 1851 - 1926 (75 years) Submit Photo / Document
Has 6 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
Lehi Heward |
| Birth |
7 Aug 1851 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1860 |
Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
19 Jan 1869 |
EHOUS |
| Census |
21 Jun 1900 |
Navajo Indian Reservation, Coconino, Arizona, United States |
| Census |
17 Jan 1910 |
Heber, Navajo, Arizona, United States |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWZ4-7CC |
| Death |
2 Dec 1926 |
Woodruff, Navajo, Arizona, United States |
| Burial |
4 Dec 1926 |
RV Mike Ramsay Memorial Cemetery, Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States |
| Headstones |
 Submit Headstone Photo |
| Person ID |
I23291 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
John Heward, b. 7 Apr 1813, North Dalton, Yorkshire, England d. 23 May 1890, Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 77 years) |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Terry, b. 17 Nov 1814, Palmyra, Wayne, New York, United States d. 6 Mar 1878, Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 63 years) |
| Marriage |
20 May 1844 |
Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States |
| Family ID |
F11041 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Susannah Talbot, b. 12 Mar 1854, Whittlesea, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 30 Apr 1929, Woodruff, Navajo, Arizona, United States (Age 75 years) |
| Marriage |
26 Oct 1875 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Children |
| + | 1. Lehi Stephen Heward, b. 10 Aug 1876, Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States d. 14 Mar 1946, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States (Age 69 years) |
| + | 2. Susannah Janet Heward, b. 29 Mar 1878, Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States d. 17 Feb 1940, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States (Age 61 years) |
| + | 3. Eliza Jane Heward, b. 4 Dec 1879, Joseph City, Navajo, Arizona, United States d. 23 Dec 1961, Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States (Age 82 years) |
| + | 4. Ruth Elizabeth Heward, b. 24 Sep 1881, Joseph City, Navajo, Arizona, United States d. 9 Apr 1974, Morenci, Greenlee, Arizona, United States (Age 92 years) |
| + | 5. John Edwin Heward, b. 19 Oct 1883, Heber, Navajo, Arizona, United States d. 18 May 1971, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 87 years) |
| + | 6. Margaret Olive Heward, b. 13 Mar 1885, Heber, Navajo, Arizona, United States d. 27 Apr 1966, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 81 years) |
| + | 7. Lois Heward, b. 26 Nov 1886, Heber, Navajo, Arizona, United States d. 30 May 1977, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States (Age 90 years) |
| + | 8. Laura Heward, b. 27 Oct 1888, Pine, Gila, Arizona, United States d. 8 Nov 1975, Woodruff, Navajo, Arizona, United States (Age 87 years) |
| + | 9. Russletta Heward, b. 24 Mar 1891, Pine Creek, Gila, Arizona, United States d. 10 May 1970, Uintah, Weber, Utah, United States (Age 79 years) |
| + | 10. Minnie Heward, b. 20 Jun 1894, Moenave, Coconino, Arizona, United States d. 14 Mar 1990, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States (Age 95 years) |
| | 11. Lovinia Heward, b. 29 May 1896, Moenave, Coconino, Arizona, United States d. 6 Sep 1896, Moenave, Coconino, Arizona, United States (Age 0 years) |
| + | 12. Henry Vernon Heward, b. 21 Apr 1899, Coconino, Coconino, Arizona, United States d. 20 Oct 1970, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States (Age 71 years) |
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| Family ID |
F10964 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
21 Apr 2024 |
| Family 2 |
Susan Janet Brandon, b. 9 Jul 1855, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 23 Mar 1874, Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 18 years) |
| Marriage |
26 May 1873 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. Sarah Heward, b. 23 Dec 1873, Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States d. 24 Dec 1873, Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States (Age 0 years) |
| | 2. Mary Heward, b. 23 Dec 1873, Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States d. 24 Dec 1873, Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States (Age 0 years) |
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| Family ID |
F11040 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
21 Apr 2024 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 7 Aug 1851 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Census - 1860 - Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 19 Jan 1869 - EHOUS |
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| Marriage - 26 May 1873 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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| Marriage - 26 Oct 1875 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Census - 21 Jun 1900 - Navajo Indian Reservation, Coconino, Arizona, United States |
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 | Census - 17 Jan 1910 - Heber, Navajo, Arizona, United States |
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 | Death - 2 Dec 1926 - Woodruff, Navajo, Arizona, United States |
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 | Burial - 4 Dec 1926 - RV Mike Ramsay Memorial Cemetery, Snowflake, Navajo, Arizona, United States |
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| Notes |
- LEHI HEWARD
Lehi Heward was born 7 August 1851, in the old fort in Salt Lake City, U t ah. He was the fourth child (first son) of John Heward and Elizabeth Te rr y. His parents came to Salt Lake City in 1847, in the same company a s Bri gham Young. The family moved several times during his childhood, a t one o ccasion "going south" prior to the arrival of Johnston's Army. Th ey event ually settled in Draper, Utah. Lehi progressed through the chore s commo n to that period, that included herding sheep, planting and harve sting wh eat, and pruning orchards.
