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Samuel William Goold was born 3 September 1845 in Cwmbran, Monmouthshire, Wales. He married Sarah Ann Lewis in Salt Lake City, Utah on 28 July 1873. He died on 6 December 1918 in Monroe, Utah. Sarah died on 5 March 1920 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They had nine children. .
"In this book, first published in 1886, the author achieved his goal of preparing a volume of reliable local history which should be entertaining as well as instructive. Mr. Goold begins with Captain Christopher Levett, who settled a plantation in 1623 on an island near the coastal area that would later become the town of Portland, Maine. Beginning with 1623, he spends the remaining 500-plus pages spinning a chronological history of Portland and the surrounding area through the mid-19th century. The author's ability to strike a good balance among the various types of history-social, political, religious and armed conflict-is one reason for the success of this volume. The discussion of numero...
Tells about his parents' conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Wales; his experiences during the 1850s and 1860s in the Abersychan branch of the Church in Wales; emigration to Utah in 1867, including experiences in the company of Brigham Young Jr.; and experiences while residing in St. George and Monroe in southern Utah. Several pages record LDS priesthood ordinances he performed from the 1890s to 1910s, including children's blessings; baptisms; confirmations; and the setting apart of ward members during his tenure as bishop. Also includes copies of patriarchal blessings given to him and his family by his father, Robert Franklin Goold. The reminiscence includes Samuel W. Goold's feelings about Brigham Young, placed in the narration after his mention of Young's death.
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Book of sermons, lectures, and marriage ceremony, ca. 1836.
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