Sarah Jane Rich
Alternate Names
Sarah Jane Tobin (Married Name)
Sarah Jane Miller (Married Name)
Birth Date
On 1839 March 4 (Born)
Death Date
On 1926 August 5 (Died)
Gender
Female
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Born in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States
1839 March 4
Mother
Sarah De Armon Pea
Father
Charles Coulson Rich
Date Details
Occurred On 1839 March 4
Baptized by
Charles Coulson Rich
1847 March (Age 7)
Traveled in
Charles C. Rich Company (1847)
1847 June 21 – October 2 (Age 8)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Joseph Coulson Rich (Age 6)
Charles Coulson Rich (Age 37)
Eliza Ann Graves (Age 36)
Sarah De Armon Pea (Age 32)
Sarah Jane Peck (Age 21)
Charles Coulson Rich, Jr. (Age 2)
Emeline Grover (Age 15)
Harriet Sargent (Age 14)
John Thomas Rich (Age 1)
Mary Bratton Rich (Age 1)
Hyrum Smith Rich (Age 0)
Date Details
Started On 1847 June 21
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 October 2
Company Arrived
Married
John Tobin
1850 December 9 – 1861 August 21 (Age 11)
Re-baptized
1857 March 7 (Age 18)
Served in
Southern States Mission
1906 October 19 – 1907 August 7 (Age 67)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Residence When Called
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Set Apart By
John Henry Smith
Location Served
Southern States
Date Details
Started On 1906 October 19
Set Apart
Ended On 1907 August 7
Released
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1926 August 5 (Age 87)
Media
Sarah Jane Rich (1839 - 1926) Profile
Sources
Person
Deseret News
"1847 Pioneer Woman Dies", Deseret News, (6 August 1926), Page 18.
Utah Death Registers, 1847-1966
Utah Death Registers, 1847-1966.
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.
Mission
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 19 October 1906, Vol. C, Page 249, Line 812.
Pioneer
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 21 June 1847, Page 7.
Salt Lake Herald-Republican
"Past Celebrations of Pioneer Day", Salt Lake Herald-Republican, (15 April 1897), Page 8.
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Salt Lake Telegram
"Throngs Hear Orators Laud Utah Pioneers", Salt Lake Telegram, (25 July 1925), Page 5.
Semi-Centennial Commission Book of the Pioneers, 1897
Semi-Centennial Commission Book of the Pioneers, 1897, Vol. 2, Page 49.