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Joseph Horne

Male 1812 - 1897  (85 years)


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  • Name Joseph Horne 
    Born 17 Jan 1812  London St Bartholomew by The Royal Exchange, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 27 Apr 1897  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 30 Apr 1897  Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1404  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Family Mary Isabella Hales,   b. 20 Nov 1818, Rainham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Aug 1905, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 9 May 1836  Toronto, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F943  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Censuses:
      1840 US: Quincy First Ward, Adams, Illinois, related families:
      P. 6a:
      Stephen Hales, males 10-15:1; 15-20:1; 30-40:1; 40-50:1//females 15-20:1; 40-50:1. [Stephen, his wife Mary Ann, Henry W.(12), George (18), {not sure who the 30-40 male and the 15-20 female would be unless it was Charles, age 23 and not over 30, and his new bride Julia Ann, under age 20 - either way it would live Stephen, age 20, unaccounted for}. I do not find Charles or Stephen separately in same census.]
      P. 7a:
      John Ellis, males 20-30:1//females 15-20:2. [Not sure who the second female would be.]
      P. 15a [2nd Ward]:
      Joseph Horne, males 0-5:1; 20-30:1//females 20-30:1.

      1850 US: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, p. 48 of 180, house and family 342:
      Joseph Horne, 39, farmer, Eng.
      Mary, 32, Eng.
      Henry, 12, MO.
      Joseph, 8, IL.
      Richard, 6, IL.
      Elizabeth, 4, IL.
      Leonora, 2, Deseret.
      Mary Humphrey, 16, Can.

      1860 US: Salt Lake City, 14th Ward, Utah, p. 8 of 23, 13 Jun 1860, house 278, family 48:
      Joseph Horne, 48, mason, $1500, $500, Eng.
      Mary J., 41, Eng.
      Henry J., 21, MO.
      Joseph S., 18, IL.
      Richard S., 15, IL.
      Elizabeth A., 12, NE.
      Leonora T., 11, UT.
      Julia H., 8, UT.
      John P., 6, UT.
      Pamelia P., 4, UT.
      Cornelius H., 4, UT.
      Elizabeth Humphrey, 19, IL.
      Henry Humphrey, 1, UT.

      1880 US: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, FHL film 1255337, NA film T9-1337, p. 93D:
      Joseph Horn, farmer, M, 68, Eng Eng Eng.
      Mary S., keeping house, wife, M, 34, Eng Eng Eng.
      William J., son, clerk R.R., 20, UT Eng Eng.
      George H., son, at school, 15, UT Eng Eng.
      Thomas R., son, at school, S, 11, UT Eng Eng.
      Albert, son, 8,, UT Eng Eng.
      Nettie M., dau., 5, UT Eng Eng.
      Lillia M., dau., 1M, UT Eng Eng.
      Mary I., keeping house, wife, 61, Eng Eng Eng.
      Martha J., printing office, dau., 22, UT Eng Eng.
      Clara E., at home, 19, UT Eng Eng.
      Jacob W. Horn, gson, 1, UT, IL, PA.

      BIOGRAPHY:
      1. Mentioned in the book "Grafton, Ghost Town on the Rio Virgin" ISBN 0-939771-11x, by Lyman D. Platt: "In Nov. of 1849, Parley P. Pratt received the commission from Brigham Young and the Legislative Assembly of the State of Deseret to raise 50 men...and go explore the southern parts of the state... 'This company was soon raised, armed, equipped, and ready for a march into the dreary and almost unknown regions of So. Utah...(Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt, pp 365-366).' Listed as Captain of the 3rd 10 is Joseph Horne.

