Name Anson Call | Books The Journal of Anson Call | |
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Died August 31, 1890, Bountiful, Utah, United States | ||
An evening at the anson call house
Anson Call (May 13, 1810 – August 31, 1890) was a Mormon pioneer and an early colonizer of many communities in Utah Territory and surrounding states.
Contents
- An evening at the anson call house
- Mary Flint
- Margaretta Unwin Clark
- Emma Summers
- Ann Mariah Bowen Call
- References
Born at Fletcher, Vermont, Call was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in 1836.
Call was with the Latter Day Saints in Kirtland, Ohio and Nauvoo. In Missouri, he was allegedly a member of the Danites, although there is no reference to Danite activity or battles associated with the Danites in his personal memoirs or journals. During the Missouri years of the Latter Day Saint movement, Call's farm was stolen from him, and he reported that he was nearly murdered in his effort to regain it. In 1848, he crossed the plains as a Mormon pioneer. He settled in Bountiful, Utah Territory, where he served as a bishop beginning in 1850.
In 1851, Call led the first company of Latter-day Saints to settle at Fillmore, Utah Territory.
Other areas Call helped colonized were Iron County, Utah; Carson Valley; and Calville, Arizona Territory.
(While some have said he also helped colonize Tooele County, Utah, that seems to be somewhat "factually enhanced" by enthusiastic descendants: he probably just gathered firewood in a canyon there with his brother Josiah who did help settle Tooele (so told in ~2014 and 2015 to Luke Anson Call by his father Anson Vee Call, both from Tooele), as any actual settling there doesn't seem to be mentioned in Anson's personal journal nor in his biography.
In Mormon history, Call is perhaps most famous for recording Joseph Smith's Rocky Mountain prophecy.
Mary Flint
Anson married Mary Flint on 3 October 1833. They had three biological children and adopted two Native American children. She died on October 8, 1901.
Margaretta Unwin Clark
At age 46, Anson married handcart pioneer and British immigrant Margaretta Unwin Clark. The ceremony was performed on February 2, 1857 in Salt Lake City where they were sealed in Brigham Young's office. Margaretta was 31 years old. Together, they had six children.
Emma Summers
At age 46, Anson married handcart pioneer and British immigrant Emma Summers. Their wedding was intended to be a double wedding with Margaretta Unwin Clark, but illness delayed the marriage. The ceremony was performed on February 24, 1857 in Salt Lake City. They were sealed by Brigham Young. Emma was 29 years old. Together, they had five children.
Ann Mariah Bowen Call
Ann Mariah Bowen (1834-1924) was born at Betheny, Genessee County, New York. Mariah married Anson Call (1810-1890) in 1851 at Salt Lake City as his second wife. They had six children, 1852-1866, born at Fillmore, Call's Fort, Provo and Bountiful, Utah. They were possibly divorced in 1868 and not much is known about the divorce. She was his second wife. She help colonize Carson City, Nv, Callville, Utah and Fillmore, Utah. She was buried by Anson Call and his other wives in the Bountiful Cemetery. Family History Library, 1425422 Item 1, Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2001. on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.