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| Amy Crumb Fackrell |
What a treasure chest of stories I just found on my ancestors James Fackrell and Amy Crumb, Mormon pioneers of 1848, and the first settlers of Bountiful, Utah. See the following website: http://genforum.genealogy.com/fackrell/messages/12.html
And here's a copied & pasted version (be prepared to scroll for quite some time):
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This is what I've collected from various sources.
I have not verified any of this information and would greatly appreciate any additions / corrections.
Thanks
Doug Goodman
doug@internetaddress.com
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(1) 1 John FACKRELL
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Birth: 1749
Death: 1819
Spouse: Joanna BRADFORD
Children: James (1781-1867)
(2) 1.1 James FACKRELL Sr.
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Birth: 2 FEB 1781, North Petherton, Somerset, England
Death: 21 DEC 1867, Bountiful, Davis County, UT
History of James and Amy Crumb Fackrell, Sr.
Pioneers of 1848
Written by Myrtle Ballard Shurtliff
James Fackrell, Sr., son of John and Joanna Bradford Fackrell of North Petherton, Somersetshire, England, was born at North Petherton, Somersetshire, England, February 2, 1787, and was the third child in his parents' family, which consisted of six children.
At present nothing is known of his childhood. All that is known about his young manhood is that he was a sailor, and that he and his younger brother, Richard, were the only members of his family who emigrated to America.
Their first residence was in the state of New York. When he was about thirty-two years of age, he married Amy Crumb, the twenty-year old daughter of Joseph and Prudence Lamphear Crumb. Joseph Crumb was born in Rhode Island and Prudence Lamphear was born in Connecticut. Amy, born 14 September 1799, was the seventh child in the family of nine children, all of which were born in Grafton, Windham Co., Vermont. James and Amy Crumb Fackrell were the parents of five children, three boys and two girls, and from their birth records, we conclude that their parents were married in Vermont about 1819, and lived in this place until about 1823. Their first child, David, was born 16 April 1820, and Joseph, the second child, was born 9 September 1822. The third child, Betsy Jane, was born 13 November 1824, in Clarendon, Rutland County, Vermont. The last two children were born in Moriah, Essex County, New York, Lucy, 6 July 1826, and James, Jr., 26 April 1829.
In 1837 James Fackrell moved his family, which then consisted of himself, his wife Amy, and three boys and two girls to the state of Michigan and settled in Bertrand, Barren County, and there lived and prospered in the world's goods until the year 1845.
About 1838 their son David, then 18 years old, ran away from home and went to Wisconsin to live. On 28 August 1845, their son Joseph married Clarissa Dempsey leaving the family with but one son, James, Jr. This son was now about sixteen years old and had become interested in religious affairs. He attended camp meetings of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was converted to this religion and was baptized by sprinkling. He remained in this Church about six months and became very dissatisfied and withdrew his membership.
At this time, two Mormon missionaries from Nauvoo came to their community and held meetings. James, Jr. attended these meetings and became convinced that their doctrine was scriptural, but having been previously "taken in by the Methodists, decided to wait and see if these new teach-ings did not "flatten out" and to see if these people "practiced what they preached." His parents were very much opposed to the Mormons and refused to attend the meetings.
The boy James attended, and "the more he heard, the better he liked their teachings" and he was desirous that his parents should hear them. He invited the two missionaries, Elder Richard Sprague and an Elder Phelps, to go home with him. After services he took the elders home with him and introduced them to his parents as Mormon missionaries. Before the mission-aries left the home, they convinced the parents of the truthfulness of their doctrines and in a short time James Sr., and his wife Amy, and their daughter Lucy, were baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints.
Shortly after this time, news of the martyrdom of the Mormon Prophet, Joseph Smith, and his brother Hyrum, the Patriarch, reached the Saints of this place. Also, the message was received from the Twelve Apostles who had taken command of the affairs of the Church, for all Saints scattered abroad to gather to Nauvoo and prepare to move west.
Following this advice, James Sr. sold his farm at a sacrifice of about one-half its value and started to Nauvoo. He left their son, Joseph, and his wife, who at the time did not wish to be associated with the Mormons in Michigan. A great prejudice was manifest against the Mormons and all Saints moving to Nauvoo, and it was with great difficulty that the Fackrell family found lodgings for the nights during their journey. They arrived in Nauvoo the last of March 1846.
They rented a house and moved into it, and began to look for work. Their stay at Nauvoo was very short, because of the persecution and hard-ships inflicted upon the Saints. They stayed in Nauvoo just three weeks and then started for the West. They knew not where they were going, but they cast their lot with the Saints.
Nothing worthy of note occurred on this journey until they reached Council Bluffs. While in Nauvoo, their daughter, Lucy, had become ill. She had been exposed to severe storms and cold, which proved too much for her delicate constitution, and upon their arrival in Council Bluffs, Iowa, she became very ill.
On 20 June 1846, Lucy passed away. This was a severe trial for her family to go through. She was a lovely girl of 20 years. A good Latter-Day-Saint and loved dearly by all who knew her. They laid her body in a grave and with sad hearts turned their faces to new trials.
Shortly after this time, the Government called upon the Mormons to furnish 500 men to fight for the United States in suppressing the uprising in Mexico. This left the Saints in dire circumstances. Many did not have roofs to cover their heads or food enough to sustain life.
Those who were left, however, bravely set about preparing for the winter. James and his son built a log cabin in which to move his family. They also went out onto the prairie and cut wild hay for their cattle. The son took a team and went down to Missouri and secured work. For this work he was paid in provisions which amount was enough to last them through winter.
