Class in 1876-77 -First 59


Alphabetical Alumni
Harris, James G.

Harris, James G.

James Harris

James G. Harris. He included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student.

Harvey, Jonathan Lewis

Harvey, Jonathan Lewis
Pleasant Grove, Utah US

Jonathan and Mary Harvey

BY Academy High School Class in 1876. Jonathan Lewis Harvey. One of the original 29 students who registered on the first day of classes at Brigham Young Academy, January 3, 1876. He is also included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. ~ ~ ~ ~ Jonathan L. Harvey was born on March 8, 1855, in Cedar City, Utah. His parents: Lewis Harvey and Lucinda Clark (a twin) Harvey. He married Mary Helen Alexander on December 30, 1880, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He died on March 11, 1945, in Pleasant Grove, Utah, at the age of 90, just after his birthday. Interment, Pleasant Grove Cemetery.

John, Martha Ann

John, Martha Ann
Salt Lake City, Utah US

Martha and David Williams

BY Academy High School Class in 1876. Martha Ann John. One of the original 29 students who registered on the first day of classes at Brigham Young Academy, January 3, 1876. She is also included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. ~ ~ ~ ~ Martha Ann John was born on October 1, 1864, in Provo, Utah. Her parents: David John and Mary Wride John. Martha married David Joseph Williams on August 30, 1883, in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was almost 19 years of age at marriage. She died on March 12, 1927, in Salt Lake City, Utah, at about the age of 63. Interment, Salt Lake City.

John, Mary Jane

John, Mary Jane
Provo, Utah US

Mary Jane & Benjamin Cluff

BY Academy High School Class in 1876, and 1881. Mary Jane John. One of the original 29 students who registered on the first day of classes at Brigham Young Academy, January 3, 1876. She is also included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. ~ ~ ~ ~ BY Academy High School Class of 1881. Mary John. Diploma in the Normal (teaching) course. Source: The Territorial Enquirer, June 22, 1881, Provo, Utah. ~ ~ ~ ~ She married Benjamin Cluff, Jr., third principal of Brigham Young Academy. ~ ~ ~ ~ Mary Jane John was born on July 23, 1862 [a few records say 1863] in Provo, Utah. Her parents: David John and Mary Wride John. She married Benjamin Cluff on August 16, 1883, in Salt Lake City, Utah, when she was 21 years old. She died on February 27, 1934, in Provo, Utah, at the age of 71. Interment, Provo City Cemetery.

Johnson, Rasmine Minnie

Johnson, Rasmine Minnie

Minnie Jepperson

Rasmine Minnie Johnson. She is included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. She married ________ Jepperson.

Jones, Minerva Eliza

Jones, Minerva Eliza
Provo, Utah US

Minerva & Graham Dailey

BY Academy High School Class in 1876. Minerva Jones. One of the original 29 students who registered on the first day of classes at Brigham Young Academy, January 3, 1876. She is also listed on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. ~ ~ ~ ~ Minerva Eliza Jones was born on December 8, 1862 in Provo, Utah. Her parents: John D. Jones and Susana [or Susan or Susannah] Boren Jones. Minerva married Graham Little Daley on November 24, 1881 in Provo, Utah, at almost the age of 19. She died on January 3, 1883 in Provo, Utah, at the age of 20. Interment, Provo, Utah.

