The year 1889 brought a new baby to the family of William Joseph and Abby Jane Scott Taylor, but William was not there at the birth of his third son because he was serving a mission for the LDS Church. The baby was christened Joseph Hiram Taylor. At that time the family lived at 600 [...]
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Abby Jane Scott Taylor was a true representative of the womanhood of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Born in 1864, she was the eighth of the 11 children of those splendid pioneers, Andrew Hunter and Sarah Ann Roe Scott who came across the plains from Philadelphia in the 1851 company with 133 [...]
On August 9, 1921 twins, a boy and girl were born to Charles Richard and Lily Flayvillie Norton Scott in Pomerene, Arizona. Beatrice, the girl was very quiet but Byrl, the boy cried strongly. After four hours his spirit returned to Heavenly Father. They were the fifth and sixth of seven children born to Charlie [...]
What was it like for the pioneers to cross the plains? Today as we travel down our modern freeways it is hard to imagine the hardships tht the pioneers endured as they traveled in their covered wagons. As we enjoy our fine homes now, do we stop and think that our ancestors carried all of [...]
In writing this short sketch of my life, I must rely mostly on my memory. We have been asked by our leaders in the Church to keep a history of our lives and those of our children. I am sorry I did not do this long before now. I remember the family Bible in our [...]
Dean and Grace Payne Hardy Denzil Dean Hardy was born 2 April 1892 at 1303 West 600 South, Provo, Utah. He was born at the family home which still stands at this writing. He was the eleventh child of thirteen children born to Sarah Ann Scott and Erastus James William Hardy. He was [...]
Our common ancestor, Andrew Hunter Scott, was converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and was baptized 17 September 1843. He then devoted his time and talents in building the Church. He has set a good example for his posterity. He was ordained to be a missionary and preached at the [...]
Fifteen years after crossing the plains with his family in the Morris Phelps Wagon Train of 1851, Andrew Hunter Scott accepted a call from Brigham Young in 1866 to serve as a wagon train captain for a round trip trek to the Missouri River to provide transport for another LDS emigration to Utah. The [...]
Ellen Viola Scott was born n Provo 24 January 1873 to Franklin Scott, Sr., and Sarah Ellender Stubbs, the second child of eleven children. She lived in Provo until she was eight years old, at which time her parents moved to Arizona (1881), and they lived there for four years. When she was twelve, her [...]
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