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Hyrum Healey
28 Mar 1852 – 27 Apr 1896
| Birth | 28 Mar 1852 |
| Death | 27 Apr 1896 |
| Cemetery | Alpine City Cemetery Alpine , Utah County , Utah , USA |
| Added by | Lee Drew on 07 May 2007 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8408989 |
Bio
Hyrum Healey History Hyrum Healey (Healy) was born 23 March 1852 in Pinxton, Derbyshire, England, the son of John Healey and Mary Hemingway. His parents were converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and they helped contribute to the Perpetual Immigration Fund provided by the Church to help Saints go to Zion. Mary took their son Hyrum age 10, Joseph age 9, Thomas age 6 and Elizabeth age 14 months and sailed on ship "John J. Boyd" leaving Liverpool 23 April 1862 and arriving in New York Harbor 1 June 1862. John stayed in England to earn money for the family. The family took the train to Florence, Nebraska and saw all the soldiers in uniform for the Civil War. They walked in the pioneer company across the plains in 1862. Baby sister Elizabeth died. Their Uncle James Healey had preceded them and met them and took them to Alpine, Utah. They lived in a dugout. Hyrum's first job was herding sheep. Hyrum worked at the Stamp Mill. When he was 21 he worked burning charcoal for the smelters in Utah County. He met a young man named William F. Carson, the son of Bishop John Carson of Fairfield, and became friends. Visiting the Carson family he met Elvira Carson, a sister of William. They were married in the Endowment House 25 Jan 1875. Hyrum helped develop an irrigation system with water shares from American Fork. They built a two room log house with a summer kitchen and planted fruit trees, potatoes, wheat and oats. On the 4th of July their daughter, Elvira Perdita Healey was born but she died soon from a fever. They had four more children and Elvira died after childbirth from blood poisoning, on 24 May 1886. Hyrum's mother and sister helped with the home and the children. In 1891 Hyrum married Mary Read in the Logan Temple. They had no children. He was a water master and a road supervisor. In the summer of 1893 Hyrum was called to be the presiding elder for the Highland Branch of the American Fork Third Ward. He became the first Bishop of the Highland Ward. In the fall of 1895 he had wagon full of hay for tithing and was on his way to American Fork when the wagon turned and he had a bad fall. He was in poor health until his death 27 April 1896 in Highland. His children were: Elizabeth Perdita Healey1877-1878, Hyrum Carson Healey born 1879, Minnie Ann Healey born 1881, John Franklin Healey born 1884, William Matthew Healey 1886-1903.
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Parents
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Siblings
- Joseph Hemingway Healey 1852–1930
- Thomas Healey 1856–1937
- Nephi Healy 1858–1924
- James Nephi Healey 1858–1924
- Elizabeth Ann Healey 1861–1862
- John Healy 1862–1862
- Mary Jane Healey Devey 1865–1922
- Martha Hannah Healey Wilkin 1867–1950
- Isaac Alfred Healey 1869–1942
- Phoebe Levins Healey Brown 1871–1964
Children
- Elvira Perdita Healey 1877–1878
- Hyrum Carson Healy 1879–1957
- Minnie Ann Healey Gibson 1881–1970
- John Franklin Healy 1884–1973
- William Matthew Healey 1886–1903
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