Born in Deptford, the second child; crossed the plains just as she turned eight. Louisa is also represented in Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude (page 925) with a short biography.
I have no record when Pollard's Court was built- or developed, as I have always understood it to be a short street or cul de saq, and not just the family home. I know that it was very near the railroad and that that was to be a meaningful enterprise for Joseph Polllard and several of the in-laws. But Pollard's Court was the home in which the bishops daughters grew up; an "interesting English cottage at Pollards Court" as Pioneer Women states it.
Joseph Pollard would be Bishop in the Fifteenth Ward for about 15 years, and active in the ward administration for as long a time: the childhood years of his daughters. Pioneer Women reports that Louisa did not remain active in the LDS church, but we do not learn if there was a precipitating event or simply a growing apart from this faith in her home and certainly in her neighborhood. It was not unheard of, and many of the early families have branches that left active participation even while remaining active in the society and commerce of the area.
Louisa married Moses Evans, an immigrant from south Wales. They were married March 9, 1866 and had seven children. I believe that Moses had a career with the railroads. Louisa would live to be 80 years old, a widow the last four years of her life, which ended February 1928.
In a Salt Lake City newspaper her obituary ran as follows:
Pioneer Utah Woman Dies After Long Illness
"Mrs. Louisa Pollard Evans, 79, died Wednesday night at the family residence 816 West Second South street, following a lingering illness. Mrs. Evans was the wife of the late Moses Evans and crossed the plains to Utah in 1857.
"She was born in Bettford [sic], Kent, England June 23, 1848. She is survived by the following children: Joseph P. Evans, Mrs. G. M. Cramer [sic], Mrs. Mary Blanchard, Mrs. E. [sic] L. Schefski, Mrs. Floyd T Baysinger and Mrs. Charles Patton all of Salt Lake. The following sisters also survive: Mrs. G. H. Backman Sr, Mrs J. L. Johnson, and Mrs. John W. Boud of Salt Lake and Mrs. Mary Ann Allred and Mrs. Lydia Pusey [sic] of Spring City. Funeral arrangements will be announced later." I believe this was the Salt Lake Tribune, possibly the Telegraph.
Louisa's children were:
Joseph Pollard Evans, 1867-1940, married Frances Emma Olson
Emma Louise Evans, 1869-1953, married George Merrill Creamer
Mary Alice Evans, 1871-1957, married Ira Blanchard
Robert Taylor Evans, 1877-1926, married Eleanor Valentine Sharrock
Louie May Evans, 1881-1953, married Arthur Lewis Schefski
Julia Evans, married Floyd Terrell Baysinger
Grace Evans, married Charles Patton
Monday, May 31, 2010
Friday, May 21, 2010
Mary Ann Pollard Allred
Mary Ann was born August 22, 1846 in Deptford, England. Eleven years old when she arrived in Salt Lake City; of her or her sisters' youth I have found no record. I do not believe they were very different than their neighbors, perhaps a picture will develop as we go. This was a new city for everyone, and a new country for many. There was work to to do at every age. When she was 19, Mary Ann married.
The family lore that I learned was that James Anderson Allred was in Salt Lake City for the LDS Conference. Either as a guest in the Pollard home or familiar with Joseph Pollard through church related service I was told that he broached the marriage subject with Mary Ann's father. James Anderson Allred was bishop in Spring City, Utah, and had been the first mayor of that village. He had as his first wife Elizabeth Parkes. Mary Ann would have to agree to be a plural wife. We know that her parents accepted the principle of plural marriage and that in 1862 Joseph married Ruth Allen. We know, also that Joseph and Mary Ann Bailey Pollard had left their families and community to adhere to their religion.
Mary Ann married James Anderson Allred January 6, 1866. She bore the following children:
Mary Ophelia Allred, 1868 - 1893
James Carlos Allred, 1870 - 1919
Lola Jane Allred, 1873 - 1950
Joseph Delos Allred, 1872 - 1899
Martha Amelia Allred, 1877 - 1963
John Arthur Allred, 1881 - 1971
Mary Ann Pollard Allred passed away October 2, 1930 in Salt Lake City, where she was living with her daughter Amelia and James William Anderson. Her husband had passed away in 1904, as had half her children. Pioneering was not easy, even with the many advances that Mary Ann saw during her life. She is buried in the Spring City Cemetery.
