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Birth 10 Feb 1825 Freedom, Cattaraugus Co., New York

Gender Male

Buried Jul 1901 Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, Jackson Co., Missouri

Died 03 Jul 1901 Atchinson, Kansas (Visiting his daughter and son in law)

Person ID I00007 Cheney Genealogy - Dr. Levi Cheney

Last Modified 20 Dec 2008 00:59:59

Father Ephraim Cheney, b. 13 Apr 1798, Granby Pass, Essex Co., Vermont

Mother Harriet Law, b. 14 Aug 1806, Connecticut

Family ID F3485 Group Sheet

Family 1 Amelia Mercy Clark, b. 20 Jul 1851, New Harlaim, Bastard (now Leads) Co., Canada

Married Aft 1878

Children

>	1. Samantha Caroline Cheney, b. 28 Mar 1882, Kent, Stephenson Co., Illinois
	2. Hattie Rosetta Cheney, b. 28 Jun 1880, Kent, Stephenson Co., Illinois
	3. Joseph Ephraim Cheney, b. 26 Oct 1891, Kent, Stephenson Co., Illinois

Last Modified 14 Aug 2008 19:46:33

Family ID F00006 Group Sheet

Family 2 Phebe Rosetta Dixon, b. 03 May 1820, Harpersfield, Delaware County, New York

Married 04 Jul 1848 Stephenson Co., Illinois

Notes

Phebe Rosetta Dixon is probably the Rosetta Dunkin who married Levi Cheney in Stephenson County Illinois lic #438 (see Illinois State Index site)

Children

	1. unknown Cheney
	2. unknown Cheney

Last Modified 07 Aug 2008 15:50:05

Family ID F00005 Group Sheet

Photos		Dr. Levi Cheney
		Dr. Levi Cheney
		Dr. Levi Cheney and Family L-R Dr. Levi Cheney, Samantha Cheney (Thompson), Hattie Cheney (Faunce), Amelia Mercy Clark
		Dr. Levi Cheney and Amelia Mercy Clark Taken in front of their home on Short Street, Independence, Jackson County, Missouri
		Dr. Levi Cheney and Amelia Mercy Clark
		Dr. Levi Cheney Home Home purchased in the 1890s, located on Short Street, Independence Mo.
		Town sign for Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois
		Dr. Levi Cheney Home Located on Short St, Independence Mo., This is located very close to the home of Joseph Smith III, which is just a couple of doors up the street. This home remained in the Thompson family until 2005.
		Dr. Levi Cheney Home
		Dr. Levi Cheney Home
		Dr. Levi Cheney Home
		Dr. Levi Cheney Home
		Dr. Levi Cheney Home
		Dr. Levi Cheney and Phebe Rosetta Dixon A much older photo of Levi and Phebe, probably taken between 1865-1875
		Dr. Levi Cheney's Cane Over 120 years old.
		Ephraim and Harriet Law Cheney Nauvoo Farm The Cheney Family Farm is located on block 36 outside Nauvoo, not block 36 inside the village. The Cheneys resided on this property during the 1840s, somewhere in the view of these photos. Ephraim owned over 100 acres and Horace Burgess, the uncle of Perry A. Burgess lived across the road. Levi Cheney returned to the property many years after they left the area and commented on how desolate the area is.
		Ephraim and Harriet Law Cheney Nauvoo Farm The Cheney Family Farm is located on block 36 outside Nauvoo, not block 36 inside the village. The Cheneys resided on this property during the 1840s, somewhere in the view of these photos. Ephraim owned over 100 acres and Horace Burgess, the uncle of Perry A. Burgess lived across the road. Levi Cheney returned to the property many years after they left the area and commented on how desolate the area is.

