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Mary Elizabeth Rollins


Birth9 April 1818Lima, Livingston, New York, United States
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     Utah Bureau of Vital Records and Statistics, Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives Research Center, 2009), database and images, FamilySearch, Mary Elizabeth Lightner (17 Dec 1913); citing series 81448; Utah State Archives Research Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.

    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. 577-578.
Death17 December 1913Minersville, Beaver, Utah, United States
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     Utah Bureau of Vital Records and Statistics, Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives Research Center, 2009), database and images, FamilySearch, Mary Elizabeth Lightner (17 Dec 1913); citing series 81448; Utah State Archives Research Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.

    Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner, Diary of Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Library, 1960), p. 43.
Burial19 December 1913Minersville Cemetery, Minersville, Beaver, Utah, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, Memorial #14448295.

    Utah Bureau of Vital Records and Statistics, Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives Research Center, 2009), database and images, FamilySearch, Mary Elizabeth Lightner (17 Dec 1913); citing series 81448; Utah State Archives Research Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.

    Utah Department of Heritage and Arts, Utah State Burial Index (: Utah Division of State History), Minersville Cemetery, Mary E. Rollins Lightner (1818-1913).
FatherJohn Porter Rollins
MotherKeziah Keturah Van Benthuysen
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   • Adam Lightner
Married11 August 1835Liberty, Clay, Missouri, United States
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    Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner, Diary of Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Library, 1960), p. 12.
          Children:
               Miles Henry Lightner
               Caroline Keziah Lightner
               George Algernon Lightner
               Florentine Matthias Lightner
               John Horace Gilbert Lightner
               Elizabeth Lightner
               Mary Rollins Lightner
               Algernon Sidney Lightner
               Charles Washington Lightner
               Adam Lightner Jr.

   • Joseph Smith Jr.
MarriedFebruary 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    Brian C. Hales, Joseph Smith's Polygamy (Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2013), Vol. 1, p. 264-265, citing Mary Elizabeth Rollins Lightner "Statement", Feb 8, 1902, and Vol. 1, p. 266, citing Mary E. Rollins Lightner, Letter to A. M. Chase, April 20, 1904.

    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. 505-506.

   • Brigham Young
Married22 May 1845Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    Lyndon W Cook, Nauvoo Marriages, Proxy Sealings, 1843-1846 (Provo, UT: Grandin Book Coo., 2004), p. 52.

    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. 577-578.
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• 1818Lima, Livingston, New York, United States
• 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850St. Croix, St. Croix, Wisconsin, United States
• 1870Beaver, Beaver, Utah Territory, United States
• 1880Minersville, Beaver, Utah Territory, United States
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• 1850 Population Censusthe Town of Falls St Croix, Saint Croix, WisconsinExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusMarine Township, Washington, MinnesotaExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusBeaver City, Beaver, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusMinersville, Beaver, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1900 Population CensusMinersville, Beaver, UtahExtractImage
• 1910 Population CensusMinersville, Beaver, UtahExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Alvus H. Patterson CompanyView Source
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Crossing the Plains Citation(s)
    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure29 or 30 Jun 1863
       Arrival4 Sept 1863

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