Tell us. Wilkinson,Annals of Binghamton,102. He immediately commenced paying his addresses to her.17 Emmas parents saw in her the same example of grace, refinement, and gentility they hoped their home could give. The William and Jacob Smith assessments were adjusted in 1825 by Jesse Hale for the 1826 season. Jacobs name continued in the tax lists through 1837 when the format of the tax assessments changed. When Pickering announced to his friends his plans to move in the neighborhood of the Isaac Hale family, his associates tried to dissuade him from settling along such a remote area of the Susquehanna. Smith, and his father, with several other "money-diggers" boarded at my house while they were employed in digging for a mine that they supposed had been opened and worked by the Spaniards, many years since. The property boundary on the eastern line of the Lewis property and the western line of the Hale property cut through a Native American camp where a small band cooked food and made arrowheads. He ground it for cornbread using an abandoned mortar and its companion pestle.34 Since Buck had a young family, including his small son Ichabod whom he had brought with him to the village, Hale must have been of considerable assistance.35 Buck and Hale interacted with the survey team active in the area and knew the land was surveyed and legally available.36 But shortly after becoming associates, the two men traveled south together over the New York border into the valley where Buck thought there was salt and where contested land claimed by the Susquehanna Land Company was inexpensive. In December 1827 Joseph began work on the Book of Mormon. His headstone reads Zachariah Tarble, contemporary property deeds use that spelling, as do local histories, e.g. Blackman,History of Susquehanna County,103. And the office of thy calling shall be for a comfort unto my servant, Joseph Smith, Jun., thy husband, in his afflictions. (D&C 25:3, 5.) But Harmony Township was virtually all Methodist. McCune, Personalities in the Doctrine and Covenants, 49. Some of it was even shipped overseas. It is unlikely Lurena and her mother traveled in the wilderness to Pennsylvania without support; and they had to have traveled with the Hale and Lewis families. His sons all had good educations and apparently attended one of the local advanced Seminaries in the county, perhaps the one that opened in nearby Great Bend in 1811.309 Silas Comfort went to New York to earn his doctorate in theology and later became a leading Methodist scholar producing an impressive list of books. (Seymour, Conn.: Record Print, 1885), 1:12. Her mother Elizabeth Lewis Hale died in 1842. Shortly after Daniel Bucks Congregationalist community fell into disarray, and the Quakers began to establish themselves in the valley, MethodismAmericas fastest growing religion at the timefirst arrived in northeastern Pennsylvania. As the Hale family and their relatives in the valley joined Methodism one or two at a time over a period of several years, the son of Timothy Pickering Jr. died and Nathaniel Lewis moved his family into the larger Pickering home.223 The Lewis family lived in the large home until Pickering sold it to John Comfort in 1808 and gave Lewis a years notice to move his family out.224 This happened just as land ownership in the valley shifted and the settlers were finally forced to resolve their land titles. Nelson Wheeler Whipple worked at John Comforts sawmill after Martin Lane purchased it, Anor Whipple, History of Nelson Wheeler Whipple, 18181887,http://clegg-webb.com/Histories/Nelson%20Wheeler%20Whipple%20History.html. Yeah, I doyou squeeze in. old Brother Hales, and he mentioned, Mr. 292. This area of Harmony Township was originally known as Lanes Mills, but was known as Lanesville during the 1820s, and in 1829 became Lanesboro, the name it still holds today. 147. Soon Alva prepared to go west and settle in Amboy, Illinois, within visiting distance of Nauvoo, as his brothers also gathered in the same area to live in close circumstances again. Tim Pickering grew increasingly ill after his marriage to Lurena and the birth of his son. poor Backsliden Lanesboro is left to mourn her barrenness and Distance from her Duty and privilege.286 The call of better opportunities elsewhere continued to draw the Hale family out of the valley until Alva Hale was the only child of Isaac and Elizabeth who still lived near them. For example, when the company of cartographer F. W. Beers made his map of the township in 1872, he marked the Foundations of 1st Morman (sic) Temple on what had been Jacob/Joseph Smith land. Given the large gathering just down the road from Isaac and Elizabeth Hales farm, it is likely they were at the revival. Timothy Pickering to Rebecca White Pickering, February 21, 1808; Rebecca Pickering to Timothy Pickering Jr. March 27, 1808. 