James Riley ALLRED 1784–1876 – Genealogical Records

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Genealogy Event 1
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 22 Jan 1784
Event Place: Asheboro, Randolph, North Carolina

Genealogy Event 2
Event Type: Occupation
Record Source: James ALLRED (010203)

Allred Progenitors: (William, Thomas)
Born: 01221784 Randolph Co., NC
Died: 01101876 Spring City, Sanpete Co., UT
Submitted by: Sharon Allred Jessop 03291999

BRIEF SKETCH OF JAMES ALLRED
(By Elizabeth Elmire Allred Aiken)

James Allred, son of William and Elizabeth Warren Allred, was born in North Carolina, Randolph County, January 22, 1784. His wife was born in South Carolina on May 6, 1787. They were married The 14Th Of November 1803, And Moved To The Ohio River Near Yellow Banks. In 1811 they moved to Bedford County, Tennessee. In the year 1825, March 25, while still at Bedford Co., my grandfather, James Tillman Sanford Allred, was born. In 1830 they moved into Missouri, Monroe County, a distance of 500 miles. Here they were baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, by Elder George M. Hinkle. At this place a large branch of the Church was built up and called "Salt River Branch."

In the fall of 1833, two sons and two sons-in-law joined the company of the Prophet Joseph. In June 1834, they, with the Prophet's company of 200 brethren, journeyed to the upper part of Missouri in order to redeem Zion (as they thought) and to reinstate a portion of the Saints who had been driven from their homes in Jackson Co., Missouri. In 1835, they moved to Clay County, Missouri and in the spring of 1837 to Caldwell County, where the Saints had started to gather to build up a state of Zion. James Allred was elected Judge and also president of the Southern firm. When the Church left Missouri in the Spring of 1839, he moved to Pittsfield, Pike County, Illinois. In the fall of the same year, he moved to Commerce (afterwards called Nauvoo). Here he was ordained a High Priest and a member of the High Council. He was one of the Prophet's lifeguards in the Nauvoo Legion, and held several other responsible positions. He helped to build the Nauvoo Temple and assisted giving endowments there. It was while they were living in Nauvoo that the Prophet came to James' wife, who was a seamstress by trade, and told her he had seen the Angel Moroni with garments on and asked her to assist him in cutting them out. They spread unbleached muslin out on the table and he told her how to cut them. She had to cut the third pair before they were satisfactory. They were to reach the ankle and the sleeve to the wrist. Marks were always the same.

In the year 1842, James Allred was ordained a Seventy and a member of the Fourth Quorum of Seventies. About this time, the Saints were being persecuted and especially the heads of the Church. The Prophet and his brother Hyrum, were constantly being hunted and persecuted by the mobs. Elizabeth, James' wife, often used to put potatoes in the coals in the fireplace at night, and leave bread, butter, and fresh buttermilk, of which the Prophet was very fond, on the table so they could come during the night and eat. In the year 1844, in June, the Prophet, his brother Hyrum, President John Taylor, and Willard Richards, were taken to Carthage jail in Hancock County, Illinois. At the jail the Prophet handed his sword to James Allred and said, "Take this, you might need it to defend yourself." James Allred carried this sword with him to Utah. It is now on display at the State Capitol at Salt Lake City.

On the 27th of June, 1844, the Prophet and his brother Hyrum were both murdered in the Carthage jail. The Prophet had previously prophesied that Willard Richards would not be harmed, and true to the prophecy, he escaped without a scratch, but President Taylor was badly wounded by four bullets. James Allred took President Taylor from the jail to take home. He only had his wagon to haul him in and the trip was a long one, over a rough road so they decided a sleigh could be pulled behind the wagon, and by going through the fields which were mostly swamps. By this route it was about 18 miles to his home at Nauvoo. They secured a sleigh, placed Pres. Taylor in it, and then started home. He was bleeding badly and so weak from the loss of blood he could hardly speak. His wife sat beside him bathing the blood from his wounds, and trying to make the journey as easy as possible.

After the murder of the Prophet, President Brigham Young, aided by the Twelve Apostles, went on building upon the foundation that Joseph Smith had laid. Persecutions began to rage again with awful fury in the fall of 1845 burning houses. On the 9th of February 1846, James crossed the Mississippi to go west with the leaders of the Church. He arrived at the Missouri River, to go farther west July 15th, the same year, 1846. Here he was made President of the High Council, and acting Bishop at Counsel Point. In the spring he started west to the Rocky Mountains. He arrived at Salt Lake City in October of 1847. He went to Manti, Sanpete County in March of 1852, and later to Canal, now known as Spring City, Utah.

He was called to preside over this branch of the Church at the Spring Conference of 1853. He was ordained as a Patriarch in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. In July 1853, the Indians drove most of the horses and cattle from the settlement away, and on the last day of the month they moved back to Manti. In October he again moved back to Canal with a company of 40 Danish families and ten of his own relatives. On the 17th of December, Brigham Young advised them to vacate again, and they moved back to Manti. In February of 1854, fifty men started to build a fort at Cottonwood, now called Ephraim. It was built of stone, the walls being ten feet high. When it was finished, their families were moved into it, and here he lived until 1860. Then with his family he moved back to Spring City where he resided until his death.

He was a faithful member of the Church and strict in keeping the Word of Wisdom. He fully endorsed all the principles of the Gospel as far as he knew them, was an early riser, always on hand to obey the counsel of the servants of God. Mormonism was his whole theme. For many years he was a regular attendant of the Quorum, and public meetings, and was always ready to donate to the poor.
He was a friend to the widows and orphans, faithful to his family. He taught them to be honest and industrious, trustworthy and worthy of confidence. He told them he was ready to join the United Order and all he had was for the building up of the Kingdom of God. He raised 12 children of his own, and eight orphan grandchildren. All lived to have children of their own. He left the wife of his youth after living together nearly 73 years, and had a posterity of four hundred and forty-seven; 12 children, 104 grandchildren, 302 great grandchildren, and 29 great great grandchildren. Most of his posterity live in Utah and are members of the Church. He lacked 12 days of being 92 years of age. His wife was ninety when she died. She was blind six years before her death, April 23, 1879. James died at Spring City, January 10, 1876. His wife, Elizabeth Warren Allred, died at Rabbit Valley. Her body was later brought to Spring City and placed beside that of her husband.

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Genealogy Event 3
Event Type: Occupation
Record Source: James ALLRED (010203)

Allred Progenitors: (William, Thomas)
Born: 01221784 Randolph Co., NC
Died: 01101876 Spring City, Sanpete Co., UT
Submitted by: Sharon Allred Jessop 02181999

James Allred
EARLY PIONEER HISTORY
Related by Eliza M.A. Munson

"My Grandfather, James Allred, son of William and Elizabeth Thrasher Allred, was born in North Carolina, Randolph County, January 22, 1784. My Grandmother, Elizabeth Warren was born in South Carolina on May 6, in the year 1787.

They were married November 14, 1803 And Moved To The Ohio River Near Yellow Banks. In 1811 they moved to Bedford County, Tennessee. In the year 1825, on March 28, while they were still in Bedford County, my father, James Tillman Sanford Allred, was born.

In 1830 they moved to Missouri, Monroe County, which was a distance of five hundred miles. Here they settled down and on the 10th day of September, 1832, they were baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints by Elder George M. Hinkle, at which place a large branch of the Church was built up and called "Salt River Branch".

In the fall of 1833 Grandfather, two sons and two son-in-laws joined the company of the Prophet Joseph. In June, 1834, they with the Prophet's company of two hundred brethren journeyed to the upper part of Missouri in order to redeem "Zion" as they thought, and to reinstate a portion of the Saints who had been driven from their homes in Jackson County, Missouri.

In the year 1835, they moved to Clay County, Missouri and in the Spring of 1837 to Caldwell County where the saints commenced to gather to build up a stake of Zion. My Grand-father was elected County Judge and also President of the Southern Firm. In the autumn of 1838 times began to be very troublesome and the citizens of the adjoining county raised all manner of false accusations against the Latter-Day Saints and more especially the leaders of the church, so that the Governor of the State ordered out several thousand men to either exterminate or expel them from the state of Missouri and it was only as a result of laying down their arms and giving up the Prophet Joseph and his brother Hyrum and several other heads of the church, together with their agreement to leave the State the following spring, that their lives were spared. Accordingly in the spring of 1839, the Church in mass left the state of Missouri and moved to Illinois where they settled in different parts of the state.

My grandfather settled in Pittsfield, Pike County, Illinois, and in the fall of the same year they moved to Commerce, which was later called Nauvoo, where he was ordained a High Priest and a member of the High Council and was chosen as one of the Prophet's body guards in the Nauvoo Legion. He also held several other responsible positions, and helped to build the Nauvoo Temple and assisted in giving endowments.

It was while they were living in Nauvoo that the Prophet came to my grandmother, who was a seamstress by trade, and told her that he had seen the angel Moroni with the garments on,
and asked her to assist him in cutting out the garments. They spread unbleached muslin out on the table and he told her how to cut it out. She had to cut the third pair, however, before he said it was satisfactory. She told the Prophet that there would be sufficient cloth from the knee to the ankle to make a pair of sleeves, but he told her he wanted as few seams as possible and that there would be sufficient whole cloth to cut the sleeve without piecing. The first garments were made of unbleached muslin and bound with turkey red and were without collars. Later on, the Prophet decided he would rather have them bound with white. Sister Emma Smith, the Prophet's wife, proposed that they have a collar on as she thought they would look more finished, but at first the prophet did not have the collars on them. After Emma Smith had made the little collars, which were not visible from the outside, then Eliza R. Snow introduced a wider collar of finer material to be worn on the outside of the dress. The garment was to reach to the ankle and the sleeves to the wrist. The marks were always the same.

In the year 1842, my father was ordained a seventy and a member of the 4th quorum of seventies. About this time the saints began to be persecuted very hard and more especially the heads of the Church. The Prophet and his brother Hyrum were continuously being hunted and persecuted by the mobs. Grandmother often used to put potatoes in the coals in the fireplace at night and leave bread and butter and fresh buttermilk (of which the Prophet was very fond) out on the table so that they could come in during the night and eat.

