William Fotheringham was an erudite man who converted to Mormonism in in Scotland before emigrating to the USA. Although some family stories contend he was Jewish in Scotland, he was one of the founding fathers of Mormonism in Utah and he served in the legislature. He also was a defender of polygamy and had 30 children and 3 wives. He went to jail for his beliefs and served on missionary expeditions to India and Africa. His first born son Abe Levi was murdered 1 March 1929 on a train on the way to New York on orders of the Mormon leadership, according to family history. He was taking an article he had written on corruption in the Mormon leadership to the New York newspapers. Abe was 73 years old when he died and taken to Beaver Co Utah for burial. Some of the Fotheringham family emigrated to Canada.
Spouses: Elizabeth and Mary are with him in the 1860 census, along with 5 children- Abram, William, John, Robert and Emily. In the 1870 census, William's father John Fotheringham born 1789 Scotland is with him.1. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Hardy Fotheringham (1837 - 1922)
2. Emily Wardrop Fotheringham (1840 - 1856) died before 1860 census*sister to Mary
3. Mary Wardrop Fotheringham (1838 - 1916)*
4. Harriet Electa Hales Fotheringham (1846 - 1937 in Gardena, Los Angeles CA)*married 10 Oct 1865
Children:
1.Abram Levi Fotheringham (1855 - 1929)*s/o Mary
2. William Fotheringham (1857 - 1907)*s/o Elizabeth
1.Abram Levi Fotheringham (1855 - 1929)*s/o Mary
2. William Fotheringham (1857 - 1907)*s/o Elizabeth
3. John Fotheringham (1858)(1st boy called John) s/o Elizabeth
4. Robert Fotheringham (1860 - 1914)*s/o Elizabeth
5. Emily Fotheringham (1860 - d 30 Nov 1861)*d/o Mary
6. John "Jack" Wardrop Fotheringham (b. 21 Sep 1865 - 12 Sep 1917)*(2nd boy named John )s/o Mary
4. Robert Fotheringham (1860 - 1914)*s/o Elizabeth
5. Emily Fotheringham (1860 - d 30 Nov 1861)*d/o Mary
6. John "Jack" Wardrop Fotheringham (b. 21 Sep 1865 - 12 Sep 1917)*(2nd boy named John )s/o Mary
7. Elizabeth Hardy Fotheringham Neilson (12 Sep 1865 - 26 May 1959) d/o Elizabeth
11. George Hales Fotheringham (21 Oct 1868 - 27 May 1877) s/o Harriet
12. Mary Isabell Fotheringham Bakes (1871 - 1961)* d/o Mary
13. James Wardrop Fotheringham (1873 - 1951)*s/o Mary
12. Mary Isabell Fotheringham Bakes (1871 - 1961)* d/o Mary
13. James Wardrop Fotheringham (1873 - 1951)*s/o Mary
14. Stephen Hales Fotheringham (5 Apr 1873 - 13 May 1953) s/o Harriet
15. Andrew Fotheringham b May 1875 s/o Elizabeth
16. Harriet Hales Fotheringham Tanner (3 Sep 1875 - 2 Dec 1972)*d/o Harriet
17. Lucille Lucy Fotheringham Kightlinger (b 12 Nov 1875 - 1969)*d/o Mary
16. Harriet Hales Fotheringham Tanner (3 Sep 1875 - 2 Dec 1972)*d/o Harriet
17. Lucille Lucy Fotheringham Kightlinger (b 12 Nov 1875 - 1969)*d/o Mary
19. Clara Hales Fotheringham Whitaker (14 Apr 1878 - 2 Sep 1972) d/o Harriet
20. Charles Francis Fotheringham (28 Jan 1871 - 4 Jun 1877)*s/o Harriet
20. Charles Francis Fotheringham (28 Jan 1871 - 4 Jun 1877)*s/o Harriet
21. Charles Fotheringham b May 1879- d Sept 1882 s/o Elizabeth
22. Margaret "Maggie" Fotheringham (1 Jul 1880 - 18 May 1891)* d/o Harriet
23. Jean / Jane "Jennie" H. Fotheringham (18 Jul 1883 - 13 May 1891- the day William was to get his sentence for polygamy)* d/o Harriet
22. Margaret "Maggie" Fotheringham (1 Jul 1880 - 18 May 1891)* d/o Harriet
23. Jean / Jane "Jennie" H. Fotheringham (18 Jul 1883 - 13 May 1891- the day William was to get his sentence for polygamy)* d/o Harriet
24. Amy Fotheringham (18 Dec 1885 - 31 May 1891) d/o Harriet
