He recorded the place and text of each sermon presumably so he wouldnt repeat a sermon in the same location. 291. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Florida incultural anthropology. He pleaded not guilty. Florence Hartley,The Ladies Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness(Boston: G. W. Cottrell, Publisher, 1860), 124. Photograph. 31. The Onondaga and Oneida tribes had carried out extensive trade in beaver pelts for silver jewelry and other items from 17801821, and had become skilled silversmiths of their own work. The remains of the homes foundation suggest Isaac and Elizabeth Hales frame home was 14 x 34 feet with a rear addition 12 x 24 feet. As he viewed the land, Rose pushed through thirty miles of woods, setting up a camp at a location occupied the week before by some indians.225 His dress was a hunting shirt, trousers and mockasons226which helped him blend in with the locals, such as Jesse Hale who was described as six feet in his moccasins. Despite the backwoods clothing, however, the wealthy Rose had little in common with the Hale family or their neighbors, and he brought with him a notion of gentility then common in his native Philadelphia. [a] Although the company was unsuccessful in finding the suspected mine, Joseph and Emma secretly met several times at a friend's house. He quickly found himself alone in the darkness surrounded by the cries of howling, ravening wolves, and greedy bears, in these regions of barreness. In that isolated country, Colbert found the occasional smoky cabin tucked back from the river hidden in the woods. Net Worth: $1 Million - $2 Million (Approx.). 229. I am grateful to Mary Parks for giving me access to the tavern and helping foster research on the history of the Susquehanna Valley in numerous ways. 110. He was a member of the Army. But the details of this courtship are not known. Written byMark L. Staker Published: 08 June 2015. Outside observers were not always impressed by the Methodists who generally included more of the poor and uneducated in the valley than other congregations. Register of Baptisms, First Presbyterian Church Records, Hallstead, January 11, 1797. Presumably each of the other children also inherited a small sum from their parents.297. The Hales farmed near Harmony, Pennsylvania, and operated a country inn. 258. He was born March 21, 1763, in New Haven, Connecticut, to Diantha Ward and Reuben Hale. Melissa A. Tiffany, Diary, 1854, Susquehanna County Historical Society, mentioned attending one tea party; Julietta Stevens, Journal, April 1848April 1853, mentioned attending parties, having boys call for dinner, and visitors over, but did not mention tea. John Comfort, a fellow Methodist and Isaacs close companion in community leadership, regularly wrote to his son Silas, after he left their valley to study for the ministry, and described the changes in their community as they occurred. . Emma Hale Smith Bidamon (July 10, 1804 - April 30, 1879) was an American homesteader, the first wife of Joseph Smith, and a prominent leader in the early days of the Latter Day Saint movement, both during Smith's lifetime and afterward as a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS Church). Read more about Smith being put on trial for cheating Josiah Stowell in Brodie's No Man Knows My History, appendix A. . Marjorie Catlin Roehm,The Letters of George Catlin and His Family: A Chronicle of the American West(Berkeley: University of California Press, 1966), 810. Joseph SmithIII, Last Testimony of Sister Emma, Saints Herald, vol.26, no.19 (Oct.1, 1879),289. to my great mortification & surprise I find it greately to the contrary. Her mother-in-law, Lucy Mack Smith, praised Emmas character: I have never seen a woman in my life, who would endure every species of fatigue and hardship, from month to month, and from year to year, with that unflinching courage, zeal, and patience, which she has always done. Trial Notes of Scribe B, and Trial Notes of Scribe A; see also, For Sale,Susquehanna County Herald, September 8, 1821, 30. He in turn hired Isaac Hale the following summer of 1793 to make sure the road on this last segment was properly constructed from Colesville south through the eastern edge of Willingborough Township.109 The segment of road Hale supervised construction on became the Harmony Turnpike as it passed along the eastern edge of Oquago Mountain.110 But the side roads remained barely passable for years afterward. Searle, diary, June 1832Nov. Blackman,History of Susquehanna County,57. Emma left permanently with her husband in September 1830. 