Early Lovell Family

This is a early picture of the Ririe area and the Lovell family. Those in the picture from left to right. Edmand Lovell, James William Lovell ( My Grandfather), George Hyrum Lovell, Jane Lovell, Josie Lovell, Leah Ellen Radford Lovell (my Great Grandmother), Leah Ann Lovell and her husband David Lovell. This was the homestead of the Lovell family. I am not sure where in Ririe it was in Ririe.

Shelton Ward picture

More on James Nathaniel Cook

I have found a new cousin through the blog. Her name is Loralee (Cook) Center. She is a granddaughter of James Edward Cook and a great-granddaughter of James Nathaniel Cook. (Our line would be Grandmother
Lillie Viola Standley, daughter of Mary Maria Cook daughter of James Nathaniel Cook. She has been so kind as to send use two wonderful histories of James Nathaniel and Agnes Beverage Morgan. She has given me permission to post them on the blog.

I am also putting what I think is a new picture of Agnes Beverage Morgan.

Below are the histories if you would like to read them.



James Nathaniel Cook
Agnes Beverage Morgan

William Strong

As many of you know one of our ancestors was in the Mormon Battalion. He was in Company E. When I first went to company E I found not only William Strong, but also my wife's great-grandfather, Oliver Norton Harmon, and my brother-in-law's great-grandfather, John Hess. It is such a small world. I am sure that they knew each other very well. I don't think that they at that time thought they would have three of their grandchildren in the same family.

I have been told that William kept a good journal of the time they were in the battalion. The story is that he let one of his fellow battalion members take it and he never sawit again. I would love to find it. It would be a wonderful gift to the family.

There is a wonderful we page on the Mormon battalion. I have added a picture on it of William Strong. Also a bio has been sent in but is not on the page yet. The bio is not mine but the credit should come with the bio. To go to click here

Thanks,

Jim Lovell

Broom Making in Oak City Utah

John Lovell on Honesty

John Lovell United Order contract

The George Hyrum Lovell family. George was a brother to my Grandfather James William Lovell.

I have been lucky to be able to know all the children in this family. They are wonderful people and I am glade to call them family.

My father lost both his mother and his father when he was young and he had to make it on his own. Georges family always looked after Dad. He always talked very highly of them.

Shelton Ward Relief Society

This is a picture of the early Shelton Relief Society. I can put a name on some of the people but not sure of a lot of them. I could use some help on putting names on the faces. any one that know any of these people let me know.

Obituary of Thomas Jefferson McCalin

I thought it would be good to add the Obituary of Thomas Jefferson McClain. I find there is a lot of information in this about his life and family

Five generation of my family

I feel a picture tell a lot. They also help you to get to know your ansesters. I am adding a five generation pedigree chart to help us know them.