25. Stanley Taylor Fotheringham (26 Oct 1889 - 11 Apr 1933) s/o Harriet
Other links to some of the children of William Fotheringham-
- William Fotheringham
- b. 05 Apr 1826, Clackmannan, Scotland
, d. 27 Feb 1913, Milford, Beaver County, Utah
- Abram Levi Fotheringham
- 1855 – 1929 murdered on train to New York
- Emily Fotheringham
- 1860 – 1861
- John W Fotheringham
- 1865 – 1917
- Archibald W Fotheringham
- 1867 – 1908
- Mary Isabell Fotheringham
- 1871 – 1961
- James W Fotheringham
- 1873 – 1951
- Lucile Fotheringham
- 1875 – 1969
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William's 4th wife, Harriet Hales Fotheringham, had 10 children. Half of them died before they were grown. They probably were not warm enough or well fed enough, being that Harriet was the 3rd wife and had the least of William's attention and money- thru her own words the other wives were jealous and would not help Harriet or let their children help her, and they gave William hell when he helped her more than they thought minimal. Harriet said this in her journal:
"When Clara was about 1 1/2 yrs old Grandpa [her husband William Fotheringham] went to the legislature. He arranged with the boys [his older sons by his older wives] to haul my winters wood which they failed to do. I therefore had to drag fence poles out of the snow and chop them up in order to keep my children warm. I finally got David Pearce to haul me some wood, and as an act of good for evil I had them haul a load for Mary [William's first wife]. She would not let me have the team for Charlie my brother & Highley Burgess to haul me some wood. I moved back to Beaver in the spring, to a one log room which Grandpa bought from P. T. Farnsworth, which was my home site as long as I lived in Beaver. The home which I previously owned had been given to Abe by his mother, as it was built on a corner of her lot. I always tried to be agreeable and do all the good In my power but often received nothing but abuse in return. After spending one winter in the one log room, with my five children, I was very glad to have an addition of two rooms to my house. Grandpa did all he dared for me but in order to keep peace in the family he dared not do very much. "
William ENNES JONES was born March 17, 1888 in Minersville or Adamsville, Beaver Co, Utah.
MARRIED SADIE (SARAH) FOTHERINGHAM the daughter of Abraham Levi Fotheringham and Mary Mathilda McEwen.
| Sarah Born: | b 7 Dec 1890 |  | Place: | Beaver, Beaver, Utah | ||
Home in 1930: Star, Beaver, Utah
Sadie Jones 39
Mark Jones 20
Howard Jones 18
Shirley Jones 3 [3 1/12]
Residence in 1935: Bingham, Utah
Home in 1940: Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia
1618 17th ST SE
Howard Jones 36 head (ages circled- as if guessing-no info- obviously not home when census taker came)
Ethel T Jones 34 wife (she is 25)
Mark A Jones 30 brother Driller in Army born Utah
1930: Star, Beaver, Utah
Sadie Jones 39
Mark Jones 20
Howard Jones 18
Shirley Jones 3[3 1/12]
1920: Beaver, Beaver, Utah
Abram Fotheringham 65
Matilda Fotheringham 63
Mark Jones 10 Grandson
1920: San Francisco Assembly District 30, San Francisco, California
William E Jones 31 UT UT UT all born Beaver, Utah laborer
Sadie Jones 27 UT UT UT office work
John Howard Jones 8 UT UT UT
1910: Paragonah, Iron, Utah
William E Jones 22 farmer
Sadie P Jones 19
Mark Jones 0[6/12]
1940 Emma McCallum Trantham Adams lives in DC and works as a housekeeper in 1940 at 1405 Emerson St.. Her son Willis Mccollom is in DC, as well as her daughter Ethel Trantham Jones.
