Mt. Pleasant Pyramid 1915-06-11

Andrew Madsen's Journal ~ 1873 - 1879

John and Jane Tidwell ~ A history written by Lettie Phipps Peterson, granddaughter

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John Harvey Tidwell - by Lettie Phipps Peterson, his grandaughter

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Contributed By erlenddeanpeterson1 · Jun 1, 2013, 10:07 PM ·0 Comments

John Harvey Tidwell [John Tidwell] was born January 14, 1807 in Shelby, Kentucky. Jane Smith was born June 5, 1812 in Clark County, Indiana. They joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and came to Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois where the Saints were at that time. After the death of Joseph and Hyrum Smith they came to Utah, arriving in Salt Lake City June 18, 1852. There a baby girl, Emma Jane, was born and died. After about four or five months they moved to Pleasant Grove, staying there until 1859. While there their 12th child was born, Emeline Mariah on June 29, 1855. Emma did not die, she is my fourth great grandmother. (Kathy Hafen) June 9, 1859 they moved to Mt. Pleasant, Utah, Sanpete County when Emeline was 4 years old. They lived in the old Fort during the Indian trouble. After peace was established the people moved out of the Fort. Each family was allotted a quarter of a city block to have as their home. John built a two room adobe house on his place, which is on the corner of 2nd South and State Street, where John K. Madsen lived for many years, and where Grant Johansen now lives (1962). It was here they lived the rest of their lives. He later added two more rooms built of lumber with a large fireplace in the living room. This was the only way they had of heating their home except with a small cook stove in the kitchen. Grandmother did most of her cooking in the fireplace--baking bread on the red-hot coals in a large iron Dutch oven, boiling water and making soup in a large iron pot hung on heavy iron brackets over the fire. I was just a small child but I can remember the blue checkered tablecloth on the table, and how good the hot bread would smell and how good it would taste spread with butter and honey! Grandmother would churn butter and sell it for 10 cents a pound and also sell eggs for 10 cents a dozen. Grandfather engaged in farming and cattle raising--owning land west and south of Mt. Pleasant. He had several beautiful horses which were sometimes used in the parade on the fourth of July by his son, John (or Jack as he was called). They planted most of their lot in fruit trees and how well I remember the good times we children had sliding down the straw stacks and eating apples, sleeping in the large front room and waking up in the morning to the bright fire in the big fireplace B and Uncle Jack sitting by the fire! The Tidwell boys were called "Minute Men" for when there was trouble with the Indians they had to be ready to go at a "minute's" notice. Jefferson Tidwell beat the drums to call the men together when there was trouble with the Indians. John (Jack) Tidwell, Jr. was the Pony Express Man, carrying the mail and other news to the surrounding towns. Jack had a pony that could scent the Indians when close by. His pony saved his life one time when he was carrying the mail to Spring City. The horse would not go across the big Cedar Creek at the regular crossing, so Jack let him go down-stream and crossed at another place. After crossing, Jack could see Indians at the other crossing. Had he crossed there, the Indians would have killed him. John Harvey Tidwell was Captain over a group of Saints who crossed the plains to the Salt Lake Valley. He was the first Sunday School Superintendent in Mt. Pleasant. He had a lot of faith in the gospel and had the gift of healing and through his faith and administrations, many people were helped and made well. Mrs. Willie Winkler's mother told me that she had been healed under his administration and my father was also. The book, "Mt. Pleasant" stated, An elderly Englishman by the name of Lee (father of Brig Lee) was working at a shingle mill. In some way he got his arm in the machinery and it was crushed. He was taken to his home and John Tidwell was called. There were no doctors in Mt. Pleasant at that time. Mr. Lee was placed on a table and four men held him while John Tidwell performed the operation of amputating the arm, which took 40 minutes. The only operating tools available were a knife and a meat saw. Brother Lee recovered and lived many years after that incident occurred. John Tidwell was good at making tubs and churns and pails out of wood, bound with wooden hoops which were used by the Pioneers. Jane Smith Tidwell was in the first dramatic company organized in Mt. Pleasant. They played for some years both in the Fort and after the new meeting house was built outside of the Fort--wheat was accepted as cash for tickets. John and Jane Smith Tidwell had their endowment in the Nauvoo Temple, but hey had to have it done over again in the Salt Lake City Endowment House. John Harvey died on January 14, 1887. John Harvey left all of his property, land, cattle and horses to his youngest son, John (Jack) if he would take care of his mother the rest of her life. This he did and never married. He was considered quite well to do at that time (This is John Harvey) as he owned land west of town and east of father's home. (the Jerome Zebriskle and Arthur Averett place). I know nothing about Jane Smith Tidwell's early life. I can just barely remember her, and I remember that once she walked out to my father and mother's place on the farm. She was at her husband's side in all he did. She died on May 20, 1893 and buried in Mt. Pleasant City Cemetery. I have a hat of hers and some dishes that she brought with her across the plains.

