Gerard Spencer

Notes:

Also called Gerat.

"It seems quite possible that Gerard and his family moved from Stotfold some years before the emigration of his sons to New England; perhaps to London, where his brother Richard had become a prosperous haberdasher." [Donald Lines Jacobus, "The Four Spencer Brothers -- Their Ancestors and Descendants," citation details below.]

According to projections by the Mormon Pioneer Genealogy Library, Alice Whitbread and her husband Gerard Spencer were among the six couples living circa 1600 from whom the largest number of contemporary Americans are directly descended; in 1985 their posterity was estimated at about eighteen million.

Gerard married Alice Whitbread on 10 Nov 1600 in Upper Gravenhurst, Bedfordshire, England. Alice (daughter of John Whitbread and Eleanor) was born about 1578 in Upper Gravenhurst, Bedfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was a deputy from Hartford to the General Court from 11639 until his death.

William married Agnes Harris before 1633. Agnes (daughter of Bartholomew Harris, Mayor of Barnstaple, Devon and Elizabeth Collamore) was born before 6 Apr 1604; was christened on 6 Apr 1604 in Barnstaple, Devon, England; died after 1680 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Sarah Bearding on 11 Sep 1645 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. Sarah (daughter of Nathaniel Bearding and (Unknown first wife of Nathaniel Bearding)) died before 1674. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Donald Lines Jacobus, "The Four Spencer Brothers -- Their Ancestors and Descendants" (citation details below):

Michael(1) Spencer, baptized at Stotfold, Beds, England, 5 May 1611, died at Lynn, Mass., in 1653; married Isabel ______, who died at Salem, Mass., 9 Oct 1674, having married second, Thomas Robbins, a carpenter, of Salem, born about 1618, living 1681. Robbins married second, 11 Mar 1674/5, Mary (Gould), widow of Richard Bishop.

Michael is the only one of the four brothers of whose family we lack a complete account. Administration on his estate was granted, 29 Nov 1653, to Gerard Spencer, who was also then living in Lynn, and Gerard was called his brother when he brought in the inventory. The estate was small and was ordered sold "for the bringing up of Michael's children." On 30 Nov 1654 we read that Thomas Robbins of Salem had some of the estate and, with the consent of Gerard Spencer, was to keep it, as Robbins had a child of the deceased to bring up, Michael, aged six years. This is almost certain evidence that Michael's widow had married Robbins, especially as in 1657 she is mentioned as having a young son.

It is possible that Isabel was not the first wife of Michael Spencer, and that he had more children than have been discovered. His proved son Michael settled in East Greenwich, R.I., where a John Spencer had earlier settled. That, and the fact that John named a son Michael, establishes a presumption that John was an older son of Michael of Lynn. There is, moreover, some direct evidence. The will of Michael(2) of East Greenwich in 1723 named his friend and kinsman Major Thomas Fry and Thomas Spencer overseers. The latter was a son of John(2), and obviously chosen because he was a relative. Major Thomas Fry was a prominent man, later Deputy-Governor. Michael Spencer witnessed a deed, 11 Mar 1688/9, which this Thomas Fry of East Greenwich had from his father, Thomas Fry, Sr. On 14 July 1710, Thomas Fry deeded to his "cousin" John Spencer, for love, 13 1/2 rods for a burial place. This was John(3) Spencer Jr., son of John(2). It thus appears that both Spencer families of East Greenwich, those of John and Michael, were related in some way to Thomas Fry.

The notion that John Spencer of East Greenwich was nephew of John Spencer of Newbury has already been considered and dismissed as false in the first chapter of our account. We conclude that John was son of Michael(1).

Michael married Isabel before 1640. Isabel died on 9 Oct 1674. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Abt Jun 1685
• Alternate death: Bef 29 Jun 1685

Notes:

Jacobus calls him Gerard. He is called Jared in The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VI, R-S. He was a ferryman by trade.

From Donald Lines Jacobus, "The Four Spencer Brothers -- Their Ancestors and Descendants," citation details below:

"[M]arried first, Hannah _____, who died before her husband made his will in 1683 and perhaps much earlier; perhaps married second, after 1677, Rebecca (Porter) Clark, baptized at Felsted, co. Essex, England, 16 Sep 1630, died 9 Jan 1682/3 (recorded at Saybrook), daughter of John and Anne (White) Porter of Windsor, and widow of John Clark of Saybrook.

"Gerard settled in Lynn, Mass., later came to Hartford and thence to Haddam, Conn. There are several good accounts of him and his family in print, but some of them omit the daughter Sarah, proved by an undated deed in Haddam Deeds [1:49] given by "Steuen Backas with my wief Sarah of Norwich" to Daniel Brainerd of Haddam of one acre 'that fell to us by portion of the estat of our fther Garrard Spencer.'

"The second marriage is suggested for Gerard because there was, by elimination, no other adult Spencer in Connecticut of proper age to be the widow Clark's husband (and unencumbered with a wife known to be living) execpt his brother Thomas, who was an older man and resident at a greater distance from Saybrook. Nevertheless, she may have been a third wife of Sergt. Thomas Spencer. All that the records disclose is that she died under the name of Spencer, and the loss of the early New London probate records where her estate was settled may leave it forever a matter of conjecture who her Spencer husband was."

Family/Spouse: Hannah. Hannah died before Sep 1683. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Case. John died on 21 Feb 1704 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1638

Samuel married Sarah before 1668. Sarah died on 24 Apr 1706. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Thomas Huxley. Thomas died on 21 Jul 1721 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A founder of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, he was granted land for his service in King Philip's War.

"He evidently came here directly from Newport, where he had been made a freeman in 1668. His wife was Susannah Griffin."
[The History of East Greenwich, Rhode Island 1677-1960]

Torrey calls him "Dr. John Spencer."

John married Susannah before 1666. Susannah died in 1719. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1638
• Alternate death: Aft 3 Aug 1682

John married Rebecca Hayward about 1665. Rebecca (daughter of Robert Howard and Lydia Kilbourne) was born on 17 Aug 1648 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut; died before 1682. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married John Tuller in 1684. John was born in 1652 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut; died before 28 Jan 1742 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut; was buried in Simsbury Cemetery, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Hepzibah Church on 16 Sep 1696 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. Hepzibah (daughter of Deacon Edward Church and Mary) was born about 1679; died on 13 Sep 1745 in Bolton, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married Matthew Copley in Feb 1701. Matthew (son of Thomas Copley and Ruth Denslow) was born on 14 Apr 1679 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 18 Feb 1763 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut; was buried in Old Center Cemetery, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Theodosia Whaley on 15 Jul 1697 in Kingston, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Susanna Babcock on 7 Nov 1723. Susanna (daughter of John Badcock and Mary Lawton) died after 1740. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Martha Whaley about 1741. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Grace Spencer b. 27 Jul 1674 in East Haddam, Connecticut, daughter of Samuel Spencer and Hannah Willey, is named by several sources as the wife of John Day, Jr., among them Genealogical Notes, First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts, by Nathaniel Goodwin, 1982; and The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy ed. Frederick A. Virkus (1968).

However, in his article "The Four Spencer Brothers -- Their Ancestors and Descendants", The American Genealogist 27, April 1951, Donald Lines Jacobus pointed out that the absence of this Grace Spencer from her father's will strongly suggests that she died young. Jacobus says that the Grace Spencer who married John Day was the one who was baptised 24 Sep 1676 in East Haddam, a daughter of John Spencer and Rebecca Hayward, and that she was a cousin to the other Grace Spencer. It is also this Grace Spencer that is given as John Day's wife in Jacobus and Waterman's Hale, House and Related Families.

Grace married John Day on 21 Jan 1696 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. John (son of John Day and Mary Gaylord) was born about 1676; died on 4 Nov 1752 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1686

Sarah married John Moses on 14 Jun 1705. John (son of John Moses and Deborah Thrall) was born on 26 Apr 1681 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut; died after 10 Jun 1759. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Hannah Copley on 12 Jun 1734 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut. Hannah (daughter of Matthew Copley and Hannah Huxley) was born on 8 Nov 1707 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut; died before 1767. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married William Spencer on 12 Jun 1734 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut. William (son of Samuel Spencer and Hepzibah Church) was born on 9 Aug 1708 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut; was christened on 15 Aug 1708; died in 1782 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joanna married George Reynolds on 14 Sep 1729 in North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island. George (son of Joseph Reynolds and Susanna Babcock) was born on 14 Aug 1708 in North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island; died before 2 Apr 1781 in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The inscription on her grave at North Kent reads:

In memory of
Mrs. Lydia wife
of Deacon Joseph Fuller died Nov
ye 2d 1763 in ye 66
year of her age.

