Could this be Elvira Jane Hanson

This is a picture of the old Mitzpah Methodist Church which Thomas Jefferson McClain helped build and preached in.

I also have this picture and wonder if this could possibly be Elvira Jane Hanson. It is an old tin type picture and I assume it could be about the same time as the one of Thomas Jefferson McClain. This picture was in my mother's possessions and at the time of her death, I inherited it.

Thomas Jefferson and Elvira Jane Hanson McClain Family

A person's life is told in a large part by his offspring. I have collected a lot of pictures of Thomas and Elvira's family over the years and would like to share them. I have not been able to get pictures of all of their children or Elvira, but I am happy with my collection so far. They are my third great grandparents.

His children are

1. Mary Jerusha McClain Mooney

This is a letter i receved about the missionary that baptized James Marion & Elvira Jane Mooney.

Amy said...

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

2. Barbara Ann McClain Branson

3. George Washington McClain (died before the age of 30)

4. James Thomas McClain

5. John Whitney McClain (died at an early age)

6. Amanda Elvira McClain Oliver

7. William Jesse McClain

8. Cicero Davis McClain

9. Lavinia Jane McClain (died before age of 30)

10. Adolphus Hume McClain (died at a young age)

11. Homer Hanson McClain

12. Lela McClain Carver

13. Alice McClain Lanham

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.