310. His sister Emma began attending the Methodist classes that same year.207Emma became a member of a class in the Methodist Episcopal Church when only seven years old. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Florida incultural anthropology. One Sabbath morning, in the year 1812 when provisions were scarce, he sat reading his Bible preparatory to preaching, when he discovered a deer near his house. 112. Food remains found on the Hale property include bones from turkey, mammals (such as squirrels), and small birds (such as passenger pigeons).129 A local historian recalled how in some years there were millions of wild pigeons available for food in the valley.130 The Hale family also made money by working leather into products and processing meat for other families in the valley.131 They left behind remains of antlers and animal bones made into handles and other implements to sell in the area.132 The Hale family did well enough relying on hunting that by the opening of the nineteenth century they began to assemble many comforts. Susan Easton Black, Isaac Hale: Antagonist of Joseph Smith,Regional Studies in Latter-day Saint Church History: New York,1992, 93111. : M. J. Cantwell, 1882), 34. 313. 307. Upham,Life of Timothy Pickering,119. As "protecting the morals of the community" became her mission, Smith supported the public confession of sins; on this subject, Smith called the women of Nauvoo to repentance with "all the frankness of a Methodist exhorter. But none of the Hale children married into prominent local families. I am grateful to Nancy Mess for helping me find the location of the current Timothy Pickering headstone in the Lanesboro Cemetery. A hoe found at the site suggests it may have been more than simply a hunting camp since women worked there too. 276. Dot marks Hale cabin location north of road. ; The character development appearing in later volumes received mixed comments by Isaac Hale and Sam Kusek from the same site. This may have influenced Elizabeths great-granddaughter Mary Anderson who gave the same date. After they had arrived at Palmyra N.Y., Emma wrote to me enquiring whether she could take her property, consisting of clothing, furniture, cows, &c. I replied that her property was safe, and at her disposal. Isaac Hale, Harmony Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, U.S. Census, 1830. These may be the bodies of other family members or neighbors moved at the same time or earlier forgotten burials. The newly married Joseph agreed with his father-in-law, Isaac Hale, that he would buy a small farm there where he "expected to work hard for a living, and was willing to do so." 1 He would need to work hard, since his parents' family had limited financial resources to draw from as Joseph was starting his own family. This conclusion is supported by a shift in the tax record on December 31, 1823, when David was taxed for one house and his fathers assessment dropped from two houses to one.254 Davids financial ledger from the period also indicates his store was on or near his fathers property by 1824, and the log home is the only candidate for both a residence and store.255, George Peck wrote notes on each sermon he delivered at Isaac Hales, he recalled he preached at . : Susquehanna Centennial, Aug. 1627, 1953), 15. Comfort wrote, Nathaniel Lewis Jr. [Nathaniel C. Lewis] had his leg broke last spring by the kick of an ox & has had it amputated above the knee. But he is never mentioned in later accounts of Rodsmen activity. Lewis reenlisted as part of the 2nd Regiment. Josiah Stowell may have paid the rent for the land listed in David Hales name. Shortly before the Hale family moved from Harmony, provisions were also enacted to tax pleasure carriages and watches, of which they had none. Methodist circuit rider William Colbert left Lackawanna, fifty miles south of the Hale home, on Monday, December 3, 1792, heading north on horseback to take his increasingly popular religion into the Endless Mountains. 