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Title Page Pioneer Name: Adelia Wing Bohne Birth Date and Place: June 20, 1850: Detroit, Pike Co., Illinois Death Date and Place: July 31, 1909, Fairview, Sanpete, Utah Father: Dr. Joseph Smith Wing Mother: Rebecca P. Davis Who married and date: Martin Sophus Bohne, 25 March, 1866 Year arrived in Utah: 1854... (wrong date, should be 1862...Toni) Name of Company___________ Who wrote history and date: Thelma B. Anderson and Helen H. Bohne, November 1977. Who submitted history and date: Helen H. Bohne, May 1988 END OF PAGE ONE |
Adelia Wing Bohne
Adelia Wing Bohne was born June 20, 1850 at Detroit, Pike, Illinois to Dr. Joseph Smith Wing and Rebecca P. Davis. When she was four years old her father brought her to the west with him and she did not see her mother again for fifty years. (Toni's notes: I feel terrible picking apart a history by someone who obviously spent a great deal of time on the subject and who lovingly passed it on to family members...but...Adelia was 12 when she arrived in Utah with her father, Joseph Smith Wing in the year of 1862. Secondly, if she did not see her mother again for fifty years that would have made their reunion in 1912...and since Adelia died in 1909, it is unlikely that the reunion took place then. I don't doubt that there was a reunion, I just think that the time span is off.) Adelia lived in Fairview and as a nurse, aided in the care of the sick, assisting her father who was a doctor. She would go into the drugstore and mix up a prescription to help care for the sick. She often stayed in their home till they were well again. Many homes were blessed by the labor of her kind hands. Carl Linquist, the town butcher, and his family of six were all down sick and Adelia stayed with them and nursed them back to health. The following was taken from "Mt. Pleasant History" by Long's Dorf, P. 62 "marriages". " A double wedding, that of Martin Bohne and Adelia Wing; and Henry Bohne and Juliet Day, were solemized by Dr. Joseph S. Wing, father of Adelia Wing of Fairview, on March 26, 1866." "The ceremonies were performed in the fort at the home of Abraham Day, the father of Juliet. These are supposed to have been the first marriage ceremonies performed in Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete Co., Utah." This book is in the Mt. Pleasant library. Adelia and Martin Bohne received their endowments March 2, 1867 and the same day were sealed in the old endowment house in Salt Lake City, Utah. In March or April 1867, this couple was called to go to Spring City to live and help protect the pioneers from the uprisings of the indians at that time. Their first child, Joseph Martin Bohne, commonly called "Dode" was born August 22, 1867. Adelia's husband, Martin S. Bohne was born March 8, 1848 in Copenhagen, Denmark to Magus Carl Fredrick Bohne and Helsiena Yetting. Martin came to the United States and crossed the plains in a handcart company in the early 60's, and located in Fairview. He was in the employment of Brigham Young for one year. He worked in the Echo Canyon Tunnel, he spent eleven years in the mines of Utah and engaged also in farming sheep and cattle raising and in the poultry business. He was an Indian War Veteran. Only one is living, Wm. A. Bohne, age 91 of Fairview. Adelia operated a boarding house, a bakery and a store called "The Beanary" because they sold a large variety of END OF PAGE TWO |
jelly beans. They also operated a livery stable. Jon Nordstrom was employed to help the boys take the drummers and their many trunks loaded with merchandise to the various towns through the county to sell their wares.
The girls helped bake goodies and bread for sale in the bakery. They sold the bread for five cents a loaf or six for a quarter. These places of business were located on First South Street just east of the present City Hall Building. In 1890 the family watched the first train go through Fairview and the valley, as they were visiting Birch Creek at the old rock home of their Uncle Henry Bohne (building now still standing along Highway 89 nearly halfway to Mt. Pleasant). Adelia was artistic and did beautiful paintings on velvet. After 50 years Adelia's mother, Rebecca Davis Cheak finally made the long trip west and visited with Adelia and her family for some time. It was a happy reunion for all and something they often spoke about. Adelia Wing Bohne died July 31, 1909 at Fairview, Sanpete Co., Utah and was buried Aug, 1909 at Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah. Information was received from Wm. A. Bohne. Thelma Anderson and Newell Cox. END OF PAGE THREE |
(NOTE ON EACH PAGE WAS STAMPED: This copy made available through the courtesy of the International Society Daughter of Utah Pioneers and may not be reproduced for monetary gain.)
(This copy came from the Salt Lake City Chapter of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, by a friend, Bernice Davis, who did the research 3/15/2000.) (Extracted the data 3/17/2000...Dale Wing) Dale, my thanks for sharing this wonderful piece of work with all of us. I wish everyone would be as generous as you have been. I appreciate this special insight to the relationship that apparently continued between Adelia and her mother (and my gg-grandmother) Rebecca P. Wing. Although I question the fifty year time span...I have no doubt that the reunion took place and it brings tears to my eyes to think that after being separated, Mother and Daughter were reunited. Sincerely, Toni L. Nash (Even though Adelia left for Utah at the age of twelve and never returned, she must have kept fond memories of her family in her heart; Adelia named her oldest son "Byron," apparently after the brother she never saw again after 1862. Then Adelia named her oldest daughter "Amy Rebecca." Amy was the name of her grandmother, Amy Pettis Wing and Rebecca was the name of her mother, Rebecca Davis Wing.) |