1820 - 1848 (28 years)
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| Name |
RUTLEDGE, Sarah |
| Birth |
1820 |
Greenbriar County, WV  |
| Gender |
Female |
| _COLOR |
2 |
| Death |
14 Jul 1848 |
Broadwater, NE |
| Person ID |
I87 |
Puffers |
| Last Modified |
4 Jun 2013 |
| Family |
TWITCHELL, Jasper, b. 28 Oct 1820, Rutland, OH d. 26 Oct 1894, San Juan Bautista, CA (Age 73 years) |
| Marriage |
8 Dec 1841 |
Macomb, IL |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F2062 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
14 Apr 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.
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