Goddard, William Pace and Ann Kirrilla Taylor

William Pace Goddard was born on 16 April 1853 at New Harmony, Washington Co., UT. He was the son of William Pettibone Goddard and Mary Ann Pace.   His father was the son of Percy Amanda Pettibone. Percy was the sister of Rosetta Lenora Pettibone, Lorenzo Snow’s mother.  William Pace Goddard's mother was the daughter of James Edward Pace. Payson, Utah, was named for James Pace. James Pace was a 1st Lieutenant and 2nd in command of Mormon Battalion Company E. (Information from Lee Allen Goddard, great grandson of William Pace Goddard and Anna Kirrilla Taylor)

William Pace Goddard married Ann Kirrilla Taylor on 1 January 1877. William Pace Goddard died on 23 January 1923 at El Paso, El Paso Co., TX, at age 69.

 Ann Kirrilla Taylor was born on 16 August 1859 at Kaysville, Davis Co., UT. She married William Pace Goddard, son of William Pettibone Goddard and Mary Ann Pace, on 1 January 1877. Ann Kirrilla Taylor died on 13 January 1955 at Benson, Cochise Co., AZ, at age 95.

William and Kirilla were enumerated in the 1900 Alma, Socorro Co., NM, federal census. He was a stockman, age 47, she was 40. Children in the household were John E. 19, Dora 17, Lori 16, Effie 14, Sydney C. 12, Alfred A. 8, Jettie L. 6, Gerold A. 4, and Mildred 2. Enumerated next door is William, 22, apparently a son.

William and Kirrilla were also included in the 1910 Mesilla Park, Dona Ana Co., NM, federal census. He was a farmer, age 57, she was 50. Children in the household were Sidney C. 22, Alfred A. 18, Jettie L. 16, Gerald A. 14, and Mildred 12.

Upon the celebration of her 80th birthday, she recalled Hole in the Rock and later pioneering experiences;
Mrs. Goddard recalls that she and her late husband were married on New Year's Day, 1876, at Harmony, Utah. In 1850, the couple joined a wagon train of 99 families to move down to New Mexico. They were on the journey for two years, having to blaze their own trails most of the way. [Hole-in-the-rock was just the first leg of a long trip] The wagon train crossed the Colorado River on improvised rafts made of logs tied together. They had little trouble with Indians, for at that time most of the Indians whose territory they passed through were friendly. They would often go to the wagon camps to beg food and tease and annoy the women, knowing that the women were afraid of them, according to Mrs. Goddard.

The wagon train went to Durango, Colo., where it stopped while the men of the families worked on the D. & R.G. Railroad, which was then under construction. After leaving Durango, they journeyed on to Gallup, N.M., which was nothing more than a blacksmith shop under a tree, she recalls. After going through Winslow, Ariz., the group went to Alma, N.M., arriving there the day after an Indian raid led by the famous chief Victorio. In the raid, the brother of Captain Cooney of the town's little garrison was killed, and Mrs. Goddard remembers that he was buried in a solid rock tomb, which is still a landmark there. From Alma, the wagon train journeyed on to Pleasanton, N.M., where the Goddards decided to make their home. They built a two-room home of solid concrete with small "portholes" for windows, the house being designed to withstand the many raids of Geronimo and his band of Apaches. The house was built in 1882, the year they arrived. Later, after the colony of Mormons there moved to Mexico, Mr. Goddard bought their land, and then bought the land where the soldiers were garrisoned, so that the Goddards acquired nearly all the property in the district, for ranching and farming.

In 1909, the family moved to Mesilla Park so that the seven younger children could attend college at New Mexico A. & M. Finally, in 1918, Mr. And Mrs. Goddard moved to El Paso and Mr. Goddard invested in real estate here. He died in 1923, and Mrs. Goddard now makes her home with a daughter, Mrs. M.W. Maddox, 3601 Lebanon Street. Mrs. Goddard's living sons and daughters are Mrs. A.J. Stockbridge of Duncan, Ariz; J.E. Goddard, New Mexico; Mrs. E.H. Cullom, Quinlan, Texas; Mrs. W.E. Williams, Tucson, Ariz; S.C. Goddard of California; A.A. Goddard of Denver, Col.; Mrs. M.W. Maddox, El Paso; G.A. Goddard, El Paso, and Mrs. L.V. Gardiner, El Paso. (family history)

Children with them on the trek: William Herbert (b. 1877), Maud Anna (b. 1870)
Alfred Allen Goddard (Lee Allen Goddard's grandfather), is not listed because he was the 8th of 11 children.  Only two were born at the time of the trek.

New Mexico Early Birth Records County 25 Jan 1881-12 Nov 1895 show Three children born to this couple in Pleasanton.

Goddard, Alfred Allen Oct 19, 1891 Pleasanton Goddard, 
Effie Sept 10, 1885 Pleasanton Goddard,
Jettie Lloyd July 28, 1893 Pleasanton Goddard, William Pace
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In all likelihood the Goddards, Sevys and Paces were traveling together because of their family connections. They were also from Utah County, rather than Iron or Millard counties like most of the other pioneers.

