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John Carling born 1800----he was
ordained a seventy on 29 jan 1842 by Hyrum Smith. He was a member of the nauvoo 5th quorum.
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JOHN CAME TO UTAH SEPT 1852 IN THE HENRY MILLER
COMPANY. HE ARRIVED INOCT 1852 IN THE
LITTLE YEAR OLD SETTLEMENT OF FILLMORE TO SETTLE AND MAKEHIS FAMILY HOME. AMONG WITH HIM WAS HIS WIFE ANN, ABRAHAM
ISSAC,FRANCIS K., JOSEPH M., AND KATHERINE KEATON ( HIS OTHER WIFE). HE WAS ABISHOP'S COUNSELOR, SHERRIF OF
FILLMORE AT ONE TIME, AND MADE WAGONSFOR
USE IN CROSSING THE PLAINS. HE HAD
ASSISTED IN WOOD CARVINGS OF THENAUVOO TEMPLE.
HE WAS A MASON TINNER, CABINET MAKER, COOPER, ANDSHOEMAKER. IN
1855 THE PEOPLE OF FILLMORE WERE CALLED UPON TO PRACTICETHE UNITED
ORDER, BY ASSIGNING ALL OF THEIR EARTHLY POSESSIONS TO THECHURCH. JOHN CARLING WAS AMONG THE MEMBERS WHO DEEDED
ALL OF HISPROPERTY TO THE CHURCH. THE
UNITED ORDER CAUSED A LOT OF DISSATIFACTIONIN THE CHURCH AND HAD TO BE
ABANDONED BUT WAS TRIED AGAIN LATER.
INDECEMBER OF 1854, JOHN A RAY, COUNSELOR AND JOHN CARLING,
REPRESENTATIVETO THE LEGISLATURE,TRAVELED TO THE LEGISLATURE. ON THEIR RETURN TRIP,JOHN CARLING CONTRACTED
A SEVERE COLD AND LATER DIED OF PNEUMONIA.
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John Carling, Pioneer of 1852, Pioneer of 1852, was a native of New York,
After he embraced Mormonism he went to Nauvoo where he was a woodcarver and
blacksmith. While John Carling was
carving beautiful work on a mantle in Nauvoo, Brigham Young came to him and
asked if he couldn't make a pattern of an ox as they wished life sized oxen on
which to rest the baptismal font.
Brother Carling went home and drew a picture of one of his best
oxen. He then pinned planks together
with hard wood pins and glue and taking his carpenters pencil, saw and drawing
knife, he carved the first pattern of the first oxen used in Latter-day Saint Temples. John Carling was a modest man, never
seeking honors, thus this instance is not recorded in the Church History, but
this is a true story nevertheless. He
was a florist, a seed producer, a Horticulturist, as well as a music teacher
and choir leader. They first settled
Provo Utah. When Brigham Young called
for volunteers to settle Millard County, they moved to Filmore, where he was
active in the Church and Civic affairs.
He became Judge of the Courts.
