Sixth Generation:
Solomon Wixom, son of Reuben Hiram, b. March 26, 1809, in the township of Hector, then in Seneca County, now in the county of Schuyler, New York; d. March 1, 1879 at Paris, Idaho. He was a Mormon and a polygamist, and married five times as follows:
1st, January 24, 1833, near Eugene, Vermillion County, Ind.; m. to Matilda Johnson, (b. October 15, 1813, in Kentucky; d. February 21, 1834, in Vermillion County, Ind.), daughter of Presley and Margaret Johnson.
2nd, February 15, 1836, in Schuyler County, Illinois, m. to Sarah Avery (b. December 12, 1817, in Penn.; d. January 3, 1849, at Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa), daughter of Daniel Avery and Sarah Alice Dean.
3rd, January 18, 1846, at Council Bluffs, Iowa, m. to Harriet L. Teeples (b. October 15, 1830, in Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan; d. October 6, 1911, at Eden, Weber, Utah), daughter of George B. Teeples and Huldah Colby.
4th, February 20, 1851, at Cottonwood, Utah, m. to Hannah Montgomery, (b. July 28, 1830 at Ernston, Ontario, Canada; d. April 17, 1887 at Liberty, Idaho), daughter of Stephen Montgomery and Mary Snyder.
5th, June 19, 1853, at Salt Lake City, Utah, m. to Catherine Montgomery, b. June 1, 1819, at Ernston, Ontario, Canada; d. December 28, 1884, at Springville, Utah; daughter of Stephen Montgomery and Mary Snyder.
Solomon Wixom was one year old when he moved with his parents and two older brothers from the State of New York to Franklin County, Ohio; he was in his nineteenth year when the family moved from Ohio to Spring-field, Illinois.
A year or two after the family settled in Illinois Solomon's father purchased a horse and light wagon for the purpose and sent Solo-mon back to the place of the old home in Ohio to bring his grandmother (his mother's mother) to the Illinois home. But his grandmother had died the year before, and all that Solomon could bring back to Illinois was a sad message.
This incident in the life of Solomon Wixom must not be overlooked; for that long and lonesome journey must have given him courage and con-fidence in himself and his ability to cope with strangers; and soon after he commenced a career that called for much traveling.
After living in Springfield for two years the family moved to a place sixty miles north in Tazewell County, where a farm was purchased and everybody worked, but Solomon—for then and there Solomon entered on a new and remarkable career.
There was much activity in Tazewell and adjoining counties at that time on the part of the missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly called Mormons. Solomon Wixom became a convert to the new faith and the remainder of his life was spent among those people, sharing their trials and hardships and performing his part in a humble way in building the Mormon Empire.
At that time the Mormon people were trying to build up a new Zion in the western part of the State of Missouri, near what is now Kansas City. There we find Solomon Wixom in the year 1832. We read from his diary, "Was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on the 22nd of September, 1832 in Clay County, Missouri, by Elder Lyman Wight and confirmed by him on the water side." Then follows an ac-count of his journey back to Illinois. "After having set-tled up my affairs in Clay County, Missouri, I started with Brother William Jusic, an Elder, and William Legg, a priest, to go forth and preach the gospel, the glad tidings to my fellowmen, I being also an elder of the Church of the Latter-day Saints. We took leave of our brethren in Clay on the 30th of September and set forth down the Missouri River." At this time it will be remembered that he was but twenty-three years of age.
