Dates

• Existence: 1819 - 1893

Biographical History

Edmund Lovell Ellsworth (1819-1893) was a lumberman, farmer, and pioneer for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New York, Nauvoo, Utah, and Arizona.

Edmund Lovell Ellsworth was born on July 1, 1819 in Paris, New York to Jonathan Ellsworth and Sarah Galley. Ellsworth was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on February 20, 1841 in New York and one year later in Nauvoo, Illinois he married Elizabeth Young on July 10. With Elizabeth, Ellsworth had eight children. He later became a member of the fourth quorum of the seventy and on his trek to Utah was the captain of the first handcart company.

In Salt Lake City, Utah, Ellsworth married Mary Ann Dudley on December 24, 1852 and had nine children with her. While living in Utah, in 1854 he was called as a missionary for the LDS church and served his mission in England. On October 10, 1856 in Salt Lake City, Utah, he married Mary Ann Bates and Mary Ann Jones. With Mary Ann Bates he had thirteen children and with Mary Ann Jones he had twelve children. All together, Ellsworth had four wives and forty-two children.

Later in his life while living in Arizona, Ellsworth was imprisoned for polygamy in June of 1885 in the Yuma Territorial Prison. On December 29, 1893, Ellsworth died in Showlow, Arizona.

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Go forth, multiply and prosper, c1989: title page (Edmund Ellsworth) page 18 (born July 1, 1819 to Jonathan and Sarah Ellsworth) page 498 (died December 29, 1893)

FamilySearch, via WWW, October 15, 2010 (Edmund Lovell Ellsworth; born July 1, 1819 in Paris, N.Y. to Jonathan Ellsworth and Sarah Galley; died December 29, 1893 in Show Low, Ariz.)

Ancestry, Oct. 14, 2015 (Edmond Lovell Ellsworth; b. Jul. 1 1819 in Paris, New York; d. Dec. 29, 1893 in Showlow, Arizona; m. Elizabeth Young, July 10, 1842 in Nauvoo, Illinois; m. Mary Ann Jones, Oct. 4, 1856 in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory; m. Mary Ann Dudley, Dec. 24, 1852 in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory; m. Mary Ann Bates, Oct. 10, 1856 in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory; had forty-two children; in Jun. 1885 he was jailed in Yuma Territorial Prison for polygamy; parents: Jonathan Ellsworth and Sarah Gallea)

Arizona State University website, via WWW, Oct. 14, 2015 (Edmund Lovell Ellsworth; member of the first fourth quorum of the Seventy; captain of the first handcart company)

Pearls of great families, via WWW, Oct. 14, 2015 (Edmund Lovell Ellsworth; m. Elizabeth Young, July 10, 1842 in Salt Lake City, Utah; m. Mary Ann Dudley, Dec. 24, 1852 in Salt Lake City Utah; m. Mary Ann Bates, Oct. 10, 1856 in Salt Lake City, Utah; m. Mary Ann Jones, Oct. 10, 1856 in Salt Lake City, Utah; had eight children with Elizabeth Young; had nine children with Mary Ann Dudley; had thirteen children with Mary Ann Bates; had twelve children with Mary Ann Jones; was a farmer and lumberman; baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Feb. 20, 1841 in New York; served a mission in England, left in 1854; captain of the first handcart company, parents: Jonathan Ellsworth and Sarah Galley)

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