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William Atkins Gheen

William Atkins Gheen

Male 1798 - 1845  (47 years)

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  • Name William Atkins Gheen 
    Birth 1798 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1830  East Whiteland, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Death 15 Jul 1845  Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial Unknown, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I8771  Watson Clan Tree
    Last Modified 28 Jul 2011 

    Family Ancestors Esther Ann Pierce,   b. 24 Dec 1801, Thornbury, Delaware, Lancaster, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Sep 1858, Ogden, Weber, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Marriage 7 May 1823  Pa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID 8E6D5562040463428914B67F7FFC05671863 
    Notes 
    • Brief Life Sketch of Ester Ann Pierce (Gheen) (Mallory) (Lake)

      Ester Ann Pierce was born to Thomas and Margaret Trimble Pierce on 24 Dec 1808 in Thornbury, Delaware, Pennsylvania. She married William Atkins Gheen the 7th May 1823. They both had been memebers of the Quakers. They were the parents of eight children. They were baptized 15 Aug 1840. They soon gathered with the saints at Nauvoo, Illinois. William Atkins Gheen became very ill and died 15 July 1845. Ester was sealed to William in the newly completed Nauvoo Temple on 2 Feb 1846. This same day she married Ellis Mendenhall Sanders for time only. They were later divorced on 29 Jan 1848.

      Ester arrived in Utah around 1850. Her son, Stephen, arrived in 1848 with the Howard Egan Independent Company. She may have been with him. She appears in the 1850 census living in Ogden. She is living with her children at the home of Lemuel Mallory. The Gheen Family has him listed as a husband. We do not have any other records regarding hij, if they were married there would have been a divorce before 1853 when she married James Lake. In the spring on 1853 she is listed in the Bingham Fort as the Widow Gheen. Lemuel Mallory was on the first high council of the Weber Stake with James Lake. Lemuel later moved to Cache Valley, Utah.

      Ester Ann Pierce Gheen Mendenhall Mallory because the plural wife on James Lake on 8 Oct 1853 being married for time only. She died 2 Sep 1858, just a short time after returning to Ogden after the evacuation of the saints to Utah County, because of the Johnston's Army threat. She is buried in the Ogden Cemetery in a plot purchased by James Lake.
    Children 
    +1. Ann Alice Gheen,   b. 2 Dec 1827, West Whiteland, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Oct 1879, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
    +2. Amanda Trimble Gheen,   b. 18 Jan 1830, Whiteland Crest, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Nov 1904, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    Family ID F251  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Jul 2011 

  • Sources 
    1. [S185] 1830 United States Census (Reliability: 2).
      Name: William A Gheen
      [William A Sheen]
      Home in 1830: East Whiteland, Chester, Pennsylvania
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      Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
      Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
      Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1
      Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
      Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2
      Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
      Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69: 1
      Free White Persons - Under 20: 7
      Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
      Total Free White Persons: 11
      Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 11

    2. [S182] Fred E. Woods, Nauvoo Sexton's Record (Reliability: 3).
      Wm. A. Gheen73 15 ? 45 10 14 Unknown