John Spooner 1794-1849 and Grace Mitchell 1792-1856

5th Great Grandfather

John Spooner
Parents Joshua Spooner and Elizabeth Holmes
Christened 17 August 1794 Chesterfield, Derby, England
Marriage Grace Mitchell 15 April 1816 Chesterfield, Derby, England
Death Dec 1849 Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
Burial 27 Dec 1849 Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
Sources
England Christenings and Births FHL Film 422195-6
England Select Marriages FHL Film 1752144 Item 4 page 80 #239
1841 UK Census Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom (age 42)
England Select Deaths and Burials FHL Film 1752147 item 4 page 217 #1731
England Marriages 1538–1973
Family Search
ancestry.com

5th Great Grandmother

Grace Mitchell
Parents Joseph Mitchell and Elizabeth Newbold
Christening 31 August 1791 Chesterfield,Derby,England
Death 1856 Chesterfield, Derby, England
Burial 14 December 1856 Chesterfield, Derby, England
Sources
1841 UK Census Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom (age 45)
1851 UK Census Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom (age 59, widow, living with John her son)
Burial: England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918
Family Search
ancestry.com

CHILDREN

Elizabeth Spooner
Christening 28 Aug 1816 Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
Marriage 1) William Allen 10 June 1844 Chesterfield, Derby, England
Children: Ann
2) John Needham (widower) 5 February 1849 North Wingfield, Derby, England
Children: Frances, Hannah, Harriett
Death February 1889, Derbyshire, England
Burial 20 February 1889 Brampton, Derby, England
Sources
England Births and Christenings FHL Film 1,785,838. reference item 4 p 130
1841 UK Census Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom (age 20)
1861 UK Census Brampton, Derby, England (age 45)
1871 UK Census Brampton, Derby, England (age 54)
Family Search
ancestry.com

4th Great Grandfather

*George Spooner

George's signature on his marriage record
the fact he could write his name is good 

Christening: 1 Nov 1818 Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
Occupation: Collier (Coal Miner) (1841, 1851, 1861)
Married Hannah Randall 2 Aug 1841 Saint Peter, Old Brampton, Derby, England
Note: His father's name is given in the record and the witnesses to the marriage were Elizabeth Spooner (likely George's sister) and Enoch Horsfall. The preacher was named William Peach.
Died before 14 July 1868 as this is when Hannah immigrated to Utah

George and Hannah's marriage record

Buried England
Sources
1841 UK Census Chesterfield, Derby, England page 21 (age 20, single)
Note:  living with Samuel Brown family
1851 UK Speedwell Row #13, Census Chesterfield, Derby, England (age 32, married)
1861 UK Census Chesterfield, Derby, England (age 42)
Marriage: IGI Film 1041028 Batch M048364 dated 1837-1898
Family Search
ancestry.com
Hannah Spooner
Christening 8 Sep 1821 Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
Marriage William Allen 7 April 1844 Brampton, Derbyshire, England
Note:  this is not the William Allen her sister Elizabeth is married to.  There is also another William Allen in the same area who married a Hannah who is born the same year as this Hannah.  The key was understanding this Hannah's husband was born in 1806.
Children: I didn't find any
Death
Burial
Sources
1841 UK Census Chesterfield, Derby, England  (age 15)
Family Search
ancestry.com
Mary Spooner
Christening:  2 May 1824 Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
Death April 1832 Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
Burial 26 Apr 1832  Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
Sources
England Births and Christenings

Derbyshire, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-1991

Family Search

ancestry.com

William Spooner
Christening 1 July 1827 Chesterfield, Derby, England
Occupations:  Ironstone Miner (1851) Coal Miner (1861-1871) General Laborer (1881) Gardeners Laborer (1901)
Marriage Sarah Boardman 14 Oct 1849 Brampton, Derby, England
Children: Hannah, John, Sarah, Joseph, Esther, Charles, Mary Ann, William
Death 1905 Chesterfield, Derby, England
Burial 31 May 1905 Brampton, Derby, England
Sources
1841 UK Census Chesterfield, Derby, England  (age 14)
1851 UK Census Brampton, Derby, England 
1861 UK Census Brampton, Derby, England 
1871 UK Census Brampton, Derby, England 
1881 UK Census Brampton, Derby, England 
1901 UK Census Brampton, Derby, England 
Civil Death Registration
Family Search
ancestry.com

