Our first Mormon ancestor was Issac Allred; our fourth Great Grandfather.

Allred Progenitors: (William, Thomas)

Born: 01/27/1788 Pendleton Co., SC

Died: 11/13/1870 Spring City, Sanpete Co., UT

ISAAC ALLRED*

 

The family moved from Tennessee shortly after the birth of this son (Paulinus Harvey Allred, January 21st, 1829) and settled on the Salt River in Monroe County, Missouri. It was here that Isaac Allred and his family and some of the older married sons of James Allred settled and formed what was known and referred to in history as “Allred Settlement”. It was likely here, too, that these families were first visited by the Elders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We find this place and these people lovingly referred to in President Heber C. Kimball’s life history and by other early Elders of the LDS Church. Though James was the oldest member of the Allred family to join the Church in these last days, and was baptized into the Church the 10th of September 1832, it appears that Isaac, his younger brother, accepted the gospel at an earlier date for his Endowment records indicate that he was baptized into the Church and Kingdom of God in the year 1831.

 

The Prophet, Joseph Smith visited the Allred families on the Salt River and with other Elders was instrumental in organizing the “Salt River Branch of the Church.” Most of the members of these families accepted the gospel and were baptized in 1832 and 1833.

 

During the expulsion of the Saints from Monroe and adjacent counties, Isaac Allred sought refuge for his family in Caldwell County where they lived until 1838. It was at this place that Mary Calvert Allred gave birth to her last born son, Sidney Rigdon Allred, on the 22nd of October 1837. We find in 1838 that the family had moved to join the body of the Saints who had been driven from their homes in Missouri and with them they settled at Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois.

 

When on the 12th of July, 1843, the revelation on “The Plurality of Wives and the Eternity of the Marriage Covenant” was first written and was read by President Hyrum Smith to the members of the First High Council called by the Prophet Joseph Smith, we find that Isaac Allred appears as a member of that council. He is mentioned as one of the nine faithful council members who accepted the revelation as the word of the Lord to the Saints in these last days. The other three members of the High Council rejected the revelation and in fulfillment of the prophecy made at that time by Hyrum, brother of the Prophet, they later apostatized.

 

Isaac Allred and his family were among the 15 Allred families who fled before the mobs when the Saints were driven from Nauvoo. They crossed the Missouri River on the ice and escaped into the bleak surroundings of that uninviting land with the faithful followers of President Brigham Young.

 

It is well known how the United States Government officials, after having permitted and assisted in the expulsion of the Saints from their homes and lands, later ordered that the fleeing body be overtaken and that 500 of their young men be drafted into the Army to join in the war against Mexico. The Saints were overtaken in Indian Territory and it was here that the Army Officer had been directed to get 500 men or upon failure of the “Mormons” to supply them to count them as traitors, fleeing under false pretenses, and therefore worth of extermination. This is according to the statement of President Brigham Young before the Council of the Kingdom at that time. It was under these conditions that President Young advised the young men to join the Army. He promised them that they would not have to shed the blood of their fellow men, but that this added affliction heaped upon them in this hour of their trials would turn out as a blessing upon their heads. Several of the young Allred boys joined the “Mormon Battalion: and performed with that Battalion in the longest march of foot soldiers in length of miles ever traversed by any army in the history of time.

 

When President Young and his advance company proceeded on to the west, he advised the remaining body of Saints to stay where they were in Indian Territory and raise crops and provide for themselves and lay up store for the others in the long march which must eventually follow. Besides, he said, at that time many of their young men now in the army could join them and assist them in their track. James Allred and his family remained and at the appropriate time in 1848 continued with a 100 wagon train, many of them Allred’s, on their march to Salt Lake City, Utah. However, Isaac Allred was selected with other brethren to go on ahead with President Brigham Young as an advance company. He was with them when on the 24th of July, 1847, when they entered the Salt Lake Valley.

