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Personal data Ephraim Henry Williams 

• He was born on May 2, 1842 in Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, USA.Sources 2, 3
• He was baptized in the year 1850.
• Emigrated in the year 1853.
• Immigrated on October 1, 1853 vanuit Utah, United States.
• Resident: Mill Creek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
• (Mission) in the year 1882 in Great Britain.
• (FamilySearch ID) : KWC8-R8T.
• He died on May 21, 1919 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, he was 77 years old.
• Alternative: He died on May 21, 1919 in 39 South Iighland Drive, he was 77 years old.
• Alternative: He died on May 21, 1919 in Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, USA, he was 77 years old.Source 2
• Alternative: He died on May 21, 1919 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America, he was 77 years old.Source 3
• He is buried May 1919 in Millcreek, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America.Sources 2, 3
• Alternative: He is buried on May 24, 1919 in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, East Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
• A child of Benjamin A Williams and Mary Ann Rock

Household of Ephraim Henry Williams

(1) He is married to Almira North.

They got married on December 31, 1862 at Mill Creek, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, Verenigde Staten, he was 20 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Henry Benjamin Williams  1864-1934
2. Ephraim Oscar Williams  1865-1950
3. Almira Eva Williams  1868-1922
4. Elenor Williams  ± 1869-????
5. Evaline Williams  ± 1869-1922
6. Lucy Leona Williams  1870-1871
7. Emily Levina Williams  1872-1962 
8. Mary Viola Williams  ± 1873-1987
9. Albert Williams  ± 1873-????
10. Leonard Rock Williams  1874-1877
11. Blanche Williams Miller  1877-1960
12. Mabel Williams  1883-1883
13. Leo Lawrence Williams  1885-1977
14. Lolona Williams  ± 1899-????
15. Ellen Williams  

(2) He is married to Mary Ann Cook.

They got married in the year 1867, he was 24 years old.

Child(ren):

1. John Albert Williams  1872-1941

(3) He is married to Jane Elizabeth Finch.

They got married in the year 1879, he was 36 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Claudius Williams  1880-1955
2. Ellen Williams  1885-1958
3. Don Edwin Williams  1890-1974
4. Josephine Williams  1893-1978
5. Ashton Ephraim Williams  1896-1966
6. Saloma Alena Williams  1899-1977 
7. Mary Viola Williams  1902-1987 

(4) He had a relationship with Margaret Cook.

Child(ren):

1. Ellen Birch  1885-1958
2. Don Edwin Williams  1890-1974

Notes about Ephraim Henry Williams

Ephraim Henry Williams was born 2 May 1842, in Nauvoo, Illinois, the third child of Benjamin And Mary Ann Rock Williams.

After Ephraim's father died, in December of 1842, the family continued to live in Nauvoo until September 1846, when a company of armed men came to the house and said they had been promised "Booty or Beauty" by their commander and they would have it. They told Mary Ann that she and her three children would be protected if she would forsake the Mormons, and she told them that she had left her native land for the Mormons and intended to follow them as soon as possible. The armed men told her she must be out of her house in 20 minutes or suffer the consequences. Having no team, she could take but very little with her. She took a little bedding, about one-half bushel of meal, and a small piece of pork. and went with her three small children to the banks of the Missouri River to avoid the threats of the mobbers. On the bank of the river, she could several hundred brethren and sisters and their children. The first night, the mob would not allow them to be on the bank of the river but drove them down close to the water and they had to lie on the rocks. The next morning, Mary Ann and about forty women and children were sick with a fever. They were allowed to go farther up the bank and lay in the sun until night. The second night they were taken into a stone building where they lay on a rock floor. Mary Ann lay with her apron folded under her head for a pillow and her little son Ephraim with her. The next morning, they were taken across the river on flat boats so heavily loaded they almost sank. Through great perseverance they were landed safely on the west side of the river. By this time, the mobbers had possession of the Temple and had made a fortress of it.

Some of the brethren cut a pile of brush and made a bed on which Mary Ann lay for six weeks with the fever, with her three children half starved and crying for food.