"September 1st we took our leave of the Dis-ciples in that place and came down the river Missouri till we came to Charlton and stayed all night at Br. John Forest's and there we met with Bros. Orson and William Pratt, Orson was sick of the fever and ague. We prayed for him and laid hands on him, and then we parted with them and came".... Here is the bottom of the second page. From the last date, September 1st, 1834, at Charlton, Missouri, there is nothing given until the 7th of July, 1835. On the first flyleaf of the book is the date, "Pekin, Illinois, March the 26th, 1835." It seems that that was the date that he commenced to write the book and the Town of Pekin is in Tazewell County, Illinois, where his parents and brothers then lived. He had been on a visit there. The remainder of the book is written with different ink, and in a bolder and more hurried style. Two days after he starts out again on his preaching he holds a meeting at Lewiston, forty miles southwest of his father's home…
"I held a meeting in the court house at Lewiston. I then went to Waterford, then up the Illinois bluff searching for the meek of the earth. I came to Aaron Roberd's; here I let my business be known. He invited me to hold meeting in his house. I left an appointment for preaching and then came to William Johnson's and a woman in the neighbor-hood sent for me to come and pray for her and lay hands on her. She was very sick. I laid hands on her in the name of Christ. She recovered. I then went to Moses Meeker's and when Sunday came (July 19, 1835), I held meeting at his house, and then the Tuesday following I held meeting at A, Roberd's. The next day I held meeting at William Johnson's and adminis-tered the sacrament…
"The next day being Friday the 6th of August, 1835, I met Theo. Jenkins, a Methodist, at William Myers for a public investigation of re-ligion; I spoke first on the Gospel, then he arose and in the spirit of anger contended against the faith of the Church of Latter-day Saints and concluded by reading some man's comment on false prophets &c. I then arose to answer the objections he had of the faith of the Saints, but he would not hear, but went out, muttering as he went. Some few of his followed him, but a majority of the congregation stayed, and like men seeking for truth were attention till I had finished my discourse, which observations were given to the entire satisfaction of all that were pres-ent. I then had doors plenty opened for preaching. I then visited the sick till Thursday, then held meeting at Mr. Lofton's at 12 o'clock, and at 4 o'clock at William Johnson's. I then visited the sick till Thurs-day, then held meeting at Mr. Lofton's. The next day I laid hands on Sister Bemis's child, sick of a fever, and held meeting at J. Cozad's…
"Then on Thursday I held meeting at George Bennett's. After I was done, John Jenkins, a Methodist priest, arose full of malice and opposed my discourse and in the most abusive language stated that I was an imposter and for proof of the same brought up paper of the day concerning Jo Smith and railed against the Book of Mormon and against the ordinances of the Gospel, saying that they were not essential to salvation and thus the people became disgusted with him, so all became confusion. I made a short reply, and so the meeting closed. But honor be to God and the lamb; truth will out its way and over all will prevail…
"The same evening Window came and gave our appointment to preach on Mormonism the next day, and the next day we came to hear the said Win-dow expose our faith. He agreed to occupy only two hours and then give way for me, but he violated his promise and occupied four hours and the people became weary and dissatisfied at his proceedings, and the most of them went away before he finished his lingo of stuff. I then arose and made some few remarks, but for the want of time I could not say much. I told the people that if they would come out the same evening at candle light I would answer what had been said by the said Window. So at night a large congregation came to hear the response. I then commenced with his discourse, and to the astonishment of all present, by the assistance of the spirit of God, made the former discourse look black, which was its true color. The people were very attentive till I was through. I dis-missed the people and all seemed to move off in order; though before night I baptized James Howard, notwithstanding the opposition and power of Darkness which appeared to prevail…
"Then went to Avery's and baptized four more, Margaret Avery, the wife of William Avery, and Margaret, the wife of Dan Avery, and Sarah Avery and Sarah her daughter, and at evening I confirmed them by laying on of hands.
