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1815 - 1910 (95 years)
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| Joseph Leland Heywood Joseph L., the son of Benjamin Heywood and Hannah Rawson Leland, is the husband of (1) Sarepta M. Blodgett, (2) Sarah Symonds, (3) Martha Spence and (4) Mary Bell
Photo added by: Robert Heywood |
| Joseph Leland Heywood An older photo of Joseph L. Heywood.
Conquerors of the West: Stalwart Mormon Pioneers, vol. 2
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Joseph Leland HEYWOOD [2, 3] |
- was the first Bishop of the Seventeenth Ward, Salt Lake City. He was the son of Benjamin Heywood and Hannah Rawson and was born in Grafton, Worcester county, Massachusetts, August 1, 1815. Elder Heywood writes: "My early days were spent on my father's farm, with intervals of about two months in the winter time in attending the common schools which the law of the State provided. Early in life I chose the occupation of a merchant. I left my native State in the spring of 1838 and became a citizen of Illinois; I spent some time in Alton and Springfield, IL, and moved to Quincy, Adams county, IL, in the fall of 1839. Engaging in the mercantile business in partnership with my brother-in-law, Oliver Kimball, I remained there until the fall of 1845, when I moved with my family to the city of Nauvoo, Hancock county, IL. In December, 1842, I visited the Prophet Joseph Smith in Nauvoo, and after listening to his preaching by the gift and power of the Holy Ghost, I was converted and asked for baptism the same hour. I was baptized by Elder Orson Hyde, in the Mississippi river, the Prophet Joseph assisting in cutting the ice. I was then confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of day Saints under the hands of Elders Orson Hyde, Joseph Smith and Jedediah M. Grant. I was ordained an Elder by elder Orson Hyde, in March, 1844, and ordained a High Priest and also a Bishop under the hands of Elders Heber C. Kimball, Brigham Young and Parley P. Pratt October 8, 1844. In 1846, when the Church commenced its exodus to the west, I, in connection with Almon W. Babbitt and John S. Fullmer, was chosen one of the trustees of the Church, for the care and disposal of the Church property at Nauvoo. I bore arms in defense of the lives and property of the people of Nauvoo, when attacked by the mob September 12, 1846, at which time Brother William Anderson with his fourteen-year-old son and a Brother Norris were slain. I remained in Nauvoo until the spring of 1848, when I journeyed to Winter Quarters, in time to join the last company of that season's emigration which was presided over by President Willard Richards, with Elder Franklin D. Richards as captain of fifty, and Elder John S. Fullmer as captain of ten. We made a journey from Nauvoo to Great Salt Lake Valley with ox-teams, arriving October 19, 1848. I was appointed (by the government in Washington D. C.) postmaster of Salt Lake City in the spring of 1849, and in the fall of that year I was appointed, in connection with elder Edwin D. Woolley, on a mission to the Eastern States, to purchase merchandise for the Church. I also visited Washington, D. C., and assisted Delegate John M. Bernhisel in obtaining a Territorial government for Utah. In the winter of 1855-56 I was instrumental in getting a petition signed by Colonel Steptoe and his officers, by which Governor Brigham Young was retained in office several years longer. In February, 1849, I was ordained and set apart as the first Bishop of the 17th Eard, Salt Lake City, and filled this postiion for six years. In the spring of 1851 I accompanied President Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball and Apostle Ezra T. Benson on their visiti to Parowan, and was appointed to form a settlement on Salt Creek (now Nephi, Juab country). I assisted the Territorial surveyor, Jesse W. Fox, in laying out the city of Nephi, where I presided for three years. In the spring of 1855 I accompanied Apostle Orson Hyde with a company of elders to form a settlement in Carson valley (Nev.), acting at the same time as a guard for the Hon. George P. Stiles, who was going to Carson valley to hold a session of the District Court. In the spring of 1856, in company with Apostles Orson Pratt and Ezra T. Benson ( who were enroute for a mission to Europe) and George A. Smith, as a delegate from