Documents		Dr. Levi Cheney funeral card.
		Skin Cancer Cure This remedy was published in several issues of the Saint's Herald, the official publication of the RLDS.
		Dr. Levi Cheney Family Bible
		Saint's Herald Article One of several articles published with Dr. Levi Cheney's skin cancer cure. This particular article was published many years after he had died.
		Saint's Herald Article Part II
		Physician's Prayer
		Medicine Book, Page 1
		Medicine Book, Page 2
		Harriet Law Cheney Will Page 1, August 19, 1886
		Smith Family Chili Recipe (Joseph Smith III's Family, Pres. of the RLDS Church) My great grandparents, George Fanning Thompson and Samantha Cheney, lived next door to Joseph Smith III and his family for several years on Short St., Independence Mo. This receipe was passed down from the Smith to the Thompson Family, possibly as early during the era of Dr. Levi Cheney. Was taken from Levi's old house on Short St. in 2005.
		Harriet Law Cheney Will Page 2, April 06, 1887
		Census: 1830 United States Federal Census Freedom, Cattaraugus County, New York
		Dr. Levi Cheney Family Record This was some family information found in the home of Dr. Levi Cheney in Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, in 2004. Mentions the killing of his brother Mansel Cheney by Indians in 1866. Includes a lot of information regarding his brothers and other family members.
		Old Family Record of Ephraim Cheney and family
		Dr. Levi Cheney letter Sent December 15, 1890 to his cousin Olive Mehitable McBride who was living in Utah. Levi wrote a number of letter to Olive McBride between 1890-1895 which are still available today.
		Dr. Levi Cheney, Probated Will, 1901 Page 1,
		"Brother Joseph's Gon" an old Nauvoo Era, Mormon poem Page II
		Dr. Levi Cheney, Probated Will, 1901 Page 2
		Dr. Levi Cheney, Probated Will, 1901 Page 3
		Dr. Levi Cheney, Probated Will, 1901 Page 4
		Dr. Levi Cheney, Probated Will, 1901 Page 5
		Dr. Levi Cheney, Probated Will, 1901 Page 6
		Dr. Levi Cheney Will Cover
		Saints Herald Letter by Samantha Cheney Thompson A letter sent to the Saints Herald containing the Dr. Levi Cheneys cancer cure, which was published numerouse times over many years.
		"Brother Joseph's Gon" an old Nauvoo Mormon poem. Page I Currently author is unknown. Interesting, this poem was passed through the Cheney family and found in 2005 in the Independence, Jackson County, Missouri home of Dr. Levi Cheney. This home is located just feet from the home of Joseph Smith III on Short Street.
		"Brother Joseph's Gon" an old Nauvoo Era, Mormon poem Page III
		Undertakers Bill Dr. Levi Cheney was terrified of being bured alive by mistake, According to his last wishes, electricty was applied to his body to confirm death.
		Letter: Dr. Levi Cheney to the Saint's Herald Expressing his disapointment in local Church turnout.

