Men in Modern Scripture - Shadrach Roundy

MEN IN MODERN SCRIPTURE

Shadrach Roundy

          In appointing the general officers of the Church after the Prophet Joseph Smith was released from Liberty Jail (Doctrine and Covenants, Section 124), the Lord designated Shadrach Roundy as a counselor to Vinson Knight "to preside over the bishopric." (Vs. 141).
          The Presiding Bishopric, Edward Partridge, had died in 1840, and in the same section, given in January, 1841, at Nauvoo, George Miller was appointed Presiding Bishopric (124:21).  He was sustained at the Oct. 7, 1844 conference of the Church, but was dropped at the conference of April, 1847.
          The appointment of the second bishopric, including Shadrach Roundy, differed from that of the Presiding Bishopric but what it's roll was is not recorded.
          Shadrach remained faithful throughout his life.  He heard of the gospel and in the winter of 1830-31, traveled on horseback from his home in Onondago County, New York, to Fayette, to see the Prophet Joseph.  Following the meeting, Shadrach was baptized.  His wife and 10 children - four sons and siz daughters - also joined the Church.
The Roundys moved to Kirtland, Ohio, and later went to Missouri where they suffered persecution.  In 1840, the family settled in Nauvoo, Shadrack was appointed captain of the police, and in times of danger, acted as a special bodyguard for Joseph Smith.  Sometimes he was on duty for days and nights continuously seeing the the Prophet and his family were protected.

           [Joined the Council of Fifty following after June 27, 1844, and under the leadership of                Brigham Young]

          [Shadrach served as Bishop of the 5th Ward at Winter Quarters.]
          Shadrach and his family traveled west with the Church when it was expelled from Nauvoo.  He was a member of the first Pioneer company into Salt lake Valley, and was a member of the committee organized to see that crops were planted immediately.  Historians differ as to who actually plowed the first furrow, but by noon of July 24, members of the advance party had plowed and planted about five acres of potatoes.  Shadrach Roundy, as a member of the committee, of course, took part.
          Later, he served as a member of the first high council in the Salt Lake Stake.  He was a member of the first high council in the Salt lake Stake. He was a member of the first territorial legislature, and served also as a captain in the "Silver Greys."
          Elder Roundy crossed the plains five times to aid emigrants to the valley.  He settled in the Sixteenth Ward, one of the original 19 wards, and was named bishop in 1849.  He served until 1856, and died in 1872, "atrue and faithful member of the Church."

Evaline DUNN HUNSAKER

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RELIEF SOCIETY MAGAZINE. [January 1918]

EVALINE DUNN HUNSAKER. MOTHER OF SEVENTEEN CHILDREN.

 The subject of this brief sketch is certainly an unusual mother. Great has been her mission here on earth and well and faithfully has she performed the same. 

Evaline Dunn was born September 12, 1853, in Brigham City, Utah, her father Simeon A. Dunn being- one of the first settlers of Brigham City, and who lived in the Old Fort together with President Lorenzo Snow and others. Her mother was HarrietAtwood Silver who joined the Church in Lowell, Mass., and leaving all her family and friends for the gospel's sake she went to Winter Quarters where she met and married Simeon A. Dunn. [Simeon Adams DUNN was a widower caring for 3 of his 5 young children.] They emigrated to Utah in 1848. Seven children were born to them—three sons and four daughters, viz., Sarah S., Simeon A., Emaline and Evaline (twins), Charles Q., Harriet and Henry who were also twins. 

Harriet Atwood Silver Dunn died Jan. 1, 1858, leaving her seven children without a mother's care. 

Evaline was only four years old at the time of her mother's death. She with the other children were left to the care of their father and [her] older sister (Susannah Dunn), whose mother was 

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also dead, and who was only fourteen years of age when these little brothers and sisters were left to her care.

In the midst of poverty, the hard times and privations incident to the early pioneer life in Utah, the children all young—-were subjected to a life of hardship that may be imagined only by persons acquainted with such .scenes.

On Oct. 5, 1868, in the Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Evaline was united for time and for eternity to Allen Collins Hunsaker. Soon after her marriage, she moved with her husband to Honeyville, where they lived for about eleven years, when they settled in Elwood, Utah, being among the first settlers and again pioneering a new country. Her husband was a farmer and sheep man. He was presiding elder of the branch for over ten years and always received encouragement and help from his wife.