Mary Ann and her children arrived in Utah in 1852 and settled in the Mill Creek section fo the Salt Lake County. Ephraim and his brother, George, later returned to Winter Quarters for other immigrants. His mother, Mary Ann, married Edward Pugh, and one son, Enoch, was born to this union. Ephraim worked on the farm and helped his stepfather run a threshing machine.

Ephraim Williams and Almira North were married in Salt Lake County, 31 December 1862. Ephraim purchased land and built a two-room log house with a sod roof and dirt floor for their first home.

Ephraim was active in the early settlement of the community and endured the hardships of the pioneers. During the Civil War he served in the Lot Smith company as a guard of the western mail route. After the war, he returned home and became a prosperous farmer. Ephraim was very active in the development of irrigation and was a zealous worker in the establishment of water rights.

He was also a devout Latter-Day Saint, being an active worker in the Church circles. He was a leader in Sunday School and also in amusements. He was a promoter and manager of dances in the Ward and he and Almira went to a lot of dances.

He filled two missions to England. When he went on his missions he had sons old enough to run the farm. He was set apart for his first mission 9 October 1882. In the fall of 1889, Ephraim and Almira went to Logan in a wagon, stayed a week and did Temple work for relatives and friends.

Nine children were born to Almira and Ephraim. They were: Henry Benjamin, Ephraim Oscar, Almira Eveline, Lucy Leona, Emily Lavina, Leonard Rock, Blanch, Mabel, and Lee Lawrence. Three of the children died from the effects of diphtheria.

Ephraim took two other wives. The second wife was Mary Ann Cook, and four children were born of this union. Mary Ann died when her fourth child was born and Almira raised the children, though two of them died in infancy. The third wife was Jane Elizabeth Finch. She had been working for Almira and Almira made her wedding dress. Jane was the mother of nine children and was killed by lightning in 1907 in Wanship, Utah, where she was living with her family. Ephraim had to hide during the underground days and he and Jane and their children first went to Mexico, then came back and went to Canada where four children were born. When they came back, Ephraim bought a farm in Wanship and took Jane and her family there to live. When Jane died she still had children at home. Four were taken to Almira two years later. By that time Almira was badly crippled with arthritis so the oldest girl took care of the house until she married.

Ephraim loved good horses. He was a proud man and always drove a prancing horse as he rode around in his cart. He owned and operated a horsepower threshing machine for years. In those days, the farmers had to feed the threshers one or two meals depending on how much grain they had. When the men were fed at Almira's house and school was out, all the grandchildren had to go there and have a meal. Ephraim was a good provider and all his families were taken care of very well. No one ever came to his door without being fed if they were hungry.

Ephraim outlived all his wives. He died in his home at 39th South and Highland Drive on 26 May 1919, after a lingering illness. Surviving him were seven sons, eight daughters, and a large number of grand- and great-grandchildren.

Family Members
Parents
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Benjamin Williams
1807–1842

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Mary Ann Rock Pugh
1812–1895

Spouses
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Almira North Williams
1843–1916 (m. 1862)

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Mary Ann Cook Williams
1847–1874 (m. 1867)

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Jane Elizabeth Finch Williams
1860–1907 (m. 1879)

Siblings
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George Abraham Williams
1838–1907

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Lucy Maria Williams Merrill
1840–1930

Half Siblings
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Enoch Rock Pugh
1849–1920

Children
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Henry Benjamin Williams
1864–1934

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Ephraim Oscar Williams
1865–1950

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Almira Eveline Williams Fairholm
1868–1922

Lucy Leona Williams
1870–1871

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John Albert Williams
1872–1941

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Emily Lavina Williams Miller
1872–1962

Leonard Rock Williams
1874–1877

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Blanche Williams Miller
1877–1960

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Claudius Williams
1880–1955

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Ellen Williams Birch
1885–1958

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Leo Lawrence Williams
1885–1977

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Don Edwin Williams
1890–1974

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Josephine Josephia Williams Croxford
1893–1978

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Ashton Ephraim Williams
1896–1966

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Saloma Alena Williams Rynearson
1899–1977

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Mary Viola Flynn
1902–1987

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