Notes	Baptism RLDS 19 NOV 1868 Des Moines Iowa by JH Lake and Duty Griffith Early supporter of Graceland College, an RLDS sponsored College in Lamoni, Iowa. Tax 1852 Found on the poll-tax list of Colusa County California with his brother in law Ben White 1860 United States Federal Census for Springfield, Jackson County, Wisconsin 1870 United States Federal Census for Des Moines, Lee County, Iowa 1880 United States Federal Census for Lena, Stephenson County, Illinois 1900 United States Federal Census for Independence, Jackson County, Missouri Dr. Levi Cheney was born February 10, 1825 in Freedom, Cattaraugus Co., New York, As a young man, he moved with his family to Kirtland, Lake Co., The family can be found on the 1840 Kirtland, Ohio Federal census. By early 1840 they had moved again to Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois as many Mormons did at that time. Many of the Cheney families were moving to the new settlement as well. Levi's father Ephraim Cheney had purchased land a short distance behind the Nauvoo House, Aaron Cheney Sr. his uncle lived on a block next door to theirs. The Mormons were driven from the area, by 1846 his father Ephraim Cheney was living in Erin, Stephenson Co., Illinois, this is known from the obituary of Hariett Law (Cheney). Hariett's obituary states they had arrived to the Kent area that year. They can also be found on the 1850 Federal Census for the Erin, Illinois area several years later. Levi Cheney cannot be found on this census as well as several of his siblings. They would have been in Salt Lake, traveling there with the Mormons that were crossing the plains so heavily by this time (1848). Levi also mentions that he visited with his cousins at Council Bluffs and it is also known though their descendants that they were in the area in 1848. Levi and his siblings probably stayed in Salt Lake for a short period of time and left with the many that were going to California. It is known from his letters that he was in the Nevada City California area by 1849. His brother Lewis was running his freight company in the Sacramento area and is also known to have found a certain amount of gold. In the spring of 1850, Levi and at least his brother Mansel had found some gold as well, though it is not know how much this would have been. In 1896 Dr. Levi Cheney and Amelia M. Clark and their two young daughters Samantha and Hattie, moved from Kent, Stephenson Co., Illinois to Independence Missouri. Below is the story told by Velma Thompson Bradshaw a granddaughter of Dr. Levi Cheney: "To Kent Stephenson Co, Illinois-June 19, 1872. The whole family made this move. Levi then married and went to Des Moines, Lee County, Iowa, then back to Kent, Stephenson Co., Illinois to the farm, then to Viscennes, Stephenson Co., Illinois, then back to Kent again to care for his mother. Later, in 1896, he moved to Independence, Missouri. By this time , he had married Amelia Ann Clark, and Hattie Rosetta and Samantha Caroline were 14 to 17 years old. Levi came to Independence alone and rented a home. He then returned to Illinois and sold the farm. He went to the railroad station, and had a car set aside which would hold cattle. On one side, he had furniture and what they wished to bring along. On the other end, he had chickens, a cow, two or three sheep, a hog, his team, mother's horse, her little buggy, a work wagon, and their buggy with the fringe on top. He soon sold the work wagon, but I can remember the other buggies, and mother's little two wheeled buggy with a pretty umbrella on it." Velma Thompson Bradshaw, many years ago Many family members of Dr. Levi Cheney had left for Salt Lake City Utah bet. 1847-1851 shortly after the murder of Joseph Smith Jr, the prophet and founder of the Mormon Church. While many Mormons choose to follow Brigham Young after Joseph's death, a large group had stayed behind in Nauvoo and other towns in Illinois and Missouri. They choose the leadership of Joseph Smith III, the son of Joseph Smith Jr.. When Joseph Smith Jr. was murdered in Carthage, Illinois (1844), Joseph III was but a young boy. Family history (many have heard this) tells us Dr. Levi Cheney would travel to Salt Lake during the late 1840s with his brother Mancil and possibly his brother Lewis Cheney. He would write of his trip to California and it is believed he went to Salt Lake on this trip as well. He did not agree with the policies of Brigham Young and is said to have left in the night with his horse's hooves wrapped in burlap for silence. His brother's are said to have left with him in the same manner. His descendants stayed in the home and remain close friends and neighbors with the Smith and other families all of their lives. My grandfather and my great uncle would tell me of the fun they had while playing at the Smith home and swimming in the creek with their children. In 1992 the magazine Spectrum, interviewed my grandfather George Wallace Thompson I before he died in 1996. He gave his account of his experiences growing up on Short St. with the Smiths. Levi's daughter Samantha Cheney spent 70 years in the home. My great uncle has spent 84. Dr. Levi Cheney and his wife Amelia M. Clark are buried just a few feet from the tomb of Joseph Smith III and his family plot at the Mound Grove Cemetery in Independence, Missouri. From what I understand Dr. Levi Cheney was the first person to be buried in the Mound Grove Cemetery. Many of their descendants are buried in family plots