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Link Number: 9
Children with Lucy: 1. Thomas LeRoy 20 Sep 1872 -
18 Nov 1914 Children with Ella: 1. Ella Vida
Cardon (1 Mar 1890 - 10 May 1972)
Ella Clarinda Hinckley was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on
September 17, 1867. Ella was the sixth of eleven children born of Arza Erastus
Hinckley and Temperance Ricks. Ella then obtained her education at the Brigham
Young Academy in Provo, and later at the Brigham Young College in Logan. Ella
also volunteered her time by serving as an early temple worker in the Logan
Temple. It was their that on June 24, 1886 in Logan, Utah, and at the age of 19,
that Ella married a 44-year-old businessman and politician named Thomas
Bartholomew Cardon, and became his 2nd wife. (Like Ella’s father, Thomas also
practiced polygamy, taking three wives over the course of his life.) On October
6, 1886, just over three months after their marriage, Thomas was arrested for
unlawful cohabitation, yet he was never convicted of any crime. Together they
had five children; Ella Vida (1890), Raymond (1892), Grace (1893), Cara (1896),
and Thomasa (1898). Thomas and Ella were married for twelve years until in
February of 1898, Thomas died at the age of 56. Ella was 31 years old and
pregnant with their last daughter Thomasa, at the time of his death. At some point during this part of her life Ella became a nurse and also
served as subscription teacher in a school at Rexburg, Idaho. She obtained her
nursing degree from Dr. William B. Parkinson’s Hospital. On the inside cover of
the lecture-notes book (book 3), she states that she took courses on medical
instruction from a Dr. William B. Parkinson from 1896—1901. Her notes are very
detailed and informative about treating wounds, illnesses, and delivering
children. Ella also states that she “took Red Cross Nursing in the First World
War. 1918. Service Star Officer.” Some of the notes in her books give hints
about her daily activities, but much remains unknown about her personal life. Ella remained a widow until she married a widower and former sheriff named Daniel Lewis Hoopes in Logan, Utah on November 11, 1906. Daniel was 18 years older than Ella and had ten surviving children from his previous marriage. In 1907, at age 40 Ella gave birth to their first child, Warner. In 1910, they had their second and final child, naming her Florence. They were married for nineteen years until Daniel died a the age of 76 in April of 1925. Ella Clarinda Hinckley Cardon Hoopes lived to the age of 86 years old, until her death in Logan, on May 30, 1954. Sources for information on Ella C. Hinckley; |
