| Notes |
- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. Reviewed Rootsweb.com Worldconnect 6 Jun 2002.
2. Censuses:
1852 Iowa: Pottawattamie County:
Thomas Adair, 6, 4, 1, 1.
Samuel Adair, 8, 3, 1, 1.
Note also an Andrew Allen and a Jude Allen family is listed 7 and 8 entries below; Andrew Allen marries Samuel's separated wife after 1852 [Nancy did not go west, nor does Andrew Allen; Andrew's first wife Eunice who he separates from because he doesn't want to go west does go to Utah in same company as her children and Samuel in 1852. Jude's daughter Jane eventually marries Bishop John Stoker.]
1860 US: Bountiful, Davis, Utah, p. 15 of 23, 15 Jun 1860, house/family 98/91:
Jno. Stoker, 44, farmer, $2000, $700, OH.
Jane, 50, OH.
Harriet, 38, NY.
Alma, 25, OH.
Jane, 19, OH.
Hyrum, 19, IL.
David, 15, IL.
Jane, 10, IA.
Sarah A., 8, NY.
Geo, 3, MI.
Jno, 2, NY.
1870 US: Bountiful, Davis, Utah, p. 26 of 34, 19 Aug 1870:
Household/family 214/215:
John Stoker, 53, Bishop, $4000, $1500, OH.
Jane, 60, OH.
Alma, 35, farm hand, OH.
Sarah A., 19, UT.
Household/family 215/216:
Harriet Stoker, 46, keeping house, NY.
John, 13, UT.
Catherine, 7, UT.
Hiram, 30, laborer, IL.
Household/family 216/217:
Jane Stoker, 29, keeping house, OH.
Maryann, 8, UT.
Henry, 6, UT.
Lorenzo, 3, UT.
Clarissa, 1, UT.
3. Granddaughter of Andrew Allen who appears separately in this database. She is dau. of Jude Allen whose parents are Andrew Allen and Eunice Miner. I have a lengthy 16 page biography of Andrew, Eunice, and Jude in my file with Samuel Jefferson Adair since his wife Nancy White later married Andrew after Eunice went to Utah (Andrew would not go).
4. Children from marriage with Jane Allen per Ancestral File v.4.19; all children were born in Bountiful, Davis, Utah [various Ancestry.com sites agree 5 Jun 2002]:
Mary Ann, b. 14 May 1862, d. 1 May 1903 in UT.
Henry, b. 12 Feb 1865, d. 12 Oct 1904 in UT.
Lorenzo, b. 21 Feb 1867, d. 9 Jun 1920 at Ogden, UT.
Clarissa, b. 2 Feb 1869, d. 12 Aug 1870 at Bountiful, UT.
Jude, b. 2 Apr 1871, d. 4 Sep 1872 at Bountiful, UT.
Albert, b. 29 Mar 1873, d. 4 Apr 1873 at Bountiful, UT.
Jesse, b. 17 Jul 1874, d. 30 Oct 1942 at Roy, Weber, UT.
Harriet Eunice, b. 13 May 1877, d. 23 Aug 1878 at Bountiful, UT.
5. The book "Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude" by the daughters of the Utah Pioneers: "Jane Allen Stoker, b. 8 Mar 1841 at Parma, Cuyahoga, Ohio, d. 5 Aug 1877 at Bountiful, Davis, Utah, parents are Jude Allen and Mary Ann Nicholas, pioneer of 20 Sep 1852 of Benjamin Gardner Wagon Train, m. 5 Jul 1857 John Stoker at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah (he died 11 Jun 1881 at Bountiful, Davis, Utah) Children:
Mary Ann, b. 14 May 1862
Henry, b. 12 Feb 1865
Lorenzo, b. 21 Feb 1867
Clarissa, b. 2 Feb 1869
Jude, b. 2 Apr 1871
Albert, b. 29 Mar 1873
Jesse, b. 17 Jul 1874
Harriet Eunice, b. 13 May 1877
When Jane was three years old, her family was with the James Emmett Wagon Company which spent the fall and winter of 1844 on the Iowa River above Iowa City. On June 7, 1845 this company arrived at Fort Vermillion in So. Dakota. Their company had escaped a near massacre by the Sioux Indians in Sep. 1845. In the Spring of 1846, they traveled down the Missouri River to meet the Mormon exodus leaving Nauvoo. In July, their company merged with the George Miller Wagon Company of pioneers who traveled to Loup Fork on the Platte River. Upon invitation of Ponca chiefs, this company spent the rest of 1846 and winter of 1847 eighty miles west of Fort Vermilion. They were rationed to less than one cup of corn per day to eat. Jane often grubbed for edible roots and plants to supplement her diet. The Miller company returned to Winter Quarters in the Spring of 1847 where Jane and her family recuperated for five years in Pottawattamie County, Iowa. In 1852, now eleven years old, she helped her father drive a small band of sheep across the Plains as a member of the Benjamin Gardner Company. They finally arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on Sep. 20, 1852. Jane became the third wife of her bishop, John Stoker. For the first few years years, she lived in the same home as his other two wives. At the time of the Johnston's Army threat, they packed their necessities and with other members of the North Canyon Ward traveled to the Provo bottoms where they camped in tents and wagons until it was safe to return home. She assisted her father's family when her mother died of child birth in 1860. She provided a warm welcome to any of them when they traveled to Salt Lake City. Four of Jane's eight children died within a couple of years of their births. Most of Jane's accomplishments were never acknowledged outside the wall of her home where she served by cooking, washing clothes, sewing, cleaning, milking, gardening, nursing, and teaching her children the virtues of independence and sacrifice by her own example."
