Ellen Mason

Birth Date

On 1838 October 15 (Born)

Death Date

On 1921 June 10 (Died)

Gender

Female

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Ellen was the daughter of Biddy Mason. She was an African American child enslaved by Robert M. Smith, who took her to Utah.

The 1850 Census was actually taken in 1851.

1900 Census states that Ellen was born October 1842.

Delilah Beasley's book, The Negro Trail Blazers of California, cites a family bible that states that states Ellen was born 15 October 1838. Indirect sources including censuses and Ellen's death index infer different years of birth.

Born

1838 October 15

Traveled in Willard Richards Company

1848 July 3 – October 10 (Age 9) Pioneers in Company

Traveling Group

Elijah B. Smith (Age 9)

James S. Smith (Age 5)

Nelson Smiley (Age 5)

Robert Mays Smith (Age 43)

Ann Mason (Age 4)

Rebecca Ruth Dorn (Age 38)

Sarah F. Smith (Age 3)

Biddy Mason (Age 29)

John Dorn Smith (Age 13)

William D. Smith (Age 11)

Harriet Mason (Age 0)

Joseph Smith (Age 0)

Date Details

On 1848 July 3

Joined Company

On 1848 October 10

Company Arrived

Died

1921 June 10 (Age 82)

Sources

African American Women: A Biographical Dictionary, Dorothy C. Salem, ed., New York: Garland Publishing, 1993, 351

African American Women: A Biographical Dictionary, Dorothy C. Salem, ed., New York: Garland Publishing, 1993, 351.

Beasley, Delilah L. The Negro Trail Blazers of California (New York: Negro Universities Press, 1919), 109-110

Beasley, Delilah L. The Negro Trail Blazers of California (New York: Negro Universities Press, 1919), 109-110.

Brown, John Zimmerman, comp. Autobiography of Pioneer John Brown, 1820-1896 (Salt Lake City, 1941), 88, 96, 100

Brown, John Zimmerman, comp. Autobiography of Pioneer John Brown, 1820-1896 (Salt Lake City, 1941), 88, 96, 100.

Carter, Kate B. The Story of the Negro Pioneer. (Salt Lake City: Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1965), 33

Carter, Kate B. The Story of the Negro Pioneer. (Salt Lake City: Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1965), 33.

John Brown's company of 10, report

John Brown's company of 10, report, June.

Mississippi company, report

Mississippi company, report, May.

Mulford, Karen Surina. Trailblazers: Twenty Amazing Western Women (Flagstaff, Arizona: Northland Publishing, 2001), 2, 24-31

Mulford, Karen Surina. Trailblazers: Twenty Amazing Western Women (Flagstaff, Arizona: Northland Publishing, 2001), 2, 24-31.

Notable Black American Women, Jessie Carney Smith, ed., Detroit, MI: Gale Research Inc., 1992

Notable Black American Women, Jessie Carney Smith, ed., Detroit, MI: Gale Research Inc., 1992.

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