by DYoung | Jun 2, 2023 | Early Settlers, People
Samuel Oliver Holmes No Photo Available 1807-1865 Known as the second settler of Kaysville Kay’s Ward’s second white pioneer and somewhat of a mysterious settler was Samuel Oliver Holmes. Samuel lived in Kay’s Ward for about ten years and then left...
by FMorgan | May 15, 2023 | People
Henry Hooper Blood 1872-1942 Government Leader, Business Executive, Church Leader ** Don’t know what to do with this text module, especially the end of the last sentence? In 1914, as Henry Blood fell ill while preparing to dedicate the cornerstone of the...
by DYoung | Mar 24, 2023 | People
Samuel Ashton 1815-1890 Samuel Ashton was born March 8, 1815 at Derbyshire, England. He and his wife Mary Bunting Ashton came across the ocean on the ship “Horizon”. They crossed the plains with a handcart company (1) and arrived in Salt Lake Valley...
by DYoung | Mar 24, 2023 | People
Mary Bunting Ashton 1820-1900 Mary Bunting Ashton was born February 14 or 15, 1820 at Nottingham, England. She came across the ocean on the ship “Horizon” with her husband Samuel Ashton. She pushed a handcart the entire distance across the plains,...
by JRobins | Mar 3, 2023 | People
Jane Wilkie Hooper Blood 1845-1898 Early pioneers Jane Wilkie Hooper Blood and her husband William Blood were the parents of John Hooper Blood whose home was located on Locust or Center Street. Jane was a Kaysville suffragist whose participation helped to gain the...
by JRobins | Mar 3, 2023 | People
Ellen Ann Beazer Barton 1852-1918 Ellen Ann Beazer Barton was the daughter of prosperous parents who had a home of culture and refinement as had their parents in England. When the family joined a new American church and made plans to emigrate, the relatives “were...
