John Parley James Life History

John James was born 12 August 1852, at Pinvin, Worchester England. John's father was William James, an agricultural labourer, son of Lee James and Sarah Price. John's mother was Jane Haynes (Haines), gloveress, daughter of Celia Haynes. John's brothers and sisters are: Sarah, born 14 or 16 August 1837; Emma, born 3 June 1839; Reuben, born 16 June 1841; Mary Ann, born 15 or 16 December 1844; Martha, born 8 June 1846; George, born 16 June 1847; Jane, born 9 September 1853. John's family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints in Birmingham Branch in 1850. They wanted to come to America and Utah while all the family were together. Father, William, had health problems but they thought maybe they could make the trip. William James family sailed from Liverpool, England 4 May 1856, on the ship "Thornton". They arrived in New York Harbor, 14 June 1856. The company traveled by rail through Albany, Buffalo, Chicago, and reached Iowa City on 26 June 1856. On 15 July 1856, they set out for the trek. James G. Willie became the captain for the Fourth Handcart Company. The company comprised of 500 persons. They had 120 handcarts, 5 wagons, 24 oxen, 45 beef cattle and cows. The company was divided into 100 persons to a group. They were led by a sub-captain. They had 5 round tents, with 20 persons to a tent, and 20 hand carts or one to every 5 persons, one Chicago Wagon, drawn by 3 yolk of oxen to haul provisions and tents. Each person was limited to 17 pounds of clothing and bedding.

James Brett and Sarah Upstone Life History

James BRATT, BRETT, or BRITT was born about 1783, in or near London, England, the son of Thomas and Ruth BRETT. His brothers and sisters are not known. He may be the same one who was christened 29 Apr 1787, in St Andrews, Holborn, the son of Thomas and Ruth BRETT. If so, he may have been the brother of Ruth BRETT, christened 12 Jan 1783, in Saint Saviour, Southwark, Surrey; and of Anne BRETT, christened 20 Feb 1785, in the same place. Both girls were children of Thomas and Ruth BRETT. Sarah UPSTONE was born between 1790 and 1794, reportedly in Gloucestershire, England, the probable daughter of William UPSTONE. Some family records report her name as Sarah Ann UPSTONE, but a primary source has never been found substantiating this claim. One of the clues to her parentage comes from information left by her daughter, Sarah Ann Brett Wright Corbett PHILIPS, who said her mother had sisters, Hannah and Ann. From the records of the Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Utah, dated 1867, Sarah Ann Britt PHILLIPS completed temple ordinances for Sarah UPSTONE, Hannah UPSTONE, and Ann UPSTONE, all of “Gloucester”. Sarah PHILLIPS’ relationships to these ladies was recorded as “Grand daughter” to Sarah; “Niece” to Hannah; and “Niece” to Ann. It has always been assumed the “Grand daughter” relationship was in error, either by Sarah’s mis-stating the relationship or by the clerk mis-hearing and mis-writing the relationship. If the relationship should have been “Daughter”, then these three ladies were sisters. If the relationship truly was “Grand daughter”, then Hannah and Ann (aunts of Sarah Ann Brett PHILIPS) would have been daughters of Sarah, and UPSTONE would have been Sarah’s married name, not her maiden name. In other words, Sarah would have been the mother of the family, and Hannah and Ann would have been the daughters. The trouble with that reasoning is that Sarah Ann Brett PHILIPS’ mother would have not been named, only her aunts and grandmother. If the relationship was “Grand daughter” then the question must be asked why Sarah Ann was doing temple ordinances for her grandmother and two aunts, and not for her own mother. From emigration records, it is known that Sarah (mother) and Sarah Ann (daughter) left England together and, since Sarah Upstone Brett ALLCOCK died enroute, Sarah Ann knew temple ordinances needed to be done for her. Family records have always reported Sarah UPSTONE as the mother of Sarah Ann. Manchester LDS Branch records report that the parents of Charles BRETT (as reported by Charles BRETT himself) were James BRETT and Sarah UPSTONE; and the parents of Sarah Ann Bratt WRIGHT (as reported by herself) were James BRATT and Sarah UPSTONE. For a Patriarchal Blessing given to Sarah Ann PHILIPS, 1 Feb 1875, she reported her parents as John BRETT and Sarah UPSTON. The obvious conclusion is that the mother of Sarah Ann Brett Wright Corbett PHILIPS was Sarah UPSTONE, and Sarah Ann’s aunts were Hannah and Ann. Therefore, the family into which Sarah UPSTONE was born had to have included a father, William, and three daughters, Sarah, Hannah, and Ann.

Sarah Ann Brett Wright Life History

Sarah Ann Brett

Sarah Ann BRETT was born the 7th of Nov 1825, in London, Middlesex, England, the daughter of James J. BRETT or BRATT or BRITT and Sarah UPSTONE. Her father was born about 1783 and her mother in 1790 or 1794, both in London, Middlesex, England. Sarah Ann was the youngest child of six children. Her brothers and sisters were Charles, born Jan 1818; George Frederick, born 15 Oct 1818; John James, born 24 Jan 1820; Eleanor, born 16 Jan 1823; and Sukey, born 16 Jan 1823. The marriage record of James BRETT and Sarah UPSTONE reads as follows: "At St. Giles in the Fields, married 18th Feb 1819, James BRETT, bachelor, of this parish, and Sarah UPSTONE, of the same parish, spinster, married by Banns." No further record of James has been found, but Sarah later married a William ALCOCK. Her name was found in the records of the Manchester Branch Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was baptized into the church 7 Nov 1844, and was recommended to Manchester from Leek, Staffordshire, England. The name of William ALLCOCK was found next to Sarah's in the branch records and he is presumed to be her husband. At the time of the 1841 census, William and Sarah ALCOCK were listed on Derby Street, in Leek, Staffordshire, England. His occupation was reported as stonemason, age 56, Sarah ALCOCK’s was dressmaker, age 50, and Sarah Ann BRATT’s was silk weaver, age 15. Sarah Ann BRETT or BRATT joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1842, when she was 17 years old. She was baptized by George ASHWORTH at the Manchester Conference of the British Mission, and was from Leek, Staffordshire, England. She was baptized again two years later on 23 May 1844. Sarah Ann's first child, James Brigham, was born 2 Feb 1845 in Manchester, Lancashire, England. His status was illegitimate and traditional family rumor says that his father was a missionary. Sarah Ann married Andrew WRIGHT, 16 Dec 1849. He was 22 years old and his profession was listed as cordwainer (shoemaker). He lived at 8 Ainsworth, St. Ardwick, in the District of Manchester. His father was John WRIGHT, dairyman. Sarah Ann was 24 years old and lived at Chancery Lane, Ardwick, in the District of Manchester. Her father was listed as James BRETT, servant man. Her friend, Emma CROCKER, was a witness to the marriage. Sarah Ann could neither read nor write so signed the marriage certificate with an "X".

