My personal connection to Utah County starts first with George Rowley. He was the captain of the 8th Handcart company to Utah. He was born in England in 1827. He arrived in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Sept. 4, 1859, with his wife, Ann Brown Rowley, and three sons, William, Joseph, and Alma. His eldest son, William Brown Rowley, is my great-great-great grandfather. George and his family settled in American Fork in Utah County. George took a second wife, Sarah Tuffley, in 1860. They had one daughter together, Sarah who married Isaac Wagstaff. George was a wool spinner and lost his sight at age 39 due to exposure in the woolen mills. Because of his inability to work, he requested monetary assistance from the town and it was granted.

see a photo of George Rowley
 

My second connection is through the Bielby's and Inglefields. John Bielby came to Utah County from England prior to 1850. He married Charlotte Very sometime in the early 1850s (he also had 2 other wives) and they resided in Provo City. John and Charlotte had 2 children that lived: Alice and Hannah. Hannah, born 1861, married John William Inglefield in 1878. He was born in England in 1854 to JohnWilliam Inglefield and Jane Johnson. He came to Utah with his parents in 1868, being one of 8 children. Hannah and John Inglefield had 10 children in and around Provo City. Hannah died in 1903 and John remarried to a woman named Millie.  John died in 1923. So far I have found no photos of Hannah Bielby or John Inglefield.
 

My third connection is through the Lundholm's of Santaquin. Jacob Lundholm came from Sweden in 1864. He married Christina Orbom Erickson in Salt Lake City in 1872. Their first child was born in Santaquin in 1874. Christina's parents, Olof Erickson and Catharina Orbom, also came and settled in Santaquin. Christina's daughter, Augusta Louise Lundholm, married Dennis Downey. They resided in Santaquin for most of their lives.

My fourth connection is through the Jasperson line of Goshen. Hans Jasperson was born in 1843 in Denmark. He arrived in Utah in 1854. Hans was a prosperous farmer with two wives. He married his second wife, Laura Alice Dean Horton, in 1889. She was born in 1857 in Virginia. She had two children when she married Hans, and had three children with him. He served time in jail for refusing to give up his second wife.