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James Bowen /FRANCIS/ (AFN:3QGF-KR) and Elizabeth /MOORE/
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James Bowen /FRANCIS/ (AFN:3QGF-KR) and Elizabeth /MOORE/
(AFN:3QGF-LX)BIOGRAPHY: 1861 England shows John as occupation: Cooper (profession) is someone who makes wooden staved vessels of a conical form, of greater length than breadth, bound together with hoops and possessing flat ends or heads. Examples of a cooper's work include but are not limited to casks, barrels, buckets, tubs, butter churns, hogsheads, etc. The word is derived from Middle Dutch kūpe, "basket, wood, tub".
BIOGRAPHY: William F. Cahoon An Enduring Legacy, Volume Four, p.118 William F. Cahoon, eldest son of Reynolds Cahoon and Thirza Stiles, was bern in Harpersfield, Ashtabula County, Ohio, November 7, 1813. October 16, 1830, just before his seventeenth birthday, he was baptized and confirmed a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Elder Parley P. Pratt. October 25, 1831, he was ordained a priest under the hands of Oliver Cowdery in the town of Orange, Ohio. During the next twelve months he was occupied making boots and shoes for the elders who were being sent out to preach the gospel and for a group of brethren who were seeking a place in which they could establish new homes. After the party arrived in Missouri the latter part of June, William was asked to remain there to help them get settled. It was not until the latter part of October that he was able to start back to the home of his father. He arrived there November 17, 1834, happy to join with his family again. On the fourteenth day of February 1835, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles was organized and William was called as one of the members of the first quorum. He was ordained to the office of a Seventy on February 28, 1836. After this he was employed in building the Kirtland temple. On January 17, 1836, he married Nancy Miranda Gibbs, daughter of Aaron and Prudence Gibbs. They were married in company with two other couples. The ceremony, performed by the Prophet Joseph Smith in Kirtland, was witnessed by several hundred persons. It was done to establish the precedent of public marriage by the Church, instead of taking out a license from the county court. The marriage notice was published several times previously in the Church, a custom which was allowed by the laws of the state. In the spring of 1838, William, his wife, Nancy, and a daughter born February 23, 1837, traveled to Missouri in company with his father's family. William states that he left a good seven-room house, all finished and furnished and owned by himself, that he could not dispose of. He turned the key and locked the door and left, knowing it would soon be taken over by unscrupulous men. After a long and toilsome journey, they arrived in Far West on May fifth and rejoiced to find the Saints prospering and in good spirits. In the fall he moved his family to Adam-ondi-Ahman where he commenced to build a log house, but was compelled to stop his building because of harassment. Again, it was a time of grief and trouble. Food was scarce. They could not get their corn ground, so in order to make meal for their bread, they punched holes in pieces of tin and grated the ears of corn on this. After a great deal of distress and skirmishing, they were forced to sign a deed of trust for all they possessed, and were banished from their homes and the state of Missouri. An Enduring Legacy, Volume Four, p.119 Arriving at Quincy, Illinois, they found people who treated them with respect and kindness. William found employment, later moved to Montrose, Lee County, Iowa, and in the spring of 1842 gathered with the Saints in Nauvoo where he began work on the temple as a carpenter and joiner. He also built a small home for his family. The same unrelenting hatred that possessed the people in Missouri followed the Church to Nauvoo, but work on the temple progressed in spite of the harassment. September 23, 1845, William was sealed to his second wife, Mary Casson, in the partially, completed edifice. He continued to work on the temple and in the endowment rooms until February 3, 1846. He then began to repair wagons for the use of the departing Saints. William, his family, and his brother Daniel and family left Nauvoo on February 15, 1846, in company with the Nauvoo Brass Band. Their first stop was Sugar Creek in Iowa. Here they joined Brigham Young's camp. William writes: "We had a hard time, it was very cold weather, wet, snow and frost, but the Lord sustained us and we journeyed west, pitching our tents by the way. We reached a place called Garden Grove, and I was appointed to oversee the house-building and keep the roll of the workmen. We built houses and laid out farms. I remained at this place engaged in the work until the thirteenth of May when I left my family at this place and took my team and my brother Daniel's family and traveled west in Brother Spencer's company until the nineteenth. Then I, with several more of the brothers, started back to Garden Grove for our families." By July sixth, after much prep- aration and trading, they made a start for the camp in the wilderness, reaching the main camp Saturday, August first. On the fifth they traveled to a place afterwards called Cutler's Park where they remained until the twenty-first day of March 1849. During the intervening time, William went back to bring his father's family to Cutler's Park, and all were continually engaged in making preparations and obtaining provisions for the last of their journey across the Plains. They arrived in the valley of the Great Salt Lake in September 1849. An Enduring Legacy, Volume Four, p.120 From the time of William's arrival, he spent most of his time working either for the public works or the Church. He was foreman of the carpenters who worked on the Tabernacle, worked on