Charles married Margaret Ann Noah, after his first wife’s death, at Ravenna Township, Portage County, Ohio October 10, 1816.
Charles’ brother Sylvester heard the story that Joseph Smith had found a book written by civilized people who once lived in America. In January of 1830 Sylvester traveled 175 miles to New York to learn about them. There, in March, before the church was organized, he was baptized. He brought a Book of Mormon back with him for the Hulet’s to read. When Oliver Cowdery, Ziba Peterson, and Parley P. Pratt came to Ohio as missionaries the Hulets were among the first to be baptized in October 1830. When Joseph Smith moved to Hiram, just seven miles from the ‘Hulet Settlement’ in Nelson township, he told them that children should be baptized when eight years old. So, in February 1831, the Hulet children over eight were baptized; including Catherine Hulet Winget, our ancestor. They arrived in Jackson County, Missouri in 1832. They lived about six miles west of Independence.
In 1838 the Prophet Joseph Smith arrived in Missouri to make his home and found that Oliver Cowdery and David Whitmer were in rebellion against the presidency of the church. A trial was already in progress and upon Joseph’s arrival he confirmed their excommunication. The Hulets were close friends with the Whitmer family and never felt quite right about the excommunication. In 1839, when the mob drove his family from Missouri, Charles took his family to Illinois. Charles helped with the building of the Nauvoo Temple and some of the homes in the city of Nauvoo. He had the privilege of seeing the Prophet Joseph Smith many times and hearing him speak. Charles and Margaret were among the 66 people who received their endowments on December 18, 1845 in the Nauvoo Temple. He was in attendance at the conference in Nauvoo when those present witnessed the mantle of Joseph Smith fall upon Brigham Young, showing that the Lord had chosen Brigham Young to lead His church.
Charles came across the plains and settled in Springville where he and his son, Sylvanus, took up farming and chair making as a means of providing for their families. Margaret died April 15, 1851 and Cyrus became a widower again. He married Cynthia Davis Clyde on January 24, 1952, but they were soon divorced. On March 1, 1858 Charles, then 68 years old, married Mary Kirkman, a thirty-six year old widow. They had two daughters together. He died May 9, 1863 in Springville, Utah.
The other family photo is of C. F. Hulet with his wife Elvira Miller and their children.
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| The two photos above are purported to be Charles Hulet: This does not seem possible because he only had two boys who were born 15 years apart. Also photographs as we know them existed from 1850 on and at that time Charles did not have a young family as is portrayed here. So who are these photos of? |
Someone else lived in Portage, Ohio on a farm 3 miles from the Hulets:
MARGARET ANN NOAH HULET
Margaret Ann Noah was born in Kennet, Chester Heights, Delaware County, Pennsylvania on April 19, 1794. She was christened December 21, 1795 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
During the years 1804 and 1805, their family moved to Nelson, Portage County, Ohio where her father bought land and followed in his work as an agriculturist.
Margaret Ann Noah met and married Charles Hulet, a widower and farmer, (the brother of Sally Hulet, who married Elisha Whiting, Jr.) on October 10, 1816 at Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio. Charles was born in Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts on March 3, 1790.
One year after the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized, in 1831, missionaries visited in nearby Nelson, Ohio, where their family was taught and baptized by Parley P. Pratt in February of that year.
Soon after their baptism, they felt the vicious persecutions against the Church and felt the need to move from Ohio to Missouri, then on to Illinois. After the saints were driven from Nauvoo, they crossed through Iowa and stayed in Council Bluffs until 1850.
Charles and Margaret Ann Hulet, with some of their children, crossed the plains with the Aaron Johnson Wagon Company and arrived in Salt Lake Valley on September 12, 1850.
They were sent to Springville, Utah Territory, where they were one of the original thirteen families to start a settlement there.
Margaret Ann was the mother of ten children and raised them to be righteous and true to the faith. She, with her “sister wife”, Mary Kirkman Lawson, were known as angels of mercy.
Margaret Ann was a very good practical nurse. She did so much for so many, caring for the sick. She was known as Nurse Hulet. An epidemic of diphtheria struck the town and while she was caring for a family of children next door, she contracted the dreaded disease and died on April or May 15, 1857. Her husband Charles Hulet died May 9, 1863 at Springville.
Her parents were John (Johan) Mathias Noah, born October 20, 1760, at Dresden, Saxony, Germany who died at Garretsville, Portage, Ohio April 1, 1849; and Elizabeth Schmidt, born on Christmas day, December 25, 1768, at Chester Heights, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
Charles and Margaret Ann Noah Hulet’s children were:
Anna Maria Hulet, born 11 December 1817, at Nelson, Portage, Ohio.
Melvina Hulet, twin, who lived 28 years, born 12 March 1820, at Nelson, Portage, Ohio.
