bullet Richard Everett HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Richard Edson HOLDAWAY and Bessie Jean LARSON .

bullet Richard L. HOLDAWAY was born on 7 May 1922. He died on 14 Jan 1923. Parents: Lorus Trent HOLDAWAY and Grace H. CLAUSER.

bullet Rita Ann HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Randall Bert HOLDAWAY and Ida Marie WAGSTAFF.

bulletRobert David HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: John Shadrach HOLDAWAY and Margaret Janette ADAMSON.

He was married to Edna FUGAL on 28 Oct 1938. Children were: Jeanne HOLDAWAY, David Robert HOLDAWAY, Stephen Niels HOLDAWAY, Barbara HOLDAWAY, Boyd John HOLDAWAY, Debra HOLDAWAY.

bullet Robert Earl HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Hugh Von Loy HOLDAWAY and Margaret Emma YOCUM.

Children were: Vickie Susan HOLDAWAY, Judy Diane HOLDAWAY, Sandee Faye HOLDAWAY.

bulletRobert Eugene HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Walter Roland HOLDAWAY and Edna Margaret KNUDSEN.

He was married to Cumorah GORDON on 17 Aug 1949 in Utah, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County. Children were: Karen HOLDAWAY, Brent Eugene HOLDAWAY, Keith Robert HOLDAWAY, Sherrie Kaye HOLDAWAY , Janae HOLDAWAY.

bullet Robert Spencer HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Dennis Frank HOLDAWAY and Carol Grace DEXTER.

bullet Roland Revier HOLDAWAY was born on 5 Dec 1905 in Utah, Provo, Utah County. He was baptized into the LDS church on 28 Jun 1914. He died on 25 Jun 1919. Parents: David Dean HOLDAWAY and May ARROWSMITH.

bullet Ronald Melville HOLDAWAY (Twin A) (Private). Parents: Orin John HOLDAWAY and Fern MELVILLE.

bulletRoss Thrower HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Walter Roland HOLDAWAY and Edna Margaret KNUDSEN.

He was married to Erna ROGERS on 10 Jan 1941.

bullet Royal Dean HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Royal Lynn HOLDAWAY and Bernice SAMPSON.

bulletRoyal Lynn HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: George Lynn HOLDAWAY and Sabrina Eliza MASON.

He was married to Bernice SAMPSON on 1 May 1928 in Utah, Richfield, Sevier County. Children were: Royal Dean HOLDAWAY, Ivan Richard HOLDAWAY, Verl Lynn HOLDAWAY, Dot Shirleen HOLDAWAY, Berva Dawn HOLDAWAY, Gary Sampson HOLDAWAY, Lynn Claudius HOLDAWAY , Gaylan Val HOLDAWAY.

bullet Ruby May HOLDAWAY was born on 29 Sep 1877 in Utah, Provo, Utah County. She was endowed on 18 Apr 1917. She died on 2 Jan 1955 in Utah, Provo, Utah County. She was buried on 6 Jan 1955 in Utah, Provo, Utah County. She was baptized into the LDS church 31 JUN 1886. Parents: John Madison HOLDAWAY and Jane Peterson GILLESPIE.

She was married to Webster HOOVER on 19 Dec 1895 in Utah, Provo, Utah County. Children were: Larhea Faye HOOVER , Clifton Webster HOOVER, John Wesley HOOVER, Kenneth Holdaway HOOVER, Melba HOOVER, Jeanie Cleo HOOVER, Wendell Corsey HOOVER, Robert Verdon HOOVER.

bullet Russell Allen HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Howard Walter HOLDAWAY and Lena May HIXON.

bulletRuth HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Hall C. HOLDAWAY and Mary Ealene OWENS.

bullet Ruth Bernice HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Leland Eugene HOLDAWAY and Violet May MOULTON.

She was married to Ladell Reece MURDOCK on 9 Jun 1948 in Utah, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County. FAMILY FECORDS IN POSSESSION OF LADELL REECE MURDOCK, 148 SO CENTER STREET, AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, 84003. Children were: Caroline Petrea MURDOCK, Lee Phillip MURDOCK , Stephen Harley MURDOCK, Ross Christian MURDOCK, Russell Ward MURDOCK .

bullet Ruth Elnore HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Vaughn Lamar HOLDAWAY and Mary Jannett COOK.

Children were: Randy Clifford HUNT.

bulletSamantha Javal HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Alton GILLREATH and Tina Marie HOLDAWAY.

bullet Sandee Faye HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Robert Earl HOLDAWAY and Shirley Faye WELBORN.

bullet Sarah Erma HOLDAWAY was born on 26 Jan 1889 in Utah, Provo, Utah County. She was baptized into the LDS church on 15 Jul 1899. She was endowed on 29 Apr 1940. She was sealed to parents BIC. She died on 22 Nov 1949. Parents: Logan Gilbert HOLDAWAY and Mary Texanna East BLAIR .

She was sealed to spouse on 20 Jan 1953. She was married to George Edward BYWATER. Children were: Elwood George BYWATER, Lucille Eleanor BYWATER, Helen Erma BYWATER, Howard Edward BYWATER, Genevieve BYWATER.

bullet Scott Melville HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Orin John HOLDAWAY and Fern MELVILLE.

bullet Seth Willington HOLDAWAY was born on 29 Jun 1896 in Utah, Provo, Utah County. He died on 16 Sep 1896. He was sealed to parents BIC. Parents: Logan Gilbert HOLDAWAY and Mary Texanna East BLAIR .

bullet Shanna Lee HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Wallace Parley HOLDAWAY and Geneva Alice GREEN.

