The "Tabernacle Post Office" Petition for the Saints of Kanesville, Iowa

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1 Brigham Young University BYU ScholarsArchive All Faculty Publications The "Tabernacle Post Office" Petition for the Saints of Kanesville, Iowa Fred E. Woods Maurine Carr Ward Follow this and additional works at: Part of the Mormon Studies Commons, and the United States History Commons Original Publication Citation Maurine C. Ward and Fred E. Woods, "The Tabernacle Post Office Petition for the Saints of Kanesville, Iowa," Mormon Historical Studies 5 no. 1 (Spring 2004): BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Woods, Fred E. and Ward, Maurine Carr, "The "Tabernacle Post Office" Petition for the Saints of Kanesville, Iowa" (2004). All Faculty Publications This Peer-Reviewed Article is brought to you for free and open access by BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in All Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact scholarsarchive@byu.edu, ellen_amatangelo@byu.edu.

2 Maurine Ward and Fred Woods: Petition for Kanesville Post Office 149 The Tabernacle Post Office Petition for the Saints of Kanesville, Iowa Maurine Carr Ward and Fred E. Woods As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. Thus spoke wise King Solomon a millennium before the birth of Christ. 1 As America labored to give birth to a new nation, the United States Post Office Department was born when the Second Continental Congress met in 1775 at Philadelphia and agreed to appoint Benjamin Franklin as the country s first postmaster general. 2 During the nineteenth century, America continued to grow in population as children were born and as immigrants crossed the Atlantic to the land of promise. This growth not only caused America to lengthen her borders but also created the need for an expansion of mail service. By 1840, both Britain and the United States were in need of a good source of communication because of the migrant activities of both countries. In the spring, Britain published the world s first adhesive postal stamp to be used commercially. This invention greatly benefited immigrants who were separated from their family, friends, and homeland by the vast ocean. At this time, the population of the United States swelled to over seventeen million, which included some 76,000 English and 207,000 Irish immigrants. 3 In this same year, Latter-day Saint British converts began to gather to MAURINE CARR WARD is the editor of Mormon Historical Studies. She is also the editor of Winter Quarters: The Life Writings of Mary Haskin Parker Richards, published in 1996 by Utah State University Press. FRED E. WOODS is a professor of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University, and he is also the executive director for the Mormon Historic Sites Foundation. They would like to thank Ronald G. Watt and Ronald O. Barney of the LDS Church Archives for their help and encouragement in preparing the information in this article.

3 150 Mormon Historical Studies America to augment the building of Nauvoo. However, during the winter of 1846, they were forced to leave their beloved city. They crossed the prairie by the thousands, and Brigham Young established a temporary Church headquarters at Winter Quarters on the west bank of the Missouri River near modern-day Omaha, Nebraska. In the spring and summer of 1847, Young led a vanguard company of Saints into the Great Basin. There they established a new home in the Salt Lake Valley where they prepared the desert to blossom as a rose. Like any inhabitants of a pioneer oasis, these Saints who settled in the desert West were eager to receive communications from their loved ones. Therefore, it was timely that 1847 also marked the establishment of postal service extending from the Atlantic Coast to the Pacific Coast and the adoption of the U.S. postal stamp by the United States government. 4 Before the year closed, Brigham Young returned to the Missouri River; and at a Church conference held on 27 December 1847, the Church sustained him as President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This important event occurred on the eastern side of the river opposite Winter Quarters. Here in Iowa Territory, Pottawattamie County had just been established on 24 February of this same year. 5 According to Wilford Woodruff, the Saints had just spent three weeks building a Log Tabernacle for this & other Conferences. 6 Woodruff later noted that at the time Young and his counselors were sustained in the First Presidency, about 1,000 souls got in the House [Tabernacle]. 7 Before Brigham Young returned to the Salt Lake Valley, he appointed his thirty-three-year-old nephew, Evan M. Greene, to serve as the postmaster for this region, which was known as Council Bluffs. 8 Here Greene served for nearly five years before immigrating to Utah in During his tenure as postmaster, he sent mail with each pioneer company as it departed Kanesville (Council Bluffs) for the Salt Lake Valley. 9 The settlement and development of the West created the need for more post offices. One author noted, There is perhaps no better register of the growth of the country than the record of the expansion of the postal service. The opening of a post office in some remote section of the West is a proof sufficient of the presence of the pioneer. 10 Not only did a Kanesville post office create a vehicle for better communication with the outside world for the Saints temporarily settled in Pottawattamie County but also, perhaps more importantly, the post office served as an important signal that this Latter-day Saint community was officially recognized by the federal administration in Washington, D.C. Therefore, with a successful petition for a local post office, a local government could be created, inherent with the legal rights that brought stability and security to a newly formed county.

4 Maurine Ward and Fred Woods: Petition for Kanesville Post Office 151 In his journal dated 18 January 1848, Wilford Woodruff wrote, Two petitions were presented to the meetings for signatures, one for A county in the Potawattame tract of land in Iowa And the other for A Post Office. And the People were signing them daily. 11 Just two days later, a petition to the Iowa legislature for the organization of a county on the Pottawattamie lands was read and signed by many. In addition, a letter to the postmaster general for the establishment of a post office, near the Log Tabernacle, was read and signed. It included the request for semiweekly mail service from this point to Austin, the northwestern Missouri village. 12 Brigham Young sent the letter of request to the Honorable Postmaster Evan M. Greene, postmaster for the "Council Bluffs" region. Photograph courtesy of LDS Church Archives. General of the United States, which stated the following: There are many thousands Inhabitants in the vicinity of the Log Tabernacle, which is situated on the Government Purchase of the Pottawattamies and in the State of Iowa, whose interest is materially injured, and whose journey, business and improvements, are retarded or distroyed by non intercourse; there being no Post Office within forty or fifty miles of said Tabernacle, and the public good requires a convenient office: Therefore, We your Petitioners, Citizens of the United Sates and residents of said vicinage, pray your Honor, to cause, such an office to be located at or near said Tabernacle without delay, to be called the Tabernacle Post office; to appoint Evan M. Green Postmaster; and to cause the Semi Weekly mail of Austin or Linden, to be continued to said office and your Petitioners, etc. 13 This petition was followed by eighteen hundred signatures, all males. 14 That Brother Brigham and the Saints were eager for this petition to be granted can be ascertained by the fact that a number of the signatures are those of boys. This document is useful not only in demonstrating who was

