Eunice Emma Holbrook

1838 - 1903  (65 years)  Submit Photo / Document    Has 2 ancestors and 49 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Eunice Emma Holbrook
  Birth	16 Apr 1838	Far West, Caldwell, Missouri, United States
  Gender	Female
  Initiatory (LDS)	1 Apr 1857	EHOUS
  FamilySearch ID	LTR2-WWY
  Death	6 Jun 1903	Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States
  Burial	Fillmore Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States
  Person ID	I16125	mytree
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Chandler Holbrook,   b. 16 Sep 1807, Florence, Oneida, New York, United States d. 3 Sep 1889, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Eunice Dunning,   b. 6 Apr 1810, Essex, New York, United States d. 30 Dec 1890, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	22 Jun 1831	Wethersfield, Wyoming, New York, United States
  Family ID	F8140	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gabriel Huntsman,   b. 5 Oct 1830, Perry, Lake, Ohio, United States d. 5 Aug 1907, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	23 Nov 1855	Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States
  Children	+ 1. Gabriel Riley Huntsman,   b. 1 Nov 1856, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 30 Jul 1936, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 79 years)   2. Orson Henry Huntsman,   b. 21 Dec 1859, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 21 Oct 1931, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 71 years)   3. Joseph Alonzo Huntsman,   b. 14 Jan 1862, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 7 Jan 1885, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 22 years)   4. Hyrum F Huntsman,   b. 13 Jan 1864, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States   5. Mary Eunice Huntsman,   b. 6 Mar 1866, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 20 Oct 1934, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 68 years)   6. Heber Chandler Huntsman,   b. 21 Jun 1868, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 14 Apr 1890 (Age 21 years)   7. Lafayette Erastus Huntsman,   b. 18 Jan 1871, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 22 Jan 1947, Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States (Age 76 years)   8. Edith Huntsman,   b. 9 Apr 1873, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 12 Nov 1944, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 71 years)   9. Josephine Pearl Huntsman,   b. 8 Oct 1877, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 19 Jan 1949, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 71 years)   10. Eva Lorena Huntsman,   b. 12 Nov 1879, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 9 Oct 1964, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 84 years)   11. Allen Camel Green Huntsman,   b. 15 Dec 1882, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States d. 11 Mar 1943, Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F1943	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Sep 2024

  
  

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  Birth - 16 Apr 1838 - Far West, Caldwell, Missouri, United States Marriage - 23 Nov 1855 - Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States Initiatory (LDS) - 1 Apr 1857 - EHOUS Death - 6 Jun 1903 - Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States Burial - - Fillmore Cemetery, Millard, Utah, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  EUNICE EMMA HOLBROOK HUNTSMAN By Stella Day, granddaughter (husband, Gabriel Riley Huntsman) Eunice Holbrook was born April 16, 1838, in Caldwell County, Missouri, d a ughter of Chandler and Eunice Dunning Holbrook. The Chandler Holbrook f am ily had been moving with the Mormons since the early days of the Churc h . They had joined the L.D.S. Church Jan. 14, 1833. The had moved form N e w York to Ohio, Illinois, Iowa and Missouri, when the mob violence bro k e out and forced them to move farther West. In each state they bought l an d and built homes but had to leave them with little or no remuneration . T wo older brothers of Eunice, Joseph Hyrum and Orson Chandler, were bo rn i n Nauvoo, a lovely eight-roomed home on a farm. The only home in whi ch th e family had lived long enough to add two children to the family. From the diary of Joseph Holbrook, older brother of Chandler, we learn t h at Chandler, wife and children, left Nauvoo in a wagon drawn by oxen a n d cows, leaving a comfortable eight-roomed home surrounded by 160 acre s o f rich farm land. They were forced to sell it all including the furni ture , for $200.00. It was a mere pittance of what the home was worth bu t th e mob said “$200.00 or nothing”. In 