Individual Details
Mrs. Cynthia Harrington BOWEN
(30 Nov 1811 - Nov 1883)
Biography of Cynthia Harrington Bowen Durfey
Cynthia Harrington Bowen Durfy was bor on November 30, 1811 at Shaftsbury, Vermont. Her father was william Harrington and her mother was Elizabeth Hawley. She married Elias Bowen, son of James Bowen and Rhoda K. on December 20, 1829, in Shaftsbury Vermont. They joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints three months after it was orgainzed and joined the trek of the saints to Kirtland, Ohio; Nauvoo, Illinois; and to Missouri. She walked over 1,000 miles on her road to Utah, arriving in 1858. Her oldest child and son Potter, was head of the family after her husband died.
Brigham Young had just started on a mission and as he left his home in nauvoo, Illinois, he took the quilt from the baby's bed. On arriving at their home he was admitted by her husband Elias, who took the quilt from him and gave him his own coat and that coat Brigham wore throughout his mission. That evening their little son Norman, 9 years old, came into the room and Brigham Young observed that he was blind. The father said yes, he had been blind since birth. Brigham Young then sat the boy in a chair and administered to him and the boy received his sight then and there.
The caravan continued on, but one day when they had stopped for noon, Cynthia's husband Elias suddenly died. They held his funeral and prepared to bury his body in his grave, when after a lapse of about three hours or more he came back to his body, and spoke to the people gathered around. He told them that he had been to Paradise and there was a great work for him to do there among his people who were dead, but he had been given the priviledge of returning to earth for three days. The camp moved on and the third day at noon stopped. He suddnly called his wife Cynthia to him and his children and told them he had to go as they had come for him, but for her to go o to the valleys of the mountains and stay with church come life or death, as it was true. He then died and was buried in an unmarked grave on the plains.
In that same company of saints she met Francillo Durfey who had lost his wife recently, and left him with a family of children. They were married for time only in the president's office of the Endowment House in 1859.
Cynthia's son who had been healed by Brigham Young came on to Utah with his mother but got the gol fever in the California gold rush days and with two others tried to walk to California, and they died in the deserts of Nevada.
Her only child by Francillo Durfey was Francillo Jr., the Bishop and Pratriarch of Beaver Dam Ward.
Biography of Cynthia Harrington Bowen Durfey
Cynthia Harrington Bowen Durfy was bor on November 30, 1811 at Shaftsbury, Vermont. Her father was william Harrington and her mother was Elizabeth Hawley. She married Elias Bowen, son of James Bowen and Rhoda K. on December 20, 1829, in Shaftsbury Vermont. They joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints three months after it was orgainzed and joined the trek of the saints to Kirtland, Ohio; Nauvoo, Illinois; and to Missouri. She walked over 1,000 miles on her road to Utah, arriving in 1858. Her oldest child and son Potter, was head of the family after her husband died.
Brigham Young had just started on a mission and as he left his home in nauvoo, Illinois, he took the quilt from the baby's bed. On arriving at their home he was admitted by her husband Elias, who took the quilt from him and gave him his own coat and that coat Brigham wore throughout his mission. That evening their little son Norman, 9 years old, came into the room and Brigham Young observed that he was blind. The father said yes, he had been blind since birth. Brigham Young then sat the boy in a chair and administered to him and the boy received his sight then and there.
The caravan continued on, but one day when they had stopped for noon, Cynthia's husband Elias suddenly died. They held his funeral and prepared to bury his body in his grave, when after a lapse of about three hours or more he came back to his body, and spoke to the people gathered around. He told them that he had been to Paradise and there was a great work for him to do there among his people who were dead, but he had been given the priviledge of returning to earth for three days. The camp moved on and the third day at noon stopped. He suddnly called his wife Cynthia to him and his children and told them he had to go as they had come for him, but for her to go o to the valleys of the mountains and stay with church come life or death, as it was true. He then died and was buried in an unmarked grave on the plains.
In that same company of saints she met Francillo Durfey who had lost his wife recently, and left him with a family of children. They were married for time only in the president's office of the Endowment House in 1859.
Cynthia's son who had been healed by Brigham Young came on to Utah with his mother but got the gol fever in the California gold rush days and with two others tried to walk to California, and they died in the deserts of Nevada.
Her only child by Francillo Durfey was Francillo Jr., the Bishop and Pratriarch of Beaver Dam Ward. FIELD NAME Page FIELD NAME Page FIELD NAME Page
Cynthia Harrington Bowen Durfy was bor on November 30, 1811 at Shaftsbury, Vermont. Her father was william Harrington and her mother was Elizabeth Hawley. She married Elias Bowen, son of James Bowen and Rhoda K. on December 20, 1829, in Shaftsbury Vermont. They joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints three months after it was orgainzed and joined the trek of the saints to Kirtland, Ohio; Nauvoo, Illinois; and to Missouri. She walked over 1,000 miles on her road to Utah, arriving in 1858. Her oldest child and son Potter, was head of the family after her husband died.