Catherine Hulet, twin, born 12 March 1820, at Nelson, Portage, Ohio.
Electa Fidelia Hulet, born 1 May 1823, at Nelson, Portage, Ohio.
Sylvanus Cyrus Hulet, born 14 March 1826, at Nelson, Portage, Ohio.
Elizabeth Hulet, born 21 July 1832, at Law, Jackson County, Missouri.
Sarah Ann Hulet, who died at age 12, born 12 Apr 1835, at Clay County, Missouri.
Jane Hulet, born 22 Aug 1838, at Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri.
Dorcus Tabitha Hulet, a foster child, born 23 Jul 1839, at Caldwell County, Missouri.
Warren Hulet, born about 1841, at Caldwell County, Missouri.
Source: “Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude”, published by Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1998; Family Group Sheets of Naoma Perry Jolley, Mary H. Coburn and Eldred A. Johnson.
Prairie Branch by LC Porter:
When the Lamanite missionaries visited Kirtland and vicinity in October-
November 1830 they set in motion a rapid series of conversions. Members of
the Hulet family were said to have been among the first to be baptized. Oren
(Orin) Hulet was baptized either in October 1830 or February 1831. Anna
Hulet of Nelson was baptized in February 1831, as was Elvira Hulet Mills
on February 10, 1831.54 Young Katharine, daughter of Charles and Margaret
Noah Hulet, recalled, “In February 1831 my parents embraced the gospel, and
a few months later I was baptized.”55 The extended family of John Noah also
became interested in the Church sometime in the same proximity. At the time
Joseph Smith arrived from New York in Kirtland on February 1, 1831, Nelson
Township contained a budding network of inter-related families who were in
the process of aligning themselves with the Church.
November 1830 they set in motion a rapid series of conversions. Members of
the Hulet family were said to have been among the first to be baptized. Oren
(Orin) Hulet was baptized either in October 1830 or February 1831. Anna
Hulet of Nelson was baptized in February 1831, as was Elvira Hulet Mills
on February 10, 1831.54 Young Katharine, daughter of Charles and Margaret
Noah Hulet, recalled, “In February 1831 my parents embraced the gospel, and
a few months later I was baptized.”55 The extended family of John Noah also
became interested in the Church sometime in the same proximity. At the time
Joseph Smith arrived from New York in Kirtland on February 1, 1831, Nelson
Township contained a budding network of inter-related families who were in
the process of aligning themselves with the Church.
Responding to words of counsel from the Lord to Joseph Smith, since
canonized in Section 42 of the Doctrine and Covenants, Lyman Wight and
John Whitmer visited the Nelson area with considerable missionary success.57
Their stay lasted from February 10 until around March 8. Wight and John
Whitmer proselytized in Nelson during March or early April 1831, during
which time, as Whitmer wrote, we “built a branch of the Church of Christ.”58
Missionaries David Whitmer and Harvey Whitlock also labored in Nelson and
baptized Francis Hulet between June 11 and July 18, 1831.59
In the fall of 1831, Joseph Smith was living at the John Johnson Sr. farm
near the village of Hiram, Ohio, deeply involved with Sidney Rigdon in a
careful revision of the Old and New Testaments. The Johnson home in Hiram
Township was not far from the residence of the Hulets in Nelson, which prox-
imity provided the Hulets with an opportunity to get to know many Church
leaders. The Prophet Joseph once ate dinner at the Hulet settlement in Nelson.
Young Katharine, daughter of Charles and Margaret Noah Hulet recorded that
she was “born March 12, 1820, at Nelson, Portage, Ohio. In 1830 [1831] the
Prophet Joseph Smith and Parley P. Pratt came to my father’s house and de-
sired to hold meeting there. Father gave them the privilege. The Prophet bore
testimony to finding the plates containing the Book of Mormon. . . . I hear[d]
16 Mormon Historical Studies him preach the following Sunday [March 25, 1832]
canonized in Section 42 of the Doctrine and Covenants, Lyman Wight and
John Whitmer visited the Nelson area with considerable missionary success.57
Their stay lasted from February 10 until around March 8. Wight and John
Whitmer proselytized in Nelson during March or early April 1831, during
which time, as Whitmer wrote, we “built a branch of the Church of Christ.”58
Missionaries David Whitmer and Harvey Whitlock also labored in Nelson and
baptized Francis Hulet between June 11 and July 18, 1831.59
In the fall of 1831, Joseph Smith was living at the John Johnson Sr. farm
near the village of Hiram, Ohio, deeply involved with Sidney Rigdon in a
careful revision of the Old and New Testaments. The Johnson home in Hiram
Township was not far from the residence of the Hulets in Nelson, which prox-
imity provided the Hulets with an opportunity to get to know many Church
leaders. The Prophet Joseph once ate dinner at the Hulet settlement in Nelson.