5 152 Mormon Historical Studies living in the Kanesville, Iowa, region in 1848 but also in demonstrating the strong desire for the Church to be granted official recognition by the federal government so the Saints could establish their legal rights as United States citizens. What follows is a list of names on the petition as found in the Journal History of the Church, dated 20 January These names were extracted at some time from the original petition pages found in the Brigham Young Office Files, Church Archives, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. However, during this extraction, many of the names were misread. The list below was, therefore, checked against the original petition. These names were then checked against five other sources, as shown below, in an effort to correctly identify the individuals and to show where the individuals lived and how many of those named were children: 1. Susan Easton Black, Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints: Susan Easton Black, Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Ronald G. Watt, Iowa Branch Index: During the temporary stay in Iowa, between 1846 and 1849, nearly one hundred branches of the Church functioned in Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Records from twenty-three of these branches have been acquired by the LDS Historical Department, but these account for more records than any other period of the early Church. The intent of the records varies from names and branches to baptism dates, marriage information, priesthood ordinations, and more. Because the branch clerk likely entered the names as he heard them, some misspellings were inevitable. Names found in the Pottawattamie High Council Record are included in this index. The Iowa Branch Index, located in the reference section of the LDS Church Archives Reading Room, includes more than five thousand names, only about 20 percent of the Mormons in Iowa from the late 1840s to the early 1850s Winter Quarters Wards Index to Membership Lists: This index is located in the LDS Church Archives. It was compiled from a variety of sources, not comprehensive, including bishops reports, high council meeting minutes, tithing records, census reports of widows, soldiers wives, and other unassigned members of wards. The original ward records are in the LDS Church Archives, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. There

6 Maurine Ward and Fred Woods: Petition for Kanesville Post Office 153 are a few problems with the index. Handwriting in the original record is difficult to read, making exact transcriptions difficult to produce. Many of the wards list only the widows, soldiers wives, and others, so the membership is incomplete. As was the case in the Iowa branches, people often did not remain in one ward or branch but moved to be with family or friends or moved to better housing; therefore, in same cases, there are multiple listings for an individual Beverly Boileau, 1850 Census: Pottawattamie County, Iowa. The census shows ages, places of birth, family relationships, and occupations where known. This information greatly supplemented the information found in Susan Black s membership lists. 19 There are some serious misspellings of names, shown that way in the original census record. Some examples of the more serious errors are Edson Bary instead of Edson Barney, Ephraim Winkcum instead of Ephraim Mecham, and John L. Balten instead of John L. Butler. The list that follows shows what has been determined to be the most correct rendering of each name, 20 the Pottawattamie County branch that individual resided in (where known) or the initials PHC if the name is found in the Pottawattamie High Council minutes, the Winter Quarters Ward the individual resided in (where known), an if a person is found in the 1850 Pottawattamie Census, and a comment section, specifically showing the fathers and ages of their sons eighteen years old and younger. Some names are obvious duplicates. Other common names, such as John Smith, are impossible to correctly identify in any of the sources. Notes 1. Proverbs 25: Rita L. Moroney, History of the U.S. Postal-Service (Washington D.C.: Office of the Post Master General, 1983), James Trager, The Peoples Chronology (New York: Holt, Rhinehart and Winston, 1976), , quoted in Fred E. Woods, Gathering to Nauvoo (American Fork, Utah: Covenant Communications, 2002), 34, note LeRoy R. Hafen, The Overland Mail : Promoter of Settlement Precursor of Railroads (New York: AMS Press, 1969), Pottawattamie County, 6. Wilford Woodruff Journals, ed. Scott G. Kenney, 13 vols. (Midvale, Utah: Signature Books, 1983), 24 December 1847, 3: Wilford Woodruff Journals, 27 December 1847, 3: Local Nebraska historian Gail G. Holmes notes that the name Council Bluffs was given to this Omaha, Nebraska, region, encompassing both sides of the Missouri River,

7 154 Mormon Historical Studies because of a meeting held in 1803 between Lewis and Clark and the Oto Missouri Indians. He further adds that Church leaders governed about ninety temporary settlements in this area. During the years , the postal service received additional support for communication via the LDS newspaper, the Frontier Guardian, which was edited by Elder Orson Hyde of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. (See Council Bluffs, Iowa, Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History, ed. Arnold R. Garr, Donald Q. Cannon, and Richard O. Cowan (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2000), ). 9. History of Bear Lake Pioneers, comp. Edith Parker Haddock and Dorothy Hardy Matthews, ed. F. Ross Peterson, Edith Parker Haddock, and Dorthy Hardy Matthews (Bear Lake County, Idaho: Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, 1968), In an article appearing in the Woman s Exponent titled Called Home, Death of Elder Evan M. Greene, 11, no. 1 (June 1, 1882): 5, we learn the following information that was apparently prepared by editor Emmeline B. Wells: Evan M. Greene was the son of John P. and Rhoda Y. Greene and was born 22 December 1814 in Cayuga County, New York. He joined the Church in 1831 and was an intimate friend of Joseph Smith. He served as a high priest and was later ordained a patriarch in Evan died 22 May 1882 while traveling from Salt Lake City to Escalante, Utah. He died the father of eighteen children as well as many grandchildren and great-grandchildren to whom he left a legacy of faith. Evan served as a missionary to the eastern states and later served as the postmaster of Provo, Utah, as well as the mayor for two years. In addition, he served on the legislature for four years and worked as a farmer, stock raiser, merchant, and school teacher. (See Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah (Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Company, 1913.) For information concerning the western migration via Kanesville, see Walker D. Wyman, Council Bluffs and the Westward Movement, Iowa Journal of History 47 (April 1949): See also Fred E. Woods, More Precious than Gold: The Journey to and through Zion in , Nauvoo Journal 11, no. 1 (spring 1999): Hafen, The Overland Mail , Wilford Woodruff Journals, 18 January 1848, 3:310. The Journal History, 20 January 1848, notes that the meetings Woodruff refers to lasted several days. President Brigham Young and others attended these meetings held in the Kanesville Log Tabernacle, January 1848, on the occasion of the Seventies Jubilee. On the last day of the jubilee (20 January 1848), Brigham Young told the assembled Seventies that the event could not be considered a Jubilee spoken of in the revelation for all bands were not broken and Pres. Young called it a jubilo. 12. Journal History, 20 January The Austin Post Office was near Hunsaker s Ferry in Atchison County Missouri (present-day Hamburg, Iowa). Mr. Thomas Tuttle worked as both the postmaster and a merchant at the Austin Post Office at the time of this 1848 petition. Before the Post Office was established in Kanesville, the Saints from Winter Quarters and Council Bluffs had to travel down a military trail to the Austin Post Office for their mail. (See History of Fremont County, Iowa [Des Moines: Iowa Historical, 1881], ) 13. Brigham Young to the Post Master General, 20 January 1848, Brigham Young, Office Files, Correspondence, LDS Church Archives. Note that an earlier draft of this letter (located just before the letter noted above) indicates that the name Council Bluff Post Office was considered before the name of the Tabernacle Post Office was selected. 14. The fact that no women s names were on the petition is probably because votes

8 Maurine Ward and Fred Woods: Petition for Kanesville Post Office 155 cast by women did not officially count at this time in America. Women s right to vote was not won until the Nineteenth Amendment was passed in A women s suffrage amendment was first introduced in Congress in 1878, but it failed to pass. The amendment refused to die, however, and was doggedly reintroduced at every session until it finally passed in Susan Easton Black, Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: , 50 vols. (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center, 1989). 16. Susan Easton Black, Early Members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 6 vols. (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center, 1993). 17. Ronald G. Watt, Iowa Branch Index: (Salt Lake City: Historical Department, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1991). 18. Winter Quarters Wards Index to Membership Lists: (Salt Lake City: Historical Department, Museum Division, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1998). 19. Beverly Boileau, ed., 1850 Census: Pottawattamie County, Iowa (Henderson, Iowa: n.p., 1987). 20. Where the petition shows a first given name, middle initial, and surname, the authors have retained that format without trying to identify the middle name.