1846 a company under the direction of Newell Knight, Joseph Holbroo k a nd Mr. Mikesell were the first that left for the West. Messengers fro m Br igham Young overtook this company telling them not to cross the moun tain s owing to the lateness of the season but to remain with the friendl y Paw nee Indians at their village until they received further work fro m Brigha m Young. A strong bond of friendship grew between these people a nd the fr iendly Pawnee Indians. From Chandlers Diary: “The winter weather was cold and the going was slo w ”. Later that fall (1846) a council of this company’s leaders decided t ha t it is indispensable necessary that some of the brethren return Eas t t o the settlements to secure corn and wheat for meal and flour for th e win ter, while the others explore the country west as far as the Fort L aramie .” Chandler, Dwight Harding (husband of Chandler’s sister, Phoebe) , retur ned to the settlements for food while Joseph and others did the e xploring . From Chandler’s Diary: “At Winter Quarters we found much sickness, inclu d ing Truman Angel and the others of out Angel relatives (cousins).” The y c ontinued on their journey to the settlements and by December, throug h wor king, bartering and purchasing, they secured their loads of supplie s. I n bartering, Chandler had exchanged two feather beds and a rifle fo r food . In January they arrived back at the “Running Waters” which was f rozen o ver. They attempted to draw their wagons over the rough ice by ha nd, bu t after a short distance they attached a long chain to the wagon t ongue a nd the other end to the oxen. “We had not gone far when the ice b roke an d the oxen were in three feet of icy water, and the wheels of th e wagon e ven deeper.” Joseph, who had returned from exploring, came in s earch of t hem and helped them carry most of the load of food over on the ir backs. T hey finally got the oxen out one by one and the wagon too, bu t the next d ay one of Chandler’s cows died from exposure to the icy wate rs. The provisions were divided equally between Joseph, Chandler and the Dwi g ht Harding families. The corn and wheat were ground into flour and mea l a t a mill erected by Newell Knight in Ponca Village. Newell died i n a fe w days later, January 10, 1847. Just before his death he had bapti zed Eun ice into the Church, (two older brothers and two sisters were alr eady mem bers.) Chandler mentions there were buffalo, deer, antelope, wild turkeys, gees e , ducks, and prairie chickens in abundance along their journey, which h el ped in the food supply. Eunice was just ten years old when they crossed the plains; she was ve r y beautiful with long black hair, large brown eyes and a lovely skin. S h e was full of spirit and loved to run and play with the other children . S he was a swift runner and could out-distance any of her playmates – w as q uick to learn new games and always eager to try something different. She was taught to sew, cook, knit, spin, car and weave, as well as to cr o chet and embroider, by her mother who was one of the most skilled wome n i n the church. She played the accordion, had a lovely contralto voic e an d was in all of the theatricals and musicals in the early days of Sa lt La ke, Bountiful and Fillmore. The first settlers had been in Salt Lake just a year when chandler and J o seph Holbrook arrived, together with Dwight Harding and family (for th e t wo brothers and sister, Phoebe, wanted to stay together). They live d in S alt Lake for two years, when another son, Lafayette was born to Ch andle r and Eunice Sept. 7, 1850. The three families all moved north on f arms t o what is now Bountiful. Here Chandler had just built his fifth ho me whe n Brigham Young sent for him to join the Anson Call Company and g o sout h to locate a Capitol of the Territory. Chandler did not take hi s famil y as he hoped to come back to Bountiful after he had helped to su rvey th e new site for the Capitol. However as he was the only surveyor a vailable , President Young asked him to return to Bountiful and bring hi s family t o Fillmore. Eunice helped the family build a new home, which w as at leas t their sixth since joining the Mormon Church. They could hav e stayed i n any of the homes they had built if they only renounced thei r religion b ut this they steadfastly refused to do. The Holbrook’s lived in the old fort for the first years in Fillmore a n d later built a brick home with a large rock barn which was the stoppi n g place for the Pony Express Riders. There was plenty of work to do an d E unice was quick to help, always ready to do her part and more. She ma ture d early and was very poplar with the young people of Fillmore. Man y youn g men courted her by one who was eight years her senior, finally c onvince d her to marry him. On Nov. 29, 1855 Eunice and Gabriel Huntsma n were mar ried, but did not receive their temple endowments until Apri l 1, 1857 a s the trip to Salt Lake to the Endowment House took about tw o weeks. (Yea rs afterwards when a granddaughter of Eunice (Anna Stenons ) was travelin g by train to New York, she met a man who had courted Euni ce and althoug h he never won her he could not forget her, even at sevent y-five years o f age he said, “How I loved that little brown-eyed beauty! ” A few days less than a year after Gabriel and Eunice were married, on No v . 