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The Patriarch

Erastus Bingham, born in Concord, Essex, Vermont, 12 March 1798, son of Elisha Warner and Sarah (Perry) Bingham; died in Ogden, Weber, Utah, 2 May 1882; buried in Ogden.

(1) He married in St.

Johnsbury, Caledonia, Vermont, 20 March 1818, Lucinda Gates, born in Ackworth, Cheshire, New Hampshire, 19 September 1797; died in Ogden, 3 January 1874, daughter of Thomas and Patty (Plumly) Gates.

When he married Lucinda Gates, Erastus had a farm in Concord, where he and his bride resided and where the first four of his children were born.

About 1825, the family removed to Littleton, Grafton County, New Hampshire. Lucinda and Louisa Maria were born there in 1826 and 1828, after which the family returned to the farm in Concord.

Erastus had no formal affiliation with any religion until spring 1833, when Elder John F.

Boynton brought him word of the “restored gospel.” He read The Book of Mormon, was converted, and