Thursday, May 21, 2009
Aunt Ruth's Book, Frank's Autobiography, page 1, paragraph 2
My parents came from Utah; Father in 1880 and my Mother in 1877. Father was the son of Edmund Lovell Ellsworth and Mary Ann Bates Ellsworth, his third wife. He was born December 26, 1857 in Provo, Utah. Mother was the daughter of William A. Follett and Nancy Maria Fausett Follett. She was born March 19, 1866 in Provo, Utah. Their parents were called to settle Arizona by President Brigham Young. They were pioneers of Arizona colonization.
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Blogger's Note: The link is to an article by Church Historian Leonard Arrington entitled “Colonizing the Great Basin”. It appeared in the Ensign magazine of February 1980. The pertinent piece is re-produced here”
“But the largest and most important movement of the 1870s and early 1880s was directed toward Arizona. The Mormon Battalion had passed through that country on its memorable march in 1846 from the Missouri River to the Pacific Coast. After four settlements had been founded in 1876 on the Little Colorado River, other settlements were soon founded on the Gila and Salt rivers. Despite their hard lot initially, these settlers eventually began to prosper, and they provided the foundation for the community of Latter-day Saints in Arizona which now numbers about 200,000. The Udalls, Eyrings, Ellsworths, and Kimballs are all products of this heritage.”
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