 1805 - 1894 (89 years) Has 82 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
Edson Whipple |
| Birth |
5 Feb 1805 |
Dummerston, Windham, Vermont, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
31 Dec 1845 |
| Census |
1860 |
Provo, Utah, Utah, United States |
| Census |
1870 |
Provo, Utah, Utah, United States |
| Census |
1880 |
Provo, Utah, Utah, United States |
| FamilySearch ID |
KWJM-VZ4 |
| Death |
11 May 1894 |
Colonia Juárez, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México |
| Burial |
12 May 1894 |
Colonia Juárez Cemetery, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México |
| Headstones |
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| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I31308 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
John Whipple, b. 7 Feb 1765, Groton, New London, Connecticut, United States d. 7 Nov 1830, Dummerston, Windham, Vermont, United States (Age 65 years) |
| Mother |
Basmoth Hutchins, b. 7 Sep 1769, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States d. 9 Sep 1846, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States (Age 77 years) |
| Marriage |
9 Jul 1789 |
Dummerston, Windham, Vermont, United States |
| Family ID |
F13708 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Lavina Goss, b. 7 Jul 1811, Dummerston, Windham, Vermont, United States d. 13 Sep 1846, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States (Age 35 years) |
| Marriage |
18 Mar 1832 |
Dummerston, Windham, Vermont, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. Maria Blanche Whipple, b. 15 Feb 1845, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States d. 8 Dec 1846, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States (Age 1 year) |
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| Family ID |
F13719 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
6 Mar 2025 |
| Family 2 |
Mary Ann Yeager, b. 1 Nov 1823, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States d. 26 Mar 1877, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 53 years) |
| Marriage |
4 Nov 1850 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. Mary Whipple, b. 1849, New Jersey, United States d. Bef 1860, Utah, United States (Age < 10 years) |
| + | 2. John Dagbert Whipple, b. 27 Oct 1851, Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States d. 28 Mar 1898, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 46 years) |
| + | 3. William Mickle Whipple, b. 12 Mar 1854, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 31 Aug 1918, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States (Age 64 years) |
| | 4. Joseph Whipple, b. 8 Dec 1856, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 8 Dec 1856, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 0 years) |
| + | 5. Mary Ann Whipple, b. 4 Mar 1859, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 23 May 1919, Castle Dale, Emery, Utah, United States (Age 60 years) |
| + | 6. Laura Whipple, b. 23 Sep 1861, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 17 Jul 1935, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 73 years) |
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| Family ID |
F13720 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
6 Mar 2025 |
| Family 3 |
Harriet Yeager, b. 15 Jul 1826, Greenwich Township, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States d. 3 Jul 1901, Thatcher, Graham, Arizona, United States (Age 74 years) |
| Marriage |
4 Nov 1850 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Children |
| + | 1. Ann Walrade Whipple, b. 7 Jul 1851, Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States d. 9 Dec 1927, Safford, Graham, Arizona, United States (Age 76 years) |
| | 2. Edson Kimball Whipple, b. 10 Oct 1852, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 18 Feb 1855 (Age 2 years) |
| | 3. Lavinia Goss Whipple, b. 26 Apr 1854, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 21 Feb 1855, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 0 years) |
| + | 4. Edson Whipple, b. 18 Dec 1855, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 4 Apr 1933, Show Low, Navajo, Arizona, United States (Age 77 years) |
| + | 5. Willard Whipple, b. 16 Mar 1858, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 5 Apr 1941, Show Low, Navajo, Arizona, United States (Age 83 years) |
| | 6. Harriet Julia Whipple, b. 10 Mar 1860, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 28 Aug 1869 (Age 9 years) |
| + | 7. Brigham Young Whipple, b. 27 Aug 1861, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 22 Feb 1950, El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States (Age 88 years) |
| + | 8. Charles Whipple, b. 9 Sep 1863, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 13 Apr 1919, Holbrook, Navajo, Arizona, United States (Age 55 years) |
| | 9. Lavinia Whipple, b. 22 May 1865, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 28 Aug 1869, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 4 years) |
| | 10. Harry Whipple, b. 1 Jun 1869, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 10 Jun 1896, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States (Age 27 years) |
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| Family ID |
F13721 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
6 Mar 2025 |
| Family 4 |
Lynda Flint, b. 23 Aug 1793, Antrim, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States d. 1855, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 61 years) |
