Compiled by Faye Crawford Curtis Received by Kenneth R. Allen From Donald Crawford (1923-) < dccraw@burgoyne.com 24 Aug 2003 > Compilation of Writings about Daniel Allen (1804) and His Families His Autobiography While living in Provo, Utah and operating a tannery, Daniel Allen wrote a brief history of his life and it is as follows. It was written in Daniel's handwriting. The spelling and punctuation have not been changed. "Daniel Allen was born December the 9 in 1804, who was the sone of Dr. Daniel Allen, who was the son (this should be husband) of Mary Ann Morris born June 11, 1813 Hamburt, Niagra Co. State of New York. LeRoy Allen was born Montville, Geauga Co. Ohio March 28 1833. Alma Allen wa born December 12, 1835 Geauga Co. Ohio Mary Ann Allen was born March 10, 1837 Kirtland, Geauga Co., Ohio. Diantha Allen was born December 19, 1839 in Hancock Co., Ill. Eliz Ann Allen was born July 5, 1842 Nauvoo, Hancock, Co., Ill. Daniel Allen, Jr was born February 20, 1846 Nauvoo, Hancock Co. Ill. Louiza Jane Berry was born December 1, 1828 (Family group sheet says 1838), Willson Co., State of Tennessee, My Second Wife. John Albert Allen was born May 16, 1848 in Kansville Omahau Nation Died May 30, 1848. (Family group sheet says June 1848. This is Kanesville, Kane Co. Illinois). Syntha El. Allen was born February 22, 1849 Kansville Omahau Nation Orison Wm. Allen was born Feb l, 1851 in G. S. L. Valley Big Cottonwood. Robert Preston Allen was born March 5, 1853 in G.S.L. City State of Deserett. Lyda Euphena Allen was born December l, 1855 in Pleasant Grove, Utah County. Thirsza Armela Allen was born January 5, 1858 in Provo City, Utah County. Daniel Allen Jr was born January 2, 1860 in Provo City, Utah Co. Utah. Joseph S. Allen was born April 16, 1862 in Provo City, Utah Co. Utah. Samuel E. Allen was born January 13, 1864 in Parowan, Iron Co. Louiza Artamitia Allen was born July 16 in Parowan City Iron Co, 1867. John Wm. Allen was born July 8, 1870 in Parowan City Iron Co, Utah My father moved to Chetawquey County when I was two years old lived there during the war with England in 1812 and was in the survis went to Buffalo when it was burnt he moved to Pennsylvana Erie County. He lived there ten years he then moved to the State of Ohio Geauga County where he lived until he died in the yeare 1856 August Mother died. I was mared to Maryann Morris in October the 6 1828. I was babtiesed with my wife in to the Church of Jesus Christ in June 1834. I sold my farm in Huntsbury for six hundred dollars in cash and let Joseph Smith have every dollar of it to redeem Zion by purching lands in Jackson County and in the reggans round about according to Revelations. I movved to Kirtland Ohio in 1836. I bot two city lots of Joseph Smith for four hundred dollars and built a good frame house and shoe shope. I layd out one thousand dollars in Kirtland. I was a share holder in the Kirland Bank when it failled I lost all my property and then hired a man to move me to Savanna about fifty miles south of Kirtland where I Went to worke on the Cannal for fifty cents a day. I was determined to go to Missaree but I had nothing to go with. I bot an old span of mares of Dr. Zan Del and then bot an old waggan and gat an old harness and got redy to start the next spring went with D. B. Stoddard and Dact Michel they had good waggons and harses they said my waggon would not cary my lode not furty miles but I went to Far West Missarie and never brake ennything. They brake thare waggans two or three times but it seamed that while my goods was in the old waggon it would not brake. I think i held it by my faith far when I got to my br. Josephs on Log Creek five miles south of Far West I let him have it to go to Far West emty and he brake one wheel and lost part of the tier. I went with my Br. and Farther Morley to Adam on dimin. We took up land three miles North of the town where we built a log house. We was putting on the ruff the day of the excitmint in Gallitan Augst the 8 from that time I was under arms till the day we gave up our arms in Far West. I was with Apostle D. W. Patten when he took the cannon from the mobe. They said they ware four hundred strong thare was one hundred of us. I also was with Semore Brunson when we was sorounded with Bagards Company on Log Creek five miles South of Far West. They said they was as shure of us as thay had us but Br. Brunson was a good ofiser and he gave them the slips. We tooke the timber and they took the prarie and we beet them to Far West five miles. I was betrayed by Carnal Hinkel and gave up my arms when my brethern gave up theer arms in Far West. I left Far West Febr.. the 6 with my wife and 3 small childrin with Issaac Marley, J. Allen and Dr. Rasson we camped out 27 nights. I went to Quincy, Ill. I then moved to Lima, Ill where I stayd one yeare then mooved to Nauvoo April th3 1 1840 I lived in Nauboo to April 1, 1846 and helped to build the Temple and payd for a share in the Nauvoo House I mooved to Winter Quarters whare I stayd till the next spring then mooved to Kansville whare I stayed one yeare. When I left Nauvoo my wife was sick. We came on to Baneypart whare she tooke cold. She lived till we came to the head of Soap Creek whare she died. She received the gospel in Geauga County Ohio and babtised by the hands of Elder Joel H. Johnson in June 1834. From that time to her death she was a faithful member of the church. She never murmered noor complained in all the purcecutions she had to pass through for she had a testamony of the truth of this worke for her self. She died as she lived full of faith of a glorius resurreccian withe the Saints. I was marred to Louiza Jane Berry in Summer Quarters May 28 1847 by Elder G. Whicones. I left Kanville May the 15, 184- for the Valleys and arrived in G.S.L. City September the 22 1849. Soon after I arrived in S.L. City I was throne frome a mule and brake my challar bone which layd me up about thre months. Ilived on Big Cottonwood two years whare I bilt a adobe house 16 by 24. I then sold out and mooved to Salt Lake City in the 12 ward and went into the tanning business with Samuel Muliner. I was in company with him about three years. I then sold out to him for two thousand dollars and mooved to Sanpete where I falered tanning two years and six months. I then sold out to Warren Snow and moved to Pleasant Grove where I intended going into the tanning business and bult a adobe house 16 by 20. I then sold out to S. Drigs. I then moved to Provo whare I have been tanning two years. I sold my house and lot to Pres Hebere Kimball for seven hundred dallars and bult a house and shape in the 4 ward. I payd about one hundred dollars in the Provo Meeting House and payd 50.00 dallars in the 4th Ward School house. In Oct the 6 the year of 1863 I was cald to go the the South. I mooved my second wife down to S. George whare I got a lot and built a house and then went North to Provo after the rest of my family. On my way to St. George I saw Apostel G. A. Smith in Parowan. He gave me council to stop in Parowan and commence tanning. I commenced tanning with Wm. H. Daine. We was in partnershipe one year he then sold out his share to E. Hanks and D. Page for six hundred dallars. 1865. Daniel Allen was marred to Sarah Whitley the deaughter of Thomas and Mary Whitley who was born January 6, 1834 in Sheffield England, These are the names of her childrein. Isaac Thomas Allen was born August the 4, 1855 in Manti City Sanpet Co. Ut. Harrey Armella Allen was barn Novermber 21, 1857 in Provo City, Utah County Ut. (The family group sheet shows that she was born in Manti). David Albert Allen was born Jan 2, 1860 in Provo City, Utah County. Hyrum Beal Allen was born June 8, 1862. Fredrick Augustus Allen was born January the 6, 1866 in Parowan, Iron Co. Ut. James Alaxander Allen was born July 3, 1863 in Parawan , City, Iron Co. Anne Levinna Allen was born March 19, 1876 in Parawan City , Iron Co. (The family group sheet also show a son, Joseph Ephraim Allen born in 1864 in Parawan and he died as a child. Sketch of the Career of Elder Daniel Allen Written by Edward Wilcock for the Deseret News paper shortly after Daniel's death in Escalante, Utah. This sketch is included here, because although it repeats much of the information in "Daniel Allen's Book" it does give additional data about his accomplishments and death. "The late Daniel Allen was the son of Daniel and Nancy Stewart Allen. He was born in Whites Town, Oneida County, New York State, December 9. 