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Harriet Susan Willis

Female 1821 - 1892  (70 years)


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  • Name Harriet Susan Willis 
    Born 22 Dec 1821  Potsdam, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 7 Nov 1892  Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 8 Nov 1892  Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I457  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Family John Stoker,   b. 8 Mar 1817, Madison Township, Jackson, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jun 1881, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 26 Oct 1855  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F371  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Censuses:
      1856 Utah: North Kanyon Ward, Cedar County, UT, p. 59:
      Harriet Stoker.

      1860 US: Bountiful, Davis, Utah, p. 15 of 23, 15 Jun 1860, house/family 98/91:
      Jno. Stoker, 44, farmer, $2000, $700, OH.
      Jane, 50, OH.
      Harriet, 38, NY.
      Alma, 25, OH.
      Jane, 19, OH.
      Hyrum, 19, IL.
      David, 15, IL.
      Jane, 10, IA.
      Sarah A., 8, NY.
      Geo, 3, MI.
      Jno, 2, NY.

      1870 US: Bountiful, Davis, Utah, p. 26 of 34, 19 Aug 1870:
      Household/family 214/215:
      John Stoker, 53, Bishop, $4000, $1500, OH.
      Jane, 60, OH.
      Alma, 35, farm hand, OH.
      Sarah A., 19, UT.
      Household/family 215/216:
      Harriet Stoker, 46, keeping house, NY.
      John, 13, UT.
      Catherine, 7, UT.
      Hiram, 30, laborer, IL.
      Household/family 216/217:
      Jane Stoker, 29, keeping house, OH.
      Maryann, 8, UT.
      Henry, 6, UT.
      Lorenzo, 3, UT.
      Clarissa, 1, UT.

      1880 US: Bountiful, Davis, Utah, FHL film 1255336, National Archives Film T9-1336, p. 279C [note that some of the children are from the third wife Jane Allen who was deceased by this census]:
      John Stoker, farmer, 63, married, birthplace: OH, father's and mother's birthplace: NC.
      Jane Stoker, keeping house, 69, birthplace: OH.
      Hyrum, works on farm, son, S, 40, IL, OH, OH.
      Harriet, keeping house, wife, M, 58, NY, CT, VT.
      Mary A., at home dau, S, 18, UT, OH, OH.
      Catherine, at home, dau, 16, UT, OH, NY.
      Henry, at home, son, 15, UT, OH, NY.
      Lorenzo, at home, son, 13, UT, OH, NY.
      Jessie, at home, son, 5, UT, OH, NY.

      2. Children from marriage with Harriet Willis per Ancestral File v.4.19 and 6 Nov 2002 Ancestry.com; all children were born in Bountiful, Davis, Utah:
      John, b. 11 Feb 1857, d. 14 Dec 1876 at Bountiful, UT; d. 14 Dec 1876.
      Catherine, b. 10 Dec 1863, d. 3 Nov 1817 at Roy, Weber, UT; d. 3 Nov 1917 and bur. 6 Nov 1917 both in Roy Weber, Utah; may have been unmarried.

      3. Verified with Rootsweb.com Worldconnect 6 Nov 2002.

      4. Mentioned in biography in the book "Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia," p. 252: "John Stoker, Bishop of East Bountiful, Davis county, Utah, was born March 8, 1817, at Bloomfield, Jackson county, Ohio, the son of David Stoker and Barbara Graybill. Becoming a convert to 'Mormonism' he was baptized Nov. 13, 1836, by Seymour Brunson, and cast his lot with the Saints in their gathering places in the States. He emigrated to Utah in 1848 and settled in what was then called the Sessions settlement (now Bountiful). He was ordained a Bishop Jan. 20, 1851, by Brigham Young and set apart to preside over the North Mill Creek Ward, afterwards named Bountiful. Bishop Stoker married three wives, namely Jane McDaniel, who became the mother of six children; Jane Allen, who gave birth to nine children, and Harriet (a widow), who bore her husband two children. In 1869-70 Bishop Stoker filled a short mission to Virginia. He was ordained a Patriarch in 1877 and died June 11, 1881, at Bountiful."

