SAMUEL DANIEL WILLIAMS AND ELIZABETH ANN PRICE WILLIAMS HISTORY

Compiled by Robert C. Stephens (Great-Grandson) with contributions from histories by Mary Ann Williams Jenkins (Daughter). Earl J. Thomas (Great-Grandson) and Margaret Caldwell Passey (Grand-Daughter). The book, The Samaritans, as found in the Family History Department of the LDS Church is another source of history concerning this family.

Samuel Daniel Williams was born April 10, 1826 at Llandeilorfan, Brinnellon Farm, Breconshire South Wales. He was the son of Ruth Jones and Daniel Williams. His grandparents were William Jones and Mrs. Margaret Jones and Roderick and Elizabeth Wililams.

He embraced the gospel when a young, single man. Aunt Margaret Passey wrote in a history that “when he was 14 he and a group of other boys heard about some missionaries coming to their town and they would hold a street meeting. These boys decided it would be fun to go and cause a disturbance by pounding on their hard high silk hats. As the meeting progressed, grandfather became interested in what they were saying and wanted to hear more so he moved away from the group and went to the front. He liked what they had to say and attended many of their meetings. He had one problem, this same group of boys used to lie in wait for him to get out of a meeting and then chase him home. But grandfather said if he could get a minute head start he could outrun them. Several years later he was baptized on November 10, 1848 by Johnathan J. Thomas. It is not prudent to try to record the various times our ancestors (including Samuel) were re-baptized because in those days they did it often. We have him being re-baptized after coming to Salt Lake, he was re-baptized on April 1, 1869 by Dick Morse and confirmed 4 April 1869 by James Thomas, and then when Bishop Dunford called many of the brethren of Samaria to renew their covenants by baptism Samuel D. Williams was the third one baptized again on November 23, 1877. He withdrew from the church and was baptized as a member in full standing on 15 October 1893. And how many more time, we do not know. Sufficient to say that we know he was baptized in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

He married Ann Price November 1850. She was born on his birthday, April 10, 1826. They grew up on neighboring farms. She was as Latter-day Saint before her marriage. To this union were born four children, Daniel, Mary Ann, Ruth and Samuel John. He planned to come to America before his children were born, and sold everything from the farm and paid the first payment for passage to America.

While preparation were being made to make the voyage, grandmother Ann Price Williams fell from the loft in the barn to the floor and was so badly injured that they had to give up the trip at that time. However, Grandmother was consoled by seeing in a dream the suffering and deaths of the Saints on the plains. When she awoke from the dream, she told grandfather what she had seen and he said that he believed it was well they had not gone as the Saints were starving and suffering so and dying on the plains. That was in 1853.

Uncle Daniel Williams was born 3 February 1853 in Llandeilorfan and then Aunt Mary Ann Williams (Jenkins) was born 25 August 1854. She said that they “lived on a rented farm in a big rock house with an upstairs (Top Glass Farm.) The windows were set in with led and it faced the south. The floor was of material similar to cement (large flat stones.) Larger rock tablets were in front of the fireplace in which we burned peat. Peat was the dark earth that Father cut and dried in chunks. There was a big stream of water running through the dooryard but we were not allowed to catch the fish. It was against the law. We had ducks, geese, chickens, cows, horses and sheep on the place.” She also said that in the spring we had to gather rocks and beat manure with a flat toothed rake and scatter it around on the ground. In summer we had to heard cows from grain and hay. We had to keep them on the grazing ground until the hay and grain were put up. When the cows had their fill and would lie down, then we would hunt birds nests in the tall grass and native brush. There was an abundance of wild flowers that we gathered. All hay was cut with the scythe, and we had to rake the lightest side of the swath over the heaviest. It had to be down clean. We also had to shock the grain, first in two bundles, then in for. In the winter we had to knit stockings to sell. I never was in school until I was twelve years of age as we lived too far away.” Samuel stayed with his family fifteen years longer than he had planned. While there, Ruth was born 27 March 1857 and Samuel John on 2 May 1865.

