Elizabeth

Family/Spouse: Henry Scudder. Henry (son of John Scudder and Margaret) was born between 1545 and 1550; died between 1594 and 1595 in Horton Kirby, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Matriculated at Cambridge 1602/3; M.A. from Christ's College, 1606. He was rector of Drayton, in Oxfordshire, of Collingbourne Ducis, Wiltshire, 1633, and minister of St. Mildred Poultry, in London, 1645-46. Preached before the House of Commons, 1644.

"English clergyman of presbyterian views, known as a devotional writer, and member of the Westminster Assembly." Full Wikipedia article here.

Henry married Elizabeth Hunt on 7 Jun 1608 in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Elizabeth Stoughton on 4 Sep 1613 in St. Mary, Maldon, Essex, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Rev. Thomas Stoughton and Katherine) was born about 1595 in Burstead Magna, Essex, England; died before 30 Mar 1647 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 29 Nov 1700

Notes:

"She came to England probably with her mother and half-siblings Samuel and Joanna Chamberlaine. On 10 Nov 1644, the Boston Church granted to 'our sister Elizabeth Skuddar' a letter of recommendation to the Church at Barnstable. 'John Lathrop the sonne of our sister some time or formerly called Elizabeth Skuddar' was baptized 7 Dec 1645. The baptismal record continues 'now the wife of one John Skuddar,' an error for 'Lothrop' that is mentioned by Savage and noted in the published version." [Jane Fletcher Fiske, "A New England Immigrant Kinship Network," citation details below.]

"[Elizabeth Scudder's] parents were John SCUDDER and Elizabeth STOUGHTON.  Many genealogies say that her parents were John's brother Thomas Scudder and sister-in-law Elizabeth Lowers. But their daughter Elizabeth married Henry Bartholomew and they had ten children between 1641 and 1658. Elizabeth died 1 Sep 1682 in Salem. There were two Elizabeth Scudders. Her cousin Elizabeth died 28 Feb 1700 in Salem." [Miner Descent]

Genealogist Gary Boyd Roberts on the (literally) hundreds of notable descendants of the Scudders and Stoughtons:

www.americanancestors.org/immigrant-stoughton-siblings/

www.americanancestors.org/descendants-henry-scudder/

Samuel Lathrop (1621-1700) = Elizabeth Scudder (1625-1700)
Abigail Lathrop (b. 1665) = John Huntington (b. 1666)
Martha Huntington (1696-1779) = Noah Grant (1693-1727)
Noah Grant (b. 1719) = Susanna Delano (1724-1806)
Noah Grant (1748-1819) = Rachel Kelley (d. 1805)
Jesse Root Grant (1794-1873) = Hannah Simpson (1798-1883)
Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885)

Elizabeth Scudder (1625-1700) = Samuel Lathrop (1621-1700)
Samuel Lathrop = Hannah Aldgate
Hannah Lathrop = Jabez Perkins
Hannah Perkins = Joshua Huntington
Lydia Huntington = Ephraim Bill
Lydia Bill = Joseph Howland
Susan Howland = John Aspinwall
Mary Rebecca Aspinwall = Isaac Roosevelt
James Roosevelt = Sara Delano
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945)

Elizabeth married Samuel Lathrop on 28 Nov 1644 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Samuel (son of Rev. John Lothropp and Hannah Howse) was born about 1621; died on 28 Feb 1700 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Ruth Royce on 15 Dec 1669. Ruth (daughter of Robert Royce and Mary) was born on 7 Dec 1645 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut; died after 19 Feb 1690. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Nathaniel Royce on 21 Apr 1681 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. Nathaniel (son of Robert Royce and Mary) died on 8 Feb 1736 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Israel married Rebecca Bliss on 8 Apr 1686 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Rebecca (daughter of Thomas Bliss and Elizabeth) was born on 18 Mar 1663 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died on 22 Aug 1737 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; was buried in Old Norwichtown Cemetery, Norwich, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ruth married Samuel Post on 17 Mar 1698. Samuel (son of John Post and Hester Hyde) was born on 8 Mar 1668 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died on 25 Apr 1735 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 29 Jul 1687, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut

Notes:

History of Wallingford mistakenly gives her as "Lois Royce."

Love married Samuel Hall on 2 May 1704 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. Samuel (son of Deacon Samuel Hall and Hannah Walker) was born on 10 Dec 1680 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut; died on 15 Jun 1770 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut; was buried in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He and his second wife Mary Kelly joined the Separatist movement in the 1730s.

William married Mary Kelley on 5 Aug 1731. Mary was born about 1695; died on 19 Apr 1760 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ruth married Deacon Joseph Bingham on 25 Nov 1731 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Deacon (son of Sgt. Thomas Bingham and Hannah Backus) was born on 4 Jun 1709 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died on 4 Nov 1787 in Bennington, Bennington, Vermont; was buried in Old Bennington Cemetery, Bennington, Bennington, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Graduated from Yale, 1727. Ordained first minister of Meriden, Connecticut, 29 Oct 1729.

From Ancestors and Descendants of Andrew Lee and Clarinda Knapp Allen:

"He was a man of quite small stature, but possessed much dignity of manners united with the greatest affability, persuaded of the truth of Christianity, and deeply sensible of its importance, he was well able to defend it; his sermons were ably written and delivered with great fervor; his pastoral visits were frequent and conducted judiciously; he was humble, self denying, full of the love of souls, prayerful and zealous for the cause of Christ; during his ministry of 37 years in Meriden, 250 were added to the church; he possessed great firmness of character, and was a zealous advocate of civil and religious liberty; he published two sermons on the death of Rev. Isaac Stiles; two on faith; and one on the ordination of Rev. Matthew Morrison, of Berwick, Maine."