1804. His parents moved to Chatawqua County in the year 1807, and lived there during the War with England in 1812. His father served his country in the war of 1812 as a soldier. He went with the army to Buffalo at the time of its fire. After the war his parents moved into the state of Pennsylvania, Erie Co., where they resided for ten years. They then went to Cayuga Co. State of Ohio where they dwelt unto their death in 1856. (It should be noted that the spelling for the county in Ohio should probably be Geauga.) Brother Daniel was married to his first wife, Mary Ann Morris, December 6, 1828 in Cayuga County, Ohio, where both embraced the gospel, having been baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in June 1834 by Elder Joel H. Johnson. Soon after Brother Allen joined the Church he sold his farm in Huntsberg for $600 and handed over the amount to the Prophet Joseph Smith to help redeen Zion and purchase lands in Jackson Co. According to revelations. In 1836 he moved to Kirtland, bought two city lots, built himself a frame dwelling house and a boot and shoe store and expended $1000 in property in Kirtland. He was a share holder in the Kirtland Bank. He was compelled to sacrifice all this, however, on account of the persecutions which followed, and was driven away by the mob without any means of subsistance for his family. He then removed about fifty miles south of Kirtland, to Savanna where he obtained work on a canal, receiving a payment of 50 cents per day. Out of this sum he had to support his family and yet saved the means necessary to purchase an old pair of mares and an old wagon. In this way he moved his family to Missouri, being determined to gather with the Saints. He started with S.B. Staddard and Dr. Mitchell in the spring of 1838 and joined his brother Joseph at Log Creek, five miles south of Far West. The deceased built him a log house and was putting on the roof on the day of the election in Galltan, August 8, 1838. From that time he was under arms until the day they relinquished them in Far West. He was with Apostle D.W. Patten when they took the cannon from the Mob, also with Seymour Brunson when they were surrounded with Bogarts company on Log Creek, five miles south of Far West. He left Far West on Feb. 6, 1839 with his wife and three children in company with his brother, Joseph, Isac Marley and Brother Rossan and camped out twenty-one nights, when they reached Quincy Illinois. From there he went to Lima, Illinois and stayed one year, and moved to Nauvoo April l, 1840. Here he lived until April 1, 1846. During the time he was located in Nauvoo he helped to build the Temple, and paid for a share in Nauvoo House. From Nauvoo Brother Allen proceeded to Winter Quarters, and as he left Nauvoo his wife was taken very sick. When he arrived at the land of Soap Creek on the way to Winter Quarters his wife died from the effects of the persecution. From the time Sister Allen was baptized into the Church she remained a faithful member and never murmered or complained in all the trials through which she had to pass, for she had a testimony of the truth of the Gospel for herself, and died as she had lived, in full faith of a glorious resurrection with the saints. Brother Daniel Allen was then left with five children, the youngest being only two months old. He lived at Winter Quarters until Spring of 1848. He was married to Louisa Jane Berry June 22, 1847. In the spring of 1848 he moved his family to Kanesville where they resided until the spring of 1849. He started with his family to Salt Lake Valley where he arrived Sept 22, of the same year. He lived at Big Cottonwood, Salt Lake Valley far eighteen months, then moved to Salt Lake City and lived in the Twelth Ward. There he went into the Tannery business with Samuel Millner. Bro. Daniel Allen tanned the firt leather in Utah. After following this business for three years in Salt Lake City he sold out to Samuel Millner. Bro. Allen married his third wife, Sarah Whitley, in Salt Lake City in 1854. He then moved to Manti, Sanpete Co., built another tannery and followed the business there for one year. He moved to Pleasant Grove, Utah County in the fall of 1855 where he built himself another home. In the fall of 1856 he moved to Provo City, where he resided until the fall of 1862, when he was called to the Dixie Mission. During the time he lived in Provo, he established another tannery in the Fourth Ward and also started a boot, shoe and harness shop in connection with the tannery. He donated liberally toward the building of the Provo Tabernacle and the Fourth Ward School House. He moved his wife Sarrah and family to St. George in the fall of 1862 and built a house there. In 1863 he sold out his property in Provo and started with other members of the family to St. George. On reaching Parowan, Iron Co. he met Pres. George A. Smith, who councelled him to remain there and build a tannery. This he did in company with President W.S. Dane in 1864. He followed this business until 1880. He then moved his family to Escalante, Garfield Co. where he resided up to the time of his death, January 15, 1892 at the age of eighty-seven years, one month and six days. His wife, Sarrah, died January 3, 1892 at the age of fifty-seven years eleven months and twenty-eight days. He attended her funeral on the fifth of January, was present at fast day meeting on the 7th and preached an excellent sermon. On the morning of the 8th between 12 and 1 o'clock he was seized with a severe chill, which confined him to his bed until he passed away. His death bed was surrounded by a large number of his family. He was the father of twenty-six children (16 sons, 10 daughters). He now leaves a wife, seventeen children, sixty grandchildren, and about forty great grandchildren. Brother Allen retained his mental faculties up to the last. He called his family to his bed-side exhorted them to remain faithful to the Church and honor the Priesthood, and sent word to those of his children not present to obey the same council and then asked his family to release him, for his mission was filled. (On October 23, 1989 Allen Williams of Salina gave to me, Faye Curtis, a more complete copy of Edward Wilcox's history of his father-in-law, Daniel Allen. One significant sentence written in it was that Eleanor Richardson's, Mary Ann Morris'mother, parents were from Geauga County, Ohio.) According to family tradition, moments before Daniel died he raised his arms and said, "Come on, Sarah, we will go in together". Writings of Joseph L. Allen Joseph wrote a paper for Church History Class 668 at the BYU, July 1964. In the paper he lists many of Mary Ann and Daniel Allen's descendants, but does not include any of their oldest daughter's (Mary Ann Allen Lowry) families. Joseph L. Allen, a great grandson has written that after the death of Daniel Allen some of the family members were discussing something about his Bible when an argument resulted. One of the members carried the Bible away. Some years later the Bible was seen in a home at Bicknell, Wayne County, Utah. The disappointing observation was the fact that Daniel's journal written in his own hand had been torn out, making the brief history written while he was in Provo even more valuable. Remembrances of my Grandfather Daniel Allen by Lorna H. Banks These things took place in the life of Grandfather Daniel Allen as told to me by my mother, Annie Lovina Allen Hollingshead: My mother only knew her father as an elderly man, since whe was born when he was seventy-two years old. She was the last of twenty-six children born to him. Her mother was Sarah Whitely Allen. She was his third wife and was thirty years younger than Daniel. Grandfather was a very dignified man. He never allowed his children to call him anything other than Father, never Pa. He was a close associate of the Prophet Joseph Smith. He acted as a body guard for him on many occasions. He belonged to the School of the Prophets. Grandfather was present when the mantle of the Prophet Joseph fell on Brigham Young and heard him speak like the Prophet, which showed the people who God wanted to be the next President of the Church. He made the finest leather shoes, coats, gloves, harnesses and saddles. Mother said she never had a pair of shoes that fit as well as the ones her father made for her. He had considerable land. My mother was sixteen when her parents passed away. She lived with Louisa, the second wife, for the next three years. Then she went to Parowan to visit her only full sister, Harriet Lowe, where she met my father, Joseph Hollingshead. They were married March 19, 1898. Entry from "Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah" This is the entry from "Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah": Allen, Daniel, son of Daniel Allen and Nancy Stewart of Chautauqua County N.Y., born December 9, 1801, Whitestown, Oneida County N.Y. Came to Utah Sept. 22, 1849. Married Mary Ann Morris Oct. 6, 1828, Cayuga County, N. Y. Their children: LeRoy died as a child; Alma, died aged fourteen; Mary Ann, married John Lowry. Diantha, married William Berry; Eliza married George Baun; Daniel, died as an infant. Married Louisa Jane Berry June 22 1847, Winter Quarters, Neb. daughter of Jesse Berry and Amelia Shanks of Tennessee and Illinois, pioneers 1849, Samuel Gulley oxteam company. Their children Cynthia; Orson; Robert; Joseph; Millie, Lydia, Samuel, Artimicia; John. Family home Salt Lake City. Married Sarah Whitely 1854, Salt Lake Endowment House. Their children: Isaac; David; Harriet; Hyrum; Fred; James; Anna. Seventy, missionary to Dixie, 1862; Black Hawk Indian War Veteran. Worked on Nauvoo Temple. Tanned first leather in Utah. Shoemaker and tanner; merchant. Died Jan. 15, 1892, Escalante, Utah. Geographical and Historical Data about New York and Ohio Daniel was born in Whitestown, Oneida County, New York. The portion of the state west of the Catskills is a plateau rising in at least two broad terraces and a gradual slope from Lake Ontario. The soils in the Mohawk and Genesee Valley are noted for their fertility. The Genesee River drains the western part of the state into Lake Ontario and there are waterfalls along it. In the central and western part of the state in restful valleys are a remarkable group of navigable lakes known as the Finger Lakes including Oneida, Onondaga, Otisco, Cayuga, and Canandaigua. The climate is hunid with about forty inches of precipatation in a year. Found there are emery, abrasive garnets, talc, gypsum, iron aluminum and cement. In the 15th century the English Cabots explored the area, and the Spanish, French and Portuguese explorers were also there. Henry Hudson, an Englishman in the service