6. Mentioned in biography in the book "Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia," p. 252: "John Stoker, Bishop of East Bountiful, Davis county, Utah, was born March 8, 1817, at Bloomfield, Jackson county, Ohio, the son of David Stoker and Barbara Graybill. Becoming a convert to 'Mormonism' he was baptized Nov. 13, 1836, by Seymour Brunson, and cast his lot with the Saints in their gathering places in the States. He emigrated to Utah in 1848 and settled in what was then called the Sessions settlement (now Bountiful). He was ordained a Bishop Jan. 20, 1851, by Brigham Young and set apart to preside over the North Mill Creek Ward, afterwards named Bountiful. Bishop Stoker married three wives, namely Jane McDaniel, who became the mother of six children; Jane Allen, who gave birth to nine children, and Harriet (a widow), who bore her husband two children. In 1869-70 Bishop Stoker filled a short mission to Virginia. He was ordained a Patriarch in 1877 and died June 11, 1881, at Bountiful."
7. FHL film 702: "Journal of John Stoker, b. 1817; Journal starts November 1, 1869." John was the son of David Stoker and Barbara Graybill. The first 35 pages detail his mission taken from Utah to Virginia and Tennessee through Council Bluffs, Iowa, which I have summarized and included with his notes in this database. Pp. 36-227, the balance of John's journal, are genealogical notations of family. Many pages are blank. Besides family, the journal also notes many other unrelated Stokers who were probably gleaned from books and other sources. It appears as if maybe his son David may have taken over the book later. Many entries are repetitive at different times. Pertinent data for this family or individual is quoted verbatim as follows (pp. 36-48):
Franklin Stoker, son of John and Jane Stoker was born Illinois, Hancock County, Aug. 12, 1842. Died in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah Territory, Sept. 27th 1855.
Clarissa Stoker, daughter of John and Jane Stoker the Second, born Feby 2d, 1859, Bountiful, Davis County, Utah Territory. Died Aug 12th 1870 at midnight in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah Territory of diarea and bloody flux.
Jude Stoker, son of John Stoker and Jane Stoker the second. Born April the 2d, 1871. Died Sept. 4th 1872 at 9 o'clock a.m., Bountiful, Davis County, Utah Territory.
Albert Stoker, son of John and Jane A. Stoker, born march 27th 1873 at 3 o'clock a.m. Blessed by John Stoker mouth, April 3, and Thomas Briggs and John Livingston(?). Died April 4th 1 ½ p.m. Buried April 5th Bountiful, Davis County, Utah Territory.
Harriet Ann Stoker, daughter of David Stoker and Regina Haugen(?) born March 21st 1873. Died Nov 19th 1873 of scarlet fever and inflammation of the brain.
Jesse Stoker, son of John and Jane A. Stoker was born July 17th 1874 at 3 o'clock and 45 minutes a.m. in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah Territory.
John Stoker, son of John and Harriet S. Stoker, born Feby 11th 1857 in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah Territory. Died in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah Territory, September 14th 1876 at 6:15 minutes a.m. of typhoid fever.
Harriet Eunice, daughter of John and Jane Allen Stoker, born May 13th 1877… blessed August 22d 1877 by Elder Wm. Thurgood… died August 23d in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah Territory.