Lydia married Joseph Fuller on 22 Dec 1722 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut. Joseph (son of John Fuller and Mehitable Rowley) was born on 1 Mar 1700 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut; died on 19 Jul 1775 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut; was buried in North Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 26 Aug 1787

Timothy married Sarah Phelps in 1731. Sarah (daughter of Thomas Phelps and Hannah Phelps) was born on 28 Sep 1713 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 12 Sep 1751 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut; was buried in Old Wintonbury Cemetery, Bloomfield, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sybil. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is probably the Sarah Reynolds shown as born 11 Aug, year not known, to George and Hannah Reynolds of North Kingstown, in Vital Records of Rhode Island 1636-1850, first series, volume 5, page 95. Hannah could be a mistake for Joanna. She was definitely a daughter of George and Joanna Reynolds; George called her "Sarah Wells" in his will.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1730, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut

Mindwell married Asa Parish on 23 Nov 1749 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut. Asa (son of William Parish and Jerusha Smith) was born on 27 Jan 1723 in Windham, Windham, Connecticut; died before 19 Feb 1784. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: of North Canaan, Lichtfield, Connecticut

Capt. married Thankful Humphrey in 1751 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut. Thankful (daughter of Sgt. Benajah Humphrey and Thankful Hoskins) was born on 25 Dec 1731 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 14 Aug 1790 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut; was buried in Old Wintonbury Cemetery, Bloomfield, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 1863

Sybell married Roswell Stevens1798. Roswell (son of Nehemiah Stevens and Hepzibah Killam) was born on 17 Feb 1772 in Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut; died on 3 Jul 1847 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa; was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Brant, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susannah married Pardon Crandall about 1783 in Hebron, Washington, New York. Pardon (son of Nathan Crandall and Bathsheba Pierce) was born in 1761 in Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island; died on 24 Mar 1837 in Hebron, Washington, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shown as Joanna Hopkins of Cornwell in a list of legatees of Mindwell Parish.

Nicholas Knapp Genealogy calls the mother of Deborah Hopkins, and wife of Elijah Hopkins, "Luna _____".

Family/Spouse: Elijah Hopkins. Elijah (son of Sylvanus Hopkins and Ruth Berry) was born before 28 Jun 1741 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts; was christened on 28 Jun 1741 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died in Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Benjamin Benedict on 7 Dec 1780. Benjamin (son of Benjamin Benedict and Hannah Bostwick) was born on 28 Dec 1757; died on 13 Oct 1828 in Canaan, Lichtfield, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Marinda Thomas. Marinda was born on 27 Jun 1809 in Mount Pleasant, Brant, Ontario; died on 27 Jun 1848 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa; was buried in Council Point Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 1 Jun 1795, Caldwell, Warren, New York

Notes:

Shoemaker.

From Our Crandall and Beckstead Ancestors:

"The families of David Crandall and his in-laws, the McBrides, remained close and moved from one place to another together. David and his family heard the Gospel in the home of his mother-in-law. [...] The family moved from New York to Kirtland, Ohio, in 1835. Late in 1835, David, Margaret and Daniel Mead Crandall went to Pike County. Most of the family remained in Kirtland. It is in Pike County where their youngest child was born. Daniel returned to Kirtland that year and David and Margaret remained in Missouri. They went through the same persecutions as did the other Saints there. [...] From Missouri, David and Margaret moved to Quincy, Illinois in about 1838, and met up with the rest of the family. They stayed in Quincy for three years. In 1841, the moved to LaHarpe, Illinois, twenty three miles east of Nauvoo, where there was a thriving branch of the church. [...] David and Margaret were endowed on August 24, 1843, in Nauvoo, in the office of the President.

"David Married Mrs. Jerusha Smith sometime between the death of Margaret and when the Saints left the area in 1846. She had children from her first marriage. [...] Two reasons kept David in LaHarpe: his youngest daughter, Margaret Ann, had mental limitations and he knew that she would not be able to handle the arduous trip west; and his second wife, who was not a member of the Church, refused to go. [...] In 1853, his daughter, Margaret Ann, died."

David married Margaret Ann McBride about 1810. Margaret (daughter of Rev. Daniel McBride and Abigail Mead) was born in 1795 in Chester, Washington, New York; died in Aug 1845 in La Harpe, Hancock, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Deborah married Calvin Knapp on 12 Nov 1800. Calvin (son of Moses Knapp and Margaret Kasson) was born on 18 Apr 1770 in Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut; died on 19 Dec 1823 in Cattaraugus, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 29 Aug 1791, Canaan, Lichtfield, Connecticut

Thankful married Daniel Spaulding on 28 Mar 1815. Daniel (son of Daniel Spaulding and Esther Austin) was born on 12 Aug 1788; died on 20 May 1849; was buried in Valley Brook Cemetery, Andover, Allegany, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married Daniel Spaulding on 3 Apr 1811. Daniel (son of Daniel Spaulding and Esther Austin) was born on 12 Aug 1788; died on 20 May 1849; was buried in Valley Brook Cemetery, Andover, Allegany, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1830, Upper Canada
• Alternate birth: Abt 1832, Canada

Family/Spouse: Abigail Elizabeth Holman. Abigail (daughter of Joshua Sawyer Holman and Rebecca Whitcomb Greenleaf) was born on 3 Jul 1836 in Conneautville, Crawford, Pennsylvania; died on 5 Mar 1912 in Fruitland, San Juan, New Mexico; was buried in Kirtland Cemetery, San Juan County, New Mexico. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His wedding to Tryphena Bisbee was performed by Hyrum Smith, brother of Joseph Smith. He and his family were among the eight families that founded what is now Springville, Utah.

Life sketch of Myron Nathan Crandall, author unknown:

Myron Nathan Crandall, the fourth child of David Crandall and Margret McBride, was born in Genessee County, western New York on 17 Aug 1818. In 1823 the family moved to Villanova, NY where they lived for about eleven years. There they heard the gospel, joined the church and moved to Kirtland, Ohio. Myron Nathan was fifteen years old. The family then followed the church migrations from Kirtland to Missourit then to Quincy, IL and later to LaHarpe, IL, not far from Nauvoo.

On Jan 26, 1841 Myron Nathan married Tryphena Bisbee who had joined the church in 1837 and was living in Nauvoo. They were married in her Uncle Noah Packard's home by Hyrum Smith, brother of the Prophet Joseph Smith.

Two children were born to them in Illinois, Julia Ann 26 Nov 1841 and Hyrum Oscar 26 Apr 1844. Persecution was so strong against the church the members were forced to leave Illinois.

In Aug 1844 Myron Nathan's mother died and in 1845 his father married Mrs. Jerusha Smith who was not interested in following the Saints when most of them left Illinois and moved to Iowa. David, his nine year old daughter, Margret Ann, and his new wife, Jerusha, stayed in LaHarpe. Margaret Ann died there at age seventeen.

Myron Nathan, his married brothers and sisters with their spouses and children, and his three unmarried brothers left Illinois about 1847 and settled in Kanesville, Iowa. Myron Nathan built the first dugout in the community. In 1848 his third child, Myron Edgar was born and during this period their first child, Julia Ann suffered a severe hip injury which left her permanetly crippled and they were unable to travel with her for some time.

Early in June 1850 the Crandalls left Kanesville to go to Utah with the Aaron Johnson Company. There were 22 in the Crandall group as follows: Eliza Crandall, her husband John Deal and 4 children; Myron N Crandall, his wife Tryphena Bisbee and 3 children; Spicer Wells, his wife Orinda Spafford; Emiline Crandall, husband Richard Bird and 2 children; Laura Crandall her husband Willis K Johnson; Martin Pardon Crandall age 20 unmarried; Lucien Delancy Crandall age 18 unmarried; Nelson David Crandall age 16 unmarried.

While in Kanesville Myron Nathan owned a six acre farm, had a span of horses, two yoke of oxen, two cows and sufficient provisions to last two years; consequently, they came across the plains with fewer hardships than many of the Saints. Myron's kindness and thoughtfulness for his wife, who was pregnant, was shown by his taking a rocking chair and a small cook stove for her comfort and a hammock for his crippled daughter which swung from the wagon bows and made her journey more bearable.

In the latter part of June tragedy struck the company. Aaron Johnson's wife, Polly Kelsey, Spicer Crandall's wife Irinda Spafford, her mother four of her brothers and sisters and Willis K Johnson, husband of Laura Crandall, all died of Cholera. They were buried near the Platte river in Nebraska.

The Aaron Johnson Company arrived in Salt Lake 12 September 1850. Brigham Young requested the first eight wagons to go to Springville and build a fort there. The teams comprised those of Aaron Johnson, Myron Nathan Crandall, Martin Pardon Crandall, William Miller, John W Deal, Richard Bird, and Amos Warren and his brother.

