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FIND A GRAVE

Call me weird but my favorite website lately had been Find A Grave. From this site you can find your ancestors graves. If you can't find them and you know they were buried in a certain cemetery you can add there records. If you do find them you can ask to have their memorial transferred to you if you are related to them. If you find their memorial with no picture you can request to have someone take a photo and put it on their memorial for you. Todd Larson a volunteer went to Yankton Cemetery in Yankton, SD and took these photos for me. Augusta M Munroe is my 2nd great grandmother Augusta Marie Brooks. Robert Cooley is my 1st great uncle Robert Shermer Cooley. I would love to go to Yankton, SD someday to visit this cemetery but for now I will settle for these photos. Thank you so much Todd Larson for taking the time to take these photos and post them for me. AWESOME!

Diane and Grandma Mary

Diane Landis McDaniel Allen and her mother-in-law Mary Elizabeth Hatch Allen. Take in Le Monte, California.

MY DAD WITH HIS BROTHER JOE & HIS SISTERS

 Cloie Richardson, Opal Firth, Ernest Merrill, Pete Braden & Rosie Montgomery

 Pete Braden, Lillian Thornton, Joe Merrill, Enest Merrill, Cloie Richardson and Rosie Montgomery.

My dad Ernest Merrill and his sister Rosie.

Naomi Eugenia Munroe

Naomi Eugene Munroe was born 17 March 1923 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, and passed away 9 March 2008 in Stockton, San Joaquin, California. She married John Irwin Sparling 31 December 1943 in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.

These are some photo's I got off of ancestry.com of my mother's 1st cousin Naomi Eugenia Munroe. I did not meet her until after my mother Barbara Frances Munroe Merrill had past away. She reminded me of my grandmother Saidee France Isabel Durkee Munroe so sweet and indearing. I wish my mother had been closer to her family and I had been able to meet Naomi earlier in both our lives. I enjoyed our visits and lettering about the Munroe family.

This photo was taken in Stockton in 2007 when I went to visit my father in Oak Hurst, California. My sisters Judy Gray and Barbara Elder came with me to visiti Naomi.

                              

"Old Possum" at Haun's Mill

1836. William Sisson CHAMPLIN was born 16 Apr 1794 in Shelburne, Vermont. He died 29 Jan 1861 in Lehi, Utah, Utah.
Written by Cheri Hardisty:

William Sisson Champlin and his family joined the Mormon Church in the 1830's and migrated to Missouri. He was the son of Joseph Champlin of Westerly, Rhode Island, and Mercy Sisson of Stonington, CT.

The Sissons settled in Independence, Missouri, and were driven out of that area along with the other Mormons. They subsequently located themselves in Clay County Missouri until the Mormons were driven out of there, and then located in Caldwell County, Missouri. Caldwell County was set up at that time by the government, as a county specifically for the Mormons to live in, in order to avoid further conflicts. However, there were some of the old settlers who remained in the county, and they were not happy to have the Mormons as neighbors. You see, Missouri was a slave state, and the Mormons were opposed to slavery. So the aim of the old settlers was to expel the Mormons from the state to ensure the state remained pro-slavery.

William Sisson and his family lived at a place called Haun's Mill. It was a Mormon settlement, but not a very large one. The largest Mormon settlement in Caldwell County was Far West which had about 5,000 residents. The Mormons were aware of the rising hostilities against them, and as a result, the Prophet Joseph Smith counseled those at Haun's Mill to come to Far West for safety. It was October 30th, 1838. William and his family were concerned about having food to last them through the winter at Far West, and so in preparation to go there, they were digging up carrots that day. As they did so, the mob rode in on horseback, and a massacre ensued. A couple of days after the massacre, the Governor of Missouri, Governor Boggs, issued his famous "extermination order" which resulted in the Mormons fleeing to Illinois for safety. The extermination order called for the Mormons to be driven from the state, or exterminated if necessary. (After Joseph Smith was murdered in Illinois, Brigham Young took the reins of leadership of the church, and in 1847, the Mormons began their famous pioneer trek to Salt Lake City, an area which was not desirable to others, in hopes that at last they would be able to live in peace.)

When the mob arrived at Haun's Mill, the women and children fled into the woods for safety, and the men ran into the blacksmith shop, and attempted to defend the settlement from that position. The blacksmith shop, however, was made of hewn logs, and there were cracks (the crack width being about 2") between the logs. The Mob came right up to the blacksmith shop and poked the barrels of their rifles through those cracks and opened fire on those inside. William Sisson Champlin was inside. And when the massacre was over, there were only two survivors from inside the blacksmith shop.