Mary Ann continues with her history, “In the spring before I was twelve in August my mother died. She died suddenly in the night of April 27, 1866. My little brother wasn’t a year old until May 2^nd. Mother was forty years old on the 10^th of April. Father called us and lifted us down from the stairs telling us our mother was dying. He then put us on the bed beside her while he went for help. There we sat, my sister, baby brother and myself by our dead mother in a lonely farm house until he was able to bring back friends to the saddened home. She was buried 30 April, 1866 at the churchyard of Cefnarthen Independent Chapel (called “K”) near the place where the children were born. The chapel faced north and Mother was buried on the east side of the church yard.

“My mother was a heavy set, blue-eyed woman with dark brown hair. She was a well-build, good looking lady. Her teeth were in good condition when he died. She had embraced the Gospel when she was a girl. My father also belonged to the Church before his marriage. I heard him say that he had collected a great many songs o the day such as were being sung by the young folks. When he embraced the Gospel he burned them all thinking they were nonsense. My father was about five feet nine or ten inches in height. He had black, easily waved hair, light brown eyes. He was slender when young and became heavy-set with age.

An incident is related of Grandfather’s greatness. He had gone one evening to call on friends and left Mary, Ruth and Samuel John home on the farm. When bed time came, Ruth said she would sit by the fireplace and wait for father to come home. Mary, taking Sammie on her arm and candle in the other hand, went up stairs to bed. Mary was twelve, Ruth eleven, and Sammie one y ear old. She was not gone long when Ruth called in a cold frightened voice, “Mary.” Mary answered and Ruth said “There is someone here on the floor, like a man.” Mary picking up Sammie went down the stairs to her sister. They were crying and frightened when grandfather opened the door and in a stern voice said, “Who is here?” “I met the fellow down by the field gate when I was coming home.” He stood in the center of the floor and commanded all the unclean spirits to leave the dwelling in the name of the Son, Jesus Christ. He was a true believer in the Gospel and had many experiences with the power of Satan.

Mary Ann said, “Just at first after mother’s death we got on as well as we could, then Aunt Ann, Uncle Roderick’s wife, came to stay with us until my brother could walk. The first batch of bread I made I had to put the pan on the floor as I wasn’t tall enough to reach it on the table.”

Samuel Daniel married Elizabeth Parry 25 November 1866.She was born 1 May 1845 (19 years younger than Samuel and only nine years older than Mary Ann) in Pentre-Landilo, Carmarthenshire, South Wales. She was the daughter of Mary and John Parry. She was baptized the same day Samuel Daniel was re-baptized on April 1, 1869 by Richard Morse and confirmed April 4, 1869 by David W. Davis. She was also re-baptized by Samuel Daniel Williams on 18 May 1878.

They moved from the farm right after the marriage. Mary Ann said, “We sold our things at an auction. We moved to a village and here I had my first chance to go to school. The next spring we moved to an old farm house. Here there were all kinds of fruit trees – apples, pears, prunes, damsel plums, green gages, and berries. There were native blackberries, raspberries and strawberries, also walnut and hazelnut trees. My step-mother  and I used to gather the hazelnuts and sell them. A lady on a burro came to the house to buy the nuts. She was called a huckster.

On 22 March 1867 Elizabeth Ann was born and they stayed in Wales another year, until 1868. “In 1868 we auctioned off our household goods. And left Wales June 3^rd, 1868. It was a beautiful spring morning. I didn’t want to leave that verdant land.”

Grandfather never intended to leave Daniel in Wales, but when he went to grandfather Price to get his son to bring him to America, grandfather Price, with tears in his eyes said, “Samuel if you take the boy from me it will break my heart.” So, grandfather Williams left his son with his grandfather Price. It is said that upon returning home from this errand he came to the top of the hill and stopped and looked back over the farm that he would never see again. As he stood where he could see his little boy driving the cows home. Realizing that this was the last time he would ever see his son in this life, great grief took possession of him and he fell to the ground and wept in agony and sorrow because he was leaving his eldest son in Wales forever. It was hard treatment for grandfather, but he did for the Gospel’s sake. He never let Mary or Ruth see their brother before leaving Wales, as he knew the parting would be too hard for them. So the children never knew when they were seeing their brother for the last time.