She was married to Franklin Jay HAMBLIN on 20 Jan 1962 in Utah, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County. She was divorced from Franklin Jay HAMBLIN. Children were: Penny Lee HAMBLIN, Michael Jay HAMBLIN.

bulletShedrick HOLDAWAY(28) (281)(282) was born on 15 Oct 1833 in Tennessee, Rochester, Hawkins County. (283)(284) (285)(286) ALTERNATE BIRTH DATE: 15 SEPT 1833.
ALTERNATE BIRTH DATE: 15 DEC 1820
He was baptized into the LDS church on 30 Apr 1843. He was endowed on 23 Jul 1852. He died on 24 Dec 1902 in Utah, Provo, Utah County. He was buried on 27 Dec 1902 in Utah, Provo City Cemetary, Provo, Utah County. Provo Woolen Mills-No. 296
Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 20, p.397

In 1870-72, four rods north of this site, Provo woolen factory was built at a cost of $155,000. Main building was stone, 65 x 145 ft. Four stories high; another was 33 x 134, two and one half stories. A county court house built on this block in 1867 and John Taylor's flourmill became part of the plant. These properties, workmen, and materials were obtained by issuing stock. Machinery installed costing $75,000. Employees were paid in factory scrip. First cloth, dyed by H. B. Smart, manufactured in 1873. It was the largest producer of woolen fabrics west of the Mississippi River. Jesse Knight purchased the mills in 1910 and operation continued until 1932.

Taken from: LDS Family History Suite
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Original Document Maintained
Penny H. Anderson
May 16, 1997


Center Utah County, Utah
Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 20, p.397

Provo City was the location of the largest and most complete woolen mills in the Territory. They were owned by Shadrack Holdaway. Shadrack was born October 15, 1822, Hawkins County, Tennessee. He became a member of the Latter-day Saint Church in 1844 and that fall went to Nauvoo. He joined the Mormon Battalion and was in Company C, under Captain James Brown and Lieutenant Rosencrans, and was discharged at Los Angeles on July 16, 1847. He started for Utah when the news of the discovery of gold was brought to Los Angeles. On his way he stopped at the forks of the American River where he did some mining, panning out about three thousand dollars worth of gold. He then continued to Utah, arriving in the Salt Lake Valley October 24, 1848.
He married Lucinda Haws December 4, 1848. They left Salt Lake in May 1849 to go East to get machinery for making woolen goods. In St. Louis he purchased two carding machines, one spinning jenny, one wool picker, four hand looms and other equipment. The machinery was conveyed by ox team to its destination in Utah, arriving December 31, where near the dugway north and west of town it was put into operation in 1851. Holdaway made public announcement in the Deseret News of July 10, 1852, that his double wool-carding machine was in readiness for business. The Indian troubles of 1853 led to the removal of the plant the next year to Center and Fifth West streets in Provo. Marker located at 100 North 100 West, Provo, Utah. It was dedicated May 14, 1965.

Taken from: LDS Family History Suite
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Original Document Maintained
Penny H. Anderson
May 16, 1997


Story of the Life of Shedrick Holdaway

The information we have on the early life of Shedrick Holdaway is very limited. He was born 15 October 1822 in Hawkins Co., Tennessee, son of Timothy and Mary Trent Holdaway. His parents moved from Tennessee to India about 1833 as their youngest son, Daniel Webster, was born in Greencastle, Putnam Co. Indiana, 14 July 1834. His father died in 1835, probably in Illinois, as we know his mother married William H. Lunceford 2 Nov 1837 in St Clair Co., Illinois. Mr. Lunceford was a widower with a large family.
Shedrick joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Ladder Day Saints 30 April 1843 and that fall went to Nauvoo, remaining there until the Saints were driven out by the mob in 1846. While in Council Bluffs the call came for 500 men to volunteer for the War with Mexico and Shedrick Holdaway was one of them. He filled the position of teamster for Company C. of the Mormon Batalion under Captain James Brown and Lieutenant Rosencrans. He was with the company during the entire campaign until they were discharged from service 16 July 1847 at Los Angeles, after which time he spent six months working for Dan Williams.
He bought a team and wagon and had maid preparations to join the saints in Utah when the news of the gold discovery was brought to Los Angeles. On his way home he stopped for a little while at the Forks of the American River where he did a little mining and took out about three thousand dollars worth of gold dust. From books and the reproduction on the screen of life in California during the gold rush, we gain a rather perfect idea of the lawlessness that prevailed. In the camp where he stayed he said that a night seldom passed without a man being killed either in a drunken brawl or by one of the few Spanish women who resented his indifference. He had boated that she would get him yet. He said that one night he awake from a sound sleep as he heard his mother call "Shedrick, Shedrick, Shedrick". He interupted that to be a warning as his mother was still in Illinois, and he immediately arose and left the camp and started for Salt Lake. Hw arrived in the valley 24 Octber 1848 with three thousand dollars in gold dust and was the first man to pay his tithing in California gold dust.
On December 24 1848, Shedrick married Lucinda Haws, daughter of Gilberth and Hannah Whitcomb Haws in the Endowment House. The Haws family had arrived in Salt Lake Valley 23 September 1848.
Soon after their marriage, Shedrick and Lucinda went East, but let us get to the story of the trip from Lucinda's autobiography written when she was 79 years old. Having told of her marriage, she goes on:

"The following March, 1849, my father and family, together with thirteen other families were called to go south to Utah Valley to settle up that part of the country. I did not go as I intended going back to the states with my husband in May to get some machinery for making woolen goods. We left Salt Lake City in company with thirteen others, among them Brother Lorenzo D. Young and wife and Doctor Bernhisel, who was going to Washington D.C. on business. Ten men of the company intended to stay at the upper crossing on the Platte River to run a ferry to help the emigrants across the river. Brother Young and wife went with us. One day our little company stopped for noon at a place called Independence Rock east of Fort Bridger. After we left this place we found that one of the men had left a lasso and were followed by seven Indians in full chase. When the Indians saw our company they fell back behind a ridge coming up one by one. They rode along with us for awhile and seeing some buffalos feeding in the distance, tried to make them understand that they wanted them to chase the buffalos. They did so and succeeded in killing one. The Indians camped with us overnight. During the night our horses stampeeded and in the morning they were all gone. Sister Young and myself had to remain in camp with those Indians while the men went in search of the horses. But the Indians did not molestus escept to try to scare us. One of the old men came up and caught hold of me as if he would pull me out of the wagon. I picket up a hatchet and shook it at him and would have hit him if we had not gone away. Soon the men came back and we were very glad to be safe again. When the Indians left us they pushed one of the men off his horse and stole it, saddle and all.

"We journeyed on to Green River. Previous to leaving Salt Lake City we had prepared a watertight wagon box. We ferried ourselves ourselves across the Green River with oars in this wagon box. It served a very good purpose. We reached the Platter River which we had to cross on a raft. Here ten men of the company stopped to help ferry Saints across the River. Brother Young and wife, Doctor Bernhisel, my husband and myself went on to Fort Laramie which was then an old Government station. The second day after we left the company we began to meet train after train of gold seekers going to California.

"We travelled along all right until my husband and I took sick with cholera. I came very nearly dying: but he was able to drive. We didn't dare to stop for a day on account of the Indians. We arrived at Fort Laramit Brother Young made arrangements to take a wounded man down to the Missouri River. One evening, after the man had gotten able to walk, he got out of the wagon and walked awhile. He came upon a camp of gold-seekers who, no doubt, asked him all about the gold-mines. He knew my husband had been to the mines and when we reached the camp they hailed us but we drove on. One of the men called after us 'That fellow has got his load and is going back to spend it.'

We went on and camped about a mile from the camp we had just passed. After supper when we had put our camp fire out, which we always did for fear of Indians finding us, there came a man from the gold-seekers camp who asked my husband if he would take a lot of letters for their camp over the river. My husband said he would take them if he would get them ready before we left in the morning. The man started back to his camp. Suddenly he came back all excited and said that there were Indians all along the road and that he was frightened to go back to camp and wanted to know if he could stay all night. My husband asked what kind of Indians he had seen. He said they were Crow Indians. He knew that there were no Crow Indians in that part as it was in the section in which the Souix Indians lived. We then told him that we had no place for him to stay and no bedding except a buffalo robe; but the man insisted on staying all night. He took the buffalo robe and laid down under the wagon. There was a storm coming on and we told him that he had better go on to the next camp, which was about a half mile ahead and he could get in a tent. Finally he consented, when he found what a terrible storm had come on. My husband, fearing that this man had planned to rob us, took his gun and sat down in front of our wagon. I wanted him to let me take the sacks of gold out of the wagon and drop them a little way from the wagon. It was so dark that no one could have seen them; in the morning I would have got them again. He would not consent to this, so he and Mr. Young sat up all night and waited for an attack which did not come. Doubtless the storm had helped to protect us from being robbed. By morning the storm had passed and all was quiet. We resumes our journey again."

From then on the possibility of being robbed was a constant worry. At the Missouri River Brother and Sister Young and Doctor Bernhisel left and Grandfather and Grandmother went to Kanesville where they remained for about a month to rest, starting for St. Louis about the first of September.
When the business arrangements in St. Louis were concluded, they went to Lebanon, St. Clair County, Illinois, where Grandfather's folks lived. Here their first baby, a boy named George Bradford, was born on the 26 September 1849. He lived only four months.
On March 3, 1850 they left Lebanon and arrived in Kanesville, Iowa, about May 15th, where they received a shipment of woolen mills machinery to bring to the Salt Lake Valley, this being the first machinery of its kind to enter the Valley.
In the early part of June they left Kanesville in William Pace's Company. It was divided into two sections, fifty in each section. Continuing let me quote from Grandmother's autobiography again:

"Richard Sessions was at the head of our division. (Richard Sessions was Grandmother's Uncle) Everything went well until the cholera broke out. We could not get a bit of good water anywhere. The water in the Platte River was thick with mud and very warm. Many of the company died. We had no boxes to bury them in so they were wrapped in a white sheet and laid in the cold ground, not even a slab to mark their graves. Sometimes a large rock or tree marked their burial place.

"After the cholera died out, we got along real well without an accident for several hundred miles. We had all the buffalo and antelope meat we wanted and some deer meat, which we got in the Black Hills. The company dried a lot of it and it came in very well, for we needed it when we got out of the buffalo country.

"My husband was on guard at night and during the day he walked ahead and drove the stock. He shod the horses and was looked to as a kind of overseer of the Company. I had to cook for four men and drive our team besides.

"We were now getting into the mountains on this side of the Sweetwater River. Our wagons were loaded with machinery and our horses were just about given out. Our bread stuff was all used up except some whole corn which I made hominy of and we lived on this until we reached the Salt Lake Valley in September 1850. Here and there in the little city were patches of grain and vegetables. We lived in our wagon until my husband managed to get the walls of a small adobe house up. We put a portion of our things in the little house and stretched a domestic wagon cover over the place where the bed stood which would shelter us for awhile until my husband had time to put a roof on it. He had to get the wagons unloaded and haul hay and wood for the winter. We were living in Big Cottonwood Creek at this time. There was no floor, no roof, and no door in this house. It had been raining for three days ¾ was still raining ¾ and in the midst of this on Nov. 1, 1850 my second baby was born. Everything in the house was wet through and streams of water poured through the wagon cover onto my bed. We set pans to catch the water. The baby, which we named Timothy, lived but a few minutes.

