Joseph Chadwick - Daughters of Utah Pioneers

Joseph Chadwick Monument
Franklin City Cemetery Franklin Idaho

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Sarah Marshall, daughter of Sarah Goode Marshall Chadwick, was only 18 months old when she came across the plains with her mother and siblings. In a history written for her by her daughter, Ida Callan, she says this about Joseph Chadwick, "When Sarah was young in years her mother married a man by the name of Joseph Chadwick. He was a very fine man but very stern and at an early age the children were forced to earn their own living. They were not allowed to come home to visit--so grandmother used to sneak notes to them when she wanted to let them know of something that was of importance. The going was rough for my mother (Sarah Marshall), so at the early age of 14, that she might have a home, she married a wonderful man by the name of John Peter Poole. He died and she married Stephen Callan in 1888."

An older child, Selena, says of Joseph Chadwick, "Mrs. Marshall married Joseph Chadwick in 1857. Mr. Chadwick didn't prove to be a good husband to Selena's mother. She obtained a divorce in 1860. That spring she left Ogden and took her family to Cache Valley, arriving in Franklin, Idaho, 14 April 1860, where she made her home. Selena worked very hard to help her mother get a home; they planted garden and small crops. She went to the canyon for wood, also plowed with an ox team.'' Selena married Robert Gregory Jan. 2, 1863, when she was 18 years old. They were quiet about their marriage and lived a short time with Selena's mother, then made a home out in Franklin Fort.

Evidently Joseph Chadwick had some troubled times. His first wife Mary 'Whitehead came to Utah Aug 31, 1860. Joseph's and Sarah's son, Charles Frederick, was only about three weeks old. 'In a story about Mary Whitehead written by her daughter, it says, "she went to Lehi and took her nephew William Whitehead to join the family and then (moved to mill Creek (Slaterville) to the Joseph Chadwick farm. Joseph Chadwick wanted to leave his second wife and go back to Mary but she was too independent and wouldn't have him. She went to Franklin, Idaho in the fall of 1860. She did washings and sewings for people there." Mary Whitehead died in 1864 at the age of 62. Joseph Chadwick died suddenly in 1876 and was buried next to her in the Franklin Cemetery. Sarah Goode Marshall Chadwick lived in the Chadwick home in Dayton until her death in 1904. She was also buried in the Franklin Cemetery. The story didn't say how close she was buried to her husband and his first wife.

Editor's note:  Sarah is buried on the far southern end of the cemetery, and Joseph and Mary are buried on the northern end.

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Joseph Chadwick - Daughters of Utah Pioneers

TITLE PAGE
PIONEER NAME Joseph Chadwick
BIRTH DATE AND PLACE 9 May 1809 Yorkshire, England
DEATH DATE AND PLACE 7 Apr 1876 Dayton, Idaho
FATHER William Chadwick
MOTHER Molly Shaw

WHO MARRIED AND DATE

Sarah Goode Marshall Chadwick
Mary Ann Whitehead

YEAR ARRIVED IN UTAH about 1856
NAME OF COMPANY no company. Came from California
WHO WROTE HISTORY AND DATE Theda Judd
WHO SUBMITTED HISTORY AND DATE Theda Judd
ADDRESS 82 W. 600 N. Farmington, Utah 84025
CAMP NAME Helen Mar miller
COMPANY NAME Davis/Farmington
CAMP HISTORIAN Theda Judd
ADDRESS
COMPANY HISTORIAN Wanda Barker
ADDRESS 68 W. 950 N. Farmington, Utah
SOURCE OF INFORMATION AND PAGE NUMBERS:

Histories by daughter (in-law), Tuna Chadwick and granddaughter May C. Jones.

Histories by daughters of first wife, Mary Ann Whitehead, and by daughters, of second wife, Sarah Goode Marshall Chadwick.

