E O HAYMOND

Information found Family History Suite CD Heart Throbs of the West, Vol. 11,p. 396 The L.D.S. Church emigration of 1850 came to Utah in ten companies under the direction of the following captains: Milo Andrus (A); Benjamin Hawkins (Ha); Aaron Johnson (J); James Pace (P); Edward Hunter (H); Joseph Young (Y); Warren Foote (F); Wilford Woodruff (W); Stephen Markham (M); and David Evans (E). Many independent companies continued to emigrate to the west (I). Name Age Date of Birth Company Haymond, Edward O. 48 March 8, 1802 F or J Haymond, Margaret S. 41 January 9, 1809 F Haymond, Alma J. 13 February 17, 1837 F Haymond, Amasa L. 2 December 8, 1848 F Information found www.lds.org Warren Foote Company 1850 Departure: 17 June 1850 Arrival in Salt Lake Valley: 17-18, 26 September 1850 Company Information: About 540 individuals and 104 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs). Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 20, p.122 Springville Brass Band. This band was organized in 1856 under the leadership of Richard Prater, a good musician from London. After organization, their next move was to furnish something for their transportation. Being fortunate to have a very good carpenter among them, it fell to the lot of Edward Owen Haymond to build a wagon large enough to carry the whole band with seats built in so that each member had his own respective place. One pair of horses belonging to Mr. Haymond were sometimes decked out in trappings suitable to the occasion. In July 1857 the band was invited to play at a July 24 celebration, so leaving from in front of Tom Parry's blacksmith shop where the wagon was built, they did a little serenading, then were off [p.123] to the celebration in great hilarity and fun. Everyone joined in and did their share. In this first band Thomas Snelson, Sr., was a member. He played a clarinet. Thomas Snelson, Jr., joined and played a cornet. Henry Mass played the cornet; Frederick Weight, bass horn; Henry Roylance, trombone; George Williams, bass horn; William Clyde, bass drum; Abraham Day, snare drum; and Richard Prater was the leader and head cornet man. William D. Huntington, Sr., Charlie Stevenson, Joseph Lyons and Thomas Burnett were also members. In 1857 an invitation was sent by Governor Young to the various towns in Utah County to join Salt Lake County in celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Pioneers' entrance into Utah. The celebration was to be held at the head of Big Cottonwood Canyon. Some twenty teams, headed by the band in their fine new wagon, went from Springville. Lauran H. Roundy, who was the possessor of some very fine horses, was teammaster. It took them one day to reach their destination and the celebration went on for three days. On the morning of July 22nd, the group gathered in front of Johnson's home and just as old sol shot his golden rays into the valley, the procession started with the band playing and their flag flying. The present road across Provo Bench was marked off that day for future travel. That night they camped at the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon. The evening was spent in contests by various bands, among the number being the famous Nauvoo Brass Band. The next day the long train wended its way up to the beautiful valley at the head of the canyon where tents were pitched under the spreading branches of the towering pines. The next day was never forgotten by those present. There was a battery of artillery that kept the echoes ringing from daybreak until eight p.m. A fine program was carried out while dancing, feasting and merriment was kept up until the wee hours of the twenty-fifth. It was on this date that A. O. Smoot and Porter Rockwell rode into camp sunburned and travel-stained, to impart the startling news that Johnston's Army Was on its way to Utah. Immediately everyone left for home to prepare to meet them. Information from the book A Brief History of Springville by Don Carlos Johnson Page 14, During the year 1851 Edward O. Haymond and family came to Springville. Mr. Haymond was the first blacksmith in Springville and for many years kept his anvil ringing. He also did the first gardening in the way of cultivating fruits and berries. Mr. Haymond was a very useful man in those early days, being always at the front in all public labors, which burdened the early settlers. Page 13, At daylight the Hobble Creek boys awakened their Provo neighbors with E. O. Haymond's anvil, which made the echoes ring along the mountain tops for the first time on the 24th of July in this valley. (1851) Page 16, Spring 1852, It was an animated scene when they began a canal through the hard, baked soil. Ten oxen were attached to the largest plow in town, one fitted on purpose at "Pap" Haymond's forge. The most stalwart men were selected to hold the plow, one to wield the lash and steer the animals, while the remainder followed up, and with spade and shovel cleared away the loose earth. In the spring of 1861 news was flashed over the Union telegraph line that Fort Sumter had been bombarded by the rebels and the War of the Rebellion was on in earnest. Mail runs from Salt Lake City were three times a week; and the Deseret News said that if monthly payments were made, a special bulletin of the war news would be sent three times a week. It is remembered that E. O. Haymond gave $5.00 toward the good cause.