Theophilus married Hannah Avery on 22 May 1734. Hannah (daughter of James Avery and Mary Griswold) was born on 7 Apr 1712 in Groton, New London, Connecticut; died in Oct 1791 in Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was a private in the Connecticut militia during the Revolution, serving under his brother, Captain Andrew Lathrop, in Major Backus's regiment of light horse. Discharged 2 Nov 1776.

Zachariah married Mehitable Cleveland on 24 Apr 1768 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Mehitable (daughter of Josiah Cleveland and Joanna Porter) was born about 1748; died on 15 Sep 1825. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From The Bingham Family in the United States, citation details below:

Joseph's birth on 14 Apr 1738 was recorded in the Norwich records, but he was baptized on 16 Apr in the Franklin church. He grew up in the Franklin section of Norwich and may have served in the militia in the French and Indian War. When he was twenty-one he married Rachel Ween 5 Jul 1759. In 1760, their first child was born and the birth recorded in the Norwich records under the name James. Joseph's other children's births are not recorded in Norwich and other records have not been found to document Joseph's life after 1760. Neither are there records for James. However, it is known that Joseph's parents moved to Charlemont MA in 1760 and to Bennington VT between 1773 and 1779 and that Joseph's son, Jeremiah 2nd, was an apprentice in Bennington in 1777.

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A document at familysearch.org claims that "Joseph served in the French and Indian war as a Quartermaster of a troop of horses, fifth regiment in May 1757. He was Cornet in Oct 1761, and Lieutenant in Oct 1764."

"The town of Bennington voted each year from 1768 to 1771 to aid Joseph who has been under confinement. This Joseph, wife Rachel, and their named children were warned out of Bennington in 1768. The town discussed moving Joseph back to Norwich and to try to recover costs from Norwich in 1770. The town, again, voted assistance for the doctoring, nursing, and board for Joseph in 1771." [Early Vermont Settlers to 1784, citation details below.]

The town records of Charlemont, Massachusetts show payments in Dec 1773 to "Joseph Bingham, for work at the Road 6/ [shillings/pence], Calvin Bingham, for work at the Road 13/6, Daniel Kinsley, for work at the Road 30/6." If these Binghams are ours, this would be more likely to be this Joseph, as his father Joseph was 64 in 1773.

Joseph married Rachel Ween on 5 Jul 1759 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Rachel was born in of Norwich, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 5 Aug 1820, Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire

Notes:

Graduated from Yale, 1756; ordained minister of the First Congregationalist Church at Rochester, New Hampshire, 15 Oct 1766. Dimissed 10 Apr 1775; removed to Wakefield, where he was a magistrate and justice of the peace.

Avery married Hannah Chesley about 1766. Hannah (daughter of James Chesley and Mehitable Waldron) was born about 1737 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire; died about 1770 in Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Hezekiah Allen on 9 Oct 1791. Hezekiah (son of Hezekiah Allen and Elizabeth May) was born on 23 Feb 1767 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut; died on 9 Jul 1821 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 17 Apr 1760, Norwich, New London, Connecticut

Notes:

From The Bingham Family in the United States, citation details below:

Jeremiah was born in the Franklin section of Norwich, New London Co CT where his parents, Joseph and Rachel Ween Bingham, then lived. Based upon his date of entry into military service, he was probably born on 17 Apr 1760, but the Norwich records cite the name James, and not Jeremiah. [PNH: see note below.] By 1776 Jeremiah was apprenticed to Henry Baldridge in Bennington VT, but when the army recruiting sergeant came to Bennington, Jeremiah broke his apprentice agreement and joined the army. He served his first thirty-four months in Maj. Allen's company of Col. Rufus Putnam's MA regiment of the Continental Line, 20 Feb 1777 to 31 Dec 1779. He signed up for another year and a month, consequently, his final date of service was 31 Jan 1781. He would have been almost twenty-one when he was discharged. Jeremiah returned to Bennington where he stayed until about 1784 and then followed his uncle Jeremiah to Cornwall, Addison Co VT.

Jeremiah married in Cornwall, Mary Ives, 27 Nov 1786. The next month, they purchased nearly four acres adjoining their house lot. Near the end of 1788 when Jeremiah received his back military pay, he bought twenty-five acres from Edward Harris. This deed is most intriguing as it also recorded Harris's gift of five acres to Joseph Bingham. Joseph could have been Jeremiah's father or brother.

The births of Jeremiah and Mary's first three children were recorded in Cornwall, but not the births of the other children. The 1800 U.S. census for Cornwall credited the family with three boys under 10, one girl under 10, and one girl 10-16. The family was also enumerated in Cornwall in 1810. Several Cornwall deeds between 1789 amd 1793 indicate that Jeremiah sold portions of his twenty-five acres. In 1794, he bought thirty-four acres from Jared Ives, but sold it five months later in 1795. That deed was the last record for Jeremiah in Cornwall. His pension application file contains a statement by his uncle Jeremiah of Cornwall that he lived "here" in 1806 and his son, Aaron, stated that he died in 1813 during the late war with England.

Mary, his wife, married second, Abner Whipple, about 1820. Jeremiah's sons Reuben, Lucius and Jeremiah lived in Ontario, Canada in the late 1820, but by 1840 they had returned to the U.S. and all three lived in Knox Co IL. Son Jeremiah moved on to IA in 1845 where his mother Mary died.

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We are a little skeptical about Donna Bingham Munger's assertion that "[b]ased upon his date of entry into military service, he was probably born on 17 Apr 1760", since, as Munger observes, "the Norwich records [for a Bingham birth on that date] cite the name James, and not Jeremiah." It seems clear from records cited by Munger herself that James Bingham was a separate individual. We find it entirely plausible that Jeremiah was born in 1761, was an apprentice at fifteen, and ran away to join the army at approximately sixteen.