 

Mary Calvert, mother of 13 fine children and one of those known and mentioned as one of the noble “Women of Mormondom” having a name worthy to be perpetuated through all time and eternity, died in Sanpete County on the 16th of September 1851. (According to one record, she died in Holladay, Salt Lake County. Sanpete County had not been settled at that time, so she must have died in Holladay.) We find the incident of her passing in Sanpete County referred to by her son, William Moore Allred in his diary, while he was still on his way to Salt Lake City with his delayed brethren and their families and while they were camped at “Loon Fork” on the Platt River.

 

On the 5th of November 1852, Isaac Allred married Matilda Stewart, the widow of John Miller, she being sealed to him for time and to her deceased husband for eternity. By this marriage, Isaac fathered one daughter Matilda Stewart Allred, who was born 12 May, 1853 at Big Cottonwood, Salt Lake County, Utah.

 

Isaac joined members of the Allred family about 1853 aiding in the settlement of the Allred family about 1853 aiding in the settlement of the Sanpete Valley and in the formation of “Allred Town” later known as “Little Denmark” then as Spring Town, and now as Spring City, Utah. Some of his sons were sent to establish settlements in Star Valley, Wyoming, in the Great Bear Lake, Idaho and other new places in the west.

 

Isaac died the 13th of November 1870 at Spring City, Sanpete County, Utah after fulfilling a noble life and leaving a name for good among all Saints.

 

* (History taken from Allred Organization Web site; written by Rulon C. Allred.)

 

 

 

William Moore Allred was born in Bedford County, TN on December 24, 1819.  He was the fifth child and second son of the 13 children of Isaac Allred and Mary Calvert.  The family moved to Monroe County, Missouri about 1831 and settled near the Salt River.  On September 10, 1832, William was baptized by George M. Hinkle and joined the LDS Church (Mormon) along with other family members.  He first saw Joseph Smith when the church leader came to Allred Settlement as he led Zion's Camp toward Jackson County.  The Allreds moved to Clay County in 1835, but were driven to Caldwell County the next year.

William became involved in the resistance to the mobs while still in his teens, participating in the battle of Crooked River and other skirmishes.  He is the "Captain Allred" who led the capture of the shipment of mob arms.  He was among those who surrendered and was disarmed at Far West, MO.  He then fled to Quincy, IL as a fugitive to escape the recriminations decreed against the leaders of the resistance to the mobs.  He later returned to Far West to help his family remove to Illinois.  Then he was very sick for almost a year.

The Allreds settled in Nauvoo, IL where William met and married Orissa Angelia Bates on January 9, 1842.  The ceremony was performed in the home of Apostle Orson Pratt by Mayor John C. Bennett.  The Prophet Joseph Smith and his wife Emma were present.  William paid $150 for a lot near the temple site, where he built a small brick house.  He sold it all for $35 when they left. 

William worked on the Nauvoo Temple throughout it's construction period.  There was little money.  He sold the cloth he had acquired to make a coat in order to buy bread.  Through experience in the building of the Nauvoo temple, he learned the building trade which he followed the remainder of his life. 

Joining the Nauvoo Legion, William was commissioned a Captain.  He also had a close association with the Prophet Joseph Smith.  He played ball with him, was present to hear a number of prophecies and was among those present when Joseph bid them farewell as he rode off to Carthage and martyrdom.  He was present at the meeting of August 8, 1844 in which both Sidney Rigdon and Brigham Young stated their cases for leadership of the church.  He was convinced that "the mantle of Joseph" fell upon Brigham.  William and Orissa received their endowments in the new temple on January 3, 1846.  They left Nauvoo in the spring.  Owning no wagon, they were transported to Winter Quarters by Orson Pratt, who was William's brother-in-law, having married Orissa's sister.  They later settled at "Allred Settlement" near Council Bluffs, Iowa.

William found employment to aid preparation to move to Utah.  He acquired two cows and raised and broke some steers, and he worked at a wagon shop.  After working hours he worked at building his own wagon.  He later proudly reported that he was one of the few who had no wagon breakdown on the trip west.  William migrated to Utah in 1851.  He took charge of Orson Pratt's wagons as well as his own - a taxing experience.

