William Ephriam Nuttall, the son of William and Mary Langhorn Nuttall, was born at Carlisle, Cumberland, England. Some time between the date of his birth 29 Oct 1825 and the birth of this brother Leonard John, who was born 6 July 1834, his parents moved to Liverpool, Lancashire, England. It was here that he got what schooling his parents could afford and he decided to follow the trade of his father and grandfather as shipwright. Sometime between the ages of twelve and fourteen he apprenticed out and went to sea to learn his trade. During the next ten years he sailed all over the world and learned much of its people and their customs. He learned also much that was to be of much value to him and his associates in his later life. The knowledge of how to tie knots, handle rope and cable, repair and make almost all kinds of tools, all kinds of first aid and emergency handling of the sick and injured, and how to set broken bones, pull teeth, take care of wounds and many other useful things.
Sometime during the summer of 1850 the Nuttall family was contacted by Mrs. Nuttall's cousin John Taylor. He had been to America and while there had heard of and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Now he was on a mission for that church and when he visited the Nuttalls he told them of its teachings. William E. was their first of his family to join, he being baptized on the 8th of Sept 1850. His parents and two brothers, Leonard John and Joseph were baptized on the 8 Oct 1850. About this time he met Rosamond Watson. She received the new Gospel and was baptized the 14 Feb 1851. Her parents however were not friendly toward the new church and told their daughter she would either have to renounce her new religion or leave their home. She could not give up what she knew to be true, so she left their home, never to return. For a while she lived with her married sister Caroline and on the 4 Aug 1851 in the Church of St. John the Baptist, in Liverpool, she and William E. Nuttall were married.
On the 6th of Mar 1852, William Ephraim, his new wife, his parents and two unmarried brothers left Liverpool, England, on the ship "Rockaway", in company with the Elias Morris Company of LDS converts, to come to Utah. It took eight weeks to reach New Orleans and on the way Rosamond gave birth to and lost a tiny babe. They were met at New Orleans by Elder John Taylor and proceeded to Council Bluffs by boat. This group of converts were known as the Sugar Company because on the same ship came the sugar refining machinery, that John Taylor had bought for the Church in Europe. On arriving in Provo, they camped by it on the banks of the Provo River near where Highway 91 now crosses the river. It was at this camp that son William George was born on the 4th of March 1853. Their home was a wagon bed, with a wagon cover for a roof. It had been set off on the ground and banked with dirt and snow to keep the wind from blowing thru.
In 1860 William became the fourth bishop of the Provo Third Ward which office he held until 1866. The road up Provo Canyon was built under the direction of the Church by William M. Wall in the summer of 1858 and with its completion many Utah County families began to settle these upper valleys. The Nuttalls like many others first took their cattle into the lush pasturage of these beautiful valleys each summer and returned to Provo in the winter, but by 1866 the Nuttalls decided to make Round Valley their permanent home. On the 15th of July 1877 when Wasatch County was organized as a Stake, William Ephraim Nuttall became the first Bishop of the Wallsburg Ward.
His farm of about 60 acres was near the center of Wallsburg and here he lived the rest of his life. He served as the Postmaster for many years. He was town doctor, pulled teeth, set broken bones, etc. He always had a big garden, which was kept weed free. He was industrious and eventually became fairly well fixed. As Bishop he was asked by Church Authorities to accept and live the law of plural marriage, so he married Martha Fenn. The two wives lived in the same house and got along perfectly and loved and respected their husband very much. Aunt Martha never had any children of her own, but loved and helped care for and was dearly loved in return by the children of her husband of Rosamond Watson. By the sweet and kind life she lived Aunt Martha was a guiding influence to all the children of the little town of Wallsburg where she taught Sunday School and Primary for many years.
William E. was a kind and generous man who was loved my most everybody. His grand children adored him. His stories of his early life on the sea, his many tricks with ropes, the wagon, sleds, little chairs, doll cradles, and other toys, for the grand children and his children and fellow townspeople endeared him to all. In his later life he acquired a sawmill which was set up near Strawberry Peak and from it he furnished employment to his family and many of his neighbors and lumber to Wasatch County and the town of Springville. To get the lumber to Springville he built a road from Strawberry Peak down the left hand fork of Hobble Creek to where it met the road built by the farmers who settled in that canyon. About the year 1880 he had an accident at the sawmill and nearly cut off one hand. From then on he turned over most of the responsibilities of the sawmill to his son William George.