I hereby give this history to the National Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers with the understanding that:

1. The Daughters of Utah Pioneers has the right to edit and publish it.
2. If publication is not indicated, it shall become a part of the archives to perfect the record of the Utah pioneers.
3. The Daughters of Utah Pioneers has the right to reproduce this history for the benefit of its members, and descendants of the pioneer.


JOSEPH CHADWICK

Joseph Chadwick was born May 9, 1809 in Yorkshire, England, and died April 7, 1876 at Dayton, Idaho. He was buried in the Franklin, Idaho cemetery.

As a boy he worked as an apprentice in a rope factory and later in the coal mines in England.

He joined the Latter Day Saints Church in 1841 and with his parents and family, sailed for America on the ship "Samuel Curling". They were on the water nine weeks.

He had married Mary Whitehead in England and they had lived in Oldham, Lancashire, England. Nine children were born to them in Oldham, and two more were born in New Mines, Pa., where Joseph first settled and worked for 2½ years.

Evidently he and his wife had some trouble and they separated before he came west. He went to California in 1854 and stayed about three years. His wife stayed in Pennsylvania. He brought one son, Benjamin with him. They somehow ended up in Franklin, Idaho (which was then thought to be in Utah), where he met and married Sarah Goode Marshall.

The writer of Sarah Goode Chadwick's biography says, "Here she met and married Joseph Chadwick, a widower with several children by his first wife. He was a miner and prospector who hailed from the gold fields of California. He also did some farming. Two sons were born to Sarah and Joseph. They were William M. and Charles Fredrick Chadwick. Sarah endured many hardships as Mr. Chadwick was far from being a kind husband to her."

Luna Chadwick, wife of Charles Fredrick, and May Chadwick Jones, her daughter, have this to say about Joseph Chadwick, "He was an average sized man, strong and healthy; was a hard worker and good provider, always thoughtful and kind to his family and the needy."

Mary Whitehead Chadwick, his first wife, died in Franklin, Idaho, on 20 March 1874. It is not clear from the sources I am using when she left Pennsylvania. Four children died when very young (Abraham, Abraham, William Joseph, Sarah), and three more when about 10 (Elizabeth) or 12 (Eliza) years old. Two others died at ages 42 (Adam) and 57 (James). Only one, Benjamin, lived to the ripe old age of 80. Benjamin married Sarah Walker in 1860. Mary Ann lived to be 93. She married Robert Hull.

Luna Chadwick and May Jones, in their sketch of the life of Joseph Chadwick, go on to say, "On his return from California, cat he met and married a widow, Sarah Goode Marshall, who had six children. The hand cart company with which Sarah Goode Marshall came across the plains in 1856 was the Captain Ellsworth Company. (Ellsworth Handcart Company, September 26, 1856)

On October 6, 1857, a son was born to them, William. They were among the first pioneers arriving in Franklin, Idaho in 1860. On August 6, 1860, Charles Fredrick, husband of Luna Nelson and father of May Jones, was born.

The pioneers had many hardships to encounter. Food was scarce and no money to buy with. The Indians gave them considerable trouble, raiding the homes, scaring the women and children, as well as stealing the horses and cattle.

Joseph always gave freely of his scanty means to help the Emigrants coming west, and to help those in need.

In about the year 1868, Joseph and his wife and two boys, as well as some of the stepchildren, went to Dayton, Idaho, (which was first called Chadville), where he used his homestead right on a piece of land of 160 acres. There he built a two-roomed log house near Five-Mile-Creek, using the north room for a little store.

He carried groceries, meats, and supplies for travelers and freighters. He raised some grain and cut considerable wild hay to feed the cattle he raised. Deer was plentiful and they had all the venison they wanted. They were getting along nicely, when Joseph caught a severe cold and died in less than a week with pneumonia. This was in the year 1876. The Marshall children were grown and married by this time, which left Sarah and the two boys, Will and Fred, to make their living the best they could. They kept on with the little store and kept cows and made butter to sell. She lived until 23 April 1904 and was buried in the Franklin Cemetery. The story of Sarah Goode Chadwick is in the DUP files. (Daughters Of Utah Pioneers)

