Descendants of EDMUND LOVELL ELLSWORTH and MARY ANN BATES

Descendants of EDMUND LOVELL ELLSWORTH and his Third Wife,
MARY ANN BATES

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WILLIAM BATES ELLSWORTH of Mesa, Arizona, was born 24 June 1857 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He died 7 May 1908 in Provo, Utah. He married EMMA DALEY, 15 July 1891 in Mesa, Arizona. She was born 23 August 1873 in Paris, Idaho. She died 23 November 1942 in Mesa, Arizona. She was the daughter of PHINEAS DALEY and ADELINE GROVER. WILLIAM, with his family, moved to West Weber, Utah in the spring of 1868. At the age of nineteen, 18 April 1876 he was appointed President of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association. He held the position for two years. He, was ordained an Elder and received his endowments in Salt Lake City, 31 July 1876. On that date he was set apart as a ward teacher. He held the position until he left West Weber, 6 September 1880. On that date his father, EDMUND, and his two families, left West Weber, Utah for their new home in Show Low, Arizona. They arrived at Forestdale, later Show Low, 26 October 1880. WILLIAM was appointed to the office of trustee of schools in November 1881. The appointment was made by the probate judge. WILLIAM was ordained a High Priest 24 December 1881 ;ind was appointed the presiding elder of the Forestdale Ward by President Jesse N. Smith. Later, 13 May 1884, the Forestdale Ward was reorganized with HANS HANSEN, SR. as president and WILLIAM ELLSWORTH as first counselor and WILLARD WHIPPLE as second counselor.

WILLIAM, with his brother GEORGE FRANKLIN, left SHOW LOW 20 October 1884, moving his family to a new home in Mesa, Arizona. He was set apart as secretary of the High Priest's quorum, 6 February 1886. In January of 1888 WILLIAM was appointed city marshal of Mesa. He held this position until 12 April 1894, during which time he was also deputy sheriff for two years and constable for three years.

WILLIAM was a farmer both at Show Low and at Mesa. Because of the development of cancer in a hip injury, he moved to Provo, Utah in 1906 for treatment. He died in Provo 11 May 1908.

WILLIAM RONALD ELLSWORTH was born 30 April 1892 in Mesa, Arizona. He married EUGENIA WINNIFRED GUTHRIE, 17 August 1919 in Mesa, Arizona. She was born 31 March 1893 in Mesa, Arizona, the daughter of LOREN VAUGHN GUTHRIE and WINIFRED FREDRICKA JOHNSON.

WILLIAM RONALD was a boy of sixteen when his father died in 1908. He returned with his mother and her other younger children to Arizona. Ronald assisted his mother in the operation of the Fish Creek Inn, on the Apache Trail, from 1913 to 1918. The boy was taken into the army in 1918. He served in France in Company H, 354 Infantry, 89th Division. When the Armistice was signed, RONALD drove a truck into Germany and served another year in the Army of Occupation. During his army life, RONALD had several miraculous escapes from injury, fulfilling the promise of the patriarchal blessing: "If your life is ever in danger, the way will be opened for your escape." After returning home from World War I, Ronald married. He worked for two years with the father of his wife, L. V. GUTHRIE at Chandler, Arizona. He then returned to Fish Creek and with his mother, his sister, PARA, and brother, LEON, operated again the Inn from 1921 to 1925. He then sold and moved to Mesa where he became an employee of the Shell Oil Company. RONALD sold his oil agency in 1947 and devoted himself to farming and church work in the presidency of the Maricopa Stake.

RONALD held many Church and civic positions. He was appointed to the Board of Regents of the Arizona State Colleges and University. He served several times in the Stake High Council and in the Stake Presidency. Because of property which he owned in Farmington, New Mexico, he moved to that place in February, 1951. He was chosen as second counselor to Stake President CLEMENT P. HILTON, 22 November 1953. RONALD was held in high esteem wherever he lived and served.

