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101 http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/pioneers_and_cowboys/virginriverdousedcottonmissionsettlershopes.html

This article provides insights into the experiences of Henry and Augusta Stevens. It even mentions their small town Shunesburg that was later abandoned. All the towns mentioned are near Zion National Park. (from Kevin Jacobson) 
DORIUS, Augusta Rasimena (I107)
 
102 http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/pioneers_and_cowboys/virginriverdousedcottonmissionsettlershopes.html

This article provides insights into the experiences of Henry and Augusta Stevens. It even mentions their small town Shunesburg that was later abandoned. All the towns mentioned are near Zion National Park. (from Kevin Jacobson) 
STEVENS, HENRY (I103)
 
103 I ALSO SHOW HIM BORN IN STRATFORD, FAIRFIELD CONN. HODGE, WILLIAM (I440)
 
104 I changed death date in PAF on 1/22/2006 from 1736 to Jan 3 1732 from info in Cothren's "Woodbury"-don,t know if that affects anything for temple records, though MITCHELL, JOHN (I536)
 
105 I SHOW JOHN WAS BORN IN CAMBRIDGE , WASHINGTON N.Y.

 
DICKSON, DAVID (I183)
 
106 I think she only had 2 children-web site says 4-please verify

old info had her dieing 3 Dec 1853-ancestry.com has info that corresponds with Augusta Dorius Stevens Autobiography that says she died after Augusta and Henry had been married 10 years. I changed my data to reflect this 
HOWE, MARY ANN (I117)
 
107 In 1678 John and William Curtiss on town committee to build a new meetinghouse

In Stratford, Connecticut
Per Curtis Genealogy Forum



Will of William Curtis:
In the Name of God, Amen, I, William Curtiss of Stratford in the COunty of Fairfield in ye Colony of Connecticut being aged and weak of body yet through ye goodness of God of perfect memory and understanding do make this my last will and testament as followeth: Imprimis, I Commit my soule to God hpoing for salvation in and through ye righteousness and merits of Jesus Christ my only saviour and redeemer and my body after this life to be decently buried at ye discretion of my surviving relations and having disposed of all my children in marriage and gave them such portions as I thought fitt according to my ability and having now but little to dispose of my will is that after funerall expenses and just debts being paid my estate be disposed of as followeth: Item, I give and bequeath to my loving son Daniell Curtiss my common meadow lyeing in the great Neck and my meadow in ye Salt Pond in said Neck and one third part of all my land lyeing in Paquanock field and four acres in the new pasture and a fourth part of all my wood land laid out and to be laid out. Item, I give and bequeath to my loving son, Ebenezer Curtiss three acres of meadow lying at Nesumpaws being the equall half of my Lot out there and one third of all my land lyeing in Paquanock field and hallf my farme in the woods on Turky Hill amd one fourth part of all my wood land layd out or to be laid out. Item, I give and freely bequeath to my loving son Zachariah Curtiss one acre of meadow at Nesumpaws and one acre of land at ye North Ends of the Towne next adjoining to his owne land and one third part of all my land lyeing in Paquanocke field and half my farme at Turkey Hill and one fourth part of all my wood land laid out or to be laid out. Item, I give and freely bequeath to my loveing Sonn, Josiah Curtiss one acre of land at the North End of the Towne and four acres of land lyeing next to Samuell French his land and three acres of Land in the Intack and three acres of Land near Harveys farme in the Ox pasture and two acres and half of land in the farfield and two acres of land of the two miles division near Nesumpaws Creek and one quarter part of all my wood land laid out or to be laid out. Item, I give to my daughter, Sarah Wells five pounds and to my daughter Elizabeth Rose five pounds and to my son Joshua Curtiss five pounds to be paid by my executors hereafter named: I also give to Jonathan Curtiss the son of Jonathan Curtiss the summ of twenty shillings, all the rest of my estate within doors and without goods and chattels, I freely give and bequeath to my four sons: Daniell, Ebenezer, Zachariah, and Josiah to be equally divided amongest them and I do hereby ordaine and make my said sons Daniell Curtiss, Ebenezer Curtiss, Zachariah Curtiss, and Josiah Curtiss sole executors of this my last will and testament allways during life reserving for my comfort to dispose of any of my owne estate that this is my last will and testament revoking all other wills this fifteenth day of December in ye year of our Lord God 1702. Signed and declared by the said William Curtiss to be his last will and testament in presents of us Joseph Curtiss William Curtiss Seal John Beach Mr Joseph Curtiss and Mr John Beach appeared at ye prorogative Court held in Fairfield on the 31st of Decembr 1702 and made oath that they saw Capt William Curtiss signe ye above instrument and heard him declare it to be his last will and testament and that they judged him to be competent. Captiane William Curtiss of Stratford being deceased his last will and testament being exhibited to ye prorogative court siting in Fairfield December 31st 1702 ye said will being proved is by the court approved and is ordered to be recorded. Nathan Gold, clerk 
CURTISS, Captain William (19) (I1681)
 
