Edwin Whiting
1809 - 1890 (81 years)-
Name Edwin Whiting [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91] Birth 9 Sep 1809 Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States 
[13, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59, 61, 63, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 77, 84] Christening 1810 Massachusetts, United States [31, 32, 49] Gender Male Baptism Aug 1838 Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States High Priest Ordination 8 Apr 1841 Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Ordination LifeSketch Edwin Whiting Family Association, TESTIMONY OF JOSEPH SMITH By Edwin Whiting "My children, I have guarded the prophet Joseph Smith while he slept; I have guarded him while he walked the earth. I have slept at his side. I have felt the power of God in his life. I have seen the mantel of the Holy Ghost hover over him. I have received the witness that I know that he is and he was a prophet of the living god, and I want you children, my family to honor him and to honor each succeeding prophet following him because your security in the kingdom of God and your security in the church depends upon your full allegiance in the prophets in the earth. This testimony I leave with you and I know that he was indeed a prophet of the living god.\" About the year 1800, in the little town of Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, near the border of New York, lived the family of Elisha and Sally Hulett Whiting. Elisha Whiting\'s father was a sea captain and lived in Connecticut. He died when Elisha was very young. His mother, not knowing what else to do, bound him to an old Quaker, who was very cruel to him, and after a few years, he ran away to Massachusetts and worked on a farm with a wheelwright. Here, he was married to Sally Hulett. They were highly respected, honest, generous, and firm in their convictions. Elisha Whiting followed the trade of wagon and chair making and did his work well. His wife was a very gifted lady in making prose and poetry a characteristic that has been bequeathed to many of the Whiting descendants. Edwin Whiting was born September 9, 1809, the third child of this family. When he was six years old, his parents moved to Nelson, Portage, Ohio. At that time, it was the western frontier of the USA but probably the very place his father wished to be to get suitable timber for his trade, for the support of his large family. Edwin Whiting\'s chance for education was very limited, but they all were taught the \"3 R\'s, Readin\', Ritin\', and Rithmetic\", and he wrote an eligible hand, an extra ordinary feat for his time. At an early age, he wrote credible verse. His early life in the forest, no doubt, accounts for his love of the out-of-doors, the beauties of nature, the trees, the flowers, the mountains, and the desire to hunt. One Sunday morning, when but a small boy, he decided to go hunting. He knew this was contrary to his parent\'s teachings, so he tried to draw his gun through the cracks between the logs of his bedroom and go unmolested. His gun caught and was discharged, inflicting a serious wound in his left arm. This, he said, was a lesson to observe the Sabbath Day and to obey his parents. He learned the chair making trade from his father and his workmanship was considered very good. In 1837, the Gospel was brought to the Whiting family. Edwin and his wife, his father and mother and some of his brothers and sisters joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They were baptized by Thomas Marsh in 1838. Here, as in the time of Christ and His Apostles, the humble, hardworking class of people were the ones to listen and accept the gospel of truth. They were among the early members of our church and soon joined the Saints in Kirtland, Ohio. It was here that their trials, hardships and persecutions began and it took true manhood, womanhood, and faith in God to endure. They were forced to leave their new comfortable home, complete with furniture orchards, and land in Kirtland, Ohio and took only their clothing and a few valued relics and went to Far West Missouri. They were only in Far West a short time and had just built a new home, when a mob, several thousand strong, ordered them out. Every house in the village was burned except Father Elisha Whiting\'s, which was spared because he was so sick they could not move him. We remember of hearing Aunt Elizabeth tell how she sat on the pile of bedding far into the night with her little daughter, Jane, in her arms. Little Jane died soon after from exposure and lack of proper food. Sarah clapped her hands at the big bonfire the mob had made with their fences and the select wood from her father\'s chair shop. They were compelled to flee again so they joined the Saints at Lima in Father Morley\'s branch, where Edwin Whiting acted as counselor to Brother Morley. For several years, the Saints were happily building up the city of Nauvoo, and their Temple. Here they worshipped God without so many persecutions they had experienced at Lima. Edwin was appointed colonel in the Nauvoo Legion and was an active worker at all times for the up building of his church. Through the advice of those in authority, and for a righteous purpose, he entered the law of plural marriage. In the year 1845, he married Almira Meacham. The following year, January 27, 1846, he married Mary Elizabeth Cox. That same year, he was called on a mission to Pennsylvania and was there at the time of the martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph and Hyrum Smith. He soon returned home and took up arms with his brothers to protect his property and the lives of his family. During the battle of the Crooked River, his brother Charles was killed (It may have been his brother William E. Whiting instead). Still a greater test awaited him, his brothers, Almond, Sylvester, Chauncey and Lewis and his sister Louisa, did not feel that Brigham Young should be the leader of the church so they followed a Mr. Cutler and called themselves \"Cutlerites\" and moved up into Cletheral (maybe Clitherall), Minnesota. To this day, they hold tenaciously to the teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith. They still correspond with the children of Edwin Whiting, and have given us, for temple work, an extensive genealogy of the Whiting Family. Edwin Whiting, his families, his father and mother stayed with the Saints, who were compelled to move West as far as Mt. Pisgah, (now known as Talmadge) Iowa. There, they stayed to prepare for the journey across the plains. The dreaded disease, cholera, (An infectious disease characterized by intense vomiting and profuse watery diarrhea and that rapidly leads to dehydration and often death typically from infected water.) took the father and mother of Edwin, his little brother and little daughter, Emily Jane. Their names are on the monument lately erected at that place in memory of those who died there. So many of his family were sick at one time, that there was no one well enough to get the sick ones a drink, but even in those trying times, they still had faith and rejoiced in the Gospel, for the Lord was with them, Emeline, a sister of Edwin, Married Fredrick Walter Cox and the two families were as one big family for years. They established a chair factory and hauled the chairs to Quincy, Illinois where they were sold. From this and their crops, they prepared to come west. Aunt Mary taught school two terms and helped the family some. In April, 1848, Edwin and Emeline, the only children of Elisha and Sally Whiting who stayed true to the church, started westward in Brother Morley\'s company. He settled Manti (See Mary Elizabeth Cox Life Story). After finding the climate of Manti unfavorable for raising fruit, his special work, he was advised by President Young to try out his nursery at Springville. He moved to Springville in 1861 and was able to plant and grow all kinds and varieties of fruit trees, vegetables and flowers. People used to come from neighboring communities to see his flowers. He built a home on the lot where the Springville Second Ward Church now stands. That old two story adobe home will stand in the memory of the members of the Whiting family as a place of many happy evenings and of fun and amusement. Aunt Mary also taught school there. He transplanted, in different towns, many evergreens from the mountains. Those around the old Court House in Provo, those at the Springville city Park, and one large evergreen that stands southwest of the Manti Temple, which can be seen for miles around. He once said, \"I brought that in my dinner bucket and I think it was the first evergreen transplanted in Utah.\" His life was typical of this great tree. A poem written by Emma Whiting, wife of Daniel Whiting, describes his life and this tree as being similar. Edwin had one of the largest families in Utah. Many of those stand at the head of Stake and Ward organizations in our church. Among his descendants, we found seven bishops. In his later life, he did temple work for his dead relatives in the Salt Lake City Temple, St. George Temple, and in the Logan Temple. He lived the principles of his religion. He was honest, charitable, and never accumulated great riches. He was thrifty and loved his wives and children and gave them the comforts of life. He died at Mapleton, Utah on the 9th of December 1890 at the age of eighty-one years. He was firm in his belief and testimony of the truthfulness of the gospel. This history was compiled by: Jennie Bird Hill, Year: 1919 Jennie Bird Hill is the daughter of Abby Ann whiting Bird who was the Daughter of Edwin and Hannah Whiting 1st March 1955 Edwin crossed the plains in 1849 and went south to help settle Manti. It took six weeks to get there, two weeks to build a road up Salt Creek Canyon. It was raining when they reached Temple Hill; the rain turned to snow and fell four feet deep. They shoveled the snow into winrows so cattle could get dry grass underneath. They cut down cottonwood trees so they could eat buds, bark, and small limbs. Edwin\'s 28 head were thin and tired from crossing the plains and when spring came only one big ox \"old Buck\", was still alive. Edwin wanted to raise fruit, so about 1860 he moved to Mapleton near Springville. (Orville S. Cox Genealogy Bulletin June 1957) FSID KWJW-7B9 [34, 49, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116] Occupation Chair Maker, Farmer Death 8 Dec 1890 Mapleton, Utah, Utah, United States [34, 39, 42, 49, 52, 68, 69, 70, 71, 73] Burial 11 Dec 1890 Springville City Cemetery, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States [34, 49, 69, 70, 73] Person ID I61325 footsteps Last Modified 27 Nov 2025
Family Mary Ann Washburn, b. 18 Nov 1828, Mount Pleasant, Westchester, New York, United States d. 10 Oct 1882, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 53 years) Marriage 14 Apr 1857 Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Age at Marriage Edwin was 47 years and 7 months - Mary was 28 years and 5 months. Family ID F35759 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Nov 2025
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Notes - biography of Elisha Franklin Whiting mentioned that Laura was one of three triplets born and died on 11 Nov 1841 Lima, Carroll, Illinois
BIOGRAPHY OF ELISHA FRANKLIN WHITING
BIOGRAPHY OF ELISHA FRANKLIN WHITING
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Elisha Franklin Whiting was born on 27 December 1853 in Manti, Sanpete, Utah Territory to Edwin and Almira Mehitable Meacham Whiting. He was the fifth of eight children,nibione girls and three boys.