William was a smart man. When he saw what was happening, he laid down on the floor, and as his comrades fell to the ground, dead, he pulled their bodies over the top of his own, and pretended he was dead. When the mob rushed into the blacksmith shop after opening fire, they saw that William had new boots on his feet, and they wanted those boots. He allowed them to take the boots, all the while pretending he was dead, and as a result, he lived, and for the rest of his days, he was known as "Old Possum". His wife and children who had fled into the woods also survived.

William married Mary RING "Polly", daughter of Reuben RING and Anna, on 28 Mar 1816 in Hartland, Windsor, Vermont.

William and Mary's daughter Angelina Avilda CHAMPLIN was born 8 Jan 1828 in Hartland, Vinson, Vermont. She married my 2nd great grandfather Jonathan Taylor Packer. She was his 2nd wife. Sarah Ewell my 2nd great grandmother was his 1st wife. She died and is buried in Nauvoo, Illinois.

    

DIANE LANDIS MCDANIEL AND GWENNA LEE PAMLER

These are two sisters that never knew each other. Your tell me if they don't look alike.

My Aunt Chloe

I found these pictures in a box of old photo I got from my dad, Ernest Edwin Merrill. My memories of Helen Clorine Merrill go way back.We called her Aunt Chloe but others called her Grandma Richy or Mountain Grandma. She was the oldest of 12 children born to William Oliver Merrill and Pyrena Packer. She was named after her fathers sister Clorissa Cyrenna Merrill or her Aunt Chloe. Chloe married lley Duke Richardson and had four children. I always remember her being a great cook. There was always Merrill beans cooking on her stove. Merrill beans I learned as I got older were just pinto beans, but there were extra good.

 

This picture is Aunt Chloe serving food to her brother Floyd. Coy Maize is in the background. The food sure looks good.

Aunt Cloie is on the far left. Her husband Duke Richardson was a miner. I don't know who these other woman are.

WEBSITE ON PC MERRILL

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=28923146

Very good website for information on Philemon Christopher Merrill.

Birth: Mar. 12, 1820


Byron, Genesee County, New York, United States



Death: Sep. 16, 1904

Safford, Graham County, Arizona, United States


Son of Samuel Merrill & Phoebe Odell


Married Cyrena Dustin, 20 Sep 1840, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

CARL GODFREY MERRILL

GRANDMA MARY'S PANCAKES

Grandma Mary’s Pancakes

Mix in mixer:

½ cup sugar

½ cup oil

2 eggs

Add:

2 cups flour

1 cup flour

1 Tbsp baking powder

½ tsp salt

½ soda

Add milk to desired thickness.

MY DAD AND HIS PARENTS

MORGAN HENRY MERRILL & EMMA ORRILLA PERRY

HATCH FAMILY

Florence Ione Alexander

Glenn, Diane, Sue, Bob and Mary

Glenn Jr, Robin and Jody with Mama Hatch



Glenn, Mama Hatch and Robert (Bob)




Glenn Jr., Robin, Jody and Mark with Mama Hatch

HOWARD AND PAT MOSES WEDDING

April 9, 1963 - Hayward, California

Married in church with Bill & Sis Hennings witness. Maried about 1/2 hours when this picture taken. He was 50 and she was 48 when they were married.

HOWARD L MOSES AND MYRTLE "PAT" MODELL MCDANIEL

Harold L Moses and Myrtle Modell McDaniel were childhood friends. Myrtle went by "Pat" most of her life. We are not sure why she was called "Pat" but Pat along with her sisters had nicknames. Because of life situations Harold and Pat did not marry until later in life. Pat moved from the Los Angeles area to live in Washington with Harold after they married. As you can see by these photo's they enjoyed each other and did a little traveling in their golden years.

