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Marriage: Copy of Marriage Certificate in the possession of Steven Whipp l e.
LIVE_LDS_BAPTISM: Copy of baptism record in the possession of Steven Whi p ple.
ELIZABETH BROCKBANK BUSHNELL Her Life Story from the Bushnell Clario n , excerpts from her Autobiography recorded by her granddaughter, Edit h L oretta Bushnell Taft (ELBT), and, Section V, of History & Genealogy o f Is aac
Elizabeth Brockbank Bushnell was born 8 NOVEMBER 1839 in Liverpool, Lanc a shire, England to Isaac and Elizabeth Mainwaring Brockbank. She was t h e second child in a family of seven children; four boys and three girl s . At the time of her birth, her parents belonged to the Wesleyan Meth od ist Church. She remembers that she and her older brother, Isaac, wen t t o church every Sunday with their Father. Their Father taught a clas s i n the church.
One day when Elizabeth was just a little girl, she was walking a littl e w ay with her brother, Isaac, to school. She had on new shoes and wa s ver y proud of them. On her way back home, an old beggar lady gave he r som e candy and asked Elizabeth to let her take the shoes to try on he r littl e girl. She took the shoes and Elizabeth never saw the lady or t he shoe s again.
Elizabeth had a birthmark of a fish with scales, on the back of her rig h t hand. Elizabeth’s mother loved fish and a man would come to their do o r selling them. While Elizabeth’s mother was pregnant with Elizabeth , th e man came selling fish and this particular day the mother didn’t bu y any . The man showed his displeasure by slapping Mother Brockbank o n the ba ck of her hand with one of his fish. Elizabeth said this was ho w she go t her birthmark and also her love for fish. She protected the b irthmar k from the eyes of others by always placing her left hand over th e birthm ark.
Elizabeth’s mother was very devoted to her children. Always teaching th e m right from wrong and helping them to choose the right. She was ver y in dustrious. Elizabeth was a good daughter to her mother. The Brockb ank f amily moved from their home on Crosby Street to No. 30 Adlington St reet i n 1844 so they could help care for Mother Mainwaring, who had bee n ill si nce having cholera during the epidemic of 1835. Her daughter Ma ry, a ple asant and agreeable young lady had been caring for their mother , but sh e was worn out and needed help. From this experience of helpin g to car e for her Grandmother, Elizabeth was schooled early in life in t he art o f nursing and caring for the ill. This art she came by naturall y and sha red it freely. All her life, also the greatest gift of all, “h erself’, s he gave.
Elizabeth’s father was employed in a brewery where he learned to manufac t ure ale and beer (of which he was fond). Later he was employed by th e Ba th Water Works company. He was in charge of large cisterns of wate r an d the pipes that carried it to the streets. He also supplied the ve ssel s with fresh water in the Queens Docks, going among ships from all p art s of the world. He lived on the property of this company on Crosby S tree t. Later, having a desire to go into business for himself, he bough t mea t from the meat Market of Old Swan, a village four miles from Liver pool , and sold both wholesale and retail in Liverpool. Between his call ing a mong the Methodists and his different places of employment, he wa s well k nown and greatly respected.
Early in the year 1843, Parley P. Pratt, a Latter-day Saint missionary , w as holding a meeting and explaining the gospel in the Royal Amphithe ater . Elizabeth’s father attended and was convinced of its truthfulness . H e tried to get his wife to investigate it with him but she would hav e not hing to do with it. The Elders and Saints came to their home tryin g to p ersuade her to change her mind, but to no avail. Isaac renounce d the Met hodist faith and in a few weeks was baptized a member of the Ch urch of Je sus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “The Mormons”. This caused m uch content ion in the home. Elizabeth’s mother objected to her father t aking the ch ildren to the Mormon Sunday School. Mother Mainwaring joine d her daughte r in these objections.
His wife still maintained her adhesion to the Methodist Church and did a l l in her power to thwart her husband and seemed filled with hatred fo r an y person who claimed to belong to the Mormon church. She did everyt hin g in her power to get revenge upon her husband. This caused feeling s bet ween them, which were never eradicated. She at one time was so ang ry a t him for going to council meeting on a week night that she gathere d ever y book, paper, etc. on MORMONISM and burned them. The effect wa s bittern ess in the home, so much so that father commenced the system o f floggin g her and there never seemed to exist any more comfort or happi ness in th e household afterward. (ELBT)
Isaac Jr. and Elizabeth were baptized into the Latter-day Saint Church a g ainst their mother’s wishes. Tension continued to grow in the home ov e r religion. One day their mother called the children to her and aske d th em to promise that they would not go with their father who was plann ing t o emigrate to America, but they had already promised their father t hat th ey would go and they were looking forward to a great adventure - t he pros pects of crossing the ocean and seeing a big new country. Salt L ake Cit y was only a name to them, but they knew the Saints were gatherin g ther e and they wished to go.
Mother Elizabeth finally consented to go, but she let it be known it w a s solely on account of the children. There were four of them, Isaac Jr . , Elizabeth, Joshua, and Agnes, who was a nursing baby. There had bee n t hree others: Daniel, Susan and John, who had died in infancy. Two we re b uried in Stanhope Street Methodist Chapel Yard. The other one at th e Nec ropolis in Liverpool. One can see how hard it would be to leave bu ried c hildren, mother, sister, family, friends, church and much that wa s precio us to her. It is recorded that she said, “If she was not satisf ied on ge tting to the end of her journey in Salt Lake City, she would re turn”.
They set sail from Liverpool, from the Victoria Dock on the 11th of Febr u ary, 1852, on a merchant ship fitted up for emigrants called the “Elle n M arie”, carrying between five and six hundred passengers. Whitmore wa s th e Captain’s name. It was a rough voyage taking eight weeks and thre e day s before they arrived at New Orleans. From there, they transferre d t o a river steamer which took them up the Mississippi River to St Loui s . Here they had a delay for two days. They caught the St Ange to Kans a s City, another three day trip. On their way up the river, they stopp e d for a short time at Atchison to see some of the survivors from the st ea mer Saluda which had a steam boiler explosion while at the Levee. The r e were a number of Saints on this vessel who were among the sufferer s . Elisabeth said it was a sickening sight and one she could never for ge t - people scalded, deformed and some without arms, legs, or eyes. I t wa s hard to witness.
This was the first company to travel over the sea under the auspices o f t he perpetual Emigration Fund company. The arrangement was that on th ei r arrival they were to be cared for and sheltered. The wagons were be in g made in St Louis [Kansas City], they were not ready. Captain O. A . Smo ot made them as comfortable as circumstances would permit. They pi tche d their tents three-fourths of a mile from the river bank on an elev ation .
The people in the city were very unfriendly, boasting that they had driv e n the Saints across the river once and they could do it again. Indigna ti on meetings were called but they were frightened away because choler a ha d broken out in camp. These people had been living on a poor diet , mostl y hard tack, half rations, no vegetables, and the most common kin ds of fo od. They found roots that they had been acquainted with in th e old count ry. However, when they came to use these roots for food, th e cholera bro ke out. There were twenty deaths in a few days. Rude boxe s of any kin d were made and the dead laid away without much ceremony.
Isaac rented a small house about half a mile from camp. It was while he r e that word reached the camp of the principle of Plural Marriage as a c ar dinal principle of the Church. Elizabeth’s mother, and a Mrs. Thomas , wh o had three daughters of marriageable age, were thrown into constern ation . Mrs Thomas said, “I’d rather see my daughters die than go to th e valle y and become wives of Polygamists”. In just a few days, two of t he girl s were dead and the third lay very ill when the Brockbanks starte d West.
As soon as the wagons and cattle were ready, they loaded up their wago n s and started out to where the company was stopped, some seven miles di st ant. On the way, they got stuck in the mud at a small stream just wes t o f Westport. They remained at this stream all night. In hitching u p thei r team on the first campground, the wheel oxen swung around and tw isted t he tongue of the wagon so it broke, but by splicing and wrappin g with rop e and rawhide it held together until they got through to the v alley.
Captain A. O. Smoot and 1st Assistant Captain Chris Layton were in char g e of this company of 52 wagons. It was organized with groups of ten wa go ns with a captain over each ten. On the first of July, 1852, they sta rte d on their journey of 1300 miles. They traveled about a hundred mil e s a week. In the latter part of July, the company passed Fort. Larami e a nd were fifty miles to the west. It was about noon. Due to the heav y lo ads placed on the wagons, the women often walked. They came to a st eep h ill, those who had been riding in the wagons got out. Mother Brock bank d id the same, and giving the baby, Agnes, to Elizabeth to tend, sh e went d own the hill to where there was a quantity of wild currant bushe s. Whene ver it was possible currants and berries were gathered to suppl ement th e diet and stretch the food supply. The main company would go o n and one s gathering the fruit would catch up at meal time.
(Some of the following was taken from the life sketch of Isaac Brockba n k Sr and experiences told by Isaac Brockbank Jr.)
There was a stream of water by these currant bushes. Isaac asked his mo t her for a drink. She went to the wagon and got a shiny tin cup and ga v e him a drink of water from the stream. He was the last of the famil y o r any of the company to see her. “We didn’t miss her until we stoppe d a t noon for lunch. As soon as we found that she was not in the train , Isa ac Jr. took a mule and rode back to the place where we had last see n her , hunting and calling to her, but to no avail.” The next morning I saac S r and Brother Chris Layton took a light buggy and back-tracked a s far a s Fort Laramie. They found her footsteps around a spring and als o ther e were Indian pony tracks at the side of the stream and on the roa d leadi ng to Fort Laramie. The only trace they found of anyone seeing h er was t wo men from a sheep camp who told of seeing a woman who ran fro m the roa d when she saw them. She seemed to be very upset so they did n ot follo w her. It was decided that the company should move on as the au thoritie s at Fort Laramie had said they would forward any information . We arrive d in Salt Lake City on 4 September, 1852, being six months a nd three week s from Liverpool.