      5. FHL film 702: "Journal of John Stoker, b. 1817; Journal starts November 1, 1869." John was the son of David Stoker and Barbara Graybill. The first 35 pages detail his mission taken from Utah to Virginia and Tennessee through Council Bluffs, Iowa, which I have summarized and included with his notes in this database. Pp. 36-227, the balance of John's journal, are genealogical notations of family. Many pages are blank. Besides family, the journal also notes many other unrelated Stokers who were probably gleaned from books and other sources. It appears as if maybe his son David may have taken over the book later. Many entries are repetitive at different times. Pertinent data for this family or individual is quoted verbatim as follows:
      P. 36-48: Franklin Stoker, son of John and Jane Stoker was born Illinois, Hancock County, Aug. 12, 1842. Died in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah Territory, Sept. 27th 1855.
      Clarissa Stoker, daughter of John and Jane Stoker the Second, born Feby 2d, 1859, Bountiful, Davis County, Utah Territory. Died Aug 12th 1870 at midnight in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah Territory of diarea and bloody flux.
      Jude Stoker, son of John Stoker and Jane Stoker the second. Born April the 2d, 1871. Died Sept. 4th 1872 at 9 o'clock a.m., Bountiful, Davis County, Utah Territory.
      Albert Stoker, son of John and Jane A. Stoker, born march 27th 1873 at 3 o'clock a.m. Blessed by John Stoker mouth, April 3, and Thomas Briggs and John Livingston(?). Died April 4th 1 ½ p.m. Buried April 5th Bountiful, Davis County, Utah Territory.
      Harriet Ann Stoker, daughter of David Stoker and Regina Haugen(?) born March 21st 1873. Died Nov 19th 1873 of scarlet fever and inflammation of the brain.
      Jesse Stoker, son of John and Jane A. Stoker was born July 17th 1874 at 3 o'clock and 45 minutes a.m. in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah Territory.
      John Stoker, son of John and Harriet S. Stoker, born Feby 11th 1857 in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah Territory. Died in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah Territory, September 14th 1876 at 6:15 minutes a.m. of typhoid fever.
      Harriet Eunice, daughter of John and Jane Allen Stoker, born May 13th 1877… blessed August 22d 1877 by Elder Wm. Thurgood… died August 23d in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah Territory.
      Jane Allen, wife of John Stoker and daughter of Jude and Mary Ann Allen, born March the 8th 1841, died August the 5th 1877 in Bountiful, Davis County at her residence after nearly three months illness from the affects of child birth.
      Died Aug 23 1878 Henry Stoker, born in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah Feb. 12, 1855.
      Lorenzo Stoker, born Feby 21 1867 in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah.
      John Stoker, son of David and Barbary Stoker was ordained Bishop in North Kanyon ward Davis Co., U.T. Jany 20th 1851 under the hands of Pres. Brigham young, Heber C. Kimball, Jedediah M. Grant. Laboured in the same place until August the 4th 1874 when he resigned his office as Bishop to Pres. P. Young on account of ill health not being able to attend to the labours required with the blessings of the priesthood upon him from his past labours.
      John Stoker, son of David Stoker and Barbara Grabill was born March the 8th 1817 in Jackson County, Ohio. Died at Bountiful, Utah Territory June 11th 1881 at 10 minutes to 7 o'clock p.m. of paralasis.
      Hyrum Stoker, son of John Stoker and Jane McDaniel, died at Bountiful June 5th 1887.
      Jane McDaniel Stoker died at Bountiful Jan. 20(?), 1890. Wife of John Stoker.
      [Entry on p. 43 which is too light to read and with someone I don't recognize. Looks like: Sonia Stoker Born Dec 7, 1835/6 Died June 5th 1897 at Syracuse Ward of Harriet Stoker.]
      Birth of Jane Allen parents. Jude Allen borned Doillsborough, Essy Co. New York. Oct 12, 1811. Mary Ann Nichloos Allen, born Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 25, 1820. Jane Allen Stoker born Parma, Cayuhoga Co., Ohio, March 8, 1841… died Bountiful Davis Co. Aug. 5, 1877. Jude Allen died Feb 13, 1900, aged 88 years. Mary Ann Nchloos died Bountiful Davis Co., January 9, 1860.
      Rockland, Ida. Oct 14, 1917. Mary Ann Stoker, born Bountiful, Davis Co., May 14, 1862. Henry Stoker, born Bountiful, Davis Co., Feb. 12, 1865. Lorenzo Stoker, born Bountiful, Davis Co., Feb 21, 1869. Clarissa Stoker, born Bountiful, Davis Co., Feb. 21, 1869. Jude Stoker, born April 2, 1871 at Bountiful, Davis Co. Albert Stoker, born Bountiful, Davis Co., March 29, 1878(3?). Jesse Stoker, born Bountiful, Davis Co., July 17, 1874. Harriet Eunice Stoker, born Bountiful, Davis Co., May 13, 1879.
      Mary Ann Hack Stoker, died at Provo, Utah, May 1, 1903. Henry Stoker, died Salt Lake City, Oct. 12, 1904. Albert Stoker, died April 4, 1873. Harriet Eunice Stoker, died Bountiful, Davis Co., Aug. 12, 1870. Jude Stoker, died Bountiful, Davis Co., Sept. 4, 1872.
      Mary Ann Stoker was married to James Hack at Salt Lake City 1881, was second wife, died 1st of May 1903
      Henry died 12 of Sept 1904, Oct 12, 1904.
      John Stoker was a captain of Fifties under Pres. Brigham Young's companies in Emigration to Utah from Nauvoo in the year 1848.