He continued to farm and served as Bishop of the Wallsburg Ward until his death 5 may 1899. He was buried in the Wallsburg Cemetery. He was survived by both wives and eight of his twelve children. His wife Rosamond died at the home of her daughter Laura in Ogden, Utah, 22 Oct. 1916. Martha died and both wives were buried near their beloved husband in the Wallsburg Cemetery.
Children of William Ephraim and Rosamond Watson Nuttall:
Unnamed child (Apr 1852 died at birth, buried sea)
William George (4 Mar 1853-26 June 1926)
John Horatio (14 Dec 1854-19 Apr 1931)
Joseph Brigham (9 Oct 1856-24 Jan 1919)
Richard James (19 Sep 1858-27 Jan 1923)
Mary Eleanor (22 Sep 1860-18 Apr 1881)
Walter Henry (5 Jul 1862-5 Jul 1862)
Martha Agnes (18 Sep 1863-29 Mar 1905)
Rosamond Emily (7 Mar 1865- Jun 1940)
Ruth Caroline (6 Nov 1866-18 Nov 1887)
David Watson (14 May 1869-12 Apr 1956)
Elizabeth Ann (1 Feb 1871 died as a child)
Laura Alice (29 Jun 1873-29 Apr 1928)
These children had 89 children who progeny numbered several hundred by 1952, just 100 years after William E. and Rosamond Watson Nuttall came to Utah.
Sometime during the summer of 1850 the Nuttall family was contacted by Mrs. Nuttall's cousin John Taylor. He had been to America and while there had heard of and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Now he was on a mission for that church and when he visited the Nuttalls he told them of its teachings. William E. was their first of his family to join, he being baptized on the 8th of Sept 1850. His parents and two brothers, Leonard John and Joseph were baptized on the 8 Oct 1850. About this time he met Rosamond Watson. She received the new Gospel and was baptized the 14 Feb 1851. Her parents however were not friendly toward the new church and told their daughter she would either have to renounce her new religion or leave their home. She could not give up what she knew to be true, so she left their home, never to return. For a while she lived with her married sister Caroline and on the 4 Aug 1851 in the Church of St. John the Baptist, in Liverpool, she and William E. Nuttall were married.
On the 6th of Mar 1852, William Ephraim, his new wife, his parents and two unmarried brothers left Liverpool, England, on the ship "Rockaway", in company with the Elias Morris Company of LDS converts, to come to Utah. It took eight weeks to reach New Orleans and on the way Rosamond gave birth to and lost a tiny babe. They were met at New Orleans by Elder John Taylor and proceeded to Council Bluffs by boat. This group of converts were known as the Sugar Company because on the same ship came the sugar refining machinery, that John Taylor had bought for the Church in Europe. On arriving in Provo, they camped by it on the banks of the Provo River near where Highway 91 now crosses the river. It was at this camp that son William George was born on the 4th of March 1853. Their home was a wagon bed, with a wagon cover for a roof. It had been set off on the ground and banked with dirt and snow to keep the wind from blowing thru.
In 1860 William became the fourth bishop of the Provo Third Ward which office he held until 1866. The road up Provo Canyon was built under the direction of the Church by William M. Wall in the summer of 1858 and with its completion many Utah County families began to settle these upper valleys. The Nuttalls like many others first took their cattle into the lush pasturage of these beautiful valleys each summer and returned to Provo in the winter, but by 1866 the Nuttalls decided to make Round Valley their permanent home. On the 15th of July 1877 when Wasatch County was organized as a Stake, William Ephraim Nuttall became the first Bishop of the Wallsburg Ward.
His farm of about 60 acres was near the center of Wallsburg and here he lived the rest of his life. He served as the Postmaster for many years. He was town doctor, pulled teeth, set broken bones, etc. He always had a big garden, which was kept weed free. He was industrious and eventually became fairly well fixed. As Bishop he was asked by Church Authorities to accept and live the law of plural marriage, so he married Martha Fenn. The two wives lived in the same house and got along perfectly and loved and respected their husband very much. Aunt Martha never had any children of her own, but loved and helped care for and was dearly loved in return by the children of her husband of Rosamond Watson. By the sweet and kind life she lived Aunt Martha was a guiding influence to all the children of the little town of Wallsburg where she taught Sunday School and Primary for many years.