Young Katharine, daughter of Charles and Margaret Noah Hulet recorded that
she was “born March 12, 1820, at Nelson, Portage, Ohio. In 1830 [1831] the
Prophet Joseph Smith and Parley P. Pratt came to my father’s house and de-
sired to hold meeting there. Father gave them the privilege. The Prophet bore
testimony to finding the plates containing the Book of Mormon. . . . I hear[d]
16 Mormon Historical Studies him preach the following Sunday [March 25, 1832]
after the mob had tarred and feathered and beaten him and Sidney Rigdon so badly.”60
As a result of immigration, the Church in Missouri experienced a surge
of significant growth. Bishop Partridge sent many more new arrivals, includ-
ing the Hulets to the Prairie Branch area. Charles secured a farm and a good
home for his family; Rhoda Mills and daughter Elvira located nearby in the
Whitmer settlement.67
of significant growth. Bishop Partridge sent many more new arrivals, includ-
ing the Hulets to the Prairie Branch area. Charles secured a farm and a good
home for his family; Rhoda Mills and daughter Elvira located nearby in the
Whitmer settlement.67
Parley P. Pratt was asked to hold a meeting in their home. All the Hulets who were old enough in October 1830 were later baptized. In 1832 they became social outcasts because of their membership in the church. In fear of their lives, they moved to Jackson County, Missouri where they settled an area and formed the Hulet Branch.
On the 25 June 1833 while the Hulet family was still in Jackson County, Missouri, the First Presidency of the church consisting of Joseph Smith, Jun, Sidney Rigdon, and F.G. Williams addressed a letter to the saints in Zion. One part of this letter must refer to Charles, Sylvester and Francis Hulet and their brothers-in-law:
“Say to the brothers Hulet and to all others, that the Lord never authorized them to say that the devil, his angels, or the sons of perdition, should ever be restored; for their state of destiny was not revealed to man, is not revealed, nor ever shall be revealed, save to those who are made partakers thereof: consequently those who teach this doctrine have not received it of the Spirit of the Lord. Truly Brother Oliver declared it to be the doctrine of devils. We, therefore, command that this doctrine be taught no more in Zion. We sanction the decision of the Bishop and his council, in relation to this doctrine being a bar to communion.” ( Teachings, p. 24.)
In the fall of 1833, the Missouri mobs drank a keg of whisky and came against the Mormons. The Hulet women ran for the wooded portion of the Missouri River bottoms. This battle, called "Battle of the Blue" also included our ancestor Sylvanus, age 7, who was standing right by the side of Philo Dibble when he was shot so badly by the mob.
* History of the Church 2:137, July 1834 : "Elder Nathan West preferred charges against Samuel Brown, High Priest, for teaching contrary to counsel, namely, encouraging the brethren in practicing gifts (speaking in tongues,) in ordaining Sylvester Hulet a High Priest (without counsel) in a clandestine manner; asserting that he had obtained a witness of the Lord, which was a command to perform the same on receiving the gift of tongues, which gift he had never before received, but afterwards said that he had been in possession of that gift for the space of a year;..."
* History of the Church 2:139-141, August 1834: "Charles English testified that the Hulet Branch believed that they received the word of the Lord by the gift of tongues, and would not proceed to their temporal business without receiving the word of the Lord....Daniel Stanton testified that Sally Crandall said 'she saw his heart and saw two books in it, and that there was a Nephite standing behind him to push him into his duty'; also that Sylvester Hulet spoke in tongues in the meeting, and Sally Crandall interpreted thus: 'Verily, verily, thus saith the Lord unto you, little band, ye must beware, for there are many who are seeking to pry into your privileges'....Absalom Crichfield testified that when he was in Jackson county last spring, the Hulet Branch said, in tongues, that they would be safe, during the night, from any interruption by the mob; but, before morning, Lyman Leonard and Josiah Sumner were whipped; they also said that they saw my heart, and three young women in it.....After councilors had spoken, the president said: 'As for the gift of tongues in the manner it was used in the Hulet Branch, the devil deceived them, and they obtained not the word of the Lord, as they supposed, but were deceived; and as for the gift of `seeing,' as held by the Hulet Branch, it is of the devil, saith the Lord God.'....I have been thus particular in giving the history of this council, as the gift of tongues is so often made use of by Satan to deceive the Saints."
The Hulets ended this practice and followed the Prophet's council.
They were driven from the area. Charles said, “In 1838 a large body of men came upon us with orders to exterminate or drive us from the State, they also burned my fence and killed one of my cows and took one gun from me which has never been returned.” Charles was forced to leave behind his property worth $4,000.
