Juanita Brooks

Tells the story of Emma Lee, an Englishwoman who converted to Mormonism and then became one of the nineteen wives of John D. Lee, who was convicted and executed for his role in the Mountain Meadows Massacre of September 1857.

Two sisters manage to wrest a Christmas "tree" from the treeless Nevada desert where they live.

x, 175 p. 23 cm

Dudley Leavitt was born 31 August 1830 in Hatley, Quebec, Canada. His parents were Jeremiah Leavitt and Sarah Sturdevant. They migrated to Utah in 1850. He married Mary Huntsman 30 August 1853 in Salt Lake City. They had twelve children. He married Maria Huntsman 12 August 1855 and they had twelve children. He married Thirza Riding 11 August 1859 and they had ten children. He married Janet Smith and they had eleven Children. He married Martha Hughes Pulsipher 30 November 1872 and they had three children. They lived in Santa Clara, Utah. He died 15 October 1908. Includes Abbott, Waite, Hooper, Hansen, Hunt, Hardy, Barnum, Hughes and related families.