"Polygamy USA" Some Family Trees from Centennial Park to the Dargers

A Little Genealogy of Centennial Park: 
A little bird's been helping with the genealogy. I hope to have a complete one soon. As with all genealogies, they may be errors, but this is to the best of our knowledge.

**Do you know that ISAIAH THOMPSON is actually ISAIAH BARLOW?
**"Wife" BECCA or REBBECA is REBECCA TIMPSON, father RAY TIMPSON, which would of some relation to JOHN W. TIMPSON, one of CP's leaders.

**HYRUM "BURTON" TIMPSON recently married KELLIE. I have to say I thought the tree HYRUM made was really sweet. KELLIE is not KELLIE THOMPSON.
KELLIE is KELLIE BARLOW, the sister of ISAIAH "THOMPSON" BARLOW. The BARLOW name goes to JOHN YEATES BARLOW, who was a Mormon fundamentalist leader in Short Creek.

**ISAIAH BARLOW and KELLIE BARLOW are siblings!

Which leads us to HYRUM's curious parentage.

Source say that HYRUM BURTON is actually HYRUM TIMPSON, son of Centennial Park leader JOHN W. TIMPSON. Also according to reports, SUSIE was not his mother, Sister wife mother, yes. Full Aunt yes. But we've been told his mother is actually another wife JOHN W. TIMPSON'S and SUSIE'S full blooded sister, Arthur Hammon's half sister. We will call her Mother HAMMON TIMPSON, which also would be ARTHUR HAMMON'S half sister. It wasn't his mother that passed, but his aunt, or other mother. That was a definite "white lie" on the show if this is true. We have been told that all the children were to call SUSIE mother, whether she was their actual mother in the home or not. 

HYRUM's grandfather hence is ALMA A. TIMPSON. His home was the initial Centennial Park group meeting place. He was an influential part of the group, and Centennial Park leader from 1988 until his death in 1997.

While we are speaking of Aunt Susie's passing, here is her obituary. One thing polygamists love to do is to leave out the names of their children!

SUSIE TIMPSON

Sep 13, 1946 - Nov 15, 2012

 Our beloved wife, mother, sister and friend, Susie (Hammon) Timpson, age 66, passed away peacefully in her home in Centennial Park, Arizona, surrounded by her family.  She was born September 13, 1946 in Hildale, Utah, the oldest daughter of J.M. Hammon and Alice (Barlow) Hammon.  She spent the early years of her life in Salt Lake City, UT and Farmington, UT, then moved to Colorado City, AZ in 1960.  She married John W. Timpson on September 7, 1964.

Susie graduated from the Colorado City Academy in 1964. She then attended Stevens Henager College of Business.  She spent the first years of her married life living and working in Salt Lake City, supporting her husband as he attended the University of Utah.  After he obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Physics, they moved to Colorado City, AZ, where they raised their family.  Again, she supported her husband as he completed his mission of educating the young teenagers of Colorado City Academy for 20 years.  She was employed several times over her life time, most notably at Polyseal in Salt Lake City.  She worked and interacted with many people she cared deeply about, and they loved her as a loyal friend and mentor. 

She then returned home to Colorado City and, together with her husband and family, built a home in Centennial Park, where she lived the remaining years of her life.  She was relied on to put her mind, heart and hands wherever she was asked to participate: in family life, in community life, in religious life.  She was intelligent, beautiful, strong, passionate, full of life and humor and compassion.  She loved administering to her husband, her family and her community.   She loved the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the opportunities and blessings it brought to her life.   She was a strong and valuable advocate for women, loving them and encouraging them to strive for a greater life and destiny.  She is a beloved friend and counselor to so many.

