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1. Reviewed Rootsweb.com Worldconnect 6 Apr 2002.
2. Censuses:
1840 US: Environs of Quincy, Adams, Illinois, p. 60a, related families:
Ebenezer Hanks, males 20-30:2//females 20-30:1. [Newly married Ebenezer and Jane - not sure who second male is.]
Henry Cooper, males 15-20:1; 20-30:2//females 40-50:1. [Four homes away from Ebenezer Hanks - probable brother to Jane Wells Cooper.]
James Wells, males 5-10:2; 20-30:2; 40-50:1//females 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 40-50: 1. [Next door to Henry Cooper - possible uncle to Jane Wells Cooper?]
1860 US: Provo, Utah, Utah, p. 427, 4 Oct 1860, family 2836:
Ebenezer Hanks, 45, merchant, NY.
Jane, 48, NY.
Truman Swarthout, 30, clerk, NY.
B.F. Baughman, 34, clerk, Ger.
1870 US: Parowan, Iron, Utah, enum. 17 Jun 1870, Roll 16 Book 1, p. 293b, household 169, family 165:
Ebenezer Hanks, 53, woolen manufacturer, $10,000 real estate, $2,000 personal property, NY.
Jane W., 53, homework, NY.
Martha, 12, at house, CA.
Jane, 6, UT.
Hyrum Coombs, 31, laborer, IL.
1880 US: Parowan, Iron, Utah, FHL film 1255336, National Archives Film T9-1336, p. 355B:
W. Jane Hanks, occupation: keeping house, age 62, married, birthplace: NY, NY, NY.
3. Database entries of Jane's ancestors, siblings, and their families by database from Ancestry.com: database "1663942"; 13 Apr. 2002, contact . Email of 13 Apr 2002 from Bill Cooper states that his resources for the database came mainly from the family bible which is in the possession of Patricia Powell who is a descendant of Henry Cooper, bro. of Jane Wells Cooper. He used a lot of published trees from Genealogy.com and state records and public records to then verify the data. He has hit a stonewall on the parents of Samuel Cooper, Jane's father, and he's got the family traced back to PA but can't verify between his uncles and his father.
4. I reviewed the following book at the FHL in Salt Lake City and found that it does not deal with our particular Wells family: D.W. Norris and H.A. Feldmann, "The Wells Family" (Milwaukee: The Cramer-Krasselt Co., 1942).
5. Jane had a sister-in-law named Anna Mariah Peck whose parents were early LDS members from the original Colesville Branch in New York. Anna marries Jane's brother Henry in 1840 in Burton, Adams, Illinois.
6. David L. Bigler and Will Bagley, editors, "Army of Israel, Mormon Battalion Narratives," vol. 4 of "Kingdom in the West" series, Arthur H. Clark Co., Spokane, WA, 2000, pp.457-460 contains a never before published roster of the Mormon Battalion detachments that wintered at El Pueblo in 1846 and entered the Salt Lake Valley on 29 July 1847. Shortly after their arrival, Thomas Bullock, the "Clerk of the Camp of Israel" compiled the list of 275 names and titled it: "August 1847 Names of Pueblo Soldiers and Mississippi Brethren Arrived in Great Salt Lake City." Under Nelson Higgins detachment: "Jane Hanks, [age] 26." Her husband is not listed.
7. Per Carl V. Larson, "A Data Base of the Mormon Battalion," 1987, Copy at LDS Church Archives. From his data, the author indicates the oldest enlistee was 69 and that there were 11 others born before 1800.
Average age death of the entire Battalion is a remarkable 79 which includes accidents and illnesses leading to death. Entry for Ebenezer Hanks indicates his wife Jane applied for pension in 1887 from Parowan, Utah.
8. Bronze memorial plaque in Pueblo, Colorado [photo on file]: "This memorial is the property of the State of Colorado. A detachment of United States soldiers of the Mormon Battalion in the Mexican War spent the winter of 1846-47 near this site. With their families and Mormon immigrants from Mississippi they formed a settlement of 275 persons. They erected a church and rows of dwellings of cottonwood logs. Here were born the first white children in Colorado. Erected by the State Historical Society of Colorado, from the Mrs. J.N. Hall Foundation and by Colorado members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and by citizens of Pueblo. 1946."
9. FHL film 0480137: "Selected Pension Application Files for Members of the Morman [sic] Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848" from the National Archives and Records Service, Washington, DC." Jane applied 14 Feb 1887 and was approved for $8.00 per month on 29 Jun 1887. The law which made the pension available was the "Mexican War Pension Act of Jan. 29, 1887." She was dropped from rolls 6 Aug 1896 as "pensioner dead" with note that last pension was paid 4 Mar 1896. Text of Mexican War Pension Files from Family History Library film [unnoted] for Jane Hanks:
"No. 892, Mexican War, Act of Jan. 29, 1887. Widow. Jane Hanks, widow of Ebenezer Hanks; rank Serg't., Co. E, Regiment: Battn. of Iowa Mormon Vols. Rate per month, $8.00, commencing Jan. 29, 1887. Certificate dated June 30, 1887 and payable at San Francisco Agency. Fee none."
Typed application: "War with Mexico. Claim of widow for service pension. Territory of Utah, County of Iron. Mrs. Jane Hanks, being duly sworn, says: I am the widow of Ebenezer Hanks. He died at Graves Valley, Utah, on the 4th day of April, 1884. I have not since remarried. I was married to him by Elija King, a Justice of the Peace, on the 27th day of October, 1839, in the County of Adams, State of Illinois. Neither of us had been previously married. My maiden name was Miss Jane Cooper. He enlisted on or about the 16th day of July, 1846, at Council Bluffs as a third sergeant in Company E commanded by Captain Daniel E. Davis in the Mormon Battalion in the War with Mexico, and served in said war in said company and battalion until about the 16th day of July, 1847 when he was honorably discharged at Los Angels, California. Since then he and I have resided as follows, viz: Salt Lake City, Utah, Elderado, and San Bernardino Counties, California, and Parowan City, Iron County, Utah. I have made diligent search for his discharge, but have not been able to find it. I hereby apply for a pension. My post office address is Parowan City, Iron County, Utah. My actual residence is in said Parowan City. Signed: Jane Hanks, James W. Brown, William Kirkjeah[?]. Also personally appeared Zachariah B. Decker, aged 67 years, and Charles Y. Webb, aged 67 years, whose post office addresses are Parowan City, Utah, persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who being by me duly sworn, say that they have known the said Jane Hanks for 40 years and for 40 years respectively; and they were present and saw her sign her name to the forgoing declaration; that they know her to be the same person she represents herself to be; and they further say that they are able to identify her as the person who was the wife of the identical Ebenezer Hanks, who rendered the service alleged in the above application in the company of Captain Daniel C. Davis, in the Mormon Battalion, in the war with Mexico, by the following named facts and circumstances, to wit: that they know that the said Jane Hanks was with the said battalion as the wife of the said Ebenezer Hanks; and that she served as a laundress, in said company, in said battalion at the time above named; ant that they know that she has not remarried since the death of the said Ebenezer Hanks, her husband, and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim. Signed: Zach B. Decker, Wm. Marshall, Charles Webb.
Stamped widow's brief with same information also included but subsequently stamped "Dropped from rolls Aug 6, 1896 - Pensioner dead"; also noted is a bounty land search showing "Bounty Land claim 80581-160-47."
