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Show HISTORY OF SANPETE COUNTY. 551 holder in the Wales Co-op store and Wales Irrigation company, and a representative citizen. Was married in S., daughter of Joseph W. Spring City, July 25, 1S65. They have four children: Edith V., Virsilla, Mandella and John M. Wales, June S, 1862, to r»nd Caroline Majors, QEES, HENRY Sarah bom in fanner, son of Thomas and Marin Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorganshire, V \YaIes,"May 24, 1837. He was a coal miner, and joined the Mormon church in '45, emigrating to Utah in |T garet, D., was born '56. He joined the handcart company under Capt. Bunker at Iowa City, in company with father and mother and eight children. The oldest daughter, about 17, an invalid, had to be hauled in a handcart, beside a sack of flour, bedding, clothing and cooking utensils, for 1300 They located in North Ogden. The next spring miles. Henry made a trip to California with a company drivingcattle, and when he returned in '58 found the family at Spanish Fork. He was married at Spanish Fork, March 19, 1859, to Margaret Jenkins, a native of Wales, born December 16, 1837. In the fall of '59 the family removed Mother was one of ti" Wales, where parents both died. the first to join the Mormon church in Wales, and father presided over the Merthyr branch, being an active and prominent churchman. Henry worked in the coal mines here, then took up land. He now has 200 acres, a band of sheep and owns stock in the Co-op store. He served as Justice of the Peace fourteen years, and took part in the Black Hawk war. The children are: Thomas, Margaret, Mary, Helena, Alfred, Kate and Nephi. farmer, son of Thomas and Margaret in Merthyr-Tydvil, Glamorganshire, V Wales, Great Britain, January 24, 1849. The family joined the Mormon church and in '56 came to Utah, in the second handcart company, crossing the plains under Capt. Bunker. They settled at North Ogden until 58, thence to Spanish Fork, and in '59 came to Wales, where they have since resided. Father was president of the largest church branch in Merthyr-Tydvil, for a number I^EES, NEPHI, I \ P., was born ? |