The strange disappearance of my mother left me a real responsibilit y . I was only 13 years old at the time and I had to take care of my lit tl e sister Agnes who was just a nursing baby. (Autobiography, recorded b y E LBT)
“We now began to realize what it was to be bereft of a mother, havin g a b aby in our care and she up to this time living on the caresses an d nouris hment of a kind and indulgent mother. For no matter what her tr eatment w as from my father, she was at all times willing to bear anythin g for th e sake of her children and I cannot think, even at this time, th at she wi llfully went away from us. My own idea is that she may have be en quite d espondent and tired and after getting out of the wagon, she ma y have lai n down in the bushes and fallen asleep and on awakening foun d herself lef t behind and not knowing which way to do, she wandered arou nd. Her brai n would no doubt be affected by fear and despair and she wo uld be oblivio us to anything about her condition and most likely perishe d before gettin g human aid.” It took some time to get the baby pacified , being unweaned . She cried night and day and the extra care devolved u pon Elizabeth. O f course we had the sympathy of the whole camp, but n o one could pacify t he baby like Elizabeth. Consequently, she was prett y well tied and coul d do little but care for the baby.”
However, we got along tolerably well until Isaac Sr took sick and ha d a s erious time. He was confined to his bed on the wagon and became s o reduc ed in flesh that many of the folks said that he could not possibl y live . He had been getting worse for several days when one night he se emed t o be suffering very much and he thought he would have to die. Sev eral o f the brethren got around him in the wagon and administered unto h im an d through their faith and prayers in his behalf, he immediately too k a ch ange for the better and very soon was able to be up again.
Being without the kindness and care of a wife, Isaac was on the lookou t f or a companion. He knew of a sister named Sarah Brown who had been o n th e ship with us. As she was traveling in another company he made i t a poi nt to hunt her up. After some deliberation, they decided to cas t their l ots together. Their wedding was celebrated at the home of Thom as Hall ab out the second of October. They lived with the Hall Family fo r about a m onth. The Hall Family belonged to the 19th Ward.
On the sixth of October, we rolled out of Salt Lake City as President Yo u ng had advised us to go South. We had two yoke of oxen, two cows, havi n g paid one yoke oxen for tithing. Bishop Hunter, who received them, co ul d hardly believe that they had been driven across the plains. They we r e almost beef fat and ever afterward he would refer to those cattle wi t h complementary words. We traveled South and found excellent feed fo r ou r stock. Isaac Sr. had purposed to go to Spanish Fork as he had goo d rep orts of that place. We traveled slowly, taking four days for the j ourney . We stopped at Palmyra Fort, which had just been surveyed. Find ing a s uitable piece of ground, we took off the box of the wagon and pu t up a sm all tent. We then dug a cellar for shelter for the winter. I t was not l ong before we had brush, cane and dirt on for a roof and in t hat cellar w e took our abode.
Joshua and Isaac slept in the wagon box until the weather became too sev e re. The next summer, the Indians became hostile and the people move d t o Spanish Fork and another fort was built at Main and 3rd South. W e ha d two rooms in the southeast corner of the fort. We lived in one ro om wh ile the other was used for Sunday School and religious meetings . A wel l was dug in the center of the fort to supply water. The two he avy gate s at the south often admitted friendly Indians or Saints who cam e in an d out when occasion required. After the Indians became more frie ndly, ma ny families left the fort and built small homes of their own. I saac buil t a two room adobe house on the northwest corner of Center Stre et and Mai n. Joshua remembered hauling the dirt to make adobes from Spr ingville wi th an ox team. It took all day from daylight until dark to ha ul one load . The Presidency of the Church had advised the people to hav e the wate r of the Spanish Fork Creek conveyed to the bench by means o f a large dit ch, to be made about 1 ½ miles long. In 1855 water ditche s were dug an d opened in the town and through the streets. Their cows m anaged to liv e among the willows along the lake and wintered fairly well .
Elizabeth had always been taught to rely on her Heavenly Father. It w a s her way of life to kneel by her bed and say her prayers. One day Eli za beth’s father sent her to fetch the cow home from the willow patch. J us t as she was on her way home she saw a big Indian coming after her. W he n she ran he ran too, so she ran into a patch of brush and falling o n he r knees she prayed, “Please God, blind the Indian’s eyes so he won’ t se e me.” She repeated this many times silently while he was beating a roun d in the brush with a big stick trying to find her. At one time h e cam e so near she could have reached out and touched his bare leg. H e finall y gave up and went away. When her fear subsided, she crawled ou t off th e brush and began running toward home. She met her father who h ad becom e alarmed at her long absence and was on his way to find her. S he knew H eavenly Father had surely answered her prayer.
Winter came along early and before it ended they were pressed to trade s o me of their clothing for food. They were able to get some potatoes an d t hen they shot jack rabbits.
Elizabeth’s shoes gave out so she made her some moccasins from blue deni m s. She now was able to work away from home for food, clothing and ver y l ittle money. She worked some for a Mrs. Mofford.
Elizabeth felt her step mother imposed on her and it was hard to see som e one else discipline her brothers and sister, whom she had cared for an d l oved so dearly.
When she was fifteen, and the family was still living in Palmyra, she we n t to live with a family named Pollock. They were quite well fixed beca us e they had been in the valley for some time. Mr Pollock used this t o per suade her to marry him and go with his older wife to southern Utah , wher e he had been called. She started south with them, but before the y reach ed Fillmore she repented of her rash act in marrying an older ma n and lea ving home while so young. There she found a friend, Mrs. Barro ws, whom s he had known and worked for in Salt Lake City. She refused t o go on an d Mrs Barrows stood by her. Later Mr Pollock came back for he r and Mrs B arrows hid her in a barrel covering her with soiled clothes . He didn’t f ind her, so went south again without her. Later, two of M r Pollock’s son s came to visit her and called her Aunt Elizabeth. She t old them she hop ed they were better than their father was. They told he r he was a very g ood man. She replied “He was an old sooner”. Which se emed to be the wor st swear word she knew. President Brigham Young cam e through Fillmore . She told him her story and asked for his help. H e wrote an annulment , signed it and gave it to her. Then his secretar y put his hand on her s and asked her to marry him. Of course, she ver y politely refused him.
She was able to get work in Fillmore. While in Fillmore, she met John B u shnell, he courted her, they fell in love and were married 14 August, 1 85 4. In Fillmore, they had the first post office, and a little store . Eli zabeth kept the books and cooked for the mail carriers. Her broth er, Isa ac was one of the first mail carriers to Fillmore. He was alway s so welc ome, bringing her word of her loved ones in Spanish Fork. Thei r first fo ur children, John B. Isaac B., Edward B., & Daniel B., were b orn there a nd then they heard President Young preach a sermon about prov iding for yo ur own by having something for them to do. They wanted to g et on a far m where the boys would be employed at home.
The story is told by members of the family that in 1864 Amasa Lyman to l d John that he needed the Bushnell home in Fillmore for himself and wan te d John to go to Meadow and settle there. There was to be a trade in p rop erty of the same value between John and Amasa Lyman, Meadow propert y fo r Fillmore property; however, John never received property of like v alu e to that which he gave up.
While in Fillmore, John was clerking in their store. An Indian came i n a nd got behind the counter and was helping himself, refusing to pay an d wa s causing havoc. John asked several times for him to stay out fro m behin d the counter or leave. The Indian was rebellious and refused, J ohn too k him by the back of his collar and threw him out. Several week s later , John was outside Fillmore about a mile on his way to Meadow whe n he sa w some Indians coming toward him with war paint on their faces . He jumpe d off his wagon, quickly turned his team around and started b ack to Fillm ore. The Indians caught up and kept jabbing him in the side s with long s harp sticks and spears, until he arrived back in Fillmore . John was lai d up several days with bruises and cuts. John felt the y did it to him t o get even for him throwing the Indian out of his store . At times the In dians would go on the war path, this seemed to be on e of those times.
They moved to Meadow in 1862, one of the first families to reside ther e . They were blessed with four more children: Howard B., Joshua B., El iz abeth and Eliza Jane. All six of the sons were given Brockbank for th ei r middle names.
John tilled the earth and it began to yield a living for his family . H e hauled his wheat to Fillmore to be made into flour. There were gr ist m ills there and a molasses mill. John Made his own molasses mill wi th woo den wheels and a tank or vat and a long pole attached to the wheel s wit h a horse hitched to the end of the pole to take it round and roun d crush ing out the sorghum cane juice. This avoided taking the cane t o Fillmore , and it made for home industry. Elizabeth and her daughter s dried bushe ls of fruit of every kind which was very hard work. When t he boys went f reighting, they would sell it. This was one means of supp ort. There wer e many fruit trees surrounding their home and the fruit t hereof was freel y shared with others. Many of us can remember the big c oddling apples an d other fruits grown there.
John acquired some fine horses, and two of the boys, Edward and Isaac, b e gan hauling freight from York, the terminal of the railroad in Juab cou nt y, to Pioch, Nevada, and other mining camps. These were no pleasure t rip s. Roads were so bad they were kept busy knocking mud from between t he w agon wheel spokes. This was hard work; they had no overshoes and o nly o ne overcoat. The one riding wore the overcoat. They took turns ri ding a nd walking. Mining camps were dens of iniquity, and they were oft en thre atened by robbers. Isaac contracted pneumonia and died May 29, 1 877. H e was a lad of 19. This was a great cause of sorrow to his paren ts. Al l of their other children grew up and reared large families of th eir own.
When the Church established the United Order, John, always obedient to c o unsel, joined. His fine horses went into the Order, which did not las t f or long. The scrub horses he got back were a source of annoyance t o hi m and the boys. The family homesteaded some fine pasture land and a cquir ed some grazing property that became valuable with time.
Elizabeth’s father, Isaac Brockbank Sr., made many sacrifices for the Ch u rch. His last days were spent in Spanish Fork, the town and ward wher e h e had played such a big part in helping to found and contribute to th ei r growth. He died the 1st of April in 1878 and was buried in the Span is h Fork Cemetery.
