| Notes |
- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Censuses:
1830 US: Pickens Co., Alabama, pages 111-112. The first three related families are all on the same page, the next four related families are on the next page, and James Adair (with son Joseph) is on p. 129:
Thos. Peeks, males 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 20-30:1; females 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 30-40:1.
John Mangum, males 5-10:1; 10-15:2; 15-20:1; 60-70:1; females 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 30-40:1.
Cyrus Mangum, males 20-30:1; females 0-5:1; 15-20:1.
Saml. Carson, males 20-30:1; females 20-30:1; 80-90:1.
Saml. Adair, males 20-30:1; females 20-30:1.
Thos. Adair, males 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 15-20:1; 50-60:1; females 0-5:1; 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 40-50:1.
Daniel Clark (next door), males 0-5:1; 30-40:1; females 0-5:1; 20-30:1.
James Adair, males 0-5:2; 15-20:1; 20-30:2 (Joseph b. 1806); 60-70:1; females 15-20:1; 20-30:2; 60-7-:1; no slaves.
1850 US: Dist. 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 137b, dwelling and family 1190, neighbor with Arta Emaline [Hannah] Mangum:
John Mangum, 32, AL.
Mary, 26, AL.
Frances, 7, IA.
Martha, 2, IA.
1851 Iowa State: Pottawattamie County. FHL film 1022203. The entire state was counted but only Pottawattamie listed everyone by name in the household and their ages; other counties only listed the head of the household and a numerical count without names of the various ages by sex in the household. No date is given when the census was taken but it was certified in Dec. 1851; however, the other counties show a Sep 1851 date which also appears more likely for Pottawattamie as well in light of ages given some children with known birthdays in October. Census return:
Mangum: John 24, Mary A. 27, Frances 7, Martha 5, Joseph E. 0. Also in household is Elen Bardsley 23. [Note next door neighbors are the Thomas/Mary Adair and William/Sarah Mangum families. Note also that John Mangum marries Ellen polygamously in 1853 in Utah. The Samuel Adair {with Samuel's daughter John/Permelia Holden family next door to him} is also listed but half the census away in a different part of the county. No other Adairs, Mangums, nor any Richeys listed in census.]
1860 US: Washington, Washington, Utah, enumerated 27 Jul 1860, page 1035 indicates house #1288 and family #1112 (Samuel Adair, Thomas Adair, Wesley Adair, James Richey, Geo. W. Adair, James Mangum, John Mangum, Valentine Carson, John Price, William Mangum, Cyrus Mangum, Samuel N. Adair are all listed as neighbors):
Jn'o Mangum, 43, Herdsman, $150 real estate, $275 personal property, AL.
Mary A., 36, AL.
Ellen, 40, Eng.
Joseph, 9, IA.
John, 8, Iowa.
George, 6, UT.
Lucinda, 6, UT.
Cyrus, 4, UT.
Harny, 4, UT.
Mary A., 2, UT.
Caroline, 5/12, UT.
1870 US: Kanab, Kane, Utah, p. 2 of 2, family 9 (next door to brother John Mangum):
John Mangrun, 50, farmer, NY.
Marian, 48, keeping house, NY.
Joseph, 19, UT.
John, 18, UT.
George, 16, UT.
Syrus, 13, UT.
Abigal, 11, UT
Caroline, 9, UT.
David, 8, UT.
Ellen, 3, UT.
Mary, 16, UT, sernt. (Servant? In reality, this would be John's Indian wife since she appears with his last name; she is also marked as an "In" – Indian – whereas everyone else in the family is "w".)
Can't find in 1880 Census.
2. Dau. Rebecca in 1880 census says mother was born in Mississippi.
3. Children of John and Mary Adair Mangum on the memorial marker at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery on the Mormon Trail in Iowa: William Perry Mangum, b. 9 Oct 1841 in Itawamba Co., Mississippi, and d. 1847 at Mt. Pisgah. Lane [Laney] Ann Mangum, b. 6 Jan 1846 in Chicasaw County, Mississippi and d. 1847 at Mt. Pisgah.
