This was written in 1997 - from the book titled "Ancestry of John Lorenzo Buchanan and Julia Ann Zufelt.
One hundred and twenty two years have passed since this noble couple was married and sealed to each other for eternity in the Salt Lake Endowment House. Today their descendants number well over one thousand. The sesquicentennial in this year of 1997 of the journey of the first pioneers to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake, provides us an opportunity to pause and honor our family's pioneer ancestors. One of them had served in the Mormon Battalion, (John Buchanan) and was with the Brigham Young party in 1847. He accompanied the Prophet and other leaders on their return trip to Winter Quarters, Nebraska, during the late summer of fall of 1847. That grandfather and seven other direct ancestors in four families made the long and arduous journey from Iowa across the plains and Rocky Mountains to the place of gathering in the Great Basin in the years following these events. Their numerous posterity helped colonize various settlements throughout Utah and were true to the faith of their fathers. It is our challenge today to be true to those who brought the gospel to our ancestors. One ancestor had died in Illinois in 1839 from effects of persecution of the Saints in Missouri the year before. All of us should seriously consider the great heritage that is ours and the value of the good names we bear.
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