First School Teacher in South Weber
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brwhiz
N 41° 08.014 W 111° 56.661
12T E 420738 N 4554014
Cyrus Canfield was the first teacher at the South Weber school.
Waymark Code: WMJD8V
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 11/02/2013
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Daughters of Utah Pioneers
No. 273
Erected 1962
Settlement of South Weber
November 1851 Hyrum and John Bybee with their families located below the mouth of Weber Canyon. Robert Watts, Robert Nelson Watts, Ebenezer C. Cherry, Levi Hammond, James Heath, Cyrus Canfield, George W. Hickerson, Mark Hall and others came in 1852. They erected cabins in fort style and called the area Kingston's Fort, honoring Thomas Kingston, the first bishop of South Weber Ward. A log schoolhouse was erected, Cyrus Canfield the first teacher, and Sarah, wife of President Wilford Woodruff, taught in the primitive building. The Weber River was tapped for irrigation purposes.
South Weber Camp · North Davis County, Utah
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: Not listed
More Information - Web URL: Not listed
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