He brought the provisions home with his team and stayed until the beginning of winter and then left his team and again returned to Missouri but was not so successful in securing work. He returned to Council Bluffs in the spring of 1847 and found the Saints prepared to go west, far beyond persecution, to an unknown land.
The Fackrells were not prepared to take this long journey. They planted a small crop and again James, Jr. with his sister, Betsy Jane, went to Savannah, Missouri by team where they both secured work. Betsy found work spinning and James secured employment with his team.
They were gone about six weeks and returned to their parents loaded with provisions. James, Sr. and his son then set about cutting hay for the winter. They stacked most of it on the prairie, but hauled some few loads home. They cut about 15 tons, but early in the fall the prairie caught fire and burned one stack of about 8 tons. In trying to backfire around the other stack, that one caught fire and burned and they were left with very little hay with which to feed their cattle.
Late in the fall of 1847 some few pioneers who left early in the spring for the west, returned and brought a glowing report of the valley in the Rocky Mountains which they had found and named Great Salt Lake Valley.
The presiding Twelve Apostles then made a call for all Saints to prepare to go back to the valley of the rocks with them the following spring.
Hay was scarce, and that fall, James, Jr. took three yoke of oxen to Missouri, partly to provide feed for them, but mostly to make a "fit out" to go west in the spring. He secured work hauling logs to a saw mill and bought corn for ten cents a bushel and fed it to his cattle. In this way his teams were kept in good condition all during the winter. He was also successful in making a "fit out" so when spring came he was well prepared for the journey.
In January of 1848 many of the Mormon Battalion soldiers returned. Among them was George W. Hancock, the young man who commenced courting Jane Fackrell. The family continued to make preparations to go to the valley of the Saints.
On 14 May 1848, George W. Hancock and Betsy Jane Fackrell were married. The next day, 15 May 1848, James, Sr. with his wife Amy and their son James, Jr. started upon their journey across the plains.
Their journey was uneventful, except for the usual hardships suffered by all pioneers crossing rivers and traveling over lonely plains and barren hills until they reached the "promised land" in the valley of the moun-tains. To them the valley looked dry and barren, but the tired travelers were so weary and footsore that even this looked good to them and they were happy to find a place where they could stop and which they could call home.
Thus the father, the mother and their 19-year-old son James established the foundations for the Fackrell kingdom on the mountain tops of Zion.
They set about at once to prepare for winter. They located a desirable place ten miles north of Salt Lake City, now called West Bountiful, and took up 92 acres of land, which was the first land taken up in Bountiful. Accor-ding to the historian, Bancroft, James Fackrell, Sr., became the first settler in this place.
The family moved their wagon onto the place selected, and the next James, Jr. was taken ill with mountain fever, and was ill about two months.
As soon as he was well enough to get about, the father and son started to build a house to shelter the family from the winter storms. They worked diligently but were unable to finish the house until the middle of January when they moved in.
In the spring they plowed their farm and planted crops, but between crickets and cattle, nothing was harvested.
In October 1849, their daughter Betsy Jane, with her husband and
small Son, Charles, then a few months old, arrived in the valley and located at Bountiful.
On 8 February 1849, James, Jr. was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day-Saints by Arvil Cox and on the 13th of January 1850, married Martha Ann Chapman and left his father's home. Thus the parents were left alone.
During the summer of 1850 their oldest son, David Fackrell, came into the valley. He was on his way to California and stopped off for a visit. They had not seen each other for 12 years and indeed it was a happy reunion.
Their hearts, however, were soon again bowed in sorrow, for on 22 February 1851, their daughter Betsy Jane, passed through the valley of death to give birth to a baby girl. The other suffered three weeks and then the newborn babe, Betsy Jane Hancock, was left motherless. The little mother of 27 years of age was laid away in the Salt Lake City Cemetery and her old parents and loved ones were left to mourn her loss.
About this time, their son Joseph and his wife and family came into the valley. They had recently been converted and joined the Latter-Day-Saint Church.
Their son, David Fackrell, prolonged his visit and became converted to the Church also, and was married on 6 July 1852, to Susannah Sumner. The streets, void of an altar, served as a Church where their wedding was solemnized.
Susannah Sumner was born in Lancashire, England and there with her parents embraced the gospel. Her father died and she and her mother emigrated to America and came as far west as St. Louis. There her mother died of cholera. In 1850 she came across the plains with the Saints and upon her arrival found a home with James Fackrell, Sr., where she met her husband, David Fackrell.
David Fackrell did not go to California as he had intended, but took up land in Bountiful and made it his residence.
From these three sons, David, Joseph, and James, Jr. , a larqe posterity of Fackrell's was produced, which have inherited and inhabited the land of Bountiful for the past six generations.
When the parents grew feeble, James, Jr., built them an adobe house near the meeting house so that they could attend Church more easily. The old people spent the rest of their active lives attending Church and performing ordinances in the Salt Lake Endowment House for their dead ancestors. When they became feeble, these aged parents divided their lands between their sons and it was agreed that the sons take care of them their remaining days on this earth.
James, Jr. took his father and mother to his home and cared for them until the death of his father.
James Fackrell, Sr., was a man of small stature, slight of build, and rather delicate of health, and aged very young. He was of a kindly, cheer-ful disposition and was enjoyed and loved by his grandchildren.
His wife, Amy, was large, strong and active in body, severe and exacting in disposition.
James Fackrell, Sr., died on 21 December 1867, aged 80 years, 10 months, arid 19 days. He was buried in the East Bountiful Cemetery. On his tombstone is written "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth, yea, saith the spirit, that they may rest from their labors and work also."