William E. was a kind and generous man who was loved my most everybody. His grand children adored him. His stories of his early life on the sea, his many tricks with ropes, the wagon, sleds, little chairs, doll cradles, and other toys, for the grand children and his children and fellow townspeople endeared him to all. In his later life he acquired a sawmill which was set up near Strawberry Peak and from it he furnished employment to his family and many of his neighbors and lumber to Wasatch County and the town of Springville. To get the lumber to Springville he built a road from Strawberry Peak down the left hand fork of Hobble Creek to where it met the road built by the farmers who settled in that canyon. About the year 1880 he had an accident at the sawmill and nearly cut off one hand. From then on he turned over most of the responsibilities of the sawmill to his son William George.
He continued to farm and served as Bishop of the Wallsburg Ward until his death 5 may 1899. He was buried in the Wallsburg Cemetery. He was survived by both wives and eight of his twelve children. His wife Rosamond died at the home of her daughter Laura in Ogden, Utah, 22 Oct. 1916. Martha died and both wives were buried near their beloved husband in the Wallsburg Cemetery.
Children of William Ephraim and Rosamond Watson Nuttall:
Unnamed child (Apr 1852 died at birth, buried sea)
William George (4 Mar 1853-26 June 1926)
John Horatio (14 Dec 1854-19 Apr 1931)
Joseph Brigham (9 Oct 1856-24 Jan 1919)
Richard James (19 Sep 1858-27 Jan 1923)
Mary Eleanor (22 Sep 1860-18 Apr 1881)
Walter Henry (5 Jul 1862-5 Jul 1862)
Martha Agnes (18 Sep 1863-29 Mar 1905)
Rosamond Emily (7 Mar 1865- Jun 1940)
Ruth Caroline (6 Nov 1866-18 Nov 1887)
David Watson (14 May 1869-12 Apr 1956)
Elizabeth Ann (1 Feb 1871 died as a child)
Laura Alice (29 Jun 1873-29 Apr 1928)
These children had 89 children who progeny numbered several hundred by 1952, just 100 years after William E. and Rosamond Watson Nuttall came to Utah.
William Ephriam Nuttall, the son of William and Mary Langhorn Nuttall, was born at Carlisle, Cumberland, England. Some time between the date of his birth 29 Oct 1825 and the birth of this brother Leonard John, who was born 6 July 1834, his parents moved to Liverpool, Lancashire, England. It was here that he got what schooling his parents could afford and he decided to follow the trade of his father and grandfather as shipwright. Sometime between the ages of twelve and fourteen he apprenticed out and went to sea to learn his trade. During the next ten years he sailed all over the world and learned much of its people and their customs. He learned also much that was to be of much value to him and his associates in his later life. The knowledge of how to tie knots, handle rope and cable, repair and make almost all kinds of tools, all kinds of first aid and emergency handling of the sick and injured, and how to set broken bones, pull teeth, take care of wounds and many other useful things.
Sometime during the summer of 1850 the Nuttall family was contacted by Mrs. Nuttall's cousin John Taylor. He had been to America and while there had heard of and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Now he was on a mission for that church and when he visited the Nuttalls he told them of its teachings. William E. was their first of his family to join, he being baptized on the 8th of Sept 1850. His parents and two brothers, Leonard John and Joseph were baptized on the 8 Oct 1850. About this time he met Rosamond Watson. She received the new Gospel and was baptized the 14 Feb 1851. Her parents however were not friendly toward the new church and told their daughter she would either have to renounce her new religion or leave their home. She could not give up what she knew to be true, so she left their home, never to return. For a while she lived with her married sister Caroline and on the 4 Aug 1851 in the Church of St. John the Baptist, in Liverpool, she and William E. Nuttall were married.
On the 6th of Mar 1852, William Ephraim, his new wife, his parents and two unmarried brothers left Liverpool, England, on the ship "Rockaway", in company with the Elias Morris Company of LDS converts, to come to Utah. It took eight weeks to reach New Orleans and on the way Rosamond gave birth to and lost a tiny babe. They were met at New Orleans by Elder John Taylor and proceeded to Council Bluffs by boat. This group of converts were known as the Sugar Company because on the same ship came the sugar refining machinery, that John Taylor had bought for the Church in Europe. On arriving in Provo, they camped by it on the banks of the Provo River near where Highway 91 now crosses the river. It was at this camp that son William George was born on the 4th of March 1853. Their home was a wagon bed, with a wagon cover for a roof. It had been set off on the ground and banked with dirt and snow to keep the wind from blowing thru.