Memorials for Mary Ann Pollard and James Anderson Allred can be found at http://www.findagrave.com/ as can other members of our Pollard daughters' families.
The family lore that I learned was that James Anderson Allred was in Salt Lake City for the LDS Conference. Either as a guest in the Pollard home or familiar with Joseph Pollard through church related service I was told that he broached the marriage subject with Mary Ann's father. James Anderson Allred was bishop in Spring City, Utah, and had been the first mayor of that village. He had as his first wife Elizabeth Parkes. Mary Ann would have to agree to be a plural wife. We know that her parents accepted the principle of plural marriage and that in 1862 Joseph married Ruth Allen. We know, also that Joseph and Mary Ann Bailey Pollard had left their families and community to adhere to their religion.
Mary Ann married James Anderson Allred January 6, 1866. She bore the following children:
Mary Ophelia Allred, 1868 - 1893
James Carlos Allred, 1870 - 1919
Lola Jane Allred, 1873 - 1950
Joseph Delos Allred, 1872 - 1899
Martha Amelia Allred, 1877 - 1963
John Arthur Allred, 1881 - 1971
Mary Ann Pollard Allred passed away October 2, 1930 in Salt Lake City, where she was living with her daughter Amelia and James William Anderson. Her husband had passed away in 1904, as had half her children. Pioneering was not easy, even with the many advances that Mary Ann saw during her life. She is buried in the Spring City Cemetery.
Memorials for Mary Ann Pollard and James Anderson Allred can be found at http://www.findagrave.com/ as can other members of our Pollard daughters' families.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Fifteenth Ward, Salt Lake City, Utah Territory
The Fifteenth Ward, Riverside Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City was organised February 22, 1849. This was not quite two years after the first permanent settlers arrived in the valley of the Great Salt Lake. In October of that year, 1847, there were approximately 2,000 inhabitants and the population would only increase.
More often than not the first chapels were dirt or slat floored log or adobe buildings serving also as school, recreation hall, and in the 15th Ward's case, granary. A larger building was raised at First South between 3rd and 4th West, which still served multiple purposes. This was the Ward Chapel that the Pollards would worship in. Abraham O. Smoot was the first bishop of this ward.
Joseph Pollard was ordained in 1877 as the 6th bishop and a short biography is printed in the book 15th Ward Memories, Riverside Stake 1849 - 1960, printed 1961 (FHL call # us/can 979.2258 K2sa) in Salt Lake City.
Joseph and Mary Ann continued their active participation with their chosen faith in this new community. They lived out their lives in the 15th ward.
John Wallace Boud, husband of Elizabeth Pollard was also bishop of this ward, being called to this position in 1904. John Lewis Johnson, husband of Alice Pollard served as second counselor to the ward bishop and Jonas Ryser served as 1st counselor, he the husband of Thelma Johnson, daughter of John and Alice Pollard Johnson. Other family members also served their ward community in various capacities: Jay Leslie Johnson, missionary US Northern states; Gustave Backman, missionary Scandinavian Mission; James L Johnson, missionary Scandinavian Mission and Sunday School Superintendent, George S Backman, missionary Sweden Mission, Thelma Johnson Ryser, organist; Jonas Ryser, Sunday School Superintendent; Alice Pollard Johnson, YWMIA.
In the years since 1857 (153 years) descendants of Joseph and Mary Ann Bailey Pollard have given much in service to wards, cities, states and provinces, countries and to their beliefs.
I hope I have given an enlightening illustration of the early family and that with your input we will have a good picture of the growing family- the families of the Bishop's Daughters.
More often than not the first chapels were dirt or slat floored log or adobe buildings serving also as school, recreation hall, and in the 15th Ward's case, granary. A larger building was raised at First South between 3rd and 4th West, which still served multiple purposes. This was the Ward Chapel that the Pollards would worship in. Abraham O. Smoot was the first bishop of this ward.
Joseph Pollard was ordained in 1877 as the 6th bishop and a short biography is printed in the book 15th Ward Memories, Riverside Stake 1849 - 1960, printed 1961 (FHL call # us/can 979.2258 K2sa) in Salt Lake City.
Joseph and Mary Ann continued their active participation with their chosen faith in this new community. They lived out their lives in the 15th ward.