Home of Jens Hendricksen (Henriksen) and wife Mary Frandsen ~ Researched and Compiled by Tudy Barentsen Standlee

Hamilton Elementary 2nd Grade ~ 1959-60

Senator W. D. Candland ~ Pyramid ~ February 1928

Truscott Family Photos ~ Submitted by Joanne Truscott Peterson

The History of John and Sarah Truscott can be seen here:http://mtpleasantpioneerofthemonth.blogspot.com/2013/11/john-truscott-sr-his-wives-mary-and.html

 

Paul Coates and Margaret Walker Family ~ Submitted by Joanne Truscott Peterson

 Paul Coates and Margaret Walker are the Great Great Grandparents of Joanne Truscott Peterson

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Henry Coates and Rebecca Swope  are the Great Grandparents of Joanne Truscott Peterson

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Charles Henry Truscott and Mary Prescilla Coates are Grandparents of Joanne Truscott Peterson

Phyllis Reynolds Truscott and Fern M. Truscott

are the parents of Joanne Truscott Peterson

Home of Lars Ericksen and 2nd Wife, Christine (Stine) Nielsen ~ Researched and Compiled by Tudy Barentsen Standlee

The Sanpete Swift

F. C. Jensen ~ Pioneer of the Month ~ March 2015

Frederick C. Jensen

Jensen was a staunch Presbyterian, although his parents were Mormon converts from Denmark, where he was born. Apparently the family was affluent; Frederick’s mother paid for the Atlantic crossings of many poor Danish converts as well their own emigration to Utah in 1862 after the death of Frederick’s father. Jensen was a cabinetmaker par excellence who met the furniture needs of wealthy local sheep owners. His furniture store was considered the finest in the region. He helped organize the Mt. Pleasant Bank and was a sheep owner and wool marketer with a flock of some 5,000 animals. He was active in politics, served on the town council and purchased the town’s first Cadillac in 1909. He gifted his home to Wasatch Academy before his death in 1925.

found in History of Sanpete and Emery Counties p. 246; published in 1898

The Mt. Pleasant Commercial & Savings Bank was incorpo­rated with a capital stock of fifty thousand dollars, with N. S. Nielsen as President; F. C. Jensen, Vice President; Soren Nielsen acted as Cashier . History of Mt. Pleasant, Longsdorf p 171

There were fully 500,000 head of sheep owned in the county, and with Mt. Pleasant, the Queen City of Sanpete, fast becoming the commercial center, two prominent wool companies were formed. In 1893 the Mt. Pleasant Wool & Live Stock Company was organized by N. S. Nielsen, J. H. Seely, F. C. Jensen, James Larsen, W. D. Candland, A. S. Nielsen, and Richard Whittaker. This company built a large frame storehouse west of the D. & R. G. Railroad track, and shipped large quantities of wool. The other company, a similar one organized a little later, was known as the Union Wool & Live Stock Company, and did similar busi­ness with Andrew Madsen, president; N. P. Nielsen, vice presi­dent; Neil M. Madsen, secretary; J. D. Page, Simon T. 'Beck, A. J. Aagard, and C. W. Anderson as directors. Many million pounds of wool and many thousand head of sheep were shipped out and marketed.  History of Mt. Pleasant, Longsdorf pp173,174

In 1895 the Consolidated Furniture Company was organized by F. C. Jensen, with F. C. Jensen, President, and Ferdinand Clark, Secretary.  History of Mt. Pleasant p 175