the woolen mill in Canyon Creek and with his father built the old Daniel Wells home on South Temple Street. William died April 13, 1893, in Salt Lake City. He was the father of eleven children. —Blanche MossBIOGRAPHY: William F. Cahoon An Enduring Legacy, Volume Four, p.118 William F. Cahoon, eldest son of Reynolds Cahoon and Thirza Stiles, was born in Harpersfield, Ashtabula County, Ohio, November 7, 1813. October 16, 1830, just before his seventeenth birthday, he was baptized and confirmed a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Elder Parley P. Pratt. October 25, 1831, he was ordained a priest under the hands of Oliver Cowdery in the town of Orange, Ohio. During the next twelve months he was occupied making boots and shoes for the elders who were being sent out to preach the gospel and for a group of brethren who were seeking a place in which they could establish new homes. After the party arrived in Missouri the latter part of June, William was asked to remain there to help them get settled. It was not until the latter part of October that he was able to start back to the home of his father. He arrived there November 17, 1834, happy to join with his family again. On the fourteenth day of February 1835, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles was organized and William was called as one of the members of the first quorum. He was ordained to the office of a Seventy on February 28, 1836. After this he was employed in building the Kirtland temple. On January 17, 1836, he married Nancy Miranda Gibbs, daughter of Aaron and Prudence Gibbs. They were married in company with two other couples. The ceremony, performed by the Prophet Joseph Smith in Kirtland, was witnessed by several hundred persons. It was done to establish the precedent of public marriage by the Church, instead of taking out a license from the county court. The marriage notice was published several times previously in the Church, a custom which was allowed by the laws of the state. In the spring of 1838, William, his wife, Nancy, and a daughter born February 23, 1837, traveled to Missouri in company with his father's family. William states that he left a good seven-room house, all finished and furnished and owned by himself, that he could not dispose of. He turned the key and locked the door and left, knowing it would soon be taken over by unscrupulous men. After a long and toilsome journey, they arrived in Far West on May fifth and rejoiced to find the Saints prospering and in good spirits. In the fall he moved his family to Adam-ondi-Ahman where he commenced to build a log house, but was compelled to stop his building because of harassment. Again, it was a time of grief and trouble. Food was scarce. They could not get their corn ground, so in order to make meal for their bread, they punched holes in pieces of tin and grated the ears of corn on this. After a great deal of distress and skirmishing, they were forced to sign a deed of trust for all they possessed, and were banished from their homes and the state of Missouri. An Enduring Legacy, Volume Four, p.119 Arriving at Quincy, Illinois, they found people who treated them with respect and kindness. William found employment, later moved to Montrose, Lee County, Iowa, and in the spring of 1842 gathered with the Saints in Nauvoo where he began work on the temple as a carpenter and joiner. He also built a small home for his family. The same unrelenting hatred that possessed the people in Missouri followed the Church to Nauvoo, but work on the temple progressed in spite of the harassment. September 23, 1845, William was sealed to his second wife, Mary Casson, in the partially, completed edifice. He continued to work on the temple and in the endowment rooms until February 3, 1846. He then began to repair wagons for the use of the departing Saints. William, his family, and his brother Daniel and family left Nauvoo on February 15, 1846, in company with the Nauvoo Brass Band. Their first stop was Sugar Creek in Iowa. Here they joined Brigham Young's camp. William writes: "We had a hard time, it was very cold weather, wet, snow and frost, but the Lord sustained us and we journeyed west, pitching our tents by the way. We reached a place called Garden Grove, and I was appointed to oversee the house-building and keep the roll of the workmen. We built houses and laid out farms. I remained at this place engaged in the work until the thirteenth of May when I left my family at this place and took my team and my brother Daniel's family and traveled west in Brother Spencer's company until the nineteenth. Then I, with several more of the brothers, started back to Garden Grove for our families." By July sixth, after much prep- aration and trading, they made a start for the camp in the wilderness, reaching the main camp Saturday, August first. On the fifth they traveled to a place afterwards called Cutler's Park where they remained until the twenty-first day of March 1849. During the intervening time, William went back to bring his father's family to Cutler's Park, and all were continually engaged in making preparations and obtaining provisions for the last of their journey across the Plains. They arrived in the valley of the Great Salt Lake in September 1849. An Enduring Legacy, Volume Four, p.120 From the time of William's arrival, he spent most of his time working either for the public works or the Church. He was foreman of the carpenters who worked on the Tabernacle, worked on the woolen mill in Canyon Creek and with his father built the old Daniel Wells home on South Temple Street. William died April 13, 1893, in Salt Lake City. He was the father of eleven children. —Blanche Moss
William Farrington CAHOONBIOGRAPHY: Birth: Nov. 7, 1813
Harpersfield
Ashtabula County
Ohio, USA
Death: Apr. 6, 1883
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake County
Utah, USA
Alternative death date: April 4, 1893.