4. From Don and Carolyn Smith from one of three part writings of Samuel Newton Adair. [When asked who has the original of this, Carolyn referred me to Becky Hamblin [bhamblin79@hotmail.com] to try to locate the original of this; Becky in turn believes Collins Chapman in Mesa may have it since Collins' mother is the granddaughter who hand wrote it for Samuel. It has not yet been located by Becky. The following is one of the three parts [see Samuel Newton Adair's notes for full quotation]: "Luna, New Mexico, October 7, 1919. I, Samuel Newton Adair, will write what I know about my mother's folks. My grandfather's name was John Mangum and he married Rebecca Noles, so my grandmother's name was Rebecca Mangrum, my grandfather Mangum was a revolutionary soldier with General Morgan (one of his minute men.) He was taken prisoner with a lot of other men by the british soldiers and they set them on a log and split their heads open, all but my grandfather's and he had some kind of varmint skin cap on and that and the skull stopped the force of the sword and it glanced off and cut his ear nearly off and they turned him lose. He married after the war was over as stated above. Their children are: Cyrus Mangrum, Joseph Mangrum, John Mangrum, William Mangrum and James Mangrum. The daughter's names were: Jeney Mangrum, Gemima Mangrum, Rebecca Mangrum, and Lucinda Mangum. They were all my uncles and aunts. Joseph Mangrum married Emiline Hanner, William married Aunt Sally Adair, John married Aunt Mary Ann Adair, James Mangrum married Jane Clark, my father's niece. I don't know who uncle Cyrus Mangum married. Jeney Mangrum married George Crawford, Gemima Mangrum married Samuel Jefferson Adair, my father. Rebecca Mangrum married Joseph Adair, my father's cousin. Lucinda Mangrum married James Richey, my father's nephew."
5. From Don and Carolyn Smith, one part of three writings of Samuel Newton Adair. [As to source, Carolyn referred me to Becky Hamblin [bhamblin79@hotmail.com] to try to locate the original of this; Becky in turn believes Collins Chapman in Mesa may have it since Collins' mother is the granddaughter who hand wrote it for Samuel]: "Luna, New Mexico, January 22, 1920. I, Samuel Newton Adair, will write what I know about my father's folks. My grandfather on father's side was named Thomas Adair. He married Rebecca Brown. He lived at Lawrence County, South Carolina in 1806. My father was the oldest son of Samuel Jefferson Adair. Thomas Adair was the next oldest son. George Adair was next oldest son. John Wesley Adair was the youngest son and went with the Mormon Battalion in 1846. The girls names were Eliza Adair Price, Sally Adair Mangum, died on the plains in 1852. Mary Ann Adair Mangum married John Mangum."
6. From the book "Nutrioso and Her Neighbors," by Nina Kelly and Alice Lee [bracketed notes by myself]:
p. V: "Nutrioso has never been a large town, perhaps no more than 800 at any one time." [Photo of Nutrioso in 1896 is included with article.]
p. 31: "Alpine is about 8 miles southeast of Nutrioso, elev. 8,000', at the head of the San Francisco River. It is on the SE side of the Continental Divide while Nutrioso is on the NW side of the watershed."
pp. 52: "John Mangum (son of John and Rebecca Knowles Mangum) b. 1817, Alabama; died 1889 at Bush Valley (Alpine), Arizona. He married 1) Mary Ann Adair (daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Rebecca Brown Adair) b. 1824, Alabama; died 1898, Utah. Children and their spouses (*these couples raised families in Nutrioso):
William Perry, MS, 1841, Sarah Booth.
*Rebecca Frances, MS, 1843, James Mitchel Mangum.
Laney Ann, MS, 1846, d. in 1846-47.
Martha Elizabeth, MS, 1848, d. in 1848.
Joseph Eslen, MS, 1850, Maria Lucinda Heath.
John, IA, 1852, 1. Martha Ann Smith; 2) Edith Chynowith.
*Lucinda, UT, 1854, James Wilson Wilkins.
Cyras[Cyrus] - twin, UT, 1856, Unity Alexander.
Harvey - twin, UT, 1856, d. young.
*Mary Abigail, UT, 1858, William (Billy) Hamblin.
Amy Caroline, UT, 1860, James O. Wilkins.
Juliella, UT, 1861, d. young.
David Newton, UT, 1862, Elizabeth Thornton.
*Sarah Ellen, UT, 1864, Ebenezer Cherry.
John Mangum married 2) Ellen Bardsley (daughter of William Bardsley). Children and their spouses:
George Albert, UT, 1856, Betsy Jane Hamblin.
Ellen, UT, 1858, d. in 1864.
pp. 52-53 has family listing and details of John Mangum, son of John and Mary Ann Adair Mangum. See hardfile for copy.
pp. 53-61 has several family listings and details of the following individuals for which I copied the pages for my hardfile [too far removed from the subjects of my files]:
George Albert Mangum, son of John and Ellen Bardsley Mangum.
Joseph Mangum, son of George Albert Mangum.
Emery Kay Mangum, granddau. of George Albert Mangum.
