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Joseph Leland HEYWOOD

Joseph Leland HEYWOOD

Male 1815 - 1910  (95 years)

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  • Name Joseph Leland HEYWOOD  [2, 3] 
    • was the first Bishop of the Seventeenth Ward, Salt Lake City. He was the son of Benjamin Heywood and Hannah Rawson and was born in Grafton, Worcester county, Massachusetts, August 1, 1815. Elder Heywood writes: "My early days were spent on my father's farm, with intervals of about two months in the winter time in attending the common schools which the law of the State provided. Early in life I chose the occupation of a merchant. I left my native State in the spring of 1838 and became a citizen of Illinois; I spent some time in Alton and Springfield, IL, and moved to Quincy, Adams county, IL, in the fall of 1839. Engaging in the mercantile business in partnership with my brother-in-law, Oliver Kimball, I remained there until the fall of 1845, when I moved with my family to the city of Nauvoo, Hancock county, IL. In December, 1842, I visited the Prophet Joseph Smith in Nauvoo, and after listening to his preaching by the gift and power of the Holy Ghost, I was converted and asked for baptism the same hour. I was baptized by Elder Orson Hyde, in the Mississippi river, the Prophet Joseph assisting in cutting the ice. I was then confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of day Saints under the hands of Elders Orson Hyde, Joseph Smith and Jedediah M. Grant. I was ordained an Elder by elder Orson Hyde, in March, 1844, and ordained a High Priest and also a Bishop under the hands of Elders Heber C. Kimball, Brigham Young and Parley P. Pratt October 8, 1844. In 1846, when the Church commenced its exodus to the west, I, in connection with Almon W. Babbitt and John S. Fullmer, was chosen one of the trustees of the Church, for the care and disposal of the Church property at Nauvoo. I bore arms in defense of the lives and property of the people of Nauvoo, when attacked by the mob September 12, 1846, at which time Brother William Anderson with his fourteen-year-old son and a Brother Norris were slain. I remained in Nauvoo until the spring of 1848, when I journeyed to Winter Quarters, in time to join the last company of that season's emigration which was presided over by President Willard Richards, with Elder Franklin D. Richards as captain of fifty, and Elder John S. Fullmer as captain of ten. We made a journey from Nauvoo to Great Salt Lake Valley with ox-teams, arriving October 19, 1848. I was appointed (by the government in Washington D. C.) postmaster of Salt Lake City in the spring of 1849, and in the fall of that year I was appointed, in connection with elder Edwin D. Woolley, on a mission to the Eastern States, to purchase merchandise for the Church. I also visited Washington, D. C., and assisted Delegate John M. Bernhisel in obtaining a Territorial government for Utah. In the winter of 1855-56 I was instrumental in getting a petition signed by Colonel Steptoe and his officers, by which Governor Brigham Young was retained in office several years longer. In February, 1849, I was ordained and set apart as the first Bishop of the 17th Eard, Salt Lake City, and filled this postiion for six years. In the spring of 1851 I accompanied President Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball and Apostle Ezra T. Benson on their visiti to Parowan, and was appointed to form a settlement on Salt Creek (now Nephi, Juab country). I assisted the Territorial surveyor, Jesse W. Fox, in laying out the city of Nephi, where I presided for three years. In the spring of 1855 I accompanied Apostle Orson Hyde with a company of elders to form a settlement in Carson valley (Nev.), acting at the same time as a guard for the Hon. George P. Stiles, who was going to Carson valley to hold a session of the District Court. In the spring of 1856, in company with Apostles Orson Pratt and Ezra T. Benson ( who were enroute for a mission to Europe) and George A. Smith, as a delegate from the people of Utah, to petition Congress for a State government, I again crossed the plains, my destination being Washington, D.C., to arrange my business with the government as U.S. Marshall for Utah, which office I then held. I had been appointed to that office by President Millard Fillmore in 1851, and reappointed by President Franklin Pierce in 1855. On my return I spent one week in Independence, MO. Leaving Independence November 7, 1856, I was winterbound at the Devil's Gate, on Sweetwater, and, in connection with about twenty Saints, presided over by Elders Daniel W. Jones, Benjamin Hampton and Thomas M. Alexander, lived for about six weeks mostly on cooked rawhide. I arrived in Salt Lake City in time for the general conference held in April , 1857. In the spring of 1857 I accompanied President Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball and Daniel H. Wells, Apostle Orson Hyde and a large company of brethren and sisters on a visit to Fort Limhi, on Salmon river. At the October conference, in 1855, I was sustained as a home missionary and labored in all the settlements in Utah as far south as Fort Harmony, Washington county, until the fall of 1861, when I was called to locate in the "Dixie country." I settled in Washington, Washington county. In the spring of 1863 I moved to New Harmony, Washington county, and resided there until February, 1872, when I moved to Panguitch, Iron county (now Garfield county. I was ordained a Patriarch February 3, 1874, at St. George, under the hands of President Brigham Young, George A. Smith and Erastus Snow, and have labored in that calling in Panguitch and surrounding Stakes. At the organization of the Panguitch Stake of Zion in April, 1877, I was appointed to preside over the High Priests quorum of that Stake, and served in that capacity until honorably released by Apostle Francis M. Lyman at the quarterly Stake conference held in September, 1898. My first wife was Sarepta M. Blodgett; later I took as plural wives Sarah Symonds, Martha Spence and Mary Bell; the latter is still alive. I am the father of twenty children, twelve of whom are living, and also forty grandchildren, thirty-two of whom are now alive." Comments: #21. In 1870, Joseph had a household of 7, a real wealth of $500 and a personal wealth of $300. Comments: #31. Joseph is listed in the St. George Stake, High Priests Quorum Record. 2. Joseph was ordained a High Priest and Bishop to act in the Quincy Branch under the hands of President H. C. Kimball, Brigham Young and Parley P. Pratt. 3. Joseph was licenced as an Elder April 8, 1844. 4. "I left Nauvoo in 1848." 5. Joseph was made the bishop of the 17th Ward in February of 1849. [1]
    Birth 01 Aug 1815  Grafton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Living in Great Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Census 1860  Living in Great Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Census 1870  Living in Harmony, Kane Co., Utah Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Census 1880  Living in Panguitch, Garfield Co., Utah Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Census 1900  Living in Panguitch, Garfield Co., Utah Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Death 16 Oct 1910  Panguitch, Garfield Co., Utah Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Burial Y  [10] 
    Person ID I28509  Main Tree
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2022 

