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SHIRTS, Marcia Ann
1869 - 1925 (56 years) 
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Name SHIRTS, Marcia Ann Birth 18 Mar 1869 Kanarraville, Iron, Utah 
Christening 10 Apr 1877 Gender Female Death 29 Dec 1925 Widtsoe, Garfield, Utah, United States Burial 1 Jan 1926 Widtsoe, Garfield, Utah, United States WAC 14 Aug 1929 SLAKE _TAG Reviewed on FS Headstones 
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Father SHIRTS, Don Carlos , b. 28 Jul 1836, Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United Statesd. 19 Jun 1922, Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United States (Age 85 years) Mother WILLIAMS, Elizabeth , b. 11 Mar 1840, Lakefork Township, Logan, Illinois, United States Lakefork Township, Logan, Illinois, United Statesd. 6 Jul 1907, Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United States (Age 67 years) Marriage 23 Aug 1857 Parowan, Iron, Utah Family ID F26642 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family YOUNG, John Wesley , b. 26 Nov 1860, Toquerville, Washington, Utah, United States Toquerville, Washington, Utah, United Statesd. 19 Apr 1926, Widtsoe, Garfield, Utah, United States (Age 65 years) Marriage 19 Apr 1886 Escalante, Garfield, Utah, United States Family ID F26090 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 Jan 2022
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Notes - Marcy Ann Shurtz, the sixth child and third daughter of Don Carlos Shirts and Elizabeth Williams, was born at Kanarraville, Iron Co, Utah, 18 March 1869, baptized by Andrew P Schow 12 Aug 1877, confirmed by Thomas Heaps 12 Aug 1877. (Note: Family name is sometimes listed as Shurtz or Shurts). John Wesley (Dick) Young was 16 and Marcia Ann Shirts was 7 years old when their families came with pioneers to settle Potato Valley in 1876. Their parents built homes and farms and Marcy and Dick were married 19 April 1886 in Escalante, Garfield Co, Utah, where Potato Valley is located. They went into the sheep business to support their family, and for the first eight years of their marriage lived in a home in Escalante. The sheep were herded on the range in and around Potato Valley. In the mid-1890's the price of farm products including sheep wool plunged to an all time low and they went broke. They then decided to homestead a farm in a mountain valley above Escalante called at that time Emery Valley. The name was later changed to John's Valley. The family first remained in their home in Escalante during the winters and went up to the homestead in the summers. The Homestead Act allowed them to obtain title to the land if they lived on it five months out of the year and could show improvements for five years. This they were able to do by the time of the 1900 Federal Census. They made a living by gardening, growing grain crops, and dairying. Dick's two brothers, William and Lemuel homesteaded with their families nearby. The nearest town at the time was called Coyote. The LDS church in Coyote was called the Marion Ward. Since the Youngs lived 20 miles away from town, they organized their own branch of the Marion Ward, first called the John's Valley Branch and later named the Henderson Branch. They were a part of the Panquitch Stake. Two towns were built in John's Valley, called Henderson and Widtsoe, both are no longer existant. Dick and Marcy had 9 children: Marcy Ann; John Wesley; William Riley; Gladys; Leonard M; Gertrude; Simon; Elizabeth; and Maude Roselt Young. Marcy died 29 December 1925, age 56, at Widtsoe, Garfield, Utah, and is buried there. Dick died 19 April 1926, age 65, at Widtsoe, Garfield, Utah, and is buried there. Notes from a granddaughter's Journal of Delsa Young Duncan ; NOTE: We all grew closer to Grandma and Grandpa Young during this time (probably 1925 -1926), as they only lived a short block up the hill and came down to the town hydrant which was located near the corner of our lot to get water. Grandpa wasn't very well, and was very short-winded, so he often stopped to visit and let one of us kids carry hi s water home. They spent Christmas day with us that year. It was a warm sunny day, and Grandma mentioned the saying that a 'green Christmas meant a full graveyard.' She died two days later of a heart attack! The fine weather didn't last and she was buried in a heavy snow storm on New Year's Day."
SURNAME: Also shown as Shurtz
GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Marcy Ann
- Marcy Ann Shurtz, the sixth child and third daughter of Don Carlos Shirts and Elizabeth Williams, was born at Kanarraville, Iron Co, Utah, 18 March 1869, baptized by Andrew P Schow 12 Aug 1877, confirmed by Thomas Heaps 12 Aug 1877. (Note: Family name is sometimes listed as Shurtz or Shurts). John Wesley (Dick) Young was 16 and Marcia Ann Shirts was 7 years old when their families came with pioneers to settle Potato Valley in 1876. Their parents built homes and farms and Marcy and Dick were married 19 April 1886 in Escalante, Garfield Co, Utah, where Potato Valley is located. They went into the sheep business to support their family, and for the first eight years of their marriage lived in a home in Escalante. The sheep were herded on the range in and around Potato Valley. In the mid-1890's the price of farm products including sheep wool plunged to an all time low and they went broke. They then decided to homestead a farm in a mountain valley above Escalante called at that time Emery Valley. The name was later changed to John's Valley. The family first remained in their home in Escalante during the winters and went up to the homestead in the summers. The Homestead Act allowed them to obtain title to the land if they lived on it five months out of the year and could show improvements for five years. This they were able to do by the time of the 1900 Federal Census. They made a living by gardening, growing grain crops, and dairying. Dick's two brothers, William and Lemuel homesteaded with their families nearby. The nearest town at the time was called Coyote. The LDS church in Coyote was called the Marion Ward. Since the Youngs lived 20 miles away from town, they organized their own branch of the Marion Ward, first called the John's Valley Branch and later named the Henderson Branch. They were a part of the Panquitch Stake. Two towns were built in John's Valley, called Henderson and Widtsoe, both are no longer existant. Dick and Marcy had 9 children: Marcy Ann; John Wesley; William Riley; Gladys; Leonard M; Gertrude; Simon; Elizabeth; and Maude Roselt Young. Marcy died 29 December 1925, age 56, at Widtsoe, Garfield, Utah, and is buried there. Dick died 19 April 1926, age 65, at Widtsoe, Garfield, Utah, and is buried there. Notes from a granddaughter's Journal of Delsa Young Duncan ; NOTE: We all grew closer to Grandma and Grandpa Young during this time (probably 1925 -1926), as they only lived a short block up the hill and came down to the town hydrant which was located near the corner of our lot to get water. Grandpa wasn't very well, and was very short-winded, so he often stopped to visit and let one of us kids carry hi s water home. They spent Christmas day with us that year. It was a warm sunny day, and Grandma mentioned the saying that a 'green Christmas meant a full graveyard.' She died two days later of a heart attack! The fine weather didn't last and she was buried in a heavy snow storm on New Year's Day."
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