In the year 1844 in June the Prophet Joseph Smith, his brother Hyrum, President John Taylor and Willard Richards were taken to Carthage Jail, Hancock County, Ill. At the jail the Prophet Joseph handed his sword to my grandfather and said, "Take this - you may need it to defend yourself". (Grandfather carried this sword with him to Utah and it is now on display at the Utah State Capitol.

On the 27th of June the Prophet and Hyrum were murdered in Carthage Jail. The prophet had previously prophesied that Willard Richards would not be harmed, and true to the prophecy he escaped without a scratch, but President Taylor was badly wounded by four bullets.

Grandfather took President Taylor from the prison to take him to his home. He only had his wagon to carry him and the trip was long by road, so they decided that a sleigh could be pulled behind the wagon by going through the fields which were mostly swamps, and this would be only eighteen miles distance from Nauvoo by cutting through the fields. Accordingly, they secured a sleigh, fastened it behind the wagon and placed President Taylor in it. He was bleeding badly, and so weak from the loss of blood that he could scarcely speak. His wife sat beside him bathing the blood from his wounds and trying to make the journey as easy as possible. The sleigh was much easier riding than the wagon, and by the time they reached home, President Taylor was able to talk enough that my grandfather could hear him from where he sat in the wagon.

After the murder of the Prophet, President Brigham Young with the help of the apostles then took up the work for which the Prophet had laid the foundation. Persecution began to rage again with awful fury and in the fall of 1845 the mob commenced burning houses.

On November 23, 1845, my father was married To My Mother, Eliza B. Manwaring. She was an English girl and was born in Herafordshire, England, on November 23rd, 1823 and crossed the ocean in the first Mormon vessel that ever sailed the ocean. She joined the Church in the year 1835, and for some time lived with my grandfather and grandmother Allred. For three years prior to the Prophet's death, she was employed as a cook in the Nauvoo Mansion.

In the spring of 1846, my grandparents, my father and mother, and two brothers and families started westward into the wilderness with the heads of the church and others. On the 20th day of May they started west through the Iowa territory and on to Council Bluffs. On July 16th, my father enlisted in the Mormon Battalion and he and mother started to Mexico by the way of Fort Leavenworth and from there to Santa Fe and then to Pueblo on the head of the Arkansas River where they wintered. In the spring they resumed their journey and suffered many hardships.

While they were traveling across the plains the men were grouped in to groups of ten each and there was one woman allotted to each group to wash and cook for them. My father was head of ten men and my mother washed and cooked for them.

My mother was ill a good deal of the time and inasmuch as they did not have a wagon, another old couple shared their wagon with my mother. She gave birth to a baby boy which died, but the company could not wait while it was buried, so my father stayed behind to bury the baby.
He was so weak and tired from exposure and exhaustion that he could scarcely catch up with the rest of the company after this delay.

On the 24th day of July, 1847, Orson Pratt and George Q. Cannon who were pilots for the company, came down Parley's canyon but there was so much underbrush that it was very difficult to get through so they had to go back and come down Emigration. A few of the saints entered the valley on that date. On the 27th another portion of them entered the valley, but on account of my mother's poor health, they were obliged to stay behind until four days later and they entered Salt Lake Valley on the 29th of July, after much suffering and many hardships.

On February 29th, the following spring the second baby girl was born in Salt Lake City and that was me.
In the spring of 1849 father went back to the Platt River to establish a ferry and help the saints to Salt Lake City. Later in the same year Brigham Young called he and some other men to move their families south to Sanpete County. They started a settlement which was called Manti. That winter and the following one, so much snow fell that many head of their cattle were killed.

In the year 1851, Grandfather and Grandmother crossed the plains and settled in Manti, Utah. In the spring of 1852, Brigham Young and the council of Twelve called my Grandfather and Father to move sixteen miles north and commence a new settlement. They remained there until 1853 when the Indians drove off all their cattle and horses. They vacated the settlement and moved back to Manti.

Brigham Young and the Council of Twelve then called Father and fifty other men to go seven miles north and commence a settlement which was called Ephraim.

At the spring conference in 1856 father was called to go on a mission to Las Vegas to preach to the Piute Indians, as Brigham Young knew he was a good Indian interpreter. He was also a peace maker among the Indians and always had many Indian friends.

On the twentieth of April, 1866, my mother died, Grandfather died in 1876, at the age of 92. Grandmother was blind the last six years she lived but enjoyed good health up until her death. She lived to be within a few hours of the age of Grandfather when she died, which was in the year 1879.

My father always said that he would live to be eighty years old and this privilege was granted him. He was eighty years old on the twenty-eighth of March, 1905, and he died early the following morning.

Eliza Mariah A. Munson
Note: Practically all of this information was taken from a diary which was kept by James T.S. Allred,
father of Mrs. Munson.


JAMES ALLRED
History

James Allred, son of William and Elizabeth Thrasher Allred was born in North Carolina, Jan. 22, 1784. My grandmother Elizabeth Warren was born in South Carolina on May 6, 1787. They were married November 14, 1803 And Moved To The Ohio River Near Yellow Banks. In 1811 they moved to Bedford County, Tennessee.

In 1830, they moved to Missouri, Monroe County, a distance of 500 miles. Here they settled down and on the 10th of September 1832 they were baptized into the church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints by Elder George M. Hinkle at which place a large branch of the church was built up and called "Salt River Branch".

In the fall of 1833 James Allred, two sons and two sons-in-law joined the company of the Prophet Joseph. In June, 1834, they, with the Prophet's company of two hundred brethren journeyed to the upper part of Missouri in order to redeem Zion as they thought, and to reinstate a portion of the Saints who had been driven from their homes in Jackson County, Missouri.

In the year 1835, they moved to Clay County, Missouri and in the Spring of 1837 to Caldwell County where the saints commenced to gather to build up a stake of Zion. My Grandfather James was elected Judge and also President of the Southern Firm. When the Church left Missouri in the spring of 1839, he moved to Pittsfield, Pike County, Illinois. In the fall of the same year he moved to Commerce, afterwards called Nauvoo, where he was ordained a High Priest and a member of the High Council. He was one of the Prophet's body guards in the Nauvoo Legion and held several other responsible positions. He helped to build the Nauvoo Temple and assisted in giving endowments therein.

It was while they were living in Nauvoo that the Prophet came to my grandmother Elizabeth Warren, who was a seamstress by trade, and told her that he had seen the angel Moroni with the garments on, and asked her to assist him in cutting out the garments. They spread unbleached muslin out on the table and he told her how to cut it out. She had to cut the third pair, however, before he said it was satisfactory. She told the Prophet that there would be sufficient cloth from the knee to the ankle to make a pair of sleeves without piecing. The first garments were made of unbleached muslin and bound with turkey red and were without collars. Later on, the Prophet decided he would rather have them bound with white. Sister Emma Smith, the Prophet's wife, proposed that they have a collar on as she thought they would look more finished, but at first the prophet did not have the collars on them. After Emma Smith had made the little collars, which were not visible from the outside, then Sister Eliza R. Snow introduced a wider collar of finer material to be worn on the outside of the dress. The garment was to reach to the ankle and the sleeves to the wrist. The marks were always the same.

In the year 1842, James Allred was ordained a seventy and a member of the 4th quorum of seventies.
About this time the saints began to be persecuted very hard and more especially the heads of the Church. The Prophet and his brother Hyrum were continuously being hunted and persecuted by the mobs. Grandmother Elizabeth Warren often used to put potatoes in the coals in the fireplace at night and leave bread and butter and fresh buttermilk (of which the Prophet was very fond) out on the table so that they could come in during the night and eat.

In the year 1844 in June the Prophet Joseph Smith, his brother Hyrum, President John Taylor and Willard Richards were taken to the Carthage Jail, Hancock County, Ill. At the jail the Prophet Joseph handed his sword to my grandfather James and said, "Take this, you may need it to defend yourself." (Grandfather carried this sword with him to Utah and it is now on display at the Utah State Capitol.)

On the 27th of June the Prophet and Hyrum were murdered in the Carthage Jail. The prophet had previously prophesied that Willard Richards would not be harmed, and true to the prophecy, he escaped without a scratch, but President John Taylor was badly wounded by four bullets.

Grandfather James took President Taylor from the prison to take him to his home. He only had his wagon to carry him and the trip was long by road, so they decided that a sleigh could be pulled behind the wagon by going through the fields which were mostly swamps. And this would be only eighteen miles distance from Nauvoo by cutting through the fields. Accordingly they secured a sleigh, fastened it behind the wagon and placed President John Taylor in it. He was bleeding badly, and so weak from the loss of blood that he could scarcely speak. His wife sat beside him, bathing the blood from his wounds and trying to make the journey as easy as possible. The sleigh was much easier riding than the wagon, and by the time they reached home, President Taylor was able to talk enough that my grandfather could hear him from where he sat in the wagon.

After the murder of the Prophet, President Brigham Young, with the help of the apostles then took up the work for which the Prophet had laid down the foundation. Persecution began to rage again with awful fury and in the fall of 1845 the mob commenced burning houses.

On the 9th of February 1846, James Allred crossed the Mississippi river to go west with the heads of the church. He arrived at the Missouri River to go West July 15, of the same year. Here he was made President of the High Council and acting Bishop of Council Bluffs.

In the Spring of 1851 he started west to the Rocky Mountains. He arrived at Salt Lake in October of the same year. He went to Manti, Sanpete County in March 1852, and was called to Preside over this branch of the church. At the Spring conference of 1853 he was ordained a Patriarch in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. In July of the same year the Indians drove most of the cattle, horses of the settlement off and on the last day of the month they moved back to Manti.

In October he moved back to Canal again with a company of 40 Danish families and 10 families of his own relatives. On the 17th of December of the same year he was called to vacate and again moved back to Manti. In February 1854 in company with 50 families he commenced to build a fort at Cottonwood (now called Ephraim). It was built of stone, the walls being 10 feet high. This was finished and Grandfather James presided over it until 1860. Then he moved back to Canal, where he presided until his death.

He was a faithful member of the church and strict in relations to the word of wisdom. He fully endorsed all of the principles of the Gospel as far as he knew them. An early riser, always on hand to obey the counsels of the servants of the Lord.