1, 1856 Gabriel Riley was born in the Southwest corner of the old Fil lm ore Fort, where Gabriel and Eunice built their first home. The next May 1857, Gabriel was sent on a mission to the Eastern States . H e pushed a handcart all the way across the plains in order to be abl e t o barter hides for goods to send back with the Saints who were leavin g fo r Utah. It was lucky for Eunice that her folks would help her whil e Gabri el was on a mission, since she was just past eighteen years old a nd ha d a six-month-old baby. All of Eunice’s brothers and sisters (Josep h Hyru m, Orson Chandler, Diana and Miria) were married and just a brothe r, Lafe , six years old was at home. Lafayette was born Sept. 7, 1850 i n Salt Lak e before Chandler was called by Brigham Young to help settle F illmore. “L afy”, as Eunice always called her baby brother, just adored l ittle Riley , and was like a big brother to him all of his life. (My fath er has tol d this writer that he never made a decision as a young man, wi thout firs t consulting Lafe). Although Eunice was small – about five feet, two inches and weighed 10 5 p ounds, she was exceptionally healthy and energetic, never seeming t o tir e and always accomplishing the almost impossible. Gabriel was a mer chan t and a cattleman and when he returned from his mission he brought g ood f or his store with him. In 1871 Gabriel and Eunice built a large gab le hom e that contained 24 rooms and a basement, in one room of the basem ent th e vegetables, canned fruits, cured meats and other foods were stor ed. I n the other room were cupboards with screened doors for keeping mil k, egg s, cheese, and butter away from insects. The home later became a h otel fo r the traveling public, and their large red barn was filled wit h stalls f or the care of the horses used by the travelers, since all tra veling wa s done on horseback, in buggies and wagons. Gabriel raised an excellent garden, for supplying the hotel with fresh v e getables. He owned many orchards throughout Fillmore, which furnished f ru it for both winter and summer. He raised hogs, sheep, cattle, and chic ken s to use as meat, since there were very few groceries to be purchase d i n the stores. Just after Gabriel contracted to have his big home built, he was calle d o n a second mission to Canada. Eunice had a shrewd head for business , so b etween her and Hans Hanson, the carpenter who had contracted to bu ild th e home, Gabriel had no doubt but that every thing would be done pe rfectly . The three oldest children were able to help with the chores an d Eunice’ s father and brothers helped her all of the time. Each child wa s taught t o do his share of the work, as it all had to be done by hand a s there wer e few tools in those days, and work had to be done the hard w ay. Gabriel often played his accordion or harmonica for dances and Eunice wo u ld wrap up the baby (she always had one, eleven of them in all), and at te nded the dances with Gabriel as she delighted in dancing and the men a lwa ys chose her as a partner, as she fairly gloated around the hall. (Th ey d anced in the Assembly Room of the Old State House). Mother always br eas t fed their babies in those days, which made it obligatory to take th e ba bies wherever the mothers went. Eunice and Gabriel had many friends through out the state who came to vi s it them. The attic of the big house was made into a big family room whe r e beds could be made on the floor for the children and the attic was al wa ys filled with visiting families, especially at conference time, sinc e i t was difficult to travel people always stayed a week in order to ge t the ir visiting done, as it might be six months before they came again. Whenever the President of the Church or any of the Church Authorities ca m e to Fillmore they stayed with the Gabriel Huntsman’s for both Gabrie l an d Eunice were excellent hosts, and Eunice was an exceptionally goo d cook . Brigham Young tells of the delicious meals he ate at the Huntsma n Hote l when he stopped over on his way