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Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Life Story of Alexander Scoby Standley and Philinda Upson Standley compiled by George Burton Standley
Life Story of Alexander Scoby Standley and Philinda Upson Standley
(Compiled by George Burton Standley, November 8, 1931)
"My great-grandfather, Alexander Scoby Standley, was born in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, 12 May 1800, the son of Richard and Elizabeth Stuls [sic] Standley. He came to Ohio with his father's family in the year 1818. There he bought a farm covered with timber. Each year he would clear a patch and cultivate it until the farm was all in good condition. He had no opportunity to attend school, but his burning desire to learn made him use every spare moment for study. At night the firelight would serve as his light. Through his persistance, he became well enough educated to teach school and was very well liked.
My great-grandmother, Philinda Upson, was born August 1, 1814, at Randolph, Portage County, Ohio, the daughter of Freeman Upson and Sally (or Sarah) Culver.
(Compiled by George Burton Standley, November 8, 1931)
"My great-grandfather, Alexander Scoby Standley, was born in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, 12 May 1800, the son of Richard and Elizabeth Stuls [sic] Standley. He came to Ohio with his father's family in the year 1818. There he bought a farm covered with timber. Each year he would clear a patch and cultivate it until the farm was all in good condition. He had no opportunity to attend school, but his burning desire to learn made him use every spare moment for study. At night the firelight would serve as his light. Through his persistance, he became well enough educated to teach school and was very well liked.
My great-grandmother, Philinda Upson, was born August 1, 1814, at Randolph, Portage County, Ohio, the daughter of Freeman Upson and Sally (or Sarah) Culver.
Lexander Scoby Standley and Philinda Upson Standley by Elizabeth Standley Osborn Osborn Benson
Early Recollections Of My Parents And Their Teachings
By Elizabeth Standley Osborn Osborn Benson [She was married to Osborn brothers.]
"My father, Alexander Scoby Standley, was born May 12, 1800, in the State of New Jersey. His early days were spent fishing near the mouth of rivers that emptied into the sea. At the age of seventeen, he moved to Ohio, then a new unsettled country. On the 19th of March, 1829, he married Philinda Upson. He was a hard working, saving man, she an economizing, hard working woman. They soon gathered around them the comforts of home. He was a staunch, political man, but disgusted with the religions of the day. He said they did not agree with the teachings of Jesus as recorded in the Holy Bible, which he had been taught by his loving mother to believe. Mother tried to get religion, but none of the churches suited her until Elder James Emmett came teaching the doctrine of the Latter Day Saints.
By Elizabeth Standley Osborn Osborn Benson [She was married to Osborn brothers.]
"My father, Alexander Scoby Standley, was born May 12, 1800, in the State of New Jersey. His early days were spent fishing near the mouth of rivers that emptied into the sea. At the age of seventeen, he moved to Ohio, then a new unsettled country. On the 19th of March, 1829, he married Philinda Upson. He was a hard working, saving man, she an economizing, hard working woman. They soon gathered around them the comforts of home. He was a staunch, political man, but disgusted with the religions of the day. He said they did not agree with the teachings of Jesus as recorded in the Holy Bible, which he had been taught by his loving mother to believe. Mother tried to get religion, but none of the churches suited her until Elder James Emmett came teaching the doctrine of the Latter Day Saints.
Philinda Upson Standley by Mary Ellen Kerr Gee
Alexander Standley by Mary Ellen Kerr Gee
"HER LAST YEARS WERE SPENT WITH HER DAUGHTERS, TWO OF WHOM LIVED IN RICHMOND - CYRENE AND LYDIA, AT WHOSE HOME SHE PASSED AWAY. I REMEMBER GREAT GRANDMOTHER VERY WELL. SHE WAS ALWAYS NEATLY DRESSED - A SNOWY WHITE DRESS AND APRON. HER WAVY HAIR AND PINK CHEEKS GAVE HER A GIRLISH CHARM. HER PATRIACHAL BLESSING SAID SHE WOULD BE CHANGED IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE. MY MOTHER, ELLA MERRILL KERR, WAS WITH HER AT THE TIME OF HER PASSING. SHE AWAKENED FROM A LONG PEACEFUL SLEEP, SMILED AT MOTHER AND MURMURED "I AM READY NOW." A BEAUTIFUL ENDING FOR A LONG LIFE OF FAITH AND DEVOTION TO HER CHURCH AND HER FAMILY. DEATH 27 JAN.1892 AT RICHMOND, UTAH"
"HER LAST YEARS WERE SPENT WITH HER DAUGHTERS, TWO OF WHOM LIVED IN RICHMOND - CYRENE AND LYDIA, AT WHOSE HOME SHE PASSED AWAY. I REMEMBER GREAT GRANDMOTHER VERY WELL. SHE WAS ALWAYS NEATLY DRESSED - A SNOWY WHITE DRESS AND APRON. HER WAVY HAIR AND PINK CHEEKS GAVE HER A GIRLISH CHARM. HER PATRIACHAL BLESSING SAID SHE WOULD BE CHANGED IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE. MY MOTHER, ELLA MERRILL KERR, WAS WITH HER AT THE TIME OF HER PASSING. SHE AWAKENED FROM A LONG PEACEFUL SLEEP, SMILED AT MOTHER AND MURMURED "I AM READY NOW." A BEAUTIFUL ENDING FOR A LONG LIFE OF FAITH AND DEVOTION TO HER CHURCH AND HER FAMILY. DEATH 27 JAN.1892 AT RICHMOND, UTAH"
Philinda Upson Standely patriarchal blessing
Received from May Christensen, age 93, on 15 Sep. 1990, contained in pages compiled by George Burton Standley, Nov 8, 1931:
Patriarchal Blessing Of Philinda Standley
The following Patriarchal Blessing was taken from Book 12, page 568, in the office of the Church Historian, 47 East South Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah No. 1678 8 April 1838.
