Erastus Willard BINGHAM, Sr.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Son of Elisha Warner Bingham and Sally Perry
• Census: 1850, Living in Weber Co., Utah Territory
• Census: 1860, Living in Ogden City, Weber Co., Utah
• Census: 1870, Living in Ogden City, Weber Co., Utah
• Census: 1880, Living in Ogden City, Weber Co., Utah

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Erastus married Lucinda Gates in St. Johnsbury, Vermont on March 20, 1818. When he married Lucinda, he had a farm in Concord, where he and his bride resided and where the first four of his children were born. About 1825, the family removed to Littleton, Grafton County, New Hampshire. Lucinda and Louisa Maria were born there in 1826 and 1828, after which the family returned to the farm in Concord.

In the spring of 1836 Erastus sold his farm, and the following June he traveled with his family to Kirtland, Ohio. The family stayed there until September 1836, then continued the journey to Far West, Missouri, arriving on November 4, 1836. Erastus rented a farm on Shoal Creek, about 2 1/2 miles from Far West, and built a log house, into which he moved his family. Governor Boggs issued an exterminating order for LDS Saints to leave. Church leaders called Erastus a member of the commitee to orchestrate the exodus.
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At 2 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, May 3d, a large congregation of friends assembled in the meeting house at Lynne, to pay their last respects to the mortal remains of Bishop Erastus Bingham.

The assembly was called to order by Bishop D. F. Thomas; the choir sang: "Unveil thy bosom, faithful tomb; Take this new teasure to thy trust."

Elder Joseph Hall then offered a very impressive prayer, after which the choir sang: "He has finished his work and his journey is over, The war is accomplished, the triumph's begun."

Then the congregation was addressed by Presidents, D. H. Peery and Lester J. Herrick, Elders Lorin Farr and R. J. Taylor and Bishop Thomas, all of whom spoke of the history of the departed veteran, his early connections with the Church, his toils, trials, sufferings and persecutions for the truth's sake, his integrity and unswerving fidelity to the principles of the Gospel, which he maintained to the latest hour of his earthly existence. At the close of the addresses the choir sang--

"Mourn not the dead who peaceful lay. Their wearied bodies down."

and Elder Warren G. Child delivered the benediction.

The funeral cortege, which was half a mile long, was then formed and took up its march to the Ogden Cemetery where the tenantless tabernacle of our aged father in Israil was deposited in its last earthly resting place.

The deceased, Erastus Bingham, was born at Concord, Essex County, Vernont, March 12th, 1798. He was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, November 11th, 1833. He was intimately acquainted with the Prophet Joseph Smith, was a member of Zion's Camp and participated with the Saints in nearly all the persecutions, mobbings, drivings and privations which they endured for the testimony of Jesus, in the early history of the Church. He also shared with them in the exodus from Nauvoo.

He came to Salt Lake City in 1847 and to Ogden in 1850.

Erastus Bingham, Sr., was Bishop at Bingham's Fort (now called Lynne), and at Ogden City, from 1850 to 1862, during which time, by his faithful solicitude for the welfare of his people, his wise counsels, and strict integrity to truth and duty, he made hundreds of friends in whose afflictions his name and memory will be embalmed as long as they live.

As before published, he died May 2nd, 1882 and was 84 years, 1 month and 20 days old when he died. He had ten children, nine of whom are still living. His grandchildren and great-grandchildren are numerous--in fact his descendants now number about three hundred and forty or three hundred and fifty.

-Ogden Standard Examiner, May 4, 1882, transcribed by Rhonda Holton

Son of Elisha Warner Bingham and Sally Perry

Married Lucinda Gates, 20 Mar 1819, St. Johnsbury, Cldn, Vermont

Married Patience Perkins, 4 Apr 1852, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Married Sally Maria Barber, 7 Apr 1853, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Married Katherine Mehitable Sawyer, 11 Sep 1857, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Married Emma Nye Wilson, 13 Dec 1862, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah


Bio by: Rhonda

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Erastus married Lucinda GATES on 20 Mar 1819 in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Lucinda (daughter of Thomas GATES, Sr. and Patty PLUMLY) was born on 19 Sep 1797 in Acworth, Sullivan Co., New Hampshire; died on 3 Jan 1874 in Ogden, Weber Co., Utah; was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber Co., Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary Ann BINGHAM was born on 1 Apr 1820 in Saint Johnsbury, Caledonia Co., Vermont; died on 25 Sep 1893 in Ogden, Weber Co., Utah; was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber Co., Utah.
2. Sanford BINGHAM was born on 3 May 1821 in Concord, Essex Co., Vermont; died on 21 Nov 1910 in Riverdale, Weber Co., Utah; was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber Co., Utah.
3. Erastus BINGHAM, Jr. was born on 30 Sep 1822 in Concord, Essex Co., Vermont; died on 4 Apr 1906 in Mesa, Maricopa Co., Arizona; was buried in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa Co., Arizonia.
4. Thomas BINGHAM was born on 19 Jul 1824 in Littleton, New Hampshire; died on 31 Dec 1889; was buried in Vernal Memorial Park, Vernal, Uintah Co., Utah.
5. Lucinda BINGHAM was born on 15 Apr 1826; died on 30 Mar 1894; was buried in Laurel Grove Cemetery, Port Townsend, Jefferson Co., Washington.
6. Maria Louisa BINGHAM was born on 23 Jun 1828 in Littleton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire; died on 31 Oct 1893 in Ogden, Weber Co., Utah; was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber Co., Utah.
7. Willard BINGHAM was born on 19 Feb 1830 in Concord, Essex Co., Vermont; died on 19 Mar 1913 in Smithfield, Cache Co., Utah; was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber Co., Utah.
8. Dr. Edwin BINGHAM was born on 5 May 1832 in Concord, Essex Co., Vermont; died on 25 Feb 1903 in Ogden, Weber Co., Utah; was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber Co., Utah.
9. Brigham Heber BINGHAM was born on 15 Dec 1841 in La harpe, Hancock County, Illinois; died on 10 Feb 1935 in Glendale, Maricona Co., Arizona; was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber Co., Utah.

Erastus married Patience PERKINS on 4 Apr 1852 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah. Patience was born in 1784 in Vermont; died in 1862. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Erastus married Sally Maria BARBER on 7 Apr 1853 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah. Sally was born in 1811 in New York; died in 1891. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Erastus married Katherine Mehitable SAWYER on 11 Sep 1857 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah. Katherine was born in 1806 in Maine; died in 1886. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Erastus married Emma NYE on 13 Dec 1862 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah. Emma was born in 1837 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Warner BINGHAM was born on 12 Sep 1863 in Ogden, Weber Co., Utah; died on 16 Apr 1918 in Declo, Cassia Co., Idaho; was buried in Declo Cemetery, Declo, Cassia Co., Idaho.

Elisha married Sarah PERRY. Sarah was born in 1767; died in 1844. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]