Cyrus Mangum, son of John and Mary Ann Adair.
John Will Mangum, son of James Mitchel and Eliza Jane Clark Mangum.
Ebenezer Griffen Cherry, husband to Sarah Ellen Mangum who is daughter of John and Mary Ann Adair Mangum.
pp. 251-256: Hand drawn plot and block land map with the following comments:
"Ebb and Nell Cherry lived on Block 23 Lot 2..."
"Jim and Fred Wilkins were sons of Wilson Wilkins by a previous marriage. They were not married and lived in a 1-room log house on 10-4. Billy Hamblin built the house. Fred went ot Utah and Jim married Caroline Mangum. There were 2 houses on this lot and Jim and Fred lived in the east one. Mary Ann [Adair] Mangum and her son Neuton [Newton] lived in the west house. It was a 1-room log."
7. FHL Film 2456: "Early LDS Church Membership Records for Nutrioso, Arizona": Record of the Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Nutrioso Ward, St. Johns Stake of Zion.
Page 12 entries:
1. John W. Mangum; father: John Mangum; mother: Mary A. Adair; b. 31 May 1852 at Pautowadto [Pottawattamie] Co., Iowa; blessed 11 Jun 1852 by John Mangum; first baptism: 1861 by Jas. Ritchie; first confirmation: 1861 by Jas. Ritchie; ordained Elder Jan 1874 by Allin Smithson; rebaptism: Jan 1876 by S. John Nuttle; reconfirmation: Jan 1876 by Jacob Hamblin; received 23 Dec 1883 from St. Johns; removed to Pahreah, Utah.
2. Martha A.S. Mangum; father: Thos. W. Smith; mother: Susan Rennels; b. 26 Jan 1849 at Pautowadto [Pottawattamie] Co., Iowa; blessing by Thos. W. Smith; rebaptism: 1877 by J.W. Wilkins; reconfirmation: 1877 by T.W. Smith; received 23 Dec 1883 from St. Johns; removed to Pahreah, Utah.
3. Martha A. Mangum; father: John W. Mangum; mother: M.A.S. Mangum; b. 30 Jun 1873 at Pahreah, Kane, Utah; blessing 8 Jul 1873 by John Mangum; first baptism: 30 Jun 1882 by Jno. W. Mangum; first confirmation: 30 Jun 1882 by J.W. Wilkins; received 23 Dec 1883 from St. Johns; removed to Pahreah, Utah.
4. Mary F. Mangum; father: John W. Mangum; mother: M.A.S. Mangum; b. 1 May 1873 at Pahreah, Kane, Utah; blessing Jun 1876 by Levi Stewart; first baptism: 18 May 1884 by J.W. Mangum; first confirmation: 18 May 1884 by J. W. Mangum; received 23 Dec 1883 from St. Johns; removed to Pahreah, Utah.
5. John William Mangum; father: John W. Mangum; mother: M.A.S. Mangum; b. 17 Jul 1879 at Pahreah, Kane, Utah; blessing Aug 1879 by J.W. Wilkins; received 23 Dec 1883 from St. Johns; removed to Pahreah, Utah.
6. Marion Mangum; father: John W. Mangum; mother: M.A.S. Mangum; b. 27 Aug 1883 at Walnut Grove, Apache, Arizona; blessing 23 Dec 1883 by Benj. Noble; received 23 Dec 1883 from St. Johns; removed to Pahreah, Utah.
Page 20 entries (no numbering but this group together):
Cyrus Mangum; father: John Mangum; mother: Mary Ann Adair; b. 26 Jun 1856 at Nephi, Juab, Utah; blessing 4 Jul 1856 by John Mangum; first baptism: June 1867 by R. Jo??k; first confirmation: Jun 1867 by Oscar Taylor; ordination as Elder 29 Jan 1879 by D. Cannon; rebaptism: 1876 by J. Benting(?); reconfirmation: 1876 by L.?. Nuttall.
Unity Mangum; father: R. Alexander; mother: Jane Ried(?); b. 24 Feb 1855 at Big Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah; first baptism: Apr 1863 by R. Alexander; first confirmation: Apr 63 by P. Collins.
Elizabeth Ann Mangum; father: Cyrus Mangum; mother: Unity Alexander; b. 2 Mar 187? at Kanab, Kane, Utah, blessing 12 Jan 1880 by John Mangum.
Cyrus Mangum; father: Cyrus Mangum; mother: Unity Alexander; b. 6 May 1880 at Pahreah, Kane, Utah; blessing 18 May 1880 by J.D. Wilkins.
