George Milton Pace from Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah

George Milton Pace
from "Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah"

PACE, GEORGE MILTON (son of EHsha Pace, born in 
1801, In Pennsylvania, and Eliza Baldrom, born in 1802, 
in Ohio). Born Jan. 9, 1837, in Perry Co., Ohio. Came to 
Utah in 1848, David Pace company. 

Married Sarah Alvira Standley (daughter of Alexander S. 
Standley and Philinda Upson, pioneers 1852, John C. Howell 
company). She was born in 1844. Their children: Sarah 
Alvira b. 1860, m. James Prescott 1880; George Milton 
b. Feb. 16, 1863, m. Elizabeth Lucretia Thomas Nov. 13, 
1885; Emily b. 1864, m. William Lev! Prescott 1889; Henry 
Rlley b. 1868, m. Emma Jeffs 1892; Freeman EHsha b. 1870, 
m. Minnie Swenney; James Edwin b. 1872, m. Ellen Tree; 
Amos Franklin b. 1874, m. Margaret Emma Tree; Ira Alva 
b. 1877; Philinda b. 1880, m. Thurston Simpson 1898; Eliza 
h. 1882, m. Daniel Franklin Mitchell; Lettie Jane b. 1884. 
m. Edward James Tree; Alma b. 1888; Amanda b. 1890. 

Bishop of Parley Park ward 1882-97. Veteran Indian wars. 
Died in 1897. 

History of George Milton Pace by Emma Margaret Tree Pace

History of George Milton Pace

9 January 1837 - 6 March 1897

by Emma Margaret Tree Pace

George Milton Pace was born 9 January 1837, a son of Elisha Pace and Eliza Baldwin.  He had one brother, Edwin, and a sister, Amanda, born in Licking County, Ohio.  His father died in July 1844.  A year after his death their mother, with the three children, moved to Nebraska and settle at Omaha.

In 1848 they journeyed with the Lorenzo Snow Mormon Company on the treck to Utah, arriving in Salt Lake City that fall.

George Milton met and married Sarah Alvira Stanley, a daughter of Alexander Scoby Stanley and Philinda Upson.  They were married 7 March 1860.  Four children were born in Bountiful, Utah.  They then moved to Parley's Park, Summit County where they were engaged in farming and dairying (sic) with Amos Atkinson, Oren Hatch and John Moss families.

For a number of years they moved to Bountiful for the winter months.  George Milton was made Bishop of the Parley's Park ward, which office he held until his death, some twenty-three years later.

George Milton Pace died 6 March 1897.  He was the father of 14 children, six girls and 8 boys.

George Milton Pace death certificate

Amos Franklin Pace serves a mission

When Eugene was 18 months old, a letter from the headquarters of the Church (came) calling Amos Franklin Pace to serve a two-year mission to the Southern States. What a test of faith this was to this little family. Here they were, just starting to payoff a farm, buy livestock and work the ground to get the farmland productive. There was never a question of whether Frank should go ... of course he would go! The faith of this wonderful couple was strong and they knew the Lord would bless them if they did His work. And bless them He did; perhaps not with worldly or temporal wealth, but with eternal and everlasting wealth in a family of faithful children, all married for time and eternity in the Temples of the Lord.

Frank left for the Southern States Mission on 23 October 1907.  

Emma carried on this great responsibility of caring for the family, seeing to the planting and harvesting of crops, doing chores, herding sheep on the hillside, keeping up farm payments, and everything else that had to be done. Alvin was 7 years old and he became a big help with the chores. Alma Pace came to live with the during the winter months to help and to attend school in Coalville.
Emma did not deprive her children of their church activities, nor of the opportunity to grow in the gospel. She would hitch up a team of horses and into the buggy they would pile, and off they rode to the ward house 2 miles away. What a wonderful woman with such faith! Frank filled an honorable mission and returned home 25 months later on 13 November 1909. 

Life History of Amos Franklin Pace by Thelma Pace Brown

Life History of

AMOS FRANKLIN PACE

written June, 1984

Compiled by Thelma Pace Brown

Amos Franklin Pace, a son of George Milton and Sarah Alvira Standley Pace, was born 5 March 1874, at Atkinson, Summit County, Utah (Atkinson was sometimes called Parley's Park). He was the sixth child in a family of 14. There were eight boys and six girls. Sarah Alvira was given some cows by her mother, so they went into the dairy business. They lived on a ranch at the head of Silver Creek. They milked cows and made butter and cheese which they sold in Salt Lake City or in Park City.

Frank, as he was always called, worked hard on the ranch, along with his brothers. Their father, George Milton Pace, was made bishop of the Parleys Park Ward in 1879. Frank was only four years old, so his father was bishop all of his growing up years, since he served in this capacity for 23 years.Publish Post

Amos Franklin Pace by Emma Margaret Tree Pace

History of Amos Franklin Pace

5 March 1875 - 11 February 1955

As written by his wife, Emma Margaret Tree Pace in 1958

Amos Franklin Pace, Son of George Milton and Sarah Alvira Stanley Pace, was born 5 March, 1875 at Atkinson, Swnmit County, Utah. He was the sixth son of a family of fourteen; six girls and eight boys.

The family lived on the ranch at the head of Silver Creek Canyon in Summit County. They milked cows, made butter and cheese, which products they took by horse team and buggy into Salt Lake City and sold them, or traded for other commodities.

Frank, as he was most commonly known, went to school in Snyderville and later in Coalville. His father was Bishop of what was called the Parley's Park Ward. He was still Bishop at the time of his death, and had served in that capacity for 23 years.

Amos Franklin Pace death certificate

Thomas Ovard and Mary Ann Shill Edgeworth Ovard family photo

George Milton Pace

George Milton Pace Cattle Brand

From the Utah Division of Animal Industry Brand Books

Cattle Earmark

History of George Milton Pace

George Milton Pace was born 9 January 1837, Perry County, Ohio. His father was Elisha Pace and his mother was Eliza Baldwin. His father died at Nauvoo Illinois, 1844.


George Milton being a lad of eight years, at the time the saints were being persecuted, and so the widowed mother and her children were subject to all the hardships, of early saints, driven from their homes, sickness, hunger, and the long trek across the plains, with the main body of the saints in 1848. He was baptized at Council Bluff when about 8 years old.

George Milton Pace and Sarah Alvira Standley Pace headstone