When the Primary was organized in Meadow by Zina D. Young and Eliza R. S n ow, Elizabeth was chosen as a counselor to Sarah Stott. When Sister St ot t died, Elizabeth became the second Primary President. Later Elizabet h s erved as counselor in the Relief Society to Martha Bennett. Elizabet h wa s a member of the first choir in Fillmore, also a member in the firs t on e in Meadow. She had a beautiful Alto voice and harmonized beautifu lly w ith her daughter Elizabeth. They sang together often. Her favorit e song s were “Rock of Ages” and “Home Sweet Home”. Elizabeth sang whe n asked a nd was busy in the Church and community. She prepared the dea d for buria l. When the need arose she helped deliver babies, and spen t much of he r time with the sick. Elizabeth had a special gift for nurs ing and ove r a period of years “Grandmother Bushnell” was sent for whene ver anyone i n the little town had sickness or an accident. She had grea t faith and o ften went where others were afraid to go. Once she went in to the home o f Robert Edward where they were all down with diphtheria . Her daughter , Elizabeth, told how she cried and begged her mother t o come home when s he came to the fence to see how her own family was get ting along, but sh e could not leave for even the mother was down. As th e children got well , they were sent to relatives and neighbors, while sh e continued to car e for the very ill mother. When the mother died, Eliz abeth prepared he r body for burial. Men came with the coffin to the doo r, but did not wan t to come in. She told them to tie handkerchiefs ove r their mouths and c ome and lift the body into the coffin, saying, “Thi s is one thing I canno t do alone”. She fumigated her clothing burning s ulphur in the room. Sh e never refused to help people until her children , because of her age, re fused to let her go. Elizabeth will always be r emembered for her pleasan t countenance, her kind, gentle and loving ways . She always thought of o thers, giving encouragement and herself.
In 1882 the family took all the sheep in Meadow to run. They didn’t ma k e much because of the poor clip of wool and low price, but they staye d i n the sheep business.
Elisabeth washed, pulled and carded the wool that made their clothing a n d bedding. When the woolen mills opened in Provo, they had blankets , a s well as wool filled quilts, made from their own wool and Elizabeth’ s lo ng hours of hand toil.
Elizabeth and John loved their children and grandchildren and they in tu r n loved them and loved to stay with them whenever parents could be pers ua ded. At their births, Elizabeth would help out whenever she could.
Elizabeth & John owned a music box that was played over and over agai n b y grandchildren. They owned a view master and pictures of the gay ni neti es which was such a delight and used to entertain grandchildren. I t wa s such a choice experience to sleep on their feather bead. Lovina B ushne ll Bond said she loved to go to her grandparent’s home, and she sle pt the re often. On Sunday afternoons and holidays, chairs were placed o n thei r porch or the lawn under the trees where family and friends woul d come a nd visit. Often the refreshments would be lemonade, cookies, an d fruit . Love and good wishes were exchanged.
At the birth of Alice, the thirteenth child of Daniel and Susan, it wa s t hree days before Elizabeth was able to be there which was unusual. Sh e cu pped her toil worn hands around her sweet little round face and look ing i n through the screen door she said “Suze what have you got there? ” She a nswered, “She had a dish washer and someone to take care of he r in her ol d age”. Elizabeth replied, “Well, I guess the Lord is at th e helm.” Thi s was her belief and this was the way she lived, like the L ord was at th e helm.
On the 29th of July 1882 in their home in Meadow, Millard county, Utah , J ohn died. He was only 59 years old. Life cannot be measured in tim e alo ne, but in deeds. John had lived a life full of good deeds. He ha d work ed hard. His sons carried on as the Bushnell Brothers, with a loy alty th at was a credit to his name.
Several years after his passing, one of his sons was at his sheep herd , s outhwest of Meadow when for three days John was with him, warning an d giv ing courage, for he was soon to face the death of one of his sons . Thi s was described as a choice experience. The Father’s influence wa s fel t much after his passing and well it should be, he was an intereste d, wor thy patriarch of the family. He left a united happy family who we re ver y devoted to their mother. After their father’s death, the boys c arrie d on with their mother to guide them. She was always interested i n wha t they did and they tried to report to her weekly, contributing t o her in dependence. They were know as the Bushnell Brothers and were un ited by t hat great love and devotion which she instilled in everyone o f her childr en. She held them together in love and confidence that wa s inspirational . She taught them honesty, integrity, and devotion, an d they were know n for these qualities.
Elizabeth’s great faith had to be recognized, when she said “I have be e n through many heart aches and many disappointment and saw many hard ti me s, but nothing that has happened to me has ever hurt like losing my mo the r on the plains and not knowing whatever became of her, but some da y I wi ll be with her and know all about it.”
When Elizabeth lived alone, she milked a cow and made her own butter. S h e also kept a few chickens and kept her eggs in a drawer of her cupboar d . Her home was very pleasant to live in. She had a pretty green carp e t in one room. She was very good to the Indians and they loved to cho p w ood for her. She always paid them and when they were hungry she fe d them .
Elizabeth was always very pleasant and had many friends come to visit he r . Lizzie Stott came real often and Sister Duncan who lived in the midd l e of the block North of her. When Sister Duncan’s son got drunk, as h e o ften did, she was very afraid of him so she would bring her bed rol l on h er back and sleep on Elizabeth’s floor. The doors were never lock ed.
Son John was very thoughtful and when he went to Fillmore he would bri n g Elizabeth a little sausage or fish of some kind. In those days, the y h ad what they called Bloaters. They were fish cured, smoked and dried . S he loved them and looked forward to John’s visits. Daniel tried t o kee p her supplied with peppermints. Her other children were thoughtfu l in t heir own ways. Elizabeth made inner long pockets in her long dar k skirts . In these she had peppermint candy that she treated her grandc hildren w ith when they came to visit her especially on Sunday afternoon s and holid ays.
Elizabeth always kept a current J. Lynn catalogue on hand and near Chris t mas she would always send there for a little jewelry for Christmas pres en ts. Stick pins for the boys and breast pins for the girls. Geneva Be nne tt Black remembered her giving her a bluebird pin. She was so prou d of i t and loved it very much and she kept it for years. She gave he r a beaut iful shell box lined with stain to put her jewelry in. This wa s one of t he Christmases that Geneva lived with her.
Elizabeth got real ill one night, Geneva remembered awakening and she w a s on the floor so very ill and in such pain. Geneva waited until it w a s barely getting day light and hurried home to get her mother and fathe r . They moved her to the home of her daughter Elizabeth, or ‘Bee’ as s h e was lovingly called, and William, known as ‘Will’. This was around t h e year 1913. They and their family were always so kind and good to he r a nd she received the very best of care. She had a day bed in their ki tche n, so she could be with and see their comings and goings and be care d for .
Bee was ill for a few months during this time that Elizabeth lived wit h h er. For those months, she lived with her daughter Eliza Jane, know n lovi ng as ‘Lyde’, and her husband Alison Stott, known as ‘Al’. Her ch ildre n would have her come and visit them to spend the day and some holi days . All her children lived in Meadow. Will Bennett had a sheep in hi s yar d that would fight Elizabeth every time she went out where he was . She w as the only one he bothered. Will killed the sheep so he wouldn ’t hurt E lizabeth. He had him hung on the back porch thinking Elizabet h was saf e and darned if it didn’t fall one day when she went out on th e porch, kn ocking her down and broke her arm and hand. The Dr. didn’t d o a very goo d job of fixing it because her hand, fingers and wrist wer e always very s tiff from then on. The family felt very badly. She mad e the remark that , that sheep was determined to get her. It really look ed like it did. S he had a good sense of humor and used it often.
She fell and broke her leg before her death. She was cared for with mu c h love and devotion by those who loved her. She passed away on the 16 t h of September 1926 at the age of 88 in the home of her daughter Elizab et h Bushnell Bennett. The family prayer at the home was offered by Dani e l D. Bushnell, a grandson. Elizabeth was carried by her sons in her ca sk et from the Bennett home to the ward chapel, the distance of across th e s treet and one block to the north. The procession was led by Edward D avis , an undertaker from Fillmore, Utah, and Uncle of Susan Deardon Bush nell.
Her services were conducted by Bishop Jesse J. Bennett. Prayers were of f ered by Bishop Alonzo A. Kimball of Kanosh and James M. Stewart of Mead ow . Speakers were Neil M. Stewart of Meadow, F. A. Robinson of Fillmore , P resident John A. Beckstrand of Millard Stake and President Henry A. G ardn er of the Palmyra Stake, Spanish Fork. President Gardner read a poe m, “P eople Loved Her”. C. Orvill Stott dedicated the grave in the Meado w Ceme tery, where she was laid to rest by her beloved husband, John, an d son Is aac, After a long and useful life. Her posterity was seven of h er eigh t children, 75 grandchildren, 116 great-grandchildren and 1 great -great-g randchild. All proud they were descendants of John and Elizabet h Brockba nk Bushnell. | Bushnell, Elizabeth Brockbank (I4840)
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MARRIAGE: Copy of Marriage Certificate in the possession of Steven Whipp l e.
MARRIAGE: Copy of Temple Marriage Certificate in the possession of Stev e n Whipple. | Family: Alvin Eugene Whipple / Frankie Nelson (F2)
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MARRIAGE: Copy of Marriage License in the possession of Dayle White.
Ellen Elizabeth Landeen was born in Alvdalen, Kopparberg, Sweden on Ju n e 18, 1891 to Daniel Larson Landeen and Karin Larsson Landeen.
The family immigrated to the United States in May 1900 and settled in t h e East MillCreek area.
When Ellen was in her teens she secured employment with the Rosenbaum fa m ily as a nursemaid for the children. Mr. Rosenbaum was in the wholesal e t ailor business and was reputed to be quite wealthy. At the time Elle n me t her future husband, James White SR., Ellen was said to be fluent i n thr ee languages.
She married James White Sr. on July 2, 1909 in the Salt Lake County Cou r t House at the age of 18. At the time of her marriage, James White Sr . wa s in the Army and stationed at Ft. Douglas in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Their first Child, James, was born June 7, 1910. They later were station e d at Fort Russell, Cheyenne, Wyoming, where they had government quarte r s assigned to them and were quite happy.
