Mary Ring

1794 - 1871  (77 years)

• Name	Mary Ring  [1, 2]
  Birth	1794	Old Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts   [3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Alternate death	3 Apr 1871	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah   [5]
  Death	3 Apr 1871	Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah   [4]
  Person ID	I4555	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2020

  
  

  Father	Reuben French Ring,   b. 8 Oct 1772, Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts
  Mother	Nancy Reed,   b. Bef 1 Aug 1773   d. Brooklyn, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F62	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Sisson Champlin,   b. 17 Aug 1792, West Green River, Vermont d. 29 Jan 1861, Lehi, Utah, Utah (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	28 Mar 1816	Hartland, Windsor, Vermont   [5, 6]
  Children	+ 1. Angelina Avilda Champlin,   b. 8 Jan 1820, Hartland, Windsor, Vermont d. 7 Jan 1893, Colonia Juárez, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F3349	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Mar 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Sometimes recorded as Mary Polly Ring, or Mary "Polly" Ring. Deseret News, 12 April 1871: DIED. — At Brigham City, at the residence of Bro. J. T. Packer, from the effects of canker, Mary Champlin, aged 77 years, on the 3rd instant. Deceased was born at Old Salisbury, Essex county, Mass.; embraced the gospel with her husband at Brooklin, Susquehanna County, Penn., in 1832, while Martin Harris and his brother were preaching there. On their journey to the Far West they were stopped by a mob and survived the memorable scenes at "Haun's Mill." Of those who remained at the blacksmith shop, Bro. Champlin was the only one who escaped death, and was saved by the brethren falling on him. One of the mob, however, discovered him, and said "by h__l there is yet one man who is not killed, let us finish him;" while another said, "It is time we were off," which created a panic, and all fled. He guarded off the guns of the mob which, through the shop walls, were aimed at the little boy of Bro. Warren Smith, who was at last so brutally murdered by them. He subsequently lived in Nauvoo, Ill., was with the Saints in the general exodus from there and, with his family, reached Salt Lake Valley in 1849, and died ten years ago. Sister Champlin, the deceased, was without the sight of her eyes for the last five years of her life. The interment has just taken place to-day, at 3 p.m., and has been largely attended.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1015] The Life and Times of Alonzo Hamilton Packer and His Wife Lydia Ann Parker by John A. Freestone, 1999. [S1325] A History of Brooklyn, Susquehanna Co., Penn'a: Its Homes and Its People by E. A. Weston. Brooklyn, Pennsylvania: W. A. Squier, 1889. [S2228] 1850 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com. [S3842] Deseret News, 12 Apr 1871. [S1114] The Family History of Jerry & Barbara Waters Cornia. [S3843] Vermont vital records, 1760-1954, on familysearch.org.