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Charles Wight



Birth28 May 1831Rushford, Allegany, New York, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Charles Wight, Sr (1831-1911), memorial #14427315.

    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, entry for Charles Wight, 1 June 1911; Brigham, Box Elder, Utah, certificate 53, series 81448; Utah State Archives Research Centery, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm 2229364.

    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. 456-457, entry 3087; FHL microfilm 1149514.

    Brigham City 3rd Ward (Utah), Record of members, [1877]-1941 (Salt Lake City, Utah: The Genealogical Society of Utah, 1950), entry no. 973; FHL microfilm 25675.

    Box Elder News (Box Elder County, Utah, United States), "A Worthy Veteran Passes," 8 June 1911, p. 1, column 5.

Death1 June 1911Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Charles Wight, Sr (1831-1911), memorial #14427315.

    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, entry for Charles Wight, 1 June 1911; Brigham, Box Elder, Utah, certificate 53, series 81448; Utah State Archives Research Centery, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm 2229364.

    Box Elder News (Box Elder County, Utah, United States), "A Worthy Veteran Passes," 8 June 1911, p. 1, column 5.

Burial3 June 1911Brigham City Cemetery, Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Charles Wight, Sr (1831-1911), memorial #14427315.

    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, entry for Charles Wight, 1 June 1911; Brigham, Box Elder, Utah, certificate 53, series 81448; Utah State Archives Research Centery, Salt Lake City, Utah; FHL microfilm 2229364.

FatherLewis Wight
MotherNancy Urania Elliott

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   • Sarah Ellen Loveless
Married20 June 1850Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States
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    Pottawattamie County, Iowa Clerks of the District and Circuit Courts, Marriage records, 1848-1930 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1960-1999), p. 37; FHL microfilm 1476888.

          Children:
               Mary Althea Wight
               Mary Ellen Wight
               Charles Wight Jr.
               Sarah Aldora Wight
               Ann Eliza Wight
               Lucy Lodema Wight
               Rosaline Arvilda Wight
               John Lewis Wight


   • Sarah Posthymus Johnson
Married21 September 1860Great 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. 456-457, entry 3087; FHL microfilm 1149514.


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• 1831Rushford, Allegany, New York, United States
• 1840New Hudson, Allegany, New York, United States
• 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Kanesville, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah Territory, United States

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• 1840 Population CensusNew Hudson, Allegany, New YorkExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusBrigham City, Box Elder, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusBrigham City, Box Elder, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusBrigham City Box Elder Precinct, Box Elder, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1900 Population CensusBox Elder Precinct, Box Elder, UtahExtractImage
• 1910 Population CensusBox Elder Precinct, Box Elder, UtahExtractImage

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Crossing the Plains

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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)

       Departure29 Jun 1850
       Arrival13 Oct 1850


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