GLENN AND DIANE'S PHOTO

Leonard Glenn Allen and Diane Landis McDaniel

Strength of Samson

Strength of Samson
BY ELDER TED E. BREWERTON
FROM APRIL CONFERENCE 1986
Here is a true story that relates a simple experience of a nineteen-year-old who became a remarkable one. He was magnified and had great powers acted through him. There was a young nineteen-year-old admirer of Joseph Smith, Philemon Merrill, who had come with other loyal followers to rescue their prophet from the hands of Sheriffs Reynolds and Wilson. While returning to Nauvoo, the company rested "in a grove of timber." One of the lawyers for the sheriff and the kidnappers boasted of his wrestling powers. He offered a wager that he could throw any man in Illinois. Stephen Markham, a bodyguard of Joseph's and a huge man, also an experienced wrestler, took up the challenge. The boaster threw Stephen, and a taunting shout went up from the Prophet's enemies.
As the taunts continued, Joseph Smith turned to young Philemon Merrill and said: "`Get up and throw that man.'"
The boy was about to refuse, to excuse himself by saying he was not a wrestler, but the look in the Prophet's eyes silenced the tongue. "He arose to his feet filled with the strength of a Samson." Philemon "lifted his arms" and told the lawyer to take his choice of sides.
"The man took the left side with his right hand under," which gave him a decided advantage. Philemon Merrill's friends protested, but young Philemon felt such confidence in the words of the Prophet that it made little difference to him what advantage his antagonist took. As they began to grapple, Joseph instructed him, "`Philemon, when I count three, throw him!'
"On the instant after the word of three from Joseph's lips," Philemon Merrill, "with the strength of a giant, threw the lawyer over his left shoulder, and he fell striking his head upon the earth."
Little wonder it is reported that "awe fell upon the opponents of the Prophet when they saw this, and there were no more challenges to wrestle during the journey" (George Q. Cannon, Life of Joseph Smith the Prophet, Classics in Mormon Literature, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1986, pp. 450-51).

I am looking for good photo's of Philemon Christopher Merrill and Cyrena Dustin family. Photo's of their children would be great. I come through Morgan Henry Merrill and Emma Orrilla Perry.

Here is a history written by Daryl James

FROM 'JAMES/HATCH ONE MINUTE HISTORIES' (1994)
Philemon Christopher Merrill went through the early hardships, persecutions and trials of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was born Nov. 12, 1820, at Byron, Genesee County, N.Y., to Samuel Merrill and Phoebe Odell.

At the age of 11 he accompanied his parents to Nauvoo, Ill., arriving in 1837. He was baptized into the Mormon Church in March 1839 and filled a mission to Wisconsin in 1840-41.

On Sept. 20, 1840, he married Cyrena Dustin and went into housekeeping in Nauvoo. Philemon worked on the Temple which the Saints were trying hard to complete. He was closely associated with the Prophet Joseph Smith and tradition says he was one of the Prophet's bodyguards. Philemon helped evacuate Nauvoo when persecutors drove the Saints out, and he was one of the guards to cross the Mississippi River with Church records.
Philemon enlisted as a volunteer in the Mormon Battalion and endured the long march to the Pacific An undated photograph of Philemon C. Merrill, first stake patriarch in Safford, Arizona.

Coast. He left his wife and three children in Iowa to await his return. Once in California, Philemon stayed at headquarters in San Diego until the army discharged him in 1847. He then made his way back to Iowa to rejoin his family; however, Philemon never saw his youngest child again because she had died shortly after his enlistment. In the spring of 1849 the Merrills made ready and crossed the plains to Salt Lake Valley, arriving Oct. 16, 1849.

With the permission of Cyrena, Philemon entered plural marriage April 5, 1851, with Mary Jane Smith. Then in June 1853 Philemon left to fill a mission for the Church to England until 1856. After his return, the Church called him to help settle parts of southern Idaho. The two families moved to Liberty, Idaho, near Bear Lake in 1869 and then to Soda Springs, Idaho. While at Liberty, Philemon married a third woman, Rhoda Sylvia Collett, on Oct. 9, 1873.

In 1877 the Church called Philemon to help settle parts of central and southeastern Arizona. By then his second wife had died, so he took his two remaining families in August 1877 and headed for the San Pedro Valley.
They had a great deal of faith, for the departure was with provisions only enough to last two days. The company made camp about one half mile south of the present town of St. David, Ariz., building a small stone fort of six or eight rooms. Philemon had first seen the area with the Mormon Battalion in 1847. It was here in 1878, while nearly all the settlers were suffering with chills and fever, that Erastus Snow set apart Philemon to preside over the Saints in the area. In 1881 Philemon asked that he be relieved of his responsibilities as Presiding Elder and left St. David in 1890, settling in Safford, Arizona.

He later held the office of Patriarch, being ordained by John Henry Smith. Philemon was a good public speaker and loved to talk about the Prophet Joseph Smith. About 1900 he moved to San Jose, Ariz., and died at his home there Sept. 15, 1904, at the age of 84.

Nora E Allen - Craig - Maxwell, daughter of Albert Phelps Allen

Mary, Dorris and Joshua Craig about 1932.
Dorris with her father Joshua Craig. While living in California Nora and Joshua divorced. Nora moved to Twin Falls Idaho and Joshua moved back to Missouri. Over time Dorris moved to Missouri to live with her father and step-mother Mary. Nora married Henry Arthur Maxwell
6 June 1931 in Twin Falls. She passed away 17 Aug 1975 in Twin Falls.

Allene and Dorris Craig as young girls in about 1917.


Nora E Allen and her daughter Dorris Craig about 1928.