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From: "Douglas Neibaur" <>
Subject: Jex
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 19:27:55 -0700


JEX, WILLIAM (son of William Jex and Ann Ward of Norfolk, Eng.). Born Sept.
5, 1831, Crostwick, Norfolk, Eng. Came to Utah Sept. 30, 1854, Darwin
Richardson company.
Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, p.966
Married Eliza Goodson Feb. 22, 1854 (daughter of John Goodson and Sarah
Trexon), who was born Jan. 1, 1826, and [p.967] came to Utah with husband.
Their children: Sarah Ann Trexon (adopted) b. April 1, 1851, m. Joshua
Brockbank March 7, 1868; Emma Eliza b. Oct. 11, 1855, m. Robert W. McKell
Feb. 28, 1876; Alice Velat b. Aug. 28, 1857, m. Henry J. McKell Jan. 9,
1879; Rosetta Coreline b. March 30, 1859, m. Heber Robertson Dec. 18, 1880;
Artemesia Jane b. Oct. 6, 1860, m. Lars O. Lawrence May 13, 1880: Richard
Henry b. April 7, 1862, m. Ruth Jex Feb. 24, 1886; George Hyrum b. Dec. 28,
1863, m. Burl Christena Larsen Jan. 3l, 1889; Ann Melinda b. Sept. 25, 1865,
m. Albert T. Money Jan. 9, 1889; Hanna Eliza b. Oct. 6, 1867, m. Roswell
Bradford March 22, 1893; John William b. Oct. 5, 1867, m. Emily Hedquist
March 22, 1893; Heber Charles b. Aug. 12, 1871, m. Emeline Bird Dec. 23,
1898.
Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, p.967
Married Jemima Cox Jan. 1865, Salt Lake City (daughter of George Cox and Ann
Elizabeth Newby), who was born Jan. 15, 1836, in Leicestershire, Eng. Their
children: George William b. Dec. 3, 1865, d. Oct. 25, 1866; James Henry b.
Oct. 4, 1867, d. Jan. 3, 1879; Jemima Sophia b. Dec. 22, 1869, d. Feb. 24,
1879; David Walter b. April 23, 1872, d. Jan. 3, 1885. Families resided at
Spanish Fork, Utah.
Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, p.967
Senior president 50th quorum seventies 20 years; high priest; presided over
Norwich conference 1885; missionary to England 1883; presiding teacher
Spanish Fork ward several years. Worked on Salt Lake temple in 1854. Took
active part in early Indian troubles and in Echo Canyon campaign 1857.
Chosen to supervise the work of opening up roads into canyons near Spanish
Fork; had charge of co-op. saw mill for a time; general watermaster 1861-62;
city councilman and school trustee, Spanish Fork. Assisted financially in
bringing immigrants to Utah in 1910. Descendants number 110 grandchildren
and 59 great-grand-children. Made patriarch 1912.
Sign Doug Neibaur

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