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- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. 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: This individual not listed with rest of family.
2. 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: Dist. 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 137b, dwelling and family 1190, neighbor with Arta Emaline [Hannah] Mangum:
John Mangum, 32, AL.
Mary, 26, AL.
Frances, 7, IA.
Martha, 2, IA.
1851 Iowa State: Pottawattamie County. FHL film 1022203. The entire state was counted but only Pottawattamie listed everyone by name in the household and their ages; other counties only listed the head of the household and a numerical count without names of the various ages by sex in the household. No date is given when the census was taken but it was certified in Dec. 1851; however, the other counties show a Sep 1851 date which also appears more likely for Pottawattamie as well in light of ages given some children with known birthdays in October. Census return:
Mangum: John 24, Mary A. 27, Frances 7, Martha 5, Joseph E. 0. Also in household is Elen Bardsley 23. [Note next door neighbors are the Thomas/Mary Adair and William/Sarah Mangum families. Note also that John Mangum marries Ellen polygamously in 1853 in Utah. The Samuel Adair {with Samuel's daughter John/Permelia Holden family next door to him} is also listed but half the census away in a different part of the county. No other Adairs, Mangums, nor any Richeys listed in census.]
1860 US: Washington, Washington, Utah, enumerated 27 Jul 1860, page 1035 indicates house #1288 and family #1112 (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):
Jn'o Mangum, 43, Herdsman, $150 real estate, $275 personal property, AL.
Mary A., 36, AL.
Ellen, 40, Eng.
Joseph, 9, IA.
John, 8, Iowa.
George, 6, UT.
Lucinda, 6, UT.
Cyrus, 4, UT.
Harny, 4, UT.
Mary A., 2, UT.
Caroline, 5/12, UT.
1870 US: Kanab, Kane, Utah, p. 2 of 2, family 9 (next door to brother):
John Mangrun, 50, farmer, NY.
Marian, 48, keeping house, NY.
Joseph, 19, UT.
John, 18, UT.
George, 16, UT.
Syrus, 13, UT.
Abigal, 11, UT
Caroline, 9, UT.
David, 8, UT.
Ellen, 3, UT.
Mary, 16, UT, sernt. (Servant? In reality, this would be John's Indian wife since she appears with his last name.)
1880 US: Can't find after a very thorough full computer-aided search using the LDS Family Search online 1880 census. Checked all spellings and included NM, UT, AZ, NV, ID. Probably living in remote uncounted area of Arizona at time of census.
3. "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.
4. Oct 2002, I emailed this file to the Pipe Springs National Historical Monument since John was one of the farm managers of this Historical Site. Brochure of Pipe Springs is in his file.
5. Reviewed Rootsweb.com Worldconnect 24 Nov 2002. Database ":ag500" notes the "Mississippi Rev. Soldiers," p. 202, printed by DAR, notes Ellen Bardsley as a second wife to John Mangum.
6. Children of John and Mary Adair Mangum on the memorial marker at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery on the Mormon Trail in Iowa: William Perry Mangum, b. 9 Oct 1841 in Itawamba Co., Mississippi, and d. 1847 at Mt. Pisgah. Lane [Laney] Ann Mangum, b. 6 Jan 1846 in Chicasaw County, Mississippi and d. 1847 at Mt. Pisgah.
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. 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 12 entries:
1. John W. Mangum; father: John Mangum; mother: Mary A. Adair; b. 31 May 1852 at Pautowadto [Pottawattamie] Co., Iowa; blessed 11 Jun 1852 by John Mangum; first baptism: 1861 by Jas. Ritchie; first confirmation: 1861 by Jas. Ritchie; ordained Elder Jan 1874 by Allin Smithson; rebaptism: Jan 1876 by S. John Nuttle; reconfirmation: Jan 1876 by Jacob Hamblin; received 23 Dec 1883 from St. Johns; removed to Pahreah, Utah.
2. Martha A.S. Mangum; father: Thos. W. Smith; mother: Susan Rennels; b. 26 Jan 1849 at Pautowadto [Pottawattamie] Co., Iowa; blessing by Thos. W. Smith; rebaptism: 1877 by J.W. Wilkins; reconfirmation: 1877 by T.W. Smith; received 23 Dec 1883 from St. Johns; removed to Pahreah, Utah.
3. Martha A. Mangum; father: John W. Mangum; mother: M.A.S. Mangum; b. 30 Jun 1873 at Pahreah, Kane, Utah; blessing 8 Jul 1873 by John Mangum; first baptism: 30 Jun 1882 by Jno. W. Mangum; first confirmation: 30 Jun 1882 by J.W. Wilkins; received 23 Dec 1883 from St. Johns; removed to Pahreah, Utah.
4. Mary F. Mangum; father: John W. Mangum; mother: M.A.S. Mangum; b. 1 May 1873 at Pahreah, Kane, Utah; blessing Jun 1876 by Levi Stewart; first baptism: 18 May 1884 by J.W. Mangum; first confirmation: 18 May 1884 by J. W. Mangum; received 23 Dec 1883 from St. Johns; removed to Pahreah, Utah.
5. John William Mangum; father: John W. Mangum; mother: M.A.S. Mangum; b. 17 Jul 1879 at Pahreah, Kane, Utah; blessing Aug 1879 by J.W. Wilkins; received 23 Dec 1883 from St. Johns; removed to Pahreah, Utah.
6. Marion Mangum; father: John W. Mangum; mother: M.A.S. Mangum; b. 27 Aug 1883 at Walnut Grove, Apache, Arizona; blessing 23 Dec 1883 by Benj. Noble; received 23 Dec 1883 from St. Johns; removed to Pahreah, Utah.