9 156 Mormon Historical Studies Iowa WQ 1850 Name Branch Ward Census Comments, Jacob Abbott, Abiel Garden Grove Abbott, Jacob F. McOlney Abbott, Myron Garden Grove Abbott, William A. Adams, Arza PHC Adams, Barnabas L. Adams, James Council Point Adams, John Council Point Aiken, Benjamin Council Point Aiken, Samuel R. Council Point Ainscough, Nephi Ainscough, William Ainscough, William Aldridge, William PHC bishop of Cooley s Branch Alleman, Benjamin J. Lake son of John, age 13 Alleman, John Lake Alleman, John H. Lake son of John, age 8 Alleman, Joseph D. son of John, age 4 Alexander, Henry S. Alexander, Charles S. son of Henry S., age 1 Alger, John 14 Alger, Samuel Alger, Thomas Allen, Alanson Allen, Andrew A. Coonville, Harris Grove or Allen, Andrew L. Coonville, Harris Grove counselor in Coonville Branch Allen, Franklin Blockhouse Allen, George Blockhouse Allen, Gideon Blockhouse Allen, Ira Harris Grove Allen, Joseph Blockhouse, No. Pigeon, PHC Allen, Joseph Smith son of Ira, age 2 or Allen, Joseph Steward Harris Grove son of James D., age 8 Allen, Joseph L. Harris Grove son of Joseph Steward, age 1 Allen, Jude North Pigeon Allen, Marshall son of Albern, age 14 Allen, Philo Blockhouse Allen, Rufus PHC Alley, Charles H. son of George, age 9 Alley, George Alley, George H. Alley, Stephen W. son of George, age 16 Allred, Andrew J. Council Point son of James, age 17 Allred, James Council Point, PHC bishop, 17 Jul 1846 Allred, John F. Council Point Allred, R. [Reddick] N. Allred, Reuben W. Council Point Allston, Joseph

10 Maurine Ward and Fred Woods: Petition for Kanesville Post Office 157 Ira Allen Logan DUP Museum John Alleman Pioneers and Prominant Men of Utah Richard Ballantyne International DUP Alvord, Joseph 10 son of Thaddeus, age 18 Ames, Ira Lake Amy, Dustin PHC 15 Amy, Royal D. son of Dustin, age 15 Anderson, Amos B. Anderson, James P. McOlney Anderson, Martin H. McOlney son of Miles, age 11 Anderson, Miles McOlney Anderson, Wm. R. or K. McOlney son of Miles, age 6 Andrews, Amos B. Andrus, Milo Mt Pisgah Andrus, James son of Milo, age 13 Andrus, John son of Milo, age 7 Angell, Albert son of Solomon, age 1 Angell, Alma son of Solomon, age 5 Angell, John O. son of Solomon, age 3 Angell, Solomon Angell, Thomas possibly Truman Angell Arnold, Joseph S. son of Josiah, age 8 Arnold, Josiah Arnold, Orson son of Josiah, age 10 Ashby, Benjamin 16 Ashby, John son of Nathaniel, age 3 Ashby, Nathaniel son of Nathaniel, age 13 Ashby, Richard son of Nathaniel, age 12 Ashby, William son of Nathaniel, age 9 Ashton, Isaac Ashton, Joseph Lake son of Thomas, age 10 Ashton, Thomas Lake 21 Atwood, Danford Atwood, Dwight son of Reuben, age 11 Atwood, Malon Atwood, Reuben Atwood, Selahl shown as Cealer in 1850 census Averett, William son of Elisha, age 8 Backwell, James

11 158 Mormon Historical Studies Backwell, James L. Baldwin, Caleb Baldwin, James K. 21 Baldwin, K. P. Baldwin, Lyman R. Baldwin, Wheeler Ballantyne, Peter Ballantyne, Richard Ballard, John H. Bank, Joseph Bank, Michael Barlow, Alimthy Barlow, Ianthus son of Israel, age 2 Barlow, Israel Barlow, Israel jr son of Israel, age 6 Barlow, Israel sr duplicate, see Israel Barnard, J. [John] P. PHC bishop, 17 Jul 1846 Barnett, Samuel 3 Barnett, William PHC age 17, no parents known Barney, Buren son of Edson, age 18 Barney, Edson Barney, Elroy son of Edson, age 5 Barney, Joseph Seth son of Edson, age 3 or Barney, Joseph Smith son of Lewis, age 4 Barney, Lewis Barney, Royal Barrington, Hyrum M. Barrows, James son of Joseph sr, age 14 Barrows, John Barrows, Joseph Barrows, Robert son of Joseph sr, age 18 Barrus, Benjamin son of Emery, age 10 Barrus, Emery Barrus, Emery Barrus, Orrin son of Emery, age 3 Bartholomew, George son of Noah W., age 16 Bartholomew, Joseph Bartholomew, Lewis L. son of Noah W., age 18 Bartholomew, Nelson son of Noah W., age 13 Bartholomew, N. [Noah] W. 15 Bartholomew, Willis son of Noah W., age 8 Barton, John 11 Bassett, Elias North Pigeon Beal, Henry son of John, age 13 Beal, John Beal, John Beal, John jr son of John, age 12 Beal, William son of John, age 15 Bean, James Blockhouse bishop, 17 Jul 1846 Beathers, Zadock L. age 1 Beebe, Henry Plum Hollow Beebe, Joseph L. Plum Hollow

12 Maurine Ward and Fred Woods: Petition for Kanesville Post Office 159 Beebe, Leroy W. Plum Hollow son of William, age 8 Beebe, William A. Plum Hollow bishop of Plum Hollow Bell, Abner Bell, Archibald Belnap, Gilbert 13 Benbow, John PHC 14 bishop, 17 Jul 1846 Bennett, Eli Bennett, James Benson, Alfred B. Macedonia Benson, David Benson, James Benson, Jerome M. Big Pigeon Bentley, Richard Bernhisel, John M. son of John M., age 2 Bernhisel, John M. MD Berrum, Guy C. Berry, Joseph McOlney son of Jesse, age 4 Berry, Robert McOlney son of Jesse, age 7 Berry, William McOlney son of Jesse, age 10 Bess, James L. Bess, Oliver C. son of Jule, age 17 Bess, William H. Bester, Henry Bevan, James Bevins, Andrew Bidwell, Robert W. Bigelow, Asa son of Nahum, age 16 Bigelow, Daniel son of Nahum, age 6 Bigelow, Hiram 21 Bigelow, James O. Mt Pisgah Bigelow, Moroni son of Nahum, age 8 Bigelow, Nahum Bigler, Jacob G. Big Pigeon, Blockhouse 15 Billington, Joseph Bills, John 14 Bird, Charles Council Point, PHC 17 bishop, 17 Jul 1846 Bird, Ephraim Bird, Ephraim Bird, George W. son of Charles, age 8 Bird, James Council Point Bird, John P. K. Council Point Bird, Richard McOlney Bird, Samuel Bird, Taylor Council Point son of James, age 16 Bird, Thomas age 10, parents unknown Bird, Thomas son of James, age 8 Bitner, Breneman son of Abraham, age 11 Blackburn, Elias Council Point Blackman, Stephen McOlney Blackwell, James Blodgett, Newman G. Blanchard, John R. Blanchard, John R. jr son of John R., age 18

