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Frost, Adelaide Almira

Female 1881 - 1954  (72 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Frost, Adelaide Almira was born on 18 Dec 1881 in Nevada, United States (daughter of Frost, Charles and Whiting, Ellen Emeret twin, daughter of Frost, Charles Perkins and Whiting, Ellen Emeret twin); died on 16 May 1954 in Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States; was buried in Medford, Jackson, Oregon, United States.

    Adelaide married Swartz, William on 8 Oct 1898 in La Grande, Union, Oregon, United States, United States. William was born in 1880 in La Grande, Union, Oregon, United States; died on 1 Aug 1955 in , Jackson, Oregon, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Adelaide married Finley, Martin in 1898 in Custer, Idaho, United States, United States. Martin was born in Jan 1866 in Iowa, United States, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Frost, Charles Perkins was born on 2 Oct 1839 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; died on 14 Jul 1896 in Challis, Custer, Idaho, United States, United States.

    Notes:

    Parents: Ephriam S Frost AFN 22JH-BXF, Abigail W Smith 22JH-C11.

    Charles married Whiting, Ellen Emeret twin on 6 Jan 1866 in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States. Ellen (daughter of Whiting, Edwin and Meacham, Almira Mehitable) was born on 1 Sep 1847 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois; died on 28 Nov 1925 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Whiting, Ellen Emeret twin was born on 1 Sep 1847 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois (daughter of Whiting, Edwin and Meacham, Almira Mehitable); died on 28 Nov 1925 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States.

    Notes:

    !MARRIAGE: (1) Ed Deal (2) Charles Frost (3) John Palmer.
    Edwin Whiting Family Assn.-Springville, UT.

    Edwin Whiting Family Assn.-Springville, UT.

    !MARRIAGE: (1) Ed Deal (2) Charles Frost (3) John Palmer.
    Edwin Whiting Family Assn.-Springville, UT.

    BIRTH: Also shown as Born Mount Pisgah, Union, Iowa, United States.

    BIRTH: Also shown as Born Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States.

    BIRTH: Also shown as Born Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States.

    Children:
    1. Frost, Charles Ephriam was born on 12 Feb 1868 in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States; died on 18 Jun 1945 in Midland, Klamath, Oregon, United States, United States.
    2. Frost, Edward Smith was born on 7 Jan 1870 in Austin, Lander, Nevada, United States; died on 17 Sep 1924 in Tillamook, Tillamook, Oregon, United States.
    3. Frost, John M was born on 13 Dec 1871 in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.
    4. Frost, Lafayette was born on 26 Nov 1873 in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States; died on 11 Apr 1944.
    5. Frost, Mark was born on 26 Nov 1873 in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States; died on 11 Apr 1944.
    6. Frost, Mary Ellen was born on 13 Dec 1875 in Park City, Summit, Utah, United States; died on 11 Apr 1931.
    7. Frost, Willis Leroy was born on 3 Oct 1881 in Little Wood River, Blaine, Idaho, United States; died on 26 Aug 1887 in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.
    8. 1. Frost, Adelaide Almira was born on 18 Dec 1881 in Nevada, United States; died on 16 May 1954 in Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States; was buried in Medford, Jackson, Oregon, United States.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Whiting, Edwin was born on 9 Sep 1809 in Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts; was christened in 1810 in Massachusetts, United States (son of Whiting, Elisha Jr. and Hulet, Sally); died on 8 Dec 1890 in Mapleton, Utah, Utah; was buried on 11 Dec 1890 in Springville, Utah, Utah.

    Other Events:

    • FamilySearch Id: KWJW-7B9
    • Other: 1857, Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States
    • Census: 1880, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States
    • Burial: 10 Dec 1890, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States
    • Burial: 10 Dec 1890, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States

    Notes:

    !BIRTH: 1831 Census Nelson, Portage County, Ohio GS # 0,337,949; Manti Ward
    Rec GS call# 6381 pt.1 p.5; TIB;
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    1850; Census Place: , Sanpete, Utah Territory; Roll: M432_919; Page: 113A; Image: 233.
    13/13 Edwin Whiting 41 male chairmaker $100 Mass
    Elizabeth 37 fem Mass
    Mary 23 fem New York
    William 16 male farmer Ohio
    Amelia 14 fem Ohio
    Sarah 11 fem Ohio
    Almon 10 male Illinois
    Lucius 05 male Illinois
    Albert 03 male Iowa twin
    Oscar 03 male Iowa twin
    Emeline 02 fem Deseret
    Harriet 01 fem Deseret
    Almira M Wd 27 fem New York
    Edward 05 male Illinois
    Ellen 03 fem Iowa
    Loisa 01 fem Deseret
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    1860; Census Place: Manti, Sanpete, Utah Territory; Roll: M653_1314; Page: 653; Image: 115; Family History Library Film: 805314.
    136/124 Edwin Whiting 51 male farmer $900/1700 Mass
    Elizabeth P 46 fem Mass
    Edwin L 14 male ILL
    Oscar 12 male ILL
    Louisa M 10 fem Utah Territory
    Caroline P 06 fem Utah Territory
    137/125 Mary A Whiting 32 fem New York
    Joseph 06 male Utah Territory
    Daniel L 02 male Utah Territory

    138/126 Mary E Whiting 33 fem New york
    Albert 12 male ILL
    Harriet L 10 fem Utah Territory
    Charles 07 male Utah Territory
    Edgar 05 male Utah Territory
    Edwin M 03 male Utah Territory
    Arthur 2/12 male Utah Territory
    Hannah H 25 fem Ohio
    Abby H 02 fem Utah Territory

    139/127 Annia Whitiing 34 fem seamstress New York
    Edwin L 14 male ILL
    Ellen D 12 fem ILL
    Emeline 11 fem ILL
    Cornelia 09 fem Utah Territory attended school
    Franklin 06 male Utah Territory attended school
    Edwin H 03 male Utah Territory

    140/128 William Whiting 25 male farmer $200/300 Ohio
    Rebecca 15 fem ILL
    Sarah E 1/12 fem Utah Territory

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    1870; Census Place: Springville, Utah, Utah Territory; Roll: M593_1612; Page: 333A; Image: 662; Family History Library Film: 553111.
    136 Whiting Edwin 60 male white farmer $2250/1650 Massachusetts
    Elizabeth 57 fem white Keeping house Massachusetts
    Lucius 24 male white farmer $100/275 Illinois
    Oscar 22 male white at home $50 Iowa
    Louisa 20 fem white no occupation Utah
    Caroline 16 fem white no occupation Utah

    140/137 Mary 44 fem white keeping house New York
    Albert 22 male white farmer $50 Iowa
    Charles 17 male white at home Utah
    Edgar 15 male white at home Utah
    Edwin 13 male white at home Utah
    Arthur 10 male white at home Utah
    May 08 fem white at school Utah
    John 02 male white at home Utah

    141/138 Hannah 36 fem white keeping house Ohio
    Abby 12 fem white no occupation Utah
    Lorenzo 10 male white at home Utah

    142/139 Mary A 42 fem white keeping house N. York
    Daniel 12 male white at home Utah
    Munroe 07 mae white at school Utah
    Nobles Joseph B 16 male white farm labor Ohio

    /140
    Snow Sarah 30 fem white keeping house Ohio
    Clara 08 fem white at school Utah
    Whiting Cornelia 19 fem Domestic Utah

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    Household Record 1880 United States Census
    Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
    Edwin WHITING Self M Male W 70 MA Farmer CT MA
    Elizabeth P. WHITING Wife M Female W 66 MA Keeping House MA MA
    Oscar WHITING Son S Male W 32 IA Freighter MA MA
    Hannah WHITING Wife M Female W 45 OH Keeping House --- ---
    Lorenzo WHITING Son S Male W 20 UT Laborer MA OH
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    Source Information:
    Census Place Springville, Utah, Utah
    Family History Library Film 1255338
    NA Film Number T9-1338
    Page Number 173C
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    Pioneers & Prominent Men of Utah-
    Esshom 1913 p.1243; Vit Rec Lee, Mass GS 974.41/L1/V2n (Mass L2a);
    Early Church File; 1850 Census Nauvoo GS Film 007,677 (ser# 2573)
    pt.8 #1866-1869; Utah Federal Census 1851, 1870;
    Patriarchal Blessing Early Church Rec File 1-1 Jan 1841 Lima,Adams,
    Illinois; LDS Emig. Rec GS (ser# 23058) pt.1 p.32, 37 etc.;
    Springville Ward Rec GS (ser# 6490 pt.1);
    MARRIAGE: Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register 1845-46; TIB;
    DEATH: Springville Cem Rec GS call# Utah S5;
    BAPTISM: Early Church File (Officiator T.B. Marsh Aug 1838), 2 Jan 1946 SL;
    ENDOWED: Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register 1845-46: 7 Jan 1846 NV; TIB;
    SEAL PARENTS: Family Group Sheet Father, 20 Dec 1974 LA;
    SEAL SPOUSE: EH seal rec GS ser# 25165 pt22 Bk L p.182 #3; pt16 Bk E p.152
    Arch Rec Naoma M. Harker;
    HISTORY: (Compiled by Jennie Bird Hill, daughter of Abby Ann Whiting, daughter
    of Edwin and Hannah Whiting- 1919) "About the year 1800, in the
    little town of Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, near the border of New
    York, lived the family of Elisha and Sally Hulett Whiting. Elisha Whiting's
    father was a sea captain and lived in Connecticut. He died when Elisha was
    very young. His mother, not knowing what else to do, bound him to an old
    Quaker, who was very cruel to him, and after a few years, he ran away to
    Massachusetts and worked on a farm with a wheelwright. Here he was married to
    Sally Hulett. They were highly respected, honest, generous and firm in their
    convictions.
    Elisha Whiting followed the trade of wagon and chair maker and did his work
    well. His wife was very gifted in making prose and poetry, a characteristic
    that has been bequeathed to many of the Whiting descendants. To Elisha and
    Sally Whiting, twelve children were born, eight sons and four daughters as
    follows: (1) Charles, (2) William, (3) Edwin, (4) Charles, (5) Katherine
    Louisa, (6) Harriet, (7) Sally Emeline, (8) Chauncey, (9) Almond, (10) Jane,
    (11) Sylvester, and (12) Lewis.
    Edwin Whiting was born September 9, 1809, the third child of this family.
    When he was six years old, his parents moved to Nelson, Portage County, Ohio.
    At that time, it was the western frontier of the U.S.A. but probably the very
    place his father wished to be to get a suitable timber for his trade and for
    support of his large family.
    Edwin Whiting's chance for education was very limited, but they were all
    taught the "3 R's", Readin', Ritin', and Rithmetic, and he wrote an legible
    hand, an extrordinary feat for his time. At an early age, he wrote credible
    verse.
    His early life in the forest, no doubt, accounts for his love of the
    out-of-doors, the beauties of nature, the trees, the flowers, the mountains and
    the desire to hunt.
    One Sunday morning, when but a small boy, he decided to go hunting. He knew
    this was contrary to his parent's teachings, so he tried to draw his gun
    through the cracks between the logs of his bedroom and go unmolested. His gun
    caught and was discharged, inflicting a serious wound in his left arm. This,
    he said, was a lesson to observe the Sabbath Day and to obey his parents.
    He learned the chair making trade from his father and his workmanship was
    considered very good.
    In 1833, when Edwin was twenty-four years old, he married Elizabeth
    Partridge Tillotson, an Ohio girl of French descent. She was a highly educated
    school teacher, quite an accomplishment for those days.
    In 1837, the Gospel was brought to the Whiting family. Edwin and his wife,
    his father and mother and some of his brothers and sisters joined the Church of
    Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They were baptized by Thomas Marsh in 1838.
    Here, as in the time of Christ and His Apostles, the humble, hard-working class
    of people were the ones to listen and accept the Gospel of truth.
    They were among the early members of our church and soon joined the saints
    in Kirtland, Ohio. It was here that their trials, hardships and persecutions
    began and it took true manhood, womanhood, and faith in God to endure. They
    were forced to leave their new comfortable home, complete with furniture,
    orchards and land in Kirtland, Ohio and took only their clothing and a few
    valued relics and went to Far West, Missouri. By this time, Edwin and
    Elizabeth had four children: William, Helen Amelia, Sarah Elizabeth and Emily
    Jane. They were only in Far West a short time and had just built a new home,
    when the mob, several thousand strong, ordered them out. Every house in the
    village was burned except father Elisha Whiting's, which was spared because he
    was so sick then could not move him.
    We remember of hearing aunt Elizabeth tell how she sat on the pile of
    bedding far into the night with little daughter Jane in her arms. Little Jane
    died soon after from exposure and lack of proper food. Sarah clapped her hands
    at the big bonfire the mob had made with their fences and the select wood from
    her father's chair shop. They were compelled to flee again so they joined the
    saints at Lima in father Morley's branch, where Edwin Whiting acted as
    counselor to brother Morley.
    For Several years, the saints were happily building up the city of Nauvoo,
    and their temple. Here they worshipped God without as much persecution as they
    had experienced at Lima. Edwin was appointed Colonel in the Nauvoo Legion and
    was an active worker at all times for the up-building of His Church.
    Through the advice of those in authority, and for a righteous purpose, he
    entered the law of plural marriage. In the year 1845, he married Almira
    Meacham. The following year, January 27, 1846, he married Mary Elizabeth Cox.
    That same year, he was called on a mission to Pennsylvania and was there at the
    time of the martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph and Hyrum Smith. He woon returned
    home and took up arms with his bretheren to protect his property and the lives
    of his family.
    During the battle of the Crooked River, his brother Charles was killed.
    Still a greater test awaited him, his brothers, Almond, Sylvester, Chauncey and
    Lewis and his sister, Louisa did not feel that Brigham Young should be the
    leader of the Church so they followed a Mr. Cutler and called themselves
    "Cutlerites" and moved up into Clitheral, Minnesota. To this day they hold
    tenaciously to the teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith. They still
    correspond with the children of Edwin Whiting, and have given us, for temple
    work, an extensive genealogy of the Whiting family.
    Edwin Whiting, his families, his father and mother stayed with the saints,
    who were compelled to move west as far as Mt. Pisgah, (now known as Talmadge)
    Iowa. There they stayed to prepare for the journey across the plains.
    The dreaded disease, cholera, took the father and mother of Edwin, his
    little brother and little daughter, Emily Jane. Their names are on the
    monument lately erected at that place in memory of those who died there. So
    many of his family were sick at one time, that there was no one well enough to
    get the sick ones a drink, but even in those trying times, they still had faith
    and rejoiced in the Gospel, for the Lord was with them. Emeline, a sister of
    Edwin, married Fredrick Walter Cox and the two families were as one big family
    for years. They established a chair factory and hauled the chairs to Quincy,
    Illinois where they were sold. From this and their crops, they prepared to
    come west. Aunt Mary taught school two terms and helped the family some.
    While at Mt. Pisgah, three children were born. Albert Milton was born to Mary.
    Oscar Newell was born to Elizabeth, and Catherine Emeline was born to Almira.
    In April, 1849, Edwin and Emeline, the only children of Elisha and Sally
    Whiting who stayed true to the Church, started westward in brother Morley's
    company.
    Volumes have been written of the westward journey of the saints, and as
    Congressman Leatherstood has said, "It is the greatest emigration trail that
    was ever blazed and our pioneers will some day stand out in history as the
    greatest pioneers of the world."
    They fought Indians, had their cattle stampeeded, suffered for lack of
    proper food, and even though tired from that long and tedious trek, still they
    went on. After reaching the Black Hills, a heavy snow storm came and for three
    days they were shut in. Many of their cattle died and perhaps they would have
    died had not the teams and provisions sent by President Brigham Young come to
    their aid. On October 28, 1849, they reached Salt Lake City, which looked
    like a haven of rest to that travel-worn company. Aunt Mary said, "I have
    never beheld a sight so good and so beautiful as Salt Lake City. We were so
    thankful our journey was at an end." But their rest was of short duration, for
    in a few days, Edwin Whiting, the Morley's and the Cox's were called to settle
    the San Pitch River, now known as Manti. Again they journeyed on. It took
    three weeks to go from Salt Lake City, because they had to build their own
    roads.
    Provo was then a village of about six homes. As they passed Hobble Creek,
    afterwards known as Springville, Edwin Whiting remarked, "This is a fertile
    spot. I would like to stop here."
    They arrived in Sanpete county on December 1, 1849, with almost nothing to
    eat, no food for their cattle, no shelter to keep them warm, and cold weather
    upon them. They made "dug-outs" on the south side of the hill where the Manti
    Temple now stands. It was a severe winter, with snow so deep the cattle could
    scarcely get grass and most of them died. Food had to be divided with the
    Indians to keep peace. President Young had promised them provisions and help,
    but none came, so Edwin and Orville Cox put on snow shoes and with a little
    parched corn in their pockets for food, placed their bedding on a sleigh and
    started toward Salt Lake City for help. When they reached Nephi Canyon, they
    met their help, brother Dace Henry, his wife, her brother, Mr. Dodge and an
    Indian, snow bound. Their cattle had died and their wagons were all but
    covered with snow. The young wife was very sick, so Edwin gave them the sleigh
    to pull her to Manti. They put their quilts on their backs and walked on to
    Salt Lake Clity and reported conditions to President Young. Aid was
    immediately sent, but some of that company went back to Salt Lake City.
    Edwin's family now numbered fourteen. They lived in a large room in the
    wall of the hill with their chair factory in one end. The men and boys hauled
    wood from the hills on the hand sleighs.
    The following spring (1850), there were three girls born. Harriet Lucinda
    was born to Mary Elizabeth in April, Louisa Melitia was born to Elizabeth in
    May, and Cornelia Dolly was born to Almira in June.
    For several seasons, very little was raised. It became necessary to build a
    fort to protect themselves from the Indians, for they felt that the white man
    had stolen their land. The gates of the fort were locked while the men went to
    the fields with their guns. From this developed the Walker War. Edwin was
    appointed Captain for the Militia. Twice the Indians drove his cattle off and
    stole whatever they could.
    Edwin often told us of one big old ox that he owned. The ox would rebel
    whenever an Indian tried to drive him. He would turn on his captors and break
    their defense and come home. He hated Indians and would always lower his head
    and challenge them if they came near.
    Edwin tried planting fruit trees, shrubs and flowers, but they could not
    survive the very cold winters. Their crops were poor, but they managed to
    exist and were a happy family in spite of their hardships.
    In 1854, he was called to Ohio on a mission and was gone for two years.
    While he was away, the grasshoppers came and took everything they raised. They
    faced starvation, but miraculously, where the crops had been, a patch of
    pigweeds grew and they lived on them until the corn ripened in Utah County.
    A strange thing it was, for the Indians said those pigweeds had never grown
    there before, nor have they grown since. Walter Cox divided with his brother's
    (brother-in-law) family while Edwin was away.
    Edwin, upon his return, brought many kinds of fruit trees, (some from his
    father's farm that he helped to plant when a boy) shrubs and flowers, and again
    tried to grow them, but the climate was too cold.
    On the 8th of October, 1856, Edwin married Hannah Haines Brown. Abby Ann
    Whiting was born to this couple at Manti in 1858 and Lorenzo Snow Whiting was
    born at Manti in 1860.
    On the 14th day of April, 1857, he married Mary Ann Washburn. Two children
    were born to the family while they resided at Manti. Daniel Abram was born in
    May, 1858 and Monroe Finch Whiting was born in November, 1862.
    While he lived at Manti, Edwin was among the foremost men in religious and
    civic affairs of the community. He was councelor to the Stake President. He
    was mayor of the city from 1857 to 1861. He was a member of the legislature
    for two terms, and as stated before, he was Captain of the Militia in the
    Walker War.
    After finding the climate of Manti unfavorable for raising fruit, his
    special work, he was advised by Presiden Young to try out his nursery at
    Springville. He moved to Springville in 1861 and was able to plant and grow
    all kinds and varieties of fruit trees, vegetables and flowers. People used to
    come from neighboring communities to see his flowers.
    He built a home on the lot where the Springville Second Ward Church now
    stands. That old two story adobe home will stand in the memory of the members
    of the Whiting Family as a place of many happy evenings and of fun and
    amusement. Aunt Mary also taught school there.
    He transplanted, in different towns, many evergreens from the mountains.
    Those around the old Court House in Provo, those at the Springville City park,
    and one large evergreen that stands southwest of the Manti Temple which can be
    seen for miles around. He once said "I brought that in my dinner bucket and I
    think it was the first evergreen transplanted in Utah."
    His life was typical of this great tree. A poem written by Emmay Whiting,
    wife of Daniel Whiting, describes his life and this tree as being similar.
    Edwin had one of the largest families in Utah. Many of those stand at the
    head of Stake and Ward organizations in our Church. Among his descendants,
    we found seven bishops.
    In his later life, he did temple work for his dead relatives in the Salt
    Lake Temple, St. George Temple, and in the Logan Temple. He lived the
    principles of his religion. He was honest, charitable, and never accumulated
    great riches. He was thrifty and loved his wives and children and gave them
    the comforts of life.
    He died at Mapleton, Utah on the 9th of December, 1890 at the age of
    eighty-one years. He was firm in his belief and testimony of the truthfulness
    of the Gospel.
    His descendants are numerous and are found in Idaho, Arizona, Mexico,
    California, New York, and in Utah.

