Abstracts
from Our Pioneer Heritage
Utah and Idaho, Volume 1 |
| The Utah War 1857–58 The
Territorial Militia Called To Action |
The Nauvoo Legion -- Utah Territorial
Militia,-- consisted at this time of all able
bodied men between the ages of eighteen and forty-five,
and was organized into military districts.
The general officers of the Legion detailed for the command
were: Daniel
H. Walls, Lieutinant General, commanding; Adjutant Generals, George D. Grant,
William H. Kimball, James Ferguson, H.B. Clawson; Colonels, R.T. Burton, N.V.
Jones, James Cummings, C.W. West, Thos. Callister, John
Sharp, W.B. Pace, Lot Smith, Warren Snow, Joseph A.
Young, A.P. Rockwood; J.L. Dunyon, Surgeon; Majors, H.W.
Lawrence, J.M. Barlow, Israel Evans, R.J. Golding, J.R.
Winder, J.D.T. McAllister. Besides these officers, scouts and rangers
were detailed to perform special duties. Among these were O.P.
Rockwell, Ephraim Hanks and many others. The nature
of the campaign was such that individuals were selected for certain service without regard
to their official station; thus officers of the highest rank were
found performing the duties of company captains, or sharing the labors of men
of the line.
Notice
On the thirteenth of August orders
were issued for the first movement of the forces. It
was directed to Colonel Robert T. Burton, instructing
him to take the field with one hundred and
sixty men from the first regiment. He, however,
started on the fifteenth with but seventy men from the
Life Guards.
Among the officers accompanying this expedition
were Colonel James Cummings of the general
staff, Major J.M. Barlow, quartermaster
and commissary, Major H.W. Lawrence, Captain H.P.
Kimball, Lieutenants J.Q. Knowlton and C.F. Decker. They
were afterwards joined by a company from Provo,
commanded by Captain Joshua Clark. The instructions
given Colonel Burton were to march to the east on the main
traveled road, affording aid and protection to the incoming
trains of immigrants, and to act as a corps of observation
to learn the strength and equipment of forces reported
on the way to Utah, and report to headquarters; but not
to interfere with life or property of any one they
might encounter on the road. |
| Volume 3 A Treasury
of Indian Stories In Pioneer Days A
Tribute |
Pamela
Elizabeth Barlow Thompson was born in Nauvoo, Illinois September 6, 1844, the daughter
of Israel
Barlow Sr., and Elizabeth Haven. When she
was four years of age she crossed the plains with
her parents arriving in the Salt Lake Valley
September 23, 1848. After residing for
a time in the Eighth Ward they moved to Sessions
Settlement, now known as West Bountiful. There
were quite a number of Indians in the settlement
at that time and sometimes there were as many
as fifty tepees on the Barlow farm. The Barlows treated
the Indians kindly and gave freely of their supplies.
When Pamela was six years of age
she was stolen by the Indians. She and her
brother Israel, who was eight years of age, had been to
town. At that time sunflowers lined the streets
which in some places were taller than a horse. When
the children were about half a mile from home,
on the return trip, several Indians came out of the sunflowers
and one of them picked up the little girl and swung
her on his pony. Israel ran home and told his
parents what had happened. It was several
hours later that the child was rescued by her father and
neighbors who had immediately set out in pursuit of the
Indians.
When Pamela was nine years of age her
father was called on a mission to England. At
that time Brigham Young counseled Mrs. Barlow
to have her log cabin moved into the larger settlement
for the safety of herself and five small children. —Cleo
Clark
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| Volume
5 Utah's Three Governments In
Nauvoo A
Tribute |
In the fall of 1838 Israel Barlow left
the state of Missouri because of the exterminating order
of Governor Boggs. Traveling in a northeasterly direction
he came to the mouth of the Des Moines river in the
Territory of Iowa. He was without food, so making
his wants known to the people living in that locality,
they kindly supplied him with food and new clothing. They
gave him letters of introduction to several people,
among them Dr. Isaac Galland, who was living in Commerce,
a small settlement on the banks of the Mississippi River. Dr.
Galland owned considerable property in Commerce, and he
wrote the Saints living in Quincy, saying farms could be
rented in that locality.
