Remembering Our Pioneers. Like George Osmond Jr.!

By Dennis Adamson on Dec 26 in Blog tagged America, editor, England, Family, George, Grandfather, Great, Idaho, Mission, Mormon, Osmond, pioneer, President, Senator, Stake President, Wives, Wyoming | 6 Comments

Dennis Adamson reports:

I snowshoed to the ’North Pole’ today.

It was nearly buried with snow.  I didn’t see Santa, but he had already been to those areas where it is Christmas already.

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We had to cross a stream about 4 times.

I was beginning to think that we were crossing the Sweetwater River like the pioneers.

I figured that if I got stranded I would crawl under the big pine tree where there was little snow and make a camp.

I was sure pretty and peaceful up there.  It was above Tibble Fork Reservoir, up the road beyond the reservoir, over a foot bridge and up a canyon.

Reported by:

Dennis Adamson

Writer / Photographer

For The Family

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.Dennis’s adventure reminds me of my Great Great Grandfather, George Osmond Jr. and his traveled from England to America with hard times with bitter cold.

(Continued By: Alan Osmond)

George Osmond Jr. was born in London, England, on 23 May 1836/1837, as the son of George Osmond Sr. and Nancy Ann Canham. George Osmond Jr. joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Lattter-day Saints (LDS or Mormon Church) in London in 1851, and emigrated to the United States in 1855.

In 1855, George Osmond married Mary Georgina (Georgiana) Huckvale in St. Louis. Missouri, and they eventually settled in Idaho where they were the parents of ten children.

In 1881, George Osmond married his second wife, Christena Amelia Jacobsen, and they eventually settled in Wyoming where they were the parents of seven children.

George Osmond Jr. served two two-year missions to England – from 1884 to 1886 and 1890 to 1892.  He was a successful farmer, rancher and businessman, a probate judge in Idaho, a state senator in Wyoming, and a beloved LDS Stake President of Star Valley, Wyoming from 2892 until his death in 1913.

This story continues about my Great, Great, Grandfather Osmond and others are now found in a Family History Book that we just released called,“Osmond Ancestry And Genealogies” which can be purchased HERE.

Our Pioneer ancestors history can teach us many things to help us in our hard struggles today.  When they believed in something, they became their values and principles which they followed with all their heart.  “When the going got tough…the tough got Going!” They helped one another and loved their neighbors as themselves.  Though there were physical and spiritual “TESTS”…they worked together and overcame them!  Those “TESTS” are NOW “TESTIMONIES”to us that God Lives and that with Faith, Hope, and Charity, we can and MUST “Endure To The End”!  We are facing the same challenge today!

NOTE:

The family is ordained of God. Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan. At certain times and for His specific purposes, God, through His prophets, has directed the practice of plural marriage (sometimes called polygamy), which means one man having more than one living wife at the same time. In obedience to direction from God, Latter-day Saints followed this practice for about 50 years during the 1800s but officially ceased the practice of such marriages after the Manifesto was issued by President Woodruff in 1890. Since that time, plural marriage has not been approved by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and any member adopting this practice is subject to losing his or her membership in the Church.

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Alan Osmond