ELLA CLARINDA HINCKLEY

Ella Clarinda Hinckley was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on September 17, 1867.

Ella was the sixth of eleven children born of Arza Erastus Hinckley and Temperance Ricks. Ella then obtained her education at the Brigham Young Academy in Provo, and later at the Brigham Young College in Logan. Ella also volunteered her time by serving as an early temple worker in the Logan Temple.

It was their that on June 24, 1886 in Logan, Utah, and at the age of 19, that Ella married a 44-year-old businessman and politician named Thomas Bartholomew Cardon, and became his 2nd wife. (Like Ella's father, Thomas also practiced polygamy, taking three wives over the course of his life.) On October 6, 1886, just over three months after their marriage, Thomas was arrested for unlawful cohabitation, yet he was never convicted of any crime.

Together they had five children; Ella Vida (1890), Raymond (1892), Grace (1893), Cara (1896), and Thomasa (1898). Thomas and Ella were married for twelve years until in February of 1898, Thomas died at the age of 56. Ella was 31 years old and pregnant with their last daughter Thomasa, at the time of his death.


At some point during this part of her life Ella became a nurse and also served as subscription teacher in a school at Rexburg, Idaho. She obtained her nursing degree from Dr. William B. Parkinson's Hospital. On the inside cover of the lecture-notes book (book 3), she states that she took courses on medical instruction from a Dr. William B. Parkinson from 1896—1901. Her notes are very detailed and informative about treating wounds, illnesses, and delivering children. Ella also states that she "took Red Cross Nursing in the First World War. 1918. Service Star Officer." Some of the notes in her books give hints about her daily activities, but much remains unknown about her personal life.


Ella remained a widow until she married a widower and former sheriff named Daniel Lewis Hoopes in Logan, Utah on November 11, 1906. Daniel was 18 years older than Ella and had ten surviving children from his previous marriage. In 1907, at age 40 Ella gave birth to their first child, Warner. In 1910, they had their second and final child, naming her Florence. They were married for nineteen years until Daniel died a the age of 76 in April of 1925. Ella Clarinda Hinckley Cardon Hoopes lived to the age of 86 years old, until her death in Logan, on May 30, 1954.

Sources for information on Ella C. Hinckley;
The Herald Journal, June 1, 1954
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Relatives: Temperance Ricks (Mother)
Arza E. Hickley (Father)

Children with Thomas B Cardon not listed below: Raymond H Cardon