Page 20 entries:
No numbering but this group together:
Cyrus Mangum; father: John Mangum; mother: Mary Ann Adair; b. 26 Jun 1856 at Nephi, Juab, Utah; blessing 4 Jul 1856 by John Mangum; first baptism: June 1867 by R. Jo??k; first confirmation: Jun 1867 by Oscar Taylor; ordination as Elder 29 Jan 1879 by D. Cannon; rebaptism: 1876 by J. Benting(?); reconfirmation: 1876 by L.?. Nuttall.
Unity Mangum; father: R. Alexander; mother: Jane Ried(?); b. 24 Feb 1855 at Big Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah; first baptism: Apr 1863 by R. Alexander; first confirmation: Apr 63 by P. Collins.
Elizabeth Ann Mangum; father: Cyrus Mangum; mother: Unity Alexander; b. 2 Mar 187? at Kanab, Kane, Utah, blessing 12 Jan 1880 by John Mangum.
Cyrus Mangum; father: Cyrus Mangum; mother: Unity Alexander; b. 6 May 1880 at Pahreah, Kane, Utah; blessing 18 May 1880 by J.D. Wilkins.
Mary Jane Mangum; father: Cyrus Mangum; mother: Unity Alexander; b. 15 Oct 1882 at Nutrioso, Apache, Arizona; blessing 23 Oct 1882 by Cyrus Mangum.
[Kerry's note: the page appears to continue with more names for this family but I neglected to copy the bottom of the page.]
11. FHL film 2056023 "George Addison Mangum Collection" has a written history of Joseph Eslem Mangum, the son of John and Mary, written by Joseph's daughter. It also has her history. I have a copy on file, but do not transcribe it here since it is a generation removed from my database.
BIOGRAPHY:
1. Biographical info per the book "John Mangum, American Revolutionary War Soldier and Descendants," 1986, pp. 255-257, by Delta Ivie Mangum Hale [see book for photos of him and his wife Mary Ann]: "John Mangum, the son of John Mangum and Rebecca Canida Knowles, was born June 12, 1817 in Springfield [typo for Springville?], St. Clair Co., Alabama. He married Mary Ann Adair, the daughter of Thomas Jefferson Adair and Rebecca Brown. She was born July 5, 1822 at Pickens Co., Alabama and died May 1892 in Georgetown, Kane Co., Utah. John died May 23, 1885 in Alpine, Apache Co., Arizona. It is difficult to follow the movements of this family from the time of John's birth until the time we find them in Itawamba Co., Mississippi. John's father, John Mangum, died at Fulton, Itawamba Co., Mississippi in 1843. John and Mary Ann were married in January of 1841 in Itawamba County, Mississippi. Their first two children were born here, and the third child was born in Chickasaw County, Mississippi. John and Mary Ann became converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Chickasaw County in 1845 through the missionary efforts of James Richey who baptized them. Very shortly after their conversion, they made preparations to join the main body of the Saints in Nauvoo, Illinois. They arrived in Nauvoo as the Saints were preparing to leave their homes and travel to the unknown West. They were with the Saints when they left Nauvoo and of course endured the trials and hardships incident to that trek to Utah. However, they with many others remained in the Pottawattamie section of Iowa from 1846 to 1852, then journeyed to Utah to make their home with the Latter-day Saints. Pottawattamie Co., Iowa was a temporary gathering place for the Saints waiting an opportunity to travel westward to the Rocky Mountains. The settlement was named Mt. Pisgah and at one time numbered more than 2,000 inhabitants. They kept busy in their fields or tending their little flocks and herds on the hillsides. [I believe the author is confused - Mt. Pisgah is in Union County.] In 1852 Pres. Brigham Young issued a call for the last of the members of the Church at Mt. Pisgah to make the journey to the Rocky Mountains, at which time they abandoned their posessions and moved westward to the Great Basin. Nothing now remains of the little settlement except a little cemetery on the summit of a rounded knoll where approximately 200 of the Saints were laid to rest. In 1888 a number of the descendants of these worthy people contributed of their means and purchased the little cemetery, erecting a monument to honor their dead. The names of two of John and Mary Ann's children are on this monument, William Perry Mangum and Lane (Laney) Ann Mangum. The name of John's sister, Gemima Mangum Adair, also appears. John Wesley Mangum, their sixth child was a little baby when they left Mt. Pisgah to make the long, wearisome journey across the plains. John Mangum was baptized Nov. 10, 1845 in Mississippi. He was ordained a Seventy May 28, 1854 by Joseph Young and was in the 21st Quorum of Seventies. He was given a Patriarchal blessing Jan. 20, 1876 at Kanab, Utah. John and his family with several other families were called to Washington, Utah to help settle the area and raise cotton. John was put in charge of farming operations at Pipe Springs, a section of land across the line into Arizona. It was said that he seemed the right man in the right place. He had a very patient and kind disposition and was very industrious. They cleared the land and planted ten acres of wheat. They also planted beans, corn, and potatoes. John was also in charge of ten young Indian hunters who were being taught to farm. Mary Ann Adair Mangum helped pull a handcart across the plains. She was adept at caring for the sick and relieved much suffering in the camps of the Saints. Pres. Brigham Young gave her a special blessing and set her apart as a nurse and midwife. She helped bring hundreds of babies into the world. A short time after they reached the Valley, they were sent on to Nephi, Juab Co., Utah to help in the settlement of that place. Four of their fourteen children were born there. It was about this time that John D. Lee returned from his exploration of the area around Washington, Utah, also known as Utah's 'Dixie'. He told the presiding authorities that this was a good place to raise cotton. Consequently, in