His wife survived him for 18 years. After his death, Amy moved back to her home in West Bountiful, but she unfortunately fell and broke her hip and soon became feeble. Her children cared for her until her death which occurred on September, 1885, aged 85 years, 11 months and 24 days.
She was buried by the side of her husband in the East Bountiful Cemetery. For tombstone says, "Her part well done, she goes to rest, in joys of home among the best; a crown of endless life to wear."
For nearly a century the Fackrell's have lived on the farms of their fathers and grandfathers and still dwell in the homes built by their pioneer forefathers.
Above published by the Fackrell Family Assn. July 1964.
Read and submitted May 11, 1976 by Aurelia B. Olsen,
great, great,granddaughter.
http://members.home.net/rosyroja/Fackrell/JamesAmy.htm
DEC 2000
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Information on James Fackrell, Sr.,
and Amy Crumb Fackrell
as given by Aurelia B. Olsen from Grandmother,
Amy Viola Fackrell Brown's records
Amy Crumb and James Fackrell, Sr., left Nauvoo in April 1846 with two wagons, 30 head of sheep, two yokes of oxen, a few pigs, chickens and horses. They walked all the way across the plains. Their daughter, Lucy, became ill and died at Council Bluffs, Iowa, 20 June 1846. They stayed there until 15 May 1848. They then started on to Salt Lake City, following Perigreen Sessions and later overtaking him. John Hancock, a forest ranger, and Amy's brother-in-law, rode alongside Amy's wagon as much as he could. The Indians stampeded their cattle and while John Hancock and others were out bringing the cattle back, a herd of wild buffalo came storming up. One of the buffalo came over to John Hancock, pulling him off his horse and tearing his clothes nearly off of him without making a scratch upon his body. After many more similar hardships they arrived in the Valley, Fall of 1848. They went through Salt Lake City and stopped at Warm Springs, October 8, 1848. James Fackrell, Sr., came ahead of Amy about one week. He secured land in West Bountiful and two lots north of Perigreen Sessions. He was the first settler in West Bountiful and divided his 30 (92 ?) acres farm up among his children. He made his own house of adobe bricks. He was taught how to do this in England.
James Fackrell, Sr.:
His step-mother was cruel to him so he ran away from home at the age of 14 years and became a stow-away on a ship. When they located him they told him that they would not let him go on land until he was 21 years of age. That is why he was a sea traveler. He helped the captain on the ship and was trusted by everyone on the ship. One time when he was 18 years of age, he refused to drink liquor, because he had promised his mother not to drink liquor, so the sailors put him up in mid-air and left him there for 3 days and 2 nights. The Captain made them bring him down. He was sick for 3 weeks after that. He obtained his education himself on board the ship. When he landed in 1812 he was drafted into the army. He hated the army because they were of such rough conduct. They watched him all the time because they were afraid that he would run away. When he got the chance, he deserted the army and jumped into the Missouri river as far out as he could. Then he swam the rest of the way. The army was in hot pursuit but he ran into a cabin there and a lady was feeding a young baby. He asked her to hide him so she told him to put on a night cap that was on the bed and turn his face to the wall. A soldier inquired if he had been there and she told him no and told him to be quiet because there was a sick woman in the bed. The soldier quietly closed the door and after searching around awhile, they went back. She made James Fackrell get out of her bed and change his wet clothes and gave him some corn meal, the first that he had ever seen. She told him to hurry away. After he crossed a creek he took his cup and mixed some water and corn meal. He said it was just like eating sawdust. After a few days of hidden travel, he reached Pennsylvania where he was hired by Joseph Crumb for $4 a week to do anything, chores or housework.
In the Crumb family there were five girls and one boy. Four of the girls were old maids and one which was the youngest was the favorite and her name was Amy.
Amy favored James and he favored her. When he asked her father if he could marry her, he was "kicked out". But he managed to see Amy before leaving and promised her that he would be back for her. From here he went to Michigan. There he wrote Amy and they appointed a place to meet and from here they were going to get married and travel together. Amy told her parents and they sent for James to come back and be married honorably. He did come back and get her but her sisters and parents would not treat him very friendly because they disliked him for his religion. Amy and James then came on to Utah getting here October 8, 1848.
Amy's mother had a dream and not long after it she heard about Joseph Smith. He was going to speak to the people near her home so she got Mr. Crumb to take her to the meeting. Mr. Crumb would not go himself, but he took Mrs. Crumb to hear him. When she returned she told Mr. Crumb that she knew that every word that Joseph Smith spoke was from the Lord. He was furious and he disbelieved her. When the next immigrants were ready to go, Mrs. Crumb told her husband that she was going too. He would not even hitch a team to a wagon for her so David and James started her on her way. Mr. Crumb stayed behind three days and two nights, then he set out after her, in spite of all the begging for him not go to. After he overtook her she would not live with him until he had been baptized. Mr. and Mrs. Crumb were very well educated and quite well to do. They arrived in Utah in 1849.
Many hardships were endured upon the plains.
Amy Crumb Fackrell taught school in West Bountiful for 50 cents per child or taking molasses or anything that they had to pay. She took care of her own garden and the traffic that passed by her place would be given garden foods and in return she would receive money.
Notes of Ruth Brown Irving, daughter of Amy Viola Fackrell, Granddaughter of Joseph C. Fackrell. (original in possession of Aurelia B. Olsen, niece of Ruth B. Irving.)
The things I write here unless otherwise indicated were told to me by members of the Fackrell family. My mother was a member of that family and lived until she was 87 years so I had opportunity to become acquainted with the older members. This is an account told me.
