Wellsville Cemetery, Wellsville, Cache, UT, United States: My Family Online

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Latitude: 41.64810, Longitude: -111.92640

Cemetery Photos

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1		Biographical sketch for John Thirkell on secondary headstone Married Mary Baynes Brown-born March 30 1815, died Dec 7 1881. Children: Sarah, Jemima, Caroline, Mary, Rebecca, Emily & Henrietta John & his family joined the LDS Church in England, & there prophesied that they would go to Utah & experience hunger. His prophecy was fulfilled soon after they arrived in Utah. After a bitter winter, discouraged saints ready to leave the Cache Valley met on the 4th of July, 1857, at the Wellsville Bowery. John stood pointing to the Logan East Bench & prophesied that a temple would be built there among many homes. He told the people to be steadfast & God would temper the elements in the valley. This is the first recorded vision of this temple, & he lived to see the prophecy fulfilled. He made the first real bricks in Cache Valley, using them for an addition to his home. The first apples & black native currants were brought to the valley by John. When Brigham Young visited, the trees had twenty apples, two of which were given for tithing. (Biography inscribed on stone)
2		Headstone for John P. Thirkell and Mary Brown Thirkell Find A Grave Memorial# 9058223