. Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. months before theyleft their home in the east. They ar-rived in Salt Lake City Sept. 1, family settled at Wellsville, a re-cently settled locality in Cache Coun-ty. Here Bro. Salisbury erected a loghouse and Sister Salisbury became as-sociated with the Relief Society, overwhich she presided for eighteen was beloved by all her became the mother of eight morechildren and also reared a motherlessbabe
. Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. months before theyleft their home in the east. They ar-rived in Salt Lake City Sept. 1, family settled at Wellsville, a re-cently settled locality in Cache Coun-ty. Here Bro. Salisbury erected a loghouse and Sister Salisbury became as-sociated with the Relief Society, overwhich she presided for eighteen was beloved by all her became the mother of eight morechildren and also reared a motherlessbabe for some time. She mothered fourdifferent families of children, 19 inall. Sister Salisbury died in Salt LakeCity July 19, 1918, at the age of 89years. Interment took place in Wells-ville. SALISBURY, Joshua, one of theearly pioneer settlers of Wellsville,Cache County, Utah, was born June3, 1827, in Llanasa, Flintshire, Wales, 764 LATTER-DAY SAINT a son of Thomas Salisbury and SarahJones. He was baptized Dec. 25, 1852,by his uncle, Joseph Jones, and whileyet in his native land was ordainedan Elder in 1854. In appearance was tall and well propor-. tioned, and at the age of 18 yearsweighed 185 pounds. In June, 1850,at Llanasa, Wales, he married MarthaDavies who bore him two deeply impressed with the fur-ther light and knowledge receivedfrom the teachings of the restoredgospel he earnestly endeavoied to con-vert his fellow workers in the coalmines, but met with great persecutionas a result. In 1855, with his wife andtwo children, Bro. Salisbury left hisnative land for America. The familyspent five years on the frontiers be-fore crossing the plains and mountainsfrom the Missouri River to passing through Illinois wife died at St. Johns,Perry Co., 111., in 1857, and on , 1858, he married Elizabeth Hos-kin (daughter of James Hoskin andElizabeth Hancock). Bro. Salisburyworked in the coal mines in Pennsyl-vania, and through thri
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