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James Mitchell Mangum

Male 1820 - 1888  (68 years)


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  • Name James Mitchell Mangum 
    Born 6 Jan 1820  Springville, Saint Clair, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 14 Feb 1888  Nutrioso, Apache, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried of Nutrioso, Apache, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1397  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father John Mangum,   b. 19 Jan 1763, , Lunenburg, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. From 2 Mar 1842 to 4 Mar 1844, Fulton, Itawamba, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Rebecca Canida,   b. 10 Oct 1785, , , Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1847, Winter Quarters (now Florence), Douglas, Nebraska, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Married 19 Jan 1809  Eaton Township, Warren, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F869  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Eliza Jane Clark,   b. 11 Aug 1827, , Greene, Alabama, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Feb 1859, Washington, Washington, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years) 
    Married 23 Jun 1842  , Itawamba, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F507  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Rebecca Frances Mangum,   b. 10 Oct 1843, , Itawamba, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Apr 1928, Duncan, Greenlee, Arizona, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married Aug 1859  of Washington, Washington, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F939  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Mary Ann Smith,   b. 22 Sep 1844, Pigeon Creek, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jun 1912, Tropic, Garfield, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 9 Oct 1866  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F938  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Pioneer Emigration:
      A. Per LDS Journal of History, 21 Jun 1847, listed in the pioneer company of James S. Holman, Capt., in Charles C. Rich's Guard organized 17 Jun 1847 and arrived in SLC 2 Oct 1847. In same company are several Adairs with ages and birth dates/places:
      Joseph, 41, 17 Apr 1806, Lawraceville, Lawrance, S.C. [probable cousin; Laurens Co.]
      Rebecca, 32, 10 Aug 1815, Giles Co., Tenn. [Rebecca Mangum, wife of Joseph.]
      Lucinda J., 6, 22 Oct 1841, Itewamly, Miss. [dau. of Joseph and Rebecca; Itawamba Co.]
      Geo. W., 29, 18 Mar 1818, Tennessee.
      Miriam, 20, 31 Jan 1827, Tennessee [wife of Geo.]
      Emaline R., inf., 1 Mar 1847, Mt. Pisgah, Iowa [dau. of Geo. and Miriam.]
      Also two Mangums:
      James, 27, 6 Jan 1820, Sinclair, Ala.
      Eliza Jane, 20, 11 Aug 1827, Greene, Ala.

      B. 18 Feb 2006 unpublished manuscript of Norma Ricketts on a book she is working on about the 1847 pioneer crossings:
      "The Charles C. Rich Company was the smallest company to leave from Winters Quarters during 1847. His company had three tens, a total of 126 people with 25 wagons. This company brought a cannon as well as artillery and ammunition, 25 kegs of black powder, the Nauvoo Temple bell, and a boat. The ammunition was ferried across the river. They left the outfitting post on the Elkhorn River June 21, and arrived in the Salt Lake Valley October 2, 1847.
      Sarah DeArmon Pea Rich wrote of the death of Jacob Weatherby, a member of the Abraham O. Smoot Company. Weatherby was wounded by a Pawnee Indian at the Platte River on June 19 two days before they left the Platte River. He was taken to the nearest tent, which belonged to the Rich Company and died the next morning. Weatherby was buried near the Elkhorn River at Camp Liberty on June 20. "We fixed him a bed and did all we could to ease his pain. He suffered awful pain through the night and the next morning about nine o'clock his suffering ended in death."
      Promptly at 6 o'clock on the morning of June 21, the Rich Company fired a six-pound cannon, and the wagons started out following the first hundred. As the company left Fishing Slough June 25, Captain Rich's oxen became frightened and "partly fell on my son Joseph and hurt him considerably and came nigh killing him."
      The Spencer Company (Eldredge fifty) passed the Rich Company on June 28. A large party of Indians was following the companies, so Captain Rich fired the cannon twice. He noted in his journal that "all things were safe."
      They reached the Platte River on June 29 and waited for some time. There were many wagons in line to cross. On July 2 they found the "Sow" cannon carried by Captain Hunter's company, abandoned on the trail with its carriage broken and tongue gone. The cannon's traveling gear was repaired and the cannon was brought along. A broken wagon axle delayed the company further. On July 9 the Rich Company overtook the Spencer and Hunter companies.
      When the company arrived in buffalo country, Captain Rich shot three and the pioneers were glad to add the meat to their meager food supply. Sarah Rich wrote it was "very dangerous traveling through this country, but we were preserved from serious accident. It was a grand sight to see these herds of wild animals, thousands in a group, racing across the prairies. The fear was that they might attack us in their flight."
      The company passed Chimney Rock, Nebraska, on August 1 and reached Fort Laramie, Wyoming, August 5. They traded some horses for oxen and cows. Travel was difficult because of the heat and dust. Mary Rich, who drove a wagon with another woman, wrote: "We did so well that we had our teams ready for travel at the appointed hour every day after
      that until we arrived in the Valley, as regularly as the men did. We did not grieve or mourn over it, we had some very nice times when the roads were not so bad. We could make the mountains ring with our songs… we rejoiced that we were going to the Rocky Mountains where we would be free to practice our religion."
      They traveled through the Black Hills with steep slopes and a shortage of water and stopped on August 13 to dig for water in a dry river bed. On August 21, the company reached the Upper Ferry of the Platte River. Their teams were very weak and an occasional ox died as the company crossed the alkali flats.
      On August 26, when four oxen died, Captain Rich left behind the two boats and a wagon, stripping the wagon of its iron parts. John Taylor visited their camp and asked for extra oxen. His company had experienced the death of many oxen. Captain Rich gave him one yoke of oxen.
      On an alkali desert, the Rich Company cut blocks of bicarbonate of soda from Saleratus Lake. Later in Salt Lake Valley this soda was used in making bread.
      They began ascending the South Pass and reached the Continental Divide on August 31. The company noted wind, rain, and snow over the 7,000 foot pass. On the west side of the mountain there was plenty of grass and water. On. September 2 they met a small group, including eight apostles, returning to Winter Quarters from Salt Lake Valley. Several nearby companies halted and joined in a meeting with the apostles. The officers for the Salt Lake Stake were chosen, with Captain Rich as a counselor in the stake presidency, to be ordained later.
      On the west side of the mountain grass and water were plentiful and the teams grew stronger. They stopped a couple of days for the birth of John President Porter on September 4. At the Big Sandy, the company lost another ox, but made steady progress to Fort Bridger, arriving September 16.
      The company was slowed by several wagons with broken axles: one in Echo Canyon September 24, another in East Canyon and another a day later. They crossed Big Mountain on September 30. Captain Cherry of the first ten upset a wagon. The company became spread out as it traveled down the canyons. Captain Rich's mother, Nancy O'Neal Rich, became seriously ill. After passing Little Mountain, the Rich Company resumed the proper order and arrived in Salt Lake Valley, October 2.
      Nancy O'Neal Rich, mother of Captain Rich, died October 5 in Salt Lake Valley and was buried beside the wife of Jedediah Grant, who had died on Big Mountain a few days earlier. Two babies, Catherine Frost (Sept. 16) and William Harker (Sept. 26) were born in Echo Canyon, Utah. The number after each name indicates age at time of departure from Winter Quarter.
      Charles C. Rich Company, Captain. [Adair family in the company:]
      Adair, Emaline Rebecca, infant Born: March 1, 1847
      Adair, George Washington, 27
      Adair, Joseph, 41
      Adair, Lucinda Jane, 6
      Adair, Miriam Jane Billingsly, 20
      Adair, Rebecca Mangum, 32
      Mangum, Eliza Jane Clark, 19
      Mangum, James Mitchell, 27

      2. Per "California DAR Ancestry Guide" by the California State Society of the National Society of the DAR, 1976: Son of John Mangum, Revolutionary War private from South Carolina: "James Mitchell, b. Jan 6, 1820; m. Eliza Jane Clark."