At 18 years of age, he was called to make two trips to Ft. Laramie, Wyom i ng (a distance of 500 miles) to help companies of emigrating saints. Th i s involved driving a four-horse team, something that Lehi had never tri e d before, and he suffered a few mishaps before mastering the nuances. B lo wing dust on these trips was a problem, and Lehi's eyes were irritate d fo r the next 8 months.
Lehi courted Susannah Talbot, and asked her hand in marriage, but Susann a h, who didn't feel ready for marriage, declined. Sometime thereafter ( 2 6 May 1873), Lehi married Janet Branden. A set of premature twin girl s we re born to them on 24 December 1873, but both babies survived less t han 1 5 minutes. As a complication of childbirth, Janet developed "milkle g" ( a condition characterized by painful swelling of the legs caused b y infla mmation and clotting of the femoral veins, so called because it o ccurs mo st often during lactation following childbirth) and died three m onths lat er (23 March 1874).
More than a year later, Lehi again asked Susannah Talbot to marry him, a n d this time she accepted. They were married 26 October 1875, in the End ow ment House in Salt Lake City. Lehi later teased Susannah, by suggestin g t hat, "Pity was akin to love. " Twelve children were born to this unio n .
They first homesteaded 100 acres of land at Lewiston, Utah, and lived th e re until the fall of 1877. Then, because of plagues of grasshoppers, th e y abandoned the farm and moved back to Draper, Utah, living at the hom e o f John Heward (Lehi's father). During the winter of 1877/87 Lehi wa s ver y ill for several weeks.
Susannah wanted to be with her own mother when her second child was bor n , so Lehi took her there. After visiting her sister, she left carryin g he r son Stephen. A big dog, belonging to neighbors by the name of Adam s, at tacked her, grabbed her skirt, and yanked her first one way then th e othe r. Susannah was terrified and screamed, but the Adams (man and wif e) thou ght it was funny and just stood by, laughing. Henry James Talbo t (Susanna h's brother), alerted by her screams, rushed to her aid, arriv ing just i n time to catch her as she fainted. When Lehi come home from w ork and lea rned what had happened, he was furious, so bright and early t he next morn ing he paid a visit to the Adams family. After telling them , "No dog is g oing to scare my wife nearly to death and live! " he sho t the animal. Th e scare brought on labor, and after two days, the baby w as born. When Sus annah recovered from childbirth, they moved back to Dra per and kept hous e for John Heward (his wife [and Lehi's mother] havin g died shortly befor e the baby's birth).
Lehi and Susannah responded to a call by Brigham Young for volunteer s t o settle in Arizona. In November of 1879, they moved (using a team an d wa gon) all their worldly goods and their two children to St. Joseph, A rizon a. On the trip, one of their horses died, and Lehi traded Susannah' s sewi ng machine for a replacement. During this trip, Lehi again becam e ill t o the point that he could not get out of the wagon. Susannah, wh o did no t know how, unhitched the horses, undoing every buckle she coul d find. Th e next day when it was time harness the team, she had a very d ifficult ti me, but, after a fashion, managed (with the help of another w oman and h e little boy). When Lehi recovered (in about two days), he vow ed, "If I r aise a dozen girls, I will teach them all to harness a hors e He ended u p with 8 daughters, and taught them all, along with his wife . Three week s after their arrival at St. Joseph, their second daughter ( Eliza Jane) w as born. Lehi's first mother-in-law accompanied them on thi s journey, t o help where she could. Not surprisingly, there was some fri ction betwee n her and Susannah, and it was not long before Mrs. Brando n returned to U tah.
