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Sylvia Porter Sessions


Birth31 July 1818Newry, Oxford, Maine, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Sylvia Porter Sessions Clark (1818-1882), memorial #43324160.

    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), p. 18.

    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; FHL microfilm 183374.
Death13 April 1882Bountiful, Davis, Utah Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Sylvia Porter Sessions Clark (1818-1882), memorial #43324160.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Died," 19 April 1882, p. 16, column 2.
Burial14 April 1882Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis, Utah Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Sylvia Porter Sessions Clark (1818-1882), memorial #43324160.

    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "From Saturday's Daily, April 15" 19 April 1882, p. 9, column 3.
FatherDavid Sessions III
MotherPatty Bartlett
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   • Windsor Palmer Lyon
Married21 April 1838Far West, Caldwell, Missouri, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Windsor Palmer Lyon and Sylvia Porter Sessions, ID: KWVQ-CPH and ID: KWV9-HF6.

    George D. Smith, Nauvoo Polygamy (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2011), p. 606-607.

    Recorder of Deeds, Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991 (Jefferson City, Missouri: Missouri State Archives), database and images, FamilySearch, entry for Windsor Palmer Lyon and Sylvia Sessions Porter (1838); citing Caldwell County, Missouri, Recorder's Office, "Index to marriages, v. 1; Books A-C, including Index to "Colored Marriages", 1860-1886," image 21; FHL microfilm 2437719.
          Children:
               Marian S. Lyon
               Philofreen J. Lyon
               Asa Windsor Lyon
               Josephine Rosetta Lyon
               Byron Windsor Lyon
               David Carlos Lyon


   • Joseph Smith Jr.
Married8 February 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    George D. Smith, Nauvoo Polygamy (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2011), p. 98-99.

   • Heber Chase Kimball
Married19 September 1844Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    George D. Smith, Nauvoo Polygamy (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2011), p. 283-284.

    Lyndon W Cook, Nauvoo Marriages, Proxy Sealings, 1843-1846 (Provo, UT: Grandin Book Coo., 2004), p. 42.

Ezekiel Clark
Married5 February 1850Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, United States
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    FamilySearch, Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Ezekiel Clark and Sylvia P. Lyon (5 February 1850); citing Johnson County, Iowa, Clerk of the District Court, "Grooms' marriage returns 1842-1900 Brosh (Broz), John - Coats, Daniel S.," image 1472; FHL microfilm 1704852..

    Iowa County Clerks, Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934 (Iowa: County Courthouses), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Ezekiel Clark and Sylvia P. Lyon (5 February 1850); citing Johnson County, Iowa, Clerk of the District Court, "Register of marriages v. 1-4 1839-1880," image 312, p. 176; FHL microfilm 986009..
          Children:
               Perry Ezekiel Clark
               Pheobe Jane Clark
               Martha Sylvia Clark

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• 1840Hancock County, Illinois, United States
• 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, United States
• 1860Bountiful, Davis, Utah Territory, United States
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• 1840 Population CensusHancock County, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1842 Population CensusNauvoo, Hancock, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusDistrict No 9 Iowa City, Johnson, IowaExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusBountiful, Davis, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusBountiful, Davis, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusWest Bountiful, Bountiful Precinct, Davis, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Perrigrine Sessions 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)
       Departure23 May 1854
       Arrival4 Aug 1854

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