| Notes |
- !BIRTH: 1831 Census Nelson, Portage County, Ohio GS # 0,337,949; Manti Ward
Rec GS call# 6381 pt.1 p.5; TIB;
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1850; Census Place: , Sanpete, Utah Territory; Roll: M432_919; Page: 113A; Image: 233.
13/13 Edwin Whiting 41 male chairmaker $100 Mass
Elizabeth 37 fem Mass
Mary 23 fem New York
William 16 male farmer Ohio
Amelia 14 fem Ohio
Sarah 11 fem Ohio
Almon 10 male Illinois
Lucius 05 male Illinois
Albert 03 male Iowa twin
Oscar 03 male Iowa twin
Emeline 02 fem Deseret
Harriet 01 fem Deseret
Almira M Wd 27 fem New York
Edward 05 male Illinois
Ellen 03 fem Iowa
Loisa 01 fem Deseret
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1860; Census Place: Manti, Sanpete, Utah Territory; Roll: M653_1314; Page: 653; Image: 115; Family History Library Film: 805314.
136/124 Edwin Whiting 51 male farmer $900/1700 Mass
Elizabeth P 46 fem Mass
Edwin L 14 male ILL
Oscar 12 male ILL
Louisa M 10 fem Utah Territory
Caroline P 06 fem Utah Territory
137/125 Mary A Whiting 32 fem New York
Joseph 06 male Utah Territory
Daniel L 02 male Utah Territory
138/126 Mary E Whiting 33 fem New york
Albert 12 male ILL
Harriet L 10 fem Utah Territory
Charles 07 male Utah Territory
Edgar 05 male Utah Territory
Edwin M 03 male Utah Territory
Arthur 2/12 male Utah Territory
Hannah H 25 fem Ohio
Abby H 02 fem Utah Territory
139/127 Annia Whitiing 34 fem seamstress New York
Edwin L 14 male ILL
Ellen D 12 fem ILL
Emeline 11 fem ILL
Cornelia 09 fem Utah Territory attended school
Franklin 06 male Utah Territory attended school
Edwin H 03 male Utah Territory
140/128 William Whiting 25 male farmer $200/300 Ohio
Rebecca 15 fem ILL
Sarah E 1/12 fem Utah Territory
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1870; Census Place: Springville, Utah, Utah Territory; Roll: M593_1612; Page: 333A; Image: 662; Family History Library Film: 553111.
136 Whiting Edwin 60 male white farmer $2250/1650 Massachusetts
Elizabeth 57 fem white Keeping house Massachusetts
Lucius 24 male white farmer $100/275 Illinois
Oscar 22 male white at home $50 Iowa
Louisa 20 fem white no occupation Utah
Caroline 16 fem white no occupation Utah
140/137 Mary 44 fem white keeping house New York
Albert 22 male white farmer $50 Iowa
Charles 17 male white at home Utah
Edgar 15 male white at home Utah
Edwin 13 male white at home Utah
Arthur 10 male white at home Utah
May 08 fem white at school Utah
John 02 male white at home Utah
141/138 Hannah 36 fem white keeping house Ohio
Abby 12 fem white no occupation Utah
Lorenzo 10 male white at home Utah
142/139 Mary A 42 fem white keeping house N. York
Daniel 12 male white at home Utah
Munroe 07 mae white at school Utah
Nobles Joseph B 16 male white farm labor Ohio
/140
Snow Sarah 30 fem white keeping house Ohio
Clara 08 fem white at school Utah
Whiting Cornelia 19 fem Domestic Utah
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Household Record 1880 United States Census
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Edwin WHITING Self M Male W 70 MA Farmer CT MA
Elizabeth P. WHITING Wife M Female W 66 MA Keeping House MA MA
Oscar WHITING Son S Male W 32 IA Freighter MA MA
Hannah WHITING Wife M Female W 45 OH Keeping House --- ---
Lorenzo WHITING Son S Male W 20 UT Laborer MA OH
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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
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