Dates

• Existence: 1806 - 1889

Biography

Lucius Nelson Scovil (1806-1889) was a probate judge for Utah County and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Lucius Scovil was born on March 18, 1806, in Middlebury, New Haven, Connecticut to parents Joel Scovil and Lydia Manville. He married Lury Snow on June 18, 1828, and they had nine children together. In 1835, Snow and Scovil moved to Kirtland, Ohio, where they were both baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by the Prophet Joseph Smith on July 2, 1836. In October, Scovil was ordained an Elder and in November he was called on his first mission to Delaware County, Ohio. He came home because of rumors of mob violence, which would eventually drive him, his family, and other members of the Church to Missouri and Illinois. Scovil served a second mission in England and immigrated to the West with his family after his mission. In Utah, he became the Superintendent of Public Works for Provo and served as a probate judge for Utah County. Scovil married six other wives: Alice Greaves Hurst, Emma Whaley, Hannah Marie Marsden, Sarah Elizabeth (Libby) McArthur, Rebecca E (Celia) Brown, and Jane Fales.

Scovil died on February 14, 1889, in Springville, Utah.

Citation:

Family Search, via WWW, April 2, 2014 (born on March 18, 1806; Middlebury, New Haven, Connecticut; parents Joel Scovil and Lydia Manville; died on February 14, 1889, in Springville, Utah; married Lury Snow on June 18, 1828, and they had nine children together; married six other wives: Alice Greaves Hurst, Emma Whaley, Hannah Marie Marsden, Sarah Elizabeth (Libby) McArthur, Rebecca E (Celia) Brown, and Jane Fales)

UPB Files, March 31, 2014 (probate judge)

Lucius Nelson Scoville, via WWW, April 2, 2014 (1835, Snow and Scovil moved to Kirtland, Ohio; both baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by the Prophet Joseph Smith on July 2, 1836; In October, Scovil was ordained an Elder and in November he was called on his first mission to Delaware County, Ohio; came home because of rumors of mob violence, which drove him, his family, and other members of the Church to Missouri and Illinois; second mission in England and immigrated to the West with his family when it was over; Superintendent of Public Works for Provo) http://www.oocities.org/heartland/valley/6368/Swasey/LuciusNelsonScoville.html

Archaeological investigations off the Lucius N. Scovil Bakery, Nauvoo, Illinois, 1978

Brighram Young University Studies, 1991:vol. 31, no. 1, p. 17n (Lucius N. Scovil, 1806-1889 b. Middlebury, New Haven Connectict; owned a bakery and confectionery store in Nauvoo)

Familysearch, via WWW, Oct. 30, 2001(Lucius Nelson Scovil; b. 18 Mar. 1806; d. 14 Feb 1889)

Overland Trails Digital Library Collection, 2001(Scovil, Lucius N.)

Utah County record books, 1851-1864(Lucius Nelson Scovil, born on March 18, 1806, in Middlebury, New Haven, Connecticut, died on February 14, 1889, in Springville, Utah, was a probate judge for Utah County and a member of early Mormon Church)

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