Also included is one page giving a copy of the actual Congressional Act granting pensions to the soldiers and sailors of the Mexican war, and for other purposes which was approved Jan. 29, 1887.
13. Concerning how Ebenezer Hanks and his wife were sent to Pueblo with the sick camp of the Mormon Battalion: The book "John Doyle Lee, Zealot, Pioneer Builder, Scapegoat," by Juanita Brooks, pages 101 - 102: "When Lee heard that about twenty-five of the Battalion man had been placed on the sick list and were to be discharged from the service forthwith, his indignation knew no bounds. He at once told Adjutant George P. Dykes "that I would consider it more honorable to command those man (sick) to be shot & thereby to put an end to their suffering - then to leave them here to rot among prostitutes - without a friend to assist them... and that the man who raised his voice or assented to this move would have to atone for the sufferings and lives of those man." He immediately went to the Captain and other officers to protest in the action. But perhaps John Steele did as much to secure a reversal of orders as did Lee. His young wife and little daughter had come along with him, walking as he did. Now to have them assigned to go back with this group of sick man angered him until he did something about it. There were about twenty women along, each of whom had been able bodied husband. John Steele tried in vain to get the group to support him, but none dared until John Hess said that if he were fortified with a good stout drink he would go along to face Colonel Cooke. Steele wrote: 'We went and found him in a long low cellar, with about 30 officers. I asked which of the gentleman there is Colonel Cooke. Then, there arose a man from the other side of the table, measuring about 6 ft. four inches. I told him I understood he had issued orders for all the sick men and all the women to go back to Bent's Fort. He said yes that was so. I told him I had my wife and there and would like the privilege of either having my wife go to California with me or going back to Bent's Fort with her. He spoke very saucy and said he would like to have his wife, along with him (but he never had a wife). I told him very likely his wife was in Washington or some other good seaport town among her friends, while mine was in Santa Fe, among her enemies, and to have her left there with only a squad the sick men, I would not stand it, and the more I talked the more angry I got until at last, I could have thrashed the ground with him...' At any rate, between them they had the order changed so that the husbands who wished to do so accompanied their wives."
10. The book "History of Iron County Mission - Parowan, Utah, comp. by Mrs. Luella Adams Dalton, chapter 41, p.366:
A. "Ebenezer Hanks, after coming to Parowan to establish his cotton factory in 1861, opened the first general merchandise store in the northeast room of his home, that stood right where Oscar Lyman's home is. He kept a big six mule outfit on the road all the time with Joe Wixom as driver. He hauled fright from Call's Landing on the Colorado River. The freighters usually went in groups. The ships laden from the eastern markets went round by Cape Horn, then up the Colorado River to Call's Landing, where teams would be waiting to freight the goods to Salt Lake City and to the mines in Nevada. Father bought a charter oak stove from Ebenezer Hanks paying him 50 bushels of wheat at $5.00 a bushel" (Source: William H. Lyman)
B. "Ebenezer Hank's outfit freighted from Los Angeles and San Bernardino, California to the mines in Nevada and on up thru the settlements to Salt Lake City. These were the first imported goods that came into the community; prior to this everything was homespun. The calico used to come in great big rolls with two or three hundred yards in a roll. Calico was 50c a yard, thread 25c a spool. This was a cash store and there weren't many folks that had cash." (Source: Samuel Mortenson)
11. Excerpts involving Ebenezer and Jane Hanks in the book "History of Iron County Mission, Parowan, Utah," comp. by Mrs. Luella Adams Dalton (note the cooking ability of Jane Hanks):
A. "Dances in the Homes; Wm. H. Lyman Story:
'We used to have dances all over town in the homes. They'd clear away the chairs and tables and make room for the sets. After Aunty Hanks sold out their store, we used to have great times, dancing in her front room (old home that stood where Oscar Lyman's home is). All of us boys would pitch in and cut her wood, pile it and she'd stir up a fine molasses cake or cornbread with butter and molasses. We used to dance at Charlie Harrises (old lumber home that stood where Amelia Topham's home now stands) and at Lorenzo Barton's just east of Johnny Rasmussen's home. Thomas Richards and Mark Guymon used to play the violin for us.'"
B. "Rush Lake Parties, by Sarah Ann Stevens:
'The cotton was carded and made into rolls. These rolls were worked back and forth until they got smaller and smaller until they were made into yarn. The yarn was made into skeins and then into bundles of sixteen skeins, costing $9.00 a bunch. They never wove cloth at the Cotton Factory but it was a great help to have the cotton carded and spun into yarn. They never used wool at the factory.
After the settlement of the Dixie country, President Young could see the necessity of a cotton factory close to the cotton fields. He sold out his interest in the Parowan Cotton Factory to Ebenezer Hanks and in 1865 and 1866 built the cotton factory at Washington.
In 1866, the old Parowan plant stopped operating as a cotton factory on account of the scarcity of cotton. It was turned into a wool scouring and carding plant. Wool was washed and dried, then carded into rolls about twelve to sixteen inches long and from one to two inches thick. This was a great help to the women. It could soon be spun into yarn and ready for the hand loom. The pioneer children were kept busy carrying big baskets of rolls to their mothers. Most everyone did their own weaving.'"
C. Chapter 41: "Early Day Stores, by William H. Lyman:
'Ebenezer Hanks, after coming to Parowan to establish his cotton factory in 1861, opened the first general merchandise store in the northeast room of his home, that stood right where Oscar Lyman's home is. He kept a big six mule outfit on the road all the time with Jose Wixom as driver. He hauled freight from Call's Landing on the Colorado River. The freighters usually went in groups. The ships laden from the eastern markets went round by Cape Horn, then up the Colorado River to Call's Landing, where teams would be waiting to freight the goods to Salt Lake City and to the mines in Nevada. Father bought a charter oak stove from Ebenezer Hanks paying him 50 bushels of wheat at $5.00 a bushel.'"
D. "Ebenezer Hanks' Store, by Samuel Mortenson:
'Ebenezer Hank's outfit freighted from Los Angeles and San Bernardino, California to the mines in Nevada and on up thru the settlements to Salt Lake City. These were the first imported goods that came into the community; prior to this everything was homespun. The calico used to come in great big rolls with two or three hundred yards in a roll. Calico was 50c a yard, thread 25c a spool. This was a cash store and there weren't many folks that had cash.'"
E. "Third Saw Mill Bee (Later Uncle Nathan Benson's mill), by Morgan Richards, Jr.:
'William Ebenezer Hanks, William Adams and John Henderson had everything on hand for the erection of the 3rd Saw Mill; they had a work bee, for raising and placing the timbers of the frame work. About fifty people came and they served a hot dinner of pork and beans, chicken pie, boiled beef, potatoes, cheese, bread and butter, pies and cakes. This was about 1867. Aunt Celia Henderson, Aunt Jane Hanks and Margaret Adams, a girl of about fourteen, served the dinner. Aunt Jane Hanks could make the best mince pies you ever ate...'"