Seventeen children were born to them, namely, Simeon A., Lewis, Eva L., Lily M., Emaline M., Harriet V., Ethel, Adeline (who died in infancy). La Titia, Margaret, Susie, Aleen, Nephi (died at two years), Oscar (died at three weeks), Lorenzo S., Amy, and Harold (died in infancy). Thirteen of the seventeen children born to them are now grown to maturity and all except one (Lorenzo S.) are married and have all had that ordinance performed in the temple.

Surely the teachings, the example, the loving counsel of our parents have not been in vain.

The writer has this to say: If I ever do anything wrong in this life, if I do not keep the commandments given to us as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, it will not be because my mother or father have failed to teach me, both by example and precept, every principle of the gospel. Oh, I am so grateful for my parents. If I can only be half as good as my mother, how happy I will be!

Sister Evaline is a faithful member of the Church, bemg a worker in the ward Relief Society and helping in every way she can. She is the grandmother of 74 children and has four greatgrandchildren.

Besides rearing her own family she now has three of her grandchildren whose father (Simeon A.) died in 1902 and their mother in 1904. She has taken these children, the oldest being seven years old, and cared for them until they are now grown to young manhood and womanhood. The eldest, Simeon V. Hunsaker, has enlisted at our country's call and is training in the navy Two of her sons, Simeon A., and Lewis have filled honorable missions, the first to Germany and the latter to England.

For almost forty-nine years she has been a constant companion, a true and devoted wife and a loving mother. Long may she yet remain to be a source of inspiration to her posterity.

Aleen Hunsaker Thomas.

Church History in the Family - Original 1847 Pioneer Company

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Biographies of the original 1847 pioneer company

Published: Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009

Editors note: The following are biographies of the 143 men, 3 women and 2 children comprising the first pioneer company that left the Elkhorn River April 7, 1847. They were organized into hundreds, fifties and tens. Along the way, the group's size changed several times and not all those who started completed the journey because of various changes in duties. However, Church historians have determined that the credit for blazing the trail should go equally to all who began.

[On this family history blog I include only the histories of the two original pioneers who are a part of our family.]

Ensign, Horace Datus – (7th Ten) Born May 8, 1826, at Westfield, Hampden Co., Mass., to Horace Datus and Mary Brunson Ensign. His parents joined the Church in 1843. The senior Ensign died in September 1846 in Winter Quarters. Datus, the oldest son, was baptized Dec. 6, 1846 at Winter Quarters. He was a carpenter and mechanic, and served as night guard. After arriving in the Salt Lake Valley, he started back to Winter Quarters but met his family in the Daniel Spencer Company. He continued with this company to the valley, arriving Sept. 22, 1847. He was assigned to assist in repairing the Goodyear Fort in Ogden, Weber Co., Utah. In 1850, he married Eliza Jane Stewart. He participated in the so-called Echo Canyon war, delaying Johnston's army in 1856-57 from entering the Salt Lake Valley. Ensign later settled just south of the Goodyear Fort on the Weber River. Because of the river's overflow, he had to rebuild and eventually located on what became a city park. When that happened, he was given another parcel of property, where he built another home and lived there until his death, in Ogden on Sept. 1, 1866, at age 40.

Horace Datus ENSIGN Jr. is the 3rd great-grand uncle of TRW. Their common ancestors are Horace Datus ENSIGN and Mary BRONSON.

Roundy, Shadrach – (13th Ten) Born Jan. 1, 1789, Rockingham, Windham Co., Vt., to Uriah and Lucretia Needham Roundy. He married Betsy Quimby in about 1814. After hearing the gospel preached, he traveled to Fayette, N.Y., in the winter of 1830-31 to meet Joseph Smith, after which he was baptized. He gave of his resources to build the Kirtland Temple. He later moved to Missouri. He was captain of the police in Nauvoo and once intercepted an attempt to kidnap Joseph Smith. He was appointed a major in the first pioneer company. A member of the advance party, he was one of three men to plow the first furrow's in the Saint's newfound home. While returning to Winter Quarters, he met his son, Lorenzo Wesley, enroute to Salt Lake Valley in the company of Orson Spencer. So father and son traded places and Shadrach spent the winter of 1847-48 in the Salt Lake Valley. There he became a member of the first high council and the Territorial legislature. He was the first bishop of the Sixteenth Ward and served from 1849-56. He crossed the plains five times to assist poor immigrants. He was one of the founders of Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Association. He died in Salt Lake City on July 4, 1872, at age 83.

Shadrach ROUNDY is the 4th great-grandfather of JR.