Further research in the DUP files resulted in finding a story of Mary Whitehead, first wife of Joseph Chadwick, which says that she stayed in New Mines, Pa. while Joseph and his oldest living son, Benjamin went to California to earn money to build a home in Utah. The author of this story says "He gave her money to pay her expenses to Utah and they agreed to meet there in two and a half years. After he left she did washings for the miners and took in boarders to keep herself and children. In 1857 she and her three children started for Utah, by way of New York. When they arrived they found there was no emigrants coming west for a month, so they returned to New Mines and took up their labors again as they had no money. She had loaned some money to the presiding elder and he had failed to return it, thus leaving her with nothing to pay her expenses to Utah.

In a month's time she tried to collect the money left by her husband from Mr. Phroux. Mr. Phroux was advised by Pres. John Taylor (Who was visiting there) to sell all he had and take the Chadwick family along with his own and come to the valleys of the mountains. He did not heed the counsel given him and as a result he suffered greatly.

Mary had written to California and Utah but had received no word from her husband, there being no regular mail. The husband and son had come to Salt Lake and had been misinformed that Mary had died. Benjamin went to work at Camp Floyd near Salt Lake where he met a young man from Pennsylvania who knew his mother and he told Benjamin she was living. Benjamin went East at once to find her. It was a happy meeting, after five years, but also a sad one as he had to tell her that his father had married a widow named Sarah Marshall." The family, after many hardships finally made it to Utah in 1860, with the Robinson Handcart Company.

The writer of Mary's story also says, "After her arrival in Salt Lake on August 31, 1860, she went to Lehi and took her nephew William Whitehead to join the family and then moved to Mill Creek to the Joseph Chadwick's farm." It is not clear if this is Mill Creek near Salt Lake or near Ogden. Benjamin Chadwick lived in Slaterville, near Mill Creek in Ogden, so I presume it was near Ogden. Evidently Joseph and Sarah had just moved to Franklin, Idaho about this time. The writer of Mary's story goes on to say, "Joseph Chadwick wanted to leave his second wife and go back to Mary but she was too independent and wouldn't have him. She went to Franklin in the fall of 1860, where she did washings and sewing for the people there. At the time of her death she was living with her daughter, Mary Ann Hull. She died 20 March 1874 at the age of 62 and was buried in Franklin, Idaho.

There is another discrepancy in the story by Luna and May Chadwick. They said that Joseph Chadwick's family came to America on the ship "Samuel Curling.” The name of the ship was not mentioned in any of Benjamin's or Mary's stories. It was said in Sarah Goode Chadwick's story that she and her children came on the ship "Samuel Curling."

The story of Benjamin Chadwick says that he (and I suppose his father, Joseph) went by sail boat down the Atlantic coast to Panama and then walked overland to the Pacific Ocean, where I presume they got another boat to California. The story of Benjamin Chadwick is in the DUP files and is an exciting and interesting bit of history concerning the Indian troubles in and around Franklin, Idaho.

A family group sheet on file in the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, lists a Mary Duce as another wife of Joseph Chadwick. Not all the sheets on file have her listed. Joseph's granddaughter, daughter of Charles Frederick Chadwick, said, "There was talk that Grandpa was a Polygamist but he seemed to just stay with Grandma (Sarah Goode Marshall Chadwick) and live with just her." Since he died in 1876 and Vera was not born until 1890 she probably didn't know much about the situation.

Family group sheets also reveal that William and Frederick Chadwick were sealed to Sarah's first husband, Thomas Marshall, along with some Marshall children 8 May 1912. The children of Joseph Chadwick and Mary Whitehead were sealed to them 22 Jan 1896. They were sealed to each other in the Logan temple 11 Mar 1891. Since all this was accomplished long after the deaths of all concerned, it is hard to say what their wishes really were.

Theda W. Judd
Wife of Wm. R. Judd, Jr.,
Son of Vera Chadwick Judd,
Daughter of Luna and Charles Frederick Chadwick.

