Stephen Markham
1800 - 1878 (78 years)-
Name Stephen Markham Born 9 Feb 1800 Avon, Livingston, New York, United States 
Gender Male Died 10 Mar 1878 Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States Buried 12 Mar 1878 Spanish Fork City Cemetery, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States Person ID I998 Molloy-Remde Family Tree Aug 23 Last Modified 5 Jun 2022
Father David Markham, b. Abt 1768, East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States , d. 4 Jul 1801, Avon, Livingston, New York, United States (Age ~ 33 years) Mother Dinah Merry, b. 14 Oct 1777, West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States , d. 17 May 1850, Painesville, Lake, Ohio, United States (Age 72 years) Married Abt 1795 Family ID F617 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Mary Lucy Curtis, b. 15 Nov 1832, Highland, Oakland, Michigan, United States , d. 6 Oct 1900, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 67 years) Married 5 Oct 1850 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Children 1. Orville Sanford Markham, b. 23 May 1851, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States , d. 22 Sep 1902, , , Utah, United States (Age 51 years)2. Julia Ann Markham, b. Abt 1852, of Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States , d. 28 May 1889, San Jose, Santa Clara, California, United States (Age ~ 37 years) [Adopted]3. Mary Lucy Markham, b. 2 Apr 1853, Palmyra, Utah, Utah, United States , d. 18 Sep 1903, Jensen, Uintah, Utah, United States (Age 50 years)4. William Don Carlos Markham, b. 6 Jan 1855, "Old Fort", Palmyra, Utah, Utah, United States , d. 9 May 1908, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 53 years)5. Sarah Elizabeth Markham, b. 12 Jul 1857, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States , d. 1 Jan 1913, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States (Age 55 years)6. Atta Ruth Markham, b. 12 Aug 1859, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States , d. 5 Jan 1912, Lake Shore, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 52 years)7. Hosmer Merry Markham, b. 3 Dec 1861, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States , d. 5 May 1928, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 66 years)8. Emily Aurelia Markham, b. 4 Jan 1864, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States , d. 4 Jan 1932, Maeser, Uintah, Utah, United States (Age 68 years)9. Margaret Eliza Markham, b. 21 Mar 1866, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States , d. 29 Mar 1950, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 84 years)10. Joseph Curtis Markham, b. 27 Aug 1868, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States , d. 11 Apr 1932, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 63 years)11. Charlotta Julina Markham, b. 5 Nov 1870, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States , d. 4 Nov 1949, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 78 years)12. Ira Meacham Markham, b. 20 Dec 1873, Palmyra, Utah, Utah, United States , d. 7 Nov 1935, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 61 years)13. Clarissa Maretta Markham, b. 4 Feb 1876, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States , d. 25 Jan 1961, Payson, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 84 years)14. Caroline Louisa Markham, b. 3 Oct 1878, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States , d. 5 Feb 1889, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 10 years)Last Modified 7 Sep 2023 Family ID F598 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Martha Jane Boice, b. 2 Mar 1836, Fredericksburg, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada , d. 26 Dec 1913, Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States (Age 77 years) Married 11 Oct 1852 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States [1] Children 1. Stephen Markham, b. 26 Sep 1854, Palmyra, Utah, Utah, United States , d. 4 Jun 1920, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States (Age 65 years)Last Modified 7 Sep 2023 Family ID F611 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 Anna Matthews, b. Abt 1804 Married 11 Oct 1852 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States [1] Last Modified 7 Sep 2023 Family ID F612 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 4 Lucy Ann Bellows, b. 16 Sep 1840, Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois, United States Married 22 Apr 1856 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States [1] Last Modified 7 Sep 2023 Family ID F613 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 5 Lucy Marie MacComber Last Modified 7 Sep 2023 Family ID F614 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 6 Eliza Jane Adamson, b. 31 Aug 1822, Perry Township, Marion, Indiana, United States , d. 12 Aug 1897, Huntington, Emery, Utah, United States (Age 74 years) Last Modified 7 Sep 2023 Family ID F615 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 7 Lydia Maria Macomber, b. Abt 1804 Last Modified 7 Sep 2023 Family ID F616 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 8 Hannah Hogaboom, b. 1 Apr 1804, Manchester, Bennington, Vermont, United States , d. 31 Jan 1892, Stony Creek, Glenn, California, United States (Age 87 years) Married 1823 , Ohio, United States Notes - Divorced 1850?
