Isaiah Hunstman, Jr

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• FamilySearch ID: K2WR-X3B
• Initiatory (LDS): 25 Jan 1911, MANTI

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• Initiatory (LDS): 31 Mar 1936, SLAKE

Isaiah married Susan Delilah Dalton in Jun 1875 in Monroe, Sevier, Utah, United States. Susan was born on 26 Feb 1862 in Kanosh, Millard, Utah, United States; died in Mar 1902 in Meeker, Rio Blanco, Colorado, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Initiatory (LDS): 8 Aug 1940, LOGAN

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• Initiatory (LDS): 10 Mar 1854, EHOUS

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Pioneer
Pioneer Company: Harry Walton/Garden Grove Company
Age at Departure: 24



Isaiah Huntsman (1826-1878) & Rebecca Carter Ames(1830-1915)
Blacksmith, Farmer Morman Batta l ion Company B.

Isaiah Huntsman Sr (James, James, James, John). was born 1826 i n P erry, Ohio. He died 1878 in Annabella, Severe, Utah. He married 1) R ebec ca Carter Ames in 1849 and to this union was born twelve children . Rebec ca Carter Ames was born in 1830 in Moore’s, New York and died 19 15 in Mo ab, Utah. Her parents joined the church in 1832 and traveled t o Kirklan d in 1834, 1836 in Jackson Co., Missouri and moved to Far Wes t Missouri i n 1838. .Isaiah married 2) 1856 Emma Melissa King, 3) 186 8 Sophia Egbert ; 4) 1869 Seviah Cunningham.
Isaiah was but four years old when the new and sweeping religion ca m e into existence. Soon after his parents came in contact with its teac hi ng, they accepted and was baptized. James. Mary, and family moved t o La ke co., Ohio (Kirkland.) Latter as a result of much dissent of thei r nei ghbors, The decision was made to move to Jackson co.,Missouri. Th e Hunts man family was in Jackson county in 1837. In 1838 Peter was bor n (chil d 9) In 1839 Isaiah was baptized, age 13. In 1842 the Huntsman f amily wa s in Nauvoo.Again Persecution raised its ugly head, the prophe t Joseph an d his brother Hyrum was martyed. Brigham Young became the n ext prophe t and plans were made to go West. In 1846 the call was mad e by the Unit ed States government for 500 men to join the Morman Batalli on to fight i n the Mexican American War. Isaiah Huntsman at age 20 join ed. He was pla ced in company B.
In 1847 Isaiah was released from the batallion in California, a n d he along with others of his buddies, wended their way from Californ i a to the great Salt Lake Valley. They wandered off the trail and foun d th emselves in what is now Millard Co., Isaiah was so impressed with t he be auty and possibilites of the valley that he vowed that he would bui ld a h ome there. ...... .... . . When t hey reached Salt Lake valley , Isaiah found his family had no t arrived y et. He and the other members of the battalion organized a wa gon train an d made several trips to Council Bluffs,Iowa .
