THE SANDERS FAMILY ~ (additional information found on the internet)

Home of Andrew Jensen and wife Lena Monsen (Caroline Mogensen) ~~~ Researched and Compiled by Tudy Barentsen Standlee

DESCENDANTS OF CHARLES CLAWSON (OLE CARL CHRISTIAN CLAUSEN) and EMMA SOPHIA PETERSEN COX

This History is taken from the book "The Family History of William Bristol, Ane Marie Sophie Clausen, Joseph Cambron, and their Descendants ...... Written by Pat L. Sagers. 

Charles Clausen or Clawson (Ole Carl Christian Clausen) and His Family

This History is taken from the book "The Family History of William Bristol, Ane Marie Sophie Clausen, Joseph Cambron, and their Descendants ...... Written by Pat L. Sagers. 

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Home of Jacob Jacobsen and his wife Rosella Marie Porter ~~~ Researched and Compiled by Tudy Barentsen Standlee

DESERET

Deseret

The early settlers of  Mt. Pleasant as well as other communities migrated to Utah from the east to the west, over land and over sea, coming in many companies, with hand carts, horse or ox teams. In speaking of Utah, TuIlidge said, "The community grew so rapidly that before the close of the second year it was deemed wise to establish a
constitutional government; and accordingly representatives of the people met in convention and formed the 'Provisional Govern­ment of the State of Deseret.' A constitution adopted and dele­gates sent to Washington asking admission into the Union. . . . . But congress saw fit to disregard their desire for a state organi­zation and on the 9th day of September 1850, passed an act or­ganizing the Territory of Utah."

The name "Deseret" means Honeybee and is taken from the Book of Mormon. The reason for choosing this name is because the Bee represents industry.

The name "Utah" quoting Levi Edgar Young, "is a corruption of the word 'Eutau' the name of an Indian tribe that lived in these valleys and mountains long ago. . . . . Utah means 'In the tops of the mountains.' Other meanings have been given to the word, including that of 'The Land of Sunshine' and 'The Land of Plenty.' "

Settling of Sanpete County
After coming to Utah, prior to coming to Mount Pleasant, many of the pioneers located in and about what is now Salt Lake, Utah and Cache Counties.

In June of 1849, scarcely two years after the arrival of the first company of pioneers in Utah, Chief Walker (Walkara, mean­ing yellow) and Chief Sowiette with a band of Ute Indians visited President Brigham Young in Great Salt Lake City, and asked that colonizers be sent to the San pitch valley, named after an Indian Chief, Sanpitch, a brother of Chief Walker, to locate there and teach the Indians how to till the soil, and to build their homes and become civilized. This valley was described by them as "good land having much water." An exploring company with Chief Walker[1] as guide was sent out to investigate. They camped on the present site of Manti, August 20th, where they were kindly received and entertained by the Indians. After remaining there a few days, they returned to Great Salt Lake City and reported conditions favorable for settlement.

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       (An inserted historical note) On page 68 of his book “Utah’s Black Hawk War” John Alton Peterson revealed that Walkara had a hidden agenda in inviting the settlers to Sanpete: “When Walkara learned that the Mormons were abandoning villages (as they did during both conflicts [Walker and Black Hawk wars] ), he wrote George A. Smith telling him  that ‘the Mormons were d--- fools for abandoning their houses and towns’, for he did not intend to molest them there, as it was his intention to confine his depredation to their cattle, and that he advised them to return and mind their crops, for, if they neglected them, they would starve, and be obliged to leave the country, which was not what he desired, for then there would be no cattle for him to take. "  (added by David R. Gunderson)

SOMETHINGS YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD ABOUT AMERICA ~~~ Submitted by Larry Staker

Lars Peter Madsen Family

   LARS PETER MADSEN

           l.  Lars Peter Madsen

         Mads Madsen and Ellen Hansen met in the summer of         1867 while crossing the plains on the way

Mads Madsen ~~~ Of the "MADSENS OF MT. PLEASANT, UTAH"

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Mads Madsen Home ~~~ Compliments of Jacob Barlow 

Forbidden Places ~~~~ Submitted by Larry Staker

N.S. Neilson ~~~~ Pioneer of the Month ~ August 2020

N.S. Neilson, son of Neils and Benta Swenson, was born in Sweden, September 5, 1848.  In 1868 he came to Utah with a sister, Hannah, locating in Moroni, where he engaged in farming, mining and railroading. About 1869 he moved to Mt. Pleasant, and in 1872 became a stockholder in the Sanpete County Co-op Store.  In 1877 he engaged in the cattle business in a small way.  He started in the sheep business in 1883.  When the Mt. Pleasant Commercial and Savings Bank was organized, he became one of the largest stockholders and was elected president.  He also carried a small stock of agricultural implements and conducted a meat market for several years. He was a stockholder in the Electric Light Company, had stock in both the roller mills, being president of the Mt. Pleasant mill.  He was a member of the city council for two terms and elected mayor in 1895.  He was a member of the I.O.O.F. He married Benta, daughter of Neils and Karn Neilson in Mt. Pleasant on October 3, 1883.  She was born in Sweden, June 5, 1860.  They were the parents of three children:  Irene, Beatrice, and Adie.

The following pages seem a little disjointed.  However I am posting them as they were typed and as they were numbered 1 thru 6.