    Household Record 1880 United States Census

    Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
    Edwin WHITING Self M Male W 70 MA Farmer CT MA
    Elizabeth P. WHITING Wife M Female W 66 MA Keeping House MA MA
    Oscar WHITING Son S Male W 32 IA Freighter MA MA
    Hannah WHITING Wife M Female W 45 OH Keeping House --- ---
    Lorenzo WHITING Son S Male W 20 UT Laborer MA OH
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    Source Information:
    Census Place Springville, Utah, Utah
    Family History Library Film 1255338
    NA Film Number T9-1338
    Page Number 173C

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    Nauvoo, Illinois Tax Index, 1842 Record about EDWIN WHITING
    Given Name: EDWIN
    Surname: WHITING
    Page: 190
    Coord.: 3N8W
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    Nauvoo, Illinois Tax Index, 1842 Record about EDWIN WHITING
    Given Name: EDWIN
    Surname: WHITING
    Page: 190
    Coord.: 3N8W
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    1849: Before and After Mt. Pisgah
    page 192-193 In the spring of 1849, Sylvester Hulet was called to help establish a fort at Provo. It was called Fort Utah. The same spring, Edwin Whiting and family left Mt. Pisgah, Iowa and began the big trek toward the west. They visited the Coxes and Whitings at Silver Creek. Then they made their way to the Elkhorn river in Nebraska. by the time that they arrived at the Elkhorn, it had been three monts since they left Mt. Pisgah. They were made part of the George A. Smith company of fifty, wagons. Ezra T. Benson was in command of the whole company of one hundred wagons. When the big trek began from there, Edwin's family consisted of the following:
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    1860 US Fed Census Manti, Sanpete, Utah
    Line 33 136/124 Edwin Whiting 51 Farmer 900 1700 Massachusetts
    Elizabeth P. 46 fem Mass
    Edwin L. 14 male Illinois
    Osker N. 12 Male Illinois
    Louisa M. 10 Fem Utah Territory
    Caroline P. 06 Fem Utah Territory
    137/125 Mary A. Whiting 32 Fem New York
    Joseph 06 Male Utah Territory
    Daniel A. 02 Male Utah Territory
    138/126 Mary E. Whiting 33 Fem Milliner New York
    Albert 12 Male Illinois
    Harriet E. 10 Fem Utah Territory
    Charles 07 Male Utah Territory
    Edgar 05 Male Utah Territory
    Edwin M. 03 Male
    Arthur 2/12 Male
    Hannah H. 25 Fem Ohio
    Abby H. 02 Fem Utah Territory
    139/127 Annia Whiting 34 Fem Seamstress New York
    Edward L. 14 Male Illinois
    Ellen D. 12 Fem Illinois
    Emeline 11 Fem Illinois
    Cornelia 09 Fem Utah Territory
    Franklin 06 Male Utah Territory
    Edwin H. 03 Male Utah Territory
    140/128 William Whiting 25 Male Ohio
    Rebecca 15 Fem Illinois
    Sarah E. 1/12 Fem Utah Territory
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    1870 US Fed Census Springville, Utah, Utah P. 19/333-20/334
    139/139 Whiting, Edwin 60 Male White Farmer 2250 1650 Massachusetts
    , Elizabeth 57 Fem White Keeping House Massachusetts
    , Lucius 24 Male White 100 275 Illinois
    , Oscar 22 Male White 50 Iowa
    , Louisa 20 Fem White Utah
    , Caroline 16 Fem White Utah
    140/137 , Mary 44 Fem White New York
    , Albert 22 Male White Farmer 50 Iowa
    , Charles 17 Male White AT HOme Utah
    , Edgar 15 Male Utah
    , Edwin 13 Male Utah
    , Arthur 10 Male Utah
    , May 08 Fem At School Utah
    , John 02 Male At HOme Utah
    141/138 , Hannah 36 Fem Keeping House Ohio
    , Abby 12 Fem Utah
    , Lorenzo 10 Male Utah
    142/139 , Mary A 42 Fem Keeping House New York
    , Daniel 12 Male At HOme Utah
    , Munroe 07 Male At School Utah
    Noble , Joseph B. 16 Male Farm Laborer Utah
    /140 Snow, Sarah 30 Fem Keeping House Ohio
    , Clara 08 Fem At School Utah
    Whiting , Cornelia 19 Fem Domestic Servant Utah

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    Household Record 1880 United States Census
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    Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
    Edwin WHITING Self M Male W 70 MA Farmer CT MA
    Elizabeth P. WHITING Wife M Female W 66 MA Keeping House MA MA
    Oscar WHITING Son S Male W 32 IA Freighter MA MA
    Hannah WHITING Wife M Female W 45 OH Keeping House --- ---
    Lorenzo WHITING Son S Male W 20 UT Laborer MA OH
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    Source Information:
    Census Place Springville, Utah, Utah
    Family History Library Film 1255338
    NA Film Number T9-1338
    Page Number 173C
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    Naoma Manwaring Harker Research: FGS #106
    1. Manti ward rec (GS call #026,129 p.g 15)
    2. Manti cem rec (GS call no. Utah Ma)
    3. Springville cem rec. (GS call no. Utah S5)
    4. Pat. Bless. Edwin Whiting (Early ch. Rec. File bapt. #3)
    5. 1831 Census Nelson, Portage Co., Ohio Film #0,337,949 pg. 228
    6. St. George Tem. seal and adop. (GS ser no 23058 pt. 1 p. 32, 37, 395, 497)
    7. VR Lee, Mass (GS cal no. Mass L2a)
    8. EH seal rec (Gs #25165 pt. 22 Bk L p. 182 #3; pt.16, Bk E p. 152 for parents)
    !Naoma Manwaring Harker Research: FGS #109
    1. Early Church Rec. file: Patriarchal bless. 1 Jan. 1841 Lima , Adams, Ill.
    2. Manti ward rec Film #026,129 page 5
    Edwin Whiting re-bap 7 July, 1850 by Orville Cox, confirmed 14 Jul 1850
    3. Springville Ward Records (Film# 026,459)
    Abbie Ann Whiting bap. 28 sep 1867
    Lorenzo Whiting bap 12 Sep 1869 (page 16)
    Edwin Whiting re-bap 1 Nov 1875
    Hannah Whiting re-bap 1 Nov 1875
    Abbie Whiting re-bap 27 Nov 1875
    Lorenzo Whiting re-bap 18 Jan 1876
    4. St. George temple adoption and sealing of children (Film#23058 pt1), Bk. B.
    p. 31: Edwin Whiting, born: 9 Sep 1809 adopted to Pres. Brigham Young
    30 Oct 1879
    p. 32. Mifflin Penwood Brown Bristol, dead, born: 3 Apr 1851 Clark Co.,
    Iowa, died 10 Apr 1851
    Lorenzo Snow Whiting born: 30 July 1860 Manti
    Francis Elmer Whiting, dead, born: 12 May 1864 Springville
    Sealed to Edwin Whiting and Hannah Haines Brown Whiting
    (the father of the two latter and the mother of all three)
    p. 395 Melvin Whiting, dead, born: 24 Apr 1862, died same day
    Alvin Whiting, dead, born 24 Apr 1862, died same day;
    Both sealed to parents Edwin Whiting and Hannah Haines Brown 7 Feb 1884
    !BEFORE AND AFTER MOUNT PISGAH, by Clare B. Christensen says the following on page 255:
    "Edwin Whiting had tried to grow fruit at Manti, Utah since his return from Ohio. The seasons at Manti had been cold. Brigham Young advised Edwin to move to Springville, Utah where the winters were more mild. In 1861 Edwin made the move. He bought land from the Hulets. That same year Edwin's cousin, Sylvanus Cyrus Hulet was called to take his family and help with the settlement at St. George, Utah."
    After having read the foregoing quote I would assume that Melvin, Alvin, and Francis Whiting were born and died at Springville or Mapleton and were buried someplace in the area.
    p. 497 Abby Ann Whiting Bird, born 13 June 1858 Manti, sealed to parents Edwin Whiting and Hannah Haines Brown 7 Feb 1884.

    !End. House Sealing Book E p. 152
    Edwin Whiting born 19 Sep 1811, Lee Berks, Mass
    Hannah Haines Brown born 21 Jul 1834 Goshen, Columbia, Ohio Sealed 18 Jul 1868
    June 1965 (NMH) Every ordinance date on this sheet has been checked against original temple records and birthdates, death dates, etc. against ward, emetery rec. etc.

    Nauvoo, Illinois Tax Index, 1842 Record about EDWIN WHITING
    Given Name: EDWIN
    Surname: WHITING
    Page: 190
    Coord.: 3N8W
    =====================================================
    1849: Before and After Mt. Pisgah
    page 192-193 In the spring of 1849, Sylvester Hulet was called to help establish a fort at Provo. It was called Fort Utah. The same spring, Edwin Whiting and family left Mt. Pisgah, Iowa and began the big trek toward the west. They visited the Coxes and Whitings at Silver Creek. Then they made their way to the Elkhorn river in Nebraska. by the time that they arrived at the Elkhorn, it had been three monts since they left Mt. Pisgah. They were made part of the George A. Smith company of fifty, wagons. Ezra T. Benson was in command of the whole company of one hundred wagons. When the big trek began from there, Edwin's family consisted of the following:
    ======================================================
    1850 US Federal Census Sanpete County, Utah Territory Page 113
    13/13 Edwin Whiting 41 Male Chairmaker 100 Massachusetts
    Elizabeth 37 Fem
    Mary 23 Fem New York
    William 16 Male farmer Ohio
    Amelia 14 Fem Ohio
    Sarah 11 Fem Ohio
    Almon 10 Male Illinois
    Lucius 05 Male Illinois
    Albert 03 Male Iowa twin
    Oscar 03 Male Iowa twin
    Emeline 02 Fem Deseret
    Harriet 01 Fem Deseret
    Almira M. Whiting Wd 27 Fem New York
    Edward 05 Male Illinois
    Ellen 03 Fem Iowa
    Louise 01 Fem Deseret

