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John McDaniel

Male 1812 - 1884  (72 years)


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  • Name John McDaniel 
    Born 10 Jun 1812  , Jackson, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 11 Nov 1884  Alpine, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 15 Nov 1884  Alpine Cemetery, Alpine, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2532  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father James McDaniel or McDonald,   b. 24 Feb 1762, of, , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 1820, , Jackson, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Mother Zibiah McCarley,   b. 19 Dec 1786, , , Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1860, Calhoun Township, Harrison, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 19 Dec 1805  , Gallia, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F293  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Christina Stoker,   b. 24 Aug 1815, Bloomfield Township, Jackson, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 May 1854, Mountainville (Alpine), Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years) 
    Married 8 Feb 1835  , Jackson, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1438  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Sarah Buys,   b. 14 Feb 1839, Albany, Albany, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Sep 1905, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 7 Apr 1857  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F446  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. In several early instances his surname appears as McDonald, but later in Utah is was standardized to McDaniel. The first name of John Riley is incorrect. John Riley McDaniel was his son.

      2. Censuses:
      1830 US: Bloomfield, Jackson, Ohio, p. 1 of 8 (Note: that index indicates "Burdine," but looking carefully at the actual image, it is "Burdino".):
      Charles Burdine, males: 1:5-10(Nehemiah Beirdneau), 1:10-15(William McDaniel), 1:15-20(John McDaniel), 1:20-30(uncertain identity), 1:60-70(Charles Birdino); females: 1:0-5 (Elizabeth Beirdneau), 1:20-30(Jane McDaniel), 1:40-50(Zibiah)

      1840 US: Quincy, Adams, Illinois, the following related families living in near proximity to each other (with exception of John McDaniel and his wife Christina Stoker, all of David Stoker's siblings, children, and mother are accounted for and it confirms his father Michael was dead by 1840):
      P. 43a:
      David Stoker, males 5-10:1; 40-50:1//females 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 40-50:1. [David, his wife Barbara, and their children Sarah (13), Catherine (11?), and Michael (6). Note daughter Nancy not in census which means she was probably deceased by then.]
      Simeon P. Grabell [Graybill], males 0-5:1; 20-30:1//females 0-5:1; 20-30:1. [David's nephew: Simeon and his wife Amanda Hill and their two oldest children.]
      Jacob Stoker, males 20-30:1//females 0-5:1; 20-30:1. [Younger brother to David: Jacob and his wife Catherine and their oldest child.]
      P. 44a:
      Eller Stoker, males 20-30:1//females 0-5:1; 15-20:1; 60-70:1. [Youngest brother to David: Eller with his wife Margaret and their oldest child and probably their mother Catherine Eller.]
      James Walker [Welker], males 10-15:1; 15-20:1; 30-40:1//females 5-10:2; 40-50:1. [Living next door to Eller and ages work perfectly that this is James Welker and Elizabeth Stoker, who is David's sister.]
      John W. Stoker, males 0-5:2; 10-15:1; 30-40:1//females 0-5:1; 5-10:2; 30-40:1. [John and his wife Electa Sarah and their six oldest children.]
      John Stoker, males 0-5:1; 20-30:1//females 0-5:1; 5-10:2; 20-30:1. [David's son: John and his wife Jane and their children.]
      P. 52a:
      William Stoker, males 0-5:1; 20-30:1//females 20-30:1 (father-in-law Samuel Winegar is next door). [David's son William and his wife Almira with their child.]
      P. 55a:
      Michael Stoker, males 0-5:2; 5-10:2; 10-15:1; 30-40:1// females 30-40:1. [Michael, his wife Martha, and their five oldest children.]

      1860 US: Alpine, Utah, Utah, 2 Oct 1860, p. 5 of 5, 3634/2843:
      Jno. McDonal, 48, farmer, $200, $600, OH.
      Sarah A., 22, NY.
      Geo. W., 15, IL.
      Jas. 14, IA.
      Davd, 12, IA.

      1870 US: Alpine, Utah, Utah, 1 Sep 1870, p. 2 of 6, house/family 14/14 (next door is John R. McDaniel, 33, OH and his family):
      John McDaniel, 57, farmer, $300, $300, OH.
      Sarah, 30, NY.
      Sarah, 11, UT.
      Christina, 9, UT.
      Elizabeth, 8, UT.
      John, 6, UT.
      Martha, 4, UT.
      Anderson, 2, UT.

      1880 US Alpine, Utah, Utah, FHL film 1255338, National Archives Film T9-1338, p. 251C:
      John McDaniel, occupation: farmer, age 66, married, birthplace: OH.
      Sarah McDaniel, occ.: keeping house, age 40, birthplace: NY, MI, NY.
      Several children of second wife also noted from ages 1 through 16 all born in Utah.

