Also listed as Andrew McKOOM in census records.
Ezekiel Brown's family lived in Green County, Pennsylvania for over fifty years. They owned and operated a sawmill for most of that time. They also owned and operated a grist mill. All of the Brown children were born in Green Township. Their home was a two-story frame home with a large fire place.
Ezekiel died of a heart attack on 20 November, 1848 at the age of 49. His family members subsequently converted to the Mormon Church and emigrated to Utah.
BIOGRAPHY: Catherine Slauson Brown was a widow when she converted to the Mormon church in July, 1850. She emigrated to Utah sin 1856. Her daughters went West in 1855 in the Milo Andrus wagon company, but for unknown reasons, Catherine remained behind and emigrated later in the Philemon Merrill Company, with Milo Andrus as captain over their group. She arrived in Salt Lake City on 18 August, 1856.
Catherine was known as a refined, gentle woman. She was a skilled seamstress and weaver, making beautiful bed spreads, rugs and fine linen. After relocating to Utah, she became the plural wife of Ira Ames, whom she has known as a missionary in Pennsylvania. He sold her crafts in his store. Catherine lived most of her life in Utah with her children and died in Trenton, Cache, Utah on 21 November 1895 at the age of 89.
The information in this biography is taken from "History of Andrew McCombs and his Two Wives, Lucy and Amelia Brown, and a Brief Look at Some of our Kin," by Jay L. Hepworth, published by Ricks College Press, August, 1967. The author credits a sketch of Catherine Slauson Brown written by Mary Rust Peterson for the information. Other information about Catherine comes from "Beneath the Casing Rock--The George Smith Rust Family," by Ethel R. Jensen, 1981, Provo, Utah: Steven's Genealogical Center.
BIOGRAPHY: Following his conversion to the Mormon Church, Francis Astle, along with his wife, Felicia Raynor Astle, and his son, John Astle, sailed for America. They sailed from Liverpool, England May 11, 1860 on the ship William Tapscott, with 731 passengers. The Tapscott landed in New York. The Astles lived in Philadelphia for two years, then went to Utah in the Joseph Horne Wagon Train, arriving 13 September 1862. Francis died at age 74 in Bear Lake, Idaho.
BIOGRAPHY: Following her conversion to the Mormon Church, Felicia Raynor Astle, along with her husband, Francis Astle, and her son, John Astle, sailed for America from Liverpool, England May 11, 1860. They sailed on the ship William Tapscott, with 731 passengers. The Tapscott landed in New York. The Astles lived in Philadelphia for two years, then went to Utah in the Joseph Horne Wagon Train, arriving 13 September 1862. Felicia died at age 70 in Montpelier, Idaho. She was the mother of 6 children.
BIOGRAPHY: Elizabeth Simpson (Haigh) Bradshaw came to America on ship Horizon, which sailed from Liverpool on May 25, 1856, with 856 passengers. Edward Martin was the representative for the Mormon Church for the voyage. She and her five children (two from her first marriage and 3 from her second) came west with the ill-fated Martin handcart company, arriving in Salt Lake City on 30 November 1856. The Martin handcart company left Iowa late in the season, ill-equipped with handcarts constructed of green wood. The company had many older people in it and suffered many delays during its trek to the west. In October, 1856, a huge, early storm swept through the Great Plains. It was a huge blow to the company, causing delay and many deaths. Food was scarce and rations of flour were cut to 2 ounces a day. Eventually, rescuers from Salt Lake City set out with food and wagons to save the pioneers in the Martin company, as well as the Willie handcart company which was ahead of the Martin Company, and the Hunt wagon company. Hundreds of people in the Willie, Hunt and Martin companies died, in one of the worst tragedies of the American Westward Movement. However, Elizabeth and all five of her children made it safely to Salt Lake City. For additional information about this courageous woman, see:
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[LDS Ancestral File indicates a baptism date of 1 APR 1857, which may be a rebaptism date.]