Caldwell County, Missouri, Births and Marriages
 

Births A-L

Aldrich, Elizabeth Clarissa "Betsey," parents, Jarmon Aldrich and Almira Chamberlain, b. about 1837, Far West, Caldwell County, MO, [Chamberlain]

Aldrich, Elizabeth, Clarissa, parents, Jarmon Aldrich and Almira Chamberlain, b. 29 Nov. 1836, Far West, Caldwell, MO, [Aldrich]

Allen, Caroline Delight, parents Joseph Stewart and Lucy Diantha Morley, b. 15 Sept. 1838, Far West, Caldwell County, MO, [http://www.familypreserves.com/getperson.php?personID=I16&tree=Roper-Hansen; Holt and Tinas Genealogy]

Allen, Tabitha Jane, parents Lewis Allen and Elizabeth Alexander, b. 7 October 1838, in Far West, Caldwell, MO
[http://www.bonnieruefenacht.com/secondsite/web-p/p219.htm#i12400]

Allred, Joseph Smith, parents [?], b. 22 October 1837, Caldwell County, MO, [Allred]

Allred, Martin, parents Isaac Allred and Julia Ann Taylor, b. 14 Feb. [1839], 1838, Far West, Caldwell, MO, [Ancestral File; Taylor Family Association]

Andrus, Sarah Ann, parents Milo Andrus and Abigail Jane Daley, b. 31 May 1837, Caldwell County, MO, d. 1838, Caldwell County, MO, [http://www.miloandrus.org/Research/milohxclarified.htm; Daley]

Barkdull, Martha Ann, parents Michael Barkdull and Prudence Tremayne, b. 26 May 1837, Far West, Caldwell County, MO, d. 15 August 1838, Far West, Caldwell County, MO, [?]

Barrows. Ethan Jr., parents, Ethan Barrows and Lorena Covey, b. 6 March 1838, Far West, Caldwell County, MO, d. 18 August, 1838, Far West, Caldwell County, MO, ["Journal of Ethan Barrows," Journal of History, 15 (January 1922): 44, 46.]

Bird, Charles I, parents Charles Bird and Mary Ann Kennedy, b. 21 Dec. 1838, Far West, Caldwell, MO, d. 21 Dec. 1838, Far West, Caldwell, MO, [?]

Bird, Charles II, parents Charles Bird and Mary Ann Kennedy, b. 13 Jan. 1839, Far West, Caldwell, MO, d. 4 Feb. 1839, Far West, Caldwell, MO
[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~popfraley/EvesGubler/pafg30.htm]

Byant, Amos, parents Joseph Bryant and Phoebe Ann Northropt, b. 22 March 1838, [http://www.niederhausern.com/hawkes/joshua/Historical.htm]

Burgess, George Martin, parents Horace Burgess and Almira [?], b. 3 April 1839, Caldwell County, MO, [http://foremothers.homestead.com/files/Charles_Pulsipher.htm].

Butler, Phoebe Melinda, parents John Lowe Butler and Caroline Farozine Skeen, b. 16 [18] December 1837 in Caldwell County, MO, [Butler; also Cramer]

Eliza Ann Carter gives the name of the midwife, Diantha Billings, who assisted at the birth of her daughter, Sarah Jane, indicating Diantha Billings was well known [as a midwife] among church members at Far West.

Carter, Sarah Jane, parents William F. Carter and Eliza Ann [?], b. 30 October 1838, Far West, Caldwell County, MO, later m. Marshall Kingman and, afterward, Joseph Young. [http://www.forfamilies.com/genealogy/familyhistories/l/libby/hannah/bio/bio1p1.html].

Chidester, Jared, parents John M. Chidester and [?], b. 18 Mar. 1838, Far West, Caldwell, MO, d. 11 Oct. 1839, Far West, Caldwell County, MO, [Davis]

Clapp, Joseph C., parents Benjamin Clapp and Mary [?], b. 24 August 1837, blessed by Joseph Smith, Jr. [Herald, 59:207].

Clements, Ada, parents Albert Nephi Clements Sr., and Ada Winchell, b. 29 Jan. 1839, Far West, Caldwell, MO, [Lowe]

Cleveland, William George, parents, Alanson Cleveland and Anna Slade Rogers, b. 20 May 1837, Far West, Caldwell County, MO, [http://www.sedgwickresearch.com/cleveland/henrycleveland.htm]

Covey, Enoch, son of Benjamin Covey and Almira Mack, was born 26 August 1837 at Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri.

