Son of Horace Datus Ensign and Mary Bronson
Married Eliza Jane Stewart, 1 Jan 1850, Ogden, Weber, Utah
Children: George Calvin Ensign, Lydia Esther Ensign, Mary Eliza Ensign, Datus Horace Ensign, Emma Elizabeth Ensign, Edgar Alonzo Ensign
History: Horace Datus Ensign was one of the first original pioneers to Utah. He was skilled as a mechanic and carpenter and he contributed his share of knowledge and labor to the pioneer company. Horace was the eldest of six children and, in 1843, when the parents became members of the Mormon church, they moved with their little flock to Nauvoo, Illinois, suffering all the hardships and persecutions heaped upon the Saints during their expulsion from the "City Beautiful." Horace Datus Ensign was baptized December 6, 1846. His father died during the enforced stay at Winter Quarters.
On the westward trek with Brigham Young's advance company Horace served as a scout. When his leader returned to the East later in the summer, Horace was among those who accompanied him; but, en route he met his mother, brothers and sisters who were on their way to the valley in Captain Daniel Spencer's company. With them he returned to Salt Lake, arriving September 22, 1847. Shortly after he was sent with Captain James Brown's sons as a carpenter to assist in repairing Goodyear Fort; returning to Salt Lake to spend part of the winter with his mother.
In the early spring he was recalled to Ogden to assist Captain Brown and his sons in preparing a place for the Saints who were then on the plains. He settled just south of Goodyear Fort on the Weber River, but because of the overflow of water in the early spring, he moved to higher ground and later built a log house on the present site of Carnegie Library in Ogden. When the Church authorities decided to include this land in the public park, Horace was given another city lot in exchange for his property. There he built a home and there he resided until his death.
Eliza Jane Stewart became his wife in 1850. A short time before his death he built a loom for her, and after she was widowed, she made the greater part of the living on it for herself, her three sons and three daughters.
Married Eliza Jane Stewart, 1 Jan 1850, Ogden, Weber, Utah
Children: George Calvin Ensign, Lydia Esther Ensign, Mary Eliza Ensign, Datus Horace Ensign, Emma Elizabeth Ensign, Edgar Alonzo Ensign
History: Horace Datus Ensign was one of the first original pioneers to Utah. He was skilled as a mechanic and carpenter and he contributed his share of knowledge and labor to the pioneer company. Horace was the eldest of six children and, in 1843, when the parents became members of the Mormon church, they moved with their little flock to Nauvoo, Illinois, suffering all the hardships and persecutions heaped upon the Saints during their expulsion from the "City Beautiful." Horace Datus Ensign was baptized December 6, 1846. His father died during the enforced stay at Winter Quarters.
On the westward trek with Brigham Young's advance company Horace served as a scout. When his leader returned to the East later in the summer, Horace was among those who accompanied him; but, en route he met his mother, brothers and sisters who were on their way to the valley in Captain Daniel Spencer's company. With them he returned to Salt Lake, arriving September 22, 1847. Shortly after he was sent with Captain James Brown's sons as a carpenter to assist in repairing Goodyear Fort; returning to Salt Lake to spend part of the winter with his mother.
In the early spring he was recalled to Ogden to assist Captain Brown and his sons in preparing a place for the Saints who were then on the plains. He settled just south of Goodyear Fort on the Weber River, but because of the overflow of water in the early spring, he moved to higher ground and later built a log house on the present site of Carnegie Library in Ogden. When the Church authorities decided to include this land in the public park, Horace was given another city lot in exchange for his property. There he built a home and there he resided until his death.
Eliza Jane Stewart became his wife in 1850. A short time before his death he built a loom for her, and after she was widowed, she made the greater part of the living on it for herself, her three sons and three daughters.
Son of Horace Datus Ensign and Mary Bronson
Married Eliza Jane Stewart, 1 Jan 1850, Ogden, Weber, Utah
Children: George Calvin Ensign, Lydia Esther Ensign, Mary Eliza Ensign, Datus Horace Ensign, Emma Elizabeth Ensign, Edgar Alonzo Ensign
History: Horace Datus Ensign was one of the first original pioneers to Utah. He was skilled as a mechanic and carpenter and he contributed his share of knowledge and labor to the pioneer company. Horace was the eldest of six children and, in 1843, when the parents became members of the Mormon church, they moved with their little flock to Nauvoo, Illinois, suffering all the hardships and persecutions heaped upon the Saints during their expulsion from the "City Beautiful." Horace Datus Ensign was baptized December 6, 1846. His father died during the enforced stay at Winter Quarters.
On the westward trek with Brigham Young's advance company Horace served as a scout. When his leader returned to the East later in the summer, Horace was among those who accompanied him; but, en route he met his mother, brothers and sisters who were on their way to the valley in Captain Daniel Spencer's company. With them he returned to Salt Lake, arriving September 22, 1847. Shortly after he was sent with Captain James Brown's sons as a carpenter to assist in repairing Goodyear Fort; returning to Salt Lake to spend part of the winter with his mother.
In the early spring he was recalled to Ogden to assist Captain Brown and his sons in preparing a place for the Saints who were then on the plains. He settled just south of Goodyear Fort on the Weber River, but because of the overflow of water in the early spring, he moved to higher ground and later built a log house on the present site of Carnegie Library in Ogden. When the Church authorities decided to include this land in the public park, Horace was given another city lot in exchange for his property. There he built a home and there he resided until his death.
Eliza Jane Stewart became his wife in 1850. A short time before his death he built a loom for her, and after she was widowed, she made the greater part of the living on it for herself, her three sons and three daughters.
Married Eliza Jane Stewart, 1 Jan 1850, Ogden, Weber, Utah
Children: George Calvin Ensign, Lydia Esther Ensign, Mary Eliza Ensign, Datus Horace Ensign, Emma Elizabeth Ensign, Edgar Alonzo Ensign
History: Horace Datus Ensign was one of the first original pioneers to Utah. He was skilled as a mechanic and carpenter and he contributed his share of knowledge and labor to the pioneer company. Horace was the eldest of six children and, in 1843, when the parents became members of the Mormon church, they moved with their little flock to Nauvoo, Illinois, suffering all the hardships and persecutions heaped upon the Saints during their expulsion from the "City Beautiful." Horace Datus Ensign was baptized December 6, 1846. His father died during the enforced stay at Winter Quarters.
On the westward trek with Brigham Young's advance company Horace served as a scout. When his leader returned to the East later in the summer, Horace was among those who accompanied him; but, en route he met his mother, brothers and sisters who were on their way to the valley in Captain Daniel Spencer's company. With them he returned to Salt Lake, arriving September 22, 1847. Shortly after he was sent with Captain James Brown's sons as a carpenter to assist in repairing Goodyear Fort; returning to Salt Lake to spend part of the winter with his mother.
In the early spring he was recalled to Ogden to assist Captain Brown and his sons in preparing a place for the Saints who were then on the plains. He settled just south of Goodyear Fort on the Weber River, but because of the overflow of water in the early spring, he moved to higher ground and later built a log house on the present site of Carnegie Library in Ogden. When the Church authorities decided to include this land in the public park, Horace was given another city lot in exchange for his property. There he built a home and there he resided until his death.
Eliza Jane Stewart became his wife in 1850. A short time before his death he built a loom for her, and after she was widowed, she made the greater part of the living on it for herself, her three sons and three daughters.
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