Mary Ann continues, “We went on the train from talybont to Liverpool. We arrived there that night. We were father, step-mother, Ruth age 11, Samuel age 3, Lizzie over a year old and myself not quite 14, as I was 14 the day after we came to Salt Lake City. We went on board ship the 4^th of June. It was a sail called Old John Bright. We were on the sea six weeks and two day. The sea was very rough, at times and I was very sick. Our life on the ship was anything but pleasant. My step-mother was the only one who could speak English. We were allowed just a certain amount of provisions each day. We would fix it the best we could and take it up on deck to be cooked. We had oatmeal, split peas, bacon out of brine, hard tack, which is great big, flat biscuits as big as saucers and as hard as iron, very few potatoes, brown sugar and a very small portion of flour. The water was in large wooden kegs, which got very tale before the end of the journey. There was a man that used to come every day through the ship to clan and gather up trash. Etc. Articles he picked up were put in a barrel and then that afternoon were held up to be identified or sold. One day mother missed her black dress. She looked everywhere when she thought of the man that cleaned. She rushed up on the deck just in time to see her black dress being held up. She was certainly glad to get her best dress back again. I remember a lay getting buried in the sea and seeing the husband and the small children weeping. In after years I meet this man because he had married an aunt of my husband.”

“A steamer came out from land to get us from the ship. We landed in Castle Garden, now called Ellis Island, in New York harbor. We were examined by doctors. Then we were put on the steamer again and taken to the harbor of New York. We landed on the pier. The pier was cut over the water with no railing but a shed over it. we were there overnight and slept on the ground was we had to have our own bedding. That evening Mother went up town to get bread and cheese. She saw some tomatoes and thought they were some nice fruit, so she bought some. We tried to eat them but couldn’t . That was our first experience with tomatoes. We saw our first bar of ice here, also. Next day brother Sammie came up missing. We were terribly worried as he could have easily fallen over the side of the pier. We looked every where when finally I ran along by the side of a railroad track and there he was across the track playing with some children. I was surely glad to get hold of his fat, dimpled hand, although I also felt like shaking him for running away. I saw a woman and a child crying. The husband had gone up town and drank too much beer, when coming back he walked off the pier and was drowned.

“Next day we boarded the train. When on the train we had to buy our food whenever the strain stopped long enough. At one stop Father sent me after fresh water. The stream coming from the fountain was small, and it took quite a little time to fill the container. I thought they expected me to get it full. Just as I turned I could see the train starting to move. I ran and a man reached down and grabbed me and lifted me onto the moving train. It was a close call. I often wondered what would have happened had I been left behind because I couldn’t speak a word of English. We crossed the Mississippi River on a steamboat. We then got on the train again. Some people died because of the heat after we crossed the river. We came as far as Laramie on the train traveling night and day. We stayed in Laramie a couple of days. The boys from Utah (the Horten D. Haight Co.) met us with their with wagons and mules to take us to Salt Lake City.

“We left Laramie July 27^th and arrived in Salt Lake August 24, 1868. All that were able to walk did so sometimes the man driving our wagon pointed for me to ride beside him for a while. We traveled over mountainous country. Sometimes there was sand up to the hub of the wagon. The drivers had brought supplies to feed us, also a herd of cattle. A beef was killed every day. Each family was allowed an amount of food according to the number in the family. Food was cooked on bonfires made with buffalo chips. We had to travel every day until we could get water. We saw a herd of buffalo at a distance. We saw an antelope one day when passing through a hallow. I saw no snakes. We saw some choke cherries and gooseberries in the hallows. The stage used to pass carrying the mail. We would have to turn out for it to go by. At night they formed a circle with the wagons and in the morning the mules were driven into the circle to harnessed. The mules were allowed to graze out at night under guard.

“We arrived in Salt Lake at the old tithing yard. It was where the Hotel Utah (Joseph Smith Memorial Building) now stands. Father had measles on the plains I had started to come down with measles so had to stay a week in the tithing yard.

