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 . Utah,and in 1856 he was sent with others toooen up Cache valley for settlement,locating at what is now called Wells-ville. In September, 1863, he wassent to Bear Lake county, Idaho. Af-ter wintering at Paris, he went to theeast side of Bear river in 1S64and succeeded in raising a good crop at 446 LATTER-DAY SAINT Montpelier. In the fall of that yearhe was called back to Cache valley,where he wintered at Richmond. To-gether with eigh
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 . Utah,and in 1856 he was sent with others toooen up Cache valley for settlement,locating at what is now called Wells-ville. In September, 1863, he wassent to Bear Lake county, Idaho. Af-ter wintering at Paris, he went to theeast side of Bear river in 1S64and succeeded in raising a good crop at 446 LATTER-DAY SAINT Montpelier. In the fall of that yearhe was called back to Cache valley,where he wintered at Richmond. To-gether with eight others, he went tomake a settlement at Weston, Idaho,in 1865. Christopher Funk was Bishopof the company, which was successfulin raising one crop. The Indians thencame and drove them away, but inMay. 1867, Bro. Maughan, togetherwith others, returned to Weston. was then called to be Bishop,as Bro. Funk did not return. Afterseveral years of hard pioneer work, in-cluding the building of bridges, diggingditches, fighting grasshoppers andcrickets, etc., the settlers succeeded infounding a flourishing village. In 1872Bro. Maughan was ordained a High. Priest by Jefferson Hunt and JohnBoise, and in December, 1875, he andothers were advised to go south for ashort time. Pres. Brigham Young calledElder Maughan to accompany H. Hatch and labor amongthe Zuni Indians. He labored amongthem one year and then returned toWeston, where he still resides and isthe present postmaster of the Maughan, though over seventy-one years old, is still vigorous both inmind and body. called into the local ministry; ordaineda Priest in February, 1874, and an El-der May 31, 1874; labored as a mission-ary in the Skone conference aboutthree years, and emigrated to Utah,in 1877. After residing in that State
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