Mary Ann Dallin Wheelock ~~~ Pioneer of the Month May 1, 2023

 
Mary Ann was the wife of Cyrus Wheelock who was Pioneer of the Month, 

August 1, 2008.  Not much was said about his wife Mary Ann.  So now we can

learn more. 

Mary Ann Dallin Wheelock 

ORIGINAL NAME

Mariane Dallen

BIRTH27 May 1831
Devon, England

DEATH13 Mar 1892 (aged 60)
Mount Pleasant, Sanpete County, Utah,

 USABURIAL
Mount Pleasant City Cemetery

Mount Pleasant, Sanpete County, Utah, USA PLOTA_ms_109_5

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Her parents were Tobias Dallin (Dalling) and Anthena Finch.

Mary Ann was the firstborn of ten children.  She was the caregiver in the Dallin family.  Her mother died while the family was still living in England.

 

After her mother's death, Tobias joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 

 

 Tobias Dallin moved his family across the Bristol Channel to the area of Newport, Monmouthshire.

 On May 27, 1848, Tobias was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints by W. Hemshaw.

 His children who were old enough were baptized in the months that followed: Mary Anne, Thomas, Robert, and Anthea on Oct. 5th and John and William on Jan. 30th of 1849. Catherine is listed as a member of the branch in the Newport branch records, but no baptism date is given for her.

Family tradition says that the Dallin family was converted to the LDS Church by Cyrus Wheelock, who later married Mary Anne Dallin. 

Newport records and the history of a neighbor in Springville who also joined the Church in Newport confirm that Cyrus was a missionary in that area at the time the Dallins were baptized, though he did not personally baptize any of the family. No mention is made of Tobias' wife, Anthea in the Newport records.  

One more child was born after the family moved to this area. Louisa was christened in August of 1849 at Hartland, Devonshire, but Tobias’ residence was listed at Newport in Monmouthshire.  Anthea’s name did not appear on the baptismal record. It is possible that Anthea died just after Louisa's birth.

Anthea was buried back in her birth parish of Clovelly on 24 August 1849.

The four oldest brothers of the Dallin family, John, William, Thomas, and Robert, sailed on the “North Atlantic” from Liverpool on 4 September and arrived in New Orleans on 1 November 1850.  Evidence from genealogical records suggests that the brothers traveled to the Salt Lake Valley in 1851.  However, further research is needed to determine the exact company they traveled with.    

The rest of the Dallin family traveled to the Salt Lake Valley in 1852 with the Abraham O. Smoot Company.  

The brother’s father, Tobias, and the rest of their siblings, Mary Ann, Catherine, Eliza, and Edwin, sailed from Liverpool on the “Ellen Maria” on 10 February, and arrived in New Orleans on 5 April 1852.

Mary Ann's birth and death dates are confirmed by the Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database and Find A Grave website.

Mary Ann married Cyrus Hubbard Wheelock on December 11, 1853. They were the parents of seven children and they were living in Springville, Utah.

 

They moved to Mt. Pleasant, Utah December 1863. Then they moved to North Ogden where Cyrus was called to be a bishop.  At this time Mary Ann taught school.  Then they moved back to Mt. Pleasant.

Mary Ann was a small woman, but a woman of strength, as was displayed in the many trials of endurance faced in her life.  She had a keen mind.  She was able to discern, foresee, and counsel family and friends. Her husband traveled a lot making life difficult and lonely at times. 

Mary Ann passed away on March 13, 1892, in Mt. Pleasant at the age of sixty-one.