Fredrick William Wright Life History

Freeborn DeMille - Life History

Born: March 3, 1795, Plattskill, Ulster, New York Married: March 11, 1819, Anne Knight Died: January 23, 1881, Manti, Sanpete, Utah Children: Mariah, Orpha, Lora Ann, Oliver, Adelia, Ellias, Lovina Ester, Freeborn DeMill and Annie Knight Joined the church one year after it was founded. They lived neighbors to Joseph Smith. The family went through the persecutions and lived in Jackson Co, Kirtland and Nauvoo. Freeborn helped build the Kirtland and Nauvoo temples. In the spring of 1850 the parents, two sons and two daughters started for Utah and reached Manti late in the fall. They took up a piece of land and farmed and worked with the church, til death. The family endured all privations incident to pioneer life, during the grasshopper plague they saw many days when greens was all they had to eat. Indian troubles were among the difficulties here too. Freeborn DeMill married Anna Knight on March 11, 1819. Their first child was a daughter, that they named Mariah, who was born May 12, 1820. On December 24, 1822, a second daughter was born and given the name of Orpha. The third child was also a daughter, that they named Lora Ann, born June 2, 1828. Their 4th child, a son was born March 30, 1830 and given the name of Oliver. This was just a month before the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized. In Freeborn’s own record he states that he was baptized in the Susquehanna River at Colesville and a few months later his wife was baptized in September 1830 in New York State. He does not give the date of his baptism but his church record gives it as June 30, 1830. Church history shows a number of the Colesville members were baptized in June 1830. However, all the Knight family had joined the church and became members in 1830. Freeborn and wife were numbered with the total of seventy members in all of New York State in Dec. 1830. In Dec. 1830, the section thirty seven of the Doctrine and Covenants was received by the Prophet in which the Lord told him to visit and strengthen the church at Colesville and commanded the church members in New York State to assemble in Ohio. The latter part of January 1831, the Prophet Joseph Smith and his wife with Sidney Rigdon and Edward Partridge left New York for Kirtland, Ohio, with instructions from the Prophet that the members of the church in New York should follow in the spring. In Freeborn’s own written record, he states that on April 21, 1831, he with his wife and family, the oldest being eleven years old and the youngest thirteen months, left Colesville for Ohio. They arrived in Thompson, Ohio on May 16, 1831. The church history relates that the members of the Colesville branch, (which included all the Joseph Knight family) were instructed to settle in Thompson, Ohio, about ten miles east of Kirtland, where arrangements had been made for them to settle. Leman Copley had a considerable tract of land in Thompson, that he (a member of the church) had offered to let the saints from Colesville occupy. A contract was agreed upon and work commenced in good faith. However, Copely broke the agreement and some trouble over it caused the Prophet to receive the 54th section of the Doctrine and Covenants early in June 1831. As a result of this revelation, the church at Thompson composed of the members of the Colesville branch made all possible haste to leave Ohio for Missouri. In John Whitmer’s history of the church, Chapter 8, it states that Newel Knight was appointed leader of the company which was made up of the Colesville branch and under his leadership, they made the entire journey from Thompson, Ohio to Missouri. In the record of Freeborn DeMill, he states that they left Thompson, Ohio, June 28, 1831 and arrived in Independence, Jackson County, Missouri on July 25, 1831. (Twenty seven days). The Colesville branch did not settle in Independence, but in Kaw Township a few miles of Independence, in the valley of the Blue River. The saints rejoiced in the revelation of Section 57 of the Doctrine and Covenants naming the land of the Missouri as a gathering place for the saints and the place for the City of Zion; here they felt they could make their home in peace and safety. History of the Church, Chapter 16 starts out, and I quote, “On the 2nd day of August, 1831, I (Prophet Joseph Smiht) assisted the Colesville branch of the church to lay the first log for a house, as a foundation of Zion in Kaw township, 12 miles west of Independence. This was in between Independence and Kansas City, and is now covered by suburbs of Kansas City. The log was carried and placed by 12 men, in honor of the 12 tribes of Israel. At that time the land of Zion was consecrated and dedicated by Elder Sidney Rigdon for the gathering of the Saints.” Freeborn DeMill was one of the 12 men and it was from his record I gave the church historian the names of the 12 men. The church did not have the names of all 12 before I gave it to them. I quote from the same chapter 16 of the History of the Church as written by the Prophet as follows: “On the 4th of August, I attended the 1st conference in the land of Zion. I was held at the house of Brother Josua Lewis, in Kaw township in the presence of the Colesville branch of the Church. The spirit of the Lord was there. On August 7, 1831, I attended the funeral of Sister Polly Peck Knight, the wife of Joseph Knight, Sen. This was the first death in the church in this land, and I can say, a worthy member sleeps in Jesus Christ til the resurrection.” She was my great-great-grandmother. According to her son, Newel, her health had been failing for some time and she was very ill during the journey from Thompson, Ohio to Missouri. Yet she would not consent to stop travelling. Her greatest desire was to set her feet upon the land of Zion and to have her body interred in the land. While travelling on the steamer down the river, Newel went on shore at one of the stops and bought lumber to make a coffin, in case she should die before they arrived in Missouri. History of the Church, Chapter 20, the Prophet states he visited the saints in Kaw township a few miles west of Independence. He reported that the Colesville branch in particular, rejoiced as the ancient saints did with Paul. The foot note states that the Colesville saints were among the 1st to receive the gospel and were mostly converts of the Prophet that his heart was very tender toward them. Sept. 29, 1832, Freeborn