1930: Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas
Emma Adams 43 IL IL IL
Dolpher Trantham 17 AR AR IL
Ethel Trantham 15
Madge Trantham 12
Home in 1920: Bennett, Clay, Arkansas
Walter A Trantham 45 ILL
Emma Trantham 33 ILL
Willis McCollum 13 was in DC by 1930 worked for the govt., got his law degree
Dolphy Trantham 7 became a banker
Ethel Trantham 5 ARKANSAS, also moved to DC and married John Howard Jones -had his law degree
Madge Trantham 3 [3 11/12]
1910: Kilgore, Clay, Arkansas
Daniel J Hawks 82 VA
Evaline V Hawks 77 TN
Emma Mccollum 22 ILL ILL ILL widowed servant in house
Willis Mccollum 3 ARK ILL ILL son of servant b 3 Oct 1906 SSN: 219-42-6235
Virgie Redwine 25 boarder -teacher public school
| Parents of William Ennes Jones | |||||||||
| Father: | John Franklin JONES Birth: 23 Jul 1859 Goshen, Millard Co., Ut Death: 11 Sep 1921 Beaver, Beaver Co., Ut Burial: 14 Sep 1921 Beaver, Beaver Co., Ut (AFN: 25CG-FP) | Family | ||||||
| Mother: | Altheda Lavern ENNES
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John F. Jones's parenst were
| Parents | |||
| Father: | William Price JONES (AFN: 25CG-H2) b 25 Jun 1830 Birmingham, Wrwcks, England died in Utah a convert to Mormonism | Family |
| Mother: | Emma JAY (AFN: 25CG-J7) | ||
William Price Jones's parents were
| Parents | |||
| Father: | William Shenton Or Shanton JONES (AFN: B4SP-15) b 1806 | Family |
| Mother: | Lucy PRICE (AFN: B4SP-2B) | ||
William S. Jones's parents were
| Parents | |||
| Father: | John JONES (AFN: B4SP-CV) b about 1780 | Family |
| Mother: | Jane BAGNALL (AFN: B4SP-D2) | ||
He has a draft card for WW I which is available for viewing on ancestry.com
"William Fotheringham, a pa-
triarch and a veteran elder in
1826, at Clackmannan, Scotland,
the son of John Fotheringham
and Charlotte Gentle. He was
baptized in the fall of 1847 by
Elder John Sharp, ordained a
teacher March 19, 1848, by Elder
William Gibson; ordained -a
seventy in the winter of 1849-
1850, by Joseph Young; or-
dained a high priest December
3, 1870, by Jehu Blackburn; or-
dained a bishop, in 1877, by
Apostle Erastus Snow, to act as
bishop's agent in Beaver stake;
and ordafned a patriarch Janu-
ary 22, 1905, by Francis M. Ly-
man.
He was one of the first set-
tlers of Lehi, Utah County, lo-
cating there in 1850, and in the
spring of 1852 he accompanied
President Brigham Young on an
exploring tour through Utah,
Juab, Sanpete, Millard, Beaver,
and Iron Counties. In 1852-1855
he filled a mission to India, dur-
ing which time he traveled more
extensively than any other elder
who has ever performed mis-
sionary labor for the church in
that country. He traveled 2,200
miles in a bullock wagon, and
went as far inland as the Hima-
laya mountains. In the prov-
ince of Orissa he resided six
months close to the Temple of
Juggernaut.. After his return to
Utah he accompanied President
Brigham Young on an exploring
expedition to Salmon River
(now in Idaho), and the follow-
ing winter participated in the
Echo Canyon campaign.
In the spring of 1861 he left
Salt Lake City for his second
mission, this time to South Af-
rica. In crossing the plains he
assisted Captain Ira Eldredge
in taking charge of fifty wagons
to the Missouri River, and was
ninety-nine days making the
voyage from London, England,
to Capetown, South Africa. He
presided over the mission until
1864, when he returned to Utah.