Keeler, Joseph Brigham

Keeler, Joseph Brigham
Provo, Utah US

Joseph and Martha Keeler

Original BY Academy High School Class in 1876, graduated Class of 1880. Joseph B. Keeler. One of the original 29 students who registered on the first day of classes at Brigham Young Academy, January 3, 1876. He is also included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. Also BYA Faculty & Staff. Joseph B. Keeler, Theology teacher, 1884-1920. He appears in a photo of the first faculty to serve under Principal Benjamin Cluff in 1892. He married Martha Alice Fairbanks, who was born June 29, 1860, and married to Joseph on May 17, 1883. Her father was David Fairbanks. Joseph was born September 8, 1855 in Salt Lake City, Utah. His parents were David Hutchinson Keeler and Ann Brown (widow of Benjamin Taylor, by whom she had five children: James Taylor; Sarah Taylor; Ann Taylor; Mary Jane Taylor; and Martha Tayor, who died early). Fleeing Salt Lake Valley from Johnston's Army in 1858, the Keeler family reached Provo where the family located, and where Joseph grew into young manhood. His desire for education and the opening of Brigham Young Academy coincided, and he was one of the very first students to enroll. He concluded his studies at BYA in 1879-1880, and in 1880 he was appointed editor of the local newspaper, The Provo Enquirer. He held the position for only a few months, because he was called on a mission in the Southern States, where he served until March of 1882. After holding several public offices (City Assessor, County Recorder), he accepted a teaching position at Brigham Young Academy to be head of the Intermediate Department. Joseph's new work at the school was to begin on January 28, 1884, but on the night of the 27th the Academy's Lewis Building burned to the ground. The school missed only two days, and Joseph began his teaching on January 30th, in temporary quarters. He was instrumental in handling financial affairs so that the struggling school did not close, including helping to start and maintain a boarding house for out-of-town students. In July of 1888 he was described in the Deseret News as, "Joseph B. Keeler, 1st Counselor to Karl G. Maeser, is head of the Academic Department: Bookkeeping, History and Civil Government." Over the years, J. B. Keeler was a vital teacher and administrator, and mainstay without which the Academy could not have continued. He deserves his own unique memorial in the history of Brigham Young Academy and later Brigham Young University. When he retired in 1921, he had accumulated 37 years of service to the school. ~ ~ ~ ~ Joseph Brigham Keeler was born on September 8, 1855 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He died on December 21, 1935 in Provo, Utah, at the age of 80. Interment, Provo City Cemetery.

Keeler, Theodocia

Keeler, Theodocia
Vernal, Utah US

Theodocia and Joab Collier

Theodocia Keeler. She is included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. She married Joab Collier when she was 19 years of age. Joab Collier came to Utah from England with his widowed mother when he was only 10 years of age. When he was 14, after a period of admiration for the brick laying performed by Daniel Keeler and his hired men, he was also hired as an apprentice. Joab also attended Brigham Young Academy for a time. Brick laying and construction became his main life's work, until his death in 1918 in Vernal, Utah. They had 16 children, 14 of whom grew up and had children of their own. The Collier family moved to a homestead on the east side of Vernal in 1890. One of the buildings there, which Joab helped to erect around 1901, was the old brick Tabernacle, which in modern times has been remodeled as the Vernal Temple. ~ ~ ~ ~ Theodocia Keeler was born on August 31, 1858 in Provo, Utah. Her parents were Daniel Hutchinson Keeler and Ann Brown Keeler. Theodocia married Joab Collier on April 8, 1877 in Provo, Utah. Theodocia Keeler Collier died on May 25, 1912 in Vernal, Utah. Her interment, Vernal, Utah.

Kinsman, Emily

Kinsman, Emily

Emily Duggins

Emily Kinsman. She is included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. She married _______ Duggins.

Kirkwood, Maggie

Kirkwood, Maggie

Maggie Nielson

Maggie Kirkwood. She is included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. She married ______ Nielson.

Maiben, Katie N.

Maiben, Katie N.

Katie Candlund

Katie N. Maiben. She is included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. She married ______ Candlund.

McEwan, Julia Rosella [Rose]

McEwan, Julia Rosella [Rose]
Provo, Utah US

Rose and William Haws

BY Academy High School Class in 1876. Julia Rosella (Rose) McEwan. One of the original 29 students who registered on the first day of classes at Brigham Young Academy, January 3, 1876. She is also included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. ~ ~ ~ ~ Julia Rose (Rosella, or Rosilla, or Rozilla? ) McEwan was born on February 20, 1860 in Provo, Utah. Her parents: John McEwan and Amanda Melissa (or Melvina) Higbee. At the age of 19 she married William Wallace Haws Jr., on March 6, 1879, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was born September 20, 1856, in Provo, Utah, to William Wallace Haws, Sr., and Barbara Belinda Mills. Rose McEwan Haws died on January 25, 1935 in Provo, Utah, just short of 75 years of age. Interment, Provo City Cemetery. [Note: Not Hawes or Hows.]

Moore, Roseltha  [Rose]

Moore, Roseltha [Rose]

Rose and __________ Searle

BY Academy High School Class in 1876. Rose Moore. One of the original 29 students who registered on the first day of classes at Brigham Young Academy, January 3, 1876. She married ______ Searle. ~ ~ ~ ~ [IS THIS ROSLTHA (sic) on burial records (Rosatha, Rosetha, Rosotha?) - Rosltha Searle was born November 20, 1859 in Provo, Utah. She died on June 5, 1955 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Interment, Provo City Cemetery.] ~ ~ ~ ~ [1880 UTAH CENSUS: Roseltha Moore. Female. Birth Year <1860>. Birthplace UT. Age 20. Occupation At Home. Marital Status S . Race W . Head of Household: L. B. MOORE. Relation Dau . Father's Birthplace: MA. Mother's Birthplace: IL. Census Place Provo, Utah.]