His father was born on 9 September 1809 in Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts. He married Elizabeth Partridge Tillotson on 21 September 1833 in Lee, Berkshire,Massachusetts. They had five children while living in Nelson,Portage, Ohio. Twins Olivia and William were born on 18 October 1834. Olivia died the same day. Helen Amelia was born on 21 August 1836;.
They were driven from Caldwell County, Missouri in 1839 and they fled to Hancock County, Illinois. Sarah Elizabeth was born on 2 January 1840; and triplets Louisa,Laura, and Lavina were born on 11 November 1841 in Lima, Carroll,Illinois. They died the same day. Emily Jane was born on 25 February 1843 and died 12 September 1846 at Mt. Pisgah, Iowa. They moved to Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois in 1844 where Edwin Lucius was born on 22 October 1845, just before the saints were driven from Nauvoo. Oscar Newell was born on 18 January 1848 at Mount Pisgah, Union, Iowa. This was their first area where the saints stopped to prepare more for their trek west.
He married Almira Mehitable Meacham on 3 January 1845. They had received their endowments on 7 January 1846 in the Nauvoo Temple. Their first son Edward Lucian was born on 28 January 1846 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois.
He married Mary Elizabeth Cox on 27 January 1846. He was sealed to Elizabeth, Almira and Mary Elizabeth on 27 January 1846. This was just a week before the saints were driven from Nauvoo. They went to Mt. Pisgah, Iowa and were there until the spring of 1849.
They came to Great Salt Lake City,Deseret with the Ezra T. Benson Company in 1849. His father Edwin was 39; Elizabeth was 35; William was 14; Helen Amelia was 12;Sarah Elizabeth was 9; Edwin Lucius was 3; and Oscar was 1. His wife Almira Mehitable was 25, their son Edward Lucian was 3, and their daughter Ellen was 1. Ellen Emerett had been born on 1 September 1847 and Catherine Emeline was born on 1 May 1849 at Mount Pisgah, just before they left. His wife Mary Elizabeth was 22 and their son Albert Milton was 1.
They departed on 15 July 1849 with 205 individuals which began its journey from the outfitting post at Kanesville, Iowa. They combined with the George A. Smith company as they traveled close together crossing the plains. Elisha Averett was a captain of 100 and was on guard duty and caught several Indians lurking about in the grass trying to steal horses. He drew his gun and drew back the lock, and boy did the leave the area!
About the middle of September they had some difficulty because water for the animals was very scarce. On 2 October they traveled fourteen miles, weather quite cold. Just before night it commenced snowing and blowing severely, and continued for about thirty hours, freezing.Everything t touched until the snow in some places was about three feet deep, about 23 head of Cattle died, in camp, and 17 head in Ezra T. Benson’s camp. Tt was a trying and sorrowful time so cold that chickens and pigs and cows froze to death in the Camp, and froze the Sweet Water River near so hard that they crossed over on the ice. It was a sorrowful sight to behold the cattle after the storm abated,one by one lying cold and dead among the willows. The cattle that made it were weak from the storm. They made it to Fort Bridger by 17 October. Big Mountain was some 7,245 feet high. All the mountains were snow capped. They made it into the Great Salt Lake valley 25-29 October 1849.
Francis W. Gunnell tells of the trek in his autobiography: “We stopped at Council Bluffs for sometime getting ready to continue our journey across the dreary plains with ox teams. Here we became familiarly acquainted with Brother E[zra].T[aft]. Benson, in whose company we traveled across the plains. Wr [We] crossed the Missouri River on July 15, 1849.
We now proceeded on our journey to Salt Lake. We had a few stampedes on the road, one on Elk Horn, but no damages until we arrived at Willow Springs east of Sweetwater. Here we encountered a severe snow storm,freezing 17 head of cattle and one horse to death in one night. Snow fell nearly to the top of our wagon covers and we had to dig our way out.
We arrived at Salt Lake City on October 29. Several Brethren from the valley came to meet us with ox teams to help us in. President Young and several of the Brethren met us at the mouth of Emigration Canyon to welcome us in. There was much rejoicing too.”
The family first settled in Manti, Sanpete, Utah Territory where the lasttwo children were born, Louisa Meletiah born on 17 May 1850 and Caroline Fidelia born on 24 November 1853.
Edwin and Almira had six more children, Cornelia Dollie born 11 June 1851;Elisha Franklin born on 27 December 1853; Edwin Lafayette born on 30 July 1857; and Hyrum born on 29 December 1859. Their last child Sylvia Almira was born on 14 December 1860 in Springville, Utah, Utah Territory.
Elisha was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 31 May 1900 and confirmed on 3 June 1900 at the age of 46. He never married.
He died on 15 February 1914 at the age of 60. It is not known where he was buried.
Household Record 1880 United States Cen
Household Record 1880 United States Census
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Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Edwin WHITING Self M Male W 70 MA Farmer CT MA
Elizabeth P. WHITING Wife M Female W 66 MA Keeping House MA MA
Oscar WHITING Son S Male W 32 IA Freighter MA MA
Hannah WHITING Wife M Female W 45 OH Keeping House --- ---
Lorenzo WHITING Son S Male W 20 UT Laborer MA OH
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Census Place Springville, Utah, Utah
Family History Library Film 1255338
NA Film Number T9-1338
Page Number 173C
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!Occupation: Nurseryman & Carpenter. !Source family group of Edwin Whiting & Mary Elizabeth Cox: 1. Copied from Naomi Harker's record 2. Temple Index Bureau 3. Records of Elda Whiting, St. Johns, Arizona 4. IGI 5. Ancestral File !Bap: also listed Aug 1838.