surrounding Levi's. The following was written by my grandfather George Wallace Thompson, (grandson of Dr. Levi Cheney) to my older brother about 1970, concerning the history of Dr. Levi Cheney: "Dear Geo III Hi Good Buddie: I received your letter and will help you all I can My Grandfather, Your Great Great Grandfather was a pioneer Doctor who practiced in the latter part of the eighteen hundreds and up until 1901. In those days there were no drugstores or Pharmaceutical companies who mixed and prepared medicines, so the Doctors had to make their own medicine. They went in the woods and dug herbs and gathered different tree and bush bark which was used in their medicines. In those days most of the medicines and cures were learned from the Indians. He would make his calls in a wagon with a team of horses. If he had to make a long call, sometimes maybe 15 or 20 miles he would just saddle a horse and cut through fields to go the shortest way. If the person was real sick, he would just stay at their house, maybe two or three days or a week if necessary until the person was better and on the way to recovery. When he went on horseback he had a special saddle bag which fit over the horse to keep all his medicine and instruments in. Sometimes he would have to hide in the woods from quarrelsom Indians or Marauders, but most of the time the worst trouble he would have was bad weather-with rivers and streams out of their banks." George Wallace Thompson I, 1970 Elam Cheney, Aaron Cheney, Mehitabel Wells, Their Ancestors and Some Descendants by Marvel R. Cheney, 1967. Pages 6 - 30, 154 - 158, 170 - 174,LEVI - 8 CHENEY (son of Ephraim - 7 and Harriet). Levi by his first wife had no children. He married second when fifty years old and had two daughters, Harriet and Samantha. He sent pictures of his daughter to Malinda Cheney Higley. Virgie Harding loaned the pictures to Agnes Drummer. Juanita Weisenborn wrote that Levi was a Doctor and she sent Virgie Harding his death date. - Olive Cheney McBrides family record, in possession of Agnes Drummer. (her granddaughter.) Agnes Drummer has passed all her genealogy papers on to her son, Olean Drummer, 403 Grandview Ave. Burley, Idaho. Oleen Drummer, and his wife have published a book on her family (Mrs. Oleen Drummer's family) 1967 CHENEY, Ephraim (father of Dr. Levi Cheney), b. Vt. abt. 1796, wife, Harriett, b. Aug. 14, 1806. d. Jan. 20, 1887 bur. Kent Lutheran Cemetery. Lived around the county line at east edge of Gidds School district. In Illinois prior to 1846. Children: Levi, b. abt. 1825, wife Roberta. d. May 1876 bur. Kent Lutheran Cemetery, Amelia (?) The mother Harriet lived with him in 1880. Levi was a Mormon and had Joseph Smith, Jr. of Mo (Missouri) visit him in 1887. He left Kent in 1895. Lived on Wl/2SW1/4 Sec. 15. (Kent township). Goes on to list Ephraim and Harriet's children. (Note: I believe the author meant to say Joseph III, as Joseph Jr. was already deceased) - "Kent For a Century and a Quarter by Phillip Keister c. 1952 page 127 and 128 "Henry Richtermyre has rented Dr. Cheney's farm." Lena Star, Sept. 28, 1883 Lena, Stephenson County, Illinois These are a few returned letters that Dr. Levi Cheney wrote to his cousin Olive Cheney McBride and her son Elam McBride (Salt Lake City, Utah) in the late 1800s. There is also one letter to Elam Cheney the brother of Olive McBride. Olive Cheney was the wife of James McBride and daughter of Aaron Cheney (Mormon Pioneer) and Mehitable Wells. Her brothers also being Levi's cousins are referenced in the letters. ( Elam Cheney "Mormon Pioneer", Amasa Cheney , Ezekiel Cheney "Mormon Pioneer" and Aaron Cheney Jr. or Sr. "Mormon Pioneer".) Olive Cheney McBride would later mention receiving letters from Levi Cheney in her family record book. Her book mentions that Levi had sent a picture of his daughters, including Samantha Cheney Thompson my great grandmother. Olive Cheney McBride's family record book was then quoted in the book : "Elam Cheney , Aaron Cheney and Mehitabel Wells, Their Ancestors and Some Descendants " by Marvel R. Cheney, 1967. Pages 6 30, 154 158, 170 174, . This book can be found in the Mormon Family History Library in Salt Lake City. (Avail. on interlibrary loan.) A letter to Dr. Levi Cheney's cousin Elam Cheney of Salt Lake City Utah. Elam is the son of Aaron Cheney. April 12th 1891 Dear Cousin Elam , I received your letter a few days ago and was pleased to reply I am on the farm in Kent Ill and a bit ill of health. The weather is better, hope yours are doing fine. I have written to Olive McBride a number of times but I believe they do not always arrive. I have missed all of the family and often remember of the good times that we had in Nauvoo. I traveled to Nauvoo a wile ago, it is not the same place. It is not the same as the days that we spent on our fathers farms, desolate Nauvoo is today. I wish for you to write to me and give me the adresses of any of the following persons 1 Amasa Cheney 2 Aaron Cheney, 3. Harrison Burgess 4 Ezekiel Cheney, 5 Margaret Johnson, 6 Robert Johnson, 7 Nathaniel Levert, 8 Flavilla Levert or any of the name of Lindsay. I stayed a bit with Harrison when I was in Utah. Many in our party were friends of Harrison Burgess. As you know we left for Sacramento in 49 with good hope. California was a miserable place, raining for days on us. We lived mostly off of the land and what the lord gave us. We worked any area that we found and did not have a blessing until the spring of 