12. Background excerpts of history of Washington Co., Utah from Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Lesson for April 2002, "History of Washington County," comp. by Anne Miller Eckman:
"The Cotton Factory
By 1863 settlers in the Virgin Valley were producing large amounts of quality cotton but were having difficulty trading it for flour and grain in the northern settlements. There was a market for the cotton in California, but Brigham Young wanted the fiber to remain in Utah to support his policy of self-sufficiency. It was decided that a cotton mill was needed to allow the settlers to produce thread and cloth for which there was a ready market in the north. President Young selected a site for the mill in September 1865, and construction began. Cotton machinery, which was in operation in Parley's Canyon near Salt Lake City, would be dismantled and taken to the Cotton Mission. The first story of the building was dedicated on July 24, 1866. The machinery arrived later that year, and operation began in the spring of 1867. Employees were hired at an average wage of four dollars per week. A second story was added during the summer of 1870, and twenty-eight tons of additional equipment were shipped in from the eastern states. By 1871 the building was three stories tall and could produce five hundred yards of cotton and woolen cloth per day.
Following the Civil War, it became cheaper to import cotton and woolen goods from the East, and the cotton mill was unable to produce cloth at competitive prices. The business limped along until 1910 when the cloth factory was closed, and the venture became history. (Linda Sappington, "Cotton Factory Was Meant to Boost Spirits," Spectrum, May 29, 1994, 31; David Morris, "A Short History of the Washington Factory," DUP History Collection, 1923.)
(Picture: "Workers at the Cotton Mill.")
Pintura (Bellevue):
Pintura is located on Interstate 15 and is the first town reached as one enters Washington County from the north. It has the unique distinction of having been a part of three separate counties- Iron, Kane, and Washington, when early boundaries were modified to meet changing pioneer needs. The settlers named their community Bellevue because the formation of the landscape looked like a bell.
The first settler of Bellevue was a man named Morrill who started a ranch there in 1858. Joel Johnson purchased the property in 1866 and was soon joined by others, including James Bay, James Sylvester, Joseph Birch, Jacob Gates, and James C. Snow. Joel Johnson sent to France for choice grape roots and enlarged his acreage by planting cuttings from them. When the vines grew, he shared cuttings with his neighbors and friends. In time Pintura had many fine vineyards that produced thousands of gallons of wine. Joel Johnson also imported choice fruit trees of several varieties, and orchards soon flourished. Settlers also grew vegetables and raised cattle.
Because Pintura was a day's journey from Cedar City to the north and Washington to the south, it became a popular way station for teamsters and other travelers who called it the "Great Camp Ground." During the boom days of Silver Reef, it was common to see from ten to fifty teams tied in the stalls of the huge barn. Three camp houses were built to shelter travelers from winds and storms.
In 1883 Ebenezer Hanks directed the erection of an eighteen by twenty-five foot cobblestone building to be used for church meetings, education, and other public purposes. James Sylvester, James C. Snow, and Andrew F. Gregerson served as presiding elders of the Bellevue Branch. Years later, the citizens were indignant when the county school superintendent sold the building for a mere $10,000.
In 1925 the United States Post Office asked that Bellevue's name be changed, as there were several other towns with the same name. Andy Gregerson looked at the brightly-colored hills nearby, and suggested Pintura, the Spanish word for painting.
(Althea G. Hafen, "Bellevue," in Under Dixie Sun, 357-60.)"
13. Deeds circa 1889-1890 in Iron County, Utah, involving Jane Hanks:
A. Iron County, Utah Deed Book J; Pages 359-362, for property in Parowan, Utah with Wm. Holyoak:
"This indenture made the 29th day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety.
Between Jane W. Hanks, widow of Ebenezer Hanks of Parowan City in Iron County, Utah Territory, party of the first part and William Holyoak, a merchant of said city the party of the second part witnesseth that the said party of the first part for and in consideration of the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) money of the United States of America to her in hand paid by the said party of the second part the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged does by these presents grant bargain, sell, convey, and confirm unto the said party of the second part and to his heirs and assigns forever. The following described lots or parcel of land viz:
Lots (1) one (2) two (3) three (4) four (5) five (6) six (7) seven (8) eight and (9) nine, each lot (2) two by (24) twenty-four rods, of the south and of block (16) sixteen in plat A, in Parowan City survey.
Also lot (1) one, six (6) rods in width, east and west by (12) twelve rods north and south, and the south half of lot (2) two, six by six square of the south end and west part of block 16 sixteen in plat A of Parowan City survey, containing in all (3) three acres and (60) rods of ground, situated in section (14) fourteen, township (34) thirty-four south, range (9) west Salt Lake Meridian in Iron County, Utah Territory.
Together with all and singular the tenements (?) and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining and the rents, issues and profits thereof.
To have and to hold all and singular the above mentioned and described premises together with the appurtenances unto the said party of the second part and to his heirs and assigns forever and the said party of the first part and her heirs, the said premises in the quiet and peaceable possession of the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns against the said party of the first part and her heirs and against all and every person and persons whomsoever lawfully claiming or to claim the same shall and will warrant and by these presents forever defend.
In witness whereof, the said party of the first part has hereunto set her hand and seal the day and year first above written.
Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of John W. Brown, Bridget Butt.
Territory of Utah, County of Iron
Jane W. Hanks (seal)"
On the 29th day of July 1890, personally appeared before me John W. Brown a notary public, in and for the County of Iron Utah Territory, Jane W. Hanks of Parowan City, in said county, whose name is subscribed to the annexed instrument, as a party thereto, personally known to me to be the same person described in and who executed the said annexed instrument as a party thereto, and she the said Jane W. Hanks, duly acknowledged to me that she executed the same freely and voluntarily for the uses and purposes therein mentioned.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, the day and year in this certificate first above written.
John W. Brown, notary public in and for Iron County, Utah
Filed Oct 18th, 1890
Recorded Oct 20th, 1890, Wm. H. Holyoak, Recorder
This indenture, made the 29th day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety between Jane W. Hanks, widow of Ebenezer Hanks, of Parowan City in Iron County Utah Territory party of the first part, and William Holyoak a merchant of said city the party of the second part witnesseth: that the said party of the first part for and in consideration of the sum of ($60.00) sixty dollars money of the United States of America to her in hand paid by the said party of the second part the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, does by these presents grant bargain sell convey and confirm unto the said party of the second part and to his heirs and assigns forever the following described parcel of land to ?:
Commencing at a point (19) nineteen rods and (6) six feet north of the south-east corner of the quarter of the south-east quarter of section (24) twenty-four, in township (33) thirty three south, range (9) nine west Salt Lake meridian in Utah Territory.
Thence north (4) four rods and (9) nine feet: thence west (80) eighty rods: thence south (4) four rods and (9) nine feet: thence east (80) eighty rods to the place of beginning:
Also commencing (19) nineteen rods and (9) nine feet north from the south west corner of lot (4) four in the south west quarter of section (19) in township (33) south range 8, west Salt Lake meridian. Thence North (4) four rods and (9) nine feet. Thence east (80) eighty rods: thence south (4) four rods and nine (9) feet: thence west eighty (80) rods to the place of beginning, containing (4) four acres, eighty seven (87) rods, and (9) thirty thirds of a rod be the same more or less.
Together with all and singular the tenements here [?] and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, and the rents issues and profits thereof:
To have and to hold all and singular the above mentioned and described premises together with the appurtenances unto the said party of the second part and to his heirs and assigns forever. And the said party of the first part and her heirs the said premises in the quiet and peaceable possession of the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns, against the said party of the first part, and her heirs, and against all and every person and persons whomsoever lawfully claiming or to claim the same shall and will warrant, and by these presents forever defend.
In witness whereof, the said party of the first part hath hereunto set her hand and seal the day and year first above written.
Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of Elizabeth Collester, John W. Brown.
