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Bessie Morgan Rex letter to Harold. December 19, 1937, typed text.
A Christmas Card from Bessie's scrapbook.Today it's Christmas in July. My attempt to post Bessie Morgan Rex's lettersto her missionary son in chronological order.The following letter was posted here in...
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January 11, 1881 from John Morgan Journal.
Wikipedia picture of Joseph Standing and Rudger Clawsen while serving as missionary companions in Georgia.From John Hamilton Morgan's journal--written in Salt Lake, January 11, 1881. In the office...
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John Morgan and Joseph Standing Mission Travels continue, April 9 – April 13,...
Looking across the Wabash River to Fountain County.Warren County, IndianaCourthouse, Warren County, IndianaState Line, Illinois, April 9, 1876 —Visited Mr. Wm. Cunningham this morning. Spent the...
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John Morgan and Joseph Standing Mission Travels continue, April 14-18, 1876.
(Continued from here.)April 14, 1876 [continued in Warren County, Indiana]- Came down to Mr. Robt. Jones and spent the after part of the day. Stormed considerably during the day. Spoke at Zion School...
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John Morgan and Joseph Standing Mission Travels continue, April 19-23, 1876.
Wabash River, by Henry Hamilton, 1778. from Wikipedia(Continued from here.)Gopher Hill Church, April 19, 1876 -Went to Mr. Dixon’s this morning and secured his consent for the use of the Church. Went...
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Deseret News. Joseph Standing wrote a friend in Salt Lake, February 1876.
Elder Joseph Standing also wrote about his missionary service with Elder John Morgan. This newspaper article is of particular interest. Elder Standing...
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Bessie Morgan Rex letter to Harold. January 10, 1938.
P. H. Rex and Bessie Morgan Rex home in Randolph, UtahContinued from here: Bessie Morgan Rex's letters to her missionary son Harold Morgan Rex, serving a mission in Brazil.Randolph, UtahJanuary 10,...
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2013 Walton (Samanthy Ann) Gravestone Project Completed!
Samanthy Ann Walton Caldwell WitherellA big thank-you to my brother and each of my Frazier, Walton cousins who contributed to the restoration of our great aunt’s gravestone. Now firmly cemented in its...
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1918 Relief Society Service in the American Red Cross.
Helen Melvina “Mellie” Groesbeck Morgan was active in Red Cross Service in Salt Lake during World War I as posted here. I wonder if she marched in a parade like Relief Society members did in Chicago in...
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John Morgan and Joseph Standing Mission Travels continue April 24-28, 1876.
John Morgan and Joseph Standing Mission Travels Continued from here and here.Mt. Zion, Indiana, April 24, 1876 – Crossed over the river this morning and had dinner with Mr. Williams. Assisted Mr. Jones...
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John Morgan and Joseph Standing Mission Travels continue. April 29 - May 5,...
Today's only church in Johnsonville, Indiana from Wikipedia(Continued from here.)“was treated very kindly by all especially by Mr. Johnson’s folks”This statement from John Morgan's previous journal...
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Joseph Standing's May 5, 1876 letter from Covington, Indiana to the "Deseret...
Wabash Water Trail, Indiana from Wikipedia(Continued from here.)Elders Joseph Standing and John Morgan both wrote letters on May 5, 1876. The one Joseph Standing wrote to the Deseret News follows. I...
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Fairview, Utah Pioneer Museum. Pioneer lace and alter cloths from the Manti...
The last week of August I traveled with a group of Daughtersof Utah Pioneers (DUP) to visit Central and Southern Utah sights and settlements. I enjoyed the collections in the Fairview, Utah Pioneer...
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"Good Timber" -- President Monson today, Grandma Bessie Morgan Rex's...
I was delighted to hear the Prophet this morning. And pleased to hear him recite Good Timber. A poem Grandmother Bessie Morgan Rex clipped and pasted into her scrapbook years ago. I discovered it a few...
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Bessie Morgan Rex letter to Harold. January 19, 1938.
John Morgan, Percy Harold, Maeser Morgan Rex, standing in front of their Randolph, Utah home, prior to Morgan's deployment. Randolph, UtahJanuary 19, 1938My dear dear boy,Right now, I am going to sit...
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Leonidas Morgan "FOUND"
Leonidas Morgan April 28, 1847 - May 10, 1923Twenty-three-year-old Leonidas Morgan was in Salt Lake City in 1870 working as a school teacher in his brother John Morgan’s college. He lived with his...
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John Morgan and Joseph Standing Mission Travels continue. May 6 - 10, 1876.
Wabash River at Covington, Indiana from Wikipedia(Continued from Joseph Standing's letter to the Deseret News, and from these prior journal entries.)Covington, May 6, 1876 – Read and slept during part...
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Bessie Morgan Rex, letter to Harold. 1938 undated January.
"Oh, and does it make me sick to see my boy"Undated early 1938 letter from RandolphMy dear son,You wont mind, will you, if I just scratch off a few lines with a pencil. Must get this off to you this...
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Lookout Mountain and John Morgan and Southern States Missionaries.
The November 14, Men and Women of Faith in the Latter-days Lecture in the Assembly Hall “Faith to Persevere; Southern States Mission” was highlighted in yesterday’s Church News. I attended the lecture...
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