RUCK, Elizabeth Collett

That is the date when Wilford Woodruff was at Leigh (about 9 miles from Redmarley) baptising Thomas and Ann Oakey (Elizabeth’s sister) among others (9 in all) when the dog was thrown in the pool as recorded by Wilford Woodruff himself.
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STONE, Susannah (Lloyd)

WILLIE HANDCART COMPANY SURVIVOR GUIDED BY WHAT MATTERS MOST Submitted by Joe Badger’ Descendant of Susannah Stone Lloyd In 1856 Susannah Stone Lloyd, a convert to the Church from Bristol,…
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JONES, Daniel Webster

This article originally appeared in Vol.60, No.1 2013 issue of Pioneer Magazine Daniel Webster Jones was born August 26th, 1830, in Booneslick, Howard County, Missouri. Orphaned at the age of…
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CUNNINGHAM, Elizabeth: True Grit

“My father was a miner by trade and being a man of weak constitution was badly adapted for such a laborious occupation. Consequently, this threw the management of affairs nearly entirely upon my mother, and to speak of her in [a] phrase, I cannot do it better than by saying she was a rustler in the greatest sense of the word.” Elizabeth was the foundation and matriarch of the family. She was the force that carried the Cunningham family from Scotland to Utah."
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