      3. Per 21 Feb 2002 website : "Charles C. Rich's Guard; Charles C. Rich, Captain; Organized June 17, 1847; Arrived in Salt Lake Valley October 2, 1847; Second Ten; James S. Holman, Captain:
      Mangum, James Mitchel
      Born: 6 January 1820 in Sinclair [St. Clair], Alabama
      Son of John Mangum and Rebecca Canada"

      4. Censuses:
      1830 US: Pickens Co., Alabama, pages 111-112. The first three related families are all on the same page, the next four related families are on the next page, and James Adair (with son Joseph) is on p. 129:
      Thos. Peeks, males 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 20-30:1; females 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 30-40:1.
      John Mangum, males 5-10:1; 10-15:2; 15-20:1; 60-70:1; females 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 30-40:1.
      Cyrus Mangum, males 20-30:1; females 0-5:1; 15-20:1.
      Saml. Carson, males 20-30:1; females 20-30:1; 80-90:1.
      Saml. Adair, males 20-30:1; females 20-30:1.
      Thos. Adair, males 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 15-20:1; 50-60:1; females 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 40-50:1.
      Daniel Clark (next door), males 0-5:1; 30-40:1; females 0-5:1; 20-30:1.
      James Adair, males 0-5:2; 15-20:1; 20-30:2 (Joseph b. 1806); 60-70:1; females 15-20:1; 20-30:2; 60-7-:1; no slaves.

      1850 US: Utah County, Utah Territory, p. 8, family 70:
      James Mangum, 32, farmer, Alabama.
      Eliza, 23, Alabama.
      James, 2, Deseret.
      John W., 4/12, Deseret.
      Samuel H. Clark, 22, farmer, Alabama.

      1856 Utah Territorial Census was taken because Utah was trying to get statehood to avoid some of the problems that later came. As a result they wanted as many people as possible and frequently included names of everyone in a family without regard to whether they were living or dead. As a result, some of the people listed with the family may not actually have been in the household in 1856. The Adair and Mangums listed included the following heads of households in the Provo and Payson City area: George W. Adair, James Mangum, Joseph Adair (wife Rebecca), Samuel Adair, and Thomas Adair. Source for the following entry is FHL film # 505,913 (index in FHL book 979.2X22u); Ms d 2929 fd. 33, Payson City, p. 8: Payson City, p. 2:
      James Mangum
      Eliza I. "
      James H. "
      John W. "
      Heber "
      Martha I. "
      Joseph D. "

      1860 Census for Washington, Washington, Utah, enumerated 27 Jul 1860, page 1035 indicates house #1291 and family #1115 (Samuel Adair, Thomas Adair, Wesley Adair, James Richey, Geo. W. Adair, James Mangum, John Mangum, Valentine Carson, John Price, William Mangum, Cyrus Mangum, Samuel N. Adair are all listed as neighbors):
      Ja's M. Mangum, 40, DLabor, $175 real estate, $250 personal property, AL.
      Frances, 16, AL.
      Ja's H., 11, UT.
      Jno. W., 10, UT.
      Heber, 8, UT.
      Martha, 5, UT.
      Frances, 1, UT.

      1870 US: Kanab, Kane, Utah, p. 2 of 2, family 7 (next door to his brother John):
      James Mangren, 50, $200, $900, farmer, NY.
      Frances, 24, keeping house, IL.
      Mary, 24, no occupation, IL.
      John W. 18, UT.
      Heber, 17, UT.
      Frances, 13, UT.
      Jane, 1, UT.
      Amanda, 1, UT.

      1880 US: Springerville Village, Apache, Arizona, NA T9-0036, FHL 1254036, p. 14A:
      James Mangran, marr., 60, AL SC - , farmer.
      R. Frances, wife, 33, MS AL MS.

      5. "List of Participants in Mountain Meadows Massacre," Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah, Call# MS 6743:
      a. Handwritten list found in the bottom of a Pioneer's Family Trunk: "On the ground aiding or consenting to killing over 120 on Aug. or Sept. 14th or 15th, 1857"; list has 25 names but only of surnames alphabetically between A and K with "George Adair, Farmer" listed.
      b. A second, typed list: "Those who were involved with warrants issued by Judge John M. Cradelbaugh, March 1859"; list has 64 names many of which are duplicates of the handwritten list. Includes: "Samuel Adair, George W. Adair, John Mangum, James Mangum." Of the 64 names, 48 are from Lee, and 16 from Cradelbaugh. Cradelbaugh issued warrants for 38 men. So many men were involved from the surrounding area, coming and going, that an accurate list is impossible. In addition to the Mormons some 300 Indians participated.

      6. The journal of James Lovett Bunting, 1832-1923, contains the following entry on p. 158 [161] from the fort at Kanab, Utah: "Jan. 7 1871. The Measels had been brought into the Fort by one of Bro John Mangum's boys 3 weeks since and by this time it had spread throught the greater part of the Fort. Sunday 8th Jan'ry Two cases of Measels had proved fatal James Mangum's son - age 8 and John Mangum's wife (Squaw) age 17 years. Went to meeting in the a.m. & in the p.m. attended the funeral of John Mangum's wife." James Bunting was in the Black Hawk War in 1866 and then moved to Kanab, Utah. His diary is at http://overlandtrails.byu.edu.

      7. Per email of Jan. 4, 2003, I queried Will Bagley as to a couple of the items in regards to the events of Mountain Meadows Massacre. He is the controversal author of "Blood of the Prophets. My question and his response: Q. In regards to Geo. W. Adair: Did you ever develop any linkage between him and the Adairs of Arkansas from the same vicinity as the MMM victims? A. I've never established ANY connection whatsoever between the Arkansans and the participants in MMM. Lee Oertle of Beaver tried for years to make such a connection by writing families all over the country and apparently never succeeded. Q. Any idea of the reason behind the very large bail amount set for him? If I recall rightly, it was second only to Lee himself. Judging from your book, he was probably with Lee at the outset and may have been considered an important witness to Lee. A. Hard info on GWA was very elusive and often baffled me. Lee denounced "Adair's lies," but what were they? Perhaps if we had the justice dept. files for the case - if they ever existed - we could answer your question, but I'd have to guess they used the bail amount to try to pressure those under indictment to turn states' evidence. Dame, who was the key to the case, had the largest bail, $20K. Q. Your book does not mention at all anything of James Mitchell Mangum and John Mangum, both older very close relatives of Geo. Adair and also participants at MMM. Do you have any information on any Mangum MMM involvement from your files? A. The only place I found them was in John D. Lee's journals, where they sometimes appear in connection with George W. Adair.