After being discharged from the army they moved back to Salt Lake City w h ere their second son, Guy, was born. (April 23, 1912)
Apparently the military was more appealing than civilian life so he re-e n listed in the service but went into the Navy and was stationed at Yerb a B uena Island, San Francisco, California. From there they went to the P uge t Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington where they arrived in the su mme r of 1913. They rented a nice little cottage on a hill overlooking Pu ge t Sound. The Mormon missionaries found that Ellen and her family wer e fro m Utah and would visit quite frequently and were gratefully accepte d.
Later they built a home of their own on 6th St. and Naval Ave. which a t t hat time was on the very fringe of the forest which surrounded Bremer ton . Ellen's brother, Fred, came to Bremerton from Salt Lake and helpe d in t he construction of their home and also to enjoy the great fishin g which w as practically on their door step.
Everything was wonderful for over five years, and then tragedy struck. T h e dreaded influenza epidemic claimed Ellen on December 10, 1918 at th e ag e of 27. She is now at rest in the Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park in Sal t Lak e City, Utah.
Life sketch of Ellen Elizabeth Landeen
Written by her son, Jim White
published in "Landeen in America" 2012 | Landeen, Ellen Elizabet (I5051)
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Marriage: England Marriages, 1538–1973 | Family: Isaac Briggs / Alice Deane (F27769)
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Marriage: Idaho, Marriage Index, 1842-1962, 1975-1996 | Family: Joseph Lynn Nelson / Georgiana E Adams (F86)
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Marriage: Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992 | Family: George Wesley Whipple / Harriet B Johnson (F27405)
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Marriage: London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 | Family: Edward Thomas Handley, Jr / Louisa Cluley (F17410)
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MARRIAGE: Marriage Certificate in the possession of Dayle Duncan
Meadow Ward records, blessing 1 Mar 1888 by William H. Stott. baptis m 3 J ul 1897 by Neil M Stewart Sen. Confirmation 11 Jul 1897 by Hiram B . Benne tt. | Stott, Ethel Edna (I4949)
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Marriage: Marriage Certificate in the possession of Dayle Duncan
Occupation: Farmer
Meadow Ward records, blessing 1884 by Elias A. Beckstrand. Baptism 5 O c t 1892 by John A Beckstrand. Confirmation 9 Oct 1892 by Bp. Hiram B. Be nn ett. Ordained Priest 24 Jan 1905 by Joseph H. Fisher. Ordained Elder 1 2 D ec 1910 by John Gull. Seventy 10 Mar 1940 by Sylvester Q Cannon. | Duncan, Elmer J (I4950)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family: Living / Living (F57)
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Marriage: Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910 | Family: John William Brown / Elizabeth Laskie (F15052)
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Marriage: Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937 | Family: Charles Leroy Talbot / Maxine Petrina Peters (F11378)
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Marriage: Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937 | Family: John Edward Clark / Minnie Maybell Holladay (F23740)
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Marriage: Utah, Marriages, 1887-1966, U.S. and International Marriage Re c ords, 1560-1900 | Family: Joseph G Nelson / Almeda Artiamissa Giles (F79)
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Marriage: Utah, Select County Marriages, 1887-1937 | Family: Ezra Claine Smith / Emma Giles Nelson (F90)
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Marriage: Utah, Select County Marriages, 1887-1937 | Family: Daniel LeRoy Whipple / Maud Rose (F103)
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Marriage: Utah, Select Marriages, 1887-1966 | Family: James White, Jr / Margot Arvilla Lund (F38)
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Marriage: Utah, Select Marriages, 1887-1966 | Family: Scott Giles Nelson / Alice Blossom Rust (F91)
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Marriage: Utah, Select Marriages, 1887-1966 | Family: James Mathew Davidson / Ella Whipple (F106)
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Marriage: Utah, Select Marriages, 1887-1966 | Family: Leonard Hirst Whipple / Ida Catherine Finger (F108)
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Marriage: Utah, Select Marriages, 1887-1966 | Family: Almon Liness Fullmer / Jennie Giles Nelson (F188)
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Marriage: Utah, Select Marriages, 1887-1966 | Family: Howard Joshua Bennett / Violet Stewart (F3159)
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Marriage: Utah, Select Marriages, 1887-1966 | Family: Leland Mainwaring Bushnell / Lola Duncan (F3160)
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Marriage: Utah, Select Marriages, 1887-1966 | Family: Nephi Besendorfer / Leona Bennett (F3322)
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Marriage: Utah, Select Marriages, 1887-1966 | Family: Rodney Anthony Ashby / Arvilla Bennett (F3323)
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Marriage: Utah, Select Marriages, 1887-1966 | Family: Sterling John Bennett / Amanda Marie Gleason (F3331)
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Marriage: Western States Marriage Index, 1809-2011 | Family: Elmer Stott Duncan / Shirley Jackson (F3423)
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Marriage: Western States Marriage Index, 1809-2011 | Family: William Kenneth Duncan / Gwendolyn Whatcott (F3427)
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Marriage: Western States Marriage Index, 1809-2011, Utah, Select Marriag e s, 1887-1966 | Family: Frank Taft Benson / Elizabeth Greaves Eames (F80)
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Marriage: Western States Marriage Index, 1809-2011, Utah, Select Marriag e s, 1887-1966 | Family: Frihoff Ellis Nielson / Marta Almeda Nelson (F87)
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Marriage: Western States Marriage Index, 1809-2011, Utah, Select Marriag e s, 1887-1966 | Family: Willis Eugene Black / Geneva Bennett (F3325)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family: Elmer Leon Bushnell / Living (F3600)
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Married at sea onboard the ship Marshfield Bath in the Irish Channel. | Family: William Hazelgrove Pidcock / Hannah Todner Blench (F32976)
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Married on ship William Tapscott, Atlantic Ocean | Family: Charles William Mann / Lavina Ann Smith (F11125)
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Martha Ann, daughter of Isaac Brockbank and Sara (Ford) Brown Brockban k . She was the youngest of five children. Her birthday was September 5 , 18 61. Her early education was a very meager one; she was only able t o atten d school a few months each year. She also had a few months tutora ge unde r George H. Brimhall of Spanish Ford. She applied her education t hought o ut her life by writing letters to her husband and reading storie s to he r children from the Bible.
During her teenage years she learned to sew and cook and keep house wi t h the limited facilities of a pioneer home. One who new her best descri be s her as being “an industrious, honest, pleasant, modest and prayerfu l la dy. She was loved and respected by her family and friends.” When sh e wa s not occupied with home duties she would help relatives, neighbor s and f riends as needed. She was active in the MIA work in her early yea rs and l ater in the Relief Society as a Visiting Teacher.
One day she met Jonathan Hyrum Hales and he asked her for a date. This w a s the beginning of a short courtship and they were married in the Sal t La ke Endowment House November 16, 1882. Soon after their marriage sh e wen t to her husband to a place called Hales Siding, halfway between P V Junct ion and Schofield. Her husband was employed as a section forema n for th e Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. Three babies were born to her du ring thi s time and she had the love, attention of her husband whom she l oved an d served to a fault.
From the beginning of the married life her husband had thoughts of a pol y gamous marriage and in 1886, with the consent of Martha Ann, he marrie d h is second wife, Hannah Trifena Davis. To share her love with anothe r wome n was a terrific sacrifice for Martha to make. She accepted the sa crific e in the interest of promised rewards in the Celestial Kingdom.
Being the only daughter of Sarah to reach maturity, Martha Ann was ver y c lose to her mother. They enjoyed a lovely mother-daughter companionsh ip . After the death of Isaac Sr in 1878, Sarah lived much of the time wi t h her daughter. At the death of her mother, the Brockbank estate was se tt led from which she was given $500. With this money she and her husban d pu rchased a lot and built a conventional four room frame house that st and s today at about 610 East Center Street in Spanish Fork. This was a s impl e structure with a kitchen, parlor, and two bedrooms. It contained n o ins ide water, no electric lights, no modern facilities as we know toda y.
This house did not have a father and a husband in it most of the time. T h e father was forced to work in the mines in Eureka from 1895 to 1911. S in ce Martha Ann was established in Spanish Fork, it was easier to move t h e second family to Eureka. There Jonathan worked thirty days out of ea c h month to provide shelter, food and clothing to the two homes which nu mb ered then 14- six children Martha Ann and five in the Eureka home.
Three events in the lives of the Spanish Fork children characterized th i s period- the trips to the post office for an expected letter containi n g a monthly subsistence check which failed to come more often than not , t he monthly trip to the Larsen home for a box of groceries brought dow n fr om Eureka for the family use, and the long walk to the railroad stat ion t o meet the father for a much delayed visit. The visits were alway s too sh ort to satisfy anyone. The location of the home was a most favor able one . Here it was nestled among a group of the most wonderful neighb ors who m Martha Ann loved and served and who gave great measure of lov e and kind ness. They were the John Holts, the Henry Gardners and Sara El iza B Hale s was a great friend and companion to Martha Ann.
During the twenty-two years of Martha Ann’s live, she gave birth to te n c hildren. Grandma Archibald, a mid wife delivered nine of these babie s a t a total cost of $36-40 for each delivery. The last baby, Hyrym, wea s de livered by a practical nurse at a cost of $10. Grandma Archibald wou ld co me every morning and wash and care for the mother and baby. The chi ldre n were in order of birth: Mabel, Inez, Earl, Roy, Millard, Ralph, Wa yne , Jennie, Lynn and Hyrym. Four of the boys Earl, Millard, Ralph, Wayn e an d Hyrum died in infancy. The others grown to adult hood, married i n the t emple and have reared fine families of their own. Her posterity w as 10 ch ildren, 28 grandchildren and 69 geat grandchildren.
Thought all te vicissitudes of her courageous and sacrificial life, he r s haring the love of her husband with another woman, her sorrow in bury in g four of her babies, sometimes alone, her struggles and sacrifice fo r th e necessities of life, she left her head high her het strong and he r fait h undaunted. She maintained a home of order and cleanliness, of in dustry , of love and faither in God. The children who remember that hom e look ba ck upon it with hallowed memory to that wonderful mother who av e her lfi e to make it possible. Emory of her has been as a guiding star t to her ch ildren and inspiration to all who knew her.
