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Sarah Orton


Birth12 May 1830Pottawattamie County, Iowa Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Sarah Orton Smith (1830-1912), memorial #30161387.

    Wyoming, Star Valley Independent Obituaries, 1901-2015, database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Sarah Orton Smith (6 Dec 1912); citing Lincoln County, Wyoming, Star Valley Independent obituaries, “Star Valley Independent Obituaries, 1901-2015,” image 52; FHL microfilm 101903587.
Death1 December 1912Fairview, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Sarah Orton Smith (1830-1912), memorial #30161387.

    Wyoming, Star Valley Independent Obituaries, 1901-2015, database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Sarah Orton Smith (6 Dec 1912); citing Lincoln County, Wyoming, “Star Valley Independent Obituaries, 1901-2015,” image 52; FHL microfilm 101903587.
BurialDecember 1912Fairview Cemetery, Fairview, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Sarah Orton Smith (1830-1912), memorial #30161387.

    Wyoming, Star Valley Independent Obituaries, 1901-2015, database with images, FamilySearch, obituary for Sarah Orton Smith (6 Dec 1912); citing Lincoln County, Wyoming, Star Valley Independent Newspaper, “Sarah Orton Smith Passes Beyond,” image 530; Star Valley Historical Society, Afton; FHL microfilm 101903587.
FatherWilliam Reed Orton
MotherRebecca Huey
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   • Eli Baxter Hamilton
Married1 February 1852Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States
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    Iowa County Clerks, Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934 (Iowa: County Courthouses), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Eli B. Hamilton and Sarah Orton (1 February 1852); citing Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States, “Pottawattamie Co Iowa Marriages (Bk-I) 1848-1856,” p. 64, FHL microfilm 227280.

   • Silas Schellinger Smith
Married9 February 1858Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Silas Schellinger Smith and Sarah Orton, ID: KWJ4-L5H and ID: KWJ4-L5C.
          Children:
               Prince William Smith
               Alexander Randolf Smith
               David Hyrum Smith
               Elias Smith
               Sarah Esther Smith
               Alonzo Smith

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• 1840Lee County, Iowa, United States
• 1850Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States
• 1860Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870Meadow Creek, Millard, Utah Territory, United States
• 1880Lemington, Millard, Utah Territory, United States
• 1900Star Valley, Uinta, Wyoming, United States
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• 1840 Population CensusTownship 66, Lee, Iowa TerritoryExtractImage
• 1850 Population Censusthe District No 21, Pottawattamie, IowaExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusProvo, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusMeadow Creek, Millard, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusLemington Precinct, Millard, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1900 Population CensusStar Valley Precinct, Uinta, WyomingExtractImage
• 1910 Population CensusFairview Precinct, Uinta, WyomingExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Company Unknown (1852)View Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure1852
       Arrival1852

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