“We came from Salt Lake with a man named John Ellis with an ox team to Brigham City, where my grandfather and grandmother Williams lived. (His parents and brother John had been in America fifteen years before Samuel and his family came). Just after getting to Grandfather’s I had mountain fever. I was very sick and my hair all fell out. I had my bed in Grandfather’s calf pen. It had a little roof on, but my bed was on the ground. I was up walking around when Uncle John Williams came down from Malad with a mule team after us. When we got to Malad, we had a place to sleep in a dugout. Father made bunks in it. Uncle John just had on room with a dirt floor and my Aunt Jane had one room with a half board floor that was used for the grain bin. The room was divided in half where the stove, table and cupboard were. The bed had to be made on the grain. Uncle John had come to the country in 1853. He was a blacksmith. Elvira, my cousin (later Mrs. James Harrison) was very good in helping me learn the English language. In about a year I could do very well. However, many a laugh they had on me when I called my toes thumbs.

Mary Ann went to work immediately for many of the people in Malad as she helped the mothers when babies were born and had to “mild cows, feed pigs, help churn, mop, wash, iron and knit.” One of those mothers was “Mrs. Hannah Caldwell’s where she stayed from January 1974 to the time that aunt Margaret Elizabeth (Jones) was born in April 1874. She was married to John Jenkins on November 1, 1875.

Grandfather moved his family to Samaria the first spring after he arrived in Malad in 870, where he homesteaded and spent many days picking and burning sage on the land. He lived the rest of his life quiety and peacefully in Samaria. Their first home in Samaria was a one-room log house with a dirt roof and floor. This was where the rest of the family were born (ten children). His first child born in Samaria was our grandmother, Margaret who was born 18 May 1870.

Samuel Daniel was a natural bone specialist and did a great deal of charity work among the people of the valley. Grandfather Williams was a prince among men and was highly respected by all who knew him. Aunt Margaret Passey said, “I remember my mother telling me many time of his (Samuel Daniel Williams) goodness to the Indians in the Malad Valley. Often they would come down out of the mountains just at milking time and do a war dance around the corral until grandfather would give them most of the mild that had been milked that evening. Her brothers became very bitter about it, but grandfather knew if they wanted to live in peace they had to make every effort to get along with the Indians.”

Even though he did not speak English, he accepted the call to serve as the 2^nd presiding Elder of the Samaria ward in 1869, Thomas S. Thomas was 1^st presiding Elder, who was sustained November 2, 1868. In March 1870, under direction of Samuel Daniel Williams, a church house was erected, which was used as the school house also. He served as presiding Elder for eleven years until the organized the Samaria Ward in 1880. Margaret Passey said, “The day grandfather was to be sustained as presiding Elder in Sacrament meeting, the first Presiding Elder, Thomas Thomas, stood up in the congregation and began to speak in tongues. Grandfather Williams was moved by the spirit and gave the interpretation in perfect English and from that day on he spike without even a Welsh brogue. The Lord blessed him with the gift of the English language for his faithfulness.” It can be said that he was a true Latter-day Saint, a peaceful neighbor, a good citizen and a loving and tender father. “Before he passed away he had requested the funeral not be held unless his son Sammy was there. After passing (quietly August 27, 1900), word was sent to Sammy who was herding sheep many miles from home, but the day of the funeral he had not arrived. The family did not know what to do. My mother walked to the front gate to look down the road and she had a vision and could see Sammy several miles form home on a give out horse. She went back and told the others. The funeral was postponed, someone was sent after Sammy and they found him at exactly the same place mother had seen in the vision. They didn’t think anyone would come back the next day for the funeral as people had to travel many miles to attend. The day of the funeral there were over 100 white top buggies lined up around the church house.” – Margaret Passey. He was buried at Samaria. His life is worthy of adoration and he lives forever in eternity. “Grandfather was of medium height, a heavy set man, dark complexion, even tempered and kind to his family.” – Earl J. Thomas.

The following was taken from Samaria Ward Records:

The first school and church building used in Samaria was a log building. Following are the minutes of a meeting held to decide on the building.

“November 1869: Minutes of a meeting of the people for the purpose of building a meeting house, a place of worship for the Latter-day Saints. First, that it should be built on lot one (1), block (2), six sixteen (16) by twenty-two (22) feet in the clear and be built of logs. Second, that it should be built by donation. That individuals shall donate as he feels, without laying any restrictions on anyone. Third, that after it is build it shall be delivered to the charge of the trustees who shall be selected annually, which trustees shall be held responsible that no misdemeanor or indecency shall be carried on, in or around this house. That it shall be kept clean and worthy of a place of worship. Fourth that we will lend this house to the trustees of this school district for twelve months to keep school in.” This building was completed in March 1870. Samuel D. Williams was one of the first trustees and then was appointed as the 2^nd presiding Elder in December 1870. Samaria ward was organized October 31, 1880. January 1872, Samuel Williams and James Thomas were elected trustees for the meeting house for a term of one year from date.

