Moroni Clayton (1846-1864)

All is Well
After the pioneer company of the Saints left Locust Creek (Iowa) the traveling was again slow and tedious because of the wet weather. The next two or three days saw only about six miles of travel covered by most of the wagons. On Wednesday, April 15, Ellen Sanders (1823-1871), wife of apostle Heber Chase Kimball (1801-1868), walked over to the wagon of William Clayton (1814-1879) to congratulate him, telling him hat news had arrived that his wife Diantha, who was still back in Nauvoo, had given birth to a son on March 30 (1846), but she was very sick with the ague and mumps. Although Claytonfelt uneasy about his wife's illness, he was happy to know that the child had arrivedin safety and that, although the mother was ill with other sickness, she had survived the childbirth (her first). In honor of the occasion he composed a new song which he called "All is Well," known today as "Come, Come, Ye Saints." In the evening he invited a few friends, most of whom were members of the band, into his tent to have "a social christening," naming his new son "William Adriel Benoni Clayton" (but named by his mother Moroni Clayton).

Source : William Clayton Journals, pg 19.