Jane Allen, wife of John Stoker and daughter of Jude and Mary Ann Allen, born March the 8th 1841, died August the 5th 1877 in Bountiful, Davis County at her residence after nearly three months illness from the affects of child birth.
Died Aug 23 1878 Henry Stoker, born in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah Feb. 12, 1855.
Lorenzo Stoker, born Feby 21 1867 in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah.
John Stoker, son of David and Barbary Stoker was ordained Bishop in North Kanyon ward Davis Co., U.T. Jany 20th 1851 under the hands of Pres. Brigham young, Heber C. Kimball, Jedediah M. Grant. Laboured in the same place until August the 4th 1874 when he resigned his office as Bishop to Pres. P. Young on account of ill health not being able to attend to the labours required with the blessings of the priesthood upon him from his past labours.
John Stoker, son of David Stoker and Barbara Grabill was born March the 8th 1817 in Jackson County, Ohio. Died at Bountiful, Utah Territory June 11th 1881 at 10 minutes to 7 o'clock p.m. of paralasis.
Hyrum Stoker, son of John Stoker and Jane McDaniel, died at Bountiful June 5th 1887.
Jane McDaniel Stoker died at Bountiful Jan. 20(?), 1890. Wife of John Stoker.
[Entry on p. 43 which is too light to read and with someone I don't recognize. Looks like: Sonia Stoker Born Dec 7, 1835/6 Died June 5th 1897 at Syracuse Ward of Harriet Stoker.]
Birth of Jane Allen parents. Jude Allen borned Doillsborough, Essy Co. New York. Oct 12, 1811. Mary Ann Nichloos Allen, born Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 25, 1820. Jane Allen Stoker born Parma, Cayuhoga Co., Ohio, March 8, 1841… died Bountiful Davis Co. Aug. 5, 1877. Jude Allen died Feb 13, 1900, aged 88 years. Mary Ann Nchloos died Bountiful Davis Co., January 9, 1860.
Rockland, Ida. Oct 14, 1917. Mary Ann Stoker, born Bountiful, Davis Co., May 14, 1862. Henry Stoker, born Bountiful, Davis Co., Feb. 12, 1865. Lorenzo Stoker, born Bountiful, Davis Co., Feb 21, 1869. Clarissa Stoker, born Bountiful, Davis Co., Feb. 21, 1869. Jude Stoker, born April 2, 1871 at Bountiful, Davis Co. Albert Stoker, born Bountiful, Davis Co., March 29, 1878(3?). Jesse Stoker, born Bountiful, Davis Co., July 17, 1874. Harriet Eunice Stoker, born Bountiful, Davis Co., May 13, 1879.
Mary Ann Hack Stoker, died at Provo, Utah, May 1, 1903. Henry Stoker, died Salt Lake City, Oct. 12, 1904. Albert Stoker, died April 4, 1873. Harriet Eunice Stoker, died Bountiful, Davis Co., Aug. 12, 1870. Jude Stoker, died Bountiful, Davis Co., Sept. 4, 1872.
Mary Ann Stoker was married to James Hack at Salt Lake City 1881, was second wife, died 1st of May 1903
Henry died 12 of Sept 1904, Oct 12, 1904.
John Stoker was a captain of Fifties under Pres. Brigham Young's companies in Emigration to Utah from Nauvoo in the year 1848.
8. FHL book 929.273 St67d "Descendants of William Stoker (1819-1892): with a View of his Ancestors," by Jay and Rachel Phillips Deeben, Feb. 2014, pp. 32-37. The authors do have an error in regards to Harriet Susan Willis' death date:
"John Stoker[1] (1817-1881), by Jay Deeben.
John Stoker,[2] son of David Stoker and Barbara Graybill, was born on 8 Mar 1817 in Madison Twp., Jackson, Ohio. John joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints along with other members of his family in 1833. John married Jane McDaniel,[3] daughter of James McDaniel and Zebiah McCarley, on 21 Jan 1836, in , Hancock, Illinois. Jane was born on 24 Feb 1810 in Racoon Twp., Gallia, Ohio. Jane died 20 Jan 1890, in Bountiful, Utah.[4]
John and his family lived through the trials and challenges that members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints lived through in Missouri and Illinois. In 1846/1847 they were forced to leave Illinois and make their way to Winter Quarters, Nebraska. In 1848 John and his family[5] traveled with the Brigham Young Company from Winter Quarters to Salt Lake City, Utah.[6]
As the company was being organized for the trip West, John Stoker and Herman Hyde were each elected as captains of fifty within Lorenzo Snow's group of one hundred.[7] After arriving in Utah John and his family settled in and around the area known, today, as Bountiful, Utah, just north of Salt Lake City.
