William Gammon and Ellen Hayward
Information by Ira Haywood from History of Bear Lake Pioneers published in 1968
William G Hayward was born 1 Oct 1854 in Salt Lake City, the son of Gammon Hayward and Sarah Ann Cripps, who had immigrated from England several years before. Gammon married Sarah Ann 1 June 1850 in St Leonard, Shoreditch England. Sarah Ann Cripps was born 1 Aug 1830 in Rotherhithe England, daughter of Charles Cripps. Gammon was born 7 Jan 1828 in Deal, Kent England, the son of John Gammon and Mary Hayward.
Gammon worked with his father building ships, until he left for America . Although he joined the Church while in England , his father told him that if he ever wanted to leave the church and return to England , there was money there for him to make a home. He and Sarah married while in England and had two children before they left from Liverpool for America in April of 1853. They arrived in New Orleans 25 Apr 1853. It took them nine months to get to the Valley.
They made their home in Salt Lake when they first arrived, living through the grasshopper plague, which made life extremely difficult. As there was no work in the valley building ships, he turned to carpenter where there was much work. He built the first boat that was run on the Great Salt Lake , built for General O'Connor . During the Echo Canyon War, Gammon was a member of the Nauvoo Legion. He was absent from home a lot because he was called into public service so much. After returning from the Echo Canyon War, he worked at Camp Floyd doing carpentering work. He was one of the men sent to aid the handcart companies. He worked on the Social Hall and built a pleasure boat for the Walker Brothers and others. He helped wherever and whenever there was a need. He kept busy in various callings in the church. In 1879 he moved to San Francisco where he died in 1883 . He was buried in Salt Lake City, Utah
Children of Gammon Hayward and Sarah Ann Cripps
1. Sarah Elizabeth Hayward b-17 Feb 1851 in
Rotherhithe, Surrey England; d-31 July 1928
2. Henry John Hayward b-2 Sep 1862 in Rotherhithe; d-5 Jan 1927 in Salt Lake
City; m-Elizabeth Ann Pugsley 23 Dec 1875
3. William Gammon Hayward b-1 Oct 1854 in Salt Lake City; d-21 Apr 1927; m-Ellen
Neibaur 27 June 1878
4. Charles Alfred Hayward b-5 Sep 1856 in Salt Lake City; d-23 Feb 1913 in Salt
Lake
5. Fred Hayward b-21 May 1858 in Provo Utah; d-9 Oct 1959 in Salt Lake
6. Arthur Hayward b-14 Sep 1860 in Salt Lake City; d-5 Jan 1952; m-Sarah Emma
Jenkins 18 Dec 1888
7. Keziah Hayward b-30 Sep 1862 in Salt Lake; d-8 June 1959 in Chula Vista
California
8. Charles Edward Hayward b-30 Nov 1864 in Salt Lake; d-12 July 1933; m-Martha A
Hepworth
9. Ernest Marbrook Hayward b-1 Nov 1868 in Salt Lake; d-17 Mar 1950 in Seattle
Washington; m-Hettie Reese 26 Dec 1893
10. Clara Mary Hayward b-4 Oct 1871 in Salt Lake; d-3 Feb 1971 in Chula Vista
Cal. m-Ellis B Porter 25 Aug 1927
11. Frank Hayward b-19 July 1873 in Salt Lake; m-Beulah Swartwood 3 Dec 1898
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William Gammon took advantage of opportunities to learn several trades while he was a young man in Salt Lake. He was engaged as a carpenter and builder. he learned harness making and was also a shipwright and built the first steamboat to navigate the waters of the Great Salt Lake. While William lived in Salt Lake, he became acquainted with the John A Sutton family. Shortly after the Suttons moved to Bear Lake and settled in Paris, he followed and made his home with them until the time of his marriage. He continued in the trade of contracting and building and set up a wheelwright shop adjoining the Sutton blacksmith shop.
Children of William Gammon Hayward and Ellen Neibaur
1.