      6. 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. 32-37. The authors do have an error in regards to Harriet Susan Willis' death date:
      "John Stoker[1] (1817-1881), by Jay Deeben.
      John Stoker,[2] son of David Stoker and Barbara Graybill, was born on 8 Mar 1817 in Madison Twp., Jackson, Ohio. John joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints along with other members of his family in 1833. John married Jane McDaniel,[3] daughter of James McDaniel and Zebiah McCarley, on 21 Jan 1836, in , Hancock, Illinois. Jane was born on 24 Feb 1810 in Racoon Twp., Gallia, Ohio. Jane died 20 Jan 1890, in Bountiful, Utah.[4]
      John and his family lived through the trials and challenges that members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints lived through in Missouri and Illinois. In 1846/1847 they were forced to leave Illinois and make their way to Winter Quarters, Nebraska. In 1848 John and his family[5] traveled with the Brigham Young Company from Winter Quarters to Salt Lake City, Utah.[6]
      As the company was being organized for the trip West, John Stoker and Herman Hyde were each elected as captains of fifty within Lorenzo Snow's group of one hundred.[7] After arriving in Utah John and his family settled in and around the area known, today, as Bountiful, Utah, just north of Salt Lake City.
      John Stoker was ordained a bishop in the North Kanyon Ward, Davis County, Utah Territory on 28 Jan 1851, under the hands of Pres Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Jedadiah M. Grants and served until‘4 Aug 1874. While serving as bishop John served a mission to the United States for a period of about five-months, from 1 Nov 1869 thru 29 Mar 1870.[9] During this mission he visited several of the Stoker and Graybill family members that had remained in Iowa and Illinois.
      John entered the practice of polygamy when he married Harriet Susan Willis,[10] daughter of Erastus Willis and Hannah Cobb, on 26 Oct 1855 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Harriet was born on 21 Dec 1822 in Potsdam, St Lawrence, New York. Harriet died 7 Nov 1882 in Bountiful, Davis, Utah just short of her 60th birthday.
      John next married Jane Allen,[11] daughter of Jude Allen and Mary Ann Nicholas, on 5 Jul 1857 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Jane was born on 8 Mar 1841 in Parma, Cuyahoga, Ohio. Jane died on 5 Aug 1877 in Bountiful, Davis, Utah at age 36.
      John died on 11 Jun 1881 in Bountiful, Davis, Utah at age 64. Jane McDaniel Stoker died on 20 Jan 1890 in Bountiful, Davis, Utah at age 79.
      Children of John Stoker and Jane McDaniel Stoker (Name, Birth date, Birth place, Death date, Place of Death):
      Alma Stoker[12], 7 Dec 1835, Lick, Jackson, Ohio, 5 Jun 1897, Syracuse, Davis, Utah[13]. Alma is the son of Jane McDaniel from a previous marriage whose name is Alma. After John married Jane he adopted Alma and raised him as his own son. Alma Stoker married Catherine Tolman, daughter of Judson Adoninum Tolman and Sarah Lucretia Holbrook, she was born 13 Sep 1861, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah.
      Hyrum Stoker[14], 9 Nov 1840, Columbus, Adams, Illinois, 5 Jun 1885, Bountiful, Davis, Utah.
      Franklin Stoker[15], 12 Aug 1842, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, 27 Sep 1855, Bountiful, Davis, Utah.
      David Stoker[16], 28 Sep 1844, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, 1 Apr 1911, Bountiful, Davis, Utah. David married Regena Hogan[17], daughter of Eric Gautesen Midtboen Hogan and Helge Knudsen, on 3 Mar 1866 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Regena was born 10 Jul 1844 in Keokuk, Lee, Iowa. Another spelling for Hogan is Hoggan.
      Zibiah Jane Stoker[18], 21 May 1847, Mount Pisgah, Pottawattamie, Iowa, 28 May 1933, Bountiful, Davis, Utah. Zibiah married Judson Tolman[19], son of Nathan Tolman and Sarah Hewett, on 5 Apr 1869. Judson was born 14 Jul 1826 in Maine.