She is survived by her husband, John, her children and numerous grandchildren, and a large, loving extended family.  She is preceded in death by her parents and her husband's parents, who she loved deeply.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, November 21, 2012, at 1:00 pm at the Centennial Park Chapel in Centennial Park, AZ.  There will be a family gathering from 7:30 to 9:30 pm on Monday, November 19th.  Friends and family are welcome to say goodbye to Susie on Tuesday, November 20th from 7:00 - 9:30 pm and again on the morning of Wednesday, November 21st from 10:00 am - 12:30 pm, prior to the service at 1:00 pm. Interment will be in the Centennial Park Cemetery, Centennial Park, AZ.

The family wishes to thank all those who assisted in the care of Susie over the last five years.  It is deeply appreciated.

Brethern Leader JOHN W. TIMPSON and SUSIE HAMMON

Speaking of JOHN W. TIMPSON, on of the leaders of Centennial Park, we found an interesting relationship between him and Creepy Crawly MICHAEL CAWLEY.
Remember when poor ROSE was talking with the Brethern, *Cough* Grandpa CLAUDE TOMKINS CAWLEY? Buckle you seatblet, 'cause he we go again!!

Brethern CLAUDE T. CAWLEY is the father of MICHAEL CAWLEY.
CLAUDE T. CAWLEY has a number of wives, one being another sister of ARTHUR HAMMON. One of ARTHUR'S unnamed sister is another wife of JOHN W. TIMPSON. Boy, ole ARTHUR has sisters everywhere!

Now here comes the connection between Brethern CLAUDE T. CAWLEY and Brethern JOHN W. TIMPSON....they are brothers from the same mother!!
Meet  GUINEVERE CAWLEY TIMPSON, mother of both CLAUDE T. CAWLEY and JOHN W. TIMPSON. They are brothers from the same mother.

