Ellsworth family.

Samuel George Ellsworth

Samuel George Ellsworth was born on June 19, 1916 in Safford, Arizona to James Clarence and Julia Claridge Ellsworth. As a child Ellsworth grew up living in a number of places including Arizona, Utah, California, and Missouri. He graduated from high school in Kansas City, Missouri in 1934 and attended Kansas City Junior College between 1934 and 1936 where he studied pre-architecture. Ellsworth then served an LDS mission to the North Central States Mission (headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota) between 1936 and 1938. As a missionary he was the Mission Supervisor of Sunday Schools and Mutual as well as the Mission Secretary. During this time, Ellsworth's interests in history replaced his previous ambitions in architecture and after returning home to his family in Logan, Utah he attended the Utah State Agricultural College. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in History and Mathematics in June 1941 he moved to Bunkerville, Nevada, to become principal of the Virgin Valley LDS Seminary and a teacher at Virgin Valley High School from September 1941 to November 1942.

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