Richard John Keele 1786-1876

Richard John Keele was born November 7, 1786 Henry County, Virginia to John Keele and Lydia Richmond, married 8 September 1808 to Nancy Eleanor McCullough born 14 April 1790 Rockingham, Richmond, North Carolina to Thomas McCullough.
1843 July 3-5 “At a special conference of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, held at the grove, near the Temple, it was decided that the following elders go on a special mission to the following counties in the state of Illinois.” Samuel Keele to Jefferson, John Keele to Perry. (Times and Seasons, Vol.4, Pg.240.)

1846 January 9 Richard and Nancy Keele- Endowments Nauvoo Temple.





Owned property T7R6, sec 16-80 Acres, T7R6 sec 18-100 Acres in Hancock County.

1851 Iowa State Census Pottawattamie County Richard 61, Ellen 63, Susan 18.


1853 June 15- 9 September Keele family came to Salt Lake City, Utah in the Henry Bryant Manning Jolley ox team Company.

1856 State Census Payson City, Utah County, Utah.

1856 November 11 Death of Nancy Keele in Payson, Utah.





1860 Census Utah Territory, Sanpete County, North Bend (Moroni) next to son Samuel.

1870 Census Harmony, Kane County, Utah age 83, alone.

1874 voted to join United Order: Richard J Keel, Henry Keel, and Mary Keel (Heart Throbs of the West, Kate B. Carter, Vol.4, p.7.

1877 November 17 Death of Richard Keele at Mt. Carmel, Kane County, Utah (Andrew Jensen)






"Richard, his wife, and some of the children moved to Nauvoo after joining the Church. When they came west, they traveled with their son-in-law, Jeremiah Bingham , their daughter Sarah's husband. Sarah had died previously. Richard's youngest daughter married Jeremiah after Sarah's death. After arriving in the Valley, Richard and Nancy moved to Payson where she died. Sometime after her death, Richard moved to Mt. Carmel where he died. He was a farmer and was also a veteran of the Indian Wars." --Elaine Schofield

source: http://richardkeelepioneer.blogspot.com/

Emily Marrott Keetch 1905-1998 Obituary

Emily Marrott Keetch, 92, a resident of River Heights, Utah for 46 years, died on Thursday, April 16, 1998 in a Logan hospital.

Mrs. Keetch was a third grade teacher in Providence, Cache County from 1953 until 1966, and she also taught school in Pleasant Grove and Park City in the 1920's. An active member of the LDS Church, she worked at the Logan LDS Temple, served as an officer in her ward Primary and Relief Society, and conducted the Junior Sunday School in River Heights for many years. She was active in the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and the Utah State University Emeriti group. She was born October 15, 1905 in Pleasant Grove, the daughter of William and Effie Bullock Marrott. Before she married, she attended Brigham Young Academy, earning a two-year teaching certificate, and in her 50's, she enrolled at USU and completed her bachelor degree in 1959.On June 18, 1930, she married Russell R. Keetch in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. They lived in Heber City, Vernal, and Manti before moving to Logan in 1951 and to River Heights the following year. Her husband, who retired from the USU Extension Service, died in 1977.

She is survived by her daughter, Dianne K. Anderson (Milton), River Heights; two sons, Max R. Keetch (Maurita), Fort Collins, Colorado; Brent Keetch (Linda), Pismo Beach, California; five grandchildren and six great grandchildren; a sister, Margaret Pond, Salt Lake City.

Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, April 20, 1998 in the Allen-Hall Mortuary Chapel, 34 East Center Street, Logan, Utah, where friends may call one hour prior to service. Burial will be in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery (4 p.m.).

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the LDS Primary Children's Medical Center Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 58249, Salt Lake City, Utah 84158-0249, or to another charity.

Source: Deseret News; 1998-4-18

Jeremiah Bingham Jr. - Daniel A. Miller/John W. Cooley Company (1853)

Here is a link to the church history website containing information about the pioneer company that Jeremiah Bingham Jr. and his family joined and traveled with on their journey to Utah from Nauvoo. They departed the 8th of June 1853 and arrived in Salt Lake City 9-17th of September 1853. The company consisted of 282 individuals and 70 wagons,

Jeremiah and his family are listed as members of the company and there are also a few trail exerpts that you can read.

http://lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompany/1,15797,4017-1-205,00.html