John, Hannah, Basil's wife's headstone

John Spooner
Birth 24 June 1831 Chesterfield, Derby, England
Christening 17 July 1831 Primitive Methodist, Old Brampton, Derby, England 
Marriage Hannah Green about 1852
Children: Charles, Thomas, Edith, Basil
Death 7 February 1903 Chesterfield, Derby, England
Burial Spital Cemetery, Chesterfield, Derby, England
Note: buried with Hannah, his wife, and Mary Ann, his daughter-in-law (Basil's wife)
Sources
1841 UK Census Chesterfield, Derby, England (age 9)
1851 UK Census Chesterfield, Derby, England (with widowed mother)
1861 UK Census Chesterfield, Derby, England (with father-in-law and more family)
1871 UK Census Chesterfield, Derby, England 
1881 UK Census Chesterfield, Derby, England
1901 UK Census Chesterfield, Derby, England
Probate record of 31 March 1903
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155387485/john-spooner
Hannah's Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155387465/hannah-spooner
Family Search
ancestry.com
Samuel Spooner
Birth 1840  Chesterfield, Derby, England 
Occupation: Coal Miner (1861) Coal Mine Laborer (1881) Laborer (1891)
Marriage Martha Wilson 23 Nov 1885 Chesterfield, Derby, England
Note:  his father is listed as Samuel Broomhead - I have no idea why unless Mr. Broomhead became a father figure after his father died
Children: Arthur, Ellen, William, George
Death 1900 Chesterfield, Derby, England
Burial
Sources
1841 UK Census Chesterfield, Derby, England (age 0)
1861 UK Census Chesterfield, Derby, England (19, with cousin who appears to be his brother John's father-in-law)
1881 UK Census Brampton, Derby, England (age 40, boarding with Ashmore household)
1891 UK Census Newbold & Dunstan, Derby, England (age 50, married)
England Death Registration
Family Search
ancestry.com

Eli Taylor 1862-1931 Maria Telford 1869-1925

This picture is of the Hepworth's house in Bountiful, Utah.
Back row LtoR: Alma Hepworth, Eli Taylor, his wife Maria Telford holding their son Charles, Unknown woman, Melina Smith Taylor Hepworth, James Hepworth, George, Unknown young man.

Front Row LtoR: Beatrice, Unity Taylor, Witt Eli Taylor, Lurena Taylor, 

The Unknowns in the picture are thought to be Hepworths. It is likely they are the half brothers and sisters to Eli, who was raised by James. However, I have no confirmation of this. I do know that Lurena's son (Eli) once purchased this house in 1965 and then sold it in 1976. If anyone knows who the unknown Hepworth's are in the picture, I'd love to know!

Eli Taylor

Eli Taylor
Born 27 Dec 1862 Birmingham, Warwick, England
Parents: William Taylor and Melina Smith

Eli Taylor

Note: Eli was raised by James Hepworth, his stepfather.  Eli was the only one of four boys Melina gave birth to in England that survived to adulthood (see her story on this blog under Melina Smith/William Taylor). She met and married James Hepworth after she arrived in Utah and had several more children with him.

2nd Great Grandfather

Immigrated from England to Utah 1871 according to the 1900 Census
Married Maria Telford 23 Dec 1889 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Died 20 Jul 1931 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Note: his death certificate is not available online at this time. I have made a request that Utah archives link the image to the name, but they claim it is missing. 

Eli and Maria's headstone

Buried 23 Jul 1931 Bountiful Cemetery, Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Sources
Pictures: Family Group Sheet and Family Search
Marriage:  Utah Marriages Batch M73450-9 Film 483530
1880 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah (working for the Thomas Thurgood family)
1900 US Census for Bountiful Davis, Utah page 12B  (Head of house)

Eli's obituary

1910 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah page 5 (age 47)
1920 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah sheet 2 (age 57)
1930 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah Sheet 3B (age 67, living with his son Charles in the house of Juliett Wood who is a widow)
Obituary: Family Search posted by Doug Richan which he clipped from The Weekly Reflex issue Thursday 23 July 1931

Ancestry.com
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=68723295

Maria's obit

Maria Telford
Born 22 Dec 1869 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Parents: Robert Telford and Maria Spooner
Died 7 Apr 1925 Woods Cross, Davis, Utah
COD: Cerebral Hemorrhage and arteriosclerosis
Informant on death certificate:  son Charles who was also living in Woods Cross 