In November 1850 Myron Nathan and Tryphena's fourth child, Franklin Austin, was born, the first child born in the settlement.

Before the first winter set in a fort was competed and the church organization effected. The Springville fort was built on a rise and covered 1.5 acres of ground. It was located near the northwest corner of Main and Center streets. All the houses faced the enclosure with their doors and window opening into it. For safety measures there were no windows on the outside of the cabins. There were gates on the east and west sides of the fort and bastions at the corners. In times of trouble the cattle were driven inside the enclosure for protection.

Aaron Johnson was the first bishop with William Miller and Myron Nathan Crandall as his counselors. For the first two years church was held in the fort but later Aaron Johnson built a large adobe home with one large room reserved for church, social gatherings and dances.

During the winter of 1851-2 Springville was surveyed and a site chosen for a city square and a school. The rest of the lots which were 12.5 rods square were chosen by drawing a number out of a box. The lot drawn by Myron Nathan is located at what is now the northwest corner of Main street and Second north.

In 1852 the legislature approved a charter for Springville and held an election to appoint a mayor and alderman. Myron Nathan was appointed an alderman and his duties included acting as Justice of the Peace, a position he held until his death.

Myron Nathan had received his endowmnets at Nauvoo but was not sealed until it could be done in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City.

He entered into plural marriage with Susanna Wimmer 9 Dec 1854 and with Mary Hurst 11 Mar 1857. He was a hard worker and a good provider.

While sickling grain Myron Nathan became overheated, contracted pneumonia and died 4 August 1860, age 42. He was survived by his three wives and eleven children, seven by Tryphena, two by Susanna Wimmer and two by Mary Hurst.

Tryphena died in 1863 and she and Myron Nathan are buried in the old Springville cemetery with a suitable marker on their graves. His other wives married his brothers. Susanna Wimmer Crandall married Spicer Wills Crandall and gave birth to seven more children. she died in 1918. Mary Hurst Crandall married Martin Pardon Crandall and had one child. In 1875 she married Amost Maycock and had three more children.

While the life of Myron Nathan Crandall covered only 42 years it was a life filled with hardship, responsibilities and tribulations but also major accomplishments, blessings and rewards. He was a valiant pioneer and a most faithful church leader.

Myron Nathan's father, David, and his mother, Margret McBride, led the family into the church and journeyed together from Villanova to Missouri and Nauvoo. Myron Nathan, his good wife and his brothers and sisters stayed together through the tribulations from Nauvoo to Utah. The Crandall posterity now numbers in the thousands and the benefits of the struggles and hardships their ancestors endured in remaining faithful to the church.

Myron married Tryphena Bisbee on 26 Jan 1841 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois. Tryphena (daughter of James Bisbee and Polly Packard) was born on 4 Apr 1819 in McDonough, Chenango, New York; died on 12 Oct 1863 in Springville, Utah, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: New York

Clarinda married Andrew Lee Allen on 11 Dec 1824 in Cattaraugus, New Hampshire. Andrew (son of Elijah Allen and Mehitable Hall) was born on 24 Nov 1791 in Limerick, York, Maine; died on 14 Aug 1870 in Provo, Utah, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Pennsylvania

Notes:

He came west to Springfield, Illinois in 1866.

James married Mary Smith in Jan 1848. Mary was born about 1826 in Pennsylvania; died in May 1852. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

David Alma Stevens and Sariah Agnes Johnson were second cousins, both being great-grandchildren of Jonathan Holman and Zilpha Sawyer.

David married Sariah Agnes Johnson in 1881. Sariah (daughter of Benjamin Franklin Johnson and Sarah Melissa Holman) was born on 23 Oct 1863 in Panguitch, Garfield, Utah; died on 28 Apr 1945 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah; was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

HYRUM OSCAR CRANDALL
Compiled from The Life Story of Hyrum Oscar Crandall book

Hyrum Oscar Crandall was born April 26, 1844 at LaHarpe, Hancock County, Illinois, the son of Myron Nathan Crandall and Tryphena Bisbee. He was their second child. His parents were a close and faithful family. His father heard the gospel from missionaries in Villanova, New York and was fifteen years old when he joined the church. The Crandall family moved to Kirtland, Ohio, then followed the church migration from Ohio to Missouri, then to Quincy, Illinois and later to LaHarpe, Illinois not far from Nauvoo. Tryphena's family had joined the church in 1837 and were residents of Nauvoo at the time.

Persecution was so strong against the church that the members were driven from Illinois. In 1847 Myron and his family and many of his siblings left Illinois for Kanesville, Iowa. Myron built the first dugout in Kanesville. As a young boy Hyrum lived there with his family in Kanesville on a six acre farm for three years. While living here they acquired a span of horses, two yoke of oxen, two cows and a two year supply of provisions. Consequently, when they left to join the saints in Utah they did not suffer as much deprivation as some other pioneers. While they lived in Kanesville, Hyrum sister Julia Ann suffered an accidental hip injury which left her crippled the rest of her life. This injury kept the family from traveling as soon as they had hoped.

In 1850 that Crandalls left Kanesville with the Aaron Johnson Company. Hyrum was six years old when they left for Utah. The company arrived in the Salt Lake Valley 02 September 1850, in much better condition than most of the trains that had struggled across the plains. They camped at Emigration Square for a few days to let their animals rest, wash their clothes and mingle with the Saints. One morning Brigham Young came into the square and with a wave of his cane, cut out the first eight wagons and told them to prepare to leave at once for their new home about 50 miles south of Salt Lake. The Crandall's were among the eight wagons cut out. Some of the men had scouted the country on horseback and came back with glowing tales of the beauty of the Utah Valley with belly-high grass and a spring of cool mountain water with the lake shimmering nearby.

Captained again by Aaron Johnson, the lead wagon was driven by Martin Pardon Crandall and they traveled three days, arriving at Hobble Creek about 3:00 p.m. on 18 September 1850. The Crandall's were among these and on 18 September 1850 they arrived at what they first called Hobble Creek, because they could hobble the horses and turn them out to graze along the creek. Later they named their camp Springville in honor of the mountain spring which gave them water and afforded power for the gristmill. The next morning the men hung up their grindstone, sharpened their scythes and began to make hay from the wild grasses which grew in abundance. They also sharpened axes and sent groups of men into the canyons for logs to build a fort.

Aaron Johnson's history records, "The following day the men went to the hills for logs from which to build their homes. In the meantime, the women and children picked wild ground cherries, choke cherries and service berries… The first days were full of promise and hope."

The men began to build a fort the second day after they arrived because there were bands of Indians in the area. The village grew rapidly as the wagons arrived. Chief Walker and his parties were troublesome, more from their habit of walking into homes unannounced and uninvited, and their thievery, than threatening life. One day word came that the Indians were on the warpath and all the women and children were gathered into the meeting house to stay while the men joined in repelling the Indians. The day was hot and their supply of water is gone. No one dared go to the creek until Grandmother Guymon took the bucket and ran quickly to the stream, filled the bucket and ran back. It was extremely warm but they had been told to keep the doors and windows closed.

At this juncture 1851, Utah was a young land. American history was still in the making here. An early day log fort arose in "Hobble Creek" almost immediately to afford the first settlers protection from the Indians and from the approaching winter. The area had a bounty of mountains, badlands, canyons, valleys and desert. In short, the area was a geologic showcase. This was the wide open west the Mormons did so much to shape. The experiences of the settlers in Springville were peculiar to the pioneer way of life. Their experiences were accounts of travel in covered wagons, accounts of Indian battles and otherwise the eking out of an existence that at times was barely of subsistence level.

Hyrum received his schooling in Springville schools and grew up in a community that placed great importance on socials, dances and parties. Bishop Johnson, when he built his permanent home, built a large room in which the young people could socialize and dance. They had only to provide the fuel and the candles. When the meeting house was built, socials were held there.

Hyrum married Margaret Elizabeth (Betsy) Guymon who was also a lifelong resident of Springville. They had known each other even across the plains coming to Utah when Betsy was seventeen they married on 06 March 1864. They were later sealed and received their endowments in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City on 14 January 1869.

The Black Hawk War broke out in 1866, lasting two years. Hyrum, 22 was assigned guard duty. Whenever trouble came, the old bell on the church was rung three times, then after a few seconds lapse, three more times. In case of extreme emergency, a drum roll was added to the end of the alarm.

Early in May a courier came dashing into town reporting that some people had been shot near the forks of the canyon. Immediately that bell rang out, "come, come, come – quick, quick, quick," followed by a long drum roll. In half an hour a posse had formed and twenty men left for the crime scene, among them was Hyrum. When the posse arrived, however, no dead were found but the men divided up into pairs and searched all afternoon for signs of Indians. At sundown they met at the Curtis ranch where ten more men joined their ranks. The group held a council of war and decided that the Indians had holed up for the day and would try to escape through a familiar canyon after dark. Ten of young men volunteered to try to head them off. When they arrived at their destination, one of their numbers was missing and they waited fearfully for the confrontation. They descended the trail to return to the ranch for breakfast where they found the missing boy who had become lost during the night. They were relieved that he was alive, as they had feared and dead.

