Son of John Binns and Susan Hey
Husband of Ellen Singleton, Jan 1866 in American Fork, Utah, Utah
History. Ellen Singleton Binns was born on January 21, 1849, in St. Louis, Missouri. She was the second daughter of John Singleton and Katherine Creer Singleton.
Isaac Binns, a native of that mother country, England, was born February 25, 1829, in Colne, Lancashire, England. He was the son of John and Susan Hey Binns.
When Isaac was four years old, a baby sister, Ellen, was born. Soon after this, his mother died leaving a widower with two small children. Six years later, in about 1839, Isaac's father married Mary Calverly. On April 6, 1840, a daughter was born to this union and was named Hannah (Hannah Binns Singleton Wild). Six weeks later the family, except Isaac, set sail for America.
Isaac was then eleven years old. In the old country, everyone was obliged to learn a trade, so he stayed in England and followed the trade of his father as a stone mason. We know very little of him until 1862.
Isaac left England. It is said he crossed the ocean five times sailing from England to Australia and back. In 1862, he came by Cape Horn to California. Knowing his father was in Utah, he bought a horse and rode it to American Fork, Utah. He liked Utah. He met Ellen Singleton, the niece of his father's third wife, Jane Creer.
In 1863, he returned on horseback to San Francisco by way of Nevada. He secured a job for nearly two years working as a stone cutter at the San Quinten Prison. He then returned to Utah. He wasn't only attracted by Utah but also by his father's step-niece, Ellen Singleton.
Isaac and Ellen were to be married on Christmas day in 1865. A few days before Christmas her father, John Singleton, and his brother Alma went to the west mountains for cedar wood with a wagon and ox team. As they did not return when they were expected, the family feared for their safety because of a blizzard raging on Christmas Eve. The wife and mother, Katherine Creer Singleton, and daughter, Ellen walked the floor all night.
Through anxiety for her father and love for her anxious mother, Ellen bridled her horse at daybreak and set out in search of her father and uncle. Because she was the oldest child and was strong and able and had helped her father with farm work, she thus felt the responsibility more keenly. When she and the others reached Milner's Pond, near the Lehi Sugar Factory, they found the oxen loose. Her Uncle Alma was walking around in a circle to keep her alive. His feet were frozen and her father had frozen to death. Isaac and Ellen were not married on that Christmas day in 1865 on account of this tragedy. They waited until January 1866 and were married then.
The first winter they lived in a sheep wagon on a farm two miles south of town, having very little to eat and often never tasting butter for months.
Following his trade of stone cutting along with his farming, Isaac carved much granite and red sandstone. He laid and carved the red sandstone in front of Chipman's store in American Fork and also the Forbes School Building which is now torn down. He carried the stone from the hills back of Heber City. He and his sons hauled them down Provo Canyon. He later carved the stones for the Provo Stake Tabernacle, several dwelling houses, and several tombstones and monuments.
Isaac and Ellen were honest, hard-working pioneer people. They had a large orchard and from it they dried apples by the bushels. It was not unusual for Ellen to do a large washing, then help kill and dress dozens of chickens which were sold to John Wooten Sr. to be resold in Bingham.
Isaac and Ellen were the parents of eleven children, six girls and five boys: Katherine, Anne, John, Isaac, Thomas, Robert, Ellen, Jane, Agness, Ellery, and Edna.
On May 25, 1884, Agness, an infant, died. Together they had many sad experiences. Their youngest daughter, Edna, when four years old, was stricken with diphtheria and died on February 9, 1893. The last words she said were: "Daddy, pray for me." Then three days later their twenty-three-year-old daughter, Anne, who was suffering from the same disease and who was kept upstairs so as not to expose the rest of the children, passed away on February 12, 1893. The casket had to be lowered through the window to the ground.
Like other pioneer women, Ellen Singleton Binns' life was filled with adventure, romance, and tragedy. On April 9, 1895, she died leaving Isaac with three girls and five boys to care for.
Isaac was a great believer in the Ten Commandments especially the one: "Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy." Saturday night, as was the custom in England, found him with everything in readiness for the Sabbath. Clothes were clean and pressed, shoes shined, and all in order. He never missed services and was always early. He ordered his life to live to the saying, "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, and wise."
The Reverend Thomas F. Day received him into the Presbyterian Church in 1869 and his faithful labor as Elder and Sunday School Superintendent continued to the last. He spent a well-ordered life and passed away peacefully as one who falls asleep on November 7, 1917, at his daughter's home in American Fork, Utah.
