William MARSDEN
Will-N-Della.com, Jane Appleby's children
New FamilySearch.org, Feb 2010
History of William Marsden, copied from his diary - Cedar City Library
1880 U.S. Census - Parowan, Iron, UT
1870 U.S. Census - Parowan, Iron, UT
Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, p. 1024. Bio and Portrait
Mormon Overland Pioneer Database - LDS.org/churchhistory/
Ancestral File - Version 4.19
Pedigree Resource File
Ancestry World Tree
LDS Ward Records - Parowan Ward (FHL #26,411), (birth) - from Marsden Fam. Rec.
Journal of William Marsden, - from Marsden Fam. Rec.
BAPTISM:
Baptized Jan 1840 by James Mahon
PIONEERS AND PROMINENT MEN OF UTAH:
- (Excerpt) Marsden, William (son of Abraham Marsden and Hannah Thornton of Oldham, Lancashire, Eng.). Born March 15, 1814, Oldham, Lancashire. Came to Utah April 15, 1855. Married Jane Appleby (deceased) 1835, St. John's Church Manchester, Eng. (daughter of David and Betty Appleby of Manchester)...
- Married Sariah Scovil June 16, 1856, Salt Lake City (daughter of Lucius Nelson Scovil, who died 1889 at Springville, Utah, and Lura Snow of Provo, Utah). She was born May 27, 1837... Family resided Provo and Parowan, Utah.
- Priest; missionary in New Jersey and New York. Settled at Provo in 1855. Deputy sealer of weights and measures 1882; justice of peace for city and county. Erected first factory at St. George, Utah. Cotton-spinner. Died June 4, 1890.
PIONEER:
Came to Utah in John Hindley Company, arrived in Salt Lake, September 3rd, 1855
PARENT CONNECTION:
Evidence of correct parentage comes Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, Journal of William Marsden.
Notes from William Marsden Personal Journal:
Had uncle in England, Lemion Marsden (p. 146)
Had cousin, Thomas Thornton (p. 147)
Had brother Samuel Marsden who lived in Illinois (p. 148)
Had sister named Sarah.
PARENT CONNECTION:
Evidence of correct parentage comes from her husband's entry in Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, and from the 1850 US Census.
NAME:
Sarah Ellen aka Nellie
BAPTISM:
Journal of William Marsden states that the baptism took place on 24 Dec 1871, while Parowan ward records show 21 Dec 1871.
PIONEERS AND PROMINENT MEN OF UTAH:
- (Excerpt) Marsden, Lucius Nelson (son of William Marsden and Sariah Scovil). Born Oct. 11, 1862, Parowan, Utah. Married Mary Matheson Jan 16, 1886, St. George, Utah (daughter of David Matheson and Mary Craig of Dundee, Scotland, pioneers Sept. 12, 1868. Daniel D. McArthur Company). She was born Oct. 13, 1865...Family home Parowan, Utah.
- Missionary to southern states 1900; president Parowan stake. Superintendant Equitable Co-op. store of Parowan 1898. Parowan city councilman and mayor; Iron county commissioner; cashier. Farmer and sheepraiser. Early freighter between Silver Reef (near St. George) mining camp and Delamar, Nev.
PARENT CONNECTION:
Evidence of correct parentage is found in Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, 1870 and 1880 US Censuses, and his Utah Death Certificate.
NAME:
Roxa aka Roxie or Roxy
He married Sariah Scovil 16 Sep 1856 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah . Sariah Scovil was born at Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio 27 Apr 1837 daughter of Lucius Nelson Scoville and Lura Snow .
They were the parents of 6
children:
Lura Alice Marsden
born 3 Apr 1857.
Joseph William Marsden
born 14 Jan 1859.
Sarah Ellen Marsden
born 16 Dec 1860.
Lucius Nelson Marsden, Sr.
born 11 Oct 1862.
Roxa Lenora Marsden
born 10 Jun 1865.
Sariah Marsden
born 26 May 1867.
William Marsden died 4 Jun 1890 at Parowan, Iron, Utah .
Sariah Scovil died 20 Jun 1868 at Parowan, Iron, Utah .