From BYU Religious Studies Center:
http://rsc.byu.edu/archived/mormon-redress-petitions-documents-1833-1838-missouri-conflict/part-ii-individual-affidavi-0
Did Sylvanus Sr.and Charles arrive in the same company?
The answer to your question is not a simple one.
Regarding Sylvanus Opal Hulet Whittier says: On June 12, 1850, less than a month after their (Sylvanus and Catherine) marriage, they joined a company of emigrants under the leadership of Aaron Johnson who were going to Zion. They left Kanosville, Illinois, June 12, 1850 and arrived in Salt Lake September 12, 1850. It is indeed a pity we haven’t any mention of the children of our people when crossing the plains…….After their leader, Aaron johnson, had reported the arrival of his company of saints, they were informed that President Brigham Young had plans to send them on to Springville to develop that area.
Kent Hulet and J Phillip Hanks: However, it was soon after Sylvanus and Catherine were married that they started their journey westward from Mt. Pisgah, with a company of Saints led by Aaron Johnson, who was appointed by President Young. Catherine’s mother, her brothers John, William and Michael and her sisters Christina and Sarah, and Sarah’s husband, Edward David were in the company of the Hulet’s. It was the latter part of September when they arrived in Salt Lake.
Eldred A Johnson says: The Church tried to keep records of the pioneers who came to Utah before the railroad was built in 1869, and these are summarized in the journal History of the Church. But there are lapses, and for some reason the record contains not a single Hulet of our family (with any of the variant spellings) -- or a married one either. In spite of the scribes’ best efforts the records are defective.
Our best information is that Charles and Margaret Hulet and their dependent children migrated with their daughter, Anna Maria Hulet Perry, in the “Fourth Company” of 1850 with James Pace as captain. A daughter of Anna Maria, Colista Perry Boyer, jotted a few of the old family stories including the following:
Their trip to the valley must have been very tiresome and tedious as they were three months on the way. But it was summertime when they came together with the grandparents on both sides of the family and their two small children, William Smith(Anna Maria’s brother-in-law) and wife, Polly Marie Perry (Anna Maria’s sister-in-law) and Orin Hulett and families
A granddaughter of Stephen C. Perry, by another of his wives (not Anna Maria), Ruby Snow Warren Jensen, recored a similar impression:
In the spring of 1850 Stephen, his wife and two children and his father and mother started across the plains in Capt. Bennett’s Co. The father and mother of Ann Marie were also in this company. They arrived in Springville in Oct., 1850.
In the summary of the immigration for 1850 we find that the Perrys were members of the “Fourth Company” under the leadership of Captain James Pace. The one hundred wagons in the company were divided into two divisions of fifty each with captains, Richard Sessions and David Bennett. The Perrys were in the Second Division under Captain Bennett.
The Perrys had a daughter Tryphena Roseltha, born 19 January 1847 at Mt. Pisgah who somehow was omitted from the roster. And , as noted the flowing must have been in the same party but were not listed: Charles Hulet; Margaret Noah Hulet; Orrin Hulet, age 25 by this time, Charles’s son by his first wife; Elizabeth Hulet who turned 18 on the trip, Charles and Margaret’s daughter; and Dorcus Tabitha Hulet, who turned 11 on the trip, their adopted daughter.
Footnote: The life sketch of Sylvanus Cyrus Hulet prepared by his descendants says that the Hulet’s came in Aaron Johnson’s company. By the time they (Charles and Margaret) got to Springville they were in Aaron Johnson’s company. Before that, for reasons presented in the text they were in Pace’s company. Johnson was captain of the “Third” 1850 company which arrived in Salt Lake City 12 September 1850. Pace’s “Fourth” 1850 company arrived about the same day according to the record. People from both companies proceeded to Springville under Captain Johnson.
From what I can tell Sylvanus/Catherine came in Aaron Johnson’s company and Charles/Margaret and dependent children came in Pace’s company and both companies arrived about the same time.
HULET, Charles
Illenois Quincy May th14 1839
a bill of Damages against the State of Missouri for Bein Driven from the State
for moving to the State and expenses
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$1,500.00
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Loss of property in the State
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1,000.00
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for leaving the State by mobocracy
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1,500.00
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$4,000.00
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I certify the above account to be Just and true a cording to the best of my Knowledg
Charles Hulet
[Sworn to before C. M. Woods, C.C.C., Adams Co., IL, 14 May 1839.]
HULET, Francis
This may Certify that I Francis Hewlet was Driven from my Land from my house and home and famaly exposed to Storm in the month of November and my Self whipt by a lawles mob, the disavantages I have Labourd under with loss of time and property for five years and upwards, and after Setling in peace in Colwell County am again driven from my land house and home in the month of march I therefoer State my Damage at two thousan Dollars.