      Sarah Ann Stoker[20], 10 Oct 1851, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, 23 Jan 1922, Layton, Davis, Utah. Sarah married Harlon Simmons[21], on 23 Mar 1871 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Harlon was born 28 Feb 1841 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois.
      Children of John Stoker and Harriet Susan Willis Stoker (Name - Birth - Place - Death - Place):
      John Stoker[22], 11 Feb 1857, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, 14 Sep 1876, Bountiful, Davis, Utah. John Stoker, Jr. died at age 19 of Typhoid Fever.
      Catherine Stoker[23], 10 Dec 1863, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, 3 Nov 1917, Roy, Weber, Utah. Catherine married Edwin Theodore Wood, son of Daniel Wood and Emman Maria Ellis, on 28 Jul 1881. Edwin's birth date is on 8 May 1856, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah.
      Children of John Stoker and Jane Allen Stoker (Name - Birth - Place - Death - Place):
      Mary Ann Stoker[24], 14 May 1862 Bountiful, Davis, Utah, 1 May 1903, Provo, Utah, Utah. Mary married James Hack on 19 May 1881 in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory. James was born September 1835 in Farmham, Surrey, England, John Stoker's Journal indicated that Mary Ann Stoker was James Hack's second wife.
      Henry Stoker[25], 12 Feb 1865, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, 12 Oct 1904, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Henry never married, this was stated on his death certificate.
      Lorenzo Stoker[26], 21 Feb 1867, East Bountiful, Davis, Utah, 9 Jun 1920 Ogden, Weber, Utah. Lorenzo married Polly Adaline Harnmon, daughter of Levi Byram Hammon and Martha Jane Belnap, on 16 Jul 1888 in Hooper, Weber, Utah. Polly was born on 15 Feb 1873 in Hooper, Weber, Utah.
      Clarissa Stoker[27], 2 Feb 1869, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, 12 Aug 1870, Bountiful, Davis, Utah.
      Jude Stoker[28], 2 Apr 1871, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, 4 Sep 1872, Bountiful, Davis, Utah.
      Albert Stoker[29], 27 Mar 1873, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, 4 Apr 1873, Bountiful, Davis, Utah.
      Jesse Stoker[30], 17 Jul 1874, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, 30 Oct 1942, Roy, Weber, Utah. Jesse married Lettie Matilda Hammon, daughter of Levi Byram Hammon and Martha Jane Belnap. She was born 13 Mar 1833, Hoooper, Weber, Utah.
      Harriet Eunice Stoker[31], 13 May 1877, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, 23 Aug 1878, Bountiful, Davis, Utah.
      Chapter Notes for John Stoker - 1817:
      1. Information on John Stoker and his family was taken from church records, previously written histories of the Stoker family, and personal journal of John Stoker.
      2. 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. And the Journal of John Stoker, born 1817: journal beginning November 1, 1869 (FHL US/CAN Film 702), p. 43. Repository: Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150
      3. LDS Church, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register Records 10 Dec 1845-8 Feb 1846 (Original), p. 903. Repository: Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150; Call Number: 977.343/N1 K290.
      4. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FarnilySearch," database, FamilySearch (<http://familysearch.org/> : accessed 23 Feb 2013), entry for Jane McDaniel, person ID KWVW-PTT; familysearch.org/tree/ <http://familysearch.org/tree/>.
      5. The following were members of John and Jane's family when they traveled west in 1848: Alma
      Stoker age 12; David Stoker age 3; Franklin Stoker age 5; Hyrum Stoker age 8; Jane McDaniel
      Stoker age 38; John Stoker age 31; and Zibiah Jane Stoker age 1.
