Mary Jerusha and James Marion was some of the first in both of their families to join the church in our family. They were baptized by Elder William Jefferson Packer (Boyd K. Packer's great uncle) and Elder Scott, I think around 1881 In Georgia. Mary's family was not too happy with their choice to join the LDS Church. In one letter I read from Thomas he said he had burned all the books about the church that James Marion had sent them.
They stayed in Georgia until about 1886 at which time they came to Utah. They went first to Spanish Fork and lived for several years where I think the rest of their 13 children were born. They left from there and went to Salem, UT where they lived for the rest of their life. Mary out lived all but 4 of her children.
Elvira Jane Mooney Standley
Born: 29 November 1868, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia
Died: 7 October 1899, Spanish Fork, Utah County, Utah
James Jefferson Mooney
Born: 27 March 1870, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia
Died: 30 November 1940, Payson, Utah County, Utah
Barbara Elizabeth Mooney Davis
Born: 28 October 1872, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia
Died: 26 January 1934, Altonah, Duchesne County, Utah
Anna Amanda Mooney Thompson
Born: 29 December 1874, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia
Died: 2 March 1902, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
George Mack Mooney
Born: 30 August 1876, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia
Died: 8 July 1928, Place unknown
Mary Frances Mooney Peel
Born: 21 July 1878, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia
Died: 5 June 1898, Salem, Utah County, Utah
Marion Mooney
Born: 8 June 1881, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia
Died: 15 June 1881, Place Unknown
Lucy Caroline Mooney Thompson
Born: 13 August 1882, Cove, Walker County, Georgia
Died: 4 December 1915, Altona, Duchesne County, Utah
William Walter Mooney
Born: 18 March 1884, Chatooga, Georgia
Died: 3 November 1918, Place Unknown
Thomas Joseph Mooney
Born: 14 July 1886, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia
Died: 1 October 1887, Spanish Fork, Utah County, Utah
Alice Jerusha Mooney Brown
Born: 23 December 1887, Spanish Fork, Utah County, Utah
Died: 12 October 1958, Maui, Hawaii
Jesse Mooney
Born: 12 February 1890, Spanish Fork, Utah County, Utah
Died: February 1892, Spanish Fork, Utah County, Utah
Martha Ellen Mooney Francom
Born: 21 April 1892, Spanish Fork, Utah County, Utah
Died: 13 September 1934, Spanish Fork Utah County, Utah
Thanks for your comment on Ancestor Files. How exciting to hear from a descendant of one of the converts from the mission. And you also served as a missionary in the area. What a wonderful experience. I always love to see pictures of the mission, if you have any you would like to send. Does your family lore include anything about the preacher Robert Edge?
I do not find any more references to Elders Packer or Scott in either volume of the Southern Star.
The Millennial Star from 1880 reports that Wm. J. Packer of Brigham City, Utah, had been called to the Southern States Mission. It also reports that Walter Scott of Provo, Utah, was called to serve in the Southern States.
A quick look at rootsweb shows that William Jefferson Packer was born in 1848 in Salt Lake City and died in 1905 in Safford, Arizona. He was a great-uncle of President Boyd K. Packer.
Walter Scott was born in 1853 in Provo, Utah, and died in 1914 in Provo. He had just married a second wife when he was called to the Southern States Mission.
If you are interested in the condition of the mission at the time, you might be interested in reading the theses I have listed in the posts.
By the way, what was the name of your g-g-grandmother?
April 29, 2009 6:19 AM