Guess this might be a more appropriate post for "Pioneer Day". John Davis Jones was born November 2 1831 in a place called "Yetgoch", which is Red Gate in Welsh. It was a a cottage on teh Llanybyther Mountain in the Parish of Llanllwne, County of Carmarthaen, Wales. It was Captain Dan Jones who made repairs to the ship Buena Vista in Liverpool and at 17 years old and alone without family John left from Liverpool. It took them 7 weeks and 3 days to arrive in New Orleans on April 18th 1849. As soon as all were off the boat and the things were unloaded the boat sank in the harbor. John made his way up the Mississippi River and then to Utah. He worked at one point in Mill Creek Canyon where I hope to be later this week and then moved on eventually to Malad.
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People have paid a heavy price to come to this country and this is a day that many went to war for the country are honored. Seems like this was a good message.
Memorial Day May 30th 2011
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