Vincent Shurtleff (1814 - 1893)

Born 29 May 1814 in Montgomery, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Loomis) Shurtleff — married 27 Oct 1836 in Russell, Hampden, Massachusetts

Husband of Mary Elizabeth (Hadlock) Shurtleff — married 22 Oct 1847 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Husband of Elizabeth (Topham) Shurtliff — married 4 Dec 1850 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Husband of Lydia Amanda Shurtliff — married 9 Dec 1854 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Descendants

Died 21 May 1893 at age 78 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

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Biography

Vincent Shurtleff son of Elisha, was born in Montgomery, Mass., on May 29, 1814.

He died near Salt Lake City, Utah, May 21, 1893. ^[1]

M1: Elizabeth Loomis, in Russell, Mass., Oct. 27, 1836. She was born in Russell, Mar. 19, 1816 ; d. in Salt Lake City, May 22, 1862. She was the dau. of Squire and Patience (Root).

M2: He m. Mary Elizabeth (Hadlock) Brockway in Salt Lake City, Oct. 22, 1847. She was b. in Waterford, Caledonia Co., Vt., Nov. 2, 1821; and d. in Salt Lake City, May 6, 1907.

M3: He m. Elizabeth Topham in Salt Lake City, Dec. 4, 1850. Elizabeth Topham, b. in Eden Soken, Bedfordshire, Eng., June 10, 1833.

M4: He m. Lydia Amanda Shurtleff in Salt Lake City, Dec. 9, 1854. she was born in Winter Quarters, Caldwell Co., Mo., Aug. 1, 1838, the dau. of Luman Andros Shurtleff and Eunice Bagg (Gaylord), who were m. July 5, 1830 (see No. 481).

"He joined the Mormon Church in 1845, was driven out of Illinois with the Mormons and was one of the pioneers to settle in Salt Lake City, where he resided for eight years. He then went to the intermountain region which is still known as the Shurtleff place, and was a stock raiser and farmer. When his two oldest boys were grown to manhood they bought a mule train and hauled freight from the Missouri River to Salt Lake City until the Union Pacific Railroad was built."^[2]

Children by Elizabeth Loomis, b. in Russell, Mass., except 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th:

• Lucy Elvira, b. June 8, 1838; d. in Russell, June 8, 1838.
• Emerson Davis, b. July 29, 1839. 1520
• Harrison Tuttle, b. Jan. 1, 1841. 1521
• Hyrum Chester, b. Nov. 29, 1845.
• Susan, b. Apr. 15, 1847, in Punceau (pun-kaw), an Indian trading post on the Missouri River; d. in Salt Lake City, Apr. 29, 1848.
• Albert Dewey, b. May 25, 1849, in Salt Lake City.
• Mary Elizabeth, b. Dec. 13, 1851, in Salt Lake City; d. unm. in Millcreek, Salt Lake Co., Utah, Mar. 5, 1867.
• Laura Celestia, b. Aug. 25, 1855, in Salt Lake City.
• Haswell Vincent, b. Sept. 2, 1859, in Over Jordan (now Granger), Utah.

Children by Mary Elizabeth (Hadlock) Brockway, b. in Salt Lake City, Utah, except 1st, 2d and 7th:

• Luman Elisha, b. Sept. 2, 1848, in Millcreek ; d. unm. there Jan. 20, 1883.
• Luther Gorham, b. Dec. 11, 1849, in Old Fort, Utah; d. there Nov. 10, 1850.
• Martha Maria, b. Apr. 2, 1852.
• Brigham Young, b. Oct. 7, 1854.
• Vincent, b. Aug. 20, 1857.
• Mary Emma, b. June 19, 1860; d. in Millcreek, Oct. 12, 1865.
• George Washington, b. Apr. 6, 1862, in Millcreek.

Children by Elizabeth Topham, b. in Salt Lake City, Utah, except 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th:

• Sarah Jane, b. Nov. 23, 1851.
• Heber Kimball, b. Aug. 3, 1854; d. in Salt Lake City, Feb. 25, 1856.
• Emily, b. Feb. 27, 1856 ; m. Philip Gaffney, but had no issue.
• Frank, b. Apr. 9, 1858; d. in Millcreek, Nov. 15, 1864.
• Eliza Elvira, b. Mar. 3, 1860 ; d. unm. in Millcreek, Oct. 12, 1875.
• John Topham, b. Dec. 22, 1861 ; d. in Salt Lake City, Dec. 27, 1861
• Horace Dexter, b. Sept. 8, 1862, in Millcreek; d. there Nov. 10, 1864.
• Hannah Clark, b. Oct. 2, 1864, in Millcreek.
• William, b. Dec. 23, 1866, in Millcreek.
• John, b. Aug. 15, 1869, in Millcreek ; d. there Feb. 10, 1875.

Children by Lydia Amanda Shurtleff, b. in Over Jordan (now Granger), Utah, except 3d:

• Lewis Vincent, b. July 23, 1857.
• Haskell David, b. Feb. 18, 1862 ; d. in Millcreek, Nov. 28, 1864.
• Charles Henry, b. Dec. 30, 1868, in Millcreek.

29 total

Born 29 MAY 1814. Montgomery, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA. ^[3]

Note: Data from 1850 Utah census, via Milo Hadlock. Includes family.

Also see LDS source cited.

Also have notes from source as follows: Vincent Shurtleff. in the Utah Pioneers and Prominent Men. DetailSource Name: Vincent Shurtleff. Gender: Male. Residence Place: Utah, USA. Comments: son of E. Shurtleff and Susan Gorham of Russell Hampden county, Mass., born 1776, at same place [Who? father]. Born May 14, 1814. Came to Utah 1847. [note slight discrem=pancy on birth date]. Many details in LDS document on pioneers in LDS. See scrapbook.

Marriage Husband @I1608@. Wife @I1013@. Marriage 24 APR 1849. Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT. ^{[4] [5]}

Sources

1. ↑ "Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F856-RGM : accessed 1 March 2015), Vincent Shurtliff, 24 May 1893; citing Salt Lake City, S.L., Utah, reference P76 dth. #3080; FHL microfilm 26,554.
2. ↑ Shurtleff, Benjamin (compiler). Descendants Of William Shurtleff Of Plymouth And Marshfield, Massachusetts Volume I. Revere, Massachusetts: MCMXII (1912). Good Source? Bad Source?
3. ↑ Source: S65
4. ↑ Source: S63
5. ↑ Source: S106 Note: Shows his two other wives in the household

• Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel

• Trail Excerpt-Vincent Shurtleff Freight Train-1853

• "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCS6-T24 : accessed 15 Nov 2012), Elizabeth Shurtleff in household of Vinson Shurtleff, Great Salt Lake county, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States; citing dwelling 382, family 382, NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 919.

Acknowledgments

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• Source: S65 LDS Temple Records Vincent Shurtleff full record 3 wives Master Listing Source: Y