Son of William Bert Simmons & Amanda Chipman
Married Mary Elizabeth Grover, 26 Apr 1850, Salt Lake City, Utah
The Simmons Chest
Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 19, p.455
This small cedar chest is covered with leather and painted blue. It was brought across the plains in 1850 by William Alpheus [p.456] Simmons and given to his wife Mary Elizabeth Grover as a wedding gift.
William Alpheus Simmons was born June 28, 1826, in Canada, a son of Bert and Amanda C. Simmons. The family later moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. He served with the Mormon Battalion in Company B and marched with the infantry to the West Coast. When his services were no longer required he came to Salt Lake City to join the Saints who had established homes in the Valley. Here he met and married Mary E. Grover, a pioneer of 1847 who had helped drive four yoke of oxen across the plains. They were among the early settlers of Farmington, Utah, where William set out the first orchard in the county at the mouth of Weber Canyon.
William was accidentally shot and killed September 30, 1857, by a member of his own company while standing guard in the canyon during the Johnston Army difficulties. He is buried in Farmington, Utah.
* Mormon Battalion members
Married Mary Elizabeth Grover, 26 Apr 1850, Salt Lake City, Utah
The Simmons Chest
Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 19, p.455
This small cedar chest is covered with leather and painted blue. It was brought across the plains in 1850 by William Alpheus [p.456] Simmons and given to his wife Mary Elizabeth Grover as a wedding gift.
William Alpheus Simmons was born June 28, 1826, in Canada, a son of Bert and Amanda C. Simmons. The family later moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. He served with the Mormon Battalion in Company B and marched with the infantry to the West Coast. When his services were no longer required he came to Salt Lake City to join the Saints who had established homes in the Valley. Here he met and married Mary E. Grover, a pioneer of 1847 who had helped drive four yoke of oxen across the plains. They were among the early settlers of Farmington, Utah, where William set out the first orchard in the county at the mouth of Weber Canyon.
William was accidentally shot and killed September 30, 1857, by a member of his own company while standing guard in the canyon during the Johnston Army difficulties. He is buried in Farmington, Utah.
* Mormon Battalion members
Son of William Bert Simmons & Amanda Chipman
Married Mary Elizabeth Grover, 26 Apr 1850, Salt Lake City, Utah
The Simmons Chest
Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 19, p.455
This small cedar chest is covered with leather and painted blue. It was brought across the plains in 1850 by William Alpheus [p.456] Simmons and given to his wife Mary Elizabeth Grover as a wedding gift.
William Alpheus Simmons was born June 28, 1826, in Canada, a son of Bert and Amanda C. Simmons. The family later moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. He served with the Mormon Battalion in Company B and marched with the infantry to the West Coast. When his services were no longer required he came to Salt Lake City to join the Saints who had established homes in the Valley. Here he met and married Mary E. Grover, a pioneer of 1847 who had helped drive four yoke of oxen across the plains. They were among the early settlers of Farmington, Utah, where William set out the first orchard in the county at the mouth of Weber Canyon.
William was accidentally shot and killed September 30, 1857, by a member of his own company while standing guard in the canyon during the Johnston Army difficulties. He is buried in Farmington, Utah.
* Mormon Battalion members
Married Mary Elizabeth Grover, 26 Apr 1850, Salt Lake City, Utah
The Simmons Chest
Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 19, p.455
This small cedar chest is covered with leather and painted blue. It was brought across the plains in 1850 by William Alpheus [p.456] Simmons and given to his wife Mary Elizabeth Grover as a wedding gift.
William Alpheus Simmons was born June 28, 1826, in Canada, a son of Bert and Amanda C. Simmons. The family later moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. He served with the Mormon Battalion in Company B and marched with the infantry to the West Coast. When his services were no longer required he came to Salt Lake City to join the Saints who had established homes in the Valley. Here he met and married Mary E. Grover, a pioneer of 1847 who had helped drive four yoke of oxen across the plains. They were among the early settlers of Farmington, Utah, where William set out the first orchard in the county at the mouth of Weber Canyon.
William was accidentally shot and killed September 30, 1857, by a member of his own company while standing guard in the canyon during the Johnston Army difficulties. He is buried in Farmington, Utah.
* Mormon Battalion members
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