16 Oct 1843 Nauvoo, Hancock, IL E: 28 Feb 1952 SLAKE

Burial SP:

Father Charles Miller (1775 – 1818)

Mother Ann Dutton (1774 – 1847)

CHILDREN

M Edward Poole

Birth 13 May 1837 Manchester, Lancashire, England B: 14 Jul 1839
10 Mar 1933
Death 27 Feb 1911 San Bernardino, California E: 28 Jul 1970 LOGAN
16 Nov 1978 OAKLA
Burial San Bernardino, California SP: WASHI

Marriage 1848 Susanna Ann Wilshire SS:

M Thomas Poole

Birth 19 Oct 1828 Manchester, Lancashire, England B: Child
Child
Death E: 13 Sep 1978 PROVO

Burial SP:

Marriage SS:

M George Poole

Birth Abt 1830 Manchester, Lancashire, England B: Child
Child
Death E: 15 Jun 1982 JRIVE

Burial SP:

Marriage SS:

F Sarah Ann Poole

Birth 8 Sep 1832 Manchester, Lancashire, England B: 2 Apr 1878
27 Jun 1879
Death 26 Jul 1869 Near Green River, Wyoming E: 28 Jul 1970 SGEOR
8 Aug 1979 OAKLA
Burial Near Green River, Wyoming SP: SLAKE

Marriage Abt 1852 Peter Jones SS:

M John Poole

Birth 8 Mar 1835 Manchester, Lancashire, England B: Child
Child
Death E: 7 Feb 1881 IFALL

Burial SP:

Marriage SS:

F Elizabeth Poole (Pool)

Birth 6 Sep 1838 Manchester, Lancashire, England B: 1850
18 Mar 1856 EHOUS
Death 18 Apr 1919 Thatcher, Graham, Arizona E: 11 Aug 1970

Burial Apr 1919 Thatcher, Graham, Arizona SP:

Marriage SS:

Sarah Ann – M 2nd 18 Sep 1853 John Clark – 3rd 7 Apr 1868 James Moses Turner

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Family Group Sheet

Husband Edwin Grandville Wilkins

Birth 14 Jun 1879 Mona, Juab, UT B: 3 May 1888
E: 4 Oct 1940 ARIZO
Death 13 Feb 1943 Safford, Graham, AZ SP: 4 Oct 1940 ARIZO
SS: 4 Oct 1940 ARIZO
Burial 16 Feb 1943 Glenbar, Graham, AZ
B: 4 Mar 1893
Marriage 31 Dec 1903 Safford, Graham, AZ E: 4 Oct 1940 ARIZO
SP: BIC
Father Alexander Wilkins Jr. (1854 – 1893)
B: 3 Aug 1913
Mother Charlotte York Carter (1856 – 1943) E: 4 Feb 1995 ARIZO
SP: 4 Feb 1995 ARIZO
WIFE Helen Vilate Greenhalgh SS: 4 Feb 1995 ARIZO

Birth 11 Sep 1885 Glenbar, Graham, AZ B: 29 May 1915
E: 2 Jul 1948 ARIZO
Death 3 Jun 1979 Safford, Graham, AZ SP: 2 Jul 1948 ARIZO
SS: 2 Jul 1948 ARIZO
Burial 5 Jun 1979 Glenbar, Graham, AZ
B: Child
Father Joseph Greenhalgh (151 – 1934) E: Child
SP: 4 Oct 1940 ARIZO
Mother Lucretia McBride (1859 – 1929) SS:

CHILDREN

M Ruel Granville Wilkins

Birth 29 Dec 1904 Matthewsville, Graham, AZ

Death 19 Dec 1993 Prescott, Yavapai, AZ

Burial 22 Dec 1993 Prescott, Yavapai, AZ

Marriage 11 May 1926 Echo Tenney (1905 – 1982)

F Lucille Wilkins

Birth 9 Jan 1907 Safford, Graham, AZ

Death 12 May 1985 Mesa, Maricopa, AZ

Burial 15 May 1985 Safford, Graham, AZ

Marriage 9 Jan 1929 Monroe Claridge (1903 – 1968)

M Lloyd Alexander Wilkins

Birth 4 Jan 1918 Miami, Gila, AZ

Death 18 Jul 1925 Miami, Gila, AZ

Burial

Marriage

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Edwin Grandville Wilkins & Helen Vilate Greenhalgh

M Ruel Granville Wilkins - 29 Dec 1904 – 19 Dec 1993 Eco Tenney – 11 Sep 1905 – 22 Apr 1982

B: Fairview, Graham, AZ – D: Prescott, Yavapai, AZ B: Thatcher, Graham, AZ – D: Prescott, Yavapai, AZ

F Lucille Wilkins - 9 Jan 1907 – 12 May 1985 Monroe Claridge – 17 Aug 1903 – 21 Apr 1968

B: Safford, Graham, AZ – D: Mesa, Maricopa, AZ B: Thatcher, Graham, AZ – D: Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ
M Lloyd Alexander Wilkins - 4 Jan1918 – 18 Jul 1925

B: Miami, Gila, AZ – D: Miami, Gila, AZ

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Edwin Grandville Wilkins & Helen Vilate Greenhalgh - Family Tree