In 1860 William became the fourth bishop of the Provo Third Ward which office he held until 1866. The road up Provo Canyon was built under the direction of the Church by William M. Wall in the summer of 1858 and with its completion many Utah County families began to settle these upper valleys. The Nuttalls like many others first took their cattle into the lush pasturage of these beautiful valleys each summer and returned to Provo in the winter, but by 1866 the Nuttalls decided to make Round Valley their permanent home. On the 15th of July 1877 when Wasatch County was organized as a Stake, William Ephraim Nuttall became the first Bishop of the Wallsburg Ward.
His farm of about 60 acres was near the center of Wallsburg and here he lived the rest of his life. He served as the Postmaster for many years. He was town doctor, pulled teeth, set broken bones, etc. He always had a big garden, which was kept weed free. He was industrious and eventually became fairly well fixed. As Bishop he was asked by Church Authorities to accept and live the law of plural marriage, so he married Martha Fenn. The two wives lived in the same house and got along perfectly and loved and respected their husband very much. Aunt Martha never had any children of her own, but loved and helped care for and was dearly loved in return by the children of her husband of Rosamond Watson. By the sweet and kind life she lived Aunt Martha was a guiding influence to all the children of the little town of Wallsburg where she taught Sunday School and Primary for many years.
William E. was a kind and generous man who was loved my most everybody. His grand children adored him. His stories of his early life on the sea, his many tricks with ropes, the wagon, sleds, little chairs, doll cradles, and other toys, for the grand children and his children and fellow townspeople endeared him to all. In his later life he acquired a sawmill which was set up near Strawberry Peak and from it he furnished employment to his family and many of his neighbors and lumber to Wasatch County and the town of Springville. To get the lumber to Springville he built a road from Strawberry Peak down the left hand fork of Hobble Creek to where it met the road built by the farmers who settled in that canyon. About the year 1880 he had an accident at the sawmill and nearly cut off one hand. From then on he turned over most of the responsibilities of the sawmill to his son William George.
He continued to farm and served as Bishop of the Wallsburg Ward until his death 5 may 1899. He was buried in the Wallsburg Cemetery. He was survived by both wives and eight of his twelve children. His wife Rosamond died at the home of her daughter Laura in Ogden, Utah, 22 Oct. 1916. Martha died and both wives were buried near their beloved husband in the Wallsburg Cemetery.
Children of William Ephraim and Rosamond Watson Nuttall:
Unnamed child (Apr 1852 died at birth, buried sea)
William George (4 Mar 1853-26 June 1926)
John Horatio (14 Dec 1854-19 Apr 1931)
Joseph Brigham (9 Oct 1856-24 Jan 1919)
Richard James (19 Sep 1858-27 Jan 1923)
Mary Eleanor (22 Sep 1860-18 Apr 1881)
Walter Henry (5 Jul 1862-5 Jul 1862)
Martha Agnes (18 Sep 1863-29 Mar 1905)
Rosamond Emily (7 Mar 1865- Jun 1940)
Ruth Caroline (6 Nov 1866-18 Nov 1887)
David Watson (14 May 1869-12 Apr 1956)
Elizabeth Ann (1 Feb 1871 died as a child)
Laura Alice (29 Jun 1873-29 Apr 1928)
These children had 89 children who progeny numbered several hundred by 1952, just 100 years after William E. and Rosamond Watson Nuttall came to Utah.
Sometime during the summer of 1850 the Nuttall family was contacted by Mrs. Nuttall's cousin John Taylor. He had been to America and while there had heard of and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Now he was on a mission for that church and when he visited the Nuttalls he told them of its teachings. William E. was their first of his family to join, he being baptized on the 8th of Sept 1850. His parents and two brothers, Leonard John and Joseph were baptized on the 8 Oct 1850. About this time he met Rosamond Watson. She received the new Gospel and was baptized the 14 Feb 1851. Her parents however were not friendly toward the new church and told their daughter she would either have to renounce her new religion or leave their home. She could not give up what she knew to be true, so she left their home, never to return. For a while she lived with her married sister Caroline and on the 4 Aug 1851 in the Church of St. John the Baptist, in Liverpool, she and William E. Nuttall were married.