108 In 1900 California Census: Son of Andrew J Shipley and Elizabeth, white male born March 1873, 27 years old in June 1900, single, born in California, Father born in Illinois, mother born in wales, he worked as a Teamster, could read, write and speak English.-Living with his father (Andrew J Shipley) SHIPLEY, William Frank (I2120)
 
109 In Revolutionary war-died 1776 CURTISS, Ephraim (86) (I1821)
 
110 Is this a sister of Henry Stevens (1812) or a cousin. STEVENS, NANCY (I172)
 
111 Israel Curtiss attained the rank of Lieutenant in the Train Band of Woodbury and in 1689 was chosen a deputy to the General Court. He later served as Commissioner of Woodbury. The settlement of his estate was filed in Fairfield, Connecticut 10th of November 1704 CURTISS, Lieutenant Israel (31) (I1651)
 
112 Jacobus has info on 4th child as Mary Hodge, I have samuel as 4th child. Adding Mary HODGE, THOMAS (I453)
 
113 John Henry Dickson was born November 13, 1853 in American Fork, Utah county, Utah. He was the youngest son of Billa Dickson and Mary Ann Stoddard.
His family moved from American Fork to a little farm on the mountain road near Layton when John was six years old. In 1862 his father bought a farm at Richville in Morgan County, and here John spent his boyhood and early manhood working at the saw mills in Hard Scrabble Canyon.
John usually called Jack, was almost a perfect physical specimen. He was five feet eleven inches tall, and weighed one hundred ninety-five pounds in his prime. He had broad shoulders and a deep chest. The men who knew him well always said the only man that ever threw him down in a wrestle was his brother Will.
The Indians used to match their skill with the young man. Jack could out distance run any of them. It was said "Don't try to follow Jack Dickson unless you out walk a horse. It was literally true.
He married Avilda Diena Hickman, daughter of William Adams Hickman and Martha Diena Case on March 4, 1877. They were sealed in the temple for time and all eternity on the November 15, 1878. They were the parents of twelve children Mary, William, John, Parley, Bartlett , Arvin, Earle, son Dickson, Alvira, Avilda, Elijah, and Owen.
While living in Morgan County John accepted a call from the church to serve a mission in the southern states. He had four children at the time but AviIda provided for the family in his absence. He served for two years without purse or script. Most of his mission was served in Burk and Rutherforn Counties in North Carolina.
The Latter Day Saints, or Mormons, in Utah were in need of more room in which to settle. Many converts to the Church were coming from Europe and the Eastern States. Consequently, the Church leaders were sending colonies of people to various places in the surrounding states to establish homes and build communities. As other desirable locations were being sought, it was learned that large tracts of land were available in the Stinking Water (Shoshone) River Valley in the Big Horn Basin in Northwestern Wyoming. In the winter of 1900 Apostle Abraham Owen Woodruff asked Jack to go with him and others to the Big Horn Country in Wyoming to help colonize the area. Jack accepted the call because he wanted to give his children the chance to develop a new and undeveloped area.
The first company of pioneers arrived in the Shoshone River Valley May 2, and camped on Sage Creek, a short distance north of the Shoshone River. Their camp was in the creek bottom, east of the monument that was erected many years later at the highway junction. This marker is approximately three miles northwest of Lovell.