      2. The book "The Henry McDaniel family, 1755-1975," by Esta McDaniel Lee, 1975, FHL 929.273 M141L, p. 82: "Other McDaniels of Gallia and Jackson Counties, Ohio. David McDaniel, b. ca. 1738 m. 5 March, 1801, Elizabeth (Betsy) McCarley in Washington County, Ohio. Gallia County was a part of Washington Coound [county] at that time. David McDanieal was in Ohio long before it became a state for a son James McDaniel was born in what is now Jackson County, 24 Feb. 1762. He married 19 Dec 1805 Zebiah (Sibby) McCarley, b. 10 Dec 1786, Gallia County, Ohio, daughter of John McCarley. She died 5 Feb 1860. James died in Jackson County, 1820. They had the following children:
      1. Sarah McDaniel, b. 26 May 1806, Raccoon Twp., Gallia Co., O., d. 7 Mar 1857, m. John W. Stoker, 13 Mar 1827.
      2. Martha McDaniel, b. 24 Feb 1808, Raccoon Twp., Gallia Co., O., d. 4 Feb 1877, m. 1828/29 Michael Stoker.
      3. Jane McDaniel, 24 Feb 1810, Raccoon Twp., Gallia Co., O., d. 20 Jan 1890, in Bountiful, Utah, m. 1836, John Stoker.
      4. John McDaniel, b. 10 Jun 1812, Jackson Co., O., d. 11 Nov 1884, Alpine, Utah, m. Christina Stoker.
      5. William McDaniel, b. 1814, Jackson Co., O., d. 1889 unmarried.
      There could have been others."
      Page 83: "Jackson County Marriage Records. C.D. Massie:
      19 Apr 1827 Electa Sally McDaniel to John W. Stoker."

      BIOGRAPHY:
      1. Biography in FHL book 979.036 v.2 "Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude," Daughters of Utah Pioneers, p. 1933: "Christina Stoker McDaniel; photo included; born 24 Aug 1815 at Bloomfield, Jackson, Ohio; died 10 May 1854 at Mountainville (Alpine), Utah; parents are David Stoker, Sr. and Barbara Graybill; pioneer of 28 Aug 1852 with the Isaac Stewart Company Oxteam and Wagon Train; spouse is John McDaniel; married 8 Feb 1835 in Ohio; death of spouse was 11 Nov 1884 in Alpine, Utah; Children:
      Electa Jane, 3 Nov 1835
      Tabitha, 29 Jan 1837
      John Riley, 20 May 1839
      Matilda, 24 Oct 1840
      Katherine, 24 Jul 1842
      George Washington, 25 Jul 1844
      James William, 13 Sep 1847
      David Stoker, 18 Apr 1849
      Silvester, 26 Apr 1854
      Christina was born 24 Aug 1815 at Bloomfield township, Jackson, Ohio. She was the eldest of seven children born to David Stoker, Sr., and Barbara Graybill. On 8 Feb 1835 she married John McDaniel. They lived in Ohio during their early married life, and it was here they first heard of the Mormon Church and were among the first people to join. They later moved to Hancock Co., Illinois. They were greatly persecuted, along with the other Saints, and were driven out of their home several times by mobs. On one occasion they were forced to flee their home, both with a child under each arm, and watch while the home was destroyed by fire. John was a bodyguard of the Prophet Joseph Smith, and was captured by the mob before Joseph and Huyrm. They knew he was a good friend and also a very good shot. He was missing for three days and was found tied up and gagged in a corral way out of town, in manure up to his knees. They left Illinois with the other Saints and moved to Iowa, and from there crossed the plains by ox-team in 1852. By then Christine had eight children. She helped her husband and older children drive a flock of 500 sheep across the plains. They stopped at Salt Lake for a short time, then went on to Mountainville, now Alpine, where they were one of the first families to settle. Here they endured many privations of early pioneer life, at one point going without bread for three months. During that time they lived on roots and wild berries with the meat her husband provided by hunting game. Christine died two years after moving to Mountainville from the complications of child birth, leaving the new-born infant in the care of her older children until the father remarried. Christine was a beautiful woman with red hair, pleasing good looks, and a serene countenance."

      2. The book "Mormon Redress Petitions, Documents of the 1833-1838 Missouri Conflict," edited by Clark V. Johnson, contains a copy of the "Scroll Petition" dated 28 Nov 1843 at Nauvoo, IL addressed to the U.S. Congress by members of the LDS Church who had property destroyed by Missouri mobs in the 1830's. Included with over a couple thousand signatures is John McDaniels.

