Rossman - Cheney

Elam Cheney

Person Chart

Parents

Father Date of Birth Mother Date of Birth
Aaron Cheney 14 JUL 1787 Mehitable Wells 31 JAN 1787

Partners

Partner Date of Birth Children
Hannah Compton 01 MAR 1804
Harriet Hedgehil 19 OCT 1847
Martha Taylor 27 NOV 1828
Talitha Cumi Garlick 22 SEP 1824
Margaret Wimmer 24 MAY 1829

Person Events

Event Type Date Place Description
Birth 16 MAY 1825 Freedonia, Cattaraugus Co., New York
Marriage 06 NOV 1845 Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Marriage MAY 1851 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah
Marriage 13 FEB 1854 Springville, Utah Co., Utah
Marriage 07 OCT 1856 Springville, Utah Co., Utah
Marriage 07 JUL 1866 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City, Utah
Death 22 MAR 1912 Pinedale, Navajo Co., Arizona
Burial 31 MAR 1912 Pindale City Cemetary, Pindale, Navajo Co., Arizona

Kinship Report

Name Type Place of Birth Date of Birth Place of Death Date of Death
Partner
Hannah Compton Wife Powick, Worcester, England 01 MAR 1804 Fairview, Sanpete Co., Utah 21 JUL 1884
Talitha Cumi Garlick Wife Providence, Bedford Co., Pennsylvania 22 SEP 1824 Victor, Teton Co, Idaho 17 APR 1902
Martha Taylor Wife Bolton, Lnchsr, England 27 NOV 1828 Fairview, Sanpete Co., Utah 13 AUG 1908
Margaret Wimmer Wife Quincey, Adams Co., Illinois 24 MAY 1829 Kimball Twin Falls, Idaho 19 MAY 1908
Harriet Hedgehil Wife Birmingham, Warwick, England 19 OCT 1847 Showlow, Pindale, Navajo Co., Arizona 08 OCT 1926
Brothers & Sisters
Selar Cheney Sister Marshfield, Washington Co., Vermont ABT 1808
Amasa F. Cheney Brother Marshfield, Washington Co., Vermont 29 DEC 1809 Millersburg, Iowa Co., Iowa 01 NOV 1870
Infant Cheney Brother Marshfield, Washington, VT. ABT 1811
Infant Cheney Sister Marshfield, Washington, VT. ABT 1813
Orren Cheney Brother Fredonia, Cattaraugus Co., New York 10 AUG 1813 Berrien Springs or Hamilton, Michigan 10 MAY 1867
Sealar Cheney Brother Freedom, Cattaraugus, N.Y. ABT 1815
Olive Mehitable Cheney Sister Bloomfield, Cattaraugus Co., New York 15 MAY 1817 Fred Gorringe Home, Oakley, Oassia Co., Idaho 04 APR 1907
Infant Cheney Sister Freedom, Cattaraugus, N.Y. ABT 1819
Infant Cheney Brother Freedom, Cattaraugus, N.Y. ABT 1820
Aaron Cheney Brother Freedom, Cattaraugus Co., New York 05 MAR 1822 Mt. Pleasant, Iowa 23 JUN 1889
Ezekiel Wells Cheney Brother Freedom, Cattaraugus Co., New York 13 JUN 1828 Oakley, Oassia Co., Idaho 13 AUG 1886
Infant Cheney Sister Freedom Cattaraugus, New York ABT 1832
Parents
Mehitable Wells Mother Amenia, Dutchess Co., New York 31 JAN 1787 Grantsville, Tooele Co., Utah 30 NOV 1869
Aaron Cheney Father Berwick, York Co., Maine 14 JUL 1787 Grantsville, Tooele Co., Utah Green River Prect. 18 SEP 1862
Grandparents
Eunice Hubbard Grandmother Wells, York Co., Maine 13 MAY 1757 Freedom, Cattaraugus Co., New York
Benjamin Cheney Grandfather Wells, York Co., Maine 18 MAY 1763 Freedom, Cattaraugus Co., New York
Great grandparents
Joseph Cheney Great grandfather Wells, York Co., Maine 07 FEB 1726 Wells, York Co., Maine ABT 1803
Dorcas Stewart Great grandmother Wells, York Co., Maine 02 JUN 1735 Wells, York Co., Maine 06 JAN 1817
Second great grandparents
Sarah Littlefield Second great grandmother Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts 04 DEC 1695 Wells, York Co., Maine
Daniel Cheney Second great grandfather Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts 16 JUL 1699 Wells, York Co., Maine
Third great grandparents
Daniel Cheney Third great grandfather Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts 31 DEC 1670 Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts 03 NOV 1755
Hannah Dustin Third great grandmother Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts 22 AUG 1678 Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts AFT 1755
Fourth great grandparents
Daniel Cheney Fourth great grandfather Roxbourgh, Scotland 1633 Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts 10 SEP 1694
Sarah Bayley Fourth great grandmother Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts 17 AUG 1644 Ipswitch, Essex Co., Massachusetts 26 OCT 1714
Thomas Dustin Fourth great grandfather Portsmouth, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire ABT 1652 Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts 1732
Brothers- & Sisters-In-Law
Letha Barton Coover Sister-in-law
Hannah Hadley Sister-in-law Corinth, Orange Co., Vermont 02 APR 1812 Millersburg, Iowa Co., Iowa 31 OCT 1896
Hannah Loretta Burdick Sister-in-law New York 25 FEB 1813
James McBride Brother-in-law New Lancaster, Fairfield Co., Ohio 09 MAY 1818 Grantsville, Tooele Co., Utah 06 JAN 1881
Matilda Malvina Ballard Sister-in-law Illinois ABT 1823 Iowa 18 APR 1877
Lucy Elzada Hardy Sister-in-law Belfast, Waldo Co., Maine 24 FEB 1828 Swan Valley, Irwin, Fremont, Idaho 07 NOV 1913
Nephews & Nieces
Racheal Rebecca Cheney Niece
Amanda Matilda Cheney Niece 24 OCT 1836
Alvira Maria Cheney Niece 30 SEP 1838
Orren Miron Cheney Nephew 15 JUN 1840
David Maroni Cheney Nephew Kirkland, Lake Co. Ohio 06 JUL 1842 Berrien Springs, Michigan 21 FEB 1927
Aaron Daniel Cheney Nephew Kirkland, Lake Co., Ohio 25 JUL 1844 Loxley, Baldwin Co., Alabama 23 OCT 1925
Infant Cheney Nephew 14 JUL 1845
Alvin James Cheney Nephew 18 AUG 1850
Winfred Scott Cheney Nephew 24 SEP 1852
Chariotte Mehetable Cheney Niece 23 SEP 1853
Grandnephews & Grandnieces
L.D. Cheney Grandnephew
Great grandnephews & Great grandnieces
Burton Cheney Great grandnephew
Leonard Francis Cheney Great grandnephew
Lyle Cheney Great grandnephew
Mrs. Alvin Hartline Great grandnephew
Mrs. Charles Schau Great grandniece
Mrs. Ernest Havener Great grandniece
Wanda Cheney Great grandniece
Second grandnephews & Second grandnieces
Nancy Jean Cheney Second grandniece Niles, Michigan, US 26/03/1937 503 Lake Henry Dr., Winter Haven, FL 33881, US 27/02/2016
Third grandnephews & Third grandnieces