Mary Jane Mangum; father: Cyrus Mangum; mother: Unity Alexander; b. 15 Oct 1882 at Nutrioso, Apache, Arizona; blessing 23 Oct 1882 by Cyrus Mangum.
[Kerry's note: the page appears to continue with more names for this family but I neglected to copy the bottom of the page.]
8. Excerpt from a copy of biography by Ina Custer Iverson received by Email from Rowland Hinton [hinton12@isp.com] 1 Jan 2006:
"Thomas and Rebecca's tenth child Mary Ann and her husband also joined the church and had their problems. She was set apart to be nurse and midwife and helped to bring many babies into the world. They also spent little time in Salt Lake before being asked to help settle some place else. They were sent to Nephi and eventually asked to go to Dixie then to Kanab and then to Pipe Springs. Her husband passed away 23 May 1886 in Apache County, Arizona. Mary Ann went to live with some of her children after his death. She passed away in the spring of 1892. She is buried in the Georgetown Cemetery now an abandoned town in Kane County, Utah."
9. The following is a small excerpt of a larger listing (see Samuel Newton Adair's notes for full transcription), which was received in digital form from Don and Caroline Smith, 2003. Regardless of the title - "Family Records of Samuel Newton Adair" - I am not sure if this is really a transcript of records kept by Samuel Newton Adair or not. Some death dates given for some of the individuals are after the date Samuel Newton Adair himself died. I spoke in person with Collins Chapman of Mesa, Arizona, in Feb. of 2006. He did not recognize it. Collins' family is the source of most of the biographical information on Samuel and Collin's mother was responsible for the autobiography of Samuel Newton Adair who dictated it to her. The following came to me as an addendum to a typed copy of that autobiography; however, I have now seen a portion of the original handwritten dictation and find no such attachment. The following therefore has no documented source that I can find thus far and should be used with caution:
[A.] "Father: Thomas Adair; Mother: Rebeca Brown; Children:
Samuel Jefferson Adair
Fairby Adair
Margaret Adair
Eliza Adair
Sally Adair
Thomas Adair
George Washington Adair
Mary Ann Adair
John Wesley Adair
Laney Adair"
[B.] "Thomas Adair – Married Rebeca Brown:
Samuel Jefferson Adair - Born at Lawrence Co., South Carolina, March 28, 1806. Baptized by Elder John Dowdle, Nov. 27, 1845. Confirmed by Elder John Dowdle, Nov. 30, 1845. Ordained an Elder by Daniel Thomas, a High Priest by John Young in 1855. Married Jamima Mangum. Filled a mission to Southern Utah in 1857. Migrated Mississippi to Nauvoo, Illinois on Jan. 10, 1846. Died at Nutrioso, Apache County, Arizona, July 6, 1889.
Fairby Adair - married Daniel Clark
Margaret Adair - married William Richey
Eliza Adair - married John Price
Sally Adair - married William Mangum. Died of cholera on the Plains in 1852.
Thomas Adair - married Fanny Rogers. Died at Showlow, Navajo County, Arizona.
George Washington Adair - married Miriam Billingsley. Died at Orderville, Utah.
Mary Ann Adair - born at Pickens co., Alabama, July 5, 1824. Baptized by James Richey, 1844. Confirmed by Daniel Thomas in 1844. Married John Mangum. Endowed at Endowment House, Salt Lake City. Died of asthma at Pahreah, Utah.
John Wesley Adair - born in 1820. Died at Nutrioso, Apache County, Arizona. Was a member of the Mormon Battalion.
Laney Adair - married John Winn."
10. LDS Church History Department, Iowa Branch Index, 1839-1859, Shirts Branch (except as noted), 1848-1851:
Rebecca F. Mangum, dau. of John.
Sarah Mangum, wife of Wm.
Sarah F. Mangum, dau. of Wm.
Siras Mangum, son of Wm.
William Mangum, bro. of John.
Caroline Mangum, dau. of Wm.
Elmina D. J. Mangum (blessed).
Elmina Drucila (Buoyo Branch, 1850) with the Michel Stephens family.
Emaline Mangum, ?wife of Joseph Mangum.
John Mangum.
Mary Ann Mangum.
Murthey L. Mangum (possibly Martha Elizabeth, 4th child of John)
11. Per 12/21/2001 email of Norma J. Entrekin, Adair descendant, nje@mindspring: Apparently, about 1876, some Mangum families were called to help settle the town of Kanab, Kane County, Utah. (I assume [some of] the Adairs were also called there.) In 1879, some of both groups were called to help settle the Little Colorado River area of Arizona, in Apache county. They went to Concho, Arizona, first, and then on to Nutrioso, Arizona. Some of the Adairs eventually settled in Luna (Catron County, New Mexico), Pinetop (Apache County, Arizona), and also Bloomfield/Hammond (San Juan County, New Mexico).
