Person:Alexander Wilkins (1)

!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: Wilkins Family Bible in Possession of Robert Givens. Written records of Charlotte Y. Wilkins in possession of Robert Givens. Church and temple records in possession of Mrs. Monroe Claridge, Box 708 Safford, AZ Arthur Coleman, Carter Pioneers of Provo, UT. ANCESTRAL FILE: #1DHR-KH. OCCUPATION: Farmer. SOURCE: Andrew Jensen, Encyclopedic History of the Church p. 215 - Eden Ward, St. Joseph Stake, Graham Co., AZ, consists of the Latter-day Saints residing in that part of Gila Valley which ties on the north side of the Gila River, northwest of Pima. The Eden, or Curtis, townsite is about 14 miles northwest of Thatcher and six miles southwest of Fort Thomas. Most of the people live in scattered condition on their respective farms which are irrigated from the Gila River.

    The settlement of Curtis, or Eden, was founded in 1881 and the first ecclesiastical organization there was formed in the beginning of 1882 when Moses Curtis (Known as Father Curtis) was placed in charge of the settlement.  A townsite was surveyed and a ward organization effected in June, 1883, with Moses Curtis as Bishop.  He was succeeded in 1891 by Lachoneus N Colvin, who later in the same year was succeeded by Alexander Wilkins, who in 1893 was succeeded by Lachoneus N Colvin as presiding elder....Total population of Eden Precinct was 231 in 1930.

SOURCE: Wilkins Family Temple Book - in possession of Robert E Givens, 1032 N Filbert, Clovis, CA - Priesthood Ordinations: Seventy 21 Mar 1886 by John Moody, H. Priest 7 Jan 1888 by Wm D Johnson, Bishop 2 Sep 1892 by John Henry Smith. He and Charlotte York Carter were married by Elias Williams, JP, in Mona, Joab, Utah on 8 Oct 1873 and sealed by Daniel H Wells in SLC on 4 Jan 1882. He and his wife were given patriarchial blessings on 20 Oct 1885. He died of typhoid fever on 8 Sep 1893 in Matthews, Graham, AZ.

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