      3. The following is a partial quote from an article entitled: "The Michael and Catherine Eller Stoker family as early Mormons in Ohio and Missouri," by Jimmie "B" Stoker, November 24, 1993, as reprinted in the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT. See the notes of Michael Stoker (1762-1838) for the full transcript of this article:
      "The Stokers join the LDS Church.
      Mormon missionaries come.
      During the fall of 1833 Michael Stoker (1762-1838) and his family, living in Bloomfield Township, Jackson County, Ohio first heard the preaching of the missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. These missionaries exhorted them to join the new church and told them about Joseph Smith receiving inspired revelations from God. In addition the Church was noted for its new scripture, the Book of Mormon.
      The Stokers were drawn to the message. Many accepted baptism before the end of 1833. They included sixteen-year-old John Stoker (1817-1881) who was baptized November 13, 1833 by Seymour Brunson(1) and four days later his double cousin, fifteen-year-old Joseph Levi Graybill, who was baptized by John A. Fisher.(2) These two grandsons of Michael Stoker (1762-1838) were among the first of the Stoker family to embrace the new church.
      In 1834 Seymour Brunson moved his family to Bloomfield and organized a branch of the Church.(3) John's parents, David (1795-1852) and Barbara Graybill Stoker, joined the branch during that year. David's younger brother, Michael, Jr., (1805-1858) was affiliated with the Mormons. Evidence of his affiliation with the church comes from the fact that his son, born on July 10, 1834 was named, "William Moroni." Clearly the name Moroni marked Michael as having read the Book of Mormon. Moreover, in his journal Michael, Jr., writes, "The names of the members who were baptized by me in February, 1836. Baptized James Toinbuson and ordained him an elder." He also baptized William and Barbara Stoker that year.(4) Michael held the Mormon priesthood to officiate in these ordinances. The Stokers and their relatives were very enthusiastic about their new church. They contributed to its growth and sustained its leadership.
      The McDaniel connection.
      The children and grandchildren of Michael Stoker (1762-1838) had an affinity to marry the children of James McDaniel and Zibiah McCarley, neighbors in Jackson County. John W. Stoker (1802-1857) married Electa Sarah McDaniel (1806-1857) on April 19, 1827. Michael Stoker, Jr., (1805-1858) married her sister, Martha Carr McDaniel, on Jan 1, 1829. A grandson, John Stoker (1817-1881), and a granddaughter, Christine Stoker (1815-1854), children of David Stoker (1795-1852), married Jane McDaniel (1810-1890) on January 21, 1836 and John Riley McDaniel on February 8, 1835. Nineteen-year-old John, in addition to marrying Jane, also adopted her son, Alma. Family tradition says that Alma's father would not consider joining the LDS church so Jane left him. About a month after her son's birth, Jane married John Stoker, the nephew of her two brothers-in-law.
      The Kirtland Temple is dedicated.
      In the spring of 1836, some members of the Bloomfield branch made the 200 mile trip north to Kirtland, Ohio to attend the dedication of the temple. In that group was Michael Stoker's son-in-law and grandson, Michael Graybill, Sr., and Joseph Levi Graybill. Michael Graybill's wife, Polly Stoker (1792-1864), was expecting the birth of her eleventh Child, a son who was born April 6, 1836. She didn't go with them. Michael Graybill while at the conference and temple dedication at Kirtland was impressed by Sidney Rigdon's two and a half hour sermon. Upon returning to Bloomfield, he named his newly born son, Sidney Rigdon Graybill.(5)
      Picture p. 3: "Barbara Graybill and her son, John Stoker."
      Footnotes
      1. "The Life of John Stoker," compiled by Eunice Stoker Southwick
      2. "Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints," Vol. III G.K. compiled by Susan Easton Black. Provo: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1993. p. 149.
      3. "Seymour Brunson," LDS Biographical Encyclopedia Vol. 3 compiled by Andrew Jenson. Salt Lake City: Andrew Jenson History Co., 1901. p. 331.
      4. "The Howard, Leytham, Stoker, Von Dollen Family Histories and including the Bell, Teeple, Mackland, Bardsley, Graybill, Eller, Dick, Oman, Smith, and Koons Families," compiled by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Avenue, Omaha, Nebraska 68124. p. 92.
      5. Vivian Graybill, "Michael Graybill, Sr." Typescript sent to Jim Stoker by Alice Graybill Russell, 6120 Wincanton Dr., Shreveport, LA 71129 on October 6, 1993."

      4. The following is a partial quote from an article entitled: "The Michael and Catherine Eller Stoker family as early Mormons in Ohio and Missouri," by Jimmie "B" Stoker, November 24, 1993, as reprinted in the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT. See the notes of Michael Stoker (1762-1838) for the full transcript of this article:
      "The following members of Michael Stoker's family attached their names to a petition in 1843 that they had lived in Missouri and had been driven from their state:(21)
      David Stoker [Michael's son David (1795-1852)], John Stoker [possibly David's son, John (1817-1881) or Michael's son, John W. (1803-1857)], John McDaniels (1812-1884) [David's son-in-law, husband of his oldest daughter, Christine (1815-1854)], Elles Stoker (1816-1855) [Eller, Michael's youngest son], Mary Stoker (1822-1890) [probably Margaret Judd, Eller's wife]. Catharine Stoker (1773-after 1850) [Michael's wife, Catharine Eller], Jacob Stoker (1812-1893) [Michael's son], Catharine Stoker [Catharine Burcham, Jacob's wife], John Stoker (1803-1857) [Michael's son, John W. Stoker], Sarah Stoker (1806-1857) [John W. Stoker's wife, Electa Sarah McDaniel].
      Geo. Graybill (1821-?) [Michael's grandson, George Washington Graybill, son of Polly Mary Stoker (1792-1864)], Michael Stoker (1805-1858) [Michael's son], Martha Stoker (1808-1873) [Martha Carr McDaniel, wife of Michael's son, Michael], Gabrael Stoker (1832-1852) [Michael's grandson, son of Michael (1805-1858)], William Stoker (1819-1892) [Michael's grandson, son of David], Almira Stoker (1818-1884) [Michael's granddaughter-in-law, grandson, William's wife, Almira Winegar], Samuel D. Stoker (1840-1908) [Michael's great-grandson, son of William and Almira], William Stoker (1842-1906) [Michael's great-grandson, son of William and Almira].
      Mary Graybill [possibly Michael's daughter, Polly Mary Stoker (1792-1864) or his granddaughter, Mary Ann Graybill (1830-?)], William Graybill (1825-1880) [Michael's grandson, son of Polly Mary Stoker], Adam Graybill [still looking for this relationship to Michael], Sidney R Graybill (1836-?) [Michael's grandson, son of Polly Mary Stoker], Levi Graybill (1818-1912) [Michael's grandson, son of Polly Mary Stoker], Patience Graybill (1825-1895) [Patience Smith, Michael's granddaughter-in-law, wife of Joseph Levi Graybill (1818-1912)], Mary Graybill [possibly Michael's daughter, Polly Mary Stoker (1792-1864), or his granddaughter, Mary Ann Graybill (1830-?), Polly's daughter].
      John Stoker (1817-1881) [Michael's grandson, son of David], Jane Stoker (1810-1890) [Michael's granddaughter-in-law, Jane McDaniel, wife of John (1817-1881)], Hannah Graybill [Michael's great granddaughter, daughter of Joseph Levi Graybill], Hyrum Stoker (1840-1887) [Michael's great grandson, son of John Stoker (1817-1881) and Jane McDaniel], Alma Stoker (1835-1897) [Michael's adopted great grandson, son of Jane McDaniel], and Franklin Stoker (1842-1855) [Michael's great grandson, son of John Stoker (1817-1881)]. Lucinda Stoker is also listed on the petition but cannot establish a relationship to Michael Stoker (1762-1838).(22)
      Refuge found in Illinois.
      The people of Quincy reached out to help the Mormons fleeing from Missouri. Elizabeth Haven Barlow writes, "The people of Quincy had contributed between four and five hundred dollars for the poor Mormons. God had opened their hearts to receive us. May heaven's blessings rest upon them. We are hungry and they feed us, naked and clothed us. The citizens have assisted beyond all calculations."(23)
      Footnotes
      21. Also included are some of their children who were born after 1838 in Illinois.
      22. "Mormon Redress Petitions," pp. 574, 598, 599-601.
      23. Elizabeth Haven Barlow in letter to Elizabeth Howel Bullard, 24 February 1839, published in Ora H. Barlow, "The Israel Barlow Story and Mormon Mores." Salt Lake City: Ora H. Barlow, 1968."

