Descendants
of Joshua Messervy
Generation
No. 1
1. JOSHUA1 (Josue) MESSERVY He married JANE ROBERTS.
Child of JOSHUA MESSERVY and JANE ROBERTS is:
2. i. JOSEPH ROBERT2 MESSERVY, b. 30 Apr 1842, St. Johns, Jersey (British).
Generation
No. 2
2. JOSEPH ROBERT2 MESSERVY (JOSHUA1) was born 30
Apr 1842 in St. Johns, Jersey (British).
He married (1) AUGUSTA P. COOK 25 Dec 1864 in Fish Haven, Bear Lake, Idaho. She died 1867 in Fish Haven, Bear Lake,
Idaho. He married (2) MARY OPHELIA KINGSBURY Aft. 1869 in
Fish Haven, Bear Lake, Idaho.
He married (3) LAURA SOUTHWORTH 09 Mar 1869 in Fish Haven, Bear Lake,
Idaho.
Notes for JOSEPH ROBERT MESSERVY:
Joseph Robert had dropped the second
"s" from the family name due to gross mispronunciation.
LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew
Jenson, Vol. 2, p.102
Meservy, Joseph Roberts, clerk of
Wilford Ward, Fremont county, Idaho, is the son of Joshua Meservy and Jane
Roberts and was born at St. Johns, Jersey (British), April 30, 1842. His early
life was principally spent in a French school. His parents, having accepted the
Gospel, emigrated to Utah in 1853, leaving Jersey, with their family, in
January of that year. They crossed the Atlantic on the ship
"Golconda". After an eventful voyage, they landed at New Orleans in
April, 1853. The emigrants sailed up the Mississippi river to Keokuk, where
they remained till wagons, animals, etc. were procured, when they proceeded on
their journey over the plains in Joseph W. Young's company. While en route they
passed through [p.103] many trying ordeals, but reached the Valley in safety
Oct. 10, 1853. The Meservy family located in Tooele, Tooele county, Utah; later
they assisted in building the "Spanish Wall" in G. S. L. City to
protect the settlers against the attacks of hostile Indians. In 1855/56, they
suffered the pangs of hunger and privation in common with other settlers, as
the crops had been destroyed by grasshoppers. In 1856 they moved to Santaquin,
Utah county, where they remained till 1858, when they moved to Goshen; thence
they moved to Franklin, Idaho, in 1860, and helped found that settlement.
Joseph R. went east to Florence, Nebraska, in Wm. B. Preston's company, to aid
in bringing in a company of emigrants The family moved to Fish Haven, Bear Lake
county, Idaho, in 1864. On Christmas day, of that year, Joseph R. married
Augusta P. Cook, who, after bearing him one child, died in September, 1867. He
married Laura Southworth March 9, 1869. Elder Meservy has followed school
teaching and farming as his chief occupations. Among the civil positions he has
held it may be mentioned that he served as school trustee for many years and a
justice of the peace for over twelve years. As a church worker he has been very
active, having labored as a home missionary, secretary of Elders Quorum, M. I.
A. officer, Ward ecclesiastical clerk in various Wards for over 35 years, and a
Sunday school worker over thirty years. During 1895/96 he performed a mission
in Europe, where he labored principally in the Swiss and German Mission. He
married Mary Ophelia Kingsbury January 1, 1877, who has borne him ten children.
Since 1887 he has lived at Wilford, Fremont county, Idaho.
More About JOSEPH MESSERVY and AUGUSTA COOK:
Marriage: 25 Dec 1864, Fish Haven, Bear
Lake, Idaho
More About MARY OPHELIA KINGSBURY:
Number of Children - 10
More About JOSEPH MESSERVY and LAURA SOUTHWORTH:
Marriage: 09 Mar 1869, Fish Haven, Bear
Lake, Idaho
More About JOSEPH MESSERVY and MARY KINGSBURY:
Marriage: Aft. 1869, Fish Haven, Bear
Lake, Idaho
Child of JOSEPH MESSERVY and MARY KINGSBURY is:
3. i. OLIVER KINGSBURY3 MESERVY, b. 08 Oct 1877, North Hooper, Weber county, Utah; d. Sep 1978.
Generation
No. 3
3. OLIVER KINGSBURY3 MESERVY (JOSEPH ROBERT2 MESSERVY, JOSHUA1) was born 08 Oct
1877 in North Hooper, Weber county, Utah, and died Sep 1978. He married Charlotte Eleanor BAGLEY 08 Oct 1909 in Salt Lake Temple, daughter of EMANUEL BAGLEY and CHARLOTTE POPE.
