Wetzel Ancestry - A Tree of Life
| Name | White, Samuel Dennis | |
| Birth | 9 Mar 1818 | Parishville, St Lawrence, New York, USA |
| Gender | Male | |
| Confirmation | 31 Dec 1837 | |
| LDS | Samuel Dennis White 1818-1868 • KWJ5-C8R ? [1] | |
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| LifeSketch | Samuel Dennis White was born March 9, 1818, at Parishville, St. Lawrence County, New York. He was the son of John Griggs White and Lucy Maranda Bailey. His family moved to the Ohio Valley about 1830 having been caught up in the great westward movement. While in Ohio, the White family was converted to the L.D.S. Church and were baptized about 1837, when Samuel D. was around nineteen years of age. His family followed the Saints westward as they left Ohio and settled in Walnut Grove, a few miles east of Nauvoo. It was there that Samuel met and married Mary Hannah Burton, on the 24th of October, 1841. When the prophet Joseph Smith was killed in 1844, Samuel D. was on a mission in New York and was called home. He moved his family into Nauvoo for protection from angry mobs. He and Mary Hannah were among the first, on January 12, 1846, to receive their endowments in the Nauvoo temple. Samuel’s family was among the last of the exiles to leave Nauvoo as they had stayed behind to assist others in their preparations to leave Nauvoo. Samuel and his family remained at Garden Grove for a couple of years to aid those in need who were enroute to Utah territory. In 1850 the journeyed across the plains to the Salt Lake valley. They then moved to a small settlement south of Salt Lake City and helped found Lehi. It was there that Samuel took a plural wife, Elizabeth Morehead, on March 24, 1852. In 1853, Samuel was called by Brigham Young to colonize Iron County. After six years in Cedar City, Samuel and his family moved to Beaver. Samuel D. owned his own ox teams and did freighting. He freighted some Utah products east in 1863 and helped some emigrating Saints on the return trip. In 1866 he was again captain of a company going back to the Missouri River for poor converts. Besides making cross-country trips, Samuel farmed and supported five families. He was a religious man and prominent in church work. In October of 1868 he attended General Conference but caught a severe cold which developed into pneumonia. He died on October 17th at the home of his daughter, Mary Musser. He was only 50 years old. He was buried in Salt Lake City. | |
| Residence | Between 1839 and 1846 | Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA |
| Residence | 1850 | Utah, Utah, USA |
| Immigration | 12 Sep 1850 | Utah, USA |
| Immigration | 15 Oct 1863 | Utah, USA |
| Immigration | 5 Sep 1866 | Utah, USA |
| Occupation | freighter by trade | |
| Death | 17 Oct 1868 | Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA |
| Burial | 18 Oct 1868 | Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA |
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| Person ID | I54125 | WETZEL-SPRING |
| Family | Harris, Lydia, b. 28 Dec 1832, Liberty, Parke, Indiana, USA d. 20 Feb 1925, Beaver, Beaver, Utah, USA (Age 92 years) | |||
| Marriage | 8 Sep 1866 | Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA |
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| Family ID | F38823 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||
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