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THE 1845 DIARY of CLAUDIUS VICTOR SPENCER Maurine Carr Ward THE 1845 DIARY OF CLAUDIUS VICTOR SPENCER Maurine Carr Ward One year ago, a small diary was purchased by the describing his death:3 Special Collections Department of Utah State University. Actually, it was only two months of a diary--25 Jammy I wish here to make affectionate and honorable men- 1845 to 18 February 1845-and it appeared to have been tion of my bmther Hyrum, whose life before associ- tom from a larger account No name is attached to the ation with our people, and his devotion and loyalty diary; however, some clues as to its author are evident.' after joining them, were worthy of the highest praise. He was as brave in spirit as he was powehl Tbe content of tbe journal suggests that it was writ- in physique. He left Nawoo with the first out-going ten by a young man in his late teens or early twenties. On Saints as captain of fifty in the company om Friday, 7 February, be penned these words: "went to under my presidency. During the journey from Major Roes. Told his Wife that My name was Spencer Nawoo to Garden Grove he organized the labor that I came from Nauvoo." Young Spencer lived with his force of the camp, arad took contracts from the set- father and mother and, apparently, with a brother or tlers bordering our route of travel, to chop timber, someone named Gilbert. split rails, etc., thereby procuring sustenance for the camp and acquiring other much needed means for The Spencer Families in Nauvoo the feeble and ailing. The next morning after his So the author of the diary could be determined, the anival at Garden Gmve he voluntarily started back Spencer families living in Nawoo during the time of the to Nawoo. Through great efforts he succeeded in diary had to be identified. emigrating several poor families, and also sold some of the property left by the thm Spencer bmthers, Daniel Spencer and his wife, Chloe Wilson, we= takng payment in stock cattle. Immediately from West Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts. Their tnunped up writs and attachments were issued to son, Daniel Jr., was the first to become interested in th: hold the property until tbe mob which was gathering strange, new Mormon sect When he chose to join with should come into Nawoo. By almost superhuman this reuon, his father and mother and Baptist minister exertions he escaped with the cattle and means- bmther, Orson, chose not to associate with him further. crossing the Mississippi sixty miles above Nawoo, Daniel Jr. continued to tell them of his beliefs, though, while the sheriff and posse were waiting to intercept and soon baptized 01son and another brother, Hiram, and him forty miles below the city-and all but reacbed their families. Eventually, Daniel Sr., Chloe, and the the camp of the Saints at Mount Pisgah; &ugh he families of their three sons were all in Nawoo, Illhis. did so as a martyr, his exposures, anxieties and Chloe died in Nawoo in 1843. Her husband died there in labors having killed him He died some miles east of November 1844. the settlement, and the body was brought there for burial. All three of the Spenoer sons were involved inbuild- ing not only the Church but also the cities where the Orson SpenceI4 was a mte from Union College Saints resided. Hiram2 died in August 1846 near Mt. in Schenectady, New Yo*. He became a school teacber Pisgah, Iowa Daniel Jr. paid tribute to Hiram while and also began to study law--but insterad found an inter- MAURINE CQRR WARD is the editor of The Nawoo Jod.She is also the editor of Mnter Quarters: The 184& 1848 Lije Writings ofMary Haskin Parker Riflarh, the ffirst in a series of writings by frontier women, published by Utah State University Press. est in religion He then joined the Baptist Church, the Who then was Claudius Spenceflg Other questions church of his parents. Upon graduation from a theologi- might also be asked. Where is the rest of his journal? cal college in Hamilton, New Yo& he served as a How was his life shaped by the early Church ewiron- Baptist minister for twelve years before affiliating with ment and his Spencer heritage? The following informa- the Mormons in 1841. Orson lost his wife, Catherim tion summarizes his life: Curtis, in March 1846 at Indian Creek, Iowa, on their exodus from Nawoo. Brigham Young then called Orson Claudius Victor Spencer was born 2 April 1825 in on a mission to Great Britain, leaving six small children, West Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts. His moth- all under the age of thirteen