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Show 184 HISTORY OF SANPETE COUNTY. -George P. Billings assisted him in sawing lumber for the first floor in Manti. In March, 1850, Delaun was born and is the oldest male child now living born in Sanpete county. Father was captain of minute men in the Walker war and counsellor to Bishop Lowry. He removed to Fairview in 1860; was then called to colonize the Muddy country, but the colonists were counseled to leave their homes because of dispute over boundary line between Utah and Nevada and returned to Orderville, where many of his descendants now reside. Returned again to Fairview, where he died Independence Day, 1888. Adelia was married in Manti by Bishop Moffitt April 13, 1864, to George Sidwell, a pioneer. He was a captain in the Black Hawk war, built the Willardsen grist mill and a sawmill in Ephraim and the Manti roller mill. He died September 20, 1883, leaving eight children: Susan, Corinne, Rosalia, Vivian, Elvira, George, Lafayette and Gideon. 5MITH AZARIAH, one of the oldest settlers of Manti, son of Albert and Esther Dutcher, was born in Oswego county, New York, August 1, 1828. The family removed to Ohio when he was 7 and joined the Mormon Church. In 1839 they went to Nauvoo, 111., where he was baptized, his father assisting in building the temple. In 1846 he and father enlisted in the Mormon battalion, raised for the Mexican war. They were discharged in California. His father came to Utah, and Azariah turned back, on advice from Brigham Young, and worked in California on the Sutter mill race where gold was discovered. He now gets a pension from the Government and in 1898 was a guest of honor in the Semi-Centennial celebration in California, In 1848 he rf turned to Salt. Lake City, and in 1849 came to Manti, with his father and mother, sisters Emily, Candace and Esther, and brother Joseph. Soon after their arrival he was taken sick and was not able to work for nearly 20 years. He has been active in church work and assisted in building the temple. His first wife was Camilla A. Taylor, married in Salt Lake City, April 10, 1849. She |
