Month: February 2004

www.roperld.com genealogy website references our Roper line.

Another Roper family immigrated from Lincoln County England to Utah as Mormons. This family originated from Noah Roper (b 1720 d 1796 both in Lincoln Co. England). The wife of his grandson John William Roper, Susannah Behunin Smith Roper, made the difficult trip to Utah in 1848 with her four children. Her descendants have been prominent in the LDS Church.

Photo of the cabin that John Henry Roper and Charlotte Elizabeth Mellow Roper owned in Lawrence Ut.  John Henry Roper owned a large amount of land and sold and subdivided the land to form the town of Lawrence. James Leo Roper’s oldest child is believed to be buried in an unmarked grave in the Lawrence Cemetery. This was told to Deloris Ramon and Peggy Harvey by a Great Nephew of Maria D. Wilstead Roper.

Possibly the grave of James Leo and Maria D. Wilstead Roper’s oldest child. I believe her name was Elizabeth. I am thinking it may even be Charlotte Elizabeth. I am planning to go back to Price Utah to check out other info, especially the circumstances about her death and the death of James Leo Roper. Grandpa talked about his older sister Elizabeth and the old timers of Lawence stated that’s Maria’s baby.

Photo of Memorial to John Henry Roper and others who fought in the Black Hawk War.

Photo of John Henry Roper headstone.