This copy, made available through the courtesy of the International Society DAUGHTERS OF UTAH PIONEERS, may not be reproduced for monetary gain.

(Editor's Note:  There are errors in this history but posted due to other information it contains that is helpful.)


Mary Whitehead Chadwick

Mary Whitehead Chadwick, together with her family, came to Franklin, Idaho in the fall of 1860. Being always very thrifty, she did washing and sewing for the people there. At the time of her death, she lived with her daughter, Mrs. Robert M. Hull. Two days before she died she sang a hymn "When I Read my Title Clear”. Before she died, she told those around her that if they would keep her sister away and if they would all be quiet, at 9 o'clock the next morning she would pass away, which she did, 20 March 1874.`

The Whitehead Family organization was named in honor of this woman and her sister Martha, they being the only members of the family to join the church. It is known as the Mary and Martha Whitehead Organization, and includes all of their descendants which number 200 in 1929.

Source: Ancestry.com

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Sources:
Ancestry.com
International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers

Benjamin Chadwick the Shoshoni Shooter

Chief Washakie 1865

"Washakie told his people: “You must not fight the whites. I not only advise against it, I forbid it!” The settlers were so appreciative of Washakie’s assistance that 9,000 of them signed a document commending the Shoshonis and their chief. He was also on friendly terms with the Mormon leader “Big-Um” or Brigham Young."

Quotation from an unknown old book, apparently from an Indian in the early era:

“Buffalo was recklessly slaughtered by the white man. Buffalo was our food, shelter and clothing --

now the white man is our buffalo.”

“This source also stated that the white man gave three things to the Indian: the horse, the gun, and whiskey.

It was said that the Shoshones had been horse people since 1800 -- maybe 25 to 50 years earlier. The Indian learned to cope only with the horse. He could fight or hunt on horseback, learned to ‘lean’ so as not to expose himself to fire. But he could not learn to cope with the other two things -- guns or whiskey. He didn’t have enough ammunition to waste on practice, so few of them became crack shots; and if the gun jammed or broke he did not know how to repair it.”
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Source: The Bear River Massacre by Hart pp 261.

Following the events of The Bear River Massacre, two significant incidents occured that jeopardized every man, woman, and child living in Franklin, Idaho.  Typed as originally printed.

"The Drunken Indian..."

There are Four Published Versions of this incident in "The Bear River Massacre", by Hart. 
This version is taken from the Trail Blazer, History of the Development of Southeastern Idaho, 1930:
(pp 305-307)  Typed as Printed:

"In the latter part of September, 1864, an event occurred that nearly cost the lives of the inhabitants of Franklin. About 500 Indians that were on their way to Bear Lake, after having a fight with a band of Indians on the Platte River, camped on Muddy River bottoms, north of Franklin.




Chief Washakie in front of Tepee
with members of his family

Some of the Indians procured liquor, became drunken and rode their horses wildly up and down the town. One drunken Indian began breaking the windows in the home of George Alder, who with others had moved from the Fort by this time, north on Muddy river (* early name of Cub River, traditionally a mountain-clear stream). When Mrs. Alder remonstrated with him and tried to drive him away, he picked up a large willow stake and began whipping her and tried to trample her under his horse’s feet.

The screams of Mrs. Alder and the strange actions of the Indians attracted the attention of some men who were threshing at Samuel Handy’s place, a short distance from Alder’s. They ran to the rescue with their pitchforks. Ben Chadwick, who was feeding the threshing machine when Mrs. Alder’s screams were heard, came running up with a butcher knife in his hand, (he had been using the knife to cut the bands that bound the sheaves of wheat).


Benjamin Chadwick Sr. Eldest son of
Joseph Chadwick and Mary Whitehead

Ben gives his experience as follows:

“I ran at the Indian with my butcher knife, my only weapon; he struck my father down and continued to race after Mrs. Alder, striking her down and trying to trample her under his horse. As fast as the men came up, the Indian would knock the pitchforks out of their hands with his long club. William Handy came running up with a pistol and all the men shouted, ‘Shoot! Shoot! Shoot him!’ Handy seemed to hesitate and I said, ‘Give me the pistol! I can shoot!’ I took the pistol from his hand and shot. The Indian fell from his horse, wounded in the neck.

