@1918 L-R Back row: Jim, Margaret, Tom, Myrtle, John, Bina, Irvin; Middle row: Lillian, Harris, Orpha, Nat, Kate, Irvin; Front row: Nathan, Ray, Flossie, Leland

January 31, 2018

Important Family Dates for February

Here are some dates that are significant to the family in February:

10: Harris was born on this date in 1866 in Kimball, Bosque, Texas, the sixth of the twelve children born to Thomas Lacy and Catherine Ellen Camp Greer. He spent his early childhood in Kimball until about the age of twelve when the family bought the ranch in Arizona.

13: Harris and Orpha's thirteenth child, Leland, was born on this date in 1908 at their Grandmother Nicoll's home in St. Johns.

16: Orpha's mother, Sabina Ann Adams, was born on this date in 1837 in Perth, Drummond Township, Lanark, Ontario, Canada, the fourth child born to Arza and Sabina Clark Adams. Her parents had joined the Church about two years prior to her birth and moved to New York to join the Saints a few months after she was born.

17: Orpha's parents, Alexander Nicoll and Sabina Ann Adams, were married on this date in 1854 in American Fork, Utah. They were later sealed in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City on September 25, 1957, by Brigham Young and witnessed by G.A. Smith and W.W. Phelps.

18: The first child born to Harris and Orpha was Myrtle, born on this date in 1886 in Concho.