Dedication &
Acknowledgements
This book is written for my family
about some of the people who contributed to our being here. Thanks to
my
grandmother, Edna Bingham Sabin, and family historians of the Erastus
Bingham line there are some stories of great heroism and devotion and
survival
that should be of interest. Thanks to Richard Bingham on the internet
and other Bingham family researchers, I can now tell the story of a
family with a rich history starting from the time that Benjamin
Franklin lived.
There had been three
generations of Binghams living in America since 1722, prior to Erastus . The man we will
start with was the great patriarch
Erastus Bingham Sr. Erastus joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day
Saints (Mormon) only three years after the Prophet Joseph Smith had
organized
the Church on instructions from the Lord. His descendents cannot be
calculated,
but I would estimate that his
progeny numbers about
30,000 people. The following articles are in the words of people who
came
before me and I will only tie in the last generations to give you an
idea where
you fit in the family.
The first two chapters on Erastus and Erastus Jr. were written by
Richard Bingham with only slight changes gleaned from other books
listed in the credits. These books are no longer available in paper
form but can be purchased as CD books at the following links.
http://www.familyhistorypages.com
http://www.digital-editions.com
You may
notice that there is some repetitions in the stories of Binghamton and
some
changes in the spelling of Binghampton. The stories came from different
sources, but the original drafts were obviously from the original
spiral
notebook journals of Edna Bingham Sabin, my grandmother, and edited by
other
publishers. I have included photo reproductions of one page to
illustrate her
thinking process at the time