Anthony J. Stratton - Revision history

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	* http://mountainmeadowsmassacre.org/appendices/appendix-c-the-militiamen		* http://mountainmeadowsmassacre.org/appendices/appendix-c-the-militiamen
	* Deseret Iron Company Account Book, 1854-1867: http://www.footnote.com/document/241905844/		* Deseret Iron Company Account Book, 1854-1867: http://www.footnote.com/document/241905844/
	* For the Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel website ~~discussion of~~ Anthony J. Stratton, see: http://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/pioneerDetail?lang=eng&pioneerId=49729		* For information from the Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel website on Anthony J. Stratton, see: http://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/pioneerDetail?lang=eng&pioneerId=49729

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Journey to Utah

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	In 1845, he married a native of Kentucky, Martha Jane Layne. ''Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah'' states that Stratton came to Utah In 1849. However, the Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel website states, "Proof that [the] Stratton family traveled to Utah in 1848 is the fact that Anthony Stratton's name appears on the list of lots distributed to those in Salt Lake in 1848. This is counter to the note in Esshom's ''Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah'' which mistakenly states he came in 1849."		In 1845, he married a native of Kentucky, Martha Jane Layne. ''Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah'' states that Stratton came to Utah In 1849. However, the Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel website states, "Proof that [the] Stratton family traveled to Utah in 1848 is the fact that Anthony Stratton's name appears on the list of lots distributed to those in Salt Lake in 1848. This is counter to the note in Esshom's ''Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah'' which mistakenly states he came in 1849."

	However, it is not know which company the Strattons joined to travel the overland trail to the Great Basin. They must have remained around Kanesville, Iowa (later Council Bluffs) from 1846 to 1848 while they gathered the means to immigrate to Utah Territory. The Stratton family consisted of Anthony, 24, his wife, Martha Jane, 20, and their newborn, Martha Jane who had been born on March 30, 1848.		However, it is not know which company the Strattons joined to travel the overland trail to the Great Basin. They must have remained around Kanesville, Iowa (later Council Bluffs) from 1846 to 1848 while they gathered the means to immigrate to Utah Territory. The Stratton family consisted of Anthony, 24, his wife, Martha Jane, 20, and their newborn, Martha Jane who had been born on March 30, 1848.

	[[Image:Mormon Trail.jpg\|thumb\|center\|700px\|<center>'''The Mormon Trail'''</center>]]		[[Image:Mormon Trail.jpg\|thumb\|center\|700px\|<center>'''The Mormon Trail'''</center>]]

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Journey to Utah

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	In 1845, he married a native of Kentucky, Martha Jane Layne. ''Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah'' states that Stratton came to Utah In 1849. However, the Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel website states, "Proof that [the] Stratton family traveled to Utah in 1848 is the fact that Anthony Stratton's name appears on the list of lots distributed to those in Salt Lake in 1848. This is counter to the note in Esshom's ''Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah'' which mistakenly states he came in 1849."		In 1845, he married a native of Kentucky, Martha Jane Layne. ''Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah'' states that Stratton came to Utah In 1849. However, the Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel website states, "Proof that [the] Stratton family traveled to Utah in 1848 is the fact that Anthony Stratton's name appears on the list of lots distributed to those in Salt Lake in 1848. This is counter to the note in Esshom's ''Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah'' which mistakenly states he came in 1849."

	However, it is not know which company the Strattons joined to travel the overland trail to the Great Basin. They must have remained around Kanesville, Iowa (later Council Bluffs) from 1846 to 1848 while they gathered the means to immigrate to Utah Territory.		However, it is not know which company the Strattons joined to travel the overland trail to the Great Basin. They must have remained around Kanesville, Iowa (later Council Bluffs) from 1846 to 1848 while they gathered the means to immigrate to Utah Territory. The Stratton family consisted of Anthony, 24, his wife, Martha Jane, 20, and their newborn, Martha Jane who had been born on March 30, 1848.