John Wallace Boud, husband of Elizabeth Pollard was also bishop of this ward, being called to this position in 1904. John Lewis Johnson, husband of Alice Pollard served as second counselor to the ward bishop and Jonas Ryser served as 1st counselor, he the husband of Thelma Johnson, daughter of John and Alice Pollard Johnson. Other family members also served their ward community in various capacities: Jay Leslie Johnson, missionary US Northern states; Gustave Backman, missionary Scandinavian Mission; James L Johnson, missionary Scandinavian Mission and Sunday School Superintendent, George S Backman, missionary Sweden Mission, Thelma Johnson Ryser, organist; Jonas Ryser, Sunday School Superintendent; Alice Pollard Johnson, YWMIA.
In the years since 1857 (153 years) descendants of Joseph and Mary Ann Bailey Pollard have given much in service to wards, cities, states and provinces, countries and to their beliefs.
I hope I have given an enlightening illustration of the early family and that with your input we will have a good picture of the growing family- the families of the Bishop's Daughters.
Mary Ann Bailey Pollard, 1821 to 1895
This biographical sketch is based on the submission to Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude,Vol III which was published by the International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers in 1996:
'In the year 1848 Mary Ann and Joseph heard the Mormons preach. They were baptised, being the only members of their family to accept Mormonism. On November 18, 1854 they left their home in England to emigrate with a group of 400 Saints on the ship "Clare Mueler" [sic] bound for America.
'By December 30 they sighted land and January 9 they reached the Mississippi and traveled to St Louis by January 22, 1855. Mary Ann was so ill that she had to be carried off the boat.'
This entry does not say what the illness was. The family stayed in the St Louis area until June 1857 when they continued their travel westward. The Biographical Encyclopedia referenced earlier says that their home was open to many Mormon visitors, including LDS Apostle Parley P Pratt, a guest shortly before that missionary's trip into Arkansas where he met his death at the hands of antagonists. Joseph is reported to have found employment in ship building. They were active in the LDS branch in that community.
Pioneer Women says that the family crossed the plains with a handcart, but the Jacob Hoffeins Company was a teamster company. As wagons were full with the necessities of the journey all able-bodied members of the group walked across the great central expanse of America. Esther Stevenson was in the same company; in her pioneer biography recorded in Our Pioneer Heritage/ They Came In 1857 she tells us: "we travelled about 2 miles an hour in a long train of wagons." Encyclopedia does mention the company and both report that during one stampede of livestock there were many injured, including Joseph and Mary Ann.
This company- the Jacob Hoffeins/Matthew McCune Company at times was encamped nearby the camps of Johnson's army which was en route to Utah to put down the reported rebellion. It was a time of great and general unrest and concern. The 'Mountain Meadow Massacre' had occurred on September 11, Governor Brigham Young declared martial law and the Utah Territory militia were ordered to Echo Canyon and other places to impede Johnson's progress. These events can be read in the Church Chronology, A Record of Important Events compiled by Andrew Jenson Assistant Church Historian. The pioneer company arrived in Salt Lake City on or about September 22, 1857
The Pollard family settled in the 15th Ward of Salt Lake City, where Joseph built Mary Ann an "interesting English cottage" (Pioneer Women). He would become Bishop of that ward, as would a couple of sons-in-law. Joseph and Mary Ann Pollard lived the remainder of their lives in that ward, Joseph passing away February 1890 and Mary Ann six years later.
Mary Ann saw many changes in her world- much of it historic, many events heartrending but also many redeeming. Her daughters all married and gave her a great posterity. Pioneer Women concludes with:
'She was firm in her faith and is truly a great pioneer woman to be honored and revered.'
'In the year 1848 Mary Ann and Joseph heard the Mormons preach. They were baptised, being the only members of their family to accept Mormonism. On November 18, 1854 they left their home in England to emigrate with a group of 400 Saints on the ship "Clare Mueler" [sic] bound for America.
'By December 30 they sighted land and January 9 they reached the Mississippi and traveled to St Louis by January 22, 1855. Mary Ann was so ill that she had to be carried off the boat.'
This entry does not say what the illness was. The family stayed in the St Louis area until June 1857 when they continued their travel westward. The Biographical Encyclopedia referenced earlier says that their home was open to many Mormon visitors, including LDS Apostle Parley P Pratt, a guest shortly before that missionary's trip into Arkansas where he met his death at the hands of antagonists. Joseph is reported to have found employment in ship building. They were active in the LDS branch in that community.