For many years he was a regular attendant of the Quorum and Public meetings and always ready to donate to the poor. A friend of the widow and orphans. Exemplary to his family, he taught them to be honest and industrious, trustworthy and confidential. He told the Bishop of the ward he was ready to join the United Order and all that he had was for the building up of the Kingdom of God.

He reared 12 children of his own and 8 orphan grandchildren (all lived to have children of their own). He left the wife of his youth after living together for nearly 73 years and a posterity of 447 souls, vis; 12 children, 104 grandchildren, 302 great-grandchildren and 29 great great grand-children. Five of his sons were present at his funeral, the rest were dead.

He laid his hands on his oldest son William Hackleys head the day before he died and blessed him. All of his children lived to embrace the new and everlasting covenant and those that are dead, died strong in the faith. The most of his posterity live in Utah and are members of the church.

He lacked 12 days of being 92 years old. His wife was 90 years old, but had been blind six years.
His funeral took place on the 11th and was the largest that had been held in this place. Thirty-nine wagons and sleighs loaded with people followed him to his last resting place.

President Orson Hyde preached his funeral sermon and made some sincere remarks concerning his life labors and faithfulness as a patriarch which was satisfactory to the family and friends.

He died at Spring City, Utah, January 10, 1876, 92 years of age. The location of his home in Spring City was where Edward F. Allred lived (later Bert Christensen). He lived on main street in the center of town in Ephraim now occupied by a Service Station close to where the mill is located in Ephraim.

Grandmother Elizabeth Warren died April 23, 1879 at Rabbit Valley, Utah. Her body was later brought to Spring City and she was placed by her husband by grandsons Samuel Allred and Reuben Warren Allred, Jr. Her parents were Thomas Warren and Hannah Cothen Warren.

The children of James Allred and Elizabeth Warren Allred are - William Hackley, Martin Carrel, Hannah, Sally, Isaac, Reuben Warren, Wily Payne, Nancy Chummy, Eliza Maria, James Tillman Sanford, John Franklin Lafayette, Andrew Jackson.


From the History of
Reuben Warren Allred, Sr. - son.

While living in Nauvoo, James Allred, Alanson Brown, Noah Rogers and Benjamin Boyce were kidnaped by a mob and taken to Missouri where Rogers and Boyce were tied to a tree and badly beaten. Brown was hung to a tree until nearly exhausted.

Allred had a rope tied about his neck and to a tree, with threats of death when he said to them, "If you don't kill me and you strike me one blow, I will be avenged for I have broken no law." The mob looked at each other and in a few minutes one of them said, "We had better let him go for he looks like an honest man."

Reuben with his Brother Isaac was sent by the Prophet to go with Daniel H. Wells to see the Governor of Illinois and to ask him to use his influence with the Governor of Missouri to have these men released. As they were on their way they met his father James Allred on a large prairie or flat boat coming home. The mob had released him without harm.

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Genealogy Event 4
Event Type: Occupation
Record Source: James ALLRED (010203)

Allred Progenitors: (William, Thomas)
Born: 01221784 Randolph Co., NC
Died: 01101876 Spring City, Sanpete Co., UT
Submitted by: Sharon Allred Jessop 03291999

JAMES ALLRED: A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

J. Terry Walker
Brigham Young University
March 1974

(This biography of James Allred was originally written for a history class at Brigham Young University. It is not a definitive biography but will give the reader a fairly complete history of James Allred. In the future, the author hopes to add more to this history such as the recent finding that James Allred left Kanesville, Iowa in late May or later of 1851. The author's interest in James Allred stems from the fact that he is a great-great-great-great-grandson of his through his son James T.S. Allred and his grand-daughter Eliza Maria Allred Munson.)

The life of James Allred covers almost a full century and spans the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from its earliest years to near the end of Brigham Young's tenure as Church President. James Allred held many leadership positions in the communities in which he lived as well as in the Church and was one of the founders of several of the earliest communities in the Sanpete Valley. He lived to a ripe old age and much deserved the title of "Father Allred," which he was very often called.

He was born on January 22, 1784 in Randolph County, North Carolina to William and Elizabeth Thrasher Allred.1 On November 14, 1803, he married Elizabeth Warren (Born On May 6, 1789 To Thomas Warren And Hannah Cothen In South Carolina) In Randolph County And Shortly Thereafter Moved To Franklin County, Georgia Where Their First Son, William Hackley Allred Was Born In 1804. Sometime before 1806, the family moved to Warren County, Kentucky where a second son, Martin Carrell Allred was born in 1806. Then they moved to Yellow Banks on the Ohio River, and a third child, a daughter, Hanna Caroline Allred was born in 1808. Early in 1811, the family moved once more and settled in Bedford County, Tennessee where they remained for nineteen years and where eight more children were born. The names and birth dates of these children are as follows: Sally, April 13, 1811; Isaac, June 28, 1813; Ruben Warren, November, 1815; Nancy Chummy, September 10, 1820; Eliza Maria, October, 1822; James Tillman Sanford, March 28, 1825; and John Franklin Lafayette, June 26, 1827. In 1830, the family moved to the *Salt River in Ralls County, Missouri. The county was divided shortly thereafter, and the Allred's were in Monroe County. This settlement on the Salt River became known as the "Allred Settlement" because of the large number of Allred kindred living there, and it was here that the twelfth child, a boy, Andrew Jackson Allred was born to James And Elizabeth.2

It was at Salt River, Monroe county in 1831 that the Allred's; James and his family, some of his older sons and their families and Isaac (brother of James) and his family came in contact with L.D.S. missionaries, Hyrum Smith and John Murdock.3 On September 10, 1832, James and many of his relatives were baptized in the Church by George M. Hinkle, and the Salt River Branch was organized.4 In 1834, the Zion's Camp march to western Missouri under the direction of Hyrum and Joseph Smith stopped at the Allred Settlement for several days. James, two of his sons, two sons-in-law, and five others joined the Camp in the march westward.5

After living five years in Monroe county, the families of James, Isaac, and William (another brother) moved to Clay County.6 James moved again in 1837 to Caldwell County where he was elected county judge and President of the Southern firm.7 Because of the continuous persecution of the Saints, the families of James, one son, and one son-in-law moved to Pittsfield, Pike County, Illinois in 1839.8 James was still in Pittsfield on September 27 when Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball stayed overnight at his house while they were en route to missions in England.9

Sometime thereafter, James moved his family to Nauvoo where he purchased Lot I of Block 148.10
(Note in Joseph Smith's Day Book, James Allred purchased Lot 1 of Block 147 for $250 but the Hancock County Tax Records show him paying taxes on Block 148.) Block 148 in Nauvoo is just one block north of where Joseph Smith lived in the Homestead. This close proximity to the Prophet probably developed into a close relationship between the two men and is shown by the civic and church associations that James Allred had with Joseph Smith. Also, late in 1839, James Allred's name appears on a petition (along with most other Church members) to the state of Missouri for $2000 for the recovery of lost property.11

In Nauvoo, James Allred did business with Peter Haws and Oliver Granger and on January 9, 1840 purchased eighteen pounds of meat and some other items.12 Throughout the Nauvoo period, James also made many purchases from Joseph Smith's Store.13

A major acquisition for the Allreds took place in 1840 when Martin Carrell Allred and his wife died and left eight children. James and Elizabeth then took the children into their home and raised them.14

Another event in 1840 James Allred was involved in was the "Tully Affair." The following account is a summary of the information found in the "Journal History" on July 13, and August 21, 1840 on this event. It appears that a group of from eight to twelve Missourians crossed the Mississippi River into Illinois in search of stolen goods and Mormons who were the suspected culprits. On July 7 near Lima, Hancock County, they captured and bound James Allred, Alanson Brown, Benjamin Boyce, and Noah Roers. They took them back to Tully, Lewis County, Missouri, put them in a room overnight, and finally took them out the next night. They then put a rope around Brown's neck, hung him until he was almost dead, then whipped him. Allred was stripped of his clothing, tied to a tree, and threatened with whipping but released because of his age (he was fifty-six). Rogers and Boyce were individually tied to trees with ropes around their necks and were severely whipped and beaten. Brown escaped back to Illinois on Friday the 10th, and Allred was released with a passport which gave him permission to leave Missouri on the 12th. On the 13th, Allred and Brown appeared in the court in Nauvoo before Justice of the Peace Daniel H. Wells and told their versions of the episode. As a result of the actions of these Missourians, a town meeting was held in Nauvoo, and a committee was chosen to write Governor Carlin of Illinois to seek justice and freedom for the Saints. The names of the Missourians involved in this affair were: William Allensworth, H.M. Woodyard, William Martin, John H. Owsley, John Bain, Light T. Tait, Halsey White and three others known only by the names of Monday, Huner, and Una.

Another version of this episode and the ensuing events comes from the Masters thesis15 of Cecil A. Snider entitled Development of Attitudes in Sectarian Conflict: A Study of Mormonism in Illinois in Contemporary Newspaper Sources and which for these events simply presents them as they were written in the "Quincy Whig" by S.M. Barrlett during June, July, and September of 1840. According to Bartlett, Brown was seen in Tully, Missouri the night before the goods were stolen and was found with Boyce hunting horses in Illinois near where the stolen goods and the boat used to transport them were recovered (pp. 44 and 51). Then Allred and Rogers were taken from a wagon and accused of attempting to pick up the goods which Allred knew nothing of according to Rogers (pp. 51-52). Bartlett describes James Allred as "a very respectable old gentleman, whose gray hairs should have protected him from insult" (p. 51). When the four men were taken to Missouri, confined, and tortured, James apparently spoke his mind (p. 42) and "behaved with such resolution and pointed out to them (the Missourians) so clearly their injustice and inhumanity, that after stripping and fastening him to a tree, and taunting him with epithets of the foulest character, they took him down and finally set him at liberty." Brown was apparently not beaten either, confessed to stealing the goods, and finally told the Missourians where the rest of the loot was (p. 52).

At this time, the "Quincy Whig" was quite pro-Mormon, and Sam Bartlett vigorously defended the Saints. After Governor Carlin's man investigated the affair and reported to the Governor, Carlin agreed with Governor Boggs of Missouri to exchange Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon for several of the guilty Missourians. This really upset Bartlett, and he wrote several editorials in September condemning the action of the two governors and the possible extradition of Smith and Rigdon to Missouri because he did not expect the Mormons to get a fair trial due to the persecutions they had suffered there before (pp. 53-59).