44. During trial testimony, Isaac Hale mentioned walking this specific site barefoot as he took a group of angry neighbors over to the Treadwell home east of his property to confront a member of the family, Trial Notes of Scribe B.. See also, Francis Whiting Halsey,The Old New York Frontier(New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1901), 28. Isaac apparently rented out his log home to these groups of men to make some money, and he may have even briefly been a little deluded in involving himself in their search for buried relics and money.269 Since his son David was renting the Westfall property and involved in later contract arrangements, it is likely David was also involved for a time. Despite a thorough search through the years of the islands in the vicinity, no one found Kidds silver. TheCommentarybecame one of the principal Methodist theological resources, and Peck indicated he had read it and believed Clarkes arguments supporting a Trinitarian view (Peck,Early Methodism,395).Peck also indicates John Comfort had access to C. Giles book,Dagon of Calvinism; or, the Young Hammerer,which may have been borrowed or owned (Peck,Early Methodism,257). After two years of unseasonably cold weather many families were at a breaking point.121 They turned increasingly to the river for support. The use of witch hazel rods accompanied many families in their move to Vermont. He had disapproved of Joseph's past money-digging and he strongly disapproved of the marriage with Emma. Emma and her family were forced to leave the state, along with most other church members. As the first lady of Nauvoo, she hosted diplomats in her home, made public appearances with Joseph at civic and community events, and presented political petitions in support of the Church and her husband. Among Josephs blessings, he was promised, the chief things of the ancient mountains, and the precious things of the lasting hills (Deuteronomy 33:1317). Emma Hale, the sister of Elizabeth Wasson, was born in the town of Harmony, Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania, July 10, 1804. . I inquired of Joseph Smith Jr., who was to be the first who would be allowed to see the Book of Plates? I have named one of the judges Scribe A (see Trial Notes Scribe A) as he recorded the following testimony, confirming the log home still stood in May 1824. There must have been a good mill seat in addition to an emotional connection between the sacred site and Bucks Native American upbringing since Buck built a sawmill on the river there. 269. See Harmony Township tax records for unseated lands for Jacob, William, and Joseph Smith, Unseated lands for William Smith (364 acres) and Jacob Smith (401 acres) 1815 recorded for January 1816 assessment; 1820 it is William 364 and Jacob 402. 138. Their daughter Emma, would go on to be the wife of Joseph Smith, founder-prophet of the LDS/Mormon church. He did not add any value (and hence no tax) to the Morse land but increased the Smith land value by $150.00. When the Hale family built their new home, they slid the log home to a spot nearby (most likely the yard to the east of their home where outside work was typically done), where they lived until the new home was finished. In 1777 fifty-nine-year-old grandfather Ward was killed at Addision, Vermont, while fighting against General Burgoyne and a large Native American force that had mostly come from the Susquehanna Valley in northern Pennsylvania after 1,200 American soldiers burned their villages and massacred their families.22 In 1780, when Hale was seventeen, he enlisted, along with his uncle David, to fight under Colonel Ebenezer Allens command as they sought to prevent Canadian military raids into the Mohawk Valley. 206. Susan Easton Black, Isaac Hale: Antagonist of Joseph Smith,Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: New York,1992, 93111. Emma Smith Timeline July 10, 1804 Emma born at Willingborough Township (later in Harmony), Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Isaac Hale and Elizabeth Lewis. This took place about the 17th of November, 1825; and one of the company gave me his note for $12.68 for his board, which is still unpaid. But as the economy continued its downward trend, all of the Hale children who could left the valley a few at a time. 1 Joseph Smith Jr. (1805-1844), was a treasure seeker. 