to St. George to his winter home . In 1901, Eunice was chosen Semi-Centennial Queen for Fillmore’s fiftie t h Anniversary Celebration. Here daughter, Edith, who was an expert dres sm aker, made her a white satin appliquéd gown for the occasion, and sh e wor e an exquisite hand embroidered shawl as a wrap, and really looke d as bea utiful as any queen, as she sat on her throne on a beautiful flo at. In 1904 Eunice and three of her daughters, Edith, Josephine Peal, and Ev a , all traveled by Pullman to attend the Louisiana Purchase Exposition . I t was Eunice’s first Pullman and she couldn’t get over traveling in s uc h luxury. She said she little dreamed that she would ever skim over th e p lains when she was crossing the plains as young girl when she walke d mos t of the way. She visited her old birthplace in Missouri by was no t impre ssed, she remarked, “We should thank those mobs for driving us fr om the c yclones that sweep Missouri”. Two years after returning from Missouri, Eunice contracted Pneumonia a n d died, June 6, 1906, leaving a broken-hearted husband and family, wh o ad ored her. Their darling mother was their ideal. She was so filled wi th en ergy and enthusiasm that she never ceased to amaze them. She was st ill ve ry beautiful—her hair was scarcely touched with grey. She still ha d her t rim figure in spite of eleven children, and her skin would have m ade an y young girl happy it was so soft and free from wrinkles. She alwa ys too k care not to get sunburned for she adored a “peaches and cream” c omplexi on. She was so well preserved that she looked much younger than h er year s – her laughing brown eyes so full of happiness and the zest fo r living . Gabriel lived just a little over a year after her death. He pa ssed awa y August 5, 1907 and left a small fortune for his eight living c hildren , who were: Gabriel Riley, Orson Henry, Mary Eunice, Joseph Alonz o, Hyru m Franklin, Heber chandler, Lafayette Erasmus, Edith, Josephine P earl, Ev a and Allen Green Camel. (Joseph Alonzo was accidentally shot i n a huntin g party. Heber Chandler was killed when thrown from a horse an d Hyrum Fra nklin died of Diphtheria, all before mother’s death). pr EUNICE EMMA HOLBROOK HUNTSMAN By Stella Day, granddaughter Eunice Holbrook was born April 16, 1838 in Caldwell County, Missouri t o C handler and Eunice Dunning Holbrook. The family had joined the LDS Ch urc h in 1833 and had moved from New York to Ohio, Illinois, Iowa and Mis sour i where mob violence broke out and forced them to move farther west. When they crossed the plains in 1846 in the company of Newell Knight, Eu n ice was ten years old. They spent the winter in a friendly Pawnee Indi a n village since it was too late in the season to begin their journey. The families of Chandler Holbrook, his brother Joseph and Dwight Hardi n g all traveled together and arrived in Salt Lake in 1848 where they liv e d for two years before moving into farms near Bountiful. Here Chandle r re ceived a call from Brigham Young to join the Anson Call Company an d go so uth to locate a capitol of the Territory. They lived in the old f ort duri ng their first years in Fillmore, then built a brick home wit h a large ro ck barn which was the stopping place for Pony Express riders . Eunice learned to sew, knit, cook, spin, card and weave as well as to cr o chet and embroider. She played the accordion, had a lovely contralto vo ic e and was in theatricals and musicals in the early days of Salt Lake , Bou ntiful and Fillmore. She was very popular with the young people an d man y young men courted her. But she married Gabriel Huntsman, eight ye ars he r senior, in 1855 when she was seventeen. Although Eunice was only five foot two and weighted l05 pounds, she wa s v ery healthy and energetic. Gabriel went on a second mission to Canad a lea ving Eunice with seven children. The three older children helped wi th th e chores and Eunice’s father and brother helped, too. Gabriel had built a large brick home, hotel and store combined. Whenev e r church authorities traveled through Fillmore, they stayed at the Hunt sm an Hotel. Eunice was an exceptionally good cook Brigham Young mentione d h er delicious meals on his way to his winter home in St. George. In 1901 Eunice was chosen Semi-Annual Queen for Fillmore’s fiftieth anni v ersary celebration. In 1904 she and three of her daughters went by Pull ma n to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. When [what] a thrill to skim o ve r the plains that she had mostly walked across as a girl. Two years later Eunice contracted Pneumonia and died June 6, 1906 leavi n g eight of her eleven children and a broken-hearted husband, all of wh o m adored her.