Son of John Binns and Susan Hey
Husband of Ellen Singleton, Jan 1866 in American Fork, Utah, Utah
History. Ellen Singleton Binns was born on January 21, 1849, in St. Louis, Missouri. She was the second daughter of John Singleton and Katherine Creer Singleton.
Isaac Binns, a native of that mother country, England, was born February 25, 1829, in Colne, Lancashire, England. He was the son of John and Susan Hey Binns.
When Isaac was four years old, a baby sister, Ellen, was born. Soon after this, his mother died leaving a widower with two small children. Six years later, in about 1839, Isaac's father married Mary Calverly. On April 6, 1840, a daughter was born to this union and was named Hannah (Hannah Binns Singleton Wild). Six weeks later the family, except Isaac, set sail for America.
Isaac was then eleven years old. In the old country, everyone was obliged to learn a trade, so he stayed in England and followed the trade of his father as a stone mason. We know very little of him until 1862.
Isaac left England. It is said he crossed the ocean five times sailing from England to Australia and back. In 1862, he came by Cape Horn to California. Knowing his father was in Utah, he bought a horse and rode it to American Fork, Utah. He liked Utah. He met Ellen Singleton, the niece of his father's third wife, Jane Creer.
In 1863, he returned on horseback to San Francisco by way of Nevada. He secured a job for nearly two years working as a stone cutter at the San Quinten Prison. He then returned to Utah. He wasn't only attracted by Utah but also by his father's step-niece, Ellen Singleton.
Isaac and Ellen were to be married on Christmas day in 1865. A few days before Christmas her father, John Singleton, and his brother Alma went to the west mountains for cedar wood with a wagon and ox team. As they did not return when they were expected, the family feared for their safety because of a blizzard raging on Christmas Eve. The wife and mother, Katherine Creer Singleton, and daughter, Ellen walked the floor all night.
Through anxiety for her father and love for her anxious mother, Ellen bridled her horse at daybreak and set out in search of her father and uncle. Because she was the oldest child and was strong and able and had helped her father with farm work, she thus felt the responsibility more keenly. When she and the others reached Milner's Pond, near the Lehi Sugar Factory, they found the oxen loose. Her Uncle Alma was walking around in a circle to keep her alive. His feet were frozen and her father had frozen to death. Isaac and Ellen were not married on that Christmas day in 1865 on account of this tragedy. They waited until January 1866 and were married then.
The first winter they lived in a sheep wagon on a farm two miles south of town, having very little to eat and often never tasting butter for months.
Following his trade of stone cutting along with his farming, Isaac carved much granite and red sandstone. He laid and carved the red sandstone in front of Chipman's store in American Fork and also the Forbes School Building which is now torn down. He carried the stone from the hills back of Heber City. He and his sons hauled them down Provo Canyon. He later carved the stones for the Provo Stake Tabernacle, several dwelling houses, and several tombstones and monuments.
Isaac and Ellen were honest, hard-working pioneer people. They had a large orchard and from it they dried apples by the bushels. It was not unusual for Ellen to do a large washing, then help kill and dress dozens of chickens which were sold to John Wooten Sr. to be resold in Bingham.
Isaac and Ellen were the parents of eleven children, six girls and five boys: Katherine, Anne, John, Isaac, Thomas, Robert, Ellen, Jane, Agness, Ellery, and Edna.
On May 25, 1884, Agness, an infant, died. Together they had many sad experiences. Their youngest daughter, Edna, when four years old, was stricken with diphtheria and died on February 9, 1893. The last words she said were: "Daddy, pray for me." Then three days later their twenty-three-year-old daughter, Anne, who was suffering from the same disease and who was kept upstairs so as not to expose the rest of the children, passed away on February 12, 1893. The casket had to be lowered through the window to the ground.
Like other pioneer women, Ellen Singleton Binns' life was filled with adventure, romance, and tragedy. On April 9, 1895, she died leaving Isaac with three girls and five boys to care for.
Isaac was a great believer in the Ten Commandments especially the one: "Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy." Saturday night, as was the custom in England, found him with everything in readiness for the Sabbath. Clothes were clean and pressed, shoes shined, and all in order. He never missed services and was always early. He ordered his life to live to the saying, "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, and wise."
The Reverend Thomas F. Day received him into the Presbyterian Church in 1869 and his faithful labor as Elder and Sunday School Superintendent continued to the last. He spent a well-ordered life and passed away peacefully as one who falls asleep on November 7, 1917, at his daughter's home in American Fork, Utah.
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