    ======================================================
    1860 US Fed Census Manti, Sanpete, Utah
    Line 33 136/124 Edwin Whiting 51 Farmer 900 1700 Massachusetts
    Elizabeth P. 46 fem Mass
    Edwin L. 14 male Illinois
    Osker N. 12 Male Illinois
    Louisa M. 10 Fem Utah Territory
    Caroline P. 06 Fem Utah Territory
    137/125 Mary A. Whiting 32 Fem New York
    Joseph 06 Male Utah Territory
    Daniel A. 02 Male Utah Territory
    138/126 Mary E. Whiting 33 Fem Milliner New York
    Albert 12 Male Illinois
    Harriet E. 10 Fem Utah Territory
    Charles 07 Male Utah Territory
    Edgar 05 Male Utah Territory
    Edwin M. 03 Male
    Arthur 2/12 Male
    Hannah H. 25 Fem Ohio
    Abby H. 02 Fem Utah Territory
    139/127 Annia Whiting 34 Fem Seamstress New York
    Edward L. 14 Male Illinois
    Ellen D. 12 Fem Illinois
    Emeline 11 Fem Illinois
    Cornelia 09 Fem Utah Territory
    Franklin 06 Male Utah Territory
    Edwin H. 03 Male Utah Territory
    140/128 William Whiting 25 Male Ohio
    Rebecca 15 Fem Illinois
    Sarah E. 1/12 Fem Utah Territory
    ============================================================
    1870 US Fed Census Springville, Utah, Utah P. 19/333-20/334
    139/139 Whiting, Edwin 60 Male White Farmer 2250 1650 Massachusetts
    , Elizabeth 57 Fem White Keeping House Massachusetts
    , Lucius 24 Male White 100 275 Illinois
    , Oscar 22 Male White 50 Iowa
    , Louisa 20 Fem White Utah
    , Caroline 16 Fem White Utah
    140/137 , Mary 44 Fem White New York
    , Albert 22 Male White Farmer 50 Iowa
    , Charles 17 Male White AT HOme Utah
    , Edgar 15 Male Utah
    , Edwin 13 Male Utah
    , Arthur 10 Male Utah
    , May 08 Fem At School Utah
    , John 02 Male At HOme Utah
    141/138 , Hannah 36 Fem Keeping House Ohio
    , Abby 12 Fem Utah
    , Lorenzo 10 Male Utah
    142/139 , Mary A 42 Fem Keeping House New York
    , Daniel 12 Male At HOme Utah
    , Munroe 07 Male At School Utah
    Noble , Joseph B. 16 Male Farm Laborer Utah
    /140 Snow, Sarah 30 Fem Keeping House Ohio
    , Clara 08 Fem At School Utah
    Whiting , Cornelia 19 Fem Domestic Servant Utah

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    Household Record 1880 United States Census
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
    Edwin WHITING Self M Male W 70 MA Farmer CT MA
    Elizabeth P. WHITING Wife M Female W 66 MA Keeping House MA MA
    Oscar WHITING Son S Male W 32 IA Freighter MA MA
    Hannah WHITING Wife M Female W 45 OH Keeping House --- ---
    Lorenzo WHITING Son S Male W 20 UT Laborer MA OH
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Source Information:
    Census Place Springville, Utah, Utah
    Family History Library Film 1255338
    NA Film Number T9-1338
    Page Number 173C
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Household Record 1880 United States Census
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Household:

    Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
    Edwin WHITING Self M Male W 70 MA Farmer CT MA
    Elizabeth P. WHITING Wife M Female W 66 MA Keeping House MA MA
    Oscar WHITING Son S Male W 32 IA Freighter MA MA
    Hannah WHITING Wife M Female W 45 OH Keeping House --- ---
    Lorenzo WHITING Son S Male W 20 UT Laborer MA OH
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Source Information:
    Census Place Springville, Utah, Utah
    Family History Library Film 1255338
    NA Film Number T9-1338
    Page Number 173C
    Household Record 1880 United States Census
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Household:

    Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
    Edwin WHITING Self M Male W 70 MA Farmer CT MA
    Elizabeth P. WHITING Wife M Female W 66 MA Keeping House MA MA
    Oscar WHITING Son S Male W 32 IA Freighter MA MA
    Hannah WHITING Wife M Female W 45 OH Keeping House --- ---
    Lorenzo WHITING Son S Male W 20 UT Laborer MA OH
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Source Information:
    Census Place Springville, Utah, Utah
    Family History Library Film 1255338
    NA Film Number T9-1338
    Page Number 173C
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    !Naoma Manwaring Harker Research: FGS #106
    1. Manti ward rec (GS call #026,129 p.g 15)
    2. Manti cem rec (GS call no. Utah Ma)


    !Naoma Manwaring Harker Research: FGS #106
    1. Manti ward rec (GS call #026,129 p.g 15)
    2. Manti cem rec (GS call no. Utah Ma)
    3. Springville cem rec. (GS call no. Utah S5)
    4. Pat. Bless. Edwin Whiting (Early ch. Rec. File bapt. #3)
    5. 1831 Census Nelson, Portage Co., Ohio Film #0,337,949 pg. 228
    6. St. George Tem. seal and adop. (GS ser no 23058 pt. 1 p. 32, 37, 395, 497)
    7. VR Lee, Mass (GS cal no. Mass L2a)
    8. EH seal rec (Gs #25165 pt. 22 Bk L p. 182 #3; pt.16, Bk E p. 152 for parents)
    !Naoma Manwaring Harker Research: FGS #109
    1. Early Church Rec. file: Patriarchal bless. 1 Jan. 1841 Lima , Adams, Ill.
    2. Manti ward rec Film #026,129 page 5
    Edwin Whiting re-bap 7 July, 1850 by Orville Cox, confirmed 14 Jul 1850
    3. Springville Ward Records (Film# 026,459)
    Abbie Ann Whiting bap. 28 sep 1867
    Lorenzo Whiting bap 12 Sep 1869 (page 16)
    Edwin Whiting re-bap 1 Nov 1875
    Hannah Whiting re-bap 1 Nov 1875
    Abbie Whiting re-bap 27 Nov 1875
    Lorenzo Whiting re-bap 18 Jan 1876
    4. St. George temple adoption and sealing of children (Film#23058 pt1),
    Bk. B.
    p. 31: Edwin Whiting, born: 9 Sep 1809 adopted to Pres. Brigham Young
    30 Oct 1879
    p. 32. Mifflin Penwood Brown Bristol, dead, born: 3 Apr 1851 Clark Co.,
    Iowa, died 10 Apr 1851
    Lorenzo Snow Whiting born: 30 July 1860 Manti
    Francis Elmer Whiting, dead, born: 12 May 1864 Springville
    Sealed to Edwin Whiting and Hannah Haines Brown Whiting
    (the father of the two latter and the mother of all three)
    p. 395 Melvin Whiting, dead, born: 24 Apr 1862, died same day
    Alvin Whiting, dead, born 24 Apr 1862, died same day;
    Both sealed to parents Edwin Whiting and Hannah Haines Brown
    7 Feb 1884
    !BEFORE AND AFTER MOUNT PISGAH, by Clare B. Christensen says the following
    on page 255:
    "Edwin Whiting had tried to grow fruit at Manti, Utah since his return
    from Ohio. The seasons at Manti had been cold. Brigham Young advised Edwin to move to Springville, Utah where the winters were more mild. In 1861 Edwin made the move. He bought land from the Hulets. That same year edwin
    s cousin, Sylvanus Cyrus Hulet was called to take his family and help with the settlement at St. George, Utah."
    After having read the foregoing quote I would assume that Melvin, Alvin, and Francis Whiting were born and died at Springville or Mapleton and were buried someplace in the area.
    p. 497 Abby Ann Whiting Bird, born 13 June 1858 Manti, sealed to parents Edwin Whiting and Hannah Haines Brown 7 Feb 1884.

    !End. House Sealing Book E p. 152
    Edwin Whiting born 19 Sep 1811, Lee Berks, Mass
    Hannah Haines Brown born 21 Jul 1834 Goshen, Columbia, Ohio
    Sealed 18 Jul 1868
    June 1965 (NMH) Every ordinance date on this sheet has been checked against original temple records and birthdates, death dates, etc. against ward, emetery rec. etc.

    !Naoma Manwaring Harker Research: FGS #106
    1. Manti ward rec (GS call #026,129 p.g 15)
    2. Manti cem rec (GS call no. Utah Ma)
    3. Springville cem rec. (GS call no. Utah S5)
    4. Pat. Bless. Edwin Whiting (Early ch. Rec. File bapt. #3)
    5. 1831 Census Nelson, Portage Co., Ohio Film #0,337,949 pg. 228

    5. 1831 Census Nelson, Portage Co., Ohio Film #0,337,949 pg. 228
    6. St. George Tem. seal and adop. (GS ser no 23058 pt. 1 p. 32, 37, 395, 497)
    7. VR Lee, Mass (GS cal no. Mass L2a)
    8. EH seal rec (Gs #25165 pt. 22 Bk L p. 182 #3; pt.16, Bk E p. 152 for parents)
    !Naoma Manwaring Harker Research: FGS #109

    7. VR Lee, Mass (GS cal no. Mass L2a)
    8. EH seal rec (Gs #25165 pt. 22 Bk L p. 182 #3; pt.16, Bk E p. 152 for parents)
    !Naoma Manwaring Harker Research: FGS #109
    1. Early Church Rec. file: Patriarchal bless. 1 Jan. 1841 Lima , Adams, Ill.
    2. Manti ward rec Film #026,129 page 5
    Edwin Whiting re-bap 7 July, 1850 by Orville Cox, confirmed 14 Jul 1850
    3. Springville Ward Records (Film# 026,459)
    Abbie Ann Whiting bap. 28 sep 1867

    3. Springville Ward Records (Film# 026,459)
    Abbie Ann Whiting bap. 28 sep 1867
    Lorenzo Whiting bap 12 Sep 1869 (page 16)
    Edwin Whiting re-bap 1 Nov 1875
    Hannah Whiting re-bap 1 Nov 1875
    Abbie Whiting re-bap 27 Nov 1875
    Lorenzo Whiting re-bap 18 Jan 1876
    4. St. George temple adoption and sealing of children (Film#23058 pt1),
    Bk. B.

    Bk. B.
    p. 31: Edwin Whiting, born: 9 Sep 1809 adopted to Pres. Brigham Young
    30 Oct 1879

    30 Oct 1879
    p. 32. Mifflin Penwood Brown Bristol, dead, born: 3 Apr 1851 Clark Co.,
    Iowa, died 10 Apr 1851
    Lorenzo Snow Whiting born: 30 July 1860 Manti
    Francis Elmer Whiting, dead, born: 12 May 1864 Springville
    Sealed to Edwin Whiting and Hannah Haines Brown Whiting

    Sealed to Edwin Whiting and Hannah Haines Brown Whiting
    (the father of the two latter and the mother of all three)
    p. 395 Melvin Whiting, dead, born: 24 Apr 1862, died same day
    Alvin Whiting, dead, born 24 Apr 1862, died same day;
    Both sealed to parents Edwin Whiting and Hannah Haines Brown

    Alvin Whiting, dead, born 24 Apr 1862, died same day;
    Both sealed to parents Edwin Whiting and Hannah Haines Brown
    7 Feb 1884
    !BEFORE AND AFTER MOUNT PISGAH, by Clare B. Christensen says the following
    on page 255:

    on page 255:
    "Edwin Whiting had tried to grow fruit at Manti, Utah since his return
    from Ohio. The seasons at Manti had been cold. Brigham Young advised Edwin to move to Springville, Utah where the winters were more mild. In 1861 Edwin made the move. He bought land from the Hulets. That same year edwin

    from Ohio. The seasons at Manti had been cold. Brigham Young advised Edwin to move to Springville, Utah where the winters were more mild. In 1861 Edwin made the move. He bought land from the Hulets. That same year edwin
    s cousin, Sylvanus Cyrus Hulet was called to take his family and help with the settlement at St. George, Utah."
    After having read the foregoing quote I would assume that Melvin, Alvin, and Francis Whiting were born and died at Springville or Mapleton and were buried someplace in the area.
    p. 497 Abby Ann Whiting Bird, born 13 June 1858 Manti, sealed to parents Edwin Whiting and Hannah Haines Brown 7 Feb 1884.

    !End. House Sealing Book E p. 152
    Edwin Whiting born 19 Sep 1811, Lee Berks, Mass
    Hannah Haines Brown born 21 Jul 1834 Goshen, Columbia, Ohio

    After having read the foregoing quote I would assume that Melvin, Alvin, and Francis Whiting were born and died at Springville or Mapleton and were buried someplace in the area.
    p. 497 Abby Ann Whiting Bird, born 13 June 1858 Manti, sealed to parents Edwin Whiting and Hannah Haines Brown 7 Feb 1884.

    !End. House Sealing Book E p. 152
    Edwin Whiting born 19 Sep 1811, Lee Berks, Mass
    Hannah Haines Brown born 21 Jul 1834 Goshen, Columbia, Ohio
    Sealed 18 Jul 1868
    June 1965 (NMH) Every ordinance date on this sheet has been checked against original temple records and birthdates, death dates, etc. against ward, emetery rec. etc.

    !Naoma Manwaring Harker Research: FGS #106
    1. Manti ward rec (GS call #026,129 p.g 15)
    2. Manti cem rec (GS call no. Utah Ma)
    3. Springville cem rec. (GS call no. Utah S5)
    4. Pat. Bless. Edwin Whiting (Early ch. Rec. File bapt. #3)
    5. 1831 Census Nelson, Portage Co., Ohio Film #0,337,949 pg. 228
    6. St. George Tem. seal and adop. (GS ser no 23058 pt. 1 p. 32, 37, 395, 497)
    7. VR Lee, Mass (GS cal no. Mass L2a)
    8. EH seal rec (Gs #25165 pt. 22 Bk L p. 182 #3; pt.16, Bk E p. 152 for parents)
    !Naoma Manwaring Harker Research: FGS #109
    1. Early Church Rec. file: Patriarchal bless. 1 Jan. 1841 Lima , Adams, Ill.
    2. Manti ward rec Film #026,129 page 5
    Edwin Whiting re-bap 7 July, 1850 by Orville Cox, confirmed 14 Jul 1850
    3. Springville Ward Records (Film# 026,459)
    Abbie Ann Whiting bap. 28 sep 1867
    Lorenzo Whiting bap 12 Sep 1869 (page 16)
    Edwin Whiting re-bap 1 Nov 1875
    Hannah Whiting re-bap 1 Nov 1875
    Abbie Whiting re-bap 27 Nov 1875
    Lorenzo Whiting re-bap 18 Jan 1876
    4. St. George temple adoption and sealing of children (Film#23058 pt1),
    Bk. B.
    p. 31: Edwin Whiting, born: 9 Sep 1809 adopted to Pres. Brigham Young
    30 Oct 1879
    p. 32. Mifflin Penwood Brown Bristol, dead, born: 3 Apr 1851 Clark Co.,
    Iowa, died 10 Apr 1851
    Lorenzo Snow Whiting born: 30 July 1860 Manti
    Francis Elmer Whiting, dead, born: 12 May 1864 Springville
    Sealed to Edwin Whiting and Hannah Haines Brown Whiting
    (the father of the two latter and the mother of all three)
    p. 395 Melvin Whiting, dead, born: 24 Apr 1862, died same day
    Alvin Whiting, dead, born 24 Apr 1862, died same day;
    Both sealed to parents Edwin Whiting and Hannah Haines Brown
    7 Feb 1884
    !BEFORE AND AFTER MOUNT PISGAH, by Clare B. Christensen says the following
    on page 255:
    "Edwin Whiting had tried to grow fruit at Manti, Utah since his return
    from Ohio. The seasons at Manti had been cold. Brigham Young advised Edwin to move to Springville, Utah where the winters were more mild. In 1861 Edwin made the move. He bought land from the Hulets. That same year edwin
    s cousin, Sylvanus Cyrus Hulet was called to take his family and help with the settlement at St. George, Utah."
    After having read the foregoing quote I would assume that Melvin, Alvin, and Francis Whiting were born and died at Springville or Mapleton and were buried someplace in the area.
    p. 497 Abby Ann Whiting Bird, born 13 June 1858 Manti, sealed to parents Edwin Whiting and Hannah Haines Brown 7 Feb 1884.

    !End. House Sealing Book E p. 152
    Edwin Whiting born 19 Sep 1811, Lee Berks, Mass
    Hannah Haines Brown born 21 Jul 1834 Goshen, Columbia, Ohio
    Sealed 18 Jul 1868
    June 1965 (NMH) Every ordinance date on this sheet has been checked against original temple records and birthdates, death dates, etc. against ward, emetery rec. etc.


    June 1965 (NMH) Every ordinance date on this sheet has been checked against original temple records and birthdates, death dates, etc. against ward, emetery rec. etc.

