Almira Whipple (1810 - 1889): Our Family History

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1810 - 1889 (78 years)

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Name	Almira Whipple
Birth	13 Jun 1810	Sanford, Broome, New York, United States
Gender	Female
Initiatory (LDS)	3 Feb 1846	NAUVO
FamilySearch ID	KWV9-MLT
Death	4 Feb 1889	Provo, Utah, Utah, United States
Burial	17 Feb 1889	Provo City Cemetery, Utah, Utah, United States
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Person ID	I691	mytree
Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

Father	Daniel Whipple, b. 27 Aug 1779, Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States d. 27 Sep 1839, Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States (Age 60 years)
Mother	Mary Tiffany, b. 17 Jun 1777, Barkhamsted, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States d. 12 Sep 1845, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States (Age 68 years)
Marriage	1804	Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States
Family ID	F68	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family George Tiffany, b. 4 May 1808, Delhi, Delaware, New York, United States d. 21 Jun 1885, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 77 years)

Marriage 31 Mar 1829 Newfield, Tompkins, New York, United States

Children

	1. Cynthia Jane Tiffany, b. 2 Feb 1830, Newfield, Tompkins, New York, United States d. 6 Oct 1845, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States (Age 15 years)
	2. Zenos Tiffany, b. 21 Jul 1831, Newfield, Tompkins, New York, United States d. Dec 1843, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States (Age 12 years)
+	3. Ira Patchen Tiffany, b. 14 Feb 1835, Eaton Township, Lorain, Ohio, United States d. 21 Mar 1905, Salem, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 70 years)
	4. Loyal Peck Tiffany, b. 27 Jul 1837, Litchfield, Medina, Ohio, United States d. 15 Feb 1903, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 65 years)
	5. Mary Tiffany, b. 18 Dec 1844, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States d. 14 Dec 1845, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States (Age 0 years)
+	6. Almira Rebecca Tiffany, b. 18 Aug 1847, Garden Grove, Decatur, Iowa, United States d. 23 Nov 1914, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 67 years)
+	7. George Mason Tiffany, b. 31 Jan 1850, Springville, Linn, Iowa, United States d. 14 Mar 1909, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 59 years)
+	8. Nelson Whipple Tiffany, b. 6 Aug 1852, Fort Laramie, Goshen, Wyoming, United States d. 20 Jan 1927, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 74 years)

Family ID F598 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Apr 2024

Event Map

	Birth - 13 Jun 1810 - Sanford, Broome, New York, United States
	Marriage - 31 Mar 1829 - Newfield, Tompkins, New York, United States
	Initiatory (LDS) - 3 Feb 1846 - NAUVO
	Death - 4 Feb 1889 - Provo, Utah, Utah, United States
	Burial - 17 Feb 1889 - Provo City Cemetery, Utah, Utah, United States

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Notes

SOURCE: LDS Collectors Library: Early LDS Membership Data.

History of Amlira Whipple Tiffany
prepared by her Granddaughter Almira Tiffany Bethers
used by permission of DUP