At the Missouri River he as-
sisted in the immigration of the
Saints and acted as assistant
captain to Warren S. Snow in
leading the last company of the
season m (84 wagons) to Zion.
The trip was a severe one, as
nearly all the teamsters were
inexperienced in handling oxen.
Since Elder Fotheringham
became a member of the church,
he has proven to be true ami
faithful to the cause of Christ.
Over forty years of his life he
spent as a zealous Sunday
School worker, with the excep-
tion of a few months, being Sun-
day School superintendent forty
years. He labored considerably
as a home missionary, and tVled
a mission to the St. George
Temple from the Beaver Stake
as an ordinance worker for four
years, and in addition acted a?
a member of the high council,
and as first counselor in the
presidency of the Beaver stake.
Of civil offices he has held
quite a number, having acted as
alderman of Lehi City, mayor
of Beaver City, probate clerk of
Beaver County for sixteen years,
a justice of the peace of Beaver
precinct, and has been a member
of the Utah Territorial Legisla-
ture from Beaver and adjacent
counties. In his youth he
learned the trade of ship carpen-
ter, and after his arrival in Utah
he helped to build the old tith-
ing office in Salt Lake City, to-
gether with other buildings.
He married his first wife in
April, 1856, a second wife May
25, 1857, and a third wife Oc-
tober 10, 1865. By these three
wives he has had thirty children,
eighteen sons and twelve daugh-
ters. Elder Fotheringham de-
parted this life on February 27,
1913, having proved himself
staunch and true to his God, to
his family, to his friends, and
left behind memories worthy to
cherish. "
""Before the end of November, 1850, Charles Hop-
kins and Israel Evans, together with their families,
and William Fotheringham, with his aged father and
mother, had arrived at the colony."
"It was not long until
William Fotheringham
and Thomas Karren
made shift to provide a
saw pit in a nearby
gully. Here, with a
whip saw and with Kar-
ren as top sawyer and
Fotheringham under-
neath, lumber was
sawed to finish some of MRS. ELIZABETH T. MOOREHEAD.
the cabins. The necessary logs were hauled from Al-
pine Canyon. Of these homes, thus difficultly erected,
Joel W. White says :
"Of logs we built our houses,
Of shakies made the doors,
Of sod we built the chimneys,
Dirt we had for floors."
"Ninth cabin occupied by Tohn and Charlotte Fotheringham
and their son William."
"THE FIRST PLANTING.
In the spring of 1851, the first crops, consisting of wheat, corn, potatoes, squash, and a few vegetables were planted. The farm implements were both crude and scarce. William Fotheringham relates that he had the point, share, and land side of a plow, and be- ing a ship carpenter by trade, and hence expert in the 34 HISTORY OF LEHI. [1851 use of the foot adze, he made a mold board from a gnarled piece of cottonwood, and with a log from the same kind of wood for a beam, managed to do fairly good plowing. "
"
When the wheat was about six inches high, the
first trouble with the Indians occurred. The redmen insisted on turning their ponies loose in the growing fields, maintaining that the grass and water were theirs, while only the land and wood be- longed to the whites. About this time three Indians came up the creek one day where the Karren, Fotheringham, Royle, and Peterson families were living. They appeared to be in an ugly mood and, em- boldened by the fact that all the men were away at work, they took great delight in fright- ening the women and children. Finally Char- lotte Fotheringham, an old Scotch lady, seized a hatchet and, shaking it threateningly in the face of one of the braves, she berated him right soundly in her good old mother tongue. This so surprised and JOHN FOTHERINGHAM. CHARLOTTE FOTHERINGHAM. 1851] COMMUNITY BEGINNING. 35 amused the Indians that they withdrew, after enter- ing a rebuttal in the Ute language. "
"As illustrative of the conditions existing at this
time, it is related that no paper could be found in the
settlement on which to keep records except a blank
book owned by John Fotheringham. Fotheringham
had been a master tailor in Europe, and this book
1351]
COMMUNITY BEGINNING.
