Albert Hamblin (abt. 1841 - abt. 1863)

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Died about 1863 at about age 22 in Santa Clara Washington County Utah

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Biography

Birth: unknown Tooele County Utah, USA Death: 1863 Santa Clara Washington County Utah, USA

Adopted Lamanite son of Jacob Hamblin, Sr.

Following as told by Jacob Hamblin, Sr.:

"I dreamed three nights in succession of being out west alone with the Indians. I saw myself walk with them in a friendly manner, and while doing do picked up a lump of shining substance, some of which stuck to my fingers, and the more I endeavored to brush it off the brighter it became.

One day in my rambles, I came to a lodge where there was a squaw, and a boy about ten years old. As soon as I saw the boy, the Spirit said to me "Take that lad home with you, that is part of your mission here, and here is the bright substance which you dreamed of picking up." I talked with him and asked if he would not go with me. He at once replied that he would.

The mother, naturally enough, in a deprecating tone asked me if I wanted to take her boy away from her, but after some further conversation she consented to the arrangement. At this time I had not learned much of the language of these Indians, but I seemed to have the gift of making myself understood.

When I left, the boy took his bows and arrows and accompanied me. The woman appeared to feel so bad, and made so much ado, that I told him he had better go back to his mother, but he would not do so. We went to the side of a mountain where I agreed to meet the Indians. His mother, still anxious about her boy, came to our camp in the evening.

The following morning, she told me that she heard I had a good heart, for the Indians told her that I had been true to what I said, and the boy could go with me if I would always be his father and own him as a son.

This boy became very much attached to me, and was very particular to do what he was told. I asked him why he was so willing to come with me the first time we met. he replied that I was the first white man he ever saw; that he knew a man would come to his mother's lodge to see him, on the day of my arrival, for he was told so the night before, and that when the man came he must go with him, that he knew I was the man when he saw me a long way off, and built a smoke so that I could come there."

Jacob had a conversation with his son, Albert, before leaving on an expedition to the Moquis Indians. Upon mentioning that the peach trees would soon be blooming with the warmer weather his son replied, "Yes, and I shall bloom in another place before you get back. I shall be on my mission!" Jacob remembered the vision the Indian boy had had several years before concerning the preaching to a multitude of his people. Jacob answered, "What do you mean by that?" The Indian replied, "I shall be dead and buried when you get back."

Upon returning from the Moquis Jacob wrote, "I found on my return home that my Indian boy, Albert, was dead and buried, as he had predicted he would be when I left home.

I supposed his age to be about ten years when he came to live with he; he had been with me twelve years, making him twenty-two year old when he died. For a number of years he had charge of my sheep, horses and cattle, and they had increased and prospered in his hands.

Some time before his death he had a vision, in which he saw himself preaching the Gospel to a multitude of his people. He believed that his vision would be realized in the world of spirits. He referred to this when he said that he would die before my return home, and be on his mission.

He was a faithful Latter-day Saint, believed he had a great work to do among his people, had many dreams and visions, and had received his blessings in the House of the Lord."

Taken from Jacob Hamblin by James A. Little and Jacob Hamblin Peacemaker by Pearson H. Corbett

Family links: Parents: Jacob Vernon Hamblin (1819 - 1886) Rachel Judd Hamblin (1821 - 1865)

Siblings: Albert Hamblin (____ - 1863) Ellen Hamblin** Duane Hamblin (1841 - 1862)** Martha Adeline Hamblin Crosby (1842 - 1877)** Maryette Magdaline Hamblin Lockwood (1845 - 1910)** Lyman Stoddard Hamblin (1848 - 1923)** Lois Hamblin Burk (1851 - 1891)* Joseph Hamblin (1854 - 1924)* Rachel Tamer Hamblin Stewart (1856 - 1877)* Sarah Olive Hamblin Winsor (1858 - 1919)** Benjamin Hamblin (1858 - 1930)* Arminda Hamblin (1861 - 1862)* Melissa Hamblin Chesley (1861 - 1933)** Lucy Hamblin (1863 - 1871)** Jacob Vernon Hamblin (1865 - 1939)** Ella Ann Hamblin Tenney (1867 - 1947)** Walter Eugene Hamblin (1868 - 1950)** Inez Louise Hamblin Lee (1871 - 1933)** Mary Elizabeth Hamblin Beeler (1872 - 1959)** George Oscar Hamblin (1873 - 1946)** Alice "Edna" Hamblin Brown (1876 - 1902)** Clara Melvina Hamblin Staley (1876 - 1959)** Dudley Jabez Hamblin (1880 - 1968)** Willard Otto Hamblin (1881 - 1967)** Don Carlos Hamblin (1882 - 1941)** Amarilla Hamblin Lee (1884 - 1982)**

• Calculated relationship
  • Half-sibling

Burial: Santa Clara Cemetery Santa Clara Washington County Utah, USA

Created by: M Robinson Record added: Jun 17, 2017 Find A Grave Memorial# 180431470

Sources

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