Jackman, Levi (son of Moses French Jackman, born June 16, 1767) and (Elizabeth Carr, born September 19, 1763) (both of Salisbury, Essex county, Massachusetts) was born July 28, 1797, Corinth, Vermont. His father was killed in an accident just before his birth and his mother died in 1819.
He married a young widow, Angeline Myers Brady, 13 Nov 1817 in Alexander, Genesee, New York, (daughter of Henry Myers and Ruth Rodgers). She died 24 January 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois. She had a son by the name of Albert Brady who was about 4 years old. Afterward they called him by the Jackman name. In 1830 they moved to Portage, Ohio, where they accepted the message brought to them by Mormon missionaries. They were baptized in May 1831. His wife died shortly after the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith in June 1844.
Their children: Albert Brady, m. Lucinda Stone; William Ruel b. Oct. 6, 1818; Aurilla Peckham b. Sept. 20, 1820, m. Moses Curtis; Parmenia Adams b. Aug. 6, 1822, m. Phebe Lodema Merrill; Ammi Rumsey b. Feb. 6, 1825, m. Aurilla Eldredge; Levi b. May 2, 1828. Family resided at Kirtland, Ohio, and Salt Lake City, Utah.
In 1847 he was selected as a member of the original pioneer company and became one of the first Mormons to see the Salt Lake Valley. In addition to recording the details of the trek, he saw the Mormon experience as a parallel with ancient Israel's entering the promised land: "Like Moses on Pisgah's top, we could see a part of the Salt Lake Valley, our long anticipated home." His diary describes the cutting of a road through the mouth of Emigration Canyon and on entering the Valley it "seemed like bursting from the confines of prison walls into the beauties of a world of pleasure and freedom."
He married Lucinda Harmon, Nov. 18, 1849, Salt Lake City, (daughter of Oliver and Sarah Harmon), who was born March 16, 1822, Conneaut, Pennsylvania.
Their children: Sarah Lucinda b. March 20, 1851, d. young; Levi Harmon b. Sept, 6, 1853, m. Sarah E. Hatch; Almira Sophronia b. June 30, 1856, m. Joseph Hanks Oct. 29, 1876; Daniel Wells b. April 18, 1860, m. Sarah M. Marble Nov. 1, 1878. Family home Salt Lake City, Utah.
Member of high council. Worked on Kirtland and Nauvoo temples. First counselor to Bishop Roundy of the sixteenth ward and acted as bishop during the bishop's mission to England; patriarch. Died July 23, 1876, Salem, Utah.
The original pioneer company consisted of 142 men, 3 women, and 2 children, and 72 wagons when they left the outfitting post of Winter Quarters, Nebraska. They covered the 1031 miles of the trail in 111 days.
He married a young widow, Angeline Myers Brady, 13 Nov 1817 in Alexander, Genesee, New York, (daughter of Henry Myers and Ruth Rodgers). She died 24 January 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois. She had a son by the name of Albert Brady who was about 4 years old. Afterward they called him by the Jackman name. In 1830 they moved to Portage, Ohio, where they accepted the message brought to them by Mormon missionaries. They were baptized in May 1831. His wife died shortly after the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith in June 1844.
Their children: Albert Brady, m. Lucinda Stone; William Ruel b. Oct. 6, 1818; Aurilla Peckham b. Sept. 20, 1820, m. Moses Curtis; Parmenia Adams b. Aug. 6, 1822, m. Phebe Lodema Merrill; Ammi Rumsey b. Feb. 6, 1825, m. Aurilla Eldredge; Levi b. May 2, 1828. Family resided at Kirtland, Ohio, and Salt Lake City, Utah.
In 1847 he was selected as a member of the original pioneer company and became one of the first Mormons to see the Salt Lake Valley. In addition to recording the details of the trek, he saw the Mormon experience as a parallel with ancient Israel's entering the promised land: "Like Moses on Pisgah's top, we could see a part of the Salt Lake Valley, our long anticipated home." His diary describes the cutting of a road through the mouth of Emigration Canyon and on entering the Valley it "seemed like bursting from the confines of prison walls into the beauties of a world of pleasure and freedom."
He married Lucinda Harmon, Nov. 18, 1849, Salt Lake City, (daughter of Oliver and Sarah Harmon), who was born March 16, 1822, Conneaut, Pennsylvania.
Their children: Sarah Lucinda b. March 20, 1851, d. young; Levi Harmon b. Sept, 6, 1853, m. Sarah E. Hatch; Almira Sophronia b. June 30, 1856, m. Joseph Hanks Oct. 29, 1876; Daniel Wells b. April 18, 1860, m. Sarah M. Marble Nov. 1, 1878. Family home Salt Lake City, Utah.
Member of high council. Worked on Kirtland and Nauvoo temples. First counselor to Bishop Roundy of the sixteenth ward and acted as bishop during the bishop's mission to England; patriarch. Died July 23, 1876, Salem, Utah.
The original pioneer company consisted of 142 men, 3 women, and 2 children, and 72 wagons when they left the outfitting post of Winter Quarters, Nebraska. They covered the 1031 miles of the trail in 111 days.
