History: A Sketch of the Life of Alfred and Priscilla Pitt Lunt

In 1900, Father (Alfred Lunt) and Mother (Priscilla Pitt) went back to their native land and there gathered genealogy. In 1915, they were called as missionaries to work in the Manti Temple. Father was operated in for gland trouble in 1922 and after being bedridden for nearly 16 months, died of cancer. Mather died in […]

History: A Sketch of the Life of Alfred and Priscilla Pitt Lunt

In the earlier part of Father’s (Alfred Lunt) life, he was out with stock a great deal but the dearest spot on earth to him was home, and there is where you could find him when he was not at work. As soon as possible the little house left by Grandfather Lunt (Edward Lunt) was […]

History: A Sketch of the Life of Alfred and Priscilla Pitt Lunt

The land now began to be taken up, and as there was not sufficient range to take care of the number of cattle they (Alfred and Shedrick Lunt and James Belliston) were taking care of, they decided to push further into the frontier. So with about 1200 head of cattle, some theirs’ and other they […]

History: A Sketch of the Life of Alfred and Priscilla Pitt Lunt

It was a strenuous and lonely life for this young wife (Priscilla Pitt), with her small children, to be alone all day at the ranch making butter and cheese, cooking and mending. There was also the danger of Indians coming while the helpless was there alone. While Alfred (Alfred Lunt) was riding in the mountains, […]

History: A Sketch of the Life of Alfred and Priscilla Pitt Lunt

Just 14 months from the time Priscilla Pitt arrived in Nephi, she and Alfred Lunt were married in the Endowment House, Salt Lake City, 8 December 1865. The journey to Salt Lake was made with an ox team and required 3 days. They did not wait until they had accumulated a fortune before getting married. […]

History: A Sketch of the Life of Alfred and Priscilla Pitt Lunt

Much sickness and many deaths occurred in this camp. Out of the wagon in which the Chappell family came, the father, mother and four children died within a month. They were not discouraged and they had no thought of turning back. They sang, “Come, Come Ye Saints. No toil, nor labor fear, but with joy […]

History: A Sketch of the Life of Alfred and Priscilla Pitt Lunt

As they (Captain Williams S. Warren’s Ox Team Company) journeyed through the districts inhabited by Indians, they encountered many tribes that were on the warpath. Two companies of immigrants were forced to travel together for protection. The combined company now numbered 500 wagons. One night, the Indians planned an attack on the company, but through […]

History: A Sketch of the Life of Alfred and Priscilla Pitt Lunt

By 1864 Edward Lunt and family had been in Utah nearly seven years and permanently located in Nephi, then known as Salt Creek, and through hard work and perseverance, were beginning to reap some reward for their labors. A little home, a piece of land, a yoke of cattle, a cow or two, were the […]

History: A Sketch of the Life of Alfred and Priscilla Pitt Lunt

A Sketch of the Life of Alfred and Priscilla Pitt Lunt Written by their son, John Edgar Lunt Alfred Lunt; Father; Alf (40) – Self/Priscilla’s Husband Alfred Oscar Lunt (15) – Alfred and Priscilla’s Son Charles Howard Grace (219) – Alfred and Priscilla’s Son-in-Law; Husband of Daughter, Elizabeth Ann Lunt Charles William Foote; Will (1015) […]

History: Alfred Lunt

On 23 July 1872, when Alfred was 26, his son, George William was born in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States. Alfred Oscar, Alfred’s son, was born 4 December 1874 in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States. Alfred was 29 years old at the time. Alfred’s youngest child, John Edgar, was born 3 May 1880 in Nephi, […]