Individual Details

Solomon Wixom

(26 Mar 1809 - 1 Mar 1879)



Solomon joined the LDS church in 1832.

Schuyler Co, IL Deed Book D
p.303 Mortgage held by Minor Pickel. Solomon Wixom & wife [who was Sarah "Sally" Avery, daughter of Daniel Avery] $120. The South 1/2 of the NE Quarter of Section 6, T1N, R2W - 71.78 acres. Signed: Solomon Wixom, Sarah (X) Wixom. Wit: James W. Riley
Note in Margin. Having received full satisfaction, release the same. 10 Feb 1840, signed; Minor Pickle. Wit: Robt. A. Glenn

LDS Website "Pioneer Overland Travel"
Solomon, his wife Harriet and the two surviving sons of Sally Avery - Justin Chauncey and Solomon Avery Wixom, were the David Evans Company. 54 wagons were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs), on 15 Jun 1850. They arived from 13-17 September - 109 souls were in this company

1860 Census. Pondtown Twp, Utah Territory, Payson P.O., Hh 1865
Soln. Wixom, 51, b. NY. Hannah age 30, b. Canada
Soln., son, 15, b. MO
Mary M. 7, Joseph M. 4, Hannah M. 1 - all born U.T.

1870 Census. Solomon was in Rich County, Utah Territory. Age 61, b. NY. Wife Hannah and four children. His second wife was Harriett Teeples, he married her 15 Jan 1846, but they did not stay together. Sarah was too ill to travel and he did not continue west - they were at their Winter Quarters on the Nebraska side of the Missouri River. Harriett went on and divorced him and married again. He married Hannah Montgomery in the Salt Lake Valley.. Solomon was called by Brigham Young to help settle the Bear Lake County which because part of Idaho in 1890. He also married Catherine, but she left him - he wasn't too successful at polygamy. He is said to have had nineteen children.

1880 Census. Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, Hh 31
Hannah Wixom, 48, b. Canada as were her parents
Joseph 23, son, b. Utah; his father b. IL, mother b. Canada
John, 18, son, b. Utah
Orson, 16, son, b. Utah
Lorenzo, 12, son, b. Utah
Sarah Jane 10, dau, b. Idaho
Hyrum, 8, son, b. Idaho

Saints in the Wilderness: A Day-by-day Pioneer Experience
Winter Quarters and Mormon Battalion March by David R. Crockett
Tuesday, January 5, 1847
Council Bluffs, in Iowa:
A son, Seth James Wixom, was born to Solomon and Harriet Teeples Wixom

http://storyapples.blogspot.com/2010_07_01_archive.html
The Journal of Mormon History v. 32 had an article about Summer Quarters and its High Council governance that included some interesting details about George Teeples, taken from the High Council minutes."the council also heard George B. Teeples complain that Solomon Wixom had lied, engaged in unchristianlike conduct, and 'stolen' his seventeen-year old daughter, Harriet. [not to be confused with his daughter-in-law Harriet B. Cook] Since Wixom had been sealed to Harriet, presumably by Brigham Young, no wrong had been committed and Teeples withdrew his charge. (From High Council and Stout, Jan. 29, 1848.)"
I wish I knew the rest of that juicy story, but when I looked up his daughter Harriet, it appears that she had a child with this Solomon Wixom and then divorced him.

Harriet took this child with her and renamed him with the name of her Sessions husband. He was not reunited with his Wixom family until the 1920's.

Solomon Wixom, birth:  26 Mar 1809, Hector, Seneca, New York, sealed on 20 Jun 1872 EHouse to Maria Avery (Film 183398/Reference 2343).
He was actually sealed to nine women on that day:
Polly Wood
Nancy Johnson
Olive Montgomery, born 21 Mar 1821, Camden, , , Canada
Maria Avery
Margaret Mathews, born in Tennessee
Sally Wixom, born ,Franklin, Ohio
Phebe Wixom, born ,Franklin, Ohio
Hester Wixom, born ,Franklin, Ohio
Nancy Johnson
These are likely women who were deceased and Solomon felt they would want a husband. In this time period it was the custom to seal unmarried deceased women to a relative. For the early members, it was extremely important that everyone was sealed to someone.   He was not actually married to any of them.  When you look at the last names it is pretty easy to see that they are related some way or another to one of his wives or family members.  However, some could also just be acquaintances.

Profiles In Mormon Courage; Inspiring Stories of Stalwart and Steadfast, by Hartt Wixon, copyright, 2007, tells the story of Solomon Wixom.

He is buried Paris Cemetery, Paris, Bear Lake Co, Idaho.

Events

Birth26 Mar 1809Seneca County, New York
Marriage24 Jan 1833Vermillion County, Indiana - Matilda Johnson
Marriage15 Feb 1836Schuyler County, Illinois - Sarah "Sally" AVERY
Marriage15 Jan 1846Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa - Harriet Elvira Teeples
Marriage20 Feb 1851Cottonwood, Salt Lake County, Utah - Hannah Montgomery
Marriage19 Jun 1853Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah - Catherine Montgomery
Death1 Mar 1879Paris, Bear Lake County, Idaho
Mormon PioneerDavid Evans Company, 1850

Families

SpouseSarah "Sally" AVERY (1817 - 1849)
ChildHiram Daniel Wixom (1836 - 1844)
ChildJustin Chauncey Wixom (1838 - 1912)
ChildMatilda Octavia Wixom (1841 - 1844)
ChildPerlina Merilla Wixom (1843 - 1843)
ChildWilliam Henry Wixom (1845 - 1845)
ChildSolomon Avery Wixom (1846 - 1899)
SpouseHannah Montgomery (1830 - 1887)
ChildCatharine Wixom (1851 - 1851)
ChildMary Matilda Wixom (1853 - )
ChildJoseph Morgan Wixom (1856 - )
ChildHannah Marie Wixom (1858 - )
ChildJohn Stephen Wixom (1862 - )
ChildOrson Charles Wixom (1864 - )
ChildLorenzo Wixom (1868 - )
ChildSarah Jane Wixom (1870 - )
ChildHiram Augustus Wixom (1872 - )
SpouseHarriet Elvira Teeples (1830 - 1911)
ChildSeth James Wixom (1847 - 1931)
SpouseMatilda Johnson (1814 - )
SpouseCatherine Montgomery (1819 - 1883)

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