John Lazear is the son of Catherine and Peter Lazear. He married Margaret Stark October 9, 1873 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They have ten children: Mary Shaw Lazear, John Lazear, James Stark Lazear, Peter Lazear, William Stark Lazear, Agnes Lazear, Walter Lazear, George Lazear, Joseph Lazear and Annie Belle Lazear.
The Lazear family history, shared by Anne Lazear Diener, starts in Italy as well. John's family was among the Huguenots driven from Alsace Larraine in France to the Piedmont Valley in northern Italy, which is where John was born in 1847.
Mormon missionaries came to the Piedmont Valley and, as they were not welcomed, had to hide and hold secret meetings. The Lazears were one of the families that helped the missionaries. Because of this help, when a ship came to take the missionaries home, the Lazears and other benefactors of the Mormons, who had joined the church, were invited to come with them to America.
Lazear and his family sailed from Liverpool, England in Dec. 1855, his mother, Catherine, died on the hard voyage and was buried at sea. The ship reached New York in Feb. 1856. Lazear's older brother became separated from the family and was never heard from again.
Not long after, Lazear and his father, Peter joined the First Hand Cart Company and began a long journey across America. They reached Salt Lake City in Sept. 1856. Peter Lazear died and was buried in Echo Canyon, just before the company reached its destination.
Young Lazear was taken by a family named Almon. He worked in a salt mine and was injured in a cave-in.
Margaret Stark was born in 1857 in Pollockshaws, Fife, Scotland. In 1872 Margaret's widowed mother took the little Stark family to Denmark to board a ship for New York. They then crossed the country by train, arriving in Salt Lake City in Sept. 1872.
Lazear and Stark met in Salt Lake City and were married in 1873 in a little log church Lazear had helped build in Temple Square. The church sent the young couple to St. George, Utah with a group of missionaries to build the St. George Temple. While in St. George, they had four children, Mary, John, James and Peter. Mary died and is buried there.
From St. George, the church sent the Lazears and others to Arizona Territory. On the journey, Margaret Stark Lazear's mother died and was buried at Sunset City, north of Winslow.
The Lazears and others continued to Mormon Lake and onto Nash Point, where the wagon boxes had to be lowered by ropes. Leading the oxen and horses down the Rim, the group arrived in Pine Valley in Oct. 1881. The cabin they built is now the Gingerbread House at the corner of Randall Drive and Highway 87 in Pine.
In Pine, John and Margaret Lazear had five more children: Annie Belle Lazear Hunt; William Stark Lazear; Agnes Lazear Ogilvie; Walter Lazear; George Lazear; and Joseph Lazear.
(from the Payson Roundup, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007)
The Lazear family history, shared by Anne Lazear Diener, starts in Italy as well. John's family was among the Huguenots driven from Alsace Larraine in France to the Piedmont Valley in northern Italy, which is where John was born in 1847.
Mormon missionaries came to the Piedmont Valley and, as they were not welcomed, had to hide and hold secret meetings. The Lazears were one of the families that helped the missionaries. Because of this help, when a ship came to take the missionaries home, the Lazears and other benefactors of the Mormons, who had joined the church, were invited to come with them to America.
Lazear and his family sailed from Liverpool, England in Dec. 1855, his mother, Catherine, died on the hard voyage and was buried at sea. The ship reached New York in Feb. 1856. Lazear's older brother became separated from the family and was never heard from again.
Not long after, Lazear and his father, Peter joined the First Hand Cart Company and began a long journey across America. They reached Salt Lake City in Sept. 1856. Peter Lazear died and was buried in Echo Canyon, just before the company reached its destination.
Young Lazear was taken by a family named Almon. He worked in a salt mine and was injured in a cave-in.
Margaret Stark was born in 1857 in Pollockshaws, Fife, Scotland. In 1872 Margaret's widowed mother took the little Stark family to Denmark to board a ship for New York. They then crossed the country by train, arriving in Salt Lake City in Sept. 1872.
Lazear and Stark met in Salt Lake City and were married in 1873 in a little log church Lazear had helped build in Temple Square. The church sent the young couple to St. George, Utah with a group of missionaries to build the St. George Temple. While in St. George, they had four children, Mary, John, James and Peter. Mary died and is buried there.
From St. George, the church sent the Lazears and others to Arizona Territory. On the journey, Margaret Stark Lazear's mother died and was buried at Sunset City, north of Winslow.
The Lazears and others continued to Mormon Lake and onto Nash Point, where the wagon boxes had to be lowered by ropes. Leading the oxen and horses down the Rim, the group arrived in Pine Valley in Oct. 1881. The cabin they built is now the Gingerbread House at the corner of Randall Drive and Highway 87 in Pine.
In Pine, John and Margaret Lazear had five more children: Annie Belle Lazear Hunt; William Stark Lazear; Agnes Lazear Ogilvie; Walter Lazear; George Lazear; and Joseph Lazear.