All that summer the men worked in parties of 30 to 40 men when they went for wood, staying close together and keeping armed. A company of minute men was formed and for six months they camped in the tithing yard. Each day a squad was detailed to herd the cattle to feed on the bench and bring them home safely in the evening. During that summer they encountered the Indians several times but the Battle of Diamond Fork in which Hyrum Oscar was involved is worthy of mention.

A band of Indians came down Maple Canyon in June of 1866 and drove off 50 head of cattle and horses. This was the start of the Battle Diamond Fork. The bell rang, the drums rolled and a posse was formed. Only about ten were in the initial group as the other men were working in the fields and it took awhile for them to gather. Another posse from Spanish Fork was scheduled to meet them, hoping to surround the Indians on two sides. The Spanish Fork group met the Indians and engaged them in battle before the Springville group arrived. The skirmish lasted about an hour and a half and two young men were killed. The Indians finally fled, so they picked up their two dead comrades, strapped them to horses and sadly went home. They were met by Bishop Johnson who told them to get a few hours of sleep because one boy hadn't returned. Shortly the bell rang and they were on their way again.

The Diamond Fork Battle was one of the most successful of the Black Hawk War as the Indians lost all of their camp equipment and much of their ammunition and guns. Most of the cattle were found and returned and after 48 hours of continual fighting with little food and water, the Springville men, including Hyrum Oscar, dragged themselves home.

Hyrum and Betsy had been married five years when it was decided that Hyrum would take a second wife, so he chose Betsy's sister, Harriet who was eighteen. They were married 25 October 1869 at the Endowment House in Salt Lake. Betsy worked diligently spinning wool and weaving cloth to make Hyrum a suit to wear for this marriage. Betsy had just had a baby, Franklin Edgar, born 01 September 1869 and could not make the journey, so her mother went with them. Betsy worked all day to prepare a fine supper the night that Hyrum and Harriet got home. When everyone was eating, Betsy slipped out and a friend found her sitting on the chopping block sobbing. Polygamy was probably the hardest principle the pioneers had to live.

In 1879 the two families moved to Huntington, Emery County, Utah in what is known as Castle Valley. The party included Betsy and six children, Harriet and four children. Harriet's fifth child, Adelaide Lucinda was born, en route to Huntington.

The history of Huntington, Utah reveals that Hyrum Oscar arrived with a large group of settlers in late summer 1879. Castle Valley had been settled as early as 1850 but it was not until 25 years later that settlers moved there in any great number. A colony of Mormons had arrived in 1877, building dugouts along the north side of the creek. As they built homes, other settlers moved in and occupied the dugouts. Hyrum arrived with Noah Thomas Guymon, his father-in-law and they helped survey the town of Huntington. As was the custom, lots were numbered and the numbers placed in a hat, then each man drew for lots. Those with plural wives drew a lot for each wife. Noah Thomas and Albert Guymon both drew lots at this time. Hyrum and William Howard were business partners in a saw mill and built identical homes. The old Crandall home burned down later, but the Howard house still stands.

Hyrum was a counselor to the Elias Cox, first Bishop of Huntington, when the ward was organized 07 October 1879 by Canute Peterson, Stake President and shortly afterward the auxiliary organizations were formed, a cemetery designated and an "Old Folks committee" was appointed. Hyrum also filed on 160 acres of homestead land which he improved a great deal. Hyrum and William O. Howard's steam sawmill used the timber that was one of them valuable cash crops in Huntington. Their mill was a shingle and lath mill located in Crandall Canyon found in Huntington Canyon. Another sawmill was located in Rilda Canyon but it later moved to the Forks, also in Huntington Canyon. For the first year there was no drinking water, so the pioneers hauled water from the creek.

While they lived in Huntington, three children were born to Betsy and three sons were born to Harriet. Noah Thomas Guymon, grandfather to all these children, owned the first store, the first grain binder, the first "surrey with the fringe on top." This surrey was used as a hearse in the community for many years.

The year after their arrival in Castle Dale Valley, a big 24th of July celebration was held under a large bowery erected for the occasion. The same bowery was also used as a church until a log cabin, forty by sixty feet, was erected. This log cabin church had a dirt floor, but a wooden floor was added shortly, but the building had a thatch roof and mud filled the chinks between the logs. Doors and windows from Sanpete County were added and when it was finished, of big New Year's Dance was held in it. A new wing was added later, forming a T. A stage at one end of the addition made it possible to hold plays and programs and eventually a coat of plaster and whitewash improved it aesthetically and a new floor over the original improved it functionally. It served the community until it was destroyed by fire in 1918.

The first Thanksgiving celebration was held in this building in 1881. A program of songs, recitations and stump speeches started the day, then a midnight supper and dancing until morning completed the festivities. Dancing was one of the favorite pastimes of the Saints. More men than women were usually in attendance, so the men were given numbers and weren't suppose to dance until their number was called. If they didn't wait, that was called "ringing in," a practice that cause more than one fist fight outside.

Just what prompted Hyrum to pull up stakes and move his two families to Vernal, Utah it is not known for sure. In 1887 Hyrum sold his hundred 160 acres and moved his family to Vernal, Utah where he purchased 80 acres of land and worked as a contractor, building homes. Here Betsy had another daughter and Harriet had her last child. In Vernal, Hyrum purchased a large lot, building one house on one end of the lot and one on the other. Each had two rooms on the ground floor and two rooms upstairs. There was no stairway, but a ladder provided access. The children ran back and forth between the two houses and everyone was congenial with one another.

The family prospered in Vernal but persecution of polygamous families intensified. And it was at about this time that the laws of the land began to focus against those Latter-day Saints who had entered into polygamous marriage relationships. Because of the attacks against the church over this issue the Mormon Church issued its Manifesto suspending the practice of polygamy in the church. This occurred on 06 October 1890. The church had conformed to the laws of the land but the families that had been constituted through plural marriage found themselves in an adverse situation. Hyrum Oscar was already having to evade local and Federal agents bent upon putting him in jail.

Because he was not openly able to be with his two families the way his heart and conscience dictated, Hyrum Oscar Crandall held council with his two families over the untenable situation and both families agreed they should load both families into the wagons and move to Mexico where they can live unmolested.

President Wilford Woodruff, an Apostle and himself a polygamist, became very ill while he was fleeing the Federal officers, so he came to the Crandall Home for refuge. Betsy killed a chicken and made chicken broth to sustain Elder Woodruff and he stayed at their home for several days. He stayed upstairs in the boys' bedroom and when he was better, the children were allowed to go up and visit him. He taught them a little song, "I'll be a Little Mormon."

Because of Federal persecution and after much discussion, Hyrum decided to take his two wives and seventeen children and move to Mexico, hoping to escape constant surveillance of the "Federals." They packed all their necessary furniture to head for the Mormon Colonies in Mexico. Preparations were completed, and on a cold day, 23 January 1891, they said their goodbyes when Franklin, decided to marry before they left. Julia Euzell and Hettie didn't join the family going to Mexico. They also married about this time.

At the last moment Hyrum saw that he needed an extra rope and the only place to buy one was at the hardware store but he was afraid he would run into officers, so he elected to shave off his beautiful beard and mustache. A Deputy Whitaker, who was a "spotter," passed right by Hyrum on the street and didn't recognize him. After Hyrum bought his rope, jumped on his horse and rode away, Whitaker ask the storekeeper if that wasn't Crandall!

Three wagons left Vernal 23 January 1891, one pulled by a four-horse team. In addition to this they had 48 head of loose horses and they trailed a cow. (Some family dispute arises over the existence of a cow). Just how much planning went into this move no one seems to know for sure. In any event Hyrum Oscar Crandall took enough time to sell and dispose of its property. It is recorded that the wagons were well outfitted. The older boys drove the extra stock and the wagons. When evening came they cooked and ate around a campfire. They were entertained by singing and playing the harmonica and recollections of that time were spoken of the beautiful spring flowers, the streams and lovely valleys. The days pass quickly and soon it became warm and sunny and the roads became dusty and dry. The stock kicked up clouds of dust that whirled around everyone.

Finding water was always a problem. In the arid regions when a water hole was located they more often than not found the Indians guarding the water. Hyrum Oscar had to barter a horse to the Indians on one occasion for permission to fill their water kegs and water their stock. On their trip down, many times it passed over large beds of saleratus or alkali, akin to baking soda. They filled all there empty cans with it and used it to leaven their bread. It made the bread very yellow but at least it would rise and they found it very tasty.