12. From the book "John Mangum, American Revolution War Soldier" by Delta Mangum, p. 255, chapter 12 - John Mangum and Mary Ann [Adair] Mangum: "...They were with the saints when they left Nauvoo and of course endured the trials and hardships incident to that trek to Utah. However, they with many others remained in the Pottawattamie [probable typo for Union Co.] section of Iowa from 1846 to 1852, then journeyed to Utah to make their home with the Latter-day Saints..."
BIOGRAPHY:
1. Lifesketch of John Mangum, Mary Ann, and their son John Wesley Mangum by Venne Francis Mangum Fox, great granddaughter of John, as published in the Graff Family Historical Society Newsletter of 1 Jan 1964 (see entire text in file 170) – some excerpts: "My great grandfather, John Mangum, was born June 10, 1817, at Pisgey, St. Clara Co., Alabama. When just a boy his parents and family moved to Iowa where he grew to a young man of 21. Then he met a lovely girl, Mary Ann Adair, dau. of Thomas Adair, and married her Jan. 1841. After they were married, they moved to Itawaniba, Miss., where they had two children... They were persecuted by the people because they were L.D.S. so they moved to Baro, Pottowami, Iowa... When John Wesley was only 12 days old (J.W. born 31 May 1852) they decided to move to Utah, where they might worship God as they chose..." Story is extensive and talks about early days in So. Utah, settling of Kanab, Jacob Hamblin, George Adair, etc.
2. The book "Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude" by Daughters of Utah Pioneers (photo accompanies article): "Mary Ann Adair Mangum, b. 5 Jul 1822 at Pickens, Pickens, Alabama, d. 9 May 1892 at Georgetown, Kane, Utah, parents Thomas Adair and Rebecca Brown, pioneer of Aug 1862 [1852] with the Jacob Bigler Wagon Train, m. John Mangum III 1841 in Alabama (he died 23 May 1885 in Bushvalley (Alpine), Arizona), children:
William Perry, Oct 1841
Rebecca Frances, 10 Oct 1843
Laney Ann, 1845
Martha Elizabeth, 1847
Joseph Eslan, 12 Dec 1850
John Wesley, 31 May 1852
Lucinda, 8 Jul 1854
Cyrus, 29 Jun 1856 (twin)
Harvey, 29 Jun 1859 [1956] (twin)
Mary Abigail, 2 Jun 1858
Amy Caroline, 13 Feb 1860
Julia 13 Feb 1861
David Newton, 13 Oct 1862
Sarah Ellen, 17 Nov 1864
Mary Ann Adair was born in Alabama in 1822. The Adair family and the Mangum family were closely associated. Four of the Adairs married four of the Mangums, John and Mary Ann being the last of the couples to marry in 1841. A missionary by the name of James Richey converted the two families and urged them to gather with the Saints, so they sold their belongings and moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. Almost immediately they were forced out of Nauvoo to Mt. Pisgah where they built a cabin to shelter the two families. Some family members lost their lives at this time, but all was not sadness. Daughter [should be sister-in-law] Lucinda married the missionary, James Richey, and he helped them with a team and wagon and provisions. However it was almost five years before they could come to the Salt Lake Valley, which they did in 1852. Mary Ann was set apart by Brigham Young as a midwife not long after reaching Utah. Mary Ann and John were among the first settlers in Payson, Nephi, Washington County, and Kanab, Utah. They later were sent to Alpine, Arizona to settle. While in St. George they helped with the growing of cotton. Mary Ann taught her children how to pick cotton seed out of the cotton balls. They spun and wove the cotton into cloth. John took a second wife, Ellen Bardsley, while in Payson, and Mary Hamblin, the adopted Indian daughter of Jacob Hamblin, became his third wife. John died in Bushvalley, (Alpine) Arizona in 1885. Mary Ann died at Georgetown, Kane, Utah in 1892."