In 1841 when the Nauvoo Legion was organized, James Allred was chosen as a member of Lieutenant General Joseph Smith's staff as an Aid-de-Camp and a guard to the Prophet. His rank at this time was Captain of Infantry.16

In February of the same year, the Nauvoo Agricultural and Manufacture Association was formed, and James Allred was a stockholder and Trustee. The purpose of the association was to promote agriculture and husbandry and to manufacture flour, lumber, and other useful articles that were needed by the people. The capital stock was $100,000, and the individual shares were $50. Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and William Law were the Commissioners to distribute the stock which was sold at 10% down and the rest in later payments. There was to be twenty Trustees, a President, a Secretary, and a Treasurer who were elected the first Monday of September for one year terms.17

At April conference in 1841, James Allred was appointed to the Nauvoo High Council to replace Charles Rich who had been chosen as a counselor in the Stake Presidency. James remained on the High Council for the next five years until the Saints left for the West.18

Late in 1841, James joined the Nauvoo Masonic Order but it is uncertain how long he remained a member because his attendance at meetings was not very good.19

Elizabeth Allred, the wife of James, was also busy in the Church. When the Relief Society was organized in 1842, she was one of the first members and joined the Relief Society at its second meeting on the 24th of March 1842.20

As a member of the High Council in 1842, James was chosen as an arbitrator in a land dispute along with William Marks, Alpheus Cutler, George W. Harris, and a Brother Johnston. The committee was to listen to the claims of Alexander Stanley and others and Brother Pierce and then make their decision. At the same meeting, the High Council charged a man with "illicit intercourse" with a girl who was pregnant, for the teaching her that the heads of the Church practiced such conduct, and that the time would come when men would have more than one wife.21 Apparently the doctrine of plural marriage was leaking somewhere, and at least one person had attempted to practice it without proper authority.

In 1843 (no date is given), James Allred, his wife Elizabeth, and four of their sons (James T.S., John Franklin Lafayette, Ruben Warren, and Andrew Jackson) lived in the Nauvoo Fourth Ward. Four other Allred's are listed with James' family (Sally, Elizabeth, James R., and George M.), and they were probably James' grandchildren from his son Martin who had died in 1840. Also in the same Fourth Ward were many Church leaders such as Brigham Young, John Taylor, Heber C. Kimball, George Miller, Edward Partridge, Joseph B. Noble, and Hyrum Smith.22

For the next three years, the available information on James Allred is pretty scanty. He is mentioned in the Nauvoo City Council Proceedings though, and on February 11, 1843, he was elected Supervisor of Streets by the City Council for a two year term.23 He was re-elected to the same position two years later on February 8, 1845, and at the same time, he petitioned the Council for $35 in back pay which he received as well as an extra $75 for extra services rendered.24 In the position of the Supervisor of Streets, he must have been fairly busy because many proposals were brought before the City Council to widen, extend, or construct new streets, but James' name is not mentioned personally in those proposals.

James Allred is next mentioned at the time of the murder of Joseph and Hyrum Smith. According to two of the histories of James Allred (Munson and Osborne) when the Prophet was put in the Carthage jail, he gave his sword to James and said, "Take this you may need it to defend yourself."25 I have been unable to verify this story through other sources and question its veracity because James T.S. Allred does not mention it in his diary. There is the possibility of its truthfulness though because James and Joseph were neighbors and because they had several community jobs and interests together. The day after the murder, James is still listed as one of the Prophet's bodyguards in the Nauvoo Legion.26

Five days later on July 2, 1844, James helped bring John Taylor back from Carthage. In Carthage it was decided that John Taylor was in too poor of condition to bring back in a wagon because he had lost much blood from his wounds. They then attached a sleigh to the back of James' wagon and pulled John Taylor back to Nauvoo. 27

At the General Conferences of the Church in Nauvoo held in 1844, 1845, and 1846, James Allred was sustained as a member of the Nauvoo Stake High Council.28

On January 21, 1845, James Allred and Peter Haws as secretaries and Henry G. Sherwood were held and bound to Newell K. Whitney and George Miller as Trustees in Trust for the Church for $2000. Sherwood had been appointed an agent for the Church to collect funds for the building of the temple and for other donations and tithes in all places he went, especially Louisiana and Mississippi. Apparently Allred, Haws, and Sherwood made a trip to the southeast of the U.S. to collect money from the Church members in the first three months of the year because the bond had a three month limitation on it. The bond was signed by Sherwood and Allred.29

The capstone of the Nauvoo Temple was laid on May 25, 1845, and James was in attendance at the ceremony as a member of the High Council.30

Also in connection with the temple, the Munson and Osborne histories31 tell an interesting story which I have as yet been unable to find anything more on in order to substantiate it. Sometime during the Nauvoo period, Joseph Smith went to Elizabeth Allred because she was a seamstress and wanted her to make some garments like he had seen on the Angel Moroni. They used unbleached muslin, and after the third try, the Prophet was satisfied with the garments, which were bound with turkey red and were collarless. Emma Smith preferred a collar worn on the inside, and Eliza R,. Snow introduced a wider collar of finer material, which was to be worn on the outside. The garment reached to the ankles and the wrists.

In the Allred household at this time was a young English girl by the name of Eliza Bridget Manwaring. She had worked as a cook in the Mansion House for three years prior to the Prophet's death. In the Allred family, she met James T.S. and married Him On November 23, 1845.32 James and Eliza are mentioned because there seems to be a very close bond between James and his son James T.S., and when they went to Utah, they had many experiences together.

Again in 1846, James Allred's name is found with the activities of the High Council. This time his name appears on the circular that was issued by the High Council that gave the order for the Saints to prepare to leave Nauvoo for the West.33

The Allreds are among the first people to leave Nauvoo when they crossed the Mississippi River on February 9, 1846, and in James' group were two of his sons and their families. On May 20, 1846, James T.S. Allred and his wife, three of his brothers and their families, and one brother-in-law (probably George T. Edwards who had married Eliza M. Allred who had died in 1842 in Nauvoo34 left Nauvoo and caught up with Father Allred at Mt. Pisgah.35

In the exodus from Nauvoo to Council Bluffs, James Allred was in John Taylor's group. Specifically, he was in George Miller's company of 100, John Taylor's 50, and with Captain Charles C. Rich.36 For this group of fifty, he was the "distributing commissary" whose duty it was to "make a righteous distribution of grain, provisions, and such articles as should be furnished for the use of the camp."37

When the Camp of Israel reached Garden Grove on the Grand River on April 26, 1846, a settlement was to be established. The various men were assigned different jobs to do, and James Allred was put in charge of ten others in building fences for the new settlement.38

Several days later on May 2nd, James went with Mrs. Benjamin Jones and Green Taylor to Pleasant Point, Iowa to get Benjamin's belongings and take them to Council Bluffs.39 The camp of Israel reached Council Bluffs in mid-July. A day or two after the Allreds arrived, James T.S., Redick Newton Allred and James Riley Allred (sons of James' brother Isaac, and Reuben Warren Allred (son of Martin C. Allred and a grandson of James) enlisted in the Mormon Battalion.40 James T. S. took his wife, but they went only as far as Santa Fe with the rest of the Battalion. Then they went to Pueblo and on to Salt Lake where they arrived on July 29, 1847, only five days after the main group of Saints had entered the valley.41

Back at Council Bluffs, James Sr. held several important Church positions. First of all, on July 17, 1846, he was chosen as a Bishop to help take care of the families of those who had left with the Mormon Battalion and of those who had gone back to Nauvoo to help the Saints there. These Bishops were in charge of getting people settled in Council Bluffs and handling all property transactions.42
Next, he was chosen by Brigham Young as a member of the High Council on July 21 with Isaac Morley as President. The High Council was to "preside in all matters spiritual and temporal" and take over some of the responsibility the Bishops previously had. The Council was to see that all the Saints were located before winter, including those who would be coming from Nauvoo, that schools were established for the children, and that everyone took care of their own stock first.43

Finally, Father Allred became President of the Pottawatamie Lands High Council on September 26 with the departure of Isaac Morley.44 He was sustained by the Saints living in Council Bluffs at Conference on December 25, 1847. The Conference was held in the Log Tabernacle at Miller's Hollow (later called Kanesville) with President Brigham Young in attendance. The Log Tabernacle had been built in less than three weeks, measured forty feet by sixty feet, and would hold one thousand people. At this Conference, the Saints voted to give the High Council full municipal authority and power until the laws of Iowa were extended to that part of the state.45

The Saints were apparently very eager to have all the municipal conveniences they had previously enjoyed in Nauvoo because in January of 1847, they sent a petition to the Postmaster General of the United States requesting a post office "in the vicinity of the Log Tabernacle, " and James Allred signed it. James did not become the Postmaster though.

The Saints were also interested in politics because James Allred and many others attended a meeting in the Log Tabernacle which was a political caucus. They listened to the Reverend Sidney Roberts, a delegate from the central Whig committee of Iowa, campaign for his party and especially for Zachary Taylor.47

At Conference in April and in which the First Presidency consisting of Brigham Young, Heber Kimball, and Willard Richards was in attendance, James Allred was sustained again as President of the High Council.48

The expected absence of James was possibly due to employment with the government to drive teams, and James was one of them. He had some trouble with some boys who refused to work for him as wagon master. He was about to quit when the post commander from Ft. Kearney happened by and told him that if he quit, he would be arrested and put in jail. The commander also said that if James' men would not serve, he was to "put them over the river." The account in the "Journal History" then concludes with "It is probable the old man has been rather severe; but we heard no complaint since the above."49

In 1849, James continued to preside over the Conferences of the Church at Kanesville and addressed the people on their conduct at one of these conferences.50

From a letter written in 1850 by Franklin Richards to Orson Pratt in England,51 one gets an idea of either the esteem of James Allred or possibly who some of his good friends were. Franklin Richards mentions in the letter that he had seen "Brother Allred." Either James was held in high esteem by the leaders of the Church or possibly Franklin, James, and Orson were good friends, and Franklin was telling Orson that James was still around and doing fine. Whatever reason he had, it is interesting that he does mention James in the letter.

