Biography
Mahonri Moriancumer Cahoon was born 26 July 1834 in Kirtland, Geauga County, Ohio, United States to Reynolds Cahoon (1790-1861) and Thirza Stiles (1789-1866) and died 24 January 1888 Murray, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of unspecified causes. He married Sarah Romney (1836-1909) 22 November 1853 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah.
Brother of Jared Namesake
n the Book of Mormon, the brother of Jared is the most prominent person in the account given in the beginning (chapters 1–6) of the Book of Ether. Moriancumer (/mɔːr.iː.ˈæn.kə.mɜːr/[1]) is the name of the place where Jared and the people he was traveling with (later to be called Jaredites) settled for a time. Some years after the publication of the Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith (1805-1844) (Mormon prophet and translater of the book) was residing in Kirtland, Ohio when Reynolds Cahoon (1790-1861) had a son. One day when Smith was passing his door, Cahoon called him in and asked Smith to bless and name the baby. Smith did so and gave the boy the name of Mahonri Moriancumer. When Smith finished the blessing, he laid the child on the bed told Cahoon that the "name I have given your son is the name of the brother of Jared; the Lord has just shown [or revealed] it to me." William F. (brother) heard Smith make this statement to his father; and this was the first time the name of the brother of Jared was known in the church in this dispensation” [1]
Marriage and Family
Children
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Mahonri Moriancumer Cahoon (1854-1856) | |||
Elizabeth Thurza Cahoon (1857-1935) | |||
Miles Reynolds Cahoon (1859-1926) | |||
John Farrington Cahoon (1861-1923) | |||
Nancy Rosella Cahoon (1864-1908) | |||
Sarah Jennette Cahoon (1873-1874) | |||
George Earnest Cahoon (1873-1931) |
Siblings
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
William Farrington Cahoon (1813-1893) | 7 November 1813 Harpersfield, Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States | 6 April 1893 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States | Miranda Nancy Gibbs (1817-1867) Mary Wilson Dugdale (1814-1882) Elvina Marshall Jones (1824-1898) Oleana Olsen (1833-1910) |
Lerona Elizabeth Cahoon (1817-1840) | |||
Pulaski Stephen Cahoon (1820-1892) | |||
Daniel Stiles Cahoon (1822-1903) | |||
Andrew Cahoon (1824-1900) | |||
Julia Amina Cahoon (1830-1831) | |||
Mahonri Moriancumer Cahoon (1834-1888) | 26 July 1834 Kirtland, Geauga County, Ohio, United States | 24 January 1888 Murray, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States | Sarah Romney (1836-1909) |
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Lucina Johnson Cahoon (1843-1850) | |||
Rais Bell Casson Reynolds Cahoon (1845-1911) | |||
Truman Carlos Cahoon (1850-1911) |