Emma Beck Evans Coleman — Timeline
Newspaper article, from the Arizona Republic 13 Apr 1927 page 20 entitled Many Noted Pioneers Attend Gathering at Residence of W. W. Pace 17 Year Ago. It includes a poor quality photo of this 1910 “Gathering." The article pays tribute to Arizona, Utah and Nevada pioneers and includes this clipping about Emma B. Coleman and Prime T. Coleman.
Newspaper article, from the Arizona Republic 13 Apr 1927 page 20 entitled Many Noted Pioneers Attend Gathering at Residence of W. W. Pace 17 Year Ago. It includes a poor quality photo of this 1910 “Gathering." The article pays tribute to Arizona, Utah and Nevada pioneers and includes this clipping about Emma B. Coleman and Prime T. Coleman.
Timeline
Date
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Event
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Place or Comment
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Emma’s
Residence: Spring Valley, Nevada
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?
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Emma’s
Residence: Kanab (Orderville), Utah
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1 Jan 1770
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Grandfather’s birth (Israel Evans)
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Born on the high seas
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18 Oct 1804
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Mother’s birth (Mary Beck)
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27 Oct 1804
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Father’s birth (David Evans)
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Maryland
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16 May 1821
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Step Mother’s birth, Barbara Ann Ewell (Evans)
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She raised the “motherless children” and was very kind.
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25 July 1826
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Parent’s marriage
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22 Sep 1832
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Husband (Prime Thornton Coleman)’s birth
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Throncot, Bedfordshire, England
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12 Jan 1833
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Emma’s Birth
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Adams County, Illinois
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6 Apr 1833
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Family joined the Mormon Church
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1 Jan1834
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Zion’s Camp
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Illinois and Missouri
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30 Oct 1838
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Haun’s Mill Massacre
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1 Jan 1840
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1840 Census, David Evans in Quincy, Adams, Illinois with
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https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBJ-SQ6
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12 Jan 1840
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Emma’s Birth,
Adams, Illinois
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20 Jun 1841
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Mother’s death:
Mary Beck (Evans)
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Payson, Adams, Illinois.
Left 5 living children
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Jan 1845
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About 1845 or 1846 – Traveling.
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The family traveled along the high divide or water shed
between the Nodawa and One-Hundred and Two (Stream which drained the water
shed.)
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Jan 1850
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Emma’s Residence, 1850
Census: Emma in household of David
Evans. 11 yo
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https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCSX-WC6
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13 Sep 1850
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Emma’s Family
Arrived in Salt Lake City
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David Evan’s
Company arrived 13-17 September 1850
Emma 17 yo.
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17 Sep 1850
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Emma’s Migration to
Utah, David Evans Company.
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Utah Mormon
Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868
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10 Nov 1856
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Emma’s Marriage to
Prime Thornton Coleman
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Salt Lake
City, Salt Lake, Utah
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17 Jul 1859
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Emma’s
Residence: Pinto organized
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Including
the Prime T. Coleman family.
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Mar 1860
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Emma’s
Residence: Prime T. Coleman,
constable, Washington, Utah
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22 Mar 1860
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Daughter, Sarah Francelle Coleman (Heywood)’s birth,
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Pinto, Washington, Utah
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Jun 1860
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Emma’s Burial
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Thatcher
Cemetery, Thatcher, Graham, Arizona
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21 Nov 1862
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Daughter, Mary Annetta Coleman (Pomeroy)’s birth
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Pinto, Washington, Utah
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22 Feb 1868
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Son, Prime Thornton Coleman’s birth
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Pinto, Washington, Utah
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21 April 1869
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Prime T. Coleman, 2nd Counselor in Bishopric,
Santa Clara
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9 May 1869
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Emma: Relief Society President, Pinto,
Washington, Utah
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A
Relief Society was organized at Pinto May 9, 1869, with Mrs. Emma Coleman as
president.
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Jan 1872
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Emma’s
Residence: Pioche
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“Grandpa moved both his families” to Pioche[1]
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12 Feb 1873
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Son, David Evans Coleman’s birth
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Pioche, Lincoln, Nevada
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Jan 1875
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Daughter, Sarah Francelle Coleman married Joseph Neal Heywood
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Spring Valley, Lincoln, Nevada
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29 Oct 1879
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Chimney fire
extinguished by Emma
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Jun 1880
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Emma’s
Residence: Glendale, Kane, Ut[2]
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1880 Census
40 yo Note:
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Oct 1880
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Began move to Northern Arizona
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“From Kanab” Settled
in Nutrioso, Arizona. And later, Alpine, Arizona
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23 Jun 1883
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Father’s death
(David Evans)
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Nov 1880
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Emma’s Family arrived in Alpine.
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Emma and Family arrived in Alpine
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Nov 1880
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Emma’s Residence,
New Mexico
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Emma’s Family “Immediately moved to New Mexico.”
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Jan 1890
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Emma’s Residence,
St. Johns, AZ Jan 1890
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Emma addressed the Arizona
Legislature[3]
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Jan 1890
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Son, Prime Thornton Coleman Jr.’s Mission to Great
Britain.
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Residence: St. Johns.
Early Mormon Missionary Database:
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDW-TSTG
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18 Jun 1900
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Emma’s Residence: Thatcher, Graham, AZ
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1900 Census 18 Jun 1900
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Emma’s Death: Thatcher, Graham, Arizona
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Note: “ Jan” is used when the exact date is not known.
https://archive.org/stream/bishopdavidevans00bish/bishopdavidevans00bish_djvu.txt
Bishop David Evans and His Family by
Ralph S. Roberts
[1][1] “The
Boom City of Pioche, Nevada, attracted miners from all parts of the U. S. . . .
(it) was a typical Wild West Book Town where money was plentiful and prices were extremely high. . . .” Biography of Emma Beck Evans Coleman.
[2]
Glendale is a town in Kane County, Utah named after Glendale, Scotland, the native
home of a large share of early settlers.
US 89 passes through Glendale which is North of Kanab and just North of
Orderville. At the entrance to the Grand
Staircase-Escalante National Monument is in Glendale.
[3] It
was while living in St. Johns, that the women of the community became interested
in the Womanʼs Suffrage movement. The L. D. S. women helped defray Grandmaʼs
expenses so she could come to Phoenix to plead with the territorial Governor
and Legislature to give the women of Arizona the right to vote, a privilege granted
to the females in Wyoming and Utah. She delivered an impassioned speech. At its
conclusion, many of her hearers, including the Governor, flocked around her
asking for a copy of the speech, and were surprised when told it was an
extemporaneous one. The Governor was
impressed, yet he very politely told her: “I am not in sympathy with Womanʼs
Suffrage. I believe a womanʼs place is in the home”.
[4] “After
weathering cold, Indian raids, droughts, and poor health until 1899, the Colemans
and Heywoods, who had always lived in the same community, moved once more, this
time to a warmer climate- the Gila Valley. They settled in Thatcher, where
they
lived a less tiring life.” !