|
Individual
(alphabetical) |
Historical
Context |
Relationship to
Us
(Common Ancestors) |
|
Truman Angell |
Architect of the Salt Lake City
Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Utah Pioneer in the 1847 Brigham Young wagon train. |
Sietske's 5th C5R
(John Angell & Ruth Field) |
|
Corbin Bernsen |
Famous actor known for his role
as Arnie Becker in the television series, L.A. Law. Another
prominent role was played in the movie Major League. |
Chad's 10th C
(George Maris & Alice Wellsmith) |
| Larry Joe Bird |
NBA basketball
player; NBA basketball Hall of Famer. |
Chad's 10th C1R |
|
William Branson, Sr. |
Iron Industrialist. |
Chad's 9GGF |
|
Joshua Reuben Clark, Jr. |
2nd Counselor in the First
Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints; U.S. Ambassador to Mexico; U.S. Undersecretary of
State (President Calvin Coolidge) |
Chad's 8th C3R
(Edward Woodward & Wife) |
|
Glenn Close |
Famous actress most notable from
her award-winning role as Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction. |
Chad's 10th C
(George Maris & Alice Wellsmith) |
|
Thomas Poulson Cloward |
Utah Pioneer in the 1847 Brigham
Young wagon train. |
Chad's 3rd GGU
(Jacob Cloward & Catherine Ann Pluck) |
| William
Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody |
Western
frontiersman. |
Chad's 5th C5R
(George Maris & Alice Wellsmith) |
|
Stephen Weaver Collins |
Famous actor most notable from
his recent role as
Reverend Eric Camden in the television series, Seventh Heaven.
Another notable role included Commander Will Decker in Star
Trek: The Motion Picture. |
Chad's 10th C
(George Maris & Alice Wellsmith) |
|
Allen Welsh Dulles |
1st civilian Director of the
C.I.A. from 1953-1961. |
Chad's 6th C4R
(George Maris & Alice Wellsmith) |
|
John Foster Dulles |
Secretary of State of the United
States of America (1953-1959). |
Chad's 6th C4R
(George Maris & Alice Wellsmith) |
| Orval Eugene
Faubus |
Governor of
Arkansas (4 terms). |
Chad's 9th C |
|
Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. |
45th Vice President of the United
States from 1993-2001. Previously served in the House of
Representatives and Senate (Tennessee). Candidate for President of the United
States of America. |
Chad's 10th C1R |
|
Merle Ronald Haggard |
Hall of Fame country and western
singer, most notable from the hit "Okie from Muskogee." |
Chad's 10th C1R
(George Maris & Alice Wellsmith) |
|
Martin Harris |
One of the Three Witnesses of
the Book of Mormon. Financed the original 5000 copies of the
Book of Mormon in 1830. |
Sietske's 5C5R (x2)
(Thomas Angell & Alice Ashton) |
| Edward Hunter
Jr |
2nd Presiding Bishop
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
Chad's 4th C6R |
|
Spencer Woolley Kimball |
12th President of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
Chad's 8th C3R
(Edward Woodward & Wife) |
|
Thomas Corwin Mendenhall |
Mendenhall Glacier near Juneau,
Alaska was renamed in 1892 in honor of Thomas. He was also
responsible for defining the exact national boundary between
the United States and Canada. |
Chad's 5th C5R |
|
Eleazer Miller |
Missionary who baptized Brigham
Young, the second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints. |
Sietske's 3rd GGF |
|
Charles Wilson Nibley Sr
(b.1849) |
Presiding Bishop of the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Later served as 2nd Counselor
to Heber J. Grant. |
Sietske's
2nd GGU* |
|
Hugh Winder Nibley (b.1910) |
Prominent LDS scholar |
Sietske's
2nd C2R |
| Richard Milhous
Nixon (b.1913) |
37th President
of the United States from 1968-1972. Vice
President of the United States from 1953-1961. |
Chad's 6th C2R
(Aaron Mendenhall & Rose Pierson) |
|
Thomas Pierson |
Surveyor for William Penn;
Surveyed the northern circular boundary of Delaware. |
Chad's 8th GGF |
| Dr. Timen
Lulofsson Stiddem |
First doctor of
Delaware; Believed to be the first "Swedish" doctor in the
colonial territories. |
Chad's 9th GGF |
|
Luloff Stidden |
Göteborg, Sweden city sheriff;
Göteborg, Sweden city building master |
Chad's 10th GGF |
| Dr. Benjamin Van
Leer (Vanleer) |
A medical doctor
active during the American Revolution. |
Chad's 7th GGU
(Dr. Bernardhus Van Leer & Mary Branson) |
|
George Van Leer (Vanleer) |
Member of the committee that
selected New Jersey's representatives to the Continental
Congress of 1776, when the Declaration of Independence was
written |
Chad's 7GGF |
|
Samuel Van Leer (Vanleer) |
Captain, 7th Company, 5th
Battalion, Chester County Militia in the American
Revolution; Served at the Battle of Brandywine. |
Chad's 7th GGU
(Dr. Bernardhus Van Leer & Mary Branson) |
|
Benjamin West |
Anglo-American painter of
historical scenes around and after the American Revolution.
Commissioned by King George III to create portraits of the
members of the Royal Family, the King being painted twice by
him. President of the Royal Academy predominantly between
1792 and 1820. |
Chad's 1st C8R
(Thomas Pierson & Rose Dixon) |
| Roger Williams
(b.1603) |
Founder of Rhode
Island; Major religious dissenter who preached separation of
church and state and the need for an apostolic return to the
earth. |
Sietske's 9th
GGF |
