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1830 - 1907 (76 years)

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Name	Gabriel Huntsman
Birth	5 Oct 1830	Perry, Lake, Ohio, United States
Gender	Male
Initiatory (LDS)	1 Apr 1857	EHOUS
FamilySearch ID	KWVH-RWH
Death	5 Aug 1907	Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States
Burial	Fillmore Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States
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Person ID	I2718	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 Eunice Emma Holbrook, b. 16 Apr 1838, Far West, Caldwell, Missouri, United States d. 6 Jun 1903, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 65 years)

Marriage 23 Nov 1855 Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States

Children

+	1. Gabriel Riley Huntsman, b. 1 Nov 1856, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 30 Jul 1936, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 79 years)
	2. Orson Henry Huntsman, b. 21 Dec 1859, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 21 Oct 1931, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 71 years)
	3. Joseph Alonzo Huntsman, b. 14 Jan 1862, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 7 Jan 1885, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 22 years)
	4. Hyrum F Huntsman, b. 13 Jan 1864, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States
	5. Mary Eunice Huntsman, b. 6 Mar 1866, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 20 Oct 1934, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 68 years)
	6. Heber Chandler Huntsman, b. 21 Jun 1868, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 14 Apr 1890 (Age 21 years)
	7. Lafayette Erastus Huntsman, b. 18 Jan 1871, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 22 Jan 1947, Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States (Age 76 years)
	8. Edith Huntsman, b. 9 Apr 1873, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 12 Nov 1944, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 71 years)
	9. Josephine Pearl Huntsman, b. 8 Oct 1877, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 19 Jan 1949, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 71 years)
	10. Eva Lorena Huntsman, b. 12 Nov 1879, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 9 Oct 1964, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 84 years)
	11. Allen Camel Green Huntsman, b. 15 Dec 1882, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 11 Mar 1943, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 60 years)

Family ID F1943 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 5 May 2024

Event Map

	Birth - 5 Oct 1830 - Perry, Lake, Ohio, United States
	Marriage - 23 Nov 1855 - Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States
	Initiatory (LDS) - 1 Apr 1857 - EHOUS
	Death - 5 Aug 1907 - Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States
	Burial - - Fillmore Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States

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Pioneer
John W. Berry Company (1858)
Age at Departure: 27