William Meier Rossman Jr. Third grandnephew Lansing, Michigan 1958
Michael Christian Rossman Third grandnephew 29 JUN 1959 Ashes spread at the Applachain Trail Overlook Route 501 28 MAY 1998
Todd Ryan Rossman Third grandnephew 3 JAN 1963
Fourth grandnephews & Fourth grandnieces
Nicole Rossman Fourth grandniece 9 JAN 1986
Michael Christian Rossman Fourth grandnephew 21 JAN 1990
Didzis Rossman Fourth grandnephew 29 SEP 1998
William Meier Rossman III Fourth grandnephew 6 SEP 2000
Namejs Rossman Fourth grandnephew 10 SEP 2000
Fifth grandnephews & Fifth grandnieces
Yariah Fifth grandniece
Uncles & Aunts
Hurd Cheney Uncle Granby Pass, Essex Co., Vermont 16 SEP 1791 Three Crossings, Sweetwater, Wyoming 12 AUG 1861
Moses Cheney Uncle Granby Pass, Essex Co., Vermont 1793 probably Ischua, Cattaraugus Co., New York 1824
Anna Cheney Aunt Granby, Essex Co., Vermont 30 JAN 1796 Portageville, Wyoming Co., New York 29 MAR 1856
Ephraim Cheney Uncle Granby Pass, Essex Co., Vermont 13 APR 1798 Holden, Johnson Co., Missouri 25 SEP 1872
Benjamin Cheney Uncle Granby Pass, Essex Co., Vermont 03 APR 1803 Fort Dodge, Iowa 30 MAR 1882
Eunice Cheney Aunt Granby, Essex Co., Vermont 1806 Possibly Ischua, Cattaraugus Co., New York
Great uncles & Great aunts
Dorcas Cheney Great aunt
Sarah Cheney Great aunt 1753
Eliphalet Cheney Great uncle Wells, York, Maine ABT 1755 14 JAN 1829
Mary Cheney Great aunt 1757
Joseph Cheney Jr. Great uncle Wells, York Co., Maine 01 JUL 1759 14 NOV 1815
James Cheney Great uncle Wells, York, Maine 07 APR 1765 JUN 1846
John Cheney Great uncle Wells, York, Maine 1767 1800
Samuel Cheney Great uncle Wells, York, Maine 1772
Dorothy [Dolly] Cheney Great aunt Wells, York Co., Maine 1775
Olive Cheney Great aunt 22 MAR 1777
Abigail Cheney Great aunt Wells, York, Maine 1777
Great great (uncles & aunts)
Mary Cheney Great great aunt Newbury, Essex, Mass. 22 MAY 1725
Daniel Cheney Great great uncle Wells, York, Maine 10 JAN 1729 Goffstown, New Hampshire 1795
Reuben Cheney Great great uncle Wells, York, Maine 17 JAN 1732 AFT 1807
3xGreat (uncles & aunts)
John Cheney 3xGreat uncle Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts 10 MAR 1702 1738
Thomas Cheney 3xGreat uncle Newbury, Essex, Mass. 25 FEB 1704 24 JUN 1767
Hannah Cheney 3xGreat aunt Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts 25 SEP 1706 Newbury, Essex Co. Massachusetts 22 SEP 1775
Sarah Cheney 3xGreat aunt Newbury, Essex, Mass. 25 JAN 1708 07 Oct 1775
Nathaniel Cheney 3xGreat uncle Newbury, Essex, Mass. 25 NOV 1711
Mary Cheney 3xGreat aunt Newbury, Essex, Mass. 09 AUG 1714
Abigail Cheney 3xGreat aunt Newbury, Essex, Mass. 01 NOV 1719 03 MAR 1736
4xGreat (uncles & aunts)
Sarah Cheney 4xGreat aunt Newbury, Essex, Mass. 11 SEP 1666 Newbury, Essex, Mass. BET 1701 AND 1761
Judith Cheney 4xGreat aunt Newbury, Essex, Mass. 06 SEP 1668 BET 1696 AND 1730
Hannah Cheney 4xGreat aunt Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts 03 SEP 1673 1752
John Cheney 4xGreat uncle Newbury, Essex, Mass. 10 JUL 1676 1728
Eleanor Cheney 4xGreat aunt Newbury, Essex, Mass. 29 MAR 1679 Newbury, Essex, Mass. BET 1704 AND 1773
Elizabeth Dustin 4xGreat aunt Haverhill, Massachusetts 07 MAY 1680 Haverhill, Massachusetts 04 JUN 1746
Abigail Dustin 4xGreat aunt Haverhill, Massachusetts OCT 1680 Haverhill, Massachusetts 05 MAY 1727
Mary Dustin 4xGreat aunt Haverhill, Massachusetts 04 NOV 1681 Haverhill, Massachusetts 16 OCT 1696
Thomas Dustin 4xGreat uncle Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts 05 JAN 1683
James Cheney 4xGreat uncle Newbury, Essex, Mass. 16 APR 1685 02 MAY 1749
Nathaniel Dustin 4xGreat uncle Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts 16 MAY 1685
John Dustin 4xGreat uncle Haverhill, Massachusetts 02 FEB 1686 Haverhill, Massachusetts 28 JAN 1690
Sarah Dustin 4xGreat aunt Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts 04 JUL 1688
Jonathan Dustin 4xGreat uncle 15 JAN 1692
Mehitable Dustin 4xGreat aunt Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts 14 SEP 1694 Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts 16 DEC 1694
Timothy Dustin 4xGreat uncle Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts 14 SEP 1694
Martha Dustin 4xGreat aunt Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts 09 MAR 1697 Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts 15 MAR 1697
Lydia Dustin 4xGreat aunt Haverhill, Essex Co., Massachusetts 04 OCT 1698
Uncles-in-law & Aunts-in-law
Clarisa Damond Aunt-in-law Freedom, Cattaraugus Co., New York ABT 1830
Susannah Goff Aunt-in-law Madison, New York 1788 Freedom, Cattaraugus, New York 1825
Jemima Streeter Aunt-in-law Hartford, Washington Co., New York 15 MAR 1792
Israel Runnels Uncle-in-law Concord, Merrimack Co., New Hampshire 14 JUL 1793 Portageville, Wyoming Co., New York 09 NOV 1849
Phoebe Ballard Aunt-in-law Essex Co., Vermont ABT 1796 Millersburg, Iowa ABT 1860
Dorcas Aunt-in-law Vermont (possible) ABT 1801
Nancy Snow Aunt-in-law Cavendish, Windsor Co., Vermont 18 APR 1803 Probably Otho, Webster Co., Iowa 19 MAY 1891
(Great uncles & Great aunts)-in-law
Joanna Cousins Great aunt-in-law
Mary Grant Great aunt-in-law
Isabella Littlefield Great aunt-in-law 1763 25 FEB 1849
Great great (uncles & aunts)-in-law
Elizabeth Hadley Great great aunt-in-law Amesbury, Essex, MA
Hannah Jacobs Great great aunt-in-law
3xGreat (uncles & aunts)-in-law
Francis Hardy 3xGreat uncle-in-law Bradford, Massachusetts
Hannah Stevens 3xGreat aunt-in-law
Kerzia Annis 3xGreat aunt-in-law
Lieut. John Coffin Jr. 3xGreat uncle-in-law Newbury, Essex Co. Massachusetts 30 JAN 1695 Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts 16 JAN 1754
4xGreat (uncles & aunts)-in-law
David Newman 4xGreat uncle-in-law
Elizabeth Seager 4xGreat aunt-in-law
John Emmerson 4xGreat uncle-in-law
John Richards 4xGreat uncle-in-law
Lieut. Thomas Wiswall 4xGreat uncle-in-law
Richard Shotswell 4xGreat uncle-in-law