DeMill and his wife had their fifth child born to them. A daughter given the name of Adelia. She was born in Kaw township, Jackson County, Missouri and is my grandmother. I will not take the time and space to tell of the persecution and hardships of the saints in Missouri as it is on record in the Church History. It must have tried the faith of the best of them after coming to the land of Zion and rest of them to have mobs and persecution drive them from their new made homes. In Freeborn’s own records he relates that on Dec. 1, 1833 as winter was settling in they were driven from their homes by mobs and out of Jackson county. They crossed the Missouri River to the north into Clay county where they took up new homes. Here a little over two years later, in the spring of 1837, they were driven with the rest of the Saints out of Clay county and went north-east to Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri, Here on January 12, 1838, their sixth child, a son was born, and given the name Ellias DeMill. Freeborn states that in the spring of 1839 they, with the rest of the Saints were driven out of the state of Missouri, they crossed the state for about one hundred miles to the east, came to the Mississippi River, crossed that and settled in Quincy, Ill. on the bank of Mississippi River. While here in Quincy, their oldest daughter, Mariah, at the age of 21 on April 22, 1841 was married to Daniel Buckley Funk. After coming to Utah this made their home in Sterling, Utah (six miles south of Manti) and raised a family of nine children, Freeborn’s record states that they left Quincy in 1842 and moved to Navuoo, Ill. Here on Jan. 8, 3.843, thei.r second daughter, Orpha, at the age of twenty one was married to Perry Davis and she died the same day. Here also in Navuoo on May 13, 1843, the seventh child of Freeborn and Anna was born. This was their last child, a daughter and was named Lovina Ester. On Thursday, Dec. 25, 1845, (Christmas day) Freeborn and his wife received their endowments in the Nauvoo Temple. (There were 107 endowments given that day. On January 27, 1846 they were sealed in the Nauvoo Temple. Freebom states in his record that they left Nauvoo for the west on April 22, 1846, being driven out of their homes by the mobs. They arrived in Mt. Pisgah on May 26, 1846. Freeborn DeMill had injured his leg with a saw and was laid up for about five years while in Missouri. Most all the time they were in Mt. Pisgah he was laid up with fever sores. Here in Mt. Pisgah on Oct. 1, 1848, their third daughter Lora Ann married Samuel K. Gifford. After coming to Utah, they were called with others to settle in Utah’s Dixie and made their home in Shonesburg, southeast of Springdale. They were the parents of ten children. In the spring of 1850 they left Mt. Pisgah for the valleys of the Great Salt lake and arrived in Salt lake City Sept. 17, 1850, with the Capt. Warren Foot Company. After a short rest in Salt Lake , they left for Manti, Utah and arrived there Nov. 5, 1850. Freeborn was now past fifty five years old and his wife past forty six. Manti was their home for the rest of their lives, never again to he driven by the mobs. On Dec. 31, 1852, their fifth child, Adelia married John F, Squire, Jun., Manti’s first schoolteacher. They made their home in Manti and had a family of 8 children. More will be told of them later. On May 13, 1855, the oldest son, Oliver at the age of 25, married Emily Almina Deal. They had eleven children. He married a second wife, Fidelia Winget June 3, 1865, and they had seven children. This family was also called to settle in Utah’s Dixie and made their home in Shonesburg later moving to Rockville, On Dec 11, 1859, the youngest child, Lovina Ester, not quite 17 married John Alma Beal. They had eleven children and lived in Manti until about 1875 and them moved to Shonesburg. On June 11, 1863, the youngest son, Ellias, the last to marry, was married to Malvina Winget. He was 25 years old. They made their home in Manti and were the parents of nine children. Freeborn was a member of the first High Council organized in Manti and was a member for many years after. Ann Knight DeMill died on July 28, 1878 in Manti at the age of seventy~four and is buried in Manti, Cemetery. Freeborn DeMill died in Manti, Jan 23, 1881 at the age of eighty-five and is buried in the Manti Cemetery next to his wife. On May 3, 1856, Freeborn DeMill married a second wife by the name of Lynittee Janett Richards and to them two sons were born. Orrin, born Jan 29, 1858, Manti, Utah, and Benjamin born Jan 23, 1860, in Manti, Utah. In his record he relates that one died and the other was living in Ephraim with his mother, dated April 21, 1864. 1 have been unable to find any trace of this other son. I don’t know if he died before age of marriage or not. Taken from a book written and published by Loren DeLance Squire. The following are exerts from an article that appeared in The Pyramid”, date unknown, by David Mackey, entitled “Lines from Hwy 89”. “Vast distance in time and space separates the communities of Sanpete County from the remote hamlets of Rockville and Springdale. The little towns are tucked away between the crimson canyon walls and the Virgin River on the south road to Zion Canyon. … This pocket of the planet was largely settled by people transplanted from Sanpete. Settlers beaqring surnames of Petty, Black, Gifford, Brown, DeMill, Averett, Larsen, Stevens, Isaacson, Lemmon, Funk, Millet, Washburn, Klingensmith, Allred, Beal, Thaxton, Stocks, Siler, Kenner and Whitlock, were among those who would become residents of the area. … It was Isaac Behunin who had been the first to stake out a lone claim at the site of present-day Ephraim. When others began to encroach on the Sanpete land immediately around him, reportedly told a friend that while he would like him for a neighbor, there was only water enough for one family. So the founder moved. This same Behunin pioneer later moved his family into what is Zion National Park today. Eventually the small settlement known as “Zion” consisted of about six families but for various reasons the town ceased to exist by 1875 when people moved away. … The headstone of Oliver and Emily DeMille stands amidst numerous relatives. DeMille was born in 1830 and not only represented the early days of Sanpete, but his parents, Freeborn and Anna Knight DeMill, were among the first to be baptized into the new church founded by Joseph Smith that same year. …”