      8. From Don and Carolyn Smith from one of three part writings of Samuel Newton Adair. [When asked who has the original of this, Carolyn referred me to Becky Hamblin [bhamblin79@hotmail.com] to try to locate the original of this; Becky in turn believes Collins Chapman in Mesa may have it since Collins' mother is the granddaughter who hand wrote it for Samuel. It has not yet been located by Becky. The following is one of the three parts [see Samuel Newton Adair's notes for full quotation]: "Luna, New Mexico, October 7, 1919. I, Samuel Newton Adair, will write what I know about my mother's folks. My grandfather's name was John Mangum and he married Rebecca Noles, so my grandmother's name was Rebecca Mangrum, my grandfather Mangum was a revolutionary soldier with General Morgan (one of his minute men.) He was taken prisoner with a lot of other men by the british soldiers and they set them on a log and split their heads open, all but my grandfather's and he had some kind of varmint skin cap on and that and the skull stopped the force of the sword and it glanced off and cut his ear nearly off and they turned him lose. He married after the war was over as stated above. Their children are: Cyrus Mangrum, Joseph Mangrum, John Mangrum, William Mangrum and James Mangrum. The daughter's names were: Jeney Mangrum, Gemima Mangrum, Rebecca Mangrum, and Lucinda Mangum. They were all my uncles and aunts. Joseph Mangrum married Emiline Hanner, William married Aunt Sally Adair, John married Aunt Mary Ann Adair, James Mangrum married Jane Clark, my father's niece. I don't know who uncle Cyrus Mangum married. Jeney Mangrum married George Crawford, Gemima Mangrum married Samuel Jefferson Adair, my father. Rebecca Mangrum married Joseph Adair, my father's cousin. Lucinda Mangrum married James Richey, my father's nephew."

      9. The book "A Comprehensive History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints," by B.H. Roberts, 1930, various quotes about the Mountain Meadows Massacre:
      P. 174, footnote 18: Judge Cradlebaugh claims that while at Cedar City he 'was visited by a number of apostate Mormons,' who gave him 'every assurance that they would furnish an abundance of evidence in regard to the matter, as soon as they were assured of military protection.' 'While there,' he also said, 'I issued warrants on affidavits filed before me for the arrest of the following named persons: Jacob [Isaac C.] Haight, president of the Cedar City stake; Bishop Johmn M. Higbee, and Bishop John D. Lee [Lee never was a Bishop…], Columbus Freeman, William Slade, John Willis, William Riggs, ___ Ingram, Daniel McFarlan, William Steward, Ira Allen and son, Thomas Cartwright, E. Welean, William Halley, Jabez Nomlen, John Mangum, James Price, John W. Adair, ___ Tyler, Joseph Smith, Samuel:Pollock, John McFarlan, Nephi Johnson, ___ Thornton, Joel White, ___ Harrison, Charles Hopkins, Joseph Flang, Samuel Lewis, Sims Matheny, James Mangum, Harrison Pierce, Samuel Adair, F.C. McDulange, William Bateman, Ezra Curtis, and Alexander Loveridge. (Congressional Globe, 37th Congress, 3rd Session, Appendix, p. 123)."
      P. 178: "Later when some of the accused were before the secular court, and Lee was tried and found guilty, Sumner Howard, the prosecuting attorney, in closing his plea in the case against Lee, said: 'He had had all the assistance any United States official could ask on earth in any case. Nothing had been kept back, and he was determined to clear the calendar of every indictment against any and every actual guilty participator in the massacre, but he did not intend to prosecute any one that had been lured to the Meadows at the time, many of whom were only young boys and knew nothing of the vile plan which Lee originated and carried out for the destruction of the emigrants.' (Second Lee trial, 1876. Court Record, also Deseret News of Sept. 27th, 1876.)

      10. "THE Mangum-Mangham-Mangrum Journal," Issue Number 56, July 2005: "INDIAN WARS PENSION (Microfilm Records of claims for service at National Archives, Washington, D.C.):
      Cyrus Mangum, Widow Sarah A. Mangum, WA-12293. UT 2 May 1917, served 1866 UT Militia Cavalry, died 29 Sept. 1896, Corrine, UT.
      James M. Mangum, Widow Rebecca F., WA-10852 AZ 8 Oct. 1909, UT Mounted Volunteers.
      John W. Mangum, SA-1577735, UT 19 Apr. 1927, Disc. 1872 UT Militia.
      John William Mangum, widow Eliza Olive, WA-1622552 AZ 18 Aug. 1928, served 1867-8 UT Militia, died 19 March 1926, Colona Juarez, Mexico.
      Joseph Mangum, Widow Mariah L., SA-16782 UT 3 July1919, WA-16298 UT 10 Feb. 1923, served 1866-71, UT Militia Cavalry, died 7 Dec. 1922 Bicknell, UT."

      BIOGRAPHY:
      1. Per 8 Feb 2002 email of Norma Entrekin : DUP booklet for Jan 2002 Pioneers of Kane County page 213: "In the spring of 1870 Levi (Stewart) accompanied by Margery and their children Tommy, Ella and Lucinda, together with their son in law Frank Farnsworth and a few other men, started the journey south... Daughter Lucinda states that "we stayed in Toquerville a few days, then on to to Pipe Spring where we stayed three weeks. We arrived in Kanab about May 20. Some people who had left the Muddy had stopped here a year or two before and partly built a fort...Jacob Hamblin, his wife Lousia, (and) Charlie Riggs from Santa Clara came the same day we didand a little later, the Mangums and James Wilkins came..." Lucinda Stewart describes her recollections of the fort that winter: "We had four rooms, two on the west and two on the north. Next to us on the west were first Brother Frost, (then) Brother Rider, Brother Noble, James Wilkins, Jim Mangum, John Mangum and Ammon Tenney. On the north were Frank Farnsworth, Brother Brown, Brother Bunting and the Mc Connells. On the east were Jacob Hamblin, George Adair, Charlie Riggs, and others in tents. There were no houses on the south side, only a rock wall..."

      2. Major autobiography with lots of references to Mangums, Richeys, and Adairs and their history by James Richey [see his notes for transcription] speaks of his relatives:
      a. "I left the crop that I had planted with my Father's family, there were only two of us, my wife and myself. Some of my relatives had come on from Pisgah in the company of Charles F. Rich and family on their way to the west. The names of our relatives are as follows: Joseph Adair and wife, Rebecca, sister of my wife; [Note: this is our Aunt Rebecca Mangum who married Joseph Adair and also Thomas Adair, according to Mangum book.) James Mangum and wife; George Adair and wife; [George Adair the brother of Samuel Jefferson Adair] and a lad by the name of Harvey Cla**(?) and also my sister Emily. We left Winter Quarters and went out into a river called the Horn and where people were organized into companies of hundreds and fifties and tens."