-----Gertrude Porter Wilson
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Carling, John (Male)
Birth: Carling, John (Male)
Date: September 11, 1800 Place: Kingston,Ulster, NY, USA
Parents: Carling, John (Male) Father: Carling, Abraham Mother:
Freer,Sarah Alternate Mother: Frere,
Sarah
Death: Carling, John (Male)
Date: April 2, 1855 Place: Fillmore,Millard, UT, USA Burial Date: April 2, 1855 Buried: Fillmore,Millard, UT, USA
Marriage Information: Carling, John (Male) Spouse: Keaton, EmelineDate: September 1,
1830 Place: Ulster, NY, USA
Children: Carling, John (Male)
Name:
Birthdate: Place:
1. Carling, Isaac Van wagoner November 30, 1831 Ulster, NY, USA
2. Carling, Sarah Frances Wildey September 16, 33 Ulster, NY, USAAlternate Birth Date:
September 1918
3. Carling, Catherine Keaton
June 1, 1835 Ulster, NY, USA
4. Carling, Abraham Freer
August 19, 1837 Poughkeepsie,
Dutchess,NY, USA
5. Carling, John Warner
September 5, 1843 Poughkeepsie,
Dutchess, NY,USA Alternate Birth
Date: November 14, 1843
Marriage Number 2 Carling, John (Male) Spouse: Green, Ann AlternateSpouse: Dutson, Ann Date: February
10, 1844 Place: Nauvoo, Hancock, IL,USA
Marriage 2 Children:
Name:
Birthdate: Place:
1. Carling, John W. 1843 Nauvoo, Hancock, IL, USA
2. Carling, Francis Cale August 9, 1845 Nauvoo, Hancock, IL,
USA
3. Carling, Joseph Mathew
June 25, 1847 Nauvoo, Hancock,
IL, USA
Church Ordinance Data: Carling, John (Male) Baptism
Date: January 5,1840
Patriarchal
Blessing
Date: July 28,
1842 Place: Nauvoo, Hancock, IL, USA
Officiator:Smith, Hyrum
Ordained Seventy
Temple Ordinance Data: Carling, John (Male) Baptism
Date: October 3,1868 Temple: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT, USA
Endowment Date:
January 29, 1846 Temple: Nauvoo,
Hancock, IL, USA
Sealed to
Parents Date: January 23, 1982 Temple: Seattle, KingCounty, Washington
Sealed to
Spouse Date: October 18, 1869
Places of Residence: Carling, John (Male) 1842-46; Nauvoo, Hancock,IL, USA
9/00/1852; UT,
USA
1875; Fillmore,
Millard, UT, USA
Vocations: Carling, John (Male) Sheriff; Fillmore, Millard, UT, USA
Mason, Cabinet
maker
Cooper &
Shoemaker
Tinner
Comments: Carling, John (Male)John came to Utah with the
Henry MillerCompany. He was abishop's
counselor. He made wagons for use in
crossingthe plains and he assisted in wood carving of the Nauvoo Temple.
Comments: #21. John was married to Ann by Hyrum Smith.
Comments: #31. John was a member of the Nauvoo 2nd Ward.
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JOHN ASHMAN
Heart Throbs of the West
Heart Throbs of the West: Volume 3
British Contribution To Utah
John Ashman was
one of the pioneer masons of Fillmore. He learned his trade in England and when
he arrived in Utah in 1864, continued to work at his trade. Houses were either
plastered or whitewashed in those early days-no dainty colors of kalsomine or
fancy patterns of wall paper to choose from. Mr. Ashman would prepare the lime,
then mix it with water, and after everything was removed from the room, he
would proceed to brighten up log, slab, plastered or factory walls and
ceilings. He often said his labor was like love-it covered all unsightly
objects with beauty.
He was a jolly,
lovable Englishman, always singing as he worked. Many of the pioneers
acknowledged that he made house cleaning easier by his wit and humor. Part of
an old rock fence that he, with the aid of his wife, built, still stands in
Fillmore.-Rhoda Ashman Melville.
Heart Throbs of the West
Heart Throbs of the West: Volume 10
Travel and Freight
On the Spanish Trail
"In company
with my mother's only brother, John Ashman, Jr., who was a pioneer of eighteen
sixty-four, I took a lead of freight from Fillmore, Utah, to Nevada. We sold
our loads and were making our return to Fillmore, our home town, carrying with
us a considerable amount of money which we had received from the sale of our
loads.
Man on front
single wagon is Abe Carling, Jr. The man on double wagon with four horses is
John T. Ashman, Jr. Picture was taken at Croft's place, west of Deseret, Utah.
Third man is Stringham. Photographer Anderson took the picture.
"We had traveled miles on the road when
we came to a house by the side of the road. In it a negress was busily engaged
preparing a meal. We had traveled the road before and had talked to the
negress, who was employed as cook for Ben Tasker's band of robbers. An
adjoining room of the cabin was used for a stable and in it we saw several
horses saddled, bridled, and tied in the stable. We also noticed large pieces
of beef and other provisions hanging from the ceiling of the cabin.