| Marriage |
9 Dec 1851 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Family ID |
F13722 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
6 Mar 2025 |
| Family 5 |
Amelia Maria Fellows, b. 13 May 1838, Plymouth, Wayne, Michigan, United States d. 4 Jul 1890, Colonia Juárez, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México (Age 52 years) |
| Marriage |
6 Sep 1854 |
Provo, Utah, Utah, United States |
| Children |
| + | 1. Albert Fellows Whipple, b. 10 Nov 1856, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 13 Jul 1907, Lonetree, Uinta, Wyoming, United States (Age 50 years) |
| + | 2. Emeline Whipple, b. 17 Mar 1858, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 10 Mar 1924, McCornick, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 65 years) |
| | 3. Richard Whipple, b. 11 Jun 1860, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 16 Sep 1876, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 16 years) |
| | 4. Heber Whipple, b. 26 Mar 1862, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 19 Mar 1877, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 14 years) |
| | 5. Alice Whipple, b. 23 Mar 1864, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 3 Feb 1880, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 15 years) |
| + | 6. Amelia Minerva Whipple, b. 23 Jun 1865, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 27 Jan 1919, Clifton, Greenlee, Arizona, United States (Age 53 years) |
| + | 7. Vilate Whipple, b. 8 Dec 1868, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 9 Jul 1891, Pinetop, Navajo, Arizona, United States (Age 22 years) |
| + | 8. Hyrum Hanford Whipple, b. 20 Jan 1871, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 17 Jul 1949, Show Low, Navajo, Arizona, United States (Age 78 years) |
| | 9. David E Whipple, b. 20 Jan 1873, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 1881 (Age 7 years) |
| + | 10. Ida Rosetta Whipple, b. 29 Mar 1876, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 15 Jul 1943, El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States (Age 67 years) |
| | 11. Alfred Safford Whipple, b. 10 Jul 1879, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 3 Jul 1890 (Age 10 years) |
| | 12. Elizabeth Whipple, b. 18 Jul 1883, Show Low, Navajo, Arizona, United States d. 3 Aug 1884 (Age 1 year) |
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| Family ID |
F13723 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
6 Mar 2025 |
| Family 6 |
Mary Ann Quinney, b. 8 May 1832, Witham, Essex, England d. 1 Dec 1910, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 78 years) |
| Marriage |
21 Apr 1857 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
| Divorce |
Yes, date unknown |
| Children |
| + | 1. Mary Unita Whipple, b. 26 Jan 1858, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 15 Feb 1920, Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States (Age 62 years) |
| + | 2. Blanche Whipple, b. 20 Feb 1861, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 14 Dec 1936, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 75 years) |
| + | 3. Matilda Whipple, b. 19 Jun 1866, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 25 Mar 1947, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 80 years) |
| + | 4. George Hutchins Whipple, b. 28 Jun 1869, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 21 Feb 1940, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States (Age 70 years) |
| + | 5. John Quinney Whipple, b. 7 Jul 1863, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States d. 25 Oct 1920, Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States (Age 57 years) |
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| Family ID |
F13724 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
6 Mar 2025 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 5 Feb 1805 - Dummerston, Windham, Vermont, United States |
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| Marriage - 18 Mar 1832 - Dummerston, Windham, Vermont, United States |
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 | Marriage - 4 Nov 1850 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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| Marriage - 4 Nov 1850 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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| Marriage - 9 Dec 1851 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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 | Marriage - 6 Sep 1854 - Provo, Utah, Utah, United States |
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| Marriage - 21 Apr 1857 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States |
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| Census - 1860 - Provo, Utah, Utah, United States |
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| Census - 1870 - Provo, Utah, Utah, United States |
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| Census - 1880 - Provo, Utah, Utah, United States |
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 | Death - 11 May 1894 - Colonia Juárez, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México |
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 | Burial - 12 May 1894 - Colonia Juárez Cemetery, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, México |
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| Notes |
- SOURCE: Michel L. Call, "Royal Ancestors of Some L.D.S. Families" (Afto n , Wyoming? 1972), p. 110.
