WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
GEORGE PRINCE
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BIOGRAPHY
George Prince was born in Fordham, Cambridge, England on December 22, 1815. He lived there with his family until he was twenty-six years of age.The family then moved to South Africa to settle. The English government was giving away tracts of land in South Africa to all married men as a means of making settlements, so Richard Prince took advantage of this offer and moved his family there.
The Prince family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in February of 1855. They gave up their land, home, and herds in exchange for passage to America. They left Africa on the sailing vessel, Alacrity, on April 5, 1860. They arrived in Boston after three months on the water. They left Florence, Nebraska on July 20, 1860 with the William Budge Immigration Co. wagon train. They arrived in Salt Lake City from South Africa on October 5, 1860 and settled in Kaysville, Utah Territory.
They moved to Utah's Dixie in 1862 to build up the little town of Middleton.
FAMILY
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Parents and Siblings:
Richard Prince Mary Harrold Prince George Prince Mary Elizabeth Prince Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx |
(xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married xx/xx/xxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (12/22/1815-1/22/1906) (married as shown below) (2/25/1824-7/24/1883) (married Ithamer Sprague) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) (xx/xx/xxxx-xx/xx/xxxx) (married Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx) |
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First Wife and Children: Sarah Bowman Prince Francis Prince Richard Prince William Prince Sophia Bowman Prince George Prince Jr. Susanna Prince Sarah Ann Prince Lucy Naomi Prince |
(1/11/1819-7/13/1875) (married 10/10/1837) (7/31/1840-8/12/1929) (married Anna Elizabeth Mary Imlay) (5/26/1846-8/15/1927) (married Martha Ann Cooper) (10/23/1848-1/11/1937) (married Louisa Evelyn Lee) (11/15/1850-12/31/1935) (married Mendis Diego Cooper) (1/26/1854-5/7/1936) (married Phebe Jane Boggs) (11/15/1855-4/27/1946) (married Henry Joseph Murry White and Henry Joseph Murry White Shurtz) (5/16/1858-11/1/1954) (married Jacob Noah Butler) (12/29/1861-12/30/1892) (married Joseph Henry Woolley) |
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Second Wife and Children: Frances Wilkins Prince John David Prince Thomas Albert Prince |
(12/23/1859-8/2/1939) (married 2/1/1877) (3/19/1879-3/29/1954) (6/8/1881-6/22/1939) |
PHOTOS
 George & Sarah Prince |
 George & Francis Prince |
REFERENCES
George PrinceLife of George Prince
George and Sarah Prince
by George Alvin Haws, 1991.
George Prince Manifestation leading to his conversion to the LDS Church
Find-A-Grave entry for George Prince
Find-A-Grave entry for Sarah Bowman Prince
Find-A-Grave entry for Francis Sephia "Fanny" Wilkins Prince