Later, in the Salt Lake er, Sophronia, died when he was seven years old. Two Valley, Orson became the chancellor of the new years later, his farremanid, giving Claudius a step- University of Deseret. In 1852, he went on a second mis- brother named Gilbert who was two and a half years sion to Ewpe, returned home itl1853, and then labored younger.10 in the United States mission until 1855. He moved to St. Louis, where he was the editor of the St. Louis Luminary, CWusmoved to Nawao with his father's family published by the Church While in St. Louis, he was in the early 1840s. One day in January 1843, Heber C. called on a mission to the Cherokee Nation but became Kimball -red a pupof young people to his home to ill with "chills and fever" and retumed to St. Louis where warn them of the evils and temptations around them The he died 15 October 1855.5 next week, the pup met in Lorin Farr's schoolroom, where they studied the scriptures and were exhorted to Daniel Jr? worked at his father's farm as a youth but keep good company and remain pure from the evils of desired to become a merchant. By the time he joined the the worid. Afkr several more such meetings, Joseph LDS Chmh, he bad a successful store. While in Smith advised them to organize themselves into a society Nawoo, Daniel served two missions, was on the city for the relief of the poor. WmCutler was selected council, and was voted as the mayor of Nawoo at the president. hdrew &on, Claudius Spencer, and death of Joseph Smith. Daniel acted as a bishop at the Stephen Perry were asked to dmft the organization's con- Missouri River and led a company across the plains to stitution, which was accepted on 28 March11 the Salt Lake Valley. lkn, he again engaged in various business ventures, became involved in the legislature, Claudius drove the first team in his father's wagon and was one of the original members of the board of company between Wrnter Quarters, Nebraska, and Salt regents of the University of Deseret. He was called as Lake City in 1847. Thex, like his father, he farmed the p-ident of the Salt Lake Stake for nineteen years arad ground. They also foda partnership with Jacob Gates was first counselor in the British Mission presidency for and Jesse C. Little in a ranch in Rush Valley, mnlral thee years. Daniel died in Salt Lake City on 8 December Utah-until they were forcibly removed by the soldiers 1868.7 from Camp Floyd in March 1859. CMus also fol- lowed his father in civic and government interests. The Diarist Claudius was a member of the territorial assembly and of Two of the Spencerfadlies had sons win may have the Salt Lake City Council, serving for many years as authored the little journal. Charles Hemy Spencer, the supe~sorof the streets in the city. son of Hiram and Mary, was born in December 1827 and would have been age seventeen Writings in the diary The Mormon Church was always dear to Claudius. and other accounts, however, point to twenty-year-old He se~vedtwo missions to GaBritain He was given CMus Victor Spencer, the son of Daniel Jr., or the charge of 350 Saints on the ship Munchester as it Sophronia as the author. Swcally, the diary of the sailed from Liverpool to New York in April and Uay father, Daniel8 for the period from 25 January 1845 1861. From June to September 1853, Chdius led a through 18February 1845 parallels the unidentified jour- group of 250 mix& from Kanesville, Iowa, to Salt Lake. nal. Also, Daniel was married at the time to his second He was a president of the Thirty-Seventh Quorum of wife, Sarah Lester Van Schoonoven, and had adopted her Seventy when it was orgamd and was a stake patriarch son by a previous maniage, a boy named Gilbert at his death He was married five limes. His first wife was his Mondav 27th cousin, Maria Antoinette Spencer, daughter of Himm The Weather Cold and Cloudy-spent the Day in and Mary Spencer. His other wives were Georgjana drawing sand for the Temple; had much sport with King, Susanna. Francis Neslen, Louisa King, and the Workmen, Last Load the men nearly filled my Matilda Price. Box--told them it was to muchLoad must throw out som Mr. Weldon took out nearly a Pint and said Claudius built a large home, known as the "Spencer [inserted above line] the onier was obeyed. I drove House," at 252 South State Street in Salt Lake City. The it to the Temple. %&Alpheus Cuttler remarked that house later became the home of many of the federal offi- I always [unclear] drawed big loads. in the Evening cials in the valley and was a point of interest for tourists.
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