"On the 28th of December we left for Provo. I drove in an open wagon all the way. It was just about the coldest weather I ever experienced. We camped out two nights and reached the Fort on the last day of December 1850. We could not get a house to live in except an old log cabin with just the walls and a dirt floor. It wasn't very good for winter but we fixed a roof on it and stayed there until March 1851. We then built us a log cabin on the other side of Provo River. It was neither chinked nor plastered, but it was a paradise compared with the ones we had lived in before. Next, my husband built a machine shop and set up the first carding machinery brought into this country. Brother David Evans helped to put it up and in October it was ready to begin work. Brother Evans first took charge of running it and then my husband. Soon after, my husband built a blacksmith shop." On December 12, 1851, their third child was born, and he was named William Shadrach.
About the middle of November 1852, Sahedrick married Lucinda's sister, Eliza Haws Pickup. Eliza had married George Pickup, a Mormon Battalion member. They had one son George Pickup, Jr. On 3 September 1852 Eliza divorced George Pickup because he became intolerable to live with. He must have been mentally unbalanced as he imagined she was entertaining men and used to stand out behind the trees at night watching. She became so frightened of him that she could stand it no longer and divorced him. Shedrick and Eliza had two children: Eliza born 15 April 1854; died an infant, and Marion Haws born 28 February 1855. Lucinda's fourth child Amos David was born 23 Jan 1853 and on 30 Apr. 1854 their fifth child, John Madison was born. Eliza died when her son Marion was only five days old and Lucinda took him to raise. This made four children under four years of age for Lucinda to care for. In the summer of 1853 Shedrick and Lucinda moved into town because the Indian were getting so hostile and it was not safe for the people to live in a scattered condition. Shedrick built a little house between fifth and sixth West on the North side of Center Street.
Grandmother says in her history: "These were trying times for us all. The people didn't know what to expect from the army (Johnston's Army); but were ready to fight in an instant if the call came. All of the men were on guard around town watching for the Indians because they were very annoying and treacherous and no one knew what to expect of them." When Johnston's Army left Camp Floyd, they burned their wagons. Some of this scrap iron was brought to Provo and made into a threshing machine by Shadrack and his brother David Holdaway.
Always active and a leader where there was work to do, Grandfather helped lay out and build the old logging road in Provo Canyon.
In the spring of 1859 Shadrack Holdaway built a sawmill in the South Fork ofg Provo Canyon. Because the mill was built on the summer hunting ground of the Indians, it cost Grandfather several fat6 steers each year to be left in peace. One year Grandfather had paid his tribute to one band of Indians when later in the year another hostile band came. The Chief sent for Grandfather. The escort took Grandfather to the and seated him on a blanket between two Indian warriors. Of this incident Grandfather said: "As I was being taken to the Chief I noticed that the two warriors on the blanket each held a great hunting knife behind him. Seated between them I made the easiest bargain anyone ever got out of me".
His experiences were many and varied as those of any pioneer must be. He was seriously injured a number of times but Grandmother's skillful nursing pulled him through. On one occasion he went to Salt Creek near Nephi for a load of coal. He was helping a man lift his wagon wheel so he could go on, and just as the horses started his foot slipped and he fell under the wheels of the wagon, filled with seventy bushels of wheat went over him breaking every other two pair of ribs open and his collar bone. At a later time he had set a gun to shoot a bear. The next morning he went to see if the bear had been shot and happened to step on the string which had been arranged to discharge the gun. The gun went off and he received a bullet in his leg, which passed clear through his thigh, but no bones were broken. He almost lost his leg at that time. Later still, he was working at a sawmill near Scofield and while hauling timber, he was suddenly pitched forward between the horses. They became frightened and dragged him for nearly a mile over rocks. The result was a broken jaw bone in two places, a fractured skull and badly cut throat.
Clothield Young Newren, his granddaughter, says of him: "About seven miles north and west of Provo on the shores of the Utah Lake, Grandfather located a ranch about the year 1873. The land needed water for irrigation, so, aided by his brother David, he laid out a canal along the brow of the West Bench. The perfectness of this piece of engineering filled my mother with awe. One day I heard her say, 'But father, how could you do it without any instruments? He replied: 'D-David walked ahead of me and I-I-I laid it out by the brim of his hat.' That canal is still in use.

"During the late 80's Shedrick worked at a sawmill in Scofield but most of the time was spent on the ranch in Vineyard. After the death of my father (Loey Young) mother and I went to live on the ranch. The following eighteen months were the happiest of my childhood. A devoted grandfather who always had time to listen to me and take care of my wants, was my constant companion. I can now see that the tact he used in getting along with me was a combination of a sense of fairness and an understanding of human nature, and a proper evaluation of fundamentals. His brilliant mind solved problems of human relations just as accurately as it did with problems of mathematics.

"The hard life on his father's farm when Shedrick was a boy and the long distance to school made attending school impossible most of the time. Altogether he attended school only three months of his life. But his mind was that of a natural born mathematician. Many times mother has told me that when in her school years she could not work out her problems in cube and square root, she got her father to work them for her. He always got the right answer though he did not follow the rules she had to use, but with the right answer she could make her own methods work.

