Notes:

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States.

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

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

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States.

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

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

Perry married Coleman, Amy Irene on 4 Oct 1916 in Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah. Amy was born on 21 Dec 1897 in Smithfield, Cache, Utah; died on 10 Nov 1976 in Provo, Utah, Utah; was buried on 20 Nov 1976 in Provo, Utah, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

1. LIVING
2. Killpack, Edward Merril was born on 7 Oct 1919 in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho; died on 16 Nov 1988 in Provo, Utah, Utah; was buried on 21 Nov 1988 in Springville, Utah, Utah.
3. LIVING
4. LIVING
5. LIVING
6. LIVING
7. Killpack, David Coleman was born on 29 Dec 1939 in Provo, Utah, Utah; died on 27 Oct 1994 in Great Falls, , Montana.

Notes:

!BIRTH: GS 025129, Manti, Utah, North Ward, p. 36 (15 Jan 1870)
ORDINANCES: SL Temple Record # 2329 Book A pp. 65,66; Book E p.1052
MARRIAGE: SL Temple Sealings for Living, Book A, p.35, entry 617 (7 Nov 1894
Myra Gertrude Perry)
DEATH: GS 027108 Deseret News Obit 18 Jun 1942, p.10 (17 Jun 1942)

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8PG-PJZ
Utah, Marriages, 1887-1966," Edward A. Killpack, 189Groom's Name:
Edward A. Killpack
Groom's Birth Date:
1871
Groom's Birthplace:

Groom's Age:
23
Bride's Name:
Myra Gertude Perry
Bride's Birth Date:
1875
Bride's Birthplace:

Bride's Age:
19
Marriage Date:
07 Nov 1894
Marriage Place:
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Groom's Father's Name:

Groom's Mother's Name:

Bride's Father's Name:

Bride's Mother's Name:

Groom's Race:

Groom's Marital Status:

Groom's Previous Wife's Name:

Bride's Race:

Bride's Marital Status:
Single
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:

Indexing Project (Batch) Number:
M74698-2
System Origin:
Utah-EASy
Source Film Number:
488399
Reference Number:
P 230
Source Citation
"Utah, Marriages, 1887-1966," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8PG-PJZ : accessed 13 July 2012), Edward A. Killpack, 1894.
Groom's Name:
Edward A. Killpack
Groom's Birth Date:
1871
Groom's Birthplace:

Groom's Age:
23
Bride's Name:
Myra Gertude Perry
Bride's Birth Date:
1875
Bride's Birthplace:

Bride's Age:
19
Marriage Date:
07 Nov 1894
Marriage Place:
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Groom's Father's Name:

Groom's Mother's Name:

Bride's Father's Name:

Bride's Mother's Name:

Groom's Race:

Groom's Marital Status:

Groom's Previous Wife's Name:

Bride's Race:

Bride's Marital Status:
Single
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:

Indexing Project (Batch) Number:
M74698-2
System Origin:
Utah-EASy
Source Film Number:
488399
Reference Number:
P 230
Source Citation
"Utah, Marriages, 1887-1966," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8PG-PJZ : accessed 13 July 2012), Edward A. Killpack, 1894.


https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNS2-396 (28 May 2012)
"United States Census, 1880," Edward Killpack in household of William J. Killpack, Manti, Sanpete, Utah
Name: Edward Killpack
Residence: Manti, Sanpete, Utah
Birthdate: 1871
Birthplace: Utah, United States
Relationship to Head: Son
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Birthplace:
Father's Name: William J. Killpack
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Name: Eliza Killpack
Mother's Birthplace: England
Race or Color (Expanded): White
Ethnicity (Standardized): American
Gender: Male
Martial Status: Single
Age (Expanded): 9 years
Occupation: At School
NARA Film Number: T9-1338
Page: 422
Page Character: C
Entry Number: 503
Film number: 1255338
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF William J. Killpack M 48 England
WIFE Eliza Killpack F 44 England
SON Samuel Killpack M 20 Utah, United States
SIS William Killpack F 18 Utah, United States
DAU Mary Killpack F 16 Utah, United States
SON Frederick Killpack M 14 Utah, United States
SON Johnnathon Killpack M 12 Utah, United States
SON Edward Killpack M 9 Utah, United States
SON Frank Killpack M 7 Utah, United States
SON Rudolph Killpack M 5 Utah, United States
DAU Grace Killpack F 3 Utah, United States
SON Jesse Killpack M 1 Utah, United States