47. . Black and Black, Annotated Record of Baptisms for the Dead, 6:3355; Susquehanna Co, PA, Wills and Administrations, 18121921, vol. George Catlin,Last Rambles Amongst the Indians of the Rocky Mountains and the Andes(New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1867), 910. Elizabeth Hale in a kind comfortable & proper manner during her life, find her meat, Drink Washing & lodging suitable & convenient for a person who so richly deserves kind treatment.128Hale was an attentive husband to the end. 94. Isaac Hale is the son of the wealthiest farmer in the village where Feyre Archeron and her family live. . Alongside W. W. Phelps, Emma Smith compiled a Latter Day Saint hymnal, published in 1835. After Hale returned home from military service, he inherited all of his grandfathers estate with the stipulation that he was to take into his Care his Grandmother Phebe Ward in her old age, to keep and provide for during her life, to free her from all or any cost to this State.24 Despite the presence of his uncles, Hale inherited both the property and responsibilities of a son. Isaac and Elizabeth Hale had few expenses during their early years. The log home would have included a large open space that was useful for such types of gatherings. Larry C. Porter, Reverend George LaneGood Gifts, Much Grace, and Marked Usefulness,BYU Studies9 (Spring 1969): 327. Almon Munsons Tavern. Two months after the Pickering death Asbury stopped in the dark at Taylors Tavern a half mile west of the Hale home on Emma Hales third birthday, July 10, 1807. It now included academically trained ministers rather than uneducated circuit riders and included a formal liturgy and structured meetings where once had been primarily organic and expressive outdoor rural meetings reverberating from the mountainsides at the beginning of the century. Boardable, sense III definitions 8 and 9,Oxford English Dictionary(Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991), 341. 140. Others were introduced to rod use after arriving. 122. It may be that more than one house was rented during the digging process and Jeriah Mumford & Co. took over all of these houses (see below). 88. Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale: With Little Sketches of Their Immigrant Ancestors All of Whom Came to America between the Years 1620 and 1685, and Settled in the States of Massachusetts and Connecticut. A local slave recalled when she arrived in the valley, already several people had moved to the neighborhood, had erected log houses, cleared the lands, and begun to cultivate fields and raise stock.139 Each family built a log-house covered with bark, which differed from a log cabin in that the logs were smoothed with an adze to create straight edges, and the bark was generally used to enclose the upper portions in lieu of sawn lumber as was the case with the Hale familys neighbor John Osterhout (as seen in the illustration).140, Despite the great insulating qualities and durability of logs, even when they were hewn and nicely shaped settlers considered them less refined than sawn lumber in frame homes, and they tried to improve the look of their homes as soon circumstances allowed.141 The 1798 direct tax lists noted three sawmills in the valley, including that of Sylvanus Traves (or Travis) who lived on the farm immediately east of the Hale property. 103. 64. Catlin,Life among the Indians,4548. This negative depiction appears to have been more rhetoric than reality for Bishop Asbury as it was for Colbert. But it is not clear how productive these mills were or how long they stayed in operation. It was while here that Joseph Smith began translating the Book of Mormon from the gold plates. She was descended of primarily English ancestors,[8][9] including seven passengers on the Mayflower. Nina M. Versaggi, Director, Public Archaeology Facility, Binghamton University, Personal communication to author, September 13, 2013. Thou shalt see many days, yea, the Lord will spare thee till thou art satisfied, for thou shalt see thy Redeemer. In 1865 the tax assessment noted a significant drop in value from $575 to $475, and Jehiel Dayton sold the land to James M. Tillman in 1868. Stowell, Joseph and the other hired men boarded, Vogel, Michael Morse Interview with William W. Blair, 8 May 1879,Early Mormon Documents,4:342. 134. [21] According to the minutes of the founding meeting, the organization was formed to "provoke the brethren to good works in looking to the wants of the poor, [search] after objects of charity [and] to assist by correcting the virtues of the female community". Twenty-three year old Antha Hale married twenty-four year old Joseph Wallace, and Isaac may have attended the wedding on his way north to propose and arrange his own marriage. Alva remained in the valley with his family and cared for her. However, as the time passed Isaac had concerns about Joseph's character and history. The artifacts have been placed in bags and marked storage boxes and can be accessed in the collections of the LDS Church History Museum. 