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• Adopted: Provo, Utah, Utah, United States

Notes:

1900
William H Hatfield
in the 1900 United States Federal Census
Name: William H Hatfield
Age: 6
Birth Date: Oct 1893
Birthplace: Utah
Home in 1900: Mapleton, Utah, Utah
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Oscar Whiting
Father's Birthplace: Utah
Mother's name: Lelia Whiting
Mother's Birthplace: Utah
Occupation: View on Image
Household Members:
Name Age
Oscar Whiting 52
Lelia Whiting 29
Belva Hatfield 8
William H Hatfield 6
Charles E Hatfield 4
Source Citation
Year: 1900; Census Place: Mapleton, Utah, Utah; Roll: 1687; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0157; FHL microfilm: 1241687
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William Henry Hatfield was adopted by the Whitings

William married Hill, Leila on 22 Oct 1917 in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States. Leila was born on 14 Oct 1896 in Burrville, Sevier, Utah; died on 20 Jun 1940 in Provo, Utah, Utah; was buried on 23 Jun 1940 in (Evergreen Cemetery) Springvil, Utah, UT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1880, Springville, Utah, Utah

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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
Osher N Whiting
in the 1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Osher N Whiting
Age: 12
Birth Year: abt 1848
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Illinois
Home in 1860: Manti, Sanpete, Utah Territory
Post Office: Manti
Family Number: 124
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Edwin Whiting 51
Elizth P Whiting 46
Edwin L Whiting 14
Osher N Whiting 12
Louisa M Whiting 10
Caroline P Whiting 6
Source Citation
Year: 1860; Census Place: Manti, Sanpete, Utah Territory; Roll: M653_1314; Page: 653; Image: 115; Family History Library Film: 805314

Source Information
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Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
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1860
Oscar Whiting
in the 1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Oscar Whiting
Age in 1870: 22
Birth Year: abt 1848
Birthplace: Iowa
Home in 1870: Springville, Utah, Utah Territory
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Springville
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Edwin Whiting 60
Elizabeth Whiting 57
Lucius Whiting 24
Oscar Whiting 22
Louisa Whiting 20
Caroline Whiting 16
Source Citation
Year: 1870; Census Place: Springville, Utah, Utah Territory; Image: 392155
Source Information
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1880
Oscar Whiting
in the 1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Oscar Whiting
Age: 32
Birth Year: abt 1848
Birthplace: Iowa
Home in 1880: Springville, Utah, Utah
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Name: Hannah Whiting
Father's name: Edwin Whiting
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Mother's name: Elizabeth P. Whiting
Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Freighter
Cannot read/write:

Blind:

Deaf and dumb:

Otherwise disabled:

Idiotic or insane:

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Household Members:
Name Age
Edwin Whiting 70
Elizabeth P. Whiting 66
Oscar Whiting 32
Hannah Whiting 45
Lorenzo Whiting 20
Source Citation
Year: 1880; Census Place: Springville, Utah, Utah; Roll: 1338; Family History Film: 1255338; Page: 173C; Enumeration District: 082

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1899
Oscar N Whiting
in the Utah, Select Marriage Index, 1887-1985
Name: Oscar N Whiting
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 13 Dec 1899
Marriage Place: Utah, UT, USA
Spouse: Lelia Tuckett
Spouse Gender: Female
Certificate Number: 03\414T
Source Information
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1900
Oscar Whiting
in the 1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Oscar Whiting
Age: 52
Birth Date: Jan 1848
Birthplace: Iowa
Home in 1900: Mapleton, Utah, Utah
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Lelia Whiting
Marriage Year: 1900
Years Married: 6/12
Father's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts
Occupation: View on Image
Household Members:
Name Age
Oscar Whiting 52
Lelia Whiting 29
Belva Hatfield 8
William H Hatfield 6
Charles E Hatfield 4
Source Citation
Year: 1900; Census Place: Mapleton, Utah, Utah; Roll: 1687; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 0157; FHL microfilm: 1241687

Source Information
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GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Oscar Newell

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

BIRTH: Also shown as Born 18 Jan 1848

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

DEATH: Also shown as Died 19 Nov 1903

BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.

BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.

Oscar married Tuckett, Lelia on 13 Dec 1899 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Lelia was born on 8 Jun 1871 in Springville, Utah, Utah; died on 10 Dec 1927 in Mapleton, Utah, Utah; was buried on 13 Dec 1927 in Evergreen Cemetery, Springville, Utah, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!Record of Max B Whiting Oct 1989; Rec of Velma Simons 900 S Main #1
Springville, UT 8-93: Other husband William Kendall PARSHALL of Hatfield
!Record of Max B Whiting Oct 1989.
Copied from a manuscript handwritten by her daughter Leora. There was a note at the end where Leora said to Ermel Morton, her brother. “I started writing this for mother about 20 years ago. I would like it back, as I don’t have another copy.” Ermel had a Xerox copy in his files, not the original.

I, Belva Hatfield, daughter of William K. Hatfield and Lelia Tuckett, was born February 4, 1892 in Springville, Utah. My father’s parents came from New York and settle in Manti. My mother’s father came from London, England and her mother from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Annie Rosabelle was the name father picked for me, but mother wanted me named Belva after a little 4-year old girl in Pleasant Grove, Belva Ballantyne, who had such pretty curls.
The house in which I was born now stands just east of the Springville 1st Ward. It was a 2-roomed brick house built by my father, who was a mason by trade.
I was not a strong baby as I lacked sufficient blood. I was 21 months old when my brother, William Henry, was born (October 24, 1894). When he was about a year old, mother made us each a pink sunbonnet and when she took us visiting in the buggy together, some people took us for twins, as I was so small and he so large. Mother had a patch of strawberries, so she picked a cup of berries and put them on a chair with a cup of cream and some sugar, and I ate all that I wanted. After awhile the color began coming into my cheeks and my health improved.
In December 1895, father left for a mission to Tennessee. Mother went to Salt Lake City to see him off. Two months later on February 13, 1896, my youngest brother, Charles Earnest was born. When he was 9 days old mother received word that father was coming home from his mission on account of illness. He was very sick and his mind became affected. After much praying and seeking counsel of those in authority, mother decided it would be best to rear her children alone. The church granted her a temple divorce.
The next 3 years of my life were very unsettled—going from one place to another. My mother worked wherever she could to provide for us children. Sometimes she walked 2 or 3 miles and washed on the board all day while we stayed with Grandmother Tuckett in Springville.
At one time mother went up to Alpine to Uncle Alma Iverson’s Saw Mill to cook for the workers. While she was there, her sister Carrie died from consumption. She and Carrie were very close and they had helped each other so much that mother missed her a lot. Mother came down from the Saw Mill and helped care for her sister’s children until Uncle Brig married again. Then mother went back to the Saw Mill and left me with Aunt Sadie Iverson in Manilla, a little town by Pleasant Grove.

Schooling
It was here that I started to school. My teacher was Geo. (?) Ramsay. There is one incident I remember very distinctly. One day I was out playing and running when I fell down on the gravel walk and skinned the palms of both hands. Mr. Ramsay came out and picked me up and carried me into the schoolhouse. The children gathered around, and I remember how kindly he talked to me.
While I was with Aunt Sadie her children got scarlet fever and so did I. I was only 7 years old, and it left me with a bad leak in my heart.
The next winter mother lived with her parents on their homestead in Mapleton. They had lost their lovely home in Springville. They lived so far from school that I was kept out that year because of the condition my health was left in after the scarlet fever.
I had only 8 years of schooling. When I was 14, I graduated from the 8th grade in the Mapleton School on May 8, 1908. I was planning on going to high school with some money from our peach crop. We sold our peaches, but didn’t receive the money, so I had to stay home.
Mother knew a bachelor, Oscar N. Whiting who was several years older than herself, and the year we stayed with Grandpa and Grandma Tuckett, she became better acquainted with him. He had just built a 5-room brick house in Mapleton. He had 21 acres of ground and quite a number of livestock. They were married when I was 7 years old. Mother sold her home in Springville and bought 5 acres of land from Will Binks. This land joined Uncle Oscar’s.
Uncle Oscar was good to us children. We had a good home and after the three years of hardship and living here and there it seemed good to feel more settled and secure. The way was smooth again, but not for long. Within 4 years mother was a widow again.
Before Uncle Oscar died he made mother promise to marry again. She had a comfortable home and the means to support her family but due to this promise on January 6, 1910, in the Salt Lake Temple she married Edgar P. Whiting, a half brother to Uncle Oscar. He was a widower with 8 children, but one was married.
All 3 times mother was married in the temple, but she was sealed to Uncle Oscar.
In March of 1910 our combined family moved to Sugar City, Idaho and lived there for 2 summers and 1 winter. Then we returned to Mapleton. (crossed out was—and had to live in Uncle Eck’s small home as they had rented mother’s home and land.)
Mother then sold all her land but 3 ½ acres and her home. Uncle Eck sold his home and they bought 640 acres in Diamond Fork (in 1913) in Spanish Fork Canyon. It was the Davis Ranch.
Mother divided the 5 acres of land she bought from Will Binks among myself and my 2 brothers.