Jeremiah Bingham Jr. 1806-1890

Jeremiah was the youngest of 10 children. After the Revolutionary War, his parents were unable to support their large family so some of the children were "bound out," as it was called. Jeremiah was bound out to a man who was very unkind to him. He remained there until he could no longer tolerate the abuse and he ran away. He went to live with one of his brothers. After joining the Church, he married Abigail Harrington. She had six children but only two of them lived. He was a close friend of the Prophet, being about the same age. They both enjoyed wrestling together. When the saints left Nauvoo, Jeremiah and his family left too. His first wife had died so he married again in Iowa. She died after the birth of their fourth child. He later married Susan, a sister to Sarah. Jeremiah was a blacksmith by trade and each night on the trip west, he would repair the wagons and do other blacksmithing jobs. After arriving in Utah , they settled first in Ogden, then a year later moved south to Payson where he assisted in building the fort. In 1856 he was called on a mission to help settle Fort Bridger, Wyoming. They stayed there until Johnston's Army came, at which time they returned to Payson. Shortly before their return to Payson, Alexander Keele, a brother-in-law of Jeremiah, had been killed by the Indians, leaving a small family. When Jeremiah arrived in Payson, the bishop asked him to marry the widow, Minerva, and support her and her children. He lived a long active life, helping others and the church.

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JEREMIAH BINGHAM was born on June 15, 1806 at Cornwall, Addison County, Vermont. His parents were Jeremiah Bingham who was born April 17, 1760 at Cornwall, Vermont and Mary Ives who was born April 25, 1766 at Wellingford, Connecticut. He was the youngest of their ten children. Jeremiah married Abigail Harrington on February 2, 1829 at Brockville, Leeds, Ontario, Canada. Abigail died leaving Jeremiah alone with a family of seven children to raise. Jeremiah met and married Sarah Keele on February 14, 1846 in Iowa. They had four children. Abigail died when their baby Augustus was born, and Jeremiah was left with an additional young family. In 1846, he had also married Susan Keele, a sister to Sarah.


Jeremiah was in Nauvoo when Joseph Smith was martyred. He was well acquainted with the prophet, and at one time was his body guard. There was but six months difference in their age, and they were the same size. At times, they liked to wrestle, a form of sport both enjoyed on the “Common.”

After they were driven from Nauvoo, Jeremiah and family joined the pioneer company of Captain Daniel A. Miller, having eight persons in the family, one wagon, and twelve head of cattle. He joined on April 6, 1852, but had planned on coming with the first company. Ezra Benson ask him for a loan of a horse, which he did, and this kindness caused him to remain behind until he could earn enough money to purchase another horse. He left with the second company on June 8, 1953

After arriving in Utah, a place the Mormons hoped to be a refuge from persecution, on September 9, 1953, the Bingham family settled first in Ogden where Jeremiah did what he could to help build up the community for a year. They then moved to Payson where he assisted in building a fort for the protection of the settlers.

Jeremiah and his son Joseph, who had learned the blacksmith trade from his father, worked together in their shop in Payson. Jeremiah suffered a broken leg from which he never fully recovered. He was an invalid, for two years, and died May 6, 1890 at Payson.

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Jeremiah Bingham born 15 Jun 1806 in Cornwall, Addison, Vermont to Jeremiah and Mary Ives Bingham. Children: Jeremiah Bingham born 6/10 June 1847 and died 14 January 1898 in Sanford, Conejos, Colorado; Abigail Aurora Bingham born 19 Aug 1848 and died 23 May 1927 in Burley, Cassia, Idaho; Sarah Ellenor Bingham born 15 Apr 1850 and died 9 Apr 1936 in Lyman, Wayne, Utah; Augustus Bingham born 8 Feb 1852 and died as an infant. The children were all born at Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie county, Iowa. Sarah died 8 February 1852 Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa in childbirth.


Jeremiah Bingham and children arrived in Salt Lake 9 Sep 1853with the Daniel A Miller & John W. Cooley Company. 1850 Census Pottawattamie County, Iowa Jeremiah 44 Blacksmith, Sarah 30, Lucinda, 13, Margaret 10, Jeremiah 3, Abigail 2, Sarah 6/12, Alonzo 18, Lewis 15, Adeline 13, Amos 10. 1860 Census Payson, Utah Territory Jeremiah 54 Blacksmith, Mary 27, Minerva 34, and twelve children. 1870 Census Jeremiah 63 farmer, Minerva 47, and seven children. 1880 Census Jeremiah 74 Blacksmith, Minerva 55, and 4 children. Jeremiah died 06 May 1890 in Payson, Utah, Utah and is buried in the Payson City Cemetery 6-14-6.

His first wife Abigail Harrington born 25 January 1812 in Younge, Leeds, Ontario, Canada whom he married 2 Feb 1829 in Brockville, Leeds, Ontario, Canada died 8 Jun 1843. Children: Perry Calvin Bingham born 1830 and died as a child, Amos Oscar Bingham born 1832 and died as a child, Clarinda Bingham born 1834, Lucinda Bingham born 24 Sep 1837 and died 14 Mar 1905, Margaret Melvina Bingham born 7 Nov 1840 and died 8 Apr 1926, Polly Bingham born 1842 and died as a child, John Bingham born 1843 and died as a child.