"Grandfather was also a master at storytelling. I can still remember some he told me. But it was the way he did things that made the deepest impression and demonstrated character traits. One incident I shall never forget. Harry Gammon owned the adjoining land and because of long usage he had a right-of-way on Grandfather's side of the fence. Grandfather did not mind that but Mr. Gammon used to leave the gate open when he went through. It was just too much trouble to get out and shut it. An open gate meant that the cattle got out of the pasture and it took the hired man about half of the day to find them and bring them back. Tried beyond endurence, Grandfather got up early one morning and plowed the end of the north pasture that Mr. Gammon had been using for a road, and turned the irrigation water on it. When he came in he remarked to mother 'I-I-I'd just like tot-to see him t-try to use it now'. The cattle weren't let out any more because Mr. Gammon had to drive on his side of the fence.

Aunt Mary Conrad tells the story that one day Grandmother was complaining to Grandfather about his being away from home so much building roads, canals and ditches, or up in the canyon working at the sawmill, and Grandfather made her this reply: "Well, Cindy, I never expect more out of this old world than I put into it," which could well be used as a motto for all his posterity.
Shedrick Holdaway was a man of marked mechanical skill and ingenuity and could fashion almost anything out of wood and iron. As years passed he prospered and became a large landowner. He was a public spirited man, participating in every project put forth for the development of land around Provo and the rebuilding of the District. During the fall before he passed away he attended the State Irrigation Congress, made plans and drew maps for pumping water from Utah Lake into Elberta.
It was in the fall of 1902 that Shedrick drove into the yard of the old home in Provo and announced, "Well, Cindy, I-I've come home tot-to stay". He immediately began cutting down the big apple trees so that he could have room to build a shop.
Grandfather was a diligent reader of the Bible and could quote large portions of it by heart. He was a member of the 31st Quorum of Seventies and also a High Priest in the Church of Jesus Christ of Ladder-Day Saints.
Shedrick Holdaway died 24 December 1902, the 54th anniversary of his wedding. The last week of his life he cut down twelve of the big apple trees on his place, but he caught a cold which developed into pleuro-pneumonia and in less than a week he passed away. The funeral was held Saturday, December 27, 1902 at 11:00 a.m. in the Provo Tabernacle and he was buried in the Provo City Cemetary.

He was the father of 16 children (Lucinda had 14; Eliza 2) as follows:

George Bradford born 26 Sept 1849 died
Timothy " 4 Nov 1850 died
Wm. Shadrach " 12 Dec 1851
Amos David " 23 Jan 1853
John Madison " 30 Apr 1854
Mary Elizabeth " 12 Sept 1856
Levi Stewart " 13 Apr 1858
Logan Gilbert " 1 Aug 1859
Cynthis Mahala " 1 Oct 1860 died
Nancy Emaline " 16 Aug 1863 died
Andrew Nathan " 27 Dec 1864
Louisa Diantha " 12 Nov 1866 died
Warren Haws " 17 Mar 1868
Amanda Lucinda " 17 Jan 1870

Eliza's children:

Eliza " 15 Apr 1854 died
Marion Haws " 28 Feb 1855

The name Shedrick is also spelled Shadracj and Shadrack.

Shedrick's mother, Mary Trent Holdaway Lunceford came to Utah in 1852, arriving Sept. 6, with her husband and family, one daughter, Charity Outhouse and husband Joseph.

Her family by William Lunceford was as follows:

William Trent Lunceford born 7 Aug 1838 St Clair County, Ill
Nancy Emaline " " 4 Dec 1840 " " "
Sarah Melvina " " 18 Dec 1844 " " "
Cynthia Mahala " " 6 Sept 1847 " " "

This family with her daughter Elizabeth Ann Rabel all settled in California.


- History compiled by Granddaughters
Clothield Young Newren and
Edna Holdaway Bentwet.
Parents: Timothy HOLDAWAY Jr. and Mary Elizabeth TRENT.

He was married to Lucinda HAWS on 24 Dec 1848 in Utah, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County. He 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.

He was married to Eliza (Beth) HAWS in Nov 1852. He was sealed to spouse on 6 Jan 1853 in the Endowment House. Children were: Eliza HOLDAWAY , Marion Haws HOLDAWAY.

bullet Sherman Elwin HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Ellis Dee HOLDAWAY and Clista BECK.

bulletSherrie Kaye HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Robert Eugene HOLDAWAY and Cumorah GORDON.

bullet Sheryl Lee HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: George Harmer HOLDAWAY and Lorna LEE.

bullet Stephen Lee HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: George Harmer HOLDAWAY and Lorna LEE.

bullet Stephen Niels HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Robert David HOLDAWAY and Edna FUGAL.

bulletSteven HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Harold HOLDAWAY and Doreen SIMMONS.

bullet Steven Earl HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Marvon Duanne HOLDAWAY and Colleen RANDALL.

bullet Steven Gary HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Howard Walter HOLDAWAY and Lena May HIXON.

bullet Susan Ellen HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Reed Amos HOLDAWAY and Margaret TAYLOR.

bulletTerrell Michael HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Orrin Charles HOLDAWAY Jr. and Phyllis Jean TERRELL.

bullet Thelma Myrl HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Thomas Teancum HOLDAWAY and Mary Elizabeth WHITE.

She was married to Malcolm Hendricks MERRILL on 11 Aug 1926.

bullet Thomas Teancum HOLDAWAY was born on 19 Aug 1857 in Utah, Provo, Utah County. He was baptized into the LDS church on 25 Oct 1868. He was endowed on 23 Oct 1876. He died on 25 Sep 1945 in Utah, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County. He was sealed to parents on 12 Aug 1975. The History of my Father, Thomas Teancum Holdaway
by Mark Lionel Holdaway

My father, Thomas Teancum Holdaway, was born 19 August 1887 in Provo, Utah County, Utah, son of David Oscar and Elizabeth Amanda Prater Holdaway.

