In March of 2022 we marked the 100th birthday of Pascal Henry Caldwell, an individual who owns a unique place in our family history. For all of us connected to him with the name of Westover none of us are actually blood-related. He is my mother’s step-father, and thus my step-grandfather. Pascal Henry Caldwell married […]
Last year when I traveled with Dad, LaRee and Will on our “cemetery crawl” in Southern Utah I insisted on trying to find the grave of Electa Jane Westover Emmet. My interest in her was pretty simple. Years ago, I found this image of her taken from a group photo of St. George temple workers […]
Three years ago I produced the video below for Roots Tech. They were holding a contest for their annual family history event. Their purposes for such a video are obvious but for me it meant more. The video is a variant of a theme I had produced earlier in another video about the importance of […]
This year we mark the 175th anniversary of the Mormon Battalion. What was the Mormon Battalion and why is it important in our family history? The Mormon Battalion was the only unit in American military history bearing a religious title and being comprised almost entirely of recruits from a single religion. It was formed on […]