45. His father was the leader of a Methodist class in their home.78 Two of young Nathaniels brothersJohn and Levi Lewisjoined several years later and also became heavily involved in Methodism. Isaac and Elizabeth Hale had few expenses during their early years. Young Smith gave the "money-diggers" great encouragement, at first, but when they had arrived in digging, to near the place where he had stated an immense treasure would be found -- he said the enchantment was so powerful that he could not see. Joseph SmithIII, Last Testimony of Sister Emma, Saints Herald, vol.26, no.19 (Oct.1, 1879),289. He had already sold some of his property, but he left, All the farm, 97 acres with all buildings and imp[rovements] to his son Alva, who would care for his mother. Photograph by Mark L. Staker. A detailed exploration of this home, including images of the construction plans, and the Pickering family interaction with Isaac Hale and his family is in Mark Staker, Emma Hale Smith and Her Family in Harmony, Pennsylvania, Historic Sites Files, CHL, 2010. Some of the later tax assessment booklets include a printed version of the General Assembly act with a list of taxable items that matches the handwritten one cited here rather than the formally published one that became part of the legal code in later years. Joseph III called upon his mother to help prepare a hymnal for the reorganization, just as she had for the early church. Versaggi, personal communication to author, September 13, 2013; see also Gina Laczko,Irp;oquois Silverwork: from the collection of The Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation,(Hamilton, NY: Gallery Association of New York State), 1980, 24; Arthur Woodward, Indian Use of the Silver Gorget,Indian Notes3 (Fall 1926): 23249. Collection of the LDS Church History Department. Whatever the ultimate motivation for Hales decision to ignore the controversy, after having worked one summer in Connecticut, he concluded to try the West.29. Grave of Alvin Smith is seen at the far left. Among Josephs blessings, he was promised, the chief things of the ancient mountains, and the precious things of the lasting hills (Deuteronomy 33:1317). Horses, cows, and oxen were taxed, but mules, sheep, goats, and pigs were not. But as part of what then existed of an American aristocracy, he immediately gave status to the Lewis and Hale families, a relationship the family still referenced a half-century later. Anderson, Ancestry and Posterity of Joseph Smith, 299. 300. 181. 138. Several of the Hales neighbors made a living weaving, some producing skilled work, and the county encouraged carpet weavingoffering a prize at the annual fair for the best piece of carpeting, Cattle Show and Fair,Susquehanna County Herald,2, no. 299. : mormon Isaac Hale (1763 - 1839): Father of Joseph Smith's lawful wife, Emma Smith. Tryal Morse continued to live in a rude log cabin in the woods as her husband had local family, and Phebes husband worked in the sawmill across the river with some of the Hales. http://www.sidneyrigdon.com/dbroadhu/IL/miscill3.htm#043079. Year-round running water in the home would have been a comfort worthy of notice. Elizabeth Hale in a kind comfortable & proper manner during her life, find her meat, Drink Washing & lodging suitable & convenient for a person who so richly deserves kind treatment.128Hale was an attentive husband to the end. Their separation had been so complete, she listed her children and each of their names so her mother could learn of her own grandchildren. He blamed Federalists and Whigs for their problems.282, John Comfort saved his harshest words for the decline of religion in Harmony. Outline of Hale home basement, as suggested by archaeology. Together they weathered the financial collapse and threats against Josephs life in Kirtland, Ohio; the persecution of Church members in Missouri; and the separation imposed by Josephs imprisonment in Liberty Jail. In 1813, Jesse Hale turned twenty-one and reached legal adult age. The competing congregations produced tension. Trial Notes of Scribe A and Trial Notes of Scribe B.. This brought tension between the communities. He indicated Jesse Hales household was involved in agriculture while Isaac Hales household was involved in commerce. Records, Letter to Church Leaders in Jackson County, Missouri, 25 June 258. Blackman,History of Susquehanna County,102. Peck,Early Methodism,306. Hale gave me a cordial reception, and in the afternoon I preached in a little log school-house to a small but earnest congregation. Peck must have used the log home on the Hale property for some of his sermons. Nancy F. Glass was asked specifically to respond to accusations Oliver Cowdery had been involved in the group. The lack of a legal will placed both the Church and Emmas family in uncertain financial conditions. The site was very clean as if they had internalized Methodist founder John Wesleys aphorism cleanliness is next to godliness.299 Despite John Comforts later concerns that an interest in pursuing wealth was creeping into their Methodist community and overshadowing religious devotion, the Hale family appears to have reconciled the role of wealth into their religious practice. Emma was the first woman to