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John Rufus Stoddard

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John Rufus Stoddard

Birth
Johnstown, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada
Death
7 Apr 1904 (aged 77)
Dry Fork, Uintah County, Utah, USA
Burial
Vernal, Uintah County, Utah, USA Add to Map
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Son of Nathaniel Stoddard and Jane McMann

Married Martha Elizabeth Weaver, 13 Oct 1853, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Children - Marybee Stoddard, Minda Stoddard, Rufus Edward Stoddard, John Franklin Stoddard, Julia Ann Stoddard, George Riley Stoddard, Cecelia Stoddard, Isabella Stoddard, Lois Stoddard, Melissa Stoddard, Martha Jane Stoddard

Treasures of Pioneer History, Vol. 4, p. 470

John Rufus was born in Canada, January 15, 1827 and immigrated to the United States when a smalI boy, with his parents Nathaniel Stoddard and Jane McMann Stoddard. His father died leaving his wife with four boys to rear. The mother and sons started for Utah but when they got to Council Bluffs, John Rufus joined the Battalion and was mustered into Company "B," July 16, 1846 at the age of 19 years. He stayed in California a year after he was released from service; came to Utah shortly after, but returned to San Bernardino for about three years, after which time he and his family returned to Santa Clara, Utah. He helped build and operate the first sawmill in Wayne County.

John Rufus Stoddard died in Vernal, Utah while on a visit to his eldest daughter's home. — Lois Stoddard Curfew

Utah Death Certificate

Mormon Battalion, Company B
Son of Nathaniel Stoddard and Jane McMann

Married Martha Elizabeth Weaver, 13 Oct 1853, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Children - Marybee Stoddard, Minda Stoddard, Rufus Edward Stoddard, John Franklin Stoddard, Julia Ann Stoddard, George Riley Stoddard, Cecelia Stoddard, Isabella Stoddard, Lois Stoddard, Melissa Stoddard, Martha Jane Stoddard

Treasures of Pioneer History, Vol. 4, p. 470

John Rufus was born in Canada, January 15, 1827 and immigrated to the United States when a smalI boy, with his parents Nathaniel Stoddard and Jane McMann Stoddard. His father died leaving his wife with four boys to rear. The mother and sons started for Utah but when they got to Council Bluffs, John Rufus joined the Battalion and was mustered into Company "B," July 16, 1846 at the age of 19 years. He stayed in California a year after he was released from service; came to Utah shortly after, but returned to San Bernardino for about three years, after which time he and his family returned to Santa Clara, Utah. He helped build and operate the first sawmill in Wayne County.

John Rufus Stoddard died in Vernal, Utah while on a visit to his eldest daughter's home. — Lois Stoddard Curfew

Utah Death Certificate

Mormon Battalion, Company B

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