Rufus Chester Allen

Rufus Chester Allen (1827-1915) was born 22 Oct. 1827 in Tompkins, Delaware Co., New York. He was the son of Albern Allen and Marcia Allen. He married Lavena H. Yearsley in Mar. 1835; participated in plural marriage. He was baptized about 1837. He met with Wilford Woodruff on 21 May 1855 in Utah Territory. He died 7 Dec. 1915 in St. George, Washington Co., Utah.

Footnotes

Rufus Chester Allen (KWJC-4MV), “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 22 Aug. 2022). Rufus Chester Allen, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/rufus-chester-allen, accessed 22 Aug. 2022). “Mormon Battalion Company A return list,” entry for Rufus C. Allen, 16 Jul. 1846, p. 1, Special Collections Miscellaneous, Vault MSS 76, series 1, subseries 4, item 1, box 4, folder 8; BYU Library Digital Collections (https://lib.byu.edu/collections/digital/, accessed 22 Aug. 2022). 1850 U.S. Census, Weber Co., Utah Territory, p. 26, Albern Allen; FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 22 Aug. 2022). “Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 22 Aug. 2022); Rufus Chester Allen, 7 Dec. 1915, St. George, Washington, Utah, file no. 46, series 81448; Utah State Archives Research Center, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah; DGS 2229572. Washington County News, “Mormon Battalion Veteran Called Home” (St. George, Utah), 16 Dec. 1915, vol. VIII, no. 48, p. 1; database with images, Utah Digital Newspapers (https://digitalnewspapers.org/, accessed 22 Aug. 2022).

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    Thomas P Smith gave me the following report of Fort Johnson 6 miles north of Cedar City it contains 6 families 40 persons the fort wall is 10 rods square 4 feet thick at the bottom 2 1/2 at the top is now built 8 feet high is to be carried up 12 feet the place contains many fine springs enough to watter 100 Acres of land a good grazing country for a large heard of cattle May 20, 1855 ~ Sunday May 20th Sunday ...
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    May 20, 1855

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    we set apart Brother Hulse to his mission to Israel remarks were made by W. Woodruff C. C. Rich & several others upon the subject of the mission May 21, 1855 ~ Monday 21st Mondiay I got an Indian boy of Brother James Bosnel He was about a doz years of age his name was Moroni. Eliza Bosnel his wife wishes her Endowment & they wish me to write & inform them when they can have it ...
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    May 21, 1855 May 22, 1855 May 23, 1855 May 24, 1855 May 25, 1855

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    to be located 6 miles from the base of the mountain on the east the fort on the west we then road to the present location of fort Harmony 3 miles making 18 1/2 miles by the rodeometer & 287 miles from Salt Lake City 287 this is a good grazing country & a splendid mountain scenery. The brethren are trying to take out the stream of waters called Ash Creek to water their farming land they have carried it 6 miles & have i to carry it 2 mils further to get ...
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    May 20, 1854

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    September 5, 1859 ~ Monday Sept 5th I visited the Hand cart camp on the square the company was dispersing vary fast & getting homes I Bought a waggon of Claudious Spencer at $60. I spent the evening in the offic September 6, 1859 ~ Tuesday 6th I called at the House of Brother Wm ^P^ Mcintyre at 11 oclok Amasa Lyman soon arived & sealed Edwin Henry Moss to Elizabeth Ellett who ...
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    September 5, 1859 September 6, 1859 September 7, 1859 September 8, 1859 September 9, 1859 September 10, 1859 September 11, 1859

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    located by Prest Young in the spring of [18]55. There is but one house being builed on it worthy of note it was up to the square when I was there and the masons were at work on it. The upright part is 27 ft by 16 ft 1 1/2 story high with a one story back for back rooms the whole intended for an ell to the main building when erected. It is builed Flemish band of brick burned bricks the strechers are red and the headers white which with the white cut ...

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    and casting pipes cranks and what they needed about the works. They had tried for several years to make iron but could not accomplish it until ^of^ late The Presidency and most of the company were present to see them cast and was much pleased. We examined the works, coak coal and ore of different kinds and took specimens with us, and then returned to the city from which the ironworks were situated about one mile Cedar City contained one hundred and forty five families with 725 souls. Their fort was surrounded with a wall half a ...
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    May 20, 1855

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    and F T. Whitney I rode horseback to Cedar City 20 miles and on our arrival I went to the Iron Works and examined all the premises and saw several pigs of native iron. Erastus Snow explained to me the difficulties they had to encounter in making iron which I found to be many. We held a meeting in the ^evening^ President Young preached and I reported his discourse. It is in the Historian's Office Next day again in ...