      2. Those "called" and listed in the Deseret News of Nov. 16, 1850 of Salt Lake City: "Names of Company and their outfit for Little Salt Lake. Presidents of the Mission: George A. Smith and Ezra T. Benson. Members: [117 listed including] Joseph Adair, Levi W. Hancock, Joseph Horne. Little Salt Lake was the Iron Mission at Parowan and Cedar City. Name appears in same context in the book "A Trial Furnace, Southern Utah's Iron Mission" by Morris A. Shirts, p. 433, where a list of all participants from various sources is given for the original colony for the time period Dec. 1850 - June 1851. Book lists Joseph Horn as age 39 and from England. The book cites 5 sources confirming Joseph's involvement: (1) the call list noted above; (2) names of persons over 14 years of age, on 21 Dec 1850, gone to Iron county, led by Elder George A. Smith, who were already underway for the Iron Mission per the Deseret News, 11 Jan 1851; (3) "Names of Pioneers who came to Parowan under the leadership of Apostle George A. smith...," listed in Henry Lunt's diary, giving male members of the company by name, with the number of women and children summarized; (4) "Elder's Quorum List," a hand-written list of names dated 9 Feb 1851, listing many of the male members of the Iron Mission, their current ages and priesthood callings [LDS Church Archives]; (5) 1851 Utah Census begun 12 may 1851 [FHL film 25540]. The fifth source is cited in the book to also list Joseph's family:
      Mary, 32, Eng.
      Henry, 13, MO.
      Joseph S., 10, IL.
      Richard, 7, IL.
      Elizabeth, 5, IL.
      Leonora, 2, UT.

      3. The book "From Quaker to Latter-Day Saint, Bishop Edwin Woolley," Leonard J. Arrington, pg. 114, notes Joseph Horne owned a leather shop in the upper part of the city along Mulholland and connecting streets.

      4. "Latter-Day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia," includes sketch portrait of Joseph Horne: "Horne, Joseph, a Patriarch in the Church, was born Jan. 17, 1812, in London, England, son of Joseph Horne and Maria Maidens. When he was six years old his parents emigrated to Canada and settled at a place called Little York, now the city of Toronto. They were of the poorer class of people, the father being a shoemaker by trade, and as there were very few schools in the country districts where they dwelt, the boy Joseph had but little opportunity for education. About the year 1822 the family moved eight miles into timbered country to open up a farm, and there his time was spent clearing land and farming until he was 24 years of age, when he married. The lady who became his wife was Miss Mary Isabella Hales, like himself a native of England, but at that time a resident in his neighborhood. The date of their marriage was May 9, 1836. Two months later the young couple were baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In the spring of 1837 they becme acquainted with the Prophet Joseph Smith, and in the following year moved to Far West, Missouri, where they passed through the mobocratic troubles of that period, and from 1839 to 1842 resided at Quincy, Ill., prior to moving up to Nauvoo. Soon after settling at the latter place Bro. Horne engaged in the mercantile business, which he continued as long as he remained there. He was ordained a Seventy, and shortly afterwards set apart as one of the presidency of the 28th quorum of Seventy. He left Nauvoo in February, 1846, in the first company of Saints that started for the West. His family then consisted of himself, his wife and three children - boys. His daughter, Elizabeth Ann, was born at Mount Pisgah as they journeyed. They also brought with them a man and his wife and a boy who drove one of their teams. They spent the next winter on the Missouri river, and on the 15th of June, 1847, resumed their westward journey from Winter Quarters, in the immigration that followed immediately behind the pioneers. Bishop Edward Hunter was captain of the company in which they traveled, and under him Bro. Horne was captain of the first fifty. The arrived in Salt Lake valley on the 6th of October, the same year. Up to the spring of 1849, Bro. Horne and his family lived in the Old Fort, and then moved into the Fourteenth Ward. In August, 1850, he was caled by Pres. Brigham Young as one of a committee of four to explore Sanpete valley, his associates being William W. Phelps, Dimmick B. Huntington, and Ira Willis. While on this trip he with Messrs. Phelps and Willis ascended Mount Nebo, so named by Judge Phelps. They located the site of Manti, and dedicated the whole valley for settlement by the Latter-day Saints. In November of the same year Bro. Horne accompanied Parley P. Pratt's exploring expedition to the Rio Virgen river, returning in February, 1851. In the fall of that year he was one of a company called to go with George A. Smith to Iron county, where they founded the settlement of Parowan. From 1854 to 1858 he superintended the tithing labor, team work, etc., on the Temple block at Salt Lake City, and during the latter year was called by Pres. Young to take charge of a company of men and go to the Rio Virgen, there to make and work a cotton farm. This occupied two years. In 1861 and 1862 he had charge of a company of men and teams and went back to the Missouri river for emigrants. While Salt Lake City was yet it its infancy he was elected a member of the city council and held that position until the year 1858. In 1878 he was elected justice of the peace for the second precinct, holding that office for six years. He was city pound keeper for four years and for several years acted as city watermaster, also serving in the capacity of school trustee. In 1852 he became a counselor to Bishop Abraham Hoagland of the Fourteenth Ward, and held that position until the spring of 1861. On June 4, 1873, he was made a member of the High Council of the Salt Lake Stake of Zion, and acted in that capacity until March 18, 1890, when owing to a defect in his hearing he was honorably released from that position. On the same day he was ordained a Patriarch under the hands of Presidents Wilford Woodruff, George Q. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith, the second named being mouth. The venerable Patriach notes in his journal that he had done work for the living and the dead in all the Temples that have been reared by the Latter-day Saints. Up to 1888 he continued to reside in the Fourteenth Ward, but during that year moved into a new home that he had built in the Eighteenth Ward. Patriarch Joseph Horne died at his home in Salt Lake City on the 27th day of April, 1897. He was the father of twenty five children, fifteen of them, including three pairs of twins, being the children of his first wife, Mary Isabella Hales, and the remaining ten the children of his second wife, Mary P. Shepherd, whom he married in 1856. - Orson F. Whitney."

