Mormon Pioneer

"...Matthews, Joseph Lazarus – (Captain of the 14th Ten) Born Jan. 29, 1809, in Johnson Co., N.C. After his marriage to Rhoda Carroll, they moved to Neshoba Co., Miss. After hearing Elder Benjamin Clapp preach, he joined the Church and in 1845 sold his holdings in Mississippi and moved to Nauvoo. He entered the Salt Lake Valley with the advance company of the pioneers. In 1849 he took part in a company exploring southern Utah. In 1851, he joined Apostle Charles C. Rich in colonizing what became San Bernardino, Calif., where he remained until the colony was recalled in 1857. He then settled in Santaquin, Utah Co., Utah, and from there served in the Southern States Mission. He worked at farming and freighting until 1880 when he settled in Pima, Graham Co., Ariz. He died there May 14, 1886, at age 77..."

SOURCE: http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/58061/Biographies-of-the-orig...

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• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via son David Henry Matthews by SmartCopy: Dec 12 2015, 18:16:59 UTC