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MSD5-Q4B (28 May 2012 ERROR IN GENDER FOR LOVELL child).
"United States Census, 1900,"Household of Edward A Killpack (for son Lovell A Killpack), Island City and Summerville town, Union, Oregon (Son Lovell A Killpack gender shown wrong)
Titles & Terms:
Residence: Island City and Summerville town, Union, Oregon
Birth Date: Oct 1898 (son Lovell A Killpack)
Birthplace: Utah
Father: Edward A Killpack
Father's Titles & Terms:
Father's Birthplace: Utah
Mother: Gertrude Killpack
Mother's Titles & Terms:
Mother's Birthplace: Utah
Race or Color (expanded): White
Head-of-household Name: Edward A Killpack
Gender: Female (WRONG)
Marital Status: Single
Years Married:
Estimated Marriage Year:
Mother How Many Children:
Number Living Children:
Immigration Year:
Enumeration District: 0123
Page: 6
Sheet Letter: B
Family Number: 120
Reference Number: 86
Film Number: 1241352
Image Number: 00582
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self Edward A Killpack M Utah
Wife Gertrude Killpack F Utah
Son Perry L Killpack M Utah
Son Lelana E Killpack M Utah
Daughter Lovell A Killpack (GENDER WRONG)

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MLH2-1C4 (24 May 2012 ERROR IN NAME SPELLING FOR Lovell child).
"United States Census, 1910," Lorell A Killpack in household of Edward A Killpack, Leigh, Fremont, Idaho
Name: Lorell A Killpack
Birthplace: Utah
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Residence: Leigh, Fremont, Idaho
Marital Status: Single
Race : White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Utah
Mother's Birthplace: Utah
Family Number: 43
Page Number: 3
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF Edward A Killpack M 39y Utah
WIFE Mira G Killpack F 34y Utah
SON Perry L Killpack M 14y Utah
SON Leland E Killpack M 13y Utah
SON Lorell A Killpack M 11y Utah
DAU Gladis Killpack F 5y 11m Oregon
SON Willard F Killpack M 4y 6m Oregon

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M48L-Y1W (28 May 2012) (Correct spelling and gender for Lovell child)
"United States Census, 1920," Lovell A Killpack in household of Edward A Killpack, , Union, Oregon
Name: Lovell A Killpack
Residence: , Union, Oregon
Estimated Birth Year: 1899
Age: 21
Birthplace: Utah
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Utah
Mother's Birthplace: Utah
Film Number: 1821505
Digital Folder Number: 4385104
Image Number: 00166
Sheet Number: 7
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF Edward A Killpack M 49y Utah
WIFE Myra G Killpack F 45y Utah
SON Lovell A Killpack M 21y Utah
DAU Gladys Killpack F 15y Oregon
SON Willard Frank Killpack M 14y Oregon

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XCSD-TMR
"United States Census, 1930," Edward A Killpack, La Grande, Union, Oregon
Name: Edward A Killpack
Event: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: La Grande, Union, Oregon
Gender: Male
Age: 60
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Birthplace: Utah
Estimated Birth Year: 1870
Immigration Year:
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Birthplace: England
Enumeration District Number: 0027
Family Number: 43
Sheet Number and Letter: 2B
Line Number: 64
NARA Publication: T626, roll 1956
Film Number: 2341690
Digital Folder Number: 4547518
Image Number: 00766
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Edward A Killpack M 60 Utah
Wife Myra G Killpack F 54 Utah
Son Val L Killpack M 9 Oregon
Mother-in-law Cornelia D Perry F 78 Utah
Source Citation

"United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XCSD-TMR : accessed 1 July 2012), Edward A Killpack, La Grande, Union, Oregon.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VT4C-R7Y
United States Census, 1940," Edward A Killpack, Ward 3, Provo, Provo Election Precinct, Utah, Utah, United States
Name:
Edward A Killpack
Titles & Terms:

Event:
Census
Event Year:
1940
Event Place:
Ward 3, Provo, Provo Election Precinct, Utah, Utah, United States
Gender:
Male
Age:
70
Marital Status:
Married
Race (Original):
White
Race (Standardized):
White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original):
Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Standardized):
Head
Birthplace:
Utah
Estimated Birth Year:
1870
Residence in 1935:
Same House
Enumeration District Number:
25-46
Family Number:
131
Sheet Number and Letter:
8A
Line Number:
6
NARA Publication Number:
T627
NARA Roll Number:
4220
Digital Folder Number:
005459993
Image Number:
00201
 
Household
Gender
Age
Birthplace
Head
Edward A Killpack
M
70
Utah
Wife
Myra G Killpack
F
64
Utah
Son
Val L Killpack
M
19
Oregon
Source Citation
"United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VT4C-R7Y : accessed 13 July 2012), Edward A Killpack, Ward 3, Provo, Provo Election Precinct, Utah, Utah, United States.

