Individual Details

!EUNICE CHIDESTER HARMON, RHT's great-grandmother was born 18 Feb 1834, at Florence, Madison, Ohio. Eunice was baptized @ age 8 in Nauvoo, Illinois 18 Feb 1842. At age 11 she saw the bodies of the martyrs and witnessed the mantel fall on Brigham Young. She spent six years in Nauvoo, one year in Liberty, Missouri, a winter in Far West, Missouri, and a winter destitute in Hainesville, Iowa. At age 15 she walked nearly the entire distance to the valley. Eunice married LEVI NEHEMIAH HARMON in 1854 @ SLC. She was the mother of seven children, five sons and two daughters. Her husband died at age 45 leaving her to raise five small children. Her son, OLIVER JOHN HARMON built her a small home in Huntington and she lived on the north east corner of his lot where she ran a millinery and confection shop. Her granddaughters [Almira, Enid, Zelma, and Lora] would come nearly everyday to help turn the handle on her huge icecream freezer. She sold icecream and cookies daily to her customers. She died 21 Jan 1905, at age 71 in Price and was buried in Huntington, Utah. Her son OLIVER JOHN HARMON and his wife ALMIRA TERRY HARMON can officially be called "Utah Pioneers", because they were both born before the railroad came to Utah!

!Mormon Pioneer
! Eunice died at age 72! Her mother, Mary Parker Chidester, buried three of her children on the trail; two brothers and one sister of Eunice Chidester: 1) Mary was buried in Liberty, Missouri. 2) Jared was buried in Far West, Missouri. 3) James was buried in Nauvoo, Illinois.
!Eunice was born on ZION'S CAMP. As a baby she traveled with ZION'S CAMP one-way to Liberty, Missouri. EUNICE was listed along with her brother among the seven children on ZION'S CAMP. (History of the Church, Volume II, Copywright GASmith, 1948, 1850)

1834 - 18 Feb 1834, Eunice Chidester was born in Florence, Erie, Ohio, USA 1854 - [Age 20] 16 Feb 1854, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, Eunice Chidester married Levi N Harmon. 1859 - [Age 25] 16 Mar 1859, Parley's Park, Little Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah son Oliver John was born. 1874 - [Age 40] 25 Dec 1874, Washington, Utah USA, and was buried there in the Pioneer Cemetery. 1881 - [Age 47] 4 May 1881, St George, Washington, Utah son Oliver John married Almira Terry. 1892 - [Age 59] 11 May 1892, Huntington, Emery, Utah, granddaughter Lora Harmon was born. 1905 - [Age 70] 21 Jan 1905, Price, Carbon, Utah, EC died and was buried in Huntington, Emery, Utah, USA

1880 CENSUS: Out of 112 Harmons in Utah in 1880, Eunice Chidester Harmon as a widow and head of a household is listed thus:

1880 CENSUS:

Census Place: Washington, Washington, Utah Source: FHL Film 1255339 National Archives Film T9-1339 Page 368A Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birth date Birthplace Eunice HARMON Self F W W 46 1834 OH Occ: Keep House Fa: NY Mo: NY Levi HARMON Son M S W 23 1857 UT Occ: FarmerFa: PA Mo: OH Oliver HARMON Son M S W 21 1859 UT Occ: Carpenter Fa: PA Mo: OH Melvin HARMON Son M W 19 1861 UT Occ: Work On Farm Fa: PA Mo: OH Esther E. HARMON Dau F S W 13 1867 UT Occ: At HomeFa: PA Mo: OH Willard HARMON Son M S W 10 1870 UT Fa: PA Mo: OH

Birth	18 Feb 1833	Florence, Madison [Erie], Ohio, United States
Marriage	16 Nov 1854	Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States - Levi Nehemiah HARMON
Death	21 Jan 1905	Price, Carbon, Utah, United States
Marriage		Levi Nehemiah HARMON
Burial		Huntington, Emery, Utah, United States

Spouse	Levi Nehemiah HARMON (1829 - 1874)
Child	Esther Ella HARMON (1867 - 1923)

Spouse	Levi Nehemiah HARMON (1829 - 1874)
Child	Oliver John HARMON (1859 - 1927)