      3. Biographical info per the book "John Mangum, American Revolutionary War Soldier and Descendants," 1986, pp. 516-517, by Delta Ivie Mangum Hale [see book for photos of him and his wife Mary Ann Smith]: "James Mitchell Mangum, the third child of John Mangum and Rebecca Canida Knowles, was born Jan. 6, 1820 at Springville, St. Clair Co., Alabama. He married first Eliza Jane Clark in Aug. of 1844 [no source given and I dispute date per marriage source below]. She is the daughter of Samuel Clark and Phirley or Ferrely Adair, born Aug. 11, 1827 at Green Co., Alabama. She died in 1862 [disputed; should be 1859 per source cited under her death notes]. James married second Rebecca Francis Mangum, his niece, in Aug. of 1849 [definite typo considering she would've been only 6 years old and her first child isn't born until 15 Jan 1859]. She is the daughter of John Mangum and Mary Ann Adair, born Oct. 10, 1843 at Stawambee [typo for Itawamba Co.], Alabama. She died Apr. 13, 1938 at Duncan, Greenlea [Greenlee] Co., Arizona. James married third Mary Ann Smith in 1866 at Salt Lake City, Utah. She is the daughter of Thomas Washington Smith and Sarah Ann Boren, b. Sept. 27, 1844 at Pigeon Creek, Iowa. She died June 12, 1912 at Tropic, Garfield, Co., Utah. James died Feb. 4, 1888 at Nutrioso, Apache Co., Arizona. James and Eliza had six children:
      a. Joseph Daniel, b. 1844, [Itawamba Co.?], Mississippi; d. 1846.
      b. James Harvey, b. 29 Nov 148, SLC, UT.
      c. John William, b. 14 Nov 1850, Provo, Utah, UT.
      d. Heber C., b. 7 Oct 1852, Payson, Utah, UT.
      e. Martha Jane, b. 5 May 1855, Payson, UT.
      f. Lydia An, b. 31 Aug 1857, Washington, Utah.
      James and Rebecca Francis had four children: (for a complete record see Rebecca Francis Mangum, daughter of John Mangum and Mary Ann Adair.):
      a. Winnie Frances Coley, b. 15 Jan 1859, Wahington, Washington, Utah.
      b. James Alma, b. 17 Jun 1864, Diamond Valley, Wash., Ut; d. 6 Jan 1870, Washington, UT.
      c. Nephi, b. 20 Nov 1868, Washington, UT; d. 20 Nov 1868, Washington, UT.
      d. Amanda, b. 20 Jun 1877, Washington, Utah; d. 4 Feb 1878, Washington, UT.
      James and Mary Ann had six children [includes photo of family of James Mitchell Mangum and Mary Ann Smith]:
      a. James Thomas, b. 11 Mar 1868, Washington, Utah; d. as an infant.
      b. Robert Smith, b. 23 Dec 1871, Pahreah, Kane, Utah.
      c. Sarah Francis, b. 8 Jun 1874, Pahreah, Utah.
      d. Albert, b. 15 Sep 1877, Pahreah, Utah.
      e. Carel Henery, b. 21 Apr 1883, Pahreah, Utah.
      f. Francis Marion Mangum (adopted), b. 6 Oct 1889, Pahreah, Utah.

      4. Biographical info on this individual's father per the book "John Mangum, American Revolutionary War Soldier and Descendants," 1986, p. 7-16, by Delta Ivie Mangum Hale: "John's second wife died, and he was again left a widower. Following her death he moved to Warren County, Ohio, later changed to Clinton County. It was here that he met his third wife, Rebecca Knowles. The were married Jan. 19, 1809 at Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio. (Marriage Licenses of Warren County, No. 1 and 2, p. 30.) Eight children were born to John and Rebecca. In later life he appeared in court to claim his veteran's pension and gave the following statement regarding his places of residence: 'I was born in Mecklenburg County, Virginia on the 19th of Jan 1763, informed by my mother when I was eleven years old, I had it in a book from the time I entered the service. Until 1805 I resided in Newberry District, So. Carolina. In 1805 I moved to Warren County, afterwards Clinton County, Ohio where I resided until 1811. In 1811 I removed to Giles County, Tennessee where I stayed until 1815. In 1815 I came to St. Claire County, Alabama where I stayed until about 1823 or 1824. Then I removed to Pickens County, Alabama where I have lived ever since and now live.' (Package 370, Vol. 3, Veterans Bureau, National Archives, Washington, D.C.) While living at Warren Co., Ohio, John and Rebecca had a daughter, Gemima, born on Sep. 14, 1809. Two children were born after they moved to Tennessee. These were William on Christmas Day 1811 at Murray or Maury, Tennessee, and Rebecca on Aug. 10, 1814 at Giles, Tennessee. Another two children were born at St. Clair, Alabama. These were John, Jr., born June 10, 1817 and James Mitchell, born Jan. 6, 1820. Another son, Joseph, was born about 1822. The record of his birth date, place and picture are not available to date. A daughter, Jane was born July 14, 1824 at Maury, Tennessee, and their last daughter, Lucinda, was born July 20, 1826 at Carlton, Pickens County, Alabama..."

      5. The book "Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah," p. 1021: "James Mitchell Mangum. Born January, 1820, Mobile county, Ala. Came to Utah Sept. 29, 1847, Edward Hunter company. Married Eliza Jane Clark (daughter of Samuel Clark and Miss Adair). Their children: Joseph Daniel; James Harvey b. Nov. 29, 1848, m. Amy Lorette Bigler [daughter of Jacob G. Bigler] Feb. 21, 1870; John William b. Nov. 14, 1850, m. Eliza Hamblin; Heber C. b. Oct 7, 1852, m. Louisa Leavitt 1870; Martha Jane b. May 5, 1855, m. George W. Kendall; Lydia Ann b. Aug 31, 1857, m. William H. Apperly. Family resided Salt Lake, Provo, Payson and St. George, Utah. Married Mary Smith 1866, Salt Lake City (daughter of Thomas Smith). Their children: Frances; Robert; Albert; Carel. Seventy. Expert millwright, conducting saw and grist mills on Mill Creek and at Provo and Payson, Utah."