Jane W. Hanks (seal)
Territory of Utah
County of Iron
On the 29th day of July 1890, personally appeared before me John W. Brown a notary public, in and for the county of Iron, Utah Territory, Jane W. Hanks of Parowan City, said county whose name is subscribed to the annexed instrument, as a party thereto, personally known to me to be the same person described in and who executed the said annexed instrument, as a party thereto and she the said Jane W. Hanks duly acknowledged to me that she executed the same freely and voluntarily for the uses and purposes therein mentioned.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, the day and year in this certificate first above written. John W. Brown, Notary public.
Iron Co Utah
Filed October 18th 320 PM 1890
Recorded Oct 20th 1890, Wm. H. Holyoak Recorder."
B. Iron County, Utah Deed Book J; Pages 85-86 involving the estate of Edward Dalton:
"In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto let my hand and affixed any official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written,
John W. Brown, Notary Public
Filed Apr 13th, 1889, 1-o'clock P.M.
Recorded Apr. 18th, 1889,
Wm. H. Holyoak, Recorder.
This indenture, made the twenty-third day of March A.D. one thousand eight hundred and eighty nine at Parowan City by and between Emily Dalton, the duly appointed qualified and acting administrative of the estate of Edward M. Dalton deceased late of said city, and county the party of the first part, and Jane Hanks, of the said city county and territory the party of the second part, witnesseth, that whereas, the said Edward M. Dalton in his lifetime and on or about the 10th day of May A.D. 1885, by a contract bearing date the 10th day of May A.D. 1883, agreed to and with the said Jane Hanks, to sell and convey to her the promises herein after described, in consideration of the payment by the said Jane Hanks, of the same of $7.00 dollars, but the said Edward M. Dalton, died intestate without performing said contract, and whereas on the 19th day of November A.D. 1888, the probate court of Iron County, Utah Territory hold(?) at Parowan City in said county upon the application of said Jane Hanks. Said court did on the 18th day of March A.D. 1889, order said administratrix to carry into effect the terms and conditions of said contract.
Now therefore by virtue of the authority and order aforesaid and in pursuance of the terms and conditions of said contract on the part of the said Edward M. Dalton to the performed and in consideration of the same of $7.00 dollars paid by the said Jane Hanks to the said Edward M. Dalton deceased I the said Emily Dalton do hereby grant, bargain, sell, and convey unto the said Jane Hanks, her heirs and assigns forever, the said lot (3) three.
Also commencing (19) nineteen rods and 9 feet north, of the South-west corner of lot 4, in the South West quarter of section 19, in township 33, South. Range 8, West, Salt Lake Meridian. Thence North 4 rods and 9 feet thence East 80 rods. Thence South 4 rods and 9 feet. Thence West 80 rods 40 the place of beginning, containing 4 acres 87 rods and 9/33, of a rod, be the same more or less, with the appurtenances.
To have and to hold, the same unto the said Jane Hanks her heirs, to her and their use forever, and the said Edward M. Dalton and his heirs, against all and every person or persons whomsoever (?) or to claim the same, shall and will warrant, and may these presents forever defend.
In witness whereof, the said Emily Dalton has hereunto let her hand and seal the day and year first above written, signed sealed and delivered in the presence of Nathan Benson, John W. Brown.
Territory of Utah, County of Iron
Emily Dalton, Administratrix of the Estate of Edward M. Dalton, Deceased.
On the 23rd day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, personally appeared before me John W. Brown a notary public in and for the county of Iron, Utah Territory, Emily Dalton the administratrix of the estate of Edward M. Dalton, deceased, whose name is subscribed to the annexed instrument as a party thereto personally known to me to be the same person described in and who executed the said annexed instrument as a party thereto, and she, Emily Dalton, the administratrix as aforesaid duly acknowledged to me that she as such administratrix executed the same freely and voluntarily, and for the uses and purposes therein mentioned.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, the day and year in this certificate first above written,
John W. Brown, Notary public.
Filed Apr 13th, 1889, 1 P.M.
Recorded Apr 18th, 1889, Wm. H. Holyoak, Recorder."
14. I have on file from the book "Images of Parowan's Past," 1998, Parowan Main Street Corporation, an old photo of a mercantile store in Parowan located on the northwest corner of 100 East and Center Street. The store's name was Parowan Cash Store with C.C. Rasmussen as the proprietor. Rasmussen may have been a subsequent proprietor since Jane had the first "cash" store in Parowan. Subject to confirmation of land ownership records if any of where Jane Hanks lived in Parowan, this location may well be the site of her store prior to Rasmussen.
Follow-up note: I visited Parowan in 2008 and was able to locate and visit Jane's old home at 132 S. 100 W. It is currently a rental owned by Burnett Evans, 3466 Meadow Brook Dr., West Valley, 84119-5059, 435-477-8825 (Phyllis is the property manager at 435-477-8825.) From the land records, it appears that Jane Hanks owned most of the block between 1st and 2nd S. and 1st and 2nd West.
15. LDS Archives, Manuscript History of California Mission: 30 May 1888, Jane Hanks, Ebenezer's widow, gave her power of attorney to help resolve land title problems in San Bernardino from 29 years before when her husband finalized the ownership details of the LDS San Bernardino Rancho in 1858. Apparently, he had carried the deed back to Utah with him and had given it to Brigham Young.
16. Iron County, Utah, Probate Record Book #2, pp. 129-131: "In the Fifth Judicial Court of the State of Utah, County of Iron, Decree of Distribution of Estate. In the matter of the Estate of Jane W. Hanks, Deceased John T. Mitchell, Executor of the Estate of Jane W. Hanks, deceased, having on the 13 day of January 1897, filed in this Court his petition, setting forth, among other matters, that his accounts have been finally settled, and said estate is in a condition to be closed, and that a portion of said estate remains to be divided among the heirs of said deceased, and said matter coming on regularly to be heard, the 12th day of February 1897,
Now on this 12th day of February 1897, at 10 O'clock A.M. the said executor appearing by his counsel, Jos. T. Wilkinson, this Court proceeded to the hearing of said petition, and it appearing to the satisfaction of this Court that the residue of said estate, consisting of the property herein after particularly described, is now ready for distribution, and that said estate is now in a condition to be closed,
That the whole of said estate is real property, situated and being in the County of Iron, in what is known as Iron City, in the plat of said Iron City survey, filed for record in the office of the County Recorder of Iron County,
That the said Jane W. Hanks, died testate, in the City of Parowan, County of Iron, on the 27th day of March, 1896, leaving her surviving the following named heirs to-wit, Sarah Jane Caspar Hanks, age not known, Almira A. Hanks, McDugal, age 34 years, Jane A. Hanks, Sylvester 33 years, Ebenezer J. Hanks, age 32, Nancy l. Hanks, Gould, age 30 years, Ironna W. Hanks Davis, aged 27, Eva M. Hanks, Thompson aged 21, Neal W. Hanks, age 18, Charles C.R. Hanks, Mary Grace Shoemaker, Sarah Catherina Stoker, Amos Ebenezer Stevens, John Lincoln Ferris, and John Ferris,
That since the rendition of the said final account, No Estate, has come in to the hands of the said Executor and the sum of Two Hundred and twelve, 35/100 dollars has been expended by said Executor, as necessary expences of administration, the vouchers whereof, together with a statement of such receipts and disbursements are now presented and filed, and the payments are approved by this Court; and that the estimated expenses of closing said estate will amount to the sum of
That the said Surviving heirs as above mentioned are entitled to the residue of said estate,
Now on this, the said 12th day of February 1897, on motion of Joseph T. Wilkinson Esq. counsel for said executor, It is Hereby Ordered, Adjudged and Decreed, That the residue of said estate of Jane W. Hanks, deceased, hereinafter particularly described and now remaining in the hands of said executor and any other property not now known or discovered which may belong to said estate, or in which the said estate may have any interest, be and the same is hereby distribut4ed as follows to-wit,
To Sarah J. Caspar Hanks Burnell the undivided one tenth of said Estate.