“My father and the other men urged me to leave immediately. I rode Wm. Davis’ horse to the home of John Lard on High Creek (* about five miles south), I disguised myself by shaving and cutting my hair. (Previous to this time Ben had worn a long beard and hair to his shoulders.) I also changed horses and came back to Franklin about 12 o’clock that night with some of the Minute Men.”

Just about a quarter of a mile east of where the Indian was shot, another scene was enacted. Robert Hull and Howard Hunt were on their way to the Indian camp at 5 o’clock in the evening, to try to recover the linsey skirt that had been stolen that morning from Mary Whitehead, by two Indian women. Not knowing what happened, Mr. Hull and his companion were watching Mr. Handy running with something in his arms. They wondered why he was running. Suddenly Mr. Hull felt someone grab him; in another moment he found himself staring into the barrel of Chief Washakie’s pistol. The Chief snapped off the trigger three times, but the gun didn’t discharge. Then he pointed away from Mr. Hull and fired. This time the shot exploded. The Indians who had immediately gathered and witnessed the scene must have thought Mr. Hull a spirit, when the Chief could not shoot him. Mr. Hull was unarmed, having left his pistol at home that noon. This was fortunate, for the Chief would very likely have been killed, and the people of Franklin would have been massacred as a result.

When Washakie grabbed Mr. Hull, Howard Hunt escaped and gave the alarm. Mr. Hull, after being dragged to the Indians camp, was surrounded by young bucks who danced about him. Squaws prodded him with butcher knives.

Chief Washakie would say: “White man killed Indian” and Hull would answer, “No!”

They continued to persecute him, the squaws joining in with their painful prodding. While Mr. Hull was surrounded by the dancing warriors and knife-armed squaws, he recalled a dream that he had had three nights before. This gave him courage to endure the torture inflicted upon him. He had dreamed that he was completely surrounded by snakes that would dart at him from different parts of the circle. One big snake came up and struck at him with its fangs three different times but didn’t touch him. None of the snakes bit him.

He asked for Chief Alma, (who could talk English). The Indian answered “Chief Alma dead, (meaning drunk), on White Man’s fire water.”

Several times during the night the Indians forced Mr. Hull to go closer to town and call for the Bishop. He knew they wanted Bishop Thomas and he could not make them understand that Bishop Thomas had moved away.

It was a bright moonlight night. The Indians saw the glittering of hundreds of fire-arms in the distance. The Minute Men were gathering and had been since 9 o’clock that night. They ceased to prod him with the knives after this.

About 11 o’clock that night Bishop Maughan, Ezra Benson, Bishop Hatch, A. Neeley and Wm. Hull went down to the Indian camp and conferred with the Indians. The Indians finally agreed to let Hull go if they would find the man who shot the Indian. (* local legends say the Indian was killed, not just wounded. Nh)

They returned from the Indian camp about 1 o’clock that morning. After Mr. Hull had greeted his loved ones, he asked about Ben Chadwick. Upon finding that Chadwick was in town, Mr. Hull found him and warned him to leave, and said, “The Indians are determined to get you.”

“I do not believe my friends will give me up to them,” said Mr. Chadwick.

Here are the words of Mr. Chadwick recalling the incident:

“William Whitehead, my wife and sister came and begged me to leave again, so I ran to the home of the Wheeler’s where I had left my horse, then made my way to Slaterville.”



Chief Washakie and tribal members

 Next morning Apostle Ezra Benson and Bishop Maughan called a meeting at 10 o’clock. The Indians, including chief Washakie and some of his braves, were invited. They were given places at the front in the bowery where the meeting was held. While speaking to the people, Bishop Maughan turned to Washakie and said, “What would you do if one of our men should go to your camp and start whipping and killing one of your women?”