Freeborn DeMille - Early Church History

In September, 1830, Newel and his sister Anna's husband, Freeborn DeMille, attended the Church's second conference, also held at Fayette, New York (see HC 1:108-20). There Newel became the young prophet's confidant during a surprise crisis caused when Hyrum Page claimed to have received revelations for the Church through a peep stone. Hyrum carried "quite a roll of papers full of these revelations," Newel said, which led many astray. Newel said that Joseph Smith "was perplexed and scarcely knew how to meet this new exigency." Sharing the same room, the Prophet and Newel spent "the greater part" of that night "in prayer and supplication" (13). In response, Joseph received a revelation (D&C 28) that spelled out proper channels for revelation to reach the Church. Brother Page was corrected and peace restored. At that conference Newel was ordained a priest and Freeborn DeMille was baptized. After this conference, Hyrum Smith was made president of the Colesville Branch. He and Jerusha moved in with Newel and Sally Knight, and the two couples became good friends. Newel Knight soon replaced Hyrum as president of the Colesville Branch, whose membership was almost totally Knight relatives. In 1831, this branch of Knights showed remarkable trust in Joseph Smith by obeying a revelation he received calling them to "assemble together at the Ohio" (D&C 37:3). The Knights "were obliged to make great sacrifices of our property," according to Newel. He sold 60 acres of land, Freeborn DeMille 61 acres, and Aaron Culver 100 acres. Joseph Knight, Sr., sold 140 acres, "two Dwelling Houses, a good barn, and a fine orchard" (Knight 19). Sixty-two Knight kin moved to Ohio to help initiate this "first gathering of Zion" in this dispensation. The cluster included Joseph and Polly Knight and every one of their seven children. Other relatives in this migration included Pecks, Slades, DeMilles, and Stringhams. This Knight/Colesville Branch settled near Painsville, Ohio, on lands donated by convert Leman Copley. Responding again to revelations received through Joseph Smith (D&C 38, 51), the group gave up its deeply-ingrained beliefs in private property and the profit system and became the first Saints asked to try to live an economic cooperative order (D&C 38, 51). When Copley disaffected and withdrew his lands, a revelation redirected the Knights to move once again, this time to Missouri—designated by revelation as "Zion." Again, the large clan moved enmasse to the sparsely settled frontier area. Joseph Smith welcomed his Colesville friends to Missouri on 15 July 1832 and directed them to settle 12 miles west of Independence. "We found the country to be butiful, rich and plesent and we made our selves as Comfortable as we could," said Father Knight (Jessee 39). The Knights helped to establish this center for the gathering of Israel (D&C 57). In an impressive ceremony, 12 men representing the twelve tribes of Israel laid the first log as a foundation of Zion; five of the men were Knight relations. Newel was one of seven men who dedicated the Independence temple site. Such rituals seemed full of promise to all the Knights except mother Polly, who was dying. She became the first Latter-day Saint buried in Zion. Death claimed two more Knights that year, including Newel's sister Esther. In this outpost colony of the Church, the families labored hard during an optimistic first year of building, fencing, and establishing homes. Once again, they agreed to consecrate properties in order to live cooperatively. When a council of high priests was created to govern the Missouri church, Newel Knight became one of them, and also he continued to be president of what was still termed the Colesville Branch. As part of plans to one day build the Independence temple, six Knight men made labor pledges. Joseph Knight, Sr., decided to remarry and chose Phoebe Crosby Peck, who was Polly's widowed sister-in-law. Phoebe had four children of her own, and she bore Father Knight two more. Counting Phoebe's four, Joseph Knight, Sr., was father or stepfather of 13 children. In 1834, Missourians drove the Saints, including the Knight network, from Jackson County. The mobbers shot Philo Dibble, whom Newel Knight saved from death through a remarkable priesthood blessing (see Christensen 79). Fearing for their lives, the Knights rushed to the Missouri River ferries. Joseph Knight, Jr., told of women and children walking with bare feet on frozen ground (see Hartley 216). The Knight group lost much property, including a gristmill. The family had moved twice before, but this was their first forced move. Of that hard winter, Emily Colburn Slade Austin recalled: "We lived in tents until winter set in, and did our cooking out in the wind and storms" (Austin 72). Lacking proper food and shelter, many Saints became victims of "fever and ague"—probably malaria—including Sally Knight. After she gave birth to a son who died, she died. "Truly she has died a martyr to the gospel," her bereaved husband Newel eulogized (46). Newel, being a high councilman, was sent to Kirtland to help build that temple and to receive temple blessings. At Kirtland he boarded with his good friends Hyrum and Jerusha Smith. There he met and fell in love with another boarder, Lydia Bailey, whose belief in Joseph Smith and experience with the miraculous was equal to his. Her husband had deserted her, and both of her children had died, so her family sent her to Canada for a change of scenery. In late 1833, while lodging with the Nickerson family, she heard Joseph Smith preach and saw his face "become white and a shining glow seemed to beam from every feature" (Homespun 18). This witness of the spirit converted her. She moved to Kirtland, where she met Newel Knight, and on 24 November 1835, was married to him in the Hyrum Smith home by Joseph Smith. Theirs was the first marriage performed by priesthood authority in this dispensation, which pleased Joseph Smith greatly (HC 2:320). DEMILL, Freeborn A bill of damages against the state of Missouri 1833 Loss of time and labour in Jackson County Mo. $500.00 For improvements 300.00 1836 Also for improvements &c in Clay Co. Mo. 300.00 Also for lands and improvements in Caldwell Clay Co. Mo. 500.00 1839 For the loss of time and mooveing out of the State into Illenoy & for two Rifles with expences 430.00 deprived of Citizenship in Jackson County Mo. 1833. by a lawless mob. also in Clay County Mo. 1836 by the same Mob. and last of all by an exterminateing orde the Governor. 203.00 I hereby Certify that the above bill of accomps are Correct according to the best of my knowledge— Quincy May 6th 1839 Freeborn Demill [Sworn to before C. M. Woods, C.C.C., Adams Co., IL, 6 May 1839.] The Colesville branch traced their awareness of Joseph Smith's religious experiences to Joseph Knight, a native of Worcester County, Massachusetts. He, like Whitmer, became acquainted with the Smiths in Palmyra. Knight lent encouragement to young Smith by employing him in his carding mill and on his farm. He was privileged to be in the Smith home the morning that Joseph entered with the original gold plates of the Book of Mormon in his possession. Joining the Knight family in the Colesville branch were Freeborn DeMill, originally from Ulster County, New York; Ira Willes, formerly from Albany County, New York; Hezekiah Peck, from Windham County, Vermont; William Stringham, from Queens County, New York; and Benjamin Slade, from Windham County, Vermont. The Saints in these small communities strengthened and encouraged each other as they met in worship. It was these early meetings in western New York that became the basis of the first branches of the Church, whose membership knew and professed Joseph Smith to be a prophet of God. *Documented as being present on the day of organization of the Church, 6 April 1830. 24 1. Bennett Family16. Jolly, Vincent 2. Burroughs, Anna17. Jolly, William 3. Burroughs, Phillip13. Knight, Elizabeth 4. Chamberlain, Hope Haskins14. Knight, Joseph, Jr. 5. Chamberlain, Solomon15. Knight, Joseph, Sr.* 6. Conrad, Sarah (Sallie) Heller 16. Knight, Nahum 17. Knight, Newel 7. Cowdery, Oliver*18. Knight, Polly 8. Culver, Aaron19. Knight, Polly Peck 9. Culver, Ester Peck20. Knight, Sarah (Sally) Coburn 10. DeMill, Anna Knight21. Knight, Thankful 11. DeMill, Freeborn27. Mack, Almira 12. Harris, Martin*28. Marshall, John 13. Jolly, Harriet29. Page, Catherine Whitmer 14. Jolly, John 30. Page, Hiram 15. Jolly, Julia Ann31. Peck, Electa 32. Peck, Ezekiel 54. Smith, Katharine 33. Peck, Hezekiah55. Smith, Lucy (dau.) 34. Peck, Martha Long56. Smith, Lucy Mack* 35. Peterson, Richard Ziba57. Smith, Samuel H.* 36. Poorman, John 58. Smith, William B.* 37. Poorman, Margaret59. Stoddard, Calvin W. 38. Rockwell, Caroline60. Stoddard, Sophronia Smith 39. Rockwell, Electa61. Stowell, Josiah 40. Rockwell, Orin (father)62. Stringham, Esther Knight 41. Rockwell, Orrin*63. Stringham, William 42. Rockwell, Sarah Witt64. Whitmer, Anna Schott 43. Salisbury, Wilkins Jenkins65. Whitmer, Christian* 44. Scoby, William66. Whitmer, David* 45. Slade, Benjamin67. Whitmer, Elizabeth Ann 46. Slade, Clark68. Whitmer, Elizabeth Scott 47. Slade, George69. Whitmer, Jacob* 48. Slade, Molly70. Whitmer, John* 49. Smith, Don Carlos71. Whitmer, Mary Musselman 50. Smith, Hyrum*72. Whitmer, Peter, Jr.* 51. Smith, Jerusha Barden73. Whitmer, Peter, Sr. 52. Smith, Joseph, Jr. 53. Smith, Joseph, Sr.*

