Class in 1876-77 -First 59


Alphabetical Alumni
411, Earliest BYA Students (1870s)

411, Earliest BYA Students (1870s)

Earliest Enrollees 411

In addition to the first 29 students who enrolled at Brigham Young Academy on January 3, 1876, there is a sometimes overlapping list of 59 students found on a slightly later roster of earliest students at BYA. Most did not graduate, but they are of significant historical interest. This list includes the first 29 and the first 59, for a total of 63.

Arrowsmith, J. T.

Arrowsmith, J. T.
Utahville, Arizona US

J. T. Arrowsmith

J. T. Arrowsmith (male) is included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. ~ ~ ~ ~ 1880 U.S. Census: J. Arrowsmith, male head of household, born <1860>, age 20, Farmer, married, white, parents both born in Denmark. Place of census: Utahville, Maricopa County, Arizona. ~ ~ ~ ~ Josiah T. Arrowsmith was born about 1861. He is from Springville, Utah, and may have been born there. He married Roseina Marie Gardiner on June 23, 1893 (sic) [1883?]. She was born on November 20, 1865 in Springville, Utah. Her parents: Jesse Gardiner and Martha Wheeler Gardiner. Roseina died on August 8, 1892 (sic).

Bean, Mary Louisa

Bean, Mary Louisa
Provo, Utah US

Louisa and Thomas Thompson

BY Academy High School Class in 1876. (Mary) Louisa Bean. One of the original 29 students who registered on the first day of classes at Brigham Young Academy, January 3, 1876. ~ ~ ~ ~ Mary Louisa Bean was born October 30, 1859 in Provo, Utah. Her parents: James Addison Bean and Harriet Catherine Fausett Bean. At the age of 23, Mary Louisa Bean married Thomas C. Thompson on Thursday December 28, 1882. She died on Monday, November 16, 1914, at the age of 55 years. Interment, Provo, Utah.

Beebe, Horace Eldredge

Beebe, Horace Eldredge
Provo, Utah US

Horace and Harriet Beebe

Horace E. Beebe. He is included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. ~ ~ ~ ~ Horace Eldredge Beebe was born on April 23, 1862 in Polk City, Iowa. His parents were George Beebe and Esther (Hester) Ann Rogers Beebe. Horace married Harriet Una Loveless. Harriet Loveless was born on April 29, 1865 in Provo, Utah. She died on September 13, 1939 in Provo, Utah. Her interment, Provo, Utah. Her parents were James Washington Loveless and Matilda Elizabeth McClellan Loveless. Horace Beebe died on June 11, 1957. His interment, Provo, Utah.

Beebe, William

Beebe, William
Safford, Arizona US

William and Malinda Beebe

William Beebe. He is included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. ~ ~ ~ ~ William Nelson Beebe was born on October 8, 1863 in Provo, Utah. His parents were Nelson Paul Beebe and Elizabeth (Eliza) Kemp Beebe. William Nelson Beebe married Malinda Marriah (Maria) Reed on June 1, 1884. Malinda was born on November 9, 1866 at Salem, Utah. Her parents were Calvin Reed and Ann Clayfield Reed. Malinda Beebe died on April 26, 1954. William N. Beebe died on April 19, 1941 in Los Angeles, California. His interment, Safford, Graham County, Arizona.

Billings, Diantha

Billings, Diantha
Los Angeles, California US

Diantha and John Worsley

BY Academy High School Class in 1876. Diantha Billings. One of the original 29 students who registered on the first day of classes at Brigham Young Academy, January 3, 1876. She is also listed on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. ~ ~ ~ ~ Diantha Billings was born September 28, 1854 in Manti, Utah. Her parents: Alfred Nelson Billings and Deborah Patten Billings. She married John Henry Worsley on October 31, 1877. She died on August 18, 1946 in Los Angeles, California, just short of 92 years of age. Interment, Provo City Cemetery. ~ ~ ~ ~ About 150 "oldtimers" gathered for the first Alumni Emeritus Banquet during commencement week of 1941. Diantha Billings Worsley, Emma Stubbs Taylor, Alice Smoot Newell, Mary E. Cluff Little, Charles Albert Glazier, and Samuel D. Moore, members of Brigham Young Academy's first classes in 1876-77, attended the banquet.