The days on the trail passed quickly and soon it became warmer and the road became dusty and dry. One day just before they got to Monticello, a spotter came into camp. All the polygamists' families had been taught to answer all questions from strangers about their family with "I don't know." The spotter asked all the children where their father was and what his name, but all he got was a chorus of "I don't know." He drove out of camp cursing and calling them dumb little brats but the children felt pretty smart. He was not deceived, however because shortly Marshall Whitaker showed up. His jurisdiction was in Utah but he bragged that he was going to arrest Hyrum the next day. Hyrum's friends took the Marshall's group to the saloon and treated them to as much drink as they wanted, while Hyrum and Brother Wrigley herded their horses into New Mexico out of immediate danger.

In some places quicksand made it necessary for the men to drive the horses back and forth until they could find a safe place to cross. Many places were so steep that they had to tie the wheels together with chains in order to let the wagons down slowly enough.

They were glad to cross over into New Mexico Territory to get away from the jurisdiction of the Marshalls and spotters. However, in New Mexico they traveled on Zuni Territory and those Indians were on the warpath. The boys took turns sitting watch night and day.

After five months of travel the families arrived in Deming, Luna County, New Mexico on 05 June 1891, after traveling by wagon for five months. The nearest railroad point to the Mormon Colonies. Margaret was sent to deliver when they arrived here. Hyrum rented a small house for her and the younger children and helped put up tents for the older ones. After getting everyone settled in, Hyrum left with Harriet, her children and all the older boys to look over the colonies in Mexico and see if it was where they wanted to settle. They hadn't been gone long when Margaret went into labor and they came back to help Margaret. She gave birth to their twelfth child.

A few days later the party set out again, leaving Margaret with the small children and a new infant. When Hyrum and the rest of family arrived at the Mexican border, they were told that they would have to pay $5.00 a head to the Mexican Government for all their livestock. The austere conditions of the area had already turned their heads, so the return to Deming convinced that Mexico should not be their destination. Inasmuch as they were not impressed with the country, they returned to Deming. They took a contract to dig a canal to bring water to that thirsty land and they worked all summer only to find that a Mr. Taylor, the bookkeeper had absconded with all the money, leaving Hyrum and his families completely without funds. It was a hard time for all of the family and they decided that Margaret was to return by train to Utah with all of her younger family to a place Hyrum had purchased this was 1892 purchased sight unseen several years before in this small community of Indianola, 50 miles south of Springville. Mr. Black, from whom he had purchased it for span of mules, had represented it as a sound house and everyone was looking forward to living there.

Harriet and her family proceeded on to the Gila Valley in the territory of Arizona. Harriet reportedly had already made friends with some people from Gila Valley who spoke favorable terms about the area. It was decided that Hyrum should accompany Harriet and get them settled and then return to Utah himself and live with his first family. And this is the order of events that finally developed.

Hyrum, Harriet and her family preceded by wagon to Safford, Arizona with what remained of the stock taken to New Mexico. They arrived in Safford (the Layton area) in December 1892. Harriet and her children settled in a temporary house which is now part of the Lawrence Fuller ranch. Their immediate concern of course was a livelihood. Hyrum remained with Harriet less than a year reportedly. A Tax Collector's s Office receipt reflects that on 12 April 12, 1893, one H. O. Crandall paid $24.70 to Graham County, Arizona Territory at Solomonville, Arizona the county seat. It is said that when Hyrum returned to Utah to join his first wife he took one wagon and one span of horses with them. The laws of the land, so to speak, had separated her and her children from Hyrum Oscar Crandall never seeing her husband again. They were left in a two room shack with tents for the older boys. Two wagons and teams gave 17 year old Marcellus the oldest and Mel, teenage sons, means to earn a living hauling and freighting and Harriet served as a midwife.

Hyrum met Margaret and her family in Indianola in 1893. They were thrilled to see their husband and father after nearly a year without him. In 1894, Margaret and Harriet's brother, Ed Guymon wrote about a wonderful place in Wyoming so Hyrum left his family again to file on a homestead there. This was 1894 in the big horn basin of Wyoming in the fall. In 1895 soon he wrote for Margaret and the children, to come and be with him in Wyoming. The family was destitute when they receive the letter but they packed their belongings into two wagons and started out. It was a sad meeting when they met Hyrum headed for Utah. They spent that winter in Otto, Wyoming.

The next summer Hyrum and the boys worked on the Joe Brown's Ranch between Otto and Mormon Bend. Hyrum and the boys contracted to build Cody canal nearby, 1895 – 1896 laid out the city of Burlington Wyoming. So while the rest the family set up housekeeping in Otto, they worked on the canal until the spring of 1897. It was also at that time that Hyrum and Richard Prater laid out the city of Burlington, Wyoming and the family moved there. In the spring of 1897, Hyrum got a contract to build the road through Yellowstone Park. The family lived in tents, cooked over campfires and carried their water up a steep hill to their camp.

The fall of 1897 the families moved out of the park and homesteaded some land in the Teton Valley just south of Driggs, Idaho. Hyrum Oscar and his boys built a two room log house with a dirt roof. A spring of pure water provided plenty of water. The valley was beautiful, nestled just under the Teton peaks. Choke cherries and other berries grew in profusion in the summer. Heavy winter snows cover the trees and meadows but the valley was ready to bloom come spring. Hyrum with the help of his boys farmed the land. He bought cows and chickens to stock the place. Margaret sold butter and eggs to the store. For the first time the family was really settled.

Once again Hyrum contacted from the Utah Construction Company and moved the family to Evanston, Wyoming in 1899 through 1900. That year Hyrum cleared $3,000.00 making roadway for the railroad. The following year he wanted to try "just one more time," and contrary to Betsy's wishes, they stayed in Evanston to build more roadway. The formation of the dirt changed, however and the hills which had to be blasted before the bed could be laid, and weathered and "air slaked," and when the inspecting engineer came, he would not pay them, saying that the bed was dirt instead of rock. They lost all their money.

The family returned to Teton Basin to start over. During those years Hyrum was first counselor in the bishopric under Don Carlos Driggs. The Teton stake was organized later. Bertha recalled it vivdly:

"Joseph F. Smith was the visiting authority. At that time he was an Apostle and I remember sitting by father listing to the conference. The way they had it arranged, we all sat on planks laid over cut-off logs. I remember it being an exciting conference. Thomas E. Rex of the Rexburg stake was there and I remember him reading off the names: Don Driggs, president of the Stake; George Young as first counselor and a fellow by the name of Wingren as Second Counselor. Then they began to read off the names of the high councilmen. As I sat by father, I could see the perspiration running down his neck and it wasn't too warm, at least I didn't think so and I wondered what the matter was. But he knew he was going to be made Bishop and so he was. He was Bishop for three years, until the day he died. He was a wonderful man. A thoroughly honest and good man. A man whose word was as good as gold anytime."

Hyrum had always had bad headaches during his life. He loved to have his hair brushed when his head ached. That spring he got a very severe headache so Margaret got the hairbrush and began brushing his hair. While she was thus engaged, he grew still and died in Margaret's arms. The doctor said it was a heart attack. The date was 30 April 1904. He was just 60 years old. Hyrum was buried in Driggs Cemetery which he and his counselor had laid out just a week before. He was the first grave in it.

Harriet, who never again saw her husband after he left the Gila Valley in 1893, lived in Safford near her children and died there 18 May 1942.

Hyrum married Margaret Elizabeth Guymon on 6 Mar 1864 in Springville, Utah, Utah. Margaret (daughter of Noah Thomas Guymon and Margaret Johnson) was born on 29 Sep 1846 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa; died on 15 Jan 1929 in Driggs, Teton, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hyrum married Harriet Guymon on 25 Oct 1869 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Harriet (daughter of Noah Thomas Guymon and Margaret Johnson) was born on 11 Nov 1851 in Springville, Utah, Utah; died on 18 May 1942 in Safford, Graham, Arizona; was buried in Safford Cemetery, Graham, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elijah married Eliza Anne Bickmore on 2 May 1852 in Coonsville, Pottawattamie, Iowa. Eliza (daughter of William Bickmore and Christina Bagley) was born on 29 Jan 1830 in Madison, Madison, Illinois; died on 26 Mar 1901 in Cove, Cache, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She never married.

