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Sophia Minerva Foster


Birth12 April 1810Madison, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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     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), citing Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846, p. 13.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Sophia M Basgess, folder "First 100, schedules, 1848 July" (#74), image 1, line 12.
Death1 September 1889Woodruff, Rich, Utah Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, Memorial #146415.
BurialWoodruff Cemetery, Woodruff, Rich, Utah, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, Memorial #146415.
FatherOrrin Foster
MotherRachel Crampton
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   • Harrison Burgess
Married1 July 1835Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States
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    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), citing the autobiography of Harrison Burgess, LDS archives. (p. 44 and 45).

    Ohio County Clerks, Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016 (Ohio: County courthouses), database with images, FamilySearch.org, entry for Harrison Burgess and Sophia M Foster (1 July 1835); citing Geauga County, Ohio, "Records v. A-C 1806-1842," Ohio County Courthouses, FHL microfilm 873461..
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• 1835Geauga County, Ohio, United States
• 1840Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870Pine Valley, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
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• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population Census16th Ward Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusPine Valley, Washington, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusPine Valley, 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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