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William Halls

25 May 1834—27 June 19201

Born at Orsett, Essex, England; son of Susanna Selstone and John Halls.2 Baptized in England, 1851.3 Married Louisa C. Enderby, 1861; participated in plural marriage.4 Immigrated to the United States aboard the Underwriter and migrated to the Salt Lake Valley, 1861.5 Lived at Huntsville, Weber County, Utah Territory.6 Moved to Bluff, San Juan County, Utah Territory, 1885; settled at Mancos, Montezuma County, Colorado, 1886.7 Served as a counselor in the San Juan Stake presidency, circa 1885–1920.8 Died at Mancos.9 (See Document 4.21)

Footnotes

  1. 1 Edward H. Anderson, ed., Selections from the Writings of William Halls (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1911), 1. Find a Grave, database and images (http://findagrave.com, accessed Oct. 2014), memorial no. 39925089, William Halls; Old Mormon Cemetery, Mancos, CO.

  2. 2 Anderson, Selections from the Writings of William Halls, 1. Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia (Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1914), 2:204.

  3. 3 Ibid.

  4. 4 Anderson, Selections from the Writings of William Halls, 2.

  5. 5 “Halls, William,” Underwriter Passenger List, Liverpool to New York, 23 Apr.–21 May 1861, Saints by Sea database, saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu. “William Halls,” Church History Biographical Database, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, available at https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/landing

  6. 6 Anderson, Selections from the Writings of William Halls, 2.

  7. 7 Ibid. Jenson, LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 2:205. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed Jan. 4, 2016), Williams Halls KWCB-6WJ.

  8. 8 Ibid.

  9. 9 Find a Grave, memorial no. 39925089.