"On Sabbath, the 7th of February, 1836, I held meeting at William Avery's then labored in the shop at chair making off and on from time to time when I had no meetings to attend to through the winter before this time as well as after; on Wednesday I held meeting at Father Avery's, and next day at J. Owens's and on the next Sabbath, the 14th, I had no meeting appointed; and the next day, Monday, the 14th of February, 1836, I was married to Sarah Avery; the Wednesday following I was called to go and visit a woman that was sick. She was the wife of Luke Owen. I prayed for her and laid hands on her and through faith she was healed…
"On the next Thursday I started to Quincy to enter a piece of land, and arrived at home on the 28th of the same; and on the next day I began to cut logs for my house, so I labored that week at my house, and on the next Sabbath, being the 6th of March, I held meeting at Mr. Comb's. This week I spent working at my temporal concerns…
"April the first I went to Brother J. T. Earl's to help him to move, brought one load. And on the 3rd (it being the Sabbath), I held meeting at Ira Owen's. Then I built a house for B. Earl, and helped him move to my house, and on the 10th (Sabbath) I held meeting at Ira Owen's…
"The next day I started to go to Tazewell County, Illinois, and came to Reed's Landing, went on board the steamboat Helanmar, and on the next day about 10 o'clock she arrived at Pekin. I then went ashore and went out to my brother, Jesse Wixom, found them well. What pleasure it is for friends to meet after they have been absent a considerable time! I then went to Brother Rich's and then got my things together and on the 21st I got them to Pekin and went on board the steamboat American, bound for St. Louis, arrived at Beard's Landing the next day about 10 o'clock, then came on home, and on the next Monday I went to the river with a wagon and horses to move my things home…
"I held meeting at G. Butterfield's. The Wednesday following I laid hand on Brother William Avery's child. It was scalded very bad. The fire came out and in the morning it was perfectly well. Also I laid hands on Mother Avery. She was afflicted, and on my wife and child. They all recovered immediately, and on Friday Elizabeth and Mariah Butterfield brought their children to me. They were afflicted. One had lost the use of her arm, the other had never been well from its mother's womb. They both recovered immediately, to the astonishment of all that knew the circumstances. This was effected by the prayer of faith and the laying on of hands in the name of the Lord. The following Saturday I held meeting at Father Avery's at 12 o'clock, and at Rhine's in the town of Rushville at evening…
"The next day (Sabbath) held meeting with William Clark at Mr. Todd's, and at night at Father Avery's, and then worked at try temporal business till the first of April, 1837. I was sick the next day. I held meetings at Father Avery's, and on Wednesday I was very sick with fever and rheuma-tism and inflammation in my head. Brother Earl and Brother Howard came and laid hands on me and I continued sick till Sabbath. Brother Harvey Green laid hands on me and I recovered and went to meeting at Father Avery's. Brother Green preached. I then the next day prepared for the sale of my property, and on the 12th day of April we, Brother Dan and I, sold our property at auction, and then I fixed for going on a journey to my father's, and on the 16th (Sabbath) I held meeting at Father Avery's, and on Monday Brother Daniel Avery took the wagon and hauled me and my family to Reed's landing on the Illinois River, and I could not get on board of a boat conveniently and so we came back again and then prepared for moving as soon as we could to Zion. I settled with the people and repaired my wagon and team and on the 28th of April I started to come as far as Brother Earl's, and arrived at Brother Earl's the next day…
The next day (May 10th, 1837) we all started on for Missouri, thus we came on our way rejoicing and we came through the flourishing town of Quincy on the Mississippi River. We there crossed and came on through." Here follows an account of the journey to Far West, Missouri, with the adventures and preaching and baptizing on the way. Finally he reaches the Mormon settlement at Far West May 23, 1837.
"We all drove on to Bond Stephens's on Shoal Creek at the mouth of Mill Creek. Here I let my wagon stay. I looked around and found a place to buy and bought 40 acres of Brother Wright. This is the first day I got into the City of Far West, on the 25th of May, 1837. I moved on my place on the head of Log Creek. I went to work at clearing and planting my garden stuff and potatoes, going to mill and to meeting, and on the 4th of June I went to Far West to hear Brother T. C. Marsh, the President of the Twelve, and D. W. Patten and William Smith, both of the Twelve. I then heard them all preach, and on the next Sabbath I attended meeting at the school house. Brother Charles C. Rich and H. Green preached. This was the 11th of June, 1837. Continued my common busi-ness till the 3rd of July, 1837. I attended the meeting at Far West, helped dig the foundation of the Temple in Far West…
"November, 1837. I labored at the common business of the day, and on the 13th Brother Cowdery, Egovis and others came to my house on an ex-ploring expedition to the North, stayed all night…
"Then I heard of the excitement in Caldwell and Davis counties. I immediately moved back to Caldwell so as to be on hand for whatever might come. The excitement continued to increase till it broke out in a war between the mob and the Saints. I had the ague and was unable to do anything, but I prayed to the Lord to give me strength that I might help to defend His cause and His people. I was healed by the power of the God of Israel so that I went forth with the army of Israel. I was in the army at the taking of the cannon and on the hill a little of Adam Ondi Ahman on a rise of ground the cannon was placed. Brother Joseph gathered the army of Israel, formed a square, and the cannon was fired three rounds with the shout of Hosanna. At each fire of the cannon Joseph Smith, the prophet of the Lord, then drew his sword from its sheath, saying with a loud voice to all Israel, 'I have drawn my sword from its sheath and I swear by the living God that it never shall return again till I can go and come and be treated by others as they wish to be treated by me,' and all the army said ‘Amen.’