      5. Partial transcription from an article entitled "Michael Stoker and Catherine Eller." from the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT. See notes of Michael Stoker for full transcription of this article:
      "During the Adams County time period some of the Stoker men found work with a farmer named Coleman Wilkes. Mr. Wilkes lived approximately two miles southeast of Columbus, Ohio. He had first offered work and a home to Elizabeth's husband, James Welker, and soon after David, John W., Michael, and Jacob also obtained work with him. Here they labored diligently trying to earn enough to rebuild their supplies and stock which they had lost during the Missouri struggles.
      Moving to Bear Creek, Hancock Co., Illinois
      On July 1, 1839 the Mormon church's prophet and leader, Joseph Smith, called for all church members to settle in and around the Commerce, Illinois area. The town of Commerce was renamed by the church members to Nauvoo. In 1842 the Stoker family had complied. Packing up their belongings they moved north settling their families around the Carthage/Bear Creek area. James Welker's son, John, recorded: "...he found that there was land that could be entered in Hancock County, about 15 miles south of Nauvoo. He moved there and filed on a homestead. Part of it was prairie land and part was timber. He built a large hewed two roomed log house. Then the next thing was to fence and make a farm to make a living off of" (Ibid).
      The 1842 personal property tax assessment book of Hancock County has records for Stoker, Welker, and Graybill families living within the county. These records indicate the possibility that they lived outside of the cities."
      Building the Nauvoo Temple
      The Stoker families were on hand for the building of the temple for their church. It is recorded in the church history that Eller Stoker, Jacob Stoker, and John McDaniel (husband to Christine Stoker) worked on the temple for a period of time. All families were expected to donate time and supplies to the temple project...
      Life was beginning to flourish again for the families, and happy times were with them. On May 23, 1844 Joseph Levi Graybill, Eller Stoker, and Michael Stoker were initiated and passed into the Nauvoo Lodge of Masons. Two weeks later Levi Graybill, Eller Stoker, and Michael Stoker became lodge members, and on June 8th they were raised to Master Masons. While in Illinois, John Stoker, John W. Stoker, John Welker, Eller Stoker, and Jacob Stoker were given church callings of Office of the Seventy.
      Death of Joseph and Hyrum Smith
      Living around Carthage the Stoker, Graybill, and McDaniel families were homesteading lands close to those who most violently disagreed with the Mormons and who were constantly calling for their removal. Sometimes these men formed their own vigilante groups trying to scare the Mormons into leaving. Some of the Stoker men folk were called into military duty within the State Militia as recorded in the history of John McDaniel.
      "Early on June 24, Joseph and Hyrum Smith, John Taylor, and fifteen other members of the Nauvoo city council headed to Carthage to answer the charges filed against them. They passed the home of William Stoker located six miles southeast of Nauvoo on the Carthage Road before 8 A.M.... Sometime after noon, the Stokers saw the mounted riders traveling toward Nauvoo. Arriving at their destination at 2:30, the leaders gathered three small cannons and about two hundred firearms which were turned over to the militia. At nearly midnight the militia delivered the Mormon leaders who came voluntarily to the authorities in Carthage... Thursday June 27 Joseph and his brother Hyrum, were martyred. A mob of about one hundred men with blackened faces gathered about five 'clock in the afternoon. Several stormed the jail where the Smith brothers and a few friends were sequestered. Joseph and Hyrum were shot dead, and John Taylor wounded...the assassins and their comrades fled Carthage to Warsaw and then sought refuge west of the MIssissippi River... Friday June 28, with the bodies of the slain leaders placed in two different wagons, covered with branches to shade them from the hot sun, Willard Richards, Samuel Smith, and Artois Hamilton pulled out of Carthage and headed for Nauvoo. Sometimes shortly after noon, the procession with eight soldiers passed by William Stoker's driving teams pulling the two wagons containing the bodies of the martyrs. Mary Stoker Aitken, a granddaughter of WIlliam Stoker and Almira Winegar, wrote, "My father [John Stephen Stoker] told us that his parents had told him that they had seen the bodies of the Prophet and his brother Hyrum Smith, being taken from Carthage to Nauvoo." ...One of the Stoker relative's narrative mentions that "After the deaths of Joseph and Hyrum in 1844, Simeon Graybill went up to Nauvoo to help guard the secretly hidden bodies of Joseph and Hyrum. Fearful the anti-Mormon mob might try to do further violence to Joseph and Hyrum's bodies, their caskets were filled with sand for public burial" (Ibid).
      Conflict/Harassment Again.
      In 1845 the mobbing and burnings began, starting with the outlying settlements. The Stokers were living within the church area called the Highland branch of Illinois. The babies, weddings, and all manner of social life continued on and in July the families were doing more temple work for their ancestors. Again the families grew; new events were attended to. Jacob and John Stoker also joined the Masons and were later raised to Master Masons.
      Sheriff of Hancock County ordered the saints to organize and protect themselves. "John Welker tells how he and his cousins mutually watched out for each other. His account follows: 'The mob (against) the Latter-day Saints was increasing and I but a boy of 18 was the oldest of the boys that was at hoe. My oldest brother was married and doing for himself. I was the one to look after the family after my father died and when the burning out of the later day Saints by the mob commenced close by I was in a settlement 10 miles for whare {sic} they were burning houses and some of my cousins and relative lived close to whare {sic} I lived. We got together and agreed to take turnes {sic} and watch the mob and do the best we could to protect our homes. Some one was out every night watching their movements. They did not come to our little settlement to burn us out, if they had come some of them would have been hurt. Thare {sic} is many things connected with this I will not write.' (Punctuation added.)
      Not all of the Stoker relatives were as fortunate as the Welkers, John McDaniel and his wife Christine Stoker, according to one history, "...were greatly persecuted with the other saints and several times were driven out by the mobs. On one occasion they were attacked and forced to flee with a child under each arm while their home was burned" (Ibid).
      Nauvoo Temple Dedicated.
      In late 1845 the church's Nauvoo Temple was dedicated and many of the saints came to the temple to perform their own religious (endowment) ordinances. Between January 5 and January 21, of 1846 sixteen heads of the Stoker clan had received their own temple endowment.
      Michael Stoker Jr. and Catherine Burcham
      Jacob Stoker and Martha Carr McDaniel
      Eller Stoker and Margaret Judd
      Catherine Eller Stoker (widow)
      Elizabeth Stoker Welker (widow)
      James W. Welker and Anna Pugh
      John Stoker and Jane McDaniel
      John W. Stoker and Sara McDaniel
      William Stoker and Almira Winegar
      Records from the Nauvoo temple show that the Stoker family participated in other religious temple activities: Catherine Eller Stoker, Michael Stoker (son), Eller Stoker (son) and wife Margaret (Judd) Stoker (Eller's wife), James Welker and wife Elizabeth Stoker Welker, and Mary (Polly) Stoker (Graybill) all did baptisms by proxy for their deceased relatives."

