Puffer Genealogy
RUTLEDGE, Sarah
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Name RUTLEDGE, Sarah Birth 1820 Greenbriar County, WV Gender Female FindaGrave Address:
62420869_COLOR 11 Death 14 Jul 1848 Broadwater, NE Person ID I87 Puffer 062124 Last Modified 4 Jun 2024
Family TWITCHELL, Jasper Harrison, b. 28 Oct 1820, Rutland, OH d. 26 Oct 1894, San Juan Bautista, CA
(Age 73 years)
Marriage 8 Dec 1841 Macomb, IL Children 1. TWITCHELL, John Newton, b. 14 Oct 1842, Macomb, IL d. 19 Jun 1922, CA
(Age 79 years)
Family ID F2062 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 30 Jun 2024
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Notes - Died at "Chimney Rock" while crossing the plains with her family to Uta h. Sarah was enroute to the Utah Territory with her husband, Jasper and th eir son. They were in the Heber C. Kimball Company of LDS pioneers head ing for the Salt Lake Valley. She died of "consumption" at 2 A.M. the morning of July 14th along what i s now known as the Mormon Trail. This particular area was 21 miles west o f Chimney Rock, Nebraska. U. S. Highway 26, running due west from Broad water, Morrill County, Nebraska now virtually runs alongside the route a t this point. At a location approximately Latitude 41.584 degrees North and Longitude - 102.7776 degrees West, Sarah was buried that morning "at the foot of th e cliffs of Ancient Bluff Ruins" which is about 4.4 miles from Broadwat er.