Person:Christopher Arthur (1)

Christopher is reported to have 8 children. This date 4 Aug 1992 I have only located 5 children. Christopher bought a male indian baby in 1860. He was one year old. He named him Samuel. He lived with the family until he was 17 years old. Jane Condie bore him 7 children. Ann Perry bore him no children Christopher had four wives. Baptized by Christopher Arthur. Confirmed by John Lyon. Ordained an Elder by Phillip K. Smith (Bishop) Dec. 1856. Ordained a Seventy and 3rd President by Hy Kess 18 April 1863. Ordained a High Priest by Bishop Henry Lunt 24 Dec 1876. Set Apart as Bishop by Apostle Erastis Snow 29 Jul 1877. Patriarch by Apostle Francis M. Lyman 18 Sep. 1893.

ARTHUR, CHRISTOPHER JONES:

Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, p.723 ARTHUR, CHRISTOPHER JONES (son of Christopher Abel Arthur and Ann Jones). Born March 9, 1832, Abersychan, Monmouthshire, S. W. Came to Utah Sept. 26, 1853, Claudius V. Spencer company. Married Caroline E. S. Haight Dec. 30, 1854 (daughter of Isaac Chauncey Haight and Ann Eliza Snyder), who was born Dec. 5, 1837. Their children: Eliza Ann H. b. July 7, 1857; Christopher H. b. July 23, 1859; Caroline K. H. b. Aug. 11, 1861, m. William T. Jones Jan. 27, 1882; Joshua H. b. May 27, 1864; Benjamin F. H. b. Sept. 9, 1866; Mary H. b. Oct. 21, 1868; Sarah H. b. Feb. 11, 1871, m. Isaac A. Nelson Jan. 19, 1896. Family home Cedar City, Utah. Married Ann Elizabeth Perry Feb. 17, 1875, Cedar City, Utah, daughter of George Perry and Susannah Ward, pioneers 1852, Joseph Jepson company. She was born Dec. 1, 1851, St. Louis, Mo. Married Marion Brown Nov. 22, 1875 (daughter of Robert Brown and Elizabeth Beveridge), who was born July 2, 1844. Family home Cedar City. Married Jane Condie Jan. 18, 1877, St. George, Utah, (aughter of George Condie and Mary Hunter, who was born Aug. 10, 1858, Stonerig, Stirlingshire, Scotland. Their children: Sarah Mary Jane C. b. May 13, 1878, m. John T. Bullock Sept. 18, 1900; Caroline E. C. b. Nov. 8, 1880, m. James C. Parry Nov. 9, 1904; Robert Abel C. b. May 12, 1883, m. Florence Sawyer; Jacob C. b. Nov. 21, 1886; Janet C. b. Aug. 8, 1888; Norman Chester b. April 8, 1897. Family home Cedar City. Drove oxteam from Council Bluffs to Salt Lake City. First settled in Big Cottonwood on the James Huntsman farm. Went to Cedar City 1854. Director of Deseret Iron Company, one of the early infant industries-succumbed 1860. Bishop's counselor 15 years; tithing clerk 42 years; of the stake 20 years; ward recorder 20 years; president 63d quorum high priests; bishop seven years; patriarch since 1893. City councilman 20 years; mayor two years. Aide to Col. W. H. Dame of the Nauvoo legion. Missionary to Sheffield, Eng., conference five months; with "Millennial Star" office 20 months. Successful in all his pursuits. Surveyor.

1.   The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998 (28).
2.   The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998 (29).