My grandmother Almira Whipple Tiffany, wife of George Tiffany was the d a ughter of Daniel Whipple and Mary Tiffany (Aldrich) Whipple. She was b or n June 13, 1810 in Sanford, Broom County, New York. The third chil d i n a family of six children, four girls and two boys and she also ha d a ha lf sister and brother making eight children in the family.
Her mother Mary was first married to Sylvester Aldrich and two childr e n were born to them. This marriage was not a happy marriage and ende d i n divorce.
My grandmother Almira Whipple Tiffany was married to my grandfather Geo r ge Tiffany in 1829. They lived a few years in New York State, two chil dr en were born to them there, Cynthia Jane and Zenos Tiffany.
Then the spirit of pioneering came upon them and they left New York a n d went first to Eaton, Ohio. My grandfather took his two sisters wit h th em as their mother was dead. Here in Ohio is where they heard the g ospe l and about the Prophet Joseph Smith and they knew it was the truth . The y were both baptized in about 1832. My grandfather was ordained a n Elde r and received a recommendation to preach the Gospel. This was gi ven b y the direction of the General Conference organized in Grafton, Lor aine C ounty, Ohio, May 14, 1832.
My grandparents had corresponded with my grandmother's parents Daniel a n d Mary Whipple in New York praising the country in Ohio and what it ha d t o offer and they decided to go to Ohio. In the latter part of the su mme r of 1833, they (my grandmother's parents) made preparations to go t o Ohi o. Daniel sold everything they had including the cattle, wagon an d house hold goods. In the month of November 1833, this family left Ne w York t o go to Ohio where their relatives lived. After a hard journe y they arri ved there and found my grandparents (George & Almira) and fam ily settle d in the woods, half a leg deep in water in a small shanty wit h a few acr es cleared around them. Also my grandmother's half brother S ylvanus Aldr ich and his family all living in the same house. He and hi s family had c ome from New York, his mother Mary hadn't seen her son fo r many years an d this was really a family reunion and they all were so h appy after thei r hard fare and past troubles. Here they all lived throu gh the winter to gether in a house or cabin 16 ft. square. Sixteen of t hem in all, had t o eat, drink and sleep in that small house but they ha d nothing and nowhe re else to go for shelter. At first, they were entir ely dependent on Geo rge Tiffany for food as Daniel was sick all winter a nd Nelson Whipple wa s only 14 years old and stood a poor show to ear n a cents worth of anythi ng. They remained here through the winter upo n the hospitality of thei r Brother George and his good wife Almira who f reely divided with them t o the last. In the spring, they were able to s ustain themselves. Durin g this time in their huddled condition there wa s not a hard word betwee n them.
In the spring, Daniel helped George build another house, then he and h i s family lived in the old one and he worked in the mill for a Mr. Abb y an d Nelson chopped timber for five dollars an acre through the summer . Thi s is where Daniel Whipple died and was buried.
George and Almira Tiffany had two children born in New York, one in Lit t lefield, Modena County, Illinois, one in Eaton, Ohio, one in Nauvoo, Il li nois, another in Garden Grove, my father in Springville Branch, Pottaw att amie County, Iowa and his brother Nelson at Fort Laramie, Wyoming. O ne c hild died in Henderson, Illinois, and two died in Nauvoo, Illinois . Fiv e children came as pioneers of 1852 with their parents to Utah.
Elder Hughes was the first missionary that came to Ohio preaching the G o spel and the Tiffany and Whipple families shortly after hearing him joi ne d the church and were baptized.
After my great grandmother Mary heard the gospel and was baptized she s a id -- If she could live to see Nauvoo and hear the authorities of the C hu rch, she would be willing to leave this world. Her desire was grant e d a few years later.
There were thirty-two persons who left Ohio for Nauvoo, Illinois, 563 m i les distant. All of them had been converted by John Hughes a local Eld er . When they reached Henderson they were penniless and had to work her e . It was here my Uncle Zenos died. The cause of his death was never k no wn, he sickened and died suddenly. He was a child of uncommon talent s fo r his age. He had an aspiring mind, sought after learning and wisdo m tha t would do him good and those he associated with. His strange expe rienc e shows what a hold the new religion had on even boys. He told hi s fathe r he was going to die but he was not to mourn for him because h e would b e better off than the living and that his father and friends wo uld soon s ee him again. He asked to be given his last drink of water a nd that h e might be raised up that he might see the fire for the last ti me. Thi s having been done for him he bade the family goodbye and then f ell bac k and died in 1843.
Sometime in the summer of 1844, grandfather George Tiffany and his tw o b rothers started to go to Nauvoo to see the city and the Prophet Josep h Sm ith. They went as far as Macedonia, then settled by the saints, an d in c onsequence of so much rain they couldn't go on the rest of the wa y and re turned home.
