Beautiful Nauvoo

Campbell Story

the Campbell family, Benoni, his brothers and their families, and their travels from the forests of New York and Pennsylvania, west to Utah. From some of my research, here is a little more information on Benoni Campbell and his family’s trek west:Benoni was born 13 Aug 1804, in Deer Park, Orange County, NY shortly before his parents Jonathan and Phebe Button Campbell moved to what later became Ridgebury, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. At the time of their move, the area was a wilderness, and Jonathan Campbell’s family was part of the first group of settlers that settled along Bentley Creek. The area of Ridgebury at the time was part of Smithfield, Lycoming County, PA. Later when Bradford County was formed, in 1812, it became part of Wells Township. It did not become Ridgebury Township until after Jonathan Campbell moved in 1819.Jonathan Campbell and Phebe Button lived in Pennsylvania, along Bentley Creek until around 1818 or 1819 when they moved their family to Hector, Tompkins County, New York. It is not known exactly why they moved, but it was around this time that the original owners (the ones that had been granted the land by the State) of the land in Ridgebury started proceedings to occupy and resale their land. Since Jonathan Campbell and his family had “squatted” on this land, it is possible that they were evicted when the land was sold out from under them. Benoni and his father Jonathan never returned to live in Ridgebury after that, even though much of the rest of their family either stayed or moved back later.In Hector, New York, one of their neighbors was Solomon Leonard. Benoni was attracted to one of his daughters, Mary, whom he married in 1821. After his marriage, Benoni bought a farm in Hornby, Steuben Co., New York (at the time Painted Post, Steuben Co.), along the border with Catlin, Tioga Co. (Later Chemung Co.), New York. Benoni and his family as far as I can ascertain lived on this farm until they moved in 1836. While living in Hornby, Benoni’s brother, Joel Campbell purchased a farm next to Benoni’s, across the border in Catlin, Tioga County. These farms were along Post Creek in an area that is now called Chambers.The two brothers, along with their father Jonathan Campbell, Jonathan’s younger children (Matilda, Jonathan, William) who were not yet married, and Benoni’s older brother Benajah (Benajiah) Campbell, and others of the family lived in this area until 1836.It was while living here that most of the Campbells joined the LDS Church. The story is told that in 1832 Brigham Young, as a newly converted Mormon, along with a companion, on a missionary trip through Catlin and Hornby, stopped at the house of Benajah Campbell. Benajah let them in. In the course of the visit, Benajah told Brigham that he had a son with a lame leg, some sort of a festering wound that would not heal. Brigham Young and his companion blessed the child whose leg quickly healed. Apparently this incident led eventually to the conversion of the entire family. (Note: some LDS sources place the baptism of Benajah Campbell as Nov. 1830, no contemporary source has been found for this though). Benoni and his family were baptized around 1832 or 1833. According to the diaries and journals of several early missionaries there was a branch of some size in the area that was known as either the Catlin or Hornby branch. (Note: no branch with these names have been recorded in Church history before the 1840’s, but it is known that several members of the Church lived in the area during the mid 1830s including Brigham Young’s sister Nancy Kent and her family. These journals definitely mention the “Church at Catlin”).In 1835/1836 a big push was made by missionaries in New York and elsewhere to gather to Kirtland. As a result, most of the Campbell families (children of Jonathan and Phebe) living in the Catlin/Hornby area pulled up roots and moved. Some like Jonathan and Benajah Campbell moved back to Ridgebury, where Benoni’s sisters were still living. The rest, including Benoni, his brothers Joel and William, and their parents, Jonathan and Phebe Campbell moved to Ohio. Joel sold his farm in Catln and moved immediately to Harrisville, Medina County Ohio, where several PA/NY neighbors were living. Benoni, William, and parents Jonathan and Phebe all moved to the vicinity of Kirtland. In 1837 Benoni appears on the Chattle (not cattle) tax lists for Kirtland Township. (Note: Benoni is the only one of the family that appears on these lists, though there is a “Jonathan Button” listed next to Benoni. Could this actually be Jonathan Campbell? Jonathan’s wife’s maiden name was Button)While in Kirtland, Benoni’s son Joseph Hyrum Campbell was born. In Joseph Hyrum’s life story it is told that he was blessed as a baby by Joseph Smith Sr. who gave him the name Joseph Hyrum after his two sons – Joseph and Hyrum. Joseph Hyrum Campbell’s life sketch also claims that Benoni worked on the Kirtland Temple. If this was the case, then Benoni would have had to been in Kirtland before March 27, 1836, the day the Temple was dedicated. 1837/8 was a bad time for the Saints in Kirtland, and most of the faithful saints were forced to move from the area during 1838. Benoni, Jonathan Sr. and William were apparently among these. Even though their names are not found as part of “Kirtland Camp,” the largest group to leave Kirtland for Missouri in July of 1838, it is apparent that they did. Benoni moved close to Joel Campbell in Medina County, eventually buying a farm next to his brother’s. Again Joel and Benoni lived in separate townships, but had adjoining farms, Benoni in Homer Twp., and Joel in Harrisville. William Campbell moving on, ended up staying in Centreville, Wayne County, Indiana, which was along the route that the Saints took when fleeing Kirtland for Far West Missouri.Jonathan and Phebe Campbell, Benoni’s parents must have lived either near William, or Benoni and Joel. Phebe died in either 1841 or 1847 in a town called Eaton. Most researchers have assumed that this was in Madison County, New York as this is the only Eaton in New York. But there are two towns by the name of Eaton in Ohio. One is a township in Lorain County, just north of Medina County, the other, a rather sizable town about 20 miles East of Centreville, Indiana. It is possible that she died at either of these places rather than in New York. Both are close to where family members lived.Benoni, Joel, and William stayed on their farms in Ohio and Indiana until they gathered with the Saints at Nauvoo, Illinois during the winter and spring of 1845/46. There was apparently a small branch in Homer where Benoni lived, as conference minutes from the time period mention the branch in Homer. Bro. Campbell (either Joel or Benoni) was listed as representing the branch in Homer.Meanwhile, back in Pennsylvania and New York, in 1838, Jonathan Campbell, Ezekiel Campbell, John Campbell, Benoni’s only remaining brothers who had not joined the Church, along with several of Benoni’s sisters Ruth, Matilda, and Susannah, along with their families were converted and baptized by Benajah Campbell. During this time period from 1838 to 1845 or so the area in the Southwest portion of Ridgebury Twp. became known as Mormon Hill. It is reported locally that there was there was a Mormon settlement there along the banks of “Mormon Lake” (Note: both places are still named Mormon Hill and Mormon Lake) complete with some sort of meeting house (probably the school house) and a cemetery. In 1842 or 1844, Jonathan Campbell Jr. moved with his wife and children to Nauvoo, Illinois. Jonathan rented a quarter lot in the very southern portion of Nauvoo, just inside the city limits. This house and lot perhaps became the headquarters for the Campbell family as they moved to Nauvoo during the winter of 1845/46. While living there Jonathan is reported to have worked on the Nauvoo temple (Note: the temple building records record this) and to have served as a sometimes bodyguard to Joseph Smith (Note: most men