Chauncey Loveland (1796 - 1875)

Born 1 Oct 1796 in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy (Graham) Loveland — married 15 Dec 1814 in Madison, Geauga Co. (now Lake), Ohio, USA

Descendants

Died 6 Aug 1875 at age 78 in Bountiful, Davis, Utah Territory, United States

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Biography

Chauncey Loveland was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.

Chauncey Loveland was born on 1 October 1796 at his parents' home in Glastonbury Township, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA. He was the youngest son of Levi Loveland (1749-1830) and his wife, Esther (Hills) Loveland (1748-1847). When he was still a small child, in 1803, he and his family left Connecticut, moving to farmland in what had been Connecticut's "Western Reserve Territory, now (1803) Trumball County in north-east Ohio. They settled on a farm in what became Madison Township, first (1803-1840) in Geauga Co,, then (1840) in Lake Co., Ohio. ^[1]

On 15 December 1814 in Madison, Geauga, Ohio, Chauncey Loveland married Nancy (Graham) Loveland (1797-1845), born in what became Lake County, Ohio, back when it was part of America's Northwest Territory. Her father was born in Massachusetts, the son of English-born immigrants.^[2] Chauncey and Nancy had 7 children, all born on their farm in Madison Township, Geauga County, Ohio, USA: ^[3]

1. Levi Loveland, 1816–1846
2. Chester Loveland, 1817–1886
3. Sophia Loveland, 1819–1840
4. Almond Francis Loveland. 1821–1841
5. George Loveland, 1823–1826
6. Hannah Sophia Loveland, 1825–1867
7. Joel Chauncey Loveland, 1835–1907

In 1836 the family moved to Lorain County, Ohio, with Chauncey's widowed mother. The following year, Chauncey and Nancy's two oldest sons: Levi Loveland & Chester Loveland, in their early 20s, converted to the LDS Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons) as Mormon prophet Joseph Smith Jr. (1805-1844), had temporarily made Geauga County, Ohio, his "New Zion:" the headquarters for his fledgling church. In the late 1830s, Joseph and his "Saints," as they called themselves, moved further west to Hancock County, Illinois, founding the town of Nauvoo. Chester Loveland, a convinced Mormon, moved to neighboring Carthage, Hancock, Illinois, with his family.^[4]

In 1840, following the death of their daughter 20-year-old daughter Sophia in Lorain County, Ohio, and after the 1840 US Census, Chauncey and Nancy Loveland, joined their son in Carthage, Hancock, Illinois. There, on 20 September 1845, Nancy (Graham) Loveland passed away at 48 years old. Her burial site is not known and no Find A Grave Memorial has been found for her.^[1]

After his wife's death, Chauncey Loveland remarried to widow, Sarah "Sally" (Horn) Crockett, b: 1799 in Maine. Sally was a member of the LDS Church. Chauncey, while kindly disposed towards the Mormons and their ideas, was not yet a baptized Church member. After the troubles in Carthage, Hancock County, Illinois, where LDS founder & prophet Joseph Smith Jr. (1805-1844) had been assassinated on 27 June 1844 by an anti-Mormon mob, the new Mormon prophet: President Brigham Young (1801-1877), decided to leave the USA and trek across the Great Plains to unsettled lands near the Great Salt Lake in what became Utah Territory. Under Young's leadership, about 13,000 Mormons from Illinois set out on a massive migration. Chauncey and Sally Loveland, along with his son Chester & family, joined them. On May 18, 1846, Nauvoo exiles established a permanent camp and resting place at Twelve-Mile Creek near the Grand River on Potawatomi Indian land in Iowa (it had become a US state in 1845). Their town was named Mount Pisgah, after the Biblical place where Moses has "seen the promised land" before his death. While at Mt. Pisgah, Chauncey Loveland was finally baptized as a bonafide LDS "Saint". ^[5]

Chauncey's son Levl Loveland joined them, moving to Iowa with his family from Lorain County, Ohio. Alas, he caught ill and died there on 31 July 1846. Chauncey and Sally Loveland also had a daughter, Rosetta Horn Loveland, born on 7 November 1846 near Council Bluffs, Pottawattomi County, Iowa. ^[1]

When LDS President & prophet Brigham Young (1801-1877) set up a roster of the men who were to accompany him on the first Mormon foray to the Rocky Mountains and Great Salt Lake, he included Chauncey Loveland. He was 50 years old but fit and ready for adventure. Thus, on Monday, April 5, 1847, Chauncey was with the first group of original LDS pioneers who left Winter Quarters (Council Bluffs, Iowa) with Brigham Young. He left his family at the Bluffs. The group traveled 111 days. ^[1]