of the Dutch, rediscovered Hudson River in 1609. Settlement began in 1624, mostly in Albany, which was called Fort Orange. By 1652 there were clashes between the Dutch and the English. New Netherlands became New York by 1674. New York was a state in 1664. New York joined the Federal Union in 1791. Epidemics of cholera in 1832 in New York took many lives. Originally Ohio was claimed by France. Later it became part of coast to coast English grants to various colonies by English Kings. In 1749 the Ohio Company of Virginia received a grant which lead to the French and Indian War. A treaty in 1763 ceded land to England. The territory of Ohio was organized in 1800. In 1802 a constitution was drafted and in 1803 Ohio was accepted into the United States as a State, During the War of 1812 the State Militia was defeated by the Indians. The Erie Canal opened in 1825. The Ohio River was a great channel for commerce. Ohio mens beautiful river. Buckeye, Ohio's nickname, was adopted because of the Buckeye trees in the state. The state has a humid climate with a ong summer. The rainfall is affected by Lake Erie. There are thirty-six inches of moisture per year. Flooding is common. There is a two-hundred day growing season. There and red and white oak, hickory, poplar, maple and walnut trees in the state. The soil is fertile and there are many natural resources such as coal, petroleum, and natural gas. The Patriots and the Loyalists were fairly evenly divided in the Revolutionary War. Forty thousand Tories left New York during and after the War. Many went to Canada. New York was the headquarters for the British. The American Army marched into New York in 1783. Emancipation Act for slavery passed in New York in 1799 and the state was a leader in the Union during the Civil War. Ila Lowe Bauer's Writings Ila wrote a lengthy and interesting history about Daniel and it has been the basis for the documentation which I have done, since she did not state her sources for her information. (Faye Crawford Curtis). Ila L. Bauer, a great-granddaughter, tells of an incident in Daniel Allen's life which she entitled,"It Shall be Your Shield": Daniel was one of the Prophet's body guards. One evening he told Mary Ann, his wife, that he had a premonition that the mob would be after him that night and that he needed a way to outwit the men in it. While tucking the children into bed he noticed his wife's night cap. It was dainty and frilly. He had an idea that it might help save his life and Mary Ann agreed that it was worth a try to have him wear it and helped tie it tightly under his chin. He then got into bed with the baby in his arms. Not long after came a loud pounding on the door. Mary Ann calmly opened it and when the men demanded to see Daniel, she invited them in saying he was not there, but they could search the house if they so desired. After carefully going over the entire house and glancing quickly at the figure in the bed cuddling the sleeping child, they stormed out exclaiming, "There is no one in there but an old woman in bed with her child!" When all was quiet again Daniel and Mary Ann knelt and thanked God for their deliverance." The story ends with the statement that Mary Ann said, "Wear it always, Daniel, for it too, shall be your shield. Ila Lowe Bauer, gives additional information about him. Her impression of him as an individual was given in a talk during an Allen Family Reunion. " He was a refined, handsome young man. He wore a mustache, but no beard, since he never had to shave most of his face. He had a rosy complexion and a smooth skin, characteristics which literally helped save his life when members of a mob went to his home looking for him. He was a faithful member of the church and was always devoted to the Prophet Joseph Smith. He was an outstanding teacher and speaker, having a wonderful way with words. He was a warm, caring person." Daniel was the sixth of ten children born to his parents, Daniel Allen and Nancy Agnes Stewart. His father was born in Colrain Massachusetts, in 1770. He and Nancy were married September 12, 1793. Nancy Agnes Stewart was the daughter of Lt. John Stewart, who was the son of John Stewart and Rebecca Costa. Daniel's brothers and sisters were Linda, John, Rachel, Rebecca, Ruth, Joseph Stewart, Albert Loomis, Caroline Diantha, and Diodema Amanda. The last child was born after they moved to Erie Pennsylvania. Later the family moved to Montville, Geauga County, Ohio where they lived the rest of their lives. Both passed away in 1856. Schooling was learned at Daniel's own mother's knee and in the schools of Ohio and Pennsylvania. Later he attended the School of the Prophet taught by Joseph Smith. Daniel later taught and was taught in the School of the Prophet in Parowan, Utah, where the records tell of many things he taught which he had heard the Prophet and other learned men tell. He prayed with them and for them and blessed many with his love and tenderness. His faith and gentle touch healed many. In Ohio Daniel decided to be in the leather tanning industry. These products were always very much in demand, so he was always able to make and good and respectable living for his families. In 1831 Daniel and Mary Ann Morris were married in Geauga County, Ohio as shown by the following document: "Stephen Kelsey personally appeared and made application for Daniel Allen and Mary Ann Morris of the township of Montville in the said county and made solemn oath that the said Daniel Allen is of the age of twenty-one years and the said Mary Ann Morris is of the age of eighteen yhears and that they are both single and not nearer of kin then first cousins, that he knows of no legal impediment against their being joined in marriage. Signed: Stephen Kelsey Sworn and subscribed this 5th day of October 1831 before me : D.D. Aikin--Clerk." (This is important research, because other sources state that Daniel and Mary Ann were married in Cayuaga County, New York). Daniel's brother, Joseph Stewart Allen, had joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints while their family lived at Thompson, Geauga, Ohio in February 1831. He had then joined Zions' Camp , which was led by the Prophet. When he was baptized it brought Daniel and Mary Ann into contact with the church for the first time. Daniel and Mary Ann's two oldest children were born in Montville, Geauga, Ohio. LeRoy was born March 28, 1833 and Alma was born December 12, 1835. LeRoy died young, (date not found). Alma lived to be fourteen and one-half years old and died after reaching Salt Lake City, Utah. The family moved to Kirtland to be near the temple as it was being built. There Daniel worked on it as much as he could along with his job of leather craftsman. Mary Ann, Daniel and Mary Ann's daughter, was born in Kirtland March 10, 1837. At that time there were four thousand people in Kirtland and it was laid out in a "modern" pattern. Daniel sold his forty acre farm in Huntsburg and gave the money to the prophet for building the temple. A list of "Shareholders of the Kirtland Safety Society and Witnesses of the Articles of the Kirtland Safety Society" included Daniel Allen's name. The names appear in the ledger of the Kirtland Safety Society, a banking institution created in Kirtland in 1837. The ledger was located in the Chicago Historical Society. In December of 1832 the Prophet Joseph Smith had organized at Kirtland the "School of the Prophets", which was held in the upper story of the Newel K. Whitney Mercantile establishment and oftentimes taught by Orson Hyde. The subjects taught and discussed were as broad as human interests in the group. Mr. Hyde taught how to preach and how to live better. Quote D.C. 88:77-79. It was the first organized school for adults in America. Sessions were held chiefly in the evenings and were attended by all the male leaders of the church in and around Kirtland. Those participating were required to keep fully the commandments of God, and entrance requirements were "highly selective"--From Burton's " Stories from Mormon History" p. 52. The dedication of the Kirtland Temple with its spiritual blessings and manifestations would have been a high point in Daniel and Mary Ann's experiences. The main floor was a large room and could be divided into four sections. Each half could seat a large audience. Curtains were let down from the ceiling by windlasses to divide the room. Pulpits at each end were for the Aaronic and Melchizedek priesthoods. The "stalls" had doors and there were movable pews in each stall. There was a unique choir seating arrangement. In each corner was an elevated pew for the singers, the choir being distributed into four compartments. The audience in the Kirtland Temple used metal bed-warmers filled with hot stones to keep warm or filled small canvas bags with warm sand or brought quilts to wrap around themselves. In 1837 panic struck the nation and Kirtland. There was much apostacy from the church and the loyal church members were persecuted." (Conclusion of Ila's writings). Faye Crawford Curtis' Additions and Documentations Documentations on Daniel Allen's history: (1) Move to Montville, Geauga County found in: "History of Geauga and Lake Counties in Ohio", Philadelphia; J. B. Lippincott and Company Press, 1878--p. 204. (2) Marriage of Daniel and Mary Ann Morris--Vital Records of Ohio, Family History Library film no. G6 pt 3 Book E F (3) The story about the old wagon in Missour came from Daniel Allen's Account Book. (4) "Parowan and Iron County Biographies" copied by BYU library in 1955-56 gives the following account from the Parowan School of the Prophets: Under the date of July 27, 1872 --Daniel Allen having had many experiences in the church, referred to some early incidents. He said no bank in the United States was ever established upon a better foundation than the Kirtland Safety Society's Bank. Warren Parrish was the cashier and the Prophet Joseph, who was the president of the bank went to Canada to raise some money. He instructed Parrish not to loose a dollar in notes, while he was gone. Parrish frauduently issued notes as fast as he could and thus broke the bank. (5) The night-cap story about Daniel and the mob is printed in "Our Pioneer Heritage" by Kate B. Carter; Daughters of Utah Pioneers 1958, Vol. l; pages 219-220. (6) Moving to Escalante is found in "The Escalante Story 1875 to 1964" by Nethella Griffin Woolsey; Springville, Art City Publishing Company; 1964; pages 68, 115. (7) The Bear Creek Mission is documented in "The Church History" Volume 6, page 340. "Conference on Wednesday October 8, 18455, afternoon session: The next item of business is to appoint committees to sell houses, farms, lots, etc that they can be referred to for sales in Nauvoo, LaHarpe, Macedonia, Camp Creek, Bear Creek, Knowlton's Settlement, Highland Branch and Montebello. Nelson Higgins, Samuel Shepherd and Daniel Allen were to go to Bear Creek. Kay Lundell in the book "Triumphant Banners" has a map on page 34 showing Bear Creek between Nauvoo and Carthage. (8) Joyce Owens has written that it was in Montville, Ohio that Daniel learned the trade of tanning and met Mary Ann Morris. After they married they were baptized in June of 1834. In Kirtland Daniel bought two city lots from Joseph Smith for four hundred dollars. One these he built a frame house and a shoe shop. He invested about one-thousand dollars in the Kirtland Bank. Her source of information was from Daniel's Account Book. (9) Some of Daniel's activities in Nauvoo came from records in possession of Sarah Bromley of Salt Lake City. I, Faye Crawford Curtis, have not seen Joyce's or Sarah's records. (10) According to "Church History" volume 3, page 92, Daniel signed the Constitution for the Kirtland Camp, which was an organization that helped the LDS prepare for the journey and organized the travel to Missouri. However, he evidently left Kirtland and worked in Savanna before he made the trip to Far West, Missouri accompanied by S.B. Stoddard and a Dr. Mitchell. As far as is known now, Daniel did not join a large company from Kirtland. (11) Daniel's involvement in the Missouri persecutions of the Church members is more fully appreciated by details found in the book, "Porter Rockwell" by Richard Lloyd Dewey, pages 30-34: Daniel was working three miles north of Adam-Ondi-Ahman the day of the election, in October of 1838 as stated in his hand written history. This was the day serious problems with Missiouri inhabitants escalated. As the first group of Mormons rode up to the polls at Gallitan, a drunken Missourian told them they were not allowed to vote "no more than the dammed negroes." A fight followed, and one Mormon was knocked down and was being beaten brutally, however ten Mormon men "stayed-off" from fifty to one-hundred Missourians and incredibly the mob panicked and broke into a run. News of the event "roared" through the state and Governor Boggs ordered four hundred militia men to capture the Prophet Joseph Smith. The Mormons ambushed a supply wagon filled with guns intended for the militia. Mobs began to attack the Mormon villages. At Adam- Ondi-Ahman Mormon men were tied to trees, flogged, and left bleeding for their wives to cut down. The village was literally destroyed, cattle were scattered, farms burned and two men taken prisoners. (Whereabouts of Daniel at this time is not known, but one can understand more fully the reason for his statement that he was under arms from that time on, until the Mormons had to surrender their arms). A Methodist minister, Samuel Bogart, was a militia captain and he threatened to "shower Far West with thunder and lightning" In the meantime two Mormons were taken prisoners at Crooked River and were condemned to be shot the next morning at 8:00 a.m. Sixty Mormons, Daniel being one of them, volunteered to go and rescue them under the commander, David Patten. The night was dark, the distant plains were illuninated by fires. Thousands of meteors threw a fitful gleam of light upon the sky. >From the hard and dried surfface of the plain came the rumbling sound of the tramping steeds of the Mormons accompanied by the clanking of swords in their scabbards. After riding two hours they entered the thick wilderness of Crooked River where the Bogart army was camped. After one shot by the enemy commander Patten shouted the battle cry of Israel--"The sword of the Lord and of Giddeon--Charge"! His entire force dove into the vortex of the battle. The Mormons were victorious, but they lost three men. The Governor thought the Mormons had massacred the entire state force and would march against the state and he gave the Exterminating Order. Joseph Smith and six other men were taken prisoner. The Mormon citizenry was herded to the town square. The Missouri army watched as the Saints one by one sat at a desk under the Far West liberty pole and humiliatingly signed away their weapons and rights on a surrender document. John D. Lee said, "We were to give a deed of all of our real estate and to give a bill of sale of all our personal property to pay the expenses of the "war" instigated against us." The Saints were persecuted because of lack of tact concerning the slavery question, since slavery flourished in Jackson County. and because of a self-righteous attitude. >From Wm. Edwin Barrett's book "The Restored Church", page 190 we learn more about the Battle of Crooked River which Daniel took part in while in Missouri:" The encounters of the Caldwell Militia with the Mormons only served to fan the flames of persecution. The chief clash between the Militia and the enemy is known as the Battle of Crooked River. A number of LDS church members had been carried away as prisoners. A detachment Of Mormons under Captain David W. Patten was sent in pursuit of them. They encountered some state militia men under Captain Bogart who fired upon the Mormons and a battle occurred during the early dawn. The militia was put to flight, but Patten was killed." On October 30, 1838 six hundred Mormon men and boys drew up in lines of battle to defend the Far West homes. Col. Hinkle was in command. On October 31st Hinkle agreed to terms by General Lucas of the Militia to give up the Mormon leaders, to make an appropriation of the property of all Mormons who had taken up arms and to give-up all arms. Colonel Hinkle was one of the Mormons who held a commission in the State Militia under the immediate command of General Parks. He betrayed the Prophet by turning him over to General Lucas and on November 1st the Mormon men were marched out of Far West by Colonel Hinkle and their arms were delivered to General Lucas. The city was now at the mercy of the mob. The Prophet was first held in Richmond, then he was sent to the Liberty jail. (12) While Daniel and his family were in the Nauvoo area there is a notation from the Times and Seasons Newspaper, volume 10, page 280: "Daniel Allen is listed as leaving Nauvoo 19th September, last (1843) with T. Billings, R. Packer and L.T. Shirtliff without purse or script with the intention of spending the winter in holding forth the principles of our religion in New England. Bro. Billings and Shirtliff left Bro. Allen at Kirtland, Ohio. This is contained in a letter written by Br. Shirtliff to John Taylor. (13) A letter from the Nauvoo Restoration Incorporated to Faye Crawford Curtis written on January 27, 1983 states that Nauvoo City records indicate that both Daniel Allen, Jr. and Daniel Allen Sr. lived on block 18, lot 4 of the original city and that a Daniel Allen purchased lot 4 block 121 in 1845. Daniel Allen, Jr. was listed as a shoemaker on a list of Masonic Lodge Members. The first property mentioned is about eight blocks north of the temple and the second one is about four blocks south of the temple. (At this time, 1993, it has not been determined whether Daniel Allen Sr. referred to was Daniel Allen's born in 1804, father. A School of the Prophets patterned after the one in Kirtland was established in Nauvoo and Daniel Allen was affiliated with it. (14) On February 4, 1839 Joseph Smith Sr. gave Daniel a blessing, according the Daniel's Account Book. In 1841 Daniel was baptized in the Mississippi River for his grandparents, Joseph and Rachel Allen; his great-grandparents, David and Martha Bennett Allen; his uncles and aunts, David, Isaac, Martha, Mary, Polly, Rebecca, Ruth, Stephen and Timothy; and his sister Ruth. (From the Endowment House Records in the Family History Library). >From the Times and Seasons, Volume 10, page 240--"At a special conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, held at the grove, near the Temple on the 3rd and 5th of July, 1843 in Nauvoo, it was decided that the following Elders go on a special mission to the following counties in the State of Illinois----- Daniel Allen, Rock Island. This is also found in the "History of the Church" by Smith volume V, page 485. The purpose of this mission was to "preach the gospel and disabuse the public mind with regards to my arrest" stated the Prophet. >From "History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints" Compiled and edited by E. Keith Howick and published by the Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, Utah in 1978 we find we find