were bodyguards to Joseph Smith at some time). One story places Jonathan in Carthage at the time Joseph Smith was murdered by the Mob. (Note: this is not confirmed – just hearsay).In the late fall of 1845 as Mob violence was increasing, Brigham Young issued a call for all of the Saints to gather to Nauvoo to prepare for the evacuation of the Saints from Nauvoo and their settlement somewhere in the West. In heed to this call, Benoni and Joel left immediately for Nauvoo, Benoni had already sold his property in Medina County in 1844, but Joel was unable to sell his before they left. The sale of his property was not finalized until January of 1846 after they had arrived in Nauvoo. William did not leave for Nauvoo until the Spring of 1846.Benoni Campbell’s two oldest children Elizabeth, who had married Charles R. Atkins (Note: not Levi Murdock as some have it), and Mathew Campbell did not move west with their father. Both stayed behind in Ohio. Elizabeth stayed in Homer where she raised her family, while Matthew after his marriage to Jane Dierdorff eventually moved to Jasper County Missouri. Both apparently eventually left the Church.In Pennsylvania, John Campbell, along with much of his family also left for Nauvoo. The others still in Pennsylvania - Benajah, Ezekiel, Ruth, Matilda, and Susannah, all stayed behind moving first to a place called Nauvoo, Pennsylvania (Note: this is only speculated) and then further west to Western Pennsylvania. Ezekiel moved in the 1850’s to Wisconsin, Susannah and family moved to Michigan, while Ruth and Matilda stayed in Pennsylvania. Benajah, the oldest of Jonathan and Phebe Campbell’s living children, the first to join the Church, was the last to make it to Utah. He went West in the 1860s shortly before his death in 1866.Some of the Campbells were among the first to leave Nauvoo in February of 1846. Jonathan Campbell is reported to have helped set up the Sugar Creek Camp in February (Note: Maybe). John Campbell, Benoni’s 4th son, a lad of 17 hired on as a teamster or wagon driver for Lorenzo Dow Young (brother to Brigham Young). John stayed in Lorenzo Dow Young’s employ driving one of Young’s two wagons all across Iowa until after the Saints reached the Missouri River.Benoni and Joel were soon to follow. It is not know exactly what day they left Nauvoo and crossed the river, but the Campbells, all three families, Benoni’s, Joel’s, and Jonathan’s all seem to have been part of the main group of wagons, or Brigham Young’s group, following right behind the advance parties. Upon reaching Mt. Pisgah they helped build the temporary settlement living the area called the “North Field.” On May 31st , the day before the departure of the main group to go further west, Benoni, Joel, Jonathan, and Solomon Campbell were listed among those who were to stay to help improve and further build up the Mt. Pisgah settlement.While staying in Mt. Pisgah, two important events happened. First, Captain James Allen arrived at Mt. Pisgah around the end of June announcing that he was recruiting men to fight in the Mexican War. This created quite a stir among the Saints with many voicing anti-American sentiments. But when Brigham Young came back to Mt. Pisgah from Council Bluffs announcing that the Church was going to support the government and raise a 500 man battalion to help with the war, several young men traveled west to join with those already enlisting at Council Bluffs. Two of the Campbell family members volunteered to go. Jonathan Campbell, Benoni’s younger brother and Samuel Campbell Benoni’s 19 year old third son. Whether Jonathan and Samuel Campbell were in Mt. Pisgah or in Council Bluffs at the time has been debated, but most of the family were in Mt. Pisgah at the time. Neither were listed among the Mt. Pisgah recruits, though not all of those recruited in Mt. Pisgah were recorded. Both Samuel and Jonathan Campbell enlisted in Company E, the last company to be filled up, on the 14th of July, the official enlistment date. It is possible that Samuel and Jonathan arrived at the last minute for the march after a family debate as to who should serve. This left Benoni with only Solomon age 21 to help with the wagons and the younger children. There was also the matter of Jonathan’s wife and children. Charity Campbell, Jonathan’s wife was 6 or 7 months pregnant and had four small children to take care of. Brigham Young had promised that the families of Battalion members were to be taken care of by the Church, so Charity and family were taken first to Council Bluffs, then, placed under the care of a Bishop in Winter Quarters once it was established.The rest of the family were not able to move on because of sickness, which struck those in Mt, Pisgah. Among those that came down ill was Benoni’s brother, Joel Campbell. After a short illness, Joel died on 7 Aug 1846. This left Benoni in charge of not only his family, but also Joel’s large family, and Charity Campbell. The family group made its way to Council Bluffs where Charity was placed in care of the Church. The family first settled in the Macedonia area, one of the many temporary settlements of the Saints established in near Council Bluffs. Almost half of the Saints settled on the east side of the Missouri rather than crossing to Winter Quarters. Later in the fall, after most of the Saints had then gathered to the Council Bluffs/Winter Quarters area, Brigham Young made the suggestion that those who could move down river to the Counties of upper Missouri to find work. In this way they could obtain supplies for the coming migration the next year. Benoni and his family were one of these, and they moved downriver to the area of Oregon, Holt County, Missouri. This was the furthest south settlement of the Saints along the Missouri. Here along with several other families Benoni and his family stayed until 1850 when they were able to make preparations to move to Utah.Back in Nauvoo, John Campbell, Benoni’s older brother apparently did not have the means to leave Nauvoo with the general exodus and stayed behind, possibly along with his father Jonathan Campbell Sr. In the Spring of 1846, William Campbell, who had been living in Centreville, Wayne County, Indiana, left for Nauvoo and the West. William arrived in Nauvoo in early May. They stayed in Nauvoo, possibly with John and Jonathan Sr. for about 6 weeks, where Maria, Williams wife gave birth to their 7th child before moving on in mid June to cross Iowa and catch up with the Saints. William crossed Iowa quickly and arrived at Council Bluffs on July 4th, 1846. After his arrival in Council Bluffs, William joined Benoni in his move to Holt County, Missouri.John Campbell and his family on the other hand were still unable to leave Nauvoo. As September approached, mob violence increased. Finally in mid September an all out battle commenced as the mob tried to force out the remaining Mormons from Nauvoo. After two days of battle where several Mormons and mob members were killed, a treaty was signed which stipulated that the remaining Mormons had to leave within the week. Two of John’s sons, Jared and Clark participated in the battle defending Nauvoo. Clark ended up as one of the wounded, being shot in the foot.John gathered his family which consisted at this time of himself, his sons Jared and Clark (wounded) and his daughters Abigail with her daughter Melissa, and Phebe with her husband Isaiah Campbell, and possibly Jonathan Campbell Sr., and fled across the river to Montrose, Iowa. They encamped with the other refugees on the bank of the river in what became known as the “Poor Camp.” John and his children were eventually able to make their way up-river to Burlington, Iowa where they were able to find employment. A small branch of the Church consisting of other refugees from Nauvoo was established, and the family was able to live rather comfortably until 1850, when John was able to continue west. Isaiah Campbell, was possibly the presiding elder in Burlington for a time in Burlington as he preformed several marriages while the family lived there.