the spring of 1857 President Young called 36 families under the direction of Samuel Jefferson Adair to settle this country. John and William Mangum and their families were part of this group. Their sister, Gemima, was the wife of Samuel Adair. These people were from the Southern States and were experienced in the raising of cotton. They were also skilled in the cording, spinning and weaving of cotton into cloth. Mary Ann made clothes for her family from cloth she corded, spun and wove. Brigham Young, seeing her integrity, gave her twelve head of sheep ready to be shorn. She had them sheared, then she washed, corded, spun and wove this wool into cloth from which she made warm clothing and stockings for her family. After awhile Pres. Young had a factory built to manufacture the cotton into cloth. These same Mangum families were called in 1876 to help settle the town of Kanab, Kane Co., Utah. In 1879 they were called to help settle the towns of St. Johns and Nutrioso in Apache Co., Arizona. The St. Johns Ward was organized in the spring of 1880, and Mary Ann Mangum was made first counselor in the first Relief Society organized at that time. Their daughter, Lucinda Mangum Richey, was made President. John Mangum died at Bush Valley (now Alpine), Arizona a short distance from the town of Nutrioso. After his death, Mary Ann Mangum came back to Utah with Cyrus and Eunity Alexander Mangum and others of the Mangum family. Mary Ann lived with them until her death which occurred in the spring of 1892. She is buried in the little Georgetown Cemetery, an abandoned town about five miles south of Cannonville in Kane County, Utah. John Mangum and Mary Ann Adair had fourteen children:
a. William Perry, b. Oct 1841, Itawamba Co., MS; d. between 1846 and 1852, Mt. Pisgah, Pottawattamie [should be Union], Iowa.
b. Rebecca Frances, b. 10 Oct 1843, Itawamba Co., MS.
c. Laney Ann, b. 1845, Chickaswaw Co. MS, d. between 1846 and 1852, Mt. Pisgah, Iowa as a child.
d. Martha Elizabeth, b. 1847, Pottawattamie Co., IA; no further information.
e. Joseph Eslen, b. 12 Dec 1850, Bonou, Pottawattamie [?], IA. [Ordinance Index shows birth as Banou, Pott., IA with marriage to Mariah Lucinda Heath 21 Jul 1872 at Pahreah, Kane, UT.]
f. John Wesley, b. 31 May 1852, Bonou, Pottawattamie [?], IA.
g. Lucinda, b. 8 Jul 1854, Nephi, Juab Co., UT.
h. Cyrus (twin), b. 29 Jun 1856, Nephi, Juab Co., UT.
i. Harvey (twin), b. 29 Jun 1856, Nephi, Juab Co., UT; d. 13 Mar 1862, Washington, Wash., UT as a child.
j. Mary Abigail, b. 2 June 1858, Nephi, UT.
k. Amy Caroline, b. 13 Feb 1860, Washington, Wash., UT.
l. Julia, b. 1861, Washington, Wash., UT, d. 1861 as an infant.
m. David Newton, b. 13 Oct 1862, Santa Clara, Wash., UT. [Married Elizabeth Jane Thornton on 22 Sep 1889 in Thurber, Wayne, Utah. Died 28 Dec 1948 in Cannonville, Garfield, UT.]
n. Sarah Ellen, b. 17 Nov 1864, Washington, Wash., UT."
2. Major autobiography with lots of references to Mangums, Richeys, and Adairs and their history by James Richey [see James Richey's notes for variant versions] mentions his grandmother: [Appears she was probably baptized in 1844.]. The following is an uncorrected version: After staying with my friends a few days Itawamba County I went to Chickasaw Co. to where my Uncle Thomas Adair lived and preached to them the Gospel in that vicinity. I then returned home to my father's house in Noseuher County. After resting a while I started out in company with elder Daniel Thomas on preacjing tour. We went into the northwestern part of the state of Alabama onthe Butteharhe River. From there we went to Itawamba in the state of Mississippi and preached to the people in the neighborhood of Where my relatives lived. A number of them belived and was afterwards baptized into the church. We then went to Chickasaw County in the state of Mississippe and preached into the church. The names of those that were baptized are as follows Thomas Adair and wife, John Mangum and wife, my grandmother, Seli Rebecca Adair and John Wesley Adair. After this I returned home and gave my attention to work of preparing to remove with my fathers friends to the city of Nauvoo in the State of Illiois to wich place we removed in the year of 1845. After we arrived in the City we had much sickness in the family. While I was gone up the river to help to bring down a raft for firewood. My oldest sister Rebecca was taken sick and died in my absence, which was a heavy blow to me as well as the rest of the family. In the course of the year my brother Robert and sister Martha Ann also died with malaria. In the course of the summer I returned to the State of Alabama for my grandmother Rebecca Richey but her son kept her money from her so I failed in that part of my mission."
3. Information taken from book "Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah," p. 1022: "John Mangum, Born 1814. Came to Utah in 1852 with Jacob Bigler company. Married Mary Ann Adair in Mississippi (daughter of Samuel Adair), who was born in 1817. Their children William, Laney, and Martha died; Joseph Eslem marr. Maria Lucinda Heath, born 12 Dec 1850 in Iowa, came to Utah in Oct 1852, High Priest; John Wesley marr. Martha Ann Smith; Lucinda marr. James W. Wilkin; Cyrus marr. Unity Alexander; Harvey (twin of Cyrus) died; Abigail marr. William Hamlin Jr.; Caroline marr. James Wilkins; David Newton marr. Elizabeth Thornton; Mary Ellen marr. Ebenezer Cherry; Julia died. He is also noted as marrying Ellen Bargely in 1852 in Payson, Utah; also married Mary Hamlin. Was a seventy, Marshall at Nephi, farmer, and stockraiser. Death noted as May 1881 in Arizona." [Note several items above differ from my computer records such as birth dates for John and Mary Ann, John's death date, and Mary Ann's father - No further research needed since these people are not direct ancestors.]