William... a member of Zion's Camp, was a son of Reynolds Cahoon and Thirza Stiles. He came with his parents to Kirtland in 1825, and heard the Elders (Oliver Cowdery, Parley P. Pratt and others) preach the gospel.
He was baptized Oct. 16, 1830, by Parley P. Pratt, was ordained a Priest and filled a mission to the States of Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York in 1832-1833, filled another mission in 1833, and in 1834 went to Missouri with Zion's Camp, returning to Kirtland Nov. 17, 1834. When the first quorum of Seventy was organized the following spring he was ordained a member of that quorum.
He labored on the Kirtand Temple until that building was completed in 1836.
Married Nancy Marinda GIBBS January 17, 1836 in Kirtland, Geauga (now Lake County), Ohio. The Prophet Joseph Smith performing the ceremony.
● Father of Nancy, Mary, Lerona, John, Prudence, Thirza, William, Daniel, Joseph, Henry, Stephen, and Andrew.
Married Mary Wilson DUGDALE September 23, 1845 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois.
● Father of James, Samuel, Mary, and George.
On Feb. 15, 1846, he crossed the Mississippi River and joined the companies of saints on Sugar Creek, arriving in the "Valley" Sept. 24, 1849. (LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 4, pp.687-88).
Pedigree - Chart.
Family links:
Parents:
Reynolds Cahoon (1790 - 1861)
Thirza Cahoon (1789 - 1866)
Children:
Nancy Ermina CAHOON (1837 - 1838)*
Mary Annie CAHOON (1837 - ____)*
John Farrington CAHOON (1840 - 1910)*
Prudence Sarah Ermina CAHOON Angell (1843 - 1871)*
Thirza Vilate CAHOON Angell (1845 - 1913)*
James Cordon Casson CAHOON (1847 - 1918)*
William Marion CAHOON (1848 - 1931)*
Daniel Coyton CAHOON (1850 - 1851)*
Samuel Casson CAHOON (1851 - 1854)*
Joseph Mahonri CAHOON (1853 - 1932)*
Mary Ellen Casson CAHOON (1853 - 1854)*
George Edward Casson CAHOON (1857 - 1868)*
Stephen Tiffany CAHOON (1858 - 1886)*
Andrew Carlos CAHOON (1861 - 1862)*
Burial:
Salt Lake City Cemetery
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake County
Utah, USA
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William Farrington (Torrington)/Cahoon
William Farrington/Cahoon 23 Sep 1845
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Samuel's mother (Mary Casson) is the 2nd wife of William F. Cahoon.
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Died at eleven years of age and had children?
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OBIT: The Salt Lake Tribune (UT), Tuesday, 7 JUN 1949, pg: 26
Oscar J. Johnson
PAYSON, UT., - Oscar J. Johnson, 64, died Monday morning at a Payson hosptial after an illness of three years. Mr. Johnson returned May 27 from Hawaii, where he was employed by the government, and was taken ill soon after his arrival in Payson.
Born 1885 at Monroe, he was a son of John A. and Ada E. Johnson.
He studied at Brigham Young Academy at Provo. For the past five years he had been employed at Hawaii as a master mechanic. He returned to Payson for a two-month vacation.
Surviving are his widow, Payson; four sons: Neil O. Johnson, New Orleans, Louisiana; Capt. John A. Johnson, U.S. Army; Quinn B. Johnson, Payson; Robert J. Johnson, Payrson; four daughters: Mrs. Erme Rowe, Los Angeles; Mrs. Zoe Edith Pauls, Honolulu, T.H.; Clara Johnson and Mrs. Donna Andress, Payson; one sister, Mrs. Hans Hansen, Monroe; one brother, Elvin Johnson, Monroe.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 1:30 p.m. in the Payson Third Ward Chapel, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, by Glen Cowan, bishop.