13 160 Mormon Historical Studies Blanchard, Simeon Harris Grove bishop of Harris Grove Blazard, Elijah Blazard, John son of John H., age 1 Blazard, John Blazard, Samuel Bliss, Norman 17 Bliss, Orley 17 son of Norman, age 11 Bloseum, Robert Boley, Henry H. Boss, John Boss, Solomon Boss, Willis Bostwick, Daniel W. son of Hyrum, age 11 Bostwick, Hyrum PHC Bostwick, Samuel A. son of Hyrum, age 14 Boyce/Boice, John Boyce/Boice, Peter Boyer, Ephraim Boyer, J. C. Boyer, Orson Bradley, George Bradley, George Henry Bradley, Hiram Moroni Bradley, Jerome Braffet, George Braffet, Horace Braffet, Joseph W. Braley, Jesse C. Braley, Jesse C. jr Brandon, George W. Blockhouse Brandy, Thomas J. Bridger, William Brim, Alexander Brinton, David Brinton, Evans P. Brite, Jabez Brite, John Brooke, John Mill Brookie, Samuel Mill Brown, Alexander Brown, Benjamin bishop of WQ 16th ward Brown, Benjamin Brown, Benjamin son of Lorenzo, age 3 Brown, Daniel Brown, Daniel Brown, Homer age 18, parents unknown Brown, James Blockhouse 21 Brown, James H. or A. Brown, James M. son of James, age 14 Brown, Jesse S. Brown, Lorenzo Brown, Moroni Brown, Nathaniel T.

14 Maurine Ward and Fred Woods: Petition for Kanesville Post Office 161 David Candland LDS Church Archives David Brinton LDS Church Archives Benjamin L. Clapp LDS Church Archives Brown William Kanesville 21 Brown, Willis son of Daniel, age 14 Brown, Wilson Brownell, Gideon Buchanan, Archibald son of John, age 18 Buchanan, John Bukford, Ezra Bulkley, Noah S. Blockhouse, PHC Bullock, Alexander son of James, age 10 Bullock, Benjamin K. Hyde Park, PHC bishop of Hyde Park Bullock, Isaac Bullock, James 5 Bullock, Thomas 17 Bullock, Thomas son of Thomas, age 9 Bundy, George PHC bishop, 27 Jul 1846 Bunker, Edward Garden Grove Burch, Daniel Burch, James son of Daniel, age 13 Burch, Robert son of Daniel, age 10 Burch, William son of Daniel, age 16 Burdick, Thomas 14 Burgess, George M. son of Horace, age 9 Burgess, Harrison Burgess, Horace Farmersville, PHC bishop of Farmersville Burgess, Hyrum son of Horace, age 11 Burgess, Samuel J. PHC Burgess, Thomas Burgess, Thomas Burgess, William 1,14 Burgess, William C. son of James, age 3 Burkelow, Luther V. Burkett, John Burton, Robert Mt Pisgah Burton, Sidney Burton, William Blockhouse Busby, Joseph

15 162 Mormon Historical Studies Busby, Joseph S. Busenbark, Henry son of Isaac, age 16 Busenbark, Isaac Busenbark, William T. son of Isaac, age 1 Bushman, Martin Butler, James Butler, John L. North Pigeon Butler, John L. son of John L., age 5 Butler, Kenion T. son of John L., age 17 Butler, Nathan Butterfield, Abel 1 Butterfield, Charles R. Bybee, Byrum North Pigeon Bybee, Byrum Levi North Pigeon son of Byrum, age 8 Cahoon, Daniel Cahoon, James C. son of William F., age 1 Cahoon, John son of William F., age 8 Cahoon, Mahonri son of Reynolds, age 14 Cahoon, Rais son of Reynolds, age 3 Cahoon, Reynolds Cahoon, William son of Reynolds Cairns, Henry 1 Cairns, John Cairns, John Caldwell, Robert Blockhouse, PHC Calkins, Luman H. Big Grove, PHC 15 bp of Big Grove & WQ 8th Calkins, Luman H. Callahan, Andrew N. 17 son of Thomas W., age 14 Campbell, Abel 18 son of Jonathan, age 13 Campbell, Nephi 18 son of Jonathan, age 11 Campbell, Robert Blockhouse, Big Pigeon, PHC clerk of Blockhouse Candland, David Blockhouse, PHC Canerday, Charles Canerday, James Cannon, Hiram 15,21 Caravath, Rodolphus Carling, Abram F. son of John, age 11 Carling, Francis son of John, age 3 Carling, Isaac V. son of John, age 16 Carling, John Carling, Joseph M. son of John, age 1 Carlos, Edward Carlos, Edward Carlos, John Carlos, Thomas Carlos, William Carmichael, William Carroll, James McOlney branch Clerk Cartam, John A. Carter, Chauncey W. Big Springs bishop of Big Springs Carter, Daniel son of Reuben, age 9 Carter, Dominicus Carter, John Blockhouse son of Reuben, age 12

16 Maurine Ward and Fred Woods: Petition for Kanesville Post Office 163 Carter, Peter Y. son of William, age 18 Carter, R. [Reuben?] Blockhouse Carter, William Blockhouse son of Reuben, age 17 Carter, William PHC Carter, William Chaffin, L. [Louis] R. [Rice] Chamberlin, Nathan Chapman, Charles PHC 7,15 bishop, 17 Jul 1846 Chapman Charles F. Chapman, Hiram son of Welcome, age 7 Chapman, Joseph son of Welcome, age 10 Chapman, Levi son of Welcome, age 3 Chapman, Orson Chapman, Welcome Chase, Ezra PHC 1 Chase, Sisson A. PHC Chidester, David P. son of John M., age 8 Chidester, John M. Chidester, John P. son of John M., age 15 Chidester, Joshua son of John M., age 5 Chipman, George L. Chipman, Harmon J. Silver Creek, PHC bishop of Silver Creek Clapp, Benjamin L. PHC 14,15 Clapp, Joseph C. son of Benjamin, age 11 Clapp, Lewis F. son of Benjamin, age 14 Clapp, William N. son of Benjamin, age 13 Clark, Andrew J. G. Clark, Enoch son of John W., age 10 Clark, Ezra T. 14 Clark, Davis son of John W.?, age 12 Clark, George Coonville Clark, Hiram Blockhouse, PHC 14 Clark, Horace Blockhouse son of Hiram, age 16 Clark, John Council Point Clark, John Haslem son of John, age 6 Clark, John T. Clark, Joseph S. Council Point Clark, Lorenzo PHC 3 Clark, Samuel G. Mill branch president Clark, Thomas Clark, Thomas Clark, Thomas Clark, Thomas jr son of Thomas, age 12 Clark, Washington son of Lorenzo, age 15 Claton, Hiram G. Big Springs Clayton, John Clayton, Joseph T. son of William, age 1 Clayton Newell Horace? son of William, age 1 Clayton, Thomas O. Clayton, William 17 Clayton, William Clayton, William Clayton, William H. son of William, age 5