      6. Brigham Young Company left Winter Quarters Nebraska on 5 Jun 1848 and arriving in Salt Lake
      Valley between 20-24 Sep 1848. Source: Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847-1868. Website: <http://classic.lds.org/churchhistoryllibrarylpioneercompany/1>,15797,4017-1-4,00.html.
      7. Bullock, Thomas, Journals 1843-1849, fd. 1-4., Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847-1868.
      Website: <http://classic.lds.org/churchhistory/library/source/1,18016,4976>-4546,00.html
      8. Stoker, John , 1817, Journal of John Stoker, born 1817: journal beginning November 1, 1869
      (FHL US/CAN Film 702), p. 42. Spelling in this note left as found in John's journal.
      9. Stoker, John, 1817, p. 1 thru 35.
      10. Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia, four volumes, Jenson, Andrew, 1850-1941, Latter-day
      Saint biographical encyclopedia, four volumes, p. 252. Repository: Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA, Call Number: Online Digital Version, Vol 3.
      11. Stoker, John, 1817, Journal of John Stoker, born 1817: journal beginning November 1, 1869 (FHL US/CAN Film 702), p. 40. Repository: Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA. Jane Allen's date of birth came from John Stoker's Journal. And the Deseret News (Historical), Repository: Utah Digital Newspaper, <http://und.lib.utah.edu/>. Death of Jane Allen Stoker at Bountiful, on Sunday, Aug 5, at 11 PM from the effects of Syncope, Jane A., wife of John Stoker, and daughter of Jude Allen, aged 36 years, 4 months, 28 days.
      12. LDS Church, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register Records 10 Dec 1845 - 8 Feb 1846 (Original), p. 903. Repository: Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA, Call Number: 977.343/N1 K290. And "Very Unexpected Death, Davis County Clipper, Newspaper, obituary 11 Jun 1897, p. 1. Repository: Utah Digital Newspaper, <http://und.lib.utah.edu/>. And 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. And Rowley, Alta Aitken; Aitken, Grant Joseph; Aitken, Charlene Attryde. "The Stoker/Winger/West/Youd Legacy," p. 30-31. Copy on disc at Rachel Deeben's residence, Payson, Utah.
      13. Davis County Clipper, Newspaper, obituary 11 Jun 1897. Repository: Utah Digital Newspaper <http://und.lib.utah.edu>.
      14. Stoker, John , 1817, Journal of John Stoker, born 1817: journal beginning November 1, 1869
      (FHL US/CAN Film 702), p. 43. Repository: Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA. And LDS Church, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register Records 10 Dec 1845 - 8 Feb 1846 (Original), p. 903. Repository: Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA, Call Number: 977.343/N1 K29c.
      15. LDS Church, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register Records 10 Dec 1845 - 8 Feb 1846
      (Original), p. 903. Repository: Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City,
      Utah 84150 USA, Call Number: 977.343/N1 K29c. And 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. And Stoker, John, 1817, Journal of John Stoker, born 1817 2journal beginning November 1, 1869 (FHL US/CAN Film 702), p. 36.
      16. LDS Church, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register Records 10 Dec 1845 - 8 Feb 1846
      (Original), p. 903. And Stoker, John, 1817, Journal of John Stoker, born 1817: journal beginning November 1, 1869 (FHL US/CAN Film 702), p. 42. And Utah - Death Certificate, State of Utah Department of Health, Utah - Death Certificate (http2//historyresearch.utah.gov/indexes/index.html <http://historyresearch.utah.gov/indexes/index.html>), Utah Death Certificate File No. 33. Repository: Utah State Government, Division of Archives & Records Service, 300 S Rio Grande St., Salt Lake City, Utah 84101-1106.
      17. Utah - Death Certificate, State of Utah Department of Health, Utah - Death Certificate