The people in St. Joseph were living the United Order, and Lehi drew t h e job of freighting with oxen to Albuquerque, New Mexico, bring back sa lt , flour, sugar, and other staples. After four years, the family took a n e xtended visit to Utah and was gone for six months. Ruth (born 24 Sept embe r 1881 was a baby at the time). When they returned, Lehi was given t he jo b of caring for the United Order cattle. This made it necessary fo r the f amily to move to the mountains, where pasture was good, and the d anger fr om quicksand less. They made their home at Heber, Arizona, and t here Leh i became a cattleman when the United Order was dissolved .
Lehi was a cattleman during the so called "Pleasant Valley War" that rag e d between the "Grahams and Tewksburys," and was acquainted with many m e n that rode for the Hash Knife outfit. From a cane patch near their hom e , the made molasses, and Lehi habitually carried a sack of molasses coo ki es with him when he was riding, caring for his livestock. He would sha r e these cookies with other cowboys (including Hash Knife employees). Th ou gh this medium he gained confidence of these rough men, and instead o f st ealing his cattle, they would drive them back to his pasture. A smal l inv estment in cookies saved a lot of livestock .
Still, this was rough country with thievery rampant. Lehi had a beautif u l horse he had raised and trained, that he called, "Boxer" When he wa s aw ay from home, he had some chain hobbles made of steel and padlocke d the f ront leg of several horses together. The stable had a door like a n ordina ry house, so only one horse could come out at a time. Many night s Susanna h was awakened by the sound of someone trying to steal the hors e. One nig ht, she even saw someone peering over the top of her window bl ind, and sh e was afraid the man was going to come in and demand for th e key to the h obbles. Instead he contented himself with stealing some co rn .
A little neighbor boy often visited the Heward home and was very mischie v ous. One day Susannah saw the cellar door open and she thought he was i nt o the milk. She yelled as she rushed down into the cellar, but was cha gri ned to find Lehi drinking milk with several of the Hash Knife cowboy s .
Because he often wore clothing Susannah had made from deer hide, Lehi ac q uired the nickname of, "Buckskin." Being a tall man (well over six feet ) , his figure was unmistakable, even from a distance. He was an accompli sh ed tracker, and was often called on to help find horse and cattle thie ves . This was dangerous business, and during one outing, the came upon t hre e bodies hanging in a tree near the road they were following. Vigilan te l aw was quick, though not always thorough or just .
Because of continuing trouble with rustling, Lehi gave up the cattle bus i ness about 1888, and moved to Pine Creek (now Pine, Arizona), where hi s f amily lived for about three years. From here he moved to Tuba City, A rizo na, then joined with two other families to purchase the Moenava Ranc h. Le hi often worked with Fred Randall, a friend with a short stature. O ne day , their bedrolls got switched. Lehi's comment on that episode wa s that h e could not keep his navel warm. "If I covered my feet, my nave l froze. I f I covered my shoulders, my navel still froze." Because of hi s height, S usannah always had to make extra long quilts for him. The Ind ians in th e area called him, "Hostein Nez" which literally translated is , "old ma n long."
In 1903, the Federal Government seized the land around Tuba City, for us e s as an Indian reservation. Property owners were reimbursed at rates s e t by government assessors. The Indian School in that area was built o n th e foundation Lehi had constructed for his new home. The Heward famil y mov ed to Woodruff, where they maintained a home for the rest of thei r lives . Susannah was unhappy with this decision, wanting to be near he r famil y in Utah, and considering Woodruff to be, "on the very edge of c reation. " During this time, Lehi homesteaded in Dry Lake (also known a s Zeniff) , Arizona, moving out there to dry land farm during the numerou s times th at the Woodruff dam washed out. The family maintained a home i n Dry Lak e for several years before permanently returning to their hom e in Woodruf f in 1925.
Lehi passed away 2 December 1926, one year after he and Susannah celebra t ed their 50th Wedding Anniversary. Susannah had a horror of gophers dig gi ng into the graves in the Woodruff cemetery (as they often did then) s o s he had Lehi taken to Snowflake for burial. After her death three year s la ter, she was buried beside him in Snowflake.
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