He was married to Hannah NELL OR NEILL on 9 Dec 1786/87 in North Carolina, Burke County. Children were: Benjamin HAWS, William N. HAWS, Archibald HAWS, Clinton HAWS, Rebecca HAWS, Polly HAWS, John HAWS, Gilbreth HAWS, Lucretia HAWS, James HAWS, Almey or Alney HAWS, Alfred HAWS, James Earlton HAWS, Eliza HAWS.

He was married to Martha MASTERS. Children were: Mary Elizabeth HAWS.

He was married to Wife UKNOWN about 1717 in Scotland, Highlands, Angus. Children were: Benjamin HAWS Sr. .

He was married to Martha B. GLAZIER.

She was married to Shedrick HOLDAWAY on 24 Dec 1848 in Utah, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County. She was sealed to spouse on 24 Dec 1848 in the Salt Lake City, Utah LDS temple. Children were: George Bradford HOLDAWAY, Timothy HOLDAWAY, William Shadrach HOLDAWAY, Amos David HOLDAWAY , John Madison HOLDAWAY, Mary Elizabeth HOLDAWAY, Levi Stewart HOLDAWAY, Logan Gilbert HOLDAWAY, Cynthia Mahala HOLDAWAY , Nancy Emaline HOLDAWAY, Andrew Nathan HOLDAWAY, Louisa Diantha HOLDAWAY , Warren Haws HOLDAWAY, Amanda Lucinda HOLDAWAY.

She was married to Alexander Phillip CHELSEY in 1843.

She was sealed to spouse on 23 Jul 1852 in the Salt Lake City, Utah LDS temple. She was married to David Oscar HOLDAWAY. David Oscar Holdaway, son of Timothy and Mary trent Holdaway, was born 8 Mar 1832 in Hawkins County, Tennessee. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 15 Jun 1845 and was with the saints during their troubles in Illinois. His father died in 1835 and in 1837 his mother married William H. Lunceford in Illinois. David and his younger brother Daniel came to Utah in the Edward Hunter Company, arriving in Salt Lake 13 October 1850. David married Mary Elizabeth Haws, daughter of John and Martha Masters Haws. To this union were born three children: David William born 4 Nov 1851, Martha Angeline born 2 Jan 1853 and George Timothy born 4 Dec 1854.

David's wife Mary Elizabeth died 23 Dec 1854 and in December 1855, he married Elizabeth Amanda Prater, widow of John Huntsman whom she married in Bonaparte, Iowa, on 7 June 1846. She had two little girls, Sarah and Julia. She was the daughter of Thomas Prater and Sarah Kinsworthy and was born in in Brownsville, Jackson County, Indiana. David and Elizabeth started their married life with five little children, David's three and Elizabeth's two. To them were born four children, Thomas Teancum 19 Aug 1857 in Provo, Mary Melvina 24 June 1860 and Joseph Alma 25 Sept 1862 in Mt. Pleasant, and Elizabeth Rachel 24 Aug 1865 in New Harmony, all in Utah.

David and Elizabeth's first home was in Provo where David and his brother Shedrick Holdaway built the first threshing machine in Provo and owned and operated the Provo Foundry. Shedrick was a member of the Mormon Battalion and brought $3,000 worth of gold dust from California. He married Lucinda Haws, cousin of Elizabeth, David's first wife, and they went back East and brought the first carding machine back to Utah. Shedrick and David laid out the Union Canal across Provo Bench. They had no instruments of any kind but Shedrick said David walked ahead and he laid it out by the brim of David's hat.

According to Florence Holdaway Higginson Jensen, granddaughter of David, as she remembers him, David was six feet tall; well proportioned, had black snappy eyes, and a keen sense of humor. When he laughed he bubbled over with mirth; always had a good clean joke; spoke with a southern drawl; wore his hair rather long and had a Van Dyke beard, southern style. He was fond of pure-bred horses and always had a fine team.

His wife, Elizabeth Prater, was a little woman. She looked so tiny beside David who was a six-footer. In her younger days her hair was red, according to Mrs. Jensen. She was very ambitious, always on the run; always busy. She worked in the Relief Society for years; she loved poetry and always had a lovely flower garden.

David was a member of the 44th Quorum of Seventies. Being obedient to the Priesthood and those in authority over him, he was called to help settle several different places. Probably being a good mechanic and carpenter and having a keen sense of humor was the reason for these calls. He first was called to Mt. Pleasant where they lived in a dugout and here their last child, Elizabeth Rachel was born, and here, with others, suffered the hardships of pioneer life. Mrs. Jensen tells this incident which happened while they were in Mt. Pleasant. David had been away most of the summer working on a canal, leaving grandmother to take care of the children. They had plenty of vegetables from the garden and corn bread but had no white bread all summer. Their little son Thomas saw the freight train coming a long way off and ran to tell his mother. She hurried and made a fire and when they got there, she made hotcakes for everyone in the neighborhood. Thomas, being a little boy, climbed all over the freight wagon and discovered a can of honey that was leaking. He went home and got a bucket and caught a bucket of honey. It was a treat to have honey but Tommie ate so much that he couldn't eat honey for years after.

After helping settle Mt. Pleasant, david moved his family back to Provo, but soon a call came from Brigham Young and they went to "The Muddy" and to St. George. After two years they returned to Provo, the land of their choice. The family was now grown up and most of them married.