Washakie answered, “We kill him!”

Bishop Maughan then said: “That is all we have done.”

Then he continued speaking to the people. “Talk about giving a man up that would save a woman’s life! If you want to give anyone up to the Indians, give the ones up that sold the liquor to them.”

To make peace with the Indians they were given oxen, flour, cheese and other food by the people of Franklin. It seemed that some of the Indians of Washakie’s tribe still had revenge in their hearts, as the following incident will prove:

About two weeks after the peace had been made with them, Mr. and Mrs. Hull were visiting with one of their relatives who lived about two blocks from the Hull home. They were asked to stay over night.

“I do not know why we accepted the invitation to stay all night,” says Mrs. Hull, “but it must have been the hand of Providence that kept us from going home that night. The next morning when we returned home, we found that the chinking had been removed from the wall and two shots had been fired where our heads would have lain. One bullet lodged in the stock of the gun that lay at the head of the bed.”

Note:  Portions taken from other versions:
"Official Program, First Idaho Day, 1910": (pp 302-305) for clarification and interest:  Typed as Printed.

"About a thousand Indians on a migration and hunting expedition were going through the country under the leadership of Chief Washakie. These Indians were a peaceful band and quite friendly with the whites. They camped for a short rest in the river bottoms north of Franklin and while there some of the young warriors came up town.


 During the argument that took place at the peace meeting one of the finest and most picturesque examples of eloquence that is characteristic of the highest type of American savage was made by Chief Washakie.


"Put Yourself in My Place"
Chief Washakie

His theme was, “Put Yourself in My Place.” The savage brought home to the Christian the beauty of the eleventh commandment: “Do Unto Others as You Would That They Should Do Unto You”’ and his brief speech was a temperance sermon besides. He said, “Until the white man come there was no fire water, and the Indian was sober; your people sold fire water to my people and made my warrior loco (crazy). If my people had sold fire water to your braves and made them drunken, how would you feel about it? Would you like to see him shot down like a dog, because he made a fool of himself? Will the “White Father put himself in Washakie’s place?”

 “Military History of Cache Valley", by Martineau: (pp 301-302). Typed as Printed.

"On September 14th, 1864, the small town of Franklin narrowly escaped destruction and massacre.

A drunken Indian endeavored to ride his horse over a white woman, and to beat out her brains with a club. To save her life the woman was compelled to seek shelter under the horse's body, though encountering thus a peril almost as deadly as that threatened by the war club of the savage.

A white man shot the Indian to save the woman, and at once the whole band of savages flew to arms, threatening death and destruction to all unless the offending white man was delivered to them to be killed. The Indians, 300 in number, seized a white named Mayberry, and for a long time threatened him with death from knives held at his throat and tomahawks shaken at his head.

..."A singular incident transpired at this time….. Just as the head chief was departing, he said to Bishop Maugham -- “We have acted badly, but we don’t want you to talk to the Great Spirit about us. Don’t tell him to do anything to us -- don’t tell him what we have done.”

The Bishop answered that he talked to the Great Spirit every day, and could not make the promise desired. The chief urged his request again and again, but being firmly denied, went his way with a downcast look. Two days afterward, the chief sent back a hundred horses they had stolen from the range, but kept about as many more stolen in the valley, saying they needed and must keep them. As by this time they were beyond pursuit, they escaped with their booty. The people were glad to get off so well and without loss of life; for had not help so quickly arrived, Franklin would have seen a desperate and bloody fight, and many must have fallen."

(Franklin's last major threat was posed by 300, 500, or 1,000 Indians) depending upon the version.
All versions are posted under "Bear River Massacre Aftermath in Cache Valley".
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Source:
The Bear River Massacre: Being a complete SourceBook and Story Book of the Genocidal Action Against the Shoshones in 1863 and of Gen. P.E. Connor and how he related to and dealt with Indians and Mormons on the Western Frontier.
By Newell Hart (pp.  299-307)