Billings, Hannah

Billings, Hannah
Provo, Utah US

Hannah and Joseph Booth

BY Academy High School Class in 1876. Hannah Billings. One of the original 29 students who registered on the first day of classes at Brigham Young Academy, January 3, 1876. She is also included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. ~ ~ ~ ~ Hannah Billings was born on March 12, 1852 in Manti, Utah. Her parents: George Pierce Billings and Edith Patten Billings. Hannah Billings married Joseph E. Booth. She died on May 18, 1881 in Provo, Utah, at about 29 years of age. Interment, Provo City Cemetery. ~ ~ ~ ~ HER OBITUARY: Provo City, May 20, 1880. Editor, Deseret News: Permit me to chronicle through your columns the death of our much beloved Sister Hannah Booth, the wife of Bishop John E. Booth of the 4th Ward of our city, daughter of George P. and Edith (Patton) Billings. The deceased was born at Manti, Sanpete County, Utah, March 12, 1852, and died of pneumonia May 18, 1881, has been a resident of Provo since the date of her marriage, April 1876, entering into all the duties of her sex in connection with her sisters, occupying many prominent positions in the 4th Ward, viz: President of the Primary Association, Counselor to the President of the Young Ladies' Improvement Association, Secretary of the Silk Association, and actively engaged in teaching the district school of the ward at the time of her attack by the disease which resulted in her death, all of which offices were filled with a quiet fidelity and success to the advancement of their several interests. As a mark of the great respect in which the deceased sister was held, the Brigham Young Academy of which she had been a successful pupil, adjourned to attend the funeral services, which were held this afternoon. The remains were borne from her residence to the meeting house by the young men of the B. Y. Academy, followed by the father and immediate friends; next in order the various societies and associations in which the deceased held active interest during her life -- the sisters of the Relief Society, the students of the B. Y. Academy, Sunday school pupils, Young Ladies' Improvement Association, and children of her day school, some of them weeping bitterly at the lost of their kind friend and instructress. The services at the meeting-house were of an impressive nature; the singing of the children of the Primary Association was very affecting, as their sweet, fresh, young voice repeated in beautiful harmony the words, "Oh my Father, thou that dwellest;" tears were drawn from many eyes other than those of the immediate relatives and friends. The discourse of Elder Karl G. Maeser was instructive and eulogistic (unintentionally however) of the quiet but noble life and exertions of the deceased, as witnessed in the attendance of so many sympathetic friends of all ages and conditions of the citizens of our city. Bishop J. S. McCulloch and Prest. David John followed Brother Maeser. At the close of the services the remains were followed to the cemetery by one of the largest processions ever witnessed in this city. ~ ~ A. Jones [Deseret News, June 8, 1881.]

Bringhurst, J. Frank

Bringhurst, J. Frank
Springville, Utah US

Frank and Mahala Bringhurst

J. Frank Bringhurst. He is listed on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. ~ ~ ~ ~ John Frank Bringhurst was born on December 13, 1861 in Springville, Utah. His parents: William Bringhurst and Ann Wollerton Dilworth Bringhurst. J. Frank Bringhurst married Mahala Harriet Crandall on October 22, 1885 in Logan, Utah. Frank Bringhurst died on December 13 (sic), 1932, in Springville, Utah. His interment, Evergreen Cemetery, Springville, Utah.

Bullock, Electa

Bullock, Electa
Provo, Utah US

Electa & Abraham O. Smoot [II]

BY Academy High School Class in 1876. Electa Bullock. One of the original 29 students who registered on the first day of classes at Brigham Young Academy, January 3, 1876. She is also included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. ~ ~ ~ ~ Electa Bullock was born March 6, 1859 in Provo, Utah. Her parents: Isaac Bullock and Electa Wood Bullock. She married Abraham Owen Smoot II on October 30, 1878 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She died on April 18, 1887 in Provo, Utah, at 28 years of age, in childbirth. The deceased mother, Electa Bullock Smoot, had been blessed with compassionate parents. The Bullocks gave up the hotel they ran on 5th West (no longer standing) to come to the aid of their son-in-law, Abraham Owen Smoot II, until he later remarried. The children were raised and trained by their grandparents until the remarriage. Her interment, Provo, Utah.