	[[Image:Mormon Trail.jpg\|thumb\|center\|700px\|<center>'''The Mormon Trail'''</center>]]		[[Image:Mormon Trail.jpg\|thumb\|center\|700px\|<center>'''The Mormon Trail'''</center>]]

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	* http://mountainmeadowsmassacre.org/appendices/appendix-c-the-militiamen		* http://mountainmeadowsmassacre.org/appendices/appendix-c-the-militiamen
	* Deseret Iron Company Account Book, 1854-1867: http://www.footnote.com/document/241905844/		* Deseret Iron Company Account Book, 1854-1867: http://www.footnote.com/document/241905844/
			* For the Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel website discussion of Anthony J. Stratton, see: http://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/pioneerDetail?lang=eng&pioneerId=49729

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	=== Journey to Utah ===		=== Journey to Utah ===

	In 1845, he married a native of Kentucky, Martha Jane Layne. In 1849, they ~~immigrated~~ to Utah.		In 1845, he married a native of Kentucky, Martha Jane Layne. ''Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah'' states that Stratton came to Utah In 1849. However, the Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel website states, "Proof that [the] Stratton family traveled to Utah in 1848 is the fact that Anthony Stratton's name appears on the list of lots distributed to those in Salt Lake in 1848. This is counter to the note in Esshom's ''Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah'' which mistakenly states he came in 1849."

			However, it is not know which company the Strattons joined to travel the overland trail to the Great Basin. They must have remained around Kanesville, Iowa (later Council Bluffs) from 1846 to 1848 while they gathered the means to immigrate to Utah Territory.

			[[Image:Mormon Trail.jpg\|thumb\|center\|700px\|<center>'''The Mormon Trail'''</center>]]

			Having acquired an outfit and necessary provisions for the journey, the Strattons would have joined one of the companies on the Mormon Trail in 1848. They would have passed the usual milestones on the trail: Fort Kearney, the South Fork of the Platte River, Chimney Rock, Fort Laramie, the Sweetwater River, Independence Rock, Devil's Gate, Green River, Fort Bridger, Bear River, and Weber River. After suffering the usual hardships of overland trail they arrived in the valley of the Great Salt Lake in late summer or early fall 1848.

	=== Pioneering in Provo in Utah County ===		=== Pioneering in Provo in Utah County ===

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References

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	= References =		= References =

	Alder and Brooks, ''History of Washington County,'' 50, fn. 13; Bradshaw, ed., ''Under Dixie Sun,'' 268-69, 275-77; Brooks, ed., ''Journal of the Southern Indian Mission,'' 106, 110; Clayton, ''Pioneer Men of Arizona,'' 484 (biographical sketch); Clayton, ''Pioneer Women of Arizona,'' 609-11 (biographical sketch of Martha Jane Layne Stratton); Huff, ''Utah County Centennial History,'' 42, 43; Jenson, ''Encyclopedic History of the Latter-day Saints,'' 683; Krenkel, ed., ''Life and Times of Joseph Fish,'' 213; Lee, ''Mormonism Unveiled,'' 232, 380; Lee Trial transcripts; New.FamilySearch.org; Shirts and Shirts, ''A Trial Furnace,'' 331, 478, 485, 495; Smith, ed., ''Journal of Jesse N. Smith,'' 236, 247; Turley and Walker, ''Mountain Meadows Massacre: Jenson and Morris Collections,'' 236; Walker, et al, ''Massacre at Mountain Meadows,'' Appendix C, 263.		Alder and Brooks, ''History of Washington County,'' 50, fn. 13; Bradshaw, ed., ''Under Dixie Sun,'' 268-69, 275-77; Brooks, ed., ''Journal of the Southern Indian Mission,'' 106, 110; Clayton, ''Pioneer Men of Arizona,'' 484 (biographical sketch); Clayton, ''Pioneer Women of Arizona,'' 609-11 (biographical sketch of Martha Jane Layne Stratton); Huff, ''Utah County Centennial History,'' 42, 43; Jenson, ''Encyclopedic History of the Latter-day Saints,'' 683; Krenkel, ed., ''Life and Times of Joseph Fish,'' 213; Lee, ''Mormonism Unveiled,'' 232, 380; Lee Trial transcripts; New.FamilySearch.org; Shirts and Shirts, ''A Trial Furnace,'' 331, 478, 485, 495; Smith, ed., ''Journal of Jesse N. Smith,'' 236, 247; Stratton, ''A Life of Love,'' 1-7 (biographical sketch of William Ellis and Minnie Kartchner Stratton); Turley and Walker, ''Mountain Meadows Massacre: Jenson and Morris Collections,'' 236; Walker, et al, ''Massacre at Mountain Meadows,'' Appendix C, 263.