She died prematurely at the age of forty-four on January 5, 1906 of dre a d pneumonia whose fatalities were high in those days. A stone markes h e r resting place in the family burial lot in Spanish Fork Cemetary, bu t lo ng after this stone has faed away under the elements, her influenc e wil l be felt for good among her posterity.
The two living sons at this date in 1978: Dr. Wayne B. Hales and Lynn Ha l es.
Most of this story was made December 18, 1958 for the Isaac Brockback S r . Family Record, Volume 1, by Wayne B. Hales. | Brockbank, Martha Ann (I171152)
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Mary Ann Penrod 1855-1935
The oldest child of William and Polly Ann Penrod was a daughter, Mary An n . Born July 5, 1855, at Wallsburg, Wasatch Co., Utah, she grew up ther e a nd married one John William Gilson in 1871.
Shortly after her parents came to Arizona in 1878, Mary and her husban d f ollowed, but their life was not happy together and they were divorce d whi le living at Juniper.
Mary went to work for George Scott, a prominent sheep owner, and there s h e met John Francis Norton and married him on June 4, 1884. No childre n we re born to either union.
Most of Mary's life was spent in Pinetop. She had a little cabin there a n d lived in it until 1932, alone after her husband's death. Then she mov e d to the home of her brother Ralph and it was there she succumbed sudde nl y to a heart attack on February 13, 1935, at age eighty. I remember he r a s a quiet little woman, dark, neat and comely. Her sister-in-law stat ed t hat her outstanding characteristic was her cleanliness about hersel f an d home.
Penrod Family History, Volume I, by Harold R. Penrod. | Penrod, Mary Ann (I160385)
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Mary Ann Quinney Whipple Matthews was born in England. She was the young e st of a family of three sisters and one brother. When she was four yea r s old her mother died. Her father remarried when she was eight years o l d and at twelve years she lived with her oldest sister, Susan, and he r hu sband. At fifteen Mary Ann and a friend started attending meetings o f th e Mormon Missionaries that were held on the street corner twice a we ek. M ary Ann decided to be baptized. Her sister was very angry when sh e hear d of Mary Ann's baptism and told her she was no longer welcome i n her hom e. Because it was night, Mary Ann asked if she could stay unti l morning . The answer was no. She took what few pieces of clothing she h ad and sta rted out. She decided she would pray for help, as the missiona ries had ta ught her to do. A policeman came to her rescue and helped he r obtain a po sition as nurse to an infant. The baby's mother was happy t o have her an d treated her kindly. When Mary Ann had saved enough mone y to emigrate t o Utah, which took five years, her employer gave her clot hing and money t o help her on her way.
Mary Ann and a girlfriend took the same ship to America. When they land e d they had to sell a lot of their belongings to buy groceries. They ma d e their way to Iowa City, Iowa and obtained a handcart with which to ma k e the journey across the Plains to Utah. Mary Ann and her friend, Heste r , pulled the handcart all across the Plains. They were caught in a terr ib le blizzard and snow storm. Some of Hester's toes were frozen and sh e beg ged Mary Ann to cut them off. Although it was hard to do, Mary An n cut th em off and healed them by putting axle crease on them. They wer e in the f irst handcart company that came across the Plains in 1856. (Pr obably th e Edmund Ellsworth Company that left Iowa City 9 June 1856.) He ster die d a year later in Salt Lake City.
Mary Ann married Edson Whipple in 1857. She was his fifth wife in plur a l marriage. They were among the first to settle Provo, Utah. The city w a s surrounded by a Fort to protect them from the Indians. She made stra w h ats, wove cloth on looms to make clothing, made soap, butter and chee se . Pioneer life was very hard. She always tried to live her religion a s sh e understood it. She chose to remain in Provo when her husband and t wo wi ves went to Mexico. She raised her family of five children by herse lf. Sh e married James Mathews in 1892. After he died she lived with a da ughter . Mary Ann died at the age of seventy-eight 1 December 1910 in Pro vo, Uta h.
From "Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude, Volume III (M to R)" by th e I nternational Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers | Quinney, Mary Ann (I50429)
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Mary Ann was born Nov. 1, 1823 in Philadelphia, Penn. Died in Provo on M a rch 26, 1877. Harriet was born July 26, 1826 in Upper Greenwich, Glouce st er County, New York. They emigrated to Utah in 1850 in Edson Whipple’ s co mpany and landed in Salt Lake City October 13th. They both married E dso n Whipple on Nov. 4, 1850. They were called to go with their husban d an d help settle Iron County. They left Salt Lake City Dec. 4, 1850 an d arri ved in Parowan Jan. 14, 1851. The first child of each one was bor n whil e there and in about a year they were counseled to move to Provo.
Mary Ann was the mother of five children and Harriet the mother of ten . T hey knew all the hardships of pioneer life and of poverty. Mary Ann t oo k a little Indian boy to raise, but in his boyhood he fell on the ice , br oke a blood vessel and died. She carded, spun and wove cloth for al l fou r families, for my father had taken two other wives. She made cloth es fo r all of the boys, but sometimes when there were so many new suit s to mak e father would hire a seamstress to come and help her. My mother , Mary An n was a tailoress and so made clothes for all the boys. She onl y raised f our of her children, so it left her free to help nurse and se w some for t he other families. She nursed considerable for the neighborh ood too and s eldom ever made any charge. She could make dyes of severa l colors from no tgrass, peach tree leaves, rabbit brush and blue die mad e with indigo an d would make plain linsey for dresses. She spun and mad e yarn and one o f the other women made yarn too. She made cloth hats fo r the boys in wint er. Braided straw and sewed it into hats for summer ti me. In the Relief S ociety they made hats and sox for the poor. She woul d empty her ashes int o a barrel and put water on it and let it leak of f and used it to make so ap with and cleanse water for washing. I remembe r they had their family m eetings each week, all the families meeting tog ether and all expected t o take part. Mother would recite, Father and Aun t Harriet would sing. W e had dinner all together each year on Father’s b irthday and all the rela tives were invited.
Mother was always sent for if anyone in the family was sick or need hel p . One of the boys in Amelia’s family was sick with the small-pox and fa th er tried hard to get a nurse for him, but money could not hire one, s o mo ther went rather than let father go. The boy died and mother was cle anin g up after his burial and took sick and died. Mrs. Dr. Riggs (Jane R iggs ) prepared her for burial and Dr. Talmage waited on her. He was fath er t o Prof. James Talmage, one of the Apostles of our church. Mother an d th e boy were taken out at 12 o’clock in the night and buried. They hel d ser vices for them afterwards in the meeting house, where many beautifu l thin gs were said about my mother. She was first counselor in the Relie f Socie ty for many years and her heart was full of charity for the poo r and sola ce for those in trouble. Thus ended the life of one of the nob lest spirit s that ever came to earth.
Aunt Harriet continued on doing much good all her days. She had a son th a t had epileptic fits and cared for him 21 years. She was a mother to m e a fter my mother died and never did she give me an unkind word or look . Aft er she moved to Arizona (to pioneer that country) I longed to see h er aga in as I would a mother. She lived to see father and her afflicte d son lai d to rest.
She had the sad experience of seeing aunt Amelia and one of her sons g e t poisoned accidentally and die. They all died in Mexico where they ha d p reviously moved. She went back to Arizona to visit with her oldest da ught er. One morning she said she did not feel like taking her usual wal k an d would lay down again. Her daughter asked if she should send for th e eld ers. She consented for them to send for an elder that lived close b y. H e came and administered to her and she closed her eyes and passed t o th e Great Beyond without pain and without suffering, where she will re ceiv e her reward for all her goodness in life. She died on the 3rd day o f Jul y 1901 at the age of 77.
They were two very kindhearted women and beloved by all that knew them . I t was often said of my mother “Greater love hath no man than this, th at h e lay down his life for another.”
This sketch was written from memory, except the dates by Mrs. Laura Hold a way at the age of 65.
Alta M. Whipple of San Franciso, California let us copy the above in Oct o ber 1973. She has had it for some years. We did not change spelling o r wo rding.
EDSON WHIPPLE FAMILY ORGANIZATION, 857 Revere Drive, Sunnyvale, Ca. | Yeager, Mary Ann (I50399)
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Mary Ann was born Nov. 1, 1823 in Philadelphia, Penn. Died in Provo on M a rch 26, 1877. Harriet was born July 26, 1826 in Upper Greenwich, Glouce st er County, New York. They emigrated to Utah in 1850 in Edson Whipple’ s co mpany and landed in Salt Lake City October 13th. They both married E dso n Whipple on Nov. 4, 1850. They were called to go with their husban d an d help settle Iron County. They left Salt Lake City Dec. 4, 1850 an d arri ved in Parowan Jan. 14, 1851. The first child of each one was bor n whil e there and in about a year they were counseled to move to Provo.
Mary Ann was the mother of five children and Harriet the mother of ten . T hey knew all the hardships of pioneer life and of poverty. Mary Ann t oo k a little Indian boy to raise, but in his boyhood he fell on the ice , br oke a blood vessel and died. She carded, spun and wove cloth for al l fou r families, for my father had taken two other wives. She made cloth es fo r all of the boys, but sometimes when there were so many new suit s to mak e father would hire a seamstress to come and help her. My mother , Mary An n was a tailoress and so made clothes for all the boys. She onl y raised f our of her children, so it left her free to help nurse and se w some for t he other families. She nursed considerable for the neighborh ood too and s eldom ever made any charge. She could make dyes of severa l colors from no tgrass, peach tree leaves, rabbit brush and blue die mad e with indigo an d would make plain linsey for dresses. She spun and mad e yarn and one o f the other women made yarn too. She made cloth hats fo r the boys in wint er. Braided straw and sewed it into hats for summer ti me. In the Relief S ociety they made hats and sox for the poor. She woul d empty her ashes int o a barrel and put water on it and let it leak of f and used it to make so ap with and cleanse water for washing. I remembe r they had their family m eetings each week, all the families meeting tog ether and all expected t o take part. Mother would recite, Father and Aun t Harriet would sing. W e had dinner all together each year on Father’s b irthday and all the rela tives were invited.