"The mob kept gathering and driving the Saints from the out set-tlements to Far West and Diahman till they had destroyed all their houses, farms, etc., till the Saints were all in those two places. On hearing that they had taken some of our brethren prisoners and were mis-erably abusing them, and had camped on Crooked River, David W. Patten, one of the Twelve Apostles, called out a company of the Saints and went to rescue them from the mob, which he did, and in that noble act he laid down his life. He fell close at my side, though after he fell he gave the countersign which God and liberty, and bid the little band of brethren to charge on the mob, which they did and soon routed them. They fled all directions for their lives. The prisoners were rescued. We re-turned to Far West, but four of our men were slain. This took place on the 25th of October in the year of our Lord 1838.
"In a few days the whole country was in arms. The mob, under cover of law, came near Far West, pitched their camp on Goose Creek, and sur-rounded the dwelling house where Brother Sharer used to live. There was at that time 5 or 6 women and children living in it. Among them was my wife, Sarah, and a child of only 2 years old. My wife was then almost to the time of delivery with the second child. On or about the last of Oc-tober the heads of the church were given up to the mob by Col. George M. Hinkle. The City of Far West was to be given up the next day. Early in the morning I had a short interview with Brother Hiram Smith. He advised me to leave the state forthwith. I sent for my wife, had a short inter-view with her, told her the counsel I had received. She said, ‘Go, make your escape, leave me in the hands of the Lord and the brethren.’ I took leave of her and the young child, not knowing that I ever should see them again, but I knew they were in the hands of an all-wise Providence. I went out of the city on the west, in company with six others, namely, Dime Huntington, Gad Yale, Morgan Gardner—the names of the other three I have forgotten.
"We took a Circuit route north through the Grindstone settlement, then crossed Grand River near the three forks. We then took into the In-dian country where we felt ourselves quite safe." He then goes on with a description of the hardships of the journey back to Illinois.
"I went to Schuyler County, Illinois. I arrived at Benjamin West's on or about the 20th of November. I was now among my wife's people. I made arrangements to send for my wife, and Green Butterfield started after them and in the month of February he brought them to Crooked River to her father's house. I spent my time preaching and labor-ing with my hands till my family came. In the time she was absent from me she was delivered of a son near Far West, but the Lord brought us to-gether again, although we were robbed of almost everything we had of an earthly nature, yet we felt rich and happy that our lives were spared till we met again.
"So I followed the common avocations of life, preaching the word to the people at every opportunity that offered, till in the year 1844. Sometime in the month of May we began to hear of the excitement in Nauvoo. There were all sorts of reports in circulation. The brethren would often ask me what it would amount to. I told them that I did not know, but to be still and tend to their own business and pray much and be humble. The Lord would bring all things right along. In the month of June the excitement got high. Our business was threatened and it seemed as though we were in danger. Orders were given to the military officers to have their men in readiness to march to Carthage if necessary. Then it was asked, should the Mormons in Schuyler be left at home while the others should go to fight the Mormons at Nauvoo? It was decided, however, that the Mormons should be first into the ranks and go along with the militia to Carthage. On the 23rd or 24th of June we were all notified to be on the parade grounds, armed and equipped, according to law. I visited the brethren, told them it was best to go, so they came out and went with the militia. I took a yoke of oxen and wagon to carry the bag-gage. I obtained a pledge from Capt. Bryant Brown that he would not let his men abuse us, inasmuch as we belonged to his company and were under his charge.
