Hamblin, Jacob, 1819-1886
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- Existence: 1819 - 1886
Biographical History
Jacob Hamblin (1819-1886) was a pioneer of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, missionary, and federal Indian agent in Southern Utah. He was president of the Indian Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in southern Utah and northern Arizona.
Jacob Hamblin was born in Salem, Ohio on April 6, 1819. He was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on March 3, 1842, at the age of twenty-two. He married Lucinda Taylor (1823-1858) who was baptized soon afterward. However, when Hamblin proposed moving west, Lucinda refused to go. In February 1849, Hamblin and Lucinda decided to end their marriage, and he continued west without her, taking their four children with him. In September of the same year, Hamblin met and married Rachel Judd, a widow, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She had two children from her deceased husband, and Hamblin and Rachel had five more children together. In 1857, he married Sarah Priscilla Leavitt (1841-1927); they had nine children. Hamblin also had six children with his last wife, Louisa Bonelli (1843-1931). In addition to the twenty-four children by his four wives, he adopted three Native American children.
Hamblin was called by President Brigham Young to work with the Paiute Indians of Southern Utah. This calling began a lifetime of work with various tribes. He was later called as the president of the Indian Mission.
He made nine missionary visits to the Hopi villages of Northern Arizona and, in the process, reopened the ancient Ute Crossing on the Colorado River. He pioneered the Lee's Ferry Crossing, and in 1862-1863 traveled completely around the Grand Canyon. In 1870, he guided United States government explorer Major John Wesley Powell on a survey of the Grand Canyon. In November of that same year, he was responsible for the negotiation of the Treaty of Fort Defiance, New Mexico.
In 1869, Hamblin moved from Santa Clara to Kanab, Utah, then nine years later he moved to northern Arizona. In 1882, Hamblin moved to Pleasanton, New Mexico where he died four years later in 1886.
Citation:
Bailey, Paul, Jacob Hamblin : Buckskin Apostle (Los Angeles: Westernlore Press, 1948). Brooks, Juanita, "Jacob Hamblin...Story of His Later Years...Death and Burial, "Improvement Era" 51 (July 1951); 498,564. Brooks, Juanita, "Jacob Hamblin: Apostle to the Indians, "Improvement Era47 (April 1944); 210. Corbett, Pearson H., Jacob Hamblin, the Peacemaker (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1952). Jenson, Andrew, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Salt Lake City, Western Epics, 1971); 100. Little, James A., Faith the Conqueror: Jacob Hamblin, (Salt Lake City: General Board of the Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1945). Peterson, Charles S., "Jacob Hamblin, Apostle to the Lamanites, and the Indian Mission," "Journal of Mormon History" 2 (1975): 21-34. Jacob Hamblin: Pioneer, Missionary, Peacemaker (Salt Lake City, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1988).Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
William Adams autobiography
Andrew Amundsen journal
James G. Bleak diaries and letters
Bureau of Indian Affairs correspondence
Joseph Fish typescripts of histories and diaries
Jacob Hamblin diaries and autobiography
Jacob Hamblin papers
The letter from Brigham Young to Jacob Hamblin in this collection was written about one month before the Mountain Meadows Massacre took place. In it, Young appoints Hamblin to be president of the Santa Clara Indian mission and tells him to keep good relations with the Indians. This collection also contains four blessings given to Jacob Hamblin.
Thales Hastings Haskell diary
Handwritten diary. Haskell writes about his experiences with various Indian tribes in Arizona when he was serving as a missionary for the Mormon Church. He was accompainied by Jacob Hamblin and others. Fifteen pages of the item are written in the Deseret Alphabet. Some of the manuscript pages have been torn off and one page is missing.
James H. Jennings historical sketch
Mary Minerva Dart Judd autobiography
Photocopy of a microfilm copy of a typescript. Judd writes about her youth and migration to Utah in 1850. She moved with her family to Parowan, Utah, in 1851 where she married Zadok K. Judd in 1852. She tells about the births of her children and the purchase of Indian children as well. She writes about contact with Indians, daily activities, and moving to Santa Clara, Utah, in 1856. She lived in various communities and settled in Kanab, Utah, in 1871.
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