Courtship and Marriage
On the 4th of July 1912, mother and I went to Lindon to my cousin Eda Dittmore’s. While there I met her husband’s chum Joseph Morton. After 6 months of courtship we became engaged and on January 8, 1913 we were married in the Salt Lake Temple.
My husband’s youngest brother Robert and Harriet Newell were married the same day as we were. We four went up to Salt Lake the day before we were to be married. The train was late because its engine had frozen up coming from Eureka. Our wedding day was cold and bitter. In Salt Lake the city’s water works had frozen so there was no water or lights except where there was a private water and lighting system. The New Grand Hotel had private systems so we stayed there. We paid $2.00 for our room.
Sadie Mendenhall and her husband from Canada and her sister Retta who was my friend and schoolmate happened to be going thru the temple the day we were married. Retta’s husband while on a mission was hit and killed by a train just one year to this our wedding day and she knew of no better place to spend the day than in the temple.
That night I was very tired. Robert and Hattie went to the show, but my husband and I went to bed.
Before we were married we rented two rooms from Willis Johnson in Mapleton. It was just across the road from mother. We had bought a new $150 stove and some other furniture and we were ready to start housekeeping. His mother and my mother gave us some bottled fruit to start out with.
We surely were happy. I mention this because so many years of my life were filled with troubles and sickness and the struggles of life.
Mother gave us a wedding supper, but because of my brother Will’s sickness it had to be postponed until a week after we were married. A big crowd came. We had so many relatives from out of town and they had to stay all night as those were horse and buggy days, that we had to make beds on the floors, put some in our two rooms, and send some to Aunt Frant’s and others to the neighbors.
My husband’s father gave him 5 acres of land before we were married, but he sold it so he would have some money to get married on, and with the rest of it we started to build a 4-room house on the land just south of mother’s that she had given me. We started to build in March and by July we had finished 2 rooms enough so we could move into them. My husband Joe did most of the work. We lived here just 2 weeks when my husband got a job harvesting for my Uncle John Tuckett in Canyon Creek, Idaho. That winter we worked for Terry’s who ran a “half-way-house”. They had a store, a hotel, and a post-office all together. I helped Sister Terry in the house and my husband helped Brother Terry with the chores.
While in Idaho we got the fever of homesteading so we took up 160 acres, built a log room with a dirt roof and dirt floor. We broke up 16 acres, planted it in barley, fenced 80 acres, and made us a garden. We had to build a high fence around the garden to keep out the neighbor’s pigs.
In July mother came out to get me as I was going to have a baby and she could not stand to see me so far away and out in the wilderness, so to speak.