      5. The book "A History of Washington County, From Isolation to Destiny," by Douglas D. Alder and Karl F. Brooks, p. 66: "...cotton seed from Nancy Pearce Anderson in Parowan, who had brought seeds with her from her home in South Carolina. Plants grew to maturity and did well, and farmers carefully kept seeds for the next year. Settlers in Washington brought cotton seed with them and raised cotton in the 1857 planting season. One party of Saints there, under Samuel Adair, were southerners from North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, and Texas who knew about cotton raising. Southerners also came south with the Covington company. Soon cotton also was growing in Toquerville and Grafton. That success impressed Brigham Young who then sent a party of fifteen men to the confluence of the Virgin and the Santa Clara in January 1858 to experiment with raising cotton on a larger scale. Joseph Horne headed the group [which also included James Richey] which located where John D. Lee advised calling the community Heberville. During the growing season, they faced the trials of heat, thirst, disease, and broken irrigation dams. Setbacks drove the costs up, but by Sept. they were able to deliver 575 pounds of cotton to Salt Lake City at a cost of $3.40 per pound. They returned the next year with a smaller group and faced serious water and desease problems, but they delivered a load of cotton to Brigham Young at $1.90 per pound. This was still too costly to compete with cotton raised by southern states where rainfall eliminated the need for irrigation, but it suggested possible success for Mormon attempts at self-sufficiency." Cotton was grown for three score years and helped Utah be more self-sufficient as to clothing and in turning the Utah Dixie in a productive area.

      6. For lengthy study of Joseph Horne's involvement with the Cotton Mission as its leader, see the Master's Thesis of Ivan J. Barrett entitled "History of the Cotton Mission and Cotton Culture in Utah" in the LDS Historical Library.

      7. The book "Mormon Redress Petitions, Documents of the 1833-1838 Missouri Conflict," edited by Clark V. Johnson, contains a copy of the "Scroll Petition" dated 28 Nov 1843 at Nauvoo, IL addressed to the U.S. Congress by members of the LDS Church who had property destroyed by Missouri mobs in the 1830's. Included with over a couple thousand signatures are Joseph and Mary T[I]. Horne.