James Fackrell, Sen. was born at North Petherton, Somerset, England, 2 Feb. 1787. At the age of 16 or "thereabouts" he decided to go to America. So he stole away in a ship carrying soldiers. This was during the War of 1812. (Here there is a discrepancy of 5 years to 7 years). When he was found on the ship he was made a cabin boy. On embarking in America he ran away and made his way out in the country. He soon found that he was being followed. He went to a cabin and asked the lady there to hide him. There was one room in the cabin. A cradle was by the fireplace. The lady said, "Get in that bed, put this night cap on and turn your face to the wall" He did so. Soon his pursuers knocked at the door. The woman continued to cook corn cakes at the fireplace. They asked if she had seen a man. She said "shhh" and indicated a sick woman in the bed. They looked behind a curtain covering clothes in the corner, got on their hands and knees to look under the bed, grunted and stalked out. The lady soon threw back the covers and said, "Get out of this". Fackrell told her he hadn't eaten for 3 days. She gave him some corn cakes and he left.
Soon they were after him again. This time he swam a river with his boots on. The bloodhounds were after him. (This happened about 100 years ago and may have become exaggerated.)
As he wandered alone through the country he found what he thought was a cat. On petting it he was sprayed with the repulsive skunk spray and in this condition he applied for a job at a farm house.
http://members.home.net/rosyroja/Fackrell/James2.htm
DEC 2000
The following is some geneology on the decendants of James and Amy (Crumb) Fackrell:
(3) 1.1.1b David Bancroft FACKRELL* (See above)
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Spouse: Abigail FACKRELL
Other Spouses Hannah WILCOX, Ellen CARROLL, Susannah SUMNER, Hannah Elizabeth PROCTOR
(3) 1.1.1c David Bancroft FACKRELL* (See above)
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Spouse: Ellen CARROLL
Other Spouses Hannah WILCOX, Abigail FACKRELL, Susannah SUMNER, Hannah Elizabeth PROCTOR
(3) 1.1.1d David Bancroft FACKRELL* (See above)
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Spouse: Susannah SUMNER
Marr: 6 JUL 1852, Bountiful, Davis County, UT
Children: Joseph Sumner (1852-1909)
Sarah Jane Sumner (1854-1858)
Laura Sumner (1855-1936)
David Bancroft Sumner (1857-1859)
Ammon Sumner (1859-1860)
Bertha Sumner (1861-1940)
Mary Susannah Sumner (1862-1920)
Rudolph Sumner (1875-1875)
Cyrenus Sumner (1864-1954)
Fernando Sumner
Gideon Sumner
Ira Sumner
Karl Sumner
Olive Sumner
Uriah Sumner
Other Spouses Hannah WILCOX, Abigail FACKRELL, Ellen CARROLL, Hannah Elizabeth PROCTOR
(4) 1.1.1d.1 Joseph Sumner FACKRELL
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Birth: 17 APR 1852, Bountiful, Davis County, UT
Death: 28 AUG 1909, Riverside, Bingham County, ID
Spouse: Margaret Clarissa HANCOCK
Father: Mosiah HANCOCK
Mother: Margaret McCLEAVE
Marr: 8 AUG 1877, Utah
Children: Margaret Clarissa
Sarah Jane
Susannah
Joseph Hancock
Mary Hancock
James Sumner (1888-1962)
Olive
Lyman Mosiah
Annie Elizabeth
David Karl
Daniel Levi
(4) 1.1.1d.2 Sarah Jane Sumner FACKRELL
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Birth: 26 MAR 1854, Bountiful, Davis County, UT
Death: 15 NOV 1858
(4) 1.1.1d.3 Laura Sumner FACKRELL
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Birth: 20 MAR 1855, Bountiful, Davis County, UT
Death: 28 NOV 1936
Spouse: Thomas CHAMBERLAIN
Children: Karl Stevens
Amy
Thomas
Susannah
David
Ellis Fernando
Hannah Isabel
Marcus Grant
Mary
Bertha
Ira Lagrand
Justin
(4) 1.1.1d.4 David Bancroft Sumner FACKRELL
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Birth: 19 OCT 1857, Bountiful, Davis County, UT
Death: 21 MAY 1859
(4) 1.1.1d.5 Ammon Sumner FACKRELL
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Birth: 5 NOV 1859, Bountiful, Davis County, UT
Death: 4 OCT 1860
(4) 1.1.1d.6 Bertha Sumner FACKRELL
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Birth: 26 FEB 1861, Bountiful, Davis County, UT
Death: 29 FEB 1940
Spouse: Israel HOYT
Marr: 25 FEB 1880, St. George, Washington Co., UT
(4) 1.1.1d.7 Mary Susannah Sumner FACKRELL
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Birth: 23 OCT 1862, Bountiful, Davis County, UT
Death: 29 OCT 1920, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
note: had twin baby who was stillborn.
Spouse: Henry Arron FOWLER
Children: David A.