For sometime they lived in Provo where he helped his father drive ox teams while getting out logs in Provo Canyon. He also learned the blacksmith trade at the shop at the Provo Woolen Mills. Later the family moved south to Harmony and on the Muddy where Grandfather helped to settle that part of the country. The family later moved back to Provo where father married Julia Ann Fausett and had three children by her. After her death, father married my mother, Mary Eliza White, on 16 Nov. 1882 in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City, Utah. About 1886 the family moved to Vernal, Uintah County, Utah, to help settle that part of the county, and grandfather built a house one brick south of the center of town on one of the main streets and father built on just one block east of grandfathers and these houses were among the first, if not the first frame houses were among the first, if not the first frame houses built in the valley.

Father used to work at the sawmills on the mountains north of Vernal and in that way earned a living for his family and also the material for the home he built. He also built a blacksmith shop on the lot in Vernal and when he was home, did general blacksmithing. While we were living in Vernal Father spent some time working in Colorado at the Dyer mine and smelter and in the summer when school was out, the family spent one summer there. Other summers Father used to load us in the covered wagon and take us to Provo to visit some of our relatives. I don't remember too much of our life in Vernal although I do remember Father being away surveying on the Book Cliff Mountains, and then he, along with some other men of Vernal, decided to build a dam on the White River and take up some land. Father had forty acres. While they did not have the equipment we have today to build dams they progressed some by working in the winter when the water was frozen over. However, for some reason or other, the project fell through and was abandoned.

Before the Indian Reservation was opened and my brother and myself along with others, spent one summer on the Reservation surveying the land for settlement when it would be opened. Father had worked at Fort Duchesne.

After the Reservation was opened to settlers and Fathers work there was finished, he decided to leave Vernal as the coal there was not the best for blacksmithing and also there was no railroad into the valley. Everything not raised there had to be shipped in by teams and wagons. Accordingly, sometime in 1906 or 1907 he left and obtained work in Tintic as a blacksmith at the Utah mine. On the 29th of July 1907 mother and the rest of the family moved to Provo, where we children went to school in the winter and to Tintic in the summer to be near father. Father became Manager of the Tintic Central mine, or rather prospect, and then about 1916 the family moved to Eureka in the Tintic district. Father was manager, engineer, and blacksmith at the Tintic Central and when the prospect closed down, he did some leasing in one of the mines there with his nephew-in-law. However, he soon left off leasing to follow his trade of blacksmithing and went to work at the Tintic Standard Mine.

After leaving the Tintic Standard mine he worked for the Bullion Beck mine as engineer. he worked in Tintic he reached such an age that people would not hire him although he said there was lots of work left in him yet.

By the time I was married and living in Salt Lake City. Father then spent his time fishing, hunting with some of his old friends, and prospecting for gold with one of his grandsons-in-law. At times he would get in his car and come to Salt Lake and visit with us, then go to Duchesne to visit as the notion struck him. Before this he lived with my sister Floss in lehi where he raised chickens and sold eggs until she remarried and her husband was a farmer and did not want to be bothered with chickens.

Father died 25 Sept. 1945 at age 88 and was buried in Provo, Utah County, Utah. Parents: David Oscar HOLDAWAY and Elizabeth Amanda PRATER.

He was married to Julia Ann FAWCETT on 23 Oct 1876 in Utah, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County. He was sealed to spouse on 23 Oct 1876. Children were: Minnie Maude HOLDAWAY, Thomas William HOLDAWAY , Julia A. HOLDAWAY.

He was married to Mary Elizabeth WHITE on 16 Nov 1882 in Utah, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County. He was sealed to spouse on 16 Nov 1882. Children were: Henry Harold HOLDAWAY, Leon Oscar HOLDAWAY, David Bruce HOLDAWAY, Floss Willmerth HOLDAWAY , Owney Melvin HOLDAWAY, Mark Lionel HOLDAWAY, Hattie Zelma HOLDAWAY, Etta Marie HOLDAWAY, Thelma Myrl HOLDAWAY, Kenneth Teancum HOLDAWAY.

bullet Thomas William HOLDAWAY was born on 25 Mar 1879 in Utah, Provo, Utah County. He died on 8 Dec 1880. He was sealed to parents BIC. He was baptized into the LDS church CHILD. He was endowed CHILD. Parents: Thomas Teancum HOLDAWAY and Julia Ann FAWCETT.

bullet Timothy HOLDAWAY was born on 4 Nov 1850 in Utah, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County. He died on 4 Nov 1850. He was sealed to parents BIC. Parents: Shedrick HOLDAWAY and Lucinda HAWS.

bullet Timothy HOLDAWAY Jr. was born on 3 Dec 1801 in Tennessee, Jefferson County. (287) He died in 1835 in Midwest. ALTERNATE DATE OF DEATH: 19 JUL 1834. He was baptized into the LDS church on 16 Jun 1891. He was endowed on 17 Jun 1891. Parents: Timothy HOLDAWAY Sr. and Mrs. Timothy HOLDAWAY.

