Melissa Burton
Alternate Names
Melissa Coray (Married Name)
Melissa Kimball (Married Name)
Birth Date
On 1828 March 2 (Born)
Death Date
On 1903 September 21 (Died)
Gender
Female
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Born in Mersea Township, Essex, Ontario, Canada
1828 March 2
Date Details
Occurred On 1828 March 2
Married
William Coray
1846 June 23 (Age 18)
Joined
Mormon Battalion Camp Followers
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 18)
Members in Company
Role
Laundress
Traveling Group
William Coray
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Jonathan H. Holmes/Samuel Thompson Company (1848)
1848 July 2 – September 6 (Age 20)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
William Coray (Age 25)
Date Details
Started On 1848 July 2
Joined Company
Ended On 1848 September 6
Company Arrived
Married
William Henry Kimball
1851 December 24 (Age 23)
Baptized
1893 March 24 (Age 65)
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1903 September 21 (Age 75)
Media
Melissa Burton (1828 - 1903) Profile
Sources
Pioneer
Addison Pratt autobiography and journals, 1843-1852
Addison Pratt autobiography and journals, 1843-1852.
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Crossroads: Utah Crossroads quarterly newsletter
"To the Tops of the California Mountains: The 1848 Carson Pass Diary of Elijah Elmer", Crossroads: Utah Crossroads quarterly newsletter, Page 5-7.
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Improvement Era
"Events of the Month", Improvement Era, 7, (November), Page 72.
Mormon Battalion
Salt Lake Herald-Republican
"Utah Woman's 2,000-Mile March Fifty-five Years Ago", Salt Lake Herald-Republican, (26 May 1901), Page 2.
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