      6. From the book "Nutrioso and Her Neighbors," by Nina Kelly and Alice Lee [bracketed notes by myself]:
      p. V: "Nutrioso has never been a large town, perhaps no more than 800 at any one time." [Photo of Nutrioso in 1896 is included with article.]
      p. 31: "Alpine is about 8 miles southeast of Nutrioso, elev. 8,000', at the head of the San Francisco River. It is on the SE side of the Continental Divide while Nutrioso is on the NW side of the watershed."
      pp. 37-39: "[In speaking of Willard Lee] While they were living in Clarkston, not far from Kanab, a call came for settlers for Arizona. Late in the summer of 1879, a company started for Arizona. Besides Willard Lee's family were Abner Martin [married to dau. of James Mitchel Mangum], Samuel Neuton [Newton] Adair, John Will Mangum [son of James Mitchel], James Mitchel Mangum, Charles Y. Webb, Abe Winsor, Jacob Hamblin's wife Priscilla, Lora Brown (a widow), and others joined the company as they traveled along.[I believe Samuel J. Adair was with his son Samuel N. on this trip but I cannot prove it.] The road from Kanab led across a barren expanse into the Kaibab Forest. After ascent of the Buckskin Mountains, the trail road wound in and out through the tall pines and cedar trees, then down, down, down they went as if descending into a pit. Trees were left behind. High jagged sandstone cliffs of the Colorado Plateau loomed higher and higher. Camp was made where there was water. Often this necessitated traveling far into the night. Water barrels were carried on the sides of the wagons which furnished sufficient water for domestic use. On they traveled and camped by Houserock springs. On the vermillion colored walls they etched their names and date of trip close by other names and dates of earlier travelers who had passed that way. As they continued their journey, the cliffs began to close in. Emmit Wash and Soap Creek were passed and camp made about one mile from the huge crack in the plateau where ran the mighty muddy Colorado River... Down to the Ferry crossing. The approach to Lee's Ferry was rough and lay in a hollow at the lower end of Glen Canyon. The rapid waters emerge from the canyoun upon a reef of hard rock which slows the stream where it ripples, eddies, and sparkles in its slower course approaching the rapids just below the crossing. Just below the rapids, the Paria Creek flows into the Colorado River... The large float boat was long enough to carry two wagons at one time. The boat was propelled by oars with three men. The boat was towed upstream by horses on the bank pulling it alongside the bank for a short distance then headed up the stream at an angle and driven by oars, aided by the current that forced it across to the opposite side some distance below where it started. Two rowboats were also taken up the side of the bank above the crossing and turned into the stream leading some good swimming stock to decoy the rest of the stock to the other side. With shouts and maneuvering of the boats and swimming stock the stock swam across to the south side... The rough, rocky ascent of Lee's Back Bone was crossed and down on to the rolling plains at the foot of Echo Cliffs they went. There were the hot dry rolling plains with little vegetation and the long dusty trail of the Indian Country, the land of the Navajos... The men were always alert for Indians. When the Little Colorado was reached, all were relieved... In crossing the river, some of the stock got stuck in quicksand... In the settlements of Sunset and Joseph City, they found friends who come three years before. After a few days rest, they continued on south up the Little Colorado River. The river was a slow, sluggish stream winding its way throuht the sandy bed during the hot dry summer months but was a roaring muddy torrent during floods in the upper reaches of the stream. Through the petrified trees, up and down, in and out, the trail led on and on deeper into the untamed wilderness of the high mountains of snow-covered pine trees... Most of the company remained that winter at Springerville... The next spring Willard moved up on Little Nutrioso Creek. Nutrioso was a sparsely-settled valley in June 1880... In what later became the Lower town in the newly acquired Jones Valley were... George Adair, his wife and six children, and George Jr., his wife and one child."
      pp. 51-52: "Rebecca Frances Mangum was born in Mississippi. She came to Arizona with her husband James Mitchel Mangum in 1879, then lived in at Richville for a few years. In 1883 they moved to Nutrioso. Her experiences on the frontier had given her some knowledge of medecine and home remedies. Her handloom for carpet-weaving consisted of a frame work with a roller at each end, over which the warp threads were stretched, running through a series of eyelets called heddles. The machine was four and a half feet high, the same in width, and about six feet in length. The timbers used were hardwood, about five inches square. They fastened together with wooden pins. The wool threads were drawn alternately through the warp. The rags were sewn together and wound on shuttles. After the loom was threaded with the warp, the weaver sat down and by a foot treadle lifted half the warp up so the shuttle could be sent across between the lines of warp. Then by a second treadle, the warp was lowered and the woof of the rag was pounded into place by the reed attached to a heavy part of the frame work. This process was repeated over and over until the desired number of yards were made. Many rugs and carpets were woven on this loom." [Photo of Rebecca is on page 36 and in my files.]
      pp. 52: "John Mangum (son of John and Rebecca Knowles Mangum) b. 1817, Alabama; died 1889 at Bush Valley (Alpine), Arizona. He married 1) Mary Ann Adair (daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Rebecca Brown Adair) b. 1824, Alabama; died 1898, Utah. Children and their spouses (*these couples raised families in Nutrioso):
      William Perry, MS, 1841, Sarah Booth.
      *Rebecca Frances, MS, 1843, James Mitchel Mangum.
      Laney Ann, MS, 1846, d. in 1846-47.
      Martha Elizabeth, MS, 1848, d. in 1848.
      Joseph Eslen, MS, 1850, Maria Lucinda Heath.
      John, IA, 1852, 1. Martha Ann Smith; 2) Edith Chynowith.
      *Lucinda, UT, 1854, James Wilson Wilkins.
      Cyras[Cyrus] - twin, UT, 1856, Unity Alexander.
      Harvey - twin, UT, 1856, d. young.
      *Mary Abigail, UT, 1858, William (Billy) Hamblin.
      Amy Caroline, UT, 1860, James O. Wilkins.
      Juliella, UT, 1861, d. young.
      David Newton, UT, 1862, Elizabeth Thornton.
      *Sarah Ellen, UT, 1864, Ebenezer Cherry.
      John Mangum married 2) Ellen Bardsley (daughter of William Bardsley). Children and their spouses:
      George Albert, UT, 1856, Betsy Jane Hamblin.
      Ellen, UT, 1858, d. in 1864.
      pp. 52-53 has family listing and details of John Mangum, son of John and Mary Ann Adair Mangum. See hardfile for copy.
      p. 53: "James Mitchel Mangum (son of John and Rebecca Knowles Mangum) b. 1820, Alabama; died 1888, Nutrioso, buried in St. Johns. He married 2) Rebecca Frances Mangum (dau. of John and Mary Ann Adair Mangum) b. 1843, Mississippi; d., 1928, Duncan, Arizona." children and spouses:
      Winnie Frances (Franti), UT, 1859, Abner Catlin Martin. [Kerry's note: This Coley child is most likely a child of Rebecca's first marriage - see notes below.]
      James Alma, UT, 1864, d. 1870.
      Nephi, UT, 1868, d. 1868.
      Amanda Charlotte, UT, 1877, d. 1877.
      pp. 53-61 has several family listings and details of the following individuals for which I copied the pages for my hardfile [too far removed from the subjects of my files]:
      George Albert Mangum, son of John and Ellen Bardsley Mangum.
      Joseph Mangum, son of George Albert Mangum.
      Emery Kay Mangum, granddau. of George Albert Mangum.
      Cyrus Mangum, son of John and Mary Ann Adair.
      John Will Mangum, son of James Mitchel and Eliza Jane Clark Mangum.
      Ebenezer Griffen Cherry, husband to Sarah Ellen Mangum who is daughter of John and Mary Ann Adair Mangum.
      Abner Caitlin Martin, husband to Winnie Frances Mangum who is daughter of James Mitchel and Rebecca Frances Mangum Mangum.
      James Wilson Wilkins, husband to Lucinda Mangum who is daughter of John and Mary Ann Adair Mangum.
      pp. 59-60 [corrections by me]: "Samuel Neuton [Newton] Adair lived in Nutrioso 1883-1885. His father, Samuel Jefferson Adair, came to Arizona with his son, Samuel Neuton. He crossed the plains from South Carolina [Mississippi, not S.C.] to Utah in 1846 [1852, he left Nauvoo in 1846] and moved to Dixie in Southern Utah. He was a farmer. He [Samuel J.] died in Nutrioso and was buried in at St. Johns, Arizona [unproven but possible], in 1889. When Abe was about 18 months old (about 1871), he fell into a cold spring of water. After his folks got him out, his mother wrapped him in a blanket and put him to bed. The next morning his legs, from the waist down, were paralyzed. Until his death in 1933 in Luna, NM, he was unable to walk. That was over 62 years. He had a very strong back and shoulders. For years, his legs were his burro. He rode the little burro nearly every place he went. He never married but lived with his parents at Luna, NM. Theomas Jefferson was born in 1884, at Nutrioso. He lived with his parents. He went on a mission for the Mormon Church to Arkansas. After 18 months he was released because he was ill. He started home and got as far as St. Johns, AZ, July 23, 1906. He became so ill he was unable to continue n home. He died Aug. 1, 1906 at St. Johns, AZ. Samuel Neuton Adair (son of Samuel Jefferson and Jamima Catherine Mangum Adair) b. 1839 MS; died Luna, NM. He married Helen Gennett Brown (dau. of Abraham and harriet Sheldon Brown) b. 1845, Kirtland, OH; d. 1933, Luna, NM." children and their spouses:
      Charles Neuton, Washington, UT, 1865, Mary Elva Woolsey.
      Harriet Gennet, Washington, UT, Owen Washington Clark.
      Byron Abraham (Abe), Washington, UT, 1869, d. unmarried.
      Jamima Jane, Washington, UT, 1871, Wm. C. Baldwin.
      Wm. Orin, Washington, UT, d. in 1876.
      Mary Virginia, Washington, UT, John H. Petty.
      Anna Catherine, Washington, UT, James S. McFate.
      Sarah Edna, Concho, AZ, 1881, Wm. S. Laney.
      Olive Josephine - twin, Nutrioso, 1884, Charles R. Stewart.
      Thomas Jefferson - twin, Nutrioso, 1884, d. unmarried in 1906 at St. Johns.
      Marcus Owen, Luna, NM, 1886, Annie Fuentis.
      pp. 60-61: "George Washington Adair (son of Samuel Jefferson and Jamima Catherine Mangum Adair) b. 1837, Pickens County, AL, buried 1909, Hammond, NM. He married Ann Catherine Chessnutt, b. 1844, Missouri; d. 1863, Washington, Utah." Their children and spouses:
      George Washington, UT, 1861, Almira Hamblin.
      Jamima Ann, UT, 1863, Charles Henry Hale [Hales].
      George Washington Adair married 20 Emily Tyler. (The following was taken from US 1880 census on Nutrioso Creek, Apache County.) [Census follows.] George Washington Adair Sr. and George Washington Adair Jr. were both in the U.S. census of 1880 at Nutrioso, but they did not stay. They went to Alpine and stayed until Samuel Neuton Adair and his father came to Nutrioso in 1883, then George W. Jr. moved his family to Nutrioso for a few years.
      p. 61: "George Washington Adair (son of George Washington and Ann Catherine Chessnut Adair) b, 1861, Santa Clara, Utah; died 1934, Bloomfield, NM. He married Almira Hamblin (dau. of Wm. Haynes and Betsy Leavitt Hamblin) b. 1860, Gunlock, Utah; d. 1941, Mesa, AZ." children and their spouses:
      George Wm., b. on the trail before Lee's Ferry, 1880, d. in 1880 in Alpine.
      Leroy, Alpine, AZ, 1882, Martha Black.
      Don Carlas, Nutrioso, 1884, d. in 1886 in Nutrioso.
      Bertha, Nutrioso, 1886, 1) Thos. Finch; 2) John Finch.
      Clarence Duane, Nutrioso, 1888, Ruth Gardner.
      Lenor Ann, Overton, NV, 1891, d. in 1906.
      Guy R., Nutrioso, 1892, Pearl Irene FairChild, d. 1959 in Mesa but bur. in Nutrioso.
      Emily Parentha, Paria, UT, 1894 Joseph Rulon Ashcroft.
      Betsy Olive, Overton, NV, 1896, Scheyler Edward Fuller.
      Alfred Chessnutt, Price, UT, 1898, Helen Victoria Hill.
      Blanche Grace, Hammond, NM, 1900, d. in 1920, unmarried.
      p. 61: "John Wesley Adair (son of Thomas Jefferson and Rebecca Brown Adair) b. 1820, TN; died May 1903, Nutrioso, AZ. He married Rebecca Mangum, (dau. of John and Rebecca Knowles Mangum) b. 1814, TN. They did not have any Children. Rebecca (Becky) had three children by a previous husband, Joseph Adair (son of James and Rebecca Adair). John Wesley Adair was a member of the Mormon Battalion. He was a brother to Samuel Jefferson Adair. He marched from the Missouri River through Southern Arizona, to Los Angeles. After they came to Nutrioso, he would entertain the children by telling of his experiences in the Battalion and of the mobs in Nauvoo, Illinois." The children were:
      Joseph Newton, d. young.
      Rebecca Frances, m. Jeremiah Staynor.
      Lucinda, m. Orin Sherwood.
      p. 179: Subarticle: "True Friendships Formed in Trying Days of Early Arizona Bring Brave Pioneers Back for Annual Reunion. No man or woman passed through the trials and hardships that had to be faced 35 or 40 years ago without having experienced many dangers and privations that required stout hearts to face and indomitable courage to win... Our first year in Arizona was full of dramatic incidents and great excitement. In the year 1881, the Indians were on the warpath committing the most fiendish depredations the major portion of the time. The inhabitants of Alpine and Nutrioso, two little mountain towns, combined forces in Nutrioso for safety's sake, and there a block house was built. Night and day for many months, guards were stationed on top of a hill overlooking the little settlement, the men taking turns in doing guard duty. No details were overlooked in anticipation of combating the Indians, should they attack the block house, but no attack was made by the warriors. However, they did not desist from committing depredations upon the inhabitants of outlying ranches and many a good and true man went down before the Redskins. This ruthless slaughter of innocent ranchers continued for many years and believe me, it was very disquieting to receive word that Geronimo with his band had passed through some sparsely-settled territory and had slaughtered this man or that man, who had been your neighbor and had eaten at your table scores of times. Everything had to be hauled from Holbrook or the Rio Grande and many a poor freighter lost his life on the Rio Grande Road. I distinctly remember being on that road hunting for some stolen cattle and passing one battleground after another, saw the dead bodies of the drivers and the charred remnants of their wagons, testifying to the cruelty of the Redskins. Those were the days when friendships once made were seldom lost... But the Indians were not the only troublesome factor with whom we were forced to deal. We had a bunch of fellows who had come to Arizona purely for their health, who had not enjoyed good health in the land from whence they came. They were cattle rustlers and genuine outlaws, who persisted in plying their nefarious trade at every opportunity. For several years it was a question of which side would win, but the decent law-abiding element elected as sheriff of Apache County Commodore Owens, whose name was known all over Arizona and New Mexico as a real gun-man. Owens did more to make northeastern Arizona a safe place in shich to live than any previous sheriff. He surely did make Chrisitians out of a large number of those 'wild and wooly' boys. Today it would look rather primituve to see one of our superiour court judges take his seat on the bench with a big six-shooter strapped about his waist and a bunch of men stationed aorund the court room to maintain order, but in those hectic days it was a common sight to see.There was great appreciation and respect for each other by those people. They had survived because of each other. In addition, a good many of them were in some way related."
      pp. 222-223: "Judge George H. Crosby wrote a column in the St. Johns Observer for a time and among his articles was a lovely one on Nutrioso 40 years before. He called it Nutrioso As It Was." [Some quotes follow:]
      "Then there was George Adair, the best hunter of all those mountain settlements, and incidentally one who always knew all the community news. And Mrs. Lucinda Wilkins and Aunt Francis Mangum, who soon after, became widows and who have spent their lives caring for the sick - both had hearts of gold."
      pp. 251-256: Hand drawn plot and block land map with the following comments:
      "John Staniford from Alpine built Jerry Harradence's house on Block 18, Lot 2. When George Adair moved, he sold the field east of town to Jim Webb. Jim built a large barn. He sold his place to Jerry Harradence, who established a tannery south of the barn."
      "Ebb and Nell Cherry lived on Block 23 Lot 2..."
      "George and Em Adair had 6 children. They lived in the field east of Block 17. The house was a 2-room sawed dove-tailed with logs 6 inches by 10 feet. He sold to Jim Webb all of the field east of the creek when George moved to Utah [New Mexico?]. George's father lived with him. Samuel Jefferson Adair was born in 1806 in South Carolina. He died in July 1889 at Nutrioso and was buried at St. Johns. Part of the time Samuel Jefferson lived with his son Nute."
      "Wesley and Rebecca Adair lived on 9-2, a one-room log house bouth from Lime Hamblin. Wesley had been in the Mormon Battalion. He lived 20 years in Nutrioso and died in 1903."
      "James Mitchel and Frances Mangum lived on 10-2. He moved in after Joe Lewis moved away."
      "Cy and Unity Mangum lived on 10-2. When Joe Lewis moved on 10-2, he lived there about 4 years."
      " Wilson and Lucinda [Mangum] Wilkins lived on 15-4. There were 8 chidren. They moved to 10-3, a 2-room sawed log house."
      "Abner and Frances [Mangum] Martin lived on 7-4. They had 5 children. One child died with scarlet fever in 1886. Frances also lived on 14-1 and 2-3."
      "Jerry and Rebecca Adair Stayner lived on 10-1 then they moved to Watts Creek east of the Lower Town. From there they moved to 9-2, a 1-room log house. He sold to Charles Webb. Charles sold to Lime Hamblin."
      "Jim and Fred Wilkins were sons of Wilson Wilkins by a previous marriage. They were not married and lived in a 1-room log house on 10-4. Billy Hamblin built the house. Fred went ot Utah and Jim married Caroline Mangum. There were 2 houses on this lot and Jim and Fred lived in the east one. Mary Ann [Adair] Mangum and her son Neuton [Newton] lived in the west house. It was a 1-room log."