3. Www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompanysearch indicates the following individuals were part of the William West Lane Company of 1852 in travelling the Mormon Pioneer Overland Trail to Salt Lake City. Departure was 24 June 1852 with arrival in Salt Lake Valley 24 Sep. 1852. Approximately fifteen families who had lived since spring 1851 at a welfare "poor farm" forty miles north of Kanesville, Iowa, called Lanesborough, were organized into this company under the leadership of their bishop, William West Lane. Those included in the company of John Mangum's family:
John Mangum (35)
Mary Ann Adair Mangum (29)
William Perry Mangum (10)
Rebecca Francis Mangum (8)
Joseph Eslem Mangum (1)
John Wesley Mangum (Infant)
Sariah Mangum (36). Died 5 Jul 1852 enroute. (Sarah or Sally Adair - sister-in-law to John, married to his brother William.)
A. The following is a trail excerpt of this company. The source of Trail Excerpt: Clark, Davis, Autobiography, in Erold Clark Wiscombe, The Descendants of Maria Burr, John Clark and William West Lane, [1975], 12-14. Read Trail Excerpt: In the early spring of 1852, Apostles Orson Hyde and Ezra T. Benson came to the Grove and counselled all to move to the Salt Lake Valley. Bishop Lane acted accordingly and on the 24th of June 1852 the Clark-Lane families crossed the Missouri River to head west.
Bishop Lane was in charge of the 51st Company with Jacob Bigler and Lorenzo Johnson as counselors. The group traveled only a few days when cholera broke out in camp and several died. Bishop Lane was stricken ill and the camp halted at Look [Loup] Fork for two days to allow him to recover. He felt somewhat better, so the company moved on. Three days later Davis' mother, Maria Lane, became ill with the cholera. She became sick about 9 o'clock in the morning after the company had started. They had to keep moving to reach the next water spot but the wearisome journey proved too much for her in this condition and she passed away at 4 p.m. that afternoon, 5 July 1852. This was on Davis' 20th birthday. The family peeled the bark off from a cottonwood tree to make a coffin for her. She was buried along the trail three days journey west of Loop [Loup] Fork.
For the second time Bishop Lane had become a widower. The next day the wagon train moved on, but Bishop Lane's condition grew worse. On the 8th of July, just three days after the death of his wife, he too died. The train took some good boxes and patched them together to make a coffin for him. Twelve others, besides Bishop Lane and his wife, died of the cholera. Two other men were shot by Indians.
Davis now found himself the foster father of a younger sister and brother, Flora and Enoch; four step sisters (Children of Bishop Lane by his first wife); and five little half sisters, the eldest 10 years and the youngest barely three years old. A family of 12 at the age of 20, and not even a wife to assist him. The four step sisters were cared for by others, but he continued to bring the five half sisters on to Utah.
One morning after turning the cattle loose to graze, the Indians slipped down a ravine, and between the stock and camp and stampeded the herd, and fired at the guard. They ran to camp. We had just fourteen horses in camp that had not been turned out. We armed ourselves and mounted as quickly as possible, by this time we could see nothing but a cloud of dust in the distance. We pursued them and overtook them some eight or ten miles away. Some of the weaker stock had given out and laid down.
We attacked the Indians and fired on them, and they on us; we chased them away and started back with the cattle. We had to leave some on the way that gave out. No water, and the day was very hot. We got back to camp late; there was considerable anxiety in camp till we got back.
In a few more days we reached game country, plenty of antelope and buffalo. Often we would see hundreds in sight. The people in camp wanted some meat, and I had a good horse, so five men went out and chased buffalo several hours and returned to camp without any. I went out after they returned and killed one bull. They took out several yoke of oxen and dragged the buffalo into camp. After that I kept the company well supplied while passing through the country. Buffalo were now starting to get scarce. I saw one lone bull a mile away. I rode after it and killed it on the bank of a small stream called Le Bout [La Bonte]. I dismounted to take out the tongue, as I usually did, as it was considered a dainty. While in the act, I heard a whoop, and looking up, I saw four Indians on ponys coming lively. I mounted without fear, thinking I could out run them, looking back I saw that I was gaining on them, then I saw some fifteen or twenty more Indians had ridden around the hill and got in front of me. The river was east of me some two or three hundred yards. I made a dash for it, thinking to plunge in, but when I got there I dared not, the banks were too high and boulders below, and the current was too swift. In a moment or two I was surrounded. They were armed with bows and arrows, spears and tomahawks. They drew their weapons and made motions as if they were going to chop me to pieces. I noticed they pulled the arrows to head, would let the strings fly and hold on to the arrow. I could not understand a word of their lingo.