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had been used for entering orders for clothes. It was
partly full of notations, but as occasion demanded,
leaves were torn from it and supplied to the bishop. "
"The first boat wreck on the lake in which Lehi peo-
ple figured, occurred in the latter part of May, 1851, and is related by Wil- liam Fotheringham. "Canute Peterson and myself, with Simeon Houd and Seth M. Dodge of Salt Lake City, went on a fishing expedition to the mouth of Provo River, and succeeded in making a good haul of trout and suckers. We left Provo in the evening, and ar- rived at the mouth of American Fork Creek in the morning, where we intended to make another haul with the seine, but a gale came up from the south and pre- vented it, so we pulled for home. The lake became very rough, and on being struck by a heavy wave, the boat was completely capsized. Being a good swimmer, I struck out for the shore, a quarter of a mile distant, while two of the men clung to the boat, and the third was washed ashore with the oars under WILLIAM FOTHERINGHAM. 38 HISTORY OF-LEHI. [1851 his breast, cident; the sun H. M. ROYLE. now remember vividly the whole in- was just rising over the Wasatch Mountains as I was bat- tling with the waves to reach the shore, wonder- ing if this was the last time I would ever see it come up. We all finally reached shore and got home safely, and the next day recovered the boat and seine. Through a dream of his wife El- mira, John R. Murdock was prevailed upon not to join us in this fishing trip, and as he could not swim, no doubt he would have lost his life in the wreck."
"Besides the work of assisting others who were in
distress, the pioneers of Utah often made trips of ex- ploration into adjoining parts of the Rocky Mountain region. Sev- eral such expeditions went out from Lehi. In April, 1857, Bishop Ev- ans, William Fothering- ham and John Brown, upon the invitation of Brigham Young, joined a party which he and Heber C. Kimball were organizing to explore the country in the north. The company was made up of picked men from the various towns, together with a few women, Bishop Evans' wife, Ann, being one of the number. Leaving Salt Lake City April 24, 1857, they traveled north into the trackless plains and mountain ranges of Idaho, until they arrived at Fort Limhi, a Mormon settle- MRS. CARL J. E. FJELD, A Hand Cart Veteran. 1857] FRONTIER PROBLEMS. 115 ment on Salmon River. The company reached Utah again, May 26. "
Title: | William Fotheringham papers |
| Dates: | 1853-1910 (inclusive) |
| Collection Number: | Accn1095 |
| Summary: | The William Fotheringham papers (1853-1910) contains personal diaries, mission diaries, family histories, professional and personal correspodence, and miscellaneous materials. He was a Mormon convert born in Scotland who emigrated to Utah in 1850. LDS proselyting missions to India (1854-1855) and Africa (1861-1867) He was imprisoned for polygamy in 1885. |
| Repository: | J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Address: |
Special Collections 295 South 1500 East Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0860 Tel: (801) 581-8864 |
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| Age in 1860: | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Birth Year: | abt 1855 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Home in 1860: | Lehi, Utah, Utah Territory | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gender: | Male | ||||||||||||||||||
| Post Office: | Lehi | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Age: | 29 | ||||||||||||||
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| Estimated birth year: | abt 1821 | ||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | New York | ||||||||||||||
| Gender: | Male | ||||||||||||||
| Home in 1850 (City,County,State): | Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory | ||||||||||||||
| Family Number: | 284 | ||||||||||||||
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| Home in 1860: | Great Salt Lake City Ward 15, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Birthplace: | Utah | ||||||||||||
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The Early History of Lehi, by Brother Wm. Fotheringham"Travels in India," Juvenile Instructor, 1876-1883William Fotheringham, Utah Pioneer
For more information on William Fotheringham's mission to India, see Nothing More Heroic by Lanier Britsch (Deseret Book Company, 1999). It details the experiences of the first missionaries to India. Elder Nathaniel V. Jones and William Fartheringham sailed from Calcuttta, India on the 5th of March 1855 via China and San francisco, California. William Furlsbury Carter was appointed to work with William fotheringham at Dinnapore, India. The heat was so intense and the climate caused poor health so that Furlsbury could not travel, he actually could hardly walk. None of the Elders could have success in their labors as the people were divided into classes and if they joined the L.D.S. Church, they would lose their caste and become outcasts with no means of likelihood,” the Carter historian records.