He was married to Mary Elizabeth TRENT before 1824 in Utah, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County. He was sealed to spouse on 17 Jun 1891. Children were: Charity HOLDAWAY, Alexander Bradford HOLDAWAY, Virginia (Giney) HOLDAWAY , Elizabeth Ann HOLDAWAY, David Oscar HOLDAWAY, Shedrick HOLDAWAY, Daniel Webster HOLDAWAY.

bullet Timothy HOLDAWAY Sr. was born on 25 Dec 1744 in Virginia, Culpepper County. (288)(289) After extensive research in Jefferson County Tennessee, this is the only Timothy Holdaway there and Shedrick and his father was Timothy and his grandfather was Timothy Holdaway.
I find it rather odd that his birth date is so far apart from his brothers and sisters. He died on 19 Jul 1834. Will dated July 5, 1833. He was baptized into the LDS church on 16 Jun 1891. He was endowed on 10 Jun 1969. Declaration by Timothy Holdaway on 6 July 1833, aged 88 of Jefferson County, Tennesee. Swears he was born in Culpepper County, Virginia on 25 Dec, 1744. About beginning of war he moved to Wilkes County, North Carolina on Yadkin River where he lived that part of the next two years in which he was not "employed" in the Revolutionary War. Thence moved to Wautauga River where he lived that part of two following years in which he was not in Service. Thence moved to Bent Cr. a branch of the Nolachucky River where he now lives. He volunteered in Capt. John Cleveland's Comapany, Can't recall the year. Company rendezvoued at Pleasant Gardens on the Catawba River under command of Col. Jack Sevier and Major Morgan. Marched over the Blue Ridge, encamped first night on head of "swanino", went down river, crossed cany. creek and on fourth day arrived at Over Hill town on Tennesee River, then marched to Cowee (?) towns where they had a skirmish with Indians. One Co. selected to go around mountain under Col Sevier. Another body of men marched over mountain. The main body remained at the Cowee towns. Thirteen towns were burned and killed some Indians. Marched back by same route to Pleasant Gardens. [He was] on this expedition two months. In a short time he again volunteered under Capt. John Cleveland, marched to Carters Station, remained there three months. [He] guarded frontiers Carters Station on Wautauga River at confluence with Doe River. Then the Indians made a treaty on the Long Island of Holston River. He and company marched there, then all returned to their homes. In a short time he and David Hix were detailed by Col. Poddy as spies on the head of Wautauga and Doe rivers and along the Blue Ridge -- two months service. (They) returned to settlements once a week. Indians came in for peace once again relieving them of their duty as spies. Peace [was] temporary and in short time [he] volunteered again under Capt. Lesley. Marched to Wear's Station on Pigeon River [and] remained three months. [He] returned home but in a short time he again marched under Major Morgan with 20 men against Tories of the Moravian town on Yatkin River. Marched two days and nights - dispersed Tories - then ordered to march to the Shallow Ford, then up Yadkin pursueing Tories - found none. [They spent] three weeks on this expedition. After second expedition under Capt. John Cleveland he recalled his having volunteered under Major Walton. [They] marched against the Cowee towns, burnt three towns [and] returned in one month. This was the last service in which he was engaged. His service performed during four years. [He] cannot recall when he began them but he thinks it was 1778. He believes he served 11 months and 3 weeks as a private in the war. [He] was living in Wilkes County, North Carolina when called into service. Since war [he] has lived on Bent Creek, Jefferson County, Tennesee. [He] was one of [the] first settlers of Jefferson County, coming about 50 years ago. [He] "made a crop, built a fort, and [was among] first settlers of the county." As references [he] gives names of Rev. Andrew Coffman, Jr., Capt. John Riddle and Mr. John Shipley. He made his mark as a signature. They all testify for him. [He] received pension of $39 per annum to commence March 4, 1831. Certificate issued August 15, 1833. Listed under Jefferson County, Tennesee, pensions as found in the book (Volume 3) "Senate Documents" Pension Poll 1st Sess. 23rd Congress. Above extracts of Declaration received from William C. Smith, P. O. Box 7319. Benjamin Franklin P. O. in Washington D.C. Letter dated Feb. 17, 1954, No other pertinent information in Declaration according to Mr. Smith.


Will of Timothy Holdaway dated 5 July 1833 (Jefferson County, Tennesee Wills No. 3. 1826 - 40. pages 296-320) Sons: David and Henry Witnesses: Andrew Coffman and John Riddle. In the name of God, Amen. Being sensible of approaching end in this life I make this my last Will and Testament. I wish my body to be buried decently and after the payment of its decent interment I leave the balance of ny goods and chattels to my two sons Henry Holdaway and David Holdaway to be equally divided between them. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand seal this the 6th day of July in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty three. Timothy Holdaway died July 19, 1834. Page 320. An inventory of the Estate of Timothy Holdaway, deceased July 19, 1834. James M. Lane - 1 cow - $7.92. Samuel day - 1 yearling colt - $4.00. Solloman Lacky - 1 large kettle - $2.00. Henry Holdaway - 1 large kettle - $1.52. Jeremiah Mangrum - 1 small pot - $1.25. James C. Senter - a piece of log chain - $.77. Henry Holdaway - 1 broken pot - $1.00. Felix Tyler - 1 ironwedge and 1 pr. pot hooks - $.31. James C. Senter - 1 old pair draing chains - $.56 1/4. David Shaw - 2 d d hoes and 1 d d ace - $.58. Alex Haun - 1 putter dish, 2 plates and 1 bason, 1 putter dish - $1.12 1/2. Jas. Courtney - 1 pot tramel - $1.75. Alex Haun - 1 large family Bible - $3.50. Henry Holdaway - 3 settings chairs - $.51. Henry Holdaway - 2 d d boxes - $.06. Henbry Holdaway - 1 cupboard - $6.30. Jas. C. Senter - 1 pr. spectacles - $12. David Shaw - 1 bedstead and cor - $1.45 1/4. Hyrum Todd - 1 cover lid - $1.40. Henry Holdaway - 1 vinegar cask - $.12 1/2. Amount of Sale - $35.36 1/4. Settlement with John Riddle Admr. of the estate of Timothy Holdaway, deceaswed andreport to the present term of Cort. Amount of sales in the hands of said Administrator $36.36 1/4. No.1 Henry Holdaways proven accounts for funeral expenses - $6.00. No.2 Admr. Account for services rendered and cash expended on business of said Estate - $8.12 1/2. No. 3 Timothy Holdaway to Timothy Holdaway Senr. - $13.25. No. 4 Henry Holdaways Receipt - $4.45. Samuel Days not to sd Estate - $3.45 3/4. Jacob Gear, Will Barton, Commissioners $37.32 3/4.