    !BIRTH: 1831 Census Nelson, Portage County, Ohio GS # 0,337,949; Manti Ward
    Rec GS call# 6381 pt.1 p.5; TIB; Pioneers & Prominent Men of Utah-
    Esshom 1913 p.1243; Vit Rec Lee, Mass GS 974.41/L1/V2n (Mass L2a);
    Early Church File; 1850 Census Nauvoo GS Film 007,677 (ser# 2573)
    pt.8 #1866-1869; Utah Federal Census 1851, 1870;
    Patriarchal Blessing Early Church Rec File 1-1 Jan 1841 Lima,Adams,
    Illinois; LDS Emig. Rec GS (ser# 23058) pt.1 p.32, 37 etc.;
    Springville Ward Rec GS (ser# 6490 pt.1);
    MARRIAGE: Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register 1845-46; TIB;
    DEATH: Springville Cem Rec GS call# Utah S5;
    BAPTISM: Early Church File (Officiator T.B. Marsh Aug 1838), 2 Jan 1946 SL;
    ENDOWED: Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register 1845-46: 7 Jan 1846 NV; TIB;
    SEAL PARENTS: Family Group Sheet Father, 20 Dec 1974 LA;
    SEAL SPOUSE: EH seal rec GS ser# 25165 pt22 Bk L p.182 #3; pt16 Bk E p.152
    Arch Rec Naoma M. Harker;
    HISTORY: (Compiled by Jennie Bird Hill, daughter of Abby Ann Whiting, daughter
    of Edwin and Hannah Whiting- 1919) "About the year 1800, in the
    little town of Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, near the border of New
    York, lived the family of Elisha and Sally Hulett Whiting. Elisha Whiting's
    father was a sea captain and lived in Connecticut. He died when Elisha was
    very young. His mother, not knowing what else to do, bound him to an old
    Quaker, who was very cruel to him, and after a few years, he ran away to
    Massachusetts and worked on a farm with a wheelwright. Here he was married to
    Sally Hulett. They were highly respected, honest, generous and firm in their
    convictions.
    Elisha Whiting followed the trade of wagon and chair maker and did his work
    well. His wife was very gifted in making prose and poetry, a characteristic
    that has been bequeathed to many of the Whiting descendants. To Elisha and
    Sally Whiting, twelve children were born, eight sons and four daughters as
    follows: (1) Charles, (2) William, (3) Edwin, (4) Charles, (5) Katherine
    Louisa, (6) Harriet, (7) Sally Emeline, (8) Chauncey, (9) Almond, (10) Jane,
    (11) Sylvester, and (12) Lewis.
    Edwin Whiting was born September 9, 1809, the third child of this family.
    When he was six years old, his parents moved to Nelson, Portage County, Ohio.
    At that time, it was the western frontier of the U.S.A. but probably the very
    place his father wished to be to get a suitable timber for his trade and for
    support of his large family.
    Edwin Whiting's chance for education was very limited, but they were all
    taught the "3 R's", Readin', Ritin', and Rithmetic, and he wrote an legible
    hand, an extrordinary feat for his time. At an early age, he wrote credible
    verse.
    His early life in the forest, no doubt, accounts for his love of the
    out-of-doors, the beauties of nature, the trees, the flowers, the mountains and
    the desire to hunt.
    One Sunday morning, when but a small boy, he decided to go hunting. He knew
    this was contrary to his parent's teachings, so he tried to draw his gun
    through the cracks between the logs of his bedroom and go unmolested. His gun
    caught and was discharged, inflicting a serious wound in his left arm. This,
    he said, was a lesson to observe the Sabbath Day and to obey his parents.
    He learned the chair making trade from his father and his workmanship was
    considered very good.
    In 1833, when Edwin was twenty-four years old, he married Elizabeth
    Partridge Tillotson, an Ohio girl of French descent. She was a highly educated
    school teacher, quite an accomplishment for those days.
    In 1837, the Gospel was brought to the Whiting family. Edwin and his wife,
    his father and mother and some of his brothers and sisters joined the Church of
    Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They were baptized by Thomas Marsh in 1838.
    Here, as in the time of Christ and His Apostles, the humble, hard-working class
    of people were the ones to listen and accept the Gospel of truth.
    They were among the early members of our church and soon joined the saints
    in Kirtland, Ohio. It was here that their trials, hardships and persecutions
    began and it took true manhood, womanhood, and faith in God to endure. They
    were forced to leave their new comfortable home, complete with furniture,
    orchards and land in Kirtland, Ohio and took only their clothing and a few
    valued relics and went to Far West, Missouri. By this time, Edwin and
    Elizabeth had four children: William, Helen Amelia, Sarah Elizabeth and Emily
    Jane. They were only in Far West a short time and had just built a new home,
    when the mob, several thousand strong, ordered them out. Every house in the
    village was burned except father Elisha Whiting's, which was spared because he
    was so sick then could not move him.
    We remember of hearing aunt Elizabeth tell how she sat on the pile of
    bedding far into the night with little daughter Jane in her arms. Little Jane
    died soon after from exposure and lack of proper food. Sarah clapped her hands
    at the big bonfire the mob had made with their fences and the select wood from
    her father's chair shop. They were compelled to flee again so they joined the
    saints at Lima in father Morley's branch, where Edwin Whiting acted as
    counselor to brother Morley.
    For Several years, the saints were happily building up the city of Nauvoo,
    and their temple. Here they worshipped God without as much persecution as they
    had experienced at Lima. Edwin was appointed Colonel in the Nauvoo Legion and
    was an active worker at all times for the up-building of His Church.
    Through the advice of those in authority, and for a righteous purpose, he
    entered the law of plural marriage. In the year 1845, he married Almira
    Meacham. The following year, January 27, 1846, he married Mary Elizabeth Cox.
    That same year, he was called on a mission to Pennsylvania and was there at the
    time of the martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph and Hyrum Smith. He woon returned
    home and took up arms with his bretheren to protect his property and the lives
    of his family.
    During the battle of the Crooked River, his brother Charles was killed.
    Still a greater test awaited him, his brothers, Almond, Sylvester, Chauncey and
    Lewis and his sister, Louisa did not feel that Brigham Young should be the
    leader of the Church so they followed a Mr. Cutler and called themselves
    "Cutlerites" and moved up into Clitheral, Minnesota. To this day they hold
    tenaciously to the teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith. They still
    correspond with the children of Edwin Whiting, and have given us, for temple
    work, an extensive genealogy of the Whiting family.
    Edwin Whiting, his families, his father and mother stayed with the saints,
    who were compelled to move west as far as Mt. Pisgah, (now known as Talmadge)
    Iowa. There they stayed to prepare for the journey across the plains.
    The dreaded disease, cholera, took the father and mother of Edwin, his
    little brother and little daughter, Emily Jane. Their names are on the
    monument lately erected at that place in memory of those who died there. So
    many of his family were sick at one time, that there was no one well enough to
    get the sick ones a drink, but even in those trying times, they still had faith
    and rejoiced in the Gospel, for the Lord was with them. Emeline, a sister of
    Edwin, married Fredrick Walter Cox and the two families were as one big family
    for years. They established a chair factory and hauled the chairs to Quincy,
    Illinois where they were sold. From this and their crops, they prepared to
    come west. Aunt Mary taught school two terms and helped the family some.
    While at Mt. Pisgah, three children were born. Albert Milton was born to Mary.
    Oscar Newell was born to Elizabeth, and Catherine Emeline was born to Almira.
    In April, 1849, Edwin and Emeline, the only children of Elisha and Sally
    Whiting who stayed true to the Church, started westward in brother Morley's
    company.
    Volumes have been written of the westward journey of the saints, and as
    Congressman Leatherstood has said, "It is the greatest emigration trail that
    was ever blazed and our pioneers will some day stand out in history as the
    greatest pioneers of the world."
    They fought Indians, had their cattle stampeeded, suffered for lack of
    proper food, and even though tired from that long and tedious trek, still they
    went on. After reaching the Black Hills, a heavy snow storm came and for three
    days they were shut in. Many of their cattle died and perhaps they would have
    died had not the teams and provisions sent by President Brigham Young come to
    their aid. On October 28, 1849, they reached Salt Lake City, which looked
    like a haven of rest to that travel-worn company. Aunt Mary said, "I have
    never beheld a sight so good and so beautiful as Salt Lake City. We were so
    thankful our journey was at an end." But their rest was of short duration, for
    in a few days, Edwin Whiting, the Morley's and the Cox's were called to settle
    the San Pitch River, now known as Manti. Again they journeyed on. It took
    three weeks to go from Salt Lake City, because they had to build their own
    roads.
    Provo was then a village of about six homes. As they passed Hobble Creek,
    afterwards known as Springville, Edwin Whiting remarked, "This is a fertile
    spot. I would like to stop here."
    They arrived in Sanpete county on December 1, 1849, with almost nothing to
    eat, no food for their cattle, no shelter to keep them warm, and cold weather
    upon them. They made "dug-outs" on the south side of the hill where the Manti
    Temple now stands. It was a severe winter, with snow so deep the cattle could
    scarcely get grass and most of them died. Food had to be divided with the
    Indians to keep peace. President Young had promised them provisions and help,
    but none came, so Edwin and Orville Cox put on snow shoes and with a little
    parched corn in their pockets for food, placed their bedding on a sleigh and
    started toward Salt Lake City for help. When they reached Nephi Canyon, they
    met their help, brother Dace Henry, his wife, her brother, Mr. Dodge and an
    Indian, snow bound. Their cattle had died and their wagons were all but
    covered with snow. The young wife was very sick, so Edwin gave them the sleigh
    to pull her to Manti. They put their quilts on their backs and walked on to
    Salt Lake Clity and reported conditions to President Young. Aid was
    immediately sent, but some of that company went back to Salt Lake City.
    Edwin's family now numbered fourteen. They lived in a large room in the
    wall of the hill with their chair factory in one end. The men and boys hauled
    wood from the hills on the hand sleighs.
    The following spring (1850), there were three girls born. Harriet Lucinda
    was born to Mary Elizabeth in April, Louisa Melitia was born to Elizabeth in
    May, and Cornelia Dolly was born to Almira in June.
    For several seasons, very little was raised. It became necessary to build a
    fort to protect themselves from the Indians, for they felt that the white man
    had stolen their land. The gates of the fort were locked while the men went to
    the fields with their guns. From this developed the Walker War. Edwin was
    appointed Captain for the Militia. Twice the Indians drove his cattle off and
    stole whatever they could.
    Edwin often told us of one big old ox that he owned. The ox would rebel
    whenever an Indian tried to drive him. He would turn on his captors and break
    their defense and come home. He hated Indians and would always lower his head
    and challenge them if they came near.
    Edwin tried planting fruit trees, shrubs and flowers, but they could not
    survive the very cold winters. Their crops were poor, but they managed to
    exist and were a happy family in spite of their hardships.
    In 1854, he was called to Ohio on a mission and was gone for two years.
    While he was away, the grasshoppers came and took everything they raised. They
    faced starvation, but miraculously, where the crops had been, a patch of
    pigweeds grew and they lived on them until the corn ripened in Utah County.
    A strange thing it was, for the Indians said those pigweeds had never grown
    there before, nor have they grown since. Walter Cox divided with his brother's
    (brother-in-law) family while Edwin was away.
    Edwin, upon his return, brought many kinds of fruit trees, (some from his
    father's farm that he helped to plant when a boy) shrubs and flowers, and again
    tried to grow them, but the climate was too cold.
    On the 8th of October, 1856, Edwin married Hannah Haines Brown. Abby Ann
    Whiting was born to this couple at Manti in 1858 and Lorenzo Snow Whiting was
    born at Manti in 1860.
    On the 14th day of April, 1857, he married Mary Ann Washburn. Two children
    were born to the family while they resided at Manti. Daniel Abram was born in
    May, 1858 and Monroe Finch Whiting was born in November, 1862.
    While he lived at Manti, Edwin was among the foremost men in religious and
    civic affairs of the community. He was councelor to the Stake President. He
    was mayor of the city from 1857 to 1861. He was a member of the legislature
    for two terms, and as stated before, he was Captain of the Militia in the
    Walker War.
    After finding the climate of Manti unfavorable for raising fruit, his
    special work, he was advised by Presiden Young to try out his nursery at
    Springville. He moved to Springville in 1861 and was able to plant and grow
    all kinds and varieties of fruit trees, vegetables and flowers. People used to
    come from neighboring communities to see his flowers.
    He built a home on the lot where the Springville Second Ward Church now
    stands. That old two story adobe home will stand in the memory of the members
    of the Whiting Family as a place of many happy evenings and of fun and
    amusement. Aunt Mary also taught school there.
    He transplanted, in different towns, many evergreens from the mountains.
    Those around the old Court House in Provo, those at the Springville City park,
    and one large evergreen that stands southwest of the Manti Temple which can be
    seen for miles around. He once said "I brought that in my dinner bucket and I
    think it was the first evergreen transplanted in Utah."
    His life was typical of this great tree. A poem written by Emmay Whiting,
    wife of Daniel Whiting, describes his life and this tree as being similar.
    Edwin had one of the largest families in Utah. Many of those stand at the
    head of Stake and Ward organizations in our Church. Among his descendants,
    we found seven bishops.
    In his later life, he did temple work for his dead relatives in the Salt
    Lake Temple, St. George Temple, and in the Logan Temple. He lived the
    principles of his religion. He was honest, charitable, and never accumulated
    great riches. He was thrifty and loved his wives and children and gave them
    the comforts of life.
    He died at Mapleton, Utah on the 9th of December, 1890 at the age of
    eighty-one years. He was firm in his belief and testimony of the truthfulness
    of the Gospel.
    His descendants are numerous and are found in Idaho, Arizona, Mexico,
    California, New York, and in Utah.
    ========================================
    Household Record 1880 United States Census
    Name Relation Mar

    Edwin married Meacham, Almira Mehitable on 3 Jan 1845 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, and was divorced. Almira (daughter of Meacham, Stephen Peabody and Ransom, Dorothy Maria) was born on 13 May 1824 in Hopkinton, St.Lawrence, New York; died on 1 Oct 1898 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California; was buried in Oct 1898 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Meacham, Almira Mehitable was born on 13 May 1824 in Hopkinton, St.Lawrence, New York (daughter of Meacham, Stephen Peabody and Ransom, Dorothy Maria); died on 1 Oct 1898 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California; was buried in Oct 1898 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California.

    Other Events:

    • FamilySearch Id: KWV3-QG8

    Notes:

    These are the notes from Almira Meacham in my PAF (Ancestral Quest): Be sure to also see Almira Meacham in Jim Whiting's website. I will make GEDCOMS later for Beverly's family and for Almira's families. L
    Record of O.C. Day American Fork, UT; Myrtle Pitcher 1959; TIB 1966;
    NOTE: Related to Brigham Young: John Young > Elizabeth Hayden > John Hayden > Josiah Hayden/Elizabeth Goodenow.
    Almira Mehitable Meacham: Dorothy Ransom > Dorothy Cooper > Ezra Cooper > Elizabeth Axtell > Abigail Hayden > Josiah Hayden/Elizabeth Goodenow.
    "Before and After Mt.Pisgah"-Christensen p:113: "...The first plural marriage within that set took place 3 Jan 1845 (Nauvoo) between Edwin Whiting and Almira Mehitable Meacham. (They had been married in Nauvoo 3 January 1845)" p.125:"...The next day after her attendance at the temple (Nauvoo 27 Jan 1846), to be sealed to Edwin Whiting, Almira M.M.Whiting bore him a son. They named the baby Edward Lucian Whiting (born 28 Jan 1846).
    That was not Almira's first child. Almira was born 13 May 1824 at Hopkinton, St.Lawrence, New York, the daughter of Stephen Peabody Meacham and Dorothy Maria Ransom. Almira was the 4th child. The Meacham family were converts to the Mormon Church. In their westward migration, they stopped for a time at Springfield, Illinois where at the age of 15 years, Almira married Andrew Warren Palmer. To that marriage were born 2 sons, Almon Babbitt Palmer and 2nd, Warren Palmer, who died in infancy. Soon after the baby's death, Andrew Palmer (husband) died. Two years after that, Almira, the 20-year old widow with a four month old son, married Edwin Whiting."
    Ancestral File Submitters: Katherine Mecham Barney 22340 E Queen Creek Rd Queen Creek, AZ 85242 AF97-112850; Rebecca Baker 12335 Lupine Ln Klamath Falls, OR 97603 AF97-113760.
    1880 US Census (Springville, Utah) FHL Film 1255338 NA Film No. T9-1338 p. 160A. Shows Henry Packard age 55 (abt 1825) birthplace OH Occupation Mining, Fathers and Mothers birthplace MA.
    Household included wife Almira Packard age 56, birthplace NY and parents from NY, Sophia O. Packard dau single age 14 and also a Stepson Franklin L. Whitney age 25 (about 1855) Occupation Laborer, parents born in NY.