On the 6th of Mar 1852, William Ephraim, his new wife, his parents and two unmarried brothers left Liverpool, England, on the ship "Rockaway", in company with the Elias Morris Company of LDS converts, to come to Utah. It took eight weeks to reach New Orleans and on the way Rosamond gave birth to and lost a tiny babe. They were met at New Orleans by Elder John Taylor and proceeded to Council Bluffs by boat. This group of converts were known as the Sugar Company because on the same ship came the sugar refining machinery, that John Taylor had bought for the Church in Europe. On arriving in Provo, they camped by it on the banks of the Provo River near where Highway 91 now crosses the river. It was at this camp that son William George was born on the 4th of March 1853. Their home was a wagon bed, with a wagon cover for a roof. It had been set off on the ground and banked with dirt and snow to keep the wind from blowing thru.
In 1860 William became the fourth bishop of the Provo Third Ward which office he held until 1866. The road up Provo Canyon was built under the direction of the Church by William M. Wall in the summer of 1858 and with its completion many Utah County families began to settle these upper valleys. The Nuttalls like many others first took their cattle into the lush pasturage of these beautiful valleys each summer and returned to Provo in the winter, but by 1866 the Nuttalls decided to make Round Valley their permanent home. On the 15th of July 1877 when Wasatch County was organized as a Stake, William Ephraim Nuttall became the first Bishop of the Wallsburg Ward.
His farm of about 60 acres was near the center of Wallsburg and here he lived the rest of his life. He served as the Postmaster for many years. He was town doctor, pulled teeth, set broken bones, etc. He always had a big garden, which was kept weed free. He was industrious and eventually became fairly well fixed. As Bishop he was asked by Church Authorities to accept and live the law of plural marriage, so he married Martha Fenn. The two wives lived in the same house and got along perfectly and loved and respected their husband very much. Aunt Martha never had any children of her own, but loved and helped care for and was dearly loved in return by the children of her husband of Rosamond Watson. By the sweet and kind life she lived Aunt Martha was a guiding influence to all the children of the little town of Wallsburg where she taught Sunday School and Primary for many years.
William E. was a kind and generous man who was loved my most everybody. His grand children adored him. His stories of his early life on the sea, his many tricks with ropes, the wagon, sleds, little chairs, doll cradles, and other toys, for the grand children and his children and fellow townspeople endeared him to all. In his later life he acquired a sawmill which was set up near Strawberry Peak and from it he furnished employment to his family and many of his neighbors and lumber to Wasatch County and the town of Springville. To get the lumber to Springville he built a road from Strawberry Peak down the left hand fork of Hobble Creek to where it met the road built by the farmers who settled in that canyon. About the year 1880 he had an accident at the sawmill and nearly cut off one hand. From then on he turned over most of the responsibilities of the sawmill to his son William George.
He continued to farm and served as Bishop of the Wallsburg Ward until his death 5 may 1899. He was buried in the Wallsburg Cemetery. He was survived by both wives and eight of his twelve children. His wife Rosamond died at the home of her daughter Laura in Ogden, Utah, 22 Oct. 1916. Martha died and both wives were buried near their beloved husband in the Wallsburg Cemetery.
Children of William Ephraim and Rosamond Watson Nuttall:
Unnamed child (Apr 1852 died at birth, buried sea)
William George (4 Mar 1853-26 June 1926)
John Horatio (14 Dec 1854-19 Apr 1931)
Joseph Brigham (9 Oct 1856-24 Jan 1919)
Richard James (19 Sep 1858-27 Jan 1923)
Mary Eleanor (22 Sep 1860-18 Apr 1881)
Walter Henry (5 Jul 1862-5 Jul 1862)
Martha Agnes (18 Sep 1863-29 Mar 1905)
Rosamond Emily (7 Mar 1865- Jun 1940)
Ruth Caroline (6 Nov 1866-18 Nov 1887)
David Watson (14 May 1869-12 Apr 1956)
Elizabeth Ann (1 Feb 1871 died as a child)
Laura Alice (29 Jun 1873-29 Apr 1928)
These children had 89 children who progeny numbered several hundred by 1952, just 100 years after William E. and Rosamond Watson Nuttall came to Utah.
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