BIRTH: GS 025129, Manti, Utah, North Ward, p. 36 (15 Jan 1870);
Deceased LDS Church Membership Record: Batch H000091 Source call 884199-884202 Book.
ORDINANCES: SL Temple Record # 2329 Book A pp. 65,66; Book E p.1052.
MARRIAGE: SL Temple Sealings for Living, Book A, p.35, entry 617 (7 Nov 1894 Myra Gertrude Perry).
DEATH: GS 027108 Deseret News Obituary 18 Jun 1942, p.10 (17 Jun 1942): He taught school in LaGrande, Oregon for several years. Bishopric of Mountain Glen Ward in Oregon. In 1933 came to Provo. He was Chairman of the Genealogical Society of Provo Pioneer Ward.

1930 US Census Oregon, Union County, LaGrande City Precinct 4, Entry 64- 2608 North Ash Avenue. Value of home $4500. Age 60. Age at marriage 24. (Age of spouse Myra G Perry at marriage 18. Present age 54).

Obituary Daily Herald Provo, Utah: Edward Albert Killpack, 72, of Provo, died Wednesday at the home of a son, W. Frank Killpack, 992 West Fifth North Street, of a heart ailment.
He was born Jan. 15, 1870, in Manti, son of William J. and Elizabeth Sauze Killpack. He received his early education in the schools of Manti and then attended Grinnel University in Iowa. He married Myra G. Perry in the Salt Lake Temple in November 1894.
They moved to LaGrande, Ore., where he taught school for several years. In 1907 he moved with his family to Clawson, Ida., where he was employed fy the U.S. government. In 1919 he returned to LaGrande and then in 1933 came to Provo. Active in Church affairs he served in the bishopric of Mountain Glen Ward in Oregon, and as chairman of the Genealogical Society of the Provo Pioneer Ward.
Besides his widow, surviving are five sons and one daughter, Leland E. Killpack of Tucson, Ariz.; Perry L. Killpack, W. Frank Killpack and Lovell A. Killpack of Provo; Val Killpack, a member of the Coast Guard, and Mrs. Elmer Peterson of Ogden; 21 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren; one sister and two brothers, Mrs. Clara Tuttle of Brigham City, Frank H. Killpack of Salt Lake and June Killpack of Ferron.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the Pioneer Ward Chapel under the direction of Bishop William D. Norman. Burial will be in Provo City Burial Park. Friends may call Thursday evening at the Berg Mortuary and at the home of his son prior to the service.

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States.

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

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

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States.

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

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

Edward married Perry, Myra Gertrude on 7 Nov 1894 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Myra (daughter of Perry, Lewis Rosalvo and Whiting, Cornelia Dolly) was born on 7 Sep 1875 in Springville, Utah, Utah; died on 11 Jun 1947 in Provo, Utah, Utah; was buried on 16 Jun 1947 in Provo, Utah, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIRTH: Perry Family History (Ivan Perry Vol. 1 1966 Page 70).
ORDINANCES: SL Temple Record # 2329 Book A pp. 65,66; Book E p. 1052.

1930 US Census Oregon, Union County, LaGrande City Precinct 4, Entry 65- 2608 North Ash Avenue. Age at marriage 18. (Edward Albert Killpack age at marriage 24).

Obituary Daily Herald Provo, Utah: Myra Gertrude Perry Killpack, 71, widow of Edward A. Killpack, died this morning (11 June 1947) at her home, 992 West Fifth North St.
She is survived by five sons and one daughter, Perry L. Killpack, Provo, Leland Killpack, Tucson, Ariz; Lovell A. Killpack, Provo; Bishop W. Frank Killpackl, Provo; Val L. Killpack, Orem, and Mrs. Gladys Peterson, Ogden; 25 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren; four brothers and one sister, Lynn Perry, Rexburg; Frank Perry, LaGrande; George Perry, Salt Lake City, and Ross Perry LaGrande, and Mrs. Erma Hendricksen, McMinnville, Ore.
Funeral services will be announced later by the Berg Mortuary pending word from the sons.

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.

!BIRTH: Perry Family History (Ivan Perry Vol. 1 1966)
ORDINANCES: SL Temple Record # 2329 Book A pp. 65,66; Book E p. 1052

!BAPTISM: Also shown as Baptized Mar 1884

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

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

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.