17 164 Mormon Historical Studies Clawson Hiram B. 17 Clawson, Moses Blockhouse, PHC bishop, 17 Jul 1846 Cleveland, Henry son of Henry A., age 14 Cleveland, Henry A. 15 Cleveland, William son of Henry A., age 11 Clementson, [Clement] James son of Albert, age 15 Clementson, [Clement] Nephi son of Albert, age 6 Clifford, 13 first name/initials unclear Clinton, Jeter D. Clothier, Ira Cloward, Daniel Rocky Ford Cloward, Daniel Cloward, Daniel H. Rocky Ford son of Daniel, age 1 Cloward, Daniel H. Cloward, Jacob Rocky Ford 15 Cloward, Jacob jr Rocky Ford 15 Cloward, James M. Cloward, James M. Cloward, Thomas P. Rocky Ford 13 Cloward, Thomas P. Cloward, William Rocky Ford Cloward, William Rocky Ford Coffin, William B. Mill Colburn, Thomas Colby, Alanson Cole, H. [Hugh] H. Council Point Cole, James Council Point Cole, John Colton, Philander Mill Condit, S. [Silas] W. Congden, Ansch W. Conover, Peter Conyston, Allan Cook, Aaron PHC 13 Cook, Daniel Council Point Cook, Henry Macedonia Cook, Henry L. Cook, James Lake, Council Point son of Henry, age 9 Cook, Obeny L. Cook, Phineas W. Coon, Abraham Mill, PHC bishop of Mill Branch Coon, Eli Rocky Ford, Buoyo Coon, Jacob R Ford, Buoyo, North Pigeon Coon, John R Ford, Buoyo, North Pigeon son of abraham?, age 16 Coon, Joseph R Ford, Buoyo, North Pigeon Coon, Samuel Rocky Ford, North Pigeon Cooper, Agrippa Corbitt, Thomas 17 Corbitt, Thomas Coulson, George W.? bishop, 17 Jul 1846 Cottin, Samuel C. Cotton, Reuvan Covert, Evert? son of William, age 15

18 Maurine Ward and Fred Woods: Petition for Kanesville Post Office 165 Covert, Smith son of William, age 8 Covert, Timothy son of William, age 10 Covert, W. Mt Pisgah 13 Covey, Benjamin 1 Covey, Enoch 1 son of Benjamin, age 11 Covey Hyrum 1 son of Benjamin, age 5 Covey, Joseph 1 Covey, Joseph son of Benjamin, age 9 Cox, Amos Cox, Charles T. 5 son of Amos, age 5 Cox, Elias son of Jehu, age 13 Cox, Frederick W. Cox, Frederick W. jr son of Frederick, age 12 Cox, Isaiah son of Jehu, age 9 Cox, Jackson 7 Cox, Jehu son of Jehu, age 11 Cox, John Cox, Jonathan A. Cox, Ramsey Cox, Richard Cox, Silas Cox, Thomas Cox, William A. son of Frederick, age 8 Cox, William H. Crandall, Myron McOlney Crosby, John K. Macedonia bishop of Macedonia Crosby, William Crosby, William W. Garden Grove Culbertson, James G. Cummings, Charles 3 son of George W., age 13 Cummings, Charles W. Cummings, Cornelius 3 son of George W., age 9 Cummings, Cornelius Cummings, George W. Cummings, George W. Curtis, Erastus Curtis, Ezra Curtis, Joseph 3 Curtis, Moses 3 Curtis, Uriah Mt Pisgah Cutler, Alpheus PHC Cutler, Edwin R. Cutler, Franklin Cutler, Oscar son of Alpheus, age 16 Cutler, Oscar Cutler, Parley Shirts blessed 1 Oct 1848 Cutler, William L. Daley, Mathew H. Daley, Moses PHC Daley, Moses jr Daley, William Dalton, Charles Dalton, John Mt Pisgah

19 166 Mormon Historical Studies Dalton, Luther son of Charles, age 5 Daverish, Henry Davis, Elisha H. Davis, Franklin J. Council Point 13 Davis, John Rocky Ford, Buoyo & Union Davis, Stanley P. Council Point son of Franklin J., age 8 Day, Hugh Day, William S. son of Hugh, age 13 Dayton, Alma T. son of Hyrum, age 1 Dayton, Almon F. Blockhouse Dayton, Hyrum Blockhouse 15 Dayton, Lysander Mt Pisgah Dayton, Moroni? son of Hyrum, age 13 Dayton, William son of Hyrum, age 15 Decker, Charles DeForest, Josiah North Pigeon 15 Dewitt, John E. son of Reuben, age 2 Dewitt, Reuben Dickies, Fountaine G. Dickson, David 5 Dickson, David M. jr son of David, age 3 Dickson, William W. son of David, age 1 Dille, Andrew Dingman, John Dobson, Thomas Dodge, Eli Dodge, Enoch E. Dodge, Seth 1 Dolenson, Charles Donaldson, Charles Dowdle, James son of Robert, dec., age 15 Dowdle, Robert son of Robert, dec., age 13 Drake, Newel Draper, Moses Council Point son of William jr, age 16 Draper, William jr Council Point, PHC bp, 17 Jul 1846, Council Point? Draper, William sr Council Point Drix, William Dudley, Oliver 15 Dudley, Simeon B. son of Oliver, age 3 Duncan, James Duncan, James Duncan, James Duncan, John Duncan, George Duncan, William Dunklin, Oliver Dunn, James bishop, 17 Jul 1846 Dunn, Loren Dunn, Simeon A. 17 Dunn, Simeon A. son of Simeon, age 2 Durfee, Abraham Durfee, Henry D. Durfee, Jabez

20 Maurine Ward and Fred Woods: Petition for Kanesville Post Office 167 Durfee, John Durfee, Perry PHC Durfee, Willard F. Durphy, Royal Big Springs Duzette, Edward P. Duzette, Edward P. Dykes, George P. Mill, PHC counselor in Mill Branch Dykes, Nephi son of George, age 10 Dykes, William Mill son of George, age 10 Eames, Ellis PHC Earl, Sylvester Earl, Wilbur J. Edmundston/Edminston, John Edwards, Edward E. PHC son of Elisha, age 13 Edwards, Elisha C. Point, Pleasant Valley 17 Edwards, Esaias Edwards, Franklin son of Elisha, age 15 Edwards, Harrison son of Elisha, age 8 Edwards, James P. son of Elisha, age 10 Edwards, William a William Edwards died at Garden Grove 12 May 1846 Egan, Horace A. son of Howard, age 1 Egan, Howard Egan, Howard R. son of Howard, age 8 Egan, Richard E. son of Howard, age 6 Eggleston, Edwin son of Samuel, age 15 Eggleston, Harvey B. son of Samuel, age 13 Eggleston, Orson H. son of Samuel, age 7 Eggleston, Reuben son of Samuel, age 17 Eggleston, Samuel 5 Eldredge, Horace S. 5 Ellsworth, David 1 Ellsworth, Edmund Ellsworth, Egbert Ellsworth, Ephraim Ellsworth, German Big Springs clerk of branch Ellsworth, James H. son of David, age 16 Empey, Isaac Empey, Levi Empey, Nelson son of Adam, age 11 Empey, William Empey, William A. Ensign, Marius Evans, David S. Kanesville Everett, Elijah Everett, Elijah jr son of Elijah, age 8 Ewell, Pleasant Big Pigeon Ewell, William F. Big Pigeon Fairchild, Alma Fairchild, Moroni Farlin, Orrin D. Council Point Farnsworth, Albert Coonville son of Stephen, age 4 Farnsworth, Alonzo Coonville son of Stephen, age 6

