Brigham Young & Mary Forsyth Jarvis

WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY     (Washington County, Utah)

BRIGHAM YOUNG & MARY FORSYTH JARVIS

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BIOGRAPHY

St. George City Councilman

Water developer


FAMILY

Brigham's Parents and Siblings:
    George Jarvis
    Ann Prior Jarvis
        George Frederick Jarvis
        Ann Catherine Jarvis
        Brigham Young Jarvis
        Amelia Jarvis
        Samuel Walter Jarvis
        Charles Godfrey DeFriez Jarvis  
        Margaret Jarvis
        Elizabeth Frances Jarvis
        Heber Jarvis
        Emmaline Jarvis
        Victoria Josephine Jarvis
        Thomas William Jarvis

(3/25/1823-1/6/1913)   (married 10/19/1846)
(12/30/1829-1/10/1913)
(6/16/1847-1/1/1919)   (married Eleanor Cannon Woodbury and Roseine "Rose" Sylvester)
(10/27/1848-10/8/1956)   (married David Milne)
(10/20/1850-1/15/1933)   (married Mary Forsyth)
(1/3/1853-8/13/1908)   (married William (Badcock) Webb)
(4/18/1855-2/7/1923)   (married Frances Godfrey DeFriez and Pearley Dean Taylor)
(10/3/1855-8/5/1919)   (married Margaret Jarvis) (adopted)
(11/28/1857-1/12/1934)   (married Charles Godfrey DeFriez Jarvis)
(3/25/1859-7/16/1859)
(10/14/1860-10/8/1953)   (married Susan "Susie" Janet Smith)
(3/21/1863/1863-9/21/1944)   (married Thomas Punter Cottam)
(4/21/1866-5/4/1941)   (married George Edmond Miles)
(10/4/1873-4/5/1881)

Mary's Parents and Siblings:
    Thomas Forsyth
    Mary Browett Forsyth
        George Joseph Holmes Browett Forsyth  
        Mary Forsyth
        Baby Forsyth
        Christina Forsyth
        William Browett Holmes Forsyth
        Helenora "Ellenora" Forsyth
        Agnes Browett Forsyth
        Benjamin Henry Forsyth


(9/20/1813-3/25/1898)   (married 8/20/1853)
(6/25/1823-6/18/1915)
(3/17/1855-3/21/1947)   (married Mary Ellen Watts)
(3/28/1857-11/27/1938)   (married Brigham Young Jarvis)
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(12/9/1858-9/12/1950)   (married Issac Chauncey MacFarlane)
(11/8/1860-3/12/1898)   (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx)
(10/10/1863-3/3/1865)
(10/10/1865-2/1/1953)   (married Jedediah Foss Woolley)
(11/18/1868-7/19/1948)   (married Sarah Adelaide Twitchell Duffin and Barbara Ann Lamb)

Brigham & Mary's Family:
    Brigham Young Jarvis
    Mary Forsyth Jarvis
        Mary Jarvis
        Christine Jarvis
        Brigham Jarvis Jr.
        Erastus Leon Jarvis
        Ethel Jarvis
        Thomas Forsyth Jarvis
        Mabel Forsyth Jarvis
        Asineth Jarvis
        William J. Jarvis
        Ellen Jarvis
        Josephine Jarvis
        Vilate Jarvis


(10/20/1850-1/15/1933)   (married 1/11/1877)
(3/28/1857-11/27/1938)
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(11/6/1890-1/19/1996)   (married Heber Charles Cottam)
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PHOTOS

Brigham Young Jarvis around 1875-1880
Brigham around 1875-1880
      Brigham Young Jarvis around the 1920s
      Brigham around the 1920s


REFERENCES

Sketches From The Life of Brigham Jarvis, Sr.
by Mabel Jarvis,   His Daughter

A Brief Review of the Cottonwood Water History and the Present Situation
by Brigham Jarvis, Sr.

The Cottonwood Water Story   (Brigham Jarvis and the Cottonwood Canal)
by Mabel Jarvis, Daughter of Brigham Jarvis

Quotations about Brigham Jarvis   (Brigham Jarvis Ideas and Innovations)
from "I Was Called to Dixie" by Andrew Karl Larson

Brigham Jarvis, Sr., and Cottonwood Water -- St. George   (Brigham Jarvis and Cottonwood Water Route)
by Claude Cannon,   5/19/1963

Water Projects Worked on by Brigham Jarvis
by E. L. Jarvis,   Historian
Out of the Past, in the Washington County News, 9/16/1965

A Visit with George E. Miles   (George Jarvis, the Temple Tower and Water)
A record of a visit by Zora Smith Jarvis with her uncle, George E. Miles, on October 20, 1966

Quotations Concerning Brigham Jarvis
Mayor Albert E. Miller Remembers Brigham Jarvis, Cottonwood Canal in Pipes
from "Immortal Pioneers" by Albert E. Miller