In December of 1850, James Allred was busy in the Church and met with High Council twice that month. On December 7, he addressed the brethren on tithing and told them that "if there is iniquity among the branches it is best to nip it in the bud."52

Father Allred's time in the Midwest was spent by the summer of 1851. He left Council Bluffs in the spring and was in Salt Lake City by October Conference. 53 In Salt Lake, he spoke at the Bowery on the program with Brigham Young on Sunday the 5th.54 For sure he was gone from the Pottawatamie Stake by then because at October Conference there, he is no longer on the High Council.55 At Conference in Salt Lake, Brigham Young established the setting for the rest of James' life when he told James that he wanted him "to select a place for settlement where he could locate with his numerous posterity and kindred and preside over them."56

It is probable that Father Allred had been in contact with his son James T.S. and other relatives and intended to settle with them. James T.S. had come to Utah in 1847 and along with several other Allred's had gone to Sanpete Valley (Manti) in 1849 with the first group of settlers there. With the counsel of President Young in mind, Father Allred joined his kindred there in the fall of 1851.57

In March of 1852 and in accordance with the advice and counsel of Brigham Young, Father Allred, James T.S. Allred, Andres J. Allred, Charles Whitlock, George M. Allred, and James F. Allred and their families along with several other families moved sixteen miles north of Manti and founded what is today Spring City. James T.S. brought his house with him in his wagon in the form of planks and logs and assembled it when they arrived. The first house in Springtown was thus built by James T.S. Allred. Brigham Young visited the new colony in April, only one month after it had been founded.58

The Allreds lived at Springtown (Spring City) until the Walker War broke out in July of 1853. The settlement of Pleasant Creek (now Mt. Pleasant) just to the north of Springtown was attacked by the Indians in early or mid-July. The settlers fled to Springtown for protection, and the combined groups of settlers commenced to build a sort of stockade for protection from the Indians by bolstering the space between the houses. This protected them no doubt, but on July 29, a group of Indians attacked the settlement and drove off almost all of their stock. The one hundred and eighteen settlers, including the Allreds, moved back to Manti.59

Father Allred attended April Conference in Salt Lake City in 1853 and was there ordained as the first Patriarch of the "Sanpete" Stake.60 It was practice of the time to ordain as patriarch the oldest man in the area, and James Allred was no doubt (he was sixty nine), but also, he had distinguished himself through many years of service as a Church leader to merit the call.

At the same April Conference, James learned that a large group of Danish immigrants had arrived in Salt Lake recently. He talked with President Brigham Young about them and persuaded him to send them to the Sanpete Valley to strengthen the Allred Settlement. Then in October, just three months after the first Indian troubles, Father Allred and his posterity and many Danish families again attempted to settle on Canal Creek at Spring Town. The attempt failed again, and in December, everyone moved back to Manti.61 In this last attempt, the Allreds included James and his family, three of his sons and their families, James T.S. Allred's brother-in-law (Richard Manwaring) and his wife, and Margaret Manwaring (Eliza Allred's sister) and her husband Richard Roberts. Three years later in 1856 and after Roberts had died, Margaret became the second wife of James T.S. Allred.62

Brigham Young was not content to leave Father Allred without a settlement where he could be with his posterity because he again counseled James to move, and in February of 1854, the Allreds moved again. This time the move was seven miles north of Manti to Cottonwood (or Pine) Creek. This effort involved about fifty men, and they built Ft. Ephraim which became the present town of Ephraim. Pine Creek had been previously settled a few years before but only by several individuals and not a large group. These new settlers of the area no doubt had learned their lesson with the Indians and built a substantial fort to protect themselves. The fort was built of stone and mud and had ten-foot high walls.63

Sometime in 1854, James Allred was in a meeting somewhere where the following was recorded:
"At a meeting of the High Council in Nauvoo Sept. 23, 1943 Br. Hyrum Smith read the revelation relating to plurality of wives, he said he did not believe it at first it was so contrary to his feelings, but he said he knew Joseph was a prophet of God, so he made a covenant that he would not eat, drink, or sleep until he knew for himself, that he had got a testimony that it was true, that he had even heard the voice of God concerning it. This is what James Allred related on the night of the 15th of October 1854."64

Apparently James was recounting some of his experiences in Nauvoo at this time. Nothing more is known about this document, so what the actual circumstances behind it are, remain shrouded.

The rest of James Allred's life is not well known, but he appears here and there in various records mainly because someone saw him somewhere or he attended a gathering somewhere.

The next few accounts of him come from the diary of James T.S. Allred. He records that on Tuesday January 22, 1856, a birthday party was held for his father. It included a dinner with a dance in the evening. All the relatives (or "connections" as he calls them) were invited from Ft. Ephraim where it was held.65

One week later on the 29, 30, and 31, James T.S. mentions that he hauled hay for himself and his father.66 The third mention of Father Allred at this time was on Sunday March 9 when he helped James T.S. confirm his oldest daughter Eliza Maria a member of the Church.67

In 1857, James attended a large dinner on December the first in Nephi. The "Sanpete Company" had just returned from the Utah War and so the atmosphere was quite festive.68

Back at Ft. Ephraim in 1858, James was relieved as Postmaster by Hans F. Peterson.69
On the 5th of October, "Patriarch James Allred" blessed his newest grandson, John Richard Allred. He was the son of James T.S. and his second wife, Margaret.70

On November 14th, James blessed their grandson, William Hackley Allred, who was the son of James T.S. and his first wife, Eliza.71 This date also happened to be the fifty-fifth wedding anniversary of James and his wife.

Approximately six weeks later, 200 soldiers camped at Ft. Ephraim through the influence of Benjamin L. Clapp. James Allred, James T.S. Allred and several others protested against quartering the troops, and Clapp then told them it would be treason to not do so and suggested that they flee to the mountains to escape arrest for treason. Captain Turley (who did not like Brigham Young and Mormons and who had been using "very abusive language" towards them while en route to Sanpete) took the names of those who opposed the admittance of the troops to the fort and threatened to take them to a judge. This issue apparently was dropped, but Clapp caused more trouble when he protested to Bishop Snow who said that the brethren should be selling hay at $25 - $30 a ton instead of $15 and wheat at $3 a bushel instead of $1.30. Clapp called Bishop Snow an "oppressor," cut a Seventy off from the Church for opposing the entry of the soldiers into the fort, and was subsequently cut off from the Church (both in Salt Lake and Manti) himself for his actions.72

James T.S. Allred held a dinner for his father's seventy-fifth birthday on January 22, 1859.73

The next record of James comes when he went to Salt Lake City on October 10, 1864. He attended a Zion's Camp reunion there which was held in social Hall. It was the first time in thirty years that the Camp had been together. Brigham Young was the main speaker and was followed by Joseph Young and Orson Hyde. The group sang "Hark! Listen to the Trumpets" and the "Marsellaise." The party lasted from 1 p.m. to 1 a.m.74

On the roll of those who attended the Zion's Camp reunion, James Allred's address is listed as Springtown. Sometime after January 1859 and October 1864, he moved back to Springtown. Hunter says that it could not have been before 1859 because that is the date he gives for the resettlement there,75 and Osborne says it was in 1860.76

Jumping to 1868, we find James Allred making a few remarks at a Memorial Service for Heber C. Kimball in Springtown. Orson Hyde made the key address, and James no doubt related some of the personal experiences he had with Heber in Nauvoo and elsewhere.77

In September of the same year, James attended a meeting in Fountain Green which Brigham Young and Wilford Woodruff attended also. The "Journal History" account of the day makes special note of the attendance of many prominent men including:

"Father James Allred, a very Patriarch, whose erect form gave no indication of his age.
He was born January 11, 1784, in Randolph County, North Carolina. His wife Elizabeth Warren was born May 6th,. 1786, in South Carolina. They emigrated from Tennessee to Missouri in 1830, and joined the Church Sept. 10, 1832. They were driven from Missouri with the Saints and fled into Illinois, and moved west with their co-religionists when they left the State. This aged couple, one 82, the other 84 years of age, have shared in the persecutions of the people of God; but they are here today in the midst of their numerous descendants remarkably hale and active for persons of their age. To look at them one would suspect that they were so advanced in years.78

This account gives James and his wife a great deal of respect by the recorder for the Church. It also gives an indication of the reverence that James must have had in the eyes of his contemporaries.

James returned again to Salt Lake in October of 1870 for another Zion's Camp reunion which was held in conjunction with a Mormon Battalion reunion, and James T.S. accompanied his father on this trip.79

The final account of James Allred covered in this paper comes from Springtown in 1874. On July, James Allred and his wife, along with many others, were baptized into the United Order.80 James and his wife were the first ones baptized in Spring City, and this event and their place on the list of members who joined the Order I think shows their continued devotion to the Church as well as a great deal of prestige.

James Allred died just twelve days short of his ninety-second birthday on January 10, 1876. He had been married To His Wife Elizabeth (Who Died Three Years Later) For More Than Seventy-Two Years And Strangely Enough Had Not Taken A Plural Wife. They had reared twelve children of their own and eight orphaned children of their second son. They had a posterity of four hundred and forty seven, which included twelve children, and one hundred and four grandchildren, three hundred and two great grandchildren, and twenty nine great-great grandchildren.81

James Allred had been a close associate of the Prophet Joseph and the other early leaders of the Church, he had served valiantly in several Church positions, including two High Councils, and had become a revered and esteemed Patriarch by his contemporaries and his family for his service and longevity.

REFERENCES by number

1. Eliza Maria Allred Munson, "Early Pioneer History." This history comes from the diary of
James T.S. Allred. The author has a typed copy of it in his possession.

2. Ruth Osborne, "History of James Allred." This history was typed by Mrs. Osborne before her death, and the author has a copy in his possession which was obtained from Mr. Osborne's grandson V.C. Osborne. The source, of the material is unknown, but the text is almost exactly the same as the "Early Pioneer History" of Mrs. Munson, hereafter, Osborne, "James."

3. Ruth Osborne, "LIFE SKETCH OF JAMES TILLMAN SANFORD ALLRED." The original was typed by Mrs. Osborne, and the source is known. The author has a typed copy obtained from V.C. Osborne. Hereafter, Osborne, "Sketch of JTSA."