    Father Benjamin HEYWOOD,   b. 29 Mar 1782, Shrewsbury, Worcester Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Feb 1855, Grafton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Hannah Rawson LELAND,   b. 18 Jun 1779, Grafton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Dec 1834, Grafton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Engaged 19 Sep 1806  Grafton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F10310  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarepta Maria BLODGETT,   b. 22 Nov 1823, Munroe, Ashtabula Co., Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 04 Dec 1881, Salt Lake City, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Marriage 25 Jun 1841  Beloit, Rock Co., Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 10] 
    Children 
     1. Frank Talcot HEYWOOD,   b. 20 Jun 1842, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 04 Aug 1844 (Age 2 years)  [Birth]
     2. Ida HEYWOOD,   b. Abt 1846, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     3. Alice Grafton HEYWOOD,   b. 1848   d. 27 May 1853 (Age 5 years)  [Birth]
     4. Sarah Ida HEYWOOD,   b. 1851, Prob. Salt Lake City, Utah Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Dec 1861 (Age 10 years)  [Birth]
     5. Benjamin Blodgett HEYWOOD,   b. 16 Sep 1854, Salt Lake City, Utah Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Aug 1909, Salt Lake City, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)  [Birth]
    +6. Lucretia Keetie HEYWOOD,   b. 16 Jan 1856, Salt Lake City, Utah Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Feb 1920, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)  [Birth]
     7. Joseph Leland HEYWOOD,   b. 04 Sep 1858, Salt Lake City, Utah Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 06 Mar 1909 (Age 50 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F10317  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Mar 2022 

    Family 2 Martha SPENCE,   b. 08 Mar 1812, Dublin, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 05 Feb 1873 (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage 16 Jan 1851  Salt Lake City, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
    +1. Joseph Neal HEYWOOD,   b. 18 Nov 1851, Nephi, Juab County, Utah Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 May 1904, Thatcher, Graham Co., Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)  [Birth]
     2. Sarepta HEYWOOD,   b. 08 Oct 1853, Nephi, Juab County, Utah Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Mar 1856 (Age 2 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F10318  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2022 

