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Elijah Newman


Birth17 September 1798Romney, Hampshire, Virginia, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, Memorial #11661697.

    First Council of the Seventy, First Council of the Seventy records 1835-1885 (: Church Archives), Elijah Newman, 3rd Quorum of the Seventy, p.17,CR 3 51_r0004_00014.jpg.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Eijah Newman, folder "Daniel Spencer's 100, schedules, circa 1847 February" (#16), image 11, line 18.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Died," Deseret News, 8 January 1873, p. 12..
Death12 December 1872Parowan, Iron, Utah Territory, United States
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    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Died," 8 January 1873, p.12, col. 4..
BurialParowan, Iron, Utah Territory, United States
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FatherSolomon Newman
MotherJane James
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   • Matilda Brown Downing
Married26 July 1826Mason, Grant, Kentucky, United States
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    FamilySearch, Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," database, FamilySearch, Elijah Newman and Matilda Downing, 26 Jul 1826; citing Mason, Kentucky, reference ; FHL microfilm 281,842.
          Children:
               William B. D. Newman


   • Losana Bentley
Married9 September 1832Hamilton County, Ohio, United States
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    Ohio County Clerks, Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016 (Ohio: County courthouses), .
          Children:
               Virginia Lovina Newman


   • Letha Jane Killian
MarriedOctober 1850Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Elijah Newman and Letha Jane Killian, ID: LJ5X-HZG and ID: LJ5X-HZG.
          Children:
               Almira Newman
               Lydia Newman
               Elijah John Killian Newman
               Lavinnia Dame Newman
               Letha Newman
               George Newman
               Solomon Alonzo Newman

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• 1793Romney, Hampshire, Virginia, United States
• 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Iron County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Parowan, Iron, Utah Territory, United States
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BaptismJune 1838
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     Parowan 2nd Ward (Utah), Record of members, 1869-1886 (Salt Lake City, Utah: The Genealogical Society of Utah, 1963), Parowan 2nd Ward, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Iron County, Utah). Record of members, 1869-1886. Brigham Young University Family History Library, Provo, Utah. FHL microfilm 26415..
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• 1842 Population CensusNauvoo, Hancock, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusIron County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusParowan, Iron, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population Census(7th District) Parowan, Iron, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Brigham Young Vanguard 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)
       Departure16 Apr 1847
       Arrival21 Jul 1847

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