The first and most important job for the Colonists was the construction of the Sidon Canal. The canal was to be 30.48 miles long and cover 17,715.28 acres. The dimension of the Canal at the headgate was shown in the permit as 25 feet wide at the water line, bottom width 15 feet, depth of water 5 feet, and the grade of the ditch 2 feet per mile.
John and his sons helped construct the Sidon canal. John Henry Dickson was the foreman of those working on the East end of the Canal.
Difficulty was encountered while building the Canal. They found that a tunnel had to be built through a small hill. While blasting they found that it took a long time for the black smoke to clear out of the tunnel. Jack brought in a small wood stove and built its chimney so that it would come to the outside of the hole. Then he lit a fire, and the black dust from the blasting powder was drawn up through the damper, and was disposed of through the chimney.
Jack was chosen to supervise about thirty men. They labored long and hard on the Canal from its beginning in 1900 until its completion in 1904.
At one time Jack considered buying a well-developed farm near Lovell away from the Colony. However, he was cautioned by Apostle Woodruff not to do so. Apostle Woodruff was afraid that other men would follow his example and the efforts at colonizing would fail. Obediently, Jack followed the counsel.
Jack was a stockman and farmer. He worked at times as a blacksmith. He owned half interest in a sawmill in Five Springs Canyon. He was a member of the Big Horn Stake High Council. He was Cowley's first superintendent of the Sunday School. Avilda was the first member of the Shoshone Branch Relief Society Presidency.
It must have been a great disappointment for the pioneers who left Utah and migrated to the Big Horn Basin when the land turned alkaline. The water brought up alkali in the soil and the crops could not grow. The land failed, according to modem engineers because they did not know how to drain it properly. As a result the pioneers had to look elsewhere to earn a living.
In 1911 Jack took his wife and the younger members of the family and started for Canada. He had heard from his former neighbor in Morgan that there was a fertile valley there to be farmed. The family returned to Wyoming when Avilda became ill. In 1912 Earl and Lige returned to Canada, and in 1913 Jack and Avilda with the younger children joined them there. Later in that year September 20, 1913 Avilda died of cancer.
In 1918 Jack left Canada to go back to Wyoming where he lived in Kane and Cowley. In 1921 his son Lige moved to Yakima, Washington and Jack went there for a time to visit him. In 1922-24 Lige and Owen who had joined his brother moved to Aberdeen, Washington and Jack visited them there. Between the years of 1924-31, Jack visited and lived with his sons in Wyoming and Washington and with his daughter in Canada. From 1934 until his death he lived near his sons Bart, Lige and Owen in Tacoma, Washington. He passed away November 3, 1940 and was buried beside his beloved wife in Magrath, Alberta, Canada.
Condensed by Paul B. Dickson from the John Henry Dickson history written by Paul B. Dickson 
DICKSON, JOHN HENRY (I162)
 
114 John Myers

Born: 1814 Died: 1900

Came across the plains to the Great Salt Lake valley in 1852.

Biography: The source of this history is unknown but it was copied it as it was, with no changes in content or spelling. MELyon Apr 1995

John Myers was born February 6, 1814 of English ancestry and came across the Atlantic Ocean when he was six months old, with his parents Richard Myers and Mary Close Myers, and the following brothers and sisters: Thomas, Sarah, Mary, Nancy, Richard, William, and Anthony.