At Salt Lake City, William's little daughter, Adeline, who had become blind, was blessed by Joseph Smith's Uncle John and immediately healed.  William was present in 1853 when the temple block was dedicated and also when the cornerstone of the temple was placed.  He moved to the Tooele area in 1855, where he served in a bishopric.  In 1857 he married Martha Martindale.  She died in 1860 leaving a small son who Orissa raised as one of her own.  In 1858 William took part on the "Utah War" serving as Sergeant of the Guard.

In 1864 William was among those called to settle the Bear Lake Valley of Idaho/Utah under the direction of Apostle Charles C. Rich.  According to his journal he built "about the first house in St. Charles".  He helped build sawmills, gristmills and homes in that area.  When frost took his wheat, he went to Soda Springs and worked for wheat to make bread for his family.  At different times he served in the following positions:  Stake Superintendent of Sunday Schools, agent for both Deseret News and Juvenile Instructor, Justice of the Peace, County Clerk, County Recorder and Pound Keeper.

Orissa passed away in 1878 leaving four small sons.  William later married Mary Osborne, a widow, who cared for him and his sons.  In 1893 he moved with some of his sons to the new settlement in Star Valley, WY.  There he built a two-room frame house just like those he had built at Bear Lake Settlement.  It was there at his home at Fairview, WY that he passed away on June 8, 1901.  He was buried beside Orissa at St. Charles, ID. 

Throughout his life after 1844, William observed June 27th, the anniversary of the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, as a special day.

 

 

1- William Moore ALLRED  b 12/24/1819 d 06/08/1901

(Isaac, William, Thomas)

(1) Orissa Angela Bates b 08/17/1823 Henderson, Jefferson Co., NY d 01/29/1878 dau of Cyrus Bates b 02/17/1792 d 10/03/1836 and Lydia Harrington b 12/07/1795 d 12/28/1873

(2) Martha Jane Martindale b 02/01/1837 d 11/18/1860 dau of William Addington Martindale b 06/11/1814 d 02/14/1873 and Mahalia Stigleman b 1812 d 01/02/1898

(3) Mary Eleanor Osborn b 08/26/1831 d 08/02/1906 dau of David Osborn b 03/31/1807 d 06/12/1893 and Cynthia Butler b 12/19/1811 d 07/02/1852

s- current-> Mary Eleanor OSBORN b 08/26/1831 d 08/02/1906 daughter of David OSBORN and Cynthia BUTLER

s- Orissa Angela BATES

    2- William Lansing ALLRED b 10/18/1842 d 01/28/1915 descendants: 82

    2- Mary Adaline ALLRED  b 12/20/1844 d 02/21/1914 descendants: 192

    2- Byron Harvey ALLRED  b 05/29/1847 d 08/06/1912 descendants: 2292

    2- Marvin Adelbert ALLRED b 08/13/1849 d 05/01/1916 descendants: 294

    2- Amelia Lorinda ALLRED STILLBORN  b 07/30/1851 d 07/30/1851 descendants: 0

    2- Melvin Hilbert ALLRED  b 10/19/1852 d 12/16/1854 descendants: 0

    2- Medwin Newton ALLRED  b 02/20/1855 d 07/29/1895 descendants: 1016

    2- Orissa Angelia ALLRED  b 06/16/1857 d 05/14/1922 descendants: 96

    2- Lydia Lavette ALLRED  b 09/23/1859 d 04/24/1917 descendants: 108

    2- Seymour Legrand ALLRED  b 04/15/1862 d 04/30/1923 descendants: 164

    2- Nelson Calvert ALLRED  b 10/05/1865 d 03/02/1929 descendants: 168

    2- Orson Pratt ALLRED b 10/29/1867 d 03/19/1910 descendants: 536

s- Martha Jane MARTINDALE

    2- Edgar Martindale ALLRED  b 02/27/1858 d 12/05/1925 descendants: 23

    2- Martha Jane ALLRED  b 11/09/1860 d 11/09/1860 descendants: 0

14 children - 4985 descendants (that we know of)

 

 