4. Lifesketch of John Mangum and his son John Wesley Mangum by Venne Francis Mangum Fox, great granddaughter of John, as published in the Graff Family Historical Society Newsletter of 1 Jan 1964 (see entire text in file 170) - some excerpts: "My great grandfather, John Mangum, was born June 10, 1817, at Pisgey, St. Clara Co., Alabama. When just a boy his parents and family moved to Iowa where he grew to a young man of 21. Then he met a lovely girl, Mary Ann Adair, dau. of Thomas Adair, and married her Jan. 1841. After they were married, they moved to Itawaniba [Itawamba], Miss., where they had two children ... They were persecuted by the people because they were L.D.S. so they moved to Baro, Pottowami, Iowa..." Story is extensive and talks about early days in So. Utah, settling of Kanab, Jacob Hamblin, George Adair, etc.
5. Deseret News, Vol. 6, No. 4, 2 Apr 1856: "Report of the Twenty-first Quorum. The following is a list of the names of the members of the quorum, with their residence as far as known..
Presidents. [7 individuals listed including Stephen Hales, G.S.L. City.] Members. [Many members including Thomas Adair and *John Mangum of Nephi City.] The quorum meets on the 1st and 3rd Sundays in each month, at 6 o'clock p.m, at the residence of David Wilkin, 17th ward, and every member residing in this city is requested to attend punctually. Those members whose names have a star attached to them, are requested to send their genealogies to the clerk immediately, which must contain the following items, viz: when and wehre born; including town, county and state; father's and mother's names; when baptized, and by whom; when ordained, and by whom; also present residence. O. F. Mead, Clerk."
6. Note: ten names of the first men to Dixie were among Adairs, Mangums, Richeys, and Prices who were all interrelated by marriage. Excerpt taken from book "Under Dixie Skies," a history of Washington County, Utah [similar accounts are found in the books "I Was Called to Dixie" by Andrew Karl Larson, 1961, p. 67 and "A History of Washington County, From Isolation to Destiny," by Douglas D. Alder and Karl F. Brooks, pp. 28, 29]: "(Samuel Adair) In keeping with Brighan Young's policy of making the Church self-sustaining, a company was called to settle on the Mill Creek (which is now part of Washington Co.) primarily for the purpose of raising cotton. What should be more logical than to send men who had had experience in cotton culture? A number of converts who came from the South were accordingly called to go into what was later known as Utah's Dixie. Two groups went in the spring of 1857. The first group, consisting of ten families under the leadership of Samuel Adair [apparently, Robert D. Covington and Samuel J. Adair were the leaders of two groups, who were called to the 'Cotton Mission'], left Payson, Utah on the 3rd of March and arrived at the site of what was subsequently called Washington on the 15th day of April. They camped near the river on a piece of land later designated as the "Sand Plot," but on the advice of Amasa Lyman, who was passing through on his way from San Bernardino to Salt lake City, they moved up to the place where the town now stands. The second company [under Covington] left Salt lake City early in April and camped on the 5th of May at the Samuel Adair Spring, on the east side of the valley, just a short distance north of the present US highway 91. The following were members of the two original companies and others who settled at Washington in 1857. Robert D. Covington, Harrison Pearce, James B. Regran [or Reagan], Willam B. [or R.] Slade, Joseph Smith, William Hawley, John Couch Sr., John Couch Jr., John Mangum, James [B.] Wilkins, Alfred Johnson, John W. Freeman, James D. McCullough, William H. Crawford, Umpstead Rencher, Balus Spouse [or Sprouse], James Richie [or Richey], Samuel Adair, Oscar Tyler, George Spencer, Jr., J. Holden, Joseph Adair, Joseph Hatfield, William Dameron, Preston Thomas, William Fream, George [W.] Adair, [Samuel?] Newton Adair, John Clark, Thomas W. Smith, Simes [or Sims] B. Matheny, Stephen and William Dugas [or Duggins], William J. Young, Enoch Dodge, John Price, and Robert Lloyd. William Darby Cooper was also an early settler. [Bleak, 'Annals of the Southern Utah Mission,' p. 34, the heads of the families listed by Bleak also include in addition to those above: Upstead Rencher, George Hawley, John Hawley, John Adair, Thomas Adair, J. Holden, William Mangum. Later research by Harold Cahoon of the Washington City Historical Society has added the following names to the original settler list: Newton L.N. Adair [Samuel Newton Adair?], John W. Clark, James Nichols Mathews, Gabriel R. Coley, and John D. Lee.] The trial that the settlers of Washington, in Washington Co., were to endure were probably the most discouraging and severe of any of the early settlers of Utah. When Robert Gardiner passed through the town on his way to settle in St. George in December 1861, he reflected that of all the trials he had to endure, the prospect of his wives and children one day looking like the poor malaria plagued creatures he saw in Washington was what appalled him most of all. He says in his journal: 'Here we found some of our old neighbors who received us very kind but the appearance of these brethren and their wives and children was rather discouraging. Nearly all of them had the fever and ague or chills as they called it in this country. They had worked hard and worn out their clothes and had replaced them from the cotton they had raised on their own farms which their women had carded, spun, and wove by had, colored with weeds. Men's shirts, women's dresses and sunbonetts were all made of the same piece; and their clothes and their faces were of the same color, being a kind of blue, as most everyone had the chills. This tried me more than anything I have had seen in my Mormon experience thinking that my wives and Children, from the nature of the climate, would have to look as sickly as those now around me.' This coupled with the trouble and struggle they had trying to build a dam in the Virgin River for irrigation purposes, which was washed out every spring, made the life of the saints that settled Washington probably the most trying of any early settlers." The book "History of Washington County" adds: "Their new home was to be called Washington, as determined in advance by Brigham Young and his counselors, Its location was also fixed - the benchland overlooking the Washington fields. The town was located near several fine springs which have favored the community above others in Dixie. The fields likewise provided a lush expanse of farmland. Washington appeared to have advantages over other communities, but this did not prove to be so. Those broad fields were formed by ancient floods; and modern floods would haunt Washington - not the town but the irrigation projects. And the springs created marshes. There insects would spread malaria. So the Washington Saints were spared little; their plight, fighting malaria and rebuilding washed-out dams, would equal, if not surpass, the tests their neighbors encountered."
