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Described as “a history of Baptist beginnings in the several associations in the state,” this rare old volume was widely acclaimed when first published in 1919. No less timely today, this reprint has added value with an index of more than 1600 names. Those interested in the genealogical value of this volume will find Burnett has done an excellent job detailing ancestry, dates and places. There are more than 200 sketches with around sixty photographs. Accepting 1775 as the first recorded date of Baptist entry and effort in the state, this volume covers a period of one hundred very eventful years. There is much data of general historical interest and numerous “firsts.” Of interest to all denominations, it is the perfect gift for a church library as well as a personal gift.
Mostly the male descendants were traced with emphasis on the author's ancestral line.
Biography of Richard Ballantyne (1817-1898), who became a Mormon convert in 1842, followed shortly by his widowed mother and the rest of the family. They immigrated in 1843 from Scotland (via New Orleans) to Nauvoo, Illinois, and moved to Salt Lake valley in 1848. Richard married three times (in 1847, and polygamously in 1855 and 1856). In Utah, he began a Sunday School and the Church accepted and sponsored the Sunday School plan. In early 1853, Richard was called to be one of several missionaries who sailed for India, where he worked in the Madras District. They had some initial success, but also much publicity against them. Late in 1854, very ill, Richard was released to go home (via England). In England he was placed in charge of a company of Mormons immigrating to Utah; they arrived in September 1855. He moved to Eden and then Ogden, Utah, eventually spending much of his time with the Sunday School program of the Church.