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Edwin Grandville Wilkins
Edwin Grandville Wilkins was the third child and second son of Alexander
Wilkins Jr. & Charlotte York Carter – born 14 Jun 1879 in Mona, Juab, Utah. He
came to Arizona with his parents in 1883 and settled in Matthewsville, Arizona.
He went to school in the little log school house. His father was called to be
Bishop in Eden, Arizona so the family moved there. After one year Alexander
contracted typhoid fever and died. Charlotte with 7 children moved back to Matthewsville – Ed
(16) and his brothers had to go to work to support the family. Eventually Ed went to Cananea,
Mexico to work in the mines for 2 years. He then came back to the Gila Valley and went to work
in a lumber camp in the Graham Mountains. Ed was a fine cementist – some of his cement work
was still in use in 1996 and in fine condition. He did a lot of work on the sidewalks in Safford,
Thatcher & Central – he helped build the Safford swimming pool which was in use in 1996.
13 Feb 1943 Edwin passed away in the Safford Hospital. Edwin had a lot of faith in the
resurrection and nothing pleased him as much as to talk about it when he had a chance.

Helen Vilate Greenhalgh
Helen Vilate Greenhalgh was born September 11, 1885, at Matthewsville,
(Glenbar) Graham, Arizona. She was the fifth child of six boys and five girls
born to Joseph Greenhalgh and Lucretia Elizabeth McBride.

Helen was a red head with blue eyes since birth. It was not a strawberry
red, but an auburn red. The kids in town used to taunt her and say: "red head
gingerbread, five cents a loaf." She hated having red hair - the only red head
in town and was being teased constantly –so she never wore anything red.

When Helen was four years old her grandfather William McBride gave all
Joseph and Lucretia's children a Patriarchal Blessing. The Greenhalgh’s lived on a farm where
her father raised hogs, cattle and chickens, and a big garden. They had four milk cows - it was up
to Helen and her sister Mary Belle to milk these cows. Every morning Mary Belle milked two and
Helen milked two - when this chore was completed they walked a mile to school. The children in
Matthewsville started school at age six and they went to school in a one room log cabin. There
was only one teacher and she taught children of all ages. They never had examinations and they
graduated from the first reader to second and so on.

Helen first teacher was John Nash, who later became the President of the Gila Academy.
She spent three years going to school in this little log cabin - then she went to an adobe one room
school house - Mary and Warren Smith and William Asay were her other teachers.

When Mary Smith was her teacher the children played a trick. It was the day the first train
went through town. May of the children had never seen a real train before and all were anxious to
see it. Each pupil asked to be excused until all the children were gone. Mary knew what was
going on, because she let them all leave. But they thought the joke was on her. She later called
them little "hay seeds". Some times on Sunday evenings the family would gather for a spelling
bee. Helen usually won thanks to her brother Joe. He was the oldest and he made a long list of
words for the younger brothers and sisters to study. No one ever found out.

As children, they played games ... among them the old standby of Post Office. A man
used to come to town with the old crank phonographs. You had to put tubes in your ears and pay

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ten cents to listen to a tune. There were also dances but they were held in Pima and Eden. Helen
said that her Mom and Dad would not let her go until she was sixteen.

Helen’s parents taught them the gospel – every Sunday her father would take them by the
hand and walk to Sunday School. Helen was baptized in the Gila river 4 May 1893 by Bishop
David Matthews. Someone brought a chair and they placed it on the river bank and she was
confirmed by Bishop Matthews the same day.

One day when she was 8, Helen found some oranges in the bottom of a barrel. She passed
them out to the children she was playing with. They only got oranges at Christmas time – so that
year they had to do without. When Helen was 13 her mother had a stroke – her responsibilities
began of taking care of the family. She was up before dawn working until dark to care for her
younger brothers – because of this she had to give up her formal education.

At age 16 Helen went to globe and found work in a boarding house waiting on tables. She
worked 6 days a week for $15 a month. It was here she met Edwin Wilkins – she had known him
in Matthewsville when she was young – both happened to come to Globe to work. After a year
Helen moved back to the Gila Valley. They courted there and on 31 Dec 1903 in Matthewsville,
Graham, Arizona they were married. Helen was 18 and Edwin was 24. They lived there for a
year and worked on the Greenhalgh farm. On 29 December 1904 Ruel Grandville Wilkins was
born. The rains came and washed away the farm so they moved to the Sierra Ancha Mountains
to work hauling lumber. The land was government owned – they could not build a house so they
lived in a tent. In 1906 they moved to Layton, just south of Safford into a little 2 room home on an
acre of land with fruit trees. Edwin worked for a $1 a day. On 9 Jan 1907 a daughter (Lucille)
was born to the family. They were not making enough money so they moved to the base of Mt.
Graham and lived in a tent again. Helen was cooking for the men working there. She took a shot
gun out and killed 12 quail – she said that she had no idea the gun would kick so hard. In 1908
they moved to Safford into a 4 bedroom home – sold it for a dozen cows and moved to Miami,
Arizona. The dairy lasted 2 years – they sold out and bought a store and lived in a tent again.
They were finally able to build a home behind the store – it became the meeting place for the
Church. Helen worked in the Primary, Sunday School & Relief Society.