Pioneer Women says that the family crossed the plains with a handcart, but the Jacob Hoffeins Company was a teamster company. As wagons were full with the necessities of the journey all able-bodied members of the group walked across the great central expanse of America. Esther Stevenson was in the same company; in her pioneer biography recorded in Our Pioneer Heritage/ They Came In 1857 she tells us: "we travelled about 2 miles an hour in a long train of wagons." Encyclopedia does mention the company and both report that during one stampede of livestock there were many injured, including Joseph and Mary Ann.
This company- the Jacob Hoffeins/Matthew McCune Company at times was encamped nearby the camps of Johnson's army which was en route to Utah to put down the reported rebellion. It was a time of great and general unrest and concern. The 'Mountain Meadow Massacre' had occurred on September 11, Governor Brigham Young declared martial law and the Utah Territory militia were ordered to Echo Canyon and other places to impede Johnson's progress. These events can be read in the Church Chronology, A Record of Important Events compiled by Andrew Jenson Assistant Church Historian. The pioneer company arrived in Salt Lake City on or about September 22, 1857
The Pollard family settled in the 15th Ward of Salt Lake City, where Joseph built Mary Ann an "interesting English cottage" (Pioneer Women). He would become Bishop of that ward, as would a couple of sons-in-law. Joseph and Mary Ann Pollard lived the remainder of their lives in that ward, Joseph passing away February 1890 and Mary Ann six years later.
Mary Ann saw many changes in her world- much of it historic, many events heartrending but also many redeeming. Her daughters all married and gave her a great posterity. Pioneer Women concludes with:
'She was firm in her faith and is truly a great pioneer woman to be honored and revered.'
Friday, May 14, 2010
The Beginnings, and a Little of Before
The book Ships, Saints, and Mariners, A Maritime Encyclopedia of Mormon Migration 1830 - 1890 by Conway Sonne published by the University of Utah Press in 1987 gives us a description of the Clara Wheeler.
This square-rigger was built in 1850 in Massachusetts. Its dimensions were 174' by 35' by 27'; it was a three deck ship with square stern and a billethead at its front- the bow. The voyage on which our family traveled was the second under the command of Captain J. F. Nelson. It carried 422 saints with the leadership of President Henry E Phelps and counselors Elders John Parsons and James Crossley. The trip was forced to return to port due to bad weather and when finally making it out of the Irish Channel had to deal with much illness from sea-sickness and then measles. Thirty-three persons died between Liverpool and New Orleans.
Can we find any journey today that would give us insight to this?
My record shows that Joseph Pollard and Mary Ann Bailey were married in Kalherwhite, Surrey, England. I cannot find that location yet but I believe it will be within the metropolis of London, as Deptford is. Deptford, where Joseph joined the shipbuilding industry is across the Thames from London itself and immediately east of Greenwich. I have not found anything to tell us why Mary Ann was in that place, but reasonably it could be thought for economic reasons.
Joseph's childhood was spent in Corfe Castle, Dorset, an area close by the sea and of some historic interest. It is a region of stone quarries. Mary Ann was born in Lifton, Devon, upon the river Tamar which bounds the county of Cornwall and which flows to the sea at Devonport.
This gives a little background to the family that left England. Our advantage is that we can learn more of them. Could they have been able to imagine us? I am convinced that without a hint of the future they pressed forward believing that they were building up a kingdom for a family they could not foresee, could not know. I hope this blog, then might show what that family has done with their legacy.
This square-rigger was built in 1850 in Massachusetts. Its dimensions were 174' by 35' by 27'; it was a three deck ship with square stern and a billethead at its front- the bow. The voyage on which our family traveled was the second under the command of Captain J. F. Nelson. It carried 422 saints with the leadership of President Henry E Phelps and counselors Elders John Parsons and James Crossley. The trip was forced to return to port due to bad weather and when finally making it out of the Irish Channel had to deal with much illness from sea-sickness and then measles. Thirty-three persons died between Liverpool and New Orleans.
Can we find any journey today that would give us insight to this?
My record shows that Joseph Pollard and Mary Ann Bailey were married in Kalherwhite, Surrey, England. I cannot find that location yet but I believe it will be within the metropolis of London, as Deptford is. Deptford, where Joseph joined the shipbuilding industry is across the Thames from London itself and immediately east of Greenwich. I have not found anything to tell us why Mary Ann was in that place, but reasonably it could be thought for economic reasons.