Notes
SOURCE: http://www.hannahdustin.com/grand_elam.htm

(www.hannahdustin.com)



Elam Cheney was a close cousin of my great great grandfather Dr Levi Cheney as evident by his letters to his cousin Olive McBride. Elam Cheney was the son of Aaron Cheney Sr. and Mehitable Wells . Dr Levi Cheney was the son of Aaron's brother Ephraim Cheney and Harriet Law. Their early lives were spent together in many cities such as Freedom New York, Kirkland Ohio and finally Nauvoo Illinois until 1846. Elam and Levi were both born in 1825 in Freedom, Cattaraugus County, New York and had similar interest such as medicine. Dr. Levi Cheney would write to his cousin Olive Cheney McBride and recall the good times their two families had while living at Nauvoo, Illinois. Records show Ephraim Cheney (Dr. Levi's father) many acres in Nauvoo Illinois on block 32 behind the "Nauvoo House", a hotel that was built by the Mormon Church to house traveling members. Aaron Cheney Sr (Elam's father) owned 40 acres which was catty corner to Ephraim Cheney's land on block 28. Their families had lived in close proximity also in Freedom, New York and Kirkland Ohio. They had joined the new Mormon Church about 1831 and moved about as Mormons were often forced out. Levi, Aaron, Elam , Olive Cheney McBride and other Cheneys would follow Brigham Young after the death of Joseph Smith Jr .to Salt Lake City, Utah. Levi and two of his brothers returned to Illlinois and later to Independence Mo.