April the 19th 1839 at Adams County Ellinois
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Francis Hulet
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I certify the within to Be a true acount acording to the Best of my knowledg
Francis Hulet
[Sworn to before C. M. Woods, C.C.C., Adams Co., IL, 21 May 1839.]
HULET, Sylvester
Illenois Quincy May 14th 1839
a bill of Damage a gainst the State of Missouri for being Driven from the State and loss of propperty
first for mooving to State and Expence
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$75.00
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for the loss of propperty in Jackson co and oth[er] placs bein Driven from place to place
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1,500.00
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for leaving the State and Expences
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1,000.00
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$2,325.00
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I certify the above acount to be true and Just a cording to the best of my knowledg
Sylvester Hulet
[Sworn to before C. M. Woods, C.C.C., Adams Co., IL, 14 May 1839.]
Eventually the family escaped to Nauvoo where they helped with the construction of the Nauvoo Temple. Charles and Margaret were sealed in the Nauvoo Temple on December 18, 1845.
Nauvoo temple interior today.
Charles and family came across the plains and settled in Springville where his wife died in 1851. He later married Anna Taylor and Mary Lawson Kirkman and died at 73 in 1863. Mary Lawson Kirkman (1823-1899) was born in England. She married Robert Kirkman (1822-1856) in 1845. They migrated to America in 1856. Robert and an infant died on their way to Utah, leaving Mary with five children to care for. She married Charles Hulet (1790-1863) in March 1857. They had two children, but Charles died in May 1863. A few years later Mary married Joseph Cook (1830-1893); they had one child. After Robert's death Mary settled in Springville, Utah.
Nauvoo Temple as the Hulets viewed it:
Land owned by Charles Hulet:
2010 Charles Hulet's Neighbors from Deborah Gardiner on Vimeo.The Hulet's in the Federal Census:
1820 Portage, Ohio Federal Census:
Nauvoo:
1850 Federal census:
1860 Census:
Photo of the Missouri period:
The name of the cemetary is Springville City Cemetary, 400 S 200 W, Springville, UT
Here is a video of the Charles Hulet farm area today and of Charles Hulet's father's gravesite:
Sylvanus Hulet is Charles Hulets father. He served in the Revolutionary War and was given a land grant for his service. Hence the flag at public expense.
From Nauvoo Records office:
Charles HuletBirth 3 Mar 1790 Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA Gender Male Baptized (LDS) Oct 1830 Endowed (LDS) 18 Dec 1845 NAUVO Died 9 May 1863 Springville, Utah, Utah, USA Person ID I22972 Early Latter-day Saints Last Modified 07 Feb 2007 Father Sylvenus Hulett Mother Mary Lewis Sealed P (LDS) 19 Jan 1953 Family ID F12904 Group Sheet Family 1 Margaret Ann Noah, b. 19 Apr 1794, Kennett Square, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 15 May 1851, Springville, Utah, Utah, USA
Married 10 Oct 1816 Ravenna, Portage, Ohio, USA Sealed S (LDS) 24 Jan 1987 LANGE Children 1. Anna Marie Hulett, b. 11 Dec 1817, Nelson, Portage, Ohio, USA 2. Katherine Hulett, b. 12 Mar 1820, Nelson, Portage, Ohio, USA 3. Electa Fidelia Hulett, b. 1 May 1823, d. 15 Sep 1849, , Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA 4. Sylvanus Cyrus Hulett, b. 14 Mar 1826, Nelson, Portage, Ohio, USA Family ID F5703 Group Sheet Family 2 Ann Taylor Married 22 Jun 1814 Great Barrington, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA Family ID F14718 Group Sheet Family 3 Cynthia Davis Clyde Married 24 Jan 1852 Family ID F14719 Group Sheet Family 4 Mary Lawson Kirkman Married 1 Mar 1857 Family ID F14720 Group Sheet Family 5 Eleanor Jenkins Married 23 Mar 1857 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Family ID F14721 Group Sheet Event Map Map data ©2009 Google -Event
Married - 23 Mar 1857 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA = Link to Google Maps
= Link to Google Earth
Pin Legend = Address
= Location
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Notes - PROPERTY:
Nauvoo : Block 26, Lot 4
Wells: Block 4
NAUVOO RECORDS:
Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, p 26
High Priest Record, p 67
Members, LDS, 1830-1848, by Susan Easton Black, Vol 24, pp 467-471
HISTORY:
Conquerors of the West, Vol 2, pp 1169-1170
- PROPERTY:
Sources - [S121] Book - Conquerors of the West: Stalwart Mormon Pioneers, 4 vols., Youngberg, Florence C., Compiler, (Sons of the Utah Pioneers, 1999), , Vol 2, pp 1169-1170.
- [S61] LDS - High Priests, Nauvoo and Salt Lake, Record, p 67.