Brigham Young had just started on a mission and as he left his home in nauvoo, Illinois, he took the quilt from the baby's bed. On arriving at their home he was admitted by her husband Elias, who took the quilt from him and gave him his own coat and that coat Brigham wore throughout his mission. That evening their little son Norman, 9 years old, came into the room and Brigham Young observed that he was blind. The father said yes, he had been blind since birth. Brigham Young then sat the boy in a chair and administered to him and the boy received his sight then and there.
The caravan continued on, but one day when they had stopped for noon, Cynthia's husband Elias suddenly died. They held his funeral and prepared to bury his body in his grave, when after a lapse of about three hours or more he came back to his body, and spoke to the people gathered around. He told them that he had been to Paradise and there was a great work for him to do there among his people who were dead, but he had been given the priviledge of returning to earth for three days. The camp moved on and the third day at noon stopped. He suddnly called his wife Cynthia to him and his children and told them he had to go as they had come for him, but for her to go o to the valleys of the mountains and stay with church come life or death, as it was true. He then died and was buried in an unmarked grave on the plains.
In that same company of saints she met Francillo Durfey who had lost his wife recently, and left him with a family of children. They were married for time only in the president's office of the Endowment House in 1859.
Cynthia's son who had been healed by Brigham Young came on to Utah with his mother but got the gol fever in the California gold rush days and with two others tried to walk to California, and they died in the deserts of Nevada.
Her only child by Francillo Durfey was Francillo Jr., the Bishop and Pratriarch of Beaver Dam Ward.
Biography of Cynthia Harrington Bowen Durfey
Cynthia Harrington Bowen Durfy was bor on November 30, 1811 at Shaftsbury, Vermont. Her father was william Harrington and her mother was Elizabeth Hawley. She married Elias Bowen, son of James Bowen and Rhoda K. on December 20, 1829, in Shaftsbury Vermont. They joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints three months after it was orgainzed and joined the trek of the saints to Kirtland, Ohio; Nauvoo, Illinois; and to Missouri. She walked over 1,000 miles on her road to Utah, arriving in 1858. Her oldest child and son Potter, was head of the family after her husband died.
Brigham Young had just started on a mission and as he left his home in nauvoo, Illinois, he took the quilt from the baby's bed. On arriving at their home he was admitted by her husband Elias, who took the quilt from him and gave him his own coat and that coat Brigham wore throughout his mission. That evening their little son Norman, 9 years old, came into the room and Brigham Young observed that he was blind. The father said yes, he had been blind since birth. Brigham Young then sat the boy in a chair and administered to him and the boy received his sight then and there.
The caravan continued on, but one day when they had stopped for noon, Cynthia's husband Elias suddenly died. They held his funeral and prepared to bury his body in his grave, when after a lapse of about three hours or more he came back to his body, and spoke to the people gathered around. He told them that he had been to Paradise and there was a great work for him to do there among his people who were dead, but he had been given the priviledge of returning to earth for three days. The camp moved on and the third day at noon stopped. He suddnly called his wife Cynthia to him and his children and told them he had to go as they had come for him, but for her to go o to the valleys of the mountains and stay with church come life or death, as it was true. He then died and was buried in an unmarked grave on the plains.
In that same company of saints she met Francillo Durfey who had lost his wife recently, and left him with a family of children. They were married for time only in the president's office of the Endowment House in 1859.
Cynthia's son who had been healed by Brigham Young came on to Utah with his mother but got the gol fever in the California gold rush days and with two others tried to walk to California, and they died in the deserts of Nevada.
Her only child by Francillo Durfey was Francillo Jr., the Bishop and Pratriarch of Beaver Dam Ward. FIELD NAME Page FIELD NAME Page FIELD NAME Page
Events
| Birth | 30 Nov 1811 | Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States | |||
| Marriage | 20 Dec 1829 | Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States - Living | |||
| Emigration | 1849 | Silas Richards Company To Utah | |||
| Marriage | 4 May 1849 | Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States - Francillo DURFEY Sr. | |||
| Death | Nov 1883 | Beaver Dam, , Cache, Utah |  | ||
| Burial | 2 Nov 1883 | Providence, Cache, Utah | |||
| Ancestral File Number | 81Z9-2W |
Families
| Spouse | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Spouse | Francillo DURFEY Sr. (1812 - 1871) |
| Child | Francillo DURFEY Jr. (1850 - 1926) |
| Father | William HARRINGTON (1766 - 1829) |
| Mother | Elizabeth HAWLEY (1789 - ) |
Endnotes
1. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index.