Henry Bryant Manning Jolley (1813 - 1896)

Born 11 Oct 1813 in Bedford, Pitt, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Brittannia Elizabeth (Mayo) Jolley — married 31 Oct 1833 in Dresden, Weakley, Tennessee

Husband of Cynthia Ann (Shurtliff) Jolley — married 16 Sep 1852 in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory

Husband of Mary Elizabeth (Mayo) Jolley — married about 1890 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Descendants

Died 21 Mar 1896 at age 82 in Mt. Carmel, Kane County, Utah, United States

Henry Jolley was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.

Biography

Henry Bryant Manning Jolley was born on October 11, 1813 in Bedford, Pitt, North Carolina, the son of Henry Jolley and Frances Manning. He was the brother of Martha P. Jolley, Reuben M. Jolley, Temperance Jolley, Diana L. Jolley, Orna J. Jolley, Francis R. Jolley and Lina M. Jolley.

Henry married first Brittannia E. Mayo on October 31, 1833 in Dresden, Weakley, Tennessee. They had the following children:

1. Mary
2. Eliazabeth
3. Wesley
4. Ann
5. Henry
6. Frances
7. Nephi
8. Bryant Heber
9. Ruben
10. Joseph

Early in 1842 two missionaries called at the Henry Jolley farm and presented their religious beliefs to the family. On 18 Feb. 1842, Henry, Frances, with their son Reuben Manning and Reuben's wife, Sarah Pippin Jolley, were baptized. Henry Bryant Manning and Brittanna Mayo Jolley joined the church through baptism on March 12th. The family wanted to join the group at Nauvoo. ^[1]

Henry formed the Henry Bryant Manning Jolley Company and left for Utah in 1852 with about 340 individuals and about 64 wagons. The company began its journey from the outfitting post at Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs). It arrived 9-15 September 1852.^[2]

In accordance with church teachings at that time, Henry practiced plural marriage. While still married to Brittania, he married Cynthia Ann Shurtliff on September 16, 1852 in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory. They had the following children:

1. Haskell
2. Lorenzo

Henry married third Mary Elizabeth Hopkins Mayo, spouse of Robert Belcher (married in 1853 in Old Sparta, Edgecombe, North Carolina) on 7 Dec 1886 in St. George, Washington, Utah. Her first husband appears not to have joined Mary Elizabeth on her journey to Utah. Henry married Elizabeth the year after the death of his first wife, but before the death of his second wife in 1902 and her first husband in 1943.

Further research is needed to determine if Henry had other plural marriages and children.

Henry died March 21, 1896 in Mt. Carmel, Kane County, Utah and was buried at Mount Carmel Cemetery in Mount Carmel, Kane, Utah, USA.

Sources

1. ↑ Jolley Family History
2. ↑ _Church History: Trail Excerpt list of persons in company

See also:

• The Jolley family book Volume 1 Author; Bryant Manning Jolley (Revised) Edited and Published by; Ronald Lynn Jolley 2005.

• The Jolley family book Volume 2 Author; Bryant Manning Jolley (Revised) Edited and Published by; Ronald Lynn Jolley 2005.

• Pioneers and prominent men of Utah Author: Esshom, Frank Ellwood, b. 1865. Publisher: Salt Lake City, Utah : Utah pioneers book publishing company 1913. Page #973.

• United States Census, 1880 index and images, FamilySearch, Henry B M Jolly, Mount Carmel, Kane, Utah, United States, 29; citing sheet 445B, film number 1336, NARA microfilm publication T9, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 1,255,336.

• MORMON PIONEER OVERLAND TRAVEL HENRY BRYANT MANNING JOLLEY COMPANY.

• Family Search Photos and Stories

• Find A Grave Memorial

• Historical, genealogical, and biographical account of the Jolliffe family of Virginia, 1652 to 1893 also sketches of the Neill's, Janney's, Hollingsworth's, and other cognate families. Author: Jolliffe, William. Publisher: Philadelphia : J. B. Lippincott 1893, Page# 43.