Tag: John Langston

How John Langston Came to Live in Alpine, Utah

John Langston

When we moved to Alpine, I realized that one of our ancestors, John Langston, moved to Alpine in the early days of the city and that my great-great-grandmother, Mary Emma Langston, was actually born here.  How John Langston came to be in Alpine is an interesting story.           From his history …

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An Autobiography of John Langston

(we received a copy of this typescript from Glade Dalton) AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN LANGSTON I, John Langston, in the 55th year of my life, commence to write a brief history of my life.  My father’s name is Francis Bell Langston.  That is all I know about his genealogy at this time.  My mother’s name …

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Clarinda Phillips Langston-3 stories

(these stories were given to us by a descendant, Glade Dalton; the first two are similar but not exact) SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF CLARINDA PHILLIPS LANGSTON written by her daughter, Alice Ann Langston Dalton Clarinda Phillips Langston, daughter of Israel and Dorothy Rose Phillips of Illinois, Iowa and Indiana. Clarinda was born 19 Jan …

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