Saphronia married Jacob Rose in Dec 1851. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Saphronia married Abraham Foster on 23 Feb 1863 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California. Abraham (son of Abraham Foster and Amelia White) was born on 4 Apr 1830 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania; died on 12 Mar 1883 in Franklin, Oneida, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From the Dictionary of Mormon Biography:

"Allen, Charles Hopkins, 1830-1922 [...] Born at Burton, Cattaraugus County, New York, 1830. Father converted to Mormonism and family moved to Kirtland, Ohio, c. 1835-36. Left for Missouri but for want of means stayed in Illinois. Living in vicinity of Springfield when visited by Joseph Smith and party, c. 1843. Lived near Carthage in June, 1844. Baptized, 1844. Family moved to Nauvoo after martyrdom. Visited Carthage Jail on the way. Stopped at Camp Creek for a while. Moved to Iowa, 1846. Spent some time at Winter Quarters. Farmed at Keg Creek near Kanesville, 1847-52. Brother served in Mormon Battalion. Operated ferry across Missouri River, 1849. Operated mill another season. Traveled to Utah, 1852. Mountaineer at Ft. Bridger offered them $1,000 for first bushel of grain matured in Salt Lake Valley.

"Settled at Provo City. Operated David W. Roger's sawmill. Built fort at Blacksmith Fork. Released from that mission and returned to Provo, 1853. Ordained teacher, 1853. Journeyed to San Bernardino, 1855. Trouble with meddlesome Indians en route. Freight trip to Salt Lake City, c. 1857. Returned to California. Trip to Carson Valley via San Francisco. Spent winter there. Discovery of Comstock Lode. Returned to San Bernardino. Visit to Utah, 1862. Traveled to Florence to bring company of immigrants west, 1863. Returned to California to sell property, 1863-64.

"Settled in Cache Valley, Utah. Married Elizabeth Adelaide Hoopes, 1864. Lived in Richmond several years, then moved to ranch. Ordained elder, went to temple. Presided five years over Coveville Branch. Advised to move to warmer climate. Settled at Mesa, Arizona, 1882. President and director of Mesa Canal Company. Ordained high priest, 1882. Member of Maricopa Stake High Council. Apparently also counselor to stake president. Served in Lamanite mission fifteen years. President of high priests' quorum, 1885--. Trips to Logan Temple. Death of wife, 1889. Married Annie Eliza Jones, 1890. Allen family reunion, 1898. Second anointing, 1900."

Charles married Elizabeth Adelaide Hoopes on 15 Jun 1864 in Richmond, Cache, Utah. Elizabeth (daughter of Warner Hoopes and Priscilla Gifford) was born on 9 Sep 1847 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa; died on 19 Nov 1889 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona; was buried in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Annie Eliza Jones on 30 Oct 1890 in Logan, Cache, Utah. Annie (daughter of James Allen Jones and Minerva Ann Lawson) was born on 10 Nov 1869 in New Hope, Hawkins, Tennessee; died on 24 May 1945 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona; was buried in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Andrew married Minerva Whittle on 4 Mar 1872 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Minerva (daughter of Thomas Levi Whittle and Mary Jane Butterfield) was born on 15 May 1854 in Ft. Herriman, Salt Lake, Utah; died on 18 Sep 1929 in Cove, Cache, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Andrew married Ann Spackman on 8 May 1884 in Logan, Cache, Utah. Ann (daughter of Edwin Spackman and Rosanna Black) was born on 8 Nov 1869; died on 2 Jun 1900 in Ogden, Weber, Utah; was buried in Richmond City Cemetery, Richmond, Cache, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Mary Elizabeth Matthews on 24 Dec 1860 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California. Mary (daughter of Benjamin F. Matthews and Temperance Weeks) was born on 6 Jul 1842 in Maryvale, Mississippi; died on 13 Nov 1912 in Richmond, Cache, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sidney married Lucretia Winn before 1862. Lucretia died about 1862. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sidney married Margaret Ann Cooper on 31 Jul 1864. Margaret (daughter of Vinson Agrippa Cooper and Martha Kitrell) was born on 27 Sep 1841 in Mississippi; died on 18 Aug 1926 in Thayne, Lincoln, Wyoming. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susan married John Cornog Goaslind on 4 Jul 1858 in Provo, Utah, Utah. John (son of John Goaslind and Hannah Cornog) was born on 26 Jan 1818 in Augusta, Bracken, Kentucky; died on 6 Jun 1878 in Coveville, Cache, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Levi married Livinia Meriam Henson on 11 Dec 1888 in Franklin, Oneida, Idaho. Livinia (daughter of Alfred Henson and Mary Ann Sewell) was born on 23 Jul 1871 in Franklin, Oneida, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Andover, Allegany, New York
• Alternate birth: 1848, New York
• Alternate birth: 14 Aug 1849, New Hudson, Allegany, New York

Lewis married Mary Frances Johnson on 19 Feb 1868 in Sangamon County, Illinois. Mary (daughter of Willis H. Johnson and Lucinda True) was born on 10 Feb 1847 in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois; died on 13 Dec 1929 in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois; was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Harriet Viola Jackson on 25 Aug 1912 in El Paso, El Paso, Texas. Harriet (daughter of Joseph Jackson and Mary Ann Stowell) was born on 8 Aug 1892 in Colonia Juárez, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico; died on 29 Jun 1987 in El Paso, El Paso, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Known as "Cellus." Worked as a teamster; owned his own horse and wagon.

Myron married Clara Mabel Packer on 22 Dec 1896 in Safford, Graham, Arizona. Clara (daughter of Alonzo Hamilton Packer and Lydia Ann Parker) was born on 26 Jun 1878 in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah; died on 30 Dec 1929 in Gilbert, Maricopa, Arizona; was buried on 1 Jan 1930 in Mesa City Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Myron married Lottie Ethel Noble on 9 Dec 1930 in Lordsburg, Hidalgo, New Mexico. Lottie was born on 15 Aug 1889 in Lake Point, Tooele, Utah; died on 25 Dec 1971 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 8 Feb 1944, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona

Family/Spouse: Josia Homesley. Josia was born in 1868 in Tempe, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Warner married Frances "Fannie" Busby Peterson on 24 Oct 1893 in Prescott, Yavapai, Arizona. Frances (daughter of Charles Sreeve Peterson and Margaret Busby Crispin) was born on 4 Apr 1871 in Peterson, Morgan, Utah; died on 20 May 1929 in Prescott, Yavapai, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Warner married Laura Belle Ballou on 7 Sep 1931 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Laura (daughter of David Smith Ballou and Mary Elizabeth Senter) was born on 8 Dec 1877 in Morse, Johnson, Kansas; died on 8 Dec 1963 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"John Seymour spent his first eleven years in Cove before his family moved to Mesa, Arizona. He has been extremely active in missionary work and colonization. He has made his livelihood by farming and canal building. His first mission was in the Southern States; the second in the Eastern States; and the third in the Southwest Indian Mission among the Pimas. He and his wife have financed twenty-one years of missionary work and have contributed funds for temple work. No request from the church was refused whether great or small. He has been a faithful ward teacher for fifty years without missing one month. While supporting one missionary he prospered greatly and was so encouraged that he supported two more after the first had returned. His financial status reversed and he became almost bankrupt, barely able to keep the missionaries out. Later he was asked why he had not become discouraged in the Gospel because of this situation and he replied, 'Whether I get rich or go broke while I keep a missionary out doesn't change the fact that the Gospel is true.'

"His wife, Barbara Phelps, came to Mesa from Montpelier, Idaho when she was a year old. They suffered the rigors of pioneer life including a smallpox epidemic. She recalls having her shoes blacked with soot and grease before she could go to Sunday School and Primary. She was energetic and capable with a nice singing voice. Their marriage has been humble and devout. Ten of their twelve children grew to maturity and are active in the Church. She milked cows to support herself and family and to supply her husband while he was on two missions. She joined her husband on his third mission and they did a splendid job among the Indians at Santon, Arizona. She has worked in all the auxilaries and at present, at the age of seventy-five, she is still teaching Primary." [Ancestors and Descendants of Andrew Lee and Clarinda Knapp Allen]

"Allen was proud of his large family of 12 children, which included [his] seven sons. While living in Gilbert, in 1934, he organized and coached the Allen family basketball team and challenged any family in the church to a game." [Images of America: Latter-Day Saints in Mesa by D. L. Turner and Catherine H. Ellis. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2009.]