Almira A. Hanks McDougal, the undivided one tenth of Estate.
Jane A. Hanks Sylvester, the undivided one tenth of Estate.
Ebenezer J. Hanks, the undivided one tenth of Estate.
Nancy L. Hanks Gould, the undivided one tenth of Estate.
Irona W. Hanks Davis, the undivided one tenth of Estate.
Eva M. Hanks Thompson, the undivided one tenth of Estate.
Neal W. Hanks, the undivided one tenth of Estate.
Charles C.R. Hanks, the undivided one tenth of Estate.
To Mary Grace Shoemaker the undivided one fiftieth of Estate.
To Sarah Catherine Stoker the undivided one fiftieth of Estate.
Amos Ebenezer Stevens, the undivided one fiftieth of Estate.
John Lincoln Ferris, the undivided one fiftieth of Estate.
Jonathan Ferris, the undivided one fiftieth of Estate.
The following is a particular description of the said residue of said estate referred to in this decree, wand of which distribution is ordered, adjudged, and decreed, as aforesaid to-wit,
The Whole of Blocks Number 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, and 32,
Lots number, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and Eight, in Block number 2, And Lots number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8, in block Six,
And Lots number 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, in Block 12,
And Lots number 1, 2, 5, 6, in block 14,
And Lots number 3, 5, and 6, in block 20,
And Lots number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8, in block 26,
And Lots number1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, in block 33.
Iron City Town Survey, situated and being in the North West quarter of Section Eight, Township Thirty seven, South of Range 14, West of Salt Lake Meridian,
Done in Open Court this 12th day of February 1897, E.V. Higgins Judge, Filed March 13th A.D 1897 at 10.30 A.M."
[Kerry's note: I have on file a copy of the plat map for the above. It has the following description on the plat: Plot of Iron City in Iron County, Utah Territory completed June 29th 1880 by Edward Dalton County Surveyor. Located on the North West 1/4 of Section 8, Township 37 South of Range 14 West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian. Blocks 24 rods square. Lots 6 by 12 rods. Streets 4 rods wide, except 3 streets that are 5 rods wide. Streets cross at right angles but vary from the cardinal points of the compass West 25 degrees north and north 25 degrees east scale 24 rods to the inch." The plat also shows 33 blocks with generally 8 lots to the block. The "Furnace" and "Foundry" are marked. In the 1930's all of this land was foreclosed in a tax sale for roughly $10 dollars or so owed on property taxes.]
17. Parowan Times, 22 May 1931 (Parowan, Utah):
"Annual May Tax Sale.
Jane W. Hanks Heirs c/o Ebenezer Hanks - All of Blks 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32. Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8. Blk 2, Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, in Blk 6. Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, in Blk 12: Lots 1, 2, 5, 6 in Blk 13; Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, in Blk 14; Lots 3, 4, 5, 6, in Blk 20; Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, in Blk 26; Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 in Blk 33, and other land not platted into lots and blocks all in the NW ¼ Sec 8, Tp 37 S Rg 14 W Cont, about 100 acres as per decree Ebenezer Hanks Est. …..$11.20."
The money items set out in the foregoing list are only the original taxes assessed against the property described for the year 1926, for which the property was sold to Iron County. It will now be necessary to pay not only these amounts but all delinquent taxes of subsequent years together with interest and costs accrued before redemption can be made. This property is subject to redemption up to date of the sale, (May 29, 1931) Write the County Treasurer for a statement of the Costs to redeem."
18. "Daily Enquirer," Sept. 9, 1896. The people she saw in vision would be her biological mother Mary Ann Winner and her daughter Charlotte Ann Ferris; the "grandma" may have been Hanna ( ) Winner, wife of George King Winner or perhaps a nickname for Jane Wells Cooper Hanks, her adoptive mother who had just recently died a few months earlier. It is also interesting to note that Martha had a testimony of her LDS religion which counters the perception that her adoptive mother Jane Hanks was apostate. The obituary:
"Death at Marysvale. Editor Enquirer.
Marysvale, Utah, Aug. 31, 1896 -- I write to inform the relatives and friends of the death of Martha C. Ferris, my wife, at this place on August 24, at 6:25 p.m. Her illness was nervous debility, caused by prolapsus-uteri, which took her away in some ten days sickness.
She leaves her husband and five children to mourn the great loss of wife and mother.
In her last hours she gave the strongest testimony of her faith in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints, and, arousing at times, would say, "Oh what white robes there are in heaven that I am going to wear. I am going to my dear little Lottie and grandma, and my own real mother. They are here. See! See!" and many other expressions that showed that she was crossing the river to that land of eternal day.
Sister Ferris was the daughter of David Frederick of the Mormon Battalion, and was born at the Mobava [Mojave] in California. Her mother died, leaving her in the care of Jane W. Hanks, the wife of Ebenezer Hanks, when she was only thirteen months old. The name by which she was known was Martha Hanks."
19. Jane Wells Cooper is a descendant of William Bradford of the Mayflower as follows:
William Bradford and Abigail Carpenter
William Bradford and Alice Richards
Samuel Bradford and Hannah Rogers
Elizabeth Bradford and Charles Whiting
Elizabeth Whiting and Samuel Goodrich.
Wealthy Ann Goodrich and Edmund Wells
Edmund Henry Wells and Hepsibah Buell
Wealthy Ann Wells and Samuel Cooper
Jane Wells Cooper and Ebenezer Hanks
20. Scott H. Partridge, ed., "Thirteenth Apostle: The Diaries of Amasa M. Lyman, 1832-1877," (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2016):
"July 25, 1850; Thursday. [Mormon Island] This morning br A[benezer] Hanks loose our mules and they left immediately and all our search for them provee vain. We walked to S[acramento] City."
"January 4, 1852; Sunday. Went to deer Creek and returned to the [Salmon] falls and received of br E[benezer] Hanks one thousand dollars and 5 dollars for the general [fund]."
"December 23, 1853; Friday. [San Bernardino] To day our teams returned from Jurupa[,] weather continues fine. This evening br Ebenezer Hanks arived from the mineing country and brought a leter from Thomas S. Williams."
"February 1, 1854; Wednesday. Went by stage to see E[benezer] Hanks at Salmon Falls from whom I received eleven hundred dollars and on 2ond Thursday returned to [San] Francisco by stage and steamer."
"January 29, 1856; Tuesday. This morning received my leters by the mail giveing me information ... of the loss by fire of our saw mill in the mountain and also of sale to Br. E[benezer] Hanks of one third of the rancho of San Bernardino."
"April 19, 1857; Sunday. Traviled up the [Cajon Pass] can[y]on at the uper water. Parted with Br E[benezer] Hanks whom we blest before parting, for the accomplishment of his labours as our general agent in California while we are absent on our mission to Europe."
"May 11, 1857; Monday. [Las Vegas] About this time they learned that some Indians had shot one ox belonging to Br E[benezer] Hanks."
