Samuel Leaver, Jr

Christened on Jun 4, 1809 in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England.

Buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetary

Born: 13 Apr 1809, Banbury, Oxford, England

Parents: Samuel and Jeanette Leaver

Died: 2 Dec 1858, Salt Lake City, Utah

Arrived in Valley: 10 Sep 1852, James J. Jepson Co.

Married Mary Ann Hartlett

Date: 11 Mar 1831, Brooklyn, Kings, New York

Born: 20 Jun 1810, Neithrop, Oxford, England

Parents: Edmund (Edward) Saul and Ann Borscott Hartlett

Died: 4 Apr 1882, Salt Lake City, Utah

Samuel was a tailor by trade. He was 20 when he left England with his brother. He married Mary Ann, who had emigrated with her family from England. They both joined the Church in New York, after hearing Parley P. Pratt preach. While in New York, two sons and a daughter died.

In 1844 Samuel and Mary Ann took their young family and went to Nauvoo, where they lived for two years. He was sick with the ague at the “Poor Camp,” where many of those from Nauvoo camped on the west side of the river and were fed by the quail. They lived with the saints at Council Bluffs for two years and then moved to Savannah, Missouri, where Samuel worked to get enough supplies to go to Zion.

Upon their arrival in the Valley, Samuel was able to obtain a lot and built a log house in which they lived several years. He followed his trade in the valley and often had to travel to other towns to ply his trade.

Six years after arriving in Utah, he was returning from a trip to Camp Floyd when the stage he was riding in encountered a severe snow storm. Those in the stage tried to make their way to shelter. Samuel froze to death just a few yards from a house. He and his family remained faithful to the church.

Taken From: “Stalwart Mormon Pioneers, Conquerors of the West” Sons of the Utah Pioneers

• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via daughter Ann Musser (born Leaver) by SmartCopy: Nov 14 2014, 16:21:41 UTC