Just when and where Isaiah and Rebecca Carter Ames met is not know n ; but Rebecca's father Ira V. Ames was also an early convert to the Mor ma n faith and was driven by the mob to the body of the church.Accordin g t o Ames family history, Rebecca's mother Charity Carter Ames died in 1 83 9 because of the hardships and several trials of the mind and the sc ene s she passed through in the mobbing of Far West. The marriage of Isai ah H untsman and Rebecca Ames is recorded in of Pottawatomie County. o n the 1 6 January 1849 of Isaiah Huntsman of Council Bluffs and Rebecca C arter Am es of Springtown of Pottawatomie county . They resided in Counci l Bluff s and Ezra,their first son was born 12 Nov. 1849. They made thei r home t here until 1852 when Brigham Young sent a letter to the saints i n Iowa, s aying if they wanted to be counted among the saints of Zion ,th ey would s ell their homes and property and move to the rocky mountains.
“Isaiah and Rebecca crossed the plains in the 5th company of Ez r a T. Bensen train. The group left Kanesville, Iowa on 4 July 1849, an d a rrived in great Salt Lake Valley on 27 Oct 1849. The company consist ed o f 447 persons and 120 wagons. The wagons was heavily loaded with f amili es, provisions, merchandise, household goods, farming and merchandi se too ls. The trip over one thousand miles consisted of the ordinary pro blems e ncountered by all the migrating groups little sickness on the rou te, thou gh they encountered heat, cold, rain and snow. In one snowstorm , snow fel l 18 inches deep at Willow Creek and the company lost 62 hea d of cattle , some pigs, and chickens froze to death.” The Huntsman Herit age by Elain e Jutesen. Once in the Salt Lake Valley, they settled Mill c reek.
They arrived in Salt Lake City in 1851 and settled in South Salt Lak e , Milcreek. Late in October in 1851 two long companies set out to Fill mo re to start a settlement. The following year 1852 many more familie s arr ived in Fillmore to settle including the Isaiah Huntsman family. I saia h could not forget the bueatiful valley of Millard county and in th e spri ng of 1854 moved his family Fillmore. Here he took up agricultur e in a s mall scale and followed the task of blacksmith.
The settlers decided to dig a ditch to carry water to the fields we s t of the town. Isaiah and Wesley Dane invented a two way plough that w a s used to dig the ditch. It threw the dirt both ways and was a real he lp . Isaiah was called to Cache valley in 1864/65 and lived their six yea rs . Isaiah entered of pleural marriage in 1856 taking a second wife--Em m a Malisssa King. To this union was born seven children. Rebecca and M el issa worked well together....Isaiah and a Morman Batallio n friend Rob ert C Egbert made an agreement with each other that if one o r the othe r died the other would care for the orphaned family Following t he deat h of Robert Egbert Isaiah in 1868 married the widow Seviah Cunn ingha m Egbert, and took the children to raise.To this union was born on e chil d. Serviarah was supposedly a sickly woman and demanded a great d eal o f the two women. After she claimed to be sick and the others comple te d her work only to find she had faked the illness. A bill of divorceme n t was obtained , Seiviah returned to Salt Lake City and latter remarie d . Harmony returned to the household and they moved to Annabella, Sevia h , Utah. .
In Isaiah 27 years in Utah, he built 14 homes for his family, an d h e did much to build up the communities he called home. He fought i n th e Utah indian wars , helped the wilderness and and left an honorabl e heri tage. He died in his home in Annabella and was buried next to hi s fathe r in Fillmore. Rebecca eventually moved in with one of her son s in Moab , Utah where she died.

