Utah Pottery Project Potters Roster

Below is a roster of individuals who immigrated to Utah and worked as potters between 1848 and 1930.

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Bethelson, Soren

b. date, place

d. date, place

Family Members:

Mary (Wife)

b. date, place

d. date, place

Historical Sources:

1870 US Federal Census, Provo, 2nd Ward

McKenney’s Pacific Coast Directory for 1878

L. M. McKenney & Co.’s Business Directory and Railroad Gazetteer of Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, and Dakota for 1879.

McKenney’s Pacific Coast Directory for 1880-1

Academic References:

Henrichsen 1988

Scarlett 2002

Pictures:

None on File.

Examples of Known Ware:

None Known.

Known Affiliated Sites:

Enumerated in Provo, 1870

Working in Fountain Green, 1878-1880.  Specific site unidentified.

Known Primary Documents (Diary, Account Books, etc.):

None Known.

Birch, Frank P.

b. date, place

d. date, place

Family Members:

Annie M. Birch (Wife)

b. date, place

d. date, place

Frank(?) Birch (Son)

b. date, place

d. date, place

Peter M. Birch (Brother)

b. date, place

d. date, place

Historical Sources:

1880 Census, Cache County, Logan Precinct

Stenhouse’s Utah Gazetteer and Directory for 1888

Stenhouse's Gazetteer and Directory of Salt Lake, Ogden, Provo and Logan Cities, for 1888.

Academic References:

Scarlett 2002

Pictures:

None on File.

Examples of Known Ware:

None Known.

Known Affiliated Sites:

Enumerated in Logan, 1880

Working in Logan, 1888.  Specific site unidentified.

Known Primary Documents (Diary, Account Books, etc.):

None Known.

Davenport, Thomas

b. April 1, 1815; Brampton Parish, Derby County, England

Fifth child of Robert Davenport and Ann Jarvis Davenport

d. January 22, 1888; Parowan, Iron County, Utah

Family Members:

Sarah Burrows Davenport. (1st Wife)

b. July 24, 1811; Eckington Parish, Derby County, England.

m. 1836; Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

Fourth child of John Burrows and Charlotte Barber Burrows.

d. May 10, 1882; Parowan, Iron County, Utah

Mary Radish Davenport. (2rd Wife)

b. date; place

m. 1872; Parowan, Utah.

d. date; place

Martha Harrell Warren Davenport. (3rd Wife)

b. date; place

m. 1883; Parowan, Utah.

d. July 1897; place

William Davenport (Son)

b. May 28, 1837; Brampton Parish, Derby County, England

bap. June 6, 1837; Brampton Parish, Derby County, England.

d. November 5, 1911; Parowan, Iron County, Utah.

Thomas Davenport (Son)

b. April 7, 1839; Brampton Parish, Derby County, England

bap. May 5, 1839; St. Thomas Church, Brampton Parish, Derby County, England.

d. February 16, 1840; Brampton, Derbyshire

John Davenport (Son)

b. December 17, 1844; Brampton Parish, Derby County, England

bap. January 1, 1845; Brampton Parish, Derby County, England.

d. October 22, 1912; Parowan, Iron County, Utah.

Sarah Ann Davenport (Daughter)

b. February 14, 1847; Brampton Parish, Derby County, England

bap. March 21, 1847; Brampton Parish, Derby County, England.

d. August 24, 1920; Parowan, Iron County, Utah.

James Burrows Davenport (Son)

b. October 23rd, 1851; Council Bluffs, Pottowatamie Village, Iowa.

d. June 21, 1925; Paragoonah, Iron County, Utah.

Orsen Valentine Davenport (Son)

b. February 14, 1854; Parowan, Iron County, Utah

d. August 26, 1854; Parowan, Iron County, Utah

Historical Sources:

1874-1889 Iron County Tax Assessment Rolls

1841 UK Census, Ancestry.com, GENUKI.

1860, 1870, 1880 US Census, Parowan Precinct, Iron County, Utah.

Academic References:

Scarlett 2002

Henrichsen 1988

TDFO 1981

Dalton, Luella Adams n.d.

Jensen, Andrew 1955

Pictures:

Thomas Davenport's claybed in Parowan Canyon

Detail of Davenport's raw clay

Davenport's pottery on display at Parowan's Old Rock Church Museum (DUP)

Portraits of Thomas and Martha Davenport, inset portrait of Sarah.

Profile of an excavation unit at Davenport Pottery Site showing stratigraphy.

Examples of Known Ware:

Rock Church Museum (DUP) Parowan, Utah.

Personal Collection, Carol A. Wright, Parowan, Utah.

Known Affiliated Sites:

Enumerated in Parowan, 1860-1880

Working in Parowan, 1852-1888.

Property located, Phase I testing complete.

Known Primary Documents (Diary, Account Books, etc.):

Diary recorded emigration and early period in Utah.  Diary location is unknown, but citations and quotes appear in many sources.

Census accounts include UK 1841, USA 1860, 1870, 1880.  Ancestry.com and GENUKI records include St. Thomas parish records in New Brampton, Derbyshire.

No account books or photographs of pottery shop known to exist.

Contact Details:

Utah Pottery Project

Timothy James Scarlett, Director

Department of Social Sciences

Michigan Technological University

1400 Townsend Ave

Houghton, MI 49931

Phone: (906)487-2359

Fax: (906)487-2468

email: scarlett@mtu.edu