SOURCE: Records of the Edson Whipple Family Organization.
SOURCE: Family group sheet of John Yeager (husband) and Ann Hyatt (wi f e ) prepared by Lydia W. Hansen, Box 314, Lakeside, Arizona. Cites th e foll owing:
Rec of Edson Whipple in poss of Charles Whipple, Show Low, Arizona.
Patriarchal blessing of Mary Ann and Harriet Yeager.
Temple rec
Life Story of Edson Whipple
Edson Whipple was a descendant of John Whipple, who came from England ab o ut 1620 and settled in Providence, Rhode Island. John was a son of Mat th ew of Booking, England. Edson was the sone of John and Basmuth Hutchi ns , grandson of Timothy and great-grandson of Samuel, who lived and die d i n Connecticut. John, the father of Edson, migrated from Connecticu t an d settled in Vermont in the year of 1780, where on the fifth of Febr uary , 1805, in the town of Dummerston, Windham County, Edson was born; h e bei ng the youngest son of a family of twelve children...five boys an d seve n girls.
He lived on a farm with the family until his father’s death, which occur r ed in November, 1830, after which he took charge of the farm and manag e d the affairs of those of the family yet at home.
On February 6, 1832, he married Lovinia Goss.
In 1834, he moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he ran a grocery sto r e for a year or two. In the summer of 1837 he moved with his family t o P hiladelphia, where he lived for 9 years. It was while living in Phil adel phia that he first heard the gospel as revealed to Joseph Smith. O n 16 J une 1840, he was baptized and confirmed a member of the Church o f Jesus C hrist of Latter-day Saints, by Elder Benjamin Winchester. 17 Oc tober 184 0 he was ordained a priest by Elders Hyde and Bernes. He was o rdaine d a High Priest 6 April by Pres. Hyrum Smith and was chosen to ac t as fi rst counselor the Elder Benjamin Winchester to preside over the P hiladelp hia branch of the church.
On the 22 September 1842, he in company with twelve or fifteen others le f t Philadelphia by boat through the Erie Canal, for Nauvoo. The first S ab bath out they were detained on account of low water. They obtaine d a nea r-by school house and held two meetings, after which Elder Whippl e had th e privilege of baptizing six persons, among them the captain o f the boat , Jacob Wtezler, and two of his brothers.
The trip from Philadelphia to Nauvoo consumed 32 days by boat and rail a n d cost $12. 25. In speaking of prices of provisions and other thing s i n Nauvoo about 1842, he says lumber cost $10.00 per thousand; bric k $4.8 5; wheat 30 cents a bushel; corn 12½ cents; pork 1½ cents, bee f 2 cents l b.; butter 8 cents, eggs 6 cents a dozen; sugar 16 lbs. O r a dollar; mola sses 25 a gallon. He said these were the hardest time s he had in his lif e to get things’ no money in circulation. His wife w as sick and wanted s ome butter, he had no money to get it but started fo r the store after som e, and in crossing the rad, found a quarter .
In writing of the prophet in a letter to a friend, he says; “
He is a man whose character stands unimpeachable and is respected and co n sider a good citizen by all classes who have become acquainted with hi m . I know him to be kindhearted and charitable, given to hospitality, a n d he would divide the last meal with the poor.”
Nauvoo, at this time, was a city of twelve or fifteen thousand inhabitan t s and a very peaceful city, not a grog shop in it. On May 1, 1844 he , i n company with David Yearsly, left Nauvoo for a mission to Pennsylvan ia , to canvas the state and to present to the people to prophet’s view s o n government. While on this trip the prophet and patriarch were murd ered . Returning home, he was present at the meeting of the saints and w itnes sed the mantle of Joseph rest on Brigham Young as he was preachin g to th e people.