    United States Census, 1880," Henry Packard, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States
    name : Henry Packard
    event: Census
    event date: 1880
    event place: Springville, Utah, Utah, United States
    gender: Male
    age: 55
    marital status : Married
    occupation : Minning
    race or color (original) :
    ethnicity (standardized) : American
    relationship to head : Self
    birthplace : Ohio, United States
    birthdate : 1825
    spouse's name : Almira Packard
    spouse's birthplace : New York, United States
    father's name :
    father's birthplace : Massachusetts, United States
    mother's name :
    mother's birthplace : Massachusetts, United States
    page : 160
    page character : A
    entry number : 647
    nara film number : T9-1338
    gs film number : 1255338
    digital folder number: 004244810
    image number: 00552
    HouseholdGender Age Birthplace
    self Henry Packard M 55 Ohio, United States
    wife Almira Packard F 56 New York, United States
    daughter Sophia O. PackardF 14 Utah, United States
    step son Franklin L. Whitney M 25 Utah, United States
    Citing this Record
    "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (: accessed 08 Oct 2012), Henry Packard, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States; citing sheet 160A, family 0, NARA microfilm publication T9-1338.
    Dennis Kroll (California cousin) October 2008 (From Ancestry.com )"Family Book of Remembrances and Genealogy with Allied Lines" published Dec 25, 1952:
    Almira Mehitable Meacham went through all kinds of hardships endured by the early day converts of the Mormon Church. Her parents and their family in their westward migration had made a temporary stop at Springfield, Illinois, where Almirira, at the early age of fifteen, was married to Andrew Warren Palmer. To this marriage were born two sons, Almond Babbitt Palmer, who came to Utah and settled at Nephi, and Warren Palmer, who died in infancy. Soon after the death of this son the father, Andrew Warren Palmer, died (1843).
    Two years later Almira was married to Edwin Whiting as a plural wife (Married 3 January 1845, Sealed 27 January 1846 Nauvoo Temple). To this marriage were born the following children, most of them in Sanpete and Utah Counties, Utah: Edward Lucian Whiting, Ellen Emerett Whiting, Catherine Emeline Whiting, Cornelia (Dolly) Whiting (my great grandmother), Elisha Franklin Whiting, Edwin Lafayette Henry Whiting, and Sylvia Almira Whiting.
    The Whitings had come to Utah with Captain Morley's company in 1849 and settled in Manti where Edwin Whiting became quite prominent. In "Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah" he is listed as the first mayor of Manti and as having held other important positions of public responsibility.
    In 1861 the family moved to Springville where they lived during the early Indian troubles known as the Black Hawk and Walker Indian Wars.
    Almira became one of Utah County's early nurses and midwife and did much in that way to provide a living for her family.
    Plural marriage did not bring happiness. There was great pressure by the law and in 1861 Almira and Edwin Whiting separated.
    July 24, 1863, Almira married Henry Packard and to this her third marriage was born a daughter, Sophia Olive Packard. Later the Packards moved to Healdsburg, California, where they lived until 1896 when Henry Packard died.
    After the death of Henry Packard Almira moved to San Bernardino where she lived in a home given to her by her son-in-law, Nathan Henry Barton, and her daughter Sylvia Almira (Whiting).
    Almira Mehitable Meacham passed away 1 October 1898 and is laid to rest in the Pioneer Cemetery in San Bernardino, California.
    MARK E WHITING (jasper3616@msn.com)
    8:56 AM


    1850; Census Place: , Sanpete, Utah Territory; Roll: M432_919; Page: 113A; Image: 233. 13/13 Edwin Whiting 41 male chairmaker $100 Mass Elizabeth 37 fem Mass Mary 23 fem New York William 16 male farme


    !Rec O.C. Day American Fork, UT; Myrtle Pitcher 1959; TIB 1966;

    !"Before and After Mt.Pisgah"-Christensen p:113: "...The first plural marriage within that set took place 3 Jan 1845 (Nauvoo) between Edwin Whiting and Almira Mehitable Meacham." p.125:"...The next day after her attendance at the temple (Nauvoo 27 Jan 1846), to be sealed to Edwin Whiting, Almira M.M.Whiting bore him a son. They named the baby Edward Lucian Whiting (born 28 Jan 1846). That was not Almira's first child. Almira was born 13 May 1824 at Hopkinton, St.Lawrence, New York, the daughter of Stephen Peabody Meacham and Dorothy Maria Ransom. Almira was the 4th child. The Meacham family were converts to the Mormon Church. In their westward migration, they stopped for a time at Springfield, Illinois where at the age of 15 years, Almira married Andrew Warren Palmer. To that marriage were born 2 sons, Almon Babbitt Palmer and 2nd, Warren Palmer, who died in infancy. Soon after the baby's death, Andrew Palmer (husband) died. Two years after that, Almira, the 20-year old widow with a four month old son, married Edwin Whiting."

    Rec O.C. Day American Fork, UT; Myrtle Pitcher 1959; TIB 1966;

    !MARRIAGE: (1) Andrew Warren Palmer (2) 3 Jan 1845 Edwin Whiting (3) Henry
    Packard (4) Mr. March.
    Edwin Whiting Family Assn.-Springville, UT.
    ===========================
    1850; Census Place: , Sanpete, Utah Territory; Roll: M432_919; Page: 113A; Image: 233.
    13/13 Edwin Whiting 41 male chairmaker $100 Mass
    Elizabeth 37 fem Mass
    Mary 23 fem New York
    William 16 male farmer Ohio
    Amelia 14 fem Ohio
    Sarah 11 fem Ohio
    Almon 10 male Illinois
    Lucius 05 male Illinois
    Albert 03 male Iowa twin
    Oscar 03 male Iowa twin
    Emeline 02 fem Deseret
    Harriet 01 fem Deseret
    Almira M Wd 27 fem New York
    Edward 05 male Illinois
    Ellen 03 fem Iowa
    Loisa 01 fem Deseret
    http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=8054&iid=4181033-00233&fn=William&ln=Whiting&st=r&ssrc=&pid=1099849
    ==============================
    1860; Census Place: Manti, Sanpete, Utah Territory; Roll: M653_1314; Page: 653; Image: 115; Family History Library Film: 805314.
    136/124 Edwin Whiting 51 male farmer $900/1700 Mass
    Elizabeth P 46 fem Mass
    Edwin L 14 male ILL
    Oscar 12 male ILL
    Louisa M 10 fem Utah Territory
    Caroline P 06 fem Utah Territory
    137/125 Mary A Whiting 32 fem New York
    Joseph 06 male Utah Territory
    Daniel L 02 male Utah Territory
    138/126 Mary E Whiting 33 fem New york
    Albert 12 male ILL
    Harriet L 10 fem Utah Territory
    Charles 07 male Utah Territory
    Edgar 05 male Utah Territory
    Edwin M 03 male Utah Territory
    Arthur 2/12 male Utah Territory
    Hannah H 25 fem Ohio
    Abby H 02 fem Utah Territory
    139/127 Annia Whitiing 34 fem seamstress New York
    Edwin L 14 male ILL
    Ellen D 12 fem ILL
    Emeline 11 fem ILL
    Cornelia 09 fem Utah Territory attended school
    Franklin 06 male Utah Territory attended school
    Edwin H 03 male Utah Territory
    140/128 William Whiting 25 male farmer $200/300 Ohio
    Rebecca 15 fem ILL
    Sarah E 1/12 fem Utah Territory

    http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7667&iid=4297342_00115&fn=Edwin&ln=Whiting&st=r&ssrc=&pid=34781674
    ============================

    BIRTH: Also shown as Born Hopkinton, St. Lawrence, New York, United States.

    BIRTH: Also shown as Born Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States.

    BIRTH: Also shown as Born Hopkinton, St.Lawrence, New York, United States.

    DEATH: Also shown as Died San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States.

    DEATH: Also shown as Died San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States.

    DEATH: Also shown as Died San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States.

    BURIAL: Also shown as Buried San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States.

    BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Pioneer Cemetery, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California.

    BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Pioneer Cemetery San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States.

    NOTE: Related to Brigham Young: John Young > Elizabeth Hayden > John Hayden > Josiah Hayden/Elizabeth Goodenow.
    Almira Mehitable Meacham: Dorothy Ransom > Dorothy Cooper > Ezra Cooper > Elizabeth Axtell > Abigail Hayden > Josiah Hayden/Elizabeth Goodenow.

    "Before and After Mt.Pisgah"-Christensen p:113: "...The first plural marriage within that set took place 3 Jan 1845 (Nauvoo) between Edwin Whiting and Almira Mehitable Meacham. (They had been married in Nauvoo 3 January 1845)" p.125:"...The next day after her attendance at the temple (Nauvoo 27 Jan 1846), to be sealed to Edwin Whiting, Almira M.M.Whiting bore him a son. They named the baby Edward Lucian Whiting (born 28 Jan 1846).
    That was not Almira's first child. Almira was born 13 May 1824 at Hopkinton, St.Lawrence, New York, the daughter of Stephen Peabody Meacham and Dorothy Maria Ransom. Almira was the 4th child. The Meacham family were converts to the Mormon Church. In their westward migration, they stopped for a time at Springfield, Illinois where at the age of 15 years, Almira married Andrew Warren Palmer. To that marriage were born 2 sons, Almon Babbitt Palmer and 2nd, Warren Palmer, who died in infancy. Soon after the baby's death, Andrew Palmer (husband) died. Two years after that, Almira, the 20-year old widow with a four month old son, married Edwin Whiting."

    Ancestral File Submitters: Katherine Mecham Barney 22340 E Queen Creek Rd Queen Creek, AZ 85242 AF97-112850; Rebecca Baker 12335 Lupine Ln Klamath Falls, OR 97603 AF97-113760.

    1880 US Census (Springville, Utah) FHL Film 1255338 NA Film No. T9-1338 p. 160A. Shows Henry Packard age 55 (abt 1825) birthplace OH Occupation Mining, Fathers and Mothers birthplace MA.
    Household included wife Almira Packard age 56, birthplace NY and parents from NY, Sophia O. Packard dau single age 14 and also a Stepson Franklin L. Whitney age 25 (about 1855) Occupation Laborer, parents born in NY.

    https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNSL-4CB
    United States Census, 1880," Henry Packard, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States
    name : Henry Packard
    event: Census
    event date: 1880
    event place: Springville, Utah, Utah, United States
    gender: Male
    age: 55
    marital status : Married
    occupation : Minning
    race or color (original) :
    ethnicity (standardized) : American
    relationship to head : Self
    birthplace : Ohio, United States
    birthdate : 1825
    spouse's name : Almira Packard
    spouse's birthplace : New York, United States
    father's name :
    father's birthplace : Massachusetts, United States
    mother's name :
    mother's birthplace : Massachusetts, United States
    page : 160
    page character : A
    entry number : 647
    nara film number : T9-1338
    gs film number : 1255338
    digital folder number: 004244810
    image number: 00552
    Household Gender Age Birthplace
    self Henry Packard M 55 Ohio, United States
    wife Almira Packard F 56 New York, United States
    daughter Sophia O. Packard F 14 Utah, United States
    step son Franklin L. Whitney M 25 Utah, United States
    Citing this Record

    "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNSL-4CB : accessed 08 Oct 2012), Henry Packard, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States; citing sheet 160A, family 0, NARA microfilm publication T9-1338.

    Dennis Kroll (California cousin) October 2008 (From Ancestry.com)"Family Book of Remembrances and Genealogy with Allied Lines" published Dec 25, 1952:
    Almira Mehitable Meacham went through all kinds of hardships endured by the early day converts of the Mormon Church. Her parents and their family in their westward migration had made a temporary stop at Springfield, Illinois, where Almirira, at the early age of fifteen, was married to Andrew Warren Palmer. To this marriage were born two sons, Almond Babbitt Palmer, who came to Utah and settled at Nephi, and Warren Palmer, who died in infancy. Soon after the death of this son the father, Andrew Warren Palmer, died (1843).

    Two years later Almira was married to Edwin Whiting as a plural wife (Married 3 January 1845, Sealed 27 January 1846 Nauvoo Temple). To this marriage were born the following children, most of them in Sanpete and Utah Counties, Utah: Edward Lucian Whiting, Ellen Emerett Whiting, Catherine Emeline Whiting, Cornelia (Dolly) Whiting (my great grandmother), Elisha Franklin Whiting, Edwin Lafayette Henry Whiting, and Sylvia Almira Whiting.

    The Whitings had come to Utah with Captain Morley's company in 1849 and settled in Manti where Edwin Whiting became quite prominent. In "Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah" he is listed as the first mayor of Manti and as having held other important positions of public responsibility.

    In 1861 the family moved to Springville where they lived during the early Indian troubles known as the Black Hawk and Walker Indian Wars.

    Almira became one of Utah County's early nurses and midwife and did much in that way to provide a living for her family.

    Plural marriage did not bring happiness. There was great pressure by the law and in 1861 Almira and Edwin Whiting separated.

    July 24, 1863, Almira married Henry Packard and to this her third marriage was born a daughter, Sophia Olive Packard. Later the Packards moved to Healdsburg, California, where they lived until 1896 when Henry Packard died.

    After the death of Henry Packard Almira moved to San Bernardino where she lived in a home given to her by her son-in-law, Nathan Henry Barton, and her daughter Sylvia Almira (Whiting).
    Almira Mehitable Meacham passed away 1 October 1898 and is laid to rest in the Pioneer Cemetery in San Bernardino, California.





    BIRTH: Also shown as Born Hopkinton, St.Lawrence, New York, United States.

    DEATH: Also shown as Died San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States.

    BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Pioneer Cemetery San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States.

    Notes:

    MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States.~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 27 Jan 1846, NAUVO.~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 27 Jan 1846, NAUVO.

    Children:
    1. Whiting, Edward Lucian was born on 28 Jan 1846 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois; died on 31 Dec 1926 in LaGrande, Union, Oregon; was buried on 2 Jan 1927 in LaGrande, Union, Oregon.
    2. 3. Whiting, Ellen Emeret twin was born on 1 Sep 1847 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois; died on 28 Nov 1925 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States.
    3. Whiting, Catherine Emeline twin was born on 1 May 1849 in Mt.Pisgah, Union, Iowa; died on 28 Nov 1926.
    4. Whiting, Cornelia Dolly was born on 11 Jun 1851 in Manti, Sanpete, Utah; died on 15 Oct 1933 in LaGrande, Union, Oregon; was buried on 17 Oct 1933 in LaGrande, Union, Oregon.
    5. Whiting, Elisha Franklin was born on 27 Dec 1853 in Manti, Sanpete, Utah; died on 15 Feb 1914.
    6. Whiting, Edwin Lafayette was born on 30 Jul 1857 in Manti, Sanpete, Utah; died on 29 May 1943 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States; was buried on 2 Jun 1943 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
    7. Whiting, Sylvia Almira was born on 4 Dec 1860 in Manti, Sanpete, Utah; died on 20 Oct 1927 in Healdsburg, Sonoma, California, United States; was buried on 22 Oct 1927 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Whiting, Elisha Jr. was born on 17 Dec 1785 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; was christened on 21 Nov 1762 in Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (son of Whiting, Elisha Sr and Butler, Susannah); died in Mar 1848 in Mt.Pisgah, Union, Iowa; was buried in Mt.Pisgah, Union, Iowa.

    Other Events:

    • FamilySearch Id: LZNL-TF3
    • Death: Aug 1848, Mt. Pisgah, Union, Iowa, United States

    Notes:

    !Archive Rec Edwin Whiting Family Assn.-Springville, UT; Early Church Memb-
    Susan W. Easton.