information about Daniel. In volume 5 page 484 there is the following entry: Monday, July 3, 1843--"I, the Prophet Joseph Smith) directed the twelve apostles to call a special conference to choose elders to go into different counties of Illinois to preach the gospel and disabuse the public mind with regard to my arrest. Elders Brigham Young, Orson Hyde, Parley P. Pratt, John Taylor, George A. Smith, Wilford Woodruff and Willard Richards met at a grove with the elders and it was decided the following elders would go on special missions to the following counties in the state of Illinois: Daniel Allen --Rock Island." Rock Island County is more than one-hundred miles west of Chicago on the Mississippi River. Its county seat is Rock Island City, which is a center for several railroads and the western terminus of the Illinois and Mississippi Canal. Located in the Mississippi River between Davenport Iowa and the city of Rock Island is a two mile long government island also known as Rock Island. It was the site of the westernmost battle of the Revolutionary War. General John Montgomery and his army burned the Sauk Indian village there in 1780. The Indians aided the English in the Revolutionary and the 1812 Wars. The city of Rock Island was chartered in 1841. (American People's Encyclopedia). In volume 6 page 340 it states: On April 15, 1844-- Those Elders in the following list who are numbered are to preside over the different states and will appoint conferences in all places in their several states where opportunities present, and will attend all the conferences or send experienced and able Elders who will preach the truth in righteousness, and present before the people "General Smith's Views of the Powers and Policy of the General Government" and seek diligently to get up electors who will go for him for the Presidency. All the elders will be faithful in preaching the Gospel in it simplicity and beauty, in all meekness, humility, long suffering and prayerfulness, and the Twelve will devote the season traveling, and will attend as many conferences as possible--Brigham Young, president of the Twelve. Daniel Allen was appointed to labor in the state of Illinois along with thirty-five other men. In Nauvoo Daniel became a body guard to Joseph Smith. At the time the Prophet said, "If I don't come back boys, take care of yourselves", Daniel was in the group he was talking to. Joseph Allen a great grandson, remarked that he only came across one item in his reading in connection with Daniel and the Prophet's association and in that case only the last name was given. In the History of the Church by the Prophet it is recorded, "I took Allen's six shooter." Volume 5, page 451. In the "History of the Church" by Smith, volume VI. page 340."It was Conference on Wednesday October 8, 1845, the afternoon session. The next item of business is to appoint committees to sell houses, farms, lots, etc that they can be referred to for sales." The committees were called Utility Committees and were appointed for Nauvoo, LaHarpe, Macedonia, Camp Creek, Bear Creek, Knowlton's Settlement, Highland Branch, Montebello and Yelrome. Nelson Higgins, Daniel Allen and Samuel Shepherd were assigned to go to Bear Creek. (Nelson Higgins may have been living in Bear Creek at this time. Bear Creek was located about half way between Nauvoo and Carthage-- from the book "Triumphant Banners" by Kay Lundell, p 40.) During the period Daniel and Mary Ann lived in Nauvoo, April 1, 1840 to April 1846, two of their children were born--Eliza Ann on July 5, 1842 and Daniel the 3rd on February 20, 1846. Daniel was on his mission to Bear Creek at the time their last baby was born. When he returned many of the church members had already left Nauvoo and although Mary Ann was not well, the Allen's made preparations to start their journey west with two other families. Because of Mary Ann's illness they could not keep up with the others in their group and at the head of Soap Creek Mary Ann died. Daniel dug a grave by the roadside and the children gathered leaves to line it with. Daniel and Mary Ann's oldest daughter, Mary Ann Lowry, related this experience to her family members. Daniel wrapped his wife's body in a sheet and leaves formed a pillow for her head. Daniel dedicated the narrow burial spot and covered her body well with the soil. Their journey was resumed and each time the baby became hungry they stopped to milk the cow, and spoon fed him while the milk was warm. Although only nine years old, Mary Ann cared for him and her two younger sisters who were four and six years old. Alma was eleven. Le Roy had died earlier, perhaps at Far West or Nauvoo. However, a record of his death has not been found. When Winter Quarters was reached they no doubt soon were housed in a log cabin. In July when the baby was about five months old he died. One day after that as Daniel was having a particularly difficult time over the loss of his family members, Jessie Wood Berry, an acquaintance from Tennessee, said to him: "Daniel, why don't you get married so as to have a wife to help you care for your children?" "Married? Why, who would have me, a man my age with these four young children?", Daniel asked. A voice behind him replied, "I'll marry you, Daniel. I'll marry you and help you raise your children." It was Louisa Jane Berry who made the offer. She had heard the conversation as she was standing near her father. Almost a year later on June 22, 1847 they were married at Kanesville, Summer Quarters. She was twenty- four years younger than he, being only nineteen, but she did help care for his three young daughters and his son. Jennie Spencer History The following is a summary of a history written by Jennie Spencer, a great granddaughter to Louisa Jane Berry Allen:" Louisa was the daughter of Jesse Wood and Amelia Shanks Berry. She was born on a plantation in Tennesse where cotton and tobacco were raised. Missionaries converted the family and her father freed his slaves and moved his family to Nauvoo, where he used his money to help build the temple. Louisa saw one of the Prophet Joseph Smith's body guards, Daniel Allen a few times in Nauvoo. He was a good man and well trained in his trade. Her family felt he was no match for an aristocrat, when she married Daniel a few years later. Her father died before the family left Winter Quarters and started West. The wagon they began their journey in was old, but since it was 1849 people in the California Gold Rush left equipment along the way to lighten their loads and Mrs.Berry was able to get a better wagon. When Daniel and Louisa Jane were coming west cholera broke out in their company. There were scarcely enough well people to care for the dead. A dozen freight schooners operated by the Kincaid and Livingston Company came by and saw the dreadful conditions. The captain gave the people some cholera medicine. Soon they were able to resume their journey. Louisa Jane had a brother, his wife and child killed by Indians in Long Valley. Another brother, William Berry, went to Tennessee on a mission and was slain there by a mob." (This concludes the Spencer History). Daniel and Louisa remained in Kanesville and their first two children were born there, John Albert on May 16, 1848 and Cynthia Elizabeth on February 22, 1849. John Albert died while they were still living in Kanesville. >From the book "Kirtland to Salt Lake City" by James A. Little, published in 1890, pages 197 to 205 we learn more about Daniel and Louisa's trip across the plains. On May 15, 1849 they joined the Orson Spencer Company with Samuel Gulley as their captain and started for the Great Salt Lake Valley. In 1849 there was a great rush of people going to California because of gold "fever". They generally traveled on the south side of the Platte River, while the church members took the pioneer route north of the Platte. By May 30th four-thousand one-hundred thirty one wagons had passed Fort Kearney and two-thousand more were expected that season. The South Fork of the Platte was too high to cross that spring. Some groups of people sold their one-hundred twenty-five dollar wagons for twenty dollars and used pack animals from that point on. Supplies were sold also with bacon selling for one cent per pound and flour for two dollars per one-hundred pounds. Samuel Gulley, the captain of Daniel and Louisa's company, wrote a letter on June 26th 1849 when they were at the Upper Crossing of the Loupe. "Bros. Geo. A. Smith and E.T. Benson: My Dear Sirs--We arrived here on the 22nd and 23rd all in tolerable health. Soon after the arrival of Brother Wm. Miller's fifty, Brother Nelson McCarthy was attacked with cholera and is buried at this point.******We have waited here three days but with little prospects of crossing until today about twelve o'clock, when the Disposer of all good seems to have ordered a place for us to cross.