4 Jan 1918 Lloyd Alexander was born. They moved back to Safford, then to Douglas, and
then Helen moved to Long Beach and back to Miami. 18 Jul 1912 Lloyd went to the Y.M.C.A. to
swim – the life guards left the swimmers unattended and when they returned Lloyd had drowned.

From 1927 -1934 they moved around a lot. They finally ended up in Safford on Relation St.
in the Greenhalgh home. 4 Oct 1940 they were able to go to the Mesa Temple and be sealed.
13 Feb 1943 Edwin passed away from infection from kidney stones.

In 1950 Helen moved to a small home at 1309 Central Avenue just up the street form
Lucille. She worked housekeeping for a lot of years. In 1973 Lucille sold her home and Helen’s
and moved to Mesa where she bought a home on E. Garnet close to her son Jim. Helen lived
there until Lucille could no longer take care of her. She then went to the rest home in Safford.
She was always doing for other people and in her 90’s on a walker was always cheering up the
other guests. 3 Jun 1979 Helen passed away at age 94 in Safford, Graham, Arizona.

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Family Group Sheet

Husband Alexander Wilkins Jr.

Birth 25 Sep 1854 Provo, Utah, UT B: 13 Oct 1880
E: 24 Jan 1882 EDOUS
Death 8 Sep 1893 Eden, Graham, AZ SP: 30 May 1907 SLAKE
SS: 24 Jan 1882 EHOUS
Burial 9 Sep 1893 Glenbar, Graham, AZ
B: 4 Aug 1867
Marriage 8 Oct 1873 Mona, Juab, UT E: 24 Jan 1882 EHOUS
SP: 20 Apr 1993 MANTI
Father Alexander Wilkins Sr. (1883 – 1902)
B: 1 Oct 1882
Mother Alice Malena Barney (1836 – 1916 E: 13 Nov 1928 ARIZO
SP: 13 Nov 1928 ARIZO
WIFE Charlotte York Carter SS: 30 May 1953 ARIZO

Birth 2 Jan 1856 Provo, Utah, UT B: 4 Sep 1884
E: 1 Oct 1919 SLAKE
Death 24 Jan 1943 Tucson, Pima, AZ SP: 1 Oct 1919 SLAKE
SS: 1 Oct 1919 SLAKE
Burial 27 Jan 1943 Glenbar, Graham, AZ
B: 3 May 1888
Father William Furlsbury Carter (1811 – 1888) E: 4 Oct 1940 ARIZO
SP: 4 Oct 1940 ARIZO
Mother Sarah York (1812 – 1888) SS: 4 Oct 1940 ARIZO

CHILDREN B: 6 Oct 1892
E: 4 Oct 1940 ARIZO
F Gustella Armenta Wilkins SP: 4 Oct 1940 ARIZO
SS: 31 Aug 1995 ARIZO
Birth 13 Aug 1874 Mona, Juab, UT
B: 6 Oct 1892
Death 9 Oct 1970 Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ E: 9 Jun 1913 SLAKE
SP: BIC
Burial 13 Oct 1970 Glenbar, Graham, AZ SS: 24 Jan 1948 ARIZO

Marriage 3 Jul 1891 James Moses Larson B: 7 Oct 1894
E: 3 Mar 1914
M Alroy Alexander Wilkins SP: BIC
SS: 13 Apr 1914 SLAKE
Birth 20 Apr 1876 Mona, Juab, UT

Death 29 Jan 1939

Burial

Marriage 20 Apr 1897 Phebe Caroline Hancock

M Edwin Granville Wilkins

Birth 14 Jun 1879 Mona, Juab, UT

Death 13 Feb 1943 Safford, Graham, AZ

Burial 16 Feb 1943 Glenbar, Graham, AZ

Marriage 31 Dec 1903 Helen Vilate Greenhalgh

M William Edson Wilkins

Birth 19 Jul 1881 Santaquin, Utah, UT

Death 26 Mar 1942

Burial

Marriage 17 Jan 1907 Alice Kynast

M Parley Pratt Wilkins

Birth 24 Nov 1883 Pima, Graham, AZ

Death 7 Sep 1928 Whittier, Los Angeles, CA

Burial 10 Sep 1928 Compton, Los Angeles, CA

Marriage 8 Nov 1905 Emma Dean Hayes

F Sarah Malena Wilkins

Birth 4 Jul 1886 Pima Graham, AZ

Death 13 Mar 1968 Safford, Graham, AZ

Burial 16 Mar 1968 Pima, Graham, AZ

Marriage 30 Apr 1907 Charles Ira Hancock

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F Christa Lillis Wilkins

Birth 25 Dec 1888 Matthews, Graham, AZ B: 16 May 1897
E: 13 Nov 1935 ARIZO
Death 30 May 1969 Tucson, Pima, AZ SP: BIC
SS: 13 Nov 1935 ARIZO
Burial 3 Jun 1969 Tucson, Pima, AZ
B: 10 Jun 1900
Marriage 25 Sep 1907 Joseph Graig Givens E: 2 Oct 1912 SLAKE
SP: BIC
F Lottie Wilkins SS: 2 Oct 1912 SLAKE