William Ray
Joseph Eben
Laura Ellen
Henry Asa
(4) 1.1.1d.8 Rudolph Sumner FACKRELL
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Birth: 19 SEP 1875, Mt. Carmel, Kane County, Utah
Death: 1875
(4) 1.1.1d.9 Cyrenus Sumner FACKRELL
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Birth: 16 JAN 1864, Bountiful, Davis County, UT
Death: 3 JUL 1954, Enterprise, Washington County, Utah
Spouse: Lillian Beulah HOYT
(4) 1.1.1d.10 Fernando Sumner FACKRELL
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(4) 1.1.1d.11 Gideon Sumner FACKRELL
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(4) 1.1.1d.12 Ira Sumner FACKRELL
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(4) 1.1.1d.13 Karl Sumner FACKRELL
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(4) 1.1.1d.14 Olive Sumner FACKRELL
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(4) 1.1.1d.15 Uriah Sumner FACKRELL
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(3) 1.1.1e David Bancroft FACKRELL* (See above)
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Spouse: Hannah Elizabeth PROCTOR
Children: Enos Proctor
Herman Proctor
Norman Proctor
Parley Proctor
Rodolph Proctor
Trenor Proctor
[ Baby ]
Other Spouses Hannah WILCOX, Abigail FACKRELL, Ellen CARROLL, Susannah SUMNER
(4) 1.1.1e.1 Enos Proctor FACKRELL
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(4) 1.1.1e.2 Herman Proctor FACKRELL
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(4) 1.1.1e.3 Norman Proctor FACKRELL
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(4) 1.1.1e.4 Parley Proctor FACKRELL
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(4) 1.1.1e.5 Rodolph Proctor FACKRELL
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(4) 1.1.1e.6 Trenor Proctor FACKRELL
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(4) 1.1.1e.7 [ Baby ] FACKRELL
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(3) 1.1.2a Joseph Crumb FACKRELL*
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Birth: 9 SEP 1822, Grafton, Windham County, VT
Death: 14 DEC 1900, Bountiful, Davis County, UT
Spouse: Clarissa DEMPSEY
Birth: 6 APR 1824, Rensalairville, Sempranius, Cayuga County, NY
Death: 5 JUL 1869
Burial: Bountiful City Cemetery, Davis County, Utah
Father: John DEMPSEY
Mother: Betty WHITE
Marr: 28 AUG 1845, Bertrand, Michigan
Children: Mary Ann
David Edwin
Juliette
Betsy Jane
Joseph Norman
Lucy
Amy Viola
James W. (1856-)
Clarissa
Alvarette
John Dempsey
William Henry
Estella
Other Spouses Grace HOLDEN
(4) 1.1.2a.1 Mary Ann FACKRELL
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(4) 1.1.2a.2 David Edwin FACKRELL
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Spouse: Hannah GARRETT
(4) 1.1.2a.3 Juliette FACKRELL
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Spouse: James HOWARD
(4) 1.1.2a.4 Betsy Jane FACKRELL
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Spouse: William HOWARD
(4) 1.1.2a.5 Joseph Norman FACKRELL
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Spouse: Sophia EVANGELINE
(4) 1.1.2a.6 Lucy FACKRELL
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Spouse: Jode GRANT
(4) 1.1.2a.7 Amy Viola FACKRELL
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Spouse: M. M. BROWN
(4) 1.1.2a.8 James W. FACKRELL
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Birth: 7 APR 1856
Spouse: Margaret HILL
(4) 1.1.2a.9 Clarissa FACKRELL
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Spouse: Augustus SPROUSE
(4) 1.1.2a.10 Alvarette FACKRELL
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Spouse: Daniel CORBETT
(4) 1.1.2a.11 John Dempsey FACKRELL
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married: "Aunt Levie"
(4) 1.1.2a.12 William Henry FACKRELL
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[ bachelor ]
(4) 1.1.2a.13 Estella FACKRELL
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(3) 1.1.2b Joseph Crumb FACKRELL* (See above)
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Spouse: Grace HOLDEN
Marr: ABT 1889
Other Spouses Clarissa DEMPSEY
(3) 1.1.3 Betsey Jane FACKRELL
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Birth: 13 NOV 1824, Clarendon, Rutland County, VT
Death: 22 FEB 1851
Spouse: George W. HANCOCK
Marr: 14 MAY 1848
Children: Charles
Betsy Jane (1851-)
(4) 1.1.3.1 Charles HANCOCK
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(4) 1.1.3.2 Betsy Jane HANCOCK
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Birth: 1851
(3) 1.1.4 Lucy FACKRELL
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Birth: 6 JUL 1826, Moriah, Essex County, NY
Death: 20 JUN 1846, Council Bluffs [ Iowa? ]
(3) 1.1.5a James FACKRELL Jr.*
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Birth: 26 APR 1829, Moriah, Essex County, NY
Death: 16 MAY 1892
HISTORY OF JAMES FACKRELL, JR.
As Written by Himself
James Fackrell, Jr., born April 26, 1829 at Mosiah, Essex County, New York.
Parents: James Fackrell, Sr., born N. Petherton, England, 2 Feb. 1787. died: Dec. 21, 1867, Bountiful, Davis Co., Utah.
Amy Crumb, born: Grafton, Windham County, Vermont, 14 Sept. (sic) died: Sept 8, 1865, Bountiful, Davis Co., Utah.
Siblings:
1. David Bancroft Fackrell, born, Grafton, Windham Co., Vt., April 16, 1820
2. Joseph Crumb Fackrell, born, Grafton, Windham Co., Vt. Sept. 9, 1822
3. Betsey Jane Fackrell, born, Clarendon, Ruthland Co., Vt., Nov. 13, 1824
4. Lucy Fackrell, born, Mosiah, Essex Co., New York, July 6, 1826 died: June 20, 1846
5. James Fackrell, Jr., born, Mosiah, Essex Co., New York, April 26, 1829.
Married:
1. Martha Ann Chapman, (1st wife), born Louiston, Niagra Co., New York, Oct. 6, 1832.
Married: January 13, 1850, Davis County, Utah
2. Mary Ann Julie LeSueur. (2nd wife) born, St. Peter (Jersey) England, Sept. 23, 1838
Married: June 17, 1856, Salt Lake City, Utah Territory.