Clark, John Franklin (1870s)

Clark, John Franklin (1870s)
Pleasant Grove, Utah US

John and Leona Clark

John F. Clark. He is included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. ~ ~ ~ ~ John Franklin Clark was born March 23, 1861 in Pleasant Grove, Utah. His parents: George Sheffer Clark and Susan [Susannah] Dalley Clark. John F. Clark married Leona Ophelia Alexander on December 18, 1884, in Provo, Utah. He died on February 18, 1927 in Pleasant Grove, Utah. His interment, Pleasant Grove City Cemetery.

Clark, Joseph Brigham (1876)

Clark, Joseph Brigham (1876)
Pleasant Grove, Utah US

Joseph and Louisa Clark

Joseph B. Clark. He is included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. ~ ~ ~ ~ Joseph B. Clark was born on September 23, 1851 in Pleasant Grove, Utah. His parents: George Sheffer Clark and Susan [Susannah] Dalley Clark. Joseph B. Clark married Louisa Pearson on November 8, 1878 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Joseph Clark died on January 10, 1934 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Interment, Pleasant Grove City Cemetery.

Collier, Joab

Collier, Joab
Vernal, Utah US

Joab and Theodocia Collier

Joab Collier. He attended Brigham Young Academy as a young man. Joab Collier married Theodocia Keeler. She is included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. She married Joab Collier when she was 19 years of age. Joab Collier came to Utah from England with his widowed mother when he was only 10 years of age. When he was 14, after a period of admiration for the brick laying performed by Daniel Keeler and his hired men, he was also hired as an apprentice. Brick laying and construction became his main life's work, until his death in 1918 in Vernal, Utah. They had 16 children, 14 of whom grew up and had children of their own. The Collier family moved to a homestead on the east side of Vernal in 1890. One of the buildings there, which Joab helped to erect around 1901, was the old brick Tabernacle, which in modern times has been remodeled as the Vernal Temple. ~ ~ ~ ~ Joab Collier was born on July 23, 1855 in Dukinfield, Cheshire, England. His parents were James Collier and Mary Ann Beard Collier. He married Theodocia Keeler on April 8, 1877 in Provo, Utah. Joab Collier died on September 18, 1918 in Vernal, Utah. Interment, Vernal, Utah.

Coray, Don R. [Corey,]

Coray, Don R. [Corey,]
Provo, Utah US

Don and Elizabeth Coray

Don R. Coray (not Corey). He is included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. ~ ~ ~ ~ Don Silas Rathbun Coray was born on September 20, 1864 in Provo, Utah. His parents were Howard Coray and Martha Jane Knowlton Coray. Don Coray married Elizabeth Heslop on August 10, 1893 in Nephi, Utah. Don R. Coray died on October 13, 1899 in Provo, Utah.

Curtis, Amelia

Curtis, Amelia
Rock Springs, Wyoming US

Amelia and Samuel Bartlett

Amelia Curtis. She is included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. She married Samuel J. Bartlett. ~ ~ ~ ~ Amelia Curtis was born on June 12, 1855, in Springville, Utah. Her parents were Enos Curtis [or John White Curtis] and Tamma Durfee Curtis. She married Samuel James Bartlett on August 21, 1876. Amelia died on June 29, 1898 [or 1899] in Rock Springs, Wyoming.

Daniels, Caroline Ameilia [Caddie]