*Charlotte
Eleanor Bagley is my 1st cousin 4 times removed**
Notes for OLIVER KINGSBURY MESERVY:
LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew
Jenson, Vol. 2
Meservy, Oliver Kingsbury, a president of
the 113th Quorum of Seventy, is a son of Joseph Roberts Meservy and Mary
Ophelia Kingsbury and was born Oct. 8, 1877, at North Hooper, Weber county,
Utah. He was baptized June 3, 1886, by Thos. S. Johnson, and was subsequently
ordained to the Priesthood in the following order: Deacon March 30, 1890, by
Wm. J. Pratt; Teacher March 5, 1893, by Joseph R. Meservy; Priest January 3,
1895, by Reuben Belnap; Elder April 11, 1897, by Reuben Belnap, and Seventy
Oct. 18, 1899, by Anthon H. Lund. From October, 1899, to November, 1901, he
filled a mission to the Southern States, where he labored principally in the
South Carolina conference. Elder Meservy has always taken an active interest in
church work and has held numerous positions of responsibility and trust, of
which the following are a few: Missionary, teacher and officer in the Y. M. M.
I. A.; officer and teacher in the Sunday school; Religion class worker; Ward
teacher; secretary of Elders Quorum; Ward clerk of Wilford Ward since 1895, and
a president of the 113th Quorum of Seventy. Of civil positions he has also held
an ample share, having been road supervisor, postmaster, justice of the peace
and deputy assessor in Fremont county, Idaho. At different times he has engaged
in farming, milling, merchandising, teaching carpentering and bookkeeping. His
place of residence has been Wilford, Fremont county, Idaho, since 1888.
continued
LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew
Jenson, Vol. 3, p.164
Meservy, Oliver K., Brother Meservy
married Charlotte Eleanor Bagley, daughter of Emanuel Bagley and Mary Isabel
Pope, Oct. 8, 1909, in the Salt Lake Temple. Their children thus far are Joseph
Roberts Meservy, born Feb. 8, 1911; Loa Gertrude, born June 30, 1913, and Mary,
born August 3, 1915. During the season of 1913 Oliver planted some forty acres
of peas which made vigorous growth until the morning of July 14th, when they
were severely frosted. At this date a dry warm spell of weather began, and the
North Fork of Snake River, from which he obtained water, having fallen to low
water mark, his crops began to burn exceedingly, he not being able to secure
enough water to save them. Being much in debt he besought the Lord to spare
what was left of his crops. While in the field at about 1 p.m., July 21st, he
raised his hands and eyes toward heaven and cried "O, where is the God of
Jacob?" and as he implored the Lord an inspiration came to him saying,
"I will water your crops," to which Oliver replied, "Even so,
Father, let it not only rain, but let it storm in the mountains over the head
of the streams and let the river, even the North Fork of Snake river, raise
three feet so that all the canals may be filled and all the people be
blessed." In a few hours it began to rain, and thus continued until the
ground was wet down the depth of the plowing. The water in the North Fork of
Snake river rose to high water mark. All the canals were filled and the volume
of water continued abundant to the end of the irrigating season. Much of the
crops that had seemed utterly lost were miraculously revived and saved. Never
before, nor since, during the 34 years that this region has been inhabited, has
any incident similar to this occurred, but whenever the river has fallen in
July it has continued to fall until the middle or latter part of August, and
any amount of rain had never before varied its flow enough to be noted. Bro.
Meservy relates a number of instances in which his life and person have been
preserved, where he has been singularly blessed in answer to prayers and has
enjoyed the gift of healing to an imminent degree. He has also been very
successful as a public speaker and as an expounder of the gospel.
More About OLIVER MESERVY and CHARLOTTE BAGLEY:
Marriage: 08 Oct 1909, Salt Lake Temple
Children of OLIVER MESERVY and CHARLOTTE BAGLEY are:
i. JOSEPH ROBERTS4 MESERVY, b. 08 Feb 1911; d. Aug 1964.
More About JOSEPH ROBERTS MESERVY:
Social Security Number: 528-24-6572
Issued in UT
ii. DAVID MESERVY, b. 17 Aug
1912.
iii. LOA GERTRUDE MESERVY, b. 30 Jun 1913.
iv. MARY MESERVY, b. 03 Aug
1915.
v. OLIVER KUMEN MESERVY, b. 04 Sep 1918.
vi. FOREST ZEONOA MESERVY, b. 08 Apr 1921.
vii. ROYAL RUEL MESERVY, b. 03 Oct 1923.
viii. ELEANOR KOLEEN MESERVY, b. 17 Sep 1929.
ix. RUE KLOI MESERVY, b. 17 Sep 1929.
*my 2nd cousins 3 times
removed*
Diane Goldhammer
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