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John Kempton


Birth8 September 1777New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for John Kempton (1778-1852), memorial #38628106.

    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for John Kemton (18 December 1852); citing Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah, p. 8, no. 294, "Utah, Salt Lake County, death records"; FHL microfilm 4139616.

    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 88, n. 7; citing Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846.
Death18 December 1852Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for John Kempton (1778-1852), memorial #38628106.

    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for John Kemton (18 December 1852); citing Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah, p. 8, no. 294, "Utah, Salt Lake County, death records"; FHL microfilm 4139616.
BurialDecember 1852Salt Lake City Cemetery, Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for John Kempton (1778-1852), memorial #38628106.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for John Kempton, ID: KWV9-738.

    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for John Kemton (18 December 1852); citing Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah, p. 8, no. 294, "Utah, Salt Lake County, death records"; FHL microfilm 4139616.
FatherWilliam Kempton
MotherRuth Damon
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   • Mary Sanders
Married1800Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for John Kempton and Mary Sanders, ID: KWV9-738 and LHQV-3SK.
          Children:
               Isaiah Kempton
               Morgan Kempton
               Henry Kempton
               John Kempton Jr.
               Nathan Kempton
               Benjamin Kempton


   • Hannah Bradford
Married10 November 1818Farmington, Franklin, District of Maine, Massachussetts, United States
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    FamilySearch, Maine Marriages, 1771-1907 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for John Kempton and Hannah Bradford (10 November 1818); citing Farmington, Franklin, Maine, "Town and Vital Records, 1794-1892," p. 79 , image 104; FHL microfilm 10865.
          Children:
               Richard Kempton
               Alven Kempton
               Lorenzo Kempton
               Miriam T Kempton
               Hiram Butler Kempton
               Lucinda Kempton
               Hannah Bradford Kempton


   • Hannah Beal
Married7 November 1846Franklin County, Ohio, United States
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    Ohio County Clerks, Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016 (Ohio: County courthouses), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for John Kempton and Hannah Brown (7 November 1846); citing Franklin County, Ohio, "Marriage affidavits, 1844-1857," image 148; FHL microfilm 152.

   • Priscilla Billings
MarriedAbout 1849Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for John Kempton and Priscilla Billings, ID: KWV9-738 and ID: KWJY-DV4.
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• 1840Sunbury, Delaware, Ohio, United States
• Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
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• 1840 Population CensusSunbury, Delaware, OhioExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Brigham Young 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)
       Departure5 Jun 1848
       Arrival20-24 Sept 1848

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