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George Bentley Teeples

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George Bentley Teeples

Birth
Dansville, Livingston County, New York, USA
Death
18 Sep 1884 (aged 81)
Holden, Millard County, Utah, USA
Burial
Holden, Millard County, Utah, USA Add to Map
Plot
128-3-3
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GEORGE BENTLEY TEEPLES
BY WILLIS TEEPLES


George Bentley Teeples was born in New York March 17, 1802 and was baptised in 1884. He married Hulda Colby in about 1829 and was endowed at Nauvoo, Illinois. His patriarchal blessing was given by Joseph Smith Sr. They passed through all the trials, persecutions, mobbing and drivings of the Saints. They had their home burned by the mob three different times in different places. They were among the first Saints at Nauvoo, and they were driven out with the rest of the Saints. They were there at the time the Prophet and his brother Hyrum were killed.

Huldah Colby Teeples was born in New York June 4, 1812. She was a true Latter-Day Saint, a friend and caretaker of the sick, a mother in Israel in every deed. She was a pioneer and always ready to do everything in her power for anyone in need. She was the mother of ten children. She lived and died in full faith of the gospel. She did considerable work in the St. George Temple for the dead. She died in Holden, Utah January 10, 1992.

Henry Alanson Teeples, was the son of George Bentley Teeples, and was born in Nauvoo in 1842. Hannah Colby Teeples was born in Pottawattomie, Iowa, November 6, 1847. They were both pioneers of 1848. They came with the Heber C. Kimball's Co. This was the same company that the wife of Hyrum Smith came with. She needed a driver so my father's (Henry Alanson Teeples) oldest brother, William Teeples, drove one of her outfits to the Salt Lake Valley.

Henry Alanson Teeples was too young to remember much about Nauvoo, but he remembered the suffering that took place. He had been heard to tell of the different things that happened at Winter Quarters, such as the crude houses they had to live in and the lack of proper food which caused much sickness and death. He used to tell how Grandfather Colby took a pig across the plains.

He made a harness for her and fixed her at the back of the wagon so she could walk underneath the wagon for shade. As her hoofs wore off they would make shoes for her out of buffalo hides. She reached the valley in good condition. He also remembered a man getting hurt very badly trying to stop the cattle from getting away. He would bare a strong testimony may times to the fact that he knew the Lord had spared their lives by sending the seagulls to destroy the crickets, although the Teeples were not there at the time.

Aunt Harriet Clark (whom Willis knew) said how discouraged she was when they arrived in Salt Lake Valley. She couldn't see how they could live or make a home in such a desolate place. To console herself she went away out from everyone else and sat down behind a sagebrush and cried aloud, which seemed to make her feel better.

As they had no sugar, they became very hungry for something sweet, so the women would boil down the water in which their vegetables were cooked and made a sweet syrup. His mother, Huldah Colby Teeples would tell Willis of how his grandmother Teeples made some jam of wild berries and the vegetable syrup. She made quite a bit of it, but when it was finished, it was so bitter they couldn't eat it. As she worked so hard to get it made, she felt as if she couldn't throw it away. The thought came to her to put it in a tight container and bury it in the ground and that is what she did. It remained buried all winter. Often she would think about it and even pray that the bitterness would leave. When she dug it up in the spring, she found it was the best jam she ever tasted in her life. My grandmother was so unselfish that when she went to take care of the sick she would take a few spoonfuls of this jam.

Henry A. Teeples used to tell his family that manna was sent to the children of Israel while they were in the wilderness and he knew that the sugar was sent to the pioneers. One morning when they got up there was a white substance on the leaves of the trees. They soon discovered it was sweet. President Young told them that it had been sent from Heaven and it should be taken care of. Soon every one got our their brass kettles, put some water in them and they began cutting the limbs from the willows and trees and washing the sweet from them. They would then boil it down and it made a sugary syrup. Each morning they would find this substance on the trees until they got their containers full, and then it ceased to fall.

Henry told of a time when he and some of his brothers had to go the hills after timber of some kind. They didn't have a thing to take for lunch. It was early in the spring, and there was very little they could find in the fields or on the hillsides in the way of food. They took their rawhide ropes and boiled them the night before. It made a jelly-like substance. They ate it, and it gave them strength enough to go after their timber. They ate this dish at other times, also.

