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John Wesley Norton


Birth6 November 1820Wayne County, Indiana, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for John Wesley Norton (1820-1901), memorial # 21984094.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for John Wesley Norton, ID: KWJX-WWT.

    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 282, n.7; citing Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for John W Norton, folder "Schedules, 1847 January-February" (#26), image 2, line 24.

    Deseret News, Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News Co., 1889-1910), "Panguitch. Death at Eighty-One," 28 October 1901, p. 7, column 4..
Death20 October 1901Panguitch, Garfield, Utah, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for John Wesley Norton (1820-1901), memorial # 21984094.

    Bureau of Vital Statistics, Utah, U.S., Death Registers, 1847-1966 (Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Department of Health), database with images, Ancestry, entry for John W Norton (20 October 1901); citing Garfield County, Utah, p. 56; Utah State Archives and Records Service, Salt Lake City, Utah.

    Deseret News, Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News Co., 1889-1910), "Panguitch. Death at Eighty-One," 28 October 1901, p. 7, column 4.
Burial23 October 1901Panguitch City Cemetery, Panguitch, Garfield, Utah, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for John Wesley Norton, ID: KWJX-WWT.
FatherDavid Norton Jr.
MotherElizabeth Benefiel
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   • Rebecca Ann Hammer
Married20 July 1846Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for John Wesley Norton and Rebecca Ann Hammer, ID: KWJX-WWT and K2HM-W89.
          Children:
               Elizabeth Ann Norton
               John David Norton
               Rebecca Ann Norton
               Nancy Ann Norton


   • Martha Minerva Reynolds
Married1 June 1851Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for John Wesley Norton and Martha Minerva Reynolds, ID: KWJX-WWT and ID: KWJJ-8PQ.

    Endowment House (LDS Church), Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978), p. 5, no. 62; FHL microfilm 183393.
          Children:
               Albert Wesley Norton
               Riley Reynolds Norton
               Ephraim R Norton
               Martha Jane Norton
               William Norton
               Squire Taylor Norton
               Sarah May Norton

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• 1820Wayne County, Indiana, United States
• 1840Pike County, Illinois, United States
• 1845Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Lehi, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870Panaca, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
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• 1840 Population CensusPike County, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusLehi, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusPanaca, Washington, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusPangwitch, Panguitch Precinct, Iron, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1900 Population CensusPanguitch Precinct, Garfield, UtahExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Brigham Young Vanguard CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Data," database, part of "Church History Biographical Database" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure16 Apr 1847
       Arrival21 Jul 1847
• Company Unknown (1848)View Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Data," database, part of "Church History Biographical Database" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure1848
       Arrival1848

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