About a year before the Whipple family went to Nauvoo, Illinois, grand p a and grandma Tiffany and family moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. They bui l t a large log house on Bain Street, two blocks north of the Temple. Ab ou t a year after this Grandpa Tiffany went back to see the Whipple famil y w hile there he was taken very sick and continued so for so long and t o al l appearance came near his death. After he had in part recovered , Uncl e Nelson hired a Brother Landres to take him home to Nauvoo.
On the 3rd of May 1845, Uncle Nelson Whipple, his wife, mother and sist e r Gerua left for Nauvoo, Illinois to make their home. They went to gra nd pa Tiffany's and stayed for three weeks. While traveling to Nauvoo th e y had a pleasant journey of 75 miles unmolested although they passed th ro ugh towns where the people had the most bitter enmity against the Morm ons . They arrived at the Tiffany's May 6, 1845, all well and in good sp irit s. The next day after their arrival they went to see the temple, th e wal ls were half up. This building was of whitish rock, a course kin d of mar ble, taken from the banks of the river about one half mile fro m the templ e. On seeing the building, its size and curious workmanshi p and the nume rous workmen engaged upon it they were quite surprised. T hey viewed th e work as far as it was done, walked about the city all da y and returne d to the Tiffany home well pleased with what they had seen . While stayin g here Uncle Nelson Whipple furnished flour and fish an d they all lived h igh on bread and catfish. Soon after they moved there ,they were sick wit h fever and so were the Tiffany's.
My grandparents, George and Almira Tiffany had their endowments in th e N auvoo temple. They had to leave their home as did others. They wen t t o Garden Grove for awhile, then went to the Missouri River here Uncl e Nel son found them very uncomfortably situated for the winter. Livin g in a s od house and burning green black walnut wood and eating buckwhea t bread g round in wooden millstones by their door. He told them he thou ght they w ould do much better to go over on the East side of the river t o Springvil le Branch and stay with him through the winter and then get s ome land an d build a house and prepare to go to the valley as soon as po ssible. Thi s he they did and it is where my father was born, George Mas on Tiffany, J anuary 31, 1850.
Uncle Nelson Whipple was 1st Counselor to the President of the Springvi l le Branch-- Father Williams the President. When he left for the valle y G randpa Tiffany was called to take his place and when Father William s left , he, George Tiffany was made President of the Springville Branc h in Pott awattamie County, Iowa.
When his brother-in-law Nelson Whipple left for the valley grandpa Geor g e Tiffany went a long way with them and when he turned to go back thei r f eelings were so that they couldn't bid each other goodbye.
In 1852, the Tiffany's started their journey across the Plains. I have n 't yet found the Company they came in. When they arrived in Fort Laram ie , Wyoming their youngest child, a boy, was born August 6, 1852. The y nam ed him Nelson Wheeler Tiffany for the brother they had be so closel y asso ciated with and loved so dearly.
They came on and about Sept. 1852 came to Salt Lake going on to Ogde n . Here they lived for five years, then they came to Provo. The tim e o f the move was when Johnston's army was sent to this Territory.
After camping by the Provo river during the summer, they moved into t h e Fort during the winter. They suffered great privations as did all t h e early pioneers. My grandmother had all the care of the children as h e r husband and eldest son Ira were in the Echo Canyon War.
She made cloth for the family use, from flax they had raised themselve s , doing the spinning, weaving and dyeing of the clothe and making the c lo thes.
She was very faithful and true to the Church bearing her testimony to t h e truthfulness of the Gospel many times. She was also blessed with th e g ift of tongues.
My eldest sister, Mary Ellen Tiffany Steele, remembers being in Relie f S ociety meeting in the basement of the Old Tabernacle when she was a c hil d in Provo and of hearing Grandma Almira Tiffany get up to bear her t esti mony and she talked in tongues, it sounded to my sister like the Ind ian l anguage. Her daughter Aunt Almira Tiffany Holden began to cry thin king h er mother had lost her mind. Zina Card was at this meeting and af ter gra ndma sat down she got up and gave the interpretation of tongues a s it ha d been given to her. Then everything was all right.
My grandmother and grandfather Tiffany and my father did some work fo r t he dead. My father going through the endowment House more than a yea r be fore he married my mother.
Grandmother Tiffany was loved by all who knew her and she was a splend i d wife and mother always helping her husband in the responsible positio n s of trust he held at many different times in the Church. Always taki n g the best of care of her children and teaching them the Gospel and th e r ight way of living.
She lived to be 79 years of age and passed away in Provo, Feb. 14, 18 8 9 and is buried in the Provo City Cemetery. She was the mother of eig h t children, five of them came as pioneers to Utah in 1852 and three di e d before the journey west.