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Some online sites state that this Jeremiah Bingham fought in the War of 1812 as well as in the Revolution. We believe this is based on a misreading of son Aaron's 1849 statement, referred to in our entry for Jeremiah Bingham's wife Mary Ives, that Jeremiah "died during the late war with England in 1813." It seems clear that Aaron was merely noting the period of history during which his father died, not claiming that he father actually fought in that war. Most notably, after their mother's death, Aaron Bingham and his brothers Jeremiah, Joseph, and Lucius Augustus Bingham put a great deal of energy into proving their father's Revolutionary War service in order to obtain their portions of their mother's pension. If their father had also fought in the second war with England, this surely would have been mentioned in their various statements about his military history.

Jeremiah may, however, have been a recruiter during the war of 1812. Via Barbara Nielsen, we have a photocopy of a Federal Bureau of Pensions form, undated but clearly produced between 1900 and 1909, since the pre-printed date line on top of the document reads "Washington, D.C., 190__". The top of the document is a form letter aimed at persons who have written to the Bureau in search of information about an ancestor's service in the Revolution or the War of 1812, and it requests that the correspondent please fill out the form at the bottom of the page and return it. The form at the bottom has been filled out by one Perry P. Young, requesting information about the service of this Jeremiah Bingham, and in the "additional information" space, Young writes that "family tradition" says that Jeremiah Bingham was a recruiter for the war of 1812. Young also states as a matter of fact that three of Jeremiah's sons, Calvin, Perry, and Joseph, fought in that war.

Jeremiah married Mary Ives on 27 Nov 1786 in Cornwall, Addison, Vermont. Mary (daughter of Enos Ives and Anne Cook) was born on 25 Apr 1766 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut; died on 15 Feb 1845 in Pottawattamie, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Bef 26 Mar 1769, Rochester, Strafford, New Hampshire

Mehitable married Elijah Allen about 1788. Elijah (son of Samuel Allen) was born in 1763 in Stratham, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died on 19 Oct 1839 in Limerick, York, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eliza married Rev. Robert Temple on 25 Mar 1819 in Ovid, Seneca, New York. Robert (son of Alexander Temple and Mariche Flansburgh) was born on 13 May 1796 in Galway, Saratoga, New York; died on 24 May 1888 in Springboro, Crawford, Pennsylvania; was buried in Rundell Cemetery, Spring Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 1 Sep 1804, Vergennes, Addison, Vermont
• Alternate birth: 7 Sep 1804, Vergennes, Addison, Vermont
• Alternate birth: 27 Sep 1804, Vergennes, Addison, Vermont
• Alternate death: 11 Apr 1857, Iowa

Notes:

From The Bingham Family in the United States, citation details below:

With his brothers Reuben and Jeremiah 2nd Jr., and his mother and her second husband, Abner Whipple, Lucius Augustus and his family moved west to near Brockville, Upper Canada about 1829. None of them appeared on the NY 1830 Federal census. The group remained in Canada until the late 1830s when they decided to embrace the Mormon religion and moved to Henderson, Knox Co IL, near Nauvoo. They may have passed through Oswego Co NY where brother Aaron lived. Lucius, Reuben, and Jeremiah 2nd Jr. were all enumerated on the IL 1840 U.S. census. By 1850, part of the group had moved on to near Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co IA, but it is not clear what happened to Lucius Augustus. He was not named on the IA 1850 Federal census, but his oldest son was. There is also a record of a child born to him and second wife Rebecca White at Harrison Co IA in 1853. Instead of going on to Utah, Lucius Augustus remained in IA and died in 1857.

Lucius married Sarah Stone in 1826 in Fowler, St. Lawrence, Jefferson, New York. Sarah (daughter of Josiah Stone and Sarah Darby) was born in 1804 in Londonderry, Rockingham, New Hampshire; died in 1849 in Pottawattamie, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lucius married Rebecca White after 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Charlotte Smith. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: New Hampshire

Notes:

There is a blurry photo of a balding gentleman in a suit and tie that is widely shown on the web as being an image of this Andrew Lee Allen, despite the fact that the gentleman's clothing is more modern than anything worn before 1870, and the photo is clearly captioned "Andrew Allen, Born Aug 17, 1832". In other words, it's Andrew Lee Allen, Jr. (1832-1918). Sometimes we wonder if people are doing genealogy in their sleep.

From "Our Family" by Charles Hopkins Allen [Ancestors and Descendants of Andrew Lee and Clarinda Knapp Allen]:

"Andrew Lee Allen was born in Limerick, York Co., Maine November 24th 1791. He was the son of Elijah Allen, who was born in 1763 at Stratham, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire, and his first wife, Mehitable Hall, who was christened March 26th, 1769 at Rochester, Strafford Co., New Hampshire.

"His mother died June 25th, 1800 in Corinth, Orange Co., Vermont and his father was remarried October 21st, 1809 to Hannah, widow of George Perry. His father died October 19th, 1839 at Limerick, York Co., Maine.

"After his mother's death Andrew Lee Allen went to live with his maternal grandfather, Rev. Avery Hall, staying until he was 14 years of age. He worked at the blacksmith trade. Not being satisfied, he left home and never went back again. He went on shipboard to help protect the American vessels during the war known as the War of 1812. He left there and went into Canada, where he got into trouble with the British by drinking a toast at a barn-raising. The toast was, 'he wished that the Eagle of America would triumph over the crown of Great Britain,' for which he was arrested by the British. Making his escape he went into the state of New York, Cattaraugus Co., where he entered one hundred and sixty acres of land, and made himself a very nice home. He planned to settle down for life and he soon owned a large grove of sugar maple trees besides his prosperous farm.

"On December 11th, 1824, he married Clarinda Knapp, daughter of Calvin and Deborah (Hopkins) Knapp. Clarinda was a refined, educated woman who was highly skilled in the arts of fine painting, sewing, tailoring, ladies' leghorn hat designing, and homemaking. Her gentle upbringing had a great influence on the lives of those about her. She was a woman of true faith and was a Bible scholar.