      7. A transcription of the letter from Brigham Young calling Samuel J. Adair on his mission to Dixie. The scribe for Brigham Young on this letter was a George Sims - he should have been called to a different job - his handwriting was atrocious. Here is our best shot at it. My guesses are in brackets. I asked several of the Archivists about some of the words and they couldn't come any closer than I did. LDS Church Archives, Salt Lake City, Call Number CR 1234/1, Reel 26, Box 18, Folder 4. Brigham Young outgoing correspondence:
      G. S. L. City Dec. 20, 1856
      B. Young to Saml. Adair and others
      Dear Brethren,
      I am [sending] a note in regard to [receipt] of cotton, raisins and Indigo respectively as received.
      We are desirous of having these articles produced as we may for the use of the people of this Territory.
      We are not aware of any Indigo being harvest[ed] in the Territory or of any of the seed being brought. We should like, if you know of any, that you would inform us of the fact, or if you know where it could be obtained.
      We presume that plants of cotton seed can be purchased by the brethren South, who have been somewhat engaged in the business for the past year or two. In regard to your enterprise in this business it would please me to have you do so, but of course you are aware that it would become necessary for you to form the mission South. [Let] me refer you to Bro. Isaac C. Haight who will instruct you in regard to your starting therein, you may consider yourselves on this mission and make your assignments accordingly.
      I remain as ever your Bro. in the Gospel of Salvation. B.Y.
      Samuel Adair James Adair
      John W. Adair Thomas Adair
      William Mangum James Mangum
      Harrison Pierce John Norton
      Fazsen Waiel Utah County, U.T.
      Copied by George Sims - Clerk