	For full bibliographic information see [[Bibliography]].		For full bibliographic information see [[Bibliography]].

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	=== Final Years ===		=== Final Years ===

	Anthony J. Stratton died in Snowflake, Arizona in 1887. He was survived by his wife Martha and numerous children.		Anthony J. Stratton died in Snowflake, Arizona in 1887. He was survived by his wife Martha and numerous children. Martha Jane Stratton died in 1906 at age 79.

	= References =		= References =

	Alder and Brooks, ''History of Washington County,'' 50, fn. 13; Bradshaw, ed., ''Under Dixie Sun,'' 268-69, 275-77; Brooks, ed., ''Journal of the Southern Indian Mission,'' 106, 110; Huff, ''Utah County Centennial History,'' 42, 43; Jenson, ''Encyclopedic History of the Latter-day Saints,'' 683; Krenkel, ed., ''Life and Times of Joseph Fish,'' 213; Lee, ''Mormonism Unveiled,'' 232, 380; Lee Trial transcripts; New.FamilySearch.org; Shirts and Shirts, ''A Trial Furnace,'' 331, 478, 485, 495; Smith, ed., ''Journal of Jesse N. Smith,'' 236, 247; Turley and Walker, ''Mountain Meadows Massacre: Jenson and Morris Collections,'' 236; Walker, et al, ''Massacre at Mountain Meadows,'' Appendix C, 263.		Alder and Brooks, ''History of Washington County,'' 50, fn. 13; Bradshaw, ed., ''Under Dixie Sun,'' 268-69, 275-77; Brooks, ed., ''Journal of the Southern Indian Mission,'' 106, 110; Clayton, ''Pioneer Men of Arizona,'' 484 (biographical sketch); Clayton, ''Pioneer Women of Arizona,'' 609-11 (biographical sketch of Martha Jane Layne Stratton); Huff, ''Utah County Centennial History,'' 42, 43; Jenson, ''Encyclopedic History of the Latter-day Saints,'' 683; Krenkel, ed., ''Life and Times of Joseph Fish,'' 213; Lee, ''Mormonism Unveiled,'' 232, 380; Lee Trial transcripts; New.FamilySearch.org; Shirts and Shirts, ''A Trial Furnace,'' 331, 478, 485, 495; Smith, ed., ''Journal of Jesse N. Smith,'' 236, 247; Turley and Walker, ''Mountain Meadows Massacre: Jenson and Morris Collections,'' 236; Walker, et al, ''Massacre at Mountain Meadows,'' Appendix C, 263.

	For full bibliographic information see [[Bibliography]].		For full bibliographic information see [[Bibliography]].

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Relocating to Arizona

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	=== Relocating to Arizona ===		=== Relocating to Arizona ===

	In 1877, Stratton accepted a call to help expand Mormon settlements in Arizona Territory. He and his family ~~including three of his grown sons~~ moved ~~to eastern Arizona and eventually settled in Snowflake~~ on Silver Creek, a tributary to the ~~upper~~ Little Colorado ~~River~~ in Navajo County.		In 1877, Stratton accepted a call to help expand Mormon settlements in Arizona Territory. They departed in mid-November 1877 and arrived in early January 1878 at Brigham City on the Little Colorado River, east of modern Winslow. There they remained for fourteen months.