FROM THE BOOK: THE HISTORY OF ELAM (8) CHENEY, MY GRANDFATHER, by Aaron (10) Lincon Cheney Son of Ezekiel (9) Cheney, pages 1-8.



?Prelude: Information in this text is taken from my records, a few from Grandfather?s other children, newspaper clippings, and from first hand stories by Grandfather Elam.



Elam (8) CHENEY, was born 16 May 1825 in Freedom, Cattaragus, N.Y., the fifth son of Aaron and Mehitable Wells Cheney.



Aaron (7) CHENEY, was born 14th July 1787 and married Mehitable Wells on 14 Aug. 1807. (Mehitable was born in Bolton, Laneshire, England, January 1, 1787)



Benjamin (6) CHENEY, father of Aaron, was born 9 May 1763, in Wells, York, ME. He married Eunice Hubbard the 31st of May 1783.



Joseph (5) CHENEY, father of Benjamin, was born 7 Feb. 1726, and married Dorcas Sterwart.



Daniel (4) CHENEY, born 16 July 1699, was married to Sarah Littlefield 2 May 1723.



Daniel (3) CHENEY, born 31 Dec. 1670, married Hannah Dustin.



Daniel (2) CHENEY, born abt. 1633, married Sarah Bayley. (born 17 Aug. 1644)



John (1) CHENEY, father of Daniel (2) was born in England 1603-married 28 Apr. 1666.



When Aaron Cheney (7) was but a small boy, his father Benjamin, moved to Granby, VT. As Aaron grew, he became a prosperous farmer and also the owner of a foundry where several men were employed and where large quantities of cast iron were produced. When he was twenty years of age he married Mehitable Wells on August 14, 1807. Elam (8), their fifth son, was born in Freedom, Cattaragus Co., N.Y. on 16 May 1825.


Elam?s father and mother were both religiously inclined and were faithful members of the Methodist Church until they were visited by the Prophet Joseph Smith and Orson Pratt who taught them the gospel of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. They were baptized members of this church in the year 1831.


In 1835 they moved to Kirtland, Ohio, where their ten-year-old son, Elam, was baptized in the Shegran River by Elder Deamascus Carter. They purchased a farm located about two miles southeast of where the Kirtland Temple was built.



Elam developed an unquenchable thirst for learning everything he could. He learned the COOPER?s trade; a Cooper is one who makes, or repairs, wooden caskets or tubs.



He studied medicine and surgery, and worked long hours on the Kirtland temple. Later on, he helped in building the Nauvoo Temple in Illinois. His father, Aaron, taught him how to manage the farm, how to handle the iron and work at the blacksmith forge in the foundry which his father built.


Elam?s father taught him how to build a wagon, make the wheels, how to make a gristmill for making flour, how to farm. Elam learned how to make a living for his own family by developing every skill possible. He learned each trade well. Running races and wrestling came naturally and he loved wrestling.


About this time, notice was given that a meeting was to be held in the Kirtland Temple: all his family attended. The Prophet spoke in the meeting and, Elam noticed, that while he was speaking, he looked upwards at something or someone, so Elam looked in the direction and saw six personages - three on each side of the room. Their appearance attracted his attention, as they were dressed very differently to what he was accustomed to seeing. They had white moccasins on their feet and white caps on their heads. He asked his mother who they were; she said she could see no one. He told her they were dressed in white. He always remembered how they looked and how they were dressed.


Later on, when he went to the temple to get his endowments, he discovered that the clothes, these six personages wore, were like the temple clothes. This experience was a testimony, which stayed with him throughout his life.



The Cheney family left Kirtland in July 1838 in the company known as Kirtland Camp. They intended to join the Saints at Nauvoo, but, owing to sickness, were not able to continue the journey. They stopped temporarily at Decatur, Macon Co., Illinois. While detained at this place, they were to work and fence a piece of ground, build a small house, raise a crop. It was while they were living at Decatur, that Joseph, the Prophet, started on his memorable trip to Washington for the purpose of laying the grievances of the saints before the President of the United States. As Joseph was passing through Decatur, he stopped and spent the night at the Cheney home. Elam, who was 14 at this time, was very much impressed by the conversation of the Prophet. As soon afterward, as they could, the Cheney Family continued their journey to Nauvoo. While at Nauvoo, Elam played in a game of baseball with Joseph Smith.


Elam was present when the cornerstone of the Nauvoo Temple was laid, April 6, 1841. While the temple was being built the young men were given an opportunity to work out their tithing by working on the temple, so Elam worked every tenth day and sometimes oftener on the temple.


He later joined the Nauvoo Legion under General Joseph Smith and Captain Hosea Stout. He was ordained a seventy and belonged to the Nineteenth Quorum, and took and active part in all the various organizations of the church. He often related how, at many times, his life was spared by the power of the Lord.


At one time he was employed to help move a barn some distance up the Missouri River by means of a large flat boat. A rope was tied to the boat and a horse on the bank, and the horse pulled the boat up the river. The men worked to keep the boat free of the riverbank. In some way Elam Cheney was thrown overboard and almost drowned before they could get him out of the water. He caught hold of the boat and some of the men, seeing his hands, drew him in. Before he could be take to a house, he was almost frozen. He always gave the Lords credit for saving his life.