      8. Author unknown but copy of the following typescript is in my possession and was received from Lea Nani at the first Adair Family Reunion in about 2003. It is part of a family group sheet on John Mangum, the Patriot with some references to his son James Mitchell Mangum:
      His family [John Mangum's] was called to settle at Kanab, Kane Co., Utah, in 1876. Also called were Jacob Hamblin, Hyrum Judd, Thales Haskell, Jahill McConnel, Ammon H. Tinney, George Adair, and James Mitchell Mangum. 'They then returned to Kanab where they joined the United Order that had been established there. The order did not prove successful, so the Mangum family went again to Pahreah where they resided until the time of the Arizona Boom,' according to David Newton's history...
      In the fall of 1879, John and Mary Ann Mangum, Cyrus and Unity Mangum, John Wesley, Joseph Eslen (Joe), David Newton, and other families were called to move and settle the towns that were St. Johns, Amity (Springerville), Round Valley, Nutrioso, and Bush Valley (Alpine), and the surrounding area. The area had few white settlers, more settlers of Mexican descent, and the Apache Indian tribe was in the area. Taken from the 'History of James Abner Martin' (grand child of Rebecca Frances and James Mitchell Mangum) is the following: 'Sometime in the spring of 1880, Geronimo, an Indian chief, and his gang of about 30 warriors and their squaws moved along down the mesa across the river from where Amity (Springerville) stood. We could see them, as they weren't over a half a mile away. Uncle Jake Hamblin, James Mitchell Mangum, and the rest of the men got together and put out a white flag. Geronimo and two of his men put up a white flag and went off to one side away from the gang and held a consultation. Uncle Jake, James Mitchell Mangum and one other man went to consult with these three. Uncle Jake had been in the Indian Mission for some time and he could talk to them in their own language. James Mitchell could talk the Piute language. After talking to them for awhile, they formed a Treaty and became friendly. Brother Phelps killed a fat yearling steer and gave them the meat. Old Brother Milligan got some graham or whole wheat flour out of his mill and gave it to them. Mr. Beckers gave some goods out of his store and Indians went off good-natured. A short time after this, the settlers had taken their horses to a place called Water Canyon to graze. Later someone went to get their horses, practically all their horses had been stolen. They thought that it was this same bunch of Indians. In the summer of 1880, James Mitchell was working for a dollar a day on the road with freight teams. When he came our way loaded with flour, everyone was glad. About all they had to eat for three weeks were garden vegetables. Father, James Mitchell, purchased two hundred pounds of flour at $16.00 a hundred. It took 32 days of work for 200 pounds of flour. That was the only flour in that part of the country. Mother (Winnie Frances Coley Martin) and grandmother (Rebecca Frances Mangum) divided with the Mexicans, giving them one of the two sacks. They had divided what they had with us. Those 200 pounds of flour lasted us till the crops ripened in the fall. When the railroad was built through Northern Arizona, my father, Abner Catlin Martin, Joe Mangum, John Mangum, Cyrus Mangum and Jim Wilkins worked on the construction crew. When they came home that fall, Father had a new wagon, and he had it loaded full of food, including a sack of sugar. That's the first sugar I remember seeing in Arizona..."

      BIRTH:
      1. Per pioneer trail records noted above. Son Carel Mangum's 1900 census cited with mother's entry indicates variant birthplace as Mississippi; however, this appears unlikely when compared with other references noted above.