They took me five or six miles to their camp on the bank of a creek. Their squaws were drying and smoking buffalo meat, spread on scaffolds made of willows. Some of the boys and squaws unsaddled our horses and took them away. The Indians pulled me along with them into a big tent. Some squaws brought in some kettles of boiled buffalo meat. They went to eating and motioned for me to eat also. I did not feel very hungry just then. Soon after, a person came in, I did not know whether he was an Indian or White man. He looked a bit like both. He had on a buckskin coat fringed and beaded, pants made of scotch plaid, a hat on his head and moccasins on his feet.
He asked me in English how I came to be there. I told him the circumstances. He said he was part French and lived with the Indians. They were Arapahoes out on a buffalo hunt. I asked him what they were going to do with me, but he said he did not know. He did not seem to be very communicative. He asked me if there was any whiskey or brandy in our train. It happened that we had supplied ourselves with a ten gallon keg of brandy and a ten gallon keg of whisk[e]y at Kanesville before starting. An idea struck me that I might make some of that useful in getting back to camp. I told him we had some, but it was locked in a big box in the wagon I drove and slept in. I gave him to understand if he would go with me to camp, I would let him have some. In several hours three ponies and my horse were saddled and bridled and my gun was given to me. They told me to get on and go the [sic] our camp. He mounted one pony and two Indians on the other two. We reached our camp just as it was getting dark. The folks in the camp were getting quite anxious about me. I gave them some whiskey to drink and gave the Frenchman a bottle to take away.
The next morning the teams were all hitched up just ready to pull out, when some forty or fifty Indians rode up in war paint and armed. Mr. Frenchman came inside of the circle of wagons and acted as the interpreter. The Indians wanted salt, sugar, blankets, shirts, and whiskey. They demanded a certain amount of each for passing through their country. The Indians were all mounted. They were spread in a circle a few yards outside the circle of wagons. They streached over half way around the wagons. The Frenchman stood just at the end of the wagon tongue. I stood on the front rounds of the wagon where I could reach my gun.
Some of the men in camp did not want to comply with their demands. There was some back talk. The Indians commenced going through warlike maneuvers, and some of them had done the same thing they did to me before. Some of the men were getting nervous and the women quite frightened. I too got nervous, grabbed my gun, cocked it drawn down on the Frenchman. I told him if he moved I would shoot him. He saw that I had the drop on him. I told him he could not move from where he was at until the Indians left. Some of the men remonstrated with me for my foolhardiness, but by this time we were all excited. I had gone so far now that I dared not retract. The Frenchman jabbered with the Indians a little while, then they rode off about two hundred yards and bunched up. I then let the Frenchman go.
The Indians disappeared over the hill. We did not move camp for some time. We finally pulled out with great caution, with every man's gun ready. The guard was doubled for several nights for fear of an attack by the Indians. Several nights some Indians crept close to camp to steal horses. The horses snorted, one of the guards walked toward the Indians, and got shot by them. He died after reaching the valley. Nothing more of note occurred and we reached Salt Lake City on the 24th day of Sept. 1852."
B. "Trail excerpt with deaths of Elizabeth and Sariah Mangum noted. Source of Trail Excerpt: Gardner, Benjamin, Notebook 1851-1862. Excerpt: "June the 13th 1852 the North Pigeon Company was organized under the direction of E T Benson[,] Benjamin Gardner was appointed Captain of the Company it being the tenth fifty[;] Jude Allen was appointed Capted [Captain] of the guard and Joseph Nichlas [Nicholas] assistant[.] Beverly C Boren was apointed Clerk[.] Crost Misourie [Missouri] river on the 21[st] of June[.] by request of Elder Benson A P Chesley remained there also on the 29 Lorenzo Jo[h]nson[,] JC Hall[,] Agrip[p]a Coopper [Cooper] and Br Read returned to the river order of E T Benson as guard[.] they was furnished with fore [four] horses[,] guns[,] provision June 30 Brother Larson died[.] Emaly [Emily] Marinda Jo[h]nson died the 