Thanks to Robert Goodwin

Husband's Name
Joseph Hyrum PUGMIRE (AFN:17QP-RM)
Pedigree
Born: 26 Aug 1833
Place: Liverpool, Lancaster, Lancaster, England
Died: 20 Nov 1906
Place: Salem, Fremont, Id
Buried: 24 Nov 1906
Place: Rexburg, Madison, Id

Married: 5 Oct 1865
Place: Cedar City, Iron, Ut

Father: Jonathan Sr. PUGMIRE (AFN:BB3W-5W)
Family
Mother: Elizabeth BARNES (AFN:17QP-XH)
Wife's NameEleanor CREIGHTON (AFN:1KS7-CJ)
Pedigree
Born: 4 Oct 1829
Place: Belfast, Antrim, Antrim, Ireland
Christened: 22 Oct 1837
Place: Hillsbourgh, Down, Ireland
Died: 5 Oct 1881
Place: Laketown, Rich, Ut
Buried: 9 Oct 1881
Place: Laketown, Rich, Utah
Married: 5 Oct 1865
Place: Cedar City, Iron, Ut

Father: John CREIGHTON (AFN:BCB3-N0) Family
Mother: Sarah Jane PHILLIPS (AFN:BCB3-P5)
Children
1. Sex
Name M
Jonathan PUGMIRE (AFN:1DJQ-407)
Pedigree
Born: 1 Jan 1864
Place: Fillmore, Millard, Utah
Died: 10 Jan 1936
Place: County Hospital, Martinez, Contra Costa, Ca
Buried: 13 Jan 1936
Place: Antioch, Contra Costa, Ca

2.
Sex
Name
M
Juston (Dutt) PUGMIRE (AFN:19TD-VC)
Pedigree
Born: 4 Oct 1866
Place: Fillmore, Millard, Ut
Died: 12 Oct 1953
Place:Midvale, Salt Lake, Ut
Buried: 15 Oct 1953
Place: (midvale City Cemetery), Midvale, Salt Lake, Ut

3.
Sex Name
F Elizabeth (Lizzie) PUGMIRE (AFN:33J7-L1) Pedigree
Born: 1 Mar 1869
Place: Fillmore, Millard, Ut
Died: 6 Jan 1941
Place: Tacoma, Pierce, Wa
Buried: 9 Jan 1941
Place: Tacoma, Pierce, Wa

4. Sex Name
F Sarah Jane PUGMIRE (AFN:33J7-GB) Pedigree
Born: 18 Apr 1858
Place: Cedar City, Iron, Ut
Died: 30 Sep 1935
Place: Laketown, Rich, Ut
Buried: 4 Oct 1935
Place: Cemetery, Laketown, Rich, Ut

5. Sex Name
M Joseph Hyrum PUGMIRE (AFN:41G4-HR) Pedigree
Born: 19 May 1856
Place: Cedar City, Iron, Ut
Died: 3 Feb 1859
Place: Ceder City, Iron, Utah
Buried: 5 Feb 1859
Place: Ceder City, Iron, Utah

6. Sex Name
M George Richard PUGMIRE (AFN:33J7-QP) Pedigree
Born: 16 Jun 1880
Place: Laketown, Rich, Ut
Died: 27 Jan 1956
Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Ut
Buried: 30 Jan 1956
Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Ut

7. Sex Name
M Allen Thomas PUGMIRE (AFN:33J7-PJ) Pedigree
Born: 28 Jul 1877
Place: Randolph, Rich, Ut
Died: 28 Jun 1943
Place:
Buried: 30 Jun 1943
Place:
8. Sex Name
M John Creighton PUGMIRE (AFN:41G4-JX) Pedigree
Born: 8 Sep 1860
Place: Fillmore, Millard, Ut
Died: 16 Sep 1860
Place: Fillmore, Millard, Utah
Buried: 18 Sep 1860
Place: Fillmore, Millard, Utah

9. Sex Name
F Josephine PUGMIRE (AFN:32LV-97) Pedigree
Born: 19 Sep 1874
Place: Evanston, Uinta, Wy
Died: 2 Feb 1959
Place:
Buried: 5 Feb 1959
Place:

10. Sex Name
M William Liffon PUGMIRE (AFN:33J7-JN) Pedigree
Born: 29 Sep 1861
Place: Fillmore, Millard, Ut
Died: 7 Mar 1929
Place: Magna, Salt Lake, Ut
Buried: 10 Mar 1929
Place:

11. Sex Name
M Samuel Henry PUGMIRE (AFN:41G4-K4) Pedigree
Born: 26 Dec 1871
Place: Evanston, Uinta, Wy
Died: 14 Mar 1877
Place: Randolph, Rich, Utah
Buried: 16 Mar 1977
Place: Randolph, Rich, Utah

