Polygamist Levi Jackman, Mormon Pioneer

Levi Jackman BIRTH 28 Jul 1797, Corinth Center, Orange County, Vermont, USA DEATH 23 Jul 1876 (aged 78), Salem, Utah County, Utah, USA BURIAL Salem City Cemetery, Salem, Utah County, Utah, USA Show Map, MEMORIAL ID 27521902, Photos by elizabeth lewis & Paull B. Gunderson

Jackman, Levi (son of Moses French Jackman, born June 16, 1767) and (Elizabeth Carr, born September 19, 1763) (both of Salisbury, Essex county, Massachusetts) was born July 28, 1797, Corinth, Vermont. His father was killed in an accident just before his birth and his mother died in 1819.

He married a young widow, Angeline Myers Brady, 13 Nov 1817 in Alexander, Genesee, New York, (daughter of Henry Myers and Ruth Rodgers). She died 24 January 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois. She had a son by the name of Albert Brady who was about 4 years old. Afterward they called him by the Jackman name. In 1830 they moved to Portage, Ohio, where they accepted the message brought to them by Mormon missionaries. They were baptized in May 1831. His wife died shortly after the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith in June 1844.

Their children: Albert Brady, m. Lucinda Stone; William Ruel b. Oct. 6, 1818; Aurilla Peckham b. Sept. 20, 1820, m. Moses Curtis; Parmenia Adams b. Aug. 6, 1822, m. Phebe Lodema Merrill; Ammi Rumsey b. Feb. 6, 1825, m. Aurilla Eldredge; Levi b. May 2, 1828. Family resided at Kirtland, Ohio, and Salt Lake City, Utah.

In 1847 he was selected as a member of the original pioneer company and became one of the first Mormons to see the Salt Lake Valley. In addition to recording the details of the trek, he saw the Mormon experience as a parallel with ancient Israel's entering the promised land: "Like Moses on Pisgah's top, we could see a part of the Salt Lake Valley, our long anticipated home." His diary describes the cutting of a road through the mouth of Emigration Canyon and on entering the Valley it "seemed like bursting from the confines of prison walls into the beauties of a world of pleasure and freedom."

He married Lucinda Harmon, Nov. 18, 1849, Salt Lake City, (daughter of Oliver and Sarah Harmon), who was born March 16, 1822, Conneaut, Pennsylvania.

Their children: Sarah Lucinda b. March 20, 1851, d. young; Levi Harmon b. Sept, 6, 1853, m. Sarah E. Hatch; Almira Sophronia b. June 30, 1856, m. Joseph Hanks Oct. 29, 1876; Daniel Wells b. April 18, 1860, m. Sarah M. Marble Nov. 1, 1878. Family home Salt Lake City, Utah.

Member of high council. Worked on Kirtland and Nauvoo temples. First counselor to Bishop Roundy of the sixteenth ward and acted as bishop during the bishop's mission to England; patriarch. Died July 23, 1876, Salem, Utah.

The original pioneer company consisted of 142 men, 3 women, and 2 children, and 72 wagons when they left the outfitting post of Winter Quarters, Nebraska. They covered the 1031 miles of the trail in 111 days.¡

Levi Jackman (1797 - 1876), fifth and last child of Moses French Jackman (1767 - 1797) and Elizabeth Carr (1763 - 1819), was born 18 August 1797 at Bernell, Vishier, Orange County, Vermont; he died at the age of 78 on 26 July 1876 at Salem, Utah County, Utah Territory. Baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 17 December 1845, he had five plural wives. Member of high council. Worked on Kirtland and Nauvoo temples. First counselor to Bishop Roundy of the sixteenth ward and acted as bishop during Bishop Roundy's mission to England; patriarch.

Marriages and Children

1. Angeline Myers (1789 - 1846Kirtland, Ohio) married 13 November 1817 Alexander, Gennessee County, New York. Daughter of Henry Myers and Ruth Rodgers
   1. Albert Brady Jackman (1817 - 1891), married Lucinda Stone
   2. William Ruel Jackman (1818 - 1851)
   3. Aurelia Peckham Jackman (1820 - 1883) married Moses Curtis
   4. Parmenia Adams Jackman (1822 - 1860) married Phebe Lodema Merrill
   5. Ammi Rumsey Jackman (1825 - 1898) married Aurilla Eldredge
   6. Levi Meyers Jackman (1828 - 1828)
2. Lucinda Harmon (1822 - 1894), daughter of Oliver Harmon (1786 - 1843) and Sarah Harmon (1786 - 1859), married 18 November 1849 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory
   1. Sarah Lucinda Jackman (1851 - 1852)
   2. Levi Harmon Jackman (1853 - 1922) married Sarah E. Hatch
   3. Almira Sophronia Jackman (1856 - 1931) married Joseph Hanks 29 October 1876
   4. Daniel Wells Jackman (1860 - 1937) married Sarah M. Marble 1 November 1878
3. Mary Morse (1782 - 1813) married 22 July 1851 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory
4. Elizabeth Briggs (1793 - 1827) married 20 November 1855 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory
5. Elizabeth Jane Davis (1831 - 1920), daughter of Henry Davis (1804 - 1847) and Rachel Hunter (1810 - 1882), married 20 November 1855 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah Territory¡¡

Parents Moses French Jackman 1767–1797 Elizabeth Carr Jackman 1763–1819

Spouses Delia Deliverance Byam Curtis 1789–1871 (m. 1846) Sarah Roberts Plumb 1799–1881 (m. 1846) Angeline Myers Jackman 1789–1846 Lucinda Harmon Jackman 1822–1894

Siblings Moses French Jackman 1792–1866 James Rayerdon Jackman 1793–1864 William Jackman 1795–1871

Children Albert Brady Jackman 1812–1891 Aurilla Peckham Jackman Curtis 1820–1883 Parmenio Adams Jackman 1822–1860 Ammi Rumsey Jackman 1825–1898 Levi Harmon Jackman 1853–1922 Almira Sophronia Jackman Hanks 1856–1931 Daniel Wells Jackman

References: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27521902/levi-jackman ¡ [http://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/pioneerDetail?lang=eng&pione... Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel: Levi Jackman}; Birth Date: 28 Aug. 1797; Death Date: 23 July 1876; Age: 49 at time of crossing ¡¡