Our Great Great Grandfather

(for his complete diary click on his name for the web link)

1- Byron Harvey ALLRED  b 05/29/1847 Kanesville, IO d 08/06/1912 El Paso, TX

(William Moore, Isaac, William, Thomas)

(1) Phoebe Irene Cook b 01/19/1852 d 04/19/1913 dau of Phineas Wolcott Cook and Ann Eliza Howland

(2) Alta Matilda Rolph b 08/05/1855 d 06/25/1948 dau of John Social Rolph and Dianthia Sophia Whitney

(3) Mary Eliza Tracy b 03/03/1873 d 09/30/1949 dau of Helon Henry Tracy b 02/25/1849 d 04/25/1893 and Emma Maria Burdett b 09/22/1851 d 06/02/1933

s- current-> Mary Eliza TRACY b 03/03/1873 d 09/30/1949 daughter of Helon Henry TRACY and Emma Maria BURDETT

s- Phoebe Irene COOK

    2- Byron Harvey ALLRED Jr.  b 03/31/1870 d 01/18/1937 descendants: 1593

    2- Myra Irene ALLRED  b 04/10/1872 d 09/09/1912 descendants: 0

s- Alta Matilda ROLPH

    2- Miss ALLRED  b 09/??/1876 d 1876 descendants: 0

    2- Orville Albert ALLRED  b 11/27/1877 or 1878 d 06/04/1937 descendants: 43

    2- Melvin Calvert ALLRED  b 10/20/1879 d 04/18/1896 descendants: 0

    2- Alta Matilda ALLRED  b 04/06/1881 d 11/14/1948 descendants: 49

    2- Minnie Diantha ALLRED  b 01/01/1883 d 02/10/1883 descendants: 0

    2- Ednar Jay ALLRED  b 03/05/1884 d 11/25/1938 descendants: 38

    2- Cora ALLRED b 05/31/1886 d 02/21/1870 descendants: 30

    2- Eva ALLRED b 02/17/1888 d 11/02/1918 descendants: 134

    2- Orissa ALLRED  b 04/19/1890 d 03/19/1972 descendants: 50

    2- Cyrus William ALLRED  b 12/17/1892 d 01/18/1893 descendants: 0

    2- Orson Parley ALLRED  b 11/13/1894 d 08/29/1977 descendants: 61

    2- Rolla Arland ALLRED  b 03/10/1898 d 12/03/1971 descendants: 6

s- Mary Eliza TRACY

    2- Henry Garcia ALLRED  b 02/08/1895 d 11/19/1954 descendants: 23

    2- Lorain Tracy ALLRED  b 02/26/1897 d 11/26/1897 descendants: 0

    2- Lavon Tracy ALLRED  b 10/07/1901 descendants: 11

    2- Mary Viola ALLRED  b 04/26/1904 d 01/15/2000 descendants: 236

18 children - 2292 descendants (that we know of)

 

 

 

(for the complete diary of Byron Harvey Allred Jr, click on his name below for web link)

 

Our Great Grandfather; Byron Harvey Allred Jr.

with some of his sons.

 

 

1- Byron Harvey ALLRED Jr.  b 03/31/1870 St. Charles, Bear Lake Co., ID d 01/18/1937 Emmett, ID

(Byron Harvey, William Moore, Isaac, William, Thomas)

(1) Charlotte Susannah Pead b 12/24/1870 d 12/03/1908 dau William N. Pead and Susanna Johnson

(2) Mary Evelyn Clark b 11/27/1884 d 07/27/1954 dau Arthur Benjamin Clark and Mary Catrina Rasmussen

