Emma Beck Evans (Coleman)--Time Line

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.

Timeline

Date	Event	Place or Comment
?	Emma’s Residence:  Spring Valley, Nevada
?	Emma’s Residence:  Kanab (Orderville), Utah
1 Jan 1770	Grandfather’s birth (Israel Evans)	Born on the high seas
18 Oct 1804	Mother’s birth (Mary Beck)
27 Oct 1804	Father’s birth (David Evans)	Maryland
16 May 1821	Step Mother’s birth, Barbara Ann Ewell (Evans)	She raised the “motherless children” and was very kind.
25 July 1826	Parent’s marriage
22 Sep 1832	Husband (Prime Thornton Coleman)’s birth	Throncot, Bedfordshire, England
12 Jan 1833	Emma’s Birth	Adams County, Illinois
6 Apr 1833	Family joined the Mormon Church
1 Jan1834	Zion’s Camp	Illinois and Missouri
30 Oct 1838	Haun’s Mill Massacre	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haun's_Mill_massacre
1 Jan 1840	1840 Census, David Evans in Quincy, Adams, Illinois with	https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBJ-SQ6
12 Jan 1840	Emma’s Birth, Adams, Illinois
20 Jun 1841	Mother’s death:  Mary Beck (Evans)	Payson, Adams, Illinois.  Left 5 living children
Jan 1845	About 1845 or 1846 – Traveling.	The family traveled along the high divide or water shed between the Nodawa and One-Hundred and Two (Stream which drained the water shed.)
Jan 1850	Emma’s Residence, 1850 Census:  Emma in household of David Evans.  11 yo	https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCSX-WC6
13 Sep 1850	Emma’s Family Arrived in Salt Lake City	David Evan’s Company arrived 13-17 September 1850 Emma 17 yo.
17 Sep 1850	Emma’s Migration to Utah, David Evans Company.	Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868
10 Nov 1856	Emma’s Marriage to Prime Thornton Coleman	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
17 Jul 1859	Emma’s Residence:  Pinto organized	Including the Prime T. Coleman family.
Mar 1860	Emma’s Residence:  Prime T. Coleman, constable, Washington, Utah
22 Mar 1860	Daughter, Sarah Francelle Coleman (Heywood)’s birth,	Pinto, Washington, Utah
Jun 1860	Emma’s Burial	Thatcher Cemetery, Thatcher, Graham, Arizona
21 Nov 1862	Daughter, Mary Annetta Coleman (Pomeroy)’s birth	Pinto, Washington, Utah
22 Feb 1868	Son, Prime Thornton Coleman’s birth	Pinto, Washington, Utah
21 April 1869	Prime T. Coleman, 2nd Counselor in Bishopric, Santa Clara
9 May 1869	Emma:  Relief Society President, Pinto, Washington, Utah	A Relief Society was organized at Pinto May 9, 1869, with Mrs. Emma Coleman as president.
Jan 1872	Emma’s Residence:  Pioche	“Grandpa moved both his families” to Pioche[1]
12 Feb 1873	Son, David Evans Coleman’s birth	Pioche, Lincoln, Nevada
Jan 1875	Daughter, Sarah Francelle Coleman  married Joseph Neal Heywood	Spring Valley, Lincoln, Nevada
29 Oct 1879	Chimney fire extinguished by Emma
Jun 1880	Emma’s Residence:  Glendale, Kane, Ut[2]	1880 Census 40 yo  Note:
Oct  1880	Began move to  Northern Arizona	“From Kanab”  Settled in Nutrioso, Arizona. And later, Alpine, Arizona
23 Jun 1883	Father’s death  (David Evans)
Nov 1880	Emma’s Family arrived in Alpine.	Emma and Family arrived in Alpine
Nov 1880	Emma’s Residence, New Mexico	Emma’s Family “Immediately moved to New Mexico.”
Jan 1890	Emma’s Residence, St. Johns, AZ Jan 1890	Emma addressed the Arizona Legislature[3]
Jan 1890	Son, Prime Thornton Coleman Jr.’s Mission to Great Britain.	Residence:  St. Johns.  Early Mormon Missionary Database:  https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDW-TSTG
18 Jun 1900	Emma’s Residence:  Thatcher, Graham, AZ	Moved to  Thatcher in February 1899[4] 1900 Census 18 Jun 1900  59 yo 1910, 27 Aug Clipping from the Arizona Republic:  Participated in Woman's Suffrage Movement.  She gave a talk.  See footnote #3.
11 Jun 1913	Emma’s Death:  Thatcher, Graham, Arizona

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.”  !