Probate Record - Rosannah Binnall

I located the probate record for Rosannah Binnall online through the Utah State Archives & Utah State History. Rosannah Leech's first marriage was to John Bowers and her second marriage is to Charles Binnall. I paid a fee and received a copy of the record in the mail. The copy is difficult to read at times, so hopefully the scanned images below are still readable. There is a total of twelve pages. Below I tried to transcribe some of the pages. When you see dashes, those are words that I could not decipher.

No 665
Estate of Rosannah Binnall
Dec'd.
UTAH STATE ARCHIVES [stamped]

In the matter of the
Estate of Rosannah Binnall deceased
Filed Oct 22 1879
recorded book 3
page 588 to 591
UTAH STATE ARCHIVES [stamped]

In the Probate Court mand for Salt Lake County Territory of Utah

In the matter of the Estate of Rosannah Binnall deceased

To the Hon E Smith Judge of the Probate Court in and for said county

Your petitioner respectfully showeth that the said Rosannah Binnall died intestate in the City of Salt Lake County & Territory aforesaid on or about the 14th day of February A.D. 1879.

That due search and inquiry has been made by your petitioner if any will had been made by the deceased but none has been found.

That the heirs of the said deceased their names, ages and places of residence and as follows
Caroline Fairclough aged          years [John and Rosannah Bowers' daughter]
Jemma Walker aged 35 years [John and Rosannah Bowers' daughter]
John S Bowers aged 26 years [John and Rosannah Bowers' son]
Charles Binnall aged 23 years [Charles and Rosannah Binnall's son]
Joseph Binnall aged 21 years [Charles and Rosannah Binnall's son]

UTAH STATE ARCHIVES [stamped]

and also Charles Binnall [Rosannah's second husband] aged about 65 years the surviving heirs band of the said deceased all residing in Salt Lake County Utah territory.

The approximate value of the property of the said deceased is about four hundred Dollars consisting of Real property without any income.

That no application has been made for letters of administration --

That is necessary and essential for the preservation of the said Estate that special letters should ------

Wherefore your petitioner specifically ask that special letters of administration be ----------- to your petitioner. him

John S Bowers

Subscribed + sworn to before me this day of October ---, 1879
D Brockhold
Clerk Probate Court
Salt lake Co US

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On the matter of the Estate of Rosannah Binnall deceased
Application for Special Letter
Filed Oct 22 179
D Bockhold
Clerk

In the Probate Court in and for Salt Lake County Territory of Utah

In the matter of the Estate of Rosannah Binnall deceased

order appointing Special Administrator

Upon reading and filing of the petition of John S Bowers praying for Special Letters of Administration in the Estate of the said deceased

And it appearing to the Court that no application for Letters has been made in said matter

That the deceased departed this life in Salt Lake City County and Territory aforesaid on or about the 14th day of February AD 1879 without leaving any will and leaving estate to be administered upon within the jurisdiction of this Court

And it further appearing that it is necessary for the preservation of said Estate that a Special administrator be appointed by the Court

It is ordered, adjudged and decreed that the petitioner herein the said John S Bowers be and he

UTAH STATE ARCHIVES [stamped]

is hereby appointed Special administrator of the Estate of Rosannah Binnall deceased with full power to collect and preserve for the Administrator all the goods, chattels, debts and effects of the deceased, all incomes, rents issues and profits claims and demands of the estate and shall take the charge and management of, enter upon and preserve from damage, waste and injury, the real estate and for any such and all necessary purposes may commence and maintain, or defend suits and other legal proceedings under and by the direction of the Court or the Judge thereof.
Done in open Court this 22nd day of October A.D. 1879.

E Smith
Probate Judge

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In the matter of the Estate of Rosannah Binnall deed
Order appointing Special administrator
Filed Oct 22. 1879
D Bockhold
Clerk
recorded book F
page 588



James Bowers' Journal - Excerpt

On April 11, 2008, I went to Utah and met with Jacob DeLoss Bowers who is a descendant of James Bowers (1811-1856). James is a brother of John Bowers (1816-1853). I am a descendant of John. The two brothers joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England.

While I was visiting with Jacob Bowers, he gave me a copy of James Bowers' journal (see above images). As I look over the copies now, I realize that I may have a missing page and it also seems that there could be more pages. This is a transcribed copy of the journal. It also helps that when one reads this copy to remember that "Do" means ditto. Jacob did not know where the original journal was located at this time.

In the journal, several times names are underlined. On the first page we learn that Roshannah Bowers and Hellen Bowers are baptized on June 14 in Dudley. Roshannah Bowers is probably John Bowers' wife, so James' sister-in-law. Uncertain who Hellen Bowers would be, but possibly James and John's sister? In addition on the first page, Honor Barnickel's name is underlined. I do not have any guesses as to why her name is of importance to be underlined. Any ideas? (See comments below by Julie.)

On the page numbered 6, Honner Barnickel's name is underlined. Again, I do not know why this name would be underlined. (See comments below by Julie.) Also on this page, Isabelle Wakelam's name is not underlined, but caught my attention. Would this be Isabella Haldren, James' mother? She married Joseph Sansom Bowers and later married Joseph Wakelim.

As already suggested in a previous post, checking with the Church History Library for this journal may be helpful.

Leo Bowers with his Siblings - Children of John S. Bowers and Esther Fullmer

Received a copy of this photo from Nathele King Bowers.

I haven't seen this photo before, but I am going to predict the individuals based on age of oldest to youngest. In the center is Leo Bowers (1885-1949). Around him from right to left, George Collins; Louis James; John David; and Rose Hannah.

If you know otherwise, please leave a comment.

Bowers from Orderville, Utah

Received a copy of this photo from Nathele King Bowers.

This line of Bowers is through James Bowers and Mariah Lay's son, Isaiah Bowers (1846-1926). On FamilySearch, this photo is posted and the people are identified as seen in Isaiah Bowers' photos (KWZ9-VGD). The united order was successfully practiced in Orderville.

Find A Grave: Isaiah Bowers - http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=70371

Wikipedia: Orderville, Utah - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orderville,_Utah

Frank Bradley Bowers - Los Angeles Temple, Laying of Corner Stone - 11 Dec 1953

[Stamped on the back of the photo]

GEORGE BERGSTROM
QUALIT PHOTOGRAPHS
1725 ASHLAND AVE.
SANTA MONICA, CALIF.
PHONE 68601

DEC 11 1953
LOS ANGELES TEMPLE
LAYING OF CORNER STONE

[Written on the back of the photo]

10

Edward O. Anderson
Stephen L Richards
Howard J. KcKean
Clarence Silver
Frank Bowers

According to my father, Lynard Bowers, he discovered that Frank Bowers worked for the Church Building Committee for many years. Stan Porter was up in Salt Lake City, Utah one time speaking with the committee about a job for the church. Stan was head of Porter Brothers who built chapels in Arizona for the church. They would periodically go up to Salt Lake for meetings. When they came back from a visit, they asked Lynard if he was related to a Frank Bowers. And the connection was made.