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Wright Paynter Shill Sr. is the son of Charles Goulding or Golding Shill 1821-1910 and Harriet Stronach Paynter 1848-1931, both from Gloucestershire, England.

Wright P. Shill Sr.was just months old when the Shill family moved from Croydon, Utah in the spring of 1880 to Lehi, Arizona. At that time Lehi was a small settlement established in 1877 by Mormon pioneers under the leadership of Daniel Jones. In 1883 the settlement was named Lehi for a Book of Mormon leader. Lehi is now a part of Mesa, Arizona. The Shill's established a farm on North Mesa Drive, close to the Salt River, a tributary of the Gila River.

Family history recorded that Andrew Jensen, Church Historian was in the Mesa vicinity visiting from Utah on Sunday, May 13, 1894. That night he spent in the home of Charles Goulding Shill, and talking to his 14 year-old son Wright. Jensen told the boy how he had been keeping a daily journal of his life since he was a teenage boy and encouraged Wright to do the same. Wright was inspired by Jensen's remarks and at age 15 commenced a daily record of his life and the community in which he lived, that continued for the next 77 years, matching the record of Bro. Jensen.

Wright's journal has come in very handy at times when someone wanted to find information about a certain event that happened or a person's role in the event. Earl Merrill, a Lehi, Arizona native, and author of the "One Hundred..." series books about life in Mesa -- often referred to Wright's journals for information and details. Also several of Wright's friends have searched the journals for reminders and memories. The autobiography of Wright Paynter Shill is a great source of pride to his many descendants. There is, however, one descendant who claims the Autobiography as her own, that individual has selfishly demanded that this entire web page be removed so she can use the materials for a book she wants to publish and from which she will personally profit.

We know there are other Shill family members who have copies of Wright's journals, and that those journals, or at least portions of them have been posted on the Internet in the past. If you have these materials please share them with us. Contact: orsonprattbrown@gmail.com to discuss placing Wright's life's work and interesting history here to share on our family site . Thank you.

Thomas Piercy Biggs

Children of Wright Paynter Shill and Lille Emma Rothrock Shill

Priscilla Louisa Shill

Born: 25 August 1906 at Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona

Married: Lavour Hans Bergen on 30 July 1930 at Lehi, Maricopa, Arizona

Died: 28 June 1957 at Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona

Ruth Eliza Shill

Born: 8 September 1908 at Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona

Married: Reuben Maurice Wakefield or William Lee Wakefield on 1 May or 17 June, 1952

Died: 20 Jul 2004

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George Rothrock Shill

Born: 11 Sep 1910 at Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona

Married: Olga Svob of Gallup, McKinley, New Mexico on 28 August 1937 in Mesa, Arizona

Died: c. 1990

Charles Goulding Shill II

Born: May 10, 1914 at Lehi, Maricopa, Arizona

Married: Winnie Lee Williams on 17 June 1952 at Fredonia, Mojave, Arizona

Died: May 16, 1990 at Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona

Marshall Woods Shill

Born: 23 April 1916 at Lehi, Maricopa, Arizona

Child:

Died: 19 Jun 1920 at Lehi, Maricopa, Arizona

Marva June Shill

Born: 23 June 1918 at Mesa Maricopa, Arizona

Married: Frank Samuel Bueler on 9 September 1941 at Alburquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico

Died:

Wright Paynter Shill, Jr.

Born: 25 September 1920 at Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona

Married: (1) Frances Clara Stuart on 18 January 1946; (2) Florence Katharine Wilson on 23 July 1954; (3) Betty Lou Casey on 3 September 1966 at Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada

Died: 22 November 1979 at Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona

Henry Miles Shill

Born: 6 January 1923 at Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona

Married: June Merkel on 23 December 1960 in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada

Died:

Don Herman Shill

Born: 30 October 1924 at Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona

Married: Dorothy Lee on 2 Feb 1955 at Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona

Died:

Dr. Wilson Thompson Shill

Born: 20 Nov 1928 at Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona

Married: Melba Noreen Denham on 4 August 1951 at Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona

Died: 29 June 1988 at Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona

Sources:

PAF - Archer files = Orson Pratt Brown + Elizabeth Macdonald (+ Pardon Milo Webb) > Marguerite Webb Brown + Otto Stronach Shill Sr. 1893-1982 < Charles Golding Shill + Harriet S. Paynter > Wright Paynter Shill Sr. 1980-1972 is Otto S. Shill Sr's older brother.

The Shill family is also a part of the late 1870's Morgan County, Utah / Summit County, Utah settlement history.

http://www.familysearch.org

The Tribune, Mesa, Arizona Pages B-6 and B-7, The Zipf File "W.P. Shill, POW, outdoorsman, gone" by Walter Zipf.

http://genealogy.az.gov/

http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:IOmgSW3n404J:shillrothrock.com/ArchiveDocs/MEMOIRS_FROM_THE
_JOURNALS_OF_WRIGHT_P_(PAYNTER_OR_PAINTER)_SHILL.pdf+%22otto+stronach+shill%22andhl=enandgl=
usandct=clnkandcd=4andclient=firefox-a

http://shillrothrock.com/ArchiveDocs/MEMOIRS_FROM_THE_JOURNALS_OF_WRIGHT_P_(PAYNTER_
OR_PAINTER)_SHILL.pdf.

Wright's Autobiography was transcribed by Olga Svob Shill, wife of George Rothrock Shill., son of WPS Sr. This work took many years and we want to show our appreciation for her efforts and contribution to family history. Wright's efforts to write his Autobiography for seven decades, and Olga's years of dedication to transcribe them are here provided to honor their work for his and Elizabeth Macdonald's descendants.

Additions, bold, [bracketed], some photos, etc., added by Lucy Brown Archer

Wright Paynter Shill, Sr.

Priscilla Louisa Shill

Ruth Eliza Shill

George Rothrock Shill

Charles Goulding Shill II

Marshall Woods Shill

Marva June Shill

Wright Paynter Shill, Jr.

Henry Miles Shill

Don Herman Shill

Dr. Wilson Thompson Shill

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