GABRIEL HUNTSMAN
By Stella Day, Granddaughter
Millard County Camp

Gabriel Huntsman was born Oct. 5, 1830 in Perry, Richland County, Ohio , t he son of James and Mary Johnson [Johnston] Huntsman. In 1836 the fam il y was converted to the Mormon (Latter-day saints Church). James was or dai ned an Elder and sent on a mission to the Southern States.
The family moved West with the Church and in July 1846, Brigham Young ch o se several of the brethren to act as Bishops, among them was James Hunt sm an. The members of the Church planted crops and took care of them coll ect ively. James and several of the other men were out harvesting wheat w he n a mob surrounded them, whipped them severely and sent them back to N auv oo. (Journal History)
On Oct. 30, 1846, Gabriel and three other members of his family were a t H auns Mill when the massacre occurred. They escaped being killed by hi din g under some logs. The Huntsman family stayed at Pottawatomie County , Iow a during 1850, when Cholera was rampant among the members of the Ch urch . Isaac, a brother of Gabriel got Cholera and died at the age of 22 , an d was buried in Pottawatomie, Iowa. (Gabriel stopped to visit Isaac’ s gra ve when he went on a mission in 1872) .
The Huntsman’s moved with the church on their westward trek, and final l y crossed the plains to Utah in 1852, and were sent by Brigham Young t o h elp settle Fillmore. They lived about in the middle of the houses, wh ic h faced Main Street in the old fort (at about what is now Main and Fir s t North Street)
When Gabriel married Eunice Holbrook on November 29, 1855, they starte d h ousekeeping in a little house made of adobes in the southwest corne r of t he old fort. Gabriel Riley, their first child was born Nov. 1, 185 6 in th e old fort, at twenty minutes past twelve A.M. Saturday morning . (From th e journal of Gabriel Huntsman).
When Riley was just five months old, Gabriel left Utah with the first ha n dcart missionaries fro a mission to Canada. As the missionaries went wi th out “purse and script”, Gabriel’s journal which he kept of his mission , t ells of his stopping to work along the way in order to earn money fo r hi s expenses. He harvested crops, made ax handles which he sold to sto res , killed hogs, rendered lard and did other farm labor in order to liv e wh ile on his mission. There was no planned program for the missionarie s, th ey went from town to town trying to get a place to stay and fin d a room i n which to hold a meeting so they could teach the Gospel of th e Latter-da y Saints to the people. From Gabriel’s journal, one can tel l that the mis sionaries of that time seemed to work at odd jobs more tha n the time the y spent preaching. Gabriel was a very friendly man and see med to have mad e many friends on his two missions. He had many relative s in Iowa, Illino is and Ohio whom he visited and preached the doctrine t o them. He visite d his old home in Perry, Richland County, Ohio. On hi s mission to Canad a he visited in New Hampshire, where Eunice Dunning, m other of Eunice Hol brook Huntsman was born.
Gabriel and Eunice Holbrook Huntsman (born April 15, 1838, in Missouri ) w ere the parents of eleven children: Gabriel Riley, born Nov. 1, 1856 ; Ors on Henry, born Dec. 21, 1859; Joseph Alonzo, born Jan. 14. 1861; Hy rum Fr anklin, born Jan. 13, 1863; Eunice Mary, born March 6, 1966; Hebe r Chandl er, born June 21, 1868, died, (was killed when thrown from a hor se); Euni ce Mary, born March 6, 1866, died Oct. 20, 1934 (she married Mi ah Day); L afayette Erasmus, born Jan. 18, 1871; Edith, born April 9, 187 3, died Nov . 12, 1944 at Los Angeles and had no children; Josephine Pear l, born Oct . 8, 1877, died Jan. 19, 1949 and is buried in Forest Lawn Ce metery, Lo s Angeles; Eva, born Nov. 12, 1879 and died Oct. 9, 1964, als o buried i n Forest Lawn Cemetery, Los Angeles; Allen Camel Green Huntsma n, born Dec . 15, 1882, died.
Gabriel was an excellent gardener and each time he went on a mission h e b rought seeds and slips of plants back with him to plant on his own pr oper ty. He also brought plants with him when he came to Utah in 18152. O n th e property, which was his first home at 130 West Center Street, is p lante d a redbud tree that came from a slip, which Gabriel brought to Fil lmor e in 1858. He also planted apple and plum trees all along the cree k bank s at Center Street and North and along the East ditch on the prope rty lat er owned by Gabriel Riley, (his son). These trees were still livi ng in 19 66.
In 1871 Gabriel and Eunice built a large hotel with 24 rooms and a lar g e basement for keeping milk, butter, cheese, eggs and vegetables. Ther e w as no refrigeration in those days and everyone kept their food in coo l ce llars, or well houses. This hotel was the largest hotel South of Pro vo fo r many years. President Brigham Young always stopped there over nig ht o n his way to his St. George home for the winter, and whenever he pas sed t hrough Fillmore, as did Willford Woodruff, Lorenzo Snow and all o f the ch urch authorities for many years. Eunice was an excellent cook an d alway s set a good table. An account of some of the food set before Bri gham You ng is to be found in his writings. In the north corner of the ho tel wa s a small department store, which Gabriel operated. He bought “goo ds fro m the States”, as the merchandise was called that had to cross th e plains , and sold them for produce raised by the residents of Fillmore , since th ere was very little cash in the early days of Fillmore.
In connection with the hotel was a large barn where horses could be pu t i n stalls and fed and cared for, as the travel was always by teams o f hors es, or even by horseback. The Huntsman’s also had cows to supply t he milk , butter and cheese, while the steers furnished meat for their ta ble. The y also had chickens, hogs and sheep to help supply food for th e family an d hotel. Gabriel was very fond of horses and always had beaut iful animal s and carriages. His children were sent to the Millard Academ y then to th e Brigham Young Academy to finish their schooling.
Gabriel and Eunice were both good managers and soon had amassed a lo t o f property in Fillmore, and were considered wealthy. In 1901 when Fil lmor e celebrated her Semi-centennial Celebration, Eunice was chosen as P ionee r Queen. Her daughter, Edith, made her a beautiful white satin dres s wit h a purple satin robe for the crowning ceremony. She recited an ori gina l poem expressing her gratitude at being chosen Queen and stating th at sh e never dreamed of such luxury when she and the others were crossin g th e plains (she came in 1848). In 1904 Eunice and three of her daughte rs vi sited the St. Louis exposition and then visited in Caldwell Count y Missou ri where Eunice was born. The ride in a Pullman on the train wa s quite di fferent from the way Eunice had traveled to Utah in 1848, walk ing most o f the way. Eunice took pneumonia in 1906.
Gabriel lived in the hotel with his daughter Edith and her husband Dr. O r lando Duckworth. He died Aug. 5, 1907. Both are buried in the Fillmor e Ce metery and have a large tombstone (just like the one the Chandler Ho lbroo k family have) with all of the names of their children inscribed o n the t ombstone with their names.