Testimony of Joseph Smith, By Edwin Whiting
"My children, I have guarded the prophet Joseph Smith while he slept; I have guarded him while he walked the earth. I have slept at his side. I have felt the power of God in his life. I have seen the mantel of the Holy Ghost hover over him. I have received the witness that I know that he is and he was a prophet of the living God, and I want you children, may family to honor him and to honor each succeeding prophet following him because your security in the kingdom of God and your security in the church depends upon your full allegiance in the prophets in the earth. This testimony I leave with you and I know that he was indeed a prophet of the living God." ~ Edwin Whiting
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!Lands and Records Office, Nauvoo Visitor Center, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Susan Easton Black Collection, Edwin Whiting listing on pages 833-841. Edwin Whitings birth, death, and church ordinances records as well as marriages and children of these marriages are given. Also his parents. In addition the following information is found: Comments #1 - 1.Edwin came to Utah in 1849 with the Captain Morley company. 2.Edwin was a member of the Utah legislature from Manti 1859-1860. Reference: Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah. Esshom, Frank. 1913. Page: 1243. Comments #2 - 1.In 1850 Edwin had a household of sixteen, with a real wealth of $100 and no personal wealth. 2.In 1870 Edwin had a household of six, with a real wealth of $2250 and a personal wealth of $1650. Reference: Utah Federal Census; Year 1851, 1870. Residency Data: Manti, Utah- 1850. Springville, Utah-1870. Vocation Data: Mayor, Manti, Sanpete, Utah. Nurseryman. Chairmaker. Reference:Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah. Utah Census 1851,1870 !Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register 1845-1846. January 7, 1846. Third Company. Edwin Whiting is listed as being born 9 Sep 1809 in Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts. His priesthood is high priest. Others in the company who received their endowments that day were Mary Elizabeth Cox, Elizabeth P. Whiting (Elizabeth Partridge Tillotson in record). Also other members of the Cox family and Isaac Morley, Jr. !Others sources listed by Susan Easton Black are these: LDS Missouri Petitions of 1830's. Johnson, Clark Nauvoo Social History Project. Smith, James A Brief History of Springville, Utah, Page 108 History of Mapleton, Utah, Page 175 Early Church File Temple Index Bureau Manti Ward Records Springville Ward Records Springville Cemetary Records Book of Patriarchal Blessings Index Missouri Listings !Nao ma Manwaring Harker Research: FGS #106 1. Manti ward rec (GS call #026,129 p.g 15) 2. Manti cem rec (GS call no. Utah Ma) 3. Springville cem rec. (GS call no. Utah S5) 4. Pat. Bless. Edwin Whiting (Early ch. Rec. File bapt. #3) 5. 1831 Census Nelson, Portage Co., Ohio Film #0,337,949 pg. 228 6. St. George Tem. seal and adop. (GS ser no 23058 pt. 1 p. 32, 37, 395, 497) 7. VR Lee, Mass (GS cal no. Mass L2a) 8. EH seal rec (Gs #25165 pt. 22 Bk L p. 182 #3; pt.16, Bk E p. 152 for parents) !Naoma Manwaring Harker Research: FGS #109 1. Early Church Rec. file: Patriarchal bless. 1 Jan. 1841 Lima , Adams, Ill. 2. Manti ward rec Film #026,129 page 5 Edwin Whiting re-bap 7 July, 1850 by Orville Cox, confirmed 14 Jul 1850 3. Springville Ward Records (Film# 026,459) Abbie Ann Whiting bap. 28 sep 1867 Lorenzo Whiting bap 12 Sep 1869 (page 16) Edwin Whiting re-bap 1 Nov 1875 Hannah Whiting re-bap 1 Nov 1875 Abbie Whiting re-bap 27 Nov 1875 Lorenzo Whiting re-bap 18 Jan 1876 4. St. George temple adoption and sealing of children (Film#23058 pt1), Bk. B. p. 31: Edwin Whiting, born: 9 Sep 1809 adopted to Pres. Brigham Young 30 Oct 1879 p. 32. Mifflin Penwood Brown Bristol, dead, born: 3 Apr 1851 Clark Co., Iowa, died 10 Apr 1851 Lorenzo Snow Whiting born: 30 July 1860 Manti Francis Elmer Whiting, dead, born: 12 May 1864 Springville Sealed to Edwin Whiting and Hannah Haines Brown Whiting (the father of the two latter and the mother of all three) p. 395 Melvin Whiting, dead, born: 24 Apr 1862, died same day Alvin Whiting, dead, born 24 Apr 1862, died same day; Both sealed to parents Edwin Whiting and Hannah Haines Brown 7 Feb 1884 !BEFORE AND AFTER MOUNT PISGAH, by Clare B. Christensen says the following on page 255: "Edwin Whiting had tried to grow fruit at Manti, Utah since his return from Ohio. The seasons at Manti had been cold. Brigham Young advised Edwin to move to Springville, Utah where the winters were more mild. In 1861 Edwin made the move. He bought land from the Hu lets. That same year edwin s cousin, Sylvanus Cyrus Hulet was called to take his family and help with the settlement at St. George, Utah." After having read the foregoing quote I would assume that Melvin, Alvin, and Francis Whiting were born and died at Springville or Mapleton and were buried someplace in the area. p. 497 Abby Ann Whiting Bird, born 13 June 1858 Manti, sealed to parents Edwin Whiting and Hannah Haines Brown 7 Feb 1884. !End. House Sealing Book E p. 152 Edwin Whiting born 19 Sep 1811, Lee Berks, Mass Hannah Haines Brown born 21 Jul 1834 Goshen, Columbia, Ohio Sealed 18 Jul 1868 June 1965 (NMH) Every ordinance date on this sheet has been checked against original temple records and birthdates, death dates, etc. against ward, emetery rec. etc.
!BIRTH :1831 Census Nelson, Portage C
!BIRTH :1831 Census Nelson, Portage County, Ohio GS # 0,337,949; Manti Ward Rec GS call# 6381 pt.1 p.5; TIB; Pioneers & Prominent Men of Utah- Esshom 1913 p.1243; Vit Rec Lee, Mass GS 974.41/L1/V2n (Mass L2a); Early Church File; 1850 Census Nauvoo GS Film 007,677 (ser# 2573) pt.8 #1866-1869; Utah Federal Census 1851, 1870; Patriarchal Blessing Early Church Rec File 1-1 Jan 1841 Lima, Adams, Illinois; LDS Emig. Rec GS (ser# 23058) pt.1 p.32, 37 etc.; Springville Ward Rec GS (ser# 6490 pt.1); MARRIAGE :Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register 1845-46; TIB; DEATH :Springville Cem Rec GS call# Utah S5; BAPTISM :Early Church File (Officiator T.B. Marsh Aug 1838), 2 Jan 1946 SL;ENDOWED :Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register 1845-46: 7 Jan 1846 NV; TIB; SEAL PARENTS :Family Group Sheet Father, 20 Dec 1974 LA; SEAL SPOUSE :EH seal rec GS ser# 25165 pt22 Bk L p.182 #3; pt16 Bk E p.152 Arch Rec Naoma M. Harker; HISTORY :(Compiled by Jennie Bird Hill, daughter of Abby Ann Whiting, daughter of Edwin and Hannah Whiting- 1919) "About the year 1800, in the little town of Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, near the border of New York, lived the family of Elisha and Sally Hulett Whiting. Elisha Whiting's father was a sea captain and lived in Connecticut. He died when Elisha was very young. His mother, not knowing what else to do, bound him to an old Quaker, who was very cruel to him, and after a few years, he ran away to Massachusetts and worked on a farm with a wheelwright. Here he was married to Sally Hulett. They were highly respected, honest, generous and firm in their convictions. Elisha Whiting followed the trade of wagon and chair maker and did his work well. His wife was very gifted in making prose and poetry, a characteristic that has been bequeathed to many of the Whiting descendants. To Elisha and Sally Whiting, twelve children were born, eight sons and four daughters as follows: (1) Charles, (2) William, (3) Edwin, (4) Charles, (5) Katherine Louisa, (6) Harriet, (7) Sally Emeline, (8) Chauncey, (9) Almond, (10) Jane, (11) Sylvester, and (12) Lewis. Edwin Whiting was born September 9, 1809, the third child of this family. When he was six years old, his parents moved to Nelson, Portage County, Ohio. At that time, it was the western frontier of the U.S.A. but probably the very his father wished to be to get a suitable timber for his trade, for the support of his large family. Edwin Whiting's chance for education was very limited, but they were all taught the "3 R's", Readin', Ritin', and Rithmetic, and he wrote an legible hand, an extrordinary feat for his time. At an early age, he wrote credible verse. His early life in the forest, no doubt, accounts for his love of the out-of-doors, the beauties of nature, the trees, the flowers, the mountains and the desire to hunt. One Sunday morning, when but a small boy, he decided to go hunting. He knew this was contrary to his parent's teachings, so he tried to draw his gun through the cracks between the logs of his bedroom and go unmolested. His gun caught and was discharged, inflicting a serious wound in his left arm. This, he said, was a lesson to observe the Sabbath Day and to obey his parents. He learned the chair making trade from his father and his workmanship was considered very good. In 1833, when Edwin was twenty-four years old, he married Elizabeth Partridge Tillotson, an Ohio girl of French descent. She was a highly educated school teacher, quite an accomplishment for those days. In 1837, the Gospel was brought to the Whiting family. Edwin and his wife, his father and mother and some of his brothers and sisters joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They were baptized by Thomas Marsh in 1838. Here, as in the time of Christ and His Apostles, the humble, hard-working class of people were the ones to listen and accept the Gospel of truth. They were among the early members of our church and soon joined the saints in Kirtland, Ohio. It was here that thei r trials, hardships and persecutions began and it took true manhood, womanhood, and faith in God to endure. They were forced to leave their new comfortable home, complete with furniture, orchards and land in Kirtland, Ohio and took only their clothing and a few valued relics and went to Far West, Missouri. By this time, Edwin and Elizabeth had four children: William, Helen Amelia, Sarah Elizabeth and Emily Jane. They were only in Far West a short time and had just built a new home, when the mob, several thousand strong,, ordered them out. Every house in the village was burned except father Elisha Whiting's, which was spared because he was so sick then could not move him. We remember of hearing aunt Elizabeth tell how she sat on the pile of bedding far into the night with little daughter Jane in her arms. Little Jane died soon after from exposure and lack of proper food. Sarah