12. Sex Name
M Jonathon PUGMIRE (AFN:33J7-KT) Pedigree
Born: 31 Dec 1864
Place: Fillmore, Millard, Ut
Died: 10 Jan 1936
Place: County Hospital, Martinez, Contra Costa, Ca
Buried: 13 Jan 1936
Place: Antioch, Contra Costa, Ca

1880 US Census

Joseph PUGMIRE
Household
Male
Other Information:
Birth Year
<1834>
Birthplace
ENG
Age
46
Occupation
Plasterer
Marital Status
M
Race
W
Head of Household
Joseph PUGMIRE
Relation
Self
Father's Birthplace
ENG
Mother's Birthplace
ENG

1880 U.S. Census Index Bear Lake, ID

1880 U.S. Census Index Bear Lake County (Idaho Territory), Idaho
BIRTH CENSUSSURNAME GIVEN AGE OCCUPATION PLACE DISTRICT
PUGMIRE Alice 2 ID Saint Charles
PUGMIRE Anna S 12 ID Saint Charles
PUGMIRE Brigham 10 ID Saint Charles
PUGMIRE Caroline 37 Sweden Saint Charles
PUGMIRE David N 10 ID Saint Charles
PUGMIRE Edward McKay 19 UT Saint Charles
PUGMIRE Elizabeth 56 Scotland Saint Charles
PUGMIRE Ellen N 15 ID Saint Charles
PUGMIRE George 34 Farmer IA Saint Charles
PUGMIRE George Y 14 ID Saint Charles
PUGMIRE Heber S 10 ID Saint Charles
PUGMIRE Henry N 18 Laborer UT Saint Charles
PUGMIRE Jas. McKay 28 Herdsman UT Saint Charles
PUGMIRE Johathan Y 12 ID Saint Charles
PUGMIRE Jonathan 55 Farmer England Saint Charles
PUGMIRE Leroy R 3 ID Saint Charles
PUGMIRE Maria A 32 IA Saint Charles
PUGMIRE Mary 37 England Saint Charles
PUGMIRE Maryenne 5 ID Saint Charles
PUGMIRE Moroni 6 ID Saint Charles
PUGMIRE Nancy 26 CA Saint Charles
PUGMIRE Nora N 6 ID Saint Charles
PUGMIRE Richard S 8 ID Saint Charles
PUGMIRE Robert McKay 24 Laborer UT Saint Charles
PUGMIRE Seraph 8 ID Saint Charles
PUGMIRE Thomas S 14 Laborer ID Saint Charles
PUGMIRE Vincent 29 Herdsman UT Saint Charles
PUGMIRE Vincent R 5 ID Saint Charles
PUGMIRE William N 17 Laborer UT Saint Charles

Wonderful Nauvoo

Jonathan Pugmire Sr.

Do we look alike??