the people of Utah, to petition Congress for a State government, I again crossed the plains, my destination being Washington, D.C., to arrange my business with the government as U.S. Marshall for Utah, which office I then held. I had been appointed to that office by President Millard Fillmore in 1851, and reappointed by President Franklin Pierce in 1855. On my return I spent one week in Independence, MO. Leaving Independence November 7, 1856, I was winterbound at the Devil's Gate, on Sweetwater, and, in connection with about twenty Saints, presided over by Elders Daniel W. Jones, Benjamin Hampton and Thomas M. Alexander, lived for about six weeks mostly on cooked rawhide. I arrived in Salt Lake City in time for the general conference held in April , 1857. In the spring of 1857 I accompanied President Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball and Daniel H. Wells, Apostle Orson Hyde and a large company of brethren and sisters on a visit to Fort Limhi, on Salmon river. At the October conference, in 1855, I was sustained as a home missionary and labored in all the settlements in Utah as far south as Fort Harmony, Washington county, until the fall of 1861, when I was called to locate in the "Dixie country." I settled in Washington, Washington county. In the spring of 1863 I moved to New Harmony, Washington county, and resided there until February, 1872, when I moved to Panguitch, Iron county (now Garfield county. I was ordained a Patriarch February 3, 1874, at St. George, under the hands of President Brigham Young, George A. Smith and Erastus Snow, and have labored in that calling in Panguitch and surrounding Stakes. At the organization of the Panguitch Stake of Zion in April, 1877, I was appointed to preside over the High Priests quorum of that Stake, and served in that capacity until honorably released by Apostle Francis M. Lyman at the quarterly Stake conference held in September, 1898. My first wife was Sarepta M. Blodgett; later I took as plural wives Sarah Symonds, Martha Spence and Mary Bell; the latter is still alive. I am the father of twenty children, twelve of whom are living, and also forty grandchildren, thirty-two of whom are now alive." Comments: #21. In 1870, Joseph had a household of 7, a real wealth of $500 and a personal wealth of $300. Comments: #31. Joseph is listed in the St. George Stake, High Priests Quorum Record. 2. Joseph was ordained a High Priest and Bishop to act in the Quincy Branch under the hands of President H. C. Kimball, Brigham Young and Parley P. Pratt. 3. Joseph was licenced as an Elder April 8, 1844. 4. "I left Nauvoo in 1848." 5. Joseph was made the bishop of the 17th Ward in February of 1849. [1]
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Birth |
01 Aug 1815 |
Grafton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts [2, 3, 4, 5] |
Gender |
Male |
Census |
1850 |
Living in Great Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah [6] |
Census |
1860 |
Living in Great Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah [7] |
Census |
1870 |
Living in Harmony, Kane Co., Utah [8] |
Census |
1880 |
Living in Panguitch, Garfield Co., Utah [9] |
Census |
1900 |
Living in Panguitch, Garfield Co., Utah [5] |
Death |
16 Oct 1910 |
Panguitch, Garfield Co., Utah [1, 4] |
Burial |
Y [10] |
Person ID |
I28509 |
Main Tree |
Last Modified |
21 Mar 2022 |
Father |
Benjamin HEYWOOD, b. 29 Mar 1782, Shrewsbury, Worcester Co., Massachusetts d. 18 Feb 1855, Grafton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts (Age 72 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Mother |
Hannah Rawson LELAND, b. 18 Jun 1779, Grafton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts d. 29 Dec 1834, Grafton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts (Age 55 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Engaged |
19 Sep 1806 |
Grafton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts |
Family ID |
F10310 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 1 |
Sarepta Maria BLODGETT, b. 22 Nov 1823, Munroe, Ashtabula Co., Ohio d. 04 Dec 1881, Salt Lake City, Utah (Age 58 years) |
Marriage |
25 Jun 1841 |
Beloit, Rock Co., Wisconsin [1, 10] |
Children |
| 1. Frank Talcot HEYWOOD, b. 20 Jun 1842, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 04 Aug 1844 (Age 2 years) [Birth] |