50. I and Mansel worked a claim outside of the Nevada City and found our profit for our trip. I and Mancil said that we would not have come to Californis before those good days. We stayed in Council Bluffs and Wyoming for almost two years. As I told you in my last letter Mansel was killed wile with Lewis at the Powder River by Indians a few numbers back. His wife has married again , his son Franklin married a woman named Alice, Mansels daughter Mary has some children and is the wife of McCullock. Much of Lewiss family lives near Boulder , like I said before he is dead to. Mathew, Chester and Wesley live near Sac City, Sac County, Iowa, I lived for some time in Iowa myself but would rather stay on the Kent farm. I have hurd that Clark has gone into Poligamy and has several wives. I am troubled to hear of several foalks that have taken wives. You know they just believe what they have been taught. Please give them my adres in Kent, I would like to haer from them if you can know were they are living. I will part now and send my love to the family. L.C. Cheney A letter written to Elam Wells McBride the son of Olive Cheney McBride (some notes about Elam Wells McBride) Our Pioneer Heritage Volume 1 They Came in 1847 President Young Visits Lemhi Mcbride, Elam Wells, Bishop of the Oakley 3rd Ward, Cassia Stake, Idaho, from 1901 to 1904, was born Sept. 18, 1854, in Grantsville, Utah, the son of James McBride and Olive Cheney. He was baptized May 30, 1863, filled a mission to the Southern States in 1881-1882 and was ordained a Bishop Aug. 9, 1901, by Rudger Clawson. He died June 14, 1927) This letter was written in response to several genealogy questions that Elam McBride sent from Salt Lake City Utah. Independence Mo., Jan. 3 1897 E W McBride Dear Cousin I received your letter about a year ago, in regards to the family. I was moving from Kent, Ill., to this place and it was a month getting to me. It wass all torn up and it got misplaced and I could not think of your questions to answer, I had forgotten your name, so could not write, but your letter turned up, so I will answer it now, and your questions as they come. The first is as follows, which is right, Cheeny or Cheney. Cheney is correct. Your great Grandfather was Benjamin Cheney he had five sons and two daughters Annie and Eunice, Moses, Aaron, Hurd, Ephraim and Benjamin. Your Mothers, fathers name was Aaron his children were Olive, Elam, Ezekiel, Amas, Orin and Aaron, all are dead, I think but Olive and Elam. I do not know Elams address if you do I would like to have it my fathers names was Ephraim (son of Benjamin) his children were Simatha, Caroline, Levi, Lewis, Lyman, Richard, Chester, Wesley, Matthew, Mansel and Joseph all are dead but Weslie, Matthew, Chester and myself (Levi). Wesley and Chester lives at Sac City Iowa. Matthew lives at Newell Buena Vista Co, Iowa and I live at Independence, Mo. Annie married "Runnels" she had 2 children, I don't know of any more. Lorenzo and Issa. Eunice married a Hubbard Chamberland, had 2 children, I only know the name of one of them it was Hubbard. Moses only had one child that I know of Moses his father was killed by a falling tree. Aaron had children as follows Amas, Orin, Aaron, Olive, Elam, Ezekiel this I told you before. Olive you mother, you wile know her posterity. Hurds children were Mary, Marie, Malinda, Milton, Malvia and Mansel, I believe one was Malvina. Benjamine I do not know all their children but one was Anna she married a named Parsen they lived at Fort Dodge Iowa. I don't know much about the McBrides Levi Cheney Ind. Mo Written Kent, Stephenson Co. Illinois Feb. 8th 1885 Feb. 8th 1885 Dear Cousin Olive McBride, I received a letter from Malinda (Higley&Clark) about a week ago stating that you had not received any letter from me. I received yours and answered it the next day since which I have not hurd from you either directly indirectly untill I got Malindas letter and Olive we are all alive but Mancil and Father. Mancil was killed on the north fork of the Powdwer River by Indians. Father died at Holden, Johnson Co. Mo. about fifty miles from Independence with congestive chills, and I bought the old homestead and Mother has lived with me ever since. Uncle Ben died about two years ago at Fort Dodge, Iowa. I want you to write to me and give me the post office adress of the following named persons and if any of them have changed their names by marage pleas to tell me the names that they are known by now as far as you can give me all the particulars as far as you can how they are getting along, with the adress of each : first Amasa Cheney 2 Aaron Cheney, 3 Elam Cheney , 4 Ezekiel Cheney, 5 Robert Johnson, 6 Margaret Johnson, 7 Nathaniel Levert, 8 Flavilla Levert, 9 Mary Morse, 10 Alonzo Jones, 11 Lorra Jones( or Guesford) 12 Horris Burgess, 13 Harrison Burgess, and any other Burgess or Huntsmans. Now Olive I wish as a favor you would give me all the information concerning all or any of the above named persons you can with the post office adress of each as far as you can, and if there is any information that I can give you I would be pleased to inform you . A few words more about myself and I will hafto close and go doing chores. A few years after I left Navuoo I got maried to as fine a woman as one to see we had one child it died we lived together about 30 years and she died after her death I maried again. My second wife is about 33 years old we have to smart girls one in her 5th year the other