Byron Donalvin Roundy, Sr.

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel 1847–1868

Byron Roundy initially emigrated to the Valley in the 1847 Smoot Company. He later worked as a teamster in Daniel Thompson's 1866 out-and-back company.

Abraham O. Smoot - Samuel Russell Company (1847) Age at Departure: 3

Daniel Thompson Company (1866) Age at Departure: 22

Byron Donalvin Roundy was born 29 January 1844 at Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, the eldest son of prominent Mormon pioneer Lauren Hotchkiss Roundy (1815 - 1900) and his first wife, Johanna Carter (1824 - 1847). Byron married his first cousin, Matilda Ann Roundy (1852 - 1919), daughter of Lorenzo Wesley Roundy and Susannah Wallace, on 31 May 1869 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory. They had ten children. Byron died 1 December 1912 at Alton, Kane County, Utah, and is buried at Alton Cemetery, Plot: R13-14.

Children

1. Byron Donalvin Roundy, Jr. (1871 - 1958) married Julia Isabella Seegmiller (1877 - 1927)
2. Myron Ervin Roundy (1873 - 1960) married Hannah Elizabeth Heaton (1886 - 1977)
3. Othello Roundy (1875 - 1957) married:
   1. Almeda Cox (1891 - 1913)
   2. Ethel Marian Tait (1877 - 1946)
4. Susanna Roundy (1877 - 1908) married William Crosby (1872 - 1955)
5. Annis Isabel Roundy (1879 - 1961)
6. Hyrum Lorenzo Roundy (1881 - 1911) married Caroline Findlay (1882 - 1972)
7. Lauren Shadrach Roundy (1883 - 1962) married Viola Cutler (1886 - 1973)
8. Wallace Vernon Roundy (1885 - 1887)
9. Elbert Carter Roundy (1889 - 1959) married Bessie Robertson (1896 - 1992)
10. Napoleon Bonaparte Roundy (1894 - 1985) married Zelpha Allen (1896-1996)

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• Immigration: Sep 25 1847 - Utah, United States
• Residence: 1850 - Davis county, Davis, Utah Territory, United States
• Residence: 1860 - Springville, Utah, Utah, United States
• Residence: 1870 - Utah, United States
• Residence: 1880 - Glendale, Kane, Utah, United States
• Residence: 1900 - ED 199 Upper Kanab, Glendale, Orderville, Mt. Carmel Precincts, Kane, Utah, United States
  • Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Nov 30 2017, 12:29:21 UTC