AKA: Elisha Allen on cemetery record, probably the handwriting was misinterpreted. Burial Date: 10/31/1850
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Name: Elihu Marcellus Allen
Birth Date: 14 May 1791
Birth Place: Cambridge, Washington, New York
Parents: George and Rebecca Allen
Death Date: 11 Oct 1850
Death Place: Great Salt Lake, Utah
Arrival: 2 Oct 1847, Jedediah M. Grant Co.
Spouse: Laura Foote
Marriage Date: abt 1811
Marriage Place: Dryden, Tompkins, New York
Spouse's Birth Date: 23 Apr 1792
Spouse's Birth Place: Windsor, Broome, New York
Spouse's Death Date: 17 Oct 1823
Spouse's Death Place: Dryden, Tompkins, New York
Married 2nd: Lola Ann Clawson Date: abt 1827, New York Born: 12 Jan 1806, Dryden, Tompkins, New York Died: 17 Feb 1848, Great Salt Lake, Utah Elihu Marcellus was raised in Cambridge, New York. After his first wife's death, he was left with four small children. He married again to his wife's first cousin, Lola Ann Clawson. They were baptized into the Church in 1834/5 and soon moved four miles from Far West, Missouri. They experienced severe persecution while living in Missouri because of the church. In 1839 he executed an affidavit itemizing a bill of damages against the state of Missouri for loss and expenses incurred during the expulsion. Elihu moved his family east of Burton, Adams, Illinois, for several years. During this period, they lost three of their children. Following this they moved across Iowa to the Missouri River . Shortly before the first group moved out, Elihu 's youngest son, Joseph Brigham, was adopted by Brigham Young. Later that same year, Elihu and his family crossed the plains. His second wife died after their first winter in the valley. Elihu died of inflamation of the lungs three years later. Children of 1st wife: Lucinda, b. Nov 1812, Dryden, Tompkins, New York. George, b. 1815, Dryden, New York. Md. Almira. D. 19 Jun 1838. He drowned in the Missouri River. Franklin, b. 15 Apr 1818, Dryden, New York . Md. Rebecca Myers. D. 16 Dec 1890. Caroline Matilda, b. 16 Apr 1823, Dryden, New York. Md. 11 Jun 1839, William Weeks. D. after 1890, California. Children of 2nd wife: Helen Rebecca, b. 23 Jun 1828, Dryden, New York. Md. John Riser. Laura Albina, b. 19 Sep 1829, Greenwood, Steuben, New York. Md. 11 Jun 1849, Cyrus Culver Canfield. D. 2 Jun 1871, Santa Clara, California. Phebe Ann, b. 17 Dec 1830, Greenwood, New York. Md. Benjamin Blanchard Blackenbury. D. 9 Feb 1902, Almo, Cassia, Idaho. Charles William, b. 18 Oct 1832, Greenwood, New York. Md. Charlotte Mulhall. Wyatt, b. 3 Mar 1834, Greenwood, New York. D. 14 Mar 1834, Greenwood, New York. Child. Elihu Moroni, b. 9 Oct 1835, Greenwood, New York. Md. 1854, Mary Elizabeth Graham. D. 22 Nov 1912, Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho. Lola Elizabeth , b. 25 Aug 1837, Far West, Caldwell, Missouri. D. Mar 1849, Great Salt Lake, Utah. Almira Gilbert, b. 18 Feb 1839. D. 8 Dec 1845, Adams Co, Illinois. Child. Emma Melvina, b. 23 Aug 1840, Burton, Illinois. D. 4 Dec 1845, Adams Co., Illinois. Child. George Warren , b. 23 Apr 1842 , Burton, Adams, Illinois . D. 17 Dec 1845, Adams Co, Illinois . Child. John Ferguson, b. 18 Feb 1844, Burton, Adams, Illinois. Md. Bernetta Walters Hickman. D. 16 Apr 1911, Hagerman, Gooding Idaho. Joseph Brigham, b. 19 Sep 1845, Marquette, Illinois. Joy Belnap

Florence C. Youngberg, ed.. Conquerors of the West: Stalwart Mormon Pioneers. Vol. 1-2. USA: Agreka Books, 1999.
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