When Huldah was a young girl, she well-remembered one spring of her husband getting his leg broken. He was going to bread a colt so he could put in his crops. He got the colt hitched on a wagon with another horse and then he got into the wagon. The horse got scared and ran away with him and he lost control of them so he thought it best to jump out. They were coming to a bad place in the road as he did so, and he broke his leg in the jump. His neighbors came and put in his crops but they had a very hard time getting something to eat. They had very little flour so they gathered sago roots, pig weeds, thistles or anything they could get so as to make their flour last longer. One day Hannah and her brother Isaac were herding a little bunch of sheep. They came to where there had been an old fort and there they found a lot of mushrooms. She said it was like finding a gold mine. They gathered them and went home. How glad they were to have something besided weeds, thistles and roots. She said it was a very beautiful spring. There were so many rains and after each rain they would gather big pans of mushrooms and they were very thankful for them. By the time the mushrooms were gone they began to get a few vegetables from their gardens.
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TEEPLES-In Holden, Sept. 19, of old age, GEORGE BENTLEY TEEPLES, Sen., aged 81 years, 6 months and 2 days.

Deceased was born in Danville, Livingston County, New York, March the 17, 1803. He embraced the gospel of the Latter-day Saints in Michigan; moved to Missouri in an early day and shared in the persecutions in that state and went with the Saints to Nauvoo; stayed there till the expulsion, then he crossed the plains with an ox team in 1847. He remained faithful to the case, he had embraced to the last, and died in full faith of a glorious resurrection.

Deseret News
8 October 1884

By Contributor For Get Me Not
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George Bentley Teeples

George Bentley TEEPLES was born March 17, 1803 in Dansville, Livingston, New York, to Jacob Teeples and S. Herodias (Rhoda) Bentley Teeples and died September 18, 1884 in Holden, Millard, Utah.

He was buried September 19, 1884 in Holden, Millard, Utah. He was the son of four.

In 1860 he was a farmer in Ogden, Weber County, Utah. He appeared in the census in 1860 in Ogden, Weber County, Utah. He appeared in the census in 1880 in Holden, Millard County, Utah.

In 1860 George had a household of eleven, with a real wealth of $700 and a personal wealth of $400.

Siblings: Elvira Teeples Wheeler Rockwood Curen, Catherine Teeples Love
GEORGE BENTLEY TEEPLES
BY WILLIS TEEPLES


George Bentley Teeples was born in New York March 17, 1802 and was baptised in 1884. He married Hulda Colby in about 1829 and was endowed at Nauvoo, Illinois. His patriarchal blessing was given by Joseph Smith Sr. They passed through all the trials, persecutions, mobbing and drivings of the Saints. They had their home burned by the mob three different times in different places. They were among the first Saints at Nauvoo, and they were driven out with the rest of the Saints. They were there at the time the Prophet and his brother Hyrum were killed.

Huldah Colby Teeples was born in New York June 4, 1812. She was a true Latter-Day Saint, a friend and caretaker of the sick, a mother in Israel in every deed. She was a pioneer and always ready to do everything in her power for anyone in need. She was the mother of ten children. She lived and died in full faith of the gospel. She did considerable work in the St. George Temple for the dead. She died in Holden, Utah January 10, 1992.

Henry Alanson Teeples, was the son of George Bentley Teeples, and was born in Nauvoo in 1842. Hannah Colby Teeples was born in Pottawattomie, Iowa, November 6, 1847. They were both pioneers of 1848. They came with the Heber C. Kimball's Co. This was the same company that the wife of Hyrum Smith came with. She needed a driver so my father's (Henry Alanson Teeples) oldest brother, William Teeples, drove one of her outfits to the Salt Lake Valley.

Henry Alanson Teeples was too young to remember much about Nauvoo, but he remembered the suffering that took place. He had been heard to tell of the different things that happened at Winter Quarters, such as the crude houses they had to live in and the lack of proper food which caused much sickness and death. He used to tell how Grandfather Colby took a pig across the plains.

He made a harness for her and fixed her at the back of the wagon so she could walk underneath the wagon for shade. As her hoofs wore off they would make shoes for her out of buffalo hides. She reached the valley in good condition. He also remembered a man getting hurt very badly trying to stop the cattle from getting away. He would bare a strong testimony may times to the fact that he knew the Lord had spared their lives by sending the seagulls to destroy the crickets, although the Teeples were not there at the time.