A Blessing by Joseph Smith, Senior, upon the head of Philinda Standley, daughter of Freeman Upson born August 1st 1819 in Randolph, Portage County, Ohio.
Sister, by the authority of the Holy Priesthood and in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, the son of the living God I lay my hands on thy head to secure thee against the destroyer and from the power of Satan for his devices are many and he will seek to overthrow thee and many will seek to turn thee away from the truth and offer thee presents if thou wilt renounce Mormonism and if thou wilt not go to the land of Zion.
Patriarchal Blessing Of Philinda Standley
The following Patriarchal Blessing was taken from Book 12, page 568, in the office of the Church Historian, 47 East South Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah No. 1678 8 April 1838.
A Blessing by Joseph Smith, Senior, upon the head of Philinda Standley, daughter of Freeman Upson born August 1st 1819 in Randolph, Portage County, Ohio.
Sister, by the authority of the Holy Priesthood and in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, the son of the living God I lay my hands on thy head to secure thee against the destroyer and from the power of Satan for his devices are many and he will seek to overthrow thee and many will seek to turn thee away from the truth and offer thee presents if thou wilt renounce Mormonism and if thou wilt not go to the land of Zion.
Philinda Upson Standley Obituary
Obituary:
Received from May Christensen, age 93, on 15 Sep. 1990, contained in pages compiled by George Burton Standley, Nov 8, 1931. [No name of newspaper or date of obituary & also found at: Utah Digital Newspapers http://udn.lib.utah.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/deseretnews9&CISOPTR=28119&CISOSHOW=28266&REC=9 ]
The Deseret News, 05 March 1892, page 32 - Obituary
"Died at Richmond, Cache County, Utah, 27 January, 1892, of old age super induced by the grip, Philinda Upson Standley, born August 1, 1814, in Portage County, Ohio, Married 19 March 1829 to Alexander Scoby Standley. She, with her husband, was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in March 1837. They moved to Missouri in the fall of 1838, and shared the mobings and expulsion with the Saints from that State. They moved to Commerce, afterwards called Nauvoo, in April 1840. She was a member of the first Relief Society that was organized by the Prophet Joseph. She often bore her testimony to the divinity of the Mission of the Prophet Joseph Smith, and of his mantle falling upon the Prophet Brigham Young. She with her husband were among the privileged few that received their endowments in the Nauvoo Temple. They left Nauvoo in '46 wintering in Panca and sharing the privations with the Saints at that place. They crossed the plains in 1852 and settled in Davis County. She was left a widow December 29, 1854 with a large family, being the mother of three sons and eight daughters, six of whom survive her. She moved to Cache County in 1865. She has seventy-two grandchildren and ninety-six great grandchildren. She was a very exemplary woman, and died as she lived, a faithful Latter Day Saint. The remains were interred in Bountiful by the side of her husband. J. L. B."
Received from May Christensen, age 93, on 15 Sep. 1990, contained in pages compiled by George Burton Standley, Nov 8, 1931. [No name of newspaper or date of obituary & also found at: Utah Digital Newspapers http://udn.lib.utah.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/deseretnews9&CISOPTR=28119&CISOSHOW=28266&REC=9 ]
The Deseret News, 05 March 1892, page 32 - Obituary
"Died at Richmond, Cache County, Utah, 27 January, 1892, of old age super induced by the grip, Philinda Upson Standley, born August 1, 1814, in Portage County, Ohio, Married 19 March 1829 to Alexander Scoby Standley. She, with her husband, was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in March 1837. They moved to Missouri in the fall of 1838, and shared the mobings and expulsion with the Saints from that State. They moved to Commerce, afterwards called Nauvoo, in April 1840. She was a member of the first Relief Society that was organized by the Prophet Joseph. She often bore her testimony to the divinity of the Mission of the Prophet Joseph Smith, and of his mantle falling upon the Prophet Brigham Young. She with her husband were among the privileged few that received their endowments in the Nauvoo Temple. They left Nauvoo in '46 wintering in Panca and sharing the privations with the Saints at that place. They crossed the plains in 1852 and settled in Davis County. She was left a widow December 29, 1854 with a large family, being the mother of three sons and eight daughters, six of whom survive her. She moved to Cache County in 1865. She has seventy-two grandchildren and ninety-six great grandchildren. She was a very exemplary woman, and died as she lived, a faithful Latter Day Saint. The remains were interred in Bountiful by the side of her husband. J. L. B."
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