      (http2//historyresearch.utah.gov/indexes/index.html <http://historyresearch.utah.gov/indexes/index.html>), Utah Death Certificate File No. 16. And 1880 Federal Census - Davis County, Utah, Year: 1880; Census Place: Bountiful, Davis, Utah; Roll 1336; Family History Film: 1255336; Page: 280A; Enumeration District: 14; Repository: Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah.
      18. LDS Church, "Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register Records 10 Dec 1845 - 8 Feb 1846 (Original)," p. 903. And Hook, James W., "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," p. 100. And Utah - Death Certificate, State of Utah Department of Health, Utah - Death Certificate (<http://historyresearch.utah.gov/indexes/index.htrnl>), Utah Death Certificate No. 38.
      19. Hook, James W., "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," p. 100.
      20. LDS Church, "Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register Records 10 Dec 1845 - 8 Feb 1846
      (Original)," p. 903. And Hook, James W., "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," p.100.
      21. Hook, James W., "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," p. 100-101.
      22. Stoker, John , 1817, Journal of John Stoker, born 1817: (FHL US/CAN Film 702), p. 39. And
      Deseret News (Historical), Sept 27, 1876, article: Died. Found in Utah Digital Newspapers; website: <http://digitalnewspapers.org/>.
      23. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch," database, Familysearch (<http://new.familysearch.org/> : accessed 25 May 2011), entry for Catherine Stoker, person ID KW83-8FN.
      24. Stoker, John, 1817, Journal of John Stoker, born 1817 p. 48. Repository: Family History
      Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA. And The Church of Jesus
      Christ of Latter-day Saints, new.Familysearch.org <http://new.farnilysearch.org/>, Family History Department, pid: L457-SD7.
      25. Stoker, John, 1817, Journal of John Stoker, born 1817: journal beginning November 1, 1869
      (FHL US/CAN Film 702), p. 45. And State of Utah Department of Health, Utah - Death Certificate (<http://historyresearch.utah.gov/indexes/index.html>), State Board of Health File Number: 1124. Note: death certificate gives a birth date of 12 Feb 1866 while John's diary gives a birth date of 12 Feb 1865.
      26. Utah - Death Certificate, State of Utah Department of Health, Utah - Death Certificate
      <http://historyresearch.utah.gov/indexes/index.html>), Utah Death Certificate Numbers 274 and
      275. And Stoker, John, 1817, Journal of John Stoker, born 1817: journal beginning November 1, 1869 (FHL US/CAN Film 702), p. 45. And The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, new.Familysearch.org <http://new.fan1ilysearch.org/>, Family History Department, KWCQ-3ZG.
      27. Stoker, John, 1817, Journal of John Stoker, born 1817: journal beginning November 1, 1869 (FHL US/CAN Film 702), p. 37 and p. 47.
      28. Ibid.
      29. Stoker, John, 1817, Journal of John Stoker, born 1817: journal beginning November 1, 1869
      (FHL US/CAN Film 702), p. 38 and p. 47. And The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Familysearch.org, Family History Department, PID: KWVG-47V
      30. Stoker, John, 1817, Journal of John Stoker, born 1817 :journal beginning November 1, 1869
      (FHLUS/CANFilm 702), p. 39. And The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch," database, FamilySearch (<http://new.familysearch.org>: accessed 25 May 2011), entry for Jesse STOKER, person ID KWCL-1B2.
      31. Stoker, John, 1817, Journal of John Stoker, born 1817: journal beginning November 1, 1869
      (FHL US/CAN Film 702), p. 46 and p. 47. And Deseret News (Historical), Deseret News, Deseret News (Historical), Repository: Utah Digital Newspaper, <http://und.lib.utah.edu/>."