"May 28, 1868; Thursday. To day remained in Parowan and visited the cotton factory and had my horses shod and dined with brother [Ebenezer] Hanks and family. My health rather poor. My shoeing was gratuitously done by brother E. Hanks who also fed my horses during my stay."
"June 19, 1863; Friday. [Parowan] Visited machine shop of brother Ebenezer Hanks where my [teenage] son Oscar M. Lyman is learning the buisness of machinest under Master Willcox."
"September 1, 1863; Tuesday. Dined with brother E[benezer] Hanks & Family."
"October 30, 1863; Friday. [Fillmore] Cornelia [Leavitt] & children came with brother E[benezer] Hanks from the city."
"September 6, 1868; Sunday. Brother [William] Marsdens residence is in the city of Parrowan, where he has been runing brother E[benezer] Hanks's cotton factory."
"September 12, 1868; Saturday. This evening brother Ebenezer Hanks called on me."
"September 13, 1868; Sunday. To day brother W [Ebenezer] Hanks started north to meet his wife Sarah who had been on a visit to her father's in Salt Lake City."
"September 14, 1868; Monday. In the evening brother E[benezer] Hanks returned with his wife Sarah who had been north on a visit to her father Wm Casper whose residence was on Millcreek Salt Lake County."
"September 15, 1868; Tuesday. Took super with brother E[benezer] Hanks and family."
"September 16, 1868; Wednesday. Started for the Union Iron Works with brother [Ebenezer] Hanks."
"September 17, 1868; Thursday. To day after waiting for brother [Ebenezer] Hanks while he went up the Kanyon to look at the prospect for coal. Then went to the iron works which are situated in the Valey of the little Pinto below Rich's ranch some 2 1/2 miles."
"September 20, 1868; Sunday. This morning brother [Ebenezer] Hanks started for his horses which he folowed some 12 miles before he secured them. This made his return so late that we did not start for Parrowan as we had calculated."
"September 23, 1868; Wednesday. Dined with brother [Ebenezer] Hanks and family and aranged with brother Hanks to let him have one yoke of my oxen for wheat for my family here."
"March 19, 1869; Friday. Dined to day with brother [Ebenezer] Hank's family."
"March 21, 1869; Sunday. In the evening br [Ebenezer] Hanks came home from the Iron Works."
"March 22, 1869; Monday. Passed the day mostly with brother [Ebenezer] Hanks and family."
"May 1, 1869; Saturday. To day received a parcel of onion sets from br [Ebenezer] Hanks."
"December 9, 1870; Friday. Wrote letter to br Hanks[,] Ebenezer."
"January 12, 1871; Thursday. Received letter from brother Ebenezer Hanks of Parowan.
"April 27, 1871; Thursday. Visited and Dined with Brother [Ebenezer] Hanks and family."
"May 1, 1871; Monday. Had a seance with Sister [Jane] Hanks and at night held seance at home [in Parowan with sixth wife Paulina]. Had some friends present results good and satisfactory."
"February 17, 1872; Saturday. In the afternoon meet with Mrs. [Jane] Hanks."
"February 18, 1872; Sunday. Passed the day mostly with Mrs. [Jane] Hanks and the Pages."
"February 20, 1872; Tuesday. At night called on Mrs [Jane] Hanks."
"February 22, 1872; Thursday. At night attended a private seance at the residence of Mrs Jane Hanks."
"February 29, 1872; Thursday. Stoped with Sister [Jane] Hanks. Brother [Ebenezer] Hanks was absent on buisness to Pioche.
"March 5, 1872; Tuesday. At night held private seance with Mrs [Jane] Hanks and some friends."
"March 7, 1872; Thursday. Visited and dined with Mrs Jane Hanks."
"March 8, 1872; Friday. At night had seance at the house of Mrs [Jane] Hanks the Browns were present."
"March 11, 1872; Monday. In evening held seance with Mrs [Jane] Hanks and friends."
"March 12, 1872; Tuesday. In evening held private seance br Sidney Burton was with us and Mrs [Jane] Hanks."
"March 13, 1872; Wednesday. In the evening held seance at Mrs [Jane] Hanks."
"April 16, 1872; Tuesday. [Parowan] Called on and dined with Mrs [Jane] Hanks. Br [Richard] Benson was with us tonight."
"April 17, 1872; Wednesday. brs [Richard] Benson & [William S.] Waren were with us also Mrs [Jane] Hanks."
"April 19, 1872; Friday. At night held seance with Mrs [Jane] Hanks and friends with pleasant results."
"April 20, 1872; Saturday. Held seance in evening at Mrs [Jane] Hanks. Conditions rather poor with results corisponding."
"April 21, 1872; Sunday. In the evening held seance with Mrs [Jane] Hanks, with Mrs L. as medium, with good results."
"April 24, 1872; Wednesday. Br [Ebenezer] Hanks came home this evening."
"April 25, 1872; Thursday. Called on Brother [Ebenezer] Hanks."
"April 27, 1872; Saturday. Dined with brother [Ebenezer] Hanks."
"July 20, 1872; Saturday. Received letter from Mrs Jane Hanks in parowan sending some Ore for sale in the disposition of which she wished me to act as agent for their Co."
"July 22, 1872; Monday. Called on Mr T.F. Fuller at mineing Beaureau and ascertained from him that the Ore that had been sent up from Mother Eve was not valuable to them haveing nothng but copper and they so instructed the party who had the specimens that were assayed."
"July 23, 1872; Tuesday. Wrote letters to Mrs [Jane] Hanks and to my son Lorenzo ... In evening meet with Wm Burrows who had brought a ton of Ore from the Mother Eve Mine in Iron County."
"July 25, 1872; Thursday. Took some Ore to the Assayer for trial of its qualities."
"December 18, 1872; Wednesday. [Parowan] At night had seance at Mrs [Jane] Hanks."
"December 21, 1872; Saturday. At night held seance at the residence of Mrs [Jane] Hanks."
"December 22, 1872; Sunday. At night held seance at residence of Mrs [Jane] Hanks with gratifying results."
"December 25, 1872; Wednesday. Dined with Mrs [Jane] Hanks."
"December 27, 1872; Friday. Past evening with Mrs [Jane] Hanks."
"December 30, 1872; Monday. Dined with Mrs [Jane] Hanks."
"December 31, 1872; Tuesday. Evening called on Mrs [Jane] Hanks."
"January 1, 1873; Wednesday. Mrs [Jane] Hanks dined with us and Oscar and wife. Made an evening call on Mrs. Hanks, held a Seance."
"January 8, 1872; Wednesday. In the evening called on Mrs. [Jane] Hanks."
"January 14, 1873; Tuesday. Called on Mrs. [Jane] Hanks."
"January 16, 1873; Thursday. In the evening called on the Benson's and also on Mrs. [Jane] Hanks."
"January 18, 1873; Saturday. In the evening held seance with Mrs. [Jane] Hanks and Mrs. Lyman with rather pleasant results, all serving to impress us with the necessity of the proper conditions to insure good results in the way of communications."
"January 22, 1873; Wednesday. In the evening held a Seance at the residence of Mrs. [Jane] Hanks. Mr. Coombs[--]John and his Sister[--][and] Mrs. Taylor and her husband were with us. Results were satisfactory."
"January 23, 1873; Thursday. Ager my days work was done I called on Mrs. [Jane] Hanks. There was convened at her residence a meeting of the members of the Mother Eve Company organized to work the Mother Eve Mine."
