Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-28
heath OF A FAITHFUL VETE-
Ran.
.,.,,b Of the Career Of Elder Daniel
'h'' Allen.

-, bsnipl aud Nancy Stewart Allen.
~ ~, ,,ss horn ia Whites Town. Oneida
- New York state, December .,
,vvi lis parents moved u Chatnu.
- ~. ',o,nty In the year 1857, and lived
w.. during the war with England In
tnisi0 His father served his country
~ no var OF 1919 M a soldier. He
-, with the army 10 Buffalo OF the
,,n,. N it, Are. After the war his
.as.nia moved into the State ~ Penn
i.ivania. Erie county, where they
Nod for ten years. They then went
~ rav,,va county, State Of Ohio, where
they dwelt until their death In 1901
Brother Daniel Allen was married
IN his first wife, Mary Ann Morris, on
he 8th OF October, ls2s, IN the State Of
ohio. Cnyugn county, where both EN-
Graeed the Gospel, having been bip-
,,,rd into the Church Of Jesus Christ
=, Iaiter.,iny saints In June 1884, by
EiJer loci II. johnson. Soon after
u,oibcr Allen Joined the Church he
III his farm Ia Huntsbefg for $500
I'D handed over that amount ~ the
prophet Joseph Smith, to help redeem
l,oI and purchase lands In jackson
sounty, according 10 revelation. Ia
fesG he moved 10 Kirkland,
ioueht two city lots, built himself a
frame dwelling house aud boot
AMI shoe store, and expended
slnjO in property Ia Kirkland. lie was
: .hafrholder Ia the Kirkland Bank.
H. was compelled TO sacrifice all this,
bnVeyrr, on account Of the persecu.
iiops witch followed, and was driven
svay by the mob without any means
~ subsistence fOf HE family. He then
rsmoyed about fifty miles south OF
Kinland. to Savanna, where he oh.
ialned work ON canal, receiving ~
rsymcnt fifty cents per day. Out u
hi smu he hal TO support his family,
and yet saved the means nocessary 90
purchase an old span VI mares and an
old wagon. In this way he moved his
family to Missouri, being determined
10 gather there with the Saints.
lie started with y. ". Stoidatd and
Dr. Mitchell IN the spring VI 1888, mud
Joined his brother Joseph Mt Log
Greek, 1--WE milea south Of Far Weet.
He went with HIS brother Joseph aud
Brother Isaac Morley 20 another loc,.
ton. They I OK up some land three
miles north OF the town oil Far West.
Thp deceased built him log house
sud was putting on the roof ON tbs
day Of the election In Galiton, August
slh, lsas. From that time he was un-
der arms until the day they rclin'
qulshoi them IN Far Wogt. Ho was
With -. W. paiien when they took the
cannon from the mob, also with
Seymour BruusOn when thoy were
........,..l.I ,ssNIh n,uarfta ..tt, Yuuv ,u
Log Creek, five miles south OF Far
West. lie left Far West ON February
9th, 1880, with his wife aud three chill.
dren, In company with his brother
Joseph, Isaac Morley aud Brother RIOS.
sou, and camped out twenty-one
nights, when they reached Quincy,
Illinois. FROM there he went b. Lima,
Illinois, and stayed one year, and
moved 10 Nauyoo April lot, lsi0.
Here he lived until April lsi, 1915.
During the time he was heated IA
Nauvoo he helped tobulli the Temple,
and paid for share In tho NauvOo
House. From NAuvOO Brother Allon
Proceeded 10 Winter Quarters, ami ns
he LETT NauvoO ms wife was
taken very sick. When he arrived
at the head OF Soap Crock, on
the way 10 Winter Quarters his wills
died from the effects OF the persecu.
ton. From the time Sister Allen was
baptized Into the Church she remained
faithful member, and never muir
INJURED or complained In all the trlals
through which she had 10 pass, for she
had testimony Of the truth OF tile
Gospel for herself, and died ~ she had
"a la al ~
tecilon with the Ssluls. Brother
Daniel Allen was then len with five
children, the youngest being only two
months old. lie lived nj Winter
Quarters until tho spring OF 1915. Hn
was married TO Louisa Jane Berry
June end, 1917. In the spring Of lsfs
he moved his family 10 Kanesyille,
where they resided TIL tie spring OF
lsiD
He started with his family to Salt
Lake valley on May 10Th, 1910, where
he arrived September 22nd OF the same
year. lie lived at Big Cottonwood,
salt Lake valley, for eighteen months,
then moved 10 salt Lake City aud
lived In the Twelfth ward. There
he went into the tannery business with
Samuel Mulliner. Brother Daulul
Allen tanned the ilfst leather Ia Utah.
Alter following this business for three
years la Salt Lake City, he sold out to
Samuel MulliHer. Bro. A Hen married
his third wife, Sarah whitney, In
Salt Lake City In 1854. He then
moved to Manti, Sanpet. county,
bullt another tannery, aud followed
me business there for one year. He
then sold out TO Warren SNOW, and
moved TO Pleasant Grove, Utah county,
IN lhe inll Of 1855, where he built him.
,elf another home. In the fall OF 1856
ne moved to Provo City, where he re-
sided until the fall OF 1869, when he
was called to the Dixie mission. Dur
ing the time he lived 10 Provo he es-
tablishel another tlnnery In the Fourth
warn, and also started boot, shoe aud
harness shop In connection with tho
lannery. He donated literally townrd
lhe building Of the Provo tabernacle
And the Fourth ward sohoolhouse.
lie moved his wife Sarah and family
70 81. George In the fall OF 1852, aud
Julit home there. In 1863 he sold
Guy MS property In Provo aud started
with the other members OF his family
70 ST. George. On reaching ParDwan,
iron County he met President George
A. smith, who counselleI him 10 re-.
main there and build n tannery. Thi.
ne I'D In company with President w.
H. Dame In 1854. He followed the
business until 1850. He then moved
hls family to Escalante, Garfield
county, where he resided up to the
llme Of his death, January IS, 1892 nj
Tue rips age OF eighty-seyen years, ono
month AMI six days. His wife Sarah
llcd January 3, lso2,at tho age OF my
seven years, eleven months anu twenty
flghl days. lilo attended her funeral
% me 9th, was present Mt fast day
neetingon the 7th, aud preached an
y 1hosilent sermon, On the morning OF