2nd Great Grandmother

Maria's obit

Buried 10 Apr 1925 Bountiful Cemetery, Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Sources
Obituary 1880 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah page 277D (age 10)
1900 US Census for Bountiful Davis, Utah page 12B 

1910 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah page 5 (age 40)

Note:  her name is spelled Mariah in the Census

1920 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah sheet 2 (age 50)

Family Search
Ancestry.com
Utah Death Certificate

Headstone:  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=68723660

CHILDREN

John Robert Taylor
Born 8 Dec 1890 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Died 27 Jan 1891 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Buried Bountiful City Cemetery (now is called Bountiful Memorial Park), Davis, Utah
Sources
Memorial:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120814460/john-robert-taylor
Family Search

George and Lucy

George Evan Taylor
Born 10 Feb 1893 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Military:  Lieutenant WWI, served on border during Mexican uprising in 1916
Occupation:  Dentist
Education: Utah State University

George's headstone

University of Utah
University of Southern California Dental College
College of Surgeons and Physicians of San Francisco
Activities: Davis County Commissioner 1958-1964
Charter President of Bountiful Rotary Club
Charter Commander of (Clarence M Argyle) American Legion Post and member of George R Day Post in Bountiful at time of his death
Charter Commander of Sons of Utah Pioneers (Thomas Kane Post)
Married Lucy Stringham 22 Sep 1922 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Children:  Dorothy, Michael
Died 26 Aug 1975 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Buried Bountiful City Cemetery
Sources
Headstone:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120729403/george-evan-taylor
Marriage:  Utah Marriages batch M73650-4 Film 484357 mar lic app 3600
1900 US Census for Bountiful Davis, Utah page 12B
Note:  He appeared as Evan G Taylor in the Census 
1910 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah page 5 (age 17)
Note:  He appears as Evan in the Census
1920 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah sheet 2 (age 26)
1930 US Census for Bountiful Davis, Utah Page 8A (age 37)
Note:  Appeared as Evan G Taylor in the Census
1940 US Census for Kaysville, Davis, Utah, Sheet 5B (age 47)
Deceased LDS member record
Social Security Death Index
WW1 Draft Registration Card which describes him as tall, grey eyes, brown hair

Lurena Taylor Mitchell

*Lurena Taylor

Great Grandmother

Born 22 Oct 1894 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Married Frank Hunter Mitchell 29 Oct 1913 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Children: Edna, Charles, Arline, Alfred, Una, Eli, Maryetta
Died 19 Apr 1962 Woods Cross, Davis, Utah (Cancer)
Buried Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Sources
1900 US Census for Bountiful Davis, Utah page 12B
Note: Her name was spelled Lerena in the Census

Lurena and Frank's headstone

1910 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah page 5 (age 15)

Marriage:  Utah Marriages 1887-1966 Film 429084 Batch M74304-9 Bk 46 cn 18013

1920 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah sheet 2 (age 25 - married and living in Bountfiul with her family)

1930 US Census for Bountiful Davis, Utah, Sheet 3B, (age 35)
1940 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah, Sheet 5A (age 45)
Deceased LDS member record
Note:  her name was misspelled Lorena
Ancestry.com
Family Search
Picture:  in my possession
Headstone:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50169398/lurena-mitchell

Witt Eli Taylor

Witt Eli Taylor
Born 16 Aug 1896 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Military: Navy
Married Louise Helen Nelson 13 Feb 1926 Durango, La Plata, Colorado
Children: Joyce, Robert
Died 2 Oct 1979  San Diego, San Diego, California
Sources
Colorado Statewide marriage index
1900 US Census for Bountiful Davis, Utah page 12B 
Note:  His name was given as Eli W in the Census
1910 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah page 5 (age 13)
1920 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah sheet 2 (age 23)
1930 US Census for Durango, La Plata, Colorado (age 33, he and wife Louise and 2 children are living with Peter Nelson, his father in law)
1940 US Census for Durango, La Plata, Colorado sheet 8A (age 43)
Deceased LDS member record
Family Search
Ancestry.com

Beatrice Taylor

Beatrice Taylor
Born 6 Aug 1898 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Married 1) David James 18 Jun 1919 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Note:  if this marriage is true, they must have divorced very quickly because in the 1920 Census she is with the Hiskey family in SLC - so more research is needed
2) Ernest Charles Hamilton 31 Dec 1922 Los Angeles, California
Children: Ernestine, Thelma