John Stoker was ordained a bishop in the North Kanyon Ward, Davis County, Utah Territory on 28 Jan 1851, under the hands of Pres Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, Jedadiah M. Grants and served until‘4 Aug 1874. While serving as bishop John served a mission to the United States for a period of about five-months, from 1 Nov 1869 thru 29 Mar 1870.[9] During this mission he visited several of the Stoker and Graybill family members that had remained in Iowa and Illinois.
John entered the practice of polygamy when he married Harriet Susan Willis,[10] daughter of Erastus Willis and Hannah Cobb, on 26 Oct 1855 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Harriet was born on 21 Dec 1822 in Potsdam, St Lawrence, New York. Harriet died 7 Nov 1882 in Bountiful, Davis, Utah just short of her 60th birthday.
John next married Jane Allen,[11] daughter of Jude Allen and Mary Ann Nicholas, on 5 Jul 1857 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Jane was born on 8 Mar 1841 in Parma, Cuyahoga, Ohio. Jane died on 5 Aug 1877 in Bountiful, Davis, Utah at age 36.
John died on 11 Jun 1881 in Bountiful, Davis, Utah at age 64. Jane McDaniel Stoker died on 20 Jan 1890 in Bountiful, Davis, Utah at age 79.
Children of John Stoker and Jane McDaniel Stoker (Name, Birth date, Birth place, Death date, Place of Death):
Alma Stoker[12], 7 Dec 1835, Lick, Jackson, Ohio, 5 Jun 1897, Syracuse, Davis, Utah[13]. Alma is the son of Jane McDaniel from a previous marriage whose name is Alma. After John married Jane he adopted Alma and raised him as his own son. Alma Stoker married Catherine Tolman, daughter of Judson Adoninum Tolman and Sarah Lucretia Holbrook, she was born 13 Sep 1861, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah.
Hyrum Stoker[14], 9 Nov 1840, Columbus, Adams, Illinois, 5 Jun 1885, Bountiful, Davis, Utah.
Franklin Stoker[15], 12 Aug 1842, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, 27 Sep 1855, Bountiful, Davis, Utah.
David Stoker[16], 28 Sep 1844, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, 1 Apr 1911, Bountiful, Davis, Utah. David married Regena Hogan[17], daughter of Eric Gautesen Midtboen Hogan and Helge Knudsen, on 3 Mar 1866 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Regena was born 10 Jul 1844 in Keokuk, Lee, Iowa. Another spelling for Hogan is Hoggan.
Zibiah Jane Stoker[18], 21 May 1847, Mount Pisgah, Pottawattamie, Iowa, 28 May 1933, Bountiful, Davis, Utah. Zibiah married Judson Tolman[19], son of Nathan Tolman and Sarah Hewett, on 5 Apr 1869. Judson was born 14 Jul 1826 in Maine.
Sarah Ann Stoker[20], 10 Oct 1851, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, 23 Jan 1922, Layton, Davis, Utah. Sarah married Harlon Simmons[21], on 23 Mar 1871 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Harlon was born 28 Feb 1841 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois.
Children of John Stoker and Harriet Susan Willis Stoker (Name - Birth - Place - Death - Place):
John Stoker[22], 11 Feb 1857, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, 14 Sep 1876, Bountiful, Davis, Utah. John Stoker, Jr. died at age 19 of Typhoid Fever.
Catherine Stoker[23], 10 Dec 1863, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, 3 Nov 1917, Roy, Weber, Utah. Catherine married Edwin Theodore Wood, son of Daniel Wood and Emman Maria Ellis, on 28 Jul 1881. Edwin's birth date is on 8 May 1856, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah.
Children of John Stoker and Jane Allen Stoker (Name - Birth - Place - Death - Place):
Mary Ann Stoker[24], 14 May 1862 Bountiful, Davis, Utah, 1 May 1903, Provo, Utah, Utah. Mary married James Hack on 19 May 1881 in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory. James was born September 1835 in Farmham, Surrey, England, John Stoker's Journal indicated that Mary Ann Stoker was James Hack's second wife.