His father was a sailor and followed this profession for a while and finally located in the Providence of Canada. Here John Myers grew to manhood, marrying Miss Sarah Dixon who was fifteen years old and him twenty four. (A little story goes--that he courted his wife's sister who was his age, but because he wasn't a member of the Latter-Day Saint Church she would not marry him and he said that he would not join the Church just to win a wife so he gave her up.) Just a short time after marrying her sister, he and his brother William joined the Church and left their folks who not members of this Church to go and live among the Mormons. They settled at Council Bluffs and Winter Quarters,

He was a personal bosom friend of the Prophet Joseph Smith. He spent many hours playing ball with the Prophet, while he had to disguise himself to keep the mob away. Brother Myers was away on a mission in Maryland when the Prophet was murdered. At this time all the Elders were called home; his companion being Elder Jacob Hamlin. Mrs. Myers walked three miles to see Joseph and Hyrum when their bodies were brought home.

He was a very useful man, being a mechanic. Therefore, he was very useful in the early history of the church. While living in Canada, he worked as an apprentice to his father who was a gun-smith, Just before his father's death he was going to make him a present of a gun-lathe and had it all packed to sent him. But after his father's death, the family was so bitter against him and his Mormon followers that it was never sent to him.

Sometimes Brother Myers had to turn to the soil for a living, but his main line of work was in a mechanical line and it was for this purpose he was called out at various times to help build up the country. His main work was in iron working, like black smithing so to speak. Anyone in the early days visiting the blacksmith shop at Panguitch could see some of the rifles hanging on the wall that Brother Myers had made.

They had to make what they used in those days. The made their hoes, plows, shovels, guns, harnesses, and almost every thing they used to farm with. Brother Myers proved to be very essential at times as he was an all-around man, and gave his time freely to others in teaching them how to make different farm implements. He made all the shoes that his family required for years until his daughters were grown.

He crossed the plains in 1852 and was six months on the way. He was in charge of fifty people who reached the valley nearly a month before the rest came. He settled after coming to the valleys of this country a little north of Salt Lake at a place called Kaysville for a short time. Here he found that he couldn't make a living farming because of the grasshoppers. From here he went to Centerville where his work as a blacksmith was required. He made all the plows that were used there, he also made guns.

From here he was called to the Muddy River Mission, but he did not remain there so very long because the climate was not very good there. It was damp and many of the saints were sick and some of them lost their lives with chills and fever, so it was found advisable to come back. So the people that were called down there were called back and Brother Myers located at Panguitch. It was on their march back that his wife died on the 14th of December 1870, just ten miles from "Meadow Valley," which probably received its name from that historical event the "Mountain Meadow Massacre." It was during these early privations that the sturdy characters of the family were formed. There were four children then: Tyresha, John Ephraim, Adeline, and Joseph William. Their father told them that they had lost a good mother and him a faithful wife who had stood by him in all that he did.

Three years later he married a second wife, Barbara Pace from Payson, Utah. He was the only man around that could shoe an oxen properly.

He was at the Hans Mill Massacre and was personally acquainted with the Prophet Joseph Smith. No one could ever call Joseph Smith anything but "the Prophet" when talking to him.

He died May 11, 1900 at age 86 and was buried at Panguitch, Utah.

From Heritage Gateways Website with the following URL
http://heritage.uen.org/pioneers/Wc2fd470e23500.htm 
MYERS, JOHN (I176)
 
115 Joseph Misner, b. 4 Mar 1811 Franklin Co, PA; d. 18 Mar 1885 Franklin Co, PA. Parents: Joseph Misner (c1775-aft 1850) & Elizabeth _________. Sp: Lena (Nellie) PENTZ, b. 19 Sep 1807 PA; d. 1884 Franklin Co, PA. 1850-1880 res Quincy Twp, Franklin Co, PA. Ch: Rebecca [1835], John [1837], Samuel [1838], Mary Ann [c1844].
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grannyapple/MISNER/MISNER%20Data%20J.html
website by Connie Duke--email duke@up.net  
MISNER, JOSEPH (I392)
 