Tabias Dallin
Father of Mary Ann Dallin 

Anthena Finch Dallin

Mary Ann Wheelock's Timeline

1831
May 27, 1831
Birth of Mary Ann Wheelock
West Bromwich, Sandwell, UK

June 19, 1831
christened on 6/19/1831
Ilfracombe, Devonshire, England

June 19, 1831
christened on 6/19/1831
Ilfracombe, Devonshire, England
1850
October 1850
Birth of Kate Ethlinda Wheelock
West Bromwich, Stafford, England
1858
1858
Birth of Julian Russell Wheelock
Utah Territory
1861
February 17, 1861
Birth of Cyrus Alberto Wheelock
Springville, Utah, Utah, United States
1863
October 26, 1863
Birth of Marion Ella Wheelock
Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah
1865
October 16, 1865
Birth of Hannah Ellen Maude Wheelock
Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah

Marian Dallin Wheelock 
Grave Marker 

Cyrus Wheelock is one of my favorite Mt. Pleasant Pioneers 

 

Brigham Young Monument Sculpted by Cyrus Edwin Dallin (Cyrus Dallin, a nephew of Cyrus Wheelock}

 

Brigham Young Monument

 

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Not to be confused with Statue of Brigham Young (U.S. Capitol).
Brigham Young Monument


Wikimedia | © OpenStreetMap
Type Statue
Material Bronze sculpture
Dedicated date Brigham Young


The Brigham Young Monument (or Pioneer Monument) is a bronzed historical monument located on the north sidewalk of the intersection at Main and South Temple Streets of Salt Lake City, Utah.[1] It was erected in honour of pioneer-colonizer, Utah governor, and LDS Church president Brigham Young who led the Mormon pioneers into the Utah Territory in 1847. The base of the twenty-five-foot monument has the bronze figure of an Indian facing east and that of a bearded fur trapper facing west, both of which preceded the Mormon settlers. On the south side is a bronze bas-relief of a pioneer man, woman, and child, while another bronze plaque has a list of the pioneers who arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847, and their equipment.[2]

The Brigham Young Monument was first displayed at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. It stood briefly afterwards on Temple Square and was then transferred centering the intersection of Main and South Temple streets in 1897, where it stood until 1993, when it was moved a few yards north to its present location.[3]

The monument is the work of Cyrus Edwin Dallin.[4]

Cyrus, a nephew of Cyrus Wheelock a Mt. Pleasant Pioneer.

Cyrus Dallin also took part in early Mt. Pleasant Pioneer plays.

Home of Cyrus Wheelock and Marion Dallin ~~~ Researched and Compiled by Tudy Barentsen Standlee

Cyrus Wheelock is one of my favorite Mt. Pleasant Pioneers 

 

Cyrus Wheelock Pioneer Story by Fred Harley (found on Family Search)

Click on the link below:

https://www.familysearch.org/photos/gallery/album/624201?cid=mem_copy 

More about Cyrus Dallin

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_Edwin_Dallin

Dallin c.1880

Born November 22, 1861

Springville, Utah, US

Died November 14, 1944 (aged 82)

Arlington, Massachusetts, US

Nationality American

Education Académie Julian

Known for Sculpture

Notable work The Angel Moroni (1893)

Appeal to the Great Spirit (1908)

Paul Revere (1940)

Spouse(s) Vittoria Colonna Murray

And Why Do We Share This With You?

 Cyrus Dallin was a nephew of our own Cyrus Wheelock and spent time here in Mt. Pleasant.  He is found on page  305 of the Mt. Pleasant History:

  "The men and women who took part in our theatricals during the early years of our dramatic efforts to render public service. The real leader and organizing genius was the Englishman, John Wallis, who had con­siderable ability and did much towards securing the formation of an efficient troop. Assisting him were the following gentle­men, according to my recollection: J. A. F. Beaumann, Alma Bennett, R. N. Bennett, W. W. Brandon, John Carter, Thomas Fuller, Henry Larter, Christopher Johnson, Gus Johnson, H. P. Jensen, Albert Candland, Thomas Gledhill, John Dallin, Cyrus Dallin, Orson Lee, William McArthur, William Morrison, James Reynolds, Bent Rolphson, Alof Rosenlof, Allen Rowe, William Rowe, Conderset Rowe, Joseph Gribble, John H. Seeley, Hans Han­sen, James Wishaw, Richard Westwood, and Cap Clem."