The book SHIPS, SAINTS, AND MARINERS: A MARITIME ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MORMON MIGRATION 1830-1890, by Conway B. Sonne (1987) lists only one group of emigrating saints brought over by a "Captain John Davis" or any similar name, and it is not known if this was our ancestor or not, since the name is a very common one. Sonne writes that the bark "Susan Pardew" sailed from Port Elizabeth, South Africa, for America, on 10 Apr 1864, with eighteen Latter-day Saints among the passengers. "Elders William Fotheringham and Henry A. Dixon were in charge of the Mormons. Fotheringham, a Scotsman who had filled a mission in India a decade earlier, had been president of the South African Mission. He and Dixon were returning to their homes on this voyage and bringing some converts with them. After a sixty-two-day voyage, under the command of Captain John Davis, the vessel arrived at Boston on 11 June 1864." At this time Capt. John Tucker Davis would have been 58 years old, so it is entirely possible that he was the captain on this voyage.
This is the son of Abe L. Fotheringham who was a son of William Fotheringham's wife Mary. Abram Levi Fotheringham (3 Oct 1855 - 1 Mar 1929): son of William Fotheringham and Mary Wardrobe. William had 3 wives and was a pioneer of the Mormon church in Utah. He was an elder in the church and a Mormon missionary to Africa and India. Mary Wardrobe Fotheringham (1 Jan 1838 - 7 Jan 1915): married 25 Jan 1857 to William Fotheringham as plural second wife, daughter of John Wardrop and Lucy McIntosh.
The Early History of Lehi [Lehi, Utah County, Utah, written 30 Aug 1908]
By Brother William Fotheringham, aged 83
President Young councelled the people to settle north and south. I understood that there was a settlement going to be established on Dry Creek, the northern point of Utah County. There was no road around the point of the mountain, so I came over the top of the Mountain, down a wash into this valley on a trail previously made. Camped down on the river Jordan. Followed the trail along as directed leading to the west and came to the spring on Dry Creek, which name was given this creek on account of the water not coming down after June. I found several families there. They were David Clark, Henry Royle, Thomas Karren, Charles Hopkins, Samuel D. White, Joel White, his brother with their father and mother, Canute Peterson, and David Savage, myself and father and mother. These people had just got in when I arrived which was about the middle of September, 1850.We then went to work and viewed the land down to the lake which we were going to have surveyed. We got a Mr. Lemmons, a surveyor, and I carried the flag. All were interested in this survey. This was called the first survey. We then went to work, as the creek was covered with cotton wood and cut some down and built a little fort there of log cabins, which were just high enough that we could get in. They had dirt floors and dirt roofs, and there was not a piece of iron in the whole of the buildings. Others came in during the winter and others in the spring of 1851. The winter of 1850 and 1851 was very wild and we cut poles for fencing our fields. At Snow Springs there was probably a colony of twenty families, consisting [?bly] of fifty or sixty souls, there being few children.
In the early spring, in March 1851, I manufactured a plow made of cottonwood, the mould board being made of a gnarled piece of cottonwood. I had an iron point for the land side which was all the iron there was in the plow which did splendid work and raised 360 bushels of wheat. This considered the best plow they had at that time, the others having very crude and primitive plows.
To keep records of any kind I furnished the paper, my father having a good blank book he had used in Europe for entering orders for clothes, he being a master tailor, and I would take the leaves out as they were needed for the use of Bishop Evans, on which time for work, etc., would be kept. The only incident with the Indians while at Snow Springs was, that three bucks came to the settlement when the men were away, and Mrs. Canute Peterson took a hatchet and shook it in the face of one of the Indians, she talking Scotch and he Indian, and finally the Indians went away. All the lumber we had we did with a whip saw. He rigged up a saw pit and gush, gush is the man in the pit that gets the saw dust, and logs would be brought from Johntsinville, now Alpine, and Thomas Karren was the top sawyer and I was the under sawyer, and we sawed all the lumber that was used in those early days for floors, etc.
