Native foliage atop the Salt Lake Conference Center, summer 2009.
This morning while working on Great Great Grandmother Elizabeth Thompson Groesbeck’s history (to be continued from here) I discovered that after Ellizabeth’s 1878 to 1880 service as president of the 17th Ward Primary, Sister Serepta M. Heywood was called to be the new 17th Ward Primary President.
Serepta M. Heywood was Bishop Joseph Heywood’s wife. He was bishop of the 17th Ward, and Serepta ran the boarding house, where Great Grandfather John Morgan lived soon after he arrived in the Salt Lake Valley.
On a whim I “googled” Serepta Heywood and discovered a wonderful site, Hallowed Ground Sacred Journey where Brigham Young University professors tell the story of the sites that are of importance to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Take a few minutes and enjoy a virtual tour of the Heywood Homesite, and John Morgan’s sacred experience. It is also recorded on the John Hamilton Morgan Family webpage here.
Wonderful! Glad to know that detail of John Morgan's life story. Thanks for the post and links.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comments, Amy. Check out The Ancestor Files for additional information about Serepta Heywood, "A Most Perfect Woman," and links to her gravestone and family webpage.
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