"When
approaching the place we saw a white horse tied to a cedar tree in the
distance, but thought nothing of it. In talking with the negress we learned
that Ben Tasker and his men, with the white horse, were waiting for us in the
distance. Had these men known that the negress had divulged their secret, it
probably would have gone hard with her. As soon as we learned of our plight we
made arrangements for Uncle John to take the saddle pony which we had along
with us, and also the money, and make his way home by another road. He went by
way of Deseret, while I continued on the regular road.
"The little
pony seemed to know that there was trouble in the air, for it traveled at an
unbelievable rate of speed, and took Uncle John and the money to their
destination safely. Something must have happened to thwart the plans of Ben
Tasker for I continued on my way unmolested, and saw nothing more of him or his
men."--Mrs. Isabel C. Brunson.
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JOHNCARLING
John Carling was born in the historic town of Kingston,
Ulster County, New York, on the 11th of September 1800, to Abraham and Sarah
Freer Carling. John had three sisters
and one brother; Maria, born 19 August1798;
Johanna, born 4 August 1799; John was born next; then his brother
Abraham Freer, was born on the 14 October 1802; and the last child, Cornelia,
was born the 8 March 1805. John's parents
were both descended from long line of sturdy New York and New England people,
who did much to help build up that part of the country. They had the blood of the Puritan Fathers in
their veins. They were also descended
from the Huguenots, who left France at the time of the Reformation and went
into Belgium and Holland, and then to America.
The Country was beautiful where John grew up, rolling hills covered with
forests, and large valleys, just right for the farming, and the new towns that
were being settled, and the beautiful Hudson river flowing through the country
.From the Nauvoo Seventies record, we find that John lost his father in his
early life, and that he was always inclined to fear God, and to keep his
word. As a young man he moved from Kingston
to Esopus, Ulster County, New York, where he learned the carpenter's trade, and
while he was still a single man, he joined the Dutch Reformed Church.
On the first of September 1830, he married Emeline
Keaton. She was the daughter of Jacob
and Catherine Joanna Paine Keaton. Her
ancestors for several generations back were residents of New York State. John and Emeline were living in Cline
Esopus, Ulster County, New York, when their first three children were
born. Isaac Van Wagoner was born the
30thNovember 1831; Sarah Frances Wilday was born the 16 September 1833. This little girl lived just two years. She passed away on the 4 December1835. Then a daughter named Catherine Keaton, was
born on the 1 June1836. They were living
in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, when their son Abraham Freer was
born the 19 August 1837.
It is not definitely known just when John and Emeline became
acquainted with the Latter Day Saints' religion, but in the Nauvoo Seventies
record, John states that he was baptized into this church on the 5th January
1840by Joseph Ball. It was soon after
their baptism that John and Emeline decided to move to Nauvoo. It was soon after their baptism that John and
Emeline decided to move to Nauvoo.
Before they left for Nauvoo, they took a trip to New York to visit
John's mother and grandmother. This
interesting experience was told by Isaac V. Carling to his granddaughter Elda
Porter. When she was twelve years old,
she wrote it up and gave it as a language theme at school. This is what she wrote: `' In 1840, at the
age of eight, my grandfather, Isaac V. Carling, with his parents, sister and
brother, made a trip from Fishkill, on the Hudson River to Nauvoo,
Illinois. Before leaving their home in
Fishkill, Grandfather's Uncle, who was a sailor, gave them a sea biscuit. The dough of the sea biscuit had been mixed
so that it could not be spoiled by the dampness .It was very hard, and had to
be pounded up and soaked before it could be eaten. As they had not yet heard the Word of Wisdom
taught, they used coffee, which the biscuit was soaked in. When they were ready for their journey, they
sailed down the Hudson River to New York where they visited their relatives.
