I was looking at some stuff that I took when my grandmother died. It really touched me to see these photos of my ancestry and my ggg grandparents. I thought I would share a little bit about the first ancestor to be baptized in the church of Christ in 1833 in the state of Alabama. He served in the Mormon battalion. I kind of wish I named my children after some of my ancestors. Oh well, maybe I can convince my kids someday to do so.
Averett, Jeduthan, a member of the Mormon Battalion, Company D, was born June 12, 1816, in Chesterfield County, North Carolina [South Carolina]. He was baptized about the year 1833 [1843] in Alabama by James Brown and emigrated to Nauvoo, Ill., after the death of the Prophet Joseph Smith, having presided over a branch of the Church in Alabama for several years [It was actually not so long as that.] Traveling westward in 1846, he enlisted in the Battalion on the Missouri River, suffered considerably with sickness on the journey, but was healed from being in an insensible condition when about four hundred miles on the way. He wintered in Pueblo, and arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in July, 1847. He afterwards went back to the States, resided five years in Kanesville, Iowa, and returned to the Valley in 1852. He worked for Pres. Brigham young for six years and then moved to Springville in December, 1857. Bro. Averett was always known as a quiet but busy man. He died in St. George, Utah, Jan. 12, 1885. [Actually, he died in Springville, Utah, 2 January 1902.]
Source: Jenson, Andrew. LDS Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1901. Volume 4, p. 729.
It doesn't appear you post much on here anymore, but we're apparently distant cousins. I've been researching my ancestry and see that the Jeduthan Averett you mention is the brother of my great-great-grandfather April David Avery (born about 1830, died about 1894). Their father was Hardy Averett and mother Drucilla Meadows. Hardy's father was the elder Jeduthan Averett (Averitt, Everitt, born about 1758, died about 1798). The elder Jeduthan Averett served in the militia from North Carolina during the Revolutionary War.
ReplyDeleteMy line goes from April David Avery to George Washington Avery to Ernest Bascom Avery to my mother to me. It's extremely fascinating. Thanks for the history of your line.
Hello, I am also a distant cousin. I am from Jeduthan's first wife and their last daughter together. I would love to see what photographs and items you have from this branch.
ReplyDeleteStephanie