WILLIAM VAUGHN ELLSWORTH was born 15 June 1920 in Mesa, Arizona. He married JULIA PEREZ, 30 March 1944 in Balboa, Central America. She was the daughter of DIONISIO PEREZ, and MANUELA PEREZ of Rosario, Argentina. WILLIAM served as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1940-1943) in Argentina. He served in Japan in the Military (1945-1946) as CIC agent.. Children: HARVEY HUGH ELLSWORTH; ALICE JOYCE ELLSWORTH; RONALD MAX ELLSWORTH; JERRY DOYLE ELLSWORTH; and CURT STEVEN ELLSWORTH.
GRANT RONALD ELLSWORTH was born 19 September 1921 in Mesa, Arizona. He married MRS. FERN ELIZABETH SHILL HOWARD, 16 February 1948. She was the daughter of OTTO SHILL and MARGARET WEBB BROWN. GRANT has the B. S. degree from the University of Arizona, 1943. He served in the Ordinance Department of the U. S. armed forces from June 9, 1943 to August 11, 1946, leaving with the rank of captain. GRANT served in the Bishopric of the Mesa First Ward. He farms about 900 acres at Higley, Arizona, growing cotton, hay and grain. Children: RENA ELIZABETH ELLSWORTH; b. 10 June 1949. MARK SHILL ELLSWORTH, b. 10 February 1951. MICHELE ELLSWORTH, b. 19 March 1953.
THELMA CLAIRE ELLSWORTH was born 12 November 1923 in Mesa, Arizona. She married LEO ROBERTSON LESUEUR, 21 February 1945 in Mesa. He was the son of LEO LESUEUR and JESSICA LORRAINE ROBERTSON. Children: LEO MICHAEL LESUEUR; ANN LESUEUR; and DAVID ELLSWORTH LESUEUR.
WINNIFRED HOPE ELLSWORTH was born 12 December 1925 in Mesa, Arizona. She married BLAINE LESLY HUNTER, 21 September 1947 in Mesa, Arizona. He was the son of JAMES A. HUNTER, and ESTELLA ROGERSON. Child: RONALD STEVE HUNTER.
GEORGIA ELAINE ELLSWORTH was born 10 July 1928 in Mesa, Arizona.
JONATHAN LeROY ELLSWORTH was born 16 March 1935 in Mesa, Arizona. As an infant of four months JONATHAN was stung on the cheek by a scorpion. Being so near the nose and throat his respiratory organs were paralyzed and he soon ceased to breathe. He was administered to by Bishop ISAAC DANA and President GERMAN E. ELLSWORTH. He was treated by a skilled physician, Dr. M. L. KENT and assisted by Elder VAN B. BRINTON. The baby recovered and became a winning 4-H Club exhibitor at the Arizona State Fair. After graduating from High School in 1953, JONATHAN attended Brigham Young University.

LEON ELLSWORTH was born 3 September 1894 in Mesa, Arizona. He married ARMENTA MAY HAWKS 18 February 1919 in El Centro, California. She was born 23 May 1901 in Orangeville, Utah. She was the daughter of LAFAYETTE HAWKS and ADDIE LULDA BROWN. Children: LYNWOOD LEON ELLSWORTH; ELMER ELLSWORTH; NOVINE ELLSWORTH; SHIRLEY ELLSWORTH; LARRY DEAN ELLSWORTH.
LYNWOOD RICH ELLSWORTH was born 8 October 1898 in Mesa, Arizona. Accidentally killed 29 December 1904.
PARA LEE ELLSWORTH was born 31 October 1900 in Mesa, Arizona. She married ERNEST ESSEX ELLIS 6 December 1920 in Phoenix, Arizona. He was born in Carthage, Missouri, the son of JAMES ALFRED ELLIS and MARY MELVINA MILLESS. Children: BETTY LEE ELLIS and ERNEST NEIL ELLIS.

GEORGE FRANKLIN ELLSWORTH of Mesa, Arizona was born 26 December 1858 in Salt Lake City, Utah and died 23 January 1916 in Mesa, Arizona. He married SARAH MARIA FOLLET, 24 October 1883 in St. George, Utah. She was born 18 March 1866 in Provo, Utah and died 14 January 1941 in Mesa, Arizona. She was the daughter of WILLIAM ALEXANDER FOLLET and NANCY MARIAN FAUSETT. The family lived in Show Low, Mesa, Arizona and Provo, Utah; then later in Mesa. GEORGE filled a mission in the Southern States and one to the Indians, where he taught in the first Indian school in Arizona. He was one of the presidents in the Ninetieth Quorum of Seventy from 1885 to 1914. He built the first brick house in Mesa, Arizona. He served as a Special Deputy Marshal and as a member of the Arizona National Guard.

