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Alexander Beckstead



Birth16 March 1802Williamsburg, Dundas, Upper Canada, British North America
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Alexander Beckstead (1802-1870), memorial #17955065.

    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. 125, and p. 143, FHL microfilm 183393.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Alexander Becksted, folder "Pottawattamie branches, schedules, 1848 February" (#73), image 20, line 13.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), Deseret News, “Died,” 2 March 1870, p. 3, column 3.

Death25 February 1870West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Alexander Beckstead (1802-1870), memorial #17955065.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Alexander Beckstead, ID: KWJB-CDB.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), Deseret News, “Died,” 2 March 1870, p. 3, column 3.

Burial28 February 1870South Jordan Cemetery, South Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Alexander Beckstead (1802-1870), memorial #17955065.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Alexander Beckstead, ID: KWJB-CDB.

FatherFrancis Beckstead Sr
MotherMargaret Barkley

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   • Catherine Elinore Lince
Married25 January 1823Williamsburg, Dundas, Upper Canada, British North America
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Alexander Beckstead and Catherine Elinore Lince, ID: KWJB-CDB and ID: L8SR-YD8.

    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. 125, FHL microfilm 183393.

          Children:
               Margaret Mariah Beckstead
               Gordon Silas Beckstead
               Henry Beckstead
               William Beckstead
               Harriet Vernisha Beckstead
               Frances Beckstead
               Thomas Wesley Beckstead
               Lucy Ann Beckstead
               Emeline Beckstead
               Sarah Elizabeth Beckstead
               Fannie Beckstead
               Samuel Alexander Beckstead
               William Beckstead
               Amanda Jane Beckstead
               George Washington Beckstead
               Mary Ellen Beckstead
               John Alma Beckstead
               Joseph Alonzo Beckstead


   • Keziah Albina Petty
Married8 November 1854West Jordan, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Alexander Beckstead and Keziah Albine Petty, ID: KWJB-CDB and ID: KWVM-WJK.

    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. 143, FHL microflim 183393.

          Children:
               Hyrum Petty Beckstead
               Moses William Beckstead
               Aaron Richard Beckstead
               Fanny Keziah Beckstead
               Robert Beckstead
               Margaret Albine Beckstead
               Martha Ann Beckstead
               Francis Albert Beckstead
               Ira Beckstead
               Alexander Beckstead


   • Clarissa Ann Gilson
Married3 February 1856Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Alexander Beckstead and Clarissa Ann Brown Gilson, ID: KWJB-CDB and ID: KWJB-CD1.

          Children:
               Eliza Araminta Beckstead
               Catherine Lince Beckstead
               Clarissa Ann Beckstead
               Viola Janette Beckstead
               Heber Alexander Beckstead
               Evelyn Abigail Beckstead
               Ermine Beckstead
               Susan Felinda Beckstead


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• 1840Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States

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• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage

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Crossing the Plains

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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)

       Departure5 Jul 1849
       Arrival10 Oct 1849


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