Saints to Scoundrels: A Guide to Genealogy
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Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. Kimball — the same missionary with whom Amos Fielding did missionary work. Supposedly the birth certificate lists no father There is a record of a Hiram Benson being born in in Wigan, Lancashire, however, this information comes from an index.
Pictures of the two men as adults certainly show similarities between them, most prominently, facial structure.
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Two 2 in Pennsylvania and one 1 in St. Louis and England multiple times including his final voyage to America in , it is not hard to fathom him being in St. Louis during the census. As for the age discrepancy — depending on a variety of reasons, census information may be incorrect. Census takers would often talk to one person in the household and that person may not know all the details of a household.
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Or they might mix up facts about other members of the household. Other times, the census taker might make mistakes in the notes they are taking down. Or, in some cases, the person talking to the census taker may fudge the truth a bit. The biggest question arising from this record is: But that is another mystery for another day. It is certainly a personal theory of mine that this census is noting Amos Fielding and family. Bluntly put, Jane Southworth is a footnote character in the stories about Amos.
In his biography on Amos, Merlin Fielding gives a little bit of background on her and her family. The next we hear of Jane Sou thworth is her sailing to St.
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Louis from England with Amos in After their arrival, we know that they quickly headed west. She was the villain in the story of Amos Fielding and Jane Benson. What we know of her life after they all came to Utah is sparse. She lived with Amos Fielding until his passing in Jane Southworth is never recorded as ever having any children and oddly enough, while buried in the old Salt Lake City Cemetery the same cemetery as Amos and Sarah Rex , is not buried anywhere near them. There are few records about their journey to Utah.
Only family stories, making Amos out to be a jerk to Jane Benson. The stories record Amos and Jane Southworth traveling across in the wagon, whereas Jane Benson and Hiram were forced to walk the entire way. They were also cooking the food, finding buffalo pies for fuel and the rest of the chores. While these stories are interesting to read and certainly make Amoslook bad, from the perspective of a genealogist, there is one problem. So immediately the stories hint at being biased.
I say this as an ardent member of Team Jane Benson. We know from other records and later actions on behalf of Amos and Amos Hyrum that there had been some kind of relationship between Jane Benson and Amos Fielding. Once the group arrived in Salt Lake City, however, stories note that Jane Benson cut ties with Amos and that she and her son begin living with Heber C. Kimball and his family for a time.
It is at this point in the timeline that another family story pops up.
One of Amos Fielding being called before Brigham Young and his counselors. Which included Heber C. Kimball — the same man who had baptized the Benson family and had also done missionary work with Amos years before in England. Amos is then called in to give his side of the story. Either way, this story is, at this point, just that — a story. However, there is a possibility that it is true. One specific collection deals with marriages and divorces. My curiosity is as to whether there was even ever a meeting or meetings between Amos Fielding and Brigham Young. That is, did this meeting ever actually happen and if so, when?
But that is a venue that I hope to explore in the future. By , Jane Benson had married again to a man by the name of John Perkins. Family stories say that John Perkins got along well with Amos Hyrum as Hiram Benson would be known as during most of his adult life , even preferring him to his own son from his first marriage.
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In , when Amos Fielding passed away, he named Amos Hyrum his sole descendant and heir. Part of this inheritance Amos Hyrum ended up using to buy property in Mancos, Colorado for his mother.
When Amos Hyrum was sealed to his mother in , he was also sealed to John Perkins. Would you like to tell us about a lower price? Saints To Scoundrels intends to inform and stimulate the novice genealogist, as well as providing a plan to make research in genealogy easier and more fun.
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