Jonathan Pugmire Sr. and his wife Elizabeth

Jonathan Pugmire, Sr. and Elizabeth Barnes
Jonathan Pugmire, Sr. (1799-1876)
Pioneer of 1847
Elizabeth Barnes (1800-1846)
Casualty of Winter Quarters
Jonathan Pugmire, Sr. was born 28 March 1799 at Castle Sowerby, Cumberland, England, the son of Hannah Hetherington. His biological father was also a Jonathan Pugmire. Little is known of Jonathan's early life except that he was trained to be a blacksmith and became an expert iron worker. On 20 October 1820, he married Elizabeth (Betsy) Barnes in the St. Cuthbert Parish in Carlisle. At that time he used the name of Coulthard, which was the name of his step-father, Thomas Coulthard. Elizabeth was born 15 October 1800 at Dalston, Cumberland, England and was the daughter of George Barnes and Sarah Harrison.
Elizabeth and Jonathan were the parents of ten children, all but one having been born in England. During the early part of their married life, Jonathan and Elizabeth lived in Carlisle and then moved to the Edge Hill area of Liverpool where Jonathan was the foreman of a shop owned by the Grand Junction Railway Company. Later the company relocated at Crewe and Jonathan followed.
In 1841, the Pugmires joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and were baptized in the River Mercy at Liverpool. By 1843, they had relocated at Crewe near Chester. It was there that Jonathan was involved in an unfortunate drowning incident. Thomas Cartwright's wife drowned in the river while being baptized by Jonathan and Cartwright. Both men were arrested and spent six weeks in prison before being acquitted.
In the year 1844, the Pugmire family joined about sixty other church converts in coming to America. They sailed from Liverpool February 6 on the packet ship Isaac Allerton and after a voyage of 45 days, landed at New Orleans. With Jonathan and Elizabeth were six of their surviving children: Jonathan, Jr., Sarah, Joseph, Elizabeth, John and Hannah. A married son, George, remained in England. From New Orleans, they traveled up the Mississippi River by steamboat, arriving in Nauvoo, Illinois in April of 1844.
There was unrest in Nauvoo due to persecution and mob activity. According to Joseph Pugmire, his mother was a nervous person and could not stand the troubles in Nauvoo, so the family moved across the river to Montrose, Iowa and purchased a farm. It was there that a son, Moroni, was born. He did not live long.
As persecutions continued, the Mormons began preparations for a great exodus to the West. Jonathan's skills helped many to prepare their wagons for the long trek. In 1846, the family traveled across Iowa to Winter Quarters near present-day Omaha, Nebraska. Hundreds of people died that winter, including Elizabeth who died 3 November 1846. By spring Jonathan had married a widow from England, Mary Baylis Haywood. Jonathan and Mary left Winter Quarters on 17 June 1847 as part of the Edward Hunter company. With them were four of Jonathan's children, Joseph, Elizabeth, John and Hannah. Two married children, Jonathan, Jr. and Sarah, would follow later with their families.
After a three-month journey, they arrived in the Great Salt Lake Valley on 29 September 1847. At first the Pugmire family resided in the Old Fort, but in the fall of 1848, Jonathan Sr. built the first real house in the Seventh Ward area. Early Salt Lake City maps show the Pugmires living on the corner of Third South and West Temple, Block 50 Lot 5. Son Joseph said that they lived on roots for the first six months and continued to be hungry for two or three years.
In 1850, a group was called to go to southern Utah as part of the Iron Mission, an attempt to mine and process much needed metal. Jonathan, Sr. moved his family to the Cedar City area where he remained for eight years running a blacksmith shop, working in the Deseret Iron Works, and serving for a time in the stake presidency. He is recognized as one of the original settlers of Iron County, Utah. The years in southern Utah were difficult ones as the pioneers battled floods, droughts, harsh winters and constant povery. But the most difficult trial for Jonathan had to be the loss of his son. In January of 1852, the Pugmire's twelve-year-old son, John, was shot and killed while out herding cattle with other young boys. It was a tragedy for the family and the whole community.
When the Iron Mission ended in 1858, Jonathan returned to his home in Salt Lake. Son Joseph Hyrum and wife Eleanor stayed in Cedar City for another year and then moved to Fillmore. Daughter Elizabeth and her husband, Jesse Lewis, went to San Bernardino, California. Sixteen-year-old Hannah, recently married to Edward Hope, also went to San Bernardino.
Jonathan's wife, Mary, died 15 November 1861. His third wife, Elizabeth South, a cousin to Mary, was his companion for the rest of his life. Jonathan Pugmire, Sr. died from inflammation of the lungs on August 9, 1876 in Salt Lake City, age 77. He is buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery.
The Children
George Pugmire (1821-1868) md. Jane Russell
Jonathan Pugmire, Jr. (1823-1880) md. Elizabeth McKay, Caroline Nelson, and Mary Staniforth
See history of Jonathan Pugmire, Jr. and Elizabeth McKay
Sarah Pugmire (1826-1902) md. Allen Thomas Riley
Richard Pugmire (1828-1839)
Joseph Pugmire (1830-1830)
Joseph Hyrum Pugmire (1833-1906) md. Eleanor Creighton and Martha Ashworth
William Pugmire (1836- )
Elizabeth Pugmire (1837-1911) md. Jesse B. Lewis, J.J. Joseph and Mortimer G. Taylor
John Pugmire (1840-1852)
Hannah Pugmire (1842-1931) md. Edward Hope, Beverly C. Boren and George W. Heimer
Moroni Pugmire (1846-1846)
Cartwright Drowning Accident
[The following is a statement given by Jonathan Pugmire, Jr. about his father's involvement in a baptism at Crewe, England. His statement was recorded in the History of the Church, Period I, Vol. 6, pages 160-162.]
"Thomas Cartwright was baptized November 6, 1843, unknown to his wife, by Elder Jonathan Pugmire Senior; but she had mistrusted he had gone to the water and went to Pugmire's house the same evening and inquired where Tom was (meaning her husband). Mrs. Pugmire answered she did not know.
After this, Mrs. Cartwright went out and met them returning from the waters of baptism and shouted - 'Damn you, I'll dip ye!' and expressing her determination to have revenge on Pugmire's family, she used a great deal of very bad language.
Some of the neighbors (not belonging to the Church) advised her not to speak too much against the Latter-day Saints, as she might yet become convinced of the truth of their doctrines and be baptized herself. She replied, 'I hope to God, if ever I am such a fool, that I'll be drowned in the attempt!'
A short time afterwards, in consequence of her husband's talking to her about the truths of the Gospel, she consented to go to Pugmire's house and hear for herself. After attending a few times she told her husband she had a dream, in which she saw it was a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God, and requested to be baptized.
Mrs. Pugmire talked with her, reminding her of her harsh expression. She confessed all, and said, 'I am very sorry; and as my conduct is known to all this neighborhood, I do not wish to have my baptism public, but to have it done privately; and I wish no female to accompany me to the water but you.'
On the night of her baptism (November 23, 1843), she was conducted to the water by her husband and Elder Pugmire, witnessed by Mrs. Pugmire and James Moore. Previous to this time, Elder Pugmire had baptized eight or ten persons in the same place.
On arriving at the water, they found the creek had overflowed its banks, in consequence of a heavy rain which had fallen that day. Elder Pugmire examined its banks, and concluded he could attend to the ordinance without going into the regular bed of the creek.
This was done; but on raising Mrs. Cartwright, and as they were walking out, they both went under the water. It was afterwards discovered that the water had undermined the bank, and it gave way under their feet. Meantime, Thomas Cartwright leaped into the creek and seized hold of his wife's petticoat; but the water carried her off, and left the garment in his hand.
James Moore got hold of Elder Pugmire by the hair of his head, Mrs. Pugmire holding Moore's hand, and thus they dragged him out.
Moore then ran to the village to give the alarm. On his return, he found Cartwright about one hundred yards from where he leaped in, with his head above water, holding on to the stump of a tree. He said he could not have remained in that situation one minute longer.
George Knowlen swam the stream and got him out; but his wife was not found until the day following, where she was found about two hundred yards from where the accident occurred, standing upon her feet, with her head above water, the stream having fallen about two feet. On Pugmire reaching home, a Church of England minister had him arrested and dragged from his family the same evening, and kept in custody of a constable until a coroner's inquest was held on the body of the deceased.
After she was buried, Cartwright was arrested, and both were sent to Chester jail to wait their trial before the judge of assize. They were in confinement six weeks and three days before the trial came on. The judge (Whitehead) remarked to the jury that baptism was an ordinance of our religion, and that it was a mere accident which had occurred. He advised the jurymen to be very careful how they examined the case before them--that it was an ordinance instituted by God (at that moment theLord spoke by the voice of thunder, which shook the court house) and advised the prisoners to be very careful in the future to select a proper place for the performance of that rite. They were then set free."
Sources
Cedar Stake Records, Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University
Deseret Iron Company Records, Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University
History by Louise Nebeker
History of Grand Junction Railway
LDS Records: Liverpool Branch, FHL Film #87,012
Mormon Overland Travel Rosters
Nauvoo Endowment Register
Nauvoo Land and Records Office, File #27177
Pugmire Family Records, FHL Film #823,639
Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, A-11-9
Salt Lake Death Registrations, Film #26,553
A Trial Furnace: Southern Utah's Iron Mission, Morris A. Shirts
1850 Census: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory (M432 Roll 919 p.50
1850 Census: Iron County, Utah Territory (M432 Roll 919 p. 23)
1860 Census: Great Salt Lake, Utah (M653 Roll 1313 p.117)
1870 Census: Salt Lake City, Utah (M593 Roll 1611 p.584)

Trying to Fill in the Gaps

I have been drawn to Joseph Hyrum Pugmire and was sad to see , not much history of him exists. I continue my search for him.

