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Martha Ann Nelson


Birth17 October 1818Fayette County, Kentucky, United States
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     "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Martha Ann Nelson, ID: KWJY-WFY.

    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. 149, Martha Ann Parker, 17 January 1846.

    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 428; citing "General Record of the Seventies. Book B".
Death1 October 1897Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States
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     "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Martha Ann Nelson, ID: KWJY-WFY.
BurialWashburn Prairie Cemetery, Washburn, Barry, Missouri, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, Memorial #52579545.

    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Martha Ann Nelson, ID: KWJY-WFY.
FatherAmbrose Nelson
MotherJoyce Faulconer
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   • Thomas Bryant Parker
Married25 October 1835Palmyra, Marion, Missouri, United States
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    Marion County (Missouri) Recorder of Deeds, Marriage records, 1827-1888 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1975), p. 88, entry for Thomas B. Parker and Martha Ann Nelson (25 October 1835); FHL microfilm 980297.
          Children:
               Robert Pollock Parker
               Thomas Bryant Parker
               Ambrose Nelson Parker
               Joseph Faulkner Parker
               Elizabeth Joice Parker
               Alma Mormon Parker
               Exile Liberty Parker
               Margaret Parker


   • Melvin Ross
Married14 March 1856Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Melvin Ross and Martha Ann Nelson, ID: LKVB-MHK and ID: KWJY-WFY.
          Children:
               Orpha Elvira Ross

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• 1818Fayette County, Kentucky, United States
• 1840Liberty Twp, Marion, Missouri, United States
• 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States
• 1860Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
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Census Records Label
• 1840 Population CensusLiberty Township, Marion, MissouriExtractImage
• 1850 Population Censusthe District No 21, Pottawattamie, IowaExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusProvo, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage

State

• 1851 Iowa CensusPottawattamie County, IowaExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Unknown Companies (1847-1868)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)
       Departure1847-1868
       Arrival1847-1868

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