			But life on the lower Little Colorado was vexing, with its droughts, flash floods, dam collapses, and field washouts. Stratton and his family pulled up stakes and moved up the Little Colorado where they stayed briefly at Woodruff. However, hearing that things appeared more promising on Silver Creek, a tributary to the Little Colorado farther south, they pushed ahead until they came to Snowflake in Navajo County. In spring 1879, he and his family including three of his grown sons settled in Snowflake on the banks of Silver Creek surrounded by rolling hills. Raw pioneer living conditions prevailed for several years until dams, canals, fields, orchards and homes could be established.

	In 1880, the Mormons had obtained a contract to build the road grade on a stretch of the railroad from New Mexico to eastern Arizona. When Joseph Fish encountered Anthony Stratton, he was in a gang of Mormon laborers near the Zuni River, south of Gallup in west-central New Mexico. They worked on the grade for the railroad. Jesse N. Smith also noted Stratton's presence apparently as foreman of a Mormon railroad gang.		In 1880, the Mormons had obtained a contract to build the road grade on a stretch of the railroad from New Mexico to eastern Arizona. When Joseph Fish encountered Anthony Stratton, he was in a gang of Mormon laborers near the Zuni River, south of Gallup in west-central New Mexico. They worked on the grade for the railroad. Jesse N. Smith also noted Stratton's presence apparently as foreman of a Mormon railroad gang.

			His son William Ellis Stratton recalled how hard his father worked, yet "his theory was to 'Work while you work, and play while you play.'" He took a half-day "holiday" on Saturdays during which he indulged in "some sport such as marbles or [base]ball."

	=== Final Years ===		=== Final Years ===

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	In 1864, Stratton went east to act as a guide for some of the emigrant trains traveling west to Great Salt Lake City. He and his wife had eleven children, ten of whom survived to adulthood.		In 1864, Stratton went east to act as a guide for some of the emigrant trains traveling west to Great Salt Lake City. He and his wife had eleven children, ten of whom survived to adulthood.

			In the mid-1870s, Stratton and his sons helped in the construction of the St. George temple.
	[[Image:Mormon Settlements in Arizona.jpg\|right\|400px\|Mormon Settlements in Arizona.jpg]]		[[Image:Mormon Settlements in Arizona.jpg\|right\|400px\|Mormon Settlements in Arizona.jpg]]

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	In 1877, Stratton accepted a call to help expand Mormon settlements in Arizona Territory. He and his family including three of his grown sons moved to eastern Arizona and eventually settled in Snowflake on a tributary to the upper Little Colorado River in Navajo County.		In 1877, Stratton accepted a call to help expand Mormon settlements in Arizona Territory. He and his family including three of his grown sons moved to eastern Arizona and eventually settled in Snowflake on Silver Creek, a tributary to the upper Little Colorado River in Navajo County.

	In 1880, the Mormons had obtained a contract to build the road grade on a stretch of the railroad from New Mexico to eastern Arizona. When Joseph Fish encountered Anthony Stratton, he was in a gang of Mormon laborers near the Zuni River, south of Gallup in west-central New Mexico. They worked on the grade for the railroad. Jesse N. Smith also noted Stratton's presence apparently as foreman of a Mormon railroad gang.		In 1880, the Mormons had obtained a contract to build the road grade on a stretch of the railroad from New Mexico to eastern Arizona. When Joseph Fish encountered Anthony Stratton, he was in a gang of Mormon laborers near the Zuni River, south of Gallup in west-central New Mexico. They worked on the grade for the railroad. Jesse N. Smith also noted Stratton's presence apparently as foreman of a Mormon railroad gang.

	=== Final Years ===		=== Final Years ===