7. From the book "John Mangum, American Revolution War Soldier" by Delta Mangum, p. 255, chapter 12 - John Mangum and Mary Ann [Adair] Mangum: "...They were with the saints when they left Nauvoo and of course endured the trials and hardships incident to that trek to Utah. However, they with many others remained in the Pottawattamie section of Iowa from 1846 to 1852, then journeyed to Utah to make their home with the Latter-day Saints..."
8. 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 "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 did and 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..."
9. The book "Jacob Hamblin, the Peacemaker," by Pearson H. Corbett:
p. 277, in talking about retrieving stolen horses taken by the Navajo in the Pahreap-Kanab area: "They endeavored to approach the raiders to advantage, but without success. Jacob was fired at several times, as also were several of the other brethren. Once as Jacob was secreted behind a cedar tree, a Navajo crawled up behind a sanddrift and fired at him, the bullet just missing his head. Finding the Indians had the advantage of them, they left, only getting one of the horses. It was thought that the Navajos secured ten horses and lost at least three of their men. Captain Andrus and company returned to St. George, and left brothers John Mangum, Hyrum Judd, Jehiel McConnell and Lyman, Jacob's son, with Jacob and the Piutes to watch the frontier at they had been doing."
p. 457: "...Benjamin accompanied his father, Jacob, on many trips. In 1867 when about 10 years old, he accompanied his father and a party of men to Kanab which was then just a fort. While at the fort he had a very thrilling experience for so young a boy. After staying at the fort for a short time Jacob Hamblin and the party left to guard a fort at Pahreah which was known as Shurtz's Fort. Benjamin Hamblin together with Jehiel McConnell and John Mangum were left at the fort with many Indians. A day or two after the party of men had gone, an Indian left the fort to hunt rabbits and gather grass seed. He ordered his squaw to follow. She did not go and the next day he returned and on coming near his place, he raised his gun to shoot his squaw, but she seeing what he was doing quickly knocked the barrel of his gun and the shot went over her head. Jehiel McConnell interfered and took the gun away from him, at which the Indian became enraged and threatened to kill him before morning. It took five Indians to hold him. Old Jack, the medicine man, got out in the middle of the fort and talked nearly all night to try and quiet the Indian. Jehiel McConnell, John Mangum, and Benjamin Hamblin were locked in a room of the fort and guarded until morning. Benjamin said he lay in his bed fearful that at any minute the Indian would get away. The next day, however, he became more reconciled."
10. 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. They 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..."
11. Two monuments erected in Washington, Washington, Utah:
a. "Adair Spring, The Birthplace of Utah's Dixie, Washington City, Utah - Erected by the citizens of Washington City & The Washington City Historical Society, 1996. In early 1857 Brigham Young called a group of Southerners on a cotton mission to Southern Utah to raise cotton. Samuel Newton Adair [this is a mistake and has since been corrected to Samuel Jefferson Adair], the leader of ten families, arrived at this spot April 15, 1857, after leaving Payson, Utah on March 3. They camped here a short time and then moved down near the Virgin River on what became known as the Sand Plot. Apostle Amasa M. Lyman who was passing through the area recommended they move back to the spring area which they did. Robert Dockery Covington arrived here May 5 or 6, 1857, with 28 more Southern families. They left the Salt Lake area shortly after the LDS Spring Conference held around April 6. On May 6 or 7 a two day meeting was held at this site under the direction of Isaac C. Haight, President of the Parowan Stake. They sang songs, prayed and selected Robert D. Covington to be the President of the LDS branch, and Harrison Pearce and James B. Reagan as assistants. Wm. R. Slade and James D. McCullough were appointed Justices of the Peace, John Hawley and James Matthews as constables, G.R. Coley as stray pound keeper and Wm. R. Slade, Geo. Hawley and G.W.Spencer as school trustees. They named their city Washington. It was too late to plant wheat, so they prepared the ground for corn and went right to work making dams and ditches to water their crops. Their homes were their wagon boxes, willow and mud huts and dugouts dug in the bank east of this monument. Their new home soon was called 'Dixie'. Those who came in the spring of 1857 were:
[43 names listed "and others; the following names are those related.] Adair, George W.; Adair, John M.; Adair, Joseph; Adair, Newton (L.N.)[Samuel Newton]; Adair, Samuel [Jefferson]; Adair, Thomas; Mangum, John; Mangum, William; Price, John; Rickey [Richey], James."