Beatrice Headstone

Died 3 Oct 1982 Fresno, Fresno, California
Buried Belmont Memorial Park, Fresno, Fresno, California
Sources
1900 US Census for Bountiful Davis, Utah page 12B 
1910 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah page 5 (age 11 - living w/parents)
1920 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah sheet 2 (age 21 - living with the Virgil Hiskey family in Salt Lake City, Utah)
1930 US Census for Fresno, Fresno, California Sheet 20B (age 31)
1940 US Census for Fresno, Fresno, California Sheet 9B (age 41)
California Death Index
SS Death Index
Online: archives.state.ut.us birth record
Deceased LDS member record
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124377684/beatrice-hamilton

Unity Taylor

Unity (Una) Taylor
Born 2 Jul 1901 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Married Rudolph Max Swenson 15 Nov 1922, Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Note: her name is recorded as Una and both bride and groom are listed as 21y old - however, it gives her birth year as 1900 - perhaps to get married without permission?
Children:  Max, Taylor, Beatrice
Death: Sep 1986 Utah
Burial: Bountiful Memorial Park
Sources
1910 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah page 5 (age 9)
1920 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah sheet 2 (age 18)
1930 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah page 7B (age 29)
Note:  She and Rudolph and two children are living with the Albert Halbrook family
1940 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah page 6A (age 40)
Marriage:  Utah Marriages 1887-1966 Film 429113 Batch M74573-9 reference number 40968 also the marriage is recorded on the Western States Marriage Index
Death:  Social Security Death Index
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144239381/unity-swenson

Charles William Taylor

Charles William Taylor
Born 16 Sep 1902 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Married Leone McKean Argyle 1 Sep 1933 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Note: Their recorded ages at time of marriage is 30y for him and 23y for her.
Children: Carma, Charles, Irene
Died 19 Dec 1988 Ontario, Malheur, Oregon
Sources
1910 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah page 5 (age 7)
1920 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah sheet 2 (age 17)

Charles and Leone's headstone

1930 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah (age 28, single, living with his father at the widow Juliett Wood's place and claims his father's birthplace is Ireland his mother's is Utah)
1940 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah (age 34)
Online: Western States Marriage Index
Social Security Death Index
Deceased LDS member record
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31587382/charles-william-taylor

Baby Boy's birth Certificate

Baby Boy death certificate

Stillborn boy
Born and died 5 Mar 1906 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Sources
Birth and Death Certificates
Utah Deaths Film 2229075 Certificate 21 image 88

Clifford Van Taylor

Clifford Van Taylor
Born 13 May 1907 Woods Cross, Davis, Utah
Occupation: Farmer, Managed Safeway store in San Francisco
Married: Norma Rachel Law 23 May 1928 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Children:  Merrill, Gwenda, Helen, Val
Died 15 Jan 1956 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
COD: Heart disease, lung cancer
Buried: 18 Jan 1956 Bountiful Cemetery, Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Sources

Norma and Clifford's headstone

1910 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah page 5 (age 2)

1920 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah sheet 2 (age 12)

1930 US Census for San Francisco (Districts 1-250), San Francisco, California (age 23)

1940 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah page 64A (age 32)
Marriage:  Utah Marriages 1887-1966 Batch M74614-3 Film 429125 An 54439 

Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68724927/clifford-van-taylor

Utah Death Certificate
Deceased LDS member record

Ora May Taylor
Born 13 May 1909 Woods Cross, Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Occupation:  Beehive Clothing Mills
Married Lyman Eugene Johnson 31 Jul 1929 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Children: Eugene, Gary, Paul

Ora May and Lyman's headstone

Died 7 Jul 1968 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Buried 10 Jul 1968 Bountiful Cemetery, Bountiful, Davis, Utah

Sources

Living Family Contact: Carl Johnson cmjohnson63@gmail.com
1910 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah page 5 (age 9months)

1920 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah sheet 2 (age 10)

1930 US Census for Clover, Tooele, Utah sheet 1B (age 20)
1940 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah page 63B (age 31)
Marriage:  Utah Marriages 1887-1966 Batch M74592-9 Film 429134
Deceased LDS member record
Ancestry.com
Family Search
Obituary in Salt Lake Tribune Monday, 8 Jul 1968, page 25
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68725082/ora-may-johnson