- [S6] LDS - Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:1830-1848, 50 vols., Black, Susan Easton, Compiler, (LDS Church, Salt Lake City, 1990), 1830-1848, by Susan Easton Black, Vol 24, pp 467-471.
- [S7] LDS - Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (1845-1846), , p 26.
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- [S2] Internet Link - International Genealogical Index, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Research: Well done! My daughter was on ancestry and found a link to your site. I enjoyed it very much. I am Steven Salisbury an Internal Medicine doctor in Logan Utah and a direct line descendant of Charles Hulet through his oldest daughter Anna Marie Hulet. You come through her brother Sylvester who was several years younger. I’ve been collecting information on this family for years and have seen the Nauvoo files and visited their property there. I have a found nothing inaccurate in your site and it added some to my understanding of their fascinating lives. I have a few insights and also some pictures and a summary that I attached. I’m going to forward your link to my brothers and sisters and father as well. A few points: · I have two lines that intersected in Nauvoo and explain some of the details in Charles Hulet’s history. Charles’ oldest daughter was Anna Marie Hulet, my 3rd great grandmother. She married Stephen Chadwick Perry and was married by Hyrum Smith on 14 Jan 1844 in Nauvoo, which was 5 months before the martyrdom. This was Stephen’s second marriage as he was a widower when his first wife died in child birth in Nauvoo giving birth to their first child. They were buried with the baby who also died in her arms in the old folks cemetery in Nauvoo. He was a constable and participated in the destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor newspaper that slandered Joseph Smith and was declared a public nuisance by the city council. He therefore was the 5th name named on the arrest warrant to Carthage. These two families became linked after the marriage. · Stephen Chadwick Perry’s father Asahel Perry was called as the Branch President in Mt. Pisgah. This was one of two way stations meant to help the Saints across Iowa after they left Nauvoo in 1846. They provided shelter and food to the saints on their way to Council Bluff. The Hulet’s were there until 1853 when they immigrated to Springville with the Perry’s. Several other families destinies were linked including Isaac Morley family (counselor to Newell Whitney’s bishopric and later patriarch). One of the Hulet girls had married into this family. Also the Tuttle family was linked. All these families stayed at Mt Pisgah till 1853 leaving Nauvoo in 1846 and crossed the plains together ending up in Hobble Creek which became Springville. · Asahel Perry was also a chair builder as this was his and Stephen Chadwick’s profession in Springville. Obviously many interests were the same in these two families. · Please look at the PDF File as it documents what happened and the persecutions in Missouri. The petition for redress that the Prophet Joseph requested and was entered in the congressional record is included. Also the families knew the Whitmer family well in Missouri and were very sad when they left the church but remained faithful. · I have a few pictures and maps that I have included. Please use them freely in your site. · The Hulet’s were baptized by Lyman Wight who later became an apostle. He was well controlled by Joseph, but on his death was not well controlled and led a group of Saints to Lubbock Texas. He was never excommunicated but disaffected. Sometime in the next 30 years representatives from Salt Lake were sent to this group and they came back into the fold. This is why there is temple in Lubbock Texas today. He is a direct line ancestor of Boyd K. Packer today. · I have yet to go to Kirtland. I knew the family lived next to the John Johnson farm and personally knew the prophet. Your site added details I did not know. · I have included a scanned picture of the Book, “Before and After Mt. Pisgah” which if you can find adds a lot of detail. You may be able to find this at the family history library Thanks for your hard work. These people suffered greatly in the name of the restored gospel and set a great example for us. They have huge posterity and over the years Charles has had his temple work done over 50 times even though he did it himself in the Nauvoo temple. Obviously his posterity is concerned and interested in this family that embraced the restored gospel. S
Kent (cousin!),
I'm an Internal Medicine MD in Logan Utah. My father was a plant
physiologist at Utah State University. He got his PhD at Cal Tech in
Pasadena where I was born. I went on a mission to Japan 1974-76 and
returned to Japan 1986-89 with my family and in the Air Force. My two
oldest kids had a rare Genetic disease and Katie died at 14 and Michelle at
20. I have two adopted Japanese daughters now both 25 and Keiko went on a
mission to Washington State. My youngest is Joshua, also adopted, who is
currently serving in the San Pablo Mission in the Philippines. He is half
Tongan and a great kid. My father is in the Hulet line through his mother.
I became interested in family history in 1995 after Katie died and know both
my side and my wife's side back for generations. I am so impressed with the
faith and commitment of our ancestors who gave up everything to embrace the
gospel. The fact that they rubbed shoulders with the early saints and were
in it from the beginning is fascinating indeed. I love the Bushman book,
"Rough Stone Rolling" the definitive biography of the prophet that makes a
dispensation prophet a human being in spite of being chosen of God to lead
our dispensation. To think our ancestors were known by the prophet who
called them by name thrills my heart. I look forward to getting to know you
in person at some future date.