Samuel Williams was elected supervisor May 12, 1873 to bring water to west side of Malad. Settlement Meetings are in Branch Records: Samuel D. Williams was appointed by Lorenzo Snow: On November 23, 1887: Many member renewed their covenants by baptism. Bishop George Dunford said the “Lord required us to make restitution by renewing our covenants and by so doing we would show ourselves worthy of this privilege given.” The third person baptized that day was Samuel Daniel Williams by Brother R. Morse and confirmed by Bishop George Dunford. Samuel Daniel Williams had difficulty with two members over land which one fenced for the other. “Brother Williams said Brother Jensen in a kind and fatherly way, if he would give to Brother Thomas Evan a few acres of his land, that he (Brother S.D. Williams) would give to him a piece in order that Brother Evans could raise grain.” October 27, 1888 – Samuel Daniel Williams withdrew membership (with 20 others) in “Bishop Evan’s Church.” He was re-baptized 15 October 1893. Samuel Williams ordained to Elder march 10, 1898. Samuel Daniel Williams, High Pries, died August 27, 1900.

The following was taken from the Book, “Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah…Published in 1913: WILLIAMS, SAMUEL D. (son of Daniel Williams and Ruth Jones of South Wales: former, born 1761, latter 1759). He was born April 10, 1826, Brecknockshire, Wales. Came to Utah August 24, 1868. Horton D. Haight company. Married Ann Price in November, 1850 (daughter of Daniel Price), who was born April 10, 1826, and died in Wales. Their children: Daniel born Feb. 3, 1853; Mary born August 25, 1854, married John Jenkins Nov. 1, 1875; Ruth born march 27, 1857, married Jeremiah Hodge Williams December 29, 1875; Samuel John born May 2, 1865, married Fanny Williams December 14, 1898. Married Elizabeth Powell November 25, 1866; Llandilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales (daughter of John Perry and Mary Powell), who was born May 1, 1845 at Llandilo. Their children: Elizabeth born March 22, 1868, married Brigham Young Mansfield Feb. 6, 1883; Margaret born May 18, 1870, married William R. Caldwell Jan 1, 1889; Sarah Jane born August 23, 1871, married William Thomas Oct. 5, 1892, died January 1954; William Reece born February 13, 1873, died August 13, 1875; Joan born November 20, 1874 married Comer Thomas March 17, 1895; John born April 23, 1876, married Zina Landon February 13, 1901; Brigham born October 26, 1877; Ezariah born February 3, 1880, married Agnes Anthony December 27, 1902; Hannah, born August 13, 1881, married David B. Evans July 5, 1898; Ann born July 8, 1884, married David G. Huntsman August 6, 1902; Oliver born December 30, 1886. Families resided in Samaria, Idaho.

OBITUATY OF SAMUEL DANIEL WILLIAMS:

Deseret Evening news, Wednesday September 5, 1900, Page 7

            “Demise of Samuel D. Williams, a Church Veteran of 52 years. Samaria, Idaho – September 3, 1900. Samuel D. Williams an old and respected citized of this place, died August 28^th, 1900. He was born April 10^th 1826 in the parish of Llandilorfane, Breconshire, South Wales and was baptized into the church in September of 1846. He emigrated to Utah in 1868 going soon there after to Samaria, Idaho where he was appointed presiding Elder and continued in this position until its organization into award. He was the father of fifteen children, seven boys and eight girls, thirteen of whom were at his funeral, one is absent in Wales. These with forty seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren revere his memory. The speakers at the funeral were David P. Davis, John e. Price, William W. Williams Jr. L. Jones and Bishop Daniel E. Price. All spoke highly of his faithfulness in the Church and integrity of character.”