"January 25, 1873; Saturday. Held Seance at Mrs. [Jane] Hanks [and] had communication from J. Neely Johnson giveing an account of his death and its causes, all of which the medium was ignorent. He mentioned his wife came to see him." (Johnson was past governor of California and Nevada who had died August 1872 in Salt Lake City.)"
"January 26, 1873; Sunday. Passed the afternoon and dined with Mrs. Almeria Barton. Mrs. [Jane] Hanks and Mrs. Burnham were with us when we came home."
"January 28, 1873; Tuesday. Mrs. Lyman went to sew for Mrs. Henderson. Dined with Mrs. H. and Mrs. [Jane] Hanks ... At night held seance at the residence of Mrs. Hanks."
"January 30, 1873; Thursday. Mrs. [Jane] Hanks was with us today assisting Mrs. Lyman in her sewing."
"February 22, 1873; Saturday. At night attened a meeting of the stockholders of the Freetrade union." (The Free-trade Union was an alternative to the ZCMI co-operative chain of stores that were owned by the LDS Church. Lymans's wife, Maria Louisa, suggested to Jane Hanks on Feb. 6 that her son Oscar might be considered for a position at the store. Oscar continued to work as a machinist at the lumber mills around Parowan. The board of directors hired John Kelley as its clerk. Amasa visits the store for the first time on Feb 25, then regularly thereafter.) [Kerry's note: Jane's store in Parowan may have been part of this?]
"June 26, 1873; Thursday. In the afternoon with Mrs. Lyman I called on Mrs. Jane Hanks and gave her [William] Burrow's recipt and received mine from her."
"June 28, 1873; Saturday. Mrs. Jane Hanks called with the contribution of Roses for the Fare, the Specimins were very fine and beautiful."
"June 29, 1873; Sunday. About noon went in company with Mrs. Lyman and Mrs. [Jane] Hanks to visit Mr. John Coombs and family with whom we spent the residue of the day."
"July 1, 1873; Tuesday. Passed the day at home reading some Magazines I procured form Mrs. J[ane] Hanks."
"July 2, 1873; Wednesday. Mrs. [Jane] Hanks invited myself and Mrs. Lyman to diner."
"July 5, 1873; Saturday. Returned Mrs. [Jane] H[anks]'s paper."
"July 31, 1873; Thursday. Charles came up from the Town. He brought me a letter from Lorenzo and some Magazines from Mrs. [Jane] Hanks for my reading."
"August 19, 1873; Thursday. Meeting with some delays we did not start up the can]y]on until afternoon. It was very hot at first of our trip[,] but as we proceeded fart[h]er up the Mountain way we rose unto a cooler atmospher. Mrs. Jane Hanks was with us."
"August 22, 1873; Friday. [In the Canyon.] Our friends Mrs Hanks and Mrs. Clark and Oscar['s] wife we[n]t to visit Mrs. Benson."
"August 23, 1873; Saturday. Mrs. Hanks went to town with Mr. B."
"January 2, 1874; Friday. Called on Mrs [Jane] Hanks."
"January 5, 1874; Monday. I called on Mrs. [Jane] Hanks and borowed some magazines to read in the afernoon. Brother [Ebenezer] Hanks came up with others from the Iron works."
"January 6 1874; Tuesday. This morning called on br. [Ebenezer] Hanks but found a buisness meeting in session so I had no opportunity for conversation with him."
"January 7, 1874; Wednesday. Passed the day at home during which I received a call from Mr. [Ebenezer] Hanks who was expecting to return immediately to Iron city."
"January 11, 1874; Sunday. Passed the day mostly at home engaged in reading. Received some calls through the day. Mrs. [Jane] Hanks, and in the afternoon Mr. D[aniel] P. Clark."
"July 31, 1874; Thursday. Dined with Mrs. Hanks. In evening had Seance[,] Mr. J[ohn] Coombs Medium present."
"August 2, 1874; Sunday. Dined with Mrs [Jane] Hanks."
"December 31, 1874; Thursday. Made call on Mrs. Hanks."
"January 3, 1875; Sunday. I then called on Mrs [Jane] Hanks and spent the day there. Mrs Lyman was with us."
"January 9, 1875; Saturday. Passed the most of the day with Mrs Jane Hanks."
"January 12, 1875; Tuesday. Remained at home all day and in the evening received calls from Mr E[benezer] Hanks form Iron City and also from Mr Ricahrd Benson."
"January 14, 1875; Thursday. Passed the day at the residence of Mrs Jane Hanks. After diner Mr E[benezer] Hanks started for Iron City were he is employed as general superentendent of the Iron works."
"January 17, 1875; Sunday. Remained at home through the day and Mrs [Jane] Hanks was with us."
"January 21, 1875; Thursday. Made call on Mrs [Jane] Hanks."
"December 22, 1875; Wednesday. Called on Mrs Jane Hanks."
"December 26, 1875; Sunday. [I] visited Mrs Jane Hanks with whom myself and Mrs. Lyman dined and at the close of the day we returned home."
"December 28, 1875; Tuesday. After returning home received a call from my old friend Mr E[benezer] Hanks from Irone City."
"December 30, 1875; Thursday. After the morning hours passed the residue of the day with the Hankses."
"January 9, 1876; Sunday. Passed the morning at home after which called on and passed the day and evening with Mrs Jane Hanks. Mrs Henderson was with us and Mrs Barton and Mr Mayor[,] [Edward] Dalton[,] was with us during the evening."
"January 13, 1876; Thursday. During the day made call on Mrs Jane Hanks."
"January 22, 1876; Saturday. In the evening passed a few hours with Mrs Jane Hanks and few other friends."
"January 27, 1876; Thursday. In forenoon made call on Mrs Jane Hanks's and read the paper, the R[eligio-] P[hilosophical] Journal."
"February 4, 1876; Friday. Did not go out today Mrs Lym[an] was very sick all day with an atack of cramp colick [appendicitis]. Our neighbors Mrs Decker and Mrs [Jane] Hanks were in attendance with their offices of kindness."
"February 8, 1876; Tuesday. Passed the morning at home after which with Mrs L[yman] called on Mrs J[ane] Hanks with whom we dined."
"February 13, 1876; Sunday. Remained at home all the day and had the company of Mrs Sarah Driggs and Mrs Jane Hanks. In the evening with Mrs Lyman called on Mrs [Jane] Hanks at her residence and held a seance. Mrs [Almera] Barton was present."
"February 14, 1876; Monday. After returning home received a call by Mrs Jane Hanks with whom at her residence myself and Mrs Lyman dined."
"February 16, 1876; Wednesday. Mrs Jane Hanks was with us and Mrs L[yman] and Laura."
"February 20, 1876; Sunday. Attended meeting this forenoon and then dined with Mrs [Jane] Hanks."
"February 22, 1876; Tuesday. In the evening called on Mrs Jane Hanks where we had a pleasant seance."
"February 27, 1876; Sunday. Passed the morning at home after which with Mrs. Lyman passed the residue of the day with Mrs Jane Hanks and in the evening held a seance."