Children:
1. Martha Maranda Fackrell, born North Canyon, Davis Co., Utah, Jan. 11, 1855
2. James Fackrell, III, born North Canyon, Davis Co., Utah, Jan. 27, 1856
3. Sophy Evangeline Fackrell, born, Bountiful, Davis Co., Utah, October 1, 1859
4. Julie Fackrell, born, Bountiful, Davis Co., Utah, May 14, 1863
5. Charles Terry Fackrell, born, Arizona Territory, while on the road, April 13, 1866.
6. Andrew L. Fackrell, born, April 1878, Died, Sept. 11, 1878.
James Fackrell, Jr., was baptized into the L.D.S. Church February 8, 1849 by Orville L. Cox and was ordained into the 14th Quorum of Seventies under the hand of Henry Harriman and J.M. Grant and went through the House of the Lord and got his washing and anointing November 10, 1855.
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"I was born in Mosiah, Essex County, New York, April 26, 1829, and I was eight years old, my fathers' family, consisting of my parents, two brothers, two sisters and myself, moved to the state of Michigan and settled in Bertland, Berrier County, and lived and prospered in this world's goods until the year 1843 when there was missionaries sent there from Nauvoo, belonging to the Latter-Day-Saints. My parents were very much opposed to them and would not go to hear them preach.
I went and heard them and soon found their doctrine was scriptual, therefore, I was desirous that my parents should hear them. So, I invited Richard Sprague and Phelps to go home with me and I introduced them as Mormon preachers. They commenced conversation and before they left, they convinced my parents of the truth of their doctrine.
In a short time after, my father, mother and sister, Lucy, were baptized. Some time previous to this, I was at a camp meeting, held by the Methodist Episcopal Church and was converted and baptized into their church by sprinkling. I remained in their church about six months and saw that it was the same thing right over, all the time, and I got sick of it and went to the class leader and told him to scratch my name off the book. He reasoned with me for some time, but with no avail, so he scratched my name off, at last. This time, getting taken in made me cautious afterwards. When I heard the Mormon preachers, I firmly believed it, but intended to see if it would not flatten out and to see if they practiced what they preached. But the more I heard of it the better I liked it.
On the 28th of August 1845, my brother, Joseph C. Fackrell, was married to Clarissa Dempsey. Previous to this time my brother, David B., left home and went to Wisconsin, so, I was the only boy that was left at home with my father. About this time, the sad news came that Joseph and Hyrum, the Prophet and Patriarch, were martyred and the Twelve had taken charge of the Church and wanted the Saints scattered about to gather to Nauvoo and prepare to go West. My father, accordingly, sold his farm at a sacrifice of about one-half its value and started for Nauvoo, leaving my brother, Joseph and his wife in Michigan; they not wishing to go with the Mormons.
Nothing worthy of note occurred during our journey. Only I saw great prejudices manifested against the Mormons. The people would not keep us overnight if we told them we were going to Nauvoo. Therefore, it caused us great trouble at times to procure lodging for the night.
We arrived at Nauvoo the last of March 1846. We rented a house and moved into it and began to look around the city. I expected to find the people perfect, but I could see men going through the city drunk, and could hear them Swearing on all sides of me. Thinks I, 'Is this the people that calls themselves Saints?' I thought they were nicknamed, but when I cone to consider that there were good and bad in all communities, I, therefore, commenced to look for good there, and I could find the majority of them in that place. We stayed in Nauvoo about three weeks and then started for the West. We knew not where.
While we were in Nauvoo, my sister, Lucy, was taken sick, she never recovered. She was always delicate constitution and exposed to the storms and cold was more than she could stand.
Nothing worthy of note occurred until we arrived at Council Bluffs. Here my sister, Lucy died on the 20th of June 1846, which was a severe blow to us all. She was a good Saint and dearly beloved by all that knew her. We laid her body in the ground, and her spirit returned to God who gave it, and there to rest for a little season, when it will again return and take the body in an immortal state, when Christ shall come to take up his jewels.
Shortly after we arrived at Council Bluffs, Iowa, Kain was sent there by the General Government to enlist five hundred men for the Mexican War. I supposed it was a plot to see if the people were true to the government or not, but in the short time of a few days, the men were raised. They raised all they could at the Bluffs and then Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball and others, went back on the road and raised the balance of them out of those that had not arrived yet. The men started at a few days' notice and left their families without houses or homes or anything to subsist upon, and fight the battles of their enemies and those that had driven them repeatedly from their homes and houses. After they had gone, the balance of us that was left, set about preparing for the winter. We built log cabins to live in and cut hay for the cattle and then went down to Missouri to get provisions. I went down to Missouri once that Fall with a team and took a job of work to make provisions to last through the winter and returned home.
I stayed until the beginning of the winter and went down again with a team. I was gone some time, but only got a half a month's work returned home that spring which was 1847.
The Twelve with some others started as Pioneers to find a location for the Saints. That spring I stayed at home and put in a small crop and left my father at home to tend it. I took a team and went to Missouri, this time, my sister, Betsy Jane, went with me. This time I went as far as Savannah, here I got work and Betsy got a job of spinning. Also, by so doing, she could be making something. We stayed about six weeks and returned home loaded. When we got home, I set about cutting hay for the winter. I cut about 15 tons and stacked up on the prairie and hauled a few loads home. Early in the fall the prairie cot on fire and burned up one stack of about eight tons and in trying to backfire around the other, that got on fire and burned up too. So it left us without very little hay.
