James Bell HEYWOOD

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1870, Living with parents in Harmony, Kane Co., Utah
• Census: 1880, Living with parents in Panguitch, Garfield Co., Utah

James married Maria Clarinda LARSEN on 14 Oct 1891 in Manti, Sanpete Co., Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living in Great Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah
• Census: 1860, Living in Great Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah
• Census: 1870, Living in Harmony, Kane Co., Utah
• Census: 1880, Living in Panguitch, Garfield Co., Utah
• Census: 1900, Living in Panguitch, Garfield Co., Utah

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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.

Joseph married Mary BELL on 31 Oct 1855 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mary was born on 02 Jan 1839 in Scotland; died on 05 Sep 1915 in Panguitch, Garfield Co., Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with husband in Great Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah
• Census: 1860, Living with husband in Great Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah
• Census: 1870, Living with husband in Harmony, Kane Co., Utah
• Census: 1880, Living with husband in Panguitch, Garfield Co., Utah
• Census: 1900, Living with husband in Panguitch, Garfield Co., Utah

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• Census: 1850, Living in Grafton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts

Benjamin married Hannah Rawson LELAND. Hannah (daughter of Maj. David Warren LELAND and Mary RAWSON) was born on 18 Jun 1779 in Grafton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; died on 29 Dec 1834 in Grafton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nathaniel married Hannah HEYWOOD on 23 Apr 1778. Hannah was born in 1746; died on 25 Mar 1792 in Shrewsbury, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Shrewsbury, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Son of Phineas Leland and Sarah Warren

David married Mary RAWSON. Mary (daughter of Josiah RAWSON and Hannah BASS) was born on 23 Nov 1757; died on 14 Jan 1825 in Grafton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; was buried in Old Oak Street Burial Ground, Grafton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]