Early Utah Pioneer
Mississippi Convert to LDS Church Biography William Mangum was born 25 December 1811 Maury , Tennessee to John Mangum (1763-1843) and Rebecca Canida (1785-1847) and died 26 February 1888 Circleville , Piute County , Utah of unspecified causes. He married Sarah Ada Adair (1815-1852) 1833 in Pickens County , Alabama . He married Sarah Delight Potter (1828-1905) 3 April 1853 in Payson , Utah County , Utah .
Numbered amoung the participants in the William Lane 1852 Pioneer Company , a early Mormon pioneer wagon train traveling from to Salt Lake City in the early summer. Consisting of approximately fifteen families who had lived since spring 1851 at a welfare "poor farm" forty miles north of Kanesville, Iowa , called Lanesborough , were organized into this company under the leadership of their bishop, William West Lane (1797-1852) . While the plains of Nebraska this party was hit hard by a cholera epidemic killing Bishop Lane, his wife and several other members of the company.
William's wife, Sarah, was one of those who died from the cholera.
The Adair Spring Monument 1857 group of about 38 southerner families were called by Brigham Young (1801-1877) on to settle the Virgin River area of Southwest Utah and to crow cotton, to decrease the saints reliance on expensive product from back east. The first group was led by Samuel Jefferson Adair (1806-1889) and a second group led by Robert Dockery Covington (1815-1902) who was appointed president of the newly formed branch at Washington, Utah . Other pioneer families joined them in 1861 but this ambitious endeavor came to an end after the close of the Civil War and cotton prices collapsed.
This person was is listed on the Encampment Mall Memorial St. George, Utah in 1861. They were part of the "Dixie Cotton Mission" called by President Brigham Young to raise cotton and other southern crops in the warmer climate of Washington County, Utah .
Children
Offspring of William Mangum and Sarah Ada Adair (1815-1852)
Name
Birth
Death
Joined with
Armelia Caroline Mangum (1834-1916) 21 March 1834 Pickens County , Alabama , United States 15 December 1916 Garland , Box Elder County , Utah Jacob Bigler (1813-1907)
Thomas Jefferson Mangum (1835-1839) 8 December 1835 Pickens County , Alabama , United States 1839 Pickens County , Alabama
Sarah Frances Mangum (1838-1889) 11 September 1838 Pickens County , Alabama , United States 28 October 1889 Salt Lake City , Salt Lake County , Utah David Crockett Cazier (1834-1929)
Cyrus Franklin Mangum (1840-1896) 29 September 1840 Itawamba County , Mississippi , United States 29 September 1896 Corinne , Box Elder County , Utah Sarah Ellen Allen (1844-1934) Mary Tranter (1855-1928)
William Young Mangum (1845-1847) 5 October 1845 Itawamba County , Mississippi , United States 28 June 1847 Mt. Pisgah , Union County , Iowa
Marinda Elizabeth Mangum (1850-1852) 7 October 1850 Mount Pisgah , Union County , Iowa , United States 28 June 1852 Mormon Pioneer Trail , Colfax County , Nebraska
Offspring of William Mangum and Sarah Delight Potter (1828-1905)
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Birth
Death
Joined with
Martin Addison Mangum (1854-1892) 21 January 1854 Payson , Utah County , Utah , United States 10 March 1892 Circleville , Piute County , Utah , United States Mary Jane Ruby (1857-1926)
John Arnold Mangum (1855-1940) 25 November 1855 Payson , Utah County , Utah , United States 14 January 1940 Nampa , Canyon County , Idaho , United States Mary Ellen Crow (1857-1931)
William Carlos Mangum (1858-1862) 18 June 1858 Washington County , Utah , United States 3 October 1862 Washington , Washington County , Utah , United States
Delila Ann Mangum (1860-1887) 20 May 1860 Washington , Washington County , Utah , United States 27 August 1887 Circleville , Piute County , Utah , United States
David Jacob Mangum (1862-1862) 30 March 1862 St. George , Washington County , Utah , United States 4 October 1862 Washington , Washington County , Utah , United States
Mary Jane Mangum (1864-1927) 19 January 1864 Diamond Valley , Washington County , Utah , United States 27 December 1927 McGill , White Pine County , Nevada , United States Joseph Johnson Alger (1853-1932)
Emily Almira Mangum (1866-1950) 20 March 1866 Washington , Washington County , Utah , United States 11 November 1850 Pleasant Valley , Carbon County , Utah , United States Levison Hancock (1858-1954)
Harriett Adeline Mangum (1869-1869) 13 January 1869 Washington , Washington County , Utah , United States June 1869 Washington County , Utah , United States
Siblings
Offspring of John Mangum (1763-1843) and Rebecca Canida (1785-1847)
Name
Birth
Death
Joined with
Jemima Catherina Mangum (1809-1848) 14 September 1809 Lebanon , Warren County , Ohio 23 April 1848 Mt. Pisgah , Union County , Iowa Samuel Jefferson Adair (1806-1889)
William Mangum (1811-1888) 25 December 1811 Maury , Tennessee 26 February 1888 Circleville , Piute County , Utah Sarah Ada Adair (1815-1852) Sarah Delight Potter (1828-1905)
Rebecca Frances Mangum (1814-1890) 10 August 1814 Giles County , Tennessee , United States 1890 Bisbee , Cochise County , Arizona , United States Joseph Adair (1806-1858) John Wesley Adair (1820-1903)
John Mangum (1817-1881) 10 June 1817 Springville , St. Clair County , Alabama 27 April 1881 Alpine , Apache County , Arizona Mary Ann Adair (1822-1892) Ellen Bardsley (1819-1864) Mary Hamblin (1853-1871)
James Mitchell Mangum (1820-1888) 14 February 1820 Springville , St. Clair County , Alabama 14 February 1888 Nutrioso , Apache County , Arizona Eliza Jane Clark (1827-1859) Rebecca Frances Mangum (1843-1928) Mary Ann Smith (1844-1912)
Joseph Eastland Mangum (1822-1848) 1822 Pickens County , Alabama 1848 Iowa Arta Emaline Hanna (1825-1909)
Virginia Jane Mangum (1824-1904) 14 July 1824 Maury , Tennessee 9 November 1904 Beardon , Okfuskee County , Oklahoma George Washington Crawford (1810-1880)
Lucinda Mangum (1826-1903) 20 July 1826 Pickensville , Pickens County , Alabama 23 February 1903 St Johns , Apache County , Arizona James Richey (1821-1890)
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