CHARLOTTE EYNON

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CHARLOTTE EYNON 1830-1860 Charlotte Eynon was born 27 July 1830 in Lawrenny, Pembroke, Wales, the seventh and last daughter of James Eynon and Elizabeth Griffiths. Her older sisters were: Maria Eynon and her twin Frances Eynon, born 12 April 1820 Louisa Eynon, born 17 Feb 1822 Esther Eynon, born 21 Mar 1824; died 1848 in Wales. Elizabeth Eynon, born 12 Oct 1828 Martha Eynon, born 10 Sep 1829 In about 1843, the Eynon family was converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, perhaps by the great missionary Dan Jones. (He was on the ship they were to sail on a few years later.) And in1849, the family emigrated from Wales to the United States. It looks like they were to sail on the ship Troubadour, but 77 of those passengers sailed on the ship Hartley instead. Among those passengers who left Liverpool on 5 March 1849 on the Hartley were: James Eynon, age 55, Carpenter Elizabeth Eynon, age 63 Louesa Eynon, age 25 Martha Eynon, age 20 Charlotte Eynon, age 18 After fifty-four days at sea, the Hartley docked at New Orleans on 28 April 1849. Somewhere between New Orleans and Nauvoo, Charlotte’s parents must have died. According to a history written by Loyn Blacker, the three Eynon sisters were living in Nauvoo alone. Martha was adopted by Brigham Young. She married Daniel Hunt in Nauvoo, and after crossing the plains, they were sent by Brigham Young to help settle the Bear Lake area. She lived the rest of her life in Bear Lake, dying in St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, in 1908. Louisa, the oldest of the girls, married Israel Justus Clark in Nauvoo in 1851. They crossed the plains in a handcart, settling in Farmington. They were later among the first settlers of Cache Valley, settling in Benson and Clarkston. Louisa died in 1898 in Victor, Teton, Idaho. Frances, Charlotte’s oldest sister, also immigrated to America but not until later. She married Francis Purser in 1839 in Wales, and the family came to America in 1868. However, Frances died at sea on the trip to America. Her husband settled in Hyde Parke, Cache, Utah, and died there in 1898. Charlotte married John Reid Blanchard in Little Pigeon, Iowa, on 8 June 1850. John R. Blanchard was born 14 July 1830 in Lee, Oneida Co, New York, to John Reid Blanchard and Hannah Ann Clark. He moved with his parents to Kirtland, Ohio in 1842, where they joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. In the fall of 1843, he with his parents moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. There, his mother, two brothers, and one sister died in the spring of 1844. John and his father moved to Winter Quarters and from there to Little Pigeon, Iowa. Shortly after their wedding in June of 1850, John and Charlotte started across the plains with Captain Steven's Company. They headed up the (Big?) Horn River and arrived in Salt Lake City late in the fall of the same year. After being in Salt Lake for two weeks, the Blanchard family moved to Farmington, Utah, where they resided until 1859. In 1859, the family was called to settle what is now known as Cache County and the Blanchards were among the first settlers in Logan. John built the first log house in Logan and, with the other early settlers, planted the first crops. He was the proprietor of the Blanchard House, which was Logan's first hotel, located on the corner of Center and First West. John also had the first livery stable in Logan. In May, 1860, Charlotte died, leaving behind four children--Ira Edmond, John R., Charles H., and Hannah Elizabeth. Charlotte’s was the first death to occur to Logan. She was buried just below the Agricultural College Hill between 5th North and 7th East, which later became known as the Old Cemetery. Her grave was dug by James Ellis, the first sexton. As Logan expanded eastward, it was decided to move the bodies in the Old Cemetery to a better location. Orson G. Smith homesteaded the land on the east bench where Logan Cemetery was established. For the sum of $359.50, Mr. Smith deeded the 75 acres to Logan City on February 1, 1882. Some of the bodies were identified and moved to family plots in what became Logan Cemetery. However, approximately 42 were not identified. They were moved to a special sacred area known as the Pioneer Plot. A marker was erected in memory of these unknown pioneers. Either John didn’t have the money or didn’t want his wife’s grave moved, so her grave and those of two of their children were left where they were—which is now under a parking lot for Utah State University. SOURCES: Lists of passengers was extracted by Cynthia Pardoe 1999, not in alphabetical order. Found at http://home.clara.net/tirbach/HelpPageBuenaVista.html Obituary of Louisa Eynon Clark. "The Life Story of My Great-Grandmother 'Martha Eynon,” by Loyn Blacker. Correspondence with Mavis Bassett Obituary of John Reid Blanchard