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Lyman Wight Porter


Birth5 May 1833Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Lyman Wight Porter (1833-1914), memorial # 12833668.

    Utah Bureau of Vital Records and Statistics, Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives Research Center, 2009), database with images, FamilySearch, Lyman Wight Porter, 31 March 1914; citing Porterville, Morgan, Utah, United States, certificate 4, series 81448; Utah State Archives Research Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm 2229567.

    Endowment House (LDS Church), Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978), p. 71, entry 906, FHL microfilm 183390.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Lyman Porter, folder "Guard company (Charles C. Rich), returns, 1847 June" (#48), image 9, line 7.
Death31 March 1914Porterville, Morgan, Utah, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Lyman Wight Porter (1833-1914), memorial # 12833668.

    Utah Bureau of Vital Records and Statistics, Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives Research Center, 2009), database with images, FamilySearch, Lyman Wight Porter, 31 March 1914; citing Porterville, Morgan, Utah, United States, certificate 4, series 81448; Utah State Archives Research Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm 2229567.
Burial3 April 1914Porterville Cemetery, Porterville, Morgan, Utah, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Lyman Wight Porter (1833-1914), memorial # 12833668.

    Utah Bureau of Vital Records and Statistics, Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives Research Center, 2009), database with images, FamilySearch, Lyman Wight Porter, 31 March 1914; citing Porterville, Morgan, Utah, United States, certificate 4, series 81448; Utah State Archives Research Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm 2229567.
FatherSanford Porter
MotherNancy Arreta Warriner
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   • Electa Mariah Kilbourn
Married5 November 1852Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Lyman Wight Porter and Electa Mariah Kilbourn, ID: KWNV-42J and ID: KWNV-42N.

    Endowment House (LDS Church), Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978), p. 71, entry 906, FHL microfilm 183390.
          Children:
               Lyman Ozias Porter
               Mary Mariah Porter
               Electa Elizabeth Porter
               Alva Sylanus Porter
               Nancy Malinda Porter
               Joseph Smith Porter
               Parley Pratt Porter
               Sarah Olive Porter
               Byron Porter
               Birdie Porter
               Hyrum Kilbourn Porter


   • Sarah Catherine Emmett
Married18 March 1865Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Endowment House (LDS Church), Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978), p. 445-446, entry 4611, FHL microfilm 1149514.
          Children:
               Moriancumer Heber Porter
               David Wight Porter
               Jared Lyman Porter


   • Elizabeth Bailey
Married5 October 1867Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    Endowment House (LDS Church), Sealings of couples, living and by proxy, 1851-1889 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, 1978), p. 63, FHL microfilm 1149515.
          Children:
               Elizabeth Adaline Porter
               Clarisse Porter
               John Riley Porter
               Zina E Porter
               Rhoda Aretta Porter
               Rachel Porter
               Job Bailey Porter
               Brigham Ernest Porter
               Legrand Thatcher Porter

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• Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States
• Lee County, Iowa, United States
• Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
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• 1840 Population CensusTownship 67, Lee, Iowa TerritoryExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusCenterville, Davis, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusMorgan County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusEast Porterville Kanyon Creek Precinct, Morgan, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1900 Population CensusCanyon Creek Precinct, Morgan, UtahExtractImage
• 1910 Population CensusCanyon Creek, Morgan, UtahExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Charles C. Rich 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 Oct 1850
       Arrival12 Nov 1850
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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), .
       Departure7 Oct 1856
       Arrival15 Dec 1856

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