Freeborn DeMille - [The following is a letter copied as written from the original which was found among papers after the death of John P. Squire. The original letter is in the possession of Loren D. Squire.] Manti, Sanpete Co., Deseret, April 21st. 1864.

In complyance with your invitation as noticed in the news of April 13th. I write this to you, As I once lived in Jackson Co. Missouri. I have six children now living: Maria - married to Daniel B. Funk living at Manti; Lora Ann - married to Samual K. Gifford living at Shonesburg, Cane County (it is said to be Dixie); Oliver Demill living at Shonesburg, having been called to go south in 1861 ( I think). Adelia - married to John P. Squire here in Manti; Elias living in Manti and Lovina married to John Alma Beal living in Manti, Sanpete Co. Freeborn Demill.I was babtised in the Susquehanna river at Colesvill and my wife Anna Demill in New York State Sept. 1830 an on the 21st. of April 1831 we started from Colesvill and arrived at Thompson, Ohio May, 16th; and on June 28th. left Thompson and arrived at Independance, Jackson Co. Missouri July, 25th; and on December 1st. 1833 was driven out and went to Clay County; and in the spring of 1837 driven again and went to Far West Missouri. And in the spring of 1839 being expelled from the State with the rest of the Saints we went to Quincy, Illinois, where we remained until 1842 then repaired to Nauvo where we resided until April, 22ed. 1846 we then started west and on the 26th. of May arrived at Mt. Pisga where I rested until May 1850 then started for and arrived in the valley of Great Salt Lake September 17th. and in Manti Nov., 5th. 1850, where I still reside. We received our endowments in Nauvo temple Dec, 25th. 1845 and sealed in January 27th. 1846. I was one of the 12 who cut carried, and laid the foundation log of the house which was dedicated by Oliver Cowdry and Sidney Rigdon Aug. 2ed. 1831 Jackson County. I was laid up for 5 years in Missouri by a hurt on my knee by a saw tooth and again in Pisga by a feaver sore for about the same length of time. I was born at Plattekill in Ulster Co. N.Y. 1795 of Garrett and Lana Demill. May 3rd. I took a second wife by whom I had two children, one is dead, the other now living at Ephraim with his mother. I was chosen one of the High Council at its 1st. organization here June, 5th. 1851, remain still a member 1864, April, 5th. It is with feelings of respect and thankfulness to God our heavenly Father, to you and the Saints generally for the blessings I have and do enjoy and that there are those who still look and feel after me that I feel greatful and hope ever to be so – With esteam and respect as ever in the bonds of the covenant I remain your friend and brother, Freeborn Demill.

Oliver DeMille Life History

Birth:	Mar. 30, 1830 Colesville Broome County New York, USA
Death:	Jul. 8, 1908 Rockville Washington County Utah, USA
Oliver DeMille is the son of Anna Knight DeMille and Freeborn DeMille. Oliver married Emily Almina Beal May 13, 1855 in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City, Utah and was living in Sanpete County when President Brigham Young called him to settle southern Utah. To this union they had the following children: Olive Emily DeMille, Oliver DeMille Jr., Ida Sylvina DeMille, Ira DeMille Oscar, Melvina and Benjamin Franklin DeMille. On 13 Jun 1865 at Salt Lake City, Utah he married Fidelia WINGATE. To this union were born the following: Adelia DE MILLEe, Ada Elvira DE MILLEe, Almeda DEMILLe, Jesse DEMILLE, Melbourne DEMILLE, Melvina DEMILLE, Adlinda DEMILLE Oliver DeMille, among others, left Sanpete County and first arrived January 20, 1862 in a place they called Shonesburg named after the Indian chief, Shones. The pioneers built dams and tried to tame the unpredictable Virgin River but it wasn't until 1865 before they finally had a good harvest of corn, cane and cotton. In 1866, the settlement was abandoned due to Indian troubles, but in 1868 some of the original settlers returned. Over the years the flooding of the river washed away farmland and by 1897 there was not enough children to hold school. By the year 1900 only Oliver DeMille was left and then he even moved to Rockville, Utah. The little settlement of Shonesburg was left abandoned with little to show that for fourty years the pioneers had worked and toiled hard on this area. All that was left was a rock house, a few chimney's and a derelict cemetery. Oliver was called to serve a mission in 1893. --------------- Oliver DeMille, about 80 years of age, died at Rockville on the 8th of old age and general debility. He was founder of Shoensburg and was well known in the early days of Dixie. Washington County News July 16, 1908 ------------ death certificate Spouse: Emily Almina BEAL Marriage: 13 May 1855 Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Spouse: Fidelia WINGATE Marriage: 13 Jun 1865 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Ut Spouse: Rebecca Jane ALLRED Marriage: 10 Oct 1865 Spouse: Rachel GIFFORD Marriage: 2 Jan 1878 Family links:  Parents:   Freeborn DeMille (1795 - 1881)   Anna Knight DeMille (1804 - 1878)  Spouses:   Emily Almina Beal DeMille (1839 - 1905)*   Fidelia Winget DeMille (1847 - 1931)*   Rachel Gifford DeMille (1829 - 1846)*  Children:   Olive Emily DeMille Stevens (1857 - 1913)*   Oliver Demille (1859 - 1938)*   Orpha Almina DeMille Millett (1862 - 1909)*   Ozro DeMille (1863 - 1942)*   Oscar Demille (1866 - 1946)*   Ida Sylvina Demille Millett (1868 - 1941)*   Ada DeMille Beal (1869 - 1948)*   Ira DeMille (1871 - 1918)*   Melvina Demille (1872 - 1872)*   Benjamin Franklin Demille (1873 - 1944)*   Almeda DeMille Beal (1874 - 1902)*   Melbourne DeMill (1876 - 1950)*   Levi Garrett DeMille (1876 - 1950)*   Anna Mariah DeMille Petty (1878 - 1960)*   Adlinda DeMill Hall (1878 - 1963)*   Jesse DeMill (1882 - 1964)*   Roswell Demille (1882 - 1955)*   Adelia DeMille Petty (1885 - 1906)*  Siblings:   Mariah DeMill Funk (1820 - 1889)*   Lora Ann Demille Gifford (1828 - 1870)*   Oliver DeMill (1830 - 1908)   Adelia DeMille Squire (1832 - 1917)*   Elias DeMill (1838 - 1905)*   Lovinia Esther Demill Beal (1843 - 1880)* *Calculated relationship
Burial: Rockville Cemetery Rockville Washington County Utah, USA