GABRIEL HUNTSMAN
By Stella Day, Granddaughter

Gabriel Huntsman was born Oct. 5, 1830 in Perry, Richland, County, Ohi o t o James and Mary Johnson [Johnston] Huntsman. The family joined the M ormo n Church in 1836 and James was ordained an Elder and sent on a missi on t o the southern States. They moved west in 1846 with the Church. At C amp I srael, Council Bluffs, Brigham Young chose several to be Bishops, a mong t hem, James.
The family stayed in Pottawatomie County, Iowa until 1850 when Cholera s w ept the little colony and Gabriel’s brother, Isaac died. They moved o n wi th the Saints to Utah in 1853 and Brigham Young sent them to Fillmor e. Th ey lived in the southwest corner of the old fort for several years.
Gabriel married Eunice Emma Holbrook, daughter of Chandler and Eunice Du n ning Nov. 29, 1855. Their first child, Gabriel Riley, was born Nov 1, 1 85 6 in the old fort. The next year Gabriel left on a mission to Iowa, Oh i o and Illinois to help Church converts come to Utah by hand cart. Afte r h is mission, Gabriel brought merchandise, seeds and cuttings of plant s t o Fillmore. He obtained a deed to the Southeast corner of Main and Ce nte r Streets on which he built a large brick home, hotel and store combi ned . He planted an orchard from his cuttings and built a large barn Eas t o f the hotel where horses and carriages could be sheltered.
Their second son, Orson Henry, was born Del. 21, 1859. He married Franc e s Beauregard in 1884. Joseph Alonzo was born Jan 14, 1862 and married E ll a Ray, but was killed in a hunting accident in 1885. Hyrum Franklin, b or n in 1863, died of Diphtheria at 9 years of age. Eunice Mary, the firs t d aughter, was born March 6, 1866. She married Miah Day. Heber Chandler , bo rn June 21, 1868 was very athletic. He was thrown from a horse and d ied w hen he was 22. Lafayette Erasmus was born Jan. 18, 1871 and marrie d Eliza beth McMahoon. They had one son, Nolan, and were later divorced . Edith Lo retta was born April 9, 1873. She was an expert dressmaker an d tailor. Sh e married T. Orlondo Duckworth, one of the first doctors t o practice medi cine in Fillmore. Josephine Pearl was born Oct. 8, 1877 a nd married Fran k Arch. Eva Lorena, born Nov. 12, 1879, married Albert Be yer of Philadelp hia. Allen Camel Green was born Dec. 15, 1882 and was ve ry handsome and a thletic. He married Florence Chistopherson.
Gabriel left on another mission in 1871 to Canada, leaving Eunice with s e ven children. She operated the hotel and store, and dried, cured and pr es erved meat, fruits and vegetables for winter use. She made all their c lot hes as well as all the bread, butter, cheese, candles and soap.
Gabriel became wealthy, owning many houses and lots in Fillmore as wel l a s land in the old field from which he obtained feed for his stock.
Eunice died of Pneumonia June 1906. Gabriel died the next year Aug. 5, 1 9 07, and are buried in the Fillmore Cemetery.