clapped her hands at the big bonfire the mob had made with their fences and the select wood from her father's chair shop. They were compelled to flee again so they joined the saints at Lima in father Morley's branch, where Edwin Whiting acted as counselor to brother Morley. For Several years, the saints were happily building up the city of Nauvoo, and their temple. Here they worshipped God without so much persecution as they had experienced at Lima. Edwin was appointed Colonel in the Nauvoo Legion and was an active worker at all times for the up-building of His Church. Through the advice of those in authority, and for a righteous purpose, he entered the law of plural marriage. In the year 1845, he married Almira Meacham. The following year, January 27, 1846, he married Mary Elizabeth Cox. That same year, he was called on a mission to Pennsylvania and was there at the time of the martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph and Hyrum Smith. He woon returned home and took up arms with his bretheren to protect his property and the lives of his family. During the battle of the Crooked River, his br other Charles was killed. Still a greater test awaited him, his brothers, Almond, Sylvester, Chauncey and Lewis and his sister, Louisa did not feel that Brigham Young should be the leader of the Church so they followed a Mr. Cutler and called themselves "Cutlerites" and moved up into Clitheral, Minnesota. To this day they hold tenaciously to the teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith. They still correspond with the children of Edwin Whiting, and have given us, for temple work, an extensive genealogy of the Whiting family. Edwin Whiting, his families, his father and mother stayed with the saints, who were compelled to move west as far as Mt. Pisgah, (now known as Talmadge) Iowa. There they stayed to prepare for the journey across the plains. The dreaded disease, cholera, took the father and mother of Edwin, his little brother and little daughter, Emily Jane. Their names are on the monument lately erected at that place in memory of those who died there. So many of his family were sick at one time, that there was no one well enough to get the sick ones a drink, but even in those trying times, they still had faith and rejoiced in the Gospel, for the Lord was with them. Emeline, a sister of Edwin, married Fredrick Walter Cox and the two families were as one big family for years. They extablished a chair factory and hauled the chairs to Quincy, Illinois where they were sold. From this and their crops, they prepared to come west. Aunt Mary taught school two terms and helped the family some. While at Mt. Pisgah, three children were born. Albert Milton was born to Mary. Oscar Newell was born to Elizabeth, and Catherine Emeline was born to Almira. In April, 1849, Edwin and Emeline, the only children of Elixha and Sally Whiting who stayed true to the Church, started westward in brother Morley's company. Volumes have been written of the westward journey of the saints, and as Congressman Leatherstood has said, "It is the greatest emigration trail that was ever blazed, a nd our pioneers will, some day stand out in history as the greatest pioneers of the world." They fought Indians, had their cattle stampeeded, suffered for lack of proper food, and even though tired from that long and tedious trek, still they went on. After reaching the Black Hills, a heavy snow storm came and for three days they were shut in. Many of their cattle died and perhaps they would have died had not the teams and provisions sent by President Brigham Young come to their aid. On October 28, 1849, they reached Salt Lake Cilty, which looked like a haven of rest to that travel-worn company. Aunt Mary said, "I havenever beheld a sight so good and so beautiful as Salt Lake City. We were so thankful our journey was at an end." But their rest was of short duration, for in a few days, Edwin Whiting, the Morley's and the Cox's were called to settle the San Pitch River, now known as Manti. Again they journeyed on. It took three weeks to go from Salt Lake City, because they had to build their own roads. Provo was then a village of about six homes. As they passed Hobble Creek, afterwards known as Springville, Edwin Whiting remarked, "This is a fertile spot. I would like to stop here." They arrived in Sanpete county on December 1, 1849, with almost nothing to eat, no food for their cattle, no shelter to keep them warm, and cold weather upon them. They made "dug-outs" on the south side of the hill where the Manti Temple now stands. It was a severe winter, with snow so deep the cattle could scarcely get grass and most of them died. Food had to be divided with the Indians to keep peace. President Young had promised them provisions and help, but none came, so Edwin and Orville Cox put on snow shoes and with a little parched corn in their pockets for food, placed their bedding on a sleigh and started toward Salt Lake City for help. When they reached Nephi Canyon, they met their help, brother Dace Henry, his wife, her brother, Mr. Doge and an Indian, snow bou
1862 attempt to farm on the Union Bench
On page 15 of History of Mapleton, by Ralph K. Harmer and Wendell B. Johnson, it says that in 1862 Edwin Whiting was among a group of farmers who tried to open up the Union Bench (later renamed Mapleton) for farming. However, at that time they were not successful. They were unable "to secure rights to the water running out of Maple Canyon," and without irrigation their crops could not survive. There were also Indian problems.
!Records of Elnora P. Jones, Duncan, AZ
!Records of Elnora P. Jones, Duncan, AZ 85534 (now deceased), daughter Myrtle Jones Nelson has records in her possession. (source dated Mar 1989) !Nauvoo Temple records for sealings of Husband and wife. 25163, pt 4. !Book: Lee Mass. Vital Records to 1850 #974.4 Lee, pg. 101. LDS Churh record file Springville sexton's records GS #24380 !1831 Census: Nelson, Portage Co., Ohio GS #41094, pt. 16 !Baptism: (2) 7 Jul 1875. He married (2) 3 Jan 1845 Almira Mehitable Meacham, (3) 27 Jan 1846 Mary Elizabeth Cox, (4) 8 Oct 1856 Hannah Haines Brown, (5) 20 April Mary Ann Washburn Endowment reconfirmed and all former sealings ratified on 2 Jan 1967. Stated on Family Gp Sheet submitted by: Edwin Whiting Family Org., by W. Verl Whiting, P.O. Box 232, 250 W. 2nd N., Springville, UT !Records of Elnora P. Jones, Duncan, AZ 85534 (now deceased), daughter Myrtle Jones Nelson has records in her possession. (source dated Mar 1989) !Nauvoo Temple records for sealings of Husband and wife. 25163, pt 4. !Book: Lee Mass. Vital Records to 1850 #974.4 Lee, pg. 101. LDS Churh record file Springville sexton's records GS #24380 !1831 Census: Nelson, Portage Co., Ohio GS #41094, pt. 16 !Second baptism: 7 Jul 1875. He married (2) 3 Jan 1845 Almira Mehitable Meacham, (3) 27 Jan 1846 Mary Elizabeth Cox, (4) 8 Oct 1856 Hannah Haines Brown, (5) 20 April Mary Ann Washburn
- married: 1st - Elizabeth Partridge Ti
- married: 1st - Elizabeth Partridge Tillotson 2nd - Almira M. P. Meecham 3rd - Mary Elizabeth Cox 4th - Hannah Haines Brown 5th - Mary Ann Washburn
BIRTH: 1831 Census Nelson, Portage Cou
BIRTH: 1831 Census Nelson, Portage County, Ohio GS # 0,337,949; Manti Ward Rec GS call# 6381 pt.1 p.5; TIB; Pioneers & Prominent Men of Utah-Esshom 1913 p.1243; Vit Rec Lee, Mass GS 974.41/L1/V2n (Mass L2a); Early Church File; 1850 Census Nauvoo GS Film 007,677 (ser# 2573) pt.8 #1866-1869; Utah Federal Census 1851, 1870; Patriarchal Blessing Early Church Rec File 1-1 Jan 1841 Lima,Adams, Illinois; LDS Emig. Rec GS (ser# 23058) pt.1 p.32, 37 etc.; Springville Ward Rec GS (ser# 6490 pt.1); MARRIAGE: Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register 1845-46; TIB; DEATH: Springville Cem Rec GS call# Utah S5; BAPTISM: Early Church File (Officiator T.B. Marsh Aug 1838), 2 Jan 1946 SL; ENDOWED: Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register 1845-46: 7 Jan 1846 NV; TIB; SEAL PARENTS: Family Group Sheet Father, 20 Dec 1974 LA; SEAL SPOUSE: EH seal rec GS ser# 25165 pt22 Bk L p.182 #3; pt16 Bk E p.152 Archive Record of Naoma M. Harker;
HISTORY:(Compiled by Jennie Bird Hill, daughter of Abby Ann Whiting, daughter of Edwin and Hannah Whiting- 1919): "About the year 1800, in the little town of Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, near the border of New York, lived the family of Elisha and Sally Hulett Whiting. Elisha Whiting's father was a sea captain and lived in Connecticut. He died when Elisha was very young. His mother, not knowing what else to do, bound him to an old Quaker, who was very cruel to him, and after a few years, he ran away to Massachusetts and worked on a farm with a wheelwright. Here he was married to Sally Hulett. They were highly respected, honest, generous and firm in their convictions. Elisha Whiting followed the trade of wagon and chair maker and did his work well. His wife was very gifted in making prose and poetry, a characteristic that has been bequeathed to many of the Whiting descendants. To Elisha and Sally Whiting, twelve children were born, eight sons and four daughters as follows: (1) Charles, (2) William, (3) Edwin, (4) Charles, (5) Katherine Louisa, (6) Harriet, (7) Sal ly Emeline, (8) Chauncey, (9) Almond, (10) Jane, (11) Sylvester, and (12) Lewis. Edwin Whiting was born September 9 1809, the third child of this family. When he was six years old, his parents moved to Nelson, Portage County, Ohio. At that time, it was the western frontier of the U.S.A. but probably the very his father wished to be to get a suitable timber for his trade, for the support of his large family. Edwin Whiting's chance for education was very limited, but they were all taught the "3 R's", Readin', Ritin', and 'Rithmetic, and he wrote an legible hand, an extrordinary feat for his time. At an early age, he wrote credible verse. His early life in the forest, no doubt, accounts for his love of the out-of-doors, the beauties of nature, the trees, the flowers, the mountains and the desire to hunt. One Sunday morning, when but a small boy, he decided to go hunting. He knew this was contrary to his parent's teachings, so he tried to draw his gun through the cracks between the logs of his bedroom and go unmolested. His gun caught and was discharged, inflicting a serious wound in his left arm. This, he said, was a lesson to observe the Sabbath