ELIZABETH PARRY POWELL WILLIAMS

Elizabeth Parry Williams was born May 1, 1845at Pentre, Landile, Breconshire South Wales. Her mother died when she was born and she was reared by her grandparents, John and Elizabeth Powell. (Aunt Hannah Snyder said:, “My mother’s name was Elizabeth and she was born out of wedlock. Her mother’s name was Elizabeth Powell and her father’s name was John Parry, but he never married her mother. Her mother died when she was born and she was raised by her grandparents, John and Elizabeth Powell. So she went by the name of Powell all through her life.”

She had some schooling and was able to manage a small store which carried groceries and notions. Grandmother had a cart and horse and would drive to Brecon Town to get supplies for the store. She bought flour in a large sack and sold it out by the pound or sack as customers wanted it. Often she let much of it go to those that never paid because she could not refuse and let people go hungry. She took care of her grandparents in their declining years, and was to have what property they had for doing so. Her grandfather died first and the grandmother needed a great deal of care and had to be waited on as she was in bed for many months before she died.

During the funeral of the grandmother, Margaret and Ann Powell, daughters of the grandparents went to the house and took furniture, clothes, dishes and everything they wanted. When the folks returned from the funeral, the house had been ransacked from top to bottom

            Grandmother Williams was very irritated by what had been done and would have caused them trouble, but grandfather advised her to let them alone as they would not come back after any more, so she let them have what they had taken.

            She was married in the church in the village where she lived. She took care of her grandmother for one year after her marriage. She gave up the store after she was married and after the death of her grandmother, she moved to another village to live.

            She had been married for two years when she came to America. Her daughter, Elizabeth Williams Mansfield, was born in Wales. She came to Samaria where she lived the remainder of her life and reared a large family. She buried her husband and lived for two years after his death. She was a true Latter-day Saint, a kind mother and good neighbor. She died October 22, 1902 in Samaria, Idaho and was buried 26 October beside her husband, Samuel D> Williams in the Samaria Cemetery.

            Children of Samuel Daniel Williams and Elizabeth Ann Parry Williams:

1. Elizabeth Ann born 22 March 1867 in Llandilerfan, Breckonshire Wales. Baptized 22 March 1865 and again May 18 1878. Married Brigham Young Mansfield 6 February 1883. Died 18 April 1949 at age 82.
2. Margaret born 18 May 1870 in Samaria. Blessed 4 August 1870. Baptized 18 May 1878. Married Robert William Caldwell 1 January 1889. Died 11 June 1938 at age 68.
3. Sarah Jane born 23 August 1871 in Samaria. Baptized 5 March 1880. Married William Henry Thomas 5 October 1892. Died 9 January 1954 at age 83. Buried 13 January 1954.
4. William Reese born 13 February 1873 in Samaria. Died 13 August 1875 at age 2.
5. Juanah (June-Joan) born 20 November 1874 in Samaria. Baptized 29 January 1885. Married Thomas Gomer Thomas 17 March 1895. Died 8 April 1905 at age 31. Her name was Juanah, but her mother, brothers and sisters called her June and her own children called her Joan.
6. John born 23 April 1876 in Samaria. Baptized 2 April 1885. Married Zina Rachel Landon 12 February 1901 (verified by actual marriage certificate). Parents of eight children. Moved to Clearfield, Utah in 1908. Zina died October 4, 1975 in Roy. John died 22 July 1967 in Ogden at age 91. They are buried in Roy.
7. Brigham born 26 October 1877 in Samaria. Baptized 4 December 1885 by Thoams Thorpe. Married Emma Potter 23 December 1919. Died 8 December 1958 at age 81.
8. Ezeriah Franklin born 3 February 1880 in Samaria. Baptized 5 June 1891. Married Agnes Jane Anthony 27 December 1902 (verified by marriage certificate). Died 12 February 1958 at age 78. They had 8 children.
9. Hannah born 13 August 1881 (82) in Samaria. Baptized 1 January 1893. Married David Bowen Evans 5 June 1898 and moved to Arbon, Idaho. He died in 1912. She then married Edward Snyder from Arbon on June 5, 1915. Hannah and Ed had nine children. Died 21 November 1964 at age 83 in Pocatello, Idaho. Living Children: David O. Evans, Waldo Evans, Hortense Agrirrebere, Ruth who married Willis Godfrey, Frances who married John Forrest, Marjorie who married Jess Ellis, Barbara who married Flloyd Hough.
10. Annie born 8 January 1884 in Samaria. Baptized 6 October 1892. Married David Gratton Huntsman, son of Jesse and Emma J. Compton Huntsman. They were married 6 August 1902. Died 15 April 1973 at age 89.
11. Oliver born 30 December 1886 (January 1, 1887) in Samaria. Ordained a deacon 15 December 1902?? At age of 12 he lived with brothers and sisters since his parents had died. Went into sheep business with brothers Brugham and Samuel, he sold his interest in 1913 and purchased a dry farm in Ireland Canyon. Married Elizabeth (Lizzie per marriage certificate) Jones on 7 June 1916, and then Esther Edwards Johns on 19 July 1919. Died 27 November 1941 at age 55. Esther was born 12 August 1895 and died November 15, 1991 at age 96. Two daughters: Ruth (Clyde Chugg) and Joan (Gilbert Leavitt).