GABRIEL HUNTSMAN
By Stella Day, Granddaughter

Gabriel Huntsman was born Oct. 5, 1830 in Perry, Richland, County, Ohi o t o James and Mary Johnson [Johnston] Huntsman. The family joined the M ormo n Church early in 1836 and James was ordained an Elder and sent o n a miss ion to the Southern States. They moved west in 1846 with the Chu rch. At C amp Israel, Council Bluffs, Brigham Young chose several to ac t as Bishops , among them, was James Huntsman.
James and several other Mormons were out harvesting wheat when a mob sur r ounded them, whipped them severely and sent them back to Nauvoo. (Journ a l History)
On October 30, 1846, Gabriel Huntsman tells of three of his family, incl u ding himself, who were at the Hauns Mill Massacre, but escaped being ki ll ed by hiding under some logs. (Journal History)
The Huntsman family stayed in Pottawatomie County, Iowa in 1850 when Isa a c died of Cholera at the age of 22 years. They moved on with the Saint s a nd came to Utah in 1852 and Brigham Young sent them on to Fillmore. T he y lived in the southwest corner of the Old Fort.
Gabriel married Eunice Emma Holbrook, daughter of Chandler and Eunice Du n ning Holbrook, Nov. 29, 1855. Eunice Emma Holbrook was born April 6, 18 3 8 in Caldwell County, Missouri. Their first child, Gabriel Riley, was b or n Nov 1, 1856 in the old fort. The next year Gabriel left with the fir s t handcart missionaries for a mission to Iowa, Illinois and Ohio. Afte r f inishing his mission, Gabriel brought merchandise, seeds and cutting s o f plants with him to Fillmore. He planted many fruit trees from the s eed s such as apples, pears, plumbs, and nectarines. He obtained a deed t o th e northwest corner of the block on Center and Main Streets on whic h he bu ilt a large brick home, hotel and store combined. The store was l ocated i n the northwest corner of the building. They also built a larg e barn eas t of the hotel, where the horses were cared for, as people tra veled by wa gons and carriages in those days. Another son, Orson Henry, w as born Del . 21, 1859. He died October 21, 1931 in Fillmore. Joseph Alon zo was bor n January 14, 1861, and was shot while hunting rabbits, Januar y 7, 1885 , by a boyfriend, William King. Alonzo was married to Ella Ray . Hyrum Fra nklin, was born January 13, 1863, and died October 3, 1872 i n Fillmore. E unice Mary was born March 6, 1866 and died October 20, 1934 . She was marr ied to Miah Day. Lafayette Erasmus was born January 18, 18 71, in Fillmore . Edith was born April 9, 1873, died November 12, 1944. J osephine Pearl w as born October 8, 1877, and died January 19, 1949. Ev a was born Novembe r 12, 1879. Allen was born December 15, 1882. Heber Ch andler, born June 2 1, 1868. He was killed, when thrown from a horse .
Gabriel again left on a mission to Canada in December 1871. This tim e h e left a wife and seven children, who earned a living by operating ho te l and store, while he was gone. Eunice was an excellent cook, as wel l a s being a good manager. They raised all their own meat, vegetables, a nd f ruits, which she meat, fruits and vegetables for winter use. She mad e al l their clothes as well as all the bread, butter, cheese, candles an d soa p.
Gabriel became wealthy, owning many houses and lots in Fillmore as wel l a s land in the old field, from which he obtained his feed for his herd s o f cattle, sheep and purebred horses.
Eunice died of Pneumonia June 1906. Gabriel died the next year Aug. 5, 1 9 07, and are buried in the Fillmore Cemetery.

