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Sarah Gibbons: Woman of Faith

There is a story about Sarah Gibbons who, after her husband Thomas died, opened her home in Wanship to board strangers passing through as a way to make a little money to take care...

American Indian

Joseph Zaturka

A SPIRITUAL MISSIONARY EXPERIENCE Written 9-23-05 Frank B. Yazzie, Jr., a Native American Navajo and the foster son of Robert and Donna Putnam, served as a missionary from August 1979 to August 1981 in...

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Janice Linford History Notes

Janice Linford (Bio) Janice Linford was born on Thursday, December 15, 1938, to LaRue Hodges and Dott Fullmer Linford, the third of six children consisting of two girls and four boys. Her birth was...

Ralph A. Putnam

Grandpa Loved to Play Santa Claus

Grandpa loved to play Santa Claus. He would go to the neighboring Primary Christmas parties and give the children oranges. I remember one year when he came to my Primary. I stood in line...

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Memories About Dad

My dad was a firefighter and small businessman. He owned a floor covering store, a health club, and a used car dealership. He encouraged me to go to Europe when I graduated from high...

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Joyce Grimmett Got Lost

From the personal history of Joyce Grimmett Duggar Porter: The most important incident of 1932 was my being lost. This is from my mother’s letter. “Oh say I never have related the terrible scare...

Robert L. Putnam

Robert Lynn Putnam

(Personal History – 1930 to 1950) (Recorded on cassette tapes – found after his death. Transcribed by Donna L. Putnam) was born August 22, 1930, on Girard Avenue – that’s behind the old Onequa School. I...