Day and to obey his parents. He learned the chair making trade from his father and his workmanship was considered very good. In 1833, when Edwin was twenty-four years old, he married Elizabeth Partridge Tillotson, an Ohio girl of French descent. She was a highly educated school teacher, quite an accomplishment for those days. In 1837, the Gospel was brought to the Whiting family. Edwin and his wife, his father and mother and some of his brothers and sisters joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They were baptized by Thomas Marsh in 1838. Here, as in the time of Christ and His Apostles, the humble, hard -working class of people were the ones to listen and accept the Gospel of truth. They were among the early members of our church and soon joined the saints in Kirtland, Ohio. It was here that their trials, hardships and persecutions began and it took true manhood, womanhood, and faith in God to endure. They were forced to leave their new comfortable home, complete with furniture, orchards and land in Kirtland, Ohio and took only their clothing and a few valued relics and went to Far West, Missouri. By this time, Edwin and Elizabeth had four children: William, Helen Amelia, Sarah Elizabeth and Emily Jane. They were only in Far West a short time and had just built a new home, when the mob, several thousand strong,, ordered them out. Every house in the village was burned except father Elisha Whiting's, which was spared because he was so sick then could not move him. We remember of hearing aunt Elizabeth tell how she sat on the pile of bedding far into the night with little daughter Jane in her arms. Little Jane died soon after from exposure and lack of proper food. Sarah clapped her hands at the big bonfire the mob had made with their fences and the select wood from her father's chair shop. They were compelled to flee again so they joined the saints at Lima in father Isaac Morley's branch, where Edwin Whiting acted as counselor to brother Morley. For Several years, the saints were happily building up the city of Nauvoo,and their temple. Here they worshipped God without so much persecution as they had experienced at Lima. Edwin was appointed Colonel in the Nauvoo Legion and was an active worker at all times for the up-building of His Church. Through the advice of those in authority, and for a righteous purpose, he entered the law of plural marriage. On January 3rd 1845, he married Almira Meacham. The following year, January 27, 1846, he married Mary Elizabeth Cox. That same year, he was called on a mission to Pennsylvania and was there at the time of the martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph and Hyrum Smith. He soon returned home and took up arms with his bretheren to protect his property and the lives of his family. During the battle of the Crooked River, his brother Charl es was killed. Still a greater test awaited him, his brothers, Almond, Sylvester, Chauncey and Lewis and his sister, Louisa did not feel that Brigham Young should be the leader of the Church so they followed Alpheus Cutler and called themselves "Cutlerites" and moved up into Clitheral, Minnesota. To this day they hold tenaciously to the teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith. They still correspond with the children of Edwin Whiting, and have given us, for temple work, an extensive genealogy of the Whiting family. Edwin Whiting, his families, his father and mother stayed with the saints, who were compelled to move west as far as Mt. Pisgah, (now known as Talmadge) Iowa. There they stayed to prepare for the journey across the plains. The dreaded disease, cholera, took the father and mother of Edwin, his little brother and little daughter, Emily Jane. Their names are on the monument lately erected at that place in memory of those who died there. So many of his family were sick at one time, that there was no one well enough to get the sick ones a drink, but even in those trying times, they still had faith and rejoiced in the Gospel, for the Lord was with them. Emeline, a sister of Edwin, married Fredrick Walter Cox and the two families were as one big family for years. They established a chair factory and hauled the chairs to Quincy, Illinois where they were sold. From this and their crops, they prepared to come west. Aunt Mary taught school two terms and helped the family some. While at Mt.Pisgah, three children were born. Albert Milton was born to Mary. Oscar Newell was born to Elizabeth, and Catherine Emeline was born to Almira. In April 1849, Edwin and Emeline, the only children of Elisha and Sally Whiting who stayed true to the Church, started westward in brother Morley's company. Volumes have been written of the westward journey of the saints, and as Congressman Leatherstood has said, "It is the greatest emigration trail that was ever blazed, and our pioneers will , some day stand out in history as the greatest pioneers of the world." They fought Indians, had their cattle stampeeded, suffered for lack of proper food, and even though tired from that long and tedious trek, still they went on. After reaching the Black Hills, a heavy snow storm came and for three days they were shut in. Many of their cattle died and perhaps they would have died had not the teams and provisions sent by President Brigham Young come to their aid. On October 28, 1849, they reached Salt Lake City, which looked like a haven of rest to that travel-worn company. Aunt Mary said, "I have never beheld a sight so good and so beautiful as Salt Lake City. We were so thankful our journey was at an end." But their rest was of short duration, for in a few days, Edwin Whiting, the Morley's and the Cox's were called to settle the San Pitch River, now known as Manti. Again they journeyed on. It took three weeks to go from Salt Lake City, because they had to build their own roads. Provo was then a village of about six homes. As they passed Hobble Creek, afterwards known as Springville, Edwin Whiting remarked, "This is a fertile spot. I would like to stop here." They arrived in Sanpete county on December 1, 1849, with almost nothing to eat, no food for their cattle, no shelter to keep them warm, and cold weather upon them. They made "dug-outs" on the south side of the hill where the Manti Temple now stands. It was a severe winter, with snow so deep the cattle could scarcely get grass and most of them died. Food had to be divided with the Indians to keep peace. President Young had promised them provisions and help, but none came, so Edwin and Orville Cox put on snow shoes and with a little parched corn in their pockets for food, placed their bedding on a sleigh and started toward Salt Lake City for help. When they reached Nephi Canyon, they met their help, brother Dace Henry, his wife, her brother, Mr. Doge and an Indian, snow bound. Their cattle
- biography of Elisha Franklin Whiting mentioned that Laura was one of three triplets born and died on 11 Nov 1841 Lima, Carroll, Illinois
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https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6JBC-M5JY - [S1211] FamilySearch.org, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6JYR-577B : Sat May 03 15:03:02 UTC 2025), Entry for Philetus Edgar Whiting and Elias Smith.
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https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68LH-24KD - [S1211] FamilySearch.org, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6J55-XPBJ : Sat May 03 15:00:26 UTC 2025), Entry for Lorenzo Whiting and Thos Child.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6J55-XPBV - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Vital Records of Lee Massachusetts, to the year 1850. On microfilm. Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974. on 1 microfilm reel; 35 mm. Film number 007831802.
1909 transcription of Edwin Whiting's original birth record in Lee Massachusetts. - [S1211] FamilySearch.org, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68LN-3NRJ : Fri May 02 22:51:56 UTC 2025), Entry for Edwin Whiting and T B Marsh.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68LN-3NRJ - [S1211] FamilySearch.org, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68LX-X24G : Fri May 02 22:49:22 UTC 2025), Entry for Edwin Whiting and T B Marsh.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68LX-X24G - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/DE1/show/6913/id/6903.
The record talks about a surprise birthday party for Edwin Whiting's 79th birthday party. His family and friends surrounded a very large table set outdoors in the orchard he had planted 30 years before. - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 02 September 2025, 06:05), entry for Rebecca Woolchurch (PID https://ark.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:GGX6-FVW ); contributed by various users.
https://ark.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:GGX6-FVW - [S747] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXJ-JYW : 5 January 2021), Edwin Whiting, 1809.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQXJ-JYW - [S730] FamilySearch.org, Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DZK7-YHMM : Sat Mar 09 03:55:23 UTC 2024), Entry for Edwin Whiting and Elisha, 7 September 1809.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DZK7-YHMM - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Source number: 3309.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: GCH.
http://search.ancestry.com/collections/7836/records/1317955 - [S877] FamilySearch.org, Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ5X-VY7 : Mon May 20 18:17:52 UTC 2024), Entry for Edwin Whiting and Elizabeth P. Tillotson, 1833.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ5X-VY7 - [S1056] FamilySearch.org, Illinois, Hancock County, Nauvoo Community Project, 1839-1846 (BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy), "Illinois, Hancock County, Nauvoo Community Project, 1839-1846 (BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy)", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL3Z-KS6P : Thu Mar 20 14:13:05 UTC 2025), Entry for Edwin Whiting and Elisha Whiting, Jr., from 1839 to 1846.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL3Z-KS6P - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Source number: 3309.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: GCH.
