1585: Forever Stalwart: Titus Billings, Isaac Morley, and Edward Tuttle’s Pioneer Legacy with Susan Billings Mitchell
About this episode
Susan Billings Mitchell discusses her research into her pioneer ancestors and how it inspired her novel-style series, Forever Stalwart.
After spending more than three decades researching her pioneer ancestors, faith-based author Susan Billings Mitchell refused to let their stories stay dry and distant. In this episode of Marketer of the Day, Robert Plank talks with Susan about how she turned generations of family history into Forever Stalwart, a gripping, novel-style series that feels more like an epic saga than a genealogy report The series follows three real Mormon pioneer families: Titus Billings, Isaac Morley, and Edward Tuttle, as they navigate persecution, the Missouri extermination order, disease, starvation, harsh weather, and repeated forced migrations in their quest for religious freedom. Susan explains how a single request from her father to “write Grandpa’s story” led her into years of pre-Internet research in small museums and libraries, reconstructing the life of her great-great-grandfather after his original journal was lost, refining. https://youtu.be/eu983UhCWwE?si=ZVYXVe_6gdHeIii1 What began as an 800-page historical “brick” has become a multi-volume saga organized by both location (Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, across the plains, and Salt Lake) and spiritual theme (discovery, testing, sacrifice…
People in this episode
Host: Robert Plank
Guest: Susan Billings Mitchell
Topics covered
- family history
- genealogy
- Mormon pioneers
- historical accuracy
- storytelling
- religious freedom
Keywords
- pioneer legacy
- historical research
- family stories
- genealogy report
- religious persecution
- storytelling techniques
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Mormon
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