Children 1. Warren Markham, b. 30 Jul 1824, Rush, Monroe, New York, United States , d. 20 Aug 1900, Paskenta, Tehama, California, United States (Age 76 years)2. Dinah Markham, b. 3 Feb 1827, Rush, Monroe, New York, United States , d. 26 Nov 1839, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States (Age 12 years)3. William Whiting Markham, b. 30 Jan 1829, Henrietta, Monroe, New York, United States , d. 1903 (Age 73 years)4. David Markham, b. 9 Nov 1835, Chester, Geauga, Ohio, United States , d. 30 Oct 1902, Orland, Glenn, California, United States (Age 66 years)Last Modified 7 Sep 2023 Family ID F609 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 9 Prudence Fenner, b. 26 Mar 1799, Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island, United States , d. 5 Sep 1895, Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States (Age 96 years) Married 30 Jan 1846 Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Last Modified 7 Sep 2023 Family ID F610 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Born in Hartford, Ontario, New York or Avon, which is now Rush?
Source: Fgs by Marilyn Markham of SLC, UT. Her source is fgs submitted
by Charlotta J. M. Crow who cites family records in her possession.
Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, p. 1023 (in my LDS file)
!Heart Throbs of the West, v. 2, v. 8, 11
!Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, v. 4
Life Sketch: "...Stephen Markham, was born 9 February, 1800, in Genesee
Valley, the town of Rush now called Avon, New York. He was baptized
into the Latter-Day Saints Church in July 1837 in Chester, Ohio, by Elder
Abel Lamb. He played an important part in the building of the City of
Nauvoo. He was elected Lieutenant Colonel of the first regiment, first
cohort of the Nauvoo Legion. He was a very good and faithful friend to the
Prophet Joseph Smith and acted as a body guard to him through all his
troubles with the mobs. Stephen Markham came to Utah with Brigham
Young and was Colonel of the whole pioneer company that arrived on July
23, 1847, of which he acted as scout along the way.
Grandfather (Stephen Markham) was one of the first to see the Great
Salt Lake Valley and to hear President Young say, "It is enough, this is
the place." Three weeks after his arrival, he went back to Nauvoo to help
other companies to Utah. He continued in this work for two years.
! Eliza R. Snow wrote the song "O My Father" in her meagerly furnished
low-roofed room in the home of Stephen Markham in Nauvoo. It was
penned on a wooden chest which was the only table her room afforded.
! In the fall of 1851, Stephen Markham and his family (at this point it
consisted of his wife Mary Curtis Houghton Markham, her son, Edgar
Houghton, and her two nieces) settled in Palmyra (possibly now called
Leland, UT) and in March 1852 the first Church organization was made
with him as President. Grandfather's home was always open to the
immigrants and because of his generous hospitality his house was full
all the time. A few of the ones who made their home with him are John
Hayes, Thomas D. Evans and his wife, Priscilla.
! In 1856, when the Saints were advised to move to the present site of
Spanish Fork, Stephen Markham took a section of land just west of
Spanish Fork and it was there that he made his home until his death."
! TAKEN FROM A "BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM DON CARLOS MARKHAM"
compiled by Nean Markham (GGD to Stephen Markham), of Spanish Fork,
UT. Information sourced from geneology of Keith George Markham of SLC,
UT.
!Burial date from Lois Crow Goodmansen. She reported that Avon,
Livingston, New York is now Rush, Monroe, New York. Records are in
Rush.
!Town was Hartford, Ontario, New York when Stephen was born. Then it
was Avon, Livingston, New York, which is now Rush, Monroe, New York.
(Verda Kitchen and Lois Goodmanson)
!Married (1) Hannah Hogaboom,
!Might have married Mary Curtis on 5 Oct. 1850
!Family records of Ina Markham Mangum
!Temple Index records
!Baptized in July 1837 by Elder Abel Lamb in Chester Geaugo Co., Ohio,
which was 12 miles from the Kirtland Temple.
!Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia, v. 3 (see my LDS file)
!Heart Throbs of the West, v. 8 (see my LDS file)
!Data from Lois Crow Goodmansen, 20 Apr 1997.
- Born in Hartford, Ontario, New York or Avon, which is now Rush?
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Sources - [S118] Ancestral File, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- [S118] Ancestral File, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.