The Pilgrim Tercentenary half dollar or Pilgrim half dollar was a commemorative fifty-cent coin struck by the United States Bureau of the Mint in 1920 and 1921 to mark the 300th anniversary (tercentenary) of the arrival of the Pilgrims in North America. It was designed by Cyrus E. Dallin.


This image depicts a unit of currency issued by the United States of America. If this is an image of paper currency or a coin not listed here, it is solely a work of the United States Government, is ineligible for US copyright, and is therefore in the public domain in the United States.
Fraudulent use of this image is punishable under applicable counterfeiting laws.
As listed by the United States Secret Service at money illustrations, the Counterfeit Detection Act of 1992, Public Law 102-550, in Section 411 of Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations (31 CFR 411), permits color illustrations of U.S. currency provided:
1. The illustration is of a size less than three-fourths or more than one and one-half, in linear dimension, of each part of the item illustrated;
2. The illustration is one-sided; and
3. All negatives, plates, positives, digitized storage medium, graphic files, magnetic medium, optical storage devices, and any other thing used in the making of the illustration that contains an image of the illustration or any part thereof are destroyed and/or deleted or erased after their final use.
Certain coins contain copyrights licensed to the U.S. Mint and owned by third parties or assigned to and owned by the U.S. Mint [1]. For the United States Mint circulating coin design use policy, see [2]; for the policy on the 50 State Quarters, see [3].

Also: COM:ART #Photograph of an old coin found on the Internet

Home of John Lehi Ivie and his wife Mary Catherine Barton ~~~~~ Taken From the Tudy Barentsen Standlee Collecion

 

The Home of Sophus Emil Jensen and wife Lury Loretta McArthur ~~~ Researched and Compiled by Tudy Barentsen Standlee

Sculptor Cyrus Dallin ~ Connections to Mt. Pleasant

 
And Why Do We Share This With You?

 Cyrus Dallin was a nephew of our own Cyrus Wheelock and spent time here in Mt. Pleasant.  He is found on page  305 of the Mt. Pleasant History:

  "The men and women who took part in our theatricals during the early years of our dramatic efforts to render public service. The real leader and organizing genius was the Englishman, John Wallis, who had con­siderable ability and did much towards securing the formation of an efficient troop. Assisting him were the following gentle­men, according to my recollection: J. A. F. Beaumann, Alma Bennett, R. N. Bennett, W. W. Brandon, John Carter, Thomas Fuller, Henry Larter, Christopher Johnson, Gus Johnson, H. P. Jensen, Albert Candland, Thomas Gledhill, John Dallin, Cyrus Dallin, Orson Lee, William McArthur, William Morrison, James Reynolds, Bent Rolphson, Alof Rosenlof, Allen Rowe, William Rowe, Conderset Rowe, Joseph Gribble, John H. Seeley, Hans Han­sen, James Wishaw, Richard Westwood, and Cap Clem."

Biography courtesy Springville Museum of Art.

Cyrus Dallin was born in Springville, Utah, in 1861. His talent for modeling with clay was discovered while he was young. Friends later put money together and sent him to Boston in 1880 to train with the sculptor Truman A. Bartlett. He traveled to Paris in 1887 and studied at the Academie Julian. Successful in his studies in Paris, he was accepted into the Paris Salon where he won an honorable mention.

By 1900, Dallin was a teacher at the Massachusetts State Normal Art School, and the recipient of a contract for a monumental statue of Paul Revere to be placed in downtown Boston. He began his work on Paul Revere in 1883. A first through fifth model had been created during years of frustration, until the commission approved his final version in 1899. It took another 40 years to get the monument erected on the Paul Revere Mall near Old North Church in 1940. The Paul Revere statue, as well as those of Jane Dallin (1904), Scout (1910), and Appeal to the Great Spirit (life size at the Museum of Fine arts, Boston, 1912), are typical Dallin works of generalized dignity.