      2. Obituary says St. Clair county which varies from the Prominent Men of Utah biography above that says Mobile Co.

      3. FHL Film 2456: "Early LDS Church Membership Records for Nutrioso, Arizona": Record of the Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Nutrioso Ward, St. Johns Stake of Zion. Page 20 entries: No numbering but this group together:
      John Wesley Adair; father: Thomas Adair; mother Rebecca Brown; b. 18 Feb 1821 at Green Co., Alabama; first baptized Dec 1844 by James Richey; first confirmed Dec 1844 by J. Richey; ordained to 26 Quorum of Seventies Sep 1845 by William McBride; rebaptized Mar 1857 by Bp. Covington; reconfirmed 1857 by Harrison Pierce.
      Rebecca, father: John Mangum; mother: Rebecca Knowles; b. 10 Aug 1814 at Giles Co., Tennessee; first baptized Nov. 1845 by R? Mathews; first confirmed Nov 1845 by Gibson; rebaptized Dec 1847; reconfirmed Dec. 1847.
      James Mitchell Mangum; father: John Mangum; mother: Rebecca Knowles; b. 6 Jan 1820 at Springville, St. Clair, Alabama; first baptized 1844 by A. ?undin; first confirmed by Bryant Knowlin; ordained 3 May 1885 by Joseph Young into 17 Quorum Seventies; rebaptized 1848; reconfirmed 1848 by A. Covington.
      Rebecca Frances Mangum; father: John Mangum; mother: Mary Ann Adair; b. 10 Oct 1843 at Ettawamba, Mississippi; first baptized 14 Feb 1851; first confirmed 14 Feb 1851 by J.J. Bigler; rebaptized Jan 1876 by J. Hamblin; reconfirmed Jan 1876 by L. ?. Nuttall.
      Orson B. Arnold; father: Thomas Arnold; mother Hannah Brewin; b. 10 Feb 1857 at Sheephead,, England; first confirmed 6 Sep 1888 by Hyrum Chapman.

      4. FHL film 392669 "LDS Patriarchal Blessings Index", two blessings:
      A. James M. Mangham, b. 6 Jun 1820 at Sinclair Co., Alabama, parents John and Rebecca Mangham. Blessing date 18 Feb 1856 at Payson, Utah. Lineage: Ephraim. Patriarch John Young. Vol. 25, p. 152.
      A. James Mitchel Mangum, b. 6 Jun 1820 at St. Clair Co., Missouri, parents John and Rebecca Mangum. Blessing date 7 Mar 1854 at Payson, Utah. Lineage: Ephraim. Patriarch Isaac Morley. Vol. 15, p. 281.

      MARRIAGE:
      1. "Itawamba County Marriage Book 1"at <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~robfra/marr.html> has about 2 dozen marriages solemnized by "Samuel Adair" starting from mid-1841 to late 1844: James M. Mangum and Eliza P. Clarke 23 Jun 1842. Most LDS family group sheets show a marriage of Aug 1844 which seems erroneous in light of the 1842 source.

      2. Rebecca Francis Mangum is his niece - daughter of John Mangum and Mary Ann Adair. She was previously married per undated handwritten note of Glenn H. Martin and Wealthy Bigler Martin of Gilbert, AZ, included on FHL film 2056025, item 5, George Addison Mangum collection of his research notes: "Aunt Rebecca Frances Mangum daughter of John Mangum Jr. and Mary Ann Adair oldest child to live born 10 Oct 1843 married Mr. Coley [Gabriel Reynolds Coley] who deserted her and baby Winnie Frances, then she married her Uncle James Mitchel Mangum, born 1820. Winnie Frances was adopted by James Mitchel and she married Abner C. Martin in Utah then moved to Arizona." A daughter of the Coley marriage, Winnie Frances Coley, b. 15 Jan 1859, Wahington, Washington, Utah, would indicate a marriage sometime after late 1858. Some undocumented family group sheets do indicate a marriage date of Aug 1859 which needs substantiation.

      3. FHL film 901648 "Marriages of Itawamba Co., Mississippi," vol. 1, p. 203:
      "James M. Mangum and Eliza P. Clarke. The State of Mississippi, Itawamba County. To any Minister of the Gospel, Judge of the State of Mississippi, of Judge, Justice, or Officer of said County authorized to celebrate marriage: Greeting - You are hereby licensed to celebrate the rites of matrimony between James M. Mangram and Eliza P. Clarke and you will return unto the office of the Probate Court of said County a certificate hereon of the solemnization thereof. Witness Edwin G. Thomas, Clerk of the Probate Court of said county and the seal thereunto annexed the 21st day of June 1842."
      "In virtue hereof the rites of matrimony between James M. Mangram and Eliza P. Clarke were duly celebrated by me 23rd day of June 1842. Samuel Adair, Minister of the Gospel."

      4. Ordinance Index has an extracted sealing record for EHOUS showing marriage of James Mitchell Mangum to Mary Ann Dowell on 9 Oct 1866 in SLC, UT with sealing same date. The sealing work is same date and place as Rebecca Francis Mangum. Mary Ann Dowell is Mary Ann Smith. Ancestral file shows a marriage to a Thomas Augustine Dowell (AFN: BCPT-ST) with no date nor place. Ordinance Index shows an extracted LDS sealing record on FHL film M183395 for Thomas Augustine Dowell and Mary Ann Smith 19 Sep 1861 EHOUS. Mangum Book says 1866 but Ancestral File says 1861 - Mangum Book is wrong in light of 1861 temple record.
      Some family records show marriage of James Mangum and Mary Ann Smith on 19 or 20 Sep 1866, but I have not found documentation for this. They may have civilly married before a sealing in the Endowment House of Salt Lake City.

      DEATH:
      1. Per obituary.

      OBITUARY:
      1. The Deseret News, Wed., March 7, 1888, p/ 128: "Maugam [Mangum]. - At Nutrioso, N.M.[AZ], Feb. 14, 1888, James Mitchell Maugam [Mangum]. He had been an invalid for several years. He was called as a Pioneer from Mt. Pisgah and was a member of Charles C. Rich's company, crossing the plains in 1847. He was born January 6th, 1820 in St. Clare [St. Clair] County, Alabama; joined the Church in January, 1845; was ordained a Seventy many years ago, and held that office to the time of his death. He was the father of 17 children - 10 of whom survive him. He has 32 living grand Children. He was one of the first settlers of Washington, Kane [Washington] County, and went from there to Kanab as a Indian missionary with Jacob Hamblin and others, about 186[9? (unclear)]. Lived also at Pahreah, Kane County, and still later at Walnut Grove, St. John's Ward, Arizona, from which place he removed to Nutioso. He died firm in the faith, surrounded by a number of his relatives and friends."

      SOURCES_MISC:
      1. FHL film 2056023-2056026, especially film 5 which contains Mangum-Adair materials. Title is "George Addison Mangum's Genealogical Collection" which is his lifetime work donated to library in 1998; he was born in Utah in 1922, of Blackfoot, ID and is perhaps a brother to Ivey Mangum Hale. Brief summary includes: 2056023, item 1, book of remembrance; item 2, surname index of changes and volumes; item 3, Person materials; 2056024, items 3 thru 6 and 2056026, Mangum/Adair materials. Included are many family group sheets of sidelines and downlines, many of them unconnected.

      2. FHL Film 1697868 and book "The Mangums of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, Utah, and Adjoining States," by John T. Palmer, Ph.D. Santa Rosa, CA 95409, 1993, 3rd ed.

      3. Nauvoo LDS Land and Records Office research file (copy in my possession as of 2 Jun 2007 and also partially viewable at www.earlylds.com). Includes family group sheet from Ancestral File and Susan Black's entry in her book "Early LDS Members."