Mother was always sent for if anyone in the family was sick or need hel p . One of the boys in Amelia’s family was sick with the small-pox and fa th er tried hard to get a nurse for him, but money could not hire one, s o mo ther went rather than let father go. The boy died and mother was cle anin g up after his burial and took sick and died. Mrs. Dr. Riggs (Jane R iggs ) prepared her for burial and Dr. Talmage waited on her. He was fath er t o Prof. James Talmage, one of the Apostles of our church. Mother an d th e boy were taken out at 12 o’clock in the night and buried. They hel d ser vices for them afterwards in the meeting house, where many beautifu l thin gs were said about my mother. She was first counselor in the Relie f Socie ty for many years and her heart was full of charity for the poo r and sola ce for those in trouble. Thus ended the life of one of the nob lest spirit s that ever came to earth.
Aunt Harriet continued on doing much good all her days. She had a son th a t had epileptic fits and cared for him 21 years. She was a mother to m e a fter my mother died and never did she give me an unkind word or look . Aft er she moved to Arizona (to pioneer that country) I longed to see h er aga in as I would a mother. She lived to see father and her afflicte d son lai d to rest.
She had the sad experience of seeing aunt Amelia and one of her sons g e t poisoned accidentally and die. They all died in Mexico where they ha d p reviously moved. She went back to Arizona to visit with her oldest da ught er. One morning she said she did not feel like taking her usual wal k an d would lay down again. Her daughter asked if she should send for th e eld ers. She consented for them to send for an elder that lived close b y. H e came and administered to her and she closed her eyes and passed t o th e Great Beyond without pain and without suffering, where she will re ceiv e her reward for all her goodness in life. She died on the 3rd day o f Jul y 1901 at the age of 77.
They were two very kindhearted women and beloved by all that knew them . I t was often said of my mother “Greater love hath no man than this, th at h e lay down his life for another.”
This sketch was written from memory, except the dates by Mrs. Laura Hold a way at the age of 65.
Alta M. Whipple of San Franciso, California let us copy the above in Oct o ber 1973. She has had it for some years. We did not change spelling o r wo rding.
EDSON WHIPPLE FAMILY ORGANIZATION, 857 Revere Drive, Sunnyvale, Ca. | Yeager, Harriet (I50405)
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Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner bore a powerful testimony of the Proph e t Joseph Smith to a group of young men at Brigham Young University on A pr il 14, 1905. Mary was born on April 9, 1818 in Lima, Livingston, New Y or k to Keziah Keturah Van Benthuysen and John D. Rollins. According to h e r autobiography:
When I was ten years old, we moved to Kirtland, Ohio, and lived in a hou s e belonging to Algernon Sidney Gilbert, mother’s sister’s husband. We r em ained there two years, when we heard of the plates of the Book of Morm on , being found by Joseph Smith. Soon the news was confirmed by the appe ara nce of Oliver Cowdery, Peter Whitmer, and Ziba Peterson, with the glo riou s news of the restoration of the Gospel through the Prophet Joseph S mith . They bore a powerful testimony, by the Holy Spirit, of the truth o f th e great work they were engaged in; and which they were commissione d by th e Father to present to all the world.
Quite a number of the residents of Kirtland accepted baptism. Mother a n d myself also, in the month of October, 1830. A branch of the Church w a s organized, and Father Morley was ordained an elder to preside over i t . He owned a large farm, about a mile from Kirtland, and some three o r fo ur families went there to live, and meetings were held there. A goo d spir it and one of union prevailed among the brethren for some time. Af ter Oli ver Cowdery and his brethren left there for Missouri on their mis sion t o the Lamanites, a wrong spirit crept into our midst, and a few we re le d away by it. About this time, John Whitmer came and brought a Boo k of Mo rmon. There was a meeting that evening, and we learned that Broth er Morle y had the Book in his possession the only one in that part of th e country . I went to his house just before the meeting was to commence , and aske d to see the book; Brother Morley put it in my hand, as I look ed at it , I felt such a desire to read it, that I could not refrain fro m asking h im to let me take it home and read it, while he attended meeti ng. He sai d it would be too late for me to take it back after meeting, a nd anothe r thing, he had hardly had time to read a chapter in it himself , and bu t few of the brethren had even seen it, but I pled so earnestl y for it, h e finally said, “Child, if you will bring this book home befo re breakfas t tomorrow morning, you may take it.” He admonished me to b e very careful , and see that no harm came to it.
If any person in this world was ever perfectly happy in the possessio n o f any coveted treasure I was when I had permission to read that wonde rfu l book. Uncle and Aunt were Methodists, so when I got into the house , I e xclaimed, “Oh, Uncle, I have got the ‘Golden Bible’.” Well, there w as con sternation in the house for a few moments, and I was severely repr imande d for being so presumptuous as to ask such a favor, when Brother M orley h ad not read it himself. However, we all took turns reading it unt il ver y late in the night as soon as it was light enough to see, I was u p and l earned the first verse in the book. When I reached Brother Morley ’s the y had been up for only a little while. When I handed him the book , he rem arked, “I guess you did not read much in it.” I showed him how f ar we ha d read. He was surprised and said, “I don’t believe you can tel l me one w ord of it.” I then repeated the first verse, also the outline s of the his tory of Nephi. He gazed at me in surprise, and said, “child , take this bo ok home and finish it, I can wait.”
Before or about the time I finished the last chapter, the Prophet Jose p h Smith arrived in Kirtland, and moved into a part of Newel K. Whitney ’ s house (Uncle Algernon’s partner in the Mercantile Business), while wa it ing for his goods to be put in order. Brother Whitney brought the Prop he t Joseph to our house and introduced him to the older ones of the fami l y (I was not in at the time.) In looking around he saw the Book of Morm o n on the shelf, and asked how that book came to be there. He said, “I s en t that book to Brother Morley.” Uncle told him how his niece had obtai ne d it. He asked, “Where is your niece?” I was sent for; when he saw m e h e looked at me so earnestly, I felt almost afraid. After a moment o r tw o he came and put his hands on my head and gave me a great blessing , th e first I ever received, and made me a present of the book, and sai d he w ould give Brother Morley another. He came in time to rebuke the ev il spir its, and set the church in order. We all felt that he was a man o f God, f or he spoke with power, and as one having authority in very deed .1
At age 87, Mary bore this testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith:
Well, my young brethren, I can say I never was more surprised in my li f e than to be called upon to speak to you young men who are called upo n t o go into the mission field to preach the gospel to the nations of th e ea rth. It is true I have been in the Church from its beginning. Just s ix mo nths after it was organized, I joined it. I have been acquainted wi th al l of those who were first members of this Church, with all of thos e who s aw the plates and handled them, with even those who saw the ange l Moron i who came to them. I am well acquainted with every one of them a nd I hav e known them from the time that they came to Ohio until their de ath; an d I am the only living witness who was at the first meeting tha t the Prop het [Joseph Smith] held in Kirtland.
The Smith family was driven from New York, and a small church had been o r ganized. Oliver Cowdery, Peter Whitmer, and Ziba Peterson were members . W ell, I being anxious, though young, to learn about the plates from th os e who knew all about it, my mother and I went up to the Smith family t h e next night after they came to Kirtland. As I went in, there were tw o o r three others present. They were all there, from the old gentleman a nd h is wife to all the sons and daughters. As we stood there talking t o them , Joseph and Martin Harris came in. Joseph looked around very sole mnly. I t was the first time some of them had ever seen him.
Said he, “There are enough here to hold a little meeting.” They got a bo a rd and put it across two chairs to make seats. Martin Harris sat on a l it tle box at Joseph’s feet. They sang and prayed. Joseph got up and bega n t o speak to us. As he began to speak very solemnly and very earnestly , al l at once his countenance changed and he stood mute. Those who looke d a t him that day said there was a search light within him, over every p ar t of his body. I never saw anything like it on the earth. I could no t tak e my eyes off him; he got so white that anyone who saw him would ha ve tho ught he was transparent. I remember I thought I could almost see t he chee k bones through the flesh. I have been through many changes sinc e but tha t is photographed on my brain. I shall remember it and see in m y mind’s e ye as long as I remain upon the earth.
He stood some moments. He looked over the congregation as if to pierce e v ery heart. He said, “Do you know who has been in your midst?” One of t h e Smiths said an angel of the Lord. Martin Harris said, “It was our Lo r d and Savior, Jesus Christ.” Joseph put his hand down on Martin and sai d : “God revealed that to you. Brethren and sisters, the Spirit of God h a s been here. The Savior has been in your midst this night and I want y o u to remember it. There is a veil over your eyes for you could not endu r e to look upon Him. You must be fed with milk, not with strong meat . I wa nt you to remember this as if it were the last thing that escape d my lips . He has given all of you to me and has sealed you up to everla sting lif e that where he is, you may be also. And if you are tempted o f Satan say , ‘Get behind me, Satan.’”
These words are figured upon my brain and I never took my eye off his co u ntenance. Then he knelt down and prayed. I have never heard anything li k e it before or since. I felt that he was talking to the Lord and that p ow er rested down upon the congregation. Every soul felt it. The spirit r est ed upon us in every fiber of our bodies, and we received a sermon fro m th e lips of the representative of God.2
Wilford Woodruff bore a similar testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smit h i n Wilford | Rollins, Mary Elizabeth (I87847)
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Mary Flint was born on March 27, 1812, at Braintree, Orange County, Verm o nt. She was the youngest of six children born to Rufus Flint, a wealth y V ermont farmer, and Hannah Hawes. She was a very beautiful girl and wa s we ll-educated.
When Mary and her older sister, Hannah, had reached maturity, they wer e s ettled by their father on a large tract of farm land in Ohio. Shortl y the reafter, Mary met Anson Call, and the two were married on October 3 , 1833 . Anson was a very efficient and industrious manager, and the far m prospe red under his care.