"We arrived at Carthage on the 25th of June, stayed there till the 27th. In the time we were there I saw the prisoners marched out of the Jail, surrounded by the Carthage Grays, then marched to the Court House in the midst of cursing and swearing of the multitude—some spitting at them, some threatening their lives. They looked like devils in human form. However, the prisoners were not kept long in the Court House but were soon marched back to jail.
"On the 27th Company was dismissed and started for home. Left Car-thage at 11 o'clock a.m. Went in small companies. The brethren kept together with some half a dozen others that were our near neighbors and disposed to be our friends, excepting one. His name was Benj. West. He raised a report that those that were friendly to us were as bad as the Mormons. This caused some excitement in the camp, and to make it still worse, they had a bottle of whiskey along. When we got about six miles from Carthage the row began between the said West and a man by the name of James Lynn. They were both in the wagon. Lynn jumped onto West, pounded him, tore his eyes half out of his head; finally the oxen got frightened and stampeded, and before the men could part them. West was well nigh turning the corner. So much for that; he fell in the ditch he dug for his neighbor.
"We came on homewards about 10 miles and stopped for the night. All went to bed quiet and nice, but I could not sleep. My mind was in trouble, there was none to free my mind to. If at any time they saw two of us talking together, they were jealous of us. So I lay in deep thought. What will they do with our brethren in prison? All was still. It was about ten o'clock in the evening when I heard the distant sound of a horse on the gallop. It came nearer and nearer. I thought, 'What does this mean?' Soon it came to the door.
“A man's voice was heard rather in an excited tone, 'Ha lo!'
“I arose, opened the door; ‘What is the matter?’
“The answer came, 'Joseph and Hiram are killed.’”
There are many details recited in that book of the writer's travels and sermons, all displaying the intensity of his feelings and devotion to his religious work, with an entire freedom from egotism. A deep sincerity marks every page. The student of psychology can readily account for the high tension of Solomon's mind the night the messenger brought the news of the death of the Mormon leaders. The telepathic mes-sage of evil tidings came to Solomon's mind before the arrival of the horseman with the verbal message. Solomon Wixom must have been highly gifted with psychic powers or he could never have accomplished what he did in his preaching and curing the sick.
In the autumn of 1844 he moved from Schuyler County to Nauvoo. Two years later the Mormons were on their way to the West, and so was Solomon Wixom. Leaving his family at the village of Farmington, in Iowa, about 25 miles from Nauvoo, he proceeded to Council Bluffs, on the Mis-souri River, where he could be most useful in helping to build shelters for the emigrants on their way west. There was another village built on the Nebraska side of the river called "Winter Quarters," and both were kept up for many years as stopping places for emigrants on their way to Utah. There Solomon Wixom remained for more than three years, and there he had plenty to do. It was there that he married his plural wife, Har-riet L. Teeples, January 18, 1846; and there on the 15th of January, the following year, a son was born to that union and was christened Seth James.
A year later the parents of the wife Harriet were preparing to proceed on the westward journey and she desired to go with them; but the wife Sarah was in poor health, and unable to endure the hardships of the long journey, and Solomon could not leave her. It was therefore arranged that the wife Harriet and her little son, Seth James, then a year old, should go on to Utah with her parents, and the husband would remain and care for the wife Sarah and her two little sons until such time as Sarah would be able to make the journey. That was the spring of 1848. A year passed. Sarah did not recover, but died on the 3rd day of January, 1849.
In the spring of 1849, as early as the weather would permit, Sol-omon Wixom joined a caravan bound for Utah. He had two little boys. Justin Chauncey, ten years of age, and Solomon Avery, three. Those two boys were the fortune and hope of the father, and they made good. One of them became the Puritan of the flock and the other became the Cavalier. The little boys were packed into one of the wagons of the train and the father walked. He seems to have enjoyed the hardships of the journey, and the hardships generally of frontier life.
