8. Randall Flinn (Flynn) married Leer.
10. Otha Wells was born on 29 Jul 1811 in , Tyler, Virginia (WV). He died on 26 Jul 1876 in , Coryell, Texas. Otha married Salome Stewart on 25 Aug 1834 in , Morgan, Illinois. [Parents]
The Wells family seems to have had some connection with the early
LDS church as they ended up in Utah and after becoming discouraged with
the Mormon Church, left for San Bernadino, California to live with the
Gladden Bishop group. Salome Sr. was baptized the same day as her two
daughters, Hulda and Salome Jr.: June 9, 1864 by H. H. Morgan and
confirmed by Morgan and Faulk. They moved back to the midwest (Otha
probably died in California) into Kansas.
The Wells were in Morgan Co., Illinois until 1839. In the 1840 Census
they were in Van Buren Co., Iowa and in 1850 were in Fremont Co., Iowa.
Between 1850 and 1860 they went to Salt Lake City, Utah. In the LDS
records Otho Wells and Salome Stewart were married (again) on August
27, 1853, perhaps a Mormom requirement.
11. Salome Stewart was born on 11 Aug 1815 in Jackson Twnshp, Monroe, Ohio. She died on 5 Apr 1890 in , , CA or KS. [Parents]
12. Oliver Perry Worden was born on 20 Nov 1819 in Liberty, Sullivan, New York. He died on 9 Feb 1884 in Stewartsville, DeKalb, Missouri. Oliver married (Nancy) Julie Ann Pebbles in Dec 1849 in Taycheedah, Fond-du-Lac, Wisconsin.
Oliver was an athiest. He had a personal experience which proved to
him, 'there is a spirit in man', funeral sermon by Elder J.M. Terry.He owned a carpentry business in Stewartsville called Worden and Sons.
Nancy Pebbles died in childbirth with William Henry Worden on Sept. 24,
1854 at Westfield, Wisconsin.O.P. Worden married Margaret A., a widow, who had seven children by
her first marriage. Margaret and Oliver had one child, Adelbert, in
Westfield, Wisconsin. The moved to Stewartsville in 1874.
13. (Nancy) Julie Ann Pebbles was born in 1824 in New York City, , New York. She died on 24 Sep 1854 in , , Wisconsin. [Parents]
14. James Wood was born on 25 Sep 1820 in Ludlow, Staffordshire, England. He died on 11 Feb 1889 in Stewartsville, DeKalb, Missouri. James married Mary Bates in 1842 in , Staffordshire, England.
James Wood and family immigrated to the United States in 1851,
landing at the Old Trading Post, St. Louis, Missouri via New Orleans.
Baby Joseph was buried there. He died at sea on the way over. Sharks
began to follow the boat. The Captain wanted them to bury the baby at
sea but the brother begged him to wait a day or more and they sighted
land in that time. So Joseph was buried as soon as they landed in St.
Louis.
They came to the U.S. to meet the Mormons in Utah. After settling
there they became disturbed with the changes in the church. They had to
escape to Provo in 1856, the same year they arrived in Salt Lake City.
They later moved to Stewartsville.
James Wood Sr. was baptized a member of the RLDS on November 15,
1867 at Provo, Utah by William Summerfield. He was confirmed and
ordained an Elder on November 15, 1867 by James W. Gillen.
Mary Bates, as a child, was a flower girl at Queen Victoria's coronation
in 1837 or 1838. She received as a gift a small perfume bottle which
has been passed down to Velma Sloniker and will further be passed down
in her family. Mary Bates also joined the (then) LDS church in 1838
during the first mission of the church to England. She was later
re-baptized into the RLDS church on May 16, 1868 at Salt Lake City, Utah
by James Gillen. She was confirmed by Elias Hutchins.This is a copy of the account given by Louella Worden Flinn....
"James, Mary, John, Elizabeth and Joseph decided to come to America to
be with the Church people in 1851. Grandma (Mary Bates) was 26 years
old. They, with the three children, got on a ship. It took eight weeks to
make the voyage but they were caught in a storm and it took them
off-course. For three weeks they couldn't raise their sails and were
just rocked and tossed about not knowing where they were. It took them
eleven weeks to make the voyage. They were several days journey from
New York when they first saw tree tops and buildings. They came close
to New York but did not stop. They journeyed down the coast to the
Mississippi River and then up the river to the landing at the Old Trading
Post at St. Louis, Missouri.
In 1856 they moved to Salt Lake City, Utah and from there to Provo,
Utah during the year 1858. In the year 1868 they came to Stewartsville,
Missouri. They had 12 children, 5 girls, 7 boys. 5 boys and 1 girl died in
infancy. Grandpa Wood died in 1889 and Grandma Wood died in 1905."This was given to Lena Flinn Poters in Mother's last years.
The following account was recalled by Delpha Flinn Limb as told by her
mother...."They joined the church in England. And it was the church which
brought them to America. Mother always spoke of them coming in a
sailboat. They were in a storm and had intended to land at New York but
could not get near enough, in the storm, and were carried down the coast
around the Gulf and ended up going up the Mississippi River. They were
three months on the trip and food was rationed to one cup of water per
day and one potato each."
"Joseph was sick unto death and tahe sharks followed them the last 3
days. Had they been surrounded they would have had to throw him
overboard to save the rest. He died after landing and was buried in St.
Louis. "
"This was during the time when the trek to Utah by Brigham Young was
in swing and they did not know of Joseph's death until they arrived over
here. So they thought they were with the right group and followed with
him. Aunt Lizzie was married in a polygamous marriage, Uncle John
married two sisters. Uncle Jim wasn't old enough to get married but my
Grandmother Emmaline was approached with a promise in marriage when
old enough. It seems as though she was about eight years old and they
realized with other turns of events they they had done the wrong thing
and made secret plans to leave. That was the only way they could leave
then. Aunt Lizzie could not, or was afraid to try so they never saw her
again. Uncle John took the first sister and a family named Christianson
and slipped away. They were later followed and Christianson was
captured by masked men, strung up in a tree and castrated. The others
stopped and the men went back to find him and found him (Christianson)
tied there and he said he knew some of the men in the gang. In some way
they confronted the Mormons with this act but they laid the blame on
Indians- as castration was supposed to be their method. Christianson
knew some of the men although they were masked.
They settled in what is now Pleasant Grove area, north and west of
Stewartsville. Uncle Jim married and settled north of Stewartsville but
closer in. Uncle John's wife died and he either went back or sent back
for the other sister he had married. He had two girls from each wife and
they were about the same ages.James and Mary Wood are buried in the McKee Cemetery: 2 1/2 miles
north of Stewartsville. Sec. 5 T58 R33.
15. Mary Bates was born on 15 Sep 1825 in Bucknell, Staffordshire, England. She died on 13 Jan 1905 in Stewartsville, DeKalb, Missouri and was buried in McKee Cemetery, 2 1/2 mi. north, of Stewartsville, Missouri. [Parents]
Mary Bates was born in London, England Sept. 5, 1825. At the age of
eleven she was flower girl for Queen Victoria, at the age of 14 she and
her family moved to Staffordshire. She then went to work in a dish
factory. Her first work was cutting out the designs and then she learned
to paste them on the dishes. She then learned the trade on up to glazing
the dishes.
At the age of 16 she was married to James T. Wood. John, Elizabeth
and Joseph were born in England. They lived at this place for ten years.
Mary still worked at the dish factory. She joined the church when the
LDS missionaries first went to England.