Average age of sons and daughters at time of death: 67 ½

Children of Samuel Daniel Williams and Ann Price.

1.      Daniel born February 3, 1853 in Llandilonfau Wales. Married Annie Prytherch 22 February 1874. Died 29 January 1922 in Wales. They had one daughter.

2.      Mary Ann born August 25, 1854 in Llandilofran. Baptized by Samuel Daniel Williams April 13, 1869 and confirmed by Thomas S. Thomas. Married John Jenkins (son of David and Ann Evans Jenkins) 1 November 1875. John died May 2, 1891. Mary Ann died 29 May 1942 of Dropsie. Children: Ann born 24 September 1876 in Samaria. Baptized 12 October 1884. Anna born 7 January 1879 in Samaria. Baptized 5 May 1887. Ruth born 19 July 1881 in Samaria. Bapt. 7 May 1891. Cathrine born 4 January 1884 in Samaria. Baptized 7 June 1894. John W. born 24 March 1888. Baptized 5 September 1897. Sarah Jane born 21 February 1891. Baptized 7 July 1899.

3.      Ruth Born March 27, 1857 in llandilo. Baptized April 11, 1869 by father. Married Jeremiah Hodge Williams December 9, 1875. Jeremiah was born 16 April 1854 at Bleckwood, Monmouthshire, South Wales. Jeremia died 26 October 1920. Ruth died 30 August 1910 at age 54. Prior to her death she developed an abnormal growth on her wrist and had to have her arm partially amputated. They had 13 children.                                                                         Samuel born in Samaria on January 19, 1876. Married Annie Thomas on February 22, 1899. Died February 22, 1956 at age 80. Ann died 1943. Six sons: Samuel Verlin in 1902, Walter in 1903, Leo in 1907, William in 1910, Jerry in 1913 and Glen in 1914.                                                              William W. Williams born 2 April 1881 in Samaria. Married Pearl V. Morris 9 January 1907. Died May 11, 1919.                                                         Jeremia born 14 November 1888 in Samaria. Baptized 5 October 1893 and died 9 September 1900.                                                                          Daniel born 14 November 1888 in Samaria. Baptized 5 October 1893 and died 9 September 1900.                                                                      Maxmillion born 29 December 1886 in Samaria. Baptized 3 January 1895. Married Ellen Thomas 29 May 1907.                                                        Ruth (eighth child) born 22 March 1889 in Samaria. Baptized 5 September 1897. Married John Morris Price 9 February 1907. They had 13 children.                                                                                                                                                                                                                Elizabeth born 1 April 1891.                                                                                                                                                                                   James Hodge Williams born 29 January 1893. Baptized 3 February 1901.                                                                                                             Joel, Henry, and Bud.

4.      Samuel John was born May 2, 1865 in Llandeilorfan Parish. He lived several years as a young boy with his sister Mary Ann and her husband, John Jenkins. Baptized 2 May 1873. He married Francis (Fanney) Williams on December 13 (14), 1898. He formed a partnership with his brother Brigham and operated a herd of sheep together. In 1908 he purchased a farm at Pleasant view, Idaho. Because he lent many people money to secure their farms, he was known as “Banker Sam” by his friends. He died 16 September 1943 at age 78. Frances died 18 July 1948. Both are buried in Samaria.                                Daughter: Ann Eunella who married Carl A. Evans and died in childbirth 3 December 1933.