In 1887 the call came again and David with his two sons, Thomas and Alma, with their families, went to the Ashley Valley to help settle it. It took nine days to make the trip with a team and wagon. The first thing they did was to go to the mountains to put up a sawmill to get out the timber for their new homes. Thomas was in the sawmill business for a number of years. David, being a carpenter and cabinet maker, made the caskets to bury the dead while his wife Elizabeth, being the President of the Relief Society, lined and covered the caskets. The pioneer spirit was to help each other in time of need and distress, and this family was always there to help.

In Vernal, David helped build sawmills, canals, took an active interest in civic affairs, acting as Justice of the Peace and Probate Judge. His hobby was raising fruits and vegetables, along with the help of his wife. They used to send back to Iowa, their home state, for their garden seed. They were the first to raise celery in Vernal. They made sauerkraut by the barrel just to give their neighbors.

After spending many happy and eventful years in Vernal, David and wife, with his son Alma and family moved back to Provo. Having lived a good, useful life in helping others and fulfilling the prophecies wherein is said "He that would be great in the Kingdom of Heaven, must be a servant of all." David passed away 13 March 1907, aged seventy-five years. His wife Elizabeth passed away 30 Jan 1920 at 92 years of age.

Thomas and family stayed in Vernal, In their early days there he had been active in their home dramatics taking the leading role. To make a living he did most everything. He was a village blacksmith, and did work for everybody in the valley. He, with James Griffin owned and ran a sawmill in the mountains. The mills hands took lumber for wages; then they would trade the lumber to the co-op for produce.

For some time Thomas worked at Ouray among the Indians. He said that when there was a death among the tribe, the family of the deceased would get upon their huts and howl all night. This was the way they communicated with the Great Spirit. There was no dentist in those days in Vernal, so Thomas pulled the people's teeth, pierced the little girl's ears, made the stage settings for their theatre shows. When the Uintah reservation was opened for white people to take up land, Thomas, with his crew of surveyors, settled some of the people on their claims.

In 1907 Thomas and family moved back to Provo. In 1911 his wife passed away.

In later life, Thomas lived with his children. He had a sunny disposition, had a keen sense of humor and always saw the funny side of life. He loved the Book of Mormon and read it on an average of once a year.

He passed away 25 Sept 1945 and was buried in Provo City Cemetary in the family plot.

The facts of the above history are taken from histories written by Florence Holdaway Higginson Jensen, granddaughter of David and Elizabeth Prater Holdaway and daughter of Thomas Teancum and Mary Eliza White Holdaway.
Children were: David William HOLDAWAY, Martha Angeline HOLDAWAY, George Timothy HOLDAWAY .

She was married to James C. YORK.

She was sealed to spouse on 14 Aug 1993 in the Atlanta, Georgia LDS temple. She was married to Francis Marion HAWS betw 1848 and 1858 in Illinois. Children were: Francis Adelbert HAWS.

She was married to Albert W. HAWS on 16 Jan 1857 in Utah, Provo, Utah County. She was sealed to spouse on 8 Sep 1861 in the Salt Lake City, Utah LDS temple. Children were: Albert Alonzo HAWS, Elnora HAWS, Joseph Marlow HAWS, Marion Oliver HAWS, Mary Olive HAWS, Emily Melissa HAWS, Owen Apheus HAWS, Lydia Alberta HAWS, John Elmon HAWS.

She was married to William Madison WALL on 7 Jan 1840. Children were: Mary Jane WALL, Eliza Helen WALL, Nancy Isabelle WALL, William Madison WALL Jr., Isaac Oliver WALL , Josephine Augusta WALL, Amasa Lyman WALL, Juliet WALL, Bathsheba Lavinia WALL, George Albert WALL.

He was married to Mary Carter IVEY betw 1858 and 1868.

He was married to Isabella WOMACK on 27 Oct 1818. Children were: Mary Eliza HAWS, Nancy HAWS, Emily HAWS, Francis Marion HAWS, Elizabeth HAWS, William Abner HAWS.

He was married to Barbara MILLS .

He was married to Janette HOLDAWAY on 23 Jun 1972.

She was married to James BILLINGS. Children were: Lydia BILLINGS, Ann BILLINGS, Rebecca BILLINGS, John BILLINGS, Sarah BILLINGS, William BILLINGS.

She was married to Louis RHINESMITH . Children were: Joseph Francis RHINESMITH.

He was married to Nellie Beatrice TILTON on 1 Feb 1912.

She was married to Isaiah HAMBLIN on 30 Nov 1812 in Vermont, North Hero, Grand Isle. She was sealed to spouse on 2 Feb 1846. She was sealed to spouse 20FEB 1846 in the Nauvoo, Illinois LDS temple. HAMBLIN FAMILY BOOK BY ANDREWS Children were: Melissa Daphne HAMBLIN, Emily Haynes HAMBLIN, Jacob Vernon HAMBLIN, Olive Haynes HAMBLIN, Adeline Amarilla HAMBLIN, Obed HAMBLIN, Alson Haynes HAMBLIN, William Haynes HAMBLIN, Oscar HAMBLIN, Edwin HAMBLIN, Francis Marion HAMBLIN, Frederick HAMBLIN.

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