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Henry Spackman and Ann Bond

Henry Spackman (1822-1900)

Henry Spackman was born 13 October 1822 in Burbage, Wiltshire, England, son of Henry Spackman and Sarah Newman. He was christened there on 30 March 1823. Henry was the fifth of ten children born to this family. There were two sets of twins. His father was a shoemaker and his mother died when he was just ten years old. On 21 June 1845, Henry married Ann Bond, the stepdaughter of John Hibbard. Henry was a peddler in England and sold china, silverware, pots and pans for a living. He worked as both a hawker and a laborer. In addition to their nine children, Henry and Ann also raised their niece, Maria. Henry's sister, Jane, unwed, passed away shortly after Maria's birth.

Henry and Ann were converted to the Mormon faith in 1850. Twenty years later, they began the process of emigrating to Utah. Their son, Henry, was the first to come. He arrived in October of 1871 and worked to earn passage for his father and his brother, Brigham. They came in June of 1873 aboard the S.S. Nevada and all three of them worked to bring Ann and the girls in the fall of that year. Two married sons, Edwin and Elijah, came later with their families. A married daughter, Mary Jane Chandler, remained in England. Henry and Ann settled at Millville, Utah because there was a church farm there that provided employment. They also helped at the local store.

Henry like to preach and was known as an excellent gardener. He lived to be seventy-eight years old. He died 13 December 1900 just weeks after losing Ann, his wife of fifty-five years. They were buried together in the Millville Cemetery.

Ann Bond (1820-1900)

Ann was born 11 July 1820 in Milton Lilbourne, Wiltshire, England which is two or three miles southeast of Burbage. She was christened there on 16 July 1820. Her mother, Maria Bond, is the only parent mentioned in the christening record. Years later, Ann stated for church records that her father was Richard Hoskins, but nothing is known of him. Three years after Ann's birth, Maria had a son, William Bond, also christened with no father mentioned.

When Ann was nine years old, her mother married John Hibberd in Milton Lilbourne and Ann and her brother became part of the Hibberd family at that time. Apparently, Ann did not take her stepfather's name. She was using the name of Ann Bond at her marriage in 1845 and also stated it as her maiden name on the birth certificate of her son.

Ann bore nine children, one dying in infancy. Her oldest son was born in Pewsey, but all others were born in Burbage where the family resided for over twenty years prior to immigrating to America. In addition to her own children, she raised a niece and was known to have cared for grandchildren from time to time. At age fifty-five, Ann made the trip to America with her three daughters. Her husband and two sons were waiting for them in Utah where Ann and Henry made their home for the remainder of their lives.

Ann died 29 November 1900, just two weeks before her husband. Their final resting place in the Millville Cemetery is marked by matching headstones nestled beneath two large shade trees, perhaps planted in their honor.

The Children

  1. Edwin Spackman (1846-1926) md. Rosanna Black
  2. Mary Jane Spackman (1848-1918) md. William Chandler
  3. Henry Spackman (1850-1935) md. Sarah Ann Rawlings
  4. Elijah Spackman (1852-1917) md. Martha Jane Smith and Katherine Josephine Bagley
  5. Brigham Spackman (1854-1939) md. Laura Ellen Pitkin and Christina C. Anderson

    6. See history of Brigham Spackman and Laura Ellen Pitkin

  6. Naomi Emma Spackman ((1856-1936) md. John Hall
  7. William Spackman (1856-1856)
  8. Sarah Maria Spackman (1859-1941) md. Frederick Yeates
  9. Ann Spackman (1861-1947) md. George A. Bigelow and Lorenzo N. Humphrey
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