Truman O. Angell was born 5 June 1810 in North Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States to James Williams Angell (1776-1851) and Phebe Ann Morton (1786-1854) and died 16 October 1887 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of unspecified causes. He married Polly Ann Johnson (1813-1876) 7 October 1832 in China, Delaware County, New York, United States. He married Susan Eliza Savage (1825-1893) 20 April 1851 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. He married Mary Ann Johnson (1836-1906) 17 June 1855 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States.
Biography
Truman Osborn Angell - Chief Architect for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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 hundred plus wagon trains that would make the same journey over the next 24 years.
Temple Architect
A convert, he worked as a carpenter of major contribution for the Kirtland Temple soon after joining the Church, appointed superintendent of joiner work under the Chief Architect of the Nauvoo Temple, designer and Chief Architect for the Salt Lake Temple, Manti Temple, St. George Temple, and Logan Temple in Utah.
Working with President John Taylor as he had with Presidents Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, fate did not permit Truman to live to see the Salt Lake Temple finished. For more than thirty-five years he had toiled and labored on this one great structure. It was said that he knew every stone in its walls.
Marriage and Family =
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Sarah Jane Angell (1834-1869) | |||
| Martha Ann Angell (1836-1846) | |||
| Elizabeth Frances Angell (1838-1838) | |||
| Mariah Angell (1841-1930) | |||
| Mary Angell (1842-) | |||
| Truman Carlos Angell (1845-1847) | |||
| Almira Angell (1846-1846) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Truman Osborn Angell (1852-1933) | |||
| Charles Edgar Angell (1855-1910) | |||
| Zelnora Eliza Angell (1858-1924) | 26 July 1858 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States | 11 April 1924 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States | Serge Frederick Ballif (1859-1942) |
| Alice Cates Angell (1860-1911) | |||
| Leonard Cates Angell (1863-1908) | |||
| Susan Elida Angell (1867-1933) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Theodore Johnson Angell (1857-1918) | |||
| Mary Ann Angell (1859-1928) | |||
| George Washington Angell (1860-1911) | |||
| Franklin Darius Angell (1865-1867) | |||
| Lewis Albert Angell (1868-1910) | |||
| William Willard Angell (1871-1954) | |||
| Hyrum James Angell (1874-1886) | |||
| Oscar LeRoy Angell (1881-1883) | |||
Siblings
Residences
See Also
- Truman Angell,
- Angell Family
- Angell in Providence County, Rhode Island.
- Angell in Salt Lake County, Utah.