Birth 18 Mar 1892 Matthews, Graham, AZ

Death 5 Aug 1973

Burial

Marriage 2 Oct 1912 Sanford Mack

Alroy Alexander – M 2nd Rosella Tyler

William Edson – M 2nd Lila Montoya (20 Oct 1920)

Crista Lillis – M 2nd George Damron (7 Aug 1926)

Lottie – M 2nd Alof Carter (15 Jun 1960) SS (20 Sep 1994)

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Alexander Wilkins Jr. & Charlotte York Carter

F Gustella Armenta Wilkins – 13 Aug 1874 – 9 Oct 1970 James Moses Larson – 24 Dec 1865 – 7 Jan 1937

B: Mona, Juab, UT – D: Phoenix, Maricopa, AZ B: West Jordan, Salt Lake, UT – D: Miami, Gila, AZ

M Alroy Alexander Wilkins - 20 Apr 1876 – 29 Jan 1939 Phoebe Caroline Hancock – 6 Aug 1876 – 22 Mar 1923

B: Mona, Juab, UT – D: Eden, Graham, AZ B: Long Valley, Kane, UT – D: Eden, Graham, AZ
M Edwin Grandville Wilkins - 14 Jun 1879 – 13 Feb 1943 Helen Vilate Greenhalgh – 11 Sep 1885 – 3 Jun 1975

B: Santaquin, Utah, UT – D: Safford, Graham, AZ B: Matthewsville, Graham, AZ – D: Safford, Graham, AZ

M William Edson Wilkins - 19 Jul 1981 – 26 Mar 1942 Lila Montoya - 1885
B: Mona, Juab, UT – D: Tucson, Pima, AZ B: UT

M Parley Pratt Wilkins - 24 Nov 1883 – 7 Sep 1928 Emma Deane Hayes – 13 Nov 1889 – 30 Mar 1945
B: Pima, Graham, AZ – D: Whittier, Los Angeles, CA B: Pima, Graham, AZ – D: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

F Sarah Malena Wilkins - 4 Jul 1886 – 13 Mar 1968 Charles Ira Hancock – 6 Jun 1885 – 21 Jan 1975

B: Pima, Graham, AZ – D: Safford, Graham, AZ B: Eden, Graham, AZ – D: Safford, Graham, AZ
F Christa Lillis Wilkins - 25 Dec 1888 – 30 May 1969 George Damron – 15 Jun 1887 – 13 Jan 1976

B: Matthewsville, Graham, AZ – D: Tucson, Pima, AZ B: Central, Graham, AZ – D: Tucson, Pima, AZ

F Lottie Wilkins - 18 Mar 1892 – 5 Aug 1973 William S. Mack – 20 May 1889 – 21 Aug 1952
B: Matthewsville, Graham, AZ – D: Safford, Graham, AZ B: Pima, Graham, AZ – D: Miami, Gila, AZ

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Alexander Wilkins Jr. & Charlotte York Carter - Family Tree

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ALEXANDER WILKINS JR.

(25 Sep 1854 – 8 Sep 1893)
By Robert E. Givens (8-2011)

Alexander Wilkins, Jr., was the first born child of Alexander Wilkins and
Alice Malena Barney. His father was baptized in 1845 in Canada and his
mother was baptized in the 1843 – 1845 era probably in Nauvoo. On 11 Dec
1853 his parents married in Provo, Utah after their families immigrated to Utah.
On the 25th of September 1854 Alexander Wilkins Jr. was born – the first child of his parent’s
union. His parents had built a house on the block they first unhitched at when they arrived in
Provo and it was here that Alexander was raised until sometime before 1870 when they moved to
Mona, Juab, Utah. This was still wild territory and his father fought in three Indian wars (Walker
War, Tintic War, and the Black Hawk War.)
On 8 Oct 1873 in Mona, Juab, Utah the then 19 year old, Alexander, married 18 year old
Charlotte York Carter. She was the daughter of William Furlsbury Carter and Sarah York. Her
family had first settled in Provo, where Charlotte was born 2 Jan 1856, and moved from Provo to
Mona when Charlotte was 6 and then to Santaquin four years later.
Alex and Charlotte set up their home in Mona for the first 6 years of their married life. While
there, they were blessed with three children. Gustella Arminta Wilkins was born 13 Aug 1874,
Alroy Alexander Wilkins was born 20 Apr 1876 and Edwin Granville Wilkins was born 14 Jun
1879. Sometime after Edwin was born and before the 1880 census on 10th of June 1880, the
Wilkins moved to Santaquin. They lived in town near Charlotte’s brothers, Edward and Edwin
Carter. Alexander was listed as a teamster, which means he drove wagons hauling freight. It
appears that they must have lived in the center of the community as most of the neighbors had
jobs as miners, laborers, and teamsters and only one was a farmer. (Little else is known of those
days in Santaquin.) They had one more child while living there when William Edson was born on
19 July 1881. A special event occurred on 24 Jan 1882 when Alexander and Charlotte traveled
to Salt Lake City to be sealed in the Endowment House by Daniel H Wells. This must have been
a special occasion as it would have required several days to travel to and from Salt Lake City,
and would have been no easy task as this was in the dead of winter.
Life in Santaquin must have been difficult and the winters were especially cold, so in 1883
they volunteered to move and settle in Arizona. At that time they were the parents of 4 little
children. The trip from Utah to the Gila Valley in Arizona required about six weeks of travel and
naturally called for a lot of hardships and sacrifices. They made the trip in the old covered
wagons drawn by horses. While they were not molested by the Indians while making this long
trek, people traveling ahead of them and people who followed them were. This company
consisted of thirty-three people. The mother of Charlotte, Sarah York Carter, was one of the
group. She was 72 years old at the time and she drove the team on one of the wagons all the
way. Others of the group were William A. Carter and Edwin L Carter, brothers of Charlotte and
children of Sarah, and their families. Also in the group were William Dale and his sister, Mary
Ann Miller and her family. She came to join her husband who had come earlier to establish a
home for his family. Traveling with them were Joseph Greenhalgh and family and A. M. Dixon
and family.