Joseph's childhood was spent in Corfe Castle, Dorset, an area close by the sea and of some historic interest. It is a region of stone quarries. Mary Ann was born in Lifton, Devon, upon the river Tamar which bounds the county of Cornwall and which flows to the sea at Devonport.
This gives a little background to the family that left England. Our advantage is that we can learn more of them. Could they have been able to imagine us? I am convinced that without a hint of the future they pressed forward believing that they were building up a kingdom for a family they could not foresee, could not know. I hope this blog, then might show what that family has done with their legacy.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
The Daughters
Joseph Pollard married Mary Ann Bailey 22 Sep 1845 in England. For a glimpse of that time one can go to the writer Charles Dickens. I hope to increase my knowledge and understanding of that time, those places which would have had an impact on this humble, hardworking family. It seems, looking from what vantage I have that the Pollard family was fortunate in many ways.
In 1846, Aug 22 in Deptford, Mary Ann was born. She would end her years in America on 2 Oct 1930 as Mrs. James Anderson Allred.
Louisa followed on 23 Jun 1848. Like Mary Ann, Louisa died in Salt Lake City. Her passing came 1 Feb 1928, following her husband Moses Evans who died 1924.
Lydia was daughter number three. Born in Deptford as well, on 21 Jan 1852, she passed away in Spring City, Utah 18 Apr 1940. Spring City plays a steady part in the lives of our family; some of us are there still. Lydia and her husband Henry William Puzey recently lost a granddaughter-in-law: Anna Nell Bezzant Puzey.
The fourth child of Joseph and Mary Ann Pollard was son Joseph James Pollard, born and died 1854. The family would immigrate to America before the next child was born. This family of parents and three daughters aged 8, 6 and 2 sailed from Liverpool, England Nov 27, 1854 on the ship 'Clara Wheeler'. They would remain in St Louis, Missouri while Joseph earned the means to finish the journey to the Rocky Mountains. This story can be followed in Andrew Jenson's Latter-Day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia.
Five children would be born in Great Salt Lake City. Elizabeth on 12 Nov 1857, who became Mrs. John Wallace Boud, and lived in Salt Lake until 13 Mar 1933. Her grandson Edwin J Butterworth passed away in Provo, Utah on Apr 5, 2010, and grandson-in-law Walter C. Yose passed away 12 Apr 2010 in Bountiful.
Lovinia was born 28 Mar 1860 and would die in Spanish Fork, Utah in May 1896. Her husband was Thomas Clayton Holding.
Alice was born 15 Apr 1862 and would grieve the tragic deaths in industrial accidents of her husband John Lewis Johnson and son Jay Leslie Johnson before passing away 17 Aug 1950.
Benjamin Pollard was born and died in September 1864. Grace was born three years later on November 27, 1867. Grace survived her husband Gustave Hilmer Backman for 24 years, passing away 1 Apr 1955.
It is to these daughters, our pioneer grandmothers that I wish, lovingly, to dedicate this story. I hope you, my cousins of every degree will enjoy, learn from and add to this work. I want you to comment and to share. Please DO correct me! I hope to add a little each week or so.
Ked Kirkham 364 W. 825 North, Sunset, Utah, 84015-3120 and KirkhamKed@gmail.com
In 1846, Aug 22 in Deptford, Mary Ann was born. She would end her years in America on 2 Oct 1930 as Mrs. James Anderson Allred.
Louisa followed on 23 Jun 1848. Like Mary Ann, Louisa died in Salt Lake City. Her passing came 1 Feb 1928, following her husband Moses Evans who died 1924.
Lydia was daughter number three. Born in Deptford as well, on 21 Jan 1852, she passed away in Spring City, Utah 18 Apr 1940. Spring City plays a steady part in the lives of our family; some of us are there still. Lydia and her husband Henry William Puzey recently lost a granddaughter-in-law: Anna Nell Bezzant Puzey.
The fourth child of Joseph and Mary Ann Pollard was son Joseph James Pollard, born and died 1854. The family would immigrate to America before the next child was born. This family of parents and three daughters aged 8, 6 and 2 sailed from Liverpool, England Nov 27, 1854 on the ship 'Clara Wheeler'. They would remain in St Louis, Missouri while Joseph earned the means to finish the journey to the Rocky Mountains. This story can be followed in Andrew Jenson's Latter-Day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia.