While there, my Grandfather visited with his great-grandmother, a privilege
which very few children have now. When
he was visiting with his Grandmother, and Great-Grandmother, some Elders of the
Latter-Day Saints Church came there and stayed overnight. His grandmother went to show them where they
were to sleep, and as they passed his Great-grandmother's room she asked, `' Is
dat de Mormons ? `'His Grandmother said, `' Sh. `' Then Great-Grandmother said,
`' Well, I didn't see der horns. `'
After visiting in New York for some time they sailed back up the Hudson
River to Albany, and from there to Buffalo, byway of the Erie Canal. Then they sailed down Lake Erie to Cleveland
and crossed over to the Ohio River.
Sailing down to the mouth of the Ohio, then up the Mississippi, passing
the Missouri, they arrived at Nauvoo after traveling over two thousand miles on
steamboats, sloops, and canal boats. "
In Nauvoo, John was ordained an Elder by Hyrum Smith on the
29 of January1842. Both John and Emeline
received their Patriarchal blessings here. The blessings were given to them by
Hyrum Smith.
A baby boy was born to John and Emeline on the 14 November
1843. They named him John Warner. After this baby was born, Emeline was very
ill. She passed away on the 1st of January 1844, and was buried in Nauvoo. This
youngest child did not live very long for it died on the 5 September1844.
John and Emeline had met a young widow whose name was Ann
Green Dutton. It is told by some family members that she helped to care for
Emeline in the last months of her illness.
Ann was born in Lugwerdine, Hereford shire, England. Her first husband, John Dutton, mysteriously
disappeared, leaving her with two small sons. She was baptized into the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on the 24 September 1840 by Apostle
Wilford Woodruff, and came to Nauvoo in1842.
Ann was a very good nurse and midwife and holds the unique position of
having had the Prophet Joseph Smith lay his hands on her head, and set her
apart as a midwife. He told her that she
would be successful if she used herbs exclusively in her work. She practiced her calling all the rest of her
life, and was blessed in this as the Prophet promised her. Wherever she lived,
she had her own herb garden and made her own teas and medicines. A short while after Emeline's death, John and
Ann were married. John was skilled in
many different lines; He was a good
carpenter and cabinet maker, mason, tinner, worker in copper, cooper,
blacksmith, and shoemaker. Some times in
the making and mending of shoes, the men who know this trade would run out of
the metal shoe tacks, and not being able to get more, they devised a way of
making small pegs out of very hard wood to use in place of regular tacks. John worked with these wooden pegs many
times. While working in Nauvoo, John did
wood carvings on the Nauvoo Temple. He
carved ornaments for the Temple Clock.
One day while he was carving beautiful designs on the mantle, Brigham
Young came to him and asked him if he could make a pattern of an ox as they
wished a life sized oxen on which to rest the baptismal font. John went home
and drew a picture of one of his own oxen.
He then pinned planks of wood together with hardwood pins and glue, and
taking his carpenter's pencil, saw, and drawing knife, he carved the model for the
first oxen used in a Latter-day Saint Temple.
But John was a modest man, never seeking honors, thus this instance is
not recorded in the Church history, but his is a true story nevertheless. This experience in John's life was written by
Gertrude Porter Wilson, a granddaughter, and printed in the Pioneer Heart Throb
book, Volume No. 4. A Mr. Fordham was
given credit for helping make the oxen, but besides making the pattern, John
Carling had much to do with the actual construction of the oxen. Gertrude
Wilson also stated that John was a good florist, a seed producer,
horticulturist, as well as a music teacher, and choir leader.
John and Ann had two sons born to them. The first was born on the 9August 1845, and
was given the name of Frances Caleb. The
second was born the 6 June 1847 and was named Joseph Matthew.