*******We have found the road very heavy. Yet our cattle have improved. As yet I have not been able to send back the report of our numbers, but have them ready for the first opportunity. I leave them here hoping you may receive this. I do it short as I am in feeble health. Wagons, 120; souls 352; oxen 480; cows, 315; loose cattle, 17; horses, 29; mules, sheep, 102; pigs, 31, chickens, 62; cats, 25; dogs, 25; geese, 2; ducks, 2; doves 7; hives of bees, 1. Most respectfully your Friend and Servt., Samuel Gully." Mr. Gully died of cholera on July 5, 1849 according to a letter written to Orson Hyde on August 5, 1849 by William J. Appleby, Clerk and Historian of the Camps. He explained that on their journey they had passed seven graves one being Samuel Gully's, captain of a hundred in Brother O. Spencers' Company, who lies one- hundred eighty-five miles from Winter Quarters in the open prairie. "His grave is neatly turfed over. He died of cholera, July 5, 1849, aged thirty-nine years." It is not known who the captain of their company was after Mr. Gully's death, but the company's trip to the Valley was relatively smooth inspite of the cholera. There were no severe accidents; no molestations by Indians, because they were afraid of the disease; and few losses of cattle since they were chained and tied to prevent stampedes. Grass and water were plentiful, where there was a scarcity the year before. There was a good supply of buffalo, antelope and duck, this is according to the Camp Historian, Mr. Appleby. Their trials included wet, muddy, miry roads, sand bluffs, sloughs, rivers, heavy showers, lightning, wind and hail. There was a diligent search for buffalo chips, which became known as the "wood of the plains" as they were available to burn in the fires. The company lived by the rules adopted by President Young's company the previous year. Camp guards would "cry the hour". The camp often resounded with the songs of Zion and there were prayers expressing gratitude for the spirit of the Lord, the mercies and blessings received. In Salt Lake City during the summer of 1849 hundreds of people arrived daily on their way west. The valley seemed like a paradise to them, some danced and skipped for joy while others shed tears when they first viewed it. They liked the pleasant streets, fields of wheat, corn, oats, flax and garden vegetables. Some heard the gospel for the first time and went no further, having believed and having been baptized. Goods were sold cheaper on the streets of Great Salt Lake City than they could be purchased for in eastern cities, because Salt Lake became a place of "general deposit" for the surplus property of California emigrants. The Utah people's pack mules and horses worth in ordinary times twenty-five or thirty dollars readily brought two hundred. Sometimes three or four heavy wagons with a yoke of oxen would be offered to the Utahns for a light one-horse wagon. Almost every article, except sugar and coffee, sold on an average 50% below wholesale prices in eastern cities. Grain crops had been good. Late crops of corn, buckwheat and vegetables had been "injured" by frost. However, it was reported in the Deseret News that there was a comfortable supply of these items for the inhabitants in the valley and for "our brethren on their way here. (Conclusion of the notes from the book "From Kirtland to Salt Lake City".) The company reached Salt Lake Valley on 22 September 1849. Daniel's journal states that he went first out to Big Cottonwood where he remained for about two and one-half years. Daniel was kicked by a mule shortly after they were settled and it took three months for his broken shoulder to heal. He then moved to the 12th Ward in Salt Lake City where he was made one of the seven presidents of the quorum of 70's. Deseret News Advertisement Daniel joined with Samuel Mulliner and they established the Deseret Tannery. The following advertisement was in the first Deseret News: Deseret Tannery--Wanted: Beef and horse hides; calf, sheep and dog skins. We will pay $1.00 for large calf skins free from cuts and damage; for small or damaged hides or skins according to the worth of them. We also want oil from bear, horse, wolf, dog or cattle feet. Pine or oak bark and Sumac wanted immediately. Let us have calf skins woon and you can wear summer boots and shoes of home manufacture. Samuel Mulliner and Daniel Allen Jr. East Temple Street op Reeses store N. V. an apprentice wanted. See Samuel Mulliner or Daniel Allen Jr. It was while Daniel's family was still living at Big Cottonwood (now Murray) that Alma died, July 1850. They had been in the Valley ten months. Marriage to Sarah Whitely Perhaps it was while the Allens were still living at Big Cottonwood that Daniel met Thomas Whiteley and his daughter, Sarah, for they had immigrated from England and lived in that area for a time after they arrived in the Valley. Daniel and Sarah married in the Salt Lake Endowment House on July 2, 1854. Sarah was a very petite young lady with an exceptionally beautiful singing voice. She sang in the choir as well as solo and was asked to perform often. She was five and one-half years younger than Louisa and thirty years younger than Daniel. Daniel bought a home in down town Salt Lake in the 12th Ward for each of his wives. Sarah and her family Sarah was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England the second child of Thomas and Mary Beal Whitely. Her mother died when Sarah was not yet two years old, and her older brother, Isaac was five. Thomas married Ann Willis, but she did not live very long either. She was always good to Thomas' children. Thomas and his father, James Whiteley, both worked at the J. Q. Long Company on Devonshire Lane in Sheffield. It was a large implement factory where they made all kinds of small tools and implements such as forks, famous steel scissors, etc. Little Sarah was very fond of her brother and they shared lasting memories of each other. Thomas and his children were baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in 1846. In 1848 Thomas married again . His wife was Harriet Saynour. After serving a British Mission in 1850 he and Harriet decided to emigrate to Utah. Isaac, the son, had joined the British Army and was sent to South Africa, where he later became the Governor General. Thomas, Harriet and Sarah sailed to America in 1849, stayed in Council Bluffs until they could get prepared to cross the plains in 1853. The Whiteleys moved to Big Cottonwood and also lived in the Salt Lake City 12th Ward. She met Daniel Allen and married him in the Endowment House on July 2, 1854. After Sarah's marriage her father and his family moved to Fountain Green. Her father was called on a second mission to the British Isles. His wife, Harriet, did not want him to go, but he decided to honor his call and prayed that she would forgive him for doing so. She did not answer the letters he wrote while he was on his mission. He often wrote to Sarah and asked for her prayers that he could fill an honorable mission and return to his family in Utah. When it was about time for Thomas to complete his mission, he was getting on a street car one cold icy evening. His foot slipped on the icy step, and the fall severely injured his hip and leg. When he recovered from the accident he had lost all interest in returning to Utah. Harriet divorced him and married a William Huggins in 1857. Thomas died in England in 1879 of a disease of the hip and joints. Moving to Manti After living in the 12th Ward for a short time, Daniel was called to go to Sanpete County. They lived in Manti. There Sarah's first child, Isaac Thomas was born, August 4, 1855. He was named for her only brother and for her father. Her brother had joined the English army and had gone to South Africa, where he later became the Governor General of all South Africa. Louisa gave birth to Lydia Euphemia on December 1, 1855 in Manti. Daniel established a tannery and worked with Warren Snow. The families lived in Manti until Daniel received a call to go to Mount Pleasant. It is believed that Daniel went to different localities to establish tanneries as asked to do so by the LDS Church. He could tan the leather and make all kinds of leather goods, which sorely needed during his lifetime in the pioneer villages. He trained apprentices to take over the businesses he started when he was called to move to a new locality. Dr. Lowry Nelson, a grandson of Daniel and Mary Ann, wrote in a typed manuscript, "Boyhood in a Mormon Village, A Memoir," on page 30 that when Daniel moved on from Manti after coming there in 1854 his daughter Mary Ann remained in Manti with a sister, Diantha. Living in Provo Before Daniel could build a tannery in operation at Mount Pleasant he moved to Provo where he built homes in the downtown section of the town. During their stay in Provo, Harriet Amelia was born to Sarah November 21, 1857 and Thurza Armelis was born to Louisa on January 5, 1858. These two girls were about like twins most of their lives. They were called Hattie and Millie. Daniel donated several hundred dollars to the Provo meeting house, and fifty dollars for building the school house. The Cotton Mission The fall of 1862 Daniel received a call to the Cotton Mission in Dixie. At that time Louia had seven children and Sarah had three. Daniel decided to take Sarah and her children to Dixie first, then return for Louisa and her family later. They stopped in Parowan long enough to get samples of wood for use as a tanning agent. He did this wherever he went to learn the potential of each area. The samples were sent to Salt Lake, so church authorities would be aware of what to expect in various places. They found the weather still confortably warm in St. George, permitting them to plant a small garden, a few grape vines and some fruit trees around the small one-room cottage Daniel built. As soon as they were able they planted a small cotton patch. Daniel searched for plants or trees with a good tanning agent in them, but he found that the oose and the kanoga were not suitable, and was disappointed when he could not find anything that was. Daniel returned to Provo to get Louisa and their children and was on the trip back to Dixie, when he met George A. Smith in Parowan. Apostle Smith told Daniel that he had received word from church