GEORGE FRANKLIN ELLSWORTH was born 24 December 1884 in Show Low, Arizona. He married (1st) SARAH CAROLINE JONES, 4 October 1910 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was born 27 January 1883 in Grass Creek, Utah, and died 26 December 1919 in Mesa, Arizona. She was the daughter of JACOB JONES and MARY ANN HARRISON. He married (2nd) MRS. ANNIE DEAN CORBETT, 22 September 1920 in Phoenix, Arizona. She was born in Bovingdon, England, the daughter of ARTHUR DEAN and MARY ANN GEARY. GEORGE filled a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Southern States. He served as recorder and chief deputy clerk of the Arizona Superior Court for 19 years. Children: of GEORGE FRANKLIN and SARAH:

KING FOLLET ELLSWORTH was born 14 June 1913 and died four days later.
RUTH ELLSWORTH was born 16 January 1916 in Mesa. Arizona. She married RULON DETLEFF BLUNCK who was born 21 April 1914 in Rexburg, Idaho, the son of HENRY BLUNCK and HATTIE STAUB. Children RULON DAVID BLUNCK; DONALD DOUGLAS BLUNCK; JERRY MAURICE BLUNCK; and KARL EDMUND BLUNCK.

Children of GEORGE FRANKLIN and ANNIE DEAN:

GEORGE DEAN ELLSWORTH was born 12 July 1921 in Mesa, Arizona. He married HELEN HAMBLIN, 5 June 1942 in Mesa, Arizona. She was born 5 December 1925 in Nutrioso, Arizona, the daughter of DON CARLOS HAMBLIN and IDA LEE. GEORGE DEAN served two years as a missionary in the East Central States for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He also served in World War II in Africa, India, Burma and China. Children: SHARON LYNN ELLSWORTH; ARTHUR DEAN ELLSWORTH; and RICHARD LEE ELLSWORTH.
NAOMI DEAN ELLSWORTH was born 19 November 1922 in Mesa, Arizona. She married ROY ELMO HARRIS, JR. 18 June 1941 in Mesa. He was born 11 April 1920 in Salt Lake City, Utah, the son of ROY ELMO HARRIS and MARTHA VIOLATE DeLAND. Children: JULIE ANN HARRIS; JAMES ANTHONY HARRIS; JACK EDWARD HARRIS; NANCY ELLEN HARRIS.
JOSEPH FRANKLIN ELLSWORTH was born 9 March 1927 in Mesa, Arizona. He married CARRIE ALLEN, 9 March 1947 in Mesa. She was born 23 July 1927 in Globe, Arizona, the daughter of E. MELVIN ALLEN and LOLA TAYLOR.

JOSEPH served over four years in World War II. He was a mechanic and gunner in the Navy Air Force, serving from Guadalcanal to the Philippines and Guam. Residence, Mesa, Arizona. Children: ROWAN JOSEPH ELLSWORTH, b. 28 June 1948. KELLAR FRANKLIN ELLSWORTH, b. 9 March 1951. MARTA ELLSWORTH, b. 9 August 1952. DORN TAYLOR ELLSWORTH, b. 12 April 1955.

ROBERT LOVELL ELLSWORTH was born 8 May 1930 in Mesa, Arizona. He married RUTH KLEINMAN, 9 April 195 3 in the Mesa Temple. She was born 10 May 1932 in Mesa, Arizona, the daughter of LAWRENCE KLEINMAN and ORVILLA BOND. ROBERT served as a missionary to England for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He also served in the Army Anti Air Craft with duty in Germany in World War II.
MARTHA ANN ELLSWORTH was born 6 May 1932 in Mesa, Arizona. She married MELVIN GRANT RANDALL, 6 September 1949 in Mesa. He was born 6 September 1931 in Pine, Arizona, the son of MELVIN RANDALL and EVA GRANT. Children: MICHALL GRANT RANDALL, b. 18 April 1950 in Bisbee, Arizona, and MELVIN DANIEL RANDALL, b. 29 September 1952 in Mesa, Arizona.