Born: 20 Jan 1914-Died: 17 Mar 2012 **First wife of Cawley, not of Timpson. Guinevere Woolley Timpson was born on January 20, 1914 in Ogden, Utah, and died on March 17, 2012, in Colorado City, Arizona. She was the daughter of Franklin Benjamin and Ellie Seegmiller Woolley, the youngest of their 12 children, all of whom she survived. Her early years were spent in Ogden, where she married John C. Cawley, who was tragically killed in an automobile accident in December, 1937. She married Alma Adelbert Timpson on April 25, 1944, leaving Ogden to live with him in Salt Lake City, Utah. During subsequent years, she operated the True Method Reducing business in Salt Lake. She has lived briefly in Los Angeles, California, Boise, Idaho, and Riverside, California, returning to Salt Lake City in 1956, where she resided until her move to Colorado City, Arizona by 1970. Her life was marked distinctively by her loyalty to the priesthood authority she recognized as presiding over her, under whose guidance she performed ordinance work during most years of her long life for hundreds of young women. They and many others of her extended family and acquaintances came to love her as a wise counselor and dear friend. She is survived by her two sons, CLAUDE T. CAWLEY and JOHN W. TIMPSON, and numerous grandsons and granddaughters. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 noon in the chapel at Centennial Park, Arizona, on March 25, 2012, and a viewing open to the general public from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. March 24, as well as 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on the day of the funeral. (Source: Deseret News, Mar 2012) Which makes JOHN W. TIMPSON an uncle to MICHAEL CAWLEY, and HYRUM "BURTON TIMPSON" and MICHAEL CAWLEY first cousins. MICHAEL CAWLEY is married to TERESA KNUDSON, who is a sibling to ROB KNUDSON, husband of AMANDA DARGER, daughter of JOE DARGER. See how this ferris wheel rides? It gets interesting.  TERESA KNUDSON'S parents are KENNETH C. KNUDSON and unnamed HAMMON. There's that HAMMON surname again. The KNUDSON family have that HUGE home in Centennial Park. Before we leave the DARGER'S - here's JOE DARGER'S Father's obit:  Our friend, brother and loving father, Joseph Lynn Darger, passed away December 13, 1995, at his home in Herriman, Utah. Lynn was born December 24, 1946, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to David Brigham Darger and Virginia Beth McDaniel Darger. His mother died in 1958. Lynn's life was the gospel of Jesus Christ, and he lived and loved it to the very end. His selflessness and sacrifice blessed him with many friends and a large family who love him and will miss him.He is survived by his wives, Shauna, Melinda, Brenda and Debbie; children, Joseph, Jason, Danielle, Dustin, Rachel, Levi, Lucas, Moroni, Kristina, Eliza, Shauna, Brigham, Melinda, Rebekah, Ethen, Heber and Heleman; sons-in-law, Matthew Jessop and Ryan Jessop; daughters-in-law, Cindy, Vicki, Alina, and Rhonda; other mothers, Celesta, Violet, Deborah; brothers, Ronald, Brigham, David, Allan and Richard Darger; sisters, Dawn Boss, Janet Williams and Kaylene Barlow; and 29 other brothers and sisters. Preceded in death by his father and mother; special mother, Aldora ("Lizey") Darger; brother, Lee Darger, and sister, Ann Kelsch. Funeral services will be held Saturday, December 16, 1995, 2 p.m. at Larkin Mortuary, 260 East South Temple. Friends may call Friday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. and one hour prior to services. Interment Elysian Burial Gardens. (Source: Deseret News) Remember how JOE DARGER said "Big Love" was based on his family? Here's an interesting artile I came across about JOE'S father JOSEPH LYNN DARGER'S wife SHAUNA: Seems like the ole Mother of the Year award scenario really happened! POLYGAMOUS MOM SLIPS OUT BACK DOOR OF CEREMONY As Gov. Mike Leavitt and his wife Jacalyn honored 24 Utah women as "great examples and symbols of motherhood," another nominee quietly slipped out the back door of the Governor's Mansion because her polygamous past had become known by ceremony organizers. Shauna Lynne Darger -- nominated by her son for the award -- arrived for Saturday's ceremony along with two dozen of "Utah's Remarkable Mothers" from around the state. But the Riverton mother of 10 never stepped up to accept her tribute. Informed that Darger had been a polygamist, ceremony organizers confronted her. Darger acknowledged having a past polygamous relationship, then left the mansion with three grown children who had accompanied her, said the governor's spokesperson, VickiVarela. "I'm declining the award," Darger tolda Salt Lake Tribune reporter, refusing comment about whether she currently is in a polygamous relationship. Darger was one of four wives of Joseph Lynn Darger, of Herriman, until he died in 1995. The woman was pictured along with the 24 other nominees in a full-page ZCMI department store ad in Saturday's Tribune.The governor learned of the controversy only after the ceremony, Varela said. "He respected this as the best choice for this person to make under the circumstances," Varela said. Organizers did not try to persuade Darger to stay. "It was clear she was choosing to leave the event," Varela said, adding Darger did not want to attract negative attention to the ceremony, nor to herself. Varela said the focus on polygamy was unfortunate for the other mothers "and for this mother's mothering which, have no doubt, is honorable." Family and friends nominated Darger by submitting letters to ZCMI and the Governor's Initiative on Families Today. Criminal background checks were run on the nominees, Varela said, "but there is nothing that would have brought this to our attention." Laura Chapman, a former member of the anti-polygamy group Tapestry of Polygamy, said: "There are some good mothers in polygamy. I don't think that should exclude her from an award. But if she's indoctrinating her children to break the law, that's not a good mom." Polygamy was renounced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1890, and six years later outlawed by the Utah Constitution. Darger won a place among the list of 25 women, in part, for starting a successful catering business after her husband died. The business has allowed Darger to support and nurture her children at home, according to a son's nomination letter. Added the son: "Her daily heroism both inspires me and epitomizes the high office of motherhood."  (Source: Salt Lake Tribune: 2 May 1999. pg. C.1) Now Back to the Polygamy USA Bunch! MICHAEL CAWLEY had a great grandmother named FAWNETTA JESSOP. That leads his family into the ALLREDS, JESSOPS, BARLOWS and past leader JOHN YEATES BARLOW. ROSE CAWLEY probably has to do a lot of genealogy before finding that inspiration about a husband!  I'll stop there for now. We will go into the HAMMON family tree next. The same names keep popping up over and over in this small town. When another generation is added, you can connect about anyone-from the Browns, Dargers, Jessops Allreds. This is one interconnected group!  Some information is left out to protect those not on the show. If you'd like to add information, please email us at the right! Be sure and check back for a new post coming...a perspective of what it's like inside Centennial Park and other polygamist sects, from Ed Kociela, author of "Plygs" who was in a scene of Polygamy USA.   Interested in the family history of the Browns? Click these. Meri's family Meri's sister Teresa Kody's family history Janelle's grandmother Speaking of "Big Love" are you a fan? Then check out the fun comparisons between Sister Wives and Big Love - here and here. Cynical Jinx is our resident Big Love Expert! Just In: INTERESTING Video from Nightline: 'Ole MICHAEL CAWLEY talking about adding another wife (just what he needs) and ROSE MARIE talking about getting a husband with none or ten wives, so nonchalantly! MICHAEL says he would sleep good at night if ROSE MARIE married a 70 yr old man, that's what father in heaven wanted. RUN ROSE RUN! God has multiple wives according to ISAIAH BARLOW cough Thompson. Watch his wife REBECCA TIMPSON BARLOW roll those eyes when interrupted by MARLEEN!