Covey, Joseph, son of Benjamin Covey and Almira Mack, was born 2 Mar 1839 at Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri.
Their mother ALMIRA MACK was JOSEPH SMITH's first cousin.
See: (1) Family records of the Covey family
(2) Death certificate of Joseph Covey online at: http://images.archives.utah.gov/data/81448/2229971/2229971_0000958.jpg birthplace as "Caldwell (county), Missouri."
(3) Land patent search at: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/ reveals that Benjamin Covey got 40 acres of land in Caldwell Co., MO on 28 July 1838.
(4) Benjamin Covey was taken prisoner in Missouri in November 1838 following the "Battle of Crooked River" (see list of prisoners at: http://www.centerplace.org/history/ch/v2ch15.htm p. 290).
(5) Benjamin Covey family at: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kbkeeley&id=I319

DeMill, Elias, parents, Freeborn DeMill and Anna Knight, b. 12 Jan. 1838, Far West, Caldwell, MO, [Charles Family]

Durfee [Durphey?], Sarah, parents, James Durfee and Cynthia Elizabeth Soule, b. 31 Dec. 1839, Far West, Caldwell, MO, [Durfee]

Edwards, James Peas, parents Elisha Edwards and Mariah Elizabeth Duzett, b. 12 October 1838, Far West, Caldwell County, MO, [http://members.fortunecity.com/barbmcgee/pafg01.htm].
See also: [http://www.rusurching.com/genealogy/paf5/hatton/pafg05.htm#301]

Emmit [Emmett], James S., parents James Emmit and Phoebe Jane Simpson?, b. 20 June 1837, Far West, Caldwell County, MO, [Emmit]

Fausett, Joseph Smith, parents William McKee Fausett and Matilda Caroline Butcher, b. 24 Jan. 1838, Caldwell Co., MO, [Butcher]

Gifford, Enos Curtis, parents Alpheus Gifford and Anna Nash, b. 4 Feb. 1837, Log Creek, Caldwell, MO, d. 1837, Far West, Caldwell Co., MO, [Huntsman and Gifford]

Gollaher, Nancy Jane, parents William Culbertson Gollaher, b. 11 July 1837, Far West, Caldwell, MO, [Benson Family.org; Gollaher]

Gollaher, Harriet Laura, parents William Culbertson Gollaher, b. 20 Jun 1838, Far West, Caldwell, MO, [Benson Family.org; Gollaher]

Greene, Hervey Jr., parents Hervey Green and Jane Ann Rich, b. about 1838 in Caldwell Co., MO, [http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/HRHGreg1/oneal/131]

Groves, John Simmons, parents Elisha H. Groves and Lucy Simmons, b. Oct. 1838, Far West, Caldwell Co., MO, [FarWestHistory.com Member Dir.]

Groves, Mary Leah, parents Elisha H. Groves and Lucy Simmons, b. 30 Oct. 1836, Far West, Caldwell Co., MO, [FarWestHistory.com Member Dir.]

Gyumon, Mary Jane, parents Gyumon, b. 25 Oct. 1838. Far West [Lyons' Settlement], Caldwell County, MO, [Stoker]

Hammer, Isiah [Isaiah?], parents Austin Hammer and Nancy Jane Elston, b. 9 Feb. 1836, [Haun's Mill], Shoal Creek, Caldwell, MO, [CARP]

Hammer, Julia Ann, parents Austin Hammer and Nancy Jane Elston, b. 9 Feb. 1836, [Haun's Mill], Shoal Creek, Caldwell, MO, [CARP

Hancock, Francis Marion, parents Levi Ward Hancock and [?], b. 16 April 1838, Far West, Caldwell, MO, [?]

Hancock, Isaac Adams, parents Solomon Hancock, b. 14 Aug. 1837, Caldwell, MO, [Crocketts]

Hawkes, Amos, parents Joseph Bryant Hawkes and Phoebe Northrop, b. ca. 22 March 1838, Far West, Caldwell County, MO, [http://www.niederhausern.com/hawkes/joshua/Historical.htm].