4. "BRIEF HISTORY OF JAMES T.S. ALLRED." This is a typed copy of part of James
T.S. Allred's diary. The same history can be found in the BYU Library, Special Collections. The author has a typed copy in his
possession. Hereafter, "JTS."

5. Munson, a; "Journal History," June 8, 1834, church archives, Historical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereafter, JH and the date.

6. "JTS,: 1.

7. Munson, 1.

8. "JTS," 1.

9. JH, September 28, 1839.

10. "Property Purchased by Church Members Inc. Joseph Smith's" from "Joseph Smith's Day Book," Church Archives.

11. JH, November 29, 1839.

12. "Daybook of Peter Haws and Oliver Granger - produce and meat." Church Archives.

13. "Joseph Smith's Day Book," Church Archives.

14. "JTS," 1.

15. Cecil A. Snider, Development of Attitudes in Sectarian Conflict: A Study of Mormonism in Illinois in Contemporary Newspaper Sources, (State University)

16. JH, February 4, 1841.

17. JH, February 27, 1841.

18. JH, April 8, 1841.

19. "Nauvoo Masonic Records." Church Archives.

20. "Nauvoo Relief Society Minutes, March 17, 1842 to March 16, 1844." Church Archives.

21. JH, March 23, 1842.

22. "Records of Members, 1841-1845, Nauvoo, Illinois," Church Archives.

23. JH, February ll, 1843.

24. "Nauvoo City Council Minutes," Church Archives.

25. Munson, 2; Osborne, "James," 1.

26. JH, June 28, 1844.

27. Munson, 2; Osborne, "James," 1.

28. JH, October 7, 1844; JH, April 7, 1846.

29. Bond signed by Henry G. Sherwood and James Allred, BYU Library, Special Collections,
Provo, Utah.

30. Andrew Jenson, Historical Record (Salt Lake City, 1889), VIII. 870.

31. Munson, 1; Osborne, "James," 1.

32. "JTS," 1.

33. "JH" January 20, 1846.

34. "JTS," 1.

35. "JTS," 2.

36. On the Mormon Frontier The Diary of Rosea Stout 1844-1861, ed. Juanita Brooks
Salt Lake City, 1964, 144.

37. JH, March 27, 1846, p. 3.

38. JH, April 26, 1846, p. 3.

39. Diary of Hosea Stout, 158.

40. Osborne, "Redick," 1; Osborne, "Sketch of JTSA," 1.

41. "JTS," 2.

42. JH, July 17, 1846, pp 1-2.

43. JH, July 21, 1846, p. 1.

44. JH, September 26, 1846.

45. JH, December 24, 1847; JH, December 25, 1847.

46. JH, January 20, 1848, p. 10.

47. JH, March 27, 1848.

48. JH, April 6, 1848.

49. JH, October 2, 1848.

50. JH, April 8, 1849.

51. JH, January 8, 1850, p. 2.

52. "Pottawattamie High Council Record Minutes July 21, 1846; January 18, 1851, Church Archives.

53. Osborne, "James," 2.

54. JH, October 5, 1851.

55. JH, October 6, 1851, p.3.

56. Milton R. Hunter, Brigham Young the Colonizer (Salt Lake City, 1940), 251.

57. Munson, 3.

58. Hunter, 251; W.H. Lever, History of Sanpete and Emery Counties Utah (Ogden, 1889, 472.)

59. Hunter, 252.

60. JH, April 7, 1853.

61. Hunter, 252; Osborne, "James," 2.

62. "JTS," 2; Osborne, "James," 3.

63. Osborne, "James," 2; Hunter, 253.

64. Manuscript, Church Archives.

65. Manuscript, Church Archives.

65. "Diary of James T.S. Allred," Tuesday January 22, 1856. BYU Library, Special Collections.

66. "Diary of James T.S. Allred," Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, January 29, 30, and 31, 1856.

67. "Diary of James T.S. Allred," Sunday March 9, 1856.

68. "Diary of Samuel Pitchforth 1857-1868," p. 70. BYU Library Special Collections.

69. Ephraim's First One Hundred Years, p. 118.

70. "Diary of James T.S. Allred," Tuesday October 5, 1858.

71. "Diary of James T.S. Allred," Sunday November 14, 1858.

72. JH, December 25, 1858, pp 2-3, 7; "Diary of James T.S. Allred" December 27-31, 1858, Jan. 1-2, 1859.

73. "Diary of James T.S. Allred," Saturday January 22, 1859.

74. JH, October 10, 1864.

75. Hunter, 252.

76. Osborne, "James," 2.

77. JH, June 24, 1868, p. 6.

78. Jh, September 21, 1868

79. Jh, October 10, 1870.

80. "Spring City Ward Record of Members 1860-1884," Church Archives.

81. Osborne, "James," 2.

Source:

Genealogy Event 5
Event Type: Occupation
Record Source: James ALLRED (010203)

Allred Progenitors: (William, Thomas)
Born: 01221784 Randolph Co., NC
Died: 01101876 Spring City, Sanpete Co., UT
Submitted by: Sharon Allred Jessop 03291999

BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES ALLRED

The early history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was filled with excitement, tragedy, remarkable growth, and miraculous dedication. Throughout his life, James Allred played a vital role in this history. He influenced events from the earliest period until the Church was established in Utah.

On January 12, 1784, in Randolph County, North Carolina, James Allred was born to Elizabeth Thrasher And William Allred.1 James Allred had a rich heritage. His ancestors came from Europe to courageously assist in the beginning of the new and challenging America. James' great-great-great grandmother, Elizabeth Tills Aldridge alone, after the death of her husband, left her homeland in order to obtain freedom, one of the values she held dear.2 James' ancestor passed to him the courage and the values that would become essential as he passed through the hardships of his life.

Presumably James spent his early years like any normal North Carolina farm boy of the era. Learning responsibility by helping his father from sunup to sundown doing the normal daily chores, James was taught the value of hard labor and the importance of accepting challenge.

On November 14, 1803, James Allred was married To Elizabeth Warren, Who Had Been Born In Spartanburg County, South Carolina On May 6, 1786.3 Elizabeth, like James, had been taught important values that would help her support and sustain her husband through the many trials that were to come.

During their early married Life They Made Homes In North Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, And Missouri.4 Becoming accustomed to leaving home and friends would prove a great asset to the Allred family as they would be forced to move throughout their lives.

In Missouri James and his family lived at Salt River where a large branch of a newly organized and very controversial church was built up by George M. Hinkle and others; they called this the Salt River Branch. 5 his church was established on April 6, 1830 by Joseph Smith, who claimed to have received revelations from God and was considered a Prophet by those who joined the church.

Two years after the church that would eventually be called the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had been organized, James and Elizabeth Allred and most of their family, including uncles, aunts, and cousins were baptized on September 10, 1832.7 Because the Church was called the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints the members of the Church were often referred to as Saints. James Allred was forty-eight years old at the time of his baptism. Most of his prime years had passed and yet James would dedicate the next forty-four years of his life to building up his new found religion and accomplish the greatest acts of his life.

From the establishment of the Church the members faced many persecutions. During the spring of 1832, in Missouri, persecutions became so great that some of the Saints were forced to move. The persecutions continued until November 1833 when most of the Saints left.8

In the spring of 1834 in Kirtland, Ohio, the Prophet Joseph Smith organized a group of two hundred volunteers to march to the aid of members of the Church that remained in Missouri; this organization became known as Zion's Camp.9 On June 8, 1834, the Prophet Joseph Smith's camp arrived in Salt River at James Allred's home, where Joseph's camp was joined by a group established by his brother Hyrum. Combined, they involved two hundred and five men, who were on their journey to the upper part of Missouri in order to re-establish the Saints in Jackson County. James Allred and nine of his relatives were called by the Prophet to be members of Zion's Camp.10 Only the most worthy men were chosen to attend Zion's Camp of which eventually the leaders of the Church would be chosen.

The men (of Zion's Camp) were heavily armed and well provisioned. They were organized into companies of tens, fifties, and hundreds, with officers over each. The men marched the entire one thousand miles, while the supplies
were hauled in wagons . . . Word of their coming reached the old settlers of Jackson County long before their arrival, and armed bands were directed to meet and turn them back . . . On June 19th, while Zion's Camp was settled for the night on a piece of elevated ground between Big and Little Fishing Rivers, the mobs, sent to intercept them, made an appearance. Sixty men from Ray County and a mob of seventy from Clay County were to be joined by some two hundred men from Jackson County, directly across the Missouri River. A sudden and terrific storm scattered the mobs and made it im possible for them to join forces. The next day the majority of them returned to their homes.11

The was considered as a blessing from the Lord by the brethren for if it would have been necessary to fight, the men were greatly out numbered and would have received considerable loss.

Thus ended the attempts to restore the Saints to their lands in Jackson County. Henceforth they directed their energies to building up new communities in the counties north of the Missouri River. (Although) Zion's Camp had failed in its initial mission . . .it had nevertheless been of great value, and in the minds of its members was a glorious experience. The form of organization was later the pattern used in guiding the great Exodus to the Rocky Mountains. (The participants) received a splendid training for the leadership they were later to assume. From the members of this Camp was chosen the first Quorum of Twelve Apostles. The willingness of two hundred men to give their all, even to their life's blood, to help establish Zion in her place, is a lasting monument to the faith and courage of the Saints.12

A statement made by George A. Smith, a prominent member of the Church and one of the youngest members of Zion's Camp, confirms the fact that James Allred played an important role in this very pertinent event in church history. While being questioned by spies, George A. Smith stated that James Allred helped lead the rest of the brethren on their journey to Jackson County. Since Latter-day Saints considered everyone to be children of God, they often referred to each other as brother and sister.