(from the Payson Roundup, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007)
John Lazear is the son of Catherine and Peter Lazear. He married Margaret Stark October 9, 1873 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They have ten children: Mary Shaw Lazear, John Lazear, James Stark Lazear, Peter Lazear, William Stark Lazear, Agnes Lazear, Walter Lazear, George Lazear, Joseph Lazear and Annie Belle Lazear.
The Lazear family history, shared by Anne Lazear Diener, starts in Italy as well. John's family was among the Huguenots driven from Alsace Larraine in France to the Piedmont Valley in northern Italy, which is where John was born in 1847.
Mormon missionaries came to the Piedmont Valley and, as they were not welcomed, had to hide and hold secret meetings. The Lazears were one of the families that helped the missionaries. Because of this help, when a ship came to take the missionaries home, the Lazears and other benefactors of the Mormons, who had joined the church, were invited to come with them to America.
Lazear and his family sailed from Liverpool, England in Dec. 1855, his mother, Catherine, died on the hard voyage and was buried at sea. The ship reached New York in Feb. 1856. Lazear's older brother became separated from the family and was never heard from again.
Not long after, Lazear and his father, Peter joined the First Hand Cart Company and began a long journey across America. They reached Salt Lake City in Sept. 1856. Peter Lazear died and was buried in Echo Canyon, just before the company reached its destination.
Young Lazear was taken by a family named Almon. He worked in a salt mine and was injured in a cave-in.
Margaret Stark was born in 1857 in Pollockshaws, Fife, Scotland. In 1872 Margaret's widowed mother took the little Stark family to Denmark to board a ship for New York. They then crossed the country by train, arriving in Salt Lake City in Sept. 1872.
Lazear and Stark met in Salt Lake City and were married in 1873 in a little log church Lazear had helped build in Temple Square. The church sent the young couple to St. George, Utah with a group of missionaries to build the St. George Temple. While in St. George, they had four children, Mary, John, James and Peter. Mary died and is buried there.
From St. George, the church sent the Lazears and others to Arizona Territory. On the journey, Margaret Stark Lazear's mother died and was buried at Sunset City, north of Winslow.
The Lazears and others continued to Mormon Lake and onto Nash Point, where the wagon boxes had to be lowered by ropes. Leading the oxen and horses down the Rim, the group arrived in Pine Valley in Oct. 1881. The cabin they built is now the Gingerbread House at the corner of Randall Drive and Highway 87 in Pine.
In Pine, John and Margaret Lazear had five more children: Annie Belle Lazear Hunt; William Stark Lazear; Agnes Lazear Ogilvie; Walter Lazear; George Lazear; and Joseph Lazear.
(from the Payson Roundup, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007)
The Lazear family history, shared by Anne Lazear Diener, starts in Italy as well. John's family was among the Huguenots driven from Alsace Larraine in France to the Piedmont Valley in northern Italy, which is where John was born in 1847.
Mormon missionaries came to the Piedmont Valley and, as they were not welcomed, had to hide and hold secret meetings. The Lazears were one of the families that helped the missionaries. Because of this help, when a ship came to take the missionaries home, the Lazears and other benefactors of the Mormons, who had joined the church, were invited to come with them to America.
Lazear and his family sailed from Liverpool, England in Dec. 1855, his mother, Catherine, died on the hard voyage and was buried at sea. The ship reached New York in Feb. 1856. Lazear's older brother became separated from the family and was never heard from again.
Not long after, Lazear and his father, Peter joined the First Hand Cart Company and began a long journey across America. They reached Salt Lake City in Sept. 1856. Peter Lazear died and was buried in Echo Canyon, just before the company reached its destination.
Young Lazear was taken by a family named Almon. He worked in a salt mine and was injured in a cave-in.
Margaret Stark was born in 1857 in Pollockshaws, Fife, Scotland. In 1872 Margaret's widowed mother took the little Stark family to Denmark to board a ship for New York. They then crossed the country by train, arriving in Salt Lake City in Sept. 1872.
Lazear and Stark met in Salt Lake City and were married in 1873 in a little log church Lazear had helped build in Temple Square. The church sent the young couple to St. George, Utah with a group of missionaries to build the St. George Temple. While in St. George, they had four children, Mary, John, James and Peter. Mary died and is buried there.
From St. George, the church sent the Lazears and others to Arizona Territory. On the journey, Margaret Stark Lazear's mother died and was buried at Sunset City, north of Winslow.
The Lazears and others continued to Mormon Lake and onto Nash Point, where the wagon boxes had to be lowered by ropes. Leading the oxen and horses down the Rim, the group arrived in Pine Valley in Oct. 1881. The cabin they built is now the Gingerbread House at the corner of Randall Drive and Highway 87 in Pine.
In Pine, John and Margaret Lazear had five more children: Annie Belle Lazear Hunt; William Stark Lazear; Agnes Lazear Ogilvie; Walter Lazear; George Lazear; and Joseph Lazear.
(from the Payson Roundup, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007)
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