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Show c Q 1985 10. Tooele History Tidbits arate them. John, the son of Mary Parry and John Rowberry, was bom on January 18, 1819, in Bishops Froome, June 22, 1848. The John Rowberry family crossed the plains to Utah in 1849, with the Ezra .Taft Benson Hannah Barber Jenkins, in she was the mother of two small daughters, Mary and Sarah Herefordshire, England. In 1845 he married Mrs. Eliza Hannah Barber Jenkins, in Nau-voshe was the mother of two small daughters, Mary and Sarah Jenkins. On the 11th of April 1846, Joseph A. Rowberry, was born to them in Winter Quarters a short After a short stay in Salt Lake City, John and his family were called to help settle Tooele Valley. The exact date of the Rowberrys v arrival in Tooele is not known, but it must have been early enough in the fall for him to have constructed a home for his family and to The early history of Tooele, Utah, and the life of John are so closely interwoven that it is almost impossible to sep Nauvoo by enemies of the Church. Their second son, John Edward, was born in Winter Quarters on The early history of Tooele, Utah, and the life of John are so closely interwoven that it is almost impossible to separate them. John, the son of Mary Parry and John Rowberry, was bom on January 18, 1819, in Bishops Froome, Row-berr- y com-pan- o, Herefordshire, England. In 1845 he married Mrs. Eliza Nau-vo- time after the Rowberrys had Jenkins. have moved them in before the onset of winter. The Tooele pioneers celebrated Christmas of 1849 in his home. Orson F. Whitney in his History of Utah, states been driven from their home in Row-berr- y y. that, "John Rowberry is regarded as the pioneer of Tooele County, and his name will always be the most prominent one in the history of that locality. When the Territory of Deseret was formally organized during the Tooele was one ; winter of 1849-5of the original counties. Moroni England, oneof Tooeles "Old Timers, said that the first white child born there was Perme-li- a Rowberry, daughter of John and Eliza, who was born in the spring of 1850. The first branch of the Church was officially organized in Tooele in 1850, under the direction of ' Apostle Ezra Taft Benson, John Rowberry wsa set apart by Elder Benson as the branch president. In pioneer days it was customary for the ecclesiastical leaders of a com munity to automatically become civic leaders. By virtue of his setting apart John Rowberry be- came both the civic and religious leader of Tooele. On September 9th, 1850, John elected Tooeles first repre- sentative in the Deseret Territor- ial Legislature, a position he held almost continuously until the ear- ly 1870s. In 1850 he was elected Chief Justice of the Tooele County Court, by the legislative assembly. In this capacity he ordered Tooele Countys first general election, in 1851 to organize Tooele Countys government. In November 1851, John with two other Tooele County resl- - across Adobe Rock Creek to sup-it- s ply that community with water, Eliza, John and Elizas last child was born on the 29th of February 1852. Six months later, her mothr, Eliza Hannah Barber Jenkins Row-wa- s ' berry died of "inflammation of the lungs. I1 1852, John served on the committee that divided the county into three school districts. John Rowberry was elected Tooele Citys first mayor in 1853, 8 position he held until 1855, in that year, the territorial legisla-Junture named Richville (mill pond) the county seat of Tooele County, e so John moved from Tooele City to the mill pond now (Stansbury Park). The Rowberrys lived at the mill pond until 1857, when Tooele City was named county seat. He was again elected mayor on his re dents, served on the committee that located E. T. City (Lake- point), and which initiated con- struction of an earth filled dam turn. In 1953, despite his many other offices, John was appointed Tooele .Citys first Postmaster. It isnt clear when he was ordained to the office of Presiding Bishop of Tooele County, that it must have been on or prior to October 6, 1855, is evidenced by the fact that Church records show he was sustained in that position on that date. He continued to serve in that office until he was released to serve a mission in his native England in 1876. In 1857 when faced with invasion by U.S. troops commanded Jay Colonel Albert i nt Sydney Johnston, the territorial government activated the Nauvoo Legion. Rowberry with the rank of Major commanded the 10th Military District, and served in Echo Canyon during the winter of 1857. As a member of the territorial legislature he helped in the drafting of protests to the' government of the United States against the ter- ritorys pending Johnstons army. invasion by In 1862 Rowberry served on the Tooele delegation to the territorial convention called to draft a peti- tion to the government of the United States, that statehood be granted to Utah Territory. In 1863, 1865 and 1869, Rowberry served as Probate Judge of Tooele County. As evidence of the high regard Brigham Young had for John Rowberry on two different occasions, September 1863 and July 1867, he invited him to go with him on his trips to northern Utah. In 1864 he represented Tooele County as a member of a committee to a special conference called . to establish fair prices for grain, flour, and other commodities sold in Utah Territory. In 1866 his horticultural skill was noted, when he harvested 300 bushels of grapes from only a few I vines. 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In 1869 Rowberry campaigned unsuccessfully for the office of Commissioner to locate university lands in Utah Territory. Colonel Patrick Edward Connor's California Volunteers serving in Utah during the Civil War discovered and began to work rich mineral deposits in the mountains east of Stockton, Utah in Tooele County, a few miles south of Tooele City. This mining activity attracted miners and camp followers in droves from all parts of the country. It was all but inevitable that conflicts would arise when two such divergent groups found themselves In close proximity. In 1874 political control of Tooele County was acquired by the miners, an advantage they were able to maintain until the gUNDAV Forsyth was a big game hunter and also a big bore. He had cornered a dinner guest In his trophy room and Insisted on explaining in great detail how each of his kills had been made. He pointed to a large tiger skin on the floor. 1 got that one In India," he boasted. "Just stumbled on him. I had no choice. It was either the tiger or me. "The tiger was a wise choice," sighed the weary guest. "You'd ' have made a lousy rug. C -- o. r i |