    !DEATH DATE: Gary Whiting records give death date as 21 Feb 1848
    Nauvoo, Illinois Tax Index, 1842 Record about EDWIN WHITING
    Given Name: EDWIN
    Surname: WHITING
    Page: 190
    Coord.: 3N8W
    =====================================================
    1849: Before and After Mt. Pisgah
    page 192-193
    In the spring of 1849, Sylvester Hulet was called to help establish a fort at Provo. It was called Fort Utah. The same spring, Edwin Whiting and family left Mt. Pisgah, Iowa and began the big trek toward the west. They visited the Coxes and Whitings at Silver Creek. Then they made their way to the Elkhorn river in Nebraska. by the time that they arrived at the Elkhorn, it had been three months since they left Mt. Pisgah. They were made part of the George A. Smith company of fifty, wagons. Ezra T. Benson was in command of the whole company of one hundred wagons. When the big trek began from there, Edwin's family consisted of the following:
    ======================================================
    !Naoma Manwaring Harker's FGS #110 & 111 & 112
    1. Family tradition: Elisha Whiting's father was a sea captain in Connecticut, dying when Elisha was a young boy. His mother bound him out to an old Quaker, and after a few years Elisha ran away and went to Massachusetts and found work with a wheelwright. He followed the trade of wagon and chair maker. About 1815 they moved to Nelson, Portage Co., Ohio.
    2. TIB July 1965 found no card for #1 William except as follows: William Whiting, born 1807 of Clay Co., Mo., died 21 Oct 1834
    baptized 15 Sep 1919,
    endowed 28 Jan 1920 by L.D.S. Church
    3. 1831 census Nelson, Portage Co., Ohio
    males over 21: Elisha, Edwin Whiting and Nelson Talcott 1835 census Nelson, Portage Co., Ohio
    males over 21: Edwin, Elisha and Charles Whiting and Nelson Talcott
    4. Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine Vol 7 (1916) p. 69
    Burials of Elisha Whiting and wife Sally recorded on the monument at Mt. Pisgah: Monument erected 1888 in memory of those members of the church who died in 1846-7 during the exodus. On South side: Emily Whiting, Elisha Whiting, Sally Whiting, Widow Head Whiting
    5. Vital Records, Lee, Berkshire , Massachusetts
    First five children of Elisha and Sally recorded
    6. 1860 census Fremont Co., Iowa
    Chauncy Whiting age 42 and family
    Sylvester Whiting age 33 and family
    7. Child #3 Charles was also sealed 7 Nov. 1872 to Lois Heath
    Endowment Book H of Sealings Pt. 18 pl 322
    8. Ref. 973/V23g; Record of Early Members of the Church who died in Missouri, Kirtland, Nauvoo and on the plains--taken from the Evening and Morning Star; The Messenger and Advocate, The Elder's Journal; The Times and Season; The Wasp; The Nauvoo Neighbor; The Prophet; The St. Louis Luminary; The Frontier Guardian; The Mormon; The Western Standard; and the Deseret News.

    !William Whiting, born 1807 Clay Co., Missouri, died 21 Oct 1834. Baptised 15 Sep 1919; Endowed 28 Jan 1920

    !9. May 17, 1967; A letter just received from Mrs. Zella R. Bennion, Altamont, Utah to the effect that her 2 ggmother, Catherine Maggard married Anthony Head, who died in 1843 in Nauvoo. She started West, got to Mr. Pisgah where she died. See the above monument inscription for "widow Head Whiting". She has a letter written by a daughter of Catherine Head to :father Whiting: as he was called and wife of Catherine were cut off or disfellowshipped because of some minor infraction. They both died at Mt. Pisgah, and baptisms were re-done for both in Utah. Sally Hulett, wife of Elisha Whiting died in Aug. 1846 and Elisha died in March, 1848, so they could not have been married for long. Catherine was born in 1792, so there would have been no children from this marriage.

    !10. E.H. Seal rec. (GS ser # 25165 pt. 18, Bk. H. P. 322)
    11. 1835 census of Nelson, Portage Co., Ohio
    12. Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine Vol 7 page 169
    (burials of Elisha and Sally) CAll No. 979.2/B2ug
    13. St. George endowments (GS ser # 23055) pt. 11 p. 433:
    24 Oct 1879 #10427 Endowment for William Whiting
    born Sep 1807 Lee, Massachusetts
    died 1839 "died in church"
    Baptized 1837
    Proxy, Edwin Whiting, brother
    14. Endowment House baptism for the dead (GS ser #25165, Bk. D. p. 43
    6 Nov 1872 Edwin Whiting, proxy: for Elisha Whiting, son
    15. TIB card: William Whiting, born 1807, of Clay Co., Mo.
    died 21 Oct 1834
    Baptised 15 Sep 1919
    Endowed 28 Jan 1920 by LDS Church
    16. Clay Co., Missouri marriages: Lydia Whiting married 24 May 1835 to Charles English (no doubt the widow of William Whiting)
    17. Information in possession of Zella R. Bennion, Altamont, Utah:
    GS ser #23889 pt. 25 (St. George Bapt. for the dead) Bk. W.p.7
    #3419 Catherine Maggard, born Tennessee baptism 1 February 1887
    proxy Sarah Head Bracken, daughter) "She was in the church and cut off because of a neighborhood difficulty, which her husband, father WHITING was cut off for. She had nothing to do with it, and should not have been cut off. This is why she baptised for her."

    !On the Mt.Pisgah monument following the names of Elisha Whiting, Sally Whiting and Emily Whiting is "widow Head Whiting."

    !Letter dated 28 Nov 1847 to William S. and Mary Oaks, signed by Elisha Whiting and Katharine Whiting (Mary Oaks was a daughter of Catherine Maggard Head Whiting) mentions having stayed at Norvil Head's home (son of Catherine Maggard)

    !Archive Rec Edwin Whiting Family Assn.-Springville, UT; Early Church Memb- Susan W. Easton.
    NOTE: SEE FILE WHITDESC FOR MORE DESCENDANTS.

    !9. May 17, 1967; A letter just received from Mrs. Zella R. Bennion, Altamont, Utah to the effect that her 2 ggmother, Catherine Maggard married Anthony Head, who died in 1843 in Nauvoo. She started West, got to Mr. Pisgah where she died. See the above monument inscription for "widow Head Whiting". She has a letter written by a daughter of Catherine Head to father Whiting as he was called and wife of Catherine were cut off or disfellowshipped because of some minor infraction. They both died at Mt. Pisgah, and baptisms were re-done for both in Utah. Sally Hulett, wife of Elisha Whiting died in Aug. 1846 and Elisha died in March, 1848, so they could not have been married for long. Catherine was born in 1792, so there would have been no children from this marriage.

    !DEATH DATE: Gary Whiting records give death date as 21 Feb 1848
    Nauvoo, Illinois Tax Index, 1842 Record about EDWIN WHITING
    Given Name: EDWIN
    Surname: WHITING
    Page: 190
    Coord.: 3N8W
    =====================================================
    1849: Before and After Mt. Pisgah
    page 192-193 In the spring of 1849, Sylvester Hulet was called to help establish a fort at Provo. It was called Fort Utah. The same spring, Edwin Whiting and family left Mt. Pisgah, Iowa and began the big trek toward the west. They visited the Coxes and Whitings at Silver Creek. Then they made their way to the Elkhorn river in Nebraska. by the time that they arrived at the Elkhorn, it had been three monts since they left Mt. Pisgah. They were made part of the George A. Smith company of fifty, wagons. Ezra T. Benson was in command of the whole company of one hundred wagons. When the big trek began from there, Edwin's family consisted of the following:
    ======================================================
    !Naoma Manwaring Harker's FGS #110 & 111 & 112
    1. Family tradition: Elisha Whiting's father was a sea captain in Connecticut, dying when Elisha was a young boy. His mother bound him out to an old Quaker, and after a few years Elisha ran away and went to Massachusetts and found work with a wheelwright. He followed the trade of wagon and chair maker. About 1815 they moved to Nelson, Portage Co., Ohio.
    2. TIB July 1965 found no card for #1 William except as follows: William Whiting, born 1807 of Clay Co., Mo., died 21 Oct 1834
    baptized 15 Sep 1919,
    endowed 28 Jan 1920 by L.D.S. Church
    3. 1831 census Nelson, Portage Co., Ohio
    males over 21: Elisha, Edwin Whiting and Nelson Talcott 1835 census Nelson, Portage Co., Ohio
    males over 21: Edwin, Elisha and Charles Whiting and Nelson Talcott
    4. Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine Vol 7 (1916) p. 69
    Burials of Elisha Whiting and wife Sally recorded on the monument at Mt. Pisgah: Monument erected 1888 in memory of those members of the church who died in 1846-7 during the exodus. On South side: Emily Whiting, Elisha Whiting, Sally Whiting, Widow Head Whiting
    5. Vital Records, Lee, Berkshire , Massachusetts
    First five children of Elisha and Sally recorded
    6. 1860 census Fremont Co., Iowa
    Chauncy Whiting age 42 and family
    Sylvester Whiting age 33 and family
    7. Child #3 Charles was also sealed 7 Nov. 1872 to Lois Heath
    Endowment Book H of Sealings Pt. 18 pl 322
    8. Ref. 973/V23g; Record of Early Members of the Church who died in Missouri, Kirtland, Nauvoo and on the plains--taken from the Evening and Morning Star; The Messenger and Advocate, The Elder's Journal; The Times and Season; The Wasp; The Nauvoo Neighbor; The Prophet; The St. Louis Luminary; The Frontier Guardian; The Mormon; The Western Standard; and the Deseret News.

    !William Whiting, born 1807 Clay Co., Missouri, died 21 Oct 1834. Baptised 15 Sep 1919; Endowed 28 Jan 1920

    !9. May 17, 1967; A letter just received from Mrs. Zella R. Bennion, Altamont, Utah to the effect that her 2 ggmother, Catherine Maggard married Anthony Head, who died in 1843 in Nauvoo. She started West, got to Mr. Pisgah where she died. See the above monument inscription for "widow Head Whiting". She has a letter written by a daughter of Catherine Head to father Whiting as he was called and wife of Catherine were cut off or disfellowshipped because of some minor infraction. They both died at Mt. Pisgah, and baptisms were re-done for both in Utah. Sally Hulett, wife of Elisha Whiting died in Aug. 1846 and Elisha died in March, 1848, so they could not have been married for long. Catherine was born in 1792, so there would have been no children from this marriage.

    !10. E.H. Seal rec. (GS ser # 25165 pt. 18, Bk. H. P. 322)
    11. 1835 census of Nelson, Portage Co., Ohio
    12. Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine Vol 7 page 169
    (burials of Elisha and Sally) CAll No. 979.2/B2ug
    13. St. George endowments (GS ser # 23055) pt. 11 p. 433:
    24 Oct 1879 #10427 Endowment for William Whiting
    born Sep 1807 Lee, Massachusetts
    died 1839 "died in church"
    Baptized 1837
    Proxy, Edwin Whiting, brother
    14. Endowment House baptism for the dead (GS ser #25165, Bk. D. p. 43
    6 Nov 1872 Edwin Whiting, proxy: for Elisha Whiting, son
    15. TIB card: William Whiting, born 1807, of Clay Co., Mo.
    died 21 Oct 1834
    Baptised 15 Sep 1919
    Endowed 28 Jan 1920 by LDS Church
    16. Clay Co., Missouri marriages: Lydia Whiting married 24 May 1835 to Charles English (no doubt the widow of William Whiting)
    17. Information in possession of Zella R. Bennion, Altamont, Utah:
    GS ser #23889 pt. 25 (St. George Bapt. for the dead) Bk. W.p.7
    #3419 Catherine Maggard, born Tennessee baptism 1 February 1887
    proxy Sarah Head Bracken, daughter) "She was in the church and cut off because of a neighborhood difficulty, which her husband, father WHITING was cut off for. She had nothing to do with it, and should not have been cut off. This is why she baptised for her."

    !On the Mt.Pisgah monument following the names of Elisha Whiting, Sally Whiting and Emily Whiting is "widow Head Whiting."

    !Letter dated 28 Nov 1847 to William S. and Mary Oaks, signed by Elisha Whiting and Katharine Whiting (Mary Oaks was a daughter of Catherine Maggard Head Whiting) mentions having stayed at Norvil Head's home (son of Catherine Maggard)

    !Archive Rec Edwin Whiting Family Assn.-Springville, UT; Early Church Memb- Susan W. Easton.
    NOTE: SEE FILE WHITDESC FOR MORE DESCENDANTS.

    BIRTH: Also shown as Born Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.

    DEATH: Also shown as Died Mount Pisgah, Union, Iowa, United States.

    BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Mount Pisgah, Union, Iowa, United States.




    Elisha Whiting Birth: Dec. 17, 1785
    Hartford
    Hartford County
    Connecticut, USA
    Death: Mar., 1848
    Union CountyIowa, USA


    "This name is listed on a "monument erected AD 1888, in memory of those members of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints who died in 1846, 1847, and 1848, during their exodus to seek a home beyond the Rocky Mountains."


    ELISHA WHITING, Jr. & SALLY HULET WHITING HISTORY:[Compiled from the collected writings of Martha Whiting Brown, Ruth Brown Lewis, other family writings, and historical writings as noted in text.]by Louine B. Hunter [1997 revision]


    E lisha's father, Elisha, was born November 21, 1762, at Hartford Connecticut. He married Susannah Butler March 25, 1784, at West Hartford.

    Elisha was a sea captain. He DESERTED his wife and children. We have the DIVORCE PAPERS.
    13. Hartford probates (nothing for Elisha Whiting or Susanna his wife)
    note: None of these children were christened while the father was living (or at home) and only the third was christened at all (in Hartford). The family history states that "after the death of the father, the mother apprenticed out the son to an old Quaker, from whom he ran away. The 7190 census of Connecticut does not list either Elisha or susanna as head of a family. No record of his death has been found. susannah married again in 1796 and removed to New York ( could there have been a divorce, or Elisha left home?) In August 1786 Elisha "formerly of Farmington, now of Hartford" for bad husbandry and mismanagement was taken under the care of the Selectmen of Farmington, but was released when he moved to Hartford.

    ! Noted in Baltimore, Maryland marriages: Elisha Whiting and Sarah Tidy 3 Jan 1791: Who is he?
    !14. Records of Northampton, New York (Received by correspondence 22Jun1965)
    Nothing on Reuben Simmons in land records and no other information in probates.
    !15. 1790 census of Connecticut: No Elisha Whiting Reuben Simmons in Simsbury, 3 male over 16 2 females
    !None of these children were christened while the father was living (or at home) and only the third was christened at all (in Hartford). The family history states that "after the death of the father, the mother apprenticed out the son to an old Quaker, from whom he ran away. The 1790 census of Conn. does not list either Elisha or Susanna as head of a family. No record of this death has been found.

    Susannah married again in 1796 and removed to New York (could there have been a divorce, or Elisha left home?)

    In August 1786 Elisha "formerly of Farmington, now of Hartford" for bad husbandry and mismanagement was taken under the care of the Selectmen of Farmington, but was released when he moved to Hartford.

    Noted in Baltimore, Maryland marriages: Elisha Whiting and Sarah Tidy 3 Jan 1791 (who is he?);
    He left his wife alone to care for their three small children in Hartford. Elisha Jr. had two younger sisters, Polly and Susannah. EDITOR'S NOTE: Although we do not have a death date for Elisha Sr., we know he died at a young age, probably around age 28, and near the year 1790. Their last child was born about 1789, and Susannah married her second husband, Reuben Simmons on May 1, 1796, indicating that Elisha and Susannah were married far less than twelve years, and probably closer to six years.


    Revo lutionary War Records, Connecticut, page 541: "Elisha Whiting,[Sr.] Private in Captain Ozias Bissell's Company." His birth date is listed as November 21, 1762. The war was fought between 1775 and 1783, indicating that Elisha was somewhere between thirteen and twenty one while serving in the Revolutionary War.


    ELISHA JR'S EARLY YEARS Without her husband's income, Susannah was very poor. Not knowing what else to do, she eventually bound Elisha out to an old Quaker to learn the carpentry trade. Though Elisha worked hard, the Quaker was very mean to him, sometimes hitting him and doing other cruel things.


    Elisha was very unhappy. He was resentful of his mother and to all concerned that such a thing had happened to him. He never got over those feelings and his children and grandchildren knew that his lips were sealed so far as any experiences of his youth were concerned.


    Cordelia Perry, his granddaughter, told Martha Whiting Brown the following: His feelings were so badly hurt that he never wanted to speak of it. One day at his chair and wagon shop in Manti, Ohio, a stranger came in and brought up the subject of being a relative from his early days. Elisha flew into a rage and refused to listen to him, then ordered him to leave his shop at once.