Married 3rd: Susan Keele about 1858, born 15 Sep 1832 and died 10 Mar 1859 , Payson, Utah, Utah. Children: Alpheus Bingham born 19 Feb 1859 and died 20 Sep 1927 .

Married 4th: Minerva Dixon about 1855, born 13 Nov 1826 and died 2 Oct 1912. Children: Joseph Henry Bingham born 8 Jan 1856 and died 14 Jan 1943. Melinda Sarah Bingham born 14 Feb 1859 and died 7 Sep 1902. Minerva Jane Bingham born 22 Sep 1862 and died 24 Mar 1949. Charles Richard Bingham, born 10 May 1865 and died 20 May 1910. Mary Louise Bingham, born 30 Jan 1868 and died 10 Oct 1868, and Alonza Bingham born 11 Feb 1869 and died 23 Sep 1869. Minerva died 2 October 1912 in Garland, Box Elder, Utah, buried at Payson City Cemetery.

Married 5th: Mary Reese 27 Mar 1857 who was born 4 September 1833 and died 27 September 1868. Children: Hyrum Bingham born 19 Feb 1858. Susan Colista Bingham born 6 Feb 1860 and died 3 June 1922. Georgiana Bingham 19 Oct 1862, James Perry Bingham born 7 Sep 1864 and died 1 September 1873, and Mary Larina Bingham born 8 Oct 1868. James and Indian boy raised by the family.

Jeremiah Bingham Sr. 1760-1813

This is some information I found on a website about Jeremiah Bingham. It was found on a website about Cornwall, Vermont where Jeremiah Bingham lived. I also found out that Jeremiah had a twin named James Bingham.

On the long since discontinued road which ran north from near the lands now owned by F. H. Dean, formerly the residence of Mrs. Sherwood, to the early home of P. B. Warner, were several settlers, among whom were Jabez Watrous, Rev. Benjamin Wooster, Abbott Tambling, and Henry Daggett; the last two named built a dam across the stream and erected a saw-mill, but soon abandoned the enterprise. Some distance west of the road, near the brook, John Gilman owned one hundred and thirty acres, on which his grantee, Daniel Huntington, lived until 1803. Deacon Jeremiah Bingham and Merrill Bingham afterwards occupied that place.


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In 1783 Thomas Hall pitched several hundred acres, including the present farm of William Wright. His son David settled southwest from his dwelling. He sold fifty acres of his land in 1791 to Nathan Ingraham, afterwards owned by Pitts Ingraham. Elisha Hurlbut bought a lot of Hall in 1795, and in 1798 sold to John Boynton. William Wright is a grandson of Pitts Ingraham, Mrs. J. K. Wright being a daughter; S. C. Parkhill and Mrs. H. J. Manchester are also his grandchildren. South of Thomas Hall's, on the road to West Cornwall on land now owned by H. F. Dean, the earliest settler was Jeremiah Bingham, jr., a nephew of Deacon Bingham. He was a soldier of the Revolution. In 1793 he sold to Deacon Jeremiah Bingham.

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Deacon Jeremiah Bingham, who has already been mentioned, was one of the original members of the Congregational Church, and was chosen one of the first deacons. He was a soldier of the Revolution, and took an active part in the battle of Bennington, and was connected with the quartermaster's department of the garrison at Ticonderoga before the surrender of the fort to Burgoyne. He was a man of indomitable energy and unusual intelligence, a thorough student of the Scriptures, and a conscientious believer in the truths therein inculcated. He frequently wrote poetry for his own edification. He died at the age of ninety-four years.

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Town Organization, etc.--The town was organized on the 2d of March, 1784, by the election of the following officers: Moderator, Jeremiah Bingham; town clerk, Joel Linsley; selectmen, Samuel Benton, Jeremiah Bingham, Eldad Andrus; treasurer, Hiland Hall; constable, Barzillai Stickney; listers, Nathan Foot, Roswell Post; highway surveyors, Eldad Andrus, Stephen Tambling, William Jones, Isaac Kellogg.

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The Congregational Church of Cornwall, the first religious organization in Cornwall, was formed on the 1st of July, 1785, with the following members: Jared Abernathy, Stephen Tambling, James Marsh Douglass, Jeremiah Bingham, Roswell Post, Daniel Sampson, Mary Chipman, and Elizabeth Ives, and during the few weeks following August 21 Jesse Chipman, Mrs. Post, Mrs. Tambling, Nathaniel Cogswell and wife, Joel Linsley, Ethan Andrus, Isaac Kellogg, Hiland Hall, and Mrs. Ives were added to the number.