Friends may call at the Claudin Funeral Home, Payson, Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. and at the family home, 550 W. Utah Avenue, Thursday from 10 a.m. to time of services.
Burial will be in Payson City Cemetery.
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(1883)
Comments: OBIT: The Daily Herald (Provo, UT), Wednesday, 4 MAR 1970, pg: 2
Resident Of Payson Succumbs
PAYSON, UT., - Rebecca Braithwaite Johnson, 62, died Tuesday at an Orem rest home of natural causes.
She was born January 29, 1888 at Huntington, Utah, a daughter of James William and Rose Ellen Walker Braithwaite. She married Oscar A. Johnson on January 2, 1907 at Manti. The marriage was later solemnized in the Manti LDS Temple. He died June 6, 1949.
Mrs. Johnson was an active member of the LDS Church, serving in the MIA and Relief Society while living at Monroe. In Payson, she had served as Primary President and Sunday School teacher in the Payson Third Ward.
Survivors include the following sons and daughters, Clara R. Johnson, Mrs. Dawna Andress, both of Payson; Mrs. Erma Lloyd, Downey, California; Mrs. Zoe E. Pauls, Honolulu, Hawaii; Neil O. Johnson, Aiken, South Carolina; Col. John A. Johnson, San Antonio, Texas; James R. Johnson, Palos Verdes, California; seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; four sisters and a brother, Mrs. George A. (Ruby) Cheever, Payson; Mrs. Martha Richie, Mrs. Mary Larsen, Mrs. Kate Lowry, all of Tooele; Robert F. Braithwaite, Salt Lake City.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 1 p.m. at the Payson LDS Sixth Ward Chapel with Bishop Stanley Riding officiating. Friends may call at the Keith Jolley Mortuary in Payson Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Friday prior to services. Interment will be in the Payson City Cemetery.
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Information from the book Remembrances of John Alfred Johnson and AdaEdelina Johnson Johnson 1993.BIOGRAPHY: July 9, 1925 - Richfield Reaper newspaper: (Monroe edition) Mrs rose braithwaite of mantl returned to her home after a two weeks stay with her daughter mrs oscar johnson and family.
BIOGRAPHY: Dec 31, 1925 - Richfield Reaper newspaper (Monroe): mrs rose braithwaite and daughter
miss ruby braithwaite of manti spent christmas with their daughter
and sister mrs oscar johnson and
family miss ruby returned home
sunday while her mother will make a
longer visit in the johnson home
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George Albert Smith Cheever Sr.
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BIOGRAPHY: Cheever, George Albert Smith, Bishop of the Payson 4th Ward, Nebo Stake, Utah, from 1929 to 1930+, was born July 8, 1892, in Provo, Utah, the son of Joseph E. Cheever and Grace Libby Smith. He was baptized Aug. 5, 1900, ordained a High Priest Dec. 5, 1925, by Geo. Albert Smith, and a Bishop Oct. 27, 1929, by James E. Talmage. by Dave Cheever
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Marriage Notes for George Albert Smith Cheever Sr. and Sarah Ellen Braithwaite-74
Comments: Dau/o Wm. F. Braithwaite & Rose Ellen Walker
MARRIAGE: The Ogden Standard (UT), 25 MAR 1914
Licensed To Marry
George A. Cheever of Provo and Sarah Ellen Braithwaite of Manti.
George Albert Smith Cheever Sr.
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BIOGRAPHY: Cheever, George Albert Smith, Bishop of the Payson 4th Ward, Nebo Stake, Utah, from 1929 to 1930+, was born July 8, 1892, in Provo, Utah, the son of Joseph E. Cheever and Grace Libby Smith. He was baptized Aug. 5, 1900, ordained a High Priest Dec. 5, 1925, by Geo. Albert Smith, and a Bishop Oct. 27, 1929, by James E. Talmage. by Dave Cheever
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Comments: News Article: The Manti Messenger, 26 MAY 1933
Miss Braithwaite To Leave For Mission
Miss Ruby Braithwaite, who has been an employee at the Manti Messenger office for a number of years, has been called to serve her church as a missionary in the California Mission. She is to report at headquarters Monday, June 4, 1933.
Miss Braithwaite has been a faithful adherent to the principles of the church to which she belongs. Having been active in the auxiliary organizations and having participated regularly in meetings and classes of various kinds, she has gained much information and has a fine understanding of the purpose and scope of the various activities, particularly those in which the young people are engaged. She has had a sincere desire to go on a mission, and now that the opportunity has come, she is well-prepared to assume the responsibility with dignity.