Robert Telford 1826-1879 - Maria Spooner 1846-1904

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3rd Great Grandfather

Robert Telford
enhanced and colorized picture
using the My Heritage site

Robert Telford
Parents:  John Telford and Jane Telford (they were cousins)

Born 8 Jan 1826 Barrhead, Renfrew, Scotland

Note: Barrhead is listed as Bear Head in the ward records, but in the World Atlas it's Barrhead

From Family Search: Robert was primarily a farmer, yet a great deal of his time was spent hauling coal largely for a factory. Robert also owned considerable livestock. During the summer he drove the unneeded horses and cattle to summer pasture in the mountains and would return them in the fall to the valley. In November 1872, he wrote (in his diary), "I sold my yellow mare to John Wood for $125. Also, I took a load of potatoes to town and sold my young mare for $70."

Married: 1) Rebecca Stoddard 22 Feb 1852 North Kenyon Ward, Bountiful, Davis, Utah

Robert, Charles, and John Telford's marriages announced in Deseret News
all taking place at the same time and married by the same person: Bishop John Stoker.

 A.L. Hetzel on Family Search reported that, "His first wife, Rebecca, left the relationship and remarried (William S. Lee) in May 1874. She had been unable to bear children, which likely prompted him to take a second wife.

2) Maria Spooner 18 Jun 1864, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Emigrated to Utah:  17 May 1851-25 Sep 1851 Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel
Note: Traveled with Harry Walton/Garden Grove Company with his parents, his sister Anna and her husband Charles, his brother John and sister Eliza
Died 24 Nov 1879 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Burial: 27 Nov 1879 Bountiful Cemetery

Robert and Maria's headstone

Sources
1850 Utah, Territorial Militia Records 

1860 US Census for Utah (age 30, married to Rebecca)
Marriage to Rebecca: U.S. Western States Marriage Index

Deseret News 6 March 1852 page 3 for the announcement about his marriage to Rebecca

Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database

Membership Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1830-1848

Seventy Quorum Membership

Headstone:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75858757/robert-telford

3rd Great Grandmother

Maria Spooner
Born 22 Mar 1846 Chesterfield, Derby, England
Parents:  George Spooner and Hannah Randall
Died: 4 Aug 1904 Bountiful, Davis, Utah (Cerebral Paresis)
Note: Her death certificate doesn't give her maiden name and  gives her birth date as the same day as her death, but her age is given as 58y 4m 15d so it is evident this is incorrect.
Burial: 7 Aug 1904 Bountiful Cemetery, Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Sources
Birth:  England-Wales Free BMD Index
1851 UK Census Brampton, Derby, England page 9 (age 5)
1861 UK Census Brampton, Derby, England (age 15)
Note:  her name spelled Mariah in the record
Utah Death Certificate
1880 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah (age 34, widowed, her mother in law is also living with her)
1900 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah (widowed)
Headstone (pictured above): https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75963664/maria-telford

CHILDREN

Rob Telford

Robert "Rob" Telford Jr.
Born: 22 Aug 1865 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Married: Hannah Brough 20 Mar 1888 Randolph, Rich, Utah
Children: Robert, Leon, Leona, Witt, Abraham

Rob and Hannah's headstone

Died: 2 Feb 1900 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Buried: Randolph City Cemetery, Randolph, Rich, Utah



Sources

Hannah Brough

1880 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah (age 14)
Utah County Marriages 1887-1937  480873
Film
Death:  Utah Deaths and Burials 1888-1946 Batch B54927-7 Film 26554 p 113 dth 4259
Photo courtesy of Michael Telford on Family Search
Headstone:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44012074/robert-telford

Geneva and George

George Spooner Telford
Born: 22 Dec 1867 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Married: Geneva Pack Buckland 19 Dec 1894 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Children: Victor, Alice, Eugene, Hazel, Jennie, Philip, Marjorie, Marden, Dorothy, Carlisle, John
Died: 26 Oct 1928 Grace, Bannock, Idaho
Buried: 29 Oct 1928 Grace, Caribou, Idaho
Sources