Di e d (Obituary)
At his residence in Annabella, Seviere, Utah on the third day of Ju n e A.D. 1878, of consumption–after a long and severe illness-Isaiah Hun ts man, son of James and Mary Johnston Huntsman . He was born near Belle vue , Richland county, Ohio, September 14th,1826. In company with his fa ther s family passed through all the trials, mobbings, and final expulsio n o f the saints from Missouri and Illinois. And on the call for men b y th e United States government , enlisted in the Mormon Battalion, Jul y 16th, 1846; experienced the untold hardships of that unparalleled campa ign acro ss the continent with that party of brave men to lower Californi a, wher e he was discharged on July 16th, 1847; returning to the Salt Lak e Valley , winter quarters in the winter, where he remained till the spr ing of 18 57, when he crossed the plains to Utah, and has resided in diff erent part s of is territory up to the time of his death
He died as he lived, firm in the faith of the new and everlasting c o venant . He leaves a large family being the father of nine sons and el ev en daughters. Before his death he expressed a desire to be laid besid e h is father in the Fillmore Cemetery , therefore his remains were broug h t here and deposited as requested, on the morning of the 6th inst–co m (D esert News)



Mormon Battalion
Susan Easton Black
Utah History Encyclopedia, 1994

In July 1846, under the authority of U.S. Army Captain James Allen and w i th the encouragement of Mormon leader Brigham Young, the Mormon Battali o n was mustered in at Council Bluffs, Iowa Territory. The battalion wa s th e direct result of Brigham Young’s correspondence on 26 January 184 6 to J esse C. Little, presiding elder over the New England and Middle St ates Mi ssion. Young instructed Little to meet with national leaders in W ashingto n, D.C., and to seek aid for the migrating Latter-day Saints, th e majorit y of whom were then in the Iowa Territory. In response to Young ’s letter , Little journeyed to Washington, arriving on 21 May 1846, jus t eight day s after Congress had declared war on Mexico.
Little met with President James K. Polk on 5 June 1846 and urged him t o a id migrating Mormon pioneers by employing them to fortify and defen d th e West. The president offered to aid the pioneers by permitting the m to r aise a battalion of five hundred men, who were to join Colonel Ste phen W . Kearny, Commander of the Army of the West, and fight for the Uni ted Sta tes in the Mexican War. Little accepted this offer.
Colonel Kearny designated Captain James Allen, later promoted to Lieuten a nt Colonel, to raise five companies of volunteer soldiers from the able -b odied men between the ages of eighteen and forty-five in the Mormon en cam pments in Iowa. On 26 June 1846 Allen arrived at the encampment of Mt . Pi sgah. He was treated with suspicion as many believed that the raisin g o f a battalion was a plot to bring trouble to the migrating Saints.
Allen journeyed from Mt. Pisgah to Council Bluffs, where on 1 July 184 6 h e allayed Mormon fears by giving permission for the Saints to encam p on U nited States lands if the Mormons would raise the desired battalio n. Brig ham Young accepted this, recognizing that the enlistment of the b attalio n was the first time the government had stretched forth its arm t o aid th e Mormons.
On 16 July 1846 some 543 men enlisted in the Mormon Battalion. From amo n g these men Brigham Young selected the commissioned officers; they incl ud ed Jefferson Hunt, Captain of Company A; Jesse D. Hunter, Captain of C omp any B; James Brown, Captain of Company C; Nelson Higgins, Captain o f Comp any D; and Daniel C. Davis, Captain of Company E. Among the most p rominen t non-Mormon military officers immediately associated with the ba ttalio n march were Lt. Col. James Allen, First Lt. Andrew Jackson Smith , Lt. Co l. Philip St. George Cooke, and Dr. George Sanderson. Also accom panying t he battalion were approximately thirty-three women, twenty of w hom serve d as laundresses, and fifty-one children.
The battalion marched from Council Bluffs on 20 July 1846, arrivin g o n 1 August 1846 at Fort Leavenworth (Kansas), where they were outfitt ed f or their trek to Santa Fe. Battalion members drew their arms and acc outre ments, as well as a clothing allowance of forty-two dollars, at th e fort . Since a military uniform was not mandatory, many of the soldier s sent t heir clothing allowances to their families in the encampments i n Iowa.
The march from Fort Leavenworth was delayed by the sudden illness of Col o nel Allen. Capt. Jefferson Hunt was instructed to begin the march to Sa nt a Fe; he soon received word that Colonel Allen was dead. Allen’s deat h ca used confusion regarding who should lead the battalion to Santa Fe . Lt. A . J. Smith arrived from Fort Leavenworth claiming the lead, and h e was ch osen the commanding officer by the vote of battalion officers. T he leader ship transition proved difficult for many of the enlisted men , as they we re not consulted about the decision.