116 Joseph Misner, b. c1775 PA; d. after 1850 Franklin Co, PA. Parents: Joseph [bef 1750] & Unknown. Sp: Elizabeth _______, b. c1781 PA. 1850 res Quincy Twp, Franklin Co, PA. Ch: Dolly [c1809], Joseph [1811], Elizabeth [c1812], ?Jonathan [c1814], ?Adam [?c1819], ?Margaret [?c1823], ?Ann [?c1825], Martha [c1827], 3 ch unknown. (NOTE: May have been the same Joseph as below, brother of Benjamin. This family of 11 ch is based on a story about Dolly at the Snow Hill Nunnery at Franklin Co, PA, saying she was one of 11 children. The questionable ch are put with this family because of where they were married.)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION from the files of Audrey (Shields) Hancock Joseph MISNER m Elizabeth ???. (Source: Internet, 23 Aug 2000, E-mail to ASH: Bobbie Railsback ) Joseph MISNER, b 1810 PA; m Leanay Nettie PENTZ. Leaney b 19 Sep 1807 PA & d 1884. Rebecca MISNER b 25 Dec 1835 Quincy Twp., Franklin Co., PA; m 17 May 1870 Quincy Twp., Franklin Co., PA to John WELSH; & died 17 May 1870. John WELSH b 8 Nov 1831 Tomstown, Franklin Co., PA. Ida May WELSH b 23 Nov 1858 PA; m James Wm. CREAGER; & d 18 Jun 1944. James Wm. CREAGER b 24 Sep 1860 PA & d 10 Jan 1910. James and Ida May (WELSH) CREAGER died Morgan, Utah. Charles Wm. CREAGER b 3 Dec 1888 Morgan, UT.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~grannyapple/MISNER/MISNER%20Data%20J.html
website by Connie Duke-email duke@up.net  
MISNER, Joseph (I2082)
 
117 Kenneth was born under the last name of Barron.
Sealed to Ralph and Shirley on 10 June 1995 in the Salt Lake Temple.
Burried initially in the Draper City Cemetery and later moved to Larkins on 1700 East 10600 South by Ralph's first wife, Marilyn. 
BARRON MORTENSEN, Kenneth Dan (I2707)
 
118 Kerri look on history disk for more info

Was in Bastard Township, Leeds, Ontario, Canada in 1817 census of Ontario.
Death info from Joyce Stoddard 
STODDARD, ICHABOD 419 (I211)
 
119 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Living (I2069)
 
120 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Living (I2714)
 
121 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Living (I2715)
 
122 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Living (I2716)
 
123 Lived in Salt Lake City, UTah about 4th north and 4th west in the Nineteenth Ward in 1850 as a widow.- Source Utah Historical Quarterly

Obituary Published in Deseret News Sept 17 1856

Joined the church in March 1839 according to obit. 
MARTIN, NANCY (I230)
 
124 Living twin CURTISS, Rebecca (172) (I1969)
 
125 Lyman joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and was baptized for the dead for the following people, (that I know of 10/2007): relationship of the baptized to Lyman in parenthesis-ie: martha was Lyman's sister, Aurilla was Lyman's niece, etc. Also the date of baptism
Martha Buell (sister) 1841
Aurilla Galpin (Niece) 1841
Bryer Mitchell (uncle) 1841
Grandfather (Nathan) Mitchell (grandfather) 1841
Mary Mitchell (grandmother) 1841
Prison Mitchell (cousin) 1843
Truman Mitchell (cousin) 1841
Sarah Sheldon (neice) 1843
Grandfather (Abijah) Stoddard (grandfather) 1841
Grandmother (Eunice Curtis) Stoddard (grandmother) 1841
Ichabod Stoddard (father) 1841
Judson Stoddard (brother) 1841
Martha Stoddard (niece) 1843
Mary (Mitchell) Stoddard (mother) 1840 
STODDARD, LYMAN (I218)
 
126 Marriage is after birth of first child????? Family: JACOB ROCK / MARGRET (MAGDELINE) (MARGARET) SMITH (F195)
 
127 Marriage license number 837 in Hancock, Illinois. From the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900. Found online. Family: JOHN SHIPLEY / MARY (Polly) SHUGGERS (F122)
 
128 Marriage witnessed by Billa

Is this a sister to Henry Stevens?