"They remained in Burton, Cattaraugus Co., New York until they had seven children, namely: Elijah, Lydia, Saphronia, Charles, Andrew, James, and Sidney. They had not joined any religious society but were honest and upright with all men, waiting for something to come along that would give them better satisfaction than the religions of the day. [...]"

Andrew married Clarinda Knapp on 11 Dec 1824 in Cattaraugus, New Hampshire. Clarinda (daughter of Calvin Knapp and Deborah Hopkins) was born on 10 Aug 1802 in Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut; died on 7 Dec 1862 in Richmond, Cache, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elijah married Hepzibeth B. Adams about 1822. Hepzibeth was born in of Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine; died on 29 Sep 1846. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elijah married Clarissa in 1848. Clarissa died on 15 Sep 1867. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She never married.

Sarah married Fred William Holcomb on 20 Nov 1838. Fred (son of Asa Holcomb and Lucinda Miller) was born on 24 Jul 1815 in Pennsylvania; died on 22 Sep 1861. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 27 Sep 1827, Fowler, St. Lawrence, Jefferson, New York
• Alternate death: 29 May 1883, St. David, Cochise, Arizona

Notes:

A memoir of his daughter Mary Elizabeth Bingham, by her daughter Barbara Ann Phelps, calls him "Calvin Perry Bingham."

From The Bingham Family in the United States, citation details below:

Calvin and his family were with the earliest Mormon groups to move across America. The oldest child of Lucius Augustus, Calvin was born in NY, lived in Upper Canada as a child, and by 1840 when he was thirteen, lived with the Mormon group in Henderson, Knox Co IL. About 1848, probably in IA after the Mormons moved to Pottawattamie Co, Calvin married Elizabeth Lucretia Thorn. He, his wife and her entire family, mother and siblings lived in one household in 1850.

Between 1853 and 1867, Calvin and his family lived in several different UT settlements. They then lived for about ten years in Montpelier, Bear Lake Co ID before returning to Box Elder Co UT by 1880. After Calvin died in AZ in 1883, wife Elizabeth moved to Vernal, Uintah Co UT where she lived with grown children William and Alice in 1900.

Posted to ancestry.com by user NORDSEEKER, with the remark: "This account was written by their great grandson, Wes Martin. I don't know where he got all the information, but I found it typed on the back of a family group sheet in his genealogy book."

"Calvin Bingham was the son of Lucius and Sarah Stone Bingham. He was born Sept. 7, 1827 in Fowler, St. Lawrence County, New York. He was the oldest of eight children: four brothers--Benjamin, Augustus, Perry, and Prosper-- and three sisters: Emeline, Lucy, and MaryJane.

"His mother died about 1849. His father remarried but never came west to Utah. Calvin was baptized into the Mormon church at the age of seventeen in Bannock County, Illinois in 1844.

"Elizabeth Lucretia Thorn was the daughter of Ashael and Sarah Lester Thorn, born in Monrovia, Cayuga county, New York on March 25, 1832. She was the second child in a family of ten: three boys--William L., Richard, and Isaac, and seven girls--Maryann, Sarah, Nancy, Lydia, Abigale, Barbara Ann, and Elizabeth Lucretia. Her mother died about 1852 and her father re-married Elizabeth Lusk, a widow. They came west with his family.

"Calvin and Elizabeth were married December 18, 1848 in Pottawatamie, Iowa. Sarah and Calvin were born to them here. In 1853 they and several other members of the Thorn family moved west to Utah settleing in the West Weber area (now known as Uintah). Their third child, Mary Elizabeth, was born here. While living in Uintah, Calvin was called to serve in Col. Johnson's army. They were among the saints that made the move south--leaving their homes to be burned if necessary. On returning they settled in Farmington, Utah, where Lucy Melissa, their fourth child, was born. Later they moved to Three Mile Creek which is now known as Perry, Utah. In about 1857, the Ashael Thorn family moved here too and they built their homes near each other. Barbara Ann, their fifth child was born here. Three years later in 1860 they moved to Hyrum, Utah.

"Being among the first settlers in Hyrum, they took an active part in civic and church activities. Calvin became the first Bishop of Hyrum and was loved and remembered by people for a great many years. Two more children were born to them here, Anna Marie and Ashael.

"In 1865 they were called to settle the Bear Lake, Idaho area. They settled in Montpelier where due to very harsh winters, they lost their crops. Very discouraged, they returned to Hyrum, Utah. Their son, William Augustus, was born here in Montpelier.

"About 1868 they returned to Montpelier. Elizabeth taught the first school in town--teaching out of their small log home. Another daughter, Lydia Emeline, was born to them here. Later, they built a large home on the banks of the creek that ran through town. Their last two children were born here--Orissa Vilate and Alice. Orissa Vilate died at nine months old. Also at this residence, their daughter, Lucy Melissa Bigham Williams, died after giving birth to a baby girl. She was only eighteen years old. This two week old baby girl was raised by her grandparents, Calvin and Elizabeth.

"In 1878, the Binghams, their married son and daughters, and a large group of other people left Montpelier intending to go to Arizona and settle an area there. But upon reaching Salem, Utah, they decided to stop there for a year or so. The Perry Bingham family and the Robert H. Williams family were among those that settled in Salem for that short time. In 1880, with several other families including the Alonzo Bingham family, Calvin and Elizabeth headed for Arizona again. They stopped in St. Johns, Arizona where their daughter, Anna Marie and husband William were living. They stayed there until 1891 when they moved to St. David, Arizona. Arriving on Christmas Day, they joined others of the original group who had settled that area and started up a freighting business. This business engaged in the freight business between Benson, Tombstone and Bisbee. Although Calvin was a blacksmith by trade, he found freighting more profitable. So he bought a team of large horses to go with the team he already had, and followed this occupation for a little more than a year.