On a 1903 trip to his home town, Cyrus Dallin was invited to make an inspirational speech to the town's students; he agreed, and during the lecture, became sufficiently moved by the example his own success could provide that he offered to donate the plaster model for this fifth Paul Revere to the Springville schools.

Dallin came back to Utah every now and then, as he did for the unveiling of his Moroni atop the Salt Lake Temple in 1892-93. However, this former Utahn remained in the East, where he pursued a rather happy artist's life, riding on the crest of the popular vogue. He won a gold medal at the 1904 St. Louis Exposition for Sioux Chief, and at about the same time designed the model for a large Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors Monument , which won first prize in a 1906 competition.

Another major Dallin work that he had started in the late teens and completed in 1921, is Massasoit, which overlooks Plymouth Bay in Massachusetts. Another casting of the figure stands in front of the Utah State Capitol Building.

Dallin produced most of his work in the East, and in 1923 he received a master's degree from Tufts College, and in 1936 Boston University bestowed an honorary doctorate upon the "Old American Master." In 1943, at the age of 82, the artist died at his home in Arlington Heights, Massachusetts. The sculptor is often remembered for the words he spoke on his final trip west in 1942, "I have received two college degrees . . . besides medals galore, but my greatest honor of all is that I came from Utah."

Cyrus Dallin was born in Springville, Utah in 1861. Two circumstances of his early life in the western wilderness profoundly influenced him - the proximity of the little log cabin where he was born to the lofty Wasatch Mountains, and his familiarity with the Indians in their native haunts. The first awakened and fostered in him a love for sublimity of form; and the second furnished him with an unfailing source of material for his creative work.

A the age of eighteen, Dallin went to Boston to begin his art studies. In 1888, he went to Paris, where he remained until 1890, studying at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and at Academie Julien under Henri Chapu. He returned to America in 1890 and moved to Massachusetts.

Cryus Dallin not only created statues of Native Americans, but he was also well know for his portrait statues. Among these are: Sir Isaac Newton for the Congressional Library in Washington D.C., General Hancock in Gettysburg, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Mrs. Julia Ward Howe at the Museum of Fine Art in Boston. The principal monuments executed by Dallin are the Pioneer Monument in Salt Lake City, and the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Syracuse, New York.

Cryus Dallin has received many medals and honors both in America and in Europe. Among his many awards are a gold medal from the American Art Association of New York in 1888, a first class medal in 1893 from the Chicago Exposition, and a gold medal in 1904 at the St. Louis Exposition. In 1909 he received a gold medal from the Paris Salon, an honor which had then been conferred on only six American sculptors.

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The following is courtesy of The Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum

 plaster, 1899

P.P. Caproni and Brothers cast
gift of students and parents of the Locke School

On his famous ride in 1775, Paul Revere rode past the future home of the Cyrus E. Dallin Museum, to be built some 50 years later. A youthful Dallin won the competition for Boston’s Paul Revere Monument in 1882 at the age of 21. Nevertheless, his quest to complete the commission was a 58-year test of perseverance and resolve. Dallin created seven different versions (shown in photos in the gallery) before it was finally installed in bronze at Old North Church in 1940. This fifth version was reproduced in plaster and widely marketed by the Caproni Brothers.  It became an American sculptural icon in the early 20th century, so much so that the Marx Brothers parodied it in their movie, Duck Soup.

