Saturday, December 29, 2012

Judd Family Highlights


John Lowe Butler 1808-1860
  • suffered from rheumatism as a child
  • Unhappy that he was christened Methodist (not baptized by immersion), Baptized by immersion into the baptist church although he disagreed with predestination doctrine, Converted to Mormonism in 1835 despite persecution from his friends and family
  • Spared from mob violence by following Joseph Smith's counsel to leave his home & not stay 1 more night following voting violence
  • Served mission to the Sioux Indians
Autobiography of John Lowe Butler
George Washington Sevey, Jr. 1832-1902

  • had a twin sister
  • While heading to the gold rush in California, he became ill, was "stranded" in Utah and converted to Mormonism.  "A miracle converted me," confessed Bishop Sevy in one of his rare sermon ventures, "but it has not taken a miracle to keep me converted. The testimony it left with me is my choicest possession and burns ever brighter as the days pass."
  • Married 3 wives and had 30 children
  • Hole in the Rock Expedition "MARKER at HOBBS WASH READS . . .:Four men were sent out as an advanced scouting party to locate a route across this impossible terrain to Montezuma Creek. George Hobbs, George Sevey, George Morrel, Lemuel H. Redd, Sr., were camped on this spot the night of Dec. 27, 1879. Having been lost in the snow storm and without food for 4 days, George Hobbs carved his name and the date on the sheltered canyon walls, thinking they would never get out alive. They were successful, however, and the main company of pioneers settled Bluff April 6, 1880."
  • Kumen Jones had this to say about him: "George Sevy was a man of sterling qualities about 40 years of age at this time of indomitable courage. Sturdy, honest, fair, in all his dealings, with men accustomed to hard work together with about all the qualities for an ideal pioneer. 
  • Settled in Spanish Fork, New Harmony and Panguitch areas
  • Bishop in Spanish Fork and later 1st bishop of Colonia Juarez, Mexico
see holeintherock blog
seeorsonprattbrown.com
see findagrave.com

Phoebe Melinda Butler 1838-1892

  •  traveled west to Utah at age 14
  • Met her husband, George Washington Sevy at a dance
  • Mother of 14 children including 2 sets of twins
  • Contracted cholera and died suddenly while her husband was away in Mexico

see findagrave.com
seeorsonprattbrown.com




Emily & 3 children - Francis, Hertha & James

Emily Judd 1888-1928 & husband Francis Henrie

  • had a childhood sickness that left her with saint vitus' dance, a disorder of the nervous system
  • mother of 11 children
  • sociable, happy disposition
  • paralyzed on one side of her body for more than a year from a stroke
  • she died at age 40 while receiving treatments to help her paralysis
See "A Life History of Emily Judd"


Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Henrie Family Highlights






William Henrie 1799-1883

  • William was a man of medium complexion. He had blue eyes, clear skin, medium brown hair, weighed about 160 pounds and was about 5 feet 10 or 11 inches tall. He had broad shoulders, strong muscles, and was of a strong wirey athletic nature and build. 
  • Was Taught the Gospel by Missionaries  Parley P. Pratt and Samuel Smith 
  • Witnessed "the mantle" of prophet fall on Brigham Young as he appeared like Joseph Smith
    "I saw with my own eyes and heard with my own ears. I was not asleep or dreaming, and I was not along. We all saw it, and heard it, and felt the spirit present. We marveled over it and talked of nothing else for days."
  • "William and his family had promised Brigham Young, and made a covenant with him before they left Nauvoo that they would use everything they had to forward the cause of the Church and help others with their means and do all they could for those less fortunate on the great march west. They had been slow to accept the gospel, but once they did, no sacrifice was too great to make for it. They still had good strong horses and wagons and the boys were all expert drivers and horsemen which was a distinct advantage on this great journey."
  • Was assigned to be a scout on the 1st pioneer company west with Brigham Young in 1847