    So we, his children's children, will never know, I guess, just what he went through, being sent from home by his mother, after his father's DESERTION. They say he was bitter about it until the day he died.


    ELISH A MEETS SALLY Although he was afraid of the old Quaker, Elisha ran away to make his own way in the world. He went to Lee, Massachusetts, where he met Sylvanus Hulet, a wheelwright (one who makes repairs of wheels and wheeled vehicles) who lived on a farm. Elisha asked Sylvanus for a job, assuring him that he could do carpentry work and make chairs and furniture, so he was hired.


    Ther e he met Sylvanus' daughter, Sally, a real pretty girl, the oldest of the seven Hulet children. She was part Indian and had dark hair and dark eyes. Elisha soon fell in love with Sally who was not quite seventeen years old; he was not yet twenty.


    They were married September 18, 1805. Lee, Massachusetts was their first home, where their first four children were born. It was a sad day when their first baby died the same day it was born in 1806. A year later William was born, followed the next year by Edwin, their third child. Two and a half years later Charles was born. The next two children, Catherine, 3 Oct 1813, and Harriet, 16 Aug 1815, were born in their second place of residence.


    NELSON, PORTAGE, OHIO, 1817 When little Edwin was six, the family traveled over the Mohawk Trail to Nelson, Ohio, which was then the western frontier, probably the very place Elisha wished to be to get suitable timber for his carpentry trade, to support his growing family.


    Eli sha built a log cabin on a quiet sloping hill that looked out over the valley. He built an open fireplace where Sally cooked. An iron crane protruded from the side where Sally would hang a kettle from the crane and push it back over the fire. When she wanted to bake bread, she put the dough inside the kettle and put red hot coals on the flat top.


    Around the room were beds, a table and a cupboard. After all, her husband was a carpenter who learned to do beautiful work while he was with the old Quaker. He made a handsome black walnut bureau for Sally that she was very proud of. The girls slept in a trundle bed that was pulled out from under their parent's bed. They soon built another section onto their log cabin. One side they lived in; the other side was a wagon and carpentry shop At night they lit tallow candles and burned knots from pine trees in the fireplace while they told stories.


    The last six of their twelve children were born in Nelson, Portage, Ohio: Emeline, Chauncy, Almon, Jane, Sylvester, and Lewis. Their education was limited, but they were all taught "the three R's: Readin', Ritin', and Rithmetic." We are told that Sally Hulet Whiting was a wonderful woman and that she was very gifted in writing prose and poetry, a characteristic bequeathed to many of her Whiting descendants. Sally and Elisha were some of the most respected citizens of Nelson. They were honest, generous, and firm in their convictions.


    THREE STORIES ABOUT CATHERINE Catherine was the fourth child of Sally and Elisha. Catherine spent a lot of time with her relatives, especially her grandmother, Mary Lewis Hulet, and her aunts and cousins.


    A TRIP THROUGH THE WOODS One day Catherine went to visit her aunt who sent her on an errand to borrow a pattern from a friend who lived about a mile away, straight through the woods. She knew she wouldn't get lost, but it was kind of scary to go into the woods alone. She wanted to please her aunt so she tied on her sunbonnet and began her errand. As she went along she saw some snakes, but she was used to them, they did not frighten her. She saw plenty of rabbits and squirrels and other little animals. The forest was beautiful and interesting and she was having a good time.


    She soon reached the aunt's house, got the pattern from her and started back. When she was almost home she saw a big, black bear. Upon seeing Catherine, the bear rose to his hind feet! Catherine was nearly paralyzed with fear, so frightened that she could not move. After the bear watched her for a little while it dropped down on all fours and lumbered away with a growl. She ran the rest of the way home.


    THE CHIEF'S SON Sometimes the Indians came to see the people. When Catherine Whiting was a little girl, an Indian chief came with his little son. He had shining black eyes, copper colored skin, and his father was very proud of him. Because the father was a chief, both were dressed in colorful beads, earrings, brooches, and elaborate clothes.The chief thought Catherine was so cute that he told her he would give her one of his brooches if she would kiss his little son. She really wanted that brooch, but she did not want to kiss the boy. The chief was quite offended; he thought she should be very proud to kiss his son, but she would not kiss him.


    After the Indians went away, Sally, Catherine's mother, was afraid they might come back and do some harm, but they never did.


    BEDTIM E FRIGHT One evening while their father (Elisha) was away, the family sat around the fire talking. Catherine became sleepy but she did not want to take a candle up the stairs, so she went up in the dark and got ready for bed. She put her hand down to turn the covers back and felt a big, hairy head. "Oh!" she screamed, and fled down the stairs crying, "There's a man sleeping in my bed!"


    Her mother was alarmed but bravely flew into action. She took a broom in one hand and a candle in the other and dashed up the stairs, followed by her boys who held clubs at the ready. They all rushed into the room to find out WHO WAS SLEEPING IN CATHERINE'S BED?, just like the "Three Bears and Goldilocks".


    When they held up the candle, they saw their old dog, Paint, under the covers. The boys laughed and teased Catherine!


    EDWIN AND THE GUN In the Whiting family, no one was allowed to hunt on the Sabbath. One Sunday morning Edwin decided he wanted to go hunting, so he tried to sneak his gun out of the house by drawing it through a crack between the logs. The gun got caught, fired, and wounded his left arm. That was a lesson to keep the Sabbath day holy that he never forgot. He retold this story to his children and grandchildren many times. Source: Louine Berry Hunter


    Elisha died in Mar 1848 in Mt. Pisgah, Union, Iowa.

    Family links:
    Spouse:
    Sally Hulet Whiting (1787 - 1846)

    Children:
    Edwin Whiting (1809 - 1890)*
    Catherine Louisa Whiting Talcott (1813 - 1900)*
    Emeline Sally Whiting Cox (1817 - 1896)*
    Chauncey Whiting (1819 - 1902)*
    Sylvester Whiting (1827 - 1915)*

    *Calculated relationship


    Burial:
    Mount Pisgah Cemetery
    Thayer
    Union County
    Iowa, USA

    Maintained by: Sunflower Lady
    Originally Created by: Shiver
    Record added: Jan 09, 2004
    Find A Grave Memorial# 8251337







    SUFFIX: Also shown as Jr

    BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Mt. Pisgah, Union, Iowa, United States.

    Elisha married Hulet, Sally on 18 Sep 1806 in Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts. Sally (daughter of Hulett, Sylvanus Revolutionary War Soldier and Lewis, Mary, daughter of Hulett, Sylvanus Revolutionary War Soldier and Lewis, Mary) was born on 29 Oct 1787 in Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts; died in Jan 1846 in Mt.Pisgah, Union, Iowa; was buried in Mt.Pisgah, Union, Iowa, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Hulet, Sally was born on 29 Oct 1787 in Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts (daughter of Hulett, Sylvanus Revolutionary War Soldier and Lewis, Mary, daughter of Hulett, Sylvanus Revolutionary War Soldier and Lewis, Mary); died in Jan 1846 in Mt.Pisgah, Union, Iowa; was buried in Mt.Pisgah, Union, Iowa, United States.

    Other Events:

    • FamilySearch Id: L8QF-NYS

    Notes:

    !Sally is the sister of Charles HULET (PERRY Family line).
    !Edwin Whiting Family Assn.- Springville, UT; Early Church Memb- Susan Easton;
    !Rec of Ella Whiting Waite, LaGrande, Oregon; O.C. Day records;

    !Sally is the sister of Charles HULET (PERRY Family line).
    !Edwin Whiting Family Assn.- Springville, UT; Early Church Memb- Susan Easton;
    !Rec of Ella Whiting Waite, LaGrande, Oregon; O.C. Day records;

    !Sally is the sister of Charles Hulet, RIN 1031 on chart 24 (Perry Family line)
    Edwin Whiting Family Assn.- Springville, UT; Early Church Memb- Susan Easton.

    !BIRTH: IGI Batch C500931 1938, 7222259 56.

    !MARRIAGE: 18 Sep 1805 Elisha WHITING (IGI 1988 Mass p 20,390 batch M500931
    0928 (Elisha WHITON); Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register 1845-46; TIB;

    !MARRIAGE: Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register 1845-46; TIB;
    !DEATH: Early Church Rec File- burial;
    ENDOWED: Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register 1845-46; TIB;
    Death of Mary Lewis Hulet
    Sally's mother, Mary Lewis Hulet, went through all the hardships the Saints went through in Missouri before she died in Clay County, probably in 1837.
    Two of her daughters, Charlotte and Rhoda, died in Missouri; martyrs for the faith. Only Sally, of Mary's daughters, lived to leave Missouri.
    Caldwell County
    Growing resentment from their Clay County neighbors caused the Saints to agree once again to give up their land and many possessions, and move as a body to Caldwell County, where they soon founded the new settlement they named Far West.

    !MARRIAGE: 18 Sep 1805 Elisha WHITING (IGI 1988 Mass p 20,390 batch M500931
    0928 (Elisha WHITON); Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register 1845-46; TIB;

    !MARRIAGE: Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register 1845-46; TIB;
    !DEATH: Early Church Rec File- burial;
    ENDOWED: Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register 1845-46; TIB;

    !DEATH: Early Church Rec File- burial;

    !ENDOWED: Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register 1845-46; TIB.

    DOCUMENTATION (by Margaret Neuffer):



    BIRTH: Also shown as Born Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States.

    DEATH: Also shown as Died Mount Pisgah, Union, Iowa, United States.

    DEATH: Also shown as Died Aug 1846

    BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Mount Pisgah, Union, Iowa, United States.

    DEATH: Also shown as Died Mt.Pisgah, Union, Iowa, United States.

    DEATH: Also shown as Died Aug 1846

    Notes:

    MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States.

    MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married 18 Sep 1805

    Children:
    1. Whiting, Charles was born on 18 Sep 1806 in Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts; died on 18 Sep 1806 in Lee, Berkshire, Massaschusetts.
    2. Whiting, William Elisha was born on 18 Sep 1807 in Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States; died on 21 Oct 1834 in , Clay County, Missouri, United States.
    3. 6. Whiting, Edwin was born on 9 Sep 1809 in Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts; was christened in 1810 in Massachusetts, United States; died on 8 Dec 1890 in Mapleton, Utah, Utah; was buried on 11 Dec 1890 in Springville, Utah, Utah.
    4. Whiting, Charles was born on 24 Mar 1811 in Lee, Berkshire, Massaschusetts; was christened on 24 Mar 1811 in Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts; died in 1840 in , Schuyler County, Il.
    5. Whiting, Catherine Louisa was born on 3 Oct 1813 in Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts; died on 26 May 1900 in , , Michigan; was buried in May 1900 in Michigan, United States.
    6. Whiting, Harriet Amelia was born on 16 Aug 1815 in Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts; died in 1830 in Garrettsville, , Ohio, United States.
    7. Whiting, Sally Emeline was born on 23 Jul 1817 in Nelson, Portage, Ohio; died on 4 May 1896 in Manti, Sanpete, Utah; was buried in May 1896 in Manti, Sanpete, Utah.
    8. Whiting, Chauncey was born on 19 Aug 1819 in Nelson, Portage, Ohio, United States; was christened in in of Lima, Hancock, Ill.; died on 7 Jun 1902 in Clitherall, Otter Tail, Minnesota. United States; was buried in Clitherall, Otter Tail, Minnesota. United States.
    9. Whiting, Almon Sr was born on 7 Nov 1821 in Nelson, Portage, Ohio, USA; died on 10 May 1900 in Girard Township, Ottertail County, Minnesota; was buried in May 1908 in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Clitherall, Minnesota.
    10. Whiting, Jane Fidelia was born on 29 Feb 1824 in Nelson, Portage, Ohio, United States; died on 19 Jun 1846 in United States.
    11. Whiting, Sylvester was born on 29 Jul 1827 in Nelson, Portage, Ohio; died on 19 Jun 1915 in Clitherall, Otter Tail, Minnesota; was buried on 23 Jun 1915 in Mt.Pleasant Cemetery, Clitherall, Otter Tail, Minnesota.
    12. Whiting, Francis Lewis was born on 22 Sep 1830 in Nelson, Portage, Ohio; died on 10 Apr 1911 in Clitherall, Otter Tail, Minnesota; was buried in Clitherall, Otter Tail, Minnesota.

  3. 14.  Meacham, Stephen Peabody was born on 12 Mar 1797 in Fletcher, Franklin, Vermont, United States (son of Meacham, Doctor Thomas Doctor and Bond, Sarah); died on 27 Feb 1869 in Parishville, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States; was buried in Feb 1869.

    Other Events:

    • FamilySearch Id: KWJP-WMV

    Notes:

    Stephen Meacham, "Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954"
    url
    https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFKZ-7VF
    Citation
    "Vermont, Vital Records, 1760-1954," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFKZ-7VF : accessed 22 Jul 2013), Stephen Meacham, 1797.
    ___________________________
    Stephen Meacham, "Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908"
    url
    https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8LK-LFW
    Citation
    "Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8LK-LFW : accessed 22 Jul 2013), Stephen Meacham, 12 Mar 1797.
    ___________________________________
    Stephen P Mecham in entry for Sylvia A Snider, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949"
    url
    https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NQCM-79F
    Citation
    "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NQCM-79F : accessed 22 Jul 2013), Stephen P Mecham in entry for Sylvia A Snider, 1894.
    ________________________________________

    IGI Vermont p 4,397 batch T998342 0316; Archive Record of Mrs. Ethel Perry;

    History of Ida Meacham Strobridge;

    History of Erastus Darwin Meacham Sr;
    History of J. Arthur Meacham g-son of Erastus Darwin Meacham Sr;

    IGI 1988 Vermont p 4,893
    batch T998342 0316, 7450174 0, 8731501 91;

    Archive Record of Mrs. Richard LeRoy Mecham;

    Family Group Sheet of Mary E. Yeaman, 311 Palm Ave, Millbrae, CA; History of Ida Meacham Strobridge;
    History of Erastus Darwin Meacham Sr;
    History of J. Arthur Meacham, grandson of Erastus Darwin Meacham Sr;

    NOTE: Father Dr. Thomas Meacham changed his name to MECHAM. He also used spelling MEACHAM. Children may be MECHAM / MEACHAM.

