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| Name |
Isaiah Huntsman |
| Birth |
14 Sep 1826 |
Perry, Lake, Ohio, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
10 Mar 1854 |
EHOUS |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWJX-T4T |
| Death |
3 Jun 1878 |
Annabella, Sevier, Utah, United States |
| Burial |
6 Jun 1878 |
Fillmore Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I2716 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
James Huntsman, b. 6 Jun 1801, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States d. 10 Nov 1871, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 70 years) |
| Mother |
Mary Johnston, b. 6 May 1801, Washington, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States d. 15 Aug 1895, Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo, California, United States (Age 94 years) |
| Marriage |
19 Nov 1822 |
Perry Township, Lake, Ohio, United States |
| Family ID |
F207 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Rebecca Carter Ames, b. 11 Aug 1830, Mooers, Clinton, New York, United States d. 20 Jan 1915, Moab, Grand, Utah, United States (Age 84 years) |
| Marriage |
16 Jan 1849 |
Stringtown, Adams, Iowa, United States |
| Children |
| + | 1. Ezra Ames Huntsman, b. 12 Nov 1849, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States d. 12 Jan 1927, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States (Age 77 years) |
| + | 2. Harriet Huntsman, b. 26 Sep 1852, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States d. 30 Mar 1931, Moab, Grand, Utah, United States (Age 78 years) |
| + | 3. Ira Huntsman, b. 6 Oct 1854, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 29 Dec 1904, Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States (Age 50 years) |
| + | 4. Isaiah Huntsman, b. 24 Sep 1856, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 26 Mar 1926, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 69 years) |
| + | 5. Clarissa Huntsman, b. 11 Dec 1858, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 7 Aug 1916, Moab, Grand, Utah, United States (Age 57 years) |
| + | 6. Isabella Huntsman, b. 21 Nov 1860, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 30 Mar 1903, Bayfield, La Plata, Colorado, United States (Age 42 years) |
| + | 7. Estella Huntsman, b. 24 Jan 1863, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 22 Jan 1914, Annabella, Sevier, Utah, United States (Age 50 years) |
| + | 8. James Ames Huntsman, b. 13 Apr 1865, Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States d. 5 Apr 1957, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 91 years) |
| + | 9. William Huntsman, b. 17 Dec 1867, Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States d. 2 Jul 1937, Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States (Age 69 years) |
| + | 10. Elmer Ames Huntsman, b. 9 Apr 1870, Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States d. 27 Oct 1958, Woodville, Bonneville, Idaho, United States (Age 88 years) |
| | 11. Emer Huntsman, b. 9 Apr 1870, Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States d. May 1870, Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States (Age 0 years) |
| + | 12. Ida Rebecca Huntsman, b. 13 Nov 1873, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 23 Apr 1896, Teasdale, Wayne, Utah, United States (Age 22 years) |
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| Family ID |
F1939 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2024 |
| Family 2 |
Emma Melissa King, b. 18 Sep 1840, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States d. 10 Jan 1905, Basin, Cassia, Idaho, United States (Age 64 years) |
| Marriage |
21 Mar 1856 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. Sarah Huntsman, b. 11 Feb 1856, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 21 Feb 1869 (Age 13 years) |
| | 2. Mary Elizabeth Huntsman, b. 4 Nov 1860, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 9 Feb 1913, Burley, Cassia, Idaho, United States (Age 52 years) |
| | 3. James Edson Huntsman, b. 16 Mar 1863, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 19 Aug 1926, Ferron, Emery, Utah, United States (Age 63 years) |
| | 4. Amanda Huntsman, b. 2 Jul 1864, Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States d. 20 Sep 1944, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 80 years) |
| | 5. Jane Huntsman, b. 18 Oct 1867, Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States d. 20 Oct 1906, Fairview, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States (Age 39 years) |
| | 6. John Huntsman, b. 16 Apr 1870, Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States d. 23 Oct 1919, Marysville, Fremont, Idaho, United States (Age 49 years) |
| | 7. Emma Ada Huntsman, b. 28 Aug 1875, Millard, Utah, United States d. 10 May 1949, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States (Age 73 years) |
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| Family ID |
F1940 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2024 |
| Family 3 |
Seviah Cunningham, b. 16 Oct 1829, Woodstock, Oxford, Ontario, Canada d. 25 Apr 1913, Granite, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 83 years) |
| Marriage |
1868 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Divorce |
Yes, date unknown |
| Divorced |
1869 |
| Children |
| | 1. Louisa Lovia Huntsman, b. 22 Jul 1869, Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States d. 3 Mar 1889, Granite, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 19 years) |
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| Family ID |
F1941 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2024 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 14 Sep 1826 - Perry, Lake, Ohio, United States |
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 | Marriage - 16 Jan 1849 - Stringtown, Adams, Iowa, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 10 Mar 1854 - EHOUS |
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 | Marriage - 21 Mar 1856 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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| Marriage - 1868 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Death - 3 Jun 1878 - Annabella, Sevier, Utah, United States |
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 | Burial - 6 Jun 1878 - Fillmore Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States |
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| Notes |
- 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
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