I'm a little OCD as most Internists are and it pays off in organizing your
family history. I specialize in Digital photo restoration and have been
collecting FH picture for years. I use Legacy as my FH program. I know the
writers of this program well as they sponsor a cruise annually that we have
gone to about 5 times. They are beta testers for the church and their
program integrates with church web sites. What program do you use?
Check out this web site:
http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/GEA/id/1843
This is a picture of Anna Maria. This is in the special collections at BYU where
they have digitized all of George Edward Anderson's pictures. He was a
photographer in Springville active from 1870-1910 and pretty much took
pictures of everybody in town. Many of my pictures came from there and they
are of exceptional quality for pictures taken before 1900. You can browse
the files and find all sorts of people. He also took pictures of church
history sites during the same period. The link will take you to directly to
Anna Marie Hulet. Have fun looking at these. The women are often found
looking for married names.
I'll attach files from my program about Anna Marie and also Stephen Chadwick
Perry and his Father as well as picture files. I'm happy to know you and
look forward to collaboration, cousin. The gospel is true and families
really are forever. s
Kent,
Sorry for the prolonged delay; your recent email concerning the Enterprise Cemetery reminded me that I hadn't looked in to this request. I asked my dad and he replied:
"I have here on my lap a book titled "Sylvanus Cyrus Hulet and His Descendants", compiled and edited by J. Phillip Hanks, 1980. It was printed by Community Press in Provo, UT. Charles Hulet is the 8th child of Sylvanus's 1st wife (of 3). There are 56 pages about his descendants. ... There are 24 pages on descendants of John Silas Hulet and 16 pages on descendants of Hope Hulet Gardiner (both children of Sylvanus Jr.). ... The book is 547 pages with tons of pictures."
http://www.worldcat.org/title/sylvanus-cyrus-hulet-and-his-descendants/oclc/18042290
Hope that helps, and that late is better than never.
Thanks,
S
2009
Kent,
Please accept my apology for taking so long to reply to you email and phone call. Our life is crazy busy! Eating and sleeping is a challenge.
The old Charles farm address is, I believe, 13550 State Route 88, Garrettsville, Ohio 44231. Best of luck!
Lori
PS
My interest in genealogy began with the help of my neighbor (Pastor of our Church). He suggested I use Family Tree Maker. Immediately after logging in to the program I was able to find a 2nd cousin whom I had never met. He is located in southeastern Ohio 15 mile from my birth place. His father got him to continue his family tree. He got me on track so I could go back 13 generations. Allot of fun I might say.
This week Farmer John will give me a copy of an aerial view of the properties. I will e-mail hopefully in time for your family gathering this next week. In the meantime if you can download Google earth (a satellite view) program.
Under search type in this address (12779 State Rt 88, Garrettsville, Ohio 44231) this will get you in the neighborhood. push the up arrow and his farm is the last property south of the curve on the left side. The Hulet farm is south of his which is part of all of his properties.
Rod P.
Mr Hulet thank you for the response.
The inquiry that I am making is for a friend of mine. They have a computer in their home but John is not handy with it.
His farm at an earlier time was owned by Charles Hulet and going back from the present owner John Sedensky Sr.
Owners
1. John & Diane Sedensky 1970 Present owners
2 Joe & Barbara Muskocky 1956 John's Grandparents
3. Mr Augistine Related to Emory Szabo
4. Tinker
5. Townsend
6. Hulet
This farm is the last property in Nelson Township, Portage County Ohio and located on Ohio St Rt 88
John would like to know anything about the Hulet Family or any previous owners of his property.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Rodger P
Doing some surfing about Hulet Family.
Farmer John will give me a copy of an aerial view of the Hulet property and surrounding properties and mark the location of the Hulet property.. In addition I will try to investigate the possibility of going to the Abbott Cemetery and seek out a possible grave stone of Sylvanus Hulet. Abbott Cemetery is not a active Cemetery and it might be that it is surrounded by private property. I would have to have permission to gain entrance to do that. This will take a little time.
You mention of Blacksmith shop and a cheese factory. Were these businesses at the farm or in nearby Garrettsville Village 5 mile to the south?
I use the Family Tree 9.0 maker from A&E for allot of research. My family tree dates back to the 1600's starting in France. I have records of 13 generations in our tree.
If I might ask where is your geographic location?
The site below has some info on the Hulet Family
http://oscox.org/hulet/huletnews1966.html
R P
Nov 3, 2009
I enjoyed seeing your website.
I actually don't live near the Springville Cemetery. I took photos a few years ago when I was driving to Southern Utah to visit family. I wandered all over the graveyard taking pictures of any gravestones that looked like possible relatives. I really can't give any more information, but if you look at the photos, the gravestone is near one of the roads in the cemetery and it looks like a fence on the opposite side of the road. I wish I could be more help---sorry!
