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Show HISTORY OF SANPETE COUNTY. 278 Pay sou till 1860, when they removed to Mt. Pleasant. Her father was a member of Company A of the Mormon in Battalion and receives a pension from the Government. He was active in the Walker war, being Second Lieutenant, Company B of Pnyson Post, Nauvoo Legion. In the Black Hawk war he was Second Lieutenant in the Silver G-ueys. Candace was married to Joseph Wilcox, a farmer of this city. He died in Mt. Pleasant December 30, 1888. She was elected City Treasurer on the Democratic ticket at the election of November, 1897. Her children are: Mary M., Isabella C, Annie, Joseph W., David, Benjamin F., W. and Bessie J. Hymm f ILCOX, JOHN HENRY, farmer, was born in Arkansas February 11, 1821. The family removed to Marion county, Mo., where his father died. His mother joined the Mormon church in Marion county, moved to Jackson county, then to Clay, then to Caldwell and Lee counties, Mo., then going to Lee county, Iowa, from which they departed for Salt Lake City in ox team with John Taylor, arriving September 3.0, 1817. In 1850 John removed to Manti, thence to Pleasant Grove and North Ogden, and in 1800 came to Mt. Pleasant. He took up twenty acres of land, which he still owns, with his residence in the city. When the Walker war broke out he worked in Pleasant Creek canyon and lost his wagon and lumber and two yoke of oxen. He took an active part in the Indian war. His wife was Mary, daughter of James and Elizabeth Seely Young, born in LTpper Canada, June 6, 1831. She drove three yoke of oxen across the plains, assisted in hauling logs to build her parents' home and moulded the adobes for the chimney. They were married in Salt Lake City, March 11, 1S18. Their children are: Hassard, Elizabeth, Sarah, James H., John 0., Mary, Clarissa, Ella, Hannah, Martha and Justus. 1 I \XJ I /INTERS, MORGAN A., farmer, son of Hyrum A. and Elizabeth, was born in Mt. Pleasant, Novem\XJ 1 ber 30, 1863. His parents came to Mt. Pleasant his father studied medical works and was a practicing physician for several years. Morgan was in '61, where |