b. "'Utah's Dixie' - Washington City Founded 1857. Erected by the Washington City Historical Society, November 1994. This monument is erected in honor and memory of the founders of Washington City. The settlers who arrived in 1857 were sent here by Brigham Young, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, for the purpose of grwoing cotton to clothe the Mormon pioneers and to colonize the territory. Those early pioneers named their city on May 5 or 6, 1857 in honor of George Washington and also called the area 'Dixie' in remembrance of their former homes in the South. Living in the arid desert proved extremely difficult. Reocurring challenges such as malaria (ague or chills and fever), the lack of food, poor water, and other diseases disabled and decimated the settlers. The Virgin River, providing water to irrigate fields, was crucial to the settlers. However frequent flash floods, washed out the dams built to divert water from the river to the fields. This resulted in starvation and undue hardship. It took the pioneers thirty-four years to conquer the mighty "Rio Virgin" doing so with the completion of the Washington Fields Dam in 1891. [Pioneer names arranged into three groups; 43 'and others' in 1857, 19 in 1860, and 26 'and others' in 1861-62. The names that follow are only those related.]
i. 1857: Adair, George W.; Adair, John M.; Adair, Joseph; Adair, Newton (L.N.)[Samuel Newton]; Adair, Samuel [Jefferson]; Adair, Thomas; Mangum, John; Mangum, William; Price, John; Richey, James.
ii. 1860 US: Adair, Wesley; Mangum, Cyrus; Mangum, Joseph M.
iii. 1861-62: [none]."
12. William Mangum and Jacob Hamblin are buried next to each other in Alpine, AZ. William died first and then Jacob a year or so later. Several Hamblins surround both. The Tuachan Amphitheater and Center for the Arts in St. George bills itself as "Broadway in the Desert." It is beautifully set in the open in a red rock canyon. From Sep. 12 to Oct. 12, 2002 it presented "Utah! The Jacob Hamblin Story. I was able to attend. It was very well done and chronicled Jacob's struggle to peacefully deal with the Indian population. It also staged the early events of St. George area including the devastating flooding of the local river. The play does not mention Mangums nor Adairs.
13. 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.
14. 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. 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.
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.
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. 251-256: Hand drawn plot and block land map with the following comments:
"Ebb and Nell Cherry lived on Block 23 Lot 2..."
"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."
15. In the excerpts cited above from the book "Nutrioso and Her Neighbors," there are some things that appear to be hearsay and anecdotal. The following excellent excerpts prepared by Don Smith help clarify when the Adairs came from Utah to Arizona:
a. From Gennett (Adair) Clark Story [daughter of Samuel Newton Adair]:
"So on the Eleventh day of November 1879 we left Washington on our way to Arizona. I thought then that we were going so far away that we would never see Utah or our home again. At Kanab my father' s brother George W. Adair and his family joined us. In my father's family there was father, mother, my brother Charlie, myself, Abe, Minia, Mary and the baby Anna then six months old. In my uncle's family there was Uncle George, Aunt Emily, their daughter Emily, sons Daniel, William, John, Newton and baby Ruth and Aunt Emily's brother John Tyler. They were daughter and son of Daniel Tyler of the Mormon Battalion. Each family had two wagons and each had a few head of cattle besides teams and riding horses... We landed in Concho on the eleventh of January 1880. Concho was a little town, mostly mexican. One family there was William Pulsifer another Mormon Battalion man and Uncle to Aunt Emily. He had bought a place there with three small rooms, flat dirt roof and facing the north and built like this (rectangle). They let Uncle George live in the East Room, my folks had the middle room and they lived in the west room. Pulsifers had three or four children so there was seven grown people and fifteen or sixteen children, but we managed to get along until spring, then Uncle George decided to move to a place called Nutrioso. The stories he had heard of Elk, Deer and Wild Turkeys interested him."
b. From Almira's Life Story [Almira Hamblin Adair, wife of Geo. Adair, Jr., son of Geo. and Ann Chestnut Adair]:
"Both the Adair family and my family answered the call. The Adair family was to leave a few months before our family, so, we decided we would get married as we didn't want to be separated... There were 45 families in our company. Our Captain was Mr. John Mangum. A man of great courage, he had crossed the plains in earlier days.We were on the road seven days before we reached Lee's Ferry, on the Big Colorado. We were compelled to travel very slowly as we all had our cattle with us. In mother's herd there were about 250 head... The snow was about two feet deep by this time, but not so very cold. The next morning after the baby's birth we traveled on toward Sunset and arrived there the third day. This was a little Mormon settlement on the Little Colorado. The people who had come the year before had raised a crop so the travelers could get supplies. This little settlement was just across the Little Colorado from where Winslow is today. Just two weeks after our baby's birth, sister Jane's baby arrived, a girl. We stayed in Sunset two weeks and during that time my brother and brother-in-law put up a one roomed log cabin. Mother, brother Billy's family and Jane and her husband stayed there two months. As Baby and I were all right we went on after two weeks to Concho, where George's father and the rest of his people were. Father Adair and the Clark boys and George's Uncle Newton had been at Concho about two months when we came. They had put [up] cabins for shelter, planning to stay here until spring."
c. Don's summary on Samuel Jefferson Adair: "I think it's very significant that Samuel Jefferson Adair wasn't mentioned as traveling with either group. I think he went to Arizona in early summer of 1880. If you look in the ordinance index, Samuel Jefferson was sealed to Betsy Mangum & Marie Christiane Sorensen on the 10 of March 1880 in the St. George Temple. The rest of the family (George Washington, Samuel Jefferson & George Jr.) was already in Arizona. I don't think Samuel would have made the rugged trip back to Utah so soon if he had been in Arizona. I believe he went to Arizona with his brother Thomas Jefferson Adair soon after the sealing date, as he appears on the 1880 census in Show Low Creek, the same community as Thomas Jefferson Adair. Show Low Creek was later known as Fool's Hollow, which is approximately 30 miles from Concho. As we know Samuel & Anne moved on to St. John's a little later."