John married Barbara Ann Phelps on 2 Oct 1895 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. Barbara (daughter of Hyrum Smith Phelps and Mary Elizabeth Bingham) was born on 26 Aug 1877 in Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho; died on 31 Jan 1957 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona; was buried in Mesa City Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 27 Mar 1874, Cove, Cache, Utah

Adelaide married Horace Cornelius Fuller on 25 Jan 1894 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. Horace was born on 2 Jan 1870 in Harrisburg, Washington, Utah; was buried on 9 Dec 1904 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Adelaide married Charles Peterson on 28 Sep 1909 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. Charles (son of Charles Sreeve Peterson and Ann Patten) was born on 28 Jan 1854 in Alpine, Utah, Utah; died on 23 Dec 1938 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Clarinda married Feris Wilcox on 2 Oct 1912 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Feris was born on 14 Jul 1870 in Farmington, Davis, Utah; died on 24 Dec 1934 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elijah married Emma Pearl Nielson on 9 Oct 1901 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Emma (daughter of Frihoff Godfred Nielson and Emma Waitstill Mecham) was born on 1 Apr 1880 in Sunset, Apache, Arizona; died on 15 Aug 1931 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elijah married Lydia Shepherd on 1 Jun 1932 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. Lydia was born on 18 Nov 1897 in Park Valley, Box Elder, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 26 Dec 1879, Cove, Cache, Utah

Priscilla married Heber Hanson on 27 Oct 1910 in Logan, Cache, Utah. Heber (son of Ole Hanson and Julia Tea Johansen) was born on 19 Oct 1868 in Franklin, Franklin, Idaho; died on 10 Feb 1956; was buried in Freedom Cemetery, Freedom, Caribou, Idaho. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Deborah married Joseph Frederick Nielson on 7 Oct 1909 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Joseph (son of Frihoff Godfred Nielson and Emma Waitstill Mecham) was born on 3 Feb 1883 in Sunset, Apache, Arizona; died on 4 Jun 1952 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married a Phelps, as did her brother John Seymour.

Rebecca married Orson Ashael Phelps on 13 Sep 1905 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Orson (son of Hyrum Smith Phelps and Mary Elizabeth Bingham) was born on 24 Jun 1882 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona; died on 24 Jul 1953 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona; was buried in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Julia married Thomas Russell Watkins on 13 Sep 1905 in Salt Lake County, Utah. Thomas was born on 10 Feb 1882 in Yazoo, Yazoo, Mississippi; died on 12 Jan 1965 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona; was buried in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Nora Belle Horne on 27 Sep 1911 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. Nora was born on 15 Nov 1893 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona; died on 30 Mar 1981 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona; was buried in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 20 Dec 1891, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona

Family/Spouse: Lois Francis Allen. Lois was born on 21 Feb 1893 in Superior, Douglas, Wisconsin; died on 13 Mar 1960 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sidney married Mary Esther Skousen on 17 Sep 1921 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. Mary (daughter of Jens Nielsen (James Niels) Skousen and Anna Marie Kirstine Jorgensen Hansen) was born on 10 May 1887 in Springerville, Apache, Arizona; died on 18 Jan 1958 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Annie married Perry Ray Sanders on 10 Mar 1913 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. Perry was born on 13 Jan 1889 in Tonto Basin, Gila, Arizona; died on 18 May 1974 in City of Commerce, Los Angeles, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Winnie married James Ira Anderson on 4 Oct 1916 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. James was born on 14 Apr 1887 in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah; died on 18 Feb 1981 in Colton, San Bernardino, California; was buried in Montecito Memorial Park, Colton, San Bernardino, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 2 Sep 1896, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona

Hazel married Howard Johney Lentell Lipe on 14 Nov 1915 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. Howard was born on 16 May 1886 in Clarendon, Donley, Texas; died on 13 Jan 1944 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; was buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery, Los Angeles, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hazel married Oscar Joseph Lindsey on 16 Sep 1949 in Yuma, Yuma, Arizona. Oscar was born on 10 Sep 1897 in Monticello, Jefferson, Florida; died on 20 Jun 1988 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma; was buried in Sunny Lane Cemetery, Del City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Preston married Cora J. Ellsworth on 17 Sep 1921 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, and was divorced before 1930. Cora was born on 1 Jan 1904 in Pinetop, Navajo, Arizona; died on 9 Aug 1990 in Josephine County, Oregon; was buried in Hawthorne Memorial Gardens, Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Preston married Laura Ida Holdorph in 1954. Laura was born on 31 Jul 1921 in Good Hart, Emmet, Michigan; died on 16 Oct 2002 in Michigan; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Harbor Springs, Emmet, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 30 Oct 1901, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona

Benjamin married Josephine Robinson on 5 Jun 1925 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Josephine was born on 22 Dec 1902 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah; died on 2 Dec 1979 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah; was buried in Holladay Memorial Park, Holladay, Salt Lake, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Francesca Wight on 25 Mar 1980. Francesca was born on 16 Dec 1910 in Box Elder County, Utah; died on 2 Jul 2004 in Ogden, Weber, Utah; was buried in Valley View Cemetery, Bothwell, Box Elder, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Evelynne T. Tharp on 6 Nov 1937 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona. Evelynne (daughter of John Wesley Tharp and Ora Jane Donnell) was born on 20 Sep 1916 in Throckmorton, Throckmorton, Texas; died on 11 Apr 1967 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona; was buried in Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 18 Sep 1907, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona

Eliza married James Howard McClendon on 25 Nov 1924 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. James was born on 8 Oct 1904 in Rexburg, Madison, Idaho; died on 25 Sep 1966 in Cottonwood, Yavapai, Arizona; was buried in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: George Earl Lee. George (son of Thomas Sullivan Lee and Mary Jane Eaton) was born on 13 Oct 1876 in Edinburg, Christian, Illinois; died on 2 May 1954 in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: (Private). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Paul married Barbara Allen on 6 Jun 1924 in Gilbert, Maricopa, Arizona. Barbara (daughter of John Seymour Allen and Barbara Ann Phelps) was born on 5 Oct 1903 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona; died on 12 Feb 2003 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona; was buried in Mesa City Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1923

Notes:

Known as Ashael "Ace" Allen, he was a Los Angeles motorcycle policeman in the 1930s through 1950s. He also worked for various movie studios.

Charles married Ida Lillywhite on 4 Feb 1919 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Ida was born on 13 Oct 1896 in Woodruff, Navajo, Arizona; died on 5 May 1984 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Blanche married Joseph Collins Leavitt on 3 Jun 1923 in Maricopa County, Arizona. Joseph was born on 20 Jun 1892 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona; died on 27 Aug 1973 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A president of the 89th Quorum of Seventy from 1933-35; a president of the 90th Quorum from 1943-45; and senior president of the 349th Quorum 1945-52.

On October 23, 1955, he was made President of the Mesa Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, in which office he served until his death.

Hyrum married Rita Mae Kempton on 1 Jun 1929 in Florence, Pinal, Arizona. Rita (daughter of Ira Nathaniel Kempton and Maud Packer) was born on 8 Sep 1902 in Safford, Graham, Arizona; died on 9 Mar 1993 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona; was buried in Mesa City Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Notwithstanding the error on the birth certificate of her son Wilford Myron Crandall, she was not "Barbara Brown Allen", but simply "Barbara Allen."

Barbara Allen Crandall, in her own words, written 1995:

I was born in the two-room house on the 20 acre farm at the southwest corner of Stapley and Broadway in Mesa, the fourth child of Barbara and John Seymour. I was three when we moved to the Lamb Ranch.

My first five years of school were in Mesa, then in 1915 we moved to the ranch south of Gilbert and I started school there. Dad had a large dairy, 40 to 60 cows, so when I was in the eighth grade, I was milking ten cows every night and morning and riding my little mare to school with neither saddle nor bridle.

My eighth and ninth grade years I went to Chandler. I started at Tempe Normal in 1921 and in 1923 graduated and began teaching in Ocotillo. I married Paul Crandall in 1924. Paul rented an 80-acre farm from George Lewis for two years, but the farm depression was severe and he went broke both years. Paul held down various jobs during the depression--drove an ice truck, Mesa city street sprinkler, fuel and feed sales, bought a service station, delivered Union Oil, supervised county highways and then went back to farming, his true love, with his brother Lee.

I held church positions from 12 years of age when I was secretary of the Primary. I taught various classes then was called to the Primary Stake Board before I was married, where I served for 20 years, ending as Stake President. I had one daughter and five sons during those years.

In 1943 I went back to teaching to help out for a year or so during World War II. I retired 27 years later. During this time I was MIA president six years, Junior Gleaner teacher six years, and Genealogy director for five years. I then directed travel tours for nine years. Paul served in the bishopric of Mesa First Ward for 13 years. In 1952 our fourth son, Charles, died of Hodgkins' Disease, and in 1971 Don was killed in an auto accident in California.

We had served as ordained Temple workers for five years then we were called to the Tulsa, Oklahoma Mission in December 1979. Paul developed high blood pressure, so we were released after one year. He developed prostate cancer five years later and died August 26, 1987.

We have 19 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren. I am 92 years old, and have been a Relief Society visiting teacher since I retired from school teaching. My four living children come to my home for lunch every Tuesday, a great delight to all of us.

Obituary, The Arizona Republic, 16 Feb 2003:

Barbara Allen Crandall, 99 year old Mesa native, died on Wednesday, February 12, 2003, at her Mesa home.