He assisted in building the Nauvoo Temple and was present at the layin g o f the capstone, and when it was completed, he received his endowment s the rein. He also helped to build the Nauvoo House, working on it duri ng th e Months of August and September, 1845. He assisted in defending t he cit y of Nauvoo against the mob which threatened to destroy it and th e temple . He was on guard some three or four miles down the river whe n General H arden and some thirty men on their way to Nauvoo to take Brig ham Young (t he time they took William Miller, supposing him to be Brigha m Young). A fter they passed, Whipple started for the city to give th e alarm and wen t by way of Golden Point, and around to the Temple, wher e he arrived thr ee-quarters of an hour before the General and his party . Conference wa s in session then. He sent in for General Rich, who mad e the arrangement s for their reception. At this time Elder Whipple belo nged to the new po lice under Captain Jesse Hunt.
At the time of the organization for the building of wagons, he was appoi n ted captain over ten in General Rich’s company. On the 15th of May 184 6 , in company with Hugh Mckinley and their families and teams, they cros se d the Missouri River on their way to Garden Grove. Travel was slow a n ac count of swampy ground.
They stayed in Garden Grove about two weeks, when he left for Council Bl u ffs, where he arrived about the middle of July 1846. It was about thi s t ime that the son, “Come, Come Ye Saints’ was composed. While on thi s jou rney he met Brigham Young going from Council Bluffs to Phisgy. H e told t hem that the government had made a demand on them for 500 men t o go to th e Mexican War.
After arriving at the Bluffs they were counseled to fix for the winte r . Together with twelve or fifteen families the located themselves on P on y Creek, about twelve miles from Winter Quarters, but they found thi s a v ery sickly place and out of the few persons, they buried fourteen . Her e Elder Whipple buried his whole family, consisting of his mother , wife a nd child, and came nigh unto death himself. There were only tw o well per sons in the camp at the time. After his family was buried, h e lay helple ss for a day and night and no one came to him; then the lat e Franklin Ste wart came to him and told him his family was not well, bu t if he were ove r to their camp they would help him. So he go John Mile s to move him ove r to Stewart’s where he stayed until well.
In the spring of 1847 he was called with 142 other people to form a pion e er company to lead the way to the Rocky Mountains. He traveled in th e fi rst ten of the second division under Captain Appleton Harman. (Howa rd Eg an, captain of ten of the second division under Captain Appleton Ha rman . Howard Egan, captain of ten and Heber C. Kimball of fifty.) Fro m th e diary of Edson Whipple; “In the spring of 1847 I was called in com pan y with 142 others to form a company of pioneers to lead the way int o th e wilderness. I left Winter Quarters 9 April and traveled among th e firs t ten of the second division under Capt. Harmon in the same c ompan y wit6h Pres. Heber C. Kimball. I was one of the guards and stoo d duty h alf the night every third night. About half our company arrive d in Sal t Lake City 22 July 1847, followed by Brigham Young and the rema inder o f the company on July 24. I had remained to take charge of the p ropert y and Brother Kimball’s family and effects, having buried all my f amily o n the road...”
After farming in Salt Lake City and making a return visit in the easte r n states and coming across the plains with another band of pioneers, Br ot her Whipple resumed his writing; “8 December 1847 This day, after comp let ing the sowing of wheat, all that I intend to sow until Elias Peirso n ret urns from California, I have weighted all the bread stuff we have o n hand , which consisted of 1078 lbs. Of wheat, 150# buckwheat, 360# of c orn, 65 1# of beans, Coffee for Ellen (Kimball’’s wife) 7#; rice for Ell en , 1 4 ½ #; sugar for Ellen 20#.
“December 10, the family came together in Brother Smith’s house and I la i d before them the quantity of provisions on hand and requested them t o ta ke into consideration what disposition we should make of it. It wa s agre ed on by all that each should draw every week 3# wheat, 2 ½ # bea ns, 1 # buckwheat, and 9 3/4# beef, and by so doing it would last until t he 1s t of July next.”