Rowley, Samuel and Ann Taylor

Children on the trek:  Mary Ann, Samuel Jamer, Hannah Eliza, Sarah Jane, Alice Louise, George Walter, John Taylor

Samuel Rowley was born 29 October 1842 Mars Hill, Suckley Parish, Worcestershire, England.  His parents were William Rowley Jr. (1785-1849), and Ann Jewell (1807-1888.   He came to Utah from England when he was a young boy. His widowed mother and 6 brothers and sisters traveled with the Willey Handcart Company. His mother said of this great hardship:
'I had to make the best of it. I had a very real job to do. The children had to be fed and clothed, but the big task and the one I must accomplish, is to get us all to Zion. I must be among the people of my faith and I must get the temple work done for us."


      ”There came a time when there seemed to be no food at all. Some of the men left to hunt buffalo. Night was coming and there was no food for the evening meal. I asked God's help as I always did. I got on my knees, remembering two hard sea biscuits that were still in my trunk. They had been left over from the sea voyage, they were not large, and were so hard, they couldn't be broken. Surely, that was not enough to feed 8 people, but 5 loaves and 2 fishes were not enough to feed 5000 people either, but through a miracle, Jesus had done it. So with God's help, nothing is impossible. I found the biscuits and put them in a Dutch oven and covered them with water and asked for God's blessing. Then I put the lid on the pan and set it on the coals. When I took off the lid a little later, I found the pan filled with food. I kneeled with my family and thanked God for his goodness. That night my family had sufficient."

    Her son Thomas also wrote of their forced march across Rocky Ridge and on to Rock Creek: “In traveling at night, in the frost of that altitude, my right hand froze while I was pushing on the back of the cart and when we stopped at night and my hand got warm, it swelled up, as my brother Samuel said, ‘like a toad’. I could finally go no farther and I laid beside the trail, waiting for the sick wagon. By the time I was picked up, my body was frozen in two places. That night 12 people died and the next morning 3 more joined them. I always thought, I shall be the happiest person, if I could reach Zion alive. However, the Lord had not deserted us and I was ashamed for thinking for a moment that he had.”

Ann’s son, Samuel, had the same determination as his mother. In 1879, Samuel took his wife and 7 children, including a new baby and headed for the Escalante desert. The trip took 6 months and was one of the coldest winters that area had ever known. It was certainly not the coldest that Samuel had known. After 6 months of road building and hardships and suffering, they reached the San Juan on the evening of April 6, 1880. This turned out to be the first trip through Hole in the Rock. (Thanks to Richard Hardy for the information which is believed to have come from Georgiana Hardy Puckett, granddaughter of John Rowley and great-granddaughter of Ann Rowley.)

Samuel married Ann Taylor 23 April 1865. They eventually had 12 children. He and his family were called to the San Juan Settlement Mission while living in Parowan. He is a Hole in the Rock Pioneer, settling the town of Bluff.  He married Julia Ann Westover He married Julia Ann Westover 17 December 1903 Manti, Sanpete, Ut .
Later he settled in Huntington.  He died 7 January 1928 Huntington, Emery, Utah, United States (Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University.)

Ann Taylor was born 23 April 1863 Parowan, IRON, UTAH.  She died in 1901.
Their son John Taylor is buried in Bluff cemetary.  He was only 3 1/2 years old.  He was born 1 Sep 1879 Parowan, Iron, Ut. d. 15 Mar 1883 p. Bluff, San Juan, Ut

More information can be found in Rowley Family Histories By Frank D. Richardson (if you can find the book!)
Several references in Hole in the Rock by Miller
Article about the Rowleys in Blue Mountain Shadows Vol. 6 p. 53-56

Taylor, William Warren, Jr

Birth 20 Apr 1857 Slatersville, Weber, Ut
Died 20 Mar 1943 Loa, Wayne, Ut
Buried 23 Mar 1943 Loa, Wayne, Ut
From Kanarraville. Mentioned in Miller, p 77, 169
Edmond Zebulon and William Warren Jr. were brothers

Their parents were Father: William Warren Taylor, b. 13 Dec 1828, Nr. Richardsvill, Warren, Ky , d. 20 Feb 1892, New Harmony, Washington, Ut
Mother Julia Aner Carbine, b. 23 Nov 1832, Cairo, Green, New York , d. 26 Nov 1914, Mapleton, Utah, Ut        Genealogy

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Taylor, Edmond Zebulon

Born: 14 Mar 1859 Slaterville, Weber, Ut Died 13 Aug 1888 Rock Lane, Rock Bridge, Va
Buried 25 Aug 1888 (North) Ogden, Weber, Ut

His Father : William Warren Taylor, b. 13 Dec 1828, Nr. Richardsvill, Warren, Ky , d. 20 Feb 1892, New Harmony, Washington, Ut.  Edmond’s father, William Warren, was the younger brother of Allen Taylor, father of Anna Kirrilla Taylor who married William Pace Goddard.  They were both Hole-in-the-Rock pioneers. Edmond and William Warren Jr. were brothers. The brothers were both on the Hole-in-the-Rock trek.  Genealogy

His Mother: Julia Aner Carbine, b. 23 Nov 1832, Cairo, Green, New York , d. 26 Nov 1914, Mapleton, Utah, Ut

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