Aunt Harriet Clark (whom Willis knew) said how discouraged she was when they arrived in Salt Lake Valley. She couldn't see how they could live or make a home in such a desolate place. To console herself she went away out from everyone else and sat down behind a sagebrush and cried aloud, which seemed to make her feel better.

As they had no sugar, they became very hungry for something sweet, so the women would boil down the water in which their vegetables were cooked and made a sweet syrup. His mother, Huldah Colby Teeples would tell Willis of how his grandmother Teeples made some jam of wild berries and the vegetable syrup. She made quite a bit of it, but when it was finished, it was so bitter they couldn't eat it. As she worked so hard to get it made, she felt as if she couldn't throw it away. The thought came to her to put it in a tight container and bury it in the ground and that is what she did. It remained buried all winter. Often she would think about it and even pray that the bitterness would leave. When she dug it up in the spring, she found it was the best jam she ever tasted in her life. My grandmother was so unselfish that when she went to take care of the sick she would take a few spoonfuls of this jam.

Henry A. Teeples used to tell his family that manna was sent to the children of Israel while they were in the wilderness and he knew that the sugar was sent to the pioneers. One morning when they got up there was a white substance on the leaves of the trees. They soon discovered it was sweet. President Young told them that it had been sent from Heaven and it should be taken care of. Soon every one got our their brass kettles, put some water in them and they began cutting the limbs from the willows and trees and washing the sweet from them. They would then boil it down and it made a sugary syrup. Each morning they would find this substance on the trees until they got their containers full, and then it ceased to fall.

Henry told of a time when he and some of his brothers had to go the hills after timber of some kind. They didn't have a thing to take for lunch. It was early in the spring, and there was very little they could find in the fields or on the hillsides in the way of food. They took their rawhide ropes and boiled them the night before. It made a jelly-like substance. They ate it, and it gave them strength enough to go after their timber. They ate this dish at other times, also.

When Huldah was a young girl, she well-remembered one spring of her husband getting his leg broken. He was going to bread a colt so he could put in his crops. He got the colt hitched on a wagon with another horse and then he got into the wagon. The horse got scared and ran away with him and he lost control of them so he thought it best to jump out. They were coming to a bad place in the road as he did so, and he broke his leg in the jump. His neighbors came and put in his crops but they had a very hard time getting something to eat. They had very little flour so they gathered sago roots, pig weeds, thistles or anything they could get so as to make their flour last longer. One day Hannah and her brother Isaac were herding a little bunch of sheep. They came to where there had been an old fort and there they found a lot of mushrooms. She said it was like finding a gold mine. They gathered them and went home. How glad they were to have something besided weeds, thistles and roots. She said it was a very beautiful spring. There were so many rains and after each rain they would gather big pans of mushrooms and they were very thankful for them. By the time the mushrooms were gone they began to get a few vegetables from their gardens.
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TEEPLES-In Holden, Sept. 19, of old age, GEORGE BENTLEY TEEPLES, Sen., aged 81 years, 6 months and 2 days.

Deceased was born in Danville, Livingston County, New York, March the 17, 1803. He embraced the gospel of the Latter-day Saints in Michigan; moved to Missouri in an early day and shared in the persecutions in that state and went with the Saints to Nauvoo; stayed there till the expulsion, then he crossed the plains with an ox team in 1847. He remained faithful to the case, he had embraced to the last, and died in full faith of a glorious resurrection.

Deseret News
8 October 1884

By Contributor For Get Me Not
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George Bentley Teeples

George Bentley TEEPLES was born March 17, 1803 in Dansville, Livingston, New York, to Jacob Teeples and S. Herodias (Rhoda) Bentley Teeples and died September 18, 1884 in Holden, Millard, Utah.

He was buried September 19, 1884 in Holden, Millard, Utah. He was the son of four.

In 1860 he was a farmer in Ogden, Weber County, Utah. He appeared in the census in 1860 in Ogden, Weber County, Utah. He appeared in the census in 1880 in Holden, Millard County, Utah.

In 1860 George had a household of eleven, with a real wealth of $700 and a personal wealth of $400.

Siblings: Elvira Teeples Wheeler Rockwood Curen, Catherine Teeples Love


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