PRITCHETT FAMILY PHOTOS ~~~MEN WITH BEARDS ~~~PIONEER DAY IN MT. PLEASANT 1947

I have posted this picture before.  However, this one is so much better. I found this one while searching

 Family Search for Pritchett Family records. John Frank Pritchett and Olive Monsen Pritchett were very much involved in Mt. Pleasant Pioneer Day. For many years, they furnished the Kentucky Fried Chicken that everyone so enjoyed. 

The following photos are from the Pritchett research I was doing.  My Grandmother was Sarah Emma Pritchett Rigby. 

1922 FOURTH GRADE ~~~MINA HASLER TEACHER

 

(the following is just as it is written on the back of the photograph)

Front Row L to R: 1. Afton Zabriskie 2.????3. Madsen, 4. Anderson, 5. Lovell, 6. Tidwell, 7. Jensen, 8. Seely, 9. Maiben, 10. Christensen, 11. Myberg, 12. Christensen, 13. Myberg, 14. Anderson, 15. Seely, 16. Boyden, 17. Gunderson, 18. Haylee Ivie, 19. Abraham Burton, 20. Douglas Gunderson, 21. Hugh Barton, 22. Rhoda Jorgensen, 23. Vivian Pritchett, 24. Katie Erickson, 25. Anna Olsen, 26. Romero, 27. Montell Winkler, 28. Margaret Thompson, 29. Vera Poulsen, 30. Traunturine, 31. Hazel Poulsen, 32. Draper, 33. Alpha Madsen, 34. Leora Draper, 35. Eula Seely, 36. MelbaAldrich, 37. Christal Rosenlof, 38. Joseph Larsen, 39. Raymond Naef, 40. Cyril Fowles, 41. Merril Zabriski, 42. Mina Hasler, 43. Anderson, 44. Lawrence Johansen, 45. Hicks, 46. Virgil Bramstead.

HOME OF JACOB CHRISTENSEN INGER CHRISTINA THOMPSON AND INGEBORG ANDERSON ~~~ from our archves

 

LEVI FRANKLIN PRITCHETT and wife SARAH ELLEN THOMPSON HOME (Newly Painted)

 

HOME OF LEVI FRANKLIN PRITCHETT and WIFE SARAH ELLEN THOMPSON (From our archives)

 

 

 

HOME OF MATHIAS JURGENSEN and wife (STINE ) MARY THOMPSON ~~~ Researched, Compiled and Updated by Tudy Barentsen Standlee

 

HOME OF ANDREW KNUDSEN and wife MARY OLIVE NELSON ~~~ Researched, Compiled and updated by Tudy Barentsen Standlee

 

FIRST AND SECOND GRADE 1959-60 ~~~ HAMILTON ELEMENTARY

 

HOME OF ANDREW EMIL SORENSEN and wife ELLA NINETTA FECHSER ~~~ Researched and Compiled by Tudy Barentsen Standlee

 

 

 

James Wilson and Sarah Ellen Thompson ~~~PIONEERS OF THE MONTH ~~~ SEPTEMBER 2025

 

Occasionally, the twenty-fourth was celebrated in the mountains. This was a day long to be remembered. After the flag-raising and gun powder was set off in Wilson’s Blacksmith Shop, the wagons started to roll toward the mountains to Derfee’s Meadows. There, on this beautiful smooth meadow, the wagons formed a circle similar to the pioneers’ as they crossed the plains.

James Wilson had a blacksmith shop on the corner where the drugstore now stands. James Borg and Ole Clemmensen had a harness shop and Abner Crane had a blacksmith shop on first west. Anderson's Blacksmith Shop was located on the east side of State Street, about Third South.

Several Blacksmiths and Farriers were needed to keep up with the demands of planting, cutting, and harvesting.

Wilson's Blacksmith Shop was located on the south side corner of State Street and Main, where the Pharmacy is located now. You can see main street buildings in the background.