Later in the fall of 1847, the Twelve and part of the men that went with them returned bringing news that they had found a valley in the Rocky Mountains that they had named Great Salt Lake Valley, it having a great lake, Salt Lake, in it that was of considerable size. They left a few men to guard the place until the company that followed them should arrive. When they got back, they gave out word that they wanted all that could, to prepare to go with them the next spring. Being scarce of hay that fall, I took three yoke of oxen and went to
Missouri, partly to keep the cattle and to make a fitout to go in the spring, and went and took a job of hauling logs to a sawmill. I was where I could buy corn for ten cents per bushell, so I could keep my cattle fat all winter, so in the spring they were in good shape to start. I was successful in making a fitout while I was there this time.
There was quite a number of the soldiers returned that went at the call to California, and among them was one, George W. Hancock, who commenced paying his attentions to my sister, Betsy. When I returned, I made every preparation for starting to the Valley on the 14th of May 1848. George W. Hancock and my sister, Betsy Jane, were married, and the next day, the 15th, we left her and started for the valley. Nothing of note occurred with us until we arrived in the valley February 1848. When we arrived we found a barren looking place, but we had been on the road so long that we were glad to stop. We set about preparing for the coming winter. I went about ten miles north of Salt Lake City and found a good place and moved up there, and as soon as we got camped, I was taken sick with the Mountain Fever, and lay sick about two months. In about two days after I was taken sick, we moved to the place I had looked at. As soon as I got about, we set about building a house to shelter us from the storms but to do our best, it was about the middle of January 1849 before we got into it. In the spring we commenced to open a farm by fencing and putting in grain, but the crickets and cattle took all we could raise that year being 1849, but the next year we raised a plenty to keep us. The fall of 1849, G. W. Hancock and family arrived in the valley. This year the emigration commenced to go through her to California, and sold clothing her cheaper than it could be bought in the states; which fulfilled a prophecy of H. C. Kimball in the fall of 1848. He said, "Within a year clothing could be bought her cheaper than in the states." It was a great help to the people in these valleys for clothing was getting scarce. January 13, 1850, I married Martha Ann Chapman and left my father and went to work for myself.
I started in the world with nothing but my hands to help myself with. I worked for my bread and rented some land and put in some wheat and I was prospered in all things that I went at. This summer being 1850, my oldest brother, David B. Fackrell, came into the valley on his way to California. He stopped and thought he would stay a few days and visited us, as we had not seen him for about the space of twelve years."
From the history of James, Jr.'s parents, we find the following quotation:
"When the parents grew feeble, James, Jr., built them an adobe house near the meeting house so that they could attend Church more easily.
James, Jr., took his father and mother to his home and cared for them until the death of his father, December 21, 1867. His mother lived 18 more years. After his father's death, his mother moved back to her home in West Bountiful, but she unfortunately fell and broke her hip and soon became feeble. Her children cared for her until her death which occurred on 8 September 1885, aged 85 years, 11 months, 24 days."
James,Jr. spent his time in doing service to his parents and
building up the community. After his death, he was buried in the Bountiful City Cemetery where his parents are also buried. He died May 16, 1892.
(Above read and submitted to Daughters of Utah Pioneers for filing May 8, 1979 by Aurelia B. Olsen, great, great grandniece of above. James, Jr. was a brother of Joseph C. Fackrell, great grandfather of Aurelia B. Olsen.)
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Spouse: Martha Ann CHAPMAN
Birth: 6 OCT 1832, Lewistown (Lewiston), Niagara Co., NY
Death: 2 FEB 1904
Father: Charles Perry CHAPMAN
Mother: Martha Miranda FULLER (~1816-)
Marr: 13 JAN 1850, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
Children: James
Martha Maranda
Sophia Evangeline (1859-)
Julia (1863-)
Charles Perry
Andrew Louis
Other Spouses Mary Ann Julie LeSUEUR
(4) 1.1.5a.1 James FACKRELL
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(4) 1.1.5a.2 Martha Maranda FACKRELL
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(4) 1.1.5a.3 Sophia Evangeline FACKRELL
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Birth: 1 OCT 1859
(4) 1.1.5a.4 Julia FACKRELL
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Birth: 14 AUG 1863
(4) 1.1.5a.5 Charles Perry FACKRELL
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(4) 1.1.5a.6 Andrew Louis FACKRELL
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(3) 1.1.5b James FACKRELL Jr.* (See above)
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Spouse: Mary Ann Julie LeSUEUR
Children: Mary Caroline
John L.
Ella Jane
Angeline
Seymour
Willard
Alexander
Annie Independence
Christina
James Leroy
Other Spouses Martha Ann CHAPMAN
(4) 1.1.5b.1 Mary Caroline FACKRELL
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(4) 1.1.5b.2 John L. FACKRELL
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(4) 1.1.5b.3 Ella Jane FACKRELL
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(4) 1.1.5b.4 Angeline FACKRELL
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(4) 1.1.5b.5 Seymour FACKRELL
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(4) 1.1.5b.6 Willard FACKRELL
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(4) 1.1.5b.7 Alexander FACKRELL
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(4) 1.1.5b.8 Annie Independence FACKRELL
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(4) 1.1.5b.9 Christina FACKRELL
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Excerpts from Christina Fackrell Brunson History regarding her parents
James Fackrell, Jr. and Mary Ann Julia LeSueur
"I was born in Eden, Weber County, Utah, the tenth child of James Fackrell and Mary Ann Julia LeSueur. My family had moved from Bountiful and were homesteading on a farm. They were working hard to prove up on their land and had just built a farm house and moved into it before I was born. The night I was born my brother, John L., rode to Huntsville horseback to get Mrs. Teeples, the midwife. She rode behind him all the way back and assisted in my birth.