| 2. Ida HEYWOOD, b. Abt 1846, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA [Birth] |
| 3. Alice Grafton HEYWOOD, b. 1848 d. 27 May 1853 (Age 5 years) [Birth] |
| 4. Sarah Ida HEYWOOD, b. 1851, Prob. Salt Lake City, Utah d. 19 Dec 1861 (Age 10 years) [Birth] |
| 5. Benjamin Blodgett HEYWOOD, b. 16 Sep 1854, Salt Lake City, Utah d. 25 Aug 1909, Salt Lake City, Utah (Age 54 years) [Birth] |
+ | 6. Lucretia Keetie HEYWOOD, b. 16 Jan 1856, Salt Lake City, Utah d. 23 Feb 1920, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 64 years) [Birth] |
| 7. Joseph Leland HEYWOOD, b. 04 Sep 1858, Salt Lake City, Utah d. 06 Mar 1909 (Age 50 years) [Birth] |
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Family ID |
F10317 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
31 Mar 2022 |
Family 2 |
Martha SPENCE, b. 08 Mar 1812, Dublin, Ireland d. 05 Feb 1873 (Age 60 years) |
Marriage |
16 Jan 1851 |
Salt Lake City, Utah [1] |
Children |
+ | 1. Joseph Neal HEYWOOD, b. 18 Nov 1851, Nephi, Juab County, Utah d. 17 May 1904, Thatcher, Graham Co., Arizona (Age 52 years) [Birth] |
| 2. Sarepta HEYWOOD, b. 08 Oct 1853, Nephi, Juab County, Utah d. 19 Mar 1856 (Age 2 years) [Birth] |
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Family ID |
F10318 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
21 Mar 2022 |
Family 3 |
Sarah SYMONDS, b. 17 May 1784, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts d. 6 Feb 1881, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah (Age 96 years) |
Marriage |
31 Oct 1854 [1] |
Family ID |
F10323 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
21 Mar 2022 |
Family 4 |
Mary BELL, b. 02 Jan 1839, Scotland d. 05 Sep 1915, Panguitch, Garfield Co., Utah (Age 76 years) |
Marriage |
31 Oct 1855 |
Salt Lake City, Utah |
Children |
| 1. Omer Badigee HEYWOOD, b. 1847, New Harmony, Washington Co., Utah [Birth] |
| 2. James Bell HEYWOOD, b. 24 Jan 1858, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah d. 04 Aug 1932, Panguitch, Garfield Co., Utah (Age 74 years) [Birth] |
| 3. Mary Hannah HEYWOOD, b. 20 May 1861, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah d. 18 May 1949, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah (Age 87 years) [Birth] |
| 4. Charles St. George HEYWOOD, b. 29 Oct 1863, New Harmony, Washington Co., Utah d. 03 May 1871 (Age 7 years) [Birth] |
| 5. Willard Richard HEYWOOD, b. 06 Mar 1866, New Harmony, Washington Co., Utah d. 2 Feb 1868 (Age 1 year) [Birth] |
| 6. Heber Kimball HEYWOOD, b. 06 Mar 1866, New Harmony, Washington Co., Utah d. 13 Jan 1873 (Age 6 years) [Birth] |
| 7. Joseph Edgar HEYWOOD, b. 08 Aug 1868, New Harmony, Washington Co., Utah d. 07 Oct 1943, Panguitch, Garfield Co., Utah (Age 75 years) [Birth] |
| 8. David Leland HEYWOOD, b. 13 Apr 1871, New Harmony, Washington Co., Utah d. 01 Jul 1958, Panguitch, Garfield Co., Utah (Age 87 years) [Birth] |
+ | 9. Martha Elizabeth HEYWOOD, b. 22 Mar 1873, Panguitch, Garfield Co., Utah d. 28 May 1938, Richfield, Sevier Co., Utah (Age 65 years) [Birth] |
+ | 10. Agnes Sarepta HEYWOOD, b. 29 Nov 1875, Panguitch, Garfield Co., Utah d. 25 Apr 1958, Panguitch, Garfield Co., Utah (Age 82 years) [Birth] |
| 11. John Lemon HEYWOOD, b. 13 May 1878, Panguitch, Garfield Co., Utah d. 12 Nov 1968, St. George, Washington Co., Utah (Age 90 years) [Birth] |
| 12. Jessie Bell HEYWOOD, b. 22 Nov 1882, Panguitch, Garfield Co., Utah d. 03 Nov 1947, Panguitch, Garfield Co., Utah (Age 64 years) [Birth] |
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Family ID |
F10319 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
3 Apr 2022 |
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Sources |
- [S11053] Ancestry.com: Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848.
- [S10188] E.B. Crane, A Revised Memoir of Edward Rawson, Secretary of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay.
- [S4746] Ancestry.com: Massachusetts Town and Vital Collections, 1620-1988.
- [S2982] Death Certificate for Joseph Leland Heywood .
- [S3003] 1900 Census Panguitch, Garfield County, Utah.
- [S5098] 1850 Census Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah.
- [S5099] 1860 Census Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah .
- [S2985] 1870 Census Harmony, Kane County, Utah.
- [S2986] 1880 Census Panguitch, Garfield County, Utah.
- [S02329] Find A Grave Website.
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