v.JOSEPH HYRUM PUGMIRE, b. August 26, 1833, Liverpool, Lancaster, Lancaster, England; d. November 20, 1906, Salem, Fremont, Id; m. (1) ELEANOR CREIGHTON, October 05, 1865, Cedar City, Iron, Ut; m. (2) MARTHA ASHWORTH, April 02, 1882, logan, Cache, Ut.More About JOSEPH HYRUM PUGMIRE:Burial: November 1906, Rexburg, Madison, Id
Endowment (LDS): October 05, 1867, EHOUS

Back to Nauvoo

Last summer, my family and I went on our summer vacation to Nauvoo. I had just found a mere 24 hours before our trip I had ancestors that were there. My grandfather Joseph Hyrum Pugmire was just a young teen when his family arrived to Nauvoo from England. He was baptized in Nauvoo and then was driven out and crossed the plains to Utah and then to Idaho with the first bunch of pioneers. As we visited Nauvoo, I could feel that side of the families presence and the pleasure they had knowing their granddaughter and her children went back to visit and without the animosity they faced.

Joseph Hyrum PUGMIRE
Born: 26 Aug 1833, Liverpool, Lancashire, England 2
Marriage: Martha ASHWORTH on 2 Apr 1887 in Logan, Cache Co, Utah, USA
Died: 20 Nov 1906, Salem, Madison, Idaho, USA at age 73
Buried: Nov 1906, Rexburg, Madison, Idaho, USA

Trying to Trace the Past of My Ancestors

Pioneer Date Summary
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06/17/1847 - Crockett
Date: June 17, 1847
On the Oregon Trail, Wyoming:Thomas Bullock observed: "The mosquitoes have been very plaguy the past night; they are more numerous there than any other place on our route."
Wilford Woodruff wrote: "Early this morning we swam our horses over the river. One mule came near drowning by being tangled in a rope but the curant carried him ashore & he made a live of it. The men went to work to finish their ferry boat while the men continued to cross waggons on the raft." The rest of the pioneer's horses were left over on the other side because the brethren thought that it was too cold and the wind was blowing too strong to risk crossing them on this day. The men suffered greatly working in the cold water.
The last of the pioneer wagons were ferried over by 2 p.m. All the wagons were once again moved into a circle. Phinehas Young's wagon was the exception. It did not return from the mountains until the evening.
They then started to ferry over wagons for two emigration companies for $1.50 per wagon. William Clayton wrote about the great opportunity to earn some provisions. "Two companies of the Missourians had arrived and made application to be set over at a dollar and a half a load. When the contract was made with the first company to be sent across [p.241] as soon as our wagons were over, the other company of ten wagons offered to pay the brethren 50c per man extra if they would set them over first, making $5.00 over the stated price for ferryage being ten of the brethren to work at it. Colonel Rockwood had made a contract to the above effect with the first company and did not like to break it. However, he received a hint that this was Colonel Markham's day for the use of the boat and consequently Colonel Markham had a right to take the last offer if he chose. He took the hint and they went to work forthwith at a dollar and a half a wagon in provisions at Missouri prices and 50c extra per man, in what they preferred for themselves."
The ferry operation continue all night and by daylight the last of the Missouri companies had been ferried over.
Elkhorn River, Nebraska:Charles C. Rich sent a note back to John Scott at Winter Quarters ordering him to send the cannon "as the whole camp is waiting." He also wrote to Alpheus Cutler, the presiding member of the High Council, requesting that he help Brother Scott in sending the cannon, boat, and Nauvoo temple bell.
Ira Eldredge's fifty, part of the Daniel Spencer Company officially started their pioneer trek, leaving the Elkhorn River. The Eldredge fifty consisted of 76 wagons and 177 people. The captains of tens were Isaac Haight, Hector Haight, Samuel Ensign, Erastus Bingham, and George Boyes.
[Included in the first ten led by Isaac Haight were were: Joseph G. Baxter, Eveline Mattin Boggs, Mary Boggs, Esther Jones Brown, Catherine Adelia Hatwick Curtis, Alanson Eldredge, Alanson Eldredge, Alma Eldredge, Diana Eldredge, Edmond Eldredge, Esther Ann Eldredge, Hiram Eldredge, Ira Eldredge, Nancy Black Eldredge, Martin Luther Ensign, Caleb Haight, Caroline Eliza Haight, Eliza Ann Snyder Haight, Isaac Chauncey Haight, Sarah A1dridge Haight, Temperance Keturah Haight, Isaac James, Jane E. James, Silas James, Sylvester James, Ruth Martin, Hannah Potter, John H. Potter, William Potter, Ann Elizabeth Roper, George Smith Rust, Amanda Spencer, Anna, Twin Spencer, Charles Henry Spencer, C1audius Victor Spencer, Daniel Spencer, Edwin E. Spencer, Emily Spencer, Frances C. Spencer, Gilbert H. Spencer, Hirum Theron Spencer, Mariah Antoinette Spencer, Mary Leone Spencer, Elizabeth Howard Standage, Ephraim R. Whitney, and Harriet Whitney].

[Included in the second ten led by Hector Haight were: Alexander Boss, Alfred Boss, Calvin Boss, David Boss, David Boss Jr., Martha Boss, Maria Davidson, Alphonzo Green, Alva Alphonzo Green, Betsy Murdock Green, Sarah Annadella Green, Hector Caleb Haight, Horton David Haight, Julia Van Orden Haight, Mary Adelia Haight, William Van Orden Haight, Chelnecha Smith Hambleton, Jerusha Lucretia Hambleton, Lucy Ann Hambleton, Madison Daniel Hambleton, James N. McIntire, Rosannah McIntire, William F. McIntire, Eunice Sweet Murdock, Joseph Stacy Murdock, Mary Murdock, Nymphus Coridon Murdock, and Sally Stacy Murdock.]