During the year, (1908) the Progress Mercantile Company, which became very prominent in the business world, was incorporated with James Larsen, president; F. C. Jensen, vice president; H. C. Jacobs, secretary-treasurer; S. E. Jensen, James Monsen, Andrew Larsen, John Strom and Andrew Swenson, directors. Their place of busi­ness was established in the Equitable building, formerly occupied by the Aldrich Brothers. History of Mt. Pleasant p 183

In 1909, Dr. W. P. Winters purchased a Buick, and Frank Waldermar an E. M. F. About a year or so later, Christian Hansen purchased a ,Buick, Showman Longsdorf, a Case, and F. C. Jensen, a Cadillac. Among other early cars were those owned by Lyman Aldrich, Wallace Petty and Hyrum Merz.  History of Mt. Pleasant p 195

1894-5. Mayor, Abram Johnson; Recorder, J. D. Page ; Marshal, Thomas Braby; Justice of the Peace, Ferdinand Clark; Treasurer, H. C. Beaumann; Assessor and Collector, W. E. Watson; Councilors, N. S. Nielson, Abner Crane, Peter Matson, F. C. Jensen, W. D. Candland.  History of Mt. Pleasant p 236

1898-9. Mayor, Ferdinand Ericksen; Recorder, C. J. Jensen; Treasurer, Candace B. Wilcox; Marshal, Joseph Monsen; Jus­tice of the Peace, Andrew Neilson;" Councilors, James Larsen, William Olson, George H. Marshall, Rasmus Anderson, C. W. Sorenson, (15) F. C. Jensen.  History of Mt. Pleasant p 236

"By this time (1895) there had been built a number of modern school buildings throughout the city, but the people clamored for a Cen­tral School building, and a new modern twelve room building, at a cost of fully $20,000.00, was erected on the southwest corner, intersection of Main and First East. D. C. Jensen became princi­pal, he having served for three years previous. Mr. Jensen was assisted by the following well trained teachers: Lydia Hastier, Mary Johansen, Caroline Lovegren, John Lovegren, C. N. Lund Jr., 

Joseph Hughes was chosen principal in 1904, serving until 1907, when he was succeeded by P. M. Nielsen, who served for several years, also giving entire satisfaction. Twenty-four large and beautiful pictures were purchased for interior decoration at the school. The pictures made the halls most attractive. They were intended to create in the pupils a desire for fine art, that the homes might also be decorated with the proper kind of pictures.  "The trustees of the school at this time were F. C. Jensen, C.N. Lund, and Abner Crane. "History of Mt. Pleasant p 262

2nd West & 2nd South
Mt. Pleasant, UT 84647

LDS, Utah and Tennessee Allreds

The following was found on Family Search.  I (Kathy) was interested because my fourth great grandmother was Mary Allred, a sister to James Allred who founded Spring City, Utah.  I will highlight the brief explanation why she did not come to Utah with her brothers, but her son Moses Martin Sanders did.

