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Samuel Ensign



Birth24 May 1805Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, page for Samuel Ensign (1805-1885), memorial #35470811.

    Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Company, 1913), p. 861.

    Utah State Historical Society, Utah, U.S., Cemetery Inventory, 1847-2021 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Historical Society, 2000), database, Ancestry.com, entry for Samuel Ensign (24 June 1885); citing Utah State Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Samuel Ensign Sr, ID: KWJN-863.

    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch.org, entry for Samuel Ensign (24 Jun 1885); citing record 12680, Management and Archives, Salt Lake City.

    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), p. 37.

    Bureau of Vital Statistics, Utah, U.S., Death Registers, 1847-1966 (Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Department of Health), database with images, Ancestry.com, entry for Samuel Ensign (24 Jun 1885); citing Bureau of Vital Statistics, "Utah Death Index, 1847-1966," Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Utah Department of Health.

    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. 86.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Samuel Ensign, folder "Willard Snow's 100, schedules, circa 1847 February" (#15), image 10, line 1; and entry for Samuel Ensign, folder "First 100, second 50, returns, 1847 June" (#36), image 5, line 1; and entry for Samuel Ensign, folder "First 100, second 50, returns, 1847 June" (#36), image 15, line 1; entry for Samuel Ensign Captain, folder "Organization lists, 1847 June" (#34), image 1, line 71; entry for Samuel Ensign Captn. 3d. Ten, folder "Organization lists, 1847 June" (#34), image 7, line 71; entry for Samuel Ensign, Capt. 3rd Ten, folder "Organization lists, 1847 June" (#34), image 13, line 24.

    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 265-266.

Death24 June 1885Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, page for Samuel Ensign (1805-1885), memorial #35470811.

    Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Company, 1913), p. 861.

    Utah State Historical Society, Utah, U.S., Cemetery Inventory, 1847-2021 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Historical Society, 2000), database, Ancestry.com, entry for Samuel Ensign (24 June 1885); citing Utah State Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Samuel Ensign Sr, ID: KWJN-863.

    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch.org, entry for Samuel Ensign (24 Jun 1885); citing record 12680, Management and Archives, Salt Lake City.

    Bureau of Vital Statistics, Utah, U.S., Death Registers, 1847-1966 (Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Department of Health), database with images, Ancestry.com, entry for Samuel Ensign (24 Jun 1885); citing Bureau of Vital Statistics, "Utah Death Index, 1847-1966," Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Utah Department of Health.

Burial24 June 1885Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, page for Samuel Ensign (1805-1885), memorial #35470811.

    Utah State Historical Society, Utah, U.S., Cemetery Inventory, 1847-2021 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Historical Society, 2000), database, Ancestry.com, entry for Samuel Ensign (24 June 1885); citing Utah State Historical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Samuel Ensign Sr, ID: KWJN-863.

    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch.org, entry for Samuel Ensign (24 Jun 1885); citing record 12680, Management and Archives, Salt Lake City.

    Bureau of Vital Statistics, Utah, U.S., Death Registers, 1847-1966 (Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Department of Health), database with images, Ancestry.com, entry for Samuel Ensign (24 Jun 1885); citing Bureau of Vital Statistics, "Utah Death Index, 1847-1966," Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Utah Department of Health.

FatherIsaac Ensign
MotherLydia Noble

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   • Mary Everett Gordon
Married29 November 1832Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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    Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Company, 1913), p. 861.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Samuel Ensign, ID KWJN-863 and entry for Mary Everett Gordon, ID LKVB-S6S.

    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), p. 265-266.

    Lorraine Cook White, Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) (Baltmore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002), database with images, Ancestry.com, entry for Samuel Ensign and Mary E Gordon (29 Nov 1832); citing Lorraine Cook White, "The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records." Vol. 1, p. 13, Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.

          Children:
               Julia Sirls Ensign
               Samuel Lozene Ensign
               Horace Sobieski Ensign
               Harriet Ann Dort Ensign
               Anette Ann Ensign
               Lorin Gordon Ensign


   • Clarissa DeGraw
Married2 March 1853Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Samuel Ensign and Clarissa DeGraw, ID KWJN-863 and ID KWJ7-DR9.

    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. 86, FHL microfilm 183393.


   • Ruth Kelson
Married27 December 1857Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Frank Esshom, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah Pioneers Book Publishing Company, 1913), p. 861.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Samuel Ensign, ID KWJN-863 and entry for Ruth Kelson, ID KWJN-869.

          Children:
               Mary Jane Ensign


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• 1840Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
• 1843Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States

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• 1840 Population CensusWestfield, Hampden, MassachusettsExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population Census8th Ward Gt. Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population Census8th Ward Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusSalt Lake City, 8th Ward, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage

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Crossing the Plains

Daniel Spencer/Ira Eldredge CompanyView 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)

       Departure17 Jun 1847
       Arrival19-22 Sept 1847


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