29[th] aged 2 years[,] 9 months and Elizabeth Marrinda Mangum died on the 30th aged 1 year[,] & 9 mo[,] 8 9 day[s] and Sariah Mangum on the 5th of July aged 36 y[,] 11 mon[,] 27 days[;] on the 5th Mariah Lane aged 46 years [;] on the 8th William Lane aged 55 years [;] on the 11th Alfred Hunt 5 years[,] 4 m[,] 11 days[;] on the 12 LouCrecia [Lucretia] Jane Boren aged 1 year 10 months[,] 2 days[.] The only daughter of B C and M.J. Boren and on William Francis Beal on the 12th aged 2 years[,] 5 months[,] 3 days and on the 16 Hosea Berian Boren aged 12 years[,] 7 mon[,] 11 days and on the 19th Catharine Wilson aged 2 years[,] 7 m[,] 16 days[,] and on the 29th Jude Allen Juneyer [Junior] aged 1 year[,] 1 month[,] 4 days on the 7th of July Lorenzo Jo[h]nson and J C Hall returned to the Company and on the [illegible] night of the 24th of July A P Chesley and Agrippa Coopper [Cooper] returned in Company with E T Benson[,] John Taylor[,] Erastus Snow and [blank space] Richards and others and on the 25th A meeting was held and much instruction given after which E.T. Benson consider it wisdom to divide the Company[.] Lorenzo Jo[h]nson was apointed to take Charge of the 2th [2nd] division subject to the orders of Cpt g[u]ard then on the 8th of August the first and 2th [2nd] division encamped near to geather[.] the Captains of the tens were Cald in Council with regard to Crossing on the south side of the river[.] after Consulting a few minutes it was motioned by B.C. Boren and Second[ed] by Allen Russel[l] that they we remained on the north side of the river[.] the vote were thence Caled and susttained unianimos [unanimous]"
BIRTH:
1. FHL Film 2456: "Early LDS Church Membership Records for Nutrioso, Arizona": Record of the Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Nutrioso Ward, St. Johns Stake of Zion. Page [faded] entries [numbering faded]; together:
Mary Ann Mangum; father: Thom. Adair; mother: Rebeca Brown; b. 5 Jul 1824 at Pikens Co., Alabama; first baptism: 1844 by Jas. Ritchie; first confirmation: 1844 by D. Thomas; rebaptism: 1874 by T. Robinson; reconfirmation: 1874; received 1884 from St. Johns; removed to Pahreah, Utah.
D. W?. Mangum; father: Jno. Mangum; mother: Mary A. Adair, b. at Washington, Washington, Utah; blessing by Jno. Mangum; first baptism: by A. Smithson; ordination 1878 as a Deacon by S.J. Nuttle; rebaptism: 1880; reconfirmation: 1880; received 1884 from St. Johns; removed to Pahreah, Utah.
2. 5 Jul 1822 per DUP biography cited above.
3. Nutrioso, AZ LDS membership record book shows a birth of 5 July 1824 in "Pikens" Co., Arizona.
4. FHL film 392669 "LDS Patriarchal Blessings Index", four blessings:
A. Mary Ann Mangram, b. 5 Jul 1820 at Pickens Co., Alabama. Blessing date 28 Jul 1889 at Thurber, Piute Co., Utah. Lineage: Ephraim. Patriarch E.H. Blackburn. Vol. 106, p. 19.
B. Mary Ann Adair Mangum, b. 5 Jul 1822 at Icken County, Alabama, parents Thomas and Rebecca Adair. Blessing date 20 Jan 1876 at Kanab, Utah. Lineage: Joseph. Patriarch Phillip B. Lewis. Vol. 205, p. 119.
C. Mary Ann Adair Mangum, b. 5 Jul 1836 at Pickins Co., Alabama, parents Thomas and Rebecca Adair. Blessing date 25 Dec 1855 at Nephi, Utah. Lineage: Joseph. Patriarch William Cazier. Vol. 137, p. 110.
D. Mary Ann Adair Mangum, b. 5 Jul 1824 at Pickens County, Alabama, parents Thomas and Rebecca Adair. Blessing date 19 Mar 1854 at Nephi City, Utah. Lineage: Joseph. Patriarch Isaac Morley. Vol. 15, p. 96.
5. Headstone indicates date as 5 Jul 1824 not 1822; however, the tombstone is very modern and not from Mary's death time. Dates are probably from whomever paid for the stone.
MARRIAGE:
1. Per DUP biography cited above; does note variant place as Alabama. Robin Adair has the Mississippi location but uses Oct 1840 as the date.
2. Colleen Gwynn, a descendant, in her email of 1 Jan 2005 states: "Mary Ann Adair and John Mangum were married at Noxubee County, Mississippi, 20 Aug 1841, per County Marriage Record Book A, pp. 102-3, FHL film 900888."
DEATH:
1. Per DUP biography cited above gives 9 May 1892. Tombstone, albeit a modern one, give 5 May 1892.
2. Robin Adair indicates she died of asthma.
BURIAL:
1. Robin Adair indicates she is buried 5 miles south of Cannonville, Kane, Utah.
2. Colleen Gwynn in her email of 1 Jan 2005 states she has photos and Mary is buried in Georgetown Cemetery which is just outside of Cannonville on road 12 heading towards KodaChrome Basin.
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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
1822 - 1892 (69 years)