78. Only six families in the valley had frame homes while less than half of the barns and other outbuildings in 1798 were specifically identified as log structures, suggesting the earliest sawn lumber went to outbuildings.142, When John Comforts sawmill began operation at the bend of the river, it was clearly the largest in the region and made lumber readily available in the area. For additional documentation of the Hale and Wallace wedding, see Marriage Record of Antha Hale and Joseph Wallace, Enfield, Connecticut Town Records, 16821854, Enfield, Connecticut, June 23, 1789; Francis Olcott Allen,The History of Enfield, Connecticut(Lancaster, Pa.: The Wickersham Printing Co., 1900), 2:1786. Even the elite where Isaac lived as a boy put resources into discovering precious metal. He recorded the purchase agreement with Isaac Hale in the county deed book on January 2, 1810, without noting when the payment or payments for the property fell due, or if Hale would pay the debt as a single lump sum or in regular installments over an extended period.236The latter option was more likely since the Hale family only paid one dollar down and built a new, large frame home at about the same time. 1, p. 212, microfilm 1,287,076, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL. Joseph boarded at the nearby home of Isaac Hale, where he met Emma, Isaac's twenty-year old daughter. John Comfort, one of the wealthiest men in the valley, a close friend of Isaac Hale and a member of the same Methodist congregation, regularly reported his success to a son in letters. Andrew Tracys 17991801 diary as cited in Blackman,History of Susquehanna County,11516. "[14][15] In Harmony on June 15, 1828, Emma gave birth to her first childa son named Alvinwho lived only a few hours. Black, Susan Easton, and Harvey Bischoff Black, eds. Records, Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 25 June 157. She is called an "elect lady" in Doctrine and Covenants 25. Joseph lived near Palmyra, New York, but boarded with the Hales in Harmony while he was employed in a company of men hired by Josiah Stowell to unearth a "Dream Mine". Wendy Schnur, Collections Access and Research, Mystic Seaport, The Museum of America and the Sea, Mystic, Connecticut, Personal communication to author, February 7, 2008. : Stanley and Betty Coryell, 2005), 11. When Isaac and Elizabeth Hale settled the valley, they had only nominal religious involvement. It was here on April 30, 1831, that Emma gave birth to premature twins, Thaddeus and Louisa; both babies died hours later. Upham,Life of Timothy Pickering,118. In June 1844, the press of the Nauvoo Expositor, a newspaper published by disaffected former church members, was destroyed by the town marshal on orders from the town council (of which Joseph was a member). Born 21 Mar 1763 in New Haven, Connecticut. He married Elizabeth Lewis on 20 September 1790, in New Hartford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States. 304. Vogel, Hiel Lewis Reply, 6 August 1879,Early Mormon Documents, 4:316. 197. [18] Emma died peacefully in the Nauvoo House[citation needed] on April 30, 1879, at the age of 74. Some historians have speculated the Stowell work party stayed in Elizabeth Hales tavern when they arrived.270 While contemporary sources indicate the group of workmen stayed on the Hale property for an extended period, the Hale Family did not own a tavern, and archaeology suggests there was no room in their frame home for a number of guests for an extended period. It appears that most of the residents were opposed to slavery but were not particularly sympathetic to abolitionists. Salt Lake City: Hawkes Publishing, 1991. Seba Smiths novel about life on the Susquehanna,Way Down East; or, Portraits of Yankee Life,(New York: H. W. Derby, 1857), included an entire chapter detailing the horrors of this tragedy. (Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle & Co., 1869), 33; and, Lewis Family files, Susquehanna County Historical Society Archives, Montrose, Pennsylvania. Upham,Life of Timothy Pickering,119. Father of Jesse Hale , David Hale , Alva Hale , Elizabeth Hale , Isaac Ward Hale and Emma (Hale) Bidamon. Grow, Thou Art an Elect Lady: D&C 24, 25, 26,27, Matthew McBride and James Goldberg,eds., Revelations in Context: The Stories behind the Sections of the Doctrine and Covenants (Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2016), 3339. Stanley and Betty Coryell,Skinner Family History, 11. A wing (no longer extant) was added to this house, which Emma operated as a hotel. 99. And Elizabeth Hale expected a child again. He did much of his hunting on Turkey Hill, across the river southwest of his home, and in the surrounding mountains.

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