In September 1835, James and Elizabeth took their eleven children and followed the Saints to Clay County, Missouri where they were well received.14 In the spring of 1837, having been appointed by the Prophet Joseph Smith, James and Elizabeth and their family left their new home and moved to Caldwell County where a group of Saints were gathered.15 Shortly after James's family arrived, a temple site was dedicated in Caldwell County.16 This was important to them because the Latter-day Saint people believe that ordinances performed in the temples, referred to in the Old Testament are necessary, so at every opportunity temples are built in order that these ordinances can be performed. The temple was never completed, because in the fall of 1838 persecutions began again.17 There were a total of fifteen thousand Mormons living in the northern part of Missouri. The other citizens of Missouri fearing the political, physical, and religious power of such a large group were very alarmed. Those who were not members of the Latter-day Saint Church felt the Latter-day Saint people in a few years might conceivably dominate the state. This fear brought about many persecutions. The Latter-day Saints remembering previous persecutions and in an effort to protect themselves, formed a County militia of which James Allred was a member;18 this militia was required to fight for the lives of the Latter-day Saints many times. James Allred must have been a very courageous man to have been a part of the militia. In 1838 large mobs began to move towards Caldwell County.

(At this time) a distorted report reached Governor Lilburn W. Boggs. Without investigation he issued an order to the Commanding Officer, General Clark, and others, sometimes referred to as the 'Extermination Order,' for in it he said: "Your orders are therefore to hasten your operations with all possible speed. The Mormons must be treated as enemies, and must be exterminated or driven from the state if necessary for the public peace -- their outrages are beyond all descriptions." All hope of the Saints for peace in the state of Missouri was at an end.19

The lives of the Latter-day Saints were to be spared only if they agreed to do the following:

1. "To give up their leaders to be tried and punished."

2. "To make an appropriation of their property, all who had taken up arms, to the payment of their debts, and indemnity for damage done by them."

3. "That the balance of Mormons should leave the state, and be protected out by the militia, but to be permitted to remain under protection until further orders were received from the commander-in-chief.:

4. "To give up arms of every description to be receipted for."20

In the spring of 1839, the Latter-day Saints left Missouri and moved to Illinois. James Allred and his family settled in Pittsfield, Pike County, Illinois. Later in the fall of 1839, James and his family moved to Commerce, better known as Nauvoo.21 Here a large number of the Saints worked diligently to build a beautiful city. In Nauvoo James became a close associate of the Prophet Joseph Smith and the apostles, or highest leaders of the Church.22

The land upon which Nauvoo was built was a mosquito invested swamp.23 Many people contracted malaria, including James Allred's son Martin Allred and his wife died of the fever. James being a generous and devoted grandfather offered to take Martin's eight children into his home.24 These eight children plus his own twelve made twenty children that James raised and educated in the principles of the gospel of Jesus Christ. He instilled in each of these children a testimony of God and a love of the gospel that lasted throughout their lives. James' faithfulness to the gospel and membership in the Church was the cause of much of his personal persecutions. James faced many trials that called forth his undying courage and dedication to the Church.

On Wednesday, July 7, 1840, James Allred and Noah Rogers were forcibly taken from Hancock County, Illinois and arrested while peaceably pursuing their own lawful business. Missourians kidnaped and carried James and Noah from Hancock County into Missouri without having established a claim for such procedures. They were taken to Tully Missouri confined in a house and later taken into a near by woods. James was stripped of every particle of clothing and was bound to a tree. The men then told James that they would whip him. The men took Rogers beyond the place where James was bound. They had a rope around Rogers neck. James heard a great number of blows, which he then supposed, and afterwards learned were inflected upon Rogers. Allred heard him call out several times in agony. After they whipped Rogers, they unbound James without whipping him. Then Rogers and Allred were taken back and placed in the house. Rogers and Allred was then held there until July 12, 1840, where they were found innocent of any wrong doing and released.25

During the year following James' tragic experience with the Missourians, there was a meeting held on February 4, in the office of Joseph Smith. Joseph Smith was elected Lieutenant-general. After being duly sworn into office, he appointed James Allred and eleven other men to be his body-guards, and assistant aids-de-camp.26 Joseph Smith chose James Allred to be his personal body-guard because James had proven by his previous dedication and worthiness that he had a very strong testimony of the work of the Church. He had been willing to lay down his life for the Church as he had shown several times in the past; therefore, Joseph had a great deal of respect for and trust in James Allred.

Throughout his life James associated with the leaders and outstanding people of the Church and he personally witnessed many of the Church's great historical events. One of the greatest accomplishments of the Latter-day Saints was the building of the temple in Nauvoo. On April 6, 1841, Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, and a score of the Church leaders gathered to lay the cornerstones for the temple.27 James offered many unselfish hours of labor in the building of the Nauvoo Temple.28

On April 8, 1841, Joseph Smith appointed James Allred to the office of High Councilor,29 which is a very important calling in the leadership of the Church. James was also ordained a High Priest,30 the highest calling in the Priesthood which is the same Priesthood held by Peter, James, and John and other apostles and prophets in the Old and New Testaments. James spent much time and effort in worthily fulfilling the duties of his important callings. He was required to make many difficult and significant decisions.

James' wife Elizabeth was closely associated with many of the prominent members of the Church and was also involved with many important events of the Church. While the Allred family was living in Nauvoo the Prophet Joseph Smith came to Elizabeth, who was a seamstress by trade, and told her that he had seen the angel Moroni, a resurrected prophet whose story is told in a book translated from ancient gold plates by Joseph Smith called the Book of Mormon. The angel was wearing a special type of garment worn to do sacred ordinance work in the temple.

Joseph asked Elizabeth to assist him in cutting out the garment. They spread unbleached muslin on the table and he told her how to cut it. She had to cut the third pair, however, before he said it was satisfactory. She told the Prophet that there would be sufficient cloth from the knee to ankle to make a pair of sleeves, but he told her he wanted as few seams as possible and that there would be sufficient whole cloth to cut the sleeves without piecing. The first garments were made of unbleached muslin and bound with turkey red and were without collars. Later, the Prophet Joseph Smith decided he would rather have them bound with white. Sister Emma Smith, the Prophet's wife, proposed that they have a collar as she thought they would look more finished, but at first did not have the collars on them After Emma Smith had made the collars, which were not visible from the outside, Eliza R. Snow introduced a wider collar of finer material to be worn on the outside of the dress. The garment was to reach the ankle and the sleeve to the wrist.31

In the fall of 1842 the Saints were being persecuted, especially the heads of the Church. Elizabeth also assisted the Prophet and his brother Hyrum as they were being hunted and persecuted by the mobs. She often put potatoes in the coals of the fireplace at night and would leave bread and butter and fresh butter milk, which the Prophet was fond of, on the table of her home so they could come during the night and eat it. The persecutions of the Saints and of the Prophet Joseph Smith intensified to the point that the persecutors wanted to take Joseph's life.32

In June 1844, Joseph Smith, his brother Hyrum, John Taylor and Willard Richards were taken to the Carthage Jail in Hancock County, Illinois, while charged falsely with numerous crimes.33 At the jail Joseph Smith gave his sword to James Allred and said, "Take this -- you may need it to defend yourself." James treasured the sword and carried it with him to Utah."34

Later in that same month Joseph and Hyrum Smith were murdered in the Carthage Jail Joseph Smith had prophesied that Willard Richards would not be harmed, and, true to prophecy, he escaped without a scratch. John Taylor was wounded with four bullets.35 His condition was very serious, and wanting to make the long journey back to Nauvoo as comfortable as possible, James who was to care for Taylor put a sleigh behind his wagon. By going through the fields which were mostly swamps the journey covered eighteen miles to the town of Nauvoo.36 John Taylor did recover and eventually became the President of the Church. After the Prophet's death, the Saints tried to collect more money for the building of the Nauvoo Temple. James Allred was put in charge of this money.37 James must have been a very trustworthy individual to have had this responsibility.

After a great deal of persecution the Latter-day Saints were again forced to leave their homes. In the winter of 1845-46 the leaders of the High Council agreed that the members of the Church should leave Illinois. The Church leaders told the Mormons to sell their houses and lands so that they would be ready to depart as soon as possible.38 Brigham Young, the new Prophet that followed Joseph Smith, said to James Allred and other members of the Church that "When Zion's Camp went to Missouri it was considered a great move, but that was nothing compared to this move and he that will continue faithful through this campaign shall always rejoice and shall be crowned with laurels of victory."39 To accomplish this different branches were organized into working companies to make wagons, carts or other modes of transportation for a move. Much preparation was needed for such an extensive journey, therefore; twenty-five men were chosen by the general leadership to be captains of one hundred families and see that they were prepared for a journey across the Rocky Mountains. James Allred was appointed distributing commissary, his duties were to make a righteous distribution of grain provisions, and such articles as should be furnished for the use of the camp.40

On February 7, 1846, James and Elizabeth and two of their sons crossed the Mississippi River on their way west with the heads of the Church; however, James was selected to take care of the families who were left behind.41 Five months later in July 1846, James Allred was selected as one of the twelve men to preside over the Saints at Council Bluff, Iowa, in all their spiritual and temporal dealings.42 James was later appointed President of the High Council at Council Bluff, Pottawatomie County, Iowa.43

Many of the Saints moved to Pottawatomie County and forty branches of the Church were established there. One branch was named after James Allred. James presided over the Allred Branch and served in many church and community leadership positions.44

In the spring of 1851 James, an aging man of sixty-seven years, and Elizabeth, weary from having reared twenty children, started the long and rugged journey west to the Rocky Mountains. Crossing the plains was a trial that led many younger and stronger to their deaths, but after endless miles of unbearable travel, James and Elizabeth arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on October of 1851.45

Shortly after their arrival in Salt Lake in 1852 Brigham Young advised James to select a place for a settlement where he could locate with his numerous posterity and preside over them. He and his sons, James Tillman Stanford, William Hackley, Andrew Jackson, Reuben Warren, Isaac, and Franklin Lafayette, journeyed as directed by Brigham Young into Central Utah and began a settlement. After doing some exploring they decided to settle along a creek flowing from the mountains to the east of them. They called the creek Canal Creek. This was March 22, 1852. It was only natural that other home seekers, journeying through the valley, should call the town, 'The Allred Settlement' . . . The man who had been entrusted with the responsibility of making a 'go' of Spring City, James Allred, was in every way suited for the work given him. He had served as a bodyguard of the Prophet Joseph Smith. His one son, James Tillman Stanford had served a member of the Mormon Battalion. This son, called by the Indians, 'Showritz,' and another son, Andrew Jackson Allred, called, 'Shungitz,' and James Allred served as Indian interpreters.46