Henry Stoker[25], 12 Feb 1865, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, 12 Oct 1904, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. Henry never married, this was stated on his death certificate.
Lorenzo Stoker[26], 21 Feb 1867, East Bountiful, Davis, Utah, 9 Jun 1920 Ogden, Weber, Utah. Lorenzo married Polly Adaline Harnmon, daughter of Levi Byram Hammon and Martha Jane Belnap, on 16 Jul 1888 in Hooper, Weber, Utah. Polly was born on 15 Feb 1873 in Hooper, Weber, Utah.
Clarissa Stoker[27], 2 Feb 1869, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, 12 Aug 1870, Bountiful, Davis, Utah.
Jude Stoker[28], 2 Apr 1871, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, 4 Sep 1872, Bountiful, Davis, Utah.
Albert Stoker[29], 27 Mar 1873, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, 4 Apr 1873, Bountiful, Davis, Utah.
Jesse Stoker[30], 17 Jul 1874, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, 30 Oct 1942, Roy, Weber, Utah. Jesse married Lettie Matilda Hammon, daughter of Levi Byram Hammon and Martha Jane Belnap. She was born 13 Mar 1833, Hoooper, Weber, Utah.
Harriet Eunice Stoker[31], 13 May 1877, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, 23 Aug 1878, Bountiful, Davis, Utah.
Chapter Notes for John Stoker - 1817:
1. Information on John Stoker and his family was taken from church records, previously written histories of the Stoker family, and personal journal of John Stoker.
2. Hook, James W., "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," p.100. Repository:
Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA, Call Number: 929.273 EL54h. And the Journal of John Stoker, born 1817: journal beginning November 1, 1869 (FHL US/CAN Film 702), p. 43. Repository: Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150
3. LDS Church, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register Records 10 Dec 1845-8 Feb 1846 (Original), p. 903. Repository: Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150; Call Number: 977.343/N1 K290.
4. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FarnilySearch," database, FamilySearch (<http://familysearch.org/> : accessed 23 Feb 2013), entry for Jane McDaniel, person ID KWVW-PTT; familysearch.org/tree/ <http://familysearch.org/tree/>.
5. The following were members of John and Jane's family when they traveled west in 1848: Alma
Stoker age 12; David Stoker age 3; Franklin Stoker age 5; Hyrum Stoker age 8; Jane McDaniel
Stoker age 38; John Stoker age 31; and Zibiah Jane Stoker age 1.
6. Brigham Young Company left Winter Quarters Nebraska on 5 Jun 1848 and arriving in Salt Lake
Valley between 20-24 Sep 1848. Source: Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847-1868. Website: <http://classic.lds.org/churchhistoryllibrarylpioneercompany/1>,15797,4017-1-4,00.html.
7. Bullock, Thomas, Journals 1843-1849, fd. 1-4., Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847-1868.
Website: <http://classic.lds.org/churchhistory/library/source/1,18016,4976>-4546,00.html
8. Stoker, John , 1817, Journal of John Stoker, born 1817: journal beginning November 1, 1869
(FHL US/CAN Film 702), p. 42. Spelling in this note left as found in John's journal.
9. Stoker, John, 1817, p. 1 thru 35.
10. Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia, four volumes, Jenson, Andrew, 1850-1941, Latter-day
Saint biographical encyclopedia, four volumes, p. 252. Repository: Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA, Call Number: Online Digital Version, Vol 3.
11. Stoker, John, 1817, Journal of John Stoker, born 1817: journal beginning November 1, 1869 (FHL US/CAN Film 702), p. 40. Repository: Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA. Jane Allen's date of birth came from John Stoker's Journal. And the Deseret News (Historical), Repository: Utah Digital Newspaper, <http://und.lib.utah.edu/>. Death of Jane Allen Stoker at Bountiful, on Sunday, Aug 5, at 11 PM from the effects of Syncope, Jane A., wife of John Stoker, and daughter of Jude Allen, aged 36 years, 4 months, 28 days.
12. LDS Church, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register Records 10 Dec 1845 - 8 Feb 1846 (Original), p. 903. Repository: Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA, Call Number: 977.343/N1 K290. And "Very Unexpected Death, Davis County Clipper, Newspaper, obituary 11 Jun 1897, p. 1. Repository: Utah Digital Newspaper, <http://und.lib.utah.edu/>. And Hook, James W., George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America, p.100. Repository: Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA, Call Number: 929.273 EL54h. And Rowley, Alta Aitken; Aitken, Grant Joseph; Aitken, Charlene Attryde. "The Stoker/Winger/West/Youd Legacy," p. 30-31. Copy on disc at Rachel Deeben's residence, Payson, Utah.
