Abraham CARLING

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JOHN CAME TO UTAH SEPT 1852 IN THE HENRY MILLER COMPANY. HE ARRIVED IN OCT 1852 IN THE LITTLE YEAR OLD SETTLEMENT OF FILLMORE TO SETTLE AND MAKE HIS FAMILY HOME. AMONG WITH HIM WAS HIS WIFE ANN, ABRAHAM ISSAC, FRANCIS K., JOSEPH M., AND KATHERINE KEATON ( HIS OTHER WIFE). HE WAS A BISHOP'S COUNSELOR, SHERRIF OF FILLMORE AT ONE TIME, AND MADE WAGONS FOR USE IN CROSSING THE PLAINS. HE HAD ASSISTED IN WOOD CARVINGS OF THE NAUVOO TEMPLE. HE WAS A MASON TINNER, CABINET MAKER, COOPER, AND SHOEMAKER. IN 1855 THE PEOPLE OF FILLMORE WERE CALLED UPON TO PRACTICE THE UNITED ORDER, BY ASSIGNING ALL OF THEIR EARTHLY POSESSIONS TO THE CHURCH. JOHN CARLING WAS AMONG THE MEMBERS WHO DEEDED ALL OF HIS PROPERTY TO THE CHURCH. THE UNITED ORDER CAUSED A LOT OF DISSATIFACTION IN THE CHURCH AND HAD TO BE ABANDONED BUT WAS TRIED AGAIN LATER. IN DECEMBER OF 1854, JOHN A RAY, COUNSELOR AND JOHN CARLING, REPRESENTATIVE TO THE LEGISLATURE,TRAVELED TO THE LEGISLATURE. ON THEIR RETURN TRIP, JOHN CARLING CONTRACTED A SEVERE COLD AND LATER DIED OF PNEUMONIA.