 see R Family Historian blog
Myra Mayall Henrie 1803-1893

  • schoolteacher in Panguitch, UT
  • "Myra was always a very industrious woman and never liked to see anyone idle. 
  • She was very talented and full of fun and dearly loved to ride horses. "  She had a great sense of humor.   "At Halloween time she used to like to dress up like a witch or a gypsy and tell fortunes or read palms, jig, play the harmonica, and in general have a good time." 
  • 1st Relief Society President in Panguitch

see R Family Historian blog - Henrie Family
see Women of Faith Deseret Book


James Henrie 1827-
  •  Moved from Ohio to Nauvoo Spring of 1841 (abt. age 14)
  • Heard Prophet Joseph Smith's last speech to the Nauvoo Legion
  • Talented Woodsman & miller
  • Helped settle numerous LDS cities including in Sanpete County, Ut, Panaca Nevada, Panguitch & Sevier, Fredonia AZ "I have been on a mission ever since I joined the Mormon church in June 1841.  I have helped build roads, bridges, school houses, meeting houses and temples.  I hauled many a rock for the Nauvoo temple."
  • Stake President, Patriarch
adult children of James Henrie & Gedske Schow Henrie

see findagrave James Henrie &
see Henrie.org
quote is from a short statement by James Henrie told in 1902 - copied from my Aunt M

Gedske Schow 1864-1933
see findagrave Gedske Schow



Niels Christian Anderson Schow1816 and 1st wife Marie (Mary) Petersdatter Schow1809
  •  Father of Gedske Schow
  • Scandinavian Branch? President 
  • immigrated from Denmark in 1853 after converting to Mormonism 
  • Their first home was made in Bountiful, Utah where they underwent all the trying hardships incident to the settlement of that country, among them, the grasshopper wars.
    Before they got them a home of their own, they lived in Chris Hyrise's stable. While there, Niels Christian and his two oldest boys pulled the sunflowers and weeds from his wheat for 10 pints of flour a week. During this time, Marie, Christina, Michael, and James gathered pig weeds. They stripped the leaves and tender stems from the weeds and cooked them. Part of them were thickened with flour and baked into bread, using sour milk and salarotus, which they gathered from off the ground for soda to raise the bread. They walked a mile twice a week for skimmed milk. The rest of the weeds were stewed and eaten with the bread. This was their food supply for six weeks, for a family of seven. After the field of wheat was ripe, they pulled it and bound it into bundles. They were allowed to glean the heads of wheat from the edges of the field for their own use. They threshed it with sticks and carried it to the mill, where it was ground into flour. From that time on they were never without flour.
  • Profession: tailor
  • Choir leader & played in a band
Anne Marie Rasmussen Schow

  •  mother of Gedske Schow
  • 3rd wife of Niels Christian Anderson


see R Family Historian blog - Schow Family
see rootsweb ancestory - schow




Emily Judd & Francis Henrie




Francis Henrie w/ siblings

  •  left school at age 12 to go work the family farm
  • occupation -  Sheep Rancher, farmer
  • met his wife Emily at choir practice in Panguitch



Francis Henrie - childhood
  • suffered from serious eczema and earaches during childhood

Francis Henrie on mission to New Zealand (center)


Francis Henrie



Francis Verl Henrie and wife Dessie Kristine Swalberg (Henrie)

Francis Verl Henrie

Francis Verl Henrie 1910-2008


  • nearly died at 6 mos of double pneumonia
  • hated wearing patched pants because he was teased for wearing old clothes as a child
    Sheep/Cattle Rancher
  • kept a promise he made to his mother to never touch tea, coffee, tobacco or liquor
  • He was 17 when his mother died.  He quit school to work to support the family.
  • While sheepherding Elder Anthony W. Ivins met him and was influential in encouraging him to return to activity in the church.
  • 1st in Utah to use a sprinkler irrigation system
  • Constructed his own home including wiring, plumbing and plastering
  • Bishop of Marysvale, UT ward
  • Sealer in the Manti Temple
see findagrave.com Francis Verl Henrie
from sopy of an autobiography written by Verl Henrie in the blog author's possession