16. Excerpts concerning the family histories of the Adair, Mangum,and Richey families from the book "A History of the St. Johns Arizona Stake," 1982, by C. LeRoy and Mabel R. Wilhelm. All three families were intermarried and it was James Richey who first introduced the Mormon Church to the combined families in Alabama and Mississippi in the 1840's. George W. Adair and Samuel N. Adair in the following were brothers; Samuel J. Adair, their father and founder of Washington, Utah, died in Nutrioso. There were many more Adairs and Mangums in these areas than are recorded in the following quotes.:
Chapter 2, The Trailblazers: [A ferry that John D. Lee was operating across Lee's Ferry on the Colorado River broke loose of its moorings and was lost to the rapids. It provided the main access across the Colorado River from Utah into Arizona and the Little Colorado colonies and was part of the trail Indian missionary Jacob Hamblin had pioneered from Santa Clara, Utah in the fall of 1858.] "…The loss of the ferry did not stall President Young for long. While Lee was absent from the Dell, John L. Blythe was sent to build a new and better boat. This one, which was launched on October 15, 1873, was designed to haul two wagons at a time and a few head of stock. Although the boat had been launched, it apparently was not finished. He received word from a Mr. Echols, that Uncle Tommy Smith, who had helped John D, build the first boat, had come with five men to put the finishing touches on the new boat. Lee was very interested in this big boat. He wrote to President Young, stating that he would like to be assigned as its operator. In a letter, dated January 28, 1874, the President granted him the right to take over and operate the new ferry. It seems this was entirely agreeable to-John L. Blythe, who apparently had already been called to go as a settler to the Arizona Territory. Early in 1874 he went with a colonizing company under the leadership of Horton D. Haight, which crossed the river at Lee's Ferry. Shortly after crossing the canyon, most of the party, including Haight became disenchanted with the whole venture and turned back. At this point John L. Blythe took charge of those who were left. He, being a man who was strong in his beliefs, insisted that the call to build a settlement must be fulfilled. His group consisted of a few of the most conscientious families and a group of Indian missionaries: Ira Hatch, Thales Haskell, Ammon Tenney, Frederick Hamblin, and Samuel H. Adair [probably Samuel Newton Adair], who had been called to serve among the Hopis. At Moencopi there was abundant water from several fresh water springs. It was there that Blythe and his party settled and helped the missionaries establish a mission settlement."
Chapter 5, The Call: "…Under the conditions that existed at that time, it is doubtful that any group, other than the Mormons, could or would have settled this Northeastern corner of the Arizona Territory. There were no great mineral deposits to attract fortune hunters; no great natural seaport to funnel commerce through; not even a pleasant climate that might induce people to stay. There was not one thing that would cause anyone to attempt a meaningful settlement of the area, but the Mormons did because they want to and this because they were called."
Chapter 19, Nutrioso Ward (Nutrioso, Arizona); "…A Spanish word, Nutrioso means otter (nutri) and bear (oso), of which there were many when it was first settled. There was also a great abundance of wild berries, fishing streams, and lots of wild game that could be used for food. One of the first English-speaking settlers at Nutrioso was James G.H. Colter, who came in 1875. When he left Wisconsin he decided to come to Arizona and raise barley and sell it to Camp Apache, now Fort Apache… The first year, with the help of Mexican labor, he cleared land and dug ditches so he could irrigate the grain… In 1879 James Colter sold his farm to William J. Flake, a Mormon settler. In 1880 Mr. Flake parceled out the land to several other men and their families who had moved into the area. These men were John Wesley Clark, James M. Clark, James young Lee, Thomas Jefferson Clark, George Washington Adair, Adam Greenwood, John Willard Lee, William W. Pace, John David Lee, and George Peck. It was these courageous men who planted crops and raised 1700 bushels of grain that helped keep the Little Colorado settlers from near starvation. The only way they could survive at that time was to help each other… The first years at Nutrioso were important times; the men not only took care of the cattle, but also raised a good crop of wheat and barley, which was sent to Joseph City area to save the lives of Mormon pioneers there. The dam on the Little Colorado River at Joseph city had gone out and their cri0ps had failed. As a result the people were facing starvation. In its early history Nutrioso became a haven for Mormon settlers seeking safety from the marauding Indians. Also, Nutrioso grew in importance since it was a stopping place for the People traveling through that part of Arizona. When the Indians began making so much trouble, two forts were built to protect the people. One was built in lower Nutrioso… It was built in an L shape with portholes. This sheltered several families at different times… The other fort was built on Lookout Hill in upper Nutrioso. They moved the people of Alpine to that fort. Some of the families there were John Mangum, Fred Hamblin, the Nobel family, the Wilkins family and others. These stalwart pioneers, even though they had many trials and struggled to grow enough food to sustain themselves, soon had a thriving community…The first post office was in use April 12, 1883… In the late 1880's and early 1890's Nutrioso boasted a brick kiln, a sawmill and a tannery… Miles P. Romney, grandfather of George Romney, a future governor of Michigan, built many of the early houses in Nutrioso… There were many hardships and heartaches for those early pioneers. In the year 1886, scarlet fever broke out and wiped out most of the young children. In the cemetery there is a row of unmarked graves which are sad reminders of that tragic time… Early Nutrioso was one of the most prosperous communities in Apache County at one time, but a severe drought caused many of the pioneers to move on. The early settlers who stayed left names tat are still familiar in the area, such as: Colter, Flake, Murray, Hulsey, Burk, Greenwood, Maxham, Peck, Clark, Noble, Pace, Brown, Adair, Love, Lee, Wiltbank, Hamblin, Wilkins, Rogers, Lund, Sharp, Cherry, Mangum, Thompson, Nelson, Maxwell, Odell, and Myres. Any hay or grain that was raised which they didn't need was taken to New Mexico and sold to help buy supplies they needed… Lots of freighting was done to Holbrook, Arizona… Dances were held. Nutrioso, Alpine, and Luna young people went by horse and buggy or rode horses. They stayed overnight and came back the next day. Those were fun times. The dances held in Nutrioso were held in the old Relief Society hall, now the Dow Connolly home…"