      6. The following is a partial quote from an article entitled: "John Stoker (1817-1881) and Wives: Jane McDaniel, Harriet Susan Willis, and Jane Allen" in the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT." See John's notes for full transcription:
      "After the first Mormon expedition pushed through the Rocky Mountains to settle in the Utah territory, President Young and some of his members returned to Winter Quarters during the winter of 1847-48 and began organizing more wagon parties to head west as soon as the snows allowed. During this period President Young organized the chain of command for large groups of travelers. First Heber J. Grant and Wilford Woodruff were each to organize a company. Under their direction leaders would be chosen to govern groups of hundreds, fifties, and then tens.
      Families under Brigham Young's supervision were separated into three divisions with numerous companies in each division.
      Here Lorenzo Snow was again appointed to be a captain over a hundred families. He in turn selected John Stoker and Herman Hyde to be his two captains, each of them were over a group of fifty families that were then grouped by tens.
      In addition to the general instructions to keep order in the camps, President Young passed on additional orders gained from the first companies experiences west: take care of the cattle- do not allow them to be abused, there is to be no yelling nor brawling in camp, attend prayers, put out the fires, and go to bed by 9 p.m.
      Lorenzo Snow's company: 99 Wagons, 321 people, 20 horses, 3 mules, 308 oxen, 188 cows, 38 loose cattle, 25 pigs, 158 chickens, 10 cats, 26 dogs, and 2 doves (Barlow 1968).
      John and Jane with their family left Kanesville early in the summer of 1848. Records indicate that John's mother and siblings, along with some other Stoker families came west in 1852 under the direction of Captain Isaac Stewart. Within the listed names of the Stewart's Second group of ten are: William Stoker's family, Michael Stoker's family and John McDaniel's family. The names of the individuals within the families were not listed (Church Historical Dept.).
      Instructions were then given the saints, who had been divided. Thomas Bullock, clerk of the "Camp of Israel," stated that: "On the 1st day of June, Lorenzo Snow's company moved off the ground to the 'Liberty Pole' on the Platte, in order to make room for other wagons that came pouring in from Winter Quarters. (Roberts 1965).
      Liberty Pole camp was located on the Elkhorn River in Nebraska.
      In his autobiography, George Morris relates a memorable incident he had during their journey west. His family was assigned to travel under the leadership of John Stoker.
      "I thought that I had about overcome the spirit of swearing again, until one day after we had traveled some distance on our way towards the valley. Brother Lorenzo Snow was captain of the hundred, John Stoker of 50, Thomas McLellin of the 10, that I traveled with. We were crossing a bad, miry, creek and the captains were the first wagon and the last one in the line. The captain had made a little miscalculation and stopped his team a little too soon so that there was not room for me to drive out on the bank, so I was stopped down in the mire. The captain was standing on the bank to see us out when I ripped out a terrible oath at him for not allowing me room to get out, it was a terrible oath to be sure. In that same award manner in which I had been to swear before, it was all like a streak of fire and brimstone than anything else. I looked and there sat Brother Snow in his buggy on the bank watching the teams cross, he gave me such a look and the captain that I had swarn at stood there looking right at me but neither of them spoke a word to me. They didn't need to for the look they had given me were quite sufficient. They left me and passed on. When I had got out and cooled down I felt fearful mean but they didn't hear anymore swearing from me" (Morris 1995).
      After leaving Liberty Pole for Utah the company was delayed many times during their journey for the purpose of building bridges, rafts, etc., to help the journey of the other saints coming later.
      Picture p. 12: "Trail Map of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints western migration. Trail begins at Nauvoo, Illinois and ends at Salt Lake City, Utah. Ensign, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1997."
      Salt Lake City:
      Lorenzo Snow's company arrived in Salt Lake City on 24 September 1848. With the arrival of President Brigham Young's three divisions of church members, the total number of people in the Salt Lake valley had grown to 5000. So many people arrived in Utah that by the fall of 1848 the one block size fort had three additions equaling two forts. One facing north side and one facing south, the two connected by gates.
      When the first company of Mormons reached Utah, besides attending to farming, they built a Fort to shelter the incoming families. As the members would arrive President Young would have them stay only as long as they needed to gather strength, and then he would assign them an area outside Salt Lake City to settle.
      It is recorded that by the time the companies arrived in the Utah valley their clothing was pretty well gone.
      "Many were without shoes, and the best and only covering they could get for their feet were moccasins. Their clothing, too, was pretty well exhausted, and the goat, deer, and elk skins which they could procure were most acceptable for clothing, though far from pleasant to wear in rain or snow" (Cannon)."