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On the 20th of July, 1787, a call was extended to the Rev. Thomas Tolman, and accepted on the 30th of August. Being the first pastor, he received as his right the lot of land set apart by the charter for the first settled minister, and in addition received from the town "a settlement." The first deacons were Jeremiah Bingham, Hiland Hall, and Father William Samson. The first meetings were held in Captain Benton's barn; afterward at his house and the house of Joel Linsley. The first house of worship stood west of the highway on which the old red school-house formerly stood. It was completed, probably in the spring of 1791, and first occupied in the following autumn. Mr. Tolman was dismissed at his own request on the 11th of November, 1790.

Source: http://www.vermontgenealogy.com/addison/cornwall_vermont_early_settlement.htm

Peter Maughan 1811-1871

Grandpa Anderson took me to the grave of Peter Maughan this Summer at the Logan cemetery and I took a picture of his gravestone. Here is the information that Grandpa gave me about how we are decended from him:

-Peter Maughan
-John Harrison Maughan  son of Peter and Ruth Harrison Maughan
-Ruth Emma Maughan  daughter of John Harrison Maughan.  She married Thomas Griffin
-Albert William Griffin son of Ruth Emma Maughan and Thomas Griffin.  Albert W. Griffin married Ida Ann Clark
-Sarah Griffin daughter of Albert W. Griffin.  My mother.  Sarah Griffin married Michael Mariner Anderson
-Milton M. Anderson son of Sarah and Mariner (luke) Anderson.

(basically our 5th great-grandfather???)

Peter Maughan (1811-1871) was the sixth child of William Maughan and Martha Wilson and was born at Milton, Cumberland, England. As a youth, he worked in the lead mines at Alston, England. He married Ruth Harrison on October 1, 1831 and six children were born to them.


Peter and Ruth were baptized members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Alston in 1838 and were active in the branch. Ruth died on March 26, 1841, shortly after the birth of their sixth child. Following the counsel of Brigham Young, who was on a mission in England, Maughan and his children set sail on the Rochester for America, arriving May 19, 1841. Sailing with them were seven of the nine apostles who had been serving in England. The trip also was a sad occasion for Maughan, as he had to bury his baby daughter, Ruth, at sea.


Maughan and his family went to Kirtland, Ohio for a few weeks where he met a young widow, Mary Ann Weston Davis. When he decided to travel to Nauvoo, Illinois, Mrs. Davis and her companion were in the same wagon train which allowed them to become more acquainted. After arriving in Nauvoo, they decided they would be married on November 2, 1841. To them were born eight children.


In Nauvoo, Maughan found work as a stonemason on the Nauvoo Temple. The family lived in Nauvoo for about two and a half years before Maughan was sent to Rock Island, Illinois to mine coal for the families in Nauvoo. When trouble developed in Nauvoo and the Saints were abandoning the city, the family was told to close up the mines in Rock Island and prepare to travel to the West.


The family moved to New Diggings, Wisconsin in April 1846 where Maughan and the two older sons worked in the lead mines. Money was very scarce and the expense of living with such a large family and outfitting the two wagons needed caused the family to stay in New Diggings until April 1850. After finding lead ore on their own property, they were able to raise the final $800 in 8 weeks and buy the needed equipment and supplies for the long trip to the Salt Lake Valley.


They arrived in Salt Lake City on September 15, 1850, and after resting a week, they were sent to Tooele. Challenges and discouragement filled the next five years. Poor soil, along with lack of water, plagues of grasshoppers, and Indian problems made survival difficult. During this time, Maughan was involved in the government as county clerk and assessor.


In the July 1856, Brigham Young directed Maughan to lead a party of men from Tooele to Cache Valley for the purpose of locating a permanent settlement. After surveying the area, the decision was made to settle the valley, and Maughan was chosen to lead the group. They arrived at what is now called Wellsville on the September 15, 1856 and began the development first called Maughan's Fort. The settlement of Wellsville was soon enlarged, and other communities in the area were founded. Maughan was called as presiding bishop of Cache Valley, overseeing the wards and branches of the valley. In 1860, following directions from Brigham Young, he moved his family to Logan. He served as president of the Cache Valley Stake, as probate judge of Cache County, and as a member of the territorial legislature. He also held the rank of colonel in the Nauvoo Legion in Utah. For a time Maughan served as the regional presiding bishop in Cache County.


Maughan took a third wife, Elizabeth Francis Preator, in the Endowment House on December 8, 1866. To them were born three children. He contracted pneumonia and died on 24 April 1871. His body was buried in the Logan cemetery.