Elam also relates how he almost lost his life trying to cross the Mississippi River on the ice. As he neared the middle of the river, he found the ice had thawed and broken in large blocks. At first, the blocks were close together, but as he went on, the spaces between them became wider.


All at once he found himself on a block of ice which had moved with his weight, so he could step neither back or forward. He knew his only chance was to leap as far as he could, but as he leaped, his feet slipped and he fell with only the upper part of his body on the ice. His legs and feet were hanging down in the swift running water. How he ever got upon the block of ice he never knew, but it was only through the power of the Lord that he did not get crushed between the blocks of ice.


While at Nauvoo he received his Patriarchal Blessing under the hands of Patriarch John Smith. In this blessing he was told he should soon find a companion and they should received their endowments in the Nauvoo Temple. This was literally fulfilled. He made acquaintance of a Hannah Compton who had been born in Worcestershire, England, March 27, 1804; she had a young son from a former marriage with no way to care for herself and her child. Even though she was twenty years older than Elam (he was just past nineteen and she was 40 years old) he took her as his wife, upon the request of Brigham Young, and cared for her and her child. They were married in the Nauvoo Temple on the 15th of October 1844, and received their endowments.


As mob violence increased and the saints were driven from their homes in Nauvoo, Brother Cheney shared all the hardships endured by the saints. He was at Nauvoo, and saw the Prophet leave for Carthage and heard him make the remark, ?I am going like a lamb to the slaughter.?


He was at the meeting in Nauvoo, when Governor Boggs was present, while the tragedy was being enacted at Carthage, and he was among those who left Nauvoo to accompany the bodies of the Prophet, and his brother Hyrum, back to the city. He was present at the funeral of the martyred brothers. He also attended the meeting when President Young took the stand and made manifest to the people that he was rightful successor of the Prophet Joseph. Elam saw the mantle of the Prophet appear upon Brigham Young at the time he addressed the congregation telling of his taking Joseph?s place.


Using his knowledge as a carpenter and blacksmith, Elam made his own wagon for the journey westward, coming in the second company of pioneers. This company was organized at Far West, MO, on May 16th, 1847, with Jedediah M. Grant as Captain. The company was sub-divided into companies of fifty and companies of ten. Each company was under a captain. Brother Cheney was in the company under John Van: this company endured many hardships.


The men took turns standing guard at night. One morning, after a night of guard, Brother Cheney came into camp, tired and hungry, so thought he would eat breakfast before yoking his three oxen and a cow. After eating, he found one of his oxen missing. He tried to find it in camp, but failed. Supposing it had strayed away, he went in search of it. He returned to camp without the ox and found the company had gone on and his wife left alone on the prairie. He was afraid to linger behind on account of the hostile Indians, so he yoked up his cow and two oxen and taking the place of the missing ox, they journeyed on, over-taking the company as they were leaving the place where they had stopped for lunch. He was informed that one of the Captains had his ox and was working it. Elam got his ox and they continued their journey. At Green River he was stricken with mountain fever and was sick the remainder of the journey.


The company arrived in the Salt Lake Valley October 5th, 1847. Here Elam and his wife lived in the old fort until he built him a log house outside the fort. His first and only child by Hannah Compton Cheney, was a daughter, Matilda Cheney, born nine days after they arrived in the Salt Lake Valley.


As they arrived too late to raise any crops, they had only the provisions they had left from their journey westward. Food became very scarce and the Saints were compelled to dig up roots of herbs and to boil rawhide for food.



Elam Cheney was also learned how to make leather shoes, and many times he traded a pair of shoes for a pint of corn. On one occasion, while he was making shoes, a group of men came for him to read their hands. While looking at one of their palms, Elam looked up at the man and said, ?You are a murderer!?


This man tried to kill Elam, but his companions restrained him by force, and they left. Shortly after this encounter, several officers came from the East and arrested these men and took them out of the valley, back to the East Coast, on a murder charge.


Brigham Young knew of Brother Cheney? gift and when he heard of this encounter with a murderer he came and talked with him, he told Elam it would be alright to use this gift amount the Saints, but NOT to tell them anything which would cause trouble.


His first and only child, by Hannah Compton, was a daughter whom they named Matilda Cheney; born 14th of October, nine days after they arrived in the Salt Lake Valley in 1847. Elam was 22 years old when his first child was born.



In the spring of 1849 they moved from Salt Lake to Centerville; here he secured a farm, built a home and helped other families to build up the place.



Then, in 1850, they moved to Springville (just south of Provo) to farm; build another home, help build up the area and to also help on the large fort, for a protection against Indian raids. He took an active part in defense of this colony.



Here, in Springville, he married another widow, at Brigham Young?s request, about May 1851; she was the widow of Hugh George Johnson and had two sons by him; Rufus and George Johnson. Her name was Margaret Wimmer; daughter of John Wimmer and Elizabeth Hendricks and was born 24 May 1829 in Quincy Adams, Il. She was twenty-two and Elam was twenty-six years old when they married. They had seven children while living in Springville: Louise, Elam, Elizabeth Ellen, John and Jane, Aaron Elijah and Peter Wimmer Cheney. John and Jane died the same month they were born-they were twins. Franklin Cheney was born Jan 15, 1866, at the Mona Cheney Ranch, in Juab Co., Utah. Theodore Cheney, born 27 March 1868 in Fairview, Sanpete, Utah. Moses was born 9 Sep, 1873 in Fairview; died the same day. Moron Cheney, born Feb. 1874, in Fairview, also died the same day. She, Margaret Wimmer, died May 19, 1908 in Kimberly, Idaho.


