Washington Perry McArthur and Urania Gregg McArthur ~~~Pioneers of the Month ~~~June 2023

 

 

According to the Index of Utah Pioneers compiled by the Sons of the Utah Pioneers

 Urania Gregg came to Utah as a pioneer when she was 24.

 She was married to Washington Perry McArthur in Scrubgrass 

Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania on October 25, 1846, when she was 20 years old. 

Very quickly the new family began the move west, as her first child, 

Almeda Jennett McArthur was born just a few days 

over a year later in 1847 in Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa.

Mary Ann Dallin Wheelock

 

 
Mary Ann was the wife of Cyrus Wheelock who was Pioneer of the Month, 

August 1, 2008.  Not much was said about his wife Mary Ann.  So now we can

learn more. 

Mary Ann Dallin Wheelock 

ORIGINAL NAME

Mariane Dallen

BIRTH27 May 1831
Devon, England

DEATH13 Mar 1892 (aged 60)
Mount Pleasant, Sanpete County, Utah,

 USABURIAL
Mount Pleasant City Cemetery

Mount Pleasant, Sanpete County, Utah, USA PLOTA_ms_109_5

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Her parents were Tobias Dallin (Dalling) and Anthena Finch.

Mary Ann was the firstborn of ten children.  She was the caregiver in the Dallin family.  Her mother died while the family was still living in England.

 

After her mother's death, Tobias joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. 

 

 Tobias Dallin moved his family across the Bristol Channel to the area of Newport, Monmouthshire.

 On May 27, 1848, Tobias was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints by W. Hemshaw.

 His children who were old enough were baptized in the months that followed: Mary Anne, Thomas, Robert, and Anthea on Oct. 5th and John and William on Jan. 30th of 1849. Catherine is listed as a member of the branch in the Newport branch records, but no baptism date is given for her.

Family tradition says that the Dallin family was converted to the LDS Church by Cyrus Wheelock, who later married Mary Anne Dallin. 

Newport records and the history of a neighbor in Springville who also joined the Church in Newport confirm that Cyrus was a missionary in that area at the time the Dallins were baptized, though he did not personally baptize any of the family. No mention is made of Tobias' wife, Anthea in the Newport records.  

One more child was born after the family moved to this area. Louisa was christened in August of 1849 at Hartland, Devonshire, but Tobias’ residence was listed at Newport in Monmouthshire.  Anthea’s name did not appear on the baptismal record. It is possible that Anthea died just after Louisa's birth.

Anthea was buried back in her birth parish of Clovelly on 24 August 1849.

The four oldest brothers of the Dallin family, John, William, Thomas, and Robert, sailed on the “North Atlantic” from Liverpool on 4 September and arrived in New Orleans on 1 November 1850.  Evidence from genealogical records suggests that the brothers traveled to the Salt Lake Valley in 1851.  However, further research is needed to determine the exact company they traveled with.    

The rest of the Dallin family traveled to the Salt Lake Valley in 1852 with the Abraham O. Smoot Company.  

The brother’s father, Tobias, and the rest of their siblings, Mary Ann, Catherine, Eliza, and Edwin, sailed from Liverpool on the “Ellen Maria” on 10 February, and arrived in New Orleans on 5 April 1852.

Mary Ann's birth and death dates are confirmed by the Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database and Find A Grave website.

Mary Ann married Cyrus Hubbard Wheelock on December 11, 1853. They were the parents of seven children and they were living in Springville, Utah.

 

They moved to Mt. Pleasant, Utah December 1863. Then they moved to North Ogden where Cyrus was called to be a bishop.  At this time Mary Ann taught school.  Then they moved back to Mt. Pleasant.

Mary Ann was a small woman, but a woman of strength, as was displayed in the many trials of endurance faced in her life.  She had a keen mind.  She was able to discern, foresee, and counsel family and friends. Her husband traveled a lot making life difficult and lonely at times. 

Mary Ann passed away on March 13, 1892, in Mt. Pleasant at the age of sixty-one.

Tabias Dallin
Father of Mary Ann Dallin 

Anthena Finch Dallin

Mary Ann Wheelock's Timeline

1831
May 27, 1831
Birth of Mary Ann Wheelock
West Bromwich, Sandwell, UK

June 19, 1831
christened on 6/19/1831
Ilfracombe, Devonshire, England

June 19, 1831
christened on 6/19/1831
Ilfracombe, Devonshire, England
1850
October 1850
Birth of Kate Ethlinda Wheelock
West Bromwich, Stafford, England
1858
1858
Birth of Julian Russell Wheelock
Utah Territory
1861
February 17, 1861
Birth of Cyrus Alberto Wheelock
Springville, Utah, Utah, United States
1863
October 26, 1863
Birth of Marion Ella Wheelock
Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah
1865
October 16, 1865
Birth of Hannah Ellen Maude Wheelock
Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah

Marian Dallin Wheelock 
Grave Marker 

Cyrus Wheelock is one of my favorite Mt. Pleasant Pioneers