My Own Pioneers 1830-1918: Volume III, The Last Pioneers/Refuge in Mexico 1876-1918

Kathryn J. Kappler

Outskirts Press, Jan 29, 2015 - Biography & Autobiography - 516 pages

Follow the fascinating true stories of one family through the Mormon pioneer era—stories that follow four generations and several of the author’s family lines as they and their fellow pioneers help shape the early history of the Mormon Church, the American West, and even Mexico. This memorable journey is the culmination of fifteen years of painstaking research as the author carefully reconstructs the pioneer struggles from before 1830 to 1918 using information from family journals, memoirs, histories and letters.

       Volume III (The Last Pioneers/Refuge in Mexico, 1876-1918) concludes the family history by explaining how polygamous family pioneers moved from Utah to settle Arizona and New Mexico; how the pioneers faced Indian and mob threats again in their new home; how, because of polygamy, the threat of imprisonment forced the settlers to flee into Mexico, where they battled Indians and the elements, adjusted to Mexican culture and citizenship, and prospered; how they were soon victims of the Mexican Revolution, caught between two marauding armies; and how they were finally forced back across the border as impoverished refugees in the very states they had once pioneered. 

My Own Pioneers is an important work illuminating the legacy of the Mormon pioneers.  It is a compilation of true chronological accounts through which their lives, their sacrifices, and their considerable accomplishments, despite terrible hardship, may be honored.  With its extensive index, this book provides an excellent research tool for academics as well as history enthusiasts; and it uplifts every reader by showcasing the enduring strength and mighty faith of these pioneers. 

Contents

• Three Volumes: ix
• 10: xii
• CHIHUAHUA AND SONORA Mexican States: 672
• 11: 679
• Physician to the Saints Ezra G Williams 18461863 439: 684
• We Will Go John and Catherine Campbell Steele 18431847 277: 688
• Wild Indians John Steele 18461877 491: 741
• Volume III continued: 833
• OHIO 1830 The Lamanite Missionaries Route 24: 843
• INDIAN COUNTRY 1830 1831 The Lamanite Mission 52: 899
• Pancho Villa and the Last Pioneers Frederick G Williams: 921
• JOINING THE LINES Grandparents and parents connect stories to author: 1014
• Chronology of Frederick G Williams: 1
• Laying the Foundation Frederick G Williams 18301831: 3
• MORMONS IN MISSOURI 1838: 5
• ENDNOTES: 7
• Chronology Surrounding the Williams Farm: 9
• ENDNOTES: 17
• BIBLIOGRAPHY: 44
• Volume II: 50
• THE MORMON TRAIL 1849 334: 56
• TABLE OF CONTENTS All volumes i: 60
• INDEX: 68
• Rebeccas Choice Rebecca Swain Williams 18301838: 87
• Into the Furnace Theodore Turley 18371839: 131

About the author

The author was born in Fort Worth, Texas, but spent her childhood and young adulthood outside the United States, in Newfoundland, France and Spain, because of her upbringing in a military family.  She is a former Regent Scholar of the University of California, and graduated Magna cum Laude from UCLA with a degree in Economics. She subsequently earned an MBA with honors at University of Southern California.  Throughout her life Kathryn has sustained an ardent interest in history.  The author’s family has been associated with Native Americans for several generations.  She has lived and traveled extensively on Indian reservations of the Southwest while researching early Native American silver jewelry.  She has spent many years working with troubled horses.

Bibliographic information

• Title: My Own Pioneers 1830-1918: Volume III, The Last Pioneers/Refuge in Mexico 1876-1918; Volume 3 of My Own Pioneers, 1830-1918: Stories of One Family in the Early History of the Mormon Church, Mexico and the American West, Kathryn J. Kappler
• Author: Kathryn J. Kappler
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Outskirts Press, 2015
• ISBN: 1478737026, 9781478737025
• Length: 516 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Adventurers & Explorers