Cyrus William Card

 Conquerors of the West: Stalwart Mormon Pioneers, volume 1
Name: Cyrus William Card
Birth Date: 28 Jun 1814
Birth Place: Painted Post, Steuben Co., New York
Parents: William and Sarah "Sally" Sabin Card
Death Date: 04 Sep 1900
Death Place: Logan, Utah
Arrival: 1856, Edmund Ellsworth Handcart Co.
Spouse: Sarah Tuttle
Marriage Date: abt 1837
Marriage Place: New York
Spouse's Parents: Jesse and Diane Gillette Tuttle
Spouse's Birth Date: 14 May 1819
Spouse's Birth Place: Palmyra, New York
Spouse's Death Date: 11 May 1894
Spouse's Death Place: Logan, Utah
Married 2nd: Emma Booth Date: 7 Nov 1859 , Farmington, Utah Born: 16 Sep 1837 , Apperley, Gloucs, England Parents: William and Ann Matty Booth Died: 11 May 1885 , Logan, Utah Arrived in Valley: George Rowley Handcart Co.
Married 3rd: Ann Booth Date: 16 Nov 1861 , Logan, Utah Parents: William and Ann Matty Booth

Cyrus William , while yet a youth, was apprenticed to learn the wheelwright trade. He later became an accomplished lumberman. Cyrus and Sarah were converted to the Mormon Church and baptized in 1843 in the Ossian East Branch of the church in New York . In 1846 they moved to Park Center, Michigan . Cyrus assumed the care of his mother and siblings after his father died. They returned to New York in 1851 . In 1856 , President Young authorized the use of handcarts in the journey west, the Card family joined Edmund Ellsworth in the first company, using a wagon and team. After arriving in Utah , the Cards settled in Farmington . In 1859 , Cyrus traveled to Cache Valley to stake out a home site. His son Charles Ora remained to build a cabin. Cyrus returned to Farmington for his family. In 1860 the Cards moved to Logan where they helped with the new settlement. In the meantime, Cyrus had entered into two polygamous marriages. He operated a sawmill that supplied lumber for both the Logan Tabernacle and the Logan Temple. He was on the high council and was a city councilman. He also helped establish the United Order in Logan. At his funeral, he was praised for his commitment and dedication to the gospel, his honesty, charitable works, peaceful nature, and thrifty character.
Children of 1st wife: Abigail Jane , b. 1837 . D. in 1841 . Child. Charles Ora , b. 1839 . Md. 1st, Sarah Jane Birdno . 2nd Sarah Jane Painter . 3rd Zina Young Williams . 4th, Lavinia Rigby . D. 1906 . Polly Caroline , b. 1841 . D. Teenager in 1856 . Matilda Frances , b. 1852 . Md. William Hyde . D. 1875 . Sarah Angeline , b. 1854 . Md. David M. Steele . D. 1871.
Children of 2nd wife: Althea , b. 1860 . Md. John Cluley Greaves . D. 1944 . Cyrus William , b. 1862 . Md. Alice Muir . D. 1943 . Mary Ellen , b. 1864 . Md. Wilford Chatterton . D. 1934 . Dewilton Booth , b. 1867 . Md. Sarah Ann Hochstrasser . D. 1955 . Melvin , b. 1869 . D. 1871 . Child. Emma Ann , b. 1872 . D. 1873 . Child Ernest , b. 1874 . Md. Minnie Arta Bell Hamilton . D. 1936 . David Booth , b. 1876 . Never married. D. 1933 . Jay Greaves Burrup