Paul Revere’s Ride

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807 - 1882 Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five: Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. He said to his friend, “If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry-arch Of the North-Church-tower, as a signal-light,-- One if by land, and two if by sea; And I on the opposite shore will be, Ready to ride and spread the alarm Through every Middlesex village and farm, For the country-folk to be up and to arm.” Then he said “Good night!” and with muffled oar Silently rowed to the Charlestown shore, Just as the moon rose over the bay, Where swinging wide at her moorings lay The Somerset, British man-of-war: A phantom ship, with each mast and spar Across the moon, like a prison-bar, And a huge black hulk, that was magnified By its own reflection in the tide. Meanwhile, his friend, through alley and street Wanders and watches with eager ears, Till in the silence around him he hears The muster of men at the barrack door, The sound of arms, and the tramp of feet, And the measured tread of the grenadiers Marching down to their boats on the shore. Then he climbed to the tower of the church, Up the wooden stairs, with stealthy tread, To the belfry-chamber overhead, And startled the pigeons from their perch On the sombre rafters, that round him made Masses and moving shapes of shade,-- By the trembling ladder, steep and tall, To the highest window in the wall, Where he paused to listen and look down A moment on the roofs of the town, And the moonlight flowing over all. Beneath, in the churchyard, lay the dead, In their night-encampment on the hill, Wrapped in silence so deep and still That he could hear, like a sentinel’s tread, The watchful night-wind, as it went Creeping along from tent to tent, And seeming to whisper, “All is well!” A moment only he feels the spell Of the place and the hour, and the secret dread Of the lonely belfry and the dead; For suddenly all his thoughts are bent On a shadowy something far away, Where the river widens to meet the bay, -- A line of black, that bends and floats On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats. Meanwhile, impatient to mount and ride, Booted and spurred, with a heavy stride, On the opposite shore walked Paul Revere. Now he patted his horse’s side, Now gazed on the landscape far and near, Then impetuous stamped the earth, And turned and tightened his saddle-girth; But mostly he watched with eager search The belfry-tower of the old North Church, As it rose above the graves on the hill, Lonely and spectral and sombre and still. And lo! as he looks, on the belfry’s height, A glimmer, and then a gleam of light! He springs to the saddle, the bridle he turns, But lingers and gazes, till full on his sight A second lamp in the belfry burns! A hurry of hoofs in a village-street, A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark, And beneath from the pebbles, in passing, a spark Struck out by a steed that flies fearless and fleet: That was all! And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate of a nation was riding that night; And the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. He has left the village and mounted the steep, And beneath him, tranquil and broad and deep, Is the Mystic, meeting the ocean tides; And under the alders, that skirt its edge, Now soft on the sand, now loud on the ledge, Is heard the tramp of his steed as he rides. It was twelve by the village clock When he crossed the bridge into Medford town. He heard the crowing of the cock, And the barking of the farmer’s dog, And felt the damp of the river-fog, That rises when the sun goes down. It was one by the village clock, When he galloped into Lexington. He saw the gilded weathercock Swim in the moonlight as he passed, And the meeting-house windows, blank and bare, Gaze at him with a spectral glare, As if they already stood aghast At the bloody work they would look upon. It was two by the village clock, When be came to the bridge in Concord town. He heard the bleating of the flock, And the twitter of birds among the trees, And felt the breath of the morning breeze Blowing over the meadows brown. And one was safe and asleep in his bed Who at the bridge would be first to fall, Who that day would be lying dead, Pierced by a British musket-ball. You know the rest. In the books you have read, How the British Regulars fired and fled,-- How the farmers gave them ball for ball, From behind each fence and farmyard-wall, Chasing the red-coats down the lane, Then crossing the fields to emerge again Under the trees at the turn of the road, And only pausing to fire and load. So through the night rode Paul Revere; And so through the night went his cry of alarm To every Middlesex village and farm,-- A cry of defiance, and not of fear, A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door, And a word that shall echo forevermore! For, borne on the night-wind of the Past, Through all our history, to the last, In the hour of darkness and peril and need, The people will waken and listen to hear The hurrying hoof-beats of that steed, And the midnight message of Paul Revere.

John Hafen Sketches

John Hafen (the artist)

John Hafen, the artist was a distant cousin to Mt. Pleasant's own Jacob Hafen.  Both grew up Scherzingen,  Canton Switzerland which is located in the northern part of Switzerland next to Lake Constance or  Boden Sea (german).  This little community had only fifty families when the L.D.S. missionary arrived  in the 1860s.

The name "Hafen" in the German language is beautiful and very significant as it means harbor or haven. 