21 168 Mormon Historical Studies Matthew Phelps Fifield Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah Absalom P. Free Courtesy of LaRae Free Kerr William John Fifield Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah Farnsworth, Austin Coonville son of Stephen, age 9 Farnsworth, Philo J.? Farnsworth, Stephen M. Coonville Farnsworth, Stephen jr Coonville son of Stephen, age 2 Farr, Winslow Fausett, Joseph Fausett, William Allred s, PHC 1 bp of Allred s Branch & WQ 6 Felshaw, John son of William, age 11 Felshaw, William 21 Ferguson, Isaac Ferre, John Ferry, John Fielding, Joseph 13 Fifield, Charles B. son of Joseph Levi, age 15 Fifield, Matthew son of Joseph Levi, age 18 Fifield, William J. son of Joseph Levi, age 2 Fish, Horace Council Point Fisher, Edmund Flack, John L. Mill age 15 Flake, Charles L. son of James, age 8 Flake, James M. 21 Flake, William J. son of James, age 11 Fleming, Isaac 15 Fletcher, Charles E. Harris Grove son of Francis, age 5 Fletcher, Edwin F. Harris Grove son of Francis, age 8 Fletcher, Francis Harris Grove Fletcher,Wellington or Willington 1 Fliny, A. E. Follett, William Foote, Warren Blockhouse clerk of branch Ford, William Foster, Arthur Foster, Charles Adams/Allen 1 or Foster, Charles Franklin

22 Maurine Ward and Fred Woods: Petition for Kanesville Post Office 169 Foster, Daniel Foster, Franklin son of Solon sr, age 1 Foster, George Blockhouse Foster, Hubert Foster, Joseph H. Blockhouse son of George, age 5 Foster, Solon 1 Foster, Thomas J. Blockhouse son of George, age 1 Foster, William Fox, Samuel France, Joseph France, Dewelton Franklin, Stephen Free, Absalom P. Free, Absalom duplicate Free, Finley duplicate Free, Finley C. son of A. P., age 10 Free, Preston son of A. P., age 17 Free, Preston duplicate Free, William O. son of A. P., age 6 Free, William O. duplicate Fuller, Thomas E. Fullmer, Almond L. Fullmer, Almond L. jr son of Almon, age 4 Fullmer, David Garden Grove branch Pres 1847 Fullmer, David jr son of David, age 1 Fullmer, Eugene B. son of David, age 15 Fullmer, Hannibal Octavius Garden Grove son of David, age 13 Fullmer, Junius S. Garden Grove son of David, age 11 Fullmer, Peter Gamet, David M. Coonville Gardner, Elias 5 Gardner, George B. Gardner, Henry E. S. son of Elias, age 8 Gardner, Walter B. Garner, David jr Mill son of Philip, age 12 Garner, David sr Garner, George Mill branch pres in Jan 1849 Garner, John Garner, Philip Mill Garner, William Mill bishop and counselor of branch Gates, Henry Gates, Hiram PHC 15 Gates, Hyrum Gates, Solomon son of Hyrum, age 13 Gates, Thomas Macedonia son of Hyrum, age 10 Gay, William son of Moses, age 8 Gelby, John Gheen, Levi A. 17 Gheen, Steven H. 17 Gibbons, Andrew S.? Gifford, Daniel Council Point Gifford, Henry Plum Hollow 15,19 son of Alpheus, age 17 Gifford, Henry

23 170 Mormon Historical Studies Gifford, Levi Glasgo, Daniel Glasgo, Samuel Glasgo, Samuel jr Glazier, Shepherd Goddard, Stephen Goddard, Stephen H. Godfrey, Joseph Rocky Ford, Buoyo Godfrey, William Rocky Ford, Buoyo son of Joseph, age 7 Goff, James Grant, George jr Grant, George D. Grant, George D. Grant, George R. Blockhouse Grant, William Green, Allen son of Charles, age 18 Green, Ammon son of Harvey, age 15 Green, Asa Green, Charles Green, Harvey 15 Green, Henry son of Harvey, age 18 Green, John Green, Lamoni Green, Moroni son of Charles, age 12 Green, Nathaniel son of Charles, ge 15 Gribble, Joseph son of William, age 3 Griffin, Albert B. Griffin, Charles son of Albert, age 12 Griffith, Joseph Griffiths, Joseph Groves, Elisha 15 Groves, Justin T. Groves, Samuel E. son of Elisha, age 8 Grow, Henry 1 Gully, Samuel Guymon, James Guymon, Thomas PHC bishop, 17 Jul 1846 Hadden, A. S. PHC Haight, J. Bateman Hale, Alma H. Hale, Aroet L. Hale, Solomon H. Hall, J. C. unclear who this is Hamblin, Isaiah Blockhouse Hamer, Samuel Hammond, John Hammond, Joseph Hammond, L. J. Hammons, Daniel Hammons, Simon Hancock, Joseph Mill Hanks, Sidney Alvarus Hanson, George

24 Maurine Ward and Fred Woods: Petition for Kanesville Post Office 171 Hardy, William age 16 Harmon, Amos Harmon, Ansel son of Jesse, age 16 Harmon, Jesse P. Harmer, Albert Rocky Ford Harmer, Elias Rocky Ford branch president, Oct 49 Harmer, John? Harper, Charles A. 21 Harper, Harvey son of Charles, age 6 Herriman, Henry Harrington, Thomas 11 Harris, Alexander son of McGee, age 14 Harris, Alma Mill son of Emer, age 16 Harris, Emer Mill branch president, counselor Harris, George Washington PHC bishop, 17 Jul 1846, C. Bluffs Harris, Joseph Council Point Harris, Joseph M. Mill son of Emer, age 18 Harris, McGee 17 Harris, Robert Council Point Harris, William Council Point son of McGee, age 12 Harrison, James Hart, Nathan son of Elias, age 18 Hartwell, Dexter P. son of Reuben, age 12 Hartwell, Elliot Hartwell, George W. son of Reuben, age 10 Hartwell, Hiram C. Hartwell, Reuben P. PHC Harvey, Alexander M. son of John, age 5 Harvey, John Harvey, John U. Harvey, Lewis Haslam, John Hatch, Jacob C. Mill, PHC Hatch, Jeremiah Hatch, Josephus Hatch, Laton Hatch, Royal E. son of Josephus, age 2 Hatch, William L. son of Josephus, age 7 Haven, Jesse Haws, Elijah PHC Haws, Peter Hayden, Elijah Heath, George F. Shirts son of James, age 12 Heath, James H. Shirts Heath, Jacob son of James, age 2 Henderson, Hiram Blockhouse Henderson, John Garden Grove, Macedonia Henderson, Martin Blockhouse son of Samuel, age 12 Henderson, Riley son of Hannah Hendrickson in 1850 census, age 10 Henderson, Samuel Blockhouse Henderson, Thomas Blockhouse son of Samuel, age 16 Henderson, William Blockhouse son of Samuel, age 5