Mormon missionaries often preached in the surrounding region. Anson atte m pted to refute their claims but succeeded instead in converting himsel f a nd also his wife and sister-in-law. When Mary and Hannah joined the C hurc h, their father, who had settled them on the valuable farm with th e inten tion of bequeathing it to them, disinherited them and ordered the m from h is property. They suddenly found themselves outcasts from a posi tion of w ealth to one of want. But they had faith in the words of Chris t (Matthe w 19:29): "And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren , or siste rs, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, fo r my name's s ake, shall receive an hundredfold and shall inherit everlas ting life."
Anson and Mary moved northward to Madison, Ohio, to make their new hom e . They were accompanied by Mary’s sister, Hannah, who shared their hom e u ntil she married Joseph Holbrook in 1843. The family later moved to K irtl and and then on to Missouri and Illinois with the main body of the S aints .
Six children were born to Anson and Mary: Anson Vasco, Mary Vashta, Cyr i l Moroni, Chester, Christopher, and Hyrum. Christopher, a twin of Chest er , was born dead. Two of the other children, Cyril Moroni and Hyrum, di e d in the summer of 1846 as the Saints were journeying westward from Nau vo o. The other three children grew to maturity and had large families. T h e eldest son, Anson Vasco, died at the early age of thirty-three, bu t h e still left a posterity of ten children by two different wives. Mar y Vas hta married Ira Curtis Parke and had twelve children, while Cheste r had t wenty-one children by three different wives. After the Saints mov ed wes t and the Call family was settled in Bountiful, Mary adopted and r aised a n Indian girl, Ruth Piede, whom Anson had bought from the Indian s in Fill more. Ruth married James Henry Davids.
Between 1851 and 1870, Anson took five additional wives, and Mary was of t en called upon to assist the others in raising their families. Among t h e other children she raised were Anson Bowen, a son of Anson’s second w if e, and Anson Vasco II and Mary Vashtia, two grandchildren whose parent s h ad both died young. When government laws on polygamy became severe, A nso n built a gable on his home with a secret passage to it. Mary place d quil ts and other provisions in the room for his comfort wile in hiding . Whe n officers would come to search the house for Anson–a common occurr ence–M ary would cheerfully and confidently invite them to search. Her pe rsuasiv e manner would soon convince them that Anson was nowhere to be fo und. The y never did find him.
Mary was known as an excellent cook and a good homemaker. She had a go o d business head and frequently helped to oversee her husband’s farm an d o ther affairs when he was called away on colonizing missions for the C hurc h. When Anson was home in the evenings, she would read to him the ne ws an d other matters of importance. On New Year’s Day, it was an establi shed c ustom for all of Anson’s families to gather at Mary’s home for din ner an d entertainment. After dinner, everyone would assemble in the bes t room , where Anson would give counsel to all. In 1870 Anson and Mary, a ccompan ied by Mary’s sister, Hannah Holbrook, took a trip on the newly-c onstruct ed Union Pacific Railroad to visit relatives and friends in Ohi o and Verm ont, Mary outlived her husband by eleven years. She died at Bo untiful, Ut ah, on October 8, 1901, at the age of eighty-eight years. Sh e was honore d and loved by all who knew her.
*This is all written as the original document. | Call, Mary Vesa (I158819)
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Mary Josephine Whittle
Genealogy of Mcgee Harris, Latter Day Saint Pioneer
Biography of Herschel Bullen
Mary Josephine Whittle, daughter of John Casper Whittle and Mary Ann Har r is, was born July 19 1857, at Fort Harriman, Salt Lake County, Utah. S h e was married in December 1876 to Herschel Bullen, in the Logan Temple , L ogan, Utah. She died May 7, 1916 in Logan, Cache County, Utah. She wa s bu ried May 11, 1916 in Richmond, Cache County, Utah .
Mary Josephine was a healthy youngster. She had dark brown hair and bl u e eyes. Her mother became an invalid while still quite young. Mary an d he r sisters learned the meaning of work, and they handled it with litt le di rection from their mother. She had an excellent sense of humor, an d she w as ready to make the best of any situation.
Mary married Herschel Bullen in 1876. His former wife had died and lef t t wo small children. The young bride knew her job. She not only took ca re o f the two children and the home, but she also became a devoted mothe r t o seven children of her own. Her children regarded her as a perfect m othe r. She never found fault and was most joyful to her friends and fami ly. S he was a fine seamstress and cook. Work came easy to her. She live d a ric h and full life, and she left this world better by her actions .
A Genealogy of Mcgee Harris, Latter Day Saint Pioneer
Herschel Bullen, in 1876, had become favorable impressed with the charac t er and dignity of a young lady just blossoming into beautiful womanhoo d . Her name was Mary Josephine Whittle. Two women, old-timers in Richmon d , remember clearly the courtship of Herschel Bullen, who vowed openl y t o win Miss Whittle, if it were within his power to do so. Josephine W hitt le was nineteen years of age. Herschel Bullen was 33, and he had chi ldren . But, he was handsome, vigorous, and honest, and Josephine had fai th i n him.
After the marriage, the couple moved into the little two roomed home clo s e to Grandma Bullen's, and Herschel, Jr. and Nellie were told to com e ov er and meet their new mother. Nellie tells how excited she was and h ow pr oud to have a new mother. She and Herschel, Jr. picked up their fav orit e little cups and plates and marched over to their father's home t o recei ve his welcome and to be folded gently into the arms of the prett y new mo ther.
Before making his extensive land purchases, Father Bullen built a beauti f ul new home for Josephine and the children. Mother Josephine was rathe r c ramped in the little log house with a husband and four children, an d it w as a happy day for her when the big new house was under constructi on. Th e little log house was sold to a methodical Scandinavian who caref ully nu mbered each log in the house and set the logs up again exactly a s they ha d been on the Bullen lot, on ground next to the cow lane.
The new Bullen home was a source of pride to all the Richmond-ites. Seve r al old-time residents of Richmond declare that only one other house i n to wn could compare at all with it at the time. It was a two-story stru ctur e containing nine large rooms and a "cellar", and a water system mod erniz ed it. Large windows in the upper rooms looked out upon the east mo untain s and over Cache Valley. A wide lawn was bordered with lovely swee t peas , a favorite of Mother Bullen.
Mother Josephine was proud of her home, which had a "dumb waiter" in i t . She gave to it, and her family, all her quiet charm and graciousness . S he made every room in it -- the convenient kitchen out of which cam e a go od things to eat, the parlor and the dining room, the bedrooms an d the gu est rooms -- charming, friendly, and hospitable, as she welcome d friend s and relatives or comrades and sweethearts of her children. He r personal ity and expert management, coupled with the ambition and energ y of her hu sband, made the Bullen home a model of family life.
The house had generous spaces on the outside for lawns, trees, and garde n s, for the Bullen lot was a full half-block, five whole acres, plus tw o f ull lots in the block south. The old "frame" school house and the ol d bri ck school house were only a block or two from the home and the meet ing ho use was within walking distance.
South of the house, in the middle of the block, Herschel established a s p acious farm yard. The large lot contained a granary, wheat, and hay sta ck s. The large barn was attractive and really imposing.
When the last two children went to college, Josephine moved to Logan t o t ake care of them
during the school year. After Herschel died, she remained in Logan for t h e rest of her life. | Whittle, Mary Josephine (I175185)
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Mary Trumbull Williams 1745-1831
Wife of William Williams
Mary Trumbull, second daughter of "Brother Jonathan" Trumbull, War Gover n or of Connecticut, was married, on 4 Feb 1771, to William Williams, on e o f the most prominent citizens of Lebanon, which town he had represent ed f or many years in the General Assembly. She was twenty-five years ol d at t he time of her marriage and was a handsome, educated, and accompli shed yo ung woman of excellent family.
It seems to have been a most advantageous mating. Mr. Williams was a suc c essful and prosperous business man and also held the office of Town Cle r k as well as Member of Assembly. He took his bride to a handsome home , no t far from the big house of his father-in-law, which was to be know n duri ng the Revolution as the "War Office." Jonathan Trumbull was the o nly Col onial governor to remain true to the cause of the Colonies, and p atriot s from all parts of New England came to consult with him and lay p lans fo r future action.
To few women of the Revolutionary period was it given to stand in such c l ose relation with the great men who were supporting the cause. Her publ ic -spirited husband, who had for years watched the gradual encroachmen t o n the rights of the Colonies by the British ministry and who, throug h hi s association with British officers during the time he served in th e Fren ch and Indian War, had come to know the contempt in which they hel d the C olonies and their rights. Moreover, he was the trusted son-in-la w of Gove rnor Trumbull who was in constant correspondence with Samuel Ad ams and th e other patriots of Massachusetts, and the confidant and advis er of Gener al Washington. More than most women of her time, Mary Trumbul l understoo d the condition of affairs during the years leading up to th e Declaratio n of Independence, and we may be sure that it was a proud da y for her whe n her husband was elected a delegate to Congress in 1775.
He was then colonel of the Twelfth Regiment of militia. He promptly resi g ned as he could not possibly attend to the duties of both positions. H e s eems also to have realized that it was no holiday occasion that he wa s en tering upon; he closed out all his business leaving himself entirel y foo t free to attend to public affairs. And in all these actions we ar e told , he was loyally upheld and supported by his wife whose patriotis m and pu blic spirit were equal to his own. Throughout the entire war the ir home w as thrown open to soldiers, and during the winter of 1781 the y gave up th eir own house to the officers of a detachment of soldiers st ationed nea r them, and took other quarters for themselves.
The following anecdote is related: At a meeting of the Council of Safe t y in Lebanon, near the close of 1776, when the prospects of our succes s l ooked dark, two members of the Council were invited to the home of Mr . an d Mrs. Williams, Benjamin Huntington and William Hillhouse. The conv ersat ion turned upon the gloomy outlook. Mr. Hillhouse expressed hope an d conf idence. "If we fail," said Mr. Williams, "I know what my fate wil l be . I have done much to prosecute the war; and one thing I have done w hic h the British will never pardon--I have signed the Declaration of Ind epen dence; I shall be hanged."