receive temple ordinances; she then initiated other women in these sacred rituals. During the short time of his employ, Joseph and other workers boarded at the homestead of Isaac and Elizabeth Hale of Harmony. When Mumford left Harmony Township in 1831, the 434 acres of unseated lands were initially listed again under Joseph Smith then Joseph was crossed out and Jacob was written above it. During the earliest settlement period or before, the oldest and most commonly used name for the villagewhere Daniel Buck and Isaac Hale first met, Oquago, was attached to the mountain where Hale settled. Dr. Robert H. Rose letter, August 2, 1814 as cited in Emily Blackman,History of Susquehanna County,502. The tax assessment noted the property had one acre of first rate land (this included the kitchen garden and work area surrounding his house), six acres of second rate pasture land in the flood plain along the river, and six acres of third rate rocky farmland and sugar maple groves at the north end of Joseph Smiths lot. It is clear in the family correspondence, however, that the death occurred the year before on May 14, 1807 (see Timothy Pickering Jr. to John Pickering May 3, 1807 where Timothy IIIs death is added at the bottom of the letter in pencil noting it occurred May 14 [1807]; cf. Quary was responsible for capturing smugglers, but this time he was convinced the men he captured were not just smuggling goods into Pennsylvania but had taken a detour somewhere to bury Kidds famous treasure in its mountains.65 Where, he did not know. In September 1830, she and Joseph moved to Fayette, New York, to live with the Whitmer family. He may have also sailed ships himself. New Patient Forms; isaac hale father of emma smith isaac hale father of emma smith. Even though Rose was wealthy and from the Philadelphia elite, he was still influenced by popular culture of his day which suggests the cultural context of the Endless Mountains where the Hale family lived. The announcement of Joseph having the plates created a great deal of excitement in the area. Joseph identified the man as the angel Moroni. He was a member of the Army. Emma Hale Smith's Parents: Isaac Hale and Elizabeth Lewis Hale Emma's Siblings: Jesse Hale, David Hale, Alva Hale, Phebe Elizabeth Root, Elizabeth Watson, Judge Isaac Ward Hale, Tryael Morse and Reuben R Hale Year of Marriage to President Joseph Smith: 1827 Mother of: Alvin Smith; Louisa Smith; Thaddeus Smith; Joseph Smith III; Soon after this, I was informed they had brought a wonderful book of Plates down with them. Although Blackman notes that Daniel Buck came into the valley in 1787 and David Hale recalled his father had come into the valley in 1787 or thereabout, Blackman placed the construction of the Bennett log home to 1788, either the log home was built in 1787 when Hale arrived and Blackman had an incorrect date, or Bennett built the home specifically for Hale the following spring. Wilford C. Wood later purchased a portion of this property and suggested it was the site where the Melchizedek Priesthood had been restored, presumably influenced by the 1874 atlas, see Historic Site Files, CHL. He covered the meat with locally gathered salt to keep it from spoiling, holding it into place by heavy stones until snow covered the ground, and he could drag the meat filled troughs through the woods over the snow. A curved foundation wall on the west side of the home may have been part of the original log home cellar. The partial cellar under the original log home was dug out and expanded to create a basement for the later frame home. Several members of the Catlin family joined the Methodists and were active in the same congregations where Nathaniel Lewis preached and the Hale family attended. Blackman noted that the region is filled with sources of salt, Emily Blackman, Susquehanna County, in William H. Egle, ed.,An Illustrated History of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania(Harrisburg: De Witt C. Goodrich & Co., 1876), 1019. After several decades his congregations became Presbyterians, and these Presbyterians continued to play an active role in community affairs. The land was rocky without a good soil base and could not be farmed, its only resource available to Morse was the old growth forest growing on its steep slopes. His eventual father-in-law, Nathaniel Lewis, also lived in the area and was drawn into one of these searches. He concluded on February 29, 1836, Religion at a very Low ebb with us little or no spirit in the members and of course a great indifference among the congregation. John Comfort, letter to Dear Children, Harmony, February 29, 1836.
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