Among my childhood experiences was the recollection that the snow packed deep in the fields. The horses and cows kept walking over the fences because the snowdrifts were so high. In fact it was impossible to keep the animals in the corral and much time and effort were spent in rounding them up.
Sometime later our family moved back to Bountiful. I remember watching my mother make doll clothes which I later received on the Sunday School Christmas Tree. My sister Annie also received an old doll dressed up in new clothes mother had made for it.
I remember all the excitement of preparing for the wedding (Ella's and John F. Ingles). Much sewing and fitting were required to get the trousseau ready. I remember how we all enjoyed the goodies at the wedding supper.
In the hot summer days that followed, my older sister, Angeline, became very tired.... didn't feel like playing with me.. One day, at her request, I brought her a small pan of potatoes and a paring knife that she might assist in preparing the evening meal. When mother discovered what I had done; she punished me severely for thus taxing Angeline's strength.
For some time now my father had been building a larger house for us two miles west of where we lived. When it was finished I remember how happy we were because Annie and I had a bedroom upstairs all to ourselves. There were shade trees, a garden, fertile farm land behind the house, stables for the. horses, a barn for the cows.
My father had a handsome team of horses. He drove them often as he went out on business.... I was always so very happy when father and I were together. As we rode along, he used to tell me stories, explain the Gospel, and give me better understanding of the purpose of life.
My father was always patient and kind. Never a cross word did I hear him speak. I shall always tink of him as the most understanding person I have ever known. One day as we were riding along, he told me what I should do if ever he should "go to sleep" while driving. I knew that father's heart had not been strong and that sometimes he suffered fainting spells. "Christie", he said, "If I should go to sleep and let the reins fall, you must get hold of them quickly and stop the horses at the side of the road. Be sure my head is straight and then drive home for help." As I became older, I realized that he was wisely preparing me to meet an emergency, if one should occur, without becoming frightened.
I'll always remember one day when he was talking to me, he said, "Christie, always be a good girl and mind your mother, because the Lord has a great work for you to do. You will be an example to your family if you do what is right. You will always be to me what Joseph was to Jacob." I felt very close to my father and his words of loving counsel have always been my inspiration.
My mother always said she would not have a musical intsrument in the house until she was assured someone could play it. On day our dear neighbor, Sarah Eldridge, offered to let me practice on her piano if mother would arrange for me to take music lessons. Mother agreed, so I took piano lessons from Mrs. C.R. Savage, who lived in part of Aunt Sarah's home.
After Church my father always waited to walk home with me even when my duties detained my departure. One evening, as we proceeded homeward, he said, "Christie, you seemed to be working very hard this evening." I answered, "No, not very hard, Pa", but he insisted, "oh, yes, I've been watching you at the organ. Your hands were flying over the keys, your feet were pumping the treadles, and your mouth has been chewing gum furiously all evening, keeping time with the music. Don't you think that is too much for a little girl to be doing all at one time?" His eyes twinkled as he said this, but I blushed with shame and resolved never to chew gum in Church again. Soon after this, father took me on his knee and said, "Christie, I'd like to have you do your practicing at home. I enjoy hearing you play. so if you will agree, we'll plant a patch of onions for you to care for. In the fall, we'll sell them and I'll put enough money with what you make to purchase an organ for you." I was overjoyed at this plan. My brothers planted the onions, I weeded and thinned them and we worked together to harvest the crop. True to his word, father added the rest of the money needed and we went to Salt Lake and bought my organ. It was beautiful with a clear tone and plain graceful lines. Father insisted on the plainness so it wouldn't require much dusting. Mother was pleased too, for I had fulfilled her desire by learning to plan well.
Sometimes father would come in tired from his farm work and ask me to play for him while he rested on the sofa, or sometimes stretched out upon the floor. If I was busy and tried to give that excuse, he would say, 'Come on and pay me a tune. Annie can finish the dishes (or whatever it was I was doing).' And dear Annie always did without a complaint.
Father's favorite hymn was, 'If You Feel Inclined to Censure.' He would have me play it often while he followed along in the book and sang the words as if he were preaching a sermon.
Mother did the sewing for the family. She was a skilled milliner also. She braided straw and shaped hats for my brothers and older sisters. I even remember of some doll bonnets she fashioned from horse hair.
Mother's personality was dignified and severe. She required prompt obedience from her children. Seldom did she have to repeat a request and if she ever called me by my full name, 'Christina!' I knew she disapproved of what I was doing. Therefore, when her voice rang out,
'Christina Fackrell! It was usually a reprimand. But I enjoyed my mother's quick wit. She often kept the family 'in stitches' laughing at her dry humor.
Mother loved to cook. She prepared special dinners and invited friends from far and near to come on holidays and share our hospitality. Mother's birthplace was the Island of Jersey. She was proud of her French ancestry and she continued to speak French all through her life. She was asked to give French readings on various programs. At an 'old folks' party when she was seventy-three years old, she was on the program and after her number, and instructor of French from the University of Utah came to her and congratulated her on the perfect accent she had.
She joined the Church as a young girl of sixteen. She came to America two years later and was married to my father soon afterward.
When I was seventeen years old, I met a handsome young man from Fillmore, Utah. His name was Charles Brunson and he was visiting with his brother Hyrum.
As mother bid (Charles) him goodbye she left a gold piece in his hand to help him on his way. I've always been thankful for that visit with my mother, for on the eighth of January 1912, she passed away."
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(4) 1.1.5b.10 James Leroy FACKRELL
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