Smith and his accompanying surgeon, a Dr. Sanderson, have been describ e d in journals as the “heaviest burdens” of the battalion. Under Smith’ s d ictatorial leadership and with Sanderson’s antiquated prescriptions , th e battalion marched to Santa Fe. On this trek the soldiers suffere d fro m excessive heat, lack of sufficient food, improper medical treatme nt, an d forced long-distance marches.
The first division of the Mormon Battalion approached Santa Fe on 9 Octo b er 1846. Their approach was heralded by Col. Alexander Doniphan, who or de red a one-hundred-gun salute in their honor. At Santa Fe, Smith was re lie ved of his command by Lt. Col. Philip St. George Cooke. Cooke, awar e of t he rugged trail between Santa Fe and California and also aware tha t one s ick detachment had already been sent from the Arkansas River to F ort Pueb lo in Colorado, ordered the remaining women and children to acco mpany th e sick of the battalion to Pueblo for the winter. Three detachme nts consi sting of 273 people eventually were sent to Pueblo for the wint er of 1846 -47.
The remaining soldiers, with four wives of officers, left Santa Fe for C a lifornia on 19 October 1846. They journeyed down the Rio Grande del Nor t e and eventually crossed the Continental Divide on 28 November 1846. Wh il e moving up the San Pedro River in present-day Arizona, their column w a s attacked by a herd of wild cattle. In the ensuing fight, a number o f bu lls were killed and two men were wounded. Following the “Battle of t he Bu lls,” the battalion continued their march toward Tucson, where the y antic ipated a possible battle with the Mexican soldiers garrisoned the re. At T ucson, the Mexican defenders temporarily abandoned their positio ns and n o conflict ensued.
On 21 December 1846 the battalion encamped on the Gila River. They cross e d the Colorado River into California on 9 and 10 January 1847. By 29 Ja nu ary 1847 they were camped at the Mission of San Diego, about five mile s f rom General Kearny’s quarters. That evening Colonel Cooke rode to Kea rny’ s encampment and reported the battalion’s condition. On 30 January 1 847 C ooke issued orders enumerating the accomplishments of the Mormon Ba ttalio n. “History may be searched in vain for an equal march of infantry . Hal f of it has been through a wilderness where nothing but savages an d wil d beasts are found, or deserts where, for lack of water, there is n o livi ng creature.”
During the remainder of their enlistment, some members of the battalio n w ere assigned to garrison duty at either San Diego, San Luis Rey, or C iuda d de los Angeles. Other soldiers were assigned to accompany Genera l Kearn y back to Fort Leavenworth. All soldiers, whether en route to th e Salt La ke Valley via Pueblo or still in Los Angeles, were mustered ou t of the Un ited States Army on 16 July 1847. Eighty-one men chose to ree nlist and se rve an additional eight months of military duty under Captai n Daniel C. D avis in Company A of the Mormon Volunteers. The majority o f the soldier s migrated to the Salt Lake Valley and were reunited with t heir pioneerin g families.
The men of the Mormon Battalion are honored for their willingness to fig h t for the United States as loyal American citizens. Their march of som e 2 ,000 miles from Council Bluffs to California is one of the longest mi lita ry marches in history. Their participation in the early developmen t of Ca lifornia by building Fort Moore in Los Angeles, building a courth ouse i n San Diego, and making bricks and building houses in southern Cal iforni a contributed to the growth of the West.
Following their discharge, many men helped build flour mills and sawmil l s in northern California. Some of them were among the first to discove r g old at Sutter’s Mill. Men from Captain Davis’s Company A were respons ibl e for opening the first wagon road over the southern route from Calif orni a to Utah in 1848.
Historic sites associated with the battalion include the Mormon Battali o n Memorial Visitor’s Center in San Diego, California; Fort Moore Pione e r Memorial in Los Angeles, California; and the Mormon Battalion Monume n t in Memory Grove, Salt Lake City, Utah. Monuments relating to the batt al ion are also located in New Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado, and trail m ark ers have been placed on segments of the battalion route.
See: Sergeant Daniel Tyler, A Concise History of the Mormon Battalio n i n the Mexican War 1846–1848 (1969); Philip St. George Cooke, et. al. , Exp loring Southwestern Trails, 1846–1854 (1938); Frank Alfred Golder , Thoma s A. Bailey, and Lyman J. Smith, eds., The March of the Mormon Ba ttalio n from Council Bluffs to California Taken from the Journal of Henr y S

