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William Farrington Cahoon, November 7, 1813 in Harpersfield,
Ashtabula, Ohio |
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William F. Cahoon autobio
William F. Cahoon autobiography. Microfilm of manuscript. Church Archives, MS 8433.
; Ancestry.com (subscribers) |
| Died |
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April 6, 1893 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah |
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| Father |
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Reynolds Cahoon (1790–1861) |
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| Mother |
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Thurza Stiles |
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| Baptized |
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[November 16], 1830 by Parley P. Pratt |
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William F. Cahoon autobio
William F. Cahoon autobiography. Microfilm of manuscript. Church Archives, MS 8433.
has October 16,
which is not possible since the missionaries did not arrive until the
very end of October. The October 16 date also appears in
JI
Juvenile Instructor
27, no. 16 (Aug. 15, 1892): 492. |
| Priest |
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October 25, 1831 ordained a priest by Oliver
Cowdery in Orange,
Cuyahoga County, Ohio. |
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¶ Minutes
of October 25, 1831 |
| Bootmaker |
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Makes
boots and shoes "gratis" for elders leaving on missions. Supports father's family
while he is on missions. |
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| Mission to New York |
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November 19, 1831
starts on mission east with Zebedee Coltrin and
John Boynton (h) for a few days, joins
his father and David W. Patten (h),
travels
with David as far east as Silver Creek,
New York. |
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| Kirtland |
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February 23, 1833 arrives in Kirtland from mission. |
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| Mission with Amasa Lyman |
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March 21, 1833 called east on mission with Amasa Lyman (h) |
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¶ Amasa Lyman (h);
William F. Cahoon autobio
William F. Cahoon autobiography. Microfilm of manuscript. Church Archives, MS 8433.
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| New York conference |
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April 28, 1833 attends Westfield conference in New York with William
Pratt, Noah Packard, John
Gould, and Amasa Lyman (h). |
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¶ Noah
Packard |
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Late August, 1833 returns from mission. |
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| Zion's Camp |
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May 5, 1834 departs Kirtland with Zion's Camp. |
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| Work in Missouri |
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Summer 1834 stays in Missouri to work but suffers from
fever and ague. |
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| Returns to Ohio |
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November 17, 1834 reaches home after traveling from Missouri with Harpin
Riggs. Still ill. |
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| First Quorum of Seventy |
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February 28, 1835 ordained a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy. |
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| House of the Lord |
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Works on House of the Lord until completion. |
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| Marries |
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January 17, 1836 married to Nancy Miranda Gibbs by Joseph Smith. |
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¶ Ancestry.com (by
subscription) |
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We were married before a concourse of people. Several hundred witnessed
the ceremony. It was done to establish precedent of public marriage by
the Church instead of taking out a license from the County Court, marriage
notice being published several times previously in the Church, which custom
was allowed by the laws of the state. About three thousand assembled both
inside and outside the Church when we were married. |
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| Missouri |
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Spring 1838 moves with father's family from Kirtland to Missouri. |
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I left behind me a good lot all paid for, for which I labored very hard
to get, also a good seven-room house well furnished and owned by myself
… I could not dispose of it, so I turned the key and locked the door
and left it. |
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| Adam-ondi-Ahman |
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May 5, 1838 arrives in Far West. Reynolds' and William's families settle
in
Adam-ondi-Ahman. |
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| Six months' harrassment |
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This was a time of grief and trouble to us, the mob who
infested this beautiful region of country, were constantly creating excitement
after excitement adding rumor to rumor until we were forced to watch them
by night, as well as by day. We were so harassed that we were not able
to build houses or even spare time to procure food for our families and
we lived in peril. Our fare was also poor as we could not get our corn
ground and we had to punch holes in pieces of tin and take ears of corn
and grate them on the tin to get or make meal for our bread, and we had
to live on this kind of food for six months. … |
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| Boggs' cut-throats |
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I was at Far West at the time of the arrival of the main body of Boggs
cut-throat minions. It was like opening the gates of hell, for such creatures
as they were, could come from no other place, or at least they were inspired
by the fiends of hell to accomplish the devilish designs of the infamous
scoundrel who sent them, Lilburn W. Boggs. I expect the Lord will reward
him according to his works and give him his portion with his master, the
devil, Amen. |
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| Arrested |
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I, in company with all the rest of the church there, was arrested and
put under guard. We were forced to sign a deed of trust of all we possessed.
I passed an examination of seven consecutive days, after which I was permitted
to return to my family at Adam-ondi-Ahman. I found my wife in deep sorrow
and weeping, for she knew not what had become of me or whether I was alive
or dead. |
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| Affidavit |
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(AFFIDAVIT OF WILLIAM F. CAHOON: MISSOURI WRONGS).