Five children would be born in Great Salt Lake City. Elizabeth on 12 Nov 1857, who became Mrs. John Wallace Boud, and lived in Salt Lake until 13 Mar 1933. Her grandson Edwin J Butterworth passed away in Provo, Utah on Apr 5, 2010, and grandson-in-law Walter C. Yose passed away 12 Apr 2010 in Bountiful.
Lovinia was born 28 Mar 1860 and would die in Spanish Fork, Utah in May 1896. Her husband was Thomas Clayton Holding.
Alice was born 15 Apr 1862 and would grieve the tragic deaths in industrial accidents of her husband John Lewis Johnson and son Jay Leslie Johnson before passing away 17 Aug 1950.
Benjamin Pollard was born and died in September 1864. Grace was born three years later on November 27, 1867. Grace survived her husband Gustave Hilmer Backman for 24 years, passing away 1 Apr 1955.
It is to these daughters, our pioneer grandmothers that I wish, lovingly, to dedicate this story. I hope you, my cousins of every degree will enjoy, learn from and add to this work. I want you to comment and to share. Please DO correct me! I hope to add a little each week or so.
Ked Kirkham 364 W. 825 North, Sunset, Utah, 84015-3120 and KirkhamKed@gmail.com
Welcome To Our Story, The Story of Bishop Joseph Pollard's Daughters
My name is Ked Kirkham. My great grandmother, with whom I share a birthday on November 27, was Grace Bailey Pollard Backman. Grace was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and was the youngest daughter of Joseph and Mary Ann Bailey Pollard.
There were seven daughters. Joseph and Mary Ann also had two sons, Joseph and Benjamin, who did not survive. I think of this family with feelings of delight and admiration; I can, I am a little removed from them. Although I believe I must have met great grandmother as she died when I was about 3 or 4 years old, I really did not know any of the early generations. Great grandmother liked chocolate and she liked hats. I think that when she was young she was beautiful, something common to the seven young women, the Pollard daughters.
I decided I would approach you, cousins, in this way. Tell us all about the Bishop's Daughter of your heritage. Recollections and legends. We will laugh at the humor together, view with awe the hardships and victories, and we will remember the pioneer family that came across half the world to settle in the valleys of the mountains and became our grandmothers.
Why am I doing this now? It has been on my mind for some time, and then on March 19, 2010 I read that Mildred Lee Baysinger Busk had passed away. I recognized the name Baysinger, and went to my Pollard files; I had nothing after the 1920 census for Julia Evans Baysinger's family! Mildred had lived fairly nearby (Bountiful) and passed away at 101 years of age (I have lived here for about 25 years). I knew then that I needed to learn more of this pioneer family of which I am a part.
Since that time we have had other losses in the families of Joseph Pollard. And we will learn of the passing of others as we go forward. Join me in discovering this family, won't you?
There were seven daughters. Joseph and Mary Ann also had two sons, Joseph and Benjamin, who did not survive. I think of this family with feelings of delight and admiration; I can, I am a little removed from them. Although I believe I must have met great grandmother as she died when I was about 3 or 4 years old, I really did not know any of the early generations. Great grandmother liked chocolate and she liked hats. I think that when she was young she was beautiful, something common to the seven young women, the Pollard daughters.
I decided I would approach you, cousins, in this way. Tell us all about the Bishop's Daughter of your heritage. Recollections and legends. We will laugh at the humor together, view with awe the hardships and victories, and we will remember the pioneer family that came across half the world to settle in the valleys of the mountains and became our grandmothers.
Why am I doing this now? It has been on my mind for some time, and then on March 19, 2010 I read that Mildred Lee Baysinger Busk had passed away. I recognized the name Baysinger, and went to my Pollard files; I had nothing after the 1920 census for Julia Evans Baysinger's family! Mildred had lived fairly nearby (Bountiful) and passed away at 101 years of age (I have lived here for about 25 years). I knew then that I needed to learn more of this pioneer family of which I am a part.
Since that time we have had other losses in the families of Joseph Pollard. And we will learn of the passing of others as we go forward. Join me in discovering this family, won't you?
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