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They left Santaquin on the 10th of September 1883 and arrived at Smithville, Arizona on
October 22, 1883. At that early day, living conditions in the Gila Valley were very primitive. Pima
had only been settled three or four years and was called at that time Smithville. It was to
Smithville that Alexander and his family settled

Many of the houses were made of cottonwood logs. Some of them only had dirt floors and
dirt roofs. They lived in Smithville about 5 years. During this time they had to contend with many
hardships and privations of settlers in a newly settled area. They also had to deal with the
Apache Indians and Mexican Renegades. Alex would have to work hard all day and stand guard
at night, taking his turn with the other men of the little town, watching lest the Indians come upon
them and take their lives. It was a nerve-trying ordeal for all of them. They kept tobacco and
coffee around at all times so if an Indian came by and asked for something they would have
something to give. To refuse could cost you your life.

For a short time after their arrival in Smithville, the Wilkins family lived in their wagon boxes
until a piece of land could be cleared and a house built. As Alexander was a teamster, he and his
brothers-in-law, William and Edwin Carter went to the Graham Mountains to cut timbers. They
then hauled the lumber back with their teams and wagons

Alex began building their house at once on the outskirts of the community. Alexander helped
sign the petition on 2 July 1884 requesting the Territorial Legislature to incorporate Pima, which
had some 520 inhabitants at that time. This one room house was located on the Anderson farm
across the wash from the main community. They had been asked to locate there to get that part
of the town settled. When he completed his home, he moved Charlotte and their 4 children in.
This was just two days before the birth of their fifth child, Parley Pratt Wilkins, who was born on
Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 1883. One of the reasons Charlotte’s mother, Sarah York
Carter, had come along on this journey to the Gila Valley was the birth of this child, which
happened just 3 weeks after they arrived. Parley was a most welcome addition to their growing
family of children.

There were log stockade houses in the mesquite thicket and new ones being built. New
settlers during this time found Pima a beehive of activity when they arrived. Men were busy
clearing land, planting grain and other food crops to care for the fast growing community. As it
was dangerous to live that far out of town, the Wilkins family moved from the Smithville area of
the community into what would become Pima proper shortly after arriving there.

While in Pima, on 20 Oct 1885, Alexander and Charlotte both received their patriarchal
blessings. On the 4th of July 1886 they were blessed with another child, Sarah Melena Wilkins. It
was also about this time on 21 March 1886; Alexander was ordained a Seventy by John Moody.
During this time Alexander helped to burn the lime for the first brick home in Pima. He had been
out south of town working all week and came home Saturday night. A Brother Thurston came to
take his place at the lime kiln. Alex reminded him that it seemed to be a likely place for the
Indians to come, as the settlers had horses there. Soon after this the Indians did ambush and kill
this man. His death surely cast a gloom over the community and the valley, as this good man
was well and favorably known by all these early pioneers. The Wilkins family was especially
thankful that their father had not been on guard that night.

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suffered in the least pain from that day till this. In three months I was able to use my leg again and
could not detect anything ever having been the matter with it only for the scar.

After my recovery my father went to Missouri and succeeded in procuring an old outfit to
cross the plains to come to Utah. We left in the spring of 1850 and arrived in Provo City the same
fall having been on the plains four months. We unhitched on the very block where we now live
and have never moved. We helped to survey and lay off Provo, and have assisted in every way to
make her what she is today. I have been in three Indian wars, the Walker War, the Tintic War,
and the Blackhawk War, and though I have been in many hot engagements am thankful to say
that I never sustained any injury.

I was married on the 11th of Dec. 1853 to Alice Malena Barney to whom nine children have
been born, and on 7th Feb. 1856, I was married to Eliza Barney, sister to my first wife, to whom
eight children have been born. Sixteen of my children are living today, and 40 grandchildren. I
was ordained a High Priest in 1890 and set-apart as the second councilor to Bishop Ervan Wride,
of the Provo second ward of the Utah Stake of Zion.