13. Davis County Clipper, Newspaper, obituary 11 Jun 1897. Repository: Utah Digital Newspaper <http://und.lib.utah.edu>.
14. Stoker, John , 1817, Journal of John Stoker, born 1817: journal beginning November 1, 1869
(FHL US/CAN Film 702), p. 43. Repository: Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA. And LDS Church, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register Records 10 Dec 1845 - 8 Feb 1846 (Original), p. 903. Repository: Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA, Call Number: 977.343/N1 K29c.
15. LDS Church, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register Records 10 Dec 1845 - 8 Feb 1846
(Original), p. 903. Repository: Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City,
Utah 84150 USA, Call Number: 977.343/N1 K29c. And Hook, James W., George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America, p. 100. Repository: Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA, Call Number: 929.273 EL54h. And Stoker, John, 1817, Journal of John Stoker, born 1817 2journal beginning November 1, 1869 (FHL US/CAN Film 702), p. 36.
16. LDS Church, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register Records 10 Dec 1845 - 8 Feb 1846
(Original), p. 903. And Stoker, John, 1817, Journal of John Stoker, born 1817: journal beginning November 1, 1869 (FHL US/CAN Film 702), p. 42. And Utah - Death Certificate, State of Utah Department of Health, Utah - Death Certificate (http2//historyresearch.utah.gov/indexes/index.html <http://historyresearch.utah.gov/indexes/index.html>), Utah Death Certificate File No. 33. Repository: Utah State Government, Division of Archives & Records Service, 300 S Rio Grande St., Salt Lake City, Utah 84101-1106.
17. Utah - Death Certificate, State of Utah Department of Health, Utah - Death Certificate
(http2//historyresearch.utah.gov/indexes/index.html <http://historyresearch.utah.gov/indexes/index.html>), Utah Death Certificate File No. 16. And 1880 Federal Census - Davis County, Utah, Year: 1880; Census Place: Bountiful, Davis, Utah; Roll 1336; Family History Film: 1255336; Page: 280A; Enumeration District: 14; Repository: Ancestry.com, Provo, Utah.
18. LDS Church, "Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register Records 10 Dec 1845 - 8 Feb 1846 (Original)," p. 903. And Hook, James W., "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," p. 100. And Utah - Death Certificate, State of Utah Department of Health, Utah - Death Certificate (<http://historyresearch.utah.gov/indexes/index.htrnl>), Utah Death Certificate No. 38.
19. Hook, James W., "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," p. 100.
20. LDS Church, "Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register Records 10 Dec 1845 - 8 Feb 1846
(Original)," p. 903. And Hook, James W., "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," p.100.
21. Hook, James W., "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," p. 100-101.
22. Stoker, John , 1817, Journal of John Stoker, born 1817: (FHL US/CAN Film 702), p. 39. And
Deseret News (Historical), Sept 27, 1876, article: Died. Found in Utah Digital Newspapers; website: <http://digitalnewspapers.org/>.
23. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch," database, Familysearch (<http://new.familysearch.org/> : accessed 25 May 2011), entry for Catherine Stoker, person ID KW83-8FN.
24. Stoker, John, 1817, Journal of John Stoker, born 1817 p. 48. Repository: Family History
Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA. And The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints, new.Familysearch.org <http://new.farnilysearch.org/>, Family History Department, pid: L457-SD7.
25. Stoker, John, 1817, Journal of John Stoker, born 1817: journal beginning November 1, 1869
(FHL US/CAN Film 702), p. 45. And State of Utah Department of Health, Utah - Death Certificate (<http://historyresearch.utah.gov/indexes/index.html>), State Board of Health File Number: 1124. Note: death certificate gives a birth date of 12 Feb 1866 while John's diary gives a birth date of 12 Feb 1865.
26. Utah - Death Certificate, State of Utah Department of Health, Utah - Death Certificate
<http://historyresearch.utah.gov/indexes/index.html>), Utah Death Certificate Numbers 274 and
275. And Stoker, John, 1817, Journal of John Stoker, born 1817: journal beginning November 1, 1869 (FHL US/CAN Film 702), p. 45. And The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, new.Familysearch.org <http://new.fan1ilysearch.org/>, Family History Department, KWCQ-3ZG.