[Included in the third ten led by Samuel Ensign were: Anna Abbott, Rufus Abbott, Polly Woodsum Bond, Ann Brimhall, Adelia Ann Brown, Mary Jane Brown, Niamah Brown, Phebe Narcissia Brown, William Brown, Eliza Clement, Albert Crandall, Mary Crandall, Melissa Crandall, Alva Cummings, Benjamin Franklin Cummings, Mary Cummings, John Calvin Ensign, Julia Searles Ensign, Lydia Esther Ensign, Lyman D. Ensign, Martin Luther Ensign, Mary Bronson Ensign, Mary Everett Gordon Ensign, Rufus Bronson Ensign, Samuel Ensign, Samuel Lozene Ensign, Edwin Frost, Emeline Frost, Mary Elizabeth Frost, Belinda Hickenlooper, John Thomas Hickenlooper, Sarah Hawkins Hickenlooper, William Haney Hickenlooper, Eliza Holmes, Ellen Holmes, George Holmes, Hyrum Holmes, Oliver Holmes, Samuel O. Holmes, Rosetta King, Amanda Nowlin, Bryan Ward Nowlin, Edwin Randolf, Ann Snedaker, Marris J. Snedaker, Almira Sophia Taft, and Harriet Taft.]

[Included in the fourth ten led by Erastus Bingham were: Brigham Heber Bingham, Edwin Bingham, Erastus Bingham, Lucinda Gates Bingham, Maria Louisa Bingham, Olive Hovey Bingham, Olive L. Bingham, Perry E. Bingham, Sanford Bingham, Willard Bingham, Henrietta Deming, Maria Deming, Moses Deming, Wayne Deming, Elijah Norman Freeman, Mary Bingham Freeman, Thomas Gates, Alvin Greely Green, Austin Greeley Green, Fanny Greeley Green, Harriet Ann Green, Robert Green, Beason Lewis, Elizabeth Lewis, John Moss Lewis, Martha Ann Lewis, Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, William Crawford Lewis, Caroline J Ostrander, Eliza Morrison Ostrander, Elizabeth Ostrander, and William C. Staines.]

[Included in the fifth ten led by George Boyes were: Elizabeth Boyes, George Boyes, Hewy Boyes, Margaret Boyes, Thomas Boyes, William Boyes, Daniel Drake, Horace Drake, Orson Perkins Drake, Patience Perkins Drake, Isaac N. Goodell, Jacob Houtz, Lucinda Houtz, Lydia Mease Houtz, Mary Elizabeth Houtz, Hannah Pearce Ralston, John Ralston, Josephine Ralston, Asaph Rice, James Rigby, Ambrose Shaw, Permelia Shaw, and Phoebe Spiers.]
Joseph Horne's fifty, part of the Edward Hunter Company also officially started their pioneer trek. The Horne fifty (also known as the John Taylor company) consisted of 72 wagons and 197 people. The captains of tens were Ariah C. Brower, Abraham Hoagland, Archibald Gardner, William Taylor, and Thomas Orr Sr.

[Included in the first ten led by Ariah C. Brower were: Elizabeth Boyes, Samuel Bringhurst, Ann Elizabeth Brower, Ariah Coates Brower, Ariah Hussey Brower, Margaret E. Hussey Brower, Victoria Adelide Brower, Ann Cannon, George Q. Cannon, William Farrar, Elizabeth Cole Holmes, Robert Holmes, Elizabeth Ann Horne, Henry James Horne, Joseph Horne, Joseph Smith Horne, Mary Isabelle Horne, Richard Stephen Horne, Ann Kelly, John Mackay, James I. Orr, Elizabeth Pugmire, Hannah Pugmire, John Pugmire, Jonathan Pugmire, Joseph Hyrum Pugmire, Mary Pugmire, Helenora Symonds, William Symonds, Annie B. Taylor, Elizabeth K. Taylor, George J. Taylor, Jane Ballantyne Taylor, John Taylor, Joseph Taylor, Leonora Cannon Taylor, Mary Ann Taylor, Mary Ann Taylor, Sophia Whittaker Taylor, Maria L. Woodward, and Alexander Wright.]

[Included in the second ten led by Abraham Hoagland were: Dorcas Millikin Andrews, Simeon Andrews, Elizabeth Cain, Joseph Cain, Job Harker, Joseph Henry Harker, Susannah Sneath Harker, Abraham Elias Lucas Hoagland, Elizabeth Hoagland, Emily Hoagland, John Hoagland, Margaret Quick Hoagland, Peter Hoagland, Isabella Leach, James Leach, Elizabeth DeGroat Oakley, Ezra Hemstead Nassau Oakley, John DeGroat Oakley, Margaret S. Oakley, Mary Elizabeth Oakley, Mary M. Oakley, Abigail Parsons Robinson, Isaac P. Robinson John, Jr. Robinson, John Sr. Robinson, Lawrence Robinson, Sarah Abigail Robinson, Adelia West, Chauncey West, Mary West, Emeline Whittaker, George Whittaker, and Harriet Whittaker.]

[Included in the third ten led by Archibald Gardner were: Abigail Sprague Bradford, Ithamer Bradford, Mariana Bradford, Pleasant Sprague Bradford, Rawsel Bradford, Sylvester Bradford, Triphenia Bradford, Andrew Correy, George Correy, Janet Correy, Margaret Clemmie Correy, Archibald Gardner, Jane McKeown Gardner, Janet Gardner, Janet Gardner, John Gardner, Margaret Gardner, Margaret Gardner, Margaret Callander Gardner, Margaret Livingston Gardner, Mary Jane Gardner, Neil Gardner, Niel Livingston Gardner, Robert Gardner, Robert Gardner, Robert Gardner, Robert Pierson Gardner, William Gardner, William Gardner, Mary Luckham, Mary Gardner Luckham, Roger Luckham, Agnes Duncan Park, Andrew Duncan Park, Hugh Duncan Park, James Duncan Park, Jane Duncan Park, Jane Duncan Park, John Duncan Park, Marian Ellen Park, Mary Ann Park, William Duncan Park, William Park Sr., Dolly Sprague, Hezekiah Sprague, Margaret and Sweeten, Robert Sweeten.]

[Included in the fourth ten led by William Taylor were: Elizabeth Arrowsmith, John Taylor Arrowsmith, Angeline B.W. Bennion, Ann Bennion, Esther W. Bennion, Hyrum Bennion, John Bennion, John R. Bennion, Mary Bushell Bennion, Mary Panter Bennion, Samuel Bennion, Samuel Roberts Bennion, Jane Cole, John Cole, Mary Ann Cole, William Cole, William Fields, Mary Jones, Ann Mackay, Ann Mackay, John Mackay, Thomas Mackay, Catherine Quail, Catherine Quail, Henry Quail, John Quail Jr., John Quail Sr., Thomas Quail, William Quail, Anges Rich, Elizabeth Rich, John Taylor Rich, Samuel Taylor Rich, Agnes Taylor, James Taylor, Lovina Taylor, William Taylor, John Topham, Catherine Turbet, Eleanor Turbet, John Turbet, Nephi Turbet, Thomas Turbet Jr., and Thomas Turbet Sr.]

