Henry Grow Jr (1817 - 1891)

Born 1 Oct 1817 in Norriton Township, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Mayer — married 24 Jan 1834 in Pennsylvania, United States

Husband of Mary Moyer — married 1 Aug 1837 in Pennsylvania, United States

Husband of Nancy Ann (Elliott) Grow — married 9 Jan 1852 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Husband of Ann (Midgley) McCune — married 9 Nov 1856 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Husband of Julia Melville (Veach) Grow — married 16 Aug 1858 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Husband of Emily Sarah Rawlings — married 21 Mar 1870 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

Husband of Amanda Melvina Baker — married 7 Jul 1875 in Trumbull, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 4 Nov 1891 at age 74 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

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Biography

Henry Grow was the seventh and youngest child of Henry Grow and Mary Riter Grow. In his early adulthood, Grow was apprenticed as a carpenter and joiner for the Norristown and Germantown railroads later supervising the construction of railroad bridges. He was baptized into the LDS Church in May of 1842 and traveled to Nauvoo, Illinois the following year. Worked on the Nauvoo Temple until its completion in 1846. Crossed the plains in 1851 with the James Cummings Company arriving in Salt Lake on his 34th birthday. Settled north of present-day Ogden, Utah. but was called to Salt Lake City by Brigham Young in 1852 to oversee construction projects. In 1853 he helped build the first suspension bridge in Utah, over the Weber River. He was also involved in construction of the original Sugarhouse sugar beet sugar mill under the direction of Bishop Fred Kesler. From 1854 to 1861 he built or rebuilt at least five sawmills, mostly in Big Cottonwood Canyon. He also worked on a cotton mill and built more bridges, over the Provo and Jordan Rivers. The Jordan River Bridge, finished in 1861, employed the patented Remington bridge lattice similar to other bridges he helped construct in Pennsylvania. In the early 1860s Brigham Young tapped Grow for what became Grow's largest and most famous construction, the dome of the Mormon Tabernacle. Young had become infatuated with the idea of constructing the Tabernacle in an elongated dome shape. When asked how large a roof he could construct using a Remington bridge-style lattice, Grow replied that it could be "100 feet wide and as long as is wanted." In fact, Grow engineered the tabernacle roof to be 150 feet across and 250 feet long. From 1876 to 1877 Grow served a mission for the LDS Church in Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania where he was able to visit old relatives. Upon his return to Salt Lake, he was assigned to tear down the so-called "old Tabernacle" that stood on Temple Square and help construct the Salt Lake Assembly Hall under Obed Taylor. A polygamist he had seven wives of which four bore him children. Seven from Mary Moyer, eight from Nancy Ann Elliott, one from Ann Midgley, and fourteen from Julia Veach. A total of 30 children.

Henry Grow was a convicted polygamist.^[1]

Name

Name: Henry /Grow Jr/^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]}

Birth

Date: 1 Oct 1817

Place: Norristown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States^[13][14][15]

Death

Date: 4 Nov 1891^[16]

Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States^[17][18][19]

Residence

Residence:

Place: USA^[20]

Residence:

Place: USA^[21]

Residence:

Place: USA^[22]

Residence:

Date: 1825-1925

Place: Utah, USA^[23]

This is probably the same as Grow-115 but that profile has marriage to Ann Midgley born 1814, which I don't think is correct. Nor does FamilySearch Family Tree. Until that's resolved, I'm leaving this unmerged for the present.

Sources

1. ↑ Henry Grow found guilty, The Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, Utah), 18 Feb 1887, Fri • Page 8; https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29828270/the_salt_lake_herald/
2. ↑ Source: #S-2046987417 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=millind&h=10387804&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1 Oct 1817Birth place: Norristown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USADeath date: 4 Nov 1891Death place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA APID: 1,7249::10387804
3. ↑ Source: #S-2055432401 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=slcem_ga&h=34269&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: Oct 1817Birth place: Philadelphia,PA.Death date: Nov 4, 1891Death place: Salt Lake City, Utah APID: 1,7829::34269
4. ↑ Source: #S-2056445251 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=flhusaut1847_2&h=123081&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Residence date: 1825-1925Residence place: Utah, USA APID: 1,30230::123081
5. ↑ Source: #S-2045717914 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=news-ut-og_st_ex&h=483674119&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: APID: 1,51818::483674119
6. ↑ Source: #S-2045717914 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=news-ut-og_st_ex&h=483676172&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: APID: 1,51818::483676172
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10. ↑ Source: #S-2056468018 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=locphotos&h=2048403&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Residence date: Residence place: USA APID: 1,1028::2048403
11. ↑ Source: #S-2056468018 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=locphotos&h=2048419&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Residence date: Residence place: USA APID: 1,1028::2048419
12. ↑ Source: #S-2047152298 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=utahburials&h=209407&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: October 1817Birth place: Philadelphia,PA.Death date: 4 November 1891Death place: Salt Lake City, Utah APID: 1,5232::209407
13. ↑ Source: #S-2046987417 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=millind&h=10387804&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1 Oct 1817Birth place: Norristown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USADeath date: 4 Nov 1891Death place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA APID: 1,7249::10387804
14. ↑ Source: #S-2055432401 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=slcem_ga&h=34269&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: Oct 1817Birth place: Philadelphia,PA.Death date: Nov 4, 1891Death place: Salt Lake City, Utah APID: 1,7829::34269
15. ↑ Source: #S-2047152298 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=utahburials&h=209407&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: October 1817Birth place: Philadelphia,PA.Death date: 4 November 1891Death place: Salt Lake City, Utah APID: 1,5232::209407
16. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #10359925
17. ↑ Source: #S-2046987417 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=millind&h=10387804&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1 Oct 1817Birth place: Norristown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USADeath date: 4 Nov 1891Death place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA APID: 1,7249::10387804
18. ↑ Source: #S-2055432401 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=slcem_ga&h=34269&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: Oct 1817Birth place: Philadelphia,PA.Death date: Nov 4, 1891Death place: Salt Lake City, Utah APID: 1,7829::34269
19. ↑ Source: #S-2047152298 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=utahburials&h=209407&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: October 1817Birth place: Philadelphia,PA.Death date: 4 November 1891Death place: Salt Lake City, Utah APID: 1,5232::209407
20. ↑ Source: #S-2056468018 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=locphotos&h=2048419&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Residence date: Residence place: USA APID: 1,1028::2048419
21. ↑ Source: #S-2056468018 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=locphotos&h=2048403&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Residence date: Residence place: USA APID: 1,1028::2048403
22. ↑ Source: #S-2056468018 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=locphotos&h=1810509&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Residence date: Residence place: USA APID: 1,1028::1810509
23. ↑ Source: #S-2056445251 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=flhusaut1847_2&h=123081&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Residence date: 1825-1925Residence place: Utah, USA APID: 1,30230::123081

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