      BIRTH:
      1. FHL film 183374 "Sealings and Adoptions of the Living; Index 1846-1857," p. 64, states: Harriet Susan Willis, b. at Pottsdam, St. Lawrence, NY.

      2. Ordinance Index states 21 Dec 1822 at Potsdam, St. Lawrence, New York with parents being Erastus Willis and Hannah Cobb. This entry is relatively modern and may be conjecture on the part of the person submitting the work. Burial inscription state birth was 1821 which concurs closer with age in 1880 census.
      I use 1821.

      3. Born 22 Dec 1821 in New York per obituary of which a copy is in the notes for DEATH below.

      MARRIAGE:
      1. Married three times per obituary of which a copy is in the notes for DEATH below.

      2. 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:
      "On 26 October 1855, John was called by the authority of the church to enter into the religious covenant of Plural Marriage. He married his second wife, Harriet Susan Willis and through this union were born two children:
      John, born on 11 May 1857. Died 1876 of Typhoid Fever.
      Catherine born on 10 December 1863.
      There is very little information about Harriet Susan Willis. I have included the following quote as it may provide research avenues for Harriet's past. The source is unknown.
      Harriet Susan Willis:
      "Harriet was born on 22 December 1821 in Potsdam, St. Lawrence, New York. Her father was Erastus Willis and her mother Hannah Cobb. She had lived in Vermont and then moved to Michigan. In 1850 she left Michigan and came to Utah. More than likely she was converted to the LDS church in Michigan and went to Utah to be with the church. She was married for a total of three times: Age 17 she married a man named Sinter and had one child. Then she married a man named Giles. Then she married John. Why her life left this path is unknown at this point."

      DEATH:
      1. Per burial record.

      2. 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:
      "Death Comes Again
      Time and events had taken its toll on the Stoker families and on 5 August 1877 Jane Allen passed away, shortly after the birth of their daughter and last Child, Harriet Eunice.
      The final religious calling John held was that of the first Patriarch of Bountiful, a position he held from 1877 until his death on 11 June 1881.
      "Brother Davis came to me to go with him to see ex-bishop John Stoker, who was very ill. We concluded to change his clothing, as we did not think that he would last long. We administered to him, and he seemed to have something to say to us, but was too weak to speak. We asked the Lord if it was His will to give him his speech, so that he might speak to us once more. June the 11th, I called to see Brother Stoker on my way to the city, which was about 3 a.m. This was the usual time for us to go to town with our loads. Brother Stoker was asleep and resting well, when I arrived home at 7 p.m. he was still breathing, but shortly after he died. He was one of the oldest bishops in the Church" (Carter 1958).
      Nine years later on 20 January 1890 Jane McDaniel died. Harriet Willis passed away on 7 November 1892 and was buried the next day. Her obituary reads: "Hand of Death. Takes Harriet Stoker Away in Her Seventy First Years. Harriet Stoker passed away last Monday morning after a sickness of many months. As we were unable to find any records of her life our account will be brief and only approximate in many instances. She was born in the state of New York on December 22nd, 1821. Moved to Vermont and later to some city or town in Michigan from which place she came to Utah arrived here sometime in fifty. She went south at the time of the (?). She was married three times: First when she was about seventeen to a man by the name of Sinter and had one child. Later she married a Mr. Giles and had three children. Two children were the result of her last marriage to Bishop Stoker. The funeral services were held in the Tabernacle on Tuesday the eight of Nov. But as it was a cold day and no heating apparatus the turnout was small. Thomas Briggs, C.R. Jones, and Lamont Holbrook were the speakers" (Davis County Clipper Nov 13, 1892).
      John, his three wives, and the children who died young are buried in the original Bountiful cemetery:
      Children of John and Jane McDaniel
      Hyrum and Franklin in 1855.
      Children of John and Harriet Willis
      John in 1875.
      Children of John and Jane Allen
      Clarissa and Harriet in 1878, Jude in 1872, and Albert in 1873."

      BURIAL:
      1. Per 6 Nov 2002 website <http://lofthouse.com/davis/bountiful/cemetery/s.htm>, all buried in close proximity (John had these three wives):
      John Stoker, b. 1817, d. 1881, "Bishop of Bountiful, 1851-1874," had gold DUP sticker, plot A-1-26-8.
      Jane McDaniel Stoker, b. 1810, d. 1890, 1st wife to John Stoker, plot A-1-26-7.
      Harriet S. Willis Stoker, b. 1821, d. 1892, 2nd wife to John Stoker, plot A-1.
      Jane Allen Stoker, b. 1841, d. 1877, 3rd wife to John Stoker, plot A-1-26-.