Eames was born in Mentor , Ohio . He joined the Church of the Latter Day Saints in Jackson County , Missouri in 1834 . He married Olive Jane Gibbs Ames/Eames ( 1815-1902 ) , born February 13 , 1815 , in Rutland , Vermont . They married in about 1835 . That same year Eames took part in a mission along with Joseph Holbrook and Lyman Gibbs . The couple moved to Haun 's Mill in 1837 where they were part of the group of Mormon families living near Haun 's Mill in Livingston County , Missouri , site of the 1838 , anti-Mormon Haun 's Mill massacre . Eames coat was said to have had a bullet hole shot through it during the massacre , but he , his wife Olive , and their four children survived . While in the area , Eames partnered with Jacob Myers Jr. operating a grist mill upstream of Haun 's Mill . A collection of his writings from that period was published as '' Reminiscence '' in '' Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints '' published October 30 , 1838
Haun 's Mill massacre
Haun's Mill massacre
Ellis Eames