This was the beginning of the City of
Nauvoo, for the exiled Saints thought it a favorable opportunity
to locate and build homes where they believed they would
not be persecuted. Referring to the purchase
of property around Commerce, the Prophet Joseph Smith said, "The
place was literally a wilderness, the land was mostly
covered with trees and bushes and much of it was so
wet that it was with the utmost difficulty a footman could
get through and totally impossible for teams." |
| Volume
9 Early Mediums of Exchange The Deseret Mint Emigrant's
Guide |
At the request of President Brigham
Young, James Madison Barlow, pioneer of 1850, made a new
set of dies for $5.00 pieces. Barlow was on his way to
California and stopped off in Salt Lake City where Brigham
Young urged him to stay and join the Mormons. He was assisted
by Dougall Brown. The design was more artistic than
that of the former coins. On the face of the coin were
three mountain peaks which formed the background, a stream
of water in the foreground and a lion in the center. Around
the rim was 1860 Holiness to the Lord, written in the characters
of the Deseret alphabet. The reverse side pictured an eagle
with a beehive on its breast and an olive branch and arrows
in its talons. Around the edge was the Deseret
Assay Office, Pure Gold. It is estimated that only a little
more than $1,000 was coined.
See also: Coins
of 1860 |
| Volume 16 Graves
Along the Trail 1856—The Year of the Handcart Companies Weber
County |
Betsey Ashton was born about 1844
at Oldham, Lancastershire, England, a daughter of William
Albert Ashton and Sarah Barlow. She had
three younger sisters: Sarah, Mary and Elizabeth
Ann. She was baptized with her family
then prepared to go to Zion. They sailed
May 25, 1856, from Liverpool, England, on the ship Horizon. While
at sea the youngest sister, Elizabeth Ann died
and was buried near Cuba.
See also: They
Gave Their Lives |
| Volume
19 Autobiographies of Six Pioneer Women My
Mother's Hand Weber County |
Elizabeth
Haven Barlow. She
was born in Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, and became
a mother of eight who endeavored to train her children
in a religious manner. Gossiping was
not tolerated in the home, no work allowed on the Sabbath
and reading of the scriptures expected. She was
a cousin of Brigham Young and Willard Richards.
Mother of Eight Weber County
I, Elizabeth Haven Barlow, was born in
Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, 28 December
1811, the fifth child in a family of seven. The
house in which I was born had belonged
to my great-grandfather, John Haven but at that
time it was owned by my grandfather, John Haven and
his wife Betsey Howe. The first Havens, Richard
and his wife Susanna Newhall came to America in 1645 from
West England, twenty-five years after the Pilgrims. They settled in
Lynn, Massachusetts. The Howe family came to America
from England twelve years before the Havens. My forefathers on both sides
of the house, being land owners and proprietors, were not mortgaged
to the shipping companies that brought most of the early
settlers and kept them in bondage for a score of years. In physical make-up
both the Howes and the Havens were exceptionally sturdy in build, many of them
being somewhat beyond the average in size and weight. My mother
weighed over two hundred pounds and the menfolks were counted
as some of the finest built in the neighborhood. I may as well
be frank in telling you that my grandmother, Betsey Howe, when a
girl and throughout life was a model for form and beauty,
possessing dark eyes and hair with intensely rosy cheeks— growing almost
pink during periods of merriment. My mother was after the same fashion
and when I was younger, I was often accused of painting my cheeks.
Weber County
Mother's twenty-seventh birthday, coming
three days after Christmas 1838, found her struggling
at Quincy to help provide food and shelter. She
declared that never had she really fallen in love and
seemingly as yet she had not met the right one but
believed firmly that he would come. That very
summer, while at Quincy, mother met Israel Barlow,
a stalwart man of thirty-three years. He
had been with the Church since 16 May 1832, and had proved
himself true during the trying days of Zion's Camp
movement. Then, too, he had recently helped select
and secure the property site for the City of Nauvoo.
The next year on 23 February 1840, Father
and Mother were married by Patriarch Isaac Morley. They soon moved to their new home in Nauvoo. That
coming winter Mother taught school, having the Prophet's
and Hyrum's children as well as Brigham Young's in her classes. That summer,
1841, her first baby was born but it lived only a short time. |
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