Ceritfied Copy

Timothy Holdaway Sen. Deed to James J. Holdaway for 40 acres of Land Registered January 31, 1833.

This indenture made and entered into this the twelfth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty between Timothy Holdaway Se. of the County of Jefferson and State of Tennessee of the one part and James J. Holdaway, of the County and state aforesaid of the other part.
Witnesseth that for and in the consideration of the sum of Fifty Dollars to said Timothy Holdaway Sen. in hand paid by James J. Holdaway the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged hath this day bargained and sold and doth bargain sell and convey unto the said James J. Holdaway a certain tract or parcel of land lying and being in the County of Jefferson and the State of Tennessee on the Waters of Bent Creek. Beginning on William Holdaway's line on the north side of Bent Creek thence South with Isaac Day's line to three Post Oaks Isaac Day's corner; thence down the lane with Isaac Day's line to Henry Holdaway's line, thence with his line to said William Holdaway's line, thence along William Holdaway's line to the beginning. Containing forty acres be the same more or less and the said Timothy Holdaway doth warrent and forever defend the said tract or parcel of land against the claim or claims of himself and his heirs and from all other persons to the said James J. Holdaway Sen. his heirs to have and to hold forever.

In Witness whereof the said Timothy Holdaway Sen. hath hereunto set his hand and seal the day and date before written..

Witnesses his
Timothy X Holdaway (Seal)
Isaac Day mark
Henry Holdaway


Parents: Timothy HOLDAWAY and HOLDAWAY.

He was married to Mrs. Timothy HOLDAWAY . Children were: Henry HOLDAWAY, David HOLDAWAY, Henry HOLDAWAY, Timothy HOLDAWAY Jr., David HOLDAWAY.

bullet Timothy HOLDAWAY was born about 1725 in England. LDS Family History Library Records show this Timothy being born in 1745 in England, but that is highly impossible, as his son is born 1 year prior to this date. He died about 1774 in Virginia, Culpepper. LDS Family History Libraray records show he died in England.

He was married to HOLDAWAY. Children were: Timothy HOLDAWAY Sr., Annie HOLDAWAY, Abigail HOLDAWAY, Elizabeth HOLDAWAY, Henry HOLDAWAY, Phoebe HOLDAWAY, John HOLDAWAY.

bullet Tina Marie HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Jerry Lynn HOLDAWAY and Geraldine Susan PATE.

Children were: Samantha Javal HOLDAWAY, Joshua GILLREATH, Tyler GILLREATH, Lynn Patricia GILLREATH.

bulletTora Dorothy HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: George Lynn HOLDAWAY and Sabrina Eliza MASON.

She was married to Kenneth Rex FARNSWORTH on 24 Aug 1933.

bullet Tracie Dawn HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Jerry Lynn HOLDAWAY and Geraldine Susan PATE.

bullet Tressa HOLDAWAY was born on 11 Feb 1912 in Utah, Aurora, Sevier County. She was baptized into the LDS church on 8 Aug 1920. She died on 24 Mar 1932. She died on 24 Mar 1932. She was sealed to parents BIC. Parents: George Lynn HOLDAWAY and Sabrina Eliza MASON .

She was married to Golden JENSEN on 2 Jun 1929.

bullet Valene HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Alvis Lamar HOLDAWAY and Vira Mae BENNETT.

bulletVaughn Lamar HOLDAWAY was born on 27 Sep 1897 in Utah, Provo, Utah County. He was baptized into the LDS church on 30 Jun 1906. He was endowed on 18 Feb 1920. He was sealed to parents BIC. He died on 3 Apr 1944 in California, Berkley, Alameda County. Parents: William Shadrach HOLDAWAY JR. and Melvina Christina HOLT.

He was married to Mary Jannett COOK on 18 Feb 1920. He was sealed to spouse on 18 Feb 1920 in the Salt Lake City, Utah LDS temple. Children were: Ruth Elnore HOLDAWAY, Lois Norma HOLDAWAY, Lamar HOLDAWAY.

bullet Vera Christine HOLDAWAY was born on 26 Apr 1889 in Utah, Provo, Utah County. She was baptized into the LDS church on 26 Apr 1897. She was endowed on 8 Nov 1911. She was sealed to parents BIC. She died on 28 Sep 1972. Parents: Levi Stewart HOLDAWAY and Karline ANDERSDOTTER .

She was married to Charles William CONNELL on 26 Jan 1909 in Washington, Pasco, Franklin County. She was sealed to spouse on 8 Nov 1911. She was divorced from Charles William CONNELL on 4 Feb 1915. Children were: Vina Pauline CONNELL, Dell CONNELL.

She was married to Lewellen STAPLES in 1915. She was divorced from Lewellen STAPLES. Children were: Elmer Wayne STAPLES.

bulletVerl Lynn HOLDAWAY (Private). Parents: Royal Lynn HOLDAWAY and Bernice SAMPSON.

bulletVicki HOLDAWAY was born on 14 Jun 1947 in Utah, Provo, Utah County. She died on 17 May 1974. Parents: Elmer Harold HOLDAWAY and Norma SUMSION.

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