Whenever Brigham Young and his company or other important leaders of the Church visited this area they stayed at the Allred's home.47 Meetings were also held principally in James' log cabin and about a dozen families spent the winter of 1852-53 in the settlement. The Allred Settlement was advised to gather together in a fort so they moved some of their cabins closer together. Under order of Gay Young they were instructed to move their cattle out of the valley into a place of safety, because of problems with the Indians, but refused to do so, believing that they were able to take care of themselves. A few days after, on July 29, 1853, two hundred Indians with Chief Walker as their leader made an attack. The Indians drove off two hundred head of cattle and seventy horses. The fifteen men made the best attempt they could on foot to defend their stock; however, none of the animals were recovered.48 "It was deemed advisable, for safety reasons, to move to Manti. This move was begun July 31, 1853 and completed December 19, 1853. A few men stayed until the later date to try to save some of their crops." 49

On October 1853 while James was attending Conference in Salt Lake City he learned of an arrival of the first large company of Scandinavian immigrants who had arrived at Salt Lake. They were influenced to settle in Sanpete Valley, and a large number of them responded to and assisted James Allred in the reestablishment of Canal Creek.50

James was called to develop many areas in the Sanpete Valley. In February 1854, in company with fifty families, James commenced to build a fort on Cottonwood, now called Ephraim. The fort was built of stone, and was ten feet high.51 James presided over Fort Ephraim until the spring of 1859 when he moved back to Canal Creek.52

James, an elderly man of eighty, was active and alert in everything and enjoyed the last years of his life. In 1864 the members of Zion's Camp met in the social hall. This was truly an interesting occasion, veterans meeting together after a period of thirty years. This ceremony consisted of dancing, eating a big dinner, and speeches from several members of the company.53

James had led a remarkable life and had been an outstanding member of the Church. President Brigham Young in a tribute to James' life said this:

Father James Allred, a very Patriarch, whose erect form gave no indication of his age. He was born January 22, 1784, in Randolph
County, North Carolina. His wife, Elizabeth Warren, was born May 6, 1786, in South Carolina. They emigrated from Tennessee to Missouri in 1830. They were driven from Missouri with the Saints and fled into Illinois, and moved west with their co-religionists when they left that State. This aged couple, one eighty-two, the other eighty-four years of age, have shared in the persecutions of the people of God; but they are here today in the midst of their numerous descendants remarkably hale and active for persons of their age. To look at them no one would suspect that they were so advanced in years.54

On January 10, 1876, lacking twelve days of being ninety-two years old James Allred passed away.55 His wife, Elizabeth, was near ninety, she had been blind for six years, but other than this was strong and in good health at the time of his death.56

The funeral service, the largest that had ever taken place in Spring City, was held on June (sic) 11, 1876; thirty-nine wagons and sleighs loaded with people followed James to his final resting place. President Orson Hyde preached James' funeral service. He reviewed the main events that had taken place in James's life.57

James had raised twelve children of his own and eight orphan children. He and his wife had been married Seventy-Three Years. He was survived by a posterity of four hundred and forty-seven souls, viz., twelve children, one hundred and four grandchildren, three hundred and two great-great grandchildren, and twenty nine great-great-great grandchildren.58

Aside from the many personal accomplishments and dedication of James Allred he left behind an immense posterity in which he had instilled all the worthy values he himself had treasured. James, by living the teachings of the Church to the best of his ability had set an example that would be carried through many generations of faithful church members. "Mormonism was James Allred's whole life."59 He truly exemplified a loving and charitable person. He had accepted and magnified every calling that he was given. He had helped widows, orphans, and anyone in need.60 James would long be remembered as a worthy, dedicated, humble, and enduring leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Allred Family Organization. A Short Sketch of the Life of James Allred. Spring City, Utah. Non-published.

Allred, James. No Title, (Bond to collect money for Nauvoo Temple) Special Collections,
HBLL. Non-published.

Allred, James Tillman Sanford. Diary of James Tilmann Sanford Allred. Special Collections,
HBLL. Non-published.

Allred, Liz Maria. Biography of James Allred. Salt Lake City, Utah. Church Historians Office.
Non-published.

Anderson, Euray. The Generations of Ola and Anna Anderson. Copyright 1968 by Euray, revised in 1976.

Berrett, William Edwin. The Restored Church. Deseret Book Company, 1973.

Carter, Kate B. Treasures of Pioneer History. Salt Lake City: Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1955.

Daughters of Utah Pioneers of Sanpete County, Utah. 1947. These Our Fathers.

Family Group Sheet of Aldridge, Elizabeth Tills. Church and Family Records, TIB Cards, Delta, Utah.

Family Group Sheet of Allred, James. Church and Family Records, TIB Cards, Delta, Utah

Smith, Joseph. History of the Church. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1908.

Smith, Joseph. Film-Journal History. Provo, Utah: Special Collemtions, HBLL. Non-published.

Wells, Daniel H. Times and Seasons. Edited by Newbern I. Butt. First printed 1955, second print 1965. Brigham Young University.

ENDNOTES

1 Family Group Sheet of James Allred, Church and Family Records, TIB Cards, Delta, Utah.
Non-published.

2 Family Group Sheet of Elizabeth Tills Aldridge, Church and Family Records, TIB Cards, Delta, Utah. Non-published.

3 Family Group Sheet of James Allred, Church and Family Records, TIB Cards, Delta, Utah.
Non-published.

4 Allred Family Organization, A Short Sketch of the Life of James Allred, p. 1. Non-published.

5 James Tillman Sanford Allred, The Diary of James Tillman Sanford Allred, p. 1
(Special Collections, HBLL).

6 Joseph Smith, History of the Church. (The Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, Utah) 1:78.

7 James Tillman Sanford Allred, The Diary of James Tillman Sanford Allred, p. 1
(Special Collection, HBLL).

8 William Edwin Berrett; The Restored Church, (Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1973)
p. 119-120.

9 Joseph Smith, History of the Church, (The Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, Utah) 2:61.

10 James Tillman Sanford Allred, The Diary of James Tillman Sanford Allred, p. 1.
(Special Collection, HBLL)

11 William Edwin Berrett, The Restored Church, (Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1973) p. 123

12 Ibid., p. 124.

13 Joseph Smith, History of the Church, (The Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, Utah) 2:67.

14 Allred Family Organization A Short Sketch of the Life of James Allred, p. 1. Non-published.

15 Ibid., p. 2.

16 Joseph Smith, History of the Church, (The Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, Utah) 2:205.

17 William Edwin Berrett, The Restored Church, (Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, Utah 1973) p. 137.

18 Ibid., p. 138

19 Ibid., p. 141

20 Ibid., p. 143

21 James Tillman Sanford Allred, The Diary of James Tillman Sanford Allred, p. 1

(Special Collection, HBLL).

22 Allred Family Organization, A Short Sketch of the Life of James Allred, p. 1. Non-published.

23 William Edwin Berrett, The Restored Church, (Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, Utah 1973) p. 149.

24 James Tillman Sanford Allred, The Diary of James Tillman Sanford Allred, p. 1.
(Special Collection, HBLL).

25 Daniel H. Wells, Times and Seasons, (Brigham Young University, 1965) 1:142.

26 Joseph Smith, History of the Church, (The Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, Utah) 4:296.

27 William Edwin Berrett, The Restored Church, (Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1973) p. 159.

28 Allred Family Organization, A Short Sketch of the Life of James Allred, p.1. Non-published.

29 Joseph Smith, History of the Church, (The Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, Utah) 4:341.

30 Allred Family Organization, A Short Sketch of the Life of James Allred, p. 1. Non-published.

31 Liz Maria Allred, Biography of James Allred, Salt Lake City, Church Historians Office.
Non-published. p. 1.

32 Ibid., p. 2.

33 Joseph Smith, History of the Church, (The Deseret Book Company, Salt Lake City, Utah) 7:97

34 Liz Maria Allred, Biography of James Allred, Salt Lake City, Church Historians Office,
p. 1. Non-published.

35 Ibid., p. 2.

36 Ibid., p. 1.

37 James Allred, No title, 1784-1876. (Special Collection HBLL) Vault Mss76 II:15, Non-published.

38 Film, Journal History, January 20, 1846, pt. 3. (Special Collection HBLL) Film #6.

39 Ibid., April 26, 1846. Film #6

40 Ibid., March 27, 1846. Film #6

41 Ibid., July 17, 1846. Film #6

42 Ibid., July 21, 1846. Film #6

43 Ibid., September 26, 1846. Film #6

44 Euray Anderson, The Generations of Ola and Anna Anderson, (Copyright 1968, revised 1976) p. 80. Non-published.

45 James Tillman Sanford Allred, The Diary of James Tillman Sanford Allred, p. 1.
(Special Collection, HBLL)

46 Daughters of the Utah Pioneers of Sanpete County, Utah, These Our Fathers, p. 57.

47 Kate B. Carter, Treasures of Pioneer History,
(Daughters of Utah Pioneer, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1955) 2:241.

48 Film, Journal History, May 12, 1968, Film #24. (Special Collection HBLL)

49 Daughters of the Utah Pioneers of Sanpete County, Utah, These Our Fathers, p. 57.

50 James Tillman Sanford Allred, The Diary of James Tillman Sanford Allred, p. 2.
(Special Collection, HBLL).

51 Daughters of the Utah Pioneers of Sanpete County, Utah, These Our Fathers, p. 57.

52 Kate B. Carter, Treasures of Pioneer History,
(Daughters of Utah Pioneer, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1955) 2:477.

53 Film, Journal History, October 10, 1864, Film #21. (Special Collection HBLL)

54 Ibid., September 21, 1868, Film #24.

55 Ibid., January 10, pt. 2.

56 Liz Maria Allred, Biography of James Allred, Salt Lake City, Church Historians Office, p. 3.
Non-published.

57 Film,. Journal History, January 10, 1876. (Special Collection HBLL).

58 Ibid., January 10, pt. 2

59 Ibid., January 10, pt. 1.

60 Ibid., January 10, pt. 3.

Source:

Genealogy Event 6
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 10 Jan 1876
Event Place: Spring City, Sanpete, Utah

Genealogy Event 7
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 11 Jan 1876
Event Place: Spring City Cemetery, Sanpete, Utah