Murray, LeeAnn Stoddard

LeeAnn married Clark, Lynn Andrew [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Clark, Katie Ann
2. Clark, Holly Lynn
3. Clark, Lynsey Lee

Luther married Stoddard, Barbara Jane on 25 May 1946 in Preston, Franklin, Idaho USA. Barbara (daughter of Stoddard, Joseph Frederick and Wiggill, Marjorie Lorena) was born on 21 Sep 1928 in Layton, Davis, Utah USA; died on 13 Oct 2013 in Wellsville, Cache, Utah USA; was buried on 4 Nov 2013 in Wellsville Cemetery, Cache, Utah USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Interred Wellsville Cemetery, Wellsville, Utah USA

Luther married Morris, Mary Geneva on 3 Nov 1920 in Logan Temple, Logan, Cache, Utah USA. Mary (daughter of Morris, John Devinold and Morgan, Elizabeth) was born on 23 Sep 1901 in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah USA; died on 20 Oct 1998 in Wellsville, Cache, Utah USA; was buried on 24 Oct 1998 in Wellsville, Cache, Utah USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Interred Wellsville Cemetery, Wellsville, Utah USA

Joseph married Wiggill, Marjorie Lorena on 12 Sep 1925 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah USA. Marjorie was born on 23 Jul 1906 in Layton, Davis, Utah USA; died on 17 Mar 1994 in La Mesa, California USA; was buried on 21 Mar 1994 in San Diego, California USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William married Parker, Sarah Jane Riley on 16 Mar 1874 in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Utah Territory USA. Sarah (daughter of Parker, Henry Miller and Riley, Nancy Wood) was born on 16 Feb 1857 in Cedar Fort, Iron, Utah Territory USA; was christened on 6 Sep 1866; died on 4 Nov 1925 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah USA; was buried on 8 Nov 1925 in Wellsville, Cache, Utah USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Interred at Wellsville Cemetery, Wellsville, Utah USA

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Interred at Wellsville Cemetery, Wellsville, Utah USA

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John Devonald MORRIS was the second child born to John Newland MORRIS and Phoebe Devonald in Brigham City, Utah he was born on 9 April 1856.

I knew Uncle John as an older man, but one Memorial Day, in Rockland, I was visiting with a cousin, Thomas Melvin MORRIS who was Uncle John's son and he said, "did you know, Julia, that dad and his father (John Devonald MORRIS) planted the first 1/2 bushel of wheat in this valley?" I was so happy to know that.

When our dear Uncle John was living with us, I asked mother, "where is his wife?;" and she told me the following. "In 1901 a little girl was born to them, and ten days later, Uncle John's wife (Elizabeth MORGAN) passed away." I thought, that is more sad than my grandmother's passing, because she left a tiny little baby, and my mother was three years old when her mother had died. I learned this when very young. It has been more than forty years since my mother told me this, and I still feel a sadness inside when I think of Uncle John.

He had married Elizabeth MORGAN on 18 January 1883 (this is on the same day my mother's parents were married.) He was twenty-seven years old and his wife was nineteen. Seven children were born, four boys and three girls. How happy those years must have been. When he found himself alone, he also found relatives who wanted to help. They took the children, and raised them, but these stories are to
others to tell.

I want to tell of the sweet little old men who was my Uncle John. His hair was white as snow, and he had very blue eyes. They twinkled when he talked. He was very bent, and walked with a cane. He worked or rested all the time. Mother said "a weed wouldn't dare show itself in the garden." He would work then go over to the apple tree that stood near the gate, slide down the trunk, lay his cane aside, and sitting against the base of the trunk, nod. Soon he would be in the garden
again.

He was quite a philosopher. One hot summer day my mother, Phoebe Alvaretta Johnson JACOBS, who was the 4-H leader for me, and my friends was hostess for the Power County Home Demonstration Agent. This lady had come over to demonstrate "home canning." Mother knew that the puffed sleeves in my 4-H dress had to come out, a second time. I had basted those gathers by hand twice, and she knew I would not take this news graciously. So she said "Julia Victoria, why don't you go get you 4-H dress, and show it to (I don't remember her name);" So I did, and very soon "the sky was falling". Pride in my dress was wiped away as she said, "it is very pretty but these sleeves are called "puffed" because they should be a gathered. I'm afraid when you basted them your stitches were just a little to long because the fabric lays in tiny pleats. Can you see right here, and here, etc.?"

I was crushed! I put the dress away, and was out in the orchard crying when Uncle John came over, and asked what had happened. I sobbed out the whole story. He patted me, then said, "you know Julia, they will ask 'who did it' not 'how long did it take';" All of these many years I have quoted that great lesson he taught me so long ago. And I will be
eternally grateful to Uncle John for it brought the quality of his life into my life.

He passed away on 24 March 1944

Story by Julia Victoria Jacobs BECK

Interred at Brigham City Cemetery, Brigham City, Utah.

John married Morgan, Elizabeth on 18 Jan 1883 in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah Territory USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Morgan, Thomas Robert and Roberts, Ann) was born on 10 May 1863 in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorganshire, Wales; died on 1 Oct 1901 in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah USA; was buried in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Elizabeth Morgan emigrated to America in 1874, arriving on the steamship IDAHO from Wales via Liverpool, England. Her widowed mother Ann (born Roberts) Morgan, and unmarried sister, Mary Alice Morgan, accompanied her. The IDAHO arrived in New York on July 6, 1874, after 12 days at sea. The leader of the 806-person LDS Immigration Company was P. Carstensen. The Master of the IDAHO was W. Forsyth.

In Utah, Elizabeth settled at Brigham City and was believed to be living there when her mother allegedly married Jonah Mathias sometime between 1875 and 1883. The marriage is unverified; however, her husband would likely have been Jonah Mathias (1843-1928) who is interred in the Brigham City Cemetery. Mr. Mathias was earlier married to Abigail Burbank (1848-1935) in 1868, so the marriage to Ann would have been polygamous.

A family story relates that Elizabeth was mistreated by Mr. Mathias, and that a kicking incident motivated John Devinold Morgan to accelerate their marriage to remove her from the Mathias home.

Elizabeth Morgan died shortly after the birth to her seventh child, Mary Geneva.She is Interred with her husband, John Devinold Morris, in the Brigham City Cemetery, Brigham City, Utah..