In mid to late 1845, Lucius Scovil, who had been a baker in Nauvoo, decided to put a headstone on the grave of his son, Joel, who had died a year earlier, on May 10, 1844. He arranged with stonecutter Charles Lambert to engrave the stone, in return for which Scovil gave Lambert a bit more than four bushels of wheat. Lambert, his wife, Mary, and their three children were in dire straits, having no food in the house. He and Mary had just finished praying for help when Scovil came to their door. Of this timely visit and wheat, Charles wrote with obvious gratitude: "Thus was our prayers answered." He took the wheat immediately to Knight's Mill, He said,"and returned home with the grist (flour or meal)." He then carved the headstone, half of which still stands in Nauvoo's Old Pioneer Cemetery.
bio by: Rhonda Holton
Parents: Lucius Nelson Scovil
Lury Snow Scovil
Twin Sisters Martha and Mary Scovil
In mid to late 1845, Lucius Scovil, who had been a baker in Nauvoo, decided to put a headstone on the grave of his son, Joel, who had died a year earlier, on May 10, 1844. He arranged with stonecutter Charles Lambert to engrave the stone, in return for which Scovil gave Lambert a bit more than four bushels of wheat. Lambert, his wife, Mary, and their three children were in dire straits, having no food in the house. He and Mary had just finished praying for help when Scovil came to their door. Of this timely visit and wheat, Charles wrote with obvious gratitude: "Thus was our prayers answered." He took the wheat immediately to Knight's Mill, He said,"and returned home with the grist (flour or meal)." He then carved the headstone, half of which still stands in Nauvoo's Old Pioneer Cemetery.
bio by: Rhonda Holton
Parents: Lucius Nelson Scovil
Lury Snow Scovil
Twin Sisters Martha and Mary Scovil
Family Members
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Lura Loretta Scovil Swasey
1832–1901
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Sariah Scovil Marsden
1837–1868
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Eliza Rebecca Scovil (McArthur) Haws
1842–1913
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Martha Scovil
1846–1846
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Mary Scovil
1846–1846
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Male Scovil
unknown–1850
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Hyrum Ovid Scovil
1845–1925
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Rachel Lydia Scovil Mason
1851–1921
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Rosetta Scovil Groesbeck
1854–1943
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Lucia Etta Scovil Huntington
1856–1920
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Lucius Nelson Scoville Jr
1858–1921
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Asa Brigham Scoville
1861–1923
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John Scovil
1863–1925
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Amasa Nelson Scovil
1863–1928
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Alodia Marsell Scovil Loveless
1864–1928
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Sarah Luella Scovil Hendricksen
1867–1969
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Sylvia Cornelia Scovil Blair
1868–1956
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Sylvanus Selah Scovil
1870–1935
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Clara Maria Scovil Raymond
1871–1952
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Elmina Basheba "Mina" Scovil Wignal
1877–1972
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Jennie Scovil Dusenberry
1886–1969
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