After his arrival in the Great Salt Lake valley, Chauncey stayed only a short time, then he accompanied President Brigham Young back to Winter Quarters in Iowa, so that he could bring his family to Utah. After a trek across the Great Plains, they located in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah Territory, on a tract of farm land where he engaged in farming and breeding fine horses. ^[6]

From the time of his arrival in Utah Territory in 1848, Chauncey Loveland proved himself a conscientious and energetic pioneer as well as an adventurer. When the gold rush to California was at its height in 1849-50, he decided to join the gold seekers to explore the mining regions of that state. It is said that he traveled quite extensively but records left by his family fail to say whether the venture was successful. He returned to Utah and resumed his farming activities. He had a total of three wives and held the position of High Priest in the LDS Church. His life was full of love for his fellow man, manifested by his good deeds toward others. He was a man of unwavering faith and integrity for the work of the Lord, as he understood Him. He was a kindly, unassuming family man never aspiring to positions in public life. ^{[6] [7]}

On 19 February 1857, in Salt Lake City, Chauncey married a Welsh-born new Mormon immigrant: widow, Elvira (Jones) Thomas, 1808-1876, as a "plural wife". She had immigrated to "Deseret" [Utah] on 2 October 1856. They had no children together. ^[8]

Chauncey Loveland passed away August 16, 1875 at 80 years old in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah Territory, USA. He was buried at the Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis County, Utah, United States; Plot: A-6-7-2. ^[6]

Research Notes

• From: Genealogy of the Loveland family in the United States of America from 1635 to 1892 : containing the descendants of Thomas Loveland of Wethersfield, now Glastonbury, Conn..

CHAUNCEY LOVELAND (Levi4, Elisha3) was b in Glas., Conn., Oct, 1795. He came with his parents to Ohio in 1803; m. in Madison, O., 1815, Nancy Graham, b 1796, d at Carthage, Ill., Sept. 20, 1845. He d. at Bountiful, Utah, Aug. 6, 1875. Children born in Madison: i. Levi 6, b Feb'y 20, 1816, m Hannah Pease. ii. Chester, b Dec. 30, 1817, m Fanny Call. iii. Sophia, b 1819, m Charles Weaver in Amherst, O., 1839. Both d here 1840. iv. Almond, b 1822, d at Carthage, 1842. v. Hannah, b May 28, 1825, m Seth Dustin. vi. Joel Chauncey, b Aug. 5, 1835, m Amanda Simmons.

After his father's death, Chauncey Loveland came in possession of the homestead in Madison. He was of a very industrious disposition and never content unless profitably employed. In 1836 he moved to Lorain Co., O., where he lived about five years. His sons Levi and Chester joined the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in 1837 and moved in 1840 to Carthage where they were soon joined by their parents. Here his wife and son died. In the spring of 1846, he married Mrs. Sally Horn Crockett, and after joining the church started with other members of it for Council Bluffs, Iowa.

In 1847 he went to Utah with the Mormon pioneers, leaving his family at the Bluffs. In 1848 he crossed the plains again, taking his family with him. They located at Bountiful, ten miles north of Salt Lake City. During the gold excitement he visited California, exploring the mining regions quite extensively before his return. The remaining years of his life he resided on his farm and took great pride in securing fine horses. In disposition he was kind and unassuming and never aspired to positions in public life. As a pioneer and adventurer he ranks among the bravest. He had three wives and held the position of High Priest in the church. His life was full of love for his fellow men which was manifested by his good deeds toward them. He is buried in Bountiful Cemetery.—H. L. S.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Genealogy of the Loveland family in the United States of America from 1635 to 1892 : containing the descendants of Thomas Loveland of Wethersfield, now Glastonbury, Conn..

   CHAUNCEY LOVELAND (Levi4, Elisha3) was b in Glas., Conn., Oct, 1795. He came with his parents to Ohio in 1803; m in Madison, O., 1815, Nancy Graham, b 1796, d at Carthage, Ill., Sept. 20, 1845...

2. ↑ Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016
3. ↑ Details for Nancy Graham on FamilySearch; cites 12 sources
4. ↑ Details for Chauncey Loveland on FamilySearch; cites 82 sources
5. ↑ Mount Pisgah article on Wikipedia
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 05 April 2022), memorial page for Chauncey Loveland (1 Oct 1795–6 Aug 1876), Find A Grave: Memorial #21955517, citing Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis County, Utah, USA ; Maintained by Christopher Cooper (contributor 47338200) .
7. ↑ Juanita Loveland, The First Company to Enter Salt Lake Valley, in “Our Pioneer Heritage,” pg. 65-66, published by Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1993, Utah Printing Company, SLC, Utah.
8. ↑ "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9B-HTQX : 10 February 2018), Elvira Jones Thomas, 02 Oct 1856; from "Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel: 1847-1868," database, > The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/ : 2004-).

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