Moore, Stephen

Moore, Stephen

Stephen Moore

Stephen Moore. He is included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student.

Nielsen, Mary [Nielson,] (1876)

Nielsen, Mary [Nielson,] (1876)
Orem, Utah US

Mary and Jorgen Hansen

BY Academy High School Class in 1876. Mary Nielsen [not Nielson]. One of the original 29 students who registered on the first day of classes at Brigham Young Academy, January 3, 1876. ~ ~ ~ ~ Mary Nelsena Caroline Nielsen was born on November 14, 1857 in [Nestvid] Grenna, Randers, East Jutland, Denmark. Her parents: Soren Nielsen and Petrine Amalia Berg. At the age of 20 she married Jorgen Hansen on May 13, 1877 in Provo, Utah. She died on February 2, 1931 in Orem, Utah, at the age of 74. Interment, Provo City Cemetery.

Patten, Joanna

Patten, Joanna

Joanna Harris

Joanna Patten. She is listed on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. She married _____ Harris.

Perry, Agatha

Perry, Agatha

Agatha Perry

Agatha Perry. She is included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student.

Riggs, Mariette

Riggs, Mariette
Provo, Utah US

Mariette and William Beesley

BY Academy High School Class in 1876. Mariette, Riggs [or rarely, Marietta]. One of the original 29 students who registered on the first day of classes at Brigham Young Academy, January 3, 1876. She is also listed on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. ~ ~ ~ ~ Mariette Riggs was born March 5, 1859 in Provo, Utah. Her parents: Dr. John Riggs and Jane Kelton Bullock Riggs. She first married William Oxley Beesley on December 21, 1882 in Salt Lake City, Utah, and he died in 1924. [She may have second married _____ Kehl, but she was buried under the name Mariette Riggs Beesley, and her spouse was listed only as William O. Beesley.] She died October 25, 1931 in Provo, Utah, at about 72 years of age. Interment, Provo City Cemetery.

Roberts, Lillian

Roberts, Lillian

Lillian DeLong

Lillian Roberts. She is included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. She married _____ DeLong.

Roberts, Mary Jane [May]

Roberts, Mary Jane [May]
Provo, Utah US

May and James Farrer

BY Academy High School Class in 1876. Mary J. Roberts. One of the original 29 students who registered on the first day of classes at Brigham Young Academy, January 3, 1876. She is also included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. ~ ~ ~ ~ Mary Jane (May) Roberts was born on October 18, 1861 in Provo, Utah. Her parents: Benjamin Morgan Roberts, Sr., and Mary Ann (Polly) Bullock. At the age of 21, Mary (May) married James Roger Farrer on October 30, 1882 in Provo, Utah. She died on January 26, 1930 in Provo, Utah, at the age of 68. Interment, Provo City Cemetery.

Rodgers, Altha

Rodgers, Altha

Altha Halliday

Altha Rodgers. She is included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. [Do not confuse with Althena Rodgers.] She married _______ Halliday.

Rodgers, Althena

Rodgers, Althena

Althena Rodgers

Althena Rodgers. She is included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. [Do not confuse with Altha Rodgers.]

Rodgers, Arsena

Rodgers, Arsena

Arsena Rodgers

Arsena Rodgers. She is included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student.

Rogers, Fannie

Rogers, Fannie

Fannie Rogers

BY Academy High School Class in 1876. Fannie Rogers. BYA High School Class of 1878, Normal diploma, Friday, June 21, 1878. She is one of five members of the Class of 1878. Source: Deseret News, June 21, 1878. Fannie Rogers is one of the original 29 students who registered on the first day of classes at Brigham Young Academy, January 3, 1876. She is also included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. [Spelled Rogers, not Rodgers, on both lists.] ~ ~ ~ ~ [A Fannie Rogers is buried in the Draper, Utah, Cemetery, without any vital information.] [Fannie can be a nickname for Frances.]

Scott, Louisa D.

Scott, Louisa D.

Louisa Sheppard [Shepherd]

Louisa D. Scott. She is included on a list of 59 names of the earliest students of Brigham Young Academy, taken from a file in the BYU Archives, made by an unknown contemporary student. She married _____ Sheppard [Shepherd]. [But she was not one of the first 29 enrollees at Brigham Young Academy on January 3, 1876.]

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