    Family 3 Sarah SYMONDS,   b. 17 May 1784, Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Feb 1881, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years) 
    Marriage 31 Oct 1854  [1] 
    Family ID F10323  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2022 

    Family 4 Mary BELL,   b. 02 Jan 1839, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 05 Sep 1915, Panguitch, Garfield Co., Utah Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 31 Oct 1855  Salt Lake City, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Omer Badigee HEYWOOD,   b. 1847, New Harmony, Washington Co., Utah Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     2. James Bell HEYWOOD,   b. 24 Jan 1858, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 04 Aug 1932, Panguitch, Garfield Co., Utah Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)  [Birth]
     3. Mary Hannah HEYWOOD,   b. 20 May 1861, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 May 1949, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)  [Birth]
     4. Charles St. George HEYWOOD,   b. 29 Oct 1863, New Harmony, Washington Co., Utah Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 03 May 1871 (Age 7 years)  [Birth]
     5. Willard Richard HEYWOOD,   b. 06 Mar 1866, New Harmony, Washington Co., Utah Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Feb 1868 (Age 1 year)  [Birth]
     6. Heber Kimball HEYWOOD,   b. 06 Mar 1866, New Harmony, Washington Co., Utah Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1873 (Age 6 years)  [Birth]
     7. Joseph Edgar HEYWOOD,   b. 08 Aug 1868, New Harmony, Washington Co., Utah Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 07 Oct 1943, Panguitch, Garfield Co., Utah Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)  [Birth]
     8. David Leland HEYWOOD,   b. 13 Apr 1871, New Harmony, Washington Co., Utah Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 01 Jul 1958, Panguitch, Garfield Co., Utah Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)  [Birth]
    +9. Martha Elizabeth HEYWOOD,   b. 22 Mar 1873, Panguitch, Garfield Co., Utah Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 May 1938, Richfield, Sevier Co., Utah Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)  [Birth]
    +10. Agnes Sarepta HEYWOOD,   b. 29 Nov 1875, Panguitch, Garfield Co., Utah Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Apr 1958, Panguitch, Garfield Co., Utah Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)  [Birth]
     11. John Lemon HEYWOOD,   b. 13 May 1878, Panguitch, Garfield Co., Utah Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Nov 1968, St. George, Washington Co., Utah Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)  [Birth]
     12. Jessie Bell HEYWOOD,   b. 22 Nov 1882, Panguitch, Garfield Co., Utah Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 03 Nov 1947, Panguitch, Garfield Co., Utah Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F10319  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Apr 2022 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 01 Aug 1815 - Grafton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 25 Jun 1841 - Beloit, Rock Co., Wisconsin Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1880 - Living in Panguitch, Garfield Co., Utah Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1900 - Living in Panguitch, Garfield Co., Utah Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Joseph Leland Heywood    		Joseph Leland Heywood
    Joseph L., the son of Benjamin Heywood and Hannah Rawson Leland, is the husband of (1) Sarepta M. Blodgett, (2) Sarah Symonds, (3) Martha Spence and (4) Mary Bell

    Photo added by: Robert Heywood
    Joseph Leland Heywood     		Joseph Leland Heywood
    An older photo of Joseph L. Heywood.

    Conquerors of the West: Stalwart Mormon Pioneers, vol. 2

    Photo added by: Burnt Almond fudge

  • Sources 
    1. [S11053] Ancestry.com: Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848.

    2. [S10188] E.B. Crane, A Revised Memoir of Edward Rawson, Secretary of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay.

    3. [S4746] Ancestry.com: Massachusetts Town and Vital Collections, 1620-1988.

    4. [S2982] Death Certificate for Joseph Leland Heywood .

    5. [S3003] 1900 Census Panguitch, Garfield County, Utah.

    6. [S5098] 1850 Census Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah.

    7. [S5099] 1860 Census Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah .

    8. [S2985] 1870 Census Harmony, Kane County, Utah.

    9. [S2986] 1880 Census Panguitch, Garfield County, Utah.

    10. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.


  

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