officials in Salt Lake to have Daniel stop at Parowan to build a tannery, because samples sent to Salt Lake were far superior to any found other places for tanning. The tanning agent determined the quality of the finished article and much of the leather goods, harnesses saddles, reins and lines were made in the shops Daniel supervised. Settled at Parowan Daniel bought two city lots and had Louisa and her children settled before he continued on to St. George to get Sarah and her family. Sarah loved the cotton she had grown in St. George. She had her children pick out all of the seeds while she corded it and prepared it for spinning. One day while she was working on it, a gust of wind blew all the cotton out of the open door. She stopped singing and cried. This was the first time her children, Isaac and Harriet had ever heard their mother cry. It was rather hard for Sarah to leave St. George. After getting both families settled in Parowan Daniel built a tannery over the creek. Soon he was made foreman of the tanning department of the Parowan United Manufacturing Institution (PUMI), although he still had his own tanning vats across the creek where he had men working for him. He found the best tanning bark in the state in Parowan, as far as he knew. He developed a tanning process known as "The Allen Tan", which was used for as long as individuals did tanning. In Parowan his business partner was William H, Dane. They sold out to Ebeneezer Hanks and Daniel page for $600.00.This tannery operated until 1927. Daniel continued to work as the supervisor for the PUMI. While the Allens were living in Parowan, Daniel's daughter, Diantha, went to live there. Diantha's mother was Mary Ann Morris. Diantha had married Alfred Higgins, a son of Nelson Higgins, and they had three children before they were divorced. Alfred had many problems with the law. Allen Williams a resident of Salina, Utah went to Kannaraville, Utah and talked with Thelma Berry on November 16, 1987 to learn the following information: William Shanks Berry was a hard working and prosperous young man who was freighting through the southern Utah towns and was acquainted with the bishop of Parowan. The bishop talked with William and told him about Diantha's plight. It was decided that William would marry her (in polygamy) if Diantha agreed. The wedding took place. Diantha did not live long. She died of consumption when she was only thirty-four years old. Mr. Berry and his first wife, Rebecca Rosena, raised the three Higgins children and one of them, Allen William's grandmother, said the Berrys were very, very good to them. When Panguitch was being settled Daniel went there and "took-up" land along the Sevier River, but because of Indian problems returned to Parowan. He did not prove up his claim on the land and it was returned to the government. At Parowan Louisa Jane's last three children were born and Sarah's last six. When the United Order was started in Parowan, Daniel put some of his property in it and joined, however, the Order did not work well in Parowan and it was soon abandoned. Escalante, the last call Daniel and his wives thought their moving days were over, but in 1880 when several of the older children were married he received a call to move to Escalante to set up a leather tannery and a boot and shoe shop. He was seventy-six, but he answered the call to go to "Potato Valley", one-hundred eighty miles away over high mountains, through box canyons, and into the vast desert along the Escalante River. On page 68 of the "Escalante Story" we read: "In 1881 the Daniel Allen family arrived. This included two wives, Louisa Jane and and Sarah and sons, Orson, Samuel, John, David, Fred Isaac, James and Robert and daughters Artemicia, Cynthia and Millie. A daughter, Lydia, wife of Edward Wilcock, had been living in Escalante since 1876. Cynthia married John Rogers and Artemicie married William Spencer, both early cattlemen here. The Spencers built a large brick home. In 1881 the population in Escalante was one-hundred forty; in December of 1882 is was four- hundred forty-one. Daniel Allen tanned hides in his tannery. Edward Wilcock operated the first shingle mill in Escalante at Corn Creek and he had one of the first three white brick homes in the town. Daniel bought two homes in Escalante as all of Sarah's family went except Hattie, who was married and had a young son. Louisa Jane went with two married daughters and their husbands and all of her boys who were not married: Annie, Fred, David, Hyrum, James, Cynthia with husband Samuel Rogers, Lydia and husband Edward Wilcock, Robert and James. The two homes were about two blocks apart. He spent time in each place. He especially loved to listen to Sarah read. She had some of the best books available, such as Ben Hur and Scarlet Letter. Daniel enjoyed his many children and grandchildren. Daniel constructed a shop for tanning and making of leather goods near the river. He would make designs on women's shoes and he had a special way of making bridles so that they were smooth on the inside, but laced in designs on the outside. Pioneering was made more enjoyable with dancing; quilting bees; rag bees, where old clothes were torn to weave into rugs to cover the cold wooden floors; and apple peeling bees. Fruits and vegetables were dried. They popped corn and had candy pulls. He and his wives enjoyed fairly good health all of their lives. In his account book a few lines read: 29 Dec--mended my girls' shoes. Mended shoes for self--$1.50. Mended shoes for self--$2.50; made a pair of shoes for J.M. Smith--$5.00. Mended my womens' shoes--.75; two pair small shoes for J. Allen--$2.50. In 1883 people started to go to Wayne County to settle. In 1892-93 the Allens, Daniel, John, Orson, Robert, James, and David Isaac went to Teasdale and Tory in that county. Sarah's Death Sarah was never well after they moved to Escalante. Some said it was because of consumption and others said it was malnutrition. In the fall of 1891 Sarah became very lonely for her daughter, Harriet, whom she had not seen for quite a long time. Harriet lived in Parowan and Sarah did not ride that far on a horse. Someone took Sarah to Parowan in a wagon where she enjoyed visiting, but her failing health caused her to return to Escalante in a bed in a wagon. She felt she was going to die and wanted to be near her beloved husband. She died on January 3, 1892, just two days before her 59th birthday, and was buried in the Escalante Cemetery. The cause of her death was listed as quick consumption. Daniel and Sarah's Children A few facts about Daniel and Sarah's children as noted by Ila Bauer a great granddaughter: David was accidently hit in the right eye with a stick when he was eight months old and lost the sight in it. Fred was the musically inclined one. He could make violins, repaired and played organs, pianos and any instrument he ever saw. He could play all instruments, and he and his family played for dances much of their lives. Many times Fred would go into the house singing a lovely sone his family had not heard before. When questioned as to what song it was, he would answer, " Oh, it is one my mother taught me." Sarah said that Isaac was the quiet, gentle one, like her father. He possessed a memory that allowed him to instantly recall any passage in the Bible or Book of Mormon. He was sometimes called the "walking Book of Mormon" and "Bible Allen". His father Daniel had this same trait and his grandfather Thomas Whiteley was that way, also. Harriet or Hattie was the brave and exacting one. Never did she fear the bear or the mountain lion which stalked the mountain range, for her aim was perfect. She could kill anything she ever shot at. She often shot the head off a chicken in her flock which she wanted for company dinner. She helped rid the Parowan mountain of bear and cougar. She lived her religion as precise as she aimed her gun. Joseph E. Allen lived only long enoubh to get his chosen name. Since his father had been such a close friend of the Prophet, he wanted one son to carry his name. Hyrum, too, was quiet, gentle and a builder. He built barns and other farm buildings. He probably was never quite satisfied or fulfilled with what he got out of life. He may have just loved to travel for he was in many places and did not stay long in any of them. James Alexander was the tease, and he was never quite content. He had a difficult time finding his niche in life, perhaps because of disappointment in his marriage, which produced no children and ended in divorce. He was good to his brothers and sisters, especially to his younger sister, Annie. Mary was named after Sarah's mother. She, also, lived just long enough to receive a name. Annie Lovina was the darling of her parents older life. She was Daniel's last child. He was seventy-two years old when she was born. She dearly loved her parents and was very sorrowful when both of them passed away when she was only sixteen years old. After they were gone, she lived with her sister, Hattie, in Parowan for a time. Although Hattie and Annie were nineteen years apart in age, they shared much joy and happiness. Hattie's oldest son, George Jr. was one year older than Annie. Annie sang beautifully, like her mother and played for dances until she rebelled as she wanted to go dancing rather than spending all evening playing for others to dance. death was listed as quick consumption. Daniel's Death Daniel appeared to be in good health and attended Sarah's funeral on January 5th, and spoke in Sunday Service on the 7th, which was a very chilly day. The church had but one small stove. The