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

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

Notes:

MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

Other Events:

• Other: 20 Nov 1882, Utah, Utah, United States

Notes:

!Perry Family History Vol.1 1966; Family Record of Myra Gertrude Perry
Killpack; Pioneers & Prominent Men of Utah by Frank Esshom p. 1098.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNSL-43H (4 May 2012)
"United States Census, 1880," Louis R. Perry, Springville, Utah, Utah
Name: Louis R. Perry Residence: Springville, Utah, Utah Birthdate: 1850 Birthplace: Utah, United States Relationship to Head: Self Spouse's Name: Cornelia Perry Spouse's Birthplace: Utah, United States Father's Name: Father's Birthplace: New York, United States Mother's Name: Mother's Birthplace: Race or Color (Expanded): White Ethnicity (Standardized): American Gender: Male Martial Status: Married Age (Expanded): 30 years Occupation: Carpenter-Farmer NARA Film Number: T9-1338 Page: 176 Page Character: A Entry Number: 2230 Film number: 1255338 Household Gender Age Birthplace SELF Louis R. Perry M 30 Utah, United States WIFE Cornelia Perry F 28 Utah, United States SON Willis D. Perry M 7 Utah, United States DAU Myra G. Perry F 4 Utah, United States DAU Erma Perry F 2 Utah, United States

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MSD5-QHJ (4 May 2012)
"United States Census, 1900," Louis R Perry, Island City and Summerville town, Union, Oregon.
Name: Louis R Perry
Titles & Terms:
Residence: Island City and Summerville town, Union, Oregon
Birth Date: Dec 1849
Birthplace: Iowa
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Spouse: Cornelia Perry
Spouse's Titles & Terms:
Spouse's Birthplace: Utah
Father:
Father's Titles & Terms:
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother:
Mother's Titles & Terms:
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Race or Color (expanded): White
Head-of-household Name: Louis R Perry
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 28
Estimated Marriage Year: 1872
Mother How Many Children:
Number Living Children:
Immigration Year:
Enumeration District: 0123
Page: 7
Sheet Letter: A
Family Number: 125
Reference Number: 5
Film Number: 1241352
Image Number: 00583
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self Louis R Perry M Iowa
Wife Cornelia Perry F Utah
Son Willis D Perry M Utah
Daughter Gertrude Perry F Utah
Son Leon Perry M Utah
Son Franklin Perry M Utah
Son George W Perry M Utah
Son Ross L Perry M Utah
Servant Lester Ashcroft M Utah


Perry Family History Vol.1 1966; Family Record of Myra Gertrude Perry Killpack; Pioneers & Prominent Men of Utah by Frank Esshom p. 1098; Record of Naoma Perry Jolley 1988; Record of Christa P Carr Perry; Evergreen Cemetery, Springville, UT; Marion Perry Descendants and Progenitors- 1988 p. 362.
FHL: History and Genealogy of John Chapman Duncan and Teresa Ann Ferrell: Their Ancestors and Descendants (Ivan Perry) 929.273 D912p JSMB US/CAN Book (Book with film). Charles Asahel Perry Family Organization 1980.

LEWIS ROSALVO PERRY
History of Mapleton by Ralph Kay Harmer and Wendell B. Johnson, p.166

“Lewis Rosalvo Perry was the son of Stephen C. Perry and Anna Marie Hulet Perry. He was born at Mt. Pisgah, Iowa on December 31, 1849. At six months, he came with the family to Utah and spent most of his childhood in Springville, Utah. His schooling was limited to three months during winter. The remainder of his time as a boy was spent on the farm, herding sheep and cattle. As he became older, his responsibilities increased to cutting grain with the old-fashioned ‘turkey wing cradle’, or scythe, threshing and winnowing. At 16, he went to Strawberry Valley to work on a government logging project. In 1869, he was requested to assist the perpetual Emigration Company to transport a company of Denmark emigrants from the North Platte River to Salt Lake. That same year he went to Weber Canyon to work on the Union Pacific Railroad. With the mining boom of 1870, Lewis started a mining operation with L. J. Whitney in the Tintic region. The claim, which was named ‘Sunbeam’, yielded a high gross and proved to be a very successful venture.

On December 18, 1871, Lewis married Cornelia Dolly Whiting in the Endowment House. They built a home in Mapleton a few years later and Lewis became a full-time farmer. They built a home in Mapleton a few years later and Lewis became a full-time farmer. Both were active in civic and church functions. Lewis served as Superintendant of the Mapleton Sunday School under Bishop Edwin Lucius Whiting and Dolly served in the Relief Society. In 1897, Lewis was called by William T. Tew to fill a mission to the Southern States. He remained 18 months in the mission and returned home on account of illness in the family. There were seven children born to Lewis and Dolly: Willis Delmar Perry, Myra Gertrude Perry, Leon Lewis Perry, Charles Franklin Perry, George Washington Perry, Erma Perry, and Ross Leo Perry.

