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Mary Eliza Nelson



Birth24 November 1812Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States
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    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database and images, FamilySearch, Mary E. Greene (29 Dec 1885); citing Ward 7, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, Management and Archives, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 4,139,695.

    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. 581-582; FHL microfilm 183374.

Death29 December 1885Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Salt Lake County, Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Management and Archives), database and images, FamilySearch, Mary E. Greene (29 Dec 1885); citing Ward 7, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, Management and Archives, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 4,139,695.

    Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946, Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), database, FamilySearch, Mary E. Greene (29 Dec 1885); citing Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, reference p325 #12993; FHL microfilm 26,553.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), 1886-01-06, p. 16, Deaths, Greene.

Burial30 December 1885Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, Memorial #49828595.

    Utah State Archives, Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives), images, FamilySearch, Mary E. Greene (29 Dec 1885); citing Interment records, no 11876-19750, p. A515, Utah State Archives, Salt Lake City.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), 1886-01-06, p. 16, Deaths, Greene.

FatherJacob Nelson
MotherElizabeth Deyo

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   • John Portineus Greene
Married6 December 1841Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for John Portineus Greene and Mary Eliza Nelson, ID: LZTB-MS1 and ID: 9JSH-JVC.

    Hancock County (Illinois) County Clerk, Marriage register, 1829-1915; marriage index, 1862-1933 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974), p. 47, FHL 954177.

    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. 299-300.

          Children:
               Mary Emma Greene


   • Brigham Young
Married31 January 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    Lisle G. Brown, Nauvoo Sealings, Adoptions, and Anointings (Salt Lake City, Utah: The Smith-Pettit Foundation, 2006), p. 352.

    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. 581-582.


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• 1812Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States
• 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1860Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States

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• 1842 Population CensusNauvoo, Hancock, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1860 Population Census13th Ward Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population Census7th Ward Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusSalt Lake City 7th Ward, Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage

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Crossing the Plains

Company Unknown (1849)View 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)

       Departure1849
       Arrival1849


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