place where Daniel sat was near the door and he became very cold. The next day he became ill and he died on January 15, 1892. Louisa's Death Louisa was apparently still in good health and lived in their home in Escalante for a while, then went to live with a daughter in Teasdale. When she became ill she was taken back to Escalante, where she died on July 26, 1902. She was buried on one side of Daniel. Sarah is on the other side. Daniel and Mary Ann's Daughters Mary Ann Allen >From an article in the Juvenile Instructor entitled "True Pioneer Stories" by Harold H. Jenson we learn about Mary Ann Allen: "Unusual interest seems to be taken in the True Pioneer Stories, for credit for this article is not due the writer but must go to M.D. Lowry, formerly superintendent of the Sunday School at San Bernardino. (M. D. Lowry, may be Mervyn, a son on Daniel Lowry) Brother Lowry wrote, "I have very much enjoyed the Pioneer Stories, possibly because many depict the life of my dear grandmother, whom I have heard many times relate the trying circumstances of her life. For some time I have had a desire to have her history published. Her life has been one long battle for truth, enduring the hardships of life with never a murmur, ever willing to sacrifice anythin, even life itself and with ever the prayer on her lips that she might endure to the end. Firmly rooted in the faith, as only those whom God has called, she has been able to endure every wind of temptation and trial, sending deeper the roots of conviction. She is one who is able to estimate the value of her religion by the price she has paid. I have secured a short biography of her life, together with a picture, which I am sending to you in the hopes that you can arrange it into a suitable story for the Juvenile. Mary Ann, the daughter of Daniel and Mary Ann Morris Allen, was born March 10, 1837 in Kirtland, Ohio. Her parents were among the early converts of the Church and passed through many of the persecutions of that time. Although only seven years of age at the time of the martyrdom of the Prophet she distinctly recalled the sorrow that hovered like a cloud over the members of the Church when the word came that their beloved Prophet had been so cruelly and unjustly slain. She also remembered the crowds of people who went to view the remains of the Prophet and Hyrun. When the Saints were driven from Nauvoo, her parents were among the members. When on this tedious, hard journey across the state of Iowa, her mother passed to the great beyond, was wrapped in a sheet and laid in a lonely grave by the side of the road. Remaining in Council Bluffs for a season, the family started again for the Valley on May 15, 1849 traveling in the Samuel Gullies' Company. After traveling for over four months with ox teams they arrived in the Great Salt Lake Valley on September 22, 1849. She was now twelve years of age and lived with her father for eight years, he following the trade of shoemaking and the tanning of leather. Mary Ann married John Lowry on March 13, 1857. She was his second wife and she and her children lived south of Manti at the warm springs. Wool sheared from sheep was brought to the warm springs and put in a basket and the clean warm water was allowed to fall upon it while it was worked and pressed until it was clean. After the wool was dry, it was picked apart and taken to the carding machine to be made into rolls. Mary Ann, like, others, walked many miles back and forth by the side of the spinning wheel to convert the rolls into yarn, which in turn was colored and woven into linsey. She knit stockings and made straw hats, both ladies' and mens'. There was also the making of soap. Wood ashes, with added water, was converted into lye which was put with grease to make soap. It was a long process, sometimes taking several days. Mary Ann was one of those who gleaned in the grain fields in the fall of the year to add to their meager winter store. She experienced the trials of grasshopper infestations and went through the terrors off the Indian wars. To her dying day she disliked the sound of a bass drum, for in those troublesome times with the Indians it was used as a signal to call the people together when they became hostile. The Warm Springs were on a hill south of town. The nearest neighbor was a mile to the north. The Indians often gathered at the warm springs in times of peace to spend the winter. Many nights whe was left along with her little family, while in the camp near by hundreds of Indians would carouse and whoop all night. She did not know what hour she and her children would all be massacred or fall into their hands. (It may be noted here by Faye Crawford Curtis, that her grandmother, Evalyn Lowry Crawford, was told that the first word she learned was "Hark" because of listening for the Indians to approach their home.) Manti at that time had homes grouped within a radius of a few blocks. When Mary Ann went to town she would carry a gun in one arm and hold the hand of the youngest child who could walk well enough to make the trip with the other. Mary Ann was the mother of six children, two sons and four daughters: Daniel Allen Lowry, Mary Artemicia, Clara Bell, Evalyn, Diantha J. and Orson Hyrum. She had forty-one grandchildren and thirty-six great grandchildren when she was ninety-one. Mary Ann was reserved and unassuming. She had a keen mind and through all of the challenges her life brought she held fast to the gospel. The first produce from her trees or garden was given as tithing. For years she went almost every day to help her friend, Sister Emma Luke, an invalid, and among other things washed and memded her clothes. She was a visiting teacher for the Relief Society for seventeen years and showed love and compassion to those she served. After living in Manti for fifty years she moved to Ferron, Emery County, where most of her children and their families lived. At the time the Juvenile Instructor article was written, M. D. Lowry concluded with: " Much of the time she is staying alone in her own home at the wonderful age of ninety-one. Though her eye sight is failing she still enjoys talking over the principles of the gospel and her mind is still vivid." Mary Ann died at the age of ninety-two of pneumonia at the home of her daughter, Clara Bell Singleton. She was buried in the Manti Cemetery at the foot of the Manti Temple. When Mary Ann went to Ferron to live in 1915 her son, Daniel, and her sons-in law, Hyrum Nelson, Samuel Singleton and Nathaniel Crawford felt responsible for her welfare. Her grandchildren as well as her daughters appreciated the opportunity to be near her. She always had an independent spirit and coped well with her "lot in life". She had an abiding faith in the Lord. She was kind and gentle to her family and friends---Faye Curtis. Eliza Allen Daniel and Mary Ann Morris Allen's daughter, Eliza was born July 5, 1842 in Nauvoo, Illinois. She married George Baum March 7, 1863 in the Endowment House, and they lived in Provo as his third wife. George Baum was born November 2, 1829 in Brandywine, Pennsylvania, the son of John Christman and Hannah Chrisman Baum. His first wife was Hannah Jane Cloward and she had died in Provo after eight years of marriage on October 21, 1860. They had three children who may all have been living when George and Eliza were married. George and Eliza had one daughter and four sons--Eliza born about 1865 and no data is known concerning her at this time as far as when she died or if she married; George Daniel, born March 7, 1855 in Provo and married Ida Mae Carter in 1887; John William, born April 26, 1868 and married Myrta Isola Haws; Owen, born 10 June 1872 and married Martha Etta Richmond; and Orson, born January 12, 1875 and married Ruby Haws. Eliza probably died as a result of child birth, since her death date is January 20, 1875 in Provo. George Baum, her husband, had a second wife, Elizabeth Sessions, but at this time it is not known whether Elizabeth and Eliza lived polygamy with George or not. After Eliza's death George married Sarah Elizabeth Carter, born in Manti on August 14, 1851. They had eight children from 1876 to 1894 with six of them living to maturity. George came to Utah September 26, 1850 with an independent company, according to an article in Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, page 742. He settled in Provo in 1850 and freighted from Leavenworth, Kansas, to Salt Lake City for the Y.X. Company in 1856. He assisted in bringing immigrants to Utah. There was no mention of an Elizabeth Sessions marriage in the above reference. He was a farmer, merchant and manufacturer. He died in Provo June 16, 1916 and was buried there. Diantha Allen >From information given to Faye Crawford Curtis by Allen Williams, Diantha's great-grandson, on November 16, 1987. Diantha Allen, the daughter of Daniel and Mary Ann Morris Allen, was born December 19, 1839 and married Alfred Higgins. He was the son of Nelson Higgins and Sarah Blackman. Their fathers had known each other while living in the Nauvoo area. Aflred was born July 27, 1832 in Henrietta, Erie, Ohio. They had three children: (1) Alfred Alonzo born June 25, 1857; Sarah Ann born January 2, 1860 and Louisa Jane born May 30, 1863. Diantha and Alfred Higgins were divorced. Alfred had many problems with the law. After the divorce Diantha and her children went to Parowan where her father and his two wives were living. She married William Shanks Berry. After her death he and his first wives took care of her three children. Daniel and Mary Ann's three sons died before they were old enough to marry.