Ephraim Grant Luce (1799 - 1880)

Born 30 Sep 1799 in Vinalhaven, Knox, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia Maria (Macomber) Markham — married 7 Dec 1827 in Maine, United States

Husband of Mary (Laverick) Luce — married 27 Aug 1854 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah

Husband of Susan (Butterworth) Luce — married 11 Oct 1860 (to 21 Nov 1864) in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah

Descendants

Died 2 Mar 1880 at age 80 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States

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Ephraim became a member of the LDS Church between 1830 - 1848.

Ephraim Luce was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.

Biography

Ephraim Grant Luce. Given Name: Ephraim Grant. Surname: Luce. ^[1]

Born 30 Sep 1799. North Haven Island, Knox County, Maine. ^[2][3][4][5]

Died 2 Mar 1880. Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. ^[6]

Buried Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake County, Utah. ^[7] Note: #XI64334.

Census: 1830 Vinalhaven, Knox County, Maine. ^[8] 1851 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. ^[9] 1860 19th Ward, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah.

Immigration: Abt 1841. Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois. 1851 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah.

Note: #NI64334. ^{[10][11][12][13][14]}

Marriage Husband Ephraim Grant Luce. Wife @I65444@. Divorce: Y. Bet 2 Oct 1850 and 30 Nov 1867. Marriage 17 Mar 1828. ^[15][16]

Husband Ephraim Grant Luce. Wife Mary Laverick. Marriage 27 Aug 1854. Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. ^[17]

Husband Ephraim Grant Luce. Wife Susan Butterworth. Divorce: Y. 21 Nov 1864. Marriage 11 Oct 1860. Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. ^[18]

Husband @I456@. Wife @I457@. Marriage 29 Dec 1799. Vinalhaven, Knox County, Maine. ^[19] Child: Ephraim Grant Luce. Child: @I285@. Child: Nancy Mary Luce. Child: Sarah Grant "Sally" Luce. Child: @I64667@. Child: Elizabeth G. "Eliza" Luce. Child: Susanna Luce. Child: Andrew Grant Luce. Child: Lucy J. Luce. Child: Daniel Grant Luce. Child: @I65333@.

Notes

Note NI64334 He converted to Mormonism and was baptized 7 April 1838 by Wilford Woodruff (ECH). In 1839 he moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. He was ordained 9 April 1840 by Wilford Woodruff in England and belonged to the 4th Quorum of Seventies (ECH). Neither he nor his wife Lydia appear on the 1840 census of either Maine or Illinois, although it is clear that he was an early settler there. Probably he came at the same time as his parents, about 1841. He does not appear on the 1842 tax list at Nauvoo.

When the Mormons evacuated Nauvoo in 1846 he followed Brigham Young across Iowa to Winter Quarters at Florence, Nebraska. His young son Thomas Benton Luce died at Winter Quarters. According to some records this son was born during the trek across Iowa, and according to others he was quite a bit older, having been born in Maine. Ephraim's wife and children went across the plains to Salt Lake, probably in 1849 (Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel database). Ephraim himself came to Utah in 1851, traveling in James W. Cummings' Company. He was recorded as "Ephraim Luce, 1 Soul, 1 Waggon, 2 Horses" (Alfred Cordon Emigrating Company, «i»Journal«i», 1851 June-Sept.; McAllister, John Daniel Thompson, «i»Journals«i», 1851-1906, reel 1, box 1, fd. 1, 6-7).

He appears on the 1851 census in Salt Lake City. In 1852 he was living in Salt Lake's 6th Ward (Registry). He was defendant in a replevin case filed 3 May 1856, Margaret Kaighin v. Ephraim Luce, Salt Lake County. He was endowed 24 September 1859 at Salt Lake (ECH).

He died 2 March 1880 in either Salt Lake City or Spanish Fork.

Note XI64334Ephraim Luce Plot K-13.

• Fact: Residence (1830) Vinalhaven, Hancock, Maine, United States
• Fact: Immigration (30 September - 7 October 1851) Utah, United States
• Fact: Immigration (07 Oct 1851)
• Fact: Military Service (21 Oct 1869) Wasatch, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
• Fact: Burial Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States - GRAVE LOCATION Plot K-13-13^[20]
• Fact: Military Service Utah, United States

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S985 219 Certainty: 3
2. ↑ Source: #S454
3. ↑ Source: #S222
4. ↑ Source: #S319
5. ↑ Source: #S985 519 Certainty: 3
6. ↑ Source: #S985 519 Certainty: 3
7. ↑ Source: #S319
8. ↑ Source: #S1023 85 Certainty: 3
9. ↑ Source: #S1364
10. ↑ Source: #S454
11. ↑ Source: #S222
12. ↑ Source: #S230
13. ↑ Source: #S985 519 Certainty: 3
14. ↑ Source: #S1424
15. ↑ Source: #S849 41 Certainty: 3
16. ↑ Source: #S985 519 Certainty: 3
17. ↑ Source: #S985 519 Certainty: 3
18. ↑ Source: #S465 Certainty: 3
19. ↑ Source: #S294 Luce-Grant, Town of Vinalhaven Certainty: 3
20. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 26 November 2021), memorial page for Ephraim Luce (30 Sep 1799–2 Mar 1880), Find A Grave: Memorial #47322619, citing Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA ; Maintained by SMSmith (contributor 46491005) .

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 25 September 2017, 20:01), entry for Ephraim Grant Luce(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KWJ4-JH2); contributed by various users.
• Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel: Ephraim Luce.
• "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4DW-YY5 : 4 December 2014), Ephraim Luce and Lydia Macomber, 07 Dec 1827; citing , reference 332; FHL microfilm 12,274.
• Source: S1023 Media: Census/Tax 1830 Census, Hancock County, Maine
• Source: S1364 Media: Census/Tax 1851 Census, Salt Lake County, Utah
• Source: S1424 Media: Website Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847-1868 LDS Church Publication: http://www.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompanysearch/1,15773,3966-1,00.html
• Source: S222 Companies of 1850, Volume: 5(1945):394-450 Carter, Kate B.
• Source: S230 Registry of persons residing in various wards Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah, 28 Dec 1852 Repository: #R2
• Repository: R2 LDS Genealogical Library LDS Genealogical Library
• Source: S319 Cemetery record
• Source: S454 Media: Church Early church history card file LDS Church Repository: #R2
• Source: S985 Media: Book American Descendants of Henry Luce of Martha's Vineyard Martha Fletcher McCourt Publication: 9501 SE 13th Street, Vancouver, Washington 98664, 1994