Updated: MORE NEW CLIPS Our America with Lisa Ling Modern Polygamy - Teresa moves out and comes back.

***Please check comments at about comment 74-76. I have added a new article link and two more video clips to check out. Thanks!

In Nov. 2011 we covered an E2 of the series "Our America With Lisa Ling - Modern Polygamy." Since that time, the video was pulled-however, we were lucky and found a link to the show in it's entirety. Why such interest in an older show? It is all about Centennial Park, and some of the same folks on this show are highlighted on POLYGAMY USA. It's almost like peeking into their world a couple years sooner.

Here the link to the original show:

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/yyFmvqOHwOw/

Yes, you will feel like you are in Pokeman commercial world, but once the show is on, you'll forget all that!

Since then, clips have come out. Teresa in this clip moved out of the family home, then returned. Even Ole Arthur is in the clip.

The Story Continues: Modern Polygamy - Our America with Lisa Ling - Oprah Winfrey Network
And Dr. Drew:

It's a peek back in time to probably what got the ball rolling on "Polygamy USA."

CAST OF POLYGAMY PLAYERS

Cast of Polygamy Players   

Anne Wilde:   a polygamy advocate.  She is co-founder of Principle Voices, a polygamy advocacy group, and a member of the Utah Attorney General’s Safety Net Committee, an outreach organization created to work with polygamist families. She is also co-author (with Mary Batchelor and Marianne Watson) of Voices in Harmony: Contemporary Women Celebrate Plural Marriage.  Anne Wilde was a plural wife for 33 years, until the death of her husband.  She holds a B.A. in Business Education and is a published author.

The Apostolic United Brethren (AUB):   Also known as the Allred Group after its founder, Rulon Allred, Christine Brown’s grandfather. This Church is headquartered in Bluffdale, UT.  This is a more liberal fundamentalist group  and is the most well-known group to be currently accepting new members. The AUB is known for allowing members to make their own decisions regarding marriage, and disallowing underage marriage.  Authorization to court must be obtained by church authorities   Hus­bands are expected to consult with and obtain the consent of existing wives before considering courtship with another potential bride. 

Barbara Walther: Judge at Warren Jiffs trial

The Bountiful Group:   Formerly FLDS, this Canadian group's leader, Winston Blackmore, was excommunicated from the FLDS and took part of the group with him. They publish a newsletter called the North Star, which is available online.