History of Mary Allred, wife of David Sanders

Contributed By Jackie Leatham · Apr 27, 2013, 6:10 PM ·0 Comments

Mary Allred by Jackie Spendlove Leatham, 3rd great granddaughter Mary Allred was born 30 Nov. 1783 in Randolph, North Carolina to William Allred and Elizabeth Thrasher. Mary was the oldest sister by one year to James Allred who settled Spring City, Utah in 1852. She married David Sanders, son of Moses Sanders, in 1802 at Franklin County, Georgia. David was born around 1775, Irdll County, North Carolina. A deed of land describes the Moses Sanders’ property as “being next to ‘old William Allred place’ — Old William or Old place? Maybe the two families just moved along together.” (Louis E. Allred Family Record, by Archibald Bennett). Mary’s three oldest children, Moses Martin, William Hamilton, and Sarah (Sally) were born in Banks Co.(now Franklin), Georgia. The family was in Bedford County (now Marshall County), Tennessee, when Nancy was born in 1810, and David James in 1815. Mary’s husband, David, died 11 Jan 1815 at Bedford, Tennessee leaving Mary, a young widow, of thirty-three years. Only five years later, Mary passed away on 19 May 1820. Her oldest child, Moses Martin, was seventeen, her youngest child, David James, was five. Although Mary died before the Gospel was restored, her son Moses Martin recognized the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and was baptized on 28 Jan 1835. He and his wife, Amanda Armstrong Fausett, gathered with the Latter-Day Saints at Farr West (1836), Quincy (1839), and Nauvoo, Illinois. Before Moses Martin left Nauvoo for Winter Quarters, he was blessed to lead prayers held in the Nauvoo Temple on 14 Mar 1846, 29 Mar 1846, and 31 Mar 1846. (Journal of History of the Church). His family then removed to Winter Quarters, Council Bluffs, West Jordan (1850), Fairview (1858/9), and eventually St. George, Utah (1865) where Moses Martin helped build the first temple in the West dedicated to the Lord in this dispensation. Mary Allred, the mother of Moses Martin, was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the St. George temple on the 21 Feb. 1877, and her endowments were performed on the 22 Feb. 1877. Mary’s grandson, Joseph Moroni, was born 25 Dec. 1836, the night his family was driven from their home in Farr West, Clay, Missouri. This same grandson was baptized on his birthday, 25 Dec. 1844 in a hole cut out of the ice of the frozen Mississippi River just out of Nauvoo. Joseph Moroni married Hulda Charlotte Zabriskie, the daughter of Lewis Curtis Zabriskie, on 20 Aug. 1860 at Fairview, Sanpete, Utah. Lewis Curtis Zabriskie and his wife, Mary Higbee, came to Utah with the Garden Grove Company in 1851, and eventually settled in Spring City, Utah, which was originally called “The Allred Settlement.” Sources: Life Story of Rebecca Ann Sanders Sanderson by Elden G. Hurst Emma Sanders Tidwell by Stella Tidwell Hall The Sanders Saga Feb. 1984 Joseph Moroni Sanders by Margaret I. S. Haslam Hardy

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Contributed By BeverlyRoyer · Oct 7, 2014, 11:53 PM ·0 to Family Search

I always thought that the families of Isaac Allred and his brother James Allred were the only Allreds who converted to the LDS Church in the 1830s. However, the following, posted by Alice Allred Pottmyer on Facebook in 2013, provides more information: 7/22/13 - William Allred, father of James, Isaac, William and John, did not die in 1808. He is on the 1812 tax rolls in Bedford County, Tennessee. He probably died between 1824 and 1829. The Allreds moved to Northeast Missouri in 1830. He was not with them. However, his wife, Elizabeth Thrasher Allred, went along. John Allred did not go to Utah. He remained in Missouri. The son, William, was beaten by a mob outside Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1841. His sons did go to Utah. Only James and Isaac lived to go to Utah. Also, the oldest two children were daughters, Sarah Allred married was to Anderson Ivie. They did not to go Utah. Three of their children, James Russell Ivie and Thomas C. Ivie, went. Later their older sister, Polly Ann Ivie Billington made the journey. Mary Allred Sanders Wright, died in childbirth. However, the oldest son of Mary and David Sanders went to Utah, Moses Martin Sanders. 7/23/13 - I only mentioned six of the eight children of William and Elizabeth Thrasher Allred in my earlier post. They had eight children. Elizabeth born about 1786 did not live beyond age three. Youngest daughter, Martha, did not go to Utah. 8/25/13 - As you have probably figured out, I descend from William Allred, son of Thomas Allred and his wife Elizabeth Twiggs (not able to find any info that this was her last name). William was born about 1750-56 in North Carolina. His younger brother, Moses, was born about 1758. I believe Moses also went to Bedford County, Tennessee. William and his family were there from about 1805 to 1830. William died there in the late 1820s. The family moved to Ralls County, Missouri, in 1830 and a year or so later, their area became Monroe County. From the info I have, Moses and Elizabeth Hollingsworth Allred had a son, Thomas, born about 1793. Then he and his wife, Lavina Morris, had a daughter, Elizabeth (Betsy) about 1826. I can’t put my hands on it now, but I believe Moses was in that same area of Middle Tennessee. At this point, I don’t have any more information.

Final Pages of Mina Simpson Bjelke from the book "Utah Pioneers Of The Second Generation" written by James W. Pyper