Just a little bit about Daniel Quimby Dennett (my 2nd Great Grandfather)

Daniel Quimby Dennett was born Dec 27, 1808, in Hollis, York County, Maine. He was the son of John Dennett and Jane Woodward. He married Lucy Ann Newell Very on June 30, 1851.
Daniel had 8 brothers and sisters. He was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on September 10, 1833. He served in the Mormon Battalion. He was in the Nauvoo Legion Band in which he played the fife.
After coming to Utah, he lived in Salt Lake for a time before moving to Provo. When the Prophet Brigham Young asked for people to go to southern Utah to help settle Dixie, Daniel was willing. He always accepted any and all calls the Authorities made upon him, and he always served faithfully.
Daniel was identified with the general pioneering period of the Church. Daniel probably was a foot marcher in the Battalion, he also worked in a sawmill for Sutter and it is believed he panned for gold in one of the millraces at Sutters Fort, now Sacramento California.
Daniel suffered severe thirst as he marched. His son John Fabyan (my great grandfather)  became sick in his older years and his thoughts were always on his father,when he was being "Irrational," he would tell a family member  to bring his father some water because he was there with him and was very thirsty. (this was after Daniel had passed away)
Daniel and Lucy and their small family moved to Rockville in Southern Utah and began to till the ground. They had to move large rocks, trees, and stumps from the land they were going to plant in. This was in the fall and winter of 1862. A dozen more families moved to the same area and helped settle the land. They had lived about a mile down stream from Rockville but had to move to a different location and they chose Rockville.
Daniel made a trip to Kanab to see if he would like to live there but after looking over the land, decided Rockville was where he wanted to stay.
Daniel and his sons cleared the land, built ditches, that would carry the water to their cotton fields. Next they built fences.
The lumber to build the houses was hard to come by because the town of Saint George had had that same problem a few years earlier. The first mill to supply lumber to the people was erected by Joel H. Johnson,  (not my grandfather).
Daniel didnt live long after he moved to Rockville. the trials, hardships and rigors of early pioneering life and also the extreme suffering imposed on him during the Battalion duty were soon to take their toll on him. Daniel passed away March 10, 1872. Lucy lived 4 years as a widow, being cared for by her son John, and was aged 58 when she died on January 5, 1876.
Pedigree: Verdell Dennett; 1913, John Fabin Dennett; 1882, John Fabyan Dennett; 1853, Daniel Quimby Dennett; 1806, John Fabyan Dennett; 1769, Nicholas Dennett; 1745, Samuel Dennett; 1714, Ebenezer; (abt) 1689, Alexander Dennett; 1660, Alexander Dennett; 1639.  Thats enough for now. What a big family we have.