Born: 18 Feb 1835, Green Township, Wayne, Illinois

Parents; Gilberth and Hannah Whitcomb Haws

Died: 6 Mar 1895, Colonia Pacheco, Chihuahua, Mexico

Arrived in Valley: Oct 1848, Lorenzo Snow Co.

Married lst: Barbara Belinda Mills

Date: 1 Dec 1853, Provo, Utah, Utah

Born: l Jul 1836, Suffan's Creek, Pickering Twnp, Leads, Canada.

Parents: John and Jane Sanfard Mills

Died: 30 Mar 1936, Pima, Graham, Arizona

Married 2nd: Martha Barrett (twin)

Date: 8 Nov 1875, Salt Lake City, Utah

Born: 13 Mar 1859, Pontypool, Mammouth, England

Parents: William and Phoebe Colburn Barrett

Died: 2 Sep 1916, Salt Lake City, Utah

Married 3rd: Gertrudis Guaneros

Date: 1 Mar 1888

Born: abt. 1845

Died: 1929

William's parents were baptized in 1842 in Illinois. They started west in 1847, spending the winter in Mt. Pisgah, Iowa. They went to Winter Quarters in 1848 and came west in the Lorenzo Snow Company.

William was baptized in City Creek a month after their arrival. The following March, 1849, the family got a call to go to Provo to help settle the area. William helped his father by caring for the stock and the farm after their arrival. During the winter, the Indians stole lots of the stock and there was a fight with the Indians, in which William became involved. He helped build the first old fort on Provo River and then helped build the new fort where Provo is now.

In 1851, the family moved over the Provo River about a mile and started farming. The next year, William met his future wife and they got married. They lived with Barbara's parents for three years until they could get their own home. The grasshoppers made things difficult the first two years, but they survived. When word came of Johnston's Army, William was made captain and sent to Echo Canyon. He was soon made major.

In 1858, William sold his home and purchased another lot where he built a house. He was called on a mission in 1871. Upon his return, he sold his home and worked for the Salt Lake Police.

In 1879, he took his two wives and children and went to Arizona. From there he took his second wife to Mexico, hoping to send for the rest of his family. He married a third wife and stayed in Mexico. He died of pneumonia in Mexico.

Children of 1st wife:

HANNA JANE, b. 6 Sep 1854. D. 11 Jan 1924.

WILLIAM WALLACE, b. 20 Sep 1856. D. 1 Oct 1914.

GEORGE MARTIN, b. 15 Dec 1858. D. 23 Apr 1936.

SARAH ELEANOR (Ellen), b. 13 Mar 1861. D. 27 Jul 1939.

JOHN GILBERTH, b. 16 Feb 1864. D.5 Mar 1868. Child.

MARY ANGELINA, b. 13 Apr 1867. D. 20 May 1947.

RHODA MATILDA, b. 14 Jan 1870. D. 10 Oct 1951.

MILLIE MARY, b. 18 May 1873. D. 8 Jan 1917.

Children of 2nd wife:

JOHN WALLACE, b. 21 Feb 1878. D. 19 Feb 1902.

CHARLES JAMES, b. 15 Apr 1881. D. 7 Aug 1906.

JOSEPH FOREST, b. 19 Dec 1882. D. 17 May 1968.

LAURA PHOEBE, b. 10 Feb 1885. D. 16 Oct 1964.

WILLIAM GILBERT, b. 24 Mar 1887. D. 20 May 1955.

ERASTUS SNOW, b. 10 May 1889. D. 13 Aug 1969.

CHLOE, b. 2 Feb 1891. D. 14 Nov 1965.

MARY (twin), b. 3 Aug 1894. D. 28 Jan 1989.

MARTHA (twin), b. 3 Aug 1894. D. 6 May 1984.

Children of 3rd wife:

ELIZABETH, b. 17 Nov 1888.

ALMA, b. 14 Jul 1891. 1907.

GERTRUDIS, b. 8 Aug 1893. D. 9 Jul 1894.