in her 3rd We get along first rate I will hafto close now will tell you more next time My adress is Kent, Stephenson Co.,Ills. Levi Cheney Written Kent, Stephenson Co. Illinois Dec. 15th 1890 Dear Cousin Olive McBride, I have not had a letter from you in long time and I thought I would write you one and see if I could not get one from you once more. I would like to have you write to me and tell me all about your foalks how many are living and their adress and how many are dead and wheir they died and all about them and if you can tell me about the Huntsmans and the Burgesses and Robert and Margaret Johnson where they were the last you knew of them and how they were geting along. When I went to California I stoped and seen Robert and Margaret at Council Bluffs and I have not hurd from them since. When I was at the Green River on my way to California I saw a man that run the ferry and he said he knew Elam and Ezekiel and he said that one of them had gone into polygama and I hurd lately that the boys were nearly all dead and that some of them had gone crazy. Wil you pleas to tell me all about them and about all of the foalks that we used to know down at Nauvoo. I was at Nauvoo about twenty years ago and it is a desolate place. I wanted to go out where we and your foalks used to live but I could not go. I often think about the good times we used to have there but they are past and gon never to return. I will now try to tell you about our familey. Father died at Holden Johnson Co., Mo. and then I baught out the heirs and Mother came to live with me and she lived with me untill she died about three years ago. Lyman died in Colorado and so did Lewis. Mancil was killed by the plains going to Montana and they tried to kill Lewis at the same time. They were either road agents or Indians that killed Mancil I think they were road agents. Mathew, Chester and Wesley live near Sac City, Sac County, Iowa and Semantha died at Holden, Mo. about two years ago and Richard started for Dead Wood City, Dacota and that was the last I hurd of him and I am living here on the old homestead with poor heath I don't suffer much pain but am weak and poor appitite at times. I have a good home and a good wife and two little girls the oldest ten years old. When I was practicing medicine down in Iowa at Farmington at a conference of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints I got acquainted with an old lady by the name of McBride she said she was some connection of James your husband ( it was Elizabeth Mcbride McMillen, sister of James) Her father was the one killed in Mo. with the corn cutter.* I will have to close I had to go lie down before I could finish this. Write soon our love to all Levi Cheney P.S. When you write wil you pleas to tel me the name and adress of your general church recorder I would like to write to him and if you can I would like to have you send me a small peace of the Salt Lake temple. Yours in love L.C. *** Levi is referring to the murder of Thomas McBride in the Haun's Mill Massacre. See "Biography of James McBride". Kent Ills. Feb. 26, 1891 Dear Cousin Olive McBride, In answer to yours of a late date I would say that I was glad to hear from you again and to hear that you were alive and wel and I was also glad to hear from your familey as I had not hurd from them since I went to California while(?) was at Green River I found a man that told me all about your father's familey. He was from Utah. But he did not know anything about Robert or Margaret for they had not got there yet they were then at Council Bluffs. I saw them there. She married a man by the name of Noah T. Guyman and he had married two or three other wives and I don't know how many more he had after that for I never hurd of them afterwards until you said you saw them out there. I would like to write to them if I could get their adress. I have written to them but got no answer yet hope I wil soon. I often get letters from Melinda Higley. I was sorry to hear that Clark went into polygama but I suppose he got it preached to him and he beleaved it. I wish you would send me as large a peace of the stone that the Salt Lake Temple is built of as you can send for the two cent stamps that you will find enclosed and oblige me by so doing.I want the rock to get cut in to a watch charm for a curosity and I would like to have it as near square as you can conveniantly get it and if the two cent stamps are not anuf I will send the balance when it comes. Wal(?) Olive I wil hafto close for it is chore time. We send you our love from your cousin. Levi Cheney P.S.-- If I said that the woman that I saw at Farmington was the wife or daughter of the McBride that got killed with the corn cutter I did not mean to so state for I dont know what connection she did say she was only that she knew James. I have broken my typewritter and now hafto quit. L.C. Kent, Ills. April 4. 1891 Dear Cousin Olive McBride, I received your welcom letter and the peace of rock and was glad to hear from you and as much obliged to you for your trouble but you did not send any bill with the rock so I do not know what your charges are but the postage I do know what it was and you wil please to find it in this note. The weather is clear and cool, there is some snow on the ground but it wil soon go off I think. I have written to Elam and have got an answer. He was well at the time of writing. I hope this will find you well as it leaves us. Our love to you and yours Levi Cheney