[Included in the fifth ten led by Thomas Orr Sr. were: Elizabeth Albern Babcock, Dolphus Babcock, George Babcock, Jerusha Jane Babcock, John Babcock, Lucy Babcock, Permelia Babcock, David Blackhurst, Ellen Blackhurst, Joseph B. Blackhurst, William Blackhurst, Catherine Orr, Isabella Orr, May Ann Orr, Thomas Orr Jr., Thomas Orr Sr., Jane Park, John Park, Louisa Park, Louisa Park, Marian Park, Mary Ann Park, Ann Pitchforth, Mary Mitchell Pitchforth, Mercy Pitchforth, Samuel Pitchforth, Sarah Barbara Pitchforth, Francis Pullin, Hannah Pullin, and Edward Tattersall.]
Samuel Russell's fifty, part of the Abraham O. Smoot's Company also officially started their pioneer trek. The Russell fifty consisted of 95 people. The captains of tens were Lauren H. Roundy, Amasa Russell, and Farnum Kinyon.

[Included in the first ten led by Lauren H. Roundy were: Celestia Ann Farr, Enoch Farr, Lorin Farr, Nancy Bailey Chase Farr, Persis Atherton Farr, Alvin Harding, Joseph L. Harding, Violette Otis Harding, Emma B. Harrington, Leonard Ellsworth Harrington, Loise Russell Harrington, Theodore Spencer Harrington, William Peacock, Byron Donalvin Roundy, Jared Curtis Roundy, Lauren H. Roundy, Lorenzo Wesley Roundy, Myron Shadrach Roundy, Betsey Roundy, Nancy J. Roundy, Susannah Roundy, Wm. Heber Roundy, Abigail Thorne Russell, Esther Russell, Francis Maria Russell, Helen Russell, Henry Russell, Maria Russell, Samuel Russell, Valasco Russell, Olive Hovey Walker, and Peter Winward.]

[Included in the second ten led by Amasa Russell were: Samuel Brown, Amanda Chipman, Beulah Chipman, William Henry Chipman, James Chipman, Martha Elizabeth Chipman, Sinah Ceneth Chipman, Stephen Chipman, Washburn Chipman, Adam McDonald, Seth Rigby, Amasa Russell, Andrew Jackson Russell, Ann Russell, David Dudley Russell, Hannah Knight Russell, Henry Madison Russell, Elijah Shockley, Elijah H. Shockley, Elijah S. Shockley, James D. Shockley, Lidy F. Shockley, Mary Shockley, Mary E. Shockley, Matilda Ann Shockley, Richard Shockley, Helen S. Thorn, Joseph Thorn, Joseph C. Thorn, and Lorena Thorn.]

[Included in the third ten led Farnum Kinyon were: John Adams, John Harris Henderson, Farnum Kinyon, George B. Kinyon, Hyrum Kinyon, Lucinda Kinyon, William H. Kinyon, Ann McMinds, Emily Ann McMinds, James McMinds, William McMinds, Elizabeth Meaks, Peggy J. Meaks, Pridy Meaks, Sarah Meaks, Louisa Norris, Betsy Persons, Carlos Shephard, Charity Shephard, Lydia Shephard, Samuel Shepherd, Charles Swarthout, George W. Swarthout, Horley Swarthout, and Tramand Swarthout.]

Winter Quarters, Nebraska:Walter and Maria Wilcox visited Mary Richards to say good-bye. They were leaving for Missouri where they would be spending the summer and maybe the winter.
Kearny detachment of the battalion, in California:The soldiers camped at Bear Creek at Johnson's Ranch, the last house that they expected to see. They were forty miles north of Sutter's Fort.
San Francisco, California:Addison Pratt decided to travel to the New Hope settlement on the Stanislaus River to help harvest nearly three hundred acres of wheat. He traveled by boat in the bay with some of the Brooklyn Saints, George K. Winner, Richard Knowles, Isaac Goodwin, and Samuel Ladd. The spent the night at Samples Ferry, in the straits of Carquinez. The ferry was run by one of the Brooklyn brethren, Abram Combs.
Mormon Battalion, at Los Angeles, California:John Allen, the disgraced soldier who was drummed out of town, was recaptured near the city and put back in jail. He later escaped by digging a hole through the adobe wall. In the evening, Colonel Stevenson started efforts to convince the battalion to reenlist. He read an order calling for volunteers to reenlist for six more months. No one stepped forward to sign. The army was worried the Los Angeles would not have enough men to properly guard the post. The building of the fort was progressing slowly. Henry Standage commented: "They cannot in reason expect us to enlist again and especially when they know the treatment we have received, receiving no pay to go home and no ammunition to be given to us with our guns &c. and no pay for our back rations, although we have paid out much money on the road when our rations were kept back or in other woords when the Col might have procured full rations at Govt. expense. But hard was been our fare as soldiers."
Kirtland, Ohio:Elder Lyman O. Littlefield, still in Kirtland, was visited by former apostle, William McLellin. Elder Littlefield wrote: "He commenced upon me in relation to the Church, its authority, its transgressions, etc. I argued in defense until 12 o'clock at night."
Sources: Arrington, Charles C. Rich, 114Journal of Albert P. Rockwood, typescript, BYU, 55Wilford Woodruff's Journal, 3:206Luke S. Johnson's Journal, typescript, BYU, 12Howard Egan Diary, Pioneering the West, 75William Clayton's Journal, 240-41Lyman Littlefield Reminiscences (1888), 192-93Bagley, ed., The Pioneer Camp of the Saints, 194Black, Pioneers of 1847: A Sesquicentennial RemembranceJournal of Henry Standage in Frank Alfred Golder, The March of the Mormon Battalion, 227The Journal of Nathaniel V. Jones, The Utah Historical Quarterly, 4:19Ellsworth, The Journals of Addison Pratt, 331Ward, ed., Winter Quarters, The 1846-1848 Life Writings of Mary Haskin Parker Richards, 148