Joseph William Hayward b-30 Mar 1879 in
Paris; d-8 Aug 1965 in Logan Utah; br-Logan City Cemetery
2. Ellen Mary Hayward b-24 Oct 1883 in Paris; d-8 Apr 1969; br-Bloomington
Cemetery; m-Erman Alexander Stevens
3. Enid Hayward b-25 Mar 1885 in Paris; d-June 1969
4. Keziah Hayward b-1887 in Paris; d-19 June 1969 in Kanawha, West Virginia;
m-Brown
5. Gammon Henry Hayward b-27 Sep 1889 in Paris; d-26 Mar 1959 in Soda Springs
Idaho
6. James Clement Hayward b-25 Mar 1892 in Paris; d-28 July 1982; br-Logan City
Cemetery
7. Ira Neibaur Hayward b-3 Jan 1896 in Paris; d-7 June 1974 in Logan; br-Logan
City Cemetery
8. Charles Lynn Hayward b-16 July 1903 in Paris; d-30 Aug 1998 in Provo; br-East
Lawn Memorial Hills Cemetery
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The year 1889 saw the Hayward family move from town and settle on a homestead southwest of Paris. There were the parents and seven children. The site was very beautiful, as it overlooked much of the valley. A comfortable home was built and here they passed through many trials and satisfying experiences as well.
One of the big problems of pioneering was to get water out onto the lands, so that farming could be more successful. Being adept to and self-taught in mathematics, William supervised the building of an irrigation canal from the creek i Paris Canyon, which took the waters of this stream onto the thirsty acres of his own farm and those of his neighbors, extending its benefits to residents of the northern section of Bloomington.
For a number of years, he and his close friend, Charles Innes, followed the telegraph lines leading from Paris up over the mountains to the summit. Their work was to keep the lines in good repair. These journeys were made on snowshoes and at times, the traveling became very hazardous, especially when heavy snow storms and blizzards would strike.
He filled a mission to Montana. He left his wife and several children under conditions that were not too prosperous. Food often became scarce and managing the farm fell upon the shoulders of the mother and a nineteen year old son. Following the mission, he was called by President William Budge to serve on the High Council. Following this he became first counselor to Bishop H Edward Sutton of the Paris First ward.
He was always interested in and helped promote improvements, serving on the city council for several years. He supervised the installation of the first water system for Paris. Besides working as a builder and contractor, he became a first rate plumber. William and Ellen loved to attend parties, plays and dances. He often called for the dances, which were mostly plain quadrilles, with a few waltzes and two steps allowed.
Many honors are in order for his good wife, who labored along with her husband and always gave him her full support. Along with the hardships of pioneer life, she served as president of the Relief Society of the First ward for a long period of time. She and her associates spent many hours visiting and caring for the sick, comforting those in mourning and keeping abreast of the needs of the people of the ward. She was a friend to everyone and shed cheerfulness and good will wherever she went. She was a daughter of Joseph William Neibaur and Elizabeth Cranshaw, one of Bear Lake's earliest pioneers.
Two sons, Joseph William and James Clement, became medical doctors; Joseph William during the early years of his career practiced in Bear Lake under pioneer conditions, making long trips to visit the sick. He used a team of horses and buggy in summer and in winter, a cutter and donning a heavy fur coat, was protected against the intense cold and blizzards.
Later he and his brother Joseph Clement, practiced the healing arts in Cache Valley, both making homes in Logan. Another son Charles Lynn, gained a doctorate in zoology and taught at Brigham Young University. Ira Neibaur earned a Master's degree and taught in the field of England, literature and philosophy at Utah State university at Logan. Five grandsons also became doctors.
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Children of Ellen Mary Hayward and Erman Alexander Stevens
1. Alexander Hayward Stevens b-20 Nov 1913 in
Bloomington; d-28 Dec 1997; br-Farmington City Cemetery
2. Ellen Mary Stevens b-20 Nov 1912 in Bloomington; d-8 Nov 1996
3. Wilson Ermen Stevens b-14 Sep 1914 in Bloomington; d-10 Oct 2014 in Kaysville
Utah; br-Salt Lake City Cemetery
4. Mazie Stevens b-3 Nov 1916 in Bloomington; d-3 June 2016; br-Bountiful
Memorial Park
5. Velma Stevens b-1919 in Bloomington
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William Gammon Hayward died 21 Apr 1927 in Logan Utah and was buried in the Paris Cemetery. Ellen Hayward died 15 June 1942 in Bloomington and was buried in the Paris Cemetery.