27. Stoker, John, 1817, Journal of John Stoker, born 1817: journal beginning November 1, 1869 (FHL US/CAN Film 702), p. 37 and p. 47.
28. Ibid.
29. Stoker, John, 1817, Journal of John Stoker, born 1817: journal beginning November 1, 1869
(FHL US/CAN Film 702), p. 38 and p. 47. And The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Familysearch.org, Family History Department, PID: KWVG-47V
30. Stoker, John, 1817, Journal of John Stoker, born 1817 :journal beginning November 1, 1869
(FHLUS/CANFilm 702), p. 39. And The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch," database, FamilySearch (<http://new.familysearch.org>: accessed 25 May 2011), entry for Jesse STOKER, person ID KWCL-1B2.
31. Stoker, John, 1817, Journal of John Stoker, born 1817: journal beginning November 1, 1869
(FHL US/CAN Film 702), p. 46 and p. 47. And Deseret News (Historical), Deseret News, Deseret News (Historical), Repository: Utah Digital Newspaper, <http://und.lib.utah.edu/>."
BIRTH:
1. Ordinance Index FHL film 1239605, p. 39, ord. 997 gives parents as Jude Allen and Mary Ann Nicholas with Jane Allen Stoker b. 8 Mar 1841 at Parmey, Cayuga, Ohio [Parma, Cuyahoga]. Various Ancestry.com sites agree 5 Jun 2002. Obituary gives father as Jude Allen and her age.
MARRIAGE:
1. Ordinance Index FHL film 183395 which is an LDS extracted temple marriage sealing record 1856-1866. A second sealing between this couple is also listed for 23 Feb 1861 EHOUS per FHL film 183395 which is also an extracted LDS marriage sealing record.
2. The following is a partial quote from an article entitled: "John Stoker (1817-1881) and Wives: Jane McDaniel, Harriet Susan Willis, and Jane Allen" in the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT." See John's notes for full transcription:
"Jane Allen:
On 5 July 1857 John took a third wife, Jane Allen, under the same ecclesiastical law. Information of her early life has been taken from her father's history, Jude Allen, written by Jimmie B. Stoker. For more of the Allen Family story see: But Language Cannot Tell, A History and Biography of Jude Allen by Jimmie B. Stoker, Publishers Press, 1900 West 2300 South Salt Lake City, UT, 84119.
Jude Allen and Mary Ann Nicholas (16 yrs old) were married in the year of 1836. (There is no date on their marriage license and 1836 is the best estimate.)
The Allen family came from the town of Willsborough, New York, in the Lake Champlain area. The area was a border town next to Canada. Mary Ann's mother, Eunice Miner, was baptized on 15 April 1832. In 1833, shortly after the entire family joined the church, the Allen's moved to Ohio where Jude Allen was commissioned a captain of the 4th Company in the 3rd Regiment, 2nd brigade, and 9th Division of the State Militia. Jane, their third daughter, was born on 8 March 1841 in Parama, Cuyahoga, Ohio.
In autumn 1843 Jude moved his family from Ohio to Nauvoo, Illinois. Being a military man they settled near the Nauvoo Legion drill grounds. Also traveling with Jude's family was some of his extended relatives. Mary Ann made do with what little they received from farming and Jude's team master job. She made all the clothing they wore while keeping up with her daily chores.
In 1843 Jude and his family were rebaptized to show their commitment to the gospel. One year later when their prophet, Joseph Smith, and his brother, Hyrum, were murdered, Mary Ann took her three small girls with her to view the bodies. The oldest daughter, Martha, who was five, remembered that sight till the day she died.
When Jane was twelve years old her father joined the family with a small group of saints seeking a safer place to live, away from the mob persecution. One of the rules in joining with this group was that everyone had to live by common law and surrender all their belongings to the group to be distributed as needed. There were many problems and internal strife within this group which finally settled north of Nauvoo. Many times there was not enough food and clothing. Often people were seen in very ragged clothes and wearing no shoes.
When the main body of the Church fled the Nauvoo area the leaders encouraged the group to rejoin the rest of of the church and travel to the west.
In 1846 Jude, his family and relatives separated from this group and began their trek to Council Bluffs, on the Missouri River. Arriving in the early summer of 1847 the Allen's settled a couple miles west of Winter Quarters at Ponca Camp. It would take the Allen families five years to gather sufficient supplies before they could make the trip to Utah. They arrived in Salt Lake City on 24 September 1852 and moved into Session's Settlement.
