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| Name |
Abraham Freer Carling |
| Birth |
19 Aug 1837 |
Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
9 Oct 1866 |
EHOUS |
| FamilySearch ID |
KW82-63J |
| Death |
2 Jan 1912 |
Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States |
| Burial |
4 Jan 1912 |
Fillmore Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I17474 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Family |
Ann Elizabeth Ashman, b. 20 Dec 1845, Islington, Middlesex, England d. 3 Oct 1929, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 83 years) |
| Marriage |
28 Sep 1862 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. John Carling, b. 5 Sep 1863, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 8 Jan 1945, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 81 years) |
| + | 2. Ann Elizabeth Carling, b. 23 May 1865, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 12 Mar 1925, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 59 years) |
| | 3. Abraham Freer Carling, b. 26 Mar 1867, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 2 Jul 1949, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 82 years) |
| | 4. Sarah Ellen Carling, b. 29 Jun 1869, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 19 Jul 1911, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 42 years) |
| + | 5. Emeline Carling, b. 16 Sep 1870, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 21 Jul 1911, Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 40 years) |
| + | 6. George Carling, b. 9 Jul 1873, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 4 Mar 1945, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 71 years) |
| | 7. Joseph Carling, b. 1 Jun 1875, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 30 Nov 1963, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 88 years) |
| | 8. Franklin Carling, b. 30 Mar 1877, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 23 Oct 1963, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 86 years) |
| | 9. Harriet Carling, b. 21 Mar 1879, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 13 Mar 1957 (Age 77 years) |
| | 10. Edward Ashman Carling, b. 2 Feb 1881, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 14 Jan 1890, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 8 years) |
| | 11. Ernest Carling, b. 4 Sep 1882, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 13 Oct 1955, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 73 years) |
| | 12. Katherine Keaton Carling, b. 23 Apr 1884, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 21 Sep 1939, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 55 years) |
| | 13. Isabel Carling, b. 6 Feb 1886, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 19 Jun 1978, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 92 years) |
| | 14. Elmer Carling, b. 3 Jun 1887, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 24 May 1954, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 66 years) |
| | 15. Lehi Carling, b. 28 Sep 1889, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 14 Oct 1890 (Age 1 year) |
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| Family ID |
F216 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2024 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 19 Aug 1837 - Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States |
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 | Marriage - 28 Sep 1862 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 9 Oct 1866 - EHOUS |
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 | Death - 2 Jan 1912 - Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States |
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 | Burial - 4 Jan 1912 - Fillmore Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States |
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| Notes |
- ABRAHAM FREER CARLING
(wife, Ann Elizabeth Ashman Carling)
By
Marilyn Brunson, 1936, and Dora C. Robinson, 1949, granddaughters
And from his own notes
Abraham Freer Carling was born August 19, 1837, in Poughkeepsie, Duche s s County, New York to John and Emeline Keaton Carling. He was raised w it h four brothers and two sisters.
When he was three, the family moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, where they joi n ed the L.D.S. Church. About this time Abraham’s mother died and a fe w ye ars later his father married Ann Green Dutson, a widow. They had tw o chi ldren, Frances Caleb and Joseph M. Abraham joined the Nauvoo Legio n an d became handy with rifle and sword. Here also, he saw and heard th e Pro phet Joseph Smith many times.
In 1845 the family moved to Winter Quarters where Abraham was baptize d i n the Missouri River. Here he worked at farming, gardening and herdi ng c ows. Often, whole herding cows, the Indians would steal his dinne r and t ry to pick his pocket.
At the age of fifteen he and his father crossed the plains with the Hen r y Miller Company along with Apostle Orson Hyde. Near the Black Hills t he y met a tribe of 4000 Sioux Indians who seemed to rise up out of the e art h. The three chiefs leading the Indians met Captain Miller. He requ este d that the Indians be ordered to the side of the road so as not to s tampe de the two-mile long train. The Indians obeyed this request at onc e, an d as the train moved by the chiefs, [the] Mormons gave cups of suga r an d flour and loaves of bread to them in appreciation for the Indian’ s goo d behavior. These Sioux were on their way to Laramie to receive th eir An nuity from the government.
On the way, Abraham saw thousands of buffalo, a few of which were kill e d by members of the train and used for food.
The Saints arrived in Provo in 1852, and in 1853 the Indian War commenc e d. George A. Smith was Captain of the Army. He called for volunteer s wh o were under age promising them the same rights granted to the regul ars . In the fall of 1953 Abraham’s company was sent to Fillmore to stre ngth en that post because of the many U.S. Surveyors who were slain nea r Gunni son on the Sevier River. In 1855 Abraham’s father, a member of t he Legis lature, died leaving Abraham to take care of his stepmother an d her famil y.
