[William] John Davis [I]

I've been tryin' to track this guy down for YEARS! I got on a hot trail right before I left for Russia. Then I had an 18 month pause. Now the trail is blazin' and I'll have to break for 3 months! How lame!

Either way, here's the run down: William John Davis, I, supposedly came over from Wales at the age of 12 as a stowaway. He ended up marryin' a southern belle, Melitha Plummer. When Melitha died, he remarried three years later to Minerva Harvey (?). According to an online rootsweb family pedigree, Minerva was from Jackson, Missouri. But according to John's record in the Salt Lake Temple (he was sealed to both of his deceased wives when he was living), Minerva was from Jackson, Mississippi...which makes more sense since Louisiana and Mississippi are neighbor states.

Well, I don't know how Minerva died. But somehow, John met the Church and ended up getting baptized and moving to Utah. He was born on 13 December 1839. Died in 1918. Baptized in 1899. Endowed in the Salt Lake Temple in 1911. Buried in Huntington, Emery County, Utah.
I desparately want to know how he joined the Church? How he met the Church? What's his story?

I found his death certificate and sealing card. Now I need to find his obituary! A consultant at the BYU Family History Center said that I can contact the Huntington Ward to find out who baptized John. Man! This stuff is SO interesting!