These sketches are found in "Hafen Family History" by LeRoy Hafen

The following comes from wikipedia:

John Hafen's parents joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Switzerland and along with many others, immigrated to the United States and then to the Utah territory to be with the Saints. The family first settled in the Payson area but later moved to Springville.

Hafen is known as a prominent Mormon Artist of the 19th century. 

In 1868 Hafen began attending the 20th Ward Academy in Salt Lake City, with Karl G. Maeser as one of his main teachers.

He studied painting under George Ottinger and Dan Weggeland. He was one of several people to found the Utah Art Association in 1881.

In 1890 the LDS church called 3 men to be Art Missionaries. Hafen, along with Lorus Pratt and John B. Fairbanks traveled to Paris for their mission. Hafen's wife, Thora Twede Hafen, and their children lived in Springville during the time Hafen was on his mission.

Hafen developed his technic for landscape painting during this time and it would become the focus for much of his following work.

Upon completion of their studies in France, the 3 missionaries returned to Utah and painted murals in the Salt Lake Temple.

Hafen and Cyrus Edwin Dallin donated works to Springville that became the genesis of the Springville Art Museum. 

Hafen developed the art department at the Brigham Young Academy, which became Brigham Young University. He had been recruited to the school by Benjamin Cluff specifically for this great task.

Hafen's Springville home was designed by Alberto O. Treganza.

Alice Merrill Hone, an early Utah art activist, declared Hafen, "Utah's greatest artist" He, of all the early Utah artists, best communicated the poetic essence of nature.

"The influence of Art is so powerful in shaping our lives for a higher appreciation of the creations of our God that we cannot afford to neglect an acquaintance with it. We should be as eager for its companionship as we are eager for chairs to sit upon or for food to sustain our lives, for it has as important a mission in shaping our character and in conducing to our happiness as anything that we term necessities."

-John Hafen

Salt Lake Tribune ~~~ August 14, 1904

Cyrus Wheelock's Family Group Sheet

Home of William Gilbert Barton and wife Mary Gledhill ~ Researched and Compiled by Tudy Barentsen Standlee

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Cyrus Wheelock ~ A History by Susan Berry Dansfield ~ Photos added by Kathy Hafen

He also lived here: 308 South State

Susan Berry Dransfield’s

Great-Great Grandfather

Cyrus Hubbard (Hibbard) Wheelock

Cyrus Wheelock was a faithful laborer in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. A native of New York
State, he became a prominent leader in some to the early events of the Church. He was born Feb 28,
1813 in Henderson, New York.

As a young adult, Cyrus was captain of a ship and sailed for a number of years. He was
known as an extremely dedicated worked. While still a young man, he came to Illinois and worked
as the captain of a steamboat. It was there that he was introduced to the Gospel and soon became
intimately acquainted with the Prophet Joseph Smith. He joined the Church Sept. 1, 1839 and served
a mission to Vermont and other States.

Cyrus Wheelock was among Joseph and Hyrums’s most trusted friends. He visited with them
many times at Carthage Jail. He worked with Governor Ford to secure the safety of the two brothers.
He told the governor to the intention of their enemies to assassinate the Prophet and his brother and,
after repeated efforts, he obtained the assurance that the accused men should be protected and that
his friends would receive a fair trial by law.

He secured a pass from Governor Ford to visit the jail. A light rain had started, so Cyrus put
on a coat and packed a six-shooter, which he succeeded in pressing into the hand of the Prophet.
Already having a single barreled pistol in this possession, Joseph handed that pistol to Hyrum as he
received the revolver from Wheelock. As Hyrum reluctantly took the weapon, he said, “I the to use
such things or see them used.” “So do I,” agreed Joseph, “but we may have to, to defend ourselves.”
Cyrus Wheelock was given a list of witnesses to arrange for the trial the next day. Before he left, his
brethren gave him verbal messages for their families. Hyrum stated. “The Brother Wheelock will
remember all that we tell him, and he will never forget the occurrences of this day.”