BIOGRAPHY:
1. Short bio in Kate B. Carter, "Our Pioneer Heritage," Vol. 1, P. 491: "Jane Wells Cooper Hanks, wife of Ebenezer Hanks, started her trip west with the famous Mormon Battalion. She was an excellent cook and, therefore, proved a great asset to the welfare of the troops. History records that Jane was ever willing to do all she could for those who needed aid in any way. After spending the winter in Pueblo she and her husband came to Salt Lake where they lived for two years. During the gold rush Ebenezer and Jane went to California where they established an eating house. It is said that she served such fine meals that they soon accumulated a small fortune. From there the family moved to San Bernardino where they purchased a small ranch and during the following three years became the owners of a train of wagons and mules. Soon after they established themselves in the freighting business hauling supplies between Los Angeles and Salt Lake. At the time of the call home to Utah, people living in the out settlements made preparations to return, and Jane and her husband made their way to Parowan. It was here that Jane died March 27, 1896. Her obituary in the Deseret News states that 'She has been a remarkable woman and has assisted her husband in various enterprises, such as the cotton factory in Parowan and the development of iron in Iron City.' - Louella Dalton."
2. State of Utah, Utah History Information Center, Rio Grande Railroad Depot, Salt Lake City, Utah, MSS A798 c.1, "Jane Hanks, Businesswoman, Spiritualist," by Kerry William Bate, transcription: "A childless Mormon woman who never kept a journal, left no letters or other written statements, and abandoned the Mormon faith is not generally the kind of person in our culture who receives much recognition. If a woman leaves descendants, then there are those who will be interested in her life story for genealogical reasons. If she left a journal, letters, or an autobiography, then like Fanny Stenhouse she leaves a literary contribution for posterity to weigh. If she was a pillar of the faith like Eliza R. Snow, she earns a special place in the kingdom. Jane Wells Cooper Hanks suffered from the liabilities mentioned above, and yet there are still enough documents to tell her interesting story. She was born 4 October 1817, probably in Cambridge, Washington County, New York, daughter of Samuel Cooper and Wealthy Ann Wells.(1) Her maternal relatives were among the most prominent families in Cambridge, and her great-grandfather, Edmund Wells, had been an original patentee of that town.(2) Her family pedigree includes a double descent from Plymouth governor William Bradford.(3) In 1837 Henry Wells, Jane's uncle, left Cambridge and settled in Burton, Adams County, Illinois.(4) Shortly thereafter other Cambridge friends and relatives migrated to Burton, including Jane's family. By early 1839 another Washington County man joined the New York migrants, Ebenezer Hanks. He had been town collector in Salem, New York, and following a disagreement with his family had left home.(5) Whether he chose the Burton settlement because he had relatives there, or because he was following young Jane Cooper is not known, but family tradition insists that Jane was a school teacher and he boarded in her home.(6) A 'fine, intelligent, refined' woman, an admirer later described her, 'a woman of superior culture,' who 'combined a strong mind with a regal appearance... she respected men worthy of her respect, but feared none.'(7) This strong minded and intelligent woman was courted by Ebenezer Hanks, who was at the same time acquiring property to build a homestead.(8) After several pieces had been purchased, they were married, 27 October 1839, probably in Burton.(9) Shortly after their marriage her father died, and she and Ebenezer inherited some property from his estate.(10). Mormons fleeing from Missouri in 1839 settled in Adams County and generally received a friendly welcome. It was probably during this time that the Hanks's made acquaintance with members of that sect. Ebenezer, described by a non-Mormon son, Rev. E.J. Hanks, as 'deeply reverential of religious things,'(11) but also as 'an emotionalist of a pronounced type' and full of 'a strong element of superstition'(12) joined the new faith, as did his wife. No date of his conversion has been given, though her baptism date is given in a much later record as having taken place in 1841.(13) His faith was of a relaxed type. 'He was not much for the ritual of the Mormon home, or church,'(14) recalled the son. No comments are preserved about her religious outlook, except that she was originally a Presbyterian and became a faithful participating Mormon for many years after her baptism. After conversion, they resisted moving to Nauvoo, instead concentrating on improving their farm and building a two story house finished in back walnut.(15) They eventually sold the homestead to Ebenezer's younger brother, Ike, and went to Nauvoo. While in Nauvoo, Ebenezer was called out on guard duty to protect Joseph Smith. While he was gone, three Mormons rode up to the Hanks' homestead - ten acres that had been cleared of timber and then fenced - and asked Jane if they could put some cattle in later that night. 'Why not take them in now?' Jane is reported to have queried. 'They are some we have lifted,' responded one of the men, 'and we can't take them in before dark.'(16) When Jane told the story years later, after her disenchantment with Mormonism, she added, 'the Saints would steal anything left out' and were not arrested because 'what was the use? They got into Nauvoo and were turned loose' by the city court.(17) Mormon testimony confirms that some 'consecrating' of Gentile property took place, despite strenuous objections from the pulpit. Little else is known of Jane's Nauvoo days, except that on 21 January 1846 she and her husband were sealed in the Nauvoo temple(18) and immediately thereafter made preparations to abandon their property in the city. On the way to Winter Quarters Ebenezer shot turkeys by moonlight to get food.(19) The Mormon Battalion meant salvation for this young couple. While many Mormons resented this 'requisition,'(20) for Jane and Ebenezer Hanks it provided an opportunity for 'free' transportation to California. He was made sergeant in Company 'E' and Jane worked as cook and washerwoman. (Perhaps an added reason for their interest in serving in the Mexican War was knowledge that Jane's younger brother, Wendell Cooper, had enlisted in a "gentile company.(21) Little has been written about the role of women in the Mormon Battalion, but one Battalion wife explained how it was that many of them were detached at Santa Fe and sent to winter at Pueblo, Colorado, Harriet S. Brown wrote to her mother, Mary Brown, that: 'The officers consulting on this long and ridgous rout[e] a distance twenty three hundred miles... [from Santa Fe to California] considered they [sic] impracticable for to take along the landress women togather with those who are worne out with sickness and fatigue they therefore drew of[f] a company of detached guard making in all about one hundred...(22)' Among the 'landress women' detached from the main company and sent to winter in Pueblo was Jane Hanks. Ebenezer went along to hunt and assist in guarding the Pueblo encampment.(23) After spending the winter in Pueblo, preparations were made in the spring to start for Salt Lake Valley. Jane rode side saddle on a little pony, driving along a cow. When the cow got sore footed, Jane lagged behind the group, and her angry husband threatened to whip her is she didn't keep up, fearful of the dangers of the unknown Indian county. Asked later what happened, she replied, 'I brought the cow along!' - and kept up with the group.(24) They spent the 1847-1848 winter in Utah, with Ebenezer making a trek to Fort Hall for supplies, but were dis[s]atisfied with the area and migrated back and forth from California to Utah several times between 1848 and 1852. The 1850 California census taker found the couple panning gold on Mormon Island in the American River, making $500 a day.(25) Mormon Island was one of the most successful gold strikes in California, and while Ebenezer panned for the valuable mineral Jane operated a store and boarding house. The building they lived in was a three room house with lumber floor and canvass walls: one room was a kitchen and dining room, one a private bedroom, and the third a store.(26) Exactly where the boarders slept is unclear. Jane 'served such fine meals that they [Jane and Ebenezer] soon accumulated a small fortune'(27) wrote a woman who knew her. Jane was a tough, capable businesswoman. When a boarder named Durham set up an elaborate scheme to rob her while Ebenezer was supposedly gone to Sacramento, he included some confederates in his plans. Jane was more than a match for him. She told the story in these words to her step-son: 'Your father had planned to go to Sacramento, but something at the [placer] works kept them... I was sitting by the table peeling potatoes; Durham sat opposite me, rather in the corner. The table was between us. There was a l
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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
1817 - 1896 (78 years)