The family moved to Fillmore and then went to Deseret where Abraham hel p ed survey and helped put in the first dam and head gate. From here, i n 1 862, he was called on a mission to bring emigrants across the plains . H e had put $1000 into the Deseret Dam, and lost it all when the dam we nt o ut.
While on this mission Abraham met Ann Elizabeth Ashman, who rode in th e t hird wagon behind him. They got acquainted and would meet around th e cam pfires at night with the other Saints. They were married when the y reach ed Salt Lake City in 1862 by Bishop Edward Hunter. They raised f ifteen c hildren, thirteen of which reached maturity. The children’s nam es were J ohn, Ann Elizabeth, Abraham Freer, Sarah Ellen, Emeline, George , Joseph , Frank, Harriet, Edward, Ernest, Catherine Keaton, Isabella, El mer, an d Lehi. This big family all married and settled in Fillmore an d contribu ted to the town in both social and civic affairs.
Abraham had a severe fever when he was seventeen and lost all his hai r . He had several wigs, one of which was made from his wife’s hair. Wh il e going to church one day a whirlwind came up and took his wig far int o t he air. This was great sport for the children who saw it!
Abraham proved to be a faithful father and husband. As an exceptiona l b utcher he always provided them with fresh meat. He raised a splendi d gar den and fruit orchard. He also made brooms and candles. He aide d in bui lding the Old State Caption Building. Abraham was a staunch Chur ch membe r and a full tithe payer. He was a deacon, a High Priest and he ad teache r under Bishop Anderson for six years. He never missed his chu rch duties , no matter what the weather.
Three or four years before he died, Abraham had a stroke, which left h i m without speech. He died of heart trouble January 2, at age 74.
ANN ELIZABETH ASHMAN CARLING
By
Dora Robison, granddaughter, 1946
Ann Elizabeth Ashman was born in London, England December 20, 1837, to J o hn and Ann Wilde Ashman. She was the oldest of five children. Her fat he r was a mason by trade and a Methodist minister converted to Mormonis m . For a long time after his conversion, his wife was bitterly oppose d t o it, but finally consented for his sake.
At the age of six Ann and her sisters had to work in the Lace Factory . W hen she was sixteen her father decided to send her to America. Joh n fel t if he could send one of his children first, then his wife would w ant t o go. Ann was sent in the charge of Reuben McBride, a Utah mission ary wh o was laboring in England. It was agreed that she should stay wit h his f olks until her parents could come, as they were without means t o make th e trip at the time.
This was a very serious decision for Ann. One night as she lay in he r b ed, she saw two lights and an open book (The Book of Mormon). She ha d ne ver seen one quite like it. Right then Ann decided she should go.
Ann Elizabeth left England on Waster Sunday, 1862, on John Boyd’s shi p u nder the direction of James T. Brown with 700 other Saints. After si x we eks they arrived in New York. She joined the Henry Miller Company g oin g to Utah and met one of the teamsters, Abraham Freer Carling. He li ke d this little English girl very much, and asked her to marry him whe n the y reached Salt Lake City. Ann decided if she got married, she woul d the n have a home for her people when they could come. Ann and Abraha m wer e married September 28, 1862 in Salt Lake City. Abraham paid her $ 40 imm igration fee and they went to Fillmore to make their home.
After two years a small inheritance from an uncle was left to Ann’s par e nts. The money was used for all of them to come to America. When the y a rrived in Fillmore, Ann and Abraham were living in a one-room log cab in i n the northwest end of town. They had one son, John. Soon after th eir a rrival her parents began to build a home across the street on lan d Abraha m had purchased for them. Hr father built a rock house, which w as a two- story building with a porch on the east side. It was considere d a very b eautiful home at that time and still stands in Fillmore.
In later years Ann and Abraham built them a two-room log house. Many p a rties were held there. They were members of Fillmore’s first choir an d r emained members for forty years. Ann received a blessing for her con stan t choir work, which said she would always have a representative of h er fa mily in the Fillmore Choir. They lived their religion in every way , th e one big thing they had strived for all their lives.
Their family consisted of fifteen children. Edward and Lehi died in th e ir teens of a fever. The rest grew up and married in Fillmore. Ann a n d Abraham lived all their married lives on the lot where they raised th ei r family. Their trials were many with this large family, but they nev e r missed paying their tithes and always had family prayer.
Abraham died in 1912 leaving Ann to carry one. Ann died October 3, 19 2 1 at the age of 83, a true Christian mother.
Biography obtained from the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, Fillmore, Ut a h, Territorial Statehouse Museum.
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