Oliver DeMille Life History

Oliver DeMille

Oliver DeMille was born 30 March 1830, Broom County, New York, seven days previous to the organization of the Church, which his parents joined shortly after (four months after) in 1830. Freeborn DeMille’s father was acquainted with the Prophet Joseph Smith when a boy, and went to the same school. I (Oliver) was nine years old when I was baptized in Quincy, Illinois and I received the Holy Ghost; a bright light came over me and I was enveloped as it were by this heavenly light. On our way home we had to cross over a high hill. I walked along just the same as the rest, but it didn’t seem to me as if I touched the ground and this feeling stayed with me all day and until late bed time; then the light went up, gradually passing out of sight. It was by the gift and power of the Holy Ghost that I knew Joseph Smith was a true prophet of God. I once heard the Prophet say; Men can’t comprehend themselves let alone comprehend God. And you don’t know who I am or won’t know until you stand before the bar of God. Oliver said on another occasion, I was present when the prophet was preaching and he said, I had a revelation and commenced to tell it; just then a flock of geese flew over when the meeting was being held, as it was out of doors where they usually held meetings in summer time. The geese made a quacking sound and most of the people turned their eyes to look, I never, I kept my eyes on the Prophet, and Joseph said to them, if you care more for the quacking of wild geese, than the revelations of God, I’ve no more to say to you at present. He sat down and didn’t say any more. One day as I was going through the street in Nauvoo I heard Plaesi Kahoon talking with some of his friends and one says, Plaesi how is it you are blind. And he said, because the Prophet cursed me for going against light and knowledge. This trouble was in relation to the printing press which was declared a nuisance by the city council and destroyed. The lightning struck a liberty pole in Far West and slivered it all to pieces. I heard the prophet say, Just as that has been stricken down, our liberty shall be taken from us, every vestige. This was fulfilled when the Saints were disfranchised and their property confiscated in 1891-1802. One day while the Nauvoo legion was drilling and practicing, a sham battle was instituted in which a conspiracy was planned by John C. Bennett and others to kill the Prophet. Several guns were loaded with bullets, and Bennett, who was one of Joseph’s aids, told the men with the guns to air directly at the prophet. It was revealed to the prophet right there and then, and he told Bennett of it right there in my presence, and Bennett soon made his escape, mounted on one of the fastest horses in the legion. Once Heber C Kimball prophesied that Nauvoo would not long be an abiding place for the Saints. Sidney Ridgon brought him before the Prophet Joseph for prophesying against the interests of the beautiful city. I was at the meeting when the Prophet threw Sidney off. Said he, “I have packed Sidney Rigdon on my shoulders as long as I am going to and now I throw him off. My brother Hyrum is a merciful man, and it may be he will plead for him. But if you don’t throw him off now, you will see the day you will have to” Not long after that the Prophet Joseph was murdered. I was 14 years old when the prophet and his brother Hyrum were martyred. Shortly after, Sidney Rigdon called a meeting, he being first counselor to Joseph. He got up and claimed the right of being guardian to the people. Brigham Young was also there, and b being at the head of the twelve apostles. After talking about a minute, his voice changed to the voice of Joseph Smith, his countenance and every appearance and motion was that of Joseph and his language was so convincing and prophetic, that it seemed to bring conviction to the hearts of all who were present. I was in the meeting and saw with my own eyes, and heard with my own ears all that was said and done, and know of a surety whereof I speak. And I lie not, says Oliver. Brigham Young was a true successor to the Prophet Joseph Smith and a true prophet of God, and presided over the Church in the spirit of his calling for many years, manifesting great wisdom in all his counsel to the people, showing that he was guided by revelation and prospered by the same. He passed through all the persecutions of the Church at Nauvoo and moved with his parents to Winter Quarters, hence to Mount Pisgah, where they resided until their exodus to the Rocky mountains in the year 1849-1850. Oliver being the oldest son of the family and his father being a cripple had the burden of the work of preparing far the journey. Although but 18 years old he accomplished it successfully and manfully, and drove an ox team all the way to Manti, Utah in Sanpete county, where they made their home in the valleys of the Rocky Mountains, here again enduring many hardships and privations; famine, pestilence, Indian wars, the disadvantages of pioneer life, building roads and ditches, clearing land, building log and rock houses, fencing farms etc. Other members of Freeborn’s family were faithful members of the Church.