Birth date: 1809
Birth place: MA
Marriage date: 1846
Marriage place: IL - [S1218] FamilySearch.org, Utah, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, 1847-1868, "Utah, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, 1847-1868", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KL71-WW1 : Sun Jan 19 19:38:10 UTC 2025), Entry for Edwin Whiting.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KL71-WW1 - [S1057] FamilySearch.org, Utah, Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868, "Utah, Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9B-HPKV : Wed Feb 19 20:40:18 UTC 2025), Entry for Edwin Whiting, 29 Oct 1849.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9B-HPKV - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, LDS Church Library Mormon Pioneer Company 1849 in Ezra T. Benson Company.
Mormon Pioneer crossing the plains from Iowa to Utah with Edwin Whiting and his large family in 1849. - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Year: 1850; Census Place: Sanpete, Utah Territory; Roll: M432_919; Page: 113A; Image: 233.
http://search.ancestry.com/collections/8054/records/1099846 - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Year: 1850; Census Place: , Sanpete, Utah Territory; Roll: M432_919; Page: 113; Image: 229.
Birth date: abt 1809
Birth place: Massachusetts
Residence date: 1850
Residence place: Sanpete, Utah Territory - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "United States Census, 1850," Edwin Whiting in household of Edwin Whiting, San Pete county, San Pete, Utah Territory, United States.
"United States Census, 1850," Edwin Whiting in household of Edwin Whiting, San Pete county, San Pete, Utah Territory, United States
Name: Edwin Whiting
Event: Census
Event Date: 1850
Event Place: San Pete county, San Pete, Utah Territory, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 41
Marital Status:
Race (Original):
Race (Expanded):
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Estimated Birth Year: 1809
Dwelling House Number: 13
Family Number: 13
Line Number:
NARA Publication Number: M432
NARA Roll Number: 919
Film Number: 25540
Digital Folder Number: 004181033
Image Number: 00233
Household Gender Age
Edwin Whiting M 41
Elizabeth Whiting F 37
Mary Whiting F 23
William Whiting M 16
Amelia Whiting F 14
Sarah Whiting F 11
Almon Whiting M 10
Lucius Whiting M 5
Albert Whiting M 3
Oscar Whiting M 3
Emeline Whiting F 2
Harriet Whiting F 1
Almira M Whiting Wo F 27
Edward Whiting Wo M 5
Ellen Whiting Wo F 3
Loisa Whiting Wo F 1 - [S568] FamilySearch.org, United States, Census, 1850, "United States, Census, 1850", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCSX-W1Q : Wed Jan 22 01:05:42 UTC 2025), Entry for Edwin Whiting and Elizabeth Whiting, 1850.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCSX-W1Q - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "Edwin Isaacson Whiting", Early Mormon Missionaries, accessed July 1, 2017, https://history.lds.org/missionary/individual/edwin-edward-whiting-1811.
Edwin Isaacson Whiting
Birth date, place: 9 September 1809, Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
Death date: 8 December 1890
Baptism date: August 1838
undefined: Elisha Whiting Jr, Sally Hulet - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "Edwin Isaacson Whiting", Early Mormon Missionaries, accessed June 27, 2017, https://history.lds.org/missionary/individual/edwin-edward-whiting-1811.
Edwin Isaacson Whiting
Birth date, place: 9 September 1809, Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
Death date: 8 December 1890
Baptism date: August 1838
undefined: Elisha Whiting Jr, Sally Hulet - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "Edwin Whiting", Early Mormon Missionaries, accessed April 24, 2017, https://history.lds.org/missionary/individual/edwin-edward-whiting-1811.
Edwin Whiting
Birth date, place: 19 September 1811, Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Death date: 9 December 1890
Baptism date: August 1838 - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "Edwin Isaacson Whiting", Early Mormon Missionaries, accessed June 25, 2017, https://history.lds.org/missionary/individual/edwin-edward-whiting-1811.
Edwin Isaacson Whiting
Birth date, place: 9 September 1809, Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
Death date: 8 December 1890
Baptism date: August 1838
undefined: Elisha Whiting Jr, Sally Hulet - [S1057] FamilySearch.org, Utah, Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868, "Utah, Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9B-CXNM : Wed Feb 19 20:21:09 UTC 2025), Entry for Edwin Whiting, 18 Aug 1856.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9B-CXNM - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Year: 1860; Census Place: Manti, Sanpete, Utah Territory; Roll: M653_1314; Page: 653; Image: 111.
Birth date: abt 1809
Birth place: Massachusetts
Residence date: 1860
Residence place: Manti, Sanpete, Utah Territory - [S567] FamilySearch.org, United States, Census, 1860, "United States, Census, 1860", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH27-RGJ : Tue Oct 28 00:52:33 UTC 2025), Entry for Edwin Whiting and Elizth P Whiting, 1860.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH27-RGJ - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Year: 1860; Census Place: Manti, Sanpete, Utah Territory; Roll: M653_1314; Page: 653; Image: 115; Family History Library Film: 805314.
http://search.ancestry.com/collections/7667/records/34781674 - [S1212] FamilySearch.org, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Missionary Registers (Worldwide), 1860-1937, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Missionary Registers (Worldwide), 1860-1937", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDW-T1T9 : Tue Mar 11 16:21:25 UTC 2025), Entry for John Clarence Whiting and Wm M Bromley, 1898.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDW-T1TS - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Year: 1870; Census Place: Springville, Utah, Utah Territory; Roll: M593_1612; Page: 333A; Image: 662; Family History Library Film: 553111.
http://search.ancestry.com/collections/7163/records/14641972 - [S712] FamilySearch.org, United States, Census, 1870, "United States, Census, 1870", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCB-Z31 : Fri Jan 17 19:57:17 UTC 2025), Entry for Edwin Whiting and Elizabeth Whiting, 1870.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCB-Z31 - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Year: 1870; Census Place: Springville, Utah, Utah Territory; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: .
Birth date: abt 1810
Birth place: Massachusetts
Residence date: 1870
Residence place: Springville, Utah, Utah Territory, United States - [S1224] FamilySearch.org, Utah, George Edward Anderson Photo Collection, 1860-1928, "Utah, George Edward Anderson Photo Collection, 1860-1928", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2VH1-JZY : Wed Feb 19 21:00:37 UTC 2025), Entry for Edwin Whiting, 1880-1920.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2VH1-JZY - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Year: 1880; Census Place: Springville, Utah, Utah; Roll: 1338; Family History Film: 1255338; Page: 173C; Enumeration District: 082.
http://search.ancestry.com/collections/6742/records/43447401 - [S1224] FamilySearch.org, Utah, George Edward Anderson Photo Collection, 1860-1928, "Utah, George Edward Anderson Photo Collection, 1860-1928", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2VH1-JZ1 : Wed Feb 19 21:16:21 UTC 2025), Entry for Whiting, 1880-1920.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2VH1-JZ1 - [S680] FamilySearch.org, United States, Census, 1880, "United States, Census, 1880", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNSL-8CH : Thu Jan 16 13:00:34 UTC 2025), Entry for Edwin Whiting and Elizabeth P. Whiting, 1880.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNSL-8CH - [S1224] FamilySearch.org, Utah, George Edward Anderson Photo Collection, 1860-1928, "Utah, George Edward Anderson Photo Collection, 1860-1928", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2VH1-53D : Wed Feb 19 21:16:23 UTC 2025), Entry for Edwin Whiting, 1880-1920.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2VH1-53D - [S1224] FamilySearch.org, Utah, George Edward Anderson Photo Collection, 1860-1928, "Utah, George Edward Anderson Photo Collection, 1860-1928", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2VH1-ZQ7 : Wed Feb 19 21:00:57 UTC 2025), Entry for Whiting, 1880-1920.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2VH1-ZQ7 - [S1224] FamilySearch.org, Utah, George Edward Anderson Photo Collection, 1860-1928, "Utah, George Edward Anderson Photo Collection, 1860-1928", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2VH1-KLM : Wed Feb 19 21:00:56 UTC 2025), Entry for Whiting, 1880-1920.
