1862 or Later

Introduction, 1862 or Later

The diary in which Emmeline recorded her entries for 1844, 1845, and 1846 had a number of blank pages. Her second daughter, Melvina Whitney, listed some family data on one of those pages, perhaps around 1862. Emmeline also inscribed family data. Information recorded at some point includes the names of Emmeline’s three husbands and her six children, with information about marriages and sealings, births, and deaths. Information was also recorded for some Woodward siblings and their spouses and children.

Note that the diarist’s name appears in these early pages as “Emeline,” with one “m.” She changed the spelling of her name to “Emmeline” in midlife to distinguish herself from Emeline Young Wells, daughter of Daniel H. Wells and Louisa Free.¹

This portion of the diary is dated herein to “1862 or Later” because Louisa M. Wells, listed here, was born in 1862. It is possible some of this material was inscribed before 1862.

²Celia

Cel {p. 3}

Cecilia [M. Woodward]³ {p. 4}

⁴Birthes⁵

My father⁶
N K [Newel K. Whitney]	Born
My mother
E B [Emmeline B. Woodward]	Born
my sister
Isabelle M [Isabel M. Whitney]	Born
My self
Melvina C [Whitney]
Born
My sister
E [Emeline W. Wells]⁷	Born
E [Elizabeth Ann Wells]	Born
L [Louisa M. Wells]	Born {p. 6}

Sealed To Bishop N. K. Whitney

in Nauvoo Ill. 18

	Elisabeth Ann Smith
Sept 10 1844	Olive M. Bishop	by Brigham Young
Feb. 14. 1845.	Emeline B. Woodward	B. Young
Feb. 18. 1845	Almira E. Pond	B. Young
May 8. 1845.	Abigail A Pond	B. Young
July 25. 1845.	Elisabeth M. More	B. Young
Oct 7 1845	Henrietta [Keyes] Rees.	H. C. Kimball
Jan 20 1846	Ann Huston	H. C. Kimball
	also dead
	Malvina Kingsbury
	Susan Lang
	Mary Gray
	Rachel Webster
	Elisabeth B. Bishop {p. 7}

Births

James H. Harris Born Dec 24 1827

Emeline B. Woodward Feb 28<9> 1828

Married July 29. 1842<3>

Eugene Henri Harris Born Sept. 1. 1844

Newel K. Whitney Born Feb 5. 1795.

& E. B. W. sealed Feb 14. 1845

Isabel. Modelana Whitney Born Nov 2. 1848.

Malvina Caroline Whitney Born Aug 14 1850

Sealed to D. [Daniel] H. Wells Oct. 10. 1852

Emeline Whitney Wells born Sep. 10 1853

Elisabeth Ann Wells born Dec. 7 1859

Louisa Martha Wells born May 27 1862 {p. 9}

Deaths

Eugene Henri Harris

Died Oct 6 1844

Nauvoo. Ill.

Newel K. Whitney Died Sept 23. 1850

at Great Salt Lake City Utah Ter. {p. 10}

Births

Manson J. Woodward Born

Apr. 15<21>. 1820

Nancy Kidder Oct 18. 1820.

Married May 22 1838

~~Wallace Watson Woodward Born~~

~~Feb. 6. 1840~~

James ~~May 2~~ Manson Woodward

Aug 11. 1842.

James Manson Woodwa[rd] {p. 11}

Deaths

James Manson Woodward

died May 23 1842<3> {p. 12}

Births⁸

Henry H. Granger Born June 3. 1817.

Lucy M. Woodward Born Dec 3. 1817.

Married March 30. 1837

Lucy Catharine Granger Dec 18. 1837.

Henry Corydon Granger Oct. 19 1839<40>

Louis Edwin Granger Aug. 13 1842

Louis Edwin [Granger] {p. 13}

Deaths

Louis Edwin Granger {p. 14}

Births

Ellen C. Woodward Born

Nov 5 1832<1> {p. 15}

James Woodward Born

Feb 14 1823 {p. 16}

Births

Samuel A. Hinckley Born

Sept 3. 1821

Cordelia M. Woodward Born

Dec 8 1824

Married June 5. 1839

Samuel Oscar Hinckley Born

Dec 24 1840

Rosetta Adeline Hinckley Born

May 17. 1843 {p. 17}

Deaths

Rosetta Adeline Hinckley Died

Sept 3 1844

Died on her Birthday

Died on her Birth-day {p. 18}

(Journal of <among> the church of Jesus Christ of LatterDay Saints)

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1862 or Later, The Journal of Emmeline B. Wells, accessed December 21, 2024 https://chpress-web.churchhistorianspress.org/emmeline-b-wells/1860s/1862/1862-01

Footnotes

[1]Madsen, Intimate History, 196n12.
[2]text: The remaining text on the page is inscribed upside down. In the original diary, this material was preceded by title page information, which EBW appears to have entered circa 1844.
[3]text: In the original diary, this material was followed, on page {5}, by an entry that EBW wrote circa 1844.
[4]text: The material on this page (6) was written by Melvina C. Whitney.
[5]text: “Birthes” is surrounded by a dashed-line box.
[6]text: Designations like “My father” and “My mother” on this page are all enclosed in oval-like shapes.
[7]Emeline Whitney Wells, first daughter of Daniel H. Wells and EBW, was later called Emme, Em, Emma, or Emmie.
[8]text: “Births” underlined with a double dotted line.