      8. The book "John Doyle Lee, Zealot, Pioneer Builder, Scapegoat," by Juanita Brooks, page 158, winter of 1850 to start the settlement at Parowan: "There had been mention of opening up the iron industry in the southern part of the state, where Parley Pratt and his group had relocated the rich vein of iron ore with coal deposits nearby that Jefferson hunt had found on his return trip from California. The "Deseret News" of July 27 had carried an article asking for volunteers to that area, urging men of steel and experience to move south some 300 miles to help to work these mines and to set out an outpost of Zion at the Little Salt Lake... on Christmas they had reached Chicken Creek, just south of the present town of Levan. All day they had traveled in snow, and in the evening they waited while Brother Horne scouted to see if he could not mark out a new road on higher ground. He failed to locate any better, so they spent all of Christmas day getting the wagons across this one Creek... The journey was hardest on the animals. Day by day they wasted, their hides drying a little more tightly over their bones... the week following was even more difficult because they had to cross a high mountain range. The ground was too frozen to shovel, the snow was slippery, so they were often forced to move only one wagon at a time with from four to six men to keep it from tipping over... With the snows as deep as 2 feet, the cattle had difficulty enough to exist, much less have strength to pull the wagons. It was decided to abandon any attempt to keep and orderly position, but to allow the horse teams and the stronger ox teams to move on as fast as they could that they might perhaps find less snow and more feed... After a grueling forenoon getting over Beaver Mountain, in the late afternoon they pulled into Buck Horn Flat, where the sage was thick and luxuriant but there was no timber or grass. Here they stopped while two of the brethren went back to help a few wagons in the rear... The President remarked that they here were the weak, broken fragments of the company, and probably more in danger of Indian attacks than those who were ahead. Perhaps while they waited, they should get out the arms and inspect them. Edson Whipple was placed in charge of a bit of review drill according to military form, had the boys march and countermarch, and then fire a volley. This was a great sport! Why not fire the cannon just once to celebrate their arrival over the mountains? Why not, indeed? They were so earnest and eager that the President gave his consent, and ordered John D. Lee to take charge. The men lined up and divided into six sections and marched to the rear of the cannon. At the signal, Brother Bastain fired they cannon, and then all the rifles were discharged. At the camp 6 miles ahead, the sound of the guns caused great consternation. Had President Smith and his few wagons been attacked by Indians? In about an hour two horsemen came as an express to learn of the trouble, and immediately others were sent to report the meaning of the shots. Even the head camp heard the sound, though they were 15 miles away, and 20 men started back to the rescue, to be met by messengers from the camps to reassure them."

      BIRTH:
      1. Date per website for Utah State Historical Society Cemeteries Database; 8 Jan 2002: 0/0/1812.

      2. Note two varying dates of 1811 and 1812 show on marriage endowment and sealing ordinances as noted below.

      3. Obituary states birth of 17 Jan 1812 in London, England.

      MARRIAGE:
      1. Appears that there may be three marriages: Mary Isabella Hales, Mary Shepherd, and Elizabeth Ashford. This is at variance to the biography quoted above wherein children of two marriages are noted. Also his obituary in his own words mentions only two wives.
      a. FHL film 183374 "Sealings and Adoptions of the Living; Index 1846-1857," p. 315, 24 Jan 1846 in Nauvoo by H.C. Kimball with witnesses J.D. Lee and A.M. Lyman: "Joseph Horne, b. 17 Jan 1811 at London; Mary Isabella Hales, b. 20 Nov 1818 at Rainham, Kent, England."
      b. FHL film 183374 "Sealings and Adoptions of the Living; Index 1846-1857," p. 66, 30 Nov 1856 in Prest.'s Office: "Joseph Horne, b. 17 Jan 1812 at London, Middlesex, England; Mary Shepherd, b. 13 Nov 1836 at Northwick, Warwickshire, England; Elizabeth Ashford, b. 10 My 1812 at Cambridgeshire, England."

      DEATH:
      1. Date and place per website for Utah State Historical Society Cemeteries Database; 8 Jan 2002: 30 Apr 1897 Salt Lake City.

      2. Per obituary.

      BURIAL:
      1. Date and place per website for Utah State Historical Society Cemeteries Database; 8 Jan 2002. Notes: 30 Apr 1897, F-11-10-2-E.

