William Hyrum Standley's Family

This is the Family of William Hyrum and Elvira Jane Mooney Standley. I have been told that this was taken shortly before Elvira's Death. She was killed when a buggy rolled over on her.

I think I might have the two girls mixed up. The one on the left should be Emma Jane and the one on the right would be Mary Ann.

Mary Ann Standley

Emma Jane Standley

William James Standley


Charles Henry Standley
Born: 12 May 1894, Spanish Fork, Utah County, Utah
Died: 13 June 1957, Nampa, Canyon County, Idaho


Joseph Hyrum Standley
Born: 14 May 1896, Spanish Fork, Utah County, Utah
Died: 8 September 1961, Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Idaho

Nephi Standley

James Marion and Mary Jerusha Mooney and Children

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

James L. Lovell family

Merry Christmas!

This is the latest picture of our family. It's complete minus the one on the way. (That'll be Jalin's newest--we found out on Christmas Eve! Congrats, Jalin!)

Standley family

There is another part of my family that is very important to me--my Standley family.

This is my Grandfather and Grandmother Joseph Hyrum Standley and Lillie Viola Russell. Just a few years ago I knew very little about these families. It is strange how a few years can change what you know about some one.

Grandpa Standley, as we called him, had a hard younger life. At the age of 3 his mother was killed in a buggy rollover. His father remarried, and the family moved to Idaho. At the age of 8 his father died. At this time his step-mother took his half brother, left Idaho, and went back to Utah. This left him and his brothers and sisters to fare for themselves. Grandpa was lucky--he found the Moss family in Ririe that took him in and treated him as one of their own. He never talked much about his early life, so most of what I have was hand-me-downs from his family. The rest of the family went different ways, and I never got to know them. I have been lucky to get to know several of their grandchildren in later years.

Grandma was a very sweet and loving person, although you know when you had gone too far with her. She also came from a family that did not have a lot. They were teamsters and sheep herders. I think they did a lot of moving around. I do know that she had a great ancestry.
Her eighth great grandfather was William White of the Mayflower. A lot of that family was well-known in the New England area.

There is a lot more to tell and I will give more as time goes by.