_John AVERETT __________+
_Elijah AVERETT ____|
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|_Cherrizade GRIMES _|
|_Elizabeth HANSLEY _____
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!DEATH: Frederick S. Dellenbaugh identifies the place of the killing of Elijah Averett, Jr. by Indians. In 1871 he records: We passed the very small settlement of Clarkdale, (Skutumpah) and all the next morning, Jun 1, (1871) our way led over rolling meadows covered with fine grass but about noon this ended and we entered the broken country of the upper Paria, with gullies and gulches barren and dry the rest of the day. In one of the dry gulches we passed a grave, marked by a sandstone slab with E. A. cut on it, which the wolves had dug out, leaving the human bones scattered around. We could not stop to reinter them. They were the remains of Elijah Averett, Jr. a young Mormon who was killed while pursuing Piutes in 1866.
Local cowboys reinterred the remains and put up a cedar post with young Averett's name carved upon it to mark the spot. Years later some Boy Scouts from Tropic, Utah, put up a permanent marker and the post was taken to Tropic. It is now on display at the Museum in Tropic. John H. Johnson supplied a lovely red sand stone for the permanent marker, and local Daughters of Utah Pioneers supplied the brass plate with his ame and dates of birth and death upon it. Source: History of Kane County, page 12-13.
DEATH: Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 16, p.291
During the terrible days of the Black Hawk war the towns of southern Utah suffered from Indian raids. Their cattle were being stolen, colonists killed and villages burned. The haunts of these Indians in eastern Utah where the Grand and Green rivers meet, history says, is one of the wildest parts of America. In the summer of 1866, an expedition under Captain James Andrus of Saint George, was conducted into this unexplored region with the [p.292] determination to bring the Indians to peace. Levi Edgar Young in "Founding of Utah" says that for adventure and bravery this expedition has rarely been equaled in the annals of our western history. Lemuel Hardison Redd was an officer under Captain Andrus' command in this expedition. They followed Indian trails into remote parts that are still unknown. The command was waylaid by Indians. Elijah Averett was killed and others wounded. I wonder if our appreciation measures equal to the sacrifices and hardships endured to make our homes and our lives safe and happy.
_Elisha AVERETT _______+
_James Lafayette AVERETT _|
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|_Laura Abigail MAXWELL ___|
|_Clarissa DE GRAW _____
_George Washington Gill AVERETT _+
_Elijah Murray AVERETT _|
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|_Martha E. ALEXANDER ___|
|_Martha REESE ___________________
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!BURIAL: Headstone in Old Washington Cem., Washington, Washington, Utah reads: Father Murray Gill Averett; born Mar 19, 1887; died June 15, 1942. Back of tombstone lists children: Winnie, Evan, Kay, Cleave, Leona, Wanda, Dennie, and Nola. Researcher: Georgenia Stewart
Birthdate Variation - 19 Mar 1884
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_Elijah Richard THAXTON _+
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_James William Sr. THAXTON _
_George Henry THAXTON _|
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|_Annie Maria TODD _____|
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