 

James M. Wilson

BIRTH: 25 Dec 1836
Muskingum County, Ohio, USA

DEATH: 9 Jun 1911 (aged 74)
Mount Pleasant, Sanpete County, Utah, USA

BURIAL:
Mount Pleasant City Cemetery

Mount Pleasant, Sanpete County, Utah, USA

PLOTA / 93 / 3 / 2MEMORIAL ID141394  

 
 

Five Generations: Front--Mina Pritchett, Myrna Pitts, Sarah Ellen T. Pritchett Wilson. Back--Elaine S. Pitts, Vivian P. Smith

Levi Franklin Pritchett 

ADOLPH MERZ AND WIFE IDA RUTIISHAUSER ~~~Researched and Compiledby Tudy BarentsenStandlee

 

LEONA MELVINA TERVORT BESSER

 

HAMILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ~ 1959 -1960

 

HOME OF MORTEN RASMUSSEN AND KAREN MARIE CHRISTENSEN ~ Researched, Compiled by Tudy Barentsen Standlee (from our archives)

 

 

 Currently Vacant

Sarah Ellen Thompson Pritchett Wilson ~~~ Pioneer of the Month ~~~ August 2023

Levi Franklin Pritchett 

 

The Pritchett Family

 The family name of Pritchett originated in Wales and according to all known records, is a name of great antiquity, having an unbroken male descent from the princes of Wales, between Wye and Severn, a dynasty that lasted from the time of Caradoc Vraich, who reigned in 520 AD to the death of Bleddyn, the last prince in 1190 AD. 

During this time the family became very numerous and began to spread out into other parts of the British Isles. Many went into Ireland and the middle parts of England. From the period of the close of the reign of Bleddyn until about the middle of the 15th century, little is known about the family as few or no records were kept. It has to date been impossible to bridge the gap between 1190 and the first Pritchett who came to America. 

The records of Virginia Historical Society record that Miles Pritchett came to America on a sailing ship, the Star, in the year 1612. This was eight years before the pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. Apparently, he settled in Jamestown, Virginia, and from there the family spread out into the area known at that time as the Virginia land grant. This area comprised what is now known as Virginia, Kentucky, Delaware, Tennessee, and parts of Georgia. The Pritchetts were also in Delaware and Maryland as early as 1669. It is in this area that most of the Pritchett family are found today and from which the branch of our family originally came. It has been difficult to trace a direct line of Pritchetts beyond the middle of the 17th century. Most of this difficulty is the direct result of the Civil War. During the various campaigns that the northern troops made into the South, many of the churches where the records of our people were kept were burned and it is therefore impossible to verify many of the stories and much of the information that has come down from generation to generation and from family to family. James Mitchell Pritchett, the father of Leonidas Pritchett, was born in Smyth County, Virginia on June 1, 1817, and later married Mary Ann Fulcher. To them were born nine children: William, Leonidas, John, Nancy, Thomas, Levi, James, Rebecca, and Douglas. Douglas died at the age of three years but all the other children lived to marry and raise a family. William, the eldest, married Peggy Heneger. Leonidas married Elizabeth Ann Heninger. John married Mary V. Hambrick. Nancy married John Floyd Young. Thomas married Lovina Chadwick Heninger, and later, after her death he married Ida Huntsman. Levi married Ellen Thompson. James married Kate James. Rebecca married Lindsey Brady. 

The descendants of these eight children have spread into nearly all the western states. Many of them have at one time or another become interested in their genealogy and have made an attempt to find the records of their families. As a result, there has been a tremendous duplication of effort and in many cases, each one has interpreted the existing records in their own way, which has resulted in many conflicting claims and dates of births, marriages, and deaths. Written by La Von Fuller Shreeve; date unknown. Found in papers belonging to Hazel Smith Carver, a great-granddaughter.

Wilson's Blacksmith Shop was located on the south side corner of State Street and Main, where the Pharmacy is located now. You can see main street buildings in the background.

James Wilson
Blacksmith

 

James M. Wilson

BIRTH: 25 Dec 1836
Muskingum County, Ohio, USA

DEATH9 Jun 1911 (aged 74)
Mount Pleasant, Sanpete County, Utah, USA

BURIAL:
Mount Pleasant City Cemetery

Mount Pleasant, Sanpete County, Utah, USA

PLOTA / 93 / 3 / 2MEMORIAL ID141394  

 
 

Five Generations: Front--Mina Pritchett, Myrna Pitts, Sarah Ellen T. Pritchett Wilson. Back--Elaine S. Pitts, Vivian P. Smith

Early Years Recalled by Margaret Thompson and ~~~~Terry Wood (taken from Louise Johansen's Scrapbook)

 

Home of Lyman Wing Aldrich and his wife Carrie Ingeborg Beck (updated by Tudy)

 

FAMILY GROUP SHEET OF CHRISTIAN WIDERGREEN ANDERSON

 Christian died 9 Feb 1927

Nels died 6 October 1884

Loria Lindberg died 1882

Elsa died 13 Apr 187-

Class of 1924 "They're Comin' Back to NSH

Salt Lake Tribune  May 10, 1974

 

Hamilton School Band 1937