George and Geneva headstone

Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11841228/george-spooner-telford
Marriage:  Utah Marriages 1887-1966 Batch I00436-2 Film 25886 ref 368
1880 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah (age 12)
1900 US Census for Cleveland, Gentile Valley, Bannock, Idaho
1910 US Census for Grace, Bannock, Idaho (age 42)
1920 US Census for Grace, Bannock, Idaho (age 51)
Family Search
Ancestry.com
Death and Burial:  Idaho Death Certificates 1911-1937
Idaho Death Certificate
Idaho Death and Burials
Idaho Obituaries

Maria Telford

2nd Great Grandmother

*Maria Telford
Born: 22 Dec 1869 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Married: Eli Taylor 23 Dec 1889 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Children:  John, George, Lurena, Witt, Beatrice, Unity, Charles, Clifford, Ora
Died: 7 Apr 1925 Woods Cross, Davis, Utah
Buried: 10 Apr 1925 Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis, Utah

Maria and Eli's headstone

Sources
Marriage: Utah Marriages Batch M73450-9 Film 483530
1880 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah (age 10)
1900 US Census for Bountiful Davis, Utah page 12B
1910 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah page 5 (age 40)
Note: her name is spelled Mariah in the Census
1920 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah sheet 2 (age 50)
Utah Death Certificate
Picture of headstone:  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=68723660

John Witt Telford

John Witt Telford
Born: 7 Apr 1872 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
LDS Mission: Southern States
Occupation:  Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Married: Martha Rockwood 20 Dec 1900 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Children:   Elsie, Charles, Miriam, Ira,, Horace, Horton, Dorothy,Vernon
Died: 15 Sep 1957 Sacramento, Sacramento, California
Buried: 19 Sep 1957 Rose Hill Cemetery, Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho Plot: OP 119, 4, W, 3
Obituary:
JOHN W. TELFORD
IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO  -  Funeral services for John W. Telford, 85, former Idaho Falls resident, who died Friday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Heber M. Ellsworth, Sacramento, Calif., will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. North Ward chapel, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Idaho Falls.

Born April 7, 1872, Bountiful, Utah to Robert and Maria Spooner Telford.  Married Martha Rockwood, Dec. 20, 1900, Salt Lake Temple.  She died in 1953.  Employed by Utah-Idaho Sugar Co.; Farmer; former Bishop, Lincoln Ward, Idaho Falls Temple, officiator.
    
Survivors: five sons, three daughters, Dr. Horace S., Pullman, Wash.; Dr. C. W., San Jose, Calif.; Dr. Ira R., Horton R., Mrs. Ralph R. Stevenson, Washington, D.C.; Vernon R.., Atlanta, Ga.; Mrs. Frank C. Taylor, Ontario, Calif.; Mrs. Heber M. Ellsworth, Sacramento, Calif. Friends call at Wood Mortuary Thursday until time of services.  Burial Rose Hill Cemetery
Sources
1880 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah (age 8)
1900 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah (living with widowed mother)
1910 US Census for Lincoln, Bingham, Idaho
1930 US Census for Lincoln, Bingham, Idaho
Marriage:  Utah Marriages 1887-1966 Batch I00436-2 Film 25886 ref 768
Deceased LDS member record
Idaho Obituaries
California Death Index 1940-1997
Obituary: Deseret News and Telegram, Salt Lake City, Monday, September 16, 1957.
Picture of headstone:  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=74159092
William Henry Telford
Born: 26 Aug 1874 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Blessed: 1 Oct 1874 by John Telford
Died: 8 Oct 1874 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Sources
Family Search
ancestry.com

Alexander and Etta with Luana and John

Alexander Willard  (Zan)Telford
Born: 22 Aug 1875 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Married: Etta Flavella Burnham 29 Nov 1904 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Children:  Willard, Luana, John, Wilma, Robert
Died: 15 Jan 1960 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Buried: 18 Jan 1960 Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Obituary
Alexander (Zan) W. Telford, 84, of 662 South Main St.. died at 1 a.m. Saturday of natural causes at his residence.

Etta and Alexander's headstone

Born Aug 22, 1875, he was the son of Robert and Maria Spooner Telford.  He was born in Bountiful.  He married Etta F. Burnham Nov. 28, 1904, in the Salt Lake Temple, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  She died in April 1950.  He was a musician for 60 years.  He was also a retired farmer.  He was a high priest in the church and choir member.
    
Surviving are: one son, Robert W. Telford, West Bountiful; two daughters; Mrs. M. R. (Luana) Wallis, Salt Lake City; Mrs. M. W. (June) Bisbee, Phoenix, Ariz.; 15 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren and one brother, Lt. Col. Charles Telford, LaJolla, Calif.
    