      7. The following partial excerpt is from the article "Michael and Catherine Eller Stoker's Descendants in Illinois" by Jimmie "B" Stoker, July 30, 1994 from the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT, The numbers in the text refer to endnotes at the end of the article. See Catherine Martha Eller's notes for the full and complete transcript which is quite lengthy and only deals with her children in the Illinois period of Mormon history:
      "Each member of the church was expected to contribute one-tenth of all his increase from that time until the temple was completed. Often the able-bodied men would donate one day in ten as tithing labor. According to a letter from James Kimball, an LDS church history librarian, records show that Eller and Jacob Stoker worked for an unknown length of time or occupation on this temple project.21 John McDaniel, Christine Stoker's husband, also worked on the Nauvoo temple.22 It's reasonable to believe that many more of the Stoker men put in time working on the Nauvoo temple. Probably many of the Stoker women donated their goods to that cause as well."

      8. The following partial excerpt is from the article "Michael and Catherine Eller Stoker's Descendants in Illinois" by Jimmie "B" Stoker, July 30, 1994 from the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT, The numbers in the text refer to endnotes at the end of the article. See Catherine Martha Eller's notes for the full and complete transcript which is quite lengthy and only deals with her children in the Illinois period of Mormon history:
      "Many of the Stokers probably were mustered into the Nauvoo Legion. It was part of every frontier community to take seriously the obligation to serve in the militia. The Nauvoo Legion, although created by the Nauvoo charter, was in reality a part of the state militia. For the men living in and near Nauvoo, there was no question about where their allegiance lay. As can be seen, often the Mormons living near Carthage or Warsaw were often approached to serving in other military groups being formed to attack the Mormons. Evidence of the Stokers participating in the Nauvoo Legion comes from a John McDaniel history55 which indicated that "one night John rode forty miles to Joseph Smith who with about 100 men in uniform went out to meet a mob that was after the saints. When they neared the mob, Joseph Smith raised his sword above his head and said, 'Halt.' The mob fled in all directions. When asked by some later why they had fled from such a few men, the mob replied, 'We could see soldiers everywhere.'"56"