Elam wasn?t quite 29 when he was again asked by the Prophet to marry a widow named Talitha Cumi Garlic Avery; her husband had died at Sugar Creek. Talitha?s father and mother were David Garlic and Elizabeth Buck and she was born 22 Sep 1824 in Providence, Bedford, PA.


Elam and Talitha were married on 13th Feb. 1854 and lived in Springville with his other two wives. They had four children while living there; Olive Mehitable Cheney Jan 18th 1855; David Cheney - 8 Mar. 1857; Selar Cheney - 16 June 1859; Thomas Edward Cheney - 25 Mar. 1862.


Elder Cheney?s fourth marriage was with Martha Taylor, endowed June 23, 1866. She was born November 1828 and died August 13, 1908.



His fifth wife was Harriet Hedgehill, July 7, 1866. She was born at Burmington, England, on October 5, 1847.



His last four marriages were solemmized in the endowment house in Salt Lake City. Brigham Young was instrumental in all five marriages.



In 1857 he moved to a place which later became known as Cheney?s Ranch, and went into the stock business. He became a friend of the Indians, the fact that protected his five wives and children in the Indian Raids. All his wives lived in the same log house. All ate at the same table and the women made their dresses from the same bolt of cloth.


Will W. Brady writes in the history of his grandmother, Martha Taylor, that Grandfather Elam was asked by President Young to go to Fairview and build a gristmill for grinding flour from wheat. He rode to Fairview on horseback in 1867 in search of a suitable place for the mill. His search came to an end when he purchased 80 acres along the Sanpete River. Here he made preparations for a home and the building of the mill.


During the summer he brought stones for the burrs, which he built himself from Cottonwood Canyon, east of what is now Murray, Utah. A burr is a small washer put on the end of a rivet before swaging (or hammering) it down. A log house was also built large enough for all his wives and children. This area is now called Fairview.


He had a productive farm here and owned the first gristmill, which he operated himself. The first flour produced through the operation of this burr mill was whole-wheat flour (unsifted flour). Soon thereafter he added roller sifters, which made it possible to separate the clear white flour from the bran. The profits from his operations were taken as a toll from the wheat brought to be ground into flour, and his portion traded to the settlers for cash or store script or other needed commodities.


At one period while the mill was in operation, the saints were having a hard time because of the failure of crops. Elam had a barrel of meal on his porch so the saints, or anyone, could come and help themselves, without cost, whenever they were in need, and for some reason, this barrel never went empty.


William, the son of Talitha and first husband, decided at the age of 17 or 18 to leave the farm and seek employment elsewhere, in order to make more money. He went to San Bernardino, California, and got in with a bunch of ruffians and a murder was committed; the blame was put on William. Grandfather, being notified of his being in jail, didn?t believe the accusation, saying, ?he was too good a boy.? So Grandfather saddled his horse and rode to San Bernardino, and, disguised as a ruffian, found out who committed the murder. He went to the law about it and the man confessed. He was able to bring William home with him.


In 1877 Elam Cheney sold his mill to the partnership of Bishop Petersen, Ed Terry, Willis Howell and Peter Sundwall. The stones Elam used in the mill have been made into a monument relic on the main street park of Fairview, Utah.



Because Elam was living in polygamy the LAW would not leave Grandfather alone, and that is why he moved Martha Taylor in the corner where Aaron Cheney now lives, and she took care of Hannah, his first wife, until she passed away. He moved Talitha to the corner of Dan James (or south of the old schoolhouse). He moved Harriet a block and a half south of Aaron Cheney, by Cottonwood Creek. Margaret stayed with him at the mill until he moved.


Elam moved to Payson, Utah, long enough to build a brick house, then he moved to Salt River, Arizona, then to Tonto Creek, Arizona, where he remained one year.



In 1884 he located at Pinedale, Apache County, Arizona, then known as the Black Forest. Margaret and Harriet journeyed South and met Grandfather at Pinedale. A few years later Margaret went to Idaho to meet Elam, Jr., Peter, Franklin and Theadore, her children, and died at Kimberly, Idaho 1908 on the 19th of May.


After ten years, Elam moved to Fruitland, New Mexico (1894) and later he returned to his home at Pinedale, where he lived until death summoned him, on March 22nd 1912.



In 1897 he attended the Pioneer Jubilee in Salt Lake City and received a Gold Medal as a pioneer of 1847.



Five months before his death, he attended the Cheney family reunion at Burley, Idaho. Here, Grandfather Cheney gathered his large family around him and bore a strong testimony to the divinity of the mission of the Prophet Joseph Smith, having been personally acquainted with him from the year 1831 to the time of his martyrdom.


Uncle Frank Cheney played the violin and Grandfather step-danced for us; he also read some of his grandchildren?s hands, some of which I will relate. He told Tina (Clementine), Theadore?s daughter (Cheney) that she would get a letter of proposal. She got it the next day and showed it to the rest of us. He told Lillian Cheney Wadsworth she was going to walk through the forest and pick up the crookedest stick she could find; he would be dark complexioned and they would have five or six children. She said he wasn?t the crookedest stick, but he does have dark complexion and she now has five children living and one lost at birth. He told me (Aaron Cheney) that I would get a nice little plump girl, just a little darker then myself; he also said I would have to go North to get her, and I did - six miles.


