Harriet & Henry William
Harriet
At Quincy [Illinois] on 31 October 1839, I was married to the lovely Harriet Hales. I
guess I fell in love with her upon first sight, but because of 10 years difference in our
ages, I had waited until some time after her fifteenth birthday to ask for her hand in
marriage. It was a double wedding, as her brother, Charles Henry and Julia Lockwood
were married that day too. (John Ellis)
Harriet and I went on to Fort Madison....Harriet's father Stephen had gone out to look for
oxen that had strayed and drank some poisoned water, and died. "I loved that man as a
father, and mourned his passing (John Ellis)
The Ellis home was a hospitable one. The mother was a capable, refined woman, and
her husband was a happy, jovial man who loved young people. Naturally their fireside
was often the scene of social gatherings. These two often sang together for the
entertainment of their family and friends. Singing school was often held in their home.
(Sylvia Barlow and June J. Ellis)
At Quincy [Illinois] on 31 October 1839, I was married to the lovely Harriet Hales. I
guess I fell in love with her upon first sight, but because of 10 years difference in our
ages, I had waited until some time after her fifteenth birthday to ask for her hand in
marriage. It was a double wedding, as her brother, Charles Henry and Julia Lockwood
were married that day too. (John Ellis)
Harriet and I went on to Fort Madison....Harriet's father Stephen had gone out to look for
oxen that had strayed and drank some poisoned water, and died. "I loved that man as a
father, and mourned his passing (John Ellis)
The Ellis home was a hospitable one. The mother was a capable, refined woman, and
her husband was a happy, jovial man who loved young people. Naturally their fireside
was often the scene of social gatherings. These two often sang together for the
entertainment of their family and friends. Singing school was often held in their home.
(Sylvia Barlow and June J. Ellis)
John Ellis
Henry William
O. P. Rockwell started back to Nauvoo with letters. One of the brother Hales
[sixteen-yearold Henry William] arrived to say to his brother who drives team for Pitts
that his family are very sick & wants him to go back but we cannot spare the team &
he says its of no use for him to go back without it. At night I wrote again to Diantha &
sent by brother Hales, who returns tomorrow. (William Clayton)
He saw the Prophet when he was going to Carthage Jail, and heard him say " I have a
conscience void of offence to God and all men, and it will yet be said, I was murdered
in cold blood." He saw Joseph and Hyrum in their coffins. He knew they were men of
God.
He received his temple Endowments in Nauvoo and was ordained a Seventy in the 29th
Quorum, 29 June 1845 at the age of 16. He helped build the houses, and plant the
fields for those not able to leave that season. He stayed in Nauvoo to help his father
and mother and others. They traveled to Fort Madison, Iowa, where he and his father
drank from a poisoned spring. Stephen, his father, was taken very ill and died from the
poison and was buried at this place. The mobs came and made war on the Saints that
were left. Henry moved to Garden Grove, Iowa to join his brothers, and it was there
that he married Eliza Ann Ewing on the 19th of May 1850.
During the spring of 1851, he and his family came with the Harry Walton/ Garden Grove
company into the valley.
O. P. Rockwell started back to Nauvoo with letters. One of the brother Hales
[sixteen-yearold Henry William] arrived to say to his brother who drives team for Pitts
that his family are very sick & wants him to go back but we cannot spare the team &
he says its of no use for him to go back without it. At night I wrote again to Diantha &
sent by brother Hales, who returns tomorrow. (William Clayton)
He saw the Prophet when he was going to Carthage Jail, and heard him say " I have a
conscience void of offence to God and all men, and it will yet be said, I was murdered
in cold blood." He saw Joseph and Hyrum in their coffins. He knew they were men of
God.
He received his temple Endowments in Nauvoo and was ordained a Seventy in the 29th
Quorum, 29 June 1845 at the age of 16. He helped build the houses, and plant the
fields for those not able to leave that season. He stayed in Nauvoo to help his father
and mother and others. They traveled to Fort Madison, Iowa, where he and his father
drank from a poisoned spring. Stephen, his father, was taken very ill and died from the
poison and was buried at this place. The mobs came and made war on the Saints that
were left. Henry moved to Garden Grove, Iowa to join his brothers, and it was there
that he married Eliza Ann Ewing on the 19th of May 1850.
During the spring of 1851, he and his family came with the Harry Walton/ Garden Grove
company into the valley.
Eliza Ann Ewing
Sarah Jane Mckinney
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A Hales Gathering