We all generally, had a cow or two, and there was bunch grass from the lake side to the top of the mountain. I was without shoes half the time, and had the clothing we came along with which got pretty well patched. We held meetings in our little fort there. Brothers Savage and Charles Hopkins would take charge.
The people left Snow Springs as soon as circumstances would permit, which was about in May 1851 and moved up to Evansville, now Lehi, as they found going further up would insure better water, a more healthy place and they would be nearer the main travelled road. They settled in Evansville as they considered that the cream of the country. After the crops were put in and were getting along nicely and we were working all the time in getting this water through.
An incident: Myself, Canute Peterson and two others from Salt Lake went on the lake on a fishing expedition to the mount of Provo River, and were successful in getting a good haul of trout and suckers. We had a boat of old Father Burgesses. We left Provo in the evening and got to American Fork Creek in the morning expecting to make a haul. We could do nothing on account of the gale blowing from the southwest and we pulled for home. The lake became very rough and one wave went right over the boat and down she went. I struck for the shore, the boat coming bottom up. Two of the men got on the boat and one got the oars, put them under his breast and waves washed him into the shore. When I got to the shore, I got a long pole and helped Brother Peterson and the other man from Salt Lake to get to the shore from the boat and we all got home safely, and went the next day and got our boat. We were overturned about one-half mile from shore. I now remember vividly the whole incident. The sun was coming up over the Wasatch and I was making a battle with the waves to reach shore, thinking this was the last time I would see the sun rise. I was not married. Through a dream of John Murdock's wife, Elmira, she prevailed on him not to go on this expedition. He could not swim and no doubt would have been drowned in the spill.
One of the great attractions was the beautiful horn-pipe dancing given by the Sawyers, myself and Brother Karren.
Of the early settlers of Lehi, the following were among the first missionaries: Canute Peterson went to Norway, Preston Thomas to Texas, Thomas Karren to the Sandwich Island and myself to the East Indies, all going in the fall 1852.
In the spring of 1857, when Drummond went back to Washington and caused a lot of trouble, saying the records had been destroyed, President Young saw that it would be necessary for the people to make another move, and he called for three men from each settlement to go with him on an expedition to the north. Bishop Evans, and wife Ann, John Brown and myself went from Lehi. When we got to Salmon River in Idaho, staying there for about a week and getting ready to continue on our journey, the Lord showed President Young that the north was not the place for the Saints to settle, but that they were to go to the south so they returned to Salt Lake. While on the Salmon River preparing to go further north, President Young asked Brother Heber C. Kimball if all arrangements were made for the further journey. Brother Kimball answered "Yes." Presidnet Young said, "We will not go further north as the Lord has shown me that is not the place to settle, but will return to Salt Lake and then go to the South."
We returned home in June, Brother Evans, John Brown and myself were invited and were present at a picnic party July 24th in Cottonwood canyon when the dispatches came from the riders in the plains that an army of the United States were on their way to Utah. At public meetings in Salt Lake soon after it was decided to keep the army out and a company was made up of companies from the different settlements, Lehi furnishing a company with Sidney Willis as captain. The hardships and privations of that trip are well known.
This is the way William Fotheringham recalled the early settlement of Lehi at the age of 83 years. He was a patriarch and a veteran elder in the church. Of civil offices he held quite a number, having acted as alderman of Lehi City, Mayor of Beaver City, probate clerk, and justice of the peace of Beaver precinct, and a member of the Utah Territorial Legislature from Beaver and adjacent counties.
He was a carpenter by trade. He married three wives, and had thirty children—eighteen sons, and twelve daughters.
