Frances Martin and Irene Pomeroy
Information comes from History of Bear Lake Pioneers by Hazel P Millett, Jetta P Tyrrel, Zula R Cole and Gertrude R Price published in 1968. This is a condensed version.
Francis Martin Pomeroy was born 22 Feb 1822 in Somers
Connecticut, the son of Martin and Sybil (Hunt). When he was fourteen he
decided to go to sea and signed onto a whaling ship. He began by scrubbing
the deck and worked up to first mate. He learned to swim and became adept
at the wheel and the harpoon. After sailing for six years the ship was
dashed against the rocks in a violent storm off the coast of Peru. Francis
was found unconscious on the shore by two Spaniards. He learned Spanish
from the family and after a stay of two years he left them to return home.
At New Salem, Mass. he stopped to work at a sawmill owned by Ashbell Haskell. Here he fell in love with Haskell's daughter Irene, who with her mother, Ursula, had joined the Mormon church. Francis was converted and he and Irene were married in July 1844. Francis and Irene left for Nauvoo and arrived there in May 1845. They were soon joined by Ursula and son Thales. The father, Ashbell has sailed on the Brooklyn for California. Francis was chosen to go west with Brigham Young and the first group of pioneers.
The family settled in the Salt Lake valley and constructed an adobe house. They housed a delegation from Mexico and Francis served as interpreter when they conferred with Brigham Young. Francis married his second wife Sarah Matilda Colburn 30 Apr 1853 and his third Jessamine Elizabeth Routledge 22 Feb 1857. Francis moved all his family south when Johnston's army moved toward Utah. Irene died in 1860.
Children of Francis Martin Pomeroy and Irene Haskell
1. Francell Eugenia Pomeroy b-21 Sep 1845 in
Nauvoo; m-Charles I Robson
2. Francis Ashbell Pomeroy b-10 Jan 1849 in Salt Lake; d-31 Jan 1938 in Cheney
Washington; m-Mary Ann Rich 10 Jan 1875 in Paris
3. Elijah Pomeroy b-26 June 1850 in Salt Lake
4. John Haskell Pomeroy b-1 Sep 1852 in Salt Lake
5. Irene Ophelia Pomeroy b-28 May 1854 in Salt Lake; m-William Newell
6. May Esabell Pomeroy d-15 June 1856 in Salt Lake; d-1860
7. Ella Amelia Pomeroy b-16 June 1858 in Provo; d-26 Mar 1895 in Paris;
m-William L Rich 6 Sep 1877 in Paris Idaho
8. Emma Adelia Pomeroy b-16 June 1858 in Provo; m-Hyrum Grimmett 1875 in Salt
Lake City
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In 1864 Francis was called to aid in the settlement of Bear Lake valley. He left his daughters in Utah with Ursula Haskell but took the other wives and families with him.
Children of Francis Martin Pomeroy and Sarah Matilda Colburn
1. Mary Ursula Pomeroy b-27 June 1861 in Salt
Lake; d-9 Jan 1892 in Salt Lake City; m-Solomon F Kimball 10 Feb 1881 in Mesa
Arizona
2. Talmai Emerson Pomeroy b-6 May 1863 in Salt Lake; d-6 July 1940 in Mesa
Arizona
3. William Edley Pomeroy b-24 Mar 1866 in Paris Idaho; m-Isabelle in 1891
4. Franklin Thomas Pomeroy b-14 Sep 1870 in Paris; d-3 Nov 1954 in Mesa Arizona
5. Sarah Rosina Pomeroy b-21 Mar 1873 in Paris; d-22 Nov 1965 in Mesa; m-__
Brewer
6. Edward Leslie Pomeroy b-19 May 1876 in Paris; d-23 June 1930 in Mesa
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Children of Francis Martin Pomeroy and Jessie Elizabeth Routledge
1. Charles Routledge Pomeroy b-6 Jan 1859 in
Salt Lake; d-1860 in Salt Lake
2. Martin Isaac Pomeroy b-16 Jan 1860 in Salt Lake; m-Mary Melinda Brizzee
3. Eleanor Rosetta Pomeroy b-4 Nov 1862 in Utah; m-Edwin W Jones
4. Gertrude Aeolia Pomeroy b-22 Feb 1864 in Salt Lake
5. Henry Austin Pomeroy b-6 Jan 1867 in Paris
6. Heber Chase Kimball Pomeroy b-6 June 1868 in Paris; d-20 Feb 1948 in Mesa
Arizona
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Francis helped build a sawmill, a shingle mill and a grist mill. He prepared the first stone burrs that were used for grinding flour in the mill. He built his homes on Canyon Street in Paris. By 1871 he brought Mrs. Haskell and his twins to Paris. He built a lean to on Matilda's home for them. After more than 13 years in Bear Lake Francis' rheumatism seemed to worsen. After careful consideration he moved to Arizona in 1878, helping found the town of Mesa. He died there 29 Oct 1886.
Children of Francis Ashbell Pomeroy and Mary Ann Rich
1. Mary Lastelle Pomeroy b-1876 in Utah;
m-Ralph Hendricks
2. Francis Rich Pomeroy b-1879 in Utah; d-1882 in Paris
3. Ethel I Pomeroy b-June 1883 in Paris
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Children of Ella Amelia Pomeroy and William Lyman Rich
1. William Lafayette Rich b-17 June 1878 in
Paris; d-17 Nov 1936 in Salt Lake City
2. Ursula Rich b-3 Sep 1880 in Paris; d-15 Feb 1974 in Logan; m-__ Cole
3. Jesse Pomeroy Rich b-8 Apr 1883 in Paris; d-21 Apr 1963 in Salt Lake City
4. Mabel Rich b-Feb 1886 in Paris
5. Gertrude Rich b-13 May 1888 in Paris; d-16 Dec 1980 in Paris; m-__Price
6. Iris Rich b-Nov 1889 in Wyoming
7. Hazel Rich b-22 Sep 1890 in Paris; d-28 Sep 1982 in Paris; m-__Shepherd
8. Lyman Holmes Rich b-12 May 1894 in Paris; d-Dec 1966 in Logan
9. Baby Rich b&d 26 Mar 1895 in Paris