Brigham Young (deceased): an American leader in the LDS movement and a settler of the Western United States. He was the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1847 until his death in 1877. He was also the founder of Salt Lake City and the first governor of Utah Territory.  Brigham Young University was named in his honor.  Young had a variety of nicknames, among the most popular being "American Moses," (alternatively the "Mormon Moses") because, like the biblical figure, Young led his followers, the Mormon pioneers, in an exodus through a desert, to what they saw as a promised land.

Centennial Park Group:  Residents of Centennial Park, AZ  and former members of the FLDS who broke off and formed their own, slightly more liberal group. They are significantly more well-to-do than their neighbors, and appear to be more loosely affiliated with any particular church. They claim no prophet, but do claim priesthood authority, and regularly hold open sacrament services.  Women dress in “modern modest” attire.  Also known as Second Warders.

Davis County Cooperative Society (DCCS) - (Kingstons):  It is called the “Davis County Cooperative Society” because it started in Davis County, Utah during the Great Depression.  Several families came together thinking they would be better off working together than working separately.  Many church members believe in the principle of plural marriage, though fewer than half of the men actually practice the principle.

Members freely choose their own life partners; marriages in this commu­nity are not arranged. Members are encouraged to take partners within their own community. This guideline can sometimes result in unions which in some states are legally definable as incestuous. Men have also been known to take partners from outside the group.  This group places a high value on family, education and self-sufficiency.

Deric Walpole:  Warren Jeffs’ defense attorney

Elissa Wall:  In December 2005, Elissa Wall filed a lawsuit against Warren Jeffs because he had forced her into an underage marriage to her first cousin when she was only 14 years old. 

Ervil LeBaron: (deceased): the leader of a polygamous Mormon fundamentalist group who ordered the killings of many of his opponents, using the religious doctrine of blood atonement to justify the murders. He was sentenced to prison for orchestrating the murder of an opponent, and died in prison.  He had at least 13 wives, several of whom he married while they were still underage, and several of whom were involved in the murders.  In 1977, LeBaron ordered the killing of Rulon C. Allred, leader of the AUB, and Christine Brown’s grandfather.  Ervil LeBaron was Christine’s great-uncle (her mother’s uncle).

Flora Jessop:   an American social activist, author, and advocate for abused children.  Flora was raised in an FLDS polygamous family in the twin towns of Colorado City and Hilldale.  After years of abuse by her father she ran away when forced to marry her cousin at age 16.  She is the cousin, by marriage, of Carolyn Jessop, another former FLDS member who wrote Escape, an autobiographical account of her upbringing in, and flight from,  the polygamist sect.

The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS):  This is one of the groups that followed the claims of John Woolly that authority was given to him by John Taylor to insure that polygamy was always practiced. This is the main body of Fundamentalist Mormonism. This branch is currently in crisis since it's leader, Warren Steed Jeffs has had his “troubles” with the law.  The FLDS Church is considered one of the most conservative groups. They practice what is known as "The Law of Placing", which means that church leaders are responsible for who marries whom.

Harmston Group:  (also  The True and Living Church of Jesus Christ of Saints of the Last Days): Their website, outdated since the community has distanced itself  from the public, is available at www.helpingmormons.org/TLC_Manti/index.html . The prophet of this Church, Jim Harmston, was a former member of the mainstream LDS church, but was excommunicated along with many other members of this group. He claims to have been made a prophet through a visitation by God. Formerly seeking new converts, this church has now closed its doors. A video tape was recently released that shows Harmston's plans to take over the city of Manti and eventually all of Utah in a sweep to prepare the world for the return of Christ. This group is considered even by polygamy advocates to be unstable and possibly dangerous.

Heroine of Paris: a Twitter user who frequently defends Robyn on Twitter and who some have speculated is an unofficial or official PR person for Robyn and /or the Brown family.

Jonathan Turley:  prominent lawyer representing the Browns in their lawsuit against the state of Utah.

