Jacob Moroni Secrist, Sr.

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Birth: Aug. 15, 1850 Salt Lake City Salt Lake County Utah, USA

Death: Nov. 5, 1906 Garland Box Elder County Utah, USA

Son of Jacob Foutz Secrist and Anna Eliza Logan

Married Polly Estella Smith, 13 Sep 1869, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Married Monica Amelia Potter, 1 Sep 1881, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Married Hannah Priscilla Bourne Potter, 29 Apr 1903, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 3, p. 233

Secrist, Jacob Moroni, Bishop of Farmington, Davis county, Utah, was born Aug. 15, 1850, in Salt Lake City, Utah, the son of Jacob Foutz Secrist and Eliza Logan. His parents were natives of Pennsylvania, but later they settled in Illinois, where they resided about two years, until the exodus of the Saints from Nauvoo in 1848. With the main body of the Church they then moved to Winter Quarters on the Missouri river and came to Utah in 1847. The first few years they spent in Salt Lake City, where Jacob Moroni Secrist was born. Later the family settled in Davis county. In 1852 the father was called on a mission to Great Britain and on his return from said mission he died while crossing the plains.

Jacob Moroni married Miss Polly Estella Smith, Sept. 13, 1869; she was the daughter of Thomas Smith and Polly Clark, and was born Dec. 12, 1852. She became the mother of six children. Bro. Secrist was baptized May 3, 1861, by Thomas Grover; ordained a Seventy March 31, 1868, by Elias Van Fleet, and ordained a High Priest and Bishop July 2, 1882 and set apart to preside over the Farmington Ward. He occupied the position of Bishop until his death, which occurred at Garland, Nov. 5, 1906.

Bishop Secrist's first wife died Dec. 12, 1882, and later he married Monica A. Potter (daughter of Gardner Potter and Eveline Himan ), who was born Sept. 2, 1856, at Springville, Utah; she bore her husband two children and died in October, 1902.

In 1903 (April 29th) Bishop Secrist married H. Priscilla Bourne (daughter of Charles Bourne and Jane Alder), who was born Sept. 21, 1854, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Besides taking an active part in Church affairs, Bishop Secrist held many positions of a secular nature in the interest of his fellow-citizens. Thus he was president of the Farmington Commercial & Manufacturing Company and a director in the Davis County Bank of Farmington.

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Parents:

• Jacob Foutz Secrist (1818 - 1855)
• Ann Eliza Logan Secrist (1826 - 1878)

Spouses:

• Polly Estella Smith Secrist (1853 - 1882)
• Monica Amelia Potter Secrist (1856 - 1902)
• Priscilla Hannah Bourne Secrist (1854 - 1942)*

Children:

• Jacob Moroni Secrist (1871 - 1896)*
• Thomas Edwin Secrist (1872 - 1942)*
• Estella Secrist Welling (1874 - 1909)*
• Charles Albert Secrist (1875 - 1915)*
• Annie Louisa Secrist Layton (1879 - 1963)*
• Henry Secrist (1885 - 1945)*
• Ethlyn Secrist Christiansen (1891 - 1976)*

Burial: Farmington City Cemetery Farmington Davis County Utah, USA Plot: B-76-3

Maintained by: SMS Originally Created by: Utah State Historical So... Record added: Feb 02, 2000 Find A Grave Memorial# 40168

• Military_service: Davis, Utah, United States - 18 December 1905
• Residence: Farmington, Davis, Utah

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Secrist, Jacob Moroni, Bishop of Farmington, Davis county, Utah, was born Aug. 15, 1850, in Salt Lake City, Utah, the son of Jacob Foutz Secrist and Eliza Logan. His parents were natives of Pennsylvania, but later they settled in Illinois, where they resided about two years, until the exodus of the Saints from Nauvoo in 1848. With the main body of the Church they then moved to Winter Quarters on the Missouri river and came to Utah in 1847. The first few years they spent in Salt Lake City, where Jacob Moroni Secrist was born. Later the family settled in Davis county. In 1852 the father was called on a mission to Great Britain and on his return from said mission he died while crossing the plains.

Jacob Moroni married Miss Polly Estella Smith, Sept. 13, 1869; she was the daughter of Thomas Smith and Polly Clark, and was born Dec. 12, 1852. She became the mother of six children. Bro. Secrist was baptized May 3, 1861, by Thomas Grover; ordained a Seventy March 31, 1868, by Elias Van Fleet, and ordained a High Priest and Bishop July 2, 1882 and set apart to preside over the Farmington Ward. He occupied the position of Bishop until his death, which occurred at Garland, Nov. 5, 1906.

Bishop Secrist's first wife died Dec. 12, 1882, and later he married Monica A. Potter (daughter of Gardner Potter and Eveline Himan ), who was born Sept. 2, 1856, at Springville, Utah; she bore her husband two children and died in October, 1902.

In 1903 (April 29th) Bishop Secrist married H. Priscilla Bourne (daughter of Charles Bourne and Jane Alder), who was born Sept. 21, 1854, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Besides taking an active part in Church affairs, Bishop Secrist held many positions of a secular nature in the interest of his fellow-citizens. Thus he was president of the Farmington Commercial & Manufacturing Company and a director in the Davis County Bank of Farmington.

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Biographical Summary:

(son of Jacob F. Secrist and Ann Eliza Logan). Born August 15, 1850, at Salt Lake City.

Married: Polly Estella Smith June 1870, Salt Lake City (daughter of Thomas S. Smith and Polly Clark of Farmington, Utah).

Their children:

1. Jacob Moroni, Jr., born February 9, 1871, married Ruth Barber;
2. Thomas Edwin born May 6, 1872, married Lillian Blanche Wood February 4, 1891;
3. Polly Estella born April 24, 1874, married Franklin D. Welling;
4. Charles Albert born August 19, 1875, married Hattie Hess;
5. Annie Louisa born June 27, 1879, married George C. Layton;
6. Mary Elizabeth born June 27, 1879, died infant;
7. Horace born October 9, 1881, married May Alexander.

Family home Farmington, Utah.

High Priest; bishop of Farmington ward for 25 years. Commissioner. Farmer. Died November 6, 1906, at Farmington.

Source: Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, page 1151