Oscar DeMille Life History 1866- 1946

Gottlieb and Marianne Hirschi: Life History

Gottlieb and Marianne Hirschi

Gottlieb Theophile Hirschi was born January 16, 1837, to Ulrich Hirschi and Anna Amacher in Villiers, Neuchatel, Switzerland. He was the seventh child of 10 children born to Ulrich and Anna, 5 boys and five boys. Their birthdates were Ulrich, 13 February 1825; Katharina, 16 April 1826; Samuel, 28 September 1828; Anna, 26 March 1830; Johannes, (John), 4 October 1832; Henriette Margaretha, 1 March 1835; Gottlieb, 16 January 1837; Christian, 20 Januaryn1839; Judith, 20 August 1841; and Rosina, 5 July 1843.Two of the girls died in infancy, Katarina and Henriette Margaretha. An unmarried son, Samuel died when he was twenty three. Father Ulrich was a shoe maker and school teacher so the family moved to different locations where ever he could find teaching jobs. They lived in Schangnau, Bern; Hirschhorn, Bern; Dromdresson, Neuchatel; Geneva, Geneva; and finally Muenster, Bern. Gottlieb was christened at Drombesson, Neuchatel, Switzerland. He first came in contact with the Mormon missionaries in 1858. Responding to their message he was baptized in the La Suze River on 22 September, 1858 by a local elder named George Bonelli and was confirmed the same day by the same Bonelli when he was twenty one years of age. He belonged to the Saint-Imier branch of the church which was in the canton (state) of Bern, Switzerland. Gottlieb was living in Schangnau, Bern, Switzerland and left from there to immigrate to America and join in the building up of Zion.

Ulrich Hirschi: Journey to America

Ulrich Hirschi Family 

Ulrich Hirschi was the first in his family to join the Church. Ulrich Hirschi
Birth: July, 25 1802. In Emmenmatt, Schangnau, Bern, Switzerland.
Baptism: July 27, 1858. At 56 years of age.
Arrived: In Salt Lake City with the Oscar O. Stoddard Company or the William Budge Company in 1860. At 58 years of age.
Death: October 10, 1886. At 84 years of age. In Salt Lake City
Married: Anna Amacher May 16, 1824. In Switzerland. Ulrich was 21 years and Anna was 18 years of age,
 Anna Amacher: Birth: July 28, 1805. In Wilderswil, Bern, Switzerland Death: June 19, 1853. At 47 years of age. In Wilderswil, Bern, Switzerland. Ulrich Hirschi and Anna Amacher had the following children: We have a record that five of Ulrich Hirschi and Anna Amacher’s ten children came to Utah. Ulrich Hirschi: Birth: February 13, 1825. In Schangnau, Bern, Switzerland Baptism: October 21, 1858. At 33 years of age. Death: August 10, 1892. At 67 years of age. In Switzerland Katharina Hirschi: Birth: April 16, 1826. In Schangnau, Bern, Switzerland Death: December 23, 1827. At 1 year of age. In Switzerland Samuel Hirschi: Birth: September 28, 1828. In Schangnau, Bern, Switzerland Death: February 16, 1852. At 23 years of age. In Switzerland

Ulrich Hirschi Journey to America: 

On the 25th of April 1860 Ulrich Hirschi, Johann Hirschi, Judith Hirschi, Marianne (Mary Ann) Rupp, later to become Ulrich's daughter in law; Heinrich Henry Reiser, Susanna Rupp Reiser, Marianne Rupp's sister; Johann Heinrich Reiser, Anna Mueller, and Sister Neof departed Switzerland on their journey to the valley of the Great Salt Lake. The first day they went to Basle where they were placed under the leadership of Johann Keller, emigration agent for J. Barbe and Co. From Basle they went to Mannheim Germany then to Rotterdam Netherlands and from there by boat for a day and a half to Hull, England. There they took the train for Liverpool. Mr. Hammerstein, a hotel keeper, was waiting for them at the railway station. They were taken care of fairly well but the company was too large so not all of them could be cared for. On 5th of May Brother Woodard and five more persons arrived. They made the trip over from France. On the 7th of May their trunks were taken to the Steamer called the Willam Tapscot. On the 8th they went on board the steamer which now became their “home” for several weeks. The big steamer was drawn down the river by a smaller boat but they did not go to sea until the 11th; after the government had investigated the boat. The "William Tapscott sailed from Liverpool, May 11, 1860. It was a fine ship and a splendid sailer, but, owing to contrary winds, the voyage consumed 35 days. Union and good order prevailed during the whole voyage. Prayer was held every morning and evening, and on Sundays religious services were held on the deck. Owing to cold and a change of diet, considerable sickness prevailed among. the emigrants, and ten deaths occurred, most of them among the Scandinavian Saints. Four children were born on board and nine couples married, among whom were Hans Christian Heiselt and Larsine Larsen from the Vendsyssel Conference, Denmark. On the 3rd of June, the smallpox showed itself among the emigrants, seven cases of this disease were reported, none of which, however, proved fatal. On Friday evening, June 15th, the ship arrived at the quarantine dock in New York harbor. The next day two doctors came on board and vaccinated, with but very few exceptions, all of the steerage passengers, a part of the cabin passengers, and the ship's crew. This was done to prevent a further outbreak of the disease, though all the sick had nearly recovered by this time. On the 20th, after being detained in quarantine five or six days, the passengers were landed at Castle Garden, New York. The smallpox cases had previously been taken ashore and placed in a hospital. On the 21st the emigrants left New York per steamboat "Isaac Newton" and sailed up the Hudson River to Albany, where they arrived on the 22nd. From Albany the journey was continued via Rochester to Niagara Falls, where the train stopped about seven hours in order to give the emigrants the pleasure of seeing the great waterfall and the grand suspension bridge. The journey was continued through Canada along the north shore of Lake Erie to Windsor, where the river was crossed to Detroit in Michigan. Thence to Chicago, which city was reached June 25th. From Chicago, the emigrants traveled by railroad to Quincy, Ill., whence they crossed the Mississippi River to Hannibal in Missouri, and thence traveled by railroad to St. Joseph, Mo. Here 13 persons were placed in a hospital, but upon close examination they were found to be well enough to join the company the following day on the trip up the Missouri River, to Florence, Neb., where the company arrived in the night between June 30th and July 1st. Elder George Q. Cannon, who this year acted as Church emigration agent, made splendid arrangements for the journey across the Plains. It was deemed wisdom to send the emigrants as far as possible by steam and avoid the toilsome and harassing part of the team journey from Iowa City to Florence, a distance of nearly 300 miles, which in former years had required from 15 to 20 days travel. It had been learned by experience that the distance between Iowa City and Florence, at the season of the year when the emigrants had to travel it, was, in point of toil and hardship, by far the worst part of the journey, owing to its being a low, wet country, which in the opening of the year was subject to heavy and continued rains. These storms, owing to the nature of the soil (being clay most of the distance), rendered the roads almost impassable. Arriving at Florence, the emigrants found shelter in a number of empty houses while they made the necessary preparations for crossing the Plains. A handcart company consisting of 126 souls, traveling with 22 handcarts and 6 wagons, left Florence on their westward journey July 6th, under the leadership of Capt. Oscar O. Stoddard. The company was divided into three parts under Elders D. Fischer, Anders Christensen and Carl J. E. Fjeld, respectively. After a journey of 81 days, the company arrived in Salt Lake City, Sept. 24, 1859, having suffered the ordinary hardships and difficulties incident to all handcart travel. Considerable sickness prevailed among the emigrants during the journey, and a number of animals died, which made the latter part of the journey particularly difficult. The last ox-train of the season, with which a number of the Scandinavian emigrants crossed the plains, left Florence soon after the handcart company and arrived in Salt Lake City, Oct. 5th. This company consisted of about 400 souls, traveling with 55 wagons, 215 oxen and 77 cows, all under the leadership of Elder William Budge, but the Scandinavian and Swiss contingent traveled under the immediate direction of Elder Carl Widerborg part of the way separate from the rest of the company. Four deaths and four births took place on the journey. A company of English and Scandinavian Saints, who had been temporarily located at different places in the United States, principally in Iowa and Nebraska, left Florence for the West July 3rd. This company, which consisted of 123 souls, was led by Elder John Taylor, assisted in the Scandinavian division by Elder Jens Peter Christensen, who had spent about five years in the States and presided for one year over a Danish branch of the Church at Alton, Ill. After a successful journey across the plains this company arrived in Salt Lake City, Sept. 17, 1860.