Cyrus returned to the jail again just three hours before the martyrdom and is believed to the
one of the last persons to see the Prophet and Hyrum alive. he received a letter written by Joseph to
his wife, and was commissioned to deliver the precious message into her hands he was also charged
by the Prophet, first, to request the commander of the Nauvoo Legion to avoid all military display
and everything that would be likely to produce excitement, and, second, to use his influence with the
members of the Church to remain perfectly calm and quiet during the events Joseph knew were near
at hand. After the martyrdom he was instrumental in keeping the peace so that Nauvoo would not be
destroyed by the enemies of the Church.

He left for England June 26, 1846 on a mission. Before leaving, his journal states that he
visited Kirtland and held a debate for two days in the temple with SB Stoddard on the subject of the
Presidency of the Church.

He and his companion, Elder Moses Martin, preached along the way to New Your with good
success,. Upson arriving in New York, these men had the privilege of meeting Brothers Hyde and
Taylor bound also on a special mission to England.

He and his companion sailed for England Sept. 22, 1846 with Parley P. Pratt and Franklin D
Richards. Parley and Franklin both became very seasick, but Cyrus and Moses were fine and they ate
not only their portions of food but Parley’s and Franklin’s also.

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When landing in Liverpool, Cyrus wrote, “Met a the house of Brother Brown with present
apostles, Orson Hyde, John Taylor, Parley P Pratt, along with Franklin D. Richards. Moses Martin
and many of the English brethren and had a time of rejoicing. Elder Taylor prophesied that we
should be the means of bring thousands to the knowledge of the Truth in this mission. We all said
“Amen!”
apostles, Orson Hyde, John Taylor, Parley P Pratt, along with Franklin D. Richards. Moses Martin
and many of the English brethren and had a time of rejoicing. Elder Taylor prophesied that we
should be the means of bring thousands to the knowledge of the Truth in this mission. We all said
“Amen!”

Cyrus left Liverpool for Manchester to attend Conference. Orson Hyde was appointed to
preside over the Conference. “I was appointed to take charge of the Birmingham Conference.” Cyrus
recorded in his journal, While teaching in Birmingham, Cyrus walked for miles and miles in the rain
teaching the Gospel. He left for England again for another mission March 1. 1849 and served a
successful mission to Europe in 1856. Cyrus baptized over 7,000 people into the Gospel from these
missions, exemplifying the wonderful missionary spirit he had.

In 1853 he led a group of 400 pioneers with 52 wagons on the Overland Trail from Keokuk,
Iowa in June 1853, arriving in Salt Lake, October 1853.

Three years later, as the Martin Handcart Company was trapped and many dying in
Wyoming, Cyrus was part of the rescue party to go out after them. In the Martin Handcart Company
were some of the people he had converted in England and for which he had great love and respect.

Cyrus was a gifted orator and was set apart as the first President of the Northern States
mission May 1, 1878. This comprised Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa Illinois and Minnesota. He wrote
the favorite hymn “Ye Elders of Israel,” because of his love for missionary work and his testimony
to the cause of truth.

Cyrus was one of the early settlers of the Territory of Utah. During the Blackhawk Indian
War, one hundred braves and Chief Blackhawk had great trust in their friend Cyrus Wheelock and
went to his home in Mt. Pleasant to receive help in sighing the peace
treaty that brought an end to the war.

Cyrus was the Patriarch of the Church in Mt. Pleasant and the acting Mayor of Mt. Pleasant.
he had the gift of healing the sick and was an instrument of healing for many souls.

In his later years, Cyrus was instrumental in collecting funds for the Manti Temple and was
called on to give the Dedicatory Prayer for the Temple.

While living in Nauvoo, he was sealed to Mary Ann Dallin in the Endowment House before
leaving Nauvoo They had seven children. Cyrus lived to a goodly age of 81 years and died Oct. 11,
1894.

Throughout his life he was always true to whatever he was entrusted, His devotion to the
cause of truth will always pave the way for his loved ones who follow.