Hawkes, Joshua, parents Joseph Bryant Hawkes and Phoebe Northrop, b. ca. 15 August 1836, [Shoal Creek [Far West], Caldwell County, MO], Joshua's mother died 3 April 1837, 7 1/2 months after Joshua's birth. She was buried in the local burial ground west of town. [http://www.niederhausern.com/hawkes/joshua/Historical.htm].

Head, Mary Arethusia, b. 18 Aug. 1838, Caldwell County, MO, [?]

Hendricks, Joseph Smith, parents James Hendricks and Drucilla Dorris, b. 23 March 1838, Caldwell County, MO, [FarWestHistory.com Member Dir.]

Hines, Mary Ann, b. 9 June 1835, Caldwell MO, [Little Dixie Females]

Holbrook, Joseph Lamoni, parents Joseph Holbrook and Nancy Lampson, b. 31 Jan. 1837, near Plumb Creek, Caldwell County, MO, [Phelps]

Holbrook, Nancy Jane, parents Joseph Holbrook and Nancy Lampson, b. 29 Jan. 1839, near Plumb Creek, Caldwell County, MO, [Phelps]

Hulet, Jane, parents, Charles Hulet and Margaret Noah, b. 22 August 1838, Far West, Caldwell, County, MO, died, 1838, [http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~picard/JohnMathewNoah_gen2.html]

Hulet, Dorcas Tabitha, parents, Charles Hulet and Margaret Noah, b. 23 July 1839, Caldwell, County, MO, [http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~picard/JohnMathewNoah_gen2.html]

Ivie, Elizabeth Caroline, parents Ivie, b. 1837, Far West, Caldwell, MO, [http://billingsley.parkinsonfamily.org/histories/campbell.htm]

Kelsey, [?], parents Samuel Alexander Pagon Kelsey and Jennet Averett, [1836-1839], Caldwell County, MO, http://www.stewartkin.com/histories/kelsey_samuel_alexander_pagon.html

Keyes, William Henry, parents William Henry Harrison Keyes and Eliza Ann Herrick, b. 15 April 1837, Caldwell County, MO, d. 15 Sept. 1838, Caldwell County, MO, [Burris]

Leavitt, Sarah Ann, parents Jeremiah and Sarah, b. winter 1838, [http://users.lasvegas.net/~wmpl/Leavitt2.htm]

Lee, Electa Jane, parents Francis Lee and Jane Vail Johnson, b. 25 April 1838, Far West, Caldwell County, MO, [http://www.wardell.org/gen/lee/aqwg05.htm#10612].

Lightner, Miles Henry, parents Adam Lightner and Mary Elizabeth Rollins, b. June 18, [1836] 1837, Far West, Caldwell, MO, [http://www.ldshistory.net/pc/jswives/8merls.htm]

Lewis, Rebecca Jane, parents, Benjamin Franklin Lewis and Joanna Ryon, b. Haun's Mill, Caldwell, MO, 26 July 1838; d. 8 December 1838, [Bingham - Lewis]

Births M-Z

Milam, Mary Emma, parents William Milam and Elizabeth [?], b. 28 December 1837, Far West [http://home.earthlink.net/~milam/mike/ElizCaseMilam.htm].

Moore, Mary Helen, parents Enoch Moore and Malissa Rankin, b. 19 Sept. 1842, Salem-Kingston, Caldwell, MO, [Rankin]

Moore, William Elias Rankin, parents Enoch Moore and Malissa Rankin, b. 26 Sept. 1839, Salem, Caldwell, MO, [Rankin]

Munjar, Emma Vilate, parents William Munjar and Mary LeFlesh, b. 26 Mar. 1839, Caldwell, MO, [Hill; Munjar]

Murphy, Mark, b. 6 July 1837, Far West, Caldwell Co., MO, [Ancestry.com/ Utah Burials]

Pierce, Joseph Henry, parents Joseph White Pierce and Amanda Mary Heath, b. 17 January 1838, Far West, Caldwell Co., MO, and died 18 February 1838. [http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=rlpierce&id=I17355]

Pitkin, George Orrin, George White, Pitkin and [?], b. 19 Aug. 1837, Far West, Caldwell, MO, [Leavitt Family]