I was in Salt Lake in 1853 and witnessed the laying of the first cornerstone of the Salt Lake
Temple. I was there also on the 6th of April 1892 and witnessed the laying of the capstone which
finished the outside of that beautiful building. This is a synopsis of my life. I am enjoying good
health and am 57 years old and a firm believer in Mormonism.
From your loving Father and Grandpa - Alexander Wilkins

Alice Malena Barney

Alice Malena Barney was born to Lillis Ballou Comstock and Edson
Barney. Alice Malena Barney’s mother, Lillis Ballou was first married to
Fitch Comstock who died on November 4, 1827. Lillis was left widowed
and grieving having lost a husband and a daughter with a month – still
caring for 3 ½ year old daughter Minerva Ann. During this time she was
befriended by Edson Barney. A courtship ensued and within a short time,
Lillis married Edson Barney on New Year’s Day, January 1, 1831, in Amherst, Lorain, Ohio.

The Barney family had previously heard the gospel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
day Saints preached in New York, and desired to join. Edson joined the Church on 10 of May
1831 - his mother, Rachel Marsh Barney, a 1st cousin of his father – Royal Barney, had joined the
Church 3 days earlier. During this same week Edson’s sister, Philania Barney, and brothers,
Royal Barney and Oremel Barney, also joined the Church. Lillis Ballou Comstock Barney joined
the Church a few months later on 14 Sept 1831.

While living in Amherst, Lorain, Ohio, Edson and Lillis Barney welcomed their first two
children into the world: Danielson Buren Barney (born 14 Sep 1832) and Olney Ammon Barney
(born 10 May 1833). Edson participated in the Zion’s Camp march to Missouri in 1834 – moved
to Kirtland - served a mission to Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. Olney died on 12 Aug 1834
of cholera shortly after his father returned from the “Zion’s Camp” march. Alice made her first
appearance on May 25, 1835, in Ruthland (near Kirtland), Geauga, Ohio. Alice was born to
parents that had embraced the Gospel and were faithful members raising their children to love
and serve the Lord.

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As a baby and toddler, Alice’s family living in Kirtland proper, helped with the building of
the Kirtland Temple. When the Kirtland Temple was dedicated in April of 1836, the Church had
about 2,000 members. In her testimony to her children in 1892 she wrote: “I was blessed under
the hands of Joseph Smith when I was a baby. He said I should be a Mother in Israel. Have
seen that fulfilled. I have nine children. Have always lived with the Church, don’t know anything
else. It is the power of God unto Salvation.” One other child was born into the Barney family
while in Kirtland, Eliza Arabella Barney 10 Dec 1837.

The persecutions came from both inside and outside the Church, until it was necessary for
the Saints that remained loyal to the Church and the Prophet Joseph Smith, to leave Kirtland for
Missouri. Alice, age 2 and her family left for Far West Missouri in the dead of winter on 1
February 1838. They were unable to reach Far West before the brethren who were already there
were driven out. The Barney family stayed in St. Joseph, Berrien, Michigan on the shores of Lake
Michigan, where Alcina Celinda (Sarah) Barney was born.

Edson found work there as a carpenter, suffering from malaria – heard of the Saints
settling in Nauvoo, Illinois. Edson preached the gospel diligently – was seized by the sheriff and
jailed for 24 hours on made up charges – was released and the next day the family started for
Nauvoo - Alice was six years old at this time.

The family in a covered wagon and ox team arrived safely at Nauvoo, Illinois in July of
1841. It was in Nauvoo that Alice grew up from age 6 until she was about 10 ½. She attended
school and learned homemaking skills from her mother - another child, Edson Alroy Barney, was
born in Nauvoo on 14 April 1843. Edson was called to help in Joseph Smith’s run for the
Presidency of the United States but returned home after the prophet’s death. After his return to
Nauvoo, Alice’s little brother Edson Alroy Barney died in July 1845. One month later her mother
gave birth to the last child in the family, Joseph Seth Barney on 17 Aug 1845.

At age 10 Alice lived in a comfortable brick home with her parents and 4 remaining
siblings. Edson and Lillis received their endowments in the Nauvoo Temple on December 17,
1845 – and soon afterward were forced to flee by order of the mob and militia, in early January,
1846; their family crossed the icy Mississippi River to the Farmington area in Iowa where they
remained about a year. After a shower of rocks on their home they began the journey to Winter
Quarters in October of 1846.

In Council Bluffs Edson was called by the Prophet Brigham Young to enter into plural
marriage - he met and married Louisa Walker Butterfield on 10 May 1847. The Barney’s wanted
to leave for Utah in 1848 but Edson was asked to remain at Winter Quarters where he built
wagons for the other travelers. The Barney families remained in Kanesville, Iowa, until they left
for Salt Lake on May 1, 1851. Alice turned 16 during this trip, as she walked across the plains
heading for the Rocky Mountains - entering the Valley of the Great Salt Lake, on October 13,
1851 after 5 months and 12 days of travel.

