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'''Ellis Eames''' (alt. Ellis Ames) (1809–1882) was the first mayor of [[Provo, Utah]];<ref name="PagesOfHistory">{{cite news |title=Provo: Glimpses from the Pages of History |accessdate=4 June 2018 |publisher=Daily Herald (Utah) |date=5 August 1973}}</ref> he was Mayor in 1851-52.<ref name="WalshBunch">{{cite news |last1=Walsh |first1=Tad |title=Provo's wild bunch |url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/635159591/Provos-wild-bunch.html |accessdate=4 June 2018 |publisher=Deseret News |date=8 November 2005}}</ref> |
'''Ellis Eames''' (alt. Ellis Ames) (1809–1882) was the first mayor of [[Provo, Utah]];<ref name="PagesOfHistory">{{cite news |title=Provo: Glimpses from the Pages of History |accessdate=4 June 2018 |publisher=Daily Herald (Utah) |date=5 August 1973}}</ref> he was Mayor in 1851-52.<ref name="WalshBunch">{{cite news |last1=Walsh |first1=Tad |title=Provo's wild bunch |url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/635159591/Provos-wild-bunch.html |accessdate=4 June 2018 |publisher=Deseret News |date=8 November 2005}}</ref> |
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Eames was born in [[Mentor, Ohio|Mentor]], [[Lake County, Ohio]]. He joined the [[Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)|Church of the Latter Day Saints]] in [[Jackson County, Missouri]] in 1834.<ref name="HistoricalProvo"/> He married Olive Jane Gibbs Ames/Eames (1815-1902,) born February 13, 1815, in [[Rutland, Vermont]]. They married in about 1835.<ref name=Roming> Romig, Ronald E. "The RLDS Church on the Pacific Slope." Journal of Mormon History 35, no. 2 (2009): 43-125. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23290497.</ref> The couple moved to Haun's Mill in 1837 where they were part of the group of Mormon families living near Haun's Mill in [[Livingston County, Missouri]], site of the 1838, anti-Mormon [[Haun's Mill massacre]]. Eames coat was said to have had a bullet hole shot thoruh it during the massacre, but he, his wife Olive, and their four children survived.<ref name="WalshBunch"/><ref name=Roming/> |
Eames was born in [[Mentor, Ohio|Mentor]], [[Lake County, Ohio]]. He joined the [[Church of Christ (Latter Day Saints)|Church of the Latter Day Saints]] in [[Jackson County, Missouri]] in 1834.<ref name="HistoricalProvo"/> He married Olive Jane Gibbs Ames/Eames (1815-1902,) born February 13, 1815, in [[Rutland, Vermont]]. They married in about 1835.<ref name=Roming> Romig, Ronald E. "The RLDS Church on the Pacific Slope." Journal of Mormon History 35, no. 2 (2009): 43-125 (Eames on p. 82). http://www.jstor.org/stable/23290497.</ref> The couple moved to Haun's Mill in 1837 where they were part of the group of Mormon families living near Haun's Mill in [[Livingston County, Missouri]], site of the 1838, anti-Mormon [[Haun's Mill massacre]]. Eames coat was said to have had a bullet hole shot thoruh it during the massacre, but he, his wife Olive, and their four children survived.<ref name="WalshBunch"/><ref name=Roming/> |
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Eames later resided in [[Clay County, Missouri]] and [[Nauvoo, Illinois]].<ref name="HistoricalProvo">{{cite web |title=Eames, Ellis; Provo Mayor 1851-1852 |url=http://www.provolibrary.com/historical-provo-people-places/55625-eames-ellis |website=Historical Provo Project |publisher=Provo Public Library |accessdate=5 June 2018}}</ref> |
Eames later resided in [[Clay County, Missouri]] and [[Nauvoo, Illinois]].<ref name="HistoricalProvo">{{cite web |title=Eames, Ellis; Provo Mayor 1851-1852 |url=http://www.provolibrary.com/historical-provo-people-places/55625-eames-ellis |website=Historical Provo Project |publisher=Provo Public Library |accessdate=5 June 2018}}</ref> |
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Ellis, Olive and their children were living in Utah in 1850, when Ellis married a second wide, Sarah Haskins, and was listed in the United States census as a "fiddler."<ref name=Roming/> He was mayor of Provo from 1851 to 1852.<ref name=Roming/><ref name="WalshBunch"/> |
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Eames moved to [[San Bernardino, California]] in 1854, where he became district attorney.<ref name="WalshBunch"/> When the Latter-day Saints there were called back to [[Utah Territory]] in 1857 due to the [[Utah War]], Eames and Olive remained in San Bernardino, while Sarah and her children returned to Utah.<ref name="WalshBunch"/> "Olive joined the Reorganization in 1864 |
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with Ellis following in 1870.<ref name=Roming/> |
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In 1896 Olive wrote an account of the Haun's Mill Massacre that was published in the History of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.<ref name=Roming/> |
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Eames is buried at [[Pioneer Memorial Cemetery (San Bernardino, California)|Pioneer Memorial Cemetery]] in San Bernardino.<ref>{{FAG|21615641|Ellis Eames, Sr.}}; [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SB-buried.html Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in San Bernardino County] at [[The Political Graveyard]]</ref> |
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Ellis Eames (alt. Ellis Ames) (1809–1882) was the first mayor of Provo, Utah;[1] he was Mayor in 1851-52.[2]
Eames was born in Mentor, Lake County, Ohio. He joined the Church of the Latter Day Saints in Jackson County, Missouri in 1834.[3] He married Olive Jane Gibbs Ames/Eames (1815-1902,) born February 13, 1815, in Rutland, Vermont. They married in about 1835.[4] The couple moved to Haun's Mill in 1837 where they were part of the group of Mormon families living near Haun's Mill in Livingston County, Missouri, site of the 1838, anti-Mormon Haun's Mill massacre. Eames coat was said to have had a bullet hole shot thoruh it during the massacre, but he, his wife Olive, and their four children survived.[2][4]
Eames later resided in Clay County, Missouri and Nauvoo, Illinois.[3]
Eames was initially part of Brigham Young's 1847 pioneer company, but due to illness was sent back to Winter Quarters, Nebraska.
Ellis, Olive and their children were living in Utah in 1850, when Ellis married a second wide, Sarah Haskins, and was listed in the United States census as a "fiddler."[4] He was mayor of Provo from 1851 to 1852.[4][2]
Eames moved to San Bernardino, California in 1854, where he became district attorney.[2] When the Latter-day Saints there were called back to Utah Territory in 1857 due to the Utah War, Eames and Olive remained in San Bernardino, while Sarah and her children returned to Utah.[2] "Olive joined the Reorganization in 1864 with Ellis following in 1870.[4]
In 1896 Olive wrote an account of the Haun's Mill Massacre that was published in the History of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.[4]
Eames is buried at Pioneer Memorial Cemetery in San Bernardino.[5]
References
- ^ "Provo: Glimpses from the Pages of History". Daily Herald (Utah). 5 August 1973.
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(help) - ^ a b c d e Walsh, Tad (8 November 2005). "Provo's wild bunch". Deseret News. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Eames, Ellis; Provo Mayor 1851-1852". Historical Provo Project. Provo Public Library. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f Romig, Ronald E. "The RLDS Church on the Pacific Slope." Journal of Mormon History 35, no. 2 (2009): 43-125 (Eames on p. 82). http://www.jstor.org/stable/23290497.
- ^ Ellis Eames, Sr. at Find a Grave; Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in San Bernardino County at The Political Graveyard