He was a member of the first High council in Salt Lake City, also the fi r st watermaster. On the 13 October 1848 he started back to the state s o n business for himself and discharged soldiers of the Mormon Battalio n . On this trip he took with him a small vial of California gold dust , pr obably the first gold dust ever exhibited in the East from the new C alifo rnia diggings. Wherever exhibited in the East, people came by th e thousa nds to see it. While Edson was in the east, Wilford Woodruff wa s sent o n a mission to the States with an epistle form the twelve apostl es and El der Whipple was called to assist him.
After filling this mission, he returned to Salt Lake City. 6 November 1 8 50 he married Mary Ann and Harriet Yeager whom he had brought across t h e plains with him from Philadelphia, where he had made their acquaintan ce . Quote again the diary of Edson Whipple: “After returning to Utah i n 18 50 I was called to help settle Iron County. We left 4 December wit h 10 1 wagons in our company. C.A. Smith was appointed judge of the coun try c ourt and I was his first associate. We submitted plans for towns a nd Par owan, Utah was built according to my plan. George Brimhall and my self bu ilt the first thresher and used water power from the creek to thr ash th e first crop of grain.
“In May 1851, Pres. Brigham Young made a visit and he and Pres. Hebe r C . Kimball said, “The mission is established and you can return to Pr ov o whenever you choose.”
His first wife was taken by death before he came to Utah. He married fo u r other wives and had families by all. He had a total of 33 Children . T he following is a tribute paid by Albert Jones, who lived in Provo a t th e time of Whipple’s residence there; “He was one of the pioneers liv e bur ners of our country, opening a large kiln across the lake at Pelica n Poin t, and the first to open up the commerce of Utah Lake by shippin g his lim e in a flat-bottomed sailboat.
“The love and devotion of his large plural family in the early days is e m phasized when one of his children contracted the dread disease, small-p ox . A consultation has held between his first wife, Mary Ann, and Edson , i n regard to the case. The child was not one of MaryAnn’s or of her S iste rs, but a well_grow boy of his third wife, Amelia, name Heber. Th e discu ssion concluded with Mary Ann’s argument, as if in foreboding o f her deat h, that if anything happened, she could be spared better tha t Edson; ther efore she would go in and nurse the boy, and she did. Th e boy died and s o did she. The case produced quite and excitement at th e time. The stre et was fenced off by order of the City Council; fires w ere built near th e premises, and the two victims of the dread disease we re burned in the d arkness of the night. The coffins were wrapped in clo ths dipped in tar : no funeral service, no sympathetic accompaniment of f riends, but the de ad hour of the night, Edson consigned to the flames th e remains of his lo ved ones.”
In 1871 He was sent on a mission to the Eastern States.
When the laws of the land no longer permitted plural marriage, or the li v ing together of plural families, Edson Whipple moved with two of his wi ve s, Harriet and Amelia and their children, to Arizona. Stopping at Hol bro ok the first of the year 1881, he worked there on the A. & P. Railroa d, n ow the Santa Fe. In May of the same year, they moved to Showlow, wh ere t hey located and bought a couple of claims, one from William Wolf o n the S howlow Creek, which had a small two-room house on it; and the oth er two m iles west which had about 20 acres of cleared land and some cro p plante d on it. Here he built a pumping plant run by water power, an d pumped th e water 150 feet up the cliff for domistic purposes. At thi s place he bu ilt a block house 22 by 32 feet, with port holes in it fo r protection aga inst the Apache Indians who were not friendly at that ti me. This buildin g was also used for public meetings and dances, and i t was known later a s the Whipple Hall.
He lived at Showlow until the fall of 1885, when he took his wife Ameli a , and the unmarried children and started for Old Mexico. But only wen t a s far as the Gila Valley, spending the winter there and going on in t h e spring, and locating in Colonia Juarez. The next fall he returned a n d got his other wife, Harriet, and her unmarried children. He also to o k his cattle on this trip.
In Mexico he built two houses and resided there until his death, 11 Ma y 1 894. He was buried in Colonia Juarez.
(Prepared by L. Florene Lunt Fair.)
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