Pratt, Nathan, parents Parley Parker Pratt Mary Ann Frost, b. 31 Aug. 1838, Far West, Caldwell, MO [http://www.shon.150m.com/pafg117.htm]

Richmond, Alice Elizabeth, parents Thomas Richmond and Sarah Ann Burrows, b. 5 January 1839, Caldwell, MO, [Ann Richmond]

Rose, Andrew, parents John Rose and Aurelia Minerva Peet, b. 25 Dec. 1836, Far West, Caldwell, MO, [Park Valley, Utah, Cemetery]

Sanders, Joseph Moroni, Moses Martin Sanders and Amanda Armstrong Fausett, b. 25 December 1836, Far West, Caldwell County, MO, [http://www.lofthouse.com/USA/Utah/washington/pioneers/male-s.html; Long Island Genealogy].

Shearer, George Washington, father Joel Shearer, b. 15 October 1836, in the area of Far West, Caldwell County, MO, [http://www.rootcellar.us/shearer] For Joel Shearer, see: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kbkeeley&id=I416

Sherman, Susan Julia, parents Lyman Royal Sherman and Delcena Didamia Johnson, b. 21 Oct. 1838, Far West, Caldwell, MO, [Lyman Royal Sherman]

Shumway, Mary Amanda, parents Stephen Billings Shumway and Wealthy Eddy, b. 18 Oct. 1838, Randolf, Caldwell County, MO, [Shumway]

Smith, Alexander Hale, parents Joseph Smith and Emma Hale, b. 2 June 1838, Far West, Caldwell County, MO, [Vida E. Smith, "Autobiography of Alexander H. Smith," Autumn Leaves, Vol. 4: 3]

Smith, Joseph Fielding, parents Hyrum Smith and Mary Fielding, b. November 1838, Far West, Caldwell County, MO, [Alvin Dyer, The Refiner's Fire, 230.]

Snow, Abigail Dow, parents William Snow and Hannah Miles, b. 5 November 1837, Far West, Caldwell County, MO, [www.softcom.net/users/
paulandsteph/wsnow/descendants.html#hannah; Snow]

Snow, Amanda Melvina, parents Willard Snow and Melvina Harvey, b. 18 March 1838 at Far West, Caldwell County, MO,
[Willard Trowbridge Snow written by an Unknown Relative, additional information compiled by Donna Hansen Woodward
http://www.softcom.net/users/paulandsteph/levisnow/willardsfamily.html]

Tanner, Lydia Jane, parents Nathan Tanner and Rachel Winter Smith, b. 27 Jan. 1838, Far West, Caldwell County, MO, [Tanner]

Tanner, Lydia Jane*, daughter of John Joshua Tanner and Rebecca Archibald Smith, was born 28 Nov 1836 at Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri. *(This Lydia Jane shared the same name as her double cousin Lydia Jane Tanner, daughter of Nathan Tanner.
See: (1) THE JOHN JOSHUA TANNER FAMILY (also called DESCENDANTS OF JOHN JOSHUA TANNER), by Melba Madson Nelson; publ. 1979 by the John Joshua Tanner Family Association:
The John Joshua Tanner and Sidney Tanner and families moved from Kirtland, OH to Missouri in the latter part of 1835, becoming the first of their father's family to settle in Missouri.
(2) Land patent search at: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/ reveals that John J. Tanner obtained 40 acres of land in Caldwell Co., MO on 28 July 1838.
(3) John J. Tanner was taken prisoner in Missouri in November 1838 following the "Battle of Crooked River." See list of prisoners at: http://www.centerplace.org/history/ch/v2ch15.htm p. 290 --- but on that site "John T. Tanner" is a typographical error and should be "John J. Tanner."
(4) History of the Tanner family at: http://www.rootcellar.us/tanmissr.htm
(5) Also, JOHN JOSHUA TANNER and family page at: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kbkeeley&id=I104

