by JRobins | Mar 3, 2023 | People
Sarah Ellen Barnes Layton 1826-1906 S arah Ellen Barnes Layton, known as Sarah B., was the most senior wife of Christopher Layton. She had been married fourteen years and had six children by Christopher in 1866 when he and William Jennings built the grist mill on...
by JRobins | Mar 3, 2023 | Oral History
Bill Sanders MorganSo what are your first memories of the community of downtown Kaysville? SandersWell, most of it is associated with the church. Because when I was growing up, everybody- Kaysville only had two wards. Well, when I was born, there was only one ward,...
by JRobins | Feb 11, 2023 | People
Samuel Lane Jones 1828-1891 If you visit the cemetery in either Kaysville, Farmington, Bountiful, Salt Lake City, or at Fort Douglas, Utah you will undoubtedly encounter several headstones with very uniquely carved designs. Chances are that some of these unique...
by JRobins | Dec 13, 2022 | People
Hector Caleb Haight 1810-1879 Known as the first settler of Kaysville Hector Caleb Haight is unique in that he is claimed by two towns, Farmington and Kaysville, as their first settler. The original pioneer company soon found that the forage near the Jordan River...
by DYoung | Dec 11, 2022 | Ladies of Note, People
Muriel Reeves 1897-1980 In the spring of 1952, the North Davis Junior High School art students of Miss Muriel Reeves presented a special exhibit that showed off the talents of her 9th grade class. The art was hung in the school’s first-floor hallway next to the...
by DYoung | Dec 11, 2022 | Ladies of Note, People
Mina Flint 1899-1976 Mina Flint was a familiar face to visitors at both the Davis County and Utah State Fairs. In 1931, she entered a display of aster flowers she had grown and because the fair board was having trouble getting this section of the fair organized, they...