In 1899, the Lewis R. Perry family moved to Union, Oregon. They moved to Driggs, Idaho in 1907, then finally to LaGrande, Oregon in 1910. Lewis was active in Church affairs and eventually became a member of the high council. He died at LaGrande, Oregon December 29, 1914. Dolly survived him 19 years and died October 15, 1933 at LaGrande.”

!Perry Family History Vol.1 1966; Family Record of Myra Gertrude Perry
Killpack; Pioneers & Prominent Men of Utah by Frank Esshom p. 1098.

!BAPTISM: Also shown as Baptized 4 Mar 1864

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

DEATH: Also shown as Died La Grande, Union, Oregon, United States, United States.

BURIAL: Also shown as Buried La Grande, Union, Oregon, United States, United States.

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

DEATH: Also shown as Died La Grande, Union, Oregon, United States, United States.

BURIAL: Also shown as Buried La Grande, Union, Oregon, United States, United States.

Lewis married Whiting, Cornelia Dolly on 18 Dec 1871 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Cornelia (daughter of Whiting, Edwin and Meacham, Almira Mehitable) 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. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!Perry Family History Vol 1 1966; Family Record of Myra Gertrude Perry
Killpack.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MSD5-QHJ (4 June 2012)
"United States Census, 1900," Louis R Perry, Island City and Summerville town, Union, Oregon.
Name: Louis R Perry
Titles & Terms:
Residence: Island City and Summerville town, Union, Oregon
Birth Date: Dec 1849
Birthplace: Iowa
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Spouse: Cornelia Perry
Spouse's Titles & Terms:
Spouse's Birthplace: Utah
Father:
Father's Titles & Terms:
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother:
Mother's Titles & Terms:
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Race or Color (expanded): White
Head-of-household Name: Louis R Perry
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 28
Estimated Marriage Year: 1872
Mother How Many Children:
Number Living Children:
Immigration Year:
Enumeration District: 0123
Page: 7
Sheet Letter: A
Family Number: 125
Reference Number: 5
Film Number: 1241352
Image Number: 00583
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Self Louis R Perry M Iowa
Wife Cornelia Perry F Utah
Son Willis D Perry M Utah
Daughter Gertrude Perry F Utah
Son Leon Perry M Utah
Son Franklin Perry M Utah
Son George W Perry M Utah
Son Ross L Perry M Utah
Servant Lester Ashcroft M Utah

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNSL-43H (4 May 2012)
"United States Census, 1880," Louis R. Perry, Springville, Utah, Utah
Name: Louis R. Perry Residence: Springville, Utah, Utah Birthdate: 1850 Birthplace: Utah, United States Relationship to Head: Self Spouse's Name: Cornelia Perry Spouse's Birthplace: Utah, United States Father's Name: Father's Birthplace: New York, United States Mother's Name: Mother's Birthplace: Race or Color (Expanded): White Ethnicity (Standardized): American Gender: Male Martial Status: Married Age (Expanded): 30 years Occupation: Carpenter-Farmer NARA Film Number: T9-1338 Page: 176 Page Character: A Entry Number: 2230 Film number: 1255338 Household Gender Age Birthplace SELF Louis R. Perry M 30 Utah, United States WIFE Cornelia Perry F 28 Utah, United States SON Willis D. Perry M 7 Utah, United States DAU Myra G. Perry F 4 Utah, United States DAU Erma Perry F 2 Utah, United States

Perry Family History Vol 1 1966; Family Record of Myra Gertrude Perry Killpack.

1930 US Census Oregon, Union County, LaGrande City Precinct 4, Entry 67- 2608 North Ash Avenue (With Myra Gertrude Perry and Edward Albert Killpack family.

!Perry Family History Vol 1 1966; Family Record of Myra Gertrude Perry
Killpack.

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States.

DEATH: Also shown as Died La Grande, Union, Oregon, United States, United States.

BURIAL: Also shown as Buried La Grande, Union, Oregon, United States, United States.



BIRTH: Also shown as Born Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States.

DEATH: Also shown as Died La Grande, Union, Oregon, United States, United States.

BURIAL: Also shown as Buried La Grande, Union, Oregon, United States, United States.

Notes:

!SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 18 Dec 1871, EHOUS.MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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
http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=8054&iid=4181033-00233&fn=William&ln=Whiting&st=r&ssrc=&pid=1099849
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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

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

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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.
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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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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.