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History
of James Riley Allred James R. Allred, son of Isaac and Mary Calvert Allred was born 28 Jan.
1827 in Tennessee. This family,
with other Allreds, was converted to the restored Gospel, by missionaries of the
L.D.S. Church while living in Tenn. Some
members of the family were baptized in 1832.
After their conversion they went 500 miles into Missouri, to be with
other members. Especially they
desired to live near by its leaders, mainly the Prophet Joseph Smith.
Likely James R. was baptized
at age 8 as were other children of these families.
James endured the hardships of persecution of mobs, being driven from his
home in Missouri, and later from Nauvoo, Illinois.
In 1846 when other Allred families were forced to flee into Iowa he was
among the number. And in that same
year the Mormon Battalion was organized and left Ft. Leavenworth for Mexico.
James Riley only 19 went along with his older brother, Reddick N. and
three Allred cousins, going the entire distance to San Diego.
On July 18, 1846 was his enlistment date in Company A.
Reddick returned to the Missouri River via Fort Hall, Idaho in 1847.
James R. Remained in California likely assisting in the building of
places of protection. Following is a quote from “HeartThrobs of the West”, Vol.
9 pp 456-462 concerning this group: According to previous arrangements a company of 8 persons started on the
1st of May 1848, Sgt. David Browett being elected captain, to pioneer, if
possible, a wagon road over the Sierra Nevada mountains, the Truckee route being
impracticable at this season of the year. This company consisted of David Browett, captain, Ira J.
Willis, J.C. Sly, known as Captain Sly, Israel Evans, Jacob C. Truman, Daniel
Allen, J.R. Allred, Henderson Cox and Robert Pixton. From the same Vol.
9, Church Chronology: Sat. June 24, 1848, Captain Daniel Browett, Daniel Allen and Henderson
Cox, three of the Battalion Boys, left Sutter’s Fort, California, on an
exploring trip across the Sierra Nevada mountains. A few days later they were killed, and their bodies terribly
mutilated
by Indians. The bodies of
these 3 were found by the others of the Battalion boys at a place they called
“Tragedy Springs” and were properly buried at that place.
The remainder of
this group arrived in Salt Lake Valley about the lst of Oct. 1848 feeling
happy that they had exchanged the Land of Gold for relatives and friends
in the home of the L.D.S. D. Tyler from
History of Mormon Battalion. James R. was discharged in 1847 in California.
Upon returning to Utah undoubtedly he joined his brother Harvey in SLC.
The following year his father Isaac and mother, with younger brother,
Isaac Morley age 14 and Sidney R. age 12 arrived in Utah in Oct. 1849.
They lived for a time in Cottonwood, now Holladay, Utah where in 1851-2
the tired little mother, Mary Calvert, passed away.
The family moved to Kays Ward later Kaysville.
When relatives moved to Sanpete County, James R. was with them. In Spring City James R. built himself a cellar or dugout where he lived
on the lot later owned by Lena Tullgren Bradley, now owned by Joseph Beck.
He was a gifted singer, as were his brothers.
He cheered his companions with his many songs, filled at various times
with merriment as well as pathos. He
was, it is said, a kind-hearted man, especially to those in sorrow; and in
digging many graves in the old cemetery, mainly during times when epidemics of
diphtheria and spotted fever took their toll on the early settlers.
My mother, Maria J. Borresen Allred knew him well when she was a child,
being his neighbor. She is now in
her 90th year and her memory clear and active in 1954. James R. was unmarried; he passed away 14 April 1871 at
Spring City. Elder Orson Hyde
regarded him as a Saint, worthy of the greatest blessings from Our Heavenly
Father. NOTE: On 1 April, 1866, James R. Allred enlisted in the Utah Territory
Militia as a private under command of Isaac Martin Behunnin in the Black Hawk
War. Discharged date: 1 Nov. 1867. By Jennie A. Brothersen Grandniece |
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