      9. FHL book 929.273 St67d "Descendants of William Stoker (1819-1892): with a View of his Ancestors," by Jay and Rachel Phillips Deeben, Feb. 2014, pp. 26-31:
      "Christina Stoker[23] (1815-1854), by Jay Deeben.
      Christina Stoker, daughter of David Stoker and Barbara Graybill, was born on 24 Aug 1815 in Bloomfield, Scioto,[24] Ohio. During our research of Christina we found that her name was also listed at times as Christine. The name of Christina has been followed here since that is the name that was placed on her headstone. One place where Christine was used was on the list of pioneers that made up the
      Isaac Stewart Company which left Kanesville, Iowa in June 1852 and arrived in Salt Lake in September 1852.
      She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1833,[25] with other members of her family. She lived through all the persecution that was put upon the church while they were in Missouri and Illinois. When Christina and John started west they stopped at Mount Pisgah, Iowa[26] which was established to be a temporary way station for LDS church members as they fled Nauvoo, Illinois and the persecution that was going on there. Christina and her family stayed here till about 1851 or 1852. Mt. Pisgah, Iowa was shut down in 1852 by church leaders when they requested all the LDS to come to Utah.
      [Image of Marriage License Jackson County, Ohio, from US/CAN Film 317,419, which reads: John McDaniel to Christina Stucker Feby. 7, 1836. I do hereby certify that by virtue of a License from the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Jackson County I have solemnized the right of Marriage between John McDaniels & christena Stoker on the 8 Day of Feby. 1835 as witnessed [unreadable] 1835 [unreadable witness]."
      Christina married John Riley McDaniel, son of James McDaniel and Zebiah McCarley, on 7 Feb 1835 in
      Jackson County, Ohio.[27] [Kerry's note: The license is dated 7 Feb but the marriage is dated 8 Feb.] John was born on 10 Jul 1812 in Bloomfield Twp., Scioto County, Ohio.[28]
      After being married 19 years, having nine children and traveling many miles Christina died the 10 May 1854 in Alpine, Utah.[29] She was the first to be buried in Alpine. Her daughter Electa Jane was next.
      The names of several of Christina's grandchildren who died young and are buried here are also given on the headstone.
      John McDaniel died on 11 Nov 1884 in Alpine, Utah, Utah[30] at age 77, and was buried on 15 Nov 1884 in Alpine, Utah, Utah.
      Children of John McDaniel and Christina Stoker McDaniel[31] (Name - Birth - Place - Death - Place):
      Electa Jane McDaniel, 3 Nov 1835, Jackson County, Ohio, 8 Jun 1858. Electa married James Eli Ashcraft" the son of Benjamin Ashcraft and Nancy Owens." James was born 15 Feb 1828 in Montgomery County, Kentucky.
      Tabitha McDaniel[34], 29 Jan 1837, Jackson County, Ohio, 11 Dec 1920, Nephi, Juab, Utah. Tabitha married William David Norton[35] son of John Warren Norton and Dorothy Osborn. William was born on 2 May 1832 in Limestone County, Alabama[36].
      John Riley McDaniel, 20 May 1839, Adams County, Illinois, 21 Jul 1909, Alpine, Utah, Utah. John married Sarah Ann Watkins[37] she is the daughter of Robert James Watkins and Mary Smallman. Sarah was born 8 Jan 1847 in Missouri.
      Matilda McDaniel, 24 Oct 1840, Adams County, Illinois, 24 Aug 1878[38], Alpine, Utah, Utah. Matilda married Thomas Jefferson McCullough[39] son of Thomas McCullough and Mary Hefner. Thomas was born 18 Aug 1826 in White County, Tennessee.
      Catherine McDaniel[40], 24 Jul 1842, Hancock County, Illinois, 11 Aug 1923, Payson, Utah, Utah. Catherine married Alma Winn[41] son of Minor Winn and Nancy Wilson. Alma was born 4 Apr 1836 in Albion, Edwards, Illinois.
      George Washington McDaniel[42], 25 Jul 1844, Hancock County, Illinois, 9 Nov 1916, Alpine, Utah, Utah. George married Mary Jane Taylor[43] daughter of William Taylor and Mary Ann Dean. Mary Jane was born 9 Nov 1850 in Birmingham, Warwick, England.
      James William McDaniel, 13 Sep 1847, Mt Pisgah, Union, Iowa[44], 19 Jan 1947, Bloomfield, San Juan, New Mexico. James married Lovina Mantle[45] daughter of Llwellyn Mantle and Catherine Watkins. Lovina was born 20 Apr 1856 in West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah.
      David Stoker McDaniel, 18 Apr 1849, Mt Pisgah, Union, Iowa, 3 Oct 1912, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. David married Sarah Ann Clark[46] daughter of George Clark and Catherine Gascoigne. Sarah was born 9 Dec 1853 in Selston, Nottingham, England.
      Michael Sylvester McDaniel, 26 Apr 1854, Alpine, Utah, Utah, 10 Sep 1921, Tetonia, Teton, Idaho. Michael married Emma Dorothea Beck" daughter of Fredrick Beck and Henricke Winters. Emma was born 28 Jul 1857 in Vor Frue, Aalborg, Denmark.
      Chapter notes for Christina Stoker:
      23. Hook, James W., George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America, p.100. Repository:
      Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA, Call Number: 929.273 EL54h. Reference to the translated record of the German Reform Church of Frederick, Maryland at the Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah. Book is online at Heritagequest.com under the "Search Books" option from main menu.
      24. Jackson County, Ohio was formed from Scioto, Gallia, Athens, and Ross counties in 1816. Any
      births occurring prior to 1816 would have been in one of the parent counties from which Jackson
      was formed. The township of Jackson was part of the Scioto County prior to being taken into
      Jackson County in 1816. Goldbug software, Animap, version 2.6.
      25. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, new.Familysearch.org <http://new.familysearch.org/>, Family History
      Department, PID: KWJY-VZ6. Repository: new.familysearch.org <http://new.farr1ilysearch.org/>, LDS Church, Salt Lake City,
      Utah.
      26. In 1846 Mormons established a way station named Mt. Pisgah on the western side of Clarke
      County in an area that eventually became the eastern side of Union County. This was the temporary home of thousands of Mormons as they traveled west. The last Mormon left in 1852. Website: (<http://iagenweb.org/union/history/history.html>)
      27. Daughters of the American Revolution. Captain John James Chapter (Ohio), Marriage records,
      1818-1865, Jackson County, US/CAN Film 317,419. Repository: Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150
      28. new.Familysearch.org <http://new.familysearch.org/>, PID: KWJ1-522.
      29. Find A Grave, Find A Grave Web site, Find A Grave Memorial# 8409021. Repository: Find A
      Grave, <http://www.findagravecom/>.
      30. Headstone in Alpine, Utah, Utah Cemetery.
      31. Information on the children of John and Christina McDaniel comes from family records and a
      Utah Death Certificate, State of Utah Department of Health, Utah - Death Certificate <http://historyresearch.utah.gov/indexes/index.html>), Repository: Utah State Government, Division of Archives & Records Service, 300 S Rio Grande St., Salt Lake City, Utah 841011106. The individual certificate number for each individual will be listed as a source for the specific individual. Information was also taken from the new.familysearch.org <http://new.familysearch.org/> website of the Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
      32. new.Familysearch.org <http://new.familysearch.org/>, PID: KWJZ-4Z8.
      33. new.Familysearch.org <http://new.familysearch.org/>, PID: L4WC-1DB.
      34. Utah Death Certificate, State Board File No. 94. Name on death certificate and headstone is spelled Tobitha.
      35. new.Familysearch.org <http://new.familysearch.org/>, PID: KWJD-GRC.
      36. Utah Death Certificate, State board File No. 10
      37. new.Familysearch.org <http://new.familysearch.org/>, PID: KWVQ-51K.
      38. Headstone, in Alpine City Cemetery.
      39. new.Familysearch.org <http://new.familysearch.org/>, PID: K24D-LS9.
      40. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index(R) (Copyright
      (c) 1980, 2002), Film Numbers: 1239577, Ref #27404; 178101, Ref #220554, Page #2597; 1239610, Ref #22243, Page #: 94; 1239507, Ref #: 6612.
      41. new.Familysearch.org <http://new.familysearch.org/>, PID: KWJ8-4X6
      42. Stoker/Winegar/West/Youd Legacy, Alta Aitken Rowley, Grant Joseph Aitken, Charlene Attryde
      Aitken, Stoker/Winegar/West/Youd Legacy, p. 30. Repository: Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA, Call Number: 929.273 St67ra.
      43. Utah - Death Certificate, State Board of Health File No. 127B
      44. Mt Pisgah, Union County, Iowa was a temporary community that existed between 1847 and
      1852. This settlement was established to help with the many thousands of Latter-day Saints on their way west from Nauvoo, Illinois. The settlement was abandoned in 1852 when the Latter-day Saints were encourage to move on to Salt Lake City, Utah.
      45. new.Familysearch.org <http://new.familysearch.org/>, PID: KWZ1-TFW
      46. new.Familysearch.org <http://new.familysearch.org/>, PID: KWJC-1KW.
      47. BYU-Idaho Special Collections, Special Collections and Family History, Death Records
      <http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/famhist/Obit/searchForm.cfm>. Repository: BYU-lDAHO Special Collections, Rexburg, Idaho. There is a question on the surname of the Emma's mother. On the death record it is listed as Winter and on new.familysearch.org <http://new.familysearch.org/> it is listed as Hansen."

