Lucy Morley Allen was born 4 October 1815 in Kirtland, Geauga County, Ohio, United States to Isaac Morley (1786-1865) and Lucy Gunn (1786-1848) and died 19 October 1908 Orderville, Kane County, Utah of unspecified causes. She married Joseph Stewart Allen (1806-1889) 2 September 1835 in Clay County, Missouri, United States.
Biography
Life on Morley's Farm
In 1831, Joseph Smith (1805-1844), the Mormon prophet and the body of his newly formed church came to Kirtland, Ohio.
When Joseph Smith and his wife, Emma Hale (1804-1879), came to Kirtland, Ohio for the first time, they lived with Isaac Morley (1786-1865). He later built a small house for them on his farm, where Joseph's and Emma's twins, Thaddeus and Louisa, were born and died only three hours later on April 30, 1831. Isaac's daughter, Lucy and her elder sister kept house for Emma while she was ill.
Brigham Young 1848 Pioneer Company
After leading his first historic 1847 Vanguard Company to blaze the trail to the Salt Lake Valley, Brigham Young (1801-1877) and many of the others returned back to Winter Quarters to collect their families and the rest of the church.
This family was numbered with the 1229 pioneers in 397 wagons make the 1,031 mile trek in 86 days (May 26 to Sept 24) and would be amongst the first of many that would make the same journey over the next 24 years.
Children
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Mary Elizabeth Allen (1836-1916) | |||
Caroline Delight Allen (1838-1879) | |||
Lucy Gunn Allen (1840-1928) | |||
Cordelia Allen (1843-1846) | |||
Calista Allen (1845-1846) | |||
Joseph Lorenzo Allen (1847-1847) | |||
Isaac Morley Allen (1849-1944) | |||
Charles Albert Allen (1851-1924) | |||
Hyrum Allen (1853-1854) | |||
Harriet Lenora Allen (1857-1930) | |||
Simeon Morley Allen (1859-1916) | |||
Clara Amelia Allen (1861-1863) |
Siblings
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Lucy Diantha Morley (1815-1908) | 4 October 1815 Kirtland, Geauga County, Ohio, United States | 19 October 1908 Orderville, Kane County, Utah | Joseph Stewart Allen (1806-1889) |
Editha Ann Morley (1818-1893) | |||
Cordelia Calista Morley (1823-1915) | 28 November 1823 Kirtland, Geauga County, Ohio, United States | 9 June 1915 Manti, Sanpete County, Utah, United States | Frederick Walter Cox (1812-1879) |