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Melissa Sanford


Birth28 February 1843Brown County, Illinois, United States
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     "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Melissa Sanford, ID: KWVQ-HRL.

    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Melissa Sanford, folder "Daniel Spencer's 100, schedules, circa 1847 February" (#16), image 8, line 12.
Death15 November 1938Springville, Utah, Utah, United States
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     Utah Bureau of Vital Records and Statistics, Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Utah State Archives Research Center, 2009), Springville, Utah, Utah, certificate #459, certificate for Melissa Messinger.
BurialSpringville, Utah, Utah, United States
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     BillionGraves, database and images, Billion Graves #1499853.
FatherCyrus Sanford
MotherSylvia Elmina Stockwell
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   • Murray Winchester Messinger
Married
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• 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Utah County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Springville, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
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• 1850 Population CensusUtah County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusSpringville, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusSpringville, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusSpringville City and Precinct, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1900 Population CensusUtah County, UtahExtractImage
• 1910 Population CensusSpringville (part of), Utah, UtahExtractImage
• 1930 Population CensusSpringville Precinct, Utah, UtahExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• William Snow/Joseph Young 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)
       Departure21 Jun 1850
       Arrival1-4 Oct 1850

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