I hereby certify that in the year 1838, I was residing in Daviess County,
Missouri, and while from home I was taken a prisoner in Far West by the
Militia, and kept under guard for six or eight days, in which time I
was forced to sign a Deed of Trust, after which I was permitted to return
home to my family in Daviess County, and found them surrounded by an
armed force, with the rest of my neighbors, who were much frightened.
The order from the militia was to leave the county within ten days, in
which time my house was broken open and many goods taken out by the militia.
We were not permitted to go from place to place without a pass from the
general, and on leaving the county, I received a pass as follows: I permit
William F. Cahoon to pass from Daviess to Caldwell County, and there
remain during the winter, and thence to pass out of the state of Missouri.
--Signed November 10, 1838--Reeves, a Brigadier General.
During this time, both myself and my family suffered much on account of
cold and hunger because we were not permitted to go outside of the guard
to obtain wood and provisions; and according to order, of the militia,
in the spring following, I took my family and left the state with the loss
of much property. (Signed, William F. Cahoon; Territory of Iowa, Lee County.
Subscribed and Sworn Before D. W. Kilbourn, J. P. |
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| Far West |
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When Reynolds is released, the two families move to Far West. |
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| Quincy |
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February 4, 1839 leave Far West for Quincy, Illinois. |
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| Montrose |
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Fall 1839 moves to
Montrose, Lee County, Iowa. |
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| Nauvoo |
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Spring 1842 moves to Nauvoo and works on temple
as a carpenter and joiner (also
appointed timekeeper of the carpenters and joiners). |
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| Temple |
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[Spring 1845]
I was appointed to superintend the raising of all the timbers of the temple.
We finished raising all the framing part August 23, 1845. |
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| Mob |
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[September 9–10, 1845]
the mob began to burn our houses and destroy our property, the property of the
Saints, and kept up a continual scene of persecution from this time until we
left Nauvoo. |
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Temple work
Leaving Nauvoo
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I continued work on the temple and in the endowment rooms until
the 3rd of February 1846. On the 4th of February, I began to repair wagons
for our journey into the wilderness, for it was surely one. I worked on
wagons 10 days and on the 15th, I and my family left with the Nauvoo Brass
Band, and my brother Daniel S. was along with us. We bid farewell to the
beautiful city of Nauvoo, the city of Joseph, and started for the camp
of Israel which was Sugar Creek, Iowa. |
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| Garden Grove, Cutler's Park |
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Oversees construction of houses in Garden Grove, moves family to Cutler's
Park. |
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| Salt Lake Valley |
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September 24, 1849 reaches Great Salt Lake Valley after six-month trek. |
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| Old tabernacle |
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Foreman of carpenters on the Old Tabernacle (demolished in 1877). |
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| Woolen mill |
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Works on
woolen mills in Canyon Creek (later a paper mill). |
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Families |
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| Wife |
Nancy Miranda Gibbs, b. July 27, 1818 in
Benson, Rutland, Vermont
md. Jan. 17, 1836 in Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio
d. Nov. 6, 1867 in Salt Lake
City |
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| Children |
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Annine Nancy (b. Feb. 23, 1837 in Kirtland)
Nancy Ermina (b. Feb. 23, 1837 in Kirtland)
Elisa Eroni (b. Sept. 17, 1838 in Adam-Ondi-Ahman, Daviess, Missouri)
Lerona Eliza (b. Sept. 17, 1838 in Adam-Ondi-Ahman, Daviess, Missouri)
John Farrington (b. Oct. 19, 1840 in Montrosa, Lee, Iowa)
Prudence Sarah (b. Apr. 11, 1843 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois)
Thirza Vilate (b. Sep. 29, 1845 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois)
William Marion (b. Apr. 8, 1849 in Winters Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska)
Daniel Clayton (b. Sept. 14, 1850 in Salt Lake City)
Joseph Mahonri (b. Mar. 2, 1853 in Salt Lake City)
Henry Reynolds (b. Jan. 14, 1857 in Salt Lake City)
Stephen Tiffany b. May 10, 1858 in Salt Lake City)
Andrew Carlos (b. Sept. 5, 1861 in Salt Lake City) |
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| Wife |
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Oleana Olsen, b. 1817 in Harpersfield, Ashtabula,
Ohio or Aug. 5, 1834 in Boomstick, Howard, Missouri. |
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| Wife |
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Mary Wilson Casson
md. Sept. 23, 1845 in Nauvoo |
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| Children |
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George Edward
Samuel Casson
Mary Ellen
James Cordon (b. Oct. 9, 1847 in Winters Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska) |
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| Wife |
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Elvina M Jones
md. June 12, 1871 in Salt Lake City |
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| Wife |
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Mary Dugdale |
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