Chapter 36, The People, Part I, The Settlers: "…The Eastern Arizona Stake was to include all settlements of northern Arizona with headquarters at Snowflake. In 1879 Apostle Woodruff made a call for missionary families to settle in the new towns. The Territory of Arizona was not yet free from renegade Indians and outlaws. Cattle and horse thieves still roamed at large. Men from the Indian Missions and nearby towns were sent in to settle temporarily and make secure the new lands until permanent families could arrive… They settled three miles below San Juan and called the new settlement Salem… The brethren proceeded to erect a bowery from the greasewood which was abundant in the area. The bowery was constructed in one day, but was well done and afforded good protection against the spring winds. On March 7 [1880] the first meeting was held in the Bowery. The dedicatory prayer was given by Brother James Richey… The James Richey Company was on its way to the Gila Valley when a message came from the Church asking them to take their sawmill and locate as near the town of Salem as possible. Leaving Nevada in the fall of 1879, they did not arrive until the spring of 1880. A son was born to William and Charlotte Richey Sherwood before they arrived. James Richey, patriarch, was the leader of this large group. He became the first justice of the peace in the new settlement and witnessed the signing of the deed which gave the Mormons the land in and about St. Johns. Lucinda, his wife, became the first Relief Society President. William Sherwood and his younger brother, John F., had owned and operated several sawmills in Nevada and were well-seasoned lumbermen. They set up their sawmill, The Little Giant, east of where the town of Vernon is now located. The brothers were valued members of the new settlement-active in town and church affairs. Ruth Richey Sherwood, wife of John F., and a devoted church member, was an excellent cook and a friend to all children. Will's wife, Charlotte, after the early death of her husband, raised a family of seven, one boy and six girls, and became one of the most valued nurses and midwives of St. Johns... Moroni and Benjamin Richey were in their father's company. A scarlet fever epidemic took the lives of the wife and two children of Benjamin. He then married the lovely Alice Platt, sister of Dr. Will Platt. Benjamin, who did almost a lifetime of work in the Sunday Schools of St. Johns, was a man with extensive knowledge of English and American literature. He had dramatic talents and with his sister, Susan, laid the foundation of dramatic entertainment in St. Johns. After Alice's death, he married Eliza Jane Prather who raised a fine family of five boys and one girl. Susan Richey married Aurthur Tenney, brother of Ammon M. Tenney. The Tenneys were, for many years, contributors to all literary and dramatic pursuits in the town, now all live elsewhere… Joseph. Boeman Patterson had met the winsome Emily Richey while working with her father in Nevada. He arrived late in 1880 to claim Emily for his bride. Theirs was the first Mormon wedding in Salem and was held in the Spanish building which afforded only a dirt floor for the square dances performed. Joseph was a high councilor, served as ward clerk, and filled a mission in Great Britain. Emily, gay and entertaining, was a most gracious hostess. She was a counselor in the first Primary organization at Salem and served thirty years as a counselor in the Stake Relief Society with Ella S. Udall as president… The Richeys, who held song bees in almost every home in town, were soon producing such plays as 'Ingamar', 'Pizzarro', and 'Carpenter of Rowen'. Here the town's appreciation for the best in literature and drama was laid… In the summer of 1880 the town of Salem was given a post office, but it was withdrawn and located at San Juan. At this time the name was officially changed to St. Johns… Mary Ann Chapman was just twelve years old when she came to St. Johns with her father. In 1888 she married James Moroni Richey, oldest son of James Richey. He had been the first boy baby born in Salt Lake Valley after the saints arrived there and had come to St. Johns in 1880. Moroni Richey was a man strictly honest in all his dealings. He read much and taught the Gospel to his children. He had heard his parents give firsthand accounts of the life and works of the Prophet Joseph Smith. He remembered these truths and taught them to his children and others. He died in 1930. Mary Ann was but sixteen when she married Moroni, but her fine qualities of love, faith and patience were as marked at that age as they are now at seventy-five. She served in both ward and stake primary in earlier years. Today she is a student of the scriptures and a most faithful church member. Her life's hobby has been the raising of beautiful flowers… Times for the settlements on the Little Colorado grew no better. There were years of drought. The over-grazed ranges would not feed the many cattle. There was not enough water for the farmers of St. Johns and the Meadows… In the spring of 1885 President John Taylor issued a tithing order for $1,000 and $1,087 more was collected in Utah stakes to help the settlers of St. Johns buy food and seed for the new crop. Much trouble arose over land claims. Only squatter rights had been obtained from the
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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
1817 - 1881 (63 years)