"Well," said Mr. Huntington, "if we fail I shall be exempt from the gall o ws, for my name is not attached to the Declaration, nor have I ever wri tt en anything against the British Government."
"Then, sir," said Colonel Williams turning upon him, "you deserve to b e h anged for not doing your duty."
Three children were born to Mary Williams and her husband: 1)Solomon, w h o was born January 6, 1775, and who died in 1810, in New York ;
2)Faith, born September 29, 1774, who married John McClellan of Woodstoc k ;
3) William T., born March 2, 1779, and who married his cousin, Sarah Tru m bull.
The death of Solomon Williams was a great blow to his father who died wi t hin a year, his last words being the name of his son. Mrs. Williams sur vi ved her husband nearly twenty years, dying at Lebanon in 1831. | Trumbull, Mary (I98222)
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Mary was born 24 January 1817, at Middlesex, England to parents John Fie l ding and Ann Osborne. She married William Lupton in 1850. William and M ar y had two children Ann and William who died before his second birthday . H er husband William died in 1870.
Mary lived in England until 1878 when Aunt Mercy Thompson, (Sister to Ma r y Fielding Smith and great - aunt to Mary) and President Joseph F. Smi t h who lived in Salt Lake City sent her the money to come to Salt Lake C it y along with her daughter Ann and Ann's son Harry. Ann had left her cr ue l and abusive husband John Coltman. Mary and Ann came to America in 18 78 , then they lived on Second West between Thompson's home and the hom e o f Edna Smith- wife of Joseph Fielding Smith. The Smith family was ver y go od to Mary and Ann. Ann took in washing to support the family. Ann a nd Ma ry were baptized by President Joseph F. Smith on June 21, 1878 an d they l ived in the 16th Ward in Salt Lake City .
Ann met a man from Draper, Utah named John Heward, a friend of Mercy Tho m pson's. John and Ann were marrried in 1879 when Ann was 29 years old .
Mary went to Draper to live with Ann and John and Ann's two sons from t h e previous marriage Joseph and Harry. Mary ran a store at Draper calle d t he Farmers Co-op until her death. She also enjoyed making beautiful l ac e and embroidery work. Mary died at Draper on 16 June 1886. | Fielding, Mary (I175394)
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Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 17 Vols . : Hildreth, Elijah, Westford. Private, Capt. Jonathan Minot's co., Col . J ames Prescott's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 ; serv ice, 6 days. | Hildreth, Elijah (I22103)
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Mayflower - Pilgrim
Samuel Fuller was christened 8 Apr 1608 in Norfolk, England to Edward Fu l ler and his wife. He married Jane Lathrop, who was christened 29 Sep 16 1 4 in Egerton, Kent, England (her father's parish church) to Reverend Jo h n Lathrop and Hannah Howse. The two were married 8 April 1635 in Scitua te , Massachusetts. Samuel’s father, Edward, was baptized at Redenall, No rfo lk on September 4, 1575. He married and had two sons born in that are a, b ut there is no further information.
Edward Fuller’s name appears in a document in the Leiden records, but th e re is no further information. Since Samuel traveled to New England wit h h is parents, it is probable that he lived with them in Leiden .
Samuel Fuller came on the Mayflower at the age of 8, with his father Edw a rd Fuller. (He should not be confused with doctor Samuel Fuller, his un cl e, who also came on the Mayflower). Samuel’s parents both died the fir s t winter at Plymouth. Samuel was apparently raised by his uncle, and be ca me a freeman of Plymouth in 1634. He married in Scituate the next year . H e and his wife Jane would raise their family initially at Scituate, b efor e moving sometime shortly before 1641 to Barnstable. He would live o ut th e next forty years of his life in Barnstable. His probate records o f 1683 -84 indicate that his wife predeceased him. He also bequeathed a n India n named Joel to his son John.
All the sources that say born in Egerton, Kent below are errors. His WI F E was from Egerton, Kent. None of these Fullers lived there. Yes, Samu e l came on the Mayflower with his parents but his mother's name is n o t known. See http://tinyurl.com/MAYFLOWER-EdFuller and http://mayflower hi story.com/fuller-edward/.
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Samuel Fuller was a passenger with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Full e r on the 1620 voyage of the ship Mayflower. Following the deaths of hi s p arents during the first winter, he was placed in the care of Samuel F ulle r, the elder, probably in early 1621. In the 1623 Division of Land , he wa s listed as "Samuell fuller Junior" and in the 1627 Division of C attle h e was listed as "Samuell fuller Junior". He became a freeman in 1 634 an d married Jane Lathropp, daughter of the prominent minister, Rev . John Lo thropp, in April, 1635 in Scituate. They had nine children, tho ugh severa l died young. He moved to Barnstable by August 1641 and died t here on Oct ober 31, 1683.
Samuel Fuller is not buried here. He is memorialized here, on The Nation a l Monument to the Forefathers. The location of his burial site is unkno wn . | Fuller, Samuel (I167289)
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Mayflower - Pilgrim
Bartholomew Allerton came on the Mayflower at the age of seven or eigh t , with his parents Isaac and Mary (Norris) Allerton. Sometime after th e 1 627 Division of Cattle, he returned to England, taking up residence f o r a time in Co. Norfolk before settling in Bramfield, Co. Suffolk. Bart ho lomew left behind several English records, including a couple of lette r s to Sir Philip Percival; a chancery lawsuit in 1657; and his will dat e d 15 October 1658.
In his will, he mentions his first wife Margaret; his second wife Sara h ; and his children (without specifically naming them). In Sarah's own w il l, she names her children Isaac, Mary, Dorothy and John, and mention s he r brother John (who had the surname Fairfax). | Allerton, Bartholomew (I50713)
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Mayflower - Pilgrim
Edward Winslow was born in Droitwich, Co. Worcester in 1595. He was trav e ling in the Low Countries, and subsequently became acquainted with th e Pi lgrims' church in Leiden. He was married in Leiden in 1618 to Elizab eth B arker, and was called a printer of London at the time. It is quit e possib le he was assisting William Brewster and Thomas Brewer in thei r publishin g of religious books that were illegal in England.
Edward Winslow and wife Elizabeth came on the Mayflower to Plymouth in 1 6 20. Elizabeth died the first winter, and Edward remarried to the widow e d Mrs. Susanna White, on 12 May 1621--the first marriage in the Plymou t h Colony.
Winslow quickly became one of the more prominent men in the colon y . H e w as on many of the early explorations of Cape Cod, and led a num be r of expeditions to meet and trade with the Indians. He wrote severa l fir st-hand accounts of these early years, including portions of A Rela tion o r Journal of the Proceedings of the Plantation Settled at Plymout h (Londo n, 1622) and the entirety of Good News from New England(London , 1624).
Edward Winslow became involved in defending the Plymouth and later Mas s a c husetts Bay Colonies from their opponents and adversaries in Englan d , a n d made several trips back and forth between England and Massachus et ts, in cluding trips in 1623/4, 1630, and 1634; on one occasion he wa s ar re ste d and thrown into the Fleet Prison in London by his adversari es, o n g roun ds that he had performed marriage ceremonies without bein g ordai ne d (th e Pilgrims viewed marriage as an event to be handled b y the civi l m agistr ates, not by the Church). Winslow returned to Engla nd shortl y aft er th e English Civil War, and published a couple of pamp hlets in d efens e of th e New England colonies, including Hypocrisy Unma sked (1646 ) andNe w Englan d's Salamander Discovered (1647). He also wro te the intr oductio n to th e Glorious Progress of the Gospel Amongst th e Indians i n New Engl and (164 9).
In Plymouth, he held a number of political offices, as was routinely e l e c ted an assistant to Governor William Bradford; Winslow himself wa s el ec te d governor of Plymouth on three occasions: 1632/3, 1635/6, an d 1644 . Aft er Winslow returned to England, he was on several Parliament ary c o mmittee s. He died in 1655 at sea between Hispaniola and Jamaica , whi l e servin g as a commissioner for Oliver Cromwell on a military ex pediti o n to retak e the island of Hispaniola. | Winslow, Edward (I9725)
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Mayflower - Pilgrim
Elizabeth Tilley came on the Mayflower, at the age of about thirteen, wi t h her parents John and Joan (Hurst) Tilley. Her parents, and her aunt a n d Uncle Edward and Agnes Tilley, all died the first winter, leaving he r o rphaned in the New World. She soon married, about 1624 or 1625, to fe llo w Mayflower passenger John Howland, who had come as a manservant, o r appr entice, to Governor John Carver who died in April 1621.
John and Elizabeth Howland raised a large family with ten children, al l o f whom lived to adulthood and married. As a result, they likely hav e mor e descendants living today than any other Mayflower passengers. Som e of t heir descendants include Franklin D. Roosevelt; both President Bus h's; ac tors Alec and Stephen Baldwin, Humphrey Bogart, Christopher Lloyd ; Mormo n church founder Joseph Smith; poet Ralph Waldo Emerson; and Doct or Benja min Spock. | Tilley, Elizabeth (I50680)
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First wife of Gov. Edward Winslow, whom she married in May 1618 at Leide n , Holland. She accompanied him on the Mayflower in 1620, and died soo n af ter their arrival in Plymouth. Also accompanying them were their chi ldren , George Soule, a teacher for the children, and Elias Story, a serv ant.
Elizabeth Barker married Edward Winslow April 27, 1618 in Leiden, Hollan d . In the marriage record, Edward Winslow is listed as a printer from Lo nd on. At the time, the Pilgrims in Leiden were printing propaganda pamph let s and sending them back to England. The marriage record may be referr in g to that activity. Elizabeth is said to have been from "Chatsum" Engl an d but no supporting evidence has been found. She was most likely in he r e arly 20's when they sailed to America. Edward became a sort of ambass ado r to the natives but was taken hostage by the Indians during one of h is v isits March 22, 1621. Two days later, Elizabeth died, leaving behin d no k nown children. Two months later, Edward remarried to Susanna White . | Barker, Elizabeth (I50754)
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