Jane and her sisters (all in their teenage years) were given responsibilities to take care of their grandmother and help their mother do the domestic chores. It was a few years later, on the 5 July 1857, at the age of 16 Jane married John. From this union they had eight children.
Mary Ann, born 14 May 1862.
Henry born 12 February 1865 died unmarried at the age of 34 on 12 October 1904.
Lorenzo born 21 Feb 1867.
Clarissa born 2 February 1869 died one year later 12 August 1870.
Jude born 2 April 1871 died one year later on 4 September 1872.
Albert born 29 March 1873 died one month later on 4th of April.
Jesse born 17 July 1874.
Harriet Eunice born 13 May 1877 died one year later 23 Aug 1878.
Mary, Lorenzo, and Jesse were the only children who married."
DEATH:
1. Per Ancestral File v.4.19. Various Ancestry.com sites agree 5 Jun 2002.
2. Per obituary.
3. Per burial record.
4. The following is a partial quote from an article entitled: "John Stoker (1817-1881) and Wives: Jane McDaniel, Harriet Susan Willis, and Jane Allen" in the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT." See John's notes for full transcription:
"Death Comes Again
Time and events had taken its toll on the Stoker families and on 5 August 1877 Jane Allen passed away, shortly after the birth of their daughter and last Child, Harriet Eunice.
The final religious calling John held was that of the first Patriarch of Bountiful, a position he held from 1877 until his death on 11 June 1881.
"Brother Davis came to me to go with him to see ex-bishop John Stoker, who was very ill. We concluded to change his clothing, as we did not think that he would last long. We administered to him, and he seemed to have something to say to us, but was too weak to speak. We asked the Lord if it was His will to give him his speech, so that he might speak to us once more. June the 11th, I called to see Brother Stoker on my way to the city, which was about 3 a.m. This was the usual time for us to go to town with our loads. Brother Stoker was asleep and resting well, when I arrived home at 7 p.m. he was still breathing, but shortly after he died. He was one of the oldest bishops in the Church" (Carter 1958).
Nine years later on 20 January 1890 Jane McDaniel died. Harriet Willis passed away on 7 November 1892 and was buried the next day. Her obituary reads: "Hand of Death. Takes Harriet Stoker Away in Her Seventy First Years. Harriet Stoker passed away last Monday morning after a sickness of many months. As we were unable to find any records of her life our account will be brief and only approximate in many instances. She was born in the state of New York on December 22nd, 1821. Moved to Vermont and later to some city or town in Michigan from which place she came to Utah arrived here sometime in fifty. She went south at the time of the (?). She was married three times: First when she was about seventeen to a man by the name of Sinter and had one child. Later she married a Mr. Giles and had three children. Two children were the result of her last marriage to Bishop Stoker. The funeral services were held in the Tabernacle on Tuesday the eight of Nov. But as it was a cold day and no heating apparatus the turnout was small. Thomas Briggs, C.R. Jones, and Lamont Holbrook were the speakers" (Davis County Clipper Nov 13, 1892).
John, his three wives, and the children who died young are buried in the original Bountiful cemetery:
Children of John and Jane McDaniel
Hyrum and Franklin in 1855.
Children of John and Harriet Willis
John in 1875.
Children of John and Jane Allen
Clarissa and Harriet in 1878, Jude in 1872, and Albert in 1873."
BURIAL:
1. Per 6 Nov 2002 website <http://lofthouse.com/davis/bountiful/cemetery/s.htm>, all buried in close proximity (John had these three wives):
John Stoker, b. 1817, d. 1881, "Bishop of Bountiful, 1851-1874," had gold DUP sticker, plot A-1-26-8.
Jane McDaniel Stoker, b. 1810, d. 1890, 1st wife to John Stoker, plot A-1-26-7.
Harriet S. Willis Stoker, b. 1821, d. 1892, 2nd wife to John Stoker, plot A-1.
Jane Allen Stoker, b. 1841, d. 1877, 3rd wife to John Stoker, plot A-1-26-. Per Ancestral File v.4.19.
2. Various Ancestry.com sites agree 5 Jun 2002.
OBITUARY:
1. "At Bountiful, on Sunday, August 5, at 11 p.m., from the effects of syncepe. Jane A., wife of John Stoker, and daughter of Jude Allen, aged 36 years, 4 months and 28 days." Deseret News, 8 Aug 1877, p. 3.
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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
1841 - 1877 (36 years)