Many experiences happened to members of this family at this
time. One that happened to John and his
son Isaac, was told by Isaac to his grandson Leroy Porter. It was that the Joseph Smith farm was about
four miles north of the temple, and the Carling farm was just south of the
Prophet's. The Prophet had a four seated
rig that held three in a seat. One
morning as he drove along with a group of men acting as bodyguards, (John
Carling with his son Isaac between his knees among them ). They were on their way to the quarry to get
rocks to build the Temple, when two of the men began to argue, then to
dispute. The Prophet said, `' I command
you in the name of Jesus Christ, to shut your mouths ! " They did so at
once. About one fourth of a mile down
the road, he said, `' Now you can talk.'` Then he went on to say, `' We were
just passing over an ancient battle ground of the Nephites and Lamanites. The spirits of those wicked men were
contending in their fury, and had you continued in your disputations, their
spirits would have taken possession of your bodies, and bloodshed would have
resulted.'`
This family suffered many of the persecutions inflicted on
the Saints by the mobs, and were with the people, driven from Nauvoo. Mrs Mary Carling Neves, a great
granddaughter, sent this interesting story of this time of his life. She said that for some time John's work was
making and mending wagons for the Saints to cross the plains in. Mob violence became so great that they were
all anxious to get away. Brigham Young
sent Heber C. Kimball to the men mending wagons and promised them that if they
would stay until all the Saints were provided with good outfits, not a hair on
their heads would be harmed. The men's
wives were very worried about staying longer, and some vowed they would all be
murdered. Nevertheless, the men granted this request, and this prophesy was
literally fulfilled as they were among the last to leave Nauvoo. The morning
they were to leave, they were counseled to get to the ferry boats before the
mob were astir. Upon arriving at the
ferry, the Captain hurried them onto the boat, and admonished them to be quick
because they could see the mobs coming. Some
were on horses, and others were running, but all with guns in their hands, and
they were cursing and swearing. As the
saints left the shore, they could hear the leader of the mob ordering the men
to shoot. But as the men came to the
shore they stood still. It is told by
some that two shots were fired but they missed the people in the boat. Thus the
hand of the Lord was with the Saints and they were protected.
In the Latter-day Saints " Crossing the Plains "
records of 1847, John and his family are
listed with the Daniel Spencer Hundred, but he must have traveled with this company
just as far as Pottawattomie County,
Iowa. He stayed here for a while. He is listed in the 1850 census of this
county, and was one of the signers of a petition to establish a post office in
that county. Sometime after, John and
his family moved on to Winter Quarters, Nebraska, and stayed there until the
Spring of 1852 when they started on their journey to the Utah with the Henry
Miller Company.
They left Council Bluffs on the 30 June 1852, and after the
three month long trek across the plains, they arrived in Salt Lake City on the
30September 1852. They lived in Salt
Lake for a short time. Then they moved
to Provo, Utah. They were in Provo about
one year, when Brigham Young called John to the Southern part of the state to
help settle and build up the one year old town of Fillmore, in Millard County,
which had been designated as the State Capital of the Utah Territory.
The Journal History of the Church says that John left Provo
on the 29November 1853 for Fillmore, and it gives the record of his family that
were with him, and what possessions he took with him. His possessions included two wagons, four
oxen, two cows, two young cattle, one rifle, one shotgun, one pistol, fifty
rounds ammunition, one powder barrel, one hundred caps, one hundred pounds of
bread stuffs, and joiner tools. After
getting settled in Fillmore, John was very active in Church and civic
affairs. He helped to build the part of
the first statehouse that was finished.
This statehouse is now maintained as a Pioneer Memorial building, and is
being used as a Pioneer Museum.
John was a sherif for sometime, a Judge of the Court, and a
Bishop's Counselor. His wife Ann was
kept busy with her nursing and being a midwife to all in the county who needed
her. She helped many Indians who became
friendly with the settlers. She also
kept up her herb garden that was not only useful as the medicines she used, but
was beautiful with flowers as well. In
December 1854, John served as a Representative in the Territorial Legislature
where he was assigned to the Committee on Counties. This Legislature was held in Salt Lake City,
as the Statehouse in Fillmore was not ready for use yet. On his return home, he contracted a severe
cold, which later turned to pneumonia.
This illness was the cause of his death on the 2 April 1855. On page one of the Journal History of this
date, it states the Honorable John Carling died at Fillmore, Millard County,
Utah. At Age fifty-four years. He was a member of the 5th Quorum of
Seventies, and was much respected as a friend and brother, and his loss was
felt by all who knew him. John is buried
in the cemetery at Fillmore, Millard County, Utah.
History obtained from the Daughter's of the Utah Pioneers
Museum
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