Joseph LaMoine Jenson:  has been the leader of the AUB since 2005

Joseph Smith (deceased):  founder of the LDS Church, who Mormons say "restored" the Mormon Gospel. 

Kingston Group (The Latter Day Church of Christ): They are headquartered in Kingston, UT, and are known for having acquired massive wealth. Moderate, as far as fundamentalist Mormons go, this group has had one major run-in with the law, when one of the head member was accused of trying to force his daughter into a marriage with her uncle. Polygamy advocates, however, say that they are really great people who have opened up their compound to domestic violence advocates and community organizations.

Lyle Jeffs:  brother of Warren Jeffs (same mother and father).  Potential next leader of FLDS

Mary Batchelor:  polygamy activist and co-author with Anne Wilde.  Director of Principle Voices.

Mary Mackert: an author who tells her story in a series of autobiographical books about modern day Mormon polygamy, niece of Rebekah Kimbel.

Principle Rights Coalition: a coalition of Fundamentalist Mormon Communities, including: Apostolic United Brethren, Centennial Park,Davis County Cooperative Society, The Nielsen-Naylor communities,Principle Voices (www.principlevoices.org) and numerous other, independent Fundamentalist Mormons.  Their contact person is listed as Anne Wilde

Principle Voices:  a non-profit polygamy education and advocacy organization.  Their Director is Mary Batchelor

Rebecca Musser:  married at age 19 to former FLDS prophet Rulon T. Jeffs when he was 83.  Musser left the FLDS shortly after Rulon Jeffs died.  She wore red to much of Warren Jeffs trial.

Rebekah Kimbel:  sister-in-law of Verlan LeBaron, aunt of Mary Mackert.  A motivational speaker who speaks against the harms of polygamy.  Rulon Jeffs performed her polygamous marriage ceremony.

Rozita Swinton – (has had some Twitter exchanges with Robyn) the hoax caller who prompted the raids on the FLDS Texas YFZ ranch.  

Rulon Clark Allred (deceased): a homeopathic physician and chiropractor in Salt Lake City and the leader of what is now the Apostolic United Brethren, a breakaway sect of polygamous Mormon fundamentalists in Utah, Colorado, and Arizona, United States. He was murdered on the orders of Ervil LeBaron, the head of a rival polygamous sect.  Allred was imprisoned for bigamy following Arizona governor John Howard Pyle's 1953 "Short Creek raid", but resumed his polygamous lifestyle upon his release.  (In addition to being Christine's grandfather, he is Robyn's children's great great-grandfather, and related indirectly to Meri and Kody, also. (more coming) A picture of RCA is in the post: "Sister Wives" Why choose Plural Marriage?

Rulon Jeffs (deceased):  father of Warren Jeffs, former Prophet of the FLDS.

Safety Net Committee:  This committee began in 2003.  It holds monthly meetings in Salt Lake City, St. George, Colorado City, and Creston, BC, Canada.  Government Agencies, non-profits and interested individuals work together to insure that people associated with polygamy have the same educational opportunities, and access to justice, safety and services as the general public.  Their original goals are to provide training and develop materials for public awareness; reduce isolation, secrecy, abuses of power and crime; and find ways to provide access and education to members of polygamous communities.  They produced “The Primer” for government agencies.

Tom Green:  a fundamental Mormon and practicing polygamist in Utah who was convicted in 2001 of bigamy, failure to pay child support/welfare fraud, and in 2002 of child rape (underage wife).  In the 1980s, while in his thirties, Green left the LDS Church, converted to Mormon fundamentalism, and became a polygamist..  He was to eventually take seven wives.  Tom Green’s publicity hungry ways have invited comparisons to the Brown family.   He was released from prison in 2007.

Warren Jeffs: – Prophet of the FLDS, recently convicted.  See numerous posts on this blog.

Winston Blackmore: – leader of the Bountiful group

Written by: TERRASOLA

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