Jackman, Levi (son of Moses French Jackman, born June 16, 1767) and (Elizabeth Carr, born September 19, 1763) (both of Salisbury, Essex county, Massachusetts) was born July 28, 1797, Corinth, Vermont. His father was killed in an accident just before his birth and his mother died in 1819.
He married a young widow, Angeline Myers Brady, 13 Nov 1817 in Alexander, Genesee, New York, (daughter of Henry Myers and Ruth Rodgers). She died 24 January 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois. She had a son by the name of Albert Brady who was about 4 years old. Afterward they called him by the Jackman name. In 1830 they moved to Portage, Ohio, where they accepted the message brought to them by Mormon missionaries. They were baptized in May 1831. His wife died shortly after the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith in June 1844.
Their children: Albert Brady, m. Lucinda Stone; William Ruel b. Oct. 6, 1818; Aurilla Peckham b. Sept. 20, 1820, m. Moses Curtis; Parmenia Adams b. Aug. 6, 1822, m. Phebe Lodema Merrill; Ammi Rumsey b. Feb. 6, 1825, m. Aurilla Eldredge; Levi b. May 2, 1828. Family resided at Kirtland, Ohio, and Salt Lake City, Utah.
In 1847 he was selected as a member of the original pioneer company and became one of the first Mormons to see the Salt Lake Valley. In addition to recording the details of the trek, he saw the Mormon experience as a parallel with ancient Israel's entering the promised land: "Like Moses on Pisgah's top, we could see a part of the Salt Lake Valley, our long anticipated home." His diary describes the cutting of a road through the mouth of Emigration Canyon and on entering the Valley it "seemed like bursting from the confines of prison walls into the beauties of a world of pleasure and freedom."
He married Lucinda Harmon, Nov. 18, 1849, Salt Lake City, (daughter of Oliver and Sarah Harmon), who was born March 16, 1822, Conneaut, Pennsylvania.
Their children: Sarah Lucinda b. March 20, 1851, d. young; Levi Harmon b. Sept, 6, 1853, m. Sarah E. Hatch; Almira Sophronia b. June 30, 1856, m. Joseph Hanks Oct. 29, 1876; Daniel Wells b. April 18, 1860, m. Sarah M. Marble Nov. 1, 1878. Family home Salt Lake City, Utah.
Member of high council. Worked on Kirtland and Nauvoo temples. First counselor to Bishop Roundy of the sixteenth ward and acted as bishop during the bishop's mission to England; patriarch. Died July 23, 1876, Salem, Utah.
The original pioneer company consisted of 142 men, 3 women, and 2 children, and 72 wagons when they left the outfitting post of Winter Quarters, Nebraska. They covered the 1031 miles of the trail in 111 days.
He married a young widow, Angeline Myers Brady, 13 Nov 1817 in Alexander, Genesee, New York, (daughter of Henry Myers and Ruth Rodgers). She died 24 January 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois. She had a son by the name of Albert Brady who was about 4 years old. Afterward they called him by the Jackman name. In 1830 they moved to Portage, Ohio, where they accepted the message brought to them by Mormon missionaries. They were baptized in May 1831. His wife died shortly after the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith in June 1844.
Their children: Albert Brady, m. Lucinda Stone; William Ruel b. Oct. 6, 1818; Aurilla Peckham b. Sept. 20, 1820, m. Moses Curtis; Parmenia Adams b. Aug. 6, 1822, m. Phebe Lodema Merrill; Ammi Rumsey b. Feb. 6, 1825, m. Aurilla Eldredge; Levi b. May 2, 1828. Family resided at Kirtland, Ohio, and Salt Lake City, Utah.
In 1847 he was selected as a member of the original pioneer company and became one of the first Mormons to see the Salt Lake Valley. In addition to recording the details of the trek, he saw the Mormon experience as a parallel with ancient Israel's entering the promised land: "Like Moses on Pisgah's top, we could see a part of the Salt Lake Valley, our long anticipated home." His diary describes the cutting of a road through the mouth of Emigration Canyon and on entering the Valley it "seemed like bursting from the confines of prison walls into the beauties of a world of pleasure and freedom."
He married Lucinda Harmon, Nov. 18, 1849, Salt Lake City, (daughter of Oliver and Sarah Harmon), who was born March 16, 1822, Conneaut, Pennsylvania.
Their children: Sarah Lucinda b. March 20, 1851, d. young; Levi Harmon b. Sept, 6, 1853, m. Sarah E. Hatch; Almira Sophronia b. June 30, 1856, m. Joseph Hanks Oct. 29, 1876; Daniel Wells b. April 18, 1860, m. Sarah M. Marble Nov. 1, 1878. Family home Salt Lake City, Utah.
Member of high council. Worked on Kirtland and Nauvoo temples. First counselor to Bishop Roundy of the sixteenth ward and acted as bishop during the bishop's mission to England; patriarch. Died July 23, 1876, Salem, Utah.
The original pioneer company consisted of 142 men, 3 women, and 2 children, and 72 wagons when they left the outfitting post of Winter Quarters, Nebraska. They covered the 1031 miles of the trail in 111 days.
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