"Calvin Bingham left his home with a wagon loaded with freight for Bisbee, about 56 miles from St. David. On the following day, May 27,1883, while going down a steep grade, his freight wagon upset pinning him under the wagon and causing his death.

"His body was brought home by three men from his ward. Funeral services were held in the ward at St. David May 29, 1883. Speakers were Patriarch P.C. Merrill, President David P. Kimball, J.H. Martineau, Bishop Henry Horn, and S.B. Merrill, who all spoke highly of the integrity, faithfullness and honesty of Calvin. After the death of her husband, Elizabeth Lucretia Bingham, with her family consisting of the younger children Ashael, William, Emeline, Lucy Jane, a grand-daughter, and Alice moved to Mesa, Arizona where her three oldest children, Clarinda, Mary Elizabeth Phelps, and Calvin Perry Bingham lived. She had only been there a short time when another sorrow came into her life. Ashael, then 23 years old, had an appendicitis attack and died just four months after his father's death.

"The family spent three years in Mesa and then returned to their former home in Montpelier, Idaho. Then in 1888 they moved to Vernal, Utah where Lucretia spent the remainder of her life. She was a faithful LDS woman and worked in the Relief Society organization. While in Montpelier she had been called to work among the sick and dying. She helped make burial clothes and to dress and lay out the dead. She underwent many hardships of the early pioneers. She learned to be thrifty and to economize so she could feed and clothe her family. It is said that when she bought a piece of calico, she would tear a quilt block from it for the quilt she was making. She made very nice quilts that were the envy of her friends and neighbors. Thread was expensive, so she would ravel out cloth to sew her blocks together with. She taught her 11 children to be thrifty and industrious too. She passed away at her home in Vernal Nov. 28, 1903 as a result of a heart attack."

Calvin married Elizabeth Lucretia Thorne on 18 Dec 1848 in Big Pigeon, Pottawattamie, Iowa. Elizabeth (daughter of Ashal Enoch Thorne and Sarah Lester) was born on 25 Mar 1832 in Moravia, Cayuga, New York; died on 28 Nov 1903 in Vernal, Uintah, Utah; was buried in Vernal Memorial Park, Vernal, Uintah, Utah. [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: 24 Aug 1857

Notes:

Flora Adela, according to the 1945 application for Sons of the American Revolution membership by her grandson Fritz Leiber, Jr. Flora Adeline, according to other sources. Her gravestone says simply "Flora A. Bronson".

Flora married Walter Allen Bronson on 15 Dec 1877 in Odell, Livingston, Illinois. Walter (son of Allen Bronson and Tryphena Hudson) was born on 22 Jun 1847 in Clinton, Clinton, New York; died on 7 Jun 1918 in Odell, Livingston, Illinois; was buried on 8 Jun 1918 in South Side Cemetery, Pontiac, Livingston, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Hyrum Smith Phelps on 25 Sep 1866 in Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho. Hyrum (son of Morris Charles Phelps and Sarah Thompson) was born on 26 Feb 1846 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois; died on 23 Apr 1926 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona; was buried in Mesa City Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 17 Nov 1933, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona

Notes:

Died of diabetes.

"Mary Elizabeth Bingham Phelps," by her daughter Barbara Ann Phelps Allen:

Mother was born on Christmas day, 1853, the daughter of Calvin Perry and Lucretia Thorne Bingham. Her early life was as useful and busy as were her later years. She worked out some, and also helped her grandfather Ashael Thorne make butter and cheese plus other work to be done on a farm.

When she was a young lady, she earned money to buy herself a nice yellow calico dress with black dots in it and thought it most beautiful. She, like Father, loved to dance and said often after they had danced until after midnight, a crowd would get into a sleigh and ride until daylight.

She had quite a number of boy friends, one in particular she liked real well, It was while she was keeping company with him that she married Father (Hyrum Smith Phelps) as a plural wife. She said she didn't know why she did it, but supposed it was meant to be that way.

At the time she married they lived in Montpelier, Idaho, but the winters were too severe so they moved to Mesa, Arizona after three daughters had been born, Laurett, Lucy and Barbara. Laurett died of diphtheria before they left Idaho.

The journey to Arizona was a long hard one, especially for mother, as she was in her last months of pregnancy. The company laid over three days at Lee's Ferry because of her condition, and on the third day, Dec. 2, 1878 her oldest son, Gove Edward, was born. They arrived in Mesa Jan. 17, 1879. Mesa was practically a desert when they arrived and they lived in tents the first three months until Father and his sons could make adobes to build a house.

The first one was a long three-room house. Mother lived in one end and Aunt Clarinda the other. The center room was used for awhile to store corn and grain, and later Grandma Bingham lived there awhile. While she lived there, he son Ashael died.

In 1881 Father built a home on the corner of First Avenue and Hibbert Street for Aunt Clarinda. This house was a T-shape with a porch on two sides, had a shingle roof and dirt floors. It still stands today [1953] but has been improved. Mother had the long house then to herself. It was here that Hattie, Orson and Yuma were born. The Federal officers had been after Father and Mother for plural marriage, and Father was arrested. He was sent to Yuma, Arizona Penitentiary for three months. Mother was taken to the home of Ed Jones in Lehi. She stayed there until just before Yuma was born, then went to her mother.

Father bought or traded and got eighty acres one mile east of town and built another home for Aunt Clarinda who had a family of boys and moved mother to the home on First Avenue and Hibbert because she had mostly girls. Here Grace, who lived only a few weeks, Amy, Esther, Clara and Gertrude were born.

After Aunt Clarinda moved to the ranch, Mother was allotted a few cows for her support. It was Gove's job to drive the cows to and from the pasture, and he often rode a cow called Puso. I remember we had a lot of grief because the cows would often get out of the corral and get into Brother Hibbert's place at night, and he would come and awake mother and say ugly things to her. We milked some of the cows that were brought from Montpelier. When Esther was a few months old, Father went on a mission to the Southern States.