GABRIEL HUNTSMAN
By Stella Day, Granddaughter

Gabriel Huntsman had a very active, colorful life. Some years were fill e d with tragedy, while others were full of happiness and gaiety, howeve r G abriel never burdened others with his troubles. He kept journals on t he t wo missions he served for the Mormon Church, and many times he wen t to be d in the forest, hungry, as he was on one of those missions, whic h were c ommon in the early days of the Mormon Church when missionaries w ent “with out purse and script.” Gabriel would work awhile to get some fu nds, in or der to eat, if he were in difficult territory where there wer e no Saints , or prospects of any one joining the Church. After he had ea rned a few d ollars he would preach awhile or hold cottage meetings. The y seemed to b e on their own, as there were no special instructions give n each missiona ry, they stayed in a town as long as they thought they co uld make any con verts, and moved to another as they chose.
Gabriel was born Oct. 5, 1830 in Perry Richland County, Ohio where his f a ther and mother, James and Mary Johnston Huntsman had moved from Pennsy lv ania. They owned a large farm and Jesse, the brother of James, owne d a fa rm adjoining the farm owned by James. Gabriel was only eight year s old wh en his parents sold their home in Perry, Ohio and followed the b ody of th e Saints, as they were driven from one state to another.
While Gabriel brought a trunk filled with merchandise, with him from h i s first mission and entered into the mercantile business. Little Riley , w ho was only six months old when Gabriel left for his mission, could w al k and talk, when Gabriel returned. Gabriel took Riley with him everywh er e and soon Riley could ride a horse by himself. Gabriel had well groom ed , handsome horses and Gabriel grew to love horses as mush as did Gabri el.
Gabriel soon had a large hotel built with over twenty rooms and two or t h ree large rooms in the basement. They had a large barn and the boys we r e taught to care for the horses of the guests of the hotel. The first f ou r children, Gabriel, Riley, Orson Henry, Alonzo and Hyrum were all boy s , which gave Gabriel much help in his work but did little to lighten t h e work of Eunice, who was always hustling to get all of the work done w hi ch was expected of her.
Gabriel had a quick brain and saw ways of making more money, by investi n g in property. He soon had many tracts of land, which he sold for home s , thus increasing his income.
His children were sent to school in Fillmore, as long as they could go , t hen Gabriel saw that they had means to attend the Brigham Young Acade my . Each child was of a different temperament and some of the children p ref erred to take jobs rather than attend the Academy. Gabriel gave the m th e opportunity to attend but did not try to force them to attend if t hey p referred to do otherwise.
Gabriel was an excellent gardener and grew many varieties of vegetable s f or the meals, which Eunice prepared so well. Brigham Young makes ment io n of Eunice’s cooking and the many varieties of food she served whenev e r he stayed at the Hotel which was at least twice a year as Brigham we n t to St. George to spend the winter, as it was much warmer than Salt La ke . He had a wife and winter home in St. George, (more than one wife), a s h is gardener writes to Brigham, “I saw your wife today and told her yo u wo uld be coming soon. I can’t tell you her name but it is the wife wit h th e lilac in front of her window.” (This is the first time I remembe r o f a woman being identified by the plant she had, rather than by her l ooks ).
Gabriel was a kind, thoughtful husband and father and provided well fo r h is family. He never seemed to think of himself but was always tryin g to d o something helpful for everyone. He planted many fruit trees alon g the d itches, which watered his fields and other property. He was extr a fond o f fruit and saw to it that some fruit was growing wherever he ha d to work .
Although he was not a large man, he was strong and vigorous and worked a l most to his dying day. He passed quietly away August 5, 1907 and is bur ie d beside his wife in the Fillmore Cemetery.
In the same year that Franklin died, their first daughter, Mary was bor n . Many people now living knew and loved Mary, wife of Miah Day, and sh e a nd her husband, too, were builders and the old Day Hotel still stand s o n the southeast corner of Center and Main streets.

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EUNICE EMMA HOLBROOK HUNTSMAN
By Stella Huntsman Day, Granddaughter

Eunice Holbrook was born April 16, 1838 in Caldwell County, Missouri t o C handler and Eunice Dunning Holbrook. The family had joined the LDS Ch urc h in 1833 and had moved from New York to Ohio, Illinois, Iowa and Mis sour i where mob violence broke out and forced them to move farther west.
When they crossed the plains in 1846 in the company of Newell Knight, Eu n ice was ten years old. They spent the winter in a friendly Pawnee Indi a n Village since it was too late in the season to begin their journey.
The families of Chandler Holbrook, his brother Joseph and Dwight Hardi n g all traveled together and arrived in Salt Lake in 1848 where they liv e d for two years before moving onto farms near Bountiful. Here Chandle r re ceived a call from Brigham Young to join the Anson Call Company an d go so uth to locate a Capitol of the Territory. They lived in the Old F ort duri ng their first years in Fillmore, and then built a brick home wi th a larg e rock barn, which was the stopping place for Pony Express Ride rs.
Eunice learned to sew, knit, cook, spin, card and weave as well as to cr o chet and embroider. She played the accordion, had a lovely contralto vo ic e and was in theatricals and musicals in the early days of Salt Lake , Bou ntiful and Fillmore. She was very popular with the young people an d man y young men courted her. But she married Gabriel Huntsman, eight ye ars he r senior, in 1855 when she was seventeen.
Although Eunice was only five foot two and weighted 105 pounds, she wa s v ery healthy and energetic. Gabriel went on a second mission to Canad a lea ving Eunice with seven children. The three older children helped wi th th e chores and Eunice’s father and brother helped too.
Gabriel had built a large brick home, hotel and store combined. Whenev e r Church authorities traveled through Fillmore, they stayed at the Hunt sm an Hotel. Eunice was an exceptionally good cook. Brigham Young mention e d her delicious meals on his way to his winter home in St. George.
In 1901 Eunice was chosen Semi-Annual Queen for Fillmore’s fiftieth anni v ersary celebration. In 1904 she and three of her daughters went by Pull ma n to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. What a thrill to skim over th e pl ains that she had mostly walked across as a girl.
Two years later Eunice contracted pneumonia and died June 6, 1906 leavi n g eight of her eleven children and a broken-hearted husband, all of wh o m adored her.