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William Gilbert Barton and wife Mary Gledhill Home ~ Researched by Tudy Barentsen Standlee

Cyrus Wheelock ~ A Favorite Pioneer

When we first started this blog  in 2008, I chose Cyrus Hubbard Wheelock as of first "Pioneer of the Month".  His contribution to our history in Mt. Pleasant and also Church History is more than can be adequately expressed.  After posting just a few comments about this wonderful man, I ran onto his history that was submitted to the Mt. Pleasant Pioneer Historical Association.  It is on yellowed parchment.  I want to share this with you, and will post it on his "Pioneer of the Month"  page as well.


Please make sure you read to the very bottom.  There is a large space on page 3, and then more information below that page.

Erminia May Wheelock Clark Obituary ~ A daughter of Mt. Pleasant's Cyrus and Marion Wheelock

Shared by Judy Malkiewicz

Some Would Ask "Why Should Massachusett's Chief Massasoit Return to the Utah State Capital?"

Because its about the Sculptor,

Cyrus Edwin Dallin.

But Why Should Mt. Pleasant Citizens Have an Interest in Him?

By Mike Stroud, circa May 1997
Massasoit Statue in Salt Lake City, Utah

In 1922 Dallin presented the original plaster figure to the State of Utah. A bronze copy was placed in the gardens in front of the building, perhaps to honor Cyrus Dallin and to make a connection between Utah and the early history of the nation. courtesy of http://www.hmdb.org/

Utah's Chief Massasoit statue, now sitting at the Metal Arts Foundry in Lehi,

(Francisco Kjolseth / The Salt Lake Tribune)

A bronze Massachusetts Indian chief makes his return to the Utah Capitol sometime this month or next. Chief Massasoit, who celebrated Thanksgiving in 1621 with Massachusetts' pilgrims, has been missing from his prominent place in front of the Capitol's main steps since an extensive renovation began in 2004. But why does Utah show this honor to a Massachusetts Indian Chief?

Perhaps its about the sculptor, Cyrus Edwin Dallin.

Paul Revere Monument --- Boston, Massachusetts --- Cyrus Dallin - Sculptor (photo courtesy of Cyrus Dallin Art Museum, Arlington Massachusetts)

What Is Cyrus Dallin's Connection to Mt. Pleasant?

About the sculptor:
Cyrus Edwin Dallin was born in a Springville cabin in 1861 to Mormon pioneer parents but later became a Presbyterian. He had an early interest in art and American Indian life.

At age 18, he moved to Boston to study sculpture and later took two trips to Paris to learn the art from master sculptors.

He soon gained international recognition for his monumental, award-winning statues of American Indians and patriots. He returned to Utah to craft the Angel Moroni statue for the Salt Lake City LDS Temple and the Brigham Young Monument on Main Street.

He created three Chief Massasoit statues. Besides Utah's Capitol, the statues are in Plymouth, Mass., and on the Brigham Young University campus in Provo.

Dallin died in 1944 at age 82.
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_11121562
Source: Utah History Encyclopedia


The Connection
Cyrus was the nephew and namesake of Mt. Pleasant's own Cyrus Wheelock. In Hilda Madsen Longsdorf's History of Mt. Pleasant we find the name Cyrus Dallin on page 305 as one of the gentlemen who took part and helped in Mt. Pleasant's theatrical troop.

In numerous histories of his life it is said that he made friends with the indians as a child. No doubt there were indian children who lived in and around Springville. But maybe he also played with the indians children who lived near Mt. Pleasant as well which is noted in the histories of other Mt. Pleasant pioneer children such as James Burns, Conderset Row and the Frandsen children. It is said that the indian children taught him to fashion indian figures out of clay and that is how his sculpting of figures started.

So if you should have the opportunity to visit Boston Massachusetts, make sure you see the Paul Revere monument. When you look at the Angel Moroni atop the Salt Lake temple, or visit the Utah State Capital in the future, remember our connection with Cyrus Dallin, world renowned sculptor.

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