I do not know Lee Cox, but we are probably related in some way. I am descended from both Orville Sutherland Cox (who married the niece of Charles Hulet - Elvira Pamela Mills) and Jehu Cox.
Marie Israelsen
Email thread on when Charles arrived:
I was going through your email one more time to see if I could glean any new information from it. It appears to me that Eldred A. Johnson has the most reliable information. Your and J. Phillip Hanks’ information is wrong on two accounts, 1) the Hulets did not travel with the Aaron Johnson Company and 2) the Stokers did not cross the plains until 1852 (not with Aaron Johnson in 1850). Disseminating incorrect information can really create a lot of confusion and misinformation. I am trying to correct things as I find them. Nathan
From: Kent [mailto:kenthgardiner@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 4:52 PM
To: Gardiner, Nathan
Subject: Hulet Family History
Did Sylvanus Sr.and Charles arrive in the same company?
The answer to your question is not a simple one.
Regarding Sylvanus Opal Hulet Whittier says: On June 12, 1850, less than a month after their (Sylvanus and Catherine) marriage, they joined a company of emigrants under the leadership of Aaron Johnson who were going to Zion. They left Kanosville, Illinois, June 12, 1850 and arrived in Salt Lake September 12, 1850. It is indeed a pity we haven’t any mention of the children of our people when crossing the plains…….After their leader, Aaron johnson, had reported the arrival of his company of saints, they were informed that President Brigham Young had plans to send them on to Springville to develop that area.
Kent Hulet and J Phillip Hanks: However, it was soon after Sylvanus and Catherine were married that they started their journey westward from Mt. Pisgah, with a company of Saints led by Aaron Johnson, who was appointed by President Young. Catherine’s mother, her brothers John, William and Michael and her sisters Christina and Sarah, and Sarah’s husband, Edward David were in the company of the Hulet’s. It was the latter part of September when they arrived in Salt Lake.
Eldred A Johnson says: The Church tried to keep records of the pioneers who came to Utah before the railroad was built in 1869, and these are summarized in the journal History of the Church. But there are lapses, and for some reason the record contains not a single Hulet of our family (with any of the variant spellings) -- or a married one either. In spite of the scribes’ best efforts the records are defective.
Our best information is that Charles and Margaret Hulet and their dependent children migrated with their daughter, Anna Maria Hulet Perry, in the “Fourth Company” of 1850 with James Pace as captain. A daughter of Anna Maria, Colista Perry Boyer, jotted a few of the old family stories including the following:
Their trip to the valley must have been very tiresome and tedious as they were three months on the way. But it was summertime when they came together with the grandparents on both sides of the family and their two small children, William Smith(Anna Maria’s brother-in-law) and wife, Polly Marie Perry (Anna Maria’s sister-in-law) and Orin Hulett and families
A granddaughter of Stephen C. Perry, by another of his wives (not Anna Maria), Ruby Snow Warren Jensen, recored a similar impression:
In the spring of 1850 Stephen, his wife and two children and his father and mother started across the plains in Capt. Bennett’s Co. The father and mother of Ann Marie were also in this company. They arrived in Springville in Oct., 1850.
In the summary of the immigration for 1850 we find that the Perrys were members of the “Fourth Company” under the leadership of Captain James Pace. The one hundred wagons in the company were divided into two divisions of fifty each with captains, Richard Sessions and David Bennett. The Perrys were in the Second Division under Captain Bennett.
The Perrys had a daughter Tryphena Roseltha, born 19 January 1847 at Mt. Pisgah who somehow was omitted from the roster. And , as noted the flowing must have been in the same party but were not listed: Charles Hulet; Margaret Noah Hulet; Orrin Hulet, age 25 by this time, Charles’s son by his first wife; Elizabeth Hulet who turned 18 on the trip, Charles and Margaret’s daughter; and Dorcus Tabitha Hulet, who turned 11 on the trip, their adopted daughter.
Footnote: The life sketch of Sylvanus Cyrus Hulet prepared by his descendants says that the Hulet’s came in Aaron Johnson’s company. By the time they (Charles and Margaret) got to Springville they were in Aaron Johnson’s company. Before that, for reasons presented in the text they were in Pace’s company. Johnson was captain of the “Third” 1850 company which arrived in Salt Lake City 12 September 1850. Pace’s “Fourth” 1850 company arrived about the same day according to the record. People from both companies proceeded to Springville under Captain Johnson.
From what I can tell Sylvanus/Catherine came in Aaron Johnson’s company and Charles/Margaret and dependent children came in Pace’s company and both companies arrived about the same time.
If you find more let me know. Kent