It may be that the wife Harriet lost confidence in her husband in the long wait for him to come to Utah; and it may be that the mother-in-law's influence prevailed, for there was some friction there. Be that as it may, when Solomon arrived in Utah he discovered that his wife Har-riet had secured a divorce from him by some kind of church procedure and had married another man, named David Sessions; and the infant son, Seth James, was rechristened "James Monroe Sessions," adopting the name of his stepfather.
In that thinly settled country with few people, long distances to travel, poor communications, and much moving about, the Wixoms and Sessions families soon lost track of each other; and for nearly three-quarters of a century this son of Solomon was lost to the other descen-dants of his father. But in the year 1921 and the early part of the following year, strenuous efforts were made by the other descendants of Solomon to find the long lost boy and induce him to join their family circle. He was found and has joined the circle. And James Monroe Ses-sions, in the seventy-sixth year of his age, met in family reunion at Paris, Idaho, the other descendants of his father. That was in about 1923.
Seventh Generation:
Joseph Morgan Wixom, son of Solomon, b. November 10, 1856, at Lehi, Utah; d. May 17, 1917, at Montpelier, Idaho; m. July 1, 1880, at Salt Lake City, Utah, to Elvira Sarah Ricks (b. December 5, I860, at Logan, Utah; d. March 26, 1932), daughter of Lewis Ricks and Amorette Allen.
Joseph M. Wixom was the sportsman of his father's family. He be-gan the art at a youthful age, and he had to begin young in order to ac-quire the wonderful proficiency he reached in later life. As a fisher boy he was a marvel. Whenever a high Mormon official visited Paris, Idaho and called on Solomon Wixom, Solomon would call his son Joe and direct him to go down to the brook and catch a mess of trout for dinner. Then Joe would start on a trot with his rod and line for the brook and return in a remarkably short time with a supply of trout. The trout seemed to be hungry at all times to grab the hook that Joe Wixom cast to them, for it seems that he always caught many of them in a short time.
When he grew to manhood he was gifted with enormous energy. Dur-ing one winter he made a contract with a sawmill company to saw all the logs that he would bring to the mill. And in that contract it was pro-vided that Joe would keep the mill supplied with all the logs that the mill could saw. That contract provided a penalty that in the event Joe failed to supply enough logs to keep the mill busy all the time, Joe must pay the wages of the mill hands during the time they should be idle for want of logs to saw. Joe had quite a number of men felling trees and cutting them into logs, and others with ox teams hauling the logs to the mill It happened on a Friday that several of the teamsters broke their ox yokes, and a delay in the hauling of logs to the mill seemed inevi-table. The making of new yokes would take time and it appeared that the mill must stand idle Saturday. The mill men were rejoicing over the prospect of a holiday at Joe's expense.
The joke seemed to be on Joe, but he was equal to the emergency. He put his men to work at cutting an enormous tree, and placed on the skids at the mill the butt-cut of that tree. It was too large for the mill to handle without loss of time and profit, but it complied with the contract. This scheme on Joe's part gave him time to make new yokes for the Monday morning rush.
Joseph M. Wixom was a farmer in Bear Lake County, Idaho, and he always kept some fine horses. When driving on the public roads it was always a losing game for any other driver of a team when he attempted to pass Joe Wixom on the road.
Joseph M. Wixom was always generous in spirit, kindly and generous toward all who met him, always pushing his work with more than ordinary energy, and was generally successful in his undertakings. He would some-times drive a sharp bargain but always honorable in his dealings and always full of fun.
His residence was at the head of Emigration Canyon which extended from Bear Lake Valley, Idaho, to Cache Valley, Utah. He had a large barn with plenty of feed and extra stalls for the horses of travelers who hap-pened along the road in need of rest and shelter. Those people were al-ways taken care of, fed and sheltered in the house, and their horses re-ceived the same generous treatment in the barn. For such accommodation Joe Wixom would never take a cent in payment.
Joseph M. Wixom did everything in his power to secure for his children a liberal education.