Sadie Fotheringham married William E. Jones-
| Name: | William E Jones | ||||||||
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| Home in 1920: | San Francisco Assembly District 30, San Francisco, California | ||||||||
| Age: | 31 | ||||||||
| Estimated birth year: | abt 1889 | ||||||||
| Birthplace: | Utah | ||||||||
| Relation to Head of House: | Self (Head) [Head] | ||||||||
| Spouse's name: | Sadie Jones | ||||||||
| Father's Birth Place: | Utah | ||||||||
| Mother's Birth Place: | Utah | ||||||||
| Marital Status: | Married | ||||||||
| Race: | White | ||||||||
| Sex: | Male | ||||||||
| Home owned: | Rent | ||||||||
| Able to read: | Yes | ||||||||
| Able to Write: | Yes | ||||||||
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| Name: | William E Jones | ||||||||
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| Age in 1910: | 22 | ||||||||
| Estimated birth year: | abt 1888 | ||||||||
| Birthplace: | United States of America | ||||||||
| Relation to Head of House: | Head | ||||||||
| Father's Birth Place: | United States of America | ||||||||
| Mother's Birth Place: | United States of America | ||||||||
| Spouse's name: | Sadie D Jones | ||||||||
| Home in 1910: | Paragonah, Iron, Utah | ||||||||
| Marital Status: | Married | ||||||||
| Race: | White | ||||||||
| Gender: | Male | ||||||||
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| Name: | Abraham Fotheringham | ||||||||||||
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| Home in 1900: | Beaver, Beaver, Utah | ||||||||||||
| Age: | 44 | ||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | Oct 1855 | ||||||||||||
| Birthplace: | Utah | ||||||||||||
| Race: | White | ||||||||||||
| Gender: | Male | ||||||||||||
| Relationship to Head of House: | Head | ||||||||||||
| Father's Birthplace: | Poland | ||||||||||||
| Mother's Birthplace: | Scotland | ||||||||||||
| Spouse's name: | Matilda Fotheringham | ||||||||||||
| Marriage Year: | 1876 | ||||||||||||
| Marital Status: | Married | ||||||||||||
| Years Married: | 24 | ||||||||||||
| Occupation: | View on Image | ||||||||||||
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| Home in 1880: | Panguitch, Iron, Utah | ||||||||
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| Age: | 23 | ||||||||
| Estimated birth year: | abt 1857 | ||||||||
| Birthplace: | Utah Territory | ||||||||
| Relation to Head of Household: | Self (Head) | ||||||||
| Spouse's name: | Mary M. Fatheringham | ||||||||
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| Occupation: | Stock Raising | ||||||||
| Marital Status: | Married | ||||||||
| Race: | White | ||||||||
| Gender: | Male | ||||||||
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| Name: | Allan Fatheringham | ||||||||||
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| Birth Year: | abt 1856 | ||||||||||
| Age in 1870: | 14 | ||||||||||
| Birthplace: | Utah | ||||||||||
| Home in 1870: | Beaver, Beaver, Utah Territory | ||||||||||
| Race: | White | ||||||||||
| Gender: | Male | ||||||||||
| Value of real estate: | View image | ||||||||||
| Post Office: | Beaver | ||||||||||
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William Fatheringham 43 farmer b Scotland
John Fatheringham 81 tailor b.Scotland
Ann Fatheringham 57 keeps house b England
Elizabeth Fatheringham 24 Scotland
William Fatheringham 12
John Fatheringham 11
Robert Fatheringham 10
Elizabeth Fatheringham 5
Thomas Franklin Fatheringham 2
1910 United States Federal Census about Abe M Fortheringham
This is the father Abe Abraham Levi Fotheringham Birth: 3 OCT 1855 in Salt Lake City,Salt Lake,UT Death: 1 MAR 1929
Marriage 1 Mary Matilda McEwen Mother: Sarah Ann Stephens b: 14 JUL 1838 in La Harpe,Hancock,IL Death: 15 DEC 1943 in Compton,Los Angeles,CA Married: 1 MAR 1876 in Salt Lake City,Salt Lake,UT Children
1910 United States Federal Census about Abe L Fortheringham
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