Meet Henry W. Bigler, not-so-famous Mormon pioneer who lived from 1815 to 1900. From what I can tell, we have no relation to this fine man. But, I think it is important to learn his story and to appreciate his life. While he’s not family he sure connected to many of our Utah pioneer ancestors […]
If I were to start over writing our family history I would start with the women. The wives, mothers and grandmothers are difficult to research because their names are missing from a lot of vital records. As women, they were counted more by surviving stories than by census records, marriage, birth and death records. In […]
In this video we visit the grave of grandmother Electa Westover, matriarch of the pioneering Westover family in Utah of the 19th century. We focus in particular on the later years of Electa’s life and what it was like for her: This is an image from the 1870s showing the Cotton Mill that was built […]
St. George is the biggest city in Southern Utah and it was the first to be pioneer in 1861. From our family, Charles Westover and families were there to begin with. Charles is the younger brother of Edwin Westover, and the 2nd son of Electa Westover. We have been fortunate over the years to collect […]
We have known for a long time that Damon’s two great grandfathers – Joel Hills Johnson and Edwin Ruthven Westover – were laid to rest in the same place. That place has a history all of its own. Not long after Jacob Hamblin established Fort Kanab Joel Hills Johnson was instructed by Brigham Young to […]