      2. Per obituary.

      OBITUARY:
      1. "Joseph Horne Dead. An Aged Patriarch in Zion Passes Away. Eighty-five Years Old, and Nearly Fifty Years of His Life Spent in Utah. At ten minutes before 3 o'clock this Thursday afternoon, Joseph Horne of this city breathed his last. His death was not unexpected the past few days, as the readers of the News are aware since the indications have been marked that his mortal course was about run, and the weary body was preparing to rest. Brother Horne was born Jan. 17, 1812 in london, England, and therefore was over eighty-five years of age at his death. He was a Utah pioneer, arriving in the Salt Lake Valley in October, 1847. He has been a humble yet prominent worker among the people. He was one of the first to explore the Jordan river and navigate it; also one of the explorers of Sanpete valley and other places in Utah, having done a great deal in this life. He built the first home in Iron countile while exploring there. He has been a member of the Salt Lake City Council, a justice of the peace, was Bishop's counselor in the [indecipherable] ward for a number of years, then a member of the Salt Lake Stake High Council, and in later years a Patriarch in the Stake. He was an honorable, upright man, a faithful Latter-day Saint. He leaves a large family. His funeral services will be announced later." Deseret Evening News, Tues. 27 Apr 1897, p. 2.

      2. "Passing of a Pioneer. Patriarch Joseph Horne, a Worker for Utah's Development Goes to His Rest After 85 Years of Active, Faithful Service. The News contained a brief announcement yesterday of the death, yesterday afternoon of Elder Joseph Horne, one of Utah's Pioneers, and one who has been numbered among the hardest workers in the State for the building up of this part of the country. The following brief sketch of his life, written by himself, tells a most interesting story of his career: 'I am the son of Joseph Horne and Maria Maldene. Was born January 17th, 1812, in the city of London, England. My parents moved or emigrated to America when I was 6 years old, and lived several years in the city of Toronto, Upper Cananda; then moved to a farm eight miles distant, in Scarboro county. I was married to Mary Iabella Hales on the 9th day of May, 1836. There had been born to us fifteen children, six sons and nine daughters. Shortly after we were married Elder Orson Pratt preached the first Mormon sermon we heard, and we embraced the Gospel as taught by the Latter-day Saints, being baptized by Elder Orson Hyde in the July following. The next spring I was introduced to the Prophet Joseph Smith. He, Sidney Rigdon and Thomas B. Marsh stayed with us several days. I took them with my team to Hamilton to visit Wm. Law, John Scott and others. They also visited the parents of H. W. Lawrence. In the year 1838 I moved with my family to Far West, Caldwell county, Missouri. I purchased property there and passed through the persecutions with the Saints in that year. Under orders of Governor L. W. Boggs I, with others, was required to lay down my arms, and sign away my property ostensibly to pay the expenses of the mob war. In the spring of 1839 we moved to Quincy, Ill.; lived there three years. The Prophet Joseph stayed with us two days and nights. Early in 1842 we moved to Nauvoo, Ill., where I engaged in the mercantile business, in wich I continued until February, 1846; when, by counsel of Prest. B. Young - I left that city with my family, consisting of my wife and three sons. We crossed the river in a boat and camped on Sugar creek six weeks; when the weather was cold enough to freeze the river over so that the Saints who followed crossed on the ice. We traveled in the first company of Saints going west to find a home beyound the Rocky Mountains. President B. Young was the leader of the company. When we reached the Missouri river we made our Winter Quarters. While there my wife and son Richard were sorely afflicted with scurvey. In June, 1847, we started with the second company of Saints to cross the plains with ox teams, arriving in the Salt Lake valley Oct. 6th, 1847. Salt Lake City has been my home ever since. Provisions were scarce in those early days. To help out our scanty supply an effort was made to catch fish. I brought the first cotton yarn into the valley, from which my wife and others, directed by Brother Wadsworth, made a seine; Brother W. made a boat, and in 1848 a small party of us went to Utah Lake, launched the boat and tried to catch fish, but were not very successful. When Elder John Taylor called for volunteers to go down the Jordan river Brother Barrel Covington and I responded, and rowed our boat down the river, being the first to navigate that stream, and bringing our seine along with us. In 1850 I was called by President B. Young as one of a party of four to explore Sanpete valley. While on this trip I, with three others, ascended Mount Nebo. We also located Manti as the place for a settlement, and while on the spur of the mountain, where the Manti temple now stands, we dedicated Sanpete valley as a home - a resting place for the Saints. In November, 1850, I was called to go with Elder P. P. Pratt on an exploring expedition to explore the country between Utah lake and the Rio Virgen river; returned from this trip in February, 1851. In the fall of the same year I was called to accompany Elder Geo. A. Smith and others and commence the Parowan settlement. Thus it came about that I built the first cabin in Iron county; returned to Salt Lake City in the following summer. In the spring of 1852 I was appointed superintendent of public works in the Temple block; was a member of the City Council at the same time. These positions I held until 1858, when I was called by President Brigham Young to take charge of a company of men and teams, go to the Rio Virgen river and try to establish a cotton farm; was thus engaged two years. In November, 1856, I married Mary Park Shepherd, as my second wife. To us were born ten children, six sons and four daughters. In the spring of 1861 I was called to take charge of a company of men and teams and go to the Missouri river to bring in a company of Immigrating Saints. This was repeated the following year. In 1878 I wes elected justice of the peace of the Second precinct, Salt Lake City, which office I held for six years. My first office in the Priesthood was that of a Deacon, then an Elder. I was ordained a Seventy, placed in the Fourth quorum, and soon after made a president of the Twenty-eighth quorum of Seventies, which office I held for several years. In 1852 I was chosen to be a counselor to Bishop Abraham Hoagland in the Fourteenth ward; was also a school trustee and superintendent of Sunday school in that ward for several years. In May, 1873, I was ordained a member of the High Council of Salt Lake Stake, being released from this position on account of losing my hearing, and on the 18th day of March, 1890, I was ordained a Patriarch under the hands of Presidents Wilford Woodruff, Geo. Q. Cannon - who was mouth - and Jos. F. Smith. I have had the privilege of receiving blessings, through the Priesthood, for myself and relatives, both living and dead, in all the Temples the Latter-day Saints have built. Joseph Horne.' The family of Brother Horne consists of two wives, 25 children, 102 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren. A notable feature is that in his immediate family there have been born eight pairs of twins. His wives, 7 sons and 7 daughters are yet living. The funeral services will be held on Friday." Deseret Evening News, Wed., 28 Apr 1897, p. 8.