This photo is also found in the book at the following link (on page 82): https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE947892&from=fhd
The book identifies the people in the photo as follows:
From the sawmill unloading site: Front row: Bertha Johnson, Mrs. Arthur Whiting and baby, Lee Eddie, son of Edwin Whiting; Lois A. Johnson, about 18 months old, his mother, Louisa M. Whiting, May Whiting and Martha Whiting, daughters of Edwin and Maria Whiting; Beatrice Whiting, daughter of Edgar Whiting; Ernest Whiting, son of Edwin Whiting; Ambrosa Cox. Second row: Mrs. Edwin Whiting and baby; Mrs. Edgar Whiting and baby, Will Whiting, Edgar Whiting with oxen. Aaron Johnson, (Yes, it ends with a comma.)
The picture in the book is a mirror image of this image, but it seems that the list of people starts with the squinting girl holding the straw hat. - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Year: 1880; Census Place: Springville, Utah, Utah; Roll: T9_1338; Family History Film: 1255338; Page: 173.3000; Enumeration District: 82; Image: .
Birth date: abt 1810
Birth place: Massachusetts
Residence date: 1880
Residence place: Springville, Utah, Utah, United States - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Deseret News 1891-01-03, pg 24.
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/deseretnews4/id/20177/show/20276/rec/1 - [S558] FamilySearch.org, BillionGraves Index, "BillionGraves Index", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRX7-WW5 : Thu Oct 02 11:02:42 UTC 2025), Entry for Edwin Whiting.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRX7-WW5 - [S569] FamilySearch.org, Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVH-JZVC : Wed Jun 18 00:12:34 UTC 2025), Entry for Edwin Whiting.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVH-JZVC - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Publication Date: 13 Oct 2014; Publication Place: City, New Jersey, USA.
http://search.ancestry.com/collections/7545/records/316235138 - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Transcription of headstone image from billiongraves.com. Image taken at Springville City Cemetery (Springville, Utah, United States) on 14 July 2011.
Name: Edwin Whiting
Birth: 9 Sep 1809
Death: 8 Dec 1890
Burial: Springville City Cemetery, Springville, Utah, United States
Contributed by: BillionGraves user Neirbo - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "Edwin Whiting (1809 - 1890) - Find A Grave Memorial." Edwin Whiting (1809 - 1890) - Find A Grave Memorial. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Jun. 2013..
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=61753 - [S1224] FamilySearch.org, Utah, George Edward Anderson Photo Collection, 1860-1928, "Utah, George Edward Anderson Photo Collection, 1860-1928", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2VH1-PY2 : Wed Feb 19 21:14:58 UTC 2025), Entry for Edwin Whiting, 02 Aug 1890.
This photograph is also found at this link (on page 96): https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE947892&from=fhd
The caption says: Left to right: Edward Lucian Whiting, Sylvia Almira Whiting, Edwin Whiting, Cornelia Dolly Whiting, Elisha Franklin Whiting - [S739] FamilySearch.org, Utah, Death Certificates, 1904-1966, "Utah, Death Certificates, 1904-1966", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZP2-B4H : Mon Jan 20 14:25:22 UTC 2025), Entry for Albert Milton Whiting and Edwin Whiting, 25 Mar 1907.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZP2-B4C - [S739] FamilySearch.org, Utah, Death Certificates, 1904-1966, "Utah, Death Certificates, 1904-1966", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZGS-631 : Mon Feb 03 19:07:37 UTC 2025), Entry for Helen Amelia Buchanan and Edwin Whiting, 07 May 1910.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZGS-6QM - [S738] FamilySearch.org, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:847R-6ZPZ : Fri Oct 17 11:01:42 UTC 2025), Entry for Eddie Whiting, 1914.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:847R-6ZPZ - [S1120] FamilySearch.org, Arizona Deaths, 1870-1963, "Arizona Deaths, 1870-1963", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLK7-RXS : Mon Jul 15 15:05:59 UTC 2024), Entry for Charles Whiting and Edwin Whiting, 1917.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLK7-RX3 - [S739] FamilySearch.org, Utah, Death Certificates, 1904-1966, "Utah, Death Certificates, 1904-1966", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZGJ-KG7 : Mon Feb 03 19:16:18 UTC 2025), Entry for Daniel Abraham Whiting and Edwin Whiting, 08 Sep 1921.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZGJ-KGW - [S739] FamilySearch.org, Utah, Death Certificates, 1904-1966, "Utah, Death Certificates, 1904-1966", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZGX-TZQ : Mon Feb 03 19:14:48 UTC 2025), Entry for Sarah Elizabeth Whiting Snow and Edwin Whiting, 23 Nov 1918.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZGX-TZ7 - [S739] FamilySearch.org, Utah, Death Certificates, 1904-1966, "Utah, Death Certificates, 1904-1966", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZGR-78F : Mon Feb 03 19:11:16 UTC 2025), Entry for Carolina Fidelia Bromley and Edwin Whiting, 30 Jun 1927.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZGR-78N - [S739] FamilySearch.org, Utah, Death Certificates, 1904-1966, "Utah, Death Certificates, 1904-1966", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZP2-MMP : Mon Feb 03 19:14:36 UTC 2025), Entry for Louisa Militiah Johnson and Edward Whiting, 18 Oct 1931.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZP2-MM5 - [S739] FamilySearch.org, Utah, Death Certificates, 1904-1966, "Utah, Death Certificates, 1904-1966", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZPS-2SC : Mon Feb 03 19:23:11 UTC 2025), Entry for Arthur Cox Whiting and Edwin Whiting, 12 Oct 1932.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZPS-2SZ - [S742] FamilySearch.org, Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946, "Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F85H-PVN : 28 January 2020), Edwin Whiting in entry for Arthur Cox Whiting, 1932.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F85H-PVN - [S739] FamilySearch.org, Utah, Death Certificates, 1904-1966, "Utah, Death Certificates, 1904-1966", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZP6-P68 : Mon Feb 03 19:22:10 UTC 2025), Entry for Edgar P. Whiting and Edgar Whiting, 28 Oct 1943.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZP6-P6D - [S691] FamilySearch.org, California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGCX-2P58 : Sat Mar 09 18:35:16 UTC 2024), Entry for Edwin L Whiting and Edwin Whiting, 29 May 1943.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGCX-2P5D - [S739] FamilySearch.org, Utah, Death Certificates, 1904-1966, "Utah, Death Certificates, 1904-1966", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZP2-ZQM : Mon Feb 03 19:28:59 UTC 2025), Entry for Monroe Frink Whiting and Edwin Whiting, 28 Apr 1944.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZP2-ZQ9 - [S739] FamilySearch.org, Utah, Death Certificates, 1904-1966, "Utah, Death Certificates, 1904-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZPP-J12 : 3 March 2021), Edwin Whiting in entry for John Clarence Whiting, 17 Aug 1953; citing Midway, Wasatch, Utah, United States, certificate 5304568, series 81448; Utah State Archives Research Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZPP-J12 - [S1120] FamilySearch.org, Arizona Deaths, 1870-1963, "Arizona Deaths, 1870-1963", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLVX-FYR : Sun Jan 19 02:39:57 UTC 2025), Entry for Edwin Marion Whiting and Edwim Whiting, 1934.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLVX-FYT - [S689] FamilySearch.org, California, Death Index, 1940-1997, "California, Death Index, 1940-1997", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VG5N-6Q5 : Tue Feb 25 15:06:25 UTC 2025), Entry for Edwin L Whiting and Whiting, 29 May 1943.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VG5N-6QR - [S739] FamilySearch.org, Utah, Death Certificates, 1904-1966, "Utah, Death Certificates, 1904-1966", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZPN-QQC : Mon Feb 03 19:22:32 UTC 2025), Entry for Abbie Whiting Bird and Edwin Whiting, 24 May 1944.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZPN-QQZ - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "Bound to My Heart: History of Mapleton: Edwin Whiting (1809-1890)." Bound to My Heart: History of Mapleton: Edwin Whiting (1809-1890). N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Sep. 2015. <http://margletan-familyhistory.blogspot.com/2015/09/history-of-mapleton-edwin-whiting-1809.html>.
This is from The History of Mapleton, by Ralph K. Harmer and Wendell B. Johnson, on page 174.
Only place Almira name shows up - "While in Nauvoo, Edwin, under direction of those in authority, married Almira Meacham in 1845, and, in 1846, he married Mary Elizabeth Cox." - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830 - 1848MyHeritage.com [online database], MyHeritage Ltd.Edwin Whiting.
