James Hughes Mccarrel and Amanda Wood: A midway fort family
Jesse Hughes McCarrel A Midway Fort Pioneer Family
The Jessed McCarrel cabin was located near the center of the Midway Fort on the east side. Researched by Larry Moulton
I am Jesse Hughes McCarrel. I was born on March 25, 1825, in Louisiana, Illinois. My boyhood days were spent on my Father’s farm. Shortly after the Church was organized, I was baptized, and all my life I followed the teachings of the Church. In 1838, we moved and were living in Shoal Creek in Caldwell County in the state of Missouri. On October 30, 1838, we were within hearing distance of the guns of Haun’s mill, where 20 members of the Church were murdered. My Mother was on the awful scene during the night afterwards, and she tore up her apron to bind the wounds of the few who survived. I was 13 at that time.
On June 27, 1844 when I was 19, the Prophet Joseph Smith was martyred at Carthage jail. I remember him very well and mourned his passing.
In 1850, i married my sweetheart, Miss Amanda Woods, at Nauvoo, Illinois. In 1852 we crossed the plains to Utah and settled in American Fork. In 1854 we moved to Provo and 1858 we settled in Wasatch County and were the first family to settle there. We watched as the communities of Midway, Heber and other small towns were settled and begin to grow, we were very much a part of this history. I am the Father of 12 children, and 10 survive me at my passing. Jesse Hughes Mc Carrel on July 9, 1907 at the age of 82.
Written by grandson Hughes Mc Carrel
Jesse Hughes McCarrel L5B8-KCM
25 March 1825 – 11 July 1901
Jesse Hughes McCarrel was born on 25 March 1825, in Ouachita, Louisiana, United States, his father, Jesse McCarrel, was 32 and his mother, Mary Locke, was 29. He married Amanda Wood on 1 February 1849, in Honey Creek, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Timpanogus, Wasatch, Utah, United States in 1880 and Naples, Uintah, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 11 July 1901, in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Vernal Memorial Park, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States.
Amanda Wood
2 September 1829 – 8 February 1923 LLQK-X2W
Amanda Wood was born on 2 September 1829, in Cornwall, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada, her father, David Wood, was 30 and her mother, Catherine Crites, was 31. She married Jesse Hughes McCarrel on 1 February 1849, in Honey Creek, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Naples, Uintah, Utah, United States in 1900 and Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States for about 10 years. She died on 8 February 1923, in Roosevelt, Duchesne, Utah, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Vernal Memorial Park, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States.
Children:
Jesse David McCarrel Sydney Osborne McCarrell
Male 1849–1937 Male 1851-1919
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Mary Catherine McCarrel Joseph Peter McCarrell
Female 1853–1915 Male 1855-1929
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Harriette Amanda McCarrel Charles Oscar McCarrel
Female 1857–1944 Male 1860-1913
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Agnes Jane McCarrel Eliza Margaret McCarrel
Female 1864–1939 Femaie 1866-1952
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Female 1866–1952
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Male 1868–1921
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Male 1873–1958
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