Isaiah married Rebecca Carter Ames on 16 Jan 1849 in Stringtown, Adams, Iowa, United States. Rebecca (daughter of Ira Ames and Charity Carter) was born on 11 Aug 1830 in Mooers, Clinton, New York, United States; died on 20 Jan 1915 in Moab, Grand, Utah, United States; was buried on 22 Jan 1915 in Moab, Grand, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Initiatory (LDS): 10 Mar 1854

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• Initiatory (LDS): 25 Sep 1855, EHOUS

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SOURCE: A Profile of...Camp, 1830-39. Backman, Jr., Milton V.

SOURCE: Nauvoo: Early Mormon...Series 1839-46. Platt, Lyman. 1980

SOURCE: Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah. Esshom, Frank. 1913 Page: 950

SOURCE: Utah Federal Census; Year: 1860, 1870

SOURCE: Nauvoo Social History Project. Smith, James

SOURCE: LDS Missouri Petitions of 1830's Johnson, Clark

Pioneer
Harry Walton/Garden Grove Company (1851) Age at departure: 49
About 21 families from Garden Grove plus other individuals and 60 wago n s were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting po s t at Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs). They left Garden Gr ov e, Iowa on 17 May 1851.


Brief History of James HUNTSMAN and Mary JOHNSTON HUNTSMAN Written by: E s tella Rebecca Spafford Sampson (a Great Granddaughter)

James Huntsman was born on 6 June 1801 in the state of Pennsylvania. H i s wife, Mary Johnston was born 6 May 1801 in Pennsylvania. They were ma rr ied in the same state, then moved to Kirtland Ohio, USA in 1830. Ther e th ey joined the Mormon Church when it was organized. His son tells u s tha t James was the 36th member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latte r Day S aint. They moved from Kirtland Ohio to Jackson County, Missouri . They liv ed there until 1839 when they were driven out on the 27th Feb . 1839. On t he second day out on the road Feb 28th 1839, their son Pete r was born i n an old blacksmith shop, which is still standing in Jackso n County, Miss ouri. The next day on the 29th, they started on their jour ney to Nauvoo , Illionios. In Nauvoo on the 3rd of June 1841, their daugh ter Sarah wa s born. They lived in Nauvoo until the Prophet Joseph and hi s brother Hyr um Smith were Martyred. In 1846 they moved to Counsil Bluff s and settle d there. Their son Isaac died there in 1850. they ere amon g the first se ttlers at that place. He (James) built a grist mill and so ld flour to th e emigrants as they came along. In 1851 they, with other s aints, left the re on their way to the Rocky Mountains, in the Caption Me rott Company o f 50 wagons. Captian William Barton was captian over thei r 10. they settl ed in Salt Lake City on Mill Creek in 1851. they staye d there until 185 3 when they were called by President Brigham Young to g o South and help s ettle Fillmore, Millard County Utah. James Huntsman di ed in Fillmore on 1 0 Nov 1871 at the age of 70 years. His wife Mary John ston Huntsman died 1 5 Aug 1895 at Arrow Grand, San Louis County, Califor nia, USA. She was pla ce in the poor house by her sone Jacob. She was ver y unhappy there and lo nged many times to return to her home in Fillmore . She left the Church wh en she went to California but in her later year s longed to become a membe r of the church again. Her sons did not repor t her death to her dear one s in Utah. They didn’t know until one of he r granddaughters came from Cal ifornia to Utah and told the story of he r sad life and her sorrow and dea th. While Mary lived in Utah, she wa s a weaver of fine cloth, and dyed he r own colors, she carded wool and m ade many beautiful coverlids and blank ets. James held many responsible p ositions in Fillmore. For a number o f years after they settled there, h e acted as Santa Claus to the poor o f the town, taking apples and frie d cakes, that his wife had made. He wa s a member ot he 21st Quoram of th e Seventies and was also in the Mormo n Batalion in the Company B. He wa s ordained a Seventy 16 July 1847. He d ied June 3rd 1878 at Annabella Se vier County, Utah, USA. But was taken t o Fillmore for Burial. HE was a b lacsmith by trade. Mary Johnston Huntsma n died 15 Aug 1890 at Arrow Gran d, San Louis County, California. Her pare nts were Samuel Johnston and El izabeth Johnston.
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Isaiah HUNTSMAN and Rebecca Carter AMES Family Group Sheet notes

#1 Ezra md (2) Mary Williams, 25 Oct 1879, Annabella, Sevier, Utah. Ma r y Williams was formerly married to George Chandler, Temple cancellatio n o f this marriage recorded in President McKays Office. Two children b y thi s marriage, Mary Elizabeth Chandler and George Andrew Chandler, the y wer e adopted by Ezra. As of 25 Apr 1965, nothing has been found on Mar y Walt on or possible children of this union .

#2 Harriet md (1) BANKHEAD, John Henderson, no date found and one chil d b y this union, Joseph Huntsman Bankhead. Temple Cancellation of this m arri eage. Md. (2) DALTON, Daniel Henry. Joseph Huntsman Bankhead was sea led t o Mother and Daniel Henry Dalton.

#4 Isaiah Jr. (1) DALTON, Susan. She died in fire at Meeker Colorado. ( 2 ) md Pamer, Mary. She died in child birth, child was raised by Catholi c f amily by the name of Clark. The child is known by Jack Clark and live s i n Long Beach, California, USA. Child not legally adopted. (3) md LEWI S, T hirza Ellen Lewis.

#7 Estella, md NEBEKER, Lewis Monroe, he died leaving her with a small c h ild. Another child died in infancy. She md. (2) SPAFFORD, William Nels o n Jr. children by Nebeker were sealed to Estella and William Nelson Spa ff ord Jr.