Mother lived in this home until 1895 when Father sold it and built her a nice brick house on the eighty acres. Wilford, Mother's fourteenth child, was born here. He was the pride and joy of the family. Father used to call him the little prophet. He is four months younger than my oldest son, Ashael. Mother practically raised him with Wilford. They were like brothers.

While living in this home Mother's greatest sorrow came when Lucy died. At the time she was confined to her bed with a sore leg, and couldn't go see Lucy during her sickness. Lucy had developed blood poison after the birth of her fourth child and namesake, Lucy. Brother Calvin was surely good to mother during Lucy's sickness; he would come three times a day to keep her informed of Lucy's condition. Sometimes he would call at midnight. Lucy died Jan. 6, 1905. Mother took little Lucy and raised her as her own.

Because of Father's age and the boys married and gone, he found he couldn't do the work on the ranch, so he sold to a Mr. Fraser and moved onto twenty acres on Home Lane. He built mother the nicest home she had had and built two houses in town on Sirrine, one for Aunt Clarinda and one to rent. As age kept creeping, he found he had to stop work altogether, so he sold the twenty acres and moved Mother in the house he built to rent. Here they spent their last days. Father died April 23, 1926, after having been gored in the belly by a bull. Mother died 17 November, 1933 from the effects of diabetes.

Mother was a wonderful mother to her family, a typical Bingham, the most unselfish and generous person to be found. She always went without for her family. I've seen her many times skim the cream off the milk and give it to father and she would use the skim milk. She didn't go out very often, having 14 children, two babies most of the time. One May Day she sent us on ahead to a picnic. Amy was the baby. Lucy and I took her and the other children on; Mother came later. When we took Amy to her, the baby didn't recognize Mother and began to scream. It was the first time she had seen Mother in her dress-up clothes. Amy cried with hunger, so Mother had to go home and change her dress so Amy would nurse.

Mother had inflammatory rheumatism while Amy was a baby. At that time there was an epidemic of some kind of fever, and Aunt Clarinda's oldest son, Hyrum, had it. Father had to be with him until he died. Lucy and I, with Grandma Sarah Phelps had to take care of Mother and the baby. She suffered something awful. Her legs were swollen twice their size, and she couldn't bear to be moved. After Hyrum died and Father came to help take care of Mother, he and Grandma decided to get her up on an open bottom chair and steam her. They got her on the chair, but it was cruel what she suffered during the ordeal, and the sad part was that no good came from it. She finally got well.

Mother was quite spiritual. A number of times things happened and it was made known to her before hand. One time she was troubled and went into the bedroom to pray. As she came out, she said just above the door she heard the sweetest music she had ever heard, and as the music died away, a peaceful feeling came over her and she was comforted.

Very few people suffered as much as Mother. One time she and sister Annie went into the field to glean wheat, and they came in contact with poison weeds and their legs broke out with sores. Mother's was the worst. Both her legs were solid sores from her knees to the soles of her feet. It took weeks for them to heal. Every summer for several years at the same time, her legs would break out with the same kind of sores, but each year they would he more mild. This was a few weeks before Grace was born; after that her legs caused her a lot of misery. There were quite a few other things that caused a lot of suffering that I'll not take time to mention, besides giving birth to 14 children without the aid of a doctor or having something done to ease the pain.

Mother was a good Latter-day Saint. She always donated liberally, paid her tithing and fast offerings. When she began paying, she saved all her statements from the dairy so she would know how much she owed, and at the end of the year, she owed a few cents more than ten dollars. I don't know how she managed to live. She had a few hens, but they didn't lay any eggs until the price went down to ten cents a dozen. Lucy was the main stay of the family. Hattie and I worked some. When either of us earned any money, it was turned over to Mother. Not a cent did we use for ourselves without her telling us to. She would shine our heavy shoes with stove soot. We were quite large before we could afford dress shoes. We weren't the only poor people, however; most everyone was alike

We had a happy home, Mother made it so. Our home was a house of prayer. We had family prayer night and morning, and I think that had everything to do with the spirit of our home. I know I speak for all of the family when I say I am thankful for wonderful parents and what they did for us.

Mary married Hyrum Smith Phelps on 8 Sep 1873 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Hyrum (son of Morris Charles Phelps and Sarah Thompson) was born on 26 Feb 1846 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois; died on 23 Apr 1926 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona; was buried in Mesa City Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 28 Jun 1862, Hyrum, Cache, Utah

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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 26 May 1888

Ida married Fritz Reuter Leiber, Sr. on 9 Mar 1910 in Santa Barbara County, California. Fritz was born on 31 Jan 1882 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois; died on 14 Oct 1949 in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California; was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Barbara Phelps (later Allen) arrived in Mesa in 1879 and a 16-month-old infant. At age 12, she received an accordion for Christmas. She then earned money by playing with her father, Hyrum Phelps, for dances in Lehi, especially at Christmas. In later life, she organized the Granny Band, which performed at events around town." [Images of America: Latter-Day Saints in Mesa by D. L. Turner and Catherine H. Ellis. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2009.]

A memoir by Barbara Ann Phelps Allen:

My parents were Hyrum Smith Phelps and Mary Elizabeth Bingham Phelps. I was born August 26, 1877 at Montpelier, Bear Lake County, Idaho. I was just sixteen months old when the family reached Mesa. The first house Father built was on the east side of Hibbert Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues.

Among my first recollections of this place was the first Sunday School I attended, It was held in the school house, a one-room adobe. Hannah Peterson (Miller) was the teacher. We recited the alphabet from cards. We were seated on a low bench in front of the room. I attended my first Primary with my sister Lucy. We were very devoted to each other. One never went without the other. Each week we listened anxiously while the secretary read the program for the following week, but we were never on it.