Gottlieb Theophile Hirschi

Gottlieb Hirschi Life Experiences in the Gospel:

 Gottlieb Theophile Hirschi Birth: January 16, 1837. In Villers, Newchatel, Switzerland
 Baptism: September 22, 1858
Arrived: August 30, 1860. In Salt Lake City Jesse Murphy Company
Married: Marianna Rupp (Mary Ann) Marianna Rupp
 Birth: January 12, 1838
Baptism: May 22, 1858
Arrived: October 5, 1860. In Salt Lake City. William Budge Company.

Gottlieb Journey to America: On a beautiful day at 1:30 pm, August 9, 1859 in Zürich Switzerland Gottlieb got on the train to Basel. In Basel he met emigrant church members from St. Imier and they stayed in the White Cross Hotel. August 10th was another nice day, when they took the train from Basel to Mannheim Germany. August 11th they took the train from Mannheim to Cologne. August 12th they took a train to Rotterdam. On August 13th they took a steamboat from Rotterdam to Hull, England and picked up 18 more emigrant members. August 14th they continued to: Liverpool; lodged in the Paradise Hotel and got ready for the voyage. August 16th they boarded the ship Emerald Island for America. That ship carried a total of 1280 Mormons in three voyages across the Atlantic Ocean. On August 20,1859, the Emerald Isle, was skippered by Captain Cornish, they sailed out of Liverpool with fifty-four Saints aboard-fifty from Switzerland and Italy and four from England. President Elder Henry Hug was in charge of the mormon company. After a forty-two-day passage, of which there are no details, the vessel arrived on October 1, 1859 at Long Island, New York. October 2, 1859 Attended Church in New York. They were advised to stay in New York for the winter before continuing their journey to Salt Lake City. It appears that Gottlieb Hirschi stayed in New York for the winter. Gottlieb began his journey to the Salt Lake Valley when he was 23 years old from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha) with the Jesse Murphy Company. Gottlieb departed June 19, 1860 Arrived: In Salt Lake City August 30, 1860. Mariana Rupp: Journey to America is recorded with Ulrich Hirschi's journey. Mariana Rupp (Mary Ann) came to Utah when she was 22 years of age, as a single woman from Switzerland with her sister Susanna Reiser, and her husband Heinrich"Henry" Reiser, Father (Ulrich) Hirschi, Johann Hirschi and Judith Hirschi Larsen. They were a part of the William Buge Company, which departed from the outfitting post at Florence, Nebraska (now Omaha). They left on July 20, 1860. Arrived: In Salt Lake October 5, 1860. Marriage: Gottlieb Hirschi and Mary Ann Rupp were married September 14, 1861. They received their endowment and sealing in the Endowment House a month later on October 18th . Missions: Gottlieb and his wife, Mary Ann was called by Brigham Young at the October General Conference in 1861 with 309 heads of families to establish the Cotton Mission in Washington County. Gottlieb and his wife settled in Santa Clara in 1861. Near the end of that year the whole town of Santa Clara was flooded. In 1863 Gottlieb, Mary Ann and their small son Albert, moved to Rockville. Gottlieb gave his coat and vest for ten acres of land covered with sagebrush. They cleared the ground and build a dugout to live in. Gottlieb received a call to return to his native Switzerland to serve a mission, in 1883 (age 46) leaving his wife to care for their six children. Gottlieb farewell address: “The time is fast coming when my labors in this land shall come to an end and with a happy countenance I turn my face toward my home. Dear Brothers and Sisters, should I never see you again. I solemnly testify to you once more that we the Elders of Zion have brought the kingdom of God to your doors and that Mormonism is Godly and Eternal Truth, therefore, dear bros and sisters remain true to the covenants, which you have made to God. For it will bring you peace and contentment I also tender you my heartfelt thanks for all the kindness which you have shown me. The Lord bless you for it. May you all be prospered both in body and spirit is my prayer to my Heavenly Father with a hearty farewell. I bid you all adieu.” Bishop: Gottlieb (age 54) was set apart as the third bishop of Rockville in 1891. He served faithfully until death released him in 1900. He served for nine years.
Death: January 24, 1900 (age 63) Gottlieb passed away in St. George, Utah. He was taken home to Rockville for burial. To show respect for Gottlieb the people covered both sides of the street with pine boughs, from his home near the end of town to the chapel. His wife Mary Ann died February 15, 1924 (age 86) 24 years after his death.

Darrell Wasden Erickson - Life History 1906 - 1979