My children
Our first child, Ermel Joseph Morton was born October 1, 1914. When he was two weeks old I came close to dying. They sent a telegram to my husband and he dropped everything and came. Our folks fasted and prayed for me, and I gradually grew better. In December we moved back into our own home.
On December 16, 1919 our daughter Leora was born, and on November 19, 1923 another baby girl was born to us, but she didn’t live.
As I was sickly when a child no one expected me to live long. They thought I would never grow to be a woman and get married. And when I married some told me they didn’t think I would be able to have children. I have had 3 children, 1 boy and 2 girls, but my last one did not live. And, oh, the prayers and the pleading I have made unto my Heavenly Father that I might have my health and children. I feel the Lord has greatly blessed m. Altho I was not permitted to keep my last child, I feel it is better to have had and lost than never to have had at all.
My husband was gifted as an artist. He painted many pictures for the pleasure of it, but he had the farm as a means of a livelihood. We bought us a 20 ½ acre farm 1 ½ miles south of our home. We farmed, raised chickens and berries—especially dewberries. We had the largest, and for many years, the only dewberry patch in Mapleton.
On December 10, 1927 my mother died and about 2 ½ years later my husband passed away. In the spring of 1930 he planted the crops and then he went up to Salt Lake to see the Centennial Pageant Commemorating the one hundredth anniversary of the organization of our church. On April 30th he came home and went to bed to never get up again. He died on May 12, 1930.
At the time of his death Mapleton was putting in the city water. They had dug a trench in front of our place, but they filled it up for the day of his funeral.
Soon after the funeral my relatives, friends, and neighbors turned out to cultivate, block and thin our beets. Jim Wiscombe and his boys dug a trench and put the water in for me. I paid for some materials and they fixed my corral fences and did several other things, but they would take nothing for their labor.
Our boy was only 15 when his father died, but with my brother Will’s help he ran our farm until his second year of college.

Church Activities
While I was still going to school I was a teacher in primary, and later I was assistant secretary for several years. In mutual I was librarian. After I was married and Ermel was a few months old, I did much work in the Relief Society. I was assistant secretary and a visiting teacher. Later I was made the first counselor to Nina Harmer. This was during the time of the World War [World War I] and how well I remember all the sewing we did for the Red Cross. We planned layettes, made shirts, children’s clothing, sterilized bandages, and many other things. At this time the Relief Society introduced a new way of gathering funds for relief, and it was no easy task to convert people to it.
I was registered in the Daughters of Utah Pioneers for 8 years. I was 2nd lieutenant for awhile. Later, I registered again until in September 1933 I moved to Provo as my son Ermel was going to the B.Y.U. He was a sophomore. During his freshman year, he batched with some boys from salt Lake City.
Some thought I should have my son stay in Mapleton and run the farm, but his heart wasn’t in farming. In his patriarchal blessing it said he would receive a goodly education, and I wanted to help to see he had it. President Harris was very kind to us. We had to raise the $30 tuition fee for the first quarter, but after that Ermel was able to work for his tuition. During his sophomore year he worked for his and his sister’s tuition. She was attending the B.Y. High. It was a wonderful opportunity for her. Reed Smoot’s grandson was in her class as well as the children of doctors and lawyers.
In the spring of 1936 when Ermel was ready to graduate from college, he was asked to go on a mission.

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• 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

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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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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
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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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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

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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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Household Record 1880 United States Census
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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
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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
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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
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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)


!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.
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Household Record 1880 United States Census
Name Relation Mar

Edwin married Tillotson, Elizabeth Partridge on 21 Sep 1833 in Mapleton, Utah, Utah. Elizabeth (daughter of Tillotson, Samuel and Partridge, Sarah Chapin) was born on 15 Apr 1814 in Tyringham, Berkshire, Massachusetts; died on 4 Feb 1892 in Springville, Utah, Utah; was buried in Feb 1892 in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

!Whiting Family Assn.

1850 US Federal Census -

Female

Age: 37

Born: 1813

Location Born: Mass, USA

Location where the census was written: Sanpete, UT

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Elizabeth Partridge

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

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

DEATH: Also shown as Died Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.

DEATH: Also shown as Died Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.

DEATH: Also shown as Died Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.

BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.

BURIAL: Also shown as Buried City Cemetery, Springville, Utah, Utah.

BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Springville Cemetery, Springville, Utah, Utah.

!BAPTISM: Also shown as Baptized 27 Jan 1838

!SEALING_PARENTS: Also shown as SealPar 8 Jul 1992, ARIZO.

DEATH: Also shown as Died Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.

Notes:

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

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