Elvira Sarah Ricks Wixom was born at Logan, Utah, a daughter of Lewis and Amorette Allen Ricks. Lewis Ricks was one of the three men called to explore Bear Lake for the purpose of a pioneer settlement. When Elvira was three years old, she went to Bear Lake with her parents. When she was thirteen years old her mother died, leaving a baby four days old. Elvira, being the oldest one in the family, had to work very hard helping her father raise the other six children.
On July 1, 1880 she was married to Joseph Morgan Wixom in the old Endowment House in Salt Lake City. Four years later this couple moved close to Emigration Canyon and took up a homestead of 320 acres. They built a house there that was considered a very nice home for that time.
Other settlers soon followed the Wixoms, and the town was given the name of Sharon, after the birthplace of the Prophet Joseph Smith. Her son Lewis was the first child born in Sharon. She was the first Sun-day School teacher and the first Relief Society Secretary in the Ward, and a first counselor in the Primary. Elvira always helped with the sick and gave freely to the poor, as she was blessed with more worldly goods than were most of her neighbors.
She was the mother of thirteen children, six of whom passed away before her. On March 26, 1932, she died and was survived by seven children, forty grandchildren and six great grandchildren. She is buried in the Preston, Idaho cemetery. Children:
Joseph Leroy, b. January 9, 1883; d. January 27, 1920.
Lewis Ezra, b. February 6, 1885; d. July 3, 1953.
Frank Solomon, b. June 6, 1887; d. December 29, 1918.
Hannah Amoretta, b. September 15, 1889; d. November 23, 1949.
Ira, b. February 17, 1892; d. October 29, 1892.
Esther Elvira, b. October 31, 1893, Idaho; m. December 21, 1921, to Walter Aaron Tippets, who served in U.S. Army in the World War 1917-1918.
Jesse Earl, b. December 1, 1895, Idaho; d. November 6, 1955, Calif.; m. May 10, 1920, Utah, to Adaline T. Chapman. Enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1917 for the World War.
Nora Ella, b. February 2, 1898.
Ida Lucille, b. March 19, 1900.
Ruby Mildred, b. August 19, 1902; d. February 2, 1919.
Vera Orena, b. April 3, 1905.
Clarence Ricks, b. January 12, 1909; d. January 20, 1930.
Eighth Generation:
Hannah Amoretta Wixom Tippets, daughter of Joseph, b. September 15, 1889, at Liberty, Idaho; d. November 23, 1949, at Ogden, Utah; m. June 17, 1908 in the LDS Temple at Logan, Utah to Joseph Maurice Tippets (b. January 9, 1883 at Brigham City, Utah), son of Joseph William Tippets and Nellie Rosenbaum. Children:
Lucile, b. June 24, 1909, Idaho; m. June 20, 1928, to Ammon Francillo Bassett.
Nellie Elvira, b. November 19, 1911, Idaho; m. January 3, 1943, to David Ira Haddon.
Alice Maurine, b. November 21, 1913.
Reed Joseph, b. May 12, 1916, Idaho; m. February 19, 1947 in LDS Temple, Utah, to Ruby Noyes.
Ray Maurice, b. May 12, 1916.
Mildred, b. February 1, 1919.
Gene Wixom, b. December 26, 1921; m. June 1955 to Vera Atkinson.
Mary LaRue, b. March 21, 1923.
John, b. May 6, 1925.
Joseph, b. May 6, 1925.
Thad Ricks, b. October 10, 1927.
Wayne Harrison, b. July 20, 1930.
Lewis Allen, b. August 29, 1933.
Ninth Generation:
Alice Maurine Tippets Harrison, daughter of Hannah, b. November 21, 1913, at Georgetown, Idaho; m. August 15, 1933, at Salt Lake City, Utah, to Leslie Alfred Harrison (b. May 2, 1916, at Osmond, Neb.), son of Otto Harrison and Fannie Henderson. Children born at Osmond, Lincoln County, Wyoming Children:
NaDee, b. July 27, 1934.
Darlene, b. May 16, 1936.
Marilyn, b. September 23, 1938.
Virden Leslie, b. August 15, 1940.
Adele, b. June 22, 1942.
Dennis, b. September 30, 1944.
Vickie, b. June 1, 1948.
Karla, b. December 2, 1952.