Phyllis Mae Garr (1908 - 1965) - Short Video Stories
This is the list of all the short video that I have created for relatives of Phyllis Garr. I have put more information about the video with hot links to locations with more information. The name of the video is a hot link to the YouTube video story. I also have the FamilySearch ID as a hot link to the memories of this person.
Please let me know if there are any others that you would like to see.
Short Video Stories
John T Garr was one of the first settlers in Cache Valley. He was friends with the Indians and spoke their dialect. He was adopted by Shoshone tribe and married a woman of the Shoshone tribe and was called "Napawanna." because he had six toes on one foot.
Rodney Badger drowned rescuing a family that was crossing the Weber River. He died while
while on duty, he being the first peace officer in the state to die in the line of duty. He left a
widow with four small children. A bronze statue of him is on the Utah capitol grounds.
while on duty, he being the first peace officer in the state to die in the line of duty. He left a
widow with four small children. A bronze statue of him is on the Utah capitol grounds.
03 Abram Garr - Father of the Indiana Garrs - MM2V-S12 future
04 Abel Weaver Garr - The Rescue - KWN2-R3G (7:24 min)
Abel Garr was one of the four Express Rescue Team that found the Willie and Martin Handcart companies.
05 Abel Weaver Garr - The Silent Kind Cowboy - KWN2-R3G (4:49 min)
Abel Weaver Garr was kind man of few words. He was one of the Garr boys that settled Cache Valley. He donated the land for Millville Cemetery to give his wife of five months a resting place for her grave.
06 Sarah Anna Garr - Life of Pioneer and Antelope Island - KWNJ-99K (7:14 min)
Sarah tells what it was like crossing the plains in the first companies that arrived in the Salt Lake Valley. She tells from a child's view of the poverty in the first years in Salt Lake and on Antelope Island.
06 Sarah Anna Garr - Life on the farm - KWNJ-99K (6:34 min)
Sarah Ann Garr Burton was one of the three wives of Robert Taylor Burton of the Presiding Bishopric.
She maintained and managed a 90 acre farm on State street in Salt Lake City and had twelve children.
07 John Calhoun Garr - Genealogist- KG4S-YGY future
08 Andreas Garr - Bavaria to America in 1732 - LDPG-MRX future
09 Suzie - John Turner Garr's Native American Wife - L4JV-V3J future
10 John Milton Garr - Founder of Gaar, Scott & Company - K63X-98B future
After his wife passed, he crossed the plains with nine children. He began the trip in 1846,
but was called back because it was late in the year. He made the trip the next year in 1847.
He was caretaker of the Church's cattle on Antelope Island.
but was called back because it was late in the year. He made the trip the next year in 1847.
He was caretaker of the Church's cattle on Antelope Island.
12 Caroline Garr - Second wife in plural marriage - L5VP-MQ2 (4:34 min)
Caroline was 2nd wife of Nathaniel Vary Jones. He left her a widow with an infant at the age of 26. She keeps house for her brothers for five years before she marries again to John Reed Clark Jamison.
13 Nancy Maria Garr - Fourth wife in plural marriage - K2Q6-DCX (6:13 min)
Nancy was widowed twice. She spent 20 years married and widowed 34 years. Nancy and her family were the first settlers of Holden, Utah.
14 Mary Virginia Garr - 1st wife in a plural marriage - KWNY-6FX (8:27 min)
Mary Garr was married to Nathaniel Ashby brother to the three sister wives of Nancy Garr's second husband, Briant Stringham.
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