25 172 Mormon Historical Studies Jesse Hobson Logan DUP Museum Ammon Green Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah Norton Jacobs LDS Church Archives Henderson, William Hendrixson, John Henrie, James Henrie, Joseph Henrie, Samuel son of William, age 12 Heward, John Jonathan in census Hewitt, E. [Eli] B. Hickerson, George Hickerson, George W. son of George W., age 1 Hickerson, Isaac son of George W., age 8 Hickman, George B. Hickman, William A. PHC Higbee, Hyrum son of Isaac, age 1 Higbee, Isaac 15 Higbee, J. [Josiah?] Higbee, Joseph son of Isaac, age 18 Hill, John Lake Hill, John jr Hill, Robert A. Hill, Samuel H. Hills, John Emery Hobson, Alma U. son of Jesse, age 8 Hobson, Henry P. son of Jesse, age 3 Hobson, Jesse North Pigeon Hodge, A. [Abraham] C. Mill, PHC counselor in branch Hogan, Erik G. M. Holbrook, Chandler Holbrook, Joseph Holbrook, Orson Holden, John R. Holden, Joshua Holden, Wiley Holland, Joseph Holland, Thomas Holland, William Holman, Ezekiel Coonville son of Joshua, age 16 Holman, John G. Coonville

26 Maurine Ward and Fred Woods: Petition for Kanesville Post Office 173 Holman, Joshua F. Coonville branch clerk, died Holton, Asa Homer, Russell Horlick, John Lake 21 Horr, Alvin Houston, Isaac PHC bishop, 17 Jul 1846 Houston, Isaac Hovey, Joseph son of Joseph G., age 9 Hovey, Joseph G. 3 Hovey, Silas G. Howard, William B. Hoyt, George H. Hughes, John Macedonia Hunt, Benoni S. Garden Grove son of Daniel D., age 11 Hunt, Daniel Hunt, Daniel D. Garden Grove, PHC Hunt, Daniel W. son of Daniel D., age 8 Hunt, James W. Garden Grove son of Daniel D., age 16 Hunt, John A. Garden Grove son of Daniel D., age 18 Hunt, Levi B. Garden Grove son of Daniel D., age 13 Hunter, Rodolph Huntington, Heber Huntington, Hiram Huntington, William Blockhouse deceased 1846? Huntington, William D. PHC Huntsman, Jacob son of James, age 14 Huntsman, James PHC bishop, 17 Jul 1846 Huntsman, Peter son of James, age 10 Hutchins, James Pleasant Valley Hutchinson, I. F. Hutchinson, Jacob son of Jacob F., age 2 Hutchinson, Jacob F. Hutchinson, Moroni M. Hyde, Heman Council Point, PHC Hyde, Rosel Council Point Hyde, William Ivie, Thomas H. Ivie, William F. Jacobs, Dana Jacobs, George H. Jacobs, Henry B. Jacobs, Hiram Jacobs, Moroni Jacobs, Norton 21 Jacobs, William H. Janson, Samuel D. Jefferds, Orin Jenkins, David Jenkins, Thomas Johnson, Aaron Blockhouse, PHC branch president, 1849 Johnson, Aaron M. Blockhouse son of Aaron, age 1 Johnson, Charles O grandson of C.M., age 2 Johnson, Charles M. PHC

27 174 Mormon Historical Studies Johnson, Don Carlos son of Aaron, age 1 Johnson, Eber Council Point Johnson, Edward Johnson, Ellick Z. Johnson, Isaac Johnson, Huntington Lake Johnson, Ivy Mt Pisgah Johnson, John H. son of Lorenzo, age 9 Johnson, Lemon Johnson, Lorenzo Johnson, Theodore 14 Johnson, Thomas S Council Point, PHC Johnson, William Council Point son of Lorenzo, age 15 Johnson, William D. Johnson, Willis K. Johnstun, Jarvis Johnstun, Perry Johnstun, William Jones, Alonzo 1 Jones, Benjamin Mt Pisgah Jones, Elisha Blockhouse died 1848 Jones, Jacob Blockhouse Jones, James Blockhouse, PHC bishop, 17 Jul 1846 Jones, James A. Blockhouse son of James?, age 1 Jones, John Blockhouse 7 Jones, Richard Blockhouse Jones, Thomas Blockhouse Jones, William Council Point 11 Jones, William Jordon, William Judy, William C. Kay, John Kay, John Keeler, James Buoyo Kelly, Alexander Kelly, Joseph PHC Kelsey, Eli B. Kelsey, George son of Eli, age 10 Kelsey, John A. son of Samuel A. P., age 10 Kelsey, Joseph M. Kennedy, Charles Kennedy, Charles son of Charles, abt 14 Kennedy, James H. son of Charles, age 6 Kenney, Loren E. Kilbourne, Osias Kimball, Charles Blockhouse son of Heber C., age 5 Kimball, Heber C. PHC Kimball, James S. PHC bishop, 17 Jul 1846 King, Eleazar jr PHC King, Enoch M. PHC King, John M. Council Point King, Robert son of John M., age 14 King, Timothy H. 22

28 Maurine Ward and Fred Woods: Petition for Kanesville Post Office 175 Knight, Hiram H. Knight, James F. or Council Point Knight, James Philander son of Newel, age 10 Knight, James Vinson Knight, Jesse son of Newel, age 3 Knight, Joseph PHC 15 bishop of WQ 23rd ward Knight, Joseph son of Newel, age 8 Knight, Nathan K. 1 Knight, Newel son of Newel, age 8 Laing, Thomas Mt Pisgah bishop of WQ 9th ward Laing, Thomas duplicate Laird, James son of John, age 16 Laird, John jr son of John, age 11 Laird, John sr North Pigeon Lamb, Benjamin 1850 census shows Benjamin in Garden Grove with his family Lamb, Benjamin B. 17 Lamb, John Lamoreaux, Andrew Lamoreaux, William Lance, Jacob Harris Grove Lance, Joseph Lance, Simon Lane, William W. PHC bishop, May 1850 Lane, J. [Joseph] D. Lane, Joseph K. Lane, Merrill Langley, George A. 15 Larson, Taree Leaver, Samuel Leaver, Samuel jr son of Samuel, age 1 Leavitt, John Leavitt, Nathaniel Lee, Ezekiel Lee, Heber J. son of John D., age 2 Lee, John A. son of John D., age 8 Lee, John B. Lee, John D. Lee, Joseph H. son of John D., age 4 Lee, William Council Point son of John D., age 14 Lee, William H. Leeforce, Isaac M. Leeforce, Gilbert Letts, Steven Letts, Steven sr Letts, William Lewis, Beason Mt Pisgah Lewis, David jr son of David, age 5 Lewis, David sr Lewis, Lemuel Lewis, Marion son of Neriah, age 7 Lewis Neriah Mt Pisgah Lewis, Philip B.