Tanner, Mary Louisa, daughter of Sidney Tanner and Louisa Conlee, was born 4 Sep 1837 at Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri.
(1) THE JOHN JOSHUA TANNER FAMILY (also called DESCENDANTS OF JOHN JOSHUA TANNER), by Melba Madson Nelson; publ. 1979 by the John Joshua Tanner Family Association.
The John Joshua Tanner and Sidney Tanner and families moved from Kirtland, OH to Missouri in the latter part of 1835, becoming the first of their father's family to settle in Missouri.
(2) Land patent search at: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/ reveals that Sidney Tanner obtained 40 acres of land in Caldwell Co., MO on 28 July 1838.
(3) Sidney Tanner was taken prisoner in Missouri in November 1838 following the "Battle of Crooked River," see list of prisoners at: http://www.centerplace.org/history/ch/v2ch15.htm p. 290 --- but on that site "Sidney Turner" is a typographical error and should be "Sidney Tanner."
(4) My website on the history of the Tanner family at http://www.rootcellar.us/tanmissr.htm (5) My genealogy page for SIDNEY TANNER and family at: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kbkeeley&id=I3978

Taylor, William Riley, parents William Taylor and Sarah Lovisa Allred, b. 12 Feb. 1839, Far West, Caldwell County, MO, Caldwell, MO, [Taylor Family Association]

Williams, William Alma, parents Alexander Williams and Isabell Gill, 2 August 1837, Caldwell County, MO, http://www.familyperkins.com/genealogy/epsy.htm

Wilson, Almeda, parents, fifth child of Lewis Dunbar Wilson and Nancy Ann Wagoner, b. 12 [19] April 1838, Tinney's Grove, Caldwell County, MO, [http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/7647/ldwsr.htm
also Pratt/Brown]

 
Caldwell County, Missouri, Marriages

Marriages Solemnized by John Whitmer in Caldwell Co. State of Missouri between parties as follows:

Married Willard Snow of Knob Township Caldwell County to Miss Malvina Harv[e]y of the Same place. May 14, 1837. John Whitmer } [overwritten ?] Elder Married John H. Zimmer of Clay County MO to Miss Eliza Jackson of Caldwell County June 25, 1837 John Whitmer }[overwritten obidiant priest?] Elder [Whitmer, John, Vault, Ms 241, LDS Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah]

OTHER DOCUMENTED MARRIAGES

Allen, Lewis, m. Elizabeth Alexander, [Jackson?], Shoal, Caldwell, MO, 10 Oct. 1836, http://www.tammyjeanne.org/web/tjbancestors/pafg07.htm

Averett, Elisha, m. Dorcas [DeWitt] Willis, widow, Caldwell County, [summer 1837] 1838, [http://www.carolyar.com/Illinois/Bios/Averett.htm].

Barrows, Ethan, m. Lorena Covey, Far West, Caldwell County, MO, [1 January] 1837, [Saints' Herald, 51:386; SEB; CofChrist Membership Records].

Bent, Samuel, m. Lettuce Palmer, Far West, September 1837, [LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1: 486; Scott Norwood]

Bryant, Joseph, m. Phoebe Ann Northrop, widow, Caldwell County, MO, [http://www.niederhausern.com/hawkes/joshua/Historical.htm]

Carter, Dominicus, m. Sylvia Amaret Meacham, Far West, Caldwell County, MO, 28 March 1839,
www.mormonhistoricsitesfoundation.org

Dodley [Dudley], Joseph, m. Sarah Derrick Stevens, Far West, Caldwell County, MO, 22 November 1838,
www.mormonhistoricsitesfoundation.org

Duncan, Chapman, m. Rebecca Rose, Log Creek, 18 May 1838, [Champman Duncan Autobiography, http://www.boap.org/LDS/Early-Saints/CDuncan.html]

Hawkes, Joseph Bryant, m. Phoebe Ann Northrop, a widow, Far West, Caldwell County, MO, [ca. August] December 1837,
www.mormonhistoricsitesfoundation.org;
also: [http://www.niederhausern.com/hawkes/joshua/Historical.htm].

Johnson, Henry Jacob, m. Nancy Snyder, Far West, Caldwell County, MO, 26 March 1838,
www.mormonhistoricsitesfoundation.org

Lee, Francis, m. Jane Vail Johnson, 24 October 1838, Liberty, Clay County, MO, [http://www.wardell.org/gen/lee/aqwg05.htm#10612].

Lyon, Winsor Palmer, m. Sylvia Porter Sessions, Far West, Caldwell County, MO, 21 April 1838,
www.mormonhistoricsitesfoundation.org; also: [http://smithinstitute.byu.edu/register/siMBRegisters.asp?alpha=L].