Grandfather returned to his home in Arizona where he died March 22, 1912 at the age of 86 years and 10 months.



His living children, at that time, were: Matilda Anderson, Louisa Sanders, Elam Cheney, Olive Humble, David Cheney, Elizabeth Sanders, Selar, William, Peter, Frank, Theadore, Ezekiel, Margaret Brewer, Hyrum and Charles. He was the father of 40 children.


He held a number of positions in the church. He loved to wrestle and never was outrun in a foot race. He had a fine personality and friends wherever he went.



Grandfather Cheney?s whole life was that of a pioneer, enduring hardships and meeting difficulties. In the practices of medicine and surgery, he was a helper to many - especially to one George Bryant, who had been given up as a hopeless case but whose broken and disjointed neck Elam Cheney set, and saved his life.


He and his wives lived the Gospel of Jesus Christ, as they understood it, and taught their children to follow its teachings.?



Other excerpts about Elam Cheney:



FROM THE BOOK: Our Pioneer Heritage Vol. 12 The Unpublished Story Baptized in the Mississippi by the Prophet Company E



Written by Elam Cheney's first wife, Hannah Compton



"On February 13th, I married Elam Cheney and was sealed for time only. I had heard the law on celestial marriage taught and I had read the revelation on plural marriage and I believed it was from God, and that I should obey His law. I had not been sealed to my husband and I had but one child. Elam Cheney was a good Latter-day Saint and one month older than I, and he was willing to take me for time only. On January 18, 1855, Olive Mehitable was born. That year the grasshoppers took all the crops again which made bread very scarce. Mr. Cheney planted corn on the land after the grasshoppers left, and he raised enough corn for our bread. We did not have to do without. By saving we divided with those who had none, and the Lord blessed us and we did not suffer for bread."


FROM THE BOOK: Heart Throbs of the West Volume 12 Ranching in the Early Days Juab County (Utah)



Starr Ranch--The ranching settlement, now known as Starr, was originally known as Cheney?s Ranch, and is located about three and one-half miles north of Mona on the main highway. In 1858 the soldiers of Johnston?s Army established a ranch just north of the springs located here, built a livestock corral with mud walls and kept stock there until the following fall when the army left Utah. According to available information Ike Potter located a ranch near the springs sometime during the ?fifties.? Elam Cheney bought Potter?s ranch in 1859 and the ranch was then known as Cheney?s Ranch for many years. For four years Cheney lived there alone, then Uriah Stewart, settled near him, and in about 1870, Cheney sold his ranch to Jackson Stewart.


FROM THE BOOK: An Enduring Legacy: Volume Two Economic and Territorial Progress New Settlements



The first attempt at forming a colony on Huntington Creek was in November 1877, when a group of settlers from Fairview answered the call. This company travelled through Spanish Fork and Soldier canyons and what two years later would be Price, Utah. Included were Elias and Jehu Cox, Benjamin and Heber Jones, Fredrick Fenn, William H. Avery, Anthony Humbel, Elam Cheney, Charles H. Holingshead and Elam McBride. Four women, Sarah Jane Jones, Eliza J. Avery, Rilda McBride and Olive Humbel, were also in the company. They built dugouts on the north side of the creek and stayed in the valley that winter.


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History of the Church, Vol.7, Ch.36, p.514

William Clayton Journal

Thomas Bullock Journal, BYU Studies Vol 31, No 1

Lyon, T. Edgar, The Nauvoo Temple 1841-1964, Improvement Era, Mar 1965

Todd, Jay M., Nauvoo Temple Restoration, Improvement Era, Oct 1968



""I saw him [Joseph] when we laid the cornerstone of the Nauvoo Temple. We lived there then and saw him every Sunday, more or less. I belonged to the Nauvoo Legion, and Joseph was the General. Brother Joseph was a man weighing about two hundred pounds, fair complexion, light brown hair. He was about six feet tall, sound bodied, very strong and quick--no breakage about his body. He most always wore a silk stock, and was smooth faced. He was very sympathetic and would talk to children and they liked him. He was honest, and was liked by everybody who knew him" (Elam Cheney, Sr, Young Woman's Journal 17 (1906), p.539 - p.540).


SOURCE: Ancestry.com



Pioneer Companies



Name: Elam Cheney

Captain: J. Grant

Arrival Date: 29 Sep 1847



Our Pioneer Heritage

Volume 13

Mormon Ghost Towns

Juab County

Company E



Starr. The ranching settlement now known as Starr was originally known as Cheney's Ranch, and is located about three and one-half miles north of Mona on the main highway. In 1858 the soldiers of Johnston's Army established a ranch just north of the springs located here, built a livestock corral with mud walls, and kept stock there until the following fall when the army left Utah. According to available information, Ike Potter located a ranch near the springs sometime during the "fifties." Elam Cheney bought Potter's ranch in 1859, and the ranch was first known as Cheney's Ranch. For four years Cheney lived alone, then Uriah Stewart of Springville settled near him, and in about 1870 Cheney sold his ranch to Jackson Stewart. A few years later, probably about 1880, a good portion of the property was purchased by the Albert W. Starr family, and his son William A. Starr operated the ranch until about 1910.