Miss Braithwaite has been competent and faithful in the performance of her duties in the Messenger office, where she has given valuable assistance from Mr. Boyden's time to the present. She has been dependable, honest and diligent. We have certainly been pleased with her work, and have never hesitated about giving her any and all responsibilities. We will certainly miss her and sometimes whonder how we will get along without her services.
Into her work as a missionary, Miss Braithwaite will put the same fine qualities that she has displayed in all her activities at home, and we certainly wish her success and happiness. May her work in the mission field bring her joy and satisfaction, and may she return to her family in safety.
Comments: OBIT: The Salt Lake Tribune (UT), Thursday, 20 APR 1944, pg: 18
Joseph Edwin Cheever
PROVO, UT., - Joseph Edwin Cheever, 79, prominent Provo businessman and lifelong resident of this city, died Wednesday at the family home, 315 East Center Street, of causes incident to age.
Mr. Cheever was born February 26, 1865, in Provo, a son of Henry Albert and Mary Jane Nelson Cheever, early Provo pioneers. He received his education in the Provo schools and married Grace Libby Smith on June 12, 1889, in the Manti LDS Temple. Mrs. Cheever died February 27, 1939.
He had been a resident of the Provo LDS Firth Ward since 1889 and had lived in the same home since his marriage. A member of the LDS Church, he was a high priest at the time of his death. He also was an active civic worker.
Mr. Cheever who was a butcher, owned and operated his own retail store for many years. Later he was associated with the Sanitary market and in recent years had worked for the Provo Lunch Meat Company until a recent illness.
Surviving are six sons and daughters: George W. Cheever, of Payson; Stanley R. Cheever, of Salt Lake City; Elmo S. Cheever, Winslow S. Cheever, Grace S. Cheever and Tirzah S. Cheever, of Provo; nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Caroline C. Dahlon and Mrs. Lydia C. LeVetre of Salt Lake City; and Mrs. Ida C. Hinckley, of Ogden.
Comments: OBIT: The Daily Herald (Provo, UT), Tuesday, 28 FEB 1939 pg: 1
Answers Call: Grace S. Cheever, Active In Church Work, Dies Here
Mrs. Grace Libbey Smith Cheever, a lifelong resident of Provo, passed away quietly at her home Monday, February 27, 1939, at 7:30 p.m. following a brief illness.
Mrs. Cheever was born May 14, 1865 in Provo, Utah. She was the last living child of the late George A. Smith and Hannah Maria Libbey Smith, Utah pioneers.
At a very early age she became affiliated in church activities and has served her church and city in an active way all her life. She was married to Joseph Edwin Cheever, also of Provo, on June 12, 1889, in the Manti Temple. Had she been permitted to live until June 12, this year, Mr. and Mrs. Cheever would have celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary.
Mrs. Cheever was a student of Karl G. Maeser at the Brigham Young Academy.
Her service in the church was largely in connection with the Primary Association. In her teens she became assistant secretary in the Provo Fourth Ward Primary under the presidency of Sister Jane B. Snyder, advancing thru the ranks until se was made president of the Old Utah Stake Primary Association. She served as president for thirteen years, resigning in 1918, after a continuous service of more than 35 years. In her early years she was affiliated with the Sunday School organization and also the Relief Society, serving this organization as secretary of the Provo Fifth Ward for several years.
After retiring from the Primary Association, she turned her interests to the Daughters of Utah Pioneers organization of Provo. She became president of the Utah County Central Company, Daughters of Utah Pioneers, and served as such for four years 1923 to 1927 inclusive. In 1930, Mrs. Cheever was made chairman of the building committee of the Pioneer Museum of Provo City and was serving in that capacity, as well as being chairman of the relic committee, at the time of her passing. Her later years have been devoted to preserving history of the early Pioneers of Provo City and encouraging the preservation of valuable relics and land marks.
Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Cheever. She is survived by her husband, Joseph E. Cheever and six children as follows: George A. Cheever, Payson, Utah; Stanley S. Cheever, Salt Lake City, Utah; Elmo S.; Winslow S.; Grace S.; and Tirzah S. Cheever, all of Provo. She is also survived by 10 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Mrs. Cheever maintained a keen interest in political for many years and was prominently identified with the Republican organization in Provo and Utah County.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 o'clock in the Fifth Ward Chapel, with Bishop W. O. Facer presiding. Friends may call at the Deseret Mortuary, 262 South First East, Wednesday afternoon, and at the family home, Thursday, prior to the services. Interment will be in the Provo City burial park.