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About Jacob Varney

(son of William Varney and Charlotte Tyso of Horley, Oxfordshire, England). Born August 7, 1831, Horley. Came to Utah September, 1856, Knud Peterson company.

   Married:	Caroline Lee in December, 1850, at Banbury, England. (daughter of Thomas Lee and Mary Burbage of Banbury, pioneers September, 1852, Thomas Howell company). She was born May 3, 1832.

Their children:
Sarah Amelia born September 7, 1852, died infant;

           Isabelle born December 27, 1853, died infant;
           Mary Jane born January 8, 1856, died child;
           Caroline Elizabeth born April 9, 1858, died child;
           Jacob William born January 22, 1861, died child;
           George Alma born January 4, 1863, married Elizabeth Chipman;
           Ezra Thomas born May 20, 1865, married Cynthia Mullner;
           Harriet Amy born August 1867, died child;
           James born October 16, 1869, married Rose Darton;
           Charlotte Maud born March 1871, died child;
           John Willard born October 1873, died child.

Married: Sarah (Conder) Shelley October 9, 1906, Salt Lake City (daughter of James Boyer Shelley and Elizabeth Bray of Claverly, Shropshire, England, pioneers 1851, Alfred Cardon company). She was born July 14, 1841, in Shropshire.
Families resided American Fork, Utah.
Member 44th quorum seventies. Black Hawk war veteran. Farmer. Sources:

   Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, page 1223
   Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah photographs, page 445
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Jacob Varney's Timeline

1831
August 7, 1831
HORTON,OXF
1853
September 27, 1853
AMERICAN FORK,UTAH,USA
September 27, 1853
AMERICAN FORK,UTAH,USA
1856
October 31, 1856
AMERICAN FORK,UTAH,USA
1858
April 9, 1858
AMERICAN FORK,UTAH,USA
1860
January 22, 1860
AMERICAN FORK,UTAH,USA
1863
January 4, 1863
AMERICAN FORK,UTAH,USA
1867
August 1867
AMERICAN FORK,UTAH,USA
1868
May 13, 1868
AMERICAN FORK,UTAH,USA