Funeral will be Monday at 2:30 p.m. in the West Bountiful Ward chapel where friends may call at the Union Mortuary in Bountiful, Sunday 6 to 8 p.m. and Monday 1 to 2 p.m. Burial, Bountiful Memorial Park.
Sources
Obituary: Deseret News and Telegram, Salt Lake City, Saturday, January 16, 1960
1880 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah (age 4)
1900 US Census Gentile Valley, Bannock, Idaho (age 24, single, living with brother George)
1910 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah (age 33)
1920 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah  (age 44)
1930 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah (age 54)
Note:  his name appears as A William Telford in the census
WW1 Draft Registration
Marriage:  Utah Marriages 1887-1966 Batch M73740-4 Film 429060 p291 cn 15172
Deceased LDS member record
Picture of family:  Family Tree courtesy of Robert Michael Telford
Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=81204501

Charles Thomas Telford

Lt. Colonel Charles Thomas Telford
Born: 22 Jan 1878 Bountiful, Davis, Utah
Married:  Single at time of death
Died: 15 Jun 1967 San Bernardino/LaJolla, San Diego, California
Buried Bellevue Memorial Park, Ontario, San Bernardino, California

Charles at West Point

Military:  West Point Academy
Sergeant:  1900
Graduate 11 Jun 1903 (Second Lieutenant, 12th Cavalry)
Instructor in West Point Dept. of Mathematics 27 Aug 1907-11 Mar 1911
Leave of absence 13 Aug 1911-13 Sep 1911

Charles at West Point

Fort Robinson, Nebraska with Troop 14 Sep 1911-24 Jun 1912
Fort Meade, South Dakota with Troop 26 Jun 1912-11 Jun 1913
Transferred to 8th Cavalry 1 Jul 1913
Camp Stotsenburg, Philippines with Troop 4 Aug 1913-14 Nov 1914
Fort McKinley, Philippines with Troop 18 Nov 1914-14 Aug 1915
Fort Bliss Texas with Troop 24 Sep 1915-17 May 1916

Fabens, Texas and vicinity with Troop 19 Aug 1916-1 Oct 1917
Captain, 8th Cavalry 1 Jul 1916-20 Aug 1915
Major, Temporary, 8th Cavalry 5 Aug 1917
Presidio, Texas and vicinity with Squadron 2 Oct 1917-14 may 1918
Fort Bliss Texas, Commandant of Cavalry Officers Training School 15 May 1917-15 Jun 1915
Washington DC in office of Chief of Staff 21 Jun 1918-18 Jun 1919
Lieutenant-Colonel of Cavalry, National Army, 30 Jul 1918
France 18 Jun 1919-23 Aug 1919 as member of the Armenian Relief Commission

Charles Telford vault

Tiflis, Russia 8 Sep 1919-10 Oct 1919 with Allied High Commissioner to Armenia
Erivan, Armenia 20 Oct 1919
Sources
1880 US Census for Bountiful, Davis, Utah (age 2)
1900 US Census for West Point Military Academy, Orange, New York page 4B Film 1241140
1910 US Census for West Point, Orange, New York page 21 (age 32)

Charles Telford 1921
Passport picture

Note:  it claims his father was born in Kansas and his mother in Michigan
1920-1934:  he was with the Relief forces
1940 US Census for San Diego, San Diego, California (age 62, single)
Note:  he has lodgers living with him - the Robertson family from Colorado
US Passport Applications (Paris France) 1919 for "American Relief"
California Passenger and Crew List 10 Oct 1934 Port of Arrival: California  Port of Departure: Marseilles France

Charles Thomas Telford

Google e-book: Bullies and cowards: the West Point hazing scandal, 1898-1901 page 139
Note:  he was dismissed for one year from the academy without pay - refer to the news article below
News Article:  Deseret News Saturday, 25 May 1901 (Front page, which indicates he was due to return home in a few days)
Graduation from West Point:  Deseret News 2 Jun 1903 page 5 
Military history:  Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy (West Point) page 691
Official Register of the Officers and Cadets of the U.S. Military Academy 1900 (pg 27, 29), 1902 (pg 12), 1903 (pg 10), 1908 (pg 37), 1909 (pg 7)
Death:  Social Security death index
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Military_Academy