Born October 5, 1903, she was preceded in death by her husband, Paul L. Crandall, two sons, Don Ashael and Charles Lee.

Barbara rode a horse bareback to Mesa and Gilbert elementary schools and graduated from high school and got her teaching certificate in 1923 from Tempe Normal School, now ASU in Tempe. While there she was on the varsity softball and volleyball teams.

Her first teaching job was in Ocotillo, and on June 6, 1924, she married Paul L. Crandall. They made their home and reared six children in Mesa. In 1937 she was contacted by Joe Jarvis, newly named Mesa recreation director, who asked her to organize a recreation program to keep the kids busy during the summer. This was the beginning of the Mesa Parks and Recreation program. She recruited a small group of volunteers workers and they taught games, dancing and songs, played sports and went swimming on Wednesdays. Each season wound up with staging of a production involving all of the children in costume. In all, Barbara directed the program for seven years.

Barbara worked for a while in Maricopa County politics, was an attache in the State Legislature, a precinct committeeman and was vice chairman of the Maricopa County Democratic organization for a year.

With World War II manpower shortages, Barbara went back to school, teaching fifth grade in Lehi. Besides classroom subjects, she went onto the playground and taught the boys football, baseball and basketball. The girls were instructed in volleyball, dodgeball, Jump rope and softball. Her teaching philosophy was that every child participated and had a costume in any activity. She wound up her 27 year teaching career at Lowell school in Mesa.

Barbara held many ward and stake leadership and teaching positions in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was active in the Primary for 20 years and later in the Mutual Improvement Association (MIA), the youth organization of the Church. She was presented a Golden Gleaner recognition award for service. In 1979-80 she filled a mission with her husband for the Church in the Tulsa Oklahoma Mission. They were also ordinance workers for several years in the Arizona Temple in Mesa. She was a charter member of Phi Chapter, Delta Kappa Gamma, teachers' sorority.

In 1978 she was named Mesa Merit Mother and was runner-up for Arizona Mother of the Year. She was a charter member and first secretary of the Mesa Historical Society. After her retirement from teaching, Barbara organized the Arizona Ramblers Travel Club and conducted bus tours, primarily for senior citizens, throughout the United States and Canada.

She is survived by her daughter, Barbara Nielsen, three sons, Paul L. Jr., Wilford M. (Wil). and Dr. John A., all of Mesa, one sister, Mary Hardison, Vallejo, Ca, one brother, Russell H. Allen of Mesa. She has 19 grandchildren and 35 great-grandchildren.

Viewing will be held at Meldrum Mortuary, 52 N. Macdonald, on Monday, 6-8:00 P.M., (also one hour prior to services at the Church). Funeral services will be held Tuesday February 18, at 10:00 A.M. at Centennial Ward, 422 E. University.

Interment will be at Mesa Cemetery 1212 N Center.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Mesa Historical Society.

Barbara married Paul Leslie Crandall on 6 Jun 1924 in Gilbert, Maricopa, Arizona. Paul (son of Myron Marcellus Crandall and Clara Mabel Packer) was born on 28 Nov 1901 in Safford, Graham, Arizona; died on 26 Aug 1987 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona; was buried in Mesa City Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Delia Ann Freestone on 25 Nov 1929 in Santa Ana, Orange, California. Delia (daughter of George Leonard Freestone and Charlotte Beryl "Lottie" Packer) was born on 10 Dec 1906 in Safford, Graham, Arizona; died on 25 Nov 1998 in Gilbert, Maricopa, Arizona; was buried in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gove married Mary Magdalene Pace on 19 May 1933 in Maricopa County, Arizona. Mary was born on 9 Sep 1913 in Woodriff, Navajo, Arizona; died on 28 Feb 2010 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Waldo Collins Hardison on 10 Feb 1936 in Pinal County, Arizona. Waldo was born on 31 Dec 1898 in Santa Paula, Ventura, California; died on 28 Mar 1979 in Vallejo, Solano, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Russell married Eva Webb on 4 Jun 1938 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Eva was born on 6 Sep 1915 in Tucson, Pima, Arizona; died on 2 Jun 2004 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 5 Jun 1916, Gilbert, Maricopa, Arizona

Ben married Lois Palmer on 29 Jul 1940 in Maricopa County, Arizona. Lois was born on 26 Feb 1918 in Taylor, Navajo, Arizona; died on 13 Feb 2011 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Henrietta Gietz on 27 Apr 1939 in Florence, Pinal, Arizona. Henrietta (daughter of Charles M. Gietz) was born on 28 Nov 1920 in Safford, Graham, Arizona; died on 1 Oct 2014 in Fountain Hills, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Adeline married John Woodruff Saul, Jr. on 29 May 1936 in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California. John (son of John Woodruff Saul, Sr.) was born on 30 Sep 1912 in Cook County, Illinois; died on 5 Apr 2004 in San Juan County, Washington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: (Private). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From her obituary at Meldrum Mortuary:

Barbara J. Crandall Nielsen Dowell, age 94, of Mesa, Arizona, died on Tuesday, February 16, 2021 at her home, surrounded by family and friends.

Barbara was the daughter of Paul L. Crandall and Barbara Allen Crandall. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Victor L. Nielsen, Jr., and her second husband, Emery B. Dowell. She is survived by two brothers, Paul L. Crandall, Jr., and Dr. John A. Crandall; five children, Ericka Nielsen Barber, Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Victor L. Nielsen III, Matthew C. Nielsen, and Paul M. Nielsen; eight grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren. She loved her family.

She was born and raised in Mesa, Arizona, and received her bachelor's and master's degrees from Arizona State University. There she also met her husband, Vic Nielsen, who had signed up to write sports stories for the university's newspaper, the State Press, which Barb was editing that year. Continuing in their shared love of journalism, she and Vic worked at several newspapers after graduating, including The Superior (Arizona) Sun and the Chamberlain (South Dakota) Record. In Chamberlain they began their family with the first three of their five children; Ericka, Teresa, and Victor III. Having to put three children into snowsuits every day brought them back to Arizona, where Matthew and Paul were born.

After dedicating 12 years to raising her children, she discovered a great talent and new love for teaching. She taught high school English and journalism throughout her entire career, most of which took place at Mesa High School. She loved teaching and loved her students, and was very popular with them as well. Several went on to careers in journalism and other aspects of writing.

Barb had a long family history of membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and served in numerous callings as a teacher. Her extended Mesa family took much of her free time and attention, but she managed to travel with friends through Europe after she retired, and enjoyed playing bridge with old friends and colleagues for many years. She will be missed by all who knew her.

Barbara married Victor Louis Nielsen, Jr. on 31 Oct 1949 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. Victor (son of Victor Louis Nielsen, Sr. and Hazel Ethel Coston) was born on 25 Apr 1927 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska; died on 15 May 1985 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona; was buried in Mesa City Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Barbara married Emery Bevington "Soap" Dowell on 9 Jun 2007 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. Emery (son of John Emery Dowell, Jr. and LuCrece J. Bevington) was born on 2 Jan 1924 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri; died on 21 Nov 2017 in Emeryville, Alameda, California; was buried in Fair Oaks Cemetery, Sacramento, Sacramento, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Paul married Eleanor Gay Pew in Nov 1951. Eleanor (daughter of Ellis Harvey Pew and Eliza Roxie Bond) was born on 4 Nov 1929 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona; died on 10 Jan 1999; was buried in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Wilford married Ruth Ann Woods on 18 Jun 1955 in Maricopa County, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Founder of the now-defunct Phoenix amusement park Legend City.

Family/Spouse: (Private). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ericka married Craig Wendell Parker on 16 Oct 1976 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, and was divorced. Craig (son of (Private) and (Private)) was born on 31 Jan 1955 in Scottsdale, Maricopa, Arizona; died in 2020. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ericka married Dennis Leo Barber on 17 Oct 1987 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, and was divorced on 22 Feb 2007 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. Dennis was born on 19 Feb 1949 in Oakland, Alameda, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On marrying the former Patrick James Hayden, she changed her surname from Nielsen to Nielsen Hayden.

She added "Sophronia" as a second middle name, by court order, in 1995.

Descendant, as of 26 Feb 2023, of over 9,800 known direct ancestors.

Teresa married Patrick James Hayden on 23 Mar 1979 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Patrick (son of James Elbert Hayden and Jeannette Mary White) was born on 2 Jan 1959 in Lansing, Ingham, Michigan; was christened on 18 Jan 1959 in St. Mary Cathedral, Lansing, Ingham, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Beverlee Ann Stucker. Beverlee was born about 1958. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Katherine Lucille Lawton. Katherine (daughter of Joseph Howard Lawton and Dawn H. Socia) was born about 1964. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Julie Anne Nielson. Julie was born about 1957. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: (Private). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: (Private). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: (Private). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]