Daniels, Caroline Ameilia [Caddie]
Salt Lake City, Utah US

Caddie and Frank Mills

BY Academy High School Class in 1876. Caroline Ameilia "Caddie" Daniels. BYA High School, Class of 1877. One of three Class of 1877 graduates: Amelia Kristina "Teenie" Smoot, Samuel Moore, and Caroline "Caddie" Daniels. Source: 1920 BYU Banyan, school history written by Alice Louise Reynolds. ~ ~ ~ ~ One of the First BYA Faculty & Staff. The first Normal graduate of Brigham Young Academy, she joined the BYA faculty upon her graduation in 1877. One of the original 29 students who registered on the first day of classes at Brigham Young Academy, January 3, 1876. ~ ~ ~ ~ Faculty & Staff. Caddie Daniels, Training School, 1876-1884. She is also listed on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. ~ ~ ~ ~ Caroline Ameilia (Caddie) Daniels was born on December 9, 1860, in Provo, Utah. Her parents: Aaron Daniels and Hannah Caroline Rogers. [First marriage for her mother. Second marriage: James Davis (Caroline Rogers Davis). Third Marriage: Abraham O. Smoot (Caroline Rogers Smoot). ] Caddie Daniels entered Brigham Young Academy in 1876, and graduated as a Normal high school student in 1877, at about 17 years of age. She became a faculty member at BYA upon graduation in 1877, and taught there through 1884. She married Charles Frank Mills (Frank) on March 22, 1883. She was 22 years old when she married. Frank Mills was born on December 14, 1861 in Kaysville, Utah. He died on July 21, 1914 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Caroline "Caddie" Daniels Mills died on August 24, 1934, in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the age of 73. Interment, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Daniels, Emma Isabella

Daniels, Emma Isabella
Provo, Utah US

Emma Daniels

Emma Daniels. She is listed on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. ~ ~ ~ ~ Emma Isabella Daniels was born on December 4, 1862 in Provo, Utah. Her parents were James Ephraim Daniels, Jr., and Elizabeth Jane Jones Daniels. It does not appear that she married. She died on January 6, 1883 in Provo, Utah. Interment, Provo City Cemetery.

Davis, Rose

Davis, Rose

Rose Davis

Rose Davis. She is included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. ~ ~ ~ ~ IS THIS? Rose Hannah Davis, born about 1870 in Pine Valley, Washington County, Utah. Her parents are not yet known. She married Charles Henry Burgess on September 13, 1935. ???

Doolan, Hattie

Doolan, Hattie
Provo, Utah US

Hattie Abbot

Hattie Doolan. She is included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. She married ________ Abbot. ~ ~ ~ ~ Hattie Doolan was born in 1866 in Provo, Utah. Her father: John Doolan. She died as Hattie D. Abbot on October 12, 1907 in Provo, Utah. Interment, Provo City Cemetery, Block 4 Lot 96. ~ ~ ~ ~ Her husband is likely: Charles J. Abbott born May 4, 1857 in Muscatine, Iowa [tombstone date is apparently given incorrectly as May 4, 1855]. His parents were Charles H. Abbot and Julia Beach Abbott. He died in July of 1889 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Interment, Provo City Cemetery, Block 4 Lot 96.

Dusenberry, Charles Wilson

Dusenberry, Charles Wilson

Charles Dusenberry

Charles Dusenberry. He is included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. ~ ~ ~ ~ Charles Wilson Dusenberry was born on June 2, 1866 in Provo, Utah. His parents were Wilson Howard Dusenberry and Harriet Virginia Knowlton Coray Dusenberry. Charles W. Dusenberry died on October 10, 1912.

Dusenberry, George Albert

Dusenberry, George Albert

George and Ida Dusenberry

George A. Dusenberry. He is included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. ~ ~ ~ ~ George Albert Dusenberry was born November 6, 1867 in Provo, Utah. His parents were Warren Newton Dusenberry and Adelaide Elizabeth Webb. He married Ida Maline Smoot on April 29, 1891 in Manti, Utah. He died May 20, 1901.

Eggertsen, Sarah Louisa [Eggertson,]

Eggertsen, Sarah Louisa [Eggertson,]
Salt Lake City, Utah US

Sarah and Harvey Cluff

BY Academy High School Class in 1876. Sarah Louisa Eggertsen. One of the original 29 students who registered on the first day of classes at Brigham Young Academy, January 3, 1876. [Do not confuse with S. P. Eggertsen.] She is also listed on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. ~ ~ ~ ~ Sarah Louisa Eggertssen was born November 11, 1858 in Provo, Utah. Her parents: Simon Peter Eggertsen, Sr., and Johanne Andreasen Thomasen [or Thompson, or Thornsen]. Sarah married Harvey Harris Cluff on July 6, 1877 in St. George, Utah, when she was age 18. She died December 11, 1944 at the age of 86, in Salt Lake City, Utah. [She had a sister, Sarah Emily Eggertsen, who also married Harvey H. Cluff.]

Eggertsen, Simon Peter, Jr.

