Son of the widow, Martha Williams Howell, and her second husband, William Wade Morgan, Jr.
Edmund's mother had crossed the Great Plain to the Salt Lake Valley with the 1852 William W. Morgan Wagon Company, after the 1851 death of her first husband, William Howell, at Council Bluffs, Iowa.
She was traveling with her three living Howell children, but her first son, ten year old William, was killed in a wagon accident along the Mormon Trail. After burying this son on the plains, she continued on, arriving in the valley 25 September, 1852.
She later married the Wagon Captain, William Wade Morgan, in December of 1855. He had also been widowed; and had a twelve year old son - his first wife and a daughter having died in Wales.
They moved north from Salt Lake City and settled at Willard, Box Elder County about January of 1856. Box Elder County was established on January 05, 1856 from Weber County. Family lore is that Edmund was born here about June of that year, their first child.
It was a hectic time for all pioneers in that era. They had made a move to Honeyville, north of Willard, and a second son, Joseph Morgan, was born in February of 1857. William Morgan was called to the British Mission in April of 1860, and he and Martha had to return to Wales in 1861 to settle her father's estate.
It was sometime between the birth of his brother, and these other events, that little Edmund fell into an outdoor fire pit, used for cooking, and scummed to those injuries. Family reports were that he was "about two years old", placing the tragedy about 1859.
Willard Pioneer Cemetery was the only burial ground at Willard until the "new" cemetery at "Willard City" was established in 1869. That other cemetery, on the east bench, would later be known as "Willard Precinct Cemetery".
Martha's daughter from her first marriage, Ann Howell, had married at age 15 and by this time, had four children, all under six years old. Edmund's mother spent a great deal of time helping Ann, while also caring for her own Howell children and Edmund's brother. All the while, raids from hostile Indians added to the confusion.
Family stories relate Martha was back and forth from Brigham City and Honeyville. During this time Ann and her children also moved to Martha's home to care for the siblings, while the parents had not returned from Wales for almost a year.
It had even taken nearly 5 months for them to make their way back, leaving Liverpool in April and arriving back in the valley with the Homer Duncane Ox Train in September of 1861.
Several years later William Morgan decided to improve his situation with an exploration move to Idaho Territory. Evidently Martha was concerned about being out of tune with the church, if they did not retain their position in Utah. How long a separation existed is not known, but at this time Martha took her children and settled at Wellsville, Cache County. There, she was known as a "widow" and assumed her first married name of Howell.
By that time, Edward, William's oldest son by his first wife, had married a girl from Willard and settled there. When William returned from Idaho, he moved in with them.
It is no wonder the burial of this baby boy was forgotten as the decades passed. Even his full brother, Joseph, remained in Cache County, with his mother and half siblings; and, being raised with them, took the Howell surname which he retained until his death in 1918.
Edmund's mother had crossed the Great Plain to the Salt Lake Valley with the 1852 William W. Morgan Wagon Company, after the 1851 death of her first husband, William Howell, at Council Bluffs, Iowa.
She was traveling with her three living Howell children, but her first son, ten year old William, was killed in a wagon accident along the Mormon Trail. After burying this son on the plains, she continued on, arriving in the valley 25 September, 1852.
She later married the Wagon Captain, William Wade Morgan, in December of 1855. He had also been widowed; and had a twelve year old son - his first wife and a daughter having died in Wales.
They moved north from Salt Lake City and settled at Willard, Box Elder County about January of 1856. Box Elder County was established on January 05, 1856 from Weber County. Family lore is that Edmund was born here about June of that year, their first child.
It was a hectic time for all pioneers in that era. They had made a move to Honeyville, north of Willard, and a second son, Joseph Morgan, was born in February of 1857. William Morgan was called to the British Mission in April of 1860, and he and Martha had to return to Wales in 1861 to settle her father's estate.
It was sometime between the birth of his brother, and these other events, that little Edmund fell into an outdoor fire pit, used for cooking, and scummed to those injuries. Family reports were that he was "about two years old", placing the tragedy about 1859.
Willard Pioneer Cemetery was the only burial ground at Willard until the "new" cemetery at "Willard City" was established in 1869. That other cemetery, on the east bench, would later be known as "Willard Precinct Cemetery".
Martha's daughter from her first marriage, Ann Howell, had married at age 15 and by this time, had four children, all under six years old. Edmund's mother spent a great deal of time helping Ann, while also caring for her own Howell children and Edmund's brother. All the while, raids from hostile Indians added to the confusion.
Family stories relate Martha was back and forth from Brigham City and Honeyville. During this time Ann and her children also moved to Martha's home to care for the siblings, while the parents had not returned from Wales for almost a year.
It had even taken nearly 5 months for them to make their way back, leaving Liverpool in April and arriving back in the valley with the Homer Duncane Ox Train in September of 1861.
Several years later William Morgan decided to improve his situation with an exploration move to Idaho Territory. Evidently Martha was concerned about being out of tune with the church, if they did not retain their position in Utah. How long a separation existed is not known, but at this time Martha took her children and settled at Wellsville, Cache County. There, she was known as a "widow" and assumed her first married name of Howell.
By that time, Edward, William's oldest son by his first wife, had married a girl from Willard and settled there. When William returned from Idaho, he moved in with them.
It is no wonder the burial of this baby boy was forgotten as the decades passed. Even his full brother, Joseph, remained in Cache County, with his mother and half siblings; and, being raised with them, took the Howell surname which he retained until his death in 1918.