    Dennis Kroll (California cousin) 10-2008 (from Ancestry.com "Family Book of Remembrances and Genealogy with Allied Lines" published Dec 25, 1952:
    "Erastus Darwin Meacham Sr. was the fifth child of Stephen Peabody Meacham and Dorothy Maria (Known as Dolly) Ransom. He was born 20 July, 1826, at Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence County, New York where he lived till he was ten or eleven years old, when his parents, who had been converted to the faith of the Mormons by Stephen's uncle joined the church and moved, with other relative converts to Erie County, Pennsylvania.
    In 1839 they moved to Springfield, Illinois, where three of the older children were married. Later the family moved to Nauvoo where Erastus D. as a young man was a member of the Nauvoo Legion and at times served as body guard to the Prophet Joseph Smith.
    After the death of the Prophet while preparations were being made for the westward move Erastus D. worked as apprentice in the shop of Elisha Jones, a wheelright and blacksmith, who later became father-in-law to Erastus D. and became much interested in the abillity of the younger apprentice.
    In late 1845 or early 1846 Erastus D. left Nauvoo and began across Iowa with shat was designated as the "Camp of Israel" by its leader, Brigham Young, and was camped at "Mount Pisgah" when the call came from the government for a battalion of Volunteers to take part in our war with Mexico. Erastus D., being of a venturesome nature, volunteered and on July 16, 1846, was mustered into the army of the United States at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He was a member of Company D and with it participated in the now famous march of the "Mormon Batallion."
    Just when Erastus D. returned to his folks at the Missouri river the writer does not know, but we do know it was before February 4th, 1849, for on the date he was married at Council Bluffs, Iowa to Martha Jones, the seventeen year old daughter of Elisha Jones, the mechanic with hoom he had worked at Nauvoo.
    From this point on history of Erastus Darwin Meacham must alwo be the history of his wife. It is therefore proper to here introduce her: Martha Jones was born August 7, 1832, in Jefferson County, Ohio, daughter of Elisha Jones and Margaret Tolbot. She remembered very vividly the stirring events connected with the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, and participated in the hardships endured during the exodus of Nauvoo and the journey to the West.
    On the 17th of December, 1849, at Kanesville, later named Council Bluffs, Iowa, a daughter was born to Erastus D. and Martha and was named Sylvia Amaretta. Thus our soldier, hunter-trapper and scout became a tender and devoted husband and father.
    In 1851 Grandpa Meacham crossed the plains for the third and last time, this time with his wife and baby daughter and accompanied by his father-in-law and his family. They first settled at little Cottonwood, a few miles south of Salt Lake City, where their second child, William Henry was born December 31, 1851.
    The family did not remain long in the Cottonwood settlement for they had made their home in Springville, Utah County, before their second son, Erastus Darwin Jr. was born Marth 17, 1854. Here Grandpa had opportunity to demonstrate his ability in dealing with the Indians and in solving the problems which they presented for he had lived with them and learned his language while he was working for the American Fur Company in Wyoming between the date of his discharge from the army and his return to Council Bluffs, where he married.
    By the time their fourth child, Martha Maria, was born 19 February, 1857, the family had settled in Provo, where they remained till after the fifth child, Elisha Jones was born. Their next move took them in Fairview, Sanpete County... "
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    Early History of the Town of Hopkinton
    http://books.google.com/books?id=StQwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA165#v=onepage&q&f=false
    Citation
    by Carlton E. Sanford; The Bartlett Press, Boston, Mass. Published 1903. This work is now in the public domain.
    Seen at Google Books.
    Notes
    Pages 164-166 tell the story of the family of Stephen Peabody Meacham and others Hopkinton residents, who joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The story is told from the perspective of other Hopkinton residents who were clearly quite prejudiced against the "Mormon" religion.
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    Reason This Source Is Attached
    Of particular interest is the section about Stephen Peabody Meacham on pages 165 & 166. The story told by this anti-Mormon writer from Hopkinton is quite different from his history as told by family members (available in the book "Family book of remembrance and genealogy : with allied lines"). In this Hopkinton version of events, he "escaped" from Mormonism and returned to Hopkinton. The story, as told by family members, describes his loneliness for his recently deceased wife Dolly, and that the grieving old man just walked out of his son's home one day and returned home to Hopkinton. The wonderful thing about this Hopkinton narrative is the rich detail describing his lonely life after his return to Hopkinton, as recorded by people who visited him.
    This record is the source for his death 27 February 1869 Parishville, St. Lawrence, New York.
    http://books.google.com/books?id=StQwAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA165#v=onepage&q&f=false
    Citation
    by Carlton E. Sanford; The Bartlett Press, Boston, Mass. Published 1903. This work is now in the public domain.
    Seen at Google Books.
    Notes
    Pages 164-166 tell the story of the family of Stephen Peabody Meacham and others Hopkinton residents, who joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The story is told from the perspective of other Hopkinton residents who were clearly quite prejudiced against the "Mormon" religion.
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    Reason This Source Is Attached|Edit
    Of particular interest is the section about Stephen Peabody Meacham on pages 165 & 166. The story told by this anti-Mormon writer from Hopkinton is quite different from his history as told by family members (available in the book "Family book of remembrance and genealogy : with allied lines"). In this Hopkinton version of events, he "escaped" from Mormonism and returned to Hopkinton. The story, as told by family members, describes his loneliness for his recently deceased wife Dolly, and that the grieving old man just walked out of his son's home one day and returned home to Hopkinton. The wonderful thing about this Hopkinton narrative is the rich detail describing his lonely life after his return to Hopkinton, as recorded by people who visited him.
    This record is the source for his death 27 February 1869 Parishville, St. Lawrence, New York.
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    Book: "Family book of remembrance and genealogy : with allied lines"
    url
    https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE109212
    Citation
    Seen at FamilySearch books.
    Family History Library Call Number: 929.273 M464d 1967
    Notes
    This book is a very large document and takes a long time to load. The history of Stephen Peabody Meacham, written by J. Arthur Meacham is on pages 677-679.
    Reason This Source Is Attached|Edit
    This book is a must-read for Meacham/Mecham descendants. It contains a loving history of Stephen Peabody Meacham on pages 667-679.
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    Letter Transcript - Stephen Peabody Mecham to Edwin Whiting and Dolly Mecham to daughter Sylvia
    url
    https://www.dropbox.com/s/xg5npyy13kb8a2l/1848_SPMecham-letter.pdf
    Citation
    Typewritten transcript of original letter SP MECHAM to Edwin Whiting and letter from Dolly Mecham to Sylvia (daughter)

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/xg5npyy13kb8a2l/1848_SPMecham-letter.pdf
    https://www.dropbox.com/s/7z3lkzaryvr1jct/1848_Dolly%20Mecham-letter.pdf

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    Notes
    Evidence supports the fact that Stephen Peabody Mecham changed the surname spelling for himself and his immediate family to MECHAM when the family joined the LDS Church. The source is a transcript of a letter written by Stephen Peabody Mecham to Edwin Whiting in Mt Pisgah:

    Please note the transcript preface by J Arthur Meacham where he acknowledges that Stephen Peabody spelled the surname Mecham.

    As further proof of this fact please see the following letter from Dolly Maria Mecham to her daughter Sylvia Mecham Whiting. Even though J Arthur spells the surname Meacham in most of the typewritten document he is careful to keep the original spelling of "Dolly Mecham" as her signature.

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/7z3lkzaryvr1jct/1848_Dolly%20Mecham-letter.pdf
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    IGI Vermont p 4,397 batch T998342 0316; Archive Record of Mrs. Ethel Perry;

    History of Ida Meacham Strobridge;

    Hist of Erastus Darwin Meacham Sr;
    History of J. Arthur Meacham g-son of Erastus Darwin Meacham Sr;

    IGI 1988 Vermont p 4,893
    batch T998342 0316, 7450174 0, 8731501 91;

    Archive Record of Mrs. Richard LeRoy Mecham;

    FGS Mary E. Yeaman, 311 Palm Ave, Millbrae, CA; History of Ida Meacham Strobridge; History of Erastus Darwin Meacham Sr; History of J. Arthur Meacham, grandson of Erastus Darwin Meacham Sr;

    NOTE: Father Dr. Thomas Meacham changed his name to MECHAM. He also used spelling MEACHAM. Children may be MECHAM / MEACHAM.

    Dennis Kroll (California cousin) 10-2008 (from Ancestry.com "Family Book of Remembrances and Genealogy with Allied Lines" published Dec 25, 1952:
    "Erastus Darwin Meacham Sr. was the fifth child of Stephen Peabody Meacham and Dorothy Maria (Known as Dolly) Ransom. He was born 20 July, 1826, at Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence County, New York where he lived till he was ten or eleven years old, when his parents, who had been converted to the faith of the Mormons by Stephen's uncle joined the church and moved, with other relative converts to Erie County, Pennsylvania.
    In 1839 they moved to Springfield, Illinois, where three of the older children were married. Later the family moved to Nauvoo where Erastus D. as a young man was a member of the Nauvoo Legion and at times served as body guard to the Prophet Joseph Smith.
    After the death of the Prophet while preparations were being made for the westward move Erastus D. worked as apprentice in the shop of Elisha Jones, a wheelright and blacksmith, who later became father-in-law to Erastus D. and became much interested in the abillity of the younger apprentice.
    In late 1845 or early 1846 Erastus D. left Nauvoo and began across Iowa with shat was designated as the "Camp of Israel" by its leader, Brigham Young, and was camped at "Mount Pisgah" when the call came from the government for a battalion of Volunteers to take part in our war with Mexico. Erastus D., being of a venturesome nature, volunteered and on July 16, 1846, was mustered into the army of the United States at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He was a member of Company D and with it participated in the now famous march of the "Mormon Batallion."
    Just when Erastus D. returned to his folks at the Missouri river the writer does not know, but we do know it was before February 4th, 1849, for on the date he was married at Council Bluffs, Iowa to Martha Jones, the seventeen year old daughter of Elisha Jones, the mechanic with hoom he had worked at Nauvoo.
    From this point on history of Erastus Darwin Meacham must alwo be the history of his wife. It is therefore proper to here introduce her: Martha Jones was born August 7, 1832, in Jefferson County, Ohio, daughter of Elisha Jones and Margaret Tolbot. She remembered very vividly the stirring events connected with the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, and participated in the hardships endured during the exodus of Nauvoo and the journey to the West.
    On the 17th of December, 1849, at Kanesville, later named Council Bluffs, Iowa, a daughter was born to Erastus D. and Martha and was named Sylvia Amaretta. Thus our soldier, hunter-trapper and scout became a tender and devoted husband and father.
    In 1851 Grandpa Meacham crossed the plains for the third and last time, this time with his wife and baby daughter and accompanied by his father-in-law and his family. They first settled at little Cottonwood, a few miles south of Salt Lake City, where their second child, William Henry was born December 31, 1851.
    The family did not remain long in the Cottonwood settlement for they had made their home in Springville, Utah County, before their second son, Erastus Darwin Jr. was born Marth 17, 1854. Here Grandpa had opportunity to demonstrate his ability in dealing with the Indians and in solving the problems which they presented for he had lived with them and learned his language while he was working for the American Fur Company in Wyoming between the date of his discharge from the army and his return to Council Bluffs, where he married.
    By the time their fourth child, Martha Maria, was born 19 February, 1857, the family had settled in Provo, where they remained till after the fifth child, Elisha Jones was born. Their next move took them in Fairview, Sanpete County... "

    SURNAME: Also shown as Mecham

    DEATH: Also shown as Died Hopkinton, St. Lawrence, New York, United States.

    Stephen married Ransom, Dorothy Maria in 1817 in Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States. Dorothy (daughter of Ransom, Stephen and Cooper, Dorothy) was born on 26 Aug 1801 in Rochester, Rutland, Vermont, United States; died on 22 Jun 1852 in Kanesville, Potawattamie, Iowa, United States; was buried in Jun 1852. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Ransom, Dorothy Maria was born on 26 Aug 1801 in Rochester, Rutland, Vermont, United States (daughter of Ransom, Stephen and Cooper, Dorothy); died on 22 Jun 1852 in Kanesville, Potawattamie, Iowa, United States; was buried in Jun 1852.

    Other Events:

    • FamilySearch Id: KWJP-WMJ

    Notes:

    1850 US Census: Dorothy Ransom Meacham family
    url
    https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZ4N-RBN
    Citation
    FHL film 442963, Iowa, 1850 federal census : population schedules. Enumerated at District 21, Pottawattamie county, Iowa.
    Notes
    Dolly Meakum age 49 female born Vt
    Lafayette age 20 male Laborer born NY
    Roswell age 14 male born NY
    Sylvia age 29 female born NY
    Erastus age 7 male born NY
    (Documents her residence at Pottawattamie county, Iowa (Winter Quarters) in 1850. Three of her children and a grandson are in the household with her.)
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    TIB 1,263,328 SL 307 bk B p. 32 (Parents: Stephen Ransom/Dorothy Cooper); All Ordinances Reconfirmed SL (bap 3 Mar 1969 SL);

    1798-Rochester, Windsor Co, Vermont Bk 1 p 97;

    1810 Windsor Co, Vt pg 363;

    1800 Rochester, Windsor Co, Vermont p 172;

    1850 Hopkinton, St. Lawrence, NY p 313;

    Mathew Ransom Descend GS 982,434 Item 37;

    IGI 1988 Vermont p 5,926 batch T998342 0317, 5000429 38, 5001095 15; Archive Record of Mrs. Richard LeRoy Mecham.

    Dennis Kroll (California cousin) 10-2008 (from Ancestry.com "Family Book of Remembrances and Genealogy with Allied Lines" published Dec 25, 1952:
    "Erastus Darwin Meacham Sr. was the fifth child of Stephen Peabody Meacham and Dorothy Maria (Known as Dolly) Ransom. He was born 20 July, 1826, at Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence County, New York where he lived till he was ten or eleven years old, when his parents, who had been converted to the faith of the Mormons by Stephen's uncle joined the church and moved, with other relative converts to Erie County, Pennsylvania.
    In 1839 they moved to Springfield, Illinois, where three of the older children were married. Later the family moved to Nauvoo where Erastus D. as a young man was a member of the Nauvoo Legion and at times served as body guard to the Prophet Joseph Smith.
    After the death of the Prophet while preparations were being made for the westward move Erastus D. worked as apprentice in the shop of Elisha Jones, a wheelright and blacksmith, who later became father-in-law to Erastus D. and became much interested in the abillity of the younger apprentice.
    In late 1845 or early 1846 Erastus D. left Nauvoo and began across Iowa with shat was designated as the "Camp of Israel" by its leader, Brigham Young, and was camped at "Mount Pisgah" when the call came from the government for a battalion of Volunteers to take part in our war with Mexico. Erastus D., being of a venturesome nature, volunteered and on July 16, 1846, was mustered into the army of the United States at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He was a member of Company D and with it participated in the now famous march of the "Mormon Batallion."
    Just when Erastus D. returned to his folks at the Missouri river the writer does not know, but we do know it was before February 4th, 1849, for on the date he was married at Council Bluffs, Iowa to Martha Jones, the seventeen year old daughter of Elisha Jones, the mechanic with hoom he had worked at Nauvoo.
    From this point on history of Erastus Darwin Meacham must alwo be the history of his wife. It is therefore proper to here introduce her: Martha Jones was born August 7, 1832, in Jefferson County, Ohio, daughter of Elisha Jones and Margaret Tolbot. She remembered very vividly the stirring events connected with the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, and participated in the hardships endured during the exodus of Nauvoo and the journey to the West.
    On the 17th of December, 1849, at Kanesville, later named Council Bluffs, Iowa, a daughter was born to Erastus D. and Martha and was named Sylvia Amaretta. Thus our soldier, hunter-trapper and scout became a tender and devoted husband and father.
    In 1851 Grandpa Meacham crossed the plains for the third and last time, this time with his wife and baby daughter and accompanied by his father-in-law and his family. They first settled at little Cottonwood, a few miles south of Salt Lake City, where their second child, William Henry was born December 31, 1851.
    The family did not remain long in the Cottonwood settlement for they had made their home in Springville, Utah County, before their second son, Erastus Darwin Jr. was born Marth 17, 1854. Here Grandpa had opportunity to demonstrate his ability in dealing with the Indians and in solving the problems which they presented for he had lived with them and learned his language while he was working for the American Fur Company in Wyoming between the date of his discharge from the army and his return to Council Bluffs, where he married.
    By the time their fourth child, Martha Maria, was born 19 February, 1857, the family had settled in Provo, where they remained till after the fifth child, Elisha Jones was born. Their next move took them in Fairview, Sanpete County... "

    GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Dorothy Dolly Maria

    Children:
    1. Meacham, Dorothy Maria was born on 26 Jun 1818 in Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States; died in Jul 1819 in Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States.
    2. Meacham, Stephen Alonzo was born on 6 Aug 1822 in Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States; died on 16 May 1904 in , , Nebraska, United States.
    3. Meacham, Charles Lafayette was born on 20 Sep 1829 in Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States; died on 24 Jul 1914 in San Bernadino, San Bernadino, California, United States; was buried in Pioneer Cemetery San Bernadino, San Bernadino, California, United States.
    4. Meacham, Henry Pierpont was born in 1834 in Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States; died in 1846.
    5. Meacham, Hyrum was born in 1838 in Springfield, Hancock, Illinois, United States; was christened in in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States; died in 1840.
    6. Meacham, Sylvia Ameretta was born on 28 Jul 1820 in Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States; died on 24 May 1894 in Park Valley, Box Elder, Utah, United States; was buried in May 1894 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
    7. Meacham, Roswell Hopkin was born in 1836 in Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States; died after 1853.
    8. Meacham, Erastus Darwin was born on 20 Jul 1826 in Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States; died on 7 Jun 1899 in Park Valley, Box Elder, Utah, United States; was buried on 11 Jun 1899 in Park Valley City Cemetery, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
    9. Meacham, George Washington was born on 6 May 1832 in Hopkinton, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States; died after 1880.
    10. Meacham, Harriet was born in 1841 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States; died in 1842.
    11. 7. Meacham, Almira Mehitable was born on 13 May 1824 in Hopkinton, St.Lawrence, New York; died on 1 Oct 1898 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California; was buried in Oct 1898 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California.