29 176 Mormon Historical Studies Tarlton Lewis LDS Church Archives David Lewis LDS Church Archives John M. Malin LDS Church Archives Lewis, Preston K. son of David, age 8 Lewis, Robert son of David, age 10 Lewis, Samuel Lewis, Tarleton Lewis, Tarlton jr Lewis, William Council Point, PHC Lindsey, David Lindsey, Jacob Lindsey, John Lindsey, Joseph Lish, Joseph L. Little, John Littlefield, David son of Waldo, age 3 Littlefield, Joseph son of Waldo, age 10 Littlefield, Sidney son of Waldo, age 8 Littlefield, Waldo Littlefield, Waldo Lott, Isaiah Lott, John S. Lott, Peter L. son of Cornelius P., age 8 Lovell, George son of John, age 13 Lovell, John Lovell, Joseph son of John, age 4 Loveless, James Mt Pisgah Loveless, John Mt Pisgah, Big Pigeon, PHC Lover, Joseph Loveridge, Alexander H. Low, John O. Blockhouse Lowder, Jesse Mill Lowder, Richard Luce, Andrew Luce, Ephraim PHC Luce, Jason Luce, Jason R. Luce, John G. Luce, Malatiah Luce, Martin J. Luce, Stephen

30 Maurine Ward and Fred Woods: Petition for Kanesville Post Office 177 Luce, Wilford W. Lutz, Albert bishop of WQ 17th ward Lutz, Thomas son of Albert, age 12 Lutz, William son of Albert, age 9 Lytle, Andrew Lytle, Andrew son of Andrew, age 7 Lytle, Charles son of John, age 2 Lytle, George A. son of John, age 5 Lytle, Heber J. son of Andrew, age 2 Lytle, John 21 Lytle, John M. Lytle, William P. son of John, age 13 Mabery, John Mace, Alvin D. Mace, Hiram Harris Grove Magee, Henry Mahoney, Bartholomew Pleasant Valley 3 Malin, Elijah Malin, Elijah Malin, James Lake son of Elijah jr, age 15 Malin, John Lake son of Elijah jr, age 9 Mangum, Joseph Manning, Freeman son of William, age 17 Manning, William Manwill, John Macedonia Marsh, John Martin, John Coxson Martin, William Mathews, Joseph 7 Maxwell, Levi W. 19 son of William B., age 7 McArthur, Andrew McArthur, Daniel D. McCauslin, Almen McCauslin, Jesse 15 McCauslin, Younger 1.15 McCall, James A. McClellan, James PHC bishop, 17 Jul 1846 McClellan, William C. McCord, William McCullough, Henry J. 15 son of Levi, age 6 McCullough, Levi H. 15 McFenson, Dimon McIntire, Alexander P. son of William P., age 14 McIntire, Erastus son of William P., age 9 McIntire, John O. son of William P., age 2 McIntire, Wallace son of William P., age 13 McIntire, William P. 16 McKahan, Newel McKahan, Thomas McMullin, Willard G. 21 McMurray, John McNee, Thomas McRae, Alexander sr PHC

31 178 Mormon Historical Studies Philemon Merrill LDS Church Archives Garrett Mikesell Courtesy Jay Burrup Clarence Merrill International DUP McRae, Daniel son of Alexander, age 2 McRae, John son of Alexander, age 12 McRae, Joseph son of Alexander, age 10 McRae, Kenneth son of Alexander, age 8 Mecham, Clinton Mecham, Ephraim U. Mill, Harris Grove Mecham, George W. Mecham, Joseph PHC bishop, 17 Jul 1846 Mecham, Moses Mill Meeks, Harvey Rocky Ford son of William, age 10 Meeks, Henry son of William, age 8 Meeks, William Rocky Ford 15 Meginness, Aven D. Meginness, Benjamin 1,15,17 Meginness, Benjamin son of Benjamin sr, age 7 Meginness, Johnston son of Benjamin sr, age 12 Meginness, Joseph son of Benjamin sr, age 9 Meginness, Samuel. Meginness, William H. McGuire, William W. PHC 1 bishop of Keg Creek Mercer, John Merchant, Amasa Lucius son of Lucius, age 3 Merchant, Lucius Pleasant Valley Merriam, Amasa Merrill, Albert PHC Merrill, Austin S. Merrill, Charles Council Point Merrill, Clarence son of Albert, age 7 Merrill, Francis son of Albert, age 5 Merrill, Justin Jared PHC bishop, 17 Jul 1846 Merrill, Philemon Christopher PHC Merrill Samuel Bemis Mill Merritt, John Merritt, John, jr Merritt, Lorenzo Mikesell, Garrett W. Mt Pisgah 22 Mikesell, George W. son of Garrett, age 11

32 Maurine Ward and Fred Woods: Petition for Kanesville Post Office 179 Mikesell, John A. Mt Pisgah Milam, Francis A. Blockhouse son of William, age 15 Milam, Joseph S. son of William, age 13 Milam, George B. Blockhouse son of William, age 1 Milam, William Blockhouse Miles, B. Adrain son of Albert, age 13 Miles, Edwin R. son of Albert, age 10 Miles, Franklin son of Albert, age 7 Miles, Henry son of Albert, age 15 Miller, Alexander Miller, D. [Daniel] A. Blockhouse bishop 30 Dec 1847 Miller, Eleazer Miller, H. [Henry] W. [William] bishop, 17 Jul 1846 Miller, Jacob Macedonia son of Daniel A., age 13 Miller, William son of Henry W., age 9 Mirick, Silas Mitchell, Benjamin T. Mitchell, Benjamin T. jr Mitchell, Hyrum son of Benjamin T., age 1 Morehead, Preston T. Morley, Isaac PHC 5 bishop, 17 Jul 1846 Morley, Isaac Morse, Amasa Morse, Gilbert Moses, James McOlney, Pl. Valley Moses, James son of James, age 1 Moss, William? Council Point Mower, Henry McOlney Mower, John McOlney Mower, George son of Henry sr, age 12 Murdock, Emer son of Daniel, age 11 Murdock, Hyrum 15 son of Daniel, age 18 Murdock, Lyman son of Daniel, age 13 Murray, Heman Myers, George Myler, James Neeley, Lewis Blockhouse Neff, Franklin Nelson, Henry Nelson, Isaac Mill, PHC Nelson, James Nelson, Thomas Newell, Lewis son of Laertis, age 16 Nickerson, Levi Nickerson, Levi S. Nixon, Joseph Nixon, Samuel Nixon, Stephen Nixon, Thomas son of Stephen, age 12 Nixon, William son of Stephen, age 18 Noble, Lucian Noble, T. [Theodore] S. son of Lucian, age 8 Noakes, Thomas Macedonia