#9 William (1) THURSTON, Evelyn (Eeveline) she died and he md (2) JOHNSO N , Minnie Jane. She was previously married and her children are seale d t o her 1st husband THURSTON, Erastus.

James married Mary Johnston on 19 Nov 1822 in Perry Township, Lake, Ohio, United States. Mary (daughter of Samuel Johnston and Elizabeth Huntsman) was born on 6 May 1801 in Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States; died on 15 Aug 1895 in Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, California, United States; was buried in Arroyo Grande Cemetery, San Luis Obispo, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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DEATH: San Luis Obispo Tribune 23 Aug 1895

BIRTH: 1850 Census of Troy Twp., Richland Co., Ohio

Mary Johnson was born May 6, 1801 in Washington County, Pennsylvania: t h e daughter of Samuel Johnson and Elizabeth Huntsman. While yet a child , s he went with her parents to the “virgin” Ohio Valley where she met he r fu ture husband James Huntsman. In 1822 they were married and lived i n Richl and County near their parents as they began to raise their family .
In the fall of 1833, the Mormon missionaries began preaching in Richla n d County and James and Mary were among the first members of the Churc h o f Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is presumed that Mary’s mothe r wa s also baptized. They sold their comfortable home and huge farm to b e nea r the Saints and were among those who were in Jackson County. The y were p resent in the bloody slaughter at Haun’s Mill, where their broth er-in law , Jacob Potts was killed; a victim to the ruthless mob .
Faith and Peace was again found in the city of Nauvoo. They were clos e t o the Prophet Joseph Smith. From Joseph’s own journal is found this e ntry : “October 7, 1842; This day teachers for the school of the prophet s me t and organized in Nauvoo, Illinois, with Elish Averett, President ; Jame s Huntsman, First Counselor; James Hendricks, Second Counselor.” T hey wer e active in the building of the Temple and when it was complete d were amo ng those who did work for the dead.
A short time before the martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph Smith, James to o k his youngest son Peter to the Temple and the child was afraid of th e ox en. The Prophet lifted the child up so that he could touch one of th e oxe n and explained to the boy that they were not real .
If their testimonies had not been tested and tired, once again they we r e without a home as they watched their beautiful city burn under the ha nd s of a mob. The Huntsman’s were resettled in Council Bluffs with the r ema ining faithful Saints. It was their on July 17, 1846 at Pleasant Morn ing , Camp Israel, Council Bluffs that quote:” President Brigham Young se lect ed the brethren to act as Bishops; James Huntsman and others.” He i s reco rded as being a man of great means and generosity when called upon .” Some time after their baptism James was called to serve a mission in T ennessee , leaving his wife to raise the family in Richland County.
The family crossed the plains with the early Saints and lived in Salt La k e City, Utah Territory for one year before heading south to Fillmore i n O ctober 1852. They took up residence in an old fort once used to prote ct t he settlers from warring Indians. Time passed and James Huntsman bui l t a brick home which stands today at what is known as 150 West Center S tr eet. It was here that they farmed and raised cattle to make a living.
Brigham Young visited James Huntsman and family often, both in Salt La k e City and Fillmore, Utah. James was only married once, but his brothe r s journals indicated that he would have taken on more wives as was th e cu stom, but his wife forbade it.
On one occasion Brigham Young visited James and suggested that he migh t t ake on another family since her able to financially. James told Presi den t young he was willing if he could persuade is wife Mary to go for it . Pr esident Young preceded in the home as directly asked Mary is she wou ld pe rmit James to take another wife. She was drinking coffee at the tim e an d threw it in President Young’s face. President Young headed out th e doo r and to his horse drawn buggy saying to James, never mind you hav e all t he wife you can handle. Mary left to California with a few child ren afte r she became a widow and she followed her children seeking gol d in Califo rnia. She died August 15, 1895 in Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obi spo County , California.

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Ira married Charity Carter on 4 Dec 1826 in Benson, Rutland, Vermont, United States. Charity was born on 25 Feb 1807 in Benson, Rutland, Vermont, United States; died on 22 Jun 1839 in Clayton, Adams, Illinois, United States; was buried in Clayton, Adams, Illinois, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Initiatory (LDS): 16 Jun 1886, LOGAN