Went to the the same church as Henry Stevens-or at least married by the same Reverend: Rev. Wyatt E. Chamberlain, Methodist Episcopal church 
DICKSON, DAVID (I171)
 
129 Must have died with the birth of her 8th child as she died may 1714, and Gideon was born may 27, 1714. WELLS, Prudence (I2083)
 
130 Name is corrected from Illinois marriage index http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/GenealogyMWeb/MarriageSearchServlet SHUGGERS, MARY (Polly) (I222)
 
131 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Living (I2667)
 
132 Needs verification

Other information from Website:
Jane Wheeler was the youngest of six daughters. She was married first to Samuel Doolittle. After Samuel's death at Palmer, Massachusetts in 1736, Jane seems to have removed to Worcester, Massachusetts. Her son, Ephraim resided there. Jane Wheeler Doolittle married, second, Henry Wright, Jr. of Springfield, Mass and third, she married Josiah Berry of Worcester, on March 16, 1756 
WHEELER, Jane (I1756)
 
133 needs verification Abigail (I1754)
 
134 needs verification DOOLITTLE, Samuel (I1755)
 
135 needs verification DOOLITTLE, Samuel (I1757)
 
136 Needs verification CORNWALL, Mary (I1758)
 
137 Needs verification CORNWALL, John (I1759)
 
138 Needs verification PECK, Martha (I1760)
 
139 needs verification DOOLITTLE, Abraham (I1761)
 
140 Needs verification ALLING, Joane (I1762)
 
141 Needs verification WHEELER, Joseph (I1763)
 
142 Needs verification POWER, Mary (I1764)
 
143 Newspaper-Millard county recorder reported in the Aug 11, 1907 edition that he was very ill. Kerri LINDSAY, George Richard (I2132)
 
144 Not sure about this one-may not be true-needs more research NICOLS, Sarah (I2354)
 
145 Not sure if the citation on the marriage was an actual marriage date or the date she changed from Stratford church to Woodbury church Family: James BEEBE / Rebecca BEARDSLEY (F785)
 
146 Occupation, Hatter STEVENS, Roger (I1753)
 
147 On 10th of August 1635, John Curtiss, aged 21, eldest son of John Curtiss and Elizabeth Hutchins sailed from London, England in the ship "Safety" to Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. In 1639, John Curtiss became a resident of Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. In 1640, John Curtiss removed from Wethersfield to Cupheag (Stratford), Hartford County, Connecticut.

More info from Curtis family genealogy:
In May 1658, John Curtiss was made a freeman. On 29th of December 1675, "Sergeant John Curtiss was elected Town Teasurer of Stratford". In 1678 John and William Curtiss on town committee to build a new meetinghouse. John Curtiss served as a soldier in the King Philip's War, obtaining the rank of Ensign or second lieutenant. 
CURTISS, Sergeant John (18) (I1658)
 
148 On 22nd of June 1632, William Curtiss came from Nazeing (Nazing), Essex County, England to the colonies on the ship "Lyon" which sailed from London, England on the 22nd of June 1632 and landed in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, on Sunday, the 16th day of September 1632. He later settled in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, where he was made a freeman on the 4th of March 1633.

The above info is from the Curtis Family Genealogy Forum 
CURTIS, William (16) (I1698)
 
149 Per 1900 California Census is the son of Andrew J. Shipley, is a white male born May 1875 is 25 yrs old and single, was born in California, his father was born in Illinois, his mother was born in Wales, he worked as a Teamster, can read, write and speak English. He did not own his own home and lived with his father.

Is in 1920 Census living with his brother Adrian, and uncle Jasper, has no profession and is single. Is 45 years old 
SHIPLEY, Leroy (I2121)
 
150 Per 1900 California Census-Adrian is the son of Andrew J Shipley, is a white male, born Jan 1878, 22 years old and single. He was born in California, his father was born in Illinois and his mother was born in Wales. He was a farm laborer and could read, write and speak English. He did not own his own home and lived with his parents. SHIPLEY, Adrian Forest (I2122)
 

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