Eggertsen, Simon Peter, Jr.
Provo, Utah US

Simeon and Etta Eggertsen

BY Academy High School Class in 1876, and 1881. Simon P. (S. P.) Eggertsen, Jr. One of the original 29 students who registered on the first day of classes at Brigham Young Academy, January 3, 1876. [Do not confuse with Sara (S.) Eggertsen.] He is also listed on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. ~ ~ ~ ~ BY Academy High School Class of 1881. Simon Eggertsen. Diploma in the Normal (teaching) course. Source: The Territorial Enquirer, June 22, 1881, Provo, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ Collegiate Grad of BYU, Class of 1934. Simon P. Eggertsen. He received an M.S. Degree in History in 1934. Source: Annual Record, B.Y. University, Book 9, page 259. ~ ~ ~ ~ Simon Peter Eggertsen, Jr., was born on September 15, 1860 in Provo, Utah, to Simon Peter Eggertsen, Sr., and Johanna Andreasen Thompson Eggertsen. He married "Etta" Henrietta Petrea Nielsen [or Nelson] on June 26, 1884 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He died February 20, 1938 in Provo, Utah, at about 78 years of age. His interment, Provo City Cemetery.

Ferre, Rachel Catharine

Ferre, Rachel Catharine
Provo, Utah US

Rachel and Isaac McEwan

BY Academy High School Class in 1876. Rachel Catharine Ferre. One of the original 29 students who registered on the first day of classes at Brigham Young Academy, January 3, 1876. She is also included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. ~ ~ ~ ~ Rachel Catharine Ferre was born the day after Christmas, December 26, 1860 in Provo, Utah. Her parents: Roswell Chapin Ferre and Rachel Catherine Hollister. Rachel married Isaac Higbee McEwan on Christmas Day, December 25, 1879, at the age of 19. She died on February 2, 1889, in Provo, Utah, at the age of 28.

Glazier, Charles Albert (1877)

Glazier, Charles Albert (1877)

Charles Glazier

Charles A. Glazier. He is included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. ~ ~ ~ ~ About 150 "oldtimers" gathered for the first Alumni Emeritus Banquet during commencement week of 1941. Diantha Billings Worsley, Emma Stubbs Taylor, Alice Smoot Newell, Mary E. Cluff Little , Charles Albert Glazier, and Samuel D. Moore, members of Brigham Young Academy's first classes in 1876-77, attended the banquet.

Greenwood, Alma

Greenwood, Alma
Delta, Utah US

Alma +3 Greenwood

Original BY Academy High School Class in 1876. Alma Greenwood (male). BYA High School Class of 1878, Normal Diploma, Friday, June 21, 1898. One of five members of the second graduating class of Brigham Young Academy. Source: Deseret News, June 21, 1878. Alma Greenwood was one of the original 29 students who registered on the first day of classes at Brigham Young Academy, January 3, 1876. He is also included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. ~ ~ ~ ~ Alma Greenwood was born on October 18, 1854 in American Fork, Utah. During all of his youth he herded cows and irrigated fields. He was one of the better students all through his boyhood and into college. Upon arrival at Brigham Young Academy as a strong, eager young man, he was given the job of making the fires for Dr. Karl G. Maeser. Alma was particularly commended as one of the more promising members of the first graduating class of the Academy. He was encouraged by Dr. Maeser to take up education as a profession. ~ ~ ~ ~ "Fillmore has been re-consolidated into one ward under Bishop T. A. Smith. There was a thriving day school taught by Mr. Alma Greenwood, a graduate of the Brigham Young Academy, of Provo, who is much liked by the people for his good management and general efficiency." [Deseret News, July 7, 1880.] ~ ~ ~ ~ Alma Greenwood was, at various times, a Teacher, Principal, Farmer, Orator, and Legislator. He first married Florence Melissa Brown, daughter of A. Samuel Brown and Helen Vernera McBride. Married June 12, 1879 in Endowment House, SLC, Utah. She died June 18, 1893 in Fillmore, Utah. He second married Evelyn Olsen, on January 19, 1894. She died at age 29. He third married Annena Sorensen five years after Evelyn's death. Alma Greenwood died on March 21, 1929, after one hour's illness. Interment, Fillmore, Utah, family plot.

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