Edwin Whiting - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, www.edwinwhiting.org/Edwin Whiting 1809/Birthday.
The photo of the large family gathering with Edwin Whiting at the end of the long table has circulated widely in the family for many years. It must have been a special event, even maybe a Reunion.
The book, Edwin Whiting and His Family is available. Two newspapers of the day have articles reporting this occasion. The Deseret News records this event as a 79th Birthday. The Provo Daily Enquirer has many more details about the event and the Photographer, George Edward Anderson.
This book has captured the names of most of those sitting around the table. - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Book, Edwin Whiting and his family, Marie Jensen Whiting, 929.273 W589wm, Library, Family History Library, South West Temple, Salt Lake City, UTah, USA, 801 240-2000.
Published information: Yearbook: birth: 9 September 1809; Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
Naoma Manwaring Harker Research: FGS #106
1. Manti ward rec (GS call #026,129 p.g 15)
2. Manti cem rec (GS call no. Utah Ma)
3. Springville cem rec. (GS call no. Utah S5)
4. Pat. Bless. Edwin Whiting (Early ch. Rec. File bapt. #3)
5. 1831 Census Nelson, Portage Co., Ohio Film #0,337,949 pg. 228
6. St. George Tem. seal and adop. (GS ser no 23058 pt. 1 p. 32, 37, 395, 497)
7. VR Lee, Mass (GS cal no. Mass L2a)
8. EH seal rec (Gs #25165 pt. 22 Bk L p. 182 #3; pt.16, Bk E p. 152 for parents)
Naoma Manwaring Harker Research: FGS #109
1. Early Church Rec. file: Patriarchal bless. 1 Jan. 1841 Lima , Adams, Ill.
2. Manti ward rec Film #026,129 page 5
Edwin Whiting re-bap 7 July, 1850 by Orville Cox, confirmed 14 Jul 1850
3. Springville Ward Records (Film# 026,459)
Abbie Ann Whiting bap. 28 sep 1867
Lorenzo Whiting bap 12 Sep 1869 (page 16)
Edwin Whiting re-bap 1 Nov 1875
Hannah Whiting re-bap 1 Nov 1875
Abbie Whiting re-bap 27 Nov 1875
Lorenzo Whiting re-bap 18 Jan 1876
4. St. George temple adoption and sealing of children (Film#23058 pt1), Bk. B.
p. 31: Edwin Whiting, born: 9 Sep 1809 adopted to Pres. Brigham Young
30 Oct 1879
p. 32. Mifflin Penwood Brown Bristol, dead, born: 3 Apr 1851 Clark Co.,
Iowa, died 10 Apr 1851
Lorenzo Snow Whiting born: 30 July 1860 Manti
Francis Elmer Whiting, dead, born: 12 May 1864 Springville
Sealed to Edwin Whiting and Hannah Haines Brown Whiting
(the father of the two latter and the mother of all three)
p. 395 Melvin Whiting, dead, born: 24 Apr 1862, died same day
Alvin Whiting, dead, born 24 Apr 1862, died same day;
Both sealed to parents Edwin Whiting and Hannah Haines Brown 7 Feb 1884
BEFORE AND AFTER MOUNT PISGAH, by Clare B. Christensen says the following on page 255:
"Edwin Whiting had tried to grow fruit at Manti, Utah since his return from Ohio. The seasons at Manti had been cold. Brigham Young advised Edwin to move to Springville, Utah where the winters were more mild. In 1861 Edwin made the move. He bought land from the Hulets. That same year Edwin's cousin, Sylvanus Cyrus Hulet was called to take his family and help with the settlement at St. George, Utah."
After having read the foregoing quote I would assume that Melvin, Alvin, and Francis Whiting were born and died at Springville or Mapleton and were buried someplace in the area.
p. 497 Abby Ann Whiting Bird, born 13 June 1858 Manti, sealed to parents Edwin Whiting and Hannah Haines Brown 7 Feb 1884.
Endowment House Sealing Book E p. 152
Edwin Whiting born 19 Sep 1811, Lee Berks, Mass
Hannah Haines Brown born 21 Jul 1834 Goshen, Columbia, Ohio Sealed 18 Jul 1868
June 1965 (NMH) Every ordinance date on this sheet has been checked against original temple records and birthdates, death dates, etc. against ward, cemetery rec. etc.
BIRTH: 1831 Census Nelson, Portage County, Ohio GS # 0,337,949; Manti Ward Rec GS call# 6381 pt.1 p.5;
TIB; Pioneers & Prominent Men of Utah-Esshom 1913 p.1243; Vit Rec Lee, Mass GS 974.41/L1/V2n (Mass L2a);
Early Church File; 1850 Census Nauvoo GS Film 007,677 (ser# 2573) pt.8 #1866-1869; Utah Federal Census 1851, 1870;
Patriarchal Blessing Early Church Rec File 1-1 Jan 1841 Lima,Adams, Illinois; LDS Emig. Rec GS (ser# 23058) pt.1 p.32, 37 etc.;
Springville Ward Rec GS (ser# 6490 pt.1);
MARRIAGE: Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register 1845-46; TIB;
DEATH: Springville Cem Rec GS call# Utah S5;
BAPTISM: Early Church File (Officiator T.B. Marsh Aug 1838), 2 Jan 1946 SL;
ENDOWED: Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register 1845-46: 7 Jan 1846 NV; TIB;
SEAL PARENTS: Family Group Sheet Father, 20 Dec 1974 LA;
SEAL SPOUSE: EH seal rec GS ser# 25165 pt22 Bk L p.182 #3; pt16 Bk E p.152 Arch Rec Naoma M. Harker. - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Ancestry Family Tree.
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- [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Birth year: 1814; Birth city: Lee; Birth state: MA.
https://search.ancestry.com/collections/4725/records/2576264 - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, BYU FHL, Book #CS71 .C69 C574x 1979, Special Collections Book #BX 8670 1 .C8393c 1979, American Collection 1130 HBLL.
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Image: 1496
William Whiting ordained to 1st Q seventies by A.P. Rockwood on 17 May 1857
Birth date: 18 October 1834
Birth place: Nelson, Portage, Phio
Baptized: September 1845
Baptized by: F.W. Cox
Father: Edwin
Mother Elizabeth Tilletson
Edwin Whiting - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Church History Library CR 387-1 Rowena Miller Index Collection--.
Rowena Miller indexed historic records. - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Source number: 3309.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: GCH.
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=worldmarr_ga&h=286691&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "Pioneer Overland Travel - Pioneer Detail." Pioneer Overland Travel - Pioneer Detail. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Jan. 2015..
Pioneer Overland Travel for Edwin Whiting - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "Edwin Isaacson Whiting", Early Mormon Missionaries, accessed July 8, 2017, https://history.lds.org/missionary/individual/edwin-edward-whiting-1811.
Edwin Isaacson Whiting
Birth date, place: 9 September 1809, Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
Death date: 8 December 1890
Baptism date: August 1838
undefined: Elisha Whiting Jr, Sally Hulet - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Year: 1870; Census Place: Springville, Utah, Utah Territory; Roll: M593_1612; Page: 333A; Image: 392152; Family History Library Film: 553111.
http://search.ancestry.com/collections/7163/records/14641972 - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "Edwin Whiting - 1880 United States Federal Census - MyHeritage." Edwin Whiting - 1880 United States Federal Census - MyHeritage. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2014..
This source was added by the free service available at RecordSeek.com. - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Publication Place: City, New Jersey, USA; Web edition: http://www.tributes.com/obituary/print_selections/96737910?type=1.
https://search.ancestry.com/collections/7545/records/316235138 - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, LDS Church History Library Morrmon Pioneer Overland Travel, Edwin Whiting, Hannah Haines Brown and all individual in company.
http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompanysearchresults/1,15792,4017-1-204,00.html - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, http://www.edwinwhiting.com/index.php/where-he-lived/mapleton-utah/83-mapleton-utah-driving-tour.
Tells of interesting places to see where the family lived and photos. Some houses may not still be in existence. - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, The 160 page history, Edwin Whiting and his Family, was compiled by Marie J. Whiting and Marcus L. Smith in 1999. The book, in PDF form, is available here for download, or a hardback or paperback copy of the book can be purchased. http://www.edwinwhiting.com/index.php/about-edwin/biographical-information/126-edwin-whiting-and-his-family.
Links to the book with stories and photos of Edwin and his family. Compiled by Marie Jensen Whiting, and Marcus L. Smith. Springville UT, 1999. - [S556] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Internet website.
Website containing histories, pictures, family trees, etc for the ancestors connected to the Cox family.
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