Not long after arriving in Provo, Alice met Alexander Wilkins who had recently returned to
Provo from Sanpete County, where he had been fighting in the Walker War. Upon his return he
met Alice and they began a two year courtship, culminating on December 11, 1853, when Alice
Malena wed the handsome Alexander Wilkins. Edson Barney, who had been appointed Provo’s
Justice of the Peace, performed the nuptials for his daughter. The newlyweds set up

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housekeeping in their wagon box on the Barney property in Provo. They helped clear the land of
sagebrush and on September 27, 1854, Alice gave birth to their first child, Alexander Jr. Just five
months later, Alexander entered into polygamy and took for his second wife Alice’s younger
sister, Eliza Arabella Barney. Alexander built both wives homes next to each other, originally
connected by a grape arbor. They dug an artisan well and built a cistern to hold water with a
windlass to draw the water. They planted fruit trees, lilac bushes, flowers and hollyhocks,
because they were handy. The sisters shared plant starts, until each home in the neighborhood
had some cherry blooms. Together, with their husband, they nurtured and fed their families with
produce from a large vegetable garden, eggs from their chickens and milk from their cows.

The wives had a vegetable pit to store potatoes, cabbage, and squash. Sometimes they’d
cut and dry squash to last through the winter. They gathered berries and made preserves.

On 28 Feb 1857 in Provo, Alice gave birth to her second child, Alice Malena Wilkins.
Provo City hired Alexander, as Deputy Sheriff, he also did part-time work for the railroad when it
came to Provo. In the evenings Alice wrote – “We knitted, or braided straw for hats, made our
clothes, and sometimes played the organ and sang.” The sister-wives made gloves, and tanned
their own leather. They helped one another whenever possible to clothe and feed their families.

In 1858, troops of the U. S. Army did indeed arrive to quell what was called the “Mormon
Rebellion.” After the saints moved south, and all was said and done – the Johnsons Army left to
fight in the Civil War. In the next few years Alexander and Alice Wilkins became the parents of
three more children all born in Provo: Laura Minerva Wilkins, born 26 Feb 1857; Edson Buriah
Wilkins, born 17 Nov 1861; and Harriet Emily Wilkins, born 8 Jun 1864.

By 1870 Alice Malena had accompanied Alexander south to Juab County; they were
assigned to settle Mona. In Mona, Alice’s last three children were born: Lorenzo Ballou Barney
on 18 Nov 1868; Susan Ann Wilkins on 29 Dec 1873 and lastly, John Gandsworth Wilkins on 5
Jan 1876. During this time in Mona, Alexander was traveled back and forth between Mona and
Provo as Eliza gave birth to children in Provo in 1869, 1872 and 1875 - she then moved to Mona
as her last child, Mary Jane was born in Mona on 10 Aug 1877. Sometime after the birth of Mary
Jane Wilkins they returned to Provo to their homes, families and friends.

In the 1890’s Alice Malena and Eliza’s parents moved into Malena’s home to be cared for
in their old age. Alice Malena was their principal caregiver. Lillis Ballou and Edson Barney died
there - Alice was 70 years of age herself and had lost her husband on 23 May 1902.

Alice Malena remained very active in the Relief Society, and with her friends and sisters in
the Relief Society fought for the franchise in the Suffrage Movement and later for Statehood,
temperance and women having the vote in Utah.

On March 14, 1914, Alice Malena Barney Wilkins joined her faithful friends and “Sisters” in
signing and solemnly swearing she knew Joseph Smith personally and declared him to be a
Prophet of God. She stood proudly for the photograph dressed in her best, leaving her testimony
as a legacy to her posterity. She signed the document in a clear signature declaring herself as
Alice Malena Barney Wilkins, 79 years old, Kirtland, Ohio.

Alice Malena Barney Wilkins died in the city of Provo on a beautiful fall day, November
13, 1916, at the age of 81, surrounded by her children and the children of her sister, of organic
heart disease. She was buried in the Provo Cemetery on November 16, 1916.

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Family Group Sheet

Husband John Gansworth Wilkins

Birth 22 Jul 1800 Ballston, Saratoga, New York B: 25 Dec 1836
E: 23 Jan 1846 NAUVO
Death 8 Jan 1890 Provo, Utah, Utah SP: 8 Apr 1846 NAUVO
SS: 8 Mar 1855 EHOUS
Burial Jan 1890 Provo, Utah, Utah
B: Feb 1833
Marriage 3 Jan 1830 Hadley, Saratoga, New York E: 23 Jan 1846 NAUVO
SP: 9 Mar 1959 SLAKE
Father Edward Wilkins (1762 – 1846)
B: Child
Mother Susannah McCrea (1765 – 1818) E: Child
SP: 8 Apr 1936 SLAKE
WIFE Nancy Adeline Kennedy
B: 22 Feb 1800
Birth 5 Mar 1810 Hadley, Saratoga, New York E: 17 Jun 1856 EHOUS
SP: 8 Apr 1936 SLAKE
Death 21 Sep 1893 Provo, Utah, Utah SS: 17 Jun 1856 EHOUS

Burial Sep 1893 Provo, Utah, Utah B: Child
E: Child
Father Alexander Kennedy (1769 – 1852) SP: 8 Apr 1936 SLAKE

