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Laura Melvina Thompson


Birth18 December 1833Millcreek Twp., Erie, Pennsylvania, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Laura Melvina Thompson Leavitt (1833-1862), memorial #14928254.

    International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude (Salt Lake City: International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1998), p. 1748.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Laura Melvina Thompson, ID: KWJR-LH4.
Death8 October 1862Santa Clara, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Laura Melvina Thompson Leavitt (1833-1862), memorial #14928254.

    International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude (Salt Lake City: International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1998), p. 1748.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Laura Melvina Thompson, ID: KWJR-LH4.
Burial9 October 1862Santa Clara Cemetery, Santa Clara, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Laura Melvina Thompson Leavitt (1833-1862), memorial #14928254.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Laura Melvina Thompson, ID: KWJR-LH4.
FatherEzra Thompson
MotherAmanda Butler Powell
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   • Lemuel Sturtevant Leavitt
Married15 October 1850Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah, 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. 1001.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Lemuel Sturtevant Leavitt and Laura Melvina Thompson, ID: KWJ3-VZH and KWJR-LH4.
          Children:
               Laura Melvina Leavitt
               Lemuel Sturdevant Leavitt
               Edward Washington Leavitt
               Deborah Jane Leavitt
               Thomas Dudley Leavitt
               Orange Decator Leavitt
               Lovisa Leavitt
               Lovina Leavitt

Residences Label
• 1840La Porte County, Indiana, United States
• 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Tooele County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Mountain Meadows, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
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• 1840 Population CensusLaPorte County, IndianaExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusTooele County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusMountain Meadows, Washington, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Heber C. Kimball 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)
       Departure7 Jun 1848
       Arrival24 Sept 1848

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