Murdock, John, m. Electra Allen, 3 May 1838,
www.mormonhistoricsitesfoundation.org; also: [LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 2:363]

Newberry, John, m. to Miss Lucinda Williams of Clinton County, December 24, 1837, by Joseph Holbrook, [Joseph Holbrook Autobiography, http://www.boap.org/LDS/Early-Saints/JHolbrook.html.

Osborn, David, m. Cynthia Butler, Far West, Caldwell County, MO,
www.mormonhistoricsitesfoundation.org

Page, John E., m. Mary Judd, 1838, [Zadock Knapp Judd, http://www.boap.org/LDS/Early-Saints/ZJudd.html]

Plum, Jeremiah, m. Dionitia Walker, by Brigham Young, Shoal Creek, Caldwell County, MO, 4 September 1838, [Biography of James Henry Rollins by Ina Rollins Hamblin, Reel #920 #52]

Rich, Charles C., m. Sarah DeArmon Pea, by George M. Hinkle, Far West, 11 February [1837] 1838, [LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 3:208]


Eveline Walker Rollins

Rollins, James Henry, m. Eveline Walker, by Brigham Young, Shoal Creek, Caldwell County, MO, 4 September 1838,
www.mormonhistoricsitesfoundation.org; also: [Biography of James Henry Rollins by Ina Rollins Hamblin, Reel #920 #52]; [http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~lgillins/walker/aqwg01.htm].

Smoot, Abraham Owen, m. Margaret Thompson, Far West, Caldwell County, MO, 11 November 1838,
www.mormonhistoricsitesfoundation.org

Snow, Erastus, m. Artemesia Beman, Far West, 3 December 1838, [LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 1:105]

Stewart, Urban Van, m. Lydia Gage Jacobs, Log Creek, Caldwell County, MO, 14 July 1837,
www.mormonhistoricsitesfoundation.org; also: [LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 3:527]

John Stoker [brother of Michael Stoker], married Jane McDaniel, Far West area, Caldwell County, MO
[http://www.fortunecity.com/millenium/grangehill/246/johnstoker.htm]

Stoker, William, m. Almira Winegar, Far West, October 1838, [http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cmsbill/SWinegarFam.htm].

Stout, Hosea, m. Samantha Peck, Caldwell County, 7 January 1838, [LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, 3:530]

Whitaker, James, m. Nancy Woodland, 10 April 1838, [Wayne Lewis, Mormon Settlements in Western MO, 1831-1841, as a Factor in Mormon & Non-Mormon Conflict, 1980].

Winegar, Alvin, m. Mary (Judd), Far West, 29 August 1837, [http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cmsbill/SWinegarFam.htm].

Wood, Samuel, m. Mary Merrill, Caldwell County, Missouri, Spring 1838, [http://www.rootsweb.com/~iaharris/bio/geneal83.htm]

One Sheet from Far West Marriage Record Book, found with David Whitmer Papers

Smoot, Abraham O., m. Margaret T. Atkinson, by Albert Petty Esqr., 11 November 1838

Johnson, Jacob A., m. Nancy Snider, performed by Heber C. Kimball, 26 November 1838

Da[i]ly, John, m. Eliza Fisher, by Brigham Young, 28 January 1839

King, Alonzo, m. Matilda Hampshire, by Lewis Zabriskie, 3 February 1839

[Marriages, recorded following the surrender of Far West, MO, 1838-1839, Whitmer Papers, P10, f1, item 8, Community of Christ Archives, Independence, MO]

Daviess County, MO, Marriages

Crandle, Benjamin, m. Rebecca Simmons, by Lyman Wight, 29 April 1838, [Daviess County Marriage Record Book, 1]

[Irwin] Urwin, Samuel H. O., m. Specy L. G. Dunkin, by Hervey Greene, 7 June 1838, [Daviess County Marriage Record Book, 2]

Miller, Isaac, m. Elizabeth Cope, by John Wright, 15 November 1838, [Daviess County Marriage Record Book]

Riggs, Enoch, m. Ann Littlefield, by Elisha H. Groves, 25 May 1838, [Daviess County Marriage Record Book, 1]