      BIRTH:
      1. 10 Jun 1812 in Jackson Co., OH per living endowment as cited in Ordinance Index below. Most databases use 10 Jul 1812, however the date I use would have been given by John himself when he participated in the living ordinance work.
      Gallia County was formed on March 25, 1803 from portions of Adams and Washington counties. Jackson County was formed March 1, 1816 from Ross County. Both Raccoon Twp., Gallia Co. and Bloomfield Twp., Jackson Co. adjoin each other.

      MARRIAGE:
      1. Per biography cited above.

      2. Location confirmed per Ordinance Index.

      3. FHL Film #301,043 "Jackson County, Ohio Marriages 1831-1843" has the following entry in Marriage Book, Vol. B (1831-1843), page 46: "John McDaniel to Christina Stucker (sic)." License date 7 Feb 1835. Marriage by Seymour Brunson on 8 Feb 1835 by virtue of a license from the Cerk of the Court of Common Pleas in Jackson Co.
      Seymour Brunson is the Mormon authority and probable missionary who converted the Stokers.

      4. FHL book 929.273 St67d "Descendants of William Stoker (1819-1892): with a View of his Ancestors," by Jay and Rachel Phillips Deeben, Feb. 2014, p. 26, has a photo of the marriage record for this couple. It is from Jackson County, Ohio, Marriage Records, 1818-1865, Jackson County, US/CAN Film 317,419. It reads:
      "John McDaniel to Christina Stucker, Feby. 7, 1835. I do hereby certify that by virtue of a License from teh Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Jackson County, I have solemnized the right of the marriage between John McDaniels & Christina Stoker on the 8 day of Feb'y 1835 as witnessed by [illegible] Seymour Brunson [illegible]."

      DEATH:
      1. See burial citation below for date.

      BURIAL:
      1. FHL film 1750764 "Alpine, Utah Cemetery Records": "John McDaniel, parents are James Daniel and Zibia McCorley, d. 11 Nov 1884." Next entry: "Christina Stoker, parents David Stoker and Barbary Grable, d. 10 May 1854"; [this entry for Christina may be informational only in the record book but I am unsure].

      2. "Index to the Utah County Cemeteries, 1850's to 1996," compiled by Diane R. Parkinson and located at the family history center at the BYU Provo library: John McDaniel, d. 11 Nov 1884 Alpine.

      SOURCES_MISC:
      1. Ancestral File 4.19 (27 May 2001).