Mother Jane Jean McEwan (1772 – 1856) B: 1848
E: 13 Oct 1881 EHOUS
CHILDREN SP: 8 Apr 1936 SLAKE
SS: 13 Oct 1881 EHOUS
M Edward Wilkins
B: 1853
Birth 1831 Perth, Ontario, Canada E: 21 Mar 1870 EHOUS
SP: 8 Apr 1936 SLAKE
Death 1838 Adams, Illinois SS: 21 Mar 1870 EHOUS

Burial B: 1858
E: 26 Feb 1913 SLAKE
M Alexander Wilkins Sr. SP: 8 Apr 1936 SLAKE
SS: 26 Feb 1913 SLAKE
Birth 9 Jul 1835 Perth, Ontario, Canada
B: 1862
Death 23 May 1902 Provo, Utah, Utah E: 21 Mar 1870 EHOUS
SP: 8 Apr 1836 SLAKE
Burial 25 My 1902 Glenbar, Graham, Arizona SS: 21 Mar 1870 EHOUS

Marriage 11 Dec 1853 Alice Malena Barney

F Eunice Maria Wilkins

Birth 1838 Perth, Ontario, Canada

Death 1846 Polaskie, Adams, Illinois

Burial

F Susan Jane Wilkins

Birth 15 Oct 1840 Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois

Death 4 Apr 1909 Provo, Utah, Utah

Burial 10 Apr 1909 Heber City, Wasatch, Utah

Marriage 1860 Charles Edwin Shelton

M Oscar Wilkins

Birth 7 May 1845 Green Plains, Hancock, Illinois

Death 10 Aug 1921 Silver City, Juan, Utah

Burial Provo, Utah, Utah

Marriage 27 Nov 1866 Mary Jane McEwan

M John Austin Wilkins

Birth 24 May 1850 Little Pidgeon, Pottawattamie, Iowa

Death 5 Feb 1930 Provo, Utah, Utah

Burial 8 Feb 1930 Provo, Utah, Utah

Marriage 22 Dec 1872 Ann Scott

F Nancy Adeline Wilkins

Birth 14 Jul 1853 Provo, Utah, Utah

Death 28 Mar 1934 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Burial 1 Apr 1934 Vernal, Uintah, Utah

Marriage 21 Mar 1870 Sterling Driggs Colton

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John Gansworth Wilkins 1800 - 1890
John Gansworth Wilkins was born on the 28th of July 1800 in
Ballston, Saratoga, New York where he lived with his parents until he
was twenty-one years of age. His parents were Edward Wilkins and
Susannah McCrea. The latter was probably a niece of the famed Jane
McCrea, a loyalist during the Revolution, who was scalped and killed by
Iroquois allies of the British. John was the second child of eight children.
He was born into a Presbyterian family. His mother's family were Elders
of the Presbyterian Church in Ballston, New York. Little is known of his younger years, but it is
possible that John may have heard of Joseph Smith years before joining the Church. He lived in
the finger lake area of New York, in close proximity to where Joseph Smith lived as a boy.
John married Nancy Kennedy, the daughter of a well to do farmer from Scotland. Soon after
their marriage they moved to Perth, Ontario, Canada, where John had a sawmill. He was what we
would now call an engineer and was comfortably successful.
While there, they were introduced to the gospel and John was baptized Christmas day of
1836 by Elder John E. Page. The spirit of "The Gathering" coming upon him, he soon closed his
business affairs there, and started for Far West, Missouri. He passed through all the mobbings
and troubles incidental to the Saints at that place and were driven out in connection with them.
They then moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. Nancy had not, as yet, joined the church, but she believed it
so her parents disowned her.
While there John helped in the building of the Nauvoo Temple. Nancy knitted socks, which
she sold to help in the erection of that holy structure. A year after they moved to Nauvoo, they
bought a farm a few miles from Carthage; there they had a nice home. They suffered persecution
with the other Saints, their home being burned before their eyes. During this episode, Father
Wilkins was put to a severe test. Said the mob, " Mr. Wilkins, we respect you as a citizen and
neighbor; now, if you will only say Joe Smith is a false prophet, we will not burn your house." To
this he emphithetically refused to do and his home was destroyed. His wife Nancy was still in bed
after having just delivered a child, Oscar, just three days prior. They carried her bed out.
A short time later the Prophet Joseph Smith was killed, and the persecution of the Saints
began to escalate even more. Despite this the Saints continued at great sacrifice to finish the
temple. John and his wife Nancy were able to receive their temple endowments on Jan 23, 1846
just before they were driven from Nauvoo, crossing the Mississippi river on ice, and went to
Council Bluffs. They lived for a time in a Punkaw Camp, but had problems with the Indians. their
little girl Eunice Maria, got sick and died. Nancy was alone and took care of her burial. Because of
lack of proper food, a son Edward died soon after. From here they moved to Iowa, and John
worked for the government, helping to put up the first grist mill at Fort Kearney, from which labor
he realized sufficient means to purchase an outfit to cross the plains in 1851, arriving in the valley
that same year. They traveled with the Captain Cooley Company.
Upon their arrival in Salt Lake, they went on to Provo where they lived the first winter in a
wagon box. In the spring, John built a long three room adobe house. Later he built a nicer adobe

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