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Show HISTORY OF SANPETE COUNTY. .^24 died on the ocean in '00 and the family came to Utah, locating in Fountain Green in '61. Father died here in '66, haying been engaged in the Black Hawk war. M OLMAX, j! ' JAMES A., fanner, son of James S. and Le Baron, was born in Crawford county, Pennsylvania, September 1, 1835. His father came Utah in '47 and the family followed in '48. They lived Naomi R. to in different parts of the Territory till '59, when they came to Fountain Green. Father took part in the Walker war before moving here. In the fall of '60 James came to Fountain Green and took up a small farm and engaged in farming. He took part in the Black Hawk war. Has been extensively engaged in the cattle business. In '85 he took up 160 acres of land one mile south of town. Was married in Payson November 30, 1855, to Sarah A., daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth Ross Mathis, born in Carroll county, Tennessee, December 7, 1836. They have ten children, James, Sarah J., John, David, Nancy, Warren, Parley, Naomi, Robert and Ray, with three deceased, Zilpah, William F. and Elmer. liOLMAN, SANFORD, farmer, son of James S. and R. Le Baron, was born in Nauvoo, 111., June ' His parents were among the early mem18, 1841. bers of the Mormon church and were through all the persecutions in Missouri and Illinois. Father was one of the Utah pioneers of '47, the family coming in '48. They lived a short time in Salt Lake City, thence removed to Sessions, then to Santaquin, and in '59 came to Fountain Green. In '64 his parents removed to Holden, Millard county', where they both died. Sanford engaged in freighting produce to the mining camps when 20 years of age and followed that, for sixteen years. He then homejT\ Naomi steaded 160 acres and now owns 120 acres and manages a farm. In '62 he went to the Missouri river after emigrants. Took pan in the Black Hawk war as a minuteman and was in several engagements with Indians at Fish Lake and elsewhere and helped capture the chief, Sanpitoh, ami eight, others at Nephi. Was married in Fountain Green October 6, 1863, to Elizabeth H., daughter |