When I was nine years old, the school put on a program and every child in the room was given a part but me, I felt disgraced, and I never even told my mother. I always remembered the feeling I had and in the sixteen years I presided over the Primary I always favored the backward child and never slighted anyone to my knowledge.

Father built a long room on the back of the house to accommodate the growing family. Grandma Bingham lived with us awhile before moving into a house on Broadway just east of Mesa Drive. We children were staying with her after Father was taken to Yuma to the penitentiary. The officers came there one night looking for Mother; they had a warrant, and Grandma wouldn't take it, so they threw it on the floor. I thought she wasn't very polite.

When I was twelve years old, Mother gave me an accordion for Christmas. I soon learned to play it. A few years later, she and Lucy gave me a larger one which I kept until after I was married.

One time Father went to Tempe and bought a bolt of cloth called Zephyr gingham; it was a beautiful plaid. As I remember, five of us girls had dresses alike. Lucy and I always dressed alike. Most people thought we were twins. The first M.I.A. I attended had only one class for everyone. Pres. Charles I. Robson told the story of Joseph Smith's first prayer. That was the first time I had heard it, and I have never forgotten how it impressed me.

Soon after this Lucy and I were asked to sing at one of the meetings. We sang, "Write Me a Letter from Home.' After that I think we were asked to sing at every public entertainment held in Mesa until after I was married. Lucy and Grandma Phelps bought us an organ which I learned to play by ear. Father and I played for the dances at Lehi a few times. I earned $2.50 over the Christmas holidays playing out there. I left my organ there during that time so I wouldn't have to carry it back and forth. Lucy and I joined the choir when I was sixteen, and I sang with them for twenty years. I memorized 200 hymns besides the anthems we sang.

I well remember the first dress I made; it was a real pretty blue and I wore a blue ribbon around my waist. Mother's sister, Anner LeSueur sent me the ribbon because they told her I looked so much like her. In the summer of about 1891 there was a conference held at Pinetop, and Mother and Aunt Clarinda in company with quite a large group of saints, attended. Brother William took them. It took six weeks to make the round trip. Amy was about four years old. While they were gone, I made Amy a dress. I made it a plain tight waist with a full skirt that came nearly to her ankles, and it was so tight I could hardly fasten it. She had it on when mother came and when mother saw her she began to cry, and she said Amy looked like we had starved her. One night at a dance, John S. Allen, known as Seymour, came into our lives. He rushed across the floor, came up to me and said, "Come on , Caddie, let's dance." Then he saw his mistake, and after an apology, asked me to dance. From then on he never failed to dance with Lucy and me. Later on he began making regular visits to our home, but we did not know which of us he was most interested in. We had a lot of good times together. One night he asked if he could take me home. Up to this time he had never taken us any place. He had a lady friend and we were just side issues, but after this night we knew which was his favorite.

John S. and I kept company for about nine months and were married on Oct. 2, 1895. We had a quiet wedding at our home on the corner of Hibbert and East First Avenue. Only close relatives were invited. The ceremony was performed by Bishop James Malen Home. We stood at the head of the table, and the guests were seated around it, ready to partake as soon as the ceremony ended. Mother and Lucy had cooked a very fine dinner. When we went through the kitchen to be married, Mother and Lucy were standing by the stove. Mother was crying and Lucy looked sad, but I couldn't see anything to feel sad about. One week after we were married, we started in company with Eli and Medora Openshaw for the St. George Temple. It took six weeks to make the round trip.

When we returned home we started housekeeping in a two-rooms of the house built for Warner and Fannie Allen. It was here our first child, Charles Ashael, was born July 31, 1896. At this time the monthly fast meeting was held on the first Thursday of the month, and he was blessed by Grandpa [Charles H.] Allen.

We moved into a 2-room lumber house with a lean-to on the back that Father had built on 20 acres Grandpa Allen had given Seymour at the corner of Broadway and Stapley. On Feb. 15, 1898, Blanche was born. When she was four months old, J. S. was called on a mission to the Southern States. He left in June and I milked eight to ten cows while he was gone. Esther stayed with me and cared for the babies all the time. Mother was very good to me. I used to wonder how I could get along without her. I did all the sewing for the six girls, Lucy, Hattie, Amy, Esther, Clara, and Gertrude. At this time Lucy was working in Johnson's store and did a lot to help the family.

I was blessed while J. S. was gone. We all enjoyed good health. When it was time for him to be released, I went to Utah in company with my parents, Father Allen and his wife, Annie. Uncle Perry Bingham met us at Price, Utah and took us to Vernal where I stayed until I heard from John S., then I went on to meet him in Cove, Utah. After we returned home, Seymour and Warner went into partners and bought eighty acres on Baseline. Hyrum Loren was born Oct. 7, 1901 and Barbara Oct. 5, 1903.

John R. was born Oct. 29, 1905 and was just a few months old when Seymour sold the 20 acres and bought 60 acres two miles east of Mesa on the Apache Trail from Mr. Lamb. This was where Gove Liahona was born July 26, 1907. Then John Seymour was called on another mission, this time to the Eastern States. President Ben Rich was his mission president both times. I was left this time with more work and more responsibilities. Ashael was a big help to me. One of my sisters stayed with me most of the time and helped.

J. S. came off his mission June 1909, and Mary was born Sept. 1,1910. On March 27, 1912, Eldred Phelps was born, but lived only six weeks. This was the first real sorrow to come to us. July 8, 1914 Russell Hoopes was born. In the Summer of 1915, we moved to a 320 acre ranch four miles south of Gilbert.

Seymour had gone into partners with his older brother Warner and acquired a 320-acre farm four miles south of Gilbert. This was entirely alfalfa at the time but was later planted to cotton.

December 2, 1915 Ashael left for a mission to the Southern States and June 5, 1916 Ben Rich Allen was born, and November 5, 1917, Joseph Seymour was born. Two babies were born while Ashael was away.