      3. "Elder Horne's Funeral. Held at the Assembly This Afternoon - A Large Funeral. The funeral services over the remains fo the late Elder Joseph Horne were held at the Assembly Hall this afternoon. There were on the stand President George Q. Cannon, Apostles John Henry Smith and Heber J. Grant, Elder R. T. Barton of the presiding Bishopric, Elders Angus M. Cannon, Charles W. Penrose and Joseph E. Taylor of the Stake presidency, and many others. There was a large turnout of the deceased's friends. The stands were beautifully and tastefully decorated with white, while flowers were in profusion, lending a peaceful and solemn aspect to the surroundings. The casket, covered with wine brocaded velvet, was placed on the speaker's stand, where it commanded a full view of the audience. The floral offerings were profuse and beautiful. The services commenced by a portion of the Tabernacle choir members, under the direction of Prof. Evan Stephens rendering 'O my Father, Thou that dwellest, In the high and glorious place.' Prayer was offered by Elder Wm. C. Dunbar. The choir further sang: ' When first the glorious light of truth, Burst forth in this last day.' Remarks were made by Elders Geo. H. Taylor, Robert Paick, Apostle Grant and Elders C.W. Penrose, R.T. Burton, President George Q. Cannon, Elder Angus M. Cannon. All bore testimony to the sterling qualities of Bother Horne and his unswerving fidelity to the cause of Christ. The services were concluded by the choir singing 'There is sweet rest in heaven.' The closing prayer was offered by Elder Joseph E. Taylor. A large cortege followed the remains to their last resting place." Deseret Evening News, Fri., 30 Apr 1897.

      SOURCES_MISC:
      1. 18 Dec 2002 website .