Son of the widow, Martha Williams Howell, and her second husband, William Wade Morgan, Jr.
Edmund's mother had crossed the Great Plain to the Salt Lake Valley with the 1852 William W. Morgan Wagon Company, after the 1851 death of her first husband, William Howell, at Council Bluffs, Iowa.
She was traveling with her three living Howell children, but her first son, ten year old William, was killed in a wagon accident along the Mormon Trail. After burying this son on the plains, she continued on, arriving in the valley 25 September, 1852.
She later married the Wagon Captain, William Wade Morgan, in December of 1855. He had also been widowed; and had a twelve year old son - his first wife and a daughter having died in Wales.
They moved north from Salt Lake City and settled at Willard, Box Elder County about January of 1856. Box Elder County was established on January 05, 1856 from Weber County. Family lore is that Edmund was born here about June of that year, their first child.
It was a hectic time for all pioneers in that era. They had made a move to Honeyville, north of Willard, and a second son, Joseph Morgan, was born in February of 1857. William Morgan was called to the British Mission in April of 1860, and he and Martha had to return to Wales in 1861 to settle her father's estate.
It was sometime between the birth of his brother, and these other events, that little Edmund fell into an outdoor fire pit, used for cooking, and scummed to those injuries. Family reports were that he was "about two years old", placing the tragedy about 1859.
Willard Pioneer Cemetery was the only burial ground at Willard until the "new" cemetery at "Willard City" was established in 1869. That other cemetery, on the east bench, would later be known as "Willard Precinct Cemetery".
Martha's daughter from her first marriage, Ann Howell, had married at age 15 and by this time, had four children, all under six years old. Edmund's mother spent a great deal of time helping Ann, while also caring for her own Howell children and Edmund's brother. All the while, raids from hostile Indians added to the confusion.
Family stories relate Martha was back and forth from Brigham City and Honeyville. During this time Ann and her children also moved to Martha's home to care for the siblings, while the parents had not returned from Wales for almost a year.
It had even taken nearly 5 months for them to make their way back, leaving Liverpool in April and arriving back in the valley with the Homer Duncane Ox Train in September of 1861.
Several years later William Morgan decided to improve his situation with an exploration move to Idaho Territory. Evidently Martha was concerned about being out of tune with the church, if they did not retain their position in Utah. How long a separation existed is not known, but at this time Martha took her children and settled at Wellsville, Cache County. There, she was known as a "widow" and assumed her first married name of Howell.
By that time, Edward, William's oldest son by his first wife, had married a girl from Willard and settled there. When William returned from Idaho, he moved in with them.
It is no wonder the burial of this baby boy was forgotten as the decades passed. Even his full brother, Joseph, remained in Cache County, with his mother and half siblings; and, being raised with them, took the Howell surname which he retained until his death in 1918.
Edmund's mother had crossed the Great Plain to the Salt Lake Valley with the 1852 William W. Morgan Wagon Company, after the 1851 death of her first husband, William Howell, at Council Bluffs, Iowa.
She was traveling with her three living Howell children, but her first son, ten year old William, was killed in a wagon accident along the Mormon Trail. After burying this son on the plains, she continued on, arriving in the valley 25 September, 1852.
She later married the Wagon Captain, William Wade Morgan, in December of 1855. He had also been widowed; and had a twelve year old son - his first wife and a daughter having died in Wales.
They moved north from Salt Lake City and settled at Willard, Box Elder County about January of 1856. Box Elder County was established on January 05, 1856 from Weber County. Family lore is that Edmund was born here about June of that year, their first child.
It was a hectic time for all pioneers in that era. They had made a move to Honeyville, north of Willard, and a second son, Joseph Morgan, was born in February of 1857. William Morgan was called to the British Mission in April of 1860, and he and Martha had to return to Wales in 1861 to settle her father's estate.
It was sometime between the birth of his brother, and these other events, that little Edmund fell into an outdoor fire pit, used for cooking, and scummed to those injuries. Family reports were that he was "about two years old", placing the tragedy about 1859.
Willard Pioneer Cemetery was the only burial ground at Willard until the "new" cemetery at "Willard City" was established in 1869. That other cemetery, on the east bench, would later be known as "Willard Precinct Cemetery".
Martha's daughter from her first marriage, Ann Howell, had married at age 15 and by this time, had four children, all under six years old. Edmund's mother spent a great deal of time helping Ann, while also caring for her own Howell children and Edmund's brother. All the while, raids from hostile Indians added to the confusion.
Family stories relate Martha was back and forth from Brigham City and Honeyville. During this time Ann and her children also moved to Martha's home to care for the siblings, while the parents had not returned from Wales for almost a year.
It had even taken nearly 5 months for them to make their way back, leaving Liverpool in April and arriving back in the valley with the Homer Duncane Ox Train in September of 1861.
Several years later William Morgan decided to improve his situation with an exploration move to Idaho Territory. Evidently Martha was concerned about being out of tune with the church, if they did not retain their position in Utah. How long a separation existed is not known, but at this time Martha took her children and settled at Wellsville, Cache County. There, she was known as a "widow" and assumed her first married name of Howell.
By that time, Edward, William's oldest son by his first wife, had married a girl from Willard and settled there. When William returned from Idaho, he moved in with them.
It is no wonder the burial of this baby boy was forgotten as the decades passed. Even his full brother, Joseph, remained in Cache County, with his mother and half siblings; and, being raised with them, took the Howell surname which he retained until his death in 1918.
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