Thomas William Hollingshead

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Source Frank Johnson, Stouffville, Ontario

Mormon Redress Petitions:
Documents of the 1833 - 1838 Missouri Conflict Edited by Clark V. Johnson Volume 16 in
the Religious Studies Center Monograph Series.

Hollingshead, Thomas
This is a true Statement of the loss and damages which I have
Sustained in the State of Missouri in the County of Carroll, being driven
off from my purchased possessions in the Town of dewitt, for which I paid
$400 Dollars and hold a lawful Deed on record in Carrolton in the above
named County the above Circumstances took place in the month of October
in year 1838 by a mob of the Citizens of Carroll and other adjacent
Counties and after I had Complied So far as to leave my House, was
afterward taken prisener by two of the mob, and plundered of my watch
worth $20 Dollars and then lodged in the County Goal where I was detained
7 days; I was then let out with [s]trict orders to leave the County in 24
hours; this was done by the Clerk of that County and others: and
afterwords ordered to leave the State with the others professing the Same
religion as my Self
My Clame of property, and expenses disappointment and so forth I
consider to be worth Eight hundred Dollars $800

Adams Co. Illinois May 6th 1839 Thomas
Hollingshead

I here by Certify the within to be a true satement

Thos. Hollingshead,


Name Prefix: Sr.
!Sources: Thomas William Hollinghead genealogy family information from Mrs. Ila L. Bauer (Cedar City, Utha in 1965) history, Granddaughter of Louise Aurelia Hollingshead:
This group family record was compiled from Ila Bauer's history; Nelson Stoyell Hollingshead; Ancestors and Descendants, and from a family group record submitted to the LDS Genealogical Library by Emma Smuin. Since there were several discrepancies in the two, these names, dates and places should be considered tentative. We welcome documentation confirming on any part there of; April 1978 Hollingshead's Chronicles. Thomas and his dear wife Aurelia were married in York West, Ontario, Canada. From there they moved to Adams County, Illinois, then to Nauvoo in Hancock County Illinois. Thomas was a master carpenter and wheelwright by trade. He helped build the L.D.S. Temple in Nauvoo, Illinois and had a share in the Nauvoo House. He was also an excellent farmer and he and his sons helped care for the farm of the Prophet Joseph Smith's father. Thomas with his family moved to Salt Lake, Utah in Sept. 1847 and on south to Salem, Utah where they helped build sawmills and grismills for the new pioneers. After the mills were finshed, they helped build homes and household furniture.
The Census of U.S. 1870.
Name: Thos Hollingshead Age in 1870: 75 Estimated Birth Year: 1794 Birthplace: Nova Scotia Home in 1870: West Bear River, Yuba, California Race: White Gender: Male Value of real estate: Post Office: Wheatland Roll: M593_93 Page: 681 Image: 758 Year: 1870. Ancestry.com Image # 4, Census date 11 July 1870, lines 16 to 19.
HOLLINGSHEAD, Thos, age 75, Carpentor, 1800 Value Real Estate, 1400Value Personal, born Nova Scotia, F & M born in foreilgn birth.
Aurelia, wife, age 67, Housekeeper, born Canada, F & M born foreilgn birth.
George, son, age 29, Farmer, born Illinois.
Erastus, son, age 27, Loborer, born Illinois.

THE FAMILY OF THOMAS WILLIAM HOLLINOSHEAD AND AURELIA MATTHEWS history.
At York West, Thomas William Hollinoshead married Aurelia Matthews, a daughter of Dr. Aner Matthews and Rhoda Church. She was born 22 October 1802 in Argenteuil, Lower Canada. Her father was an early pioneer to York West, Canada and was the founder of Churchville, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Matthews was born in 1772 in Hartford, Connecticut. [After the death of Aner, Rhoda married Dr. Nelson Stoyell.]

NEW HORIZONS -NEW FAITH
It was while living in York West, Canada, that the missionaries of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day-Saints [Mormon] brought the Hollingshead family the wonderful message telling them that the true church of Jesus Christ had been returned to the earth after being taken away so many hundreds of years ago. After their conversion to the truth of the new and everlasting gospel, the family of Thomas and Aurelia moved first to Adams County, Illinois, then to Nauvoo in Hancock County, Illinois.
Thomas was a carpenter and wheelwright by trade. He helped build the Nauvoo Temple and had a share in the Nauvoo House. He was also an excellent farmer and he and his sons helped care for the farm of the Prophet Joseph Smith's father .They soon learned that many people in the world did not want to hear the truth, and the antagonism of the outside world grew to great heights. The mobs began to molest the Saints, but the conviction of the believers grew and their faith was indeed great. As their faith grew, so also grew the vengeance of the opposition. When the Saints were driven from their beautiful city of Nauvoo to die or seek new homes in the barren lands thousands of miles westward. The Hollingsheads brilliant minds and able hands proved their worth.
Thomas Hollingshead was one of the fifty Saints who signed a petition to Governor Lilburn W. Boggs of Missouri hoping the government would help them. Dated 22 September 1838 it stated:
Your petitioners, citizens of Carrol Co., Missouri, praying for relief, have been sorely aggrieved by the lawl

Thomas married Aurelia Matthews, daughter of Aner Matthews and Rhoda Ann Church, on 6 Feb 1823 in York, West Canada. (Aurelia Matthews was born on 22 Oct 1802 in Argentile, Lower Canada, Quebec, died on 21 Jul 1878 in Wheatland, Yuba , California, and was buried on 24 Jul 1878 in Wheatland, Yuba , California,.)