Sumner, Josiah, m. Betsy Ireland, by Nathan West, 13 June 1838, [Daviess County Marriage Record Book, 1]

    FarWestHistory.com is looking for volunteers to provide short bios and source information about those born or married the Far West Area of Caldwell, County, MO, ca. 1836-1839. If you are interested in writing a biography, contact us.
    This page is part of the Farwesthistory.com Biography Project. It is intended to serve as a public webresource that will ultimately contain hundreds of concise biographies (500 words or less) of Mormon and non-Mormon individuals who lived or purchased property in Caldwell County, MO, ca. 1836-1839. The emphasis of these biographies will be to relate a brief personal/religious background and life summary, with a major focus on Caldwell County related experiences. Biographies may be contributed by a range of historians and researchers, many by descendants of their subjects. Longer biographical or diary and journal sources will be edited if necessary and/or considered for posting elsewhere on FarWestHistory.com. Photographs of subjects are especially welcome. Thank you.

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    A good description of the cultural context of old time weddings is found in the Livingston County, MO history. "A pioneer wedding in Livingston county in early days would not compare, in point, of elegance and finish, with one in these days. For there were lacking the paraphernalia of display and the pomp and circumstance attendant in this age upon affairs of that character. In those days few people wore "store goods." Their apparel was for the most part of home-spun. A "Sunday suit" resembled an "everyday" suit so far as general appearance went. The material of which the clothing was made was principally cotton or flax and wool. The men wore jeans, cotton and linsey; the women wore linsey and cotton.
    The bride's toilet, therefore, was not expensive; neither was it elaborate, fanciful or showy; neither was it extensive. But it was sensible, for it was sufficient, and it was appropriate to the times, the manners and the circumstances. Yet she was as well dressed as the groom - his jeans coat, his linsey or cotton shirt, his jeans or coarse linen trousers, his feet in home-tanned shoes, and without a glove to his hand or his name.
    But for all this, and for all of many other discomforts and disadvantages, the marriages were as fortunate and felicitous, and the weddings themselves as joyous as any of those of modern times. It is not a matter of silk and satins, this affair of a happy marriage. The wedding was seldom or never a private one. The entire settlement was invited, and uniformly accepted the invitation. To neglect to send an invitation was to give an offense; to refuse one was to give an insult. There were all sorts of merry-making and diversion during the day. A shooting match was quite common. There were foot races, wrestling matches, and other athletic sports - sometimes a pugilistic encounter. At night a dance was had, in which there was general participation. Many of the dancers were barefoot, it is true, and the ball room floor was composed of split puncheons, from which all the splinters had not all been removed, but the soles of their feet were covered with a coating impenetrable almost as a coat of armor, and bade defiance to any fair-sized splinter. Indeed, it is said, that a real merry dance always resulted in smoothing a puncheon floor as if it had been gone over with four and twenty jack-planes!
    The wedding feast was always worthy of the name. The cake was corn pone; the champagne and claret consists of good old Kentucky and MO whisky, clear and pure as mountain dew, unadulated by mercenary "rectifiers" and untouched and untaxed by gauger and government. The latter article was usually imported for the occasion. Then there were venison steaks and roasts, turkey, grouse, nectar-like maple syrup and other toothsome edibles, the bare mention of which is sufficient to make an old pioneer's mouth water in these days. There were no newspapers then to chronicle all the details of a wedding in consideration of some of the cake, and print a list of alleged "presents" including plated teaspoons, fifteen-cent napkins, and ten-cent salt cellars, ad nauseam, and that was one point in favor of the pioneers.
    But some of the early weddings in this county were not such rude affairs, for the parents were fairly well-to-do, and were able to provide the contracting parties with suitable outfits, and have everything done decently and in order.
    When babies came, as they did come - and as they always will come into every orderly and well regulated settlement, heaven bless them! they were quite often rocked and lulled to sleep in cradles fashioned by the hand of the fond father, with seasoned hickory bows attached to them for rockers. Within this little trough there were placed a few folds of flannel or linsey or some other kind of cloth,. sometimes a pillow, sometimes soft "hatcheled," but unspun tow or flax, and into these nests there where snuggled the innocent, cunning little darlings." ["History of Livingston County," from The History of Caldwell and Livingston Counties, MO, 1886].  
 

 
 
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