Our Pioneer Heritage

Volume 15

Eight Pioneer Biographies

Pioche, Nevada?1871

Christian Christianson Handcart Company



Talitha Cumi Garlick Avery Cheney, pioneer of 1853, wrote: There was no society for the young people at that time, so I, as did the other girls who wished to and were worthy, joined the Relief Society.

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I, Talitha Cumi Garlick Avery Cheney, was born Sept. 22, 1824, in Providence, Bedford County, Penn., the daughter of David Garlick and Elizabeth Buck. Father and mother belonged to the Christian Church and were very religious and firm in their belief. The Christian Church believed in baptism by immersion, and that was all that was required, they thought. Then they belonged to the True Church of Christ. But in 1837 there were two Elders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (John Wakefield and William Baisley) came to our neighborhood and preached the true Gospel and mother and three of my sisters joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They were baptized in October 1837. I was thirteen years old then. Previous to these Elders coming my mother dreamed she saw two strange Preachers and heard a voice say "These are the true messengers of God, hear and obey." I heard my mother tell my father in the morning after she had dreamed this. The next week these two Mormon Elders came and as soon as Mother saw them she said they were the men she saw in her dream and she knew they had the true Gospel. In two weeks after hearing them preach there were twenty baptized in that place. Then the mob spirit arose and all was confusion. Our friends and relatives all turned against us.
The people had moved into a fort. The Indians were troublesome. I lived with my brother. February 13, 1864 I was married to Elam Cheney at Springville, Utah. He had five wives. On January 18, 1855, Olive Mehitable Cheney was born, the same year the grasshoppers took all of our crops, again making bread very scarce. After the grasshoppers took Mr. Cheney's wheat, he planted corn on the same ground and raised enough for our bread. We did not do without. We were very saving of our bread. We divided with those who had none and the Lord blessed us and we did not suffer. On March 8, 1857, David Cheney was born, and June 16, 1859 Selar Cheney was born.


In 1881 a Sunday School was organized in Huntington in Castle Valley, and I was chosen teacher in the theological class. In 1882, I was blessed and set apart as President of the Relief Society. We lived in Huntington, Emery County, from 1879 until 1893 then we sold our places and came north. I was President of the Relief Society of Huntington for eleven years, then we left Huntington and I was honorably released from all offices and came north with my children. My son, Selar Cheney, had gone north with his father-in-law, Sylvester Wilson, and they had crossed the Big Mountain (Teton Pass) and Snake River in 1889 and 1890, and settled in a place called Jackson Hole in Wyoming, homesteaded about seven miles south of Jackson.


Heart Throbs of the West

Heart Throbs of the West Volume 12

Ranching in the Early Days

Juab County



Starr Ranch--The ranching settlement, now known as Starr, was originally known as Cheney?s Ranch, and is located about three and one-half miles north of Mona on the main highway. In 1858 the soldiers of Johnston?s Army established a ranch just north of the springs located here, built a livestock corral with mud walls and kept stock there until the following fall when the army left Utah. According to available information Ike Potter located a ranch near the springs sometime during the ?fifties.? Elam Cheney bought Potter?s ranch in 1859 and the ranch was then known as Cheney?s Ranch for many years. For four years Cheney lived there alone, then Uriah Stewart, settled near him, and in about 1870, Cheney sold his ranch to Jackson Stewart.
Fruitland, Sept. 20, 1896



Dear Nephew-



I received your answer to a letter that I sent to your mother in Grantsville sometime ago when Government made a law against Plural marriage, it found me with five women, I went to work and deeded their homes and lots and personal property to them to the amount of $25000 ($250) to every child. Margaret's share was twelve hundred, Martha one thousand, Tolitha eight hundred, Harriett eight hundred, the Old Lady two fifty. Turned this property all over the them that had the largest children.


I took Harriett and her share and went to Arizona, and gave the rest of them to go along. We have spent all by running around. I have nothing now but two cows and my little home, not a dollar to go on, so it will be impossible for me to come. I spent two hundred dollars going to the Temple. Three years ago I sent word for your mother to meet me there, my team was wore out so I could not come any farther. In regards to the Temple work, your grandfather came to me and told me what to do and I done it.


Uncle Elam Cheney

written to Elam Wells McBride, son of Olive Mehitable Cheney McBride, sister of

Elam Cheney
"ELAM CHENEY, SR. Born in 1825, in Freedom Township, New York. My folks moved to Kirtland, Ohio. We went to meeting and heard Joseph preach. The next time I saw him was ifi Illinois when he was going to Washington to see the President to get redress for the mobbing and killing of the Saints in Missouri. He stayed with us all night. Again I saw him when we laid the cornerstone of the Nauvoo Temple. We lived there then and saw him every Sunday, more or
less. I belonged to the Nauvoo Legion,and Joseph was the General. Brother Joseph was a man weighing about two hundred pounds, fair complexion, light brown hair. He was about six feet tall, sound bodied, very strong and quick — no breakage about his body. He most always wore a silk stock, and was smooth faced. He was very sympathetic and would talk to children and they liked him. He was honest, and was liked by everybody who knew him. I got my patriarchal
blessing from old Father John Smith."



-- The Young Women's Journal, By Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Young Women's Mutual Improvement Association, Young Women's Mutual Improvement Association

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"A Brief History of Peter Wimmer Cheney and Keziah Lovina Brady Cheney" by Aaron H. Cheney
"History of Elam Cheney, my Grandfather" by Aaron Lincon Cheney of Utah
Heart Throbs of the West: Volume 10, The Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Pioneers of 1849

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