When Joe was about eight months old, I took a little motherless baby, Robert Southers, four months old, to raise. I kept him nine months, then his aunt, Mrs. Ellingbow, wanted him so badly that J. S. told me I shouldn't be selfish and keep him, so I let her have him.

After several years the depression came on and we decided J. S.'s brother, Benjamin, should live with us for a couple of years. J. S. sent him on a mission. Chancy, Seymour's older brother, lived with us a lot. October 11, 1920, Della, our twelfth and last child was born three days after Loren had left for a mission. He labored in Louisiana.

We struggled along for several years. The depression came on and we decided to rent. The boys wanted to finish school. As J. S. couldn't run the ranch alone, he decided to rent it out. We bought us a home in Mesa at 48 West Second Street and lived there for a year or more.

J. S. and his brother Jim took a job building a fence along the railroad. It was at this time that the next great sorrow came when Della died of mastoid infection Nov. 21, 1925.

We sent Gove on a mission to the Eastern States and in February 1935 we sent Russell to the Samoan Island to fill his mission. Before he returned home, we sent Ben in March 1938 to Argentina. All our family have very fine companions. We are very proud to have them to associate with. In all our family gatherings, they are with us one hundred percent. We are very proud of our family and their families, and always pray for their success in righteousness.

October 29, 1945, we held our Golden Wedding Anniversary, the first time all the family had been together for a long time. For the reception, Ashael came from the Spanish American Mission, Ida from Los Angeles, Russell from Kirtland, New Mexico, and Mary from Vallejo, California. We had a dinner at the ranch home. All ten of the family and twenty-seven of the grandchildren were present. We all had a lovely time. After this gathering Ida was called to labor with Ashael in the mission, taking George with them.

My mother was very strict about us attending our duties and being punctual. Because of this, the Sunday School Superintendent called me to be a substitute teacher when I was quite young. When I was seventeen I attended Conference and they reorganized the Stake Y.L.M.I.A. and I was surprised when they sustained me as secretary. I served in that capacity for twelve years underfive presidents, Ann Eliza Leavitt, Jannett Johnson, Lulu Macdonald, Fannie Dana and Mary Hibbert. Soon after I was released, I was chosen stake secretary for the Relief Society. I held that position for about six years. I was released to be president of the Mesa First Ward Relief Society. I served about a year and we moved to Gilbert. There was no Gilbert Ward then, and we were in the Chandler Ward. After this I served about sixteen years as president of the Primary for Chandler, Gilbert, and Mesa Wards. I was superintendent of Religion Class in Gilbert the same time I was President of the Primary. At this time John R. was attending high school in Gilbert and he assisted me with religion class.

We rented our ranch and bought us a home in Mesa, but stayed only a year or so. At this time I was president of the Primary in Gilbert and Bishop Haymore asked me to preside there until Barbara came home from vacation, and before she came I was made president of the Mesa First Ward Primary. I presided over both of them for about six weeks. I have been president of the Gilbert Relief Society two different times, second counselor to Grace Nielson and then president in the Mesa First Ward Relief Society, second counselor to Adelaide Peterson in the Stake Primary, and I held several other positions. Now at the age of seventy-four, I am a Relief Society district teacher and a Guide teacher of four boys in the Primary of the Mesa Ninth Ward. I am very thankful for the many opportunities I have had to serve.

March 1942 was the Centennial celebration of the Relief Society, and the General Board requested that pioneer stories be brought before the public as much as possible. I was president of the Gilbert Relief Society at that time. I read several good stories and decided to put them into a pageant. I had fine cooperation, and it turned out to be a success. We played it in six different wards. I also wrote two other pageants which were very successful, an Easter pageant and one on the restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood. In doing this work I received some of the greatest joy of my life. Another thing that I enjoyed a lot was putting on entertainments with the Primary children. I found a lot of work doing these things, but when it was all over, there was unspeakable joy that came to us seeing the happiness that came to the children.

The Lord has been good to me for which I am grateful. We have been relieved of pain through prayer and being administered to many times. My first relief came when I was first married. I had an ulcerated tooth which was so severe I didn't think I could stand it any longer. John S. administered to me and relief came instantly. Another time when I was alone on the ranch with the little children, I became very sick. My head pained so badly at times I wasn't conscious. John was nine years old. He went off by himself and prayed for me. All at once a quivering feeling went through my body and with it went the pain. I couldn't account for it until he told me he had prayed for me. John had been instantly relieved twice when his father administered to him when he had gathered ears.

One time when we had been helping the Chandler Ward top maize to pay off on their piano, we came home after dark and found Loren crying with pain. As he drove the cows around the haystack, they loosened the derrick fork and it swung around before he knew it, striking him on the leg and puncturing the bone. The pain was so severe he couldn't stand to have us walk across the floor. He immediately called for his father to administer to him, which he did, and the pain left as he took his hands off, and it never returned. For these and many more blessings too numerous to mention, I am grateful.

Barbara married John Seymour Allen on 2 Oct 1895 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. John (son of Charles Hopkins Allen and Elizabeth Adelaide Hoopes) was born on 27 Nov 1870 in Richmond, Cache, Utah; died on 22 Jan 1966 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona; was buried in Mesa City Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Orson married Rebecca Hannah Allen on 13 Sep 1905 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Rebecca (daughter of Charles Hopkins Allen and Elizabeth Adelaide Hoopes) was born on 6 Jul 1883 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona; died on 7 Apr 1971 in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona; was buried in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 13 Dec 1897, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona

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]

Fritz married Jonquil Parditt-Coutts Stephens on 18 Jan 1936. Jonquil was born on 1 Jul 1908 in London, England; died in 1969. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Fritz married Margo Skinner in 1992. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

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:

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]

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]

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]

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

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

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