(3) Frieda Elizabeth Gabrielsen

s- current-> Frieda Elizabeth GABRIELSEN daughter of NOT KNOWN

s- Charlotte Susannah PEAD

    2- Ezra Harvey ALLRED  b 07/27/1889 d 01/21/1904 descendants: 0

    2- Lothair William ALLRED  b 11/06/1892 d 10/17/1972 descendants: 153

    2- Elwood Byron ALLRED  b 02/10/1894 d 04/10/1979 descendants: 42

    2- Moses Thatcher ALLRED  b 07/27/1896 d 09/23/1978 descendants: 48

    2- Harold ALLRED TWIN  b 03/05/1900 d 05/26/1980 descendants: 8

    2- Charlotte ALLRED TWIN  b 03/05/1900 d 12/04/1967 descendants: 0

    2- Othello ALLRED b 04/13/1901 d 07/13/1903 descendants: 0

    2- Irene ALLRED  b 04/21/1903 d 07/25/1980 descendants: 2

    2- Rhea ALLRED  b 06/14/1906 d 11/05/1989 descendants: 44

    2- Grace ALLRED TWIN  b 12/03/1908 d 12/03/1908 descendants: 0

    2- Erma ALLRED TWIN  b 12/03/1908 d 12/04/1908 descendants: 0

s- Mary Evelyn CLARK

    2- Louis Clark ALLRED  b 12/15/1904 d 02/12/1905 descendants: 0

    2- Rulon Clark ALLRED Dr.  b 03/29/1906 d 05/10/1977 descendants: 394

    2- Mary Evelyn ALLRED  b 06/29/1908 d 03/28/1979 descendants: 33

    2- Olive ALLRED  b 05/01/1910 d 09/??/1969 descendants: 28

    2- Otho Harvey ALLRED  b 01/18/1912 d 06/19/1992 descendants: 1

    2- Owen Arthur ALLRED b 01/15/1914 d 02/14/2005 descendants: 342

    2- Beth ALLRED  b 04/07/1916 d 06/16/1980 descendants: 340

    2- Marvin Laddie ALLRED Sr.  b 10/19/1918 d 01/08/2003 descendants: 67

    2- Modine ALLRED  d 02/12/1996 descendants: 40

    2- Clarence Eugene ALLRED  b 01/07/1924 descendants: 30

21 children - 1593 descendants (that we know of)

 

 

Our Grandmother Rhea Allred Kunz

with her husband Morris Quincy Kunz.

 

1- Rhea ALLRED  b 06/14/1906 d 11/05/1989

(Byron Harvey Jr., Byron Harvey, William Moore, Isaac, William, Thomas)

(1) Morris Quincy Kunz b 11/13/1904 son of David Kunz b 10/30/1855 d 10/24/1916 and Maren Sophie Rebecca Nielsen b 04/18/1869 d 12/01/1908

s- Morris Quincy KUNZ

    2- Arlene Rhea KUNZ  b 04/28/1928 

    2- Donna May KUNZ b 10/07/1929 

    2- Myra KUNZ  b 04/10/1931 

    2- Charlotte Susanna KUNZ  b 08/24/1932     

    2- Morris David KUNZ b 12/13/1933 

    2- John Taylor KUNZ  b 09/27/1935 

    2- Lothair Samuel KUNZ  b 04/19/1939 

    2- Karen KUNZ  b 08/09/1940

8 children

 

 

 

Our Father Clyde Mackert and his four wives.

left to right; Donna(second wife, Midge(first wife),

our Mother Myra(third wife), and Maurine(fourth wife)

 

1- Myra KUNZ  b 04/10/1931

(Rhea, Byron Harvey Jr., Byron Harvey, William Moore, Isaac, William, Thomas)

(1) Clyde Chapman Mackert Sr. b 11/21/1920 d 11/30/2002 son of Clyde Christopher Mackert and Mary Bell Chapman

(2) Sterling Tolman

s- current-> Sterling TOLMAN son of NOT KNOWN

s- Clyde Chapman MACKERT Sr.

    2- Mary Louise MACKERT  b 02/06/1952 

    2- Rowena MACKERT b 12/18/1953 

    2- David Chapman MACKERT  b 10/14/1955 

    2- Kathleen Fawn MACKERT  b 10/24/1957 

    2- Paul Chapman MACKERT  b 06/24/1960 

    2- Laura MACKERT  b 01/23/1963     

    2- Brian Joseph MACKERT  b 01/09/1967

7 children