HILDA MAY ELLSWORTH was born 31 July 1886 in Mesa, Arizona and died 3 February 1935 in Phoenix, Arizona. She married FLOYD ELMER GRINER 10 October 1910 in Salt Lake City. He was born in Ocala, Florida, the son of JAMES BUCHANAN GRINER and EDITH ADELL MERRIAM. Children: ELLSWORTH LELAND GRINER; LYNN ADELE GRINER; DEAN GEORGE GRINER; and VERDA MAE GRINER.
EARL FOLLET ELLSWORTH was born 6 April 1890 and died 28 March 1892 in Mesa, Arizona.
CLARENCE ELLSWORTH was born 1 June 1893 and died 26 May 1895 in Mesa, Arizona.
PAUL DEWEY ELLSWORTH was born 3 May 1898 in Mesa, Arizona. He died 20 July 1942 in Tucson, Arizona. He married JESSIE PETERSON, 14 January 1939 in Prescott, Arizona. She was born 18 May 1907 in Mesa, Arizona and was the daughter of PETER LOUIS PETERSON and FLORA BELLE ROTHROCK. Residence, Mesa, Arizona. Child: PAUL DEWEY ELLSWORTH, JR.
ALTA ELLSWORTH was born 29 January 1903 in Provo, Utah. She married CHARLES ERNEST STANDAGE, 16 June 1925 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born 13 August 1894 in Mesa, Arizona. He was the son of JOSEPH ROGERS STANDAGE and MARY JANE HILL. Children: CHARLES GAIL STANDAGE; CAROL STANDAGE; and KEITH FLOYD STANDAGE.
FERN ELLSWORTH (twin to FAUN) was born 30 March 1905 in Mesa, Arizona. She married TED K. GORRELL, 12 February 1927 in Orange, California. He was born 12 June 1905 in Indiana and was the son of ELMER ULYSIS GORRELL and CARRIE MILLS. Children: SHIRLEY JEAN GORRELL and WALTER TED GORRELL.
FAUN ELLSWORTH (twin to FERN) was born 30 March 1905 in Mesa, Arizona. She married ORIN C. FULLER, 7 April 1932 in Mesa, Arizona. He was born 8 August 1903 in Mesa, Arizona and was the son of HORACE CORNELIUS FULLER and ADELAIDE CEDILLA ALLEN. Children: JANET FULLER; ANN FULLER; DENA FULLER; and DONALD ORIN FULLER.

HOMER ELLSWORTH was born in 1860 or 1861 and died when ten months old.

FANNIE ELLSWORTH was born 29 April 1862 in Salt Lake City and died 8 March 1948 in Ogden, Utah. She married CHARLES HENRY GREENWELL, 17 July 1880 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 29 October 1856. He was the son of AMBROSE GREENWELL and ELIZABETH HILL. Children: EARL ELLSWORTH GREENWELL; HOWARD ELLSWORTH GREENWELL; LAWRENCE ELLSWORTH GREENWELL; EDMUND ELLSWORTH GREENWELL; ELLSWORTH E. GREENWELL, and GENE ELLSWORTH GREENWELL.

ORSON ELLSWORTH was born 31 December 1864 in Salt Lake City, Utah and died 20 September 1892 in Snowflake, Arizona. He married LUCY OAKLEY, 18 September 1886 in St. George, Utah. She was born 22 July 1868 in St. George, Utah and died 25 April 1948 in Hayward, California. She was the daughter of JOHN OAKLEY and LOUESIA JONES. She married (2nd) JOSEPH WILLIAM WHITE. CHILDREN:

MARY LOUESIA ELLSWORTH was born in Show Low, Arizona, 24 July 1887. She married OWEN LEONARD STEWART, 3 April 1912 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born in Mesa, Arizona, 22 June 1889. He was the son of OSCAR MARION STEWART and SARAH STANDAGE. Children: MARGARET STEWART; BERNARD ORSON STEWART; OWEN STANLEY STEWART; DESMOND OSCAR STEWART; MIRA LEE STEWART; THURZA MILDRED STEWART; and NOREEN STEWART.
THURZA ELLSWORTH was born in Snowflake, Arizona, 28 January 1889. She married LOUIS FRANKLYN BOYLE in San Francisco, California, 7 June 1917. He was born 11 September 1885 in Murray, Utah. He died 15 December 1940 in Chicago, Illinois. He was the son of ALBERT CLARENCE BOYLE and ELIZABETH BOAM. THURZA and her husband served as missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and were assigned as teachers at the Church School at Kelsey, Texas. Children: ELEANOR RUTH BOYLE and LOUIS FRANKLYN BOYLE II.
NELLIE ELLSWORTH was born 25 November 1890 in Snowflake Arizona and married SIMS F. RAY in Salt Lake City in 1917.
ORSON EARL ELLSWORTH was born and died in Woodruff, Arizona.

NELLIE ELLSWORTH was born 1 June 1866 in West Weber Utah and died 26 June 1928 in Show Low, Arizona. She married ALONZO JOSEPH MERRILL 26 April 1886 in Show Low, Arizona. He was born 19 December 1862 in Wellsville, Utah. He died 13 August 1935 in Show Low, Arizona. He was the son of ALONZO CLARK MERRILL and ELIZA JANE BIRD. Children: ALONZO WILLIAM MERRILL; LOREN ELLSWORTH MERRILL; CHARLES MERRILL; RAY MERRILL; CLYDE MERRILL; MARION MERRILL; JOSEPHINE MERRILL; RHEA MERRILL; MARY BIRD MERRILL; GLENNIE MERRILL; and WINETTA MERRILL.

LORETTA ELLSWORTH was born 12 April 1868 in West Weber, Utah. She died 29 March 1940 in Lakeside, Arizona. She married HANS HANSEN, 21 October 1885 in St. George, Utah. He was born in Washington, Utah, 24 August 1862. He was the son of HANS HANSEN and METTA KATRINA ADSERVEN. Children: GERTRUDE HANSEN; WINNIFRED HANSEN; MARY HANSEN; METTA HANSEN; and GEORGINA HANSEN.

JULIA ELLSWORTH was born 12 December 1870 in West Weber, Utah. She married SAMUEL EZRA WEST, 12 April 1886 in St. George, Utah. He was born 25 May 1866 in Parowan, Utah, and died 15 August 1938 in Lakeside, Arizona. He was the son of JOHN A. WEST and MARY JANE ROBINSON. Residence, Mesa, Arizona. Children: EMMA WEST; EZRA JOSEPH WEST; KARL BATES WEST; IDA WEST; SEDENA WEST; LAVERN WEST; EARL WEST; MARY ROBINSON WEST; and JULIA GWENDOLYN WEST.

ANNIE M. ELLSWORTH was born 30 November 1872 in West Weber, Utah. She died 13 April 1894 in Mesa, Arizona. She married MORRIS CALVIN PHELPS, 18 October 1891 in Mesa, Arizona. He was born 24 October 1870 in Montpelier, Idaho and died 22 February 1949 in Mesa, Arizona. Children: MORRIS PHELPS and ANNIE HAZEL PHELPS.

LOREN ELLSWORTH was born 1 April 1874 and died 11 November 1879 in West Weber, Utah.

EMMALINE ELLSWORTH was born 4 December 1876 and died 19 November 1879 in West Weber, Utah.

EFFIE ELLSWORTH (twin to ELLYE) was born 31 December 1878 in West Weber, Utah and died 4 March 1948 in Mesa, Arizona. She married GOVE EDWIN PHELPS, 21 December He was born 2 December 1878 at Lee's Ferry, Arizona, and died 23 July 1941 in Mesa, Arizona. He was the son of HYRUM S. PHELPS and M. ELIZABETH BINGHAM. Children: KENNETH PHELPS; VILLA PHELPS; MAXINE PHELPS; WAYNE ELLSWORTH PHELPS; WORTH LOVELL PHELPS; and REX E. PHELPS.

ELLYE ELLSWORTH (twin to EFFIE) was born 31 December 1878 in West Weber, Utah. She married RICHARD MOORE BLEAK, JR. 8 October 1914. He was born in Rainer, New Mexico, 20 February 1882. He was the son of RICHARD MOORE BLEAK and ALICE GRACE WELLS. Children: RICHARD WELLS BLEAK and NORMA E. BLEAK.