Sophia Minerva Foster
Alternate Names
Sophia Minerva Burgess (Married Name)
Birth Date
On 1810 April 12 (Born)
Death Date
On 1889 September 1 (Died)
Gender
Female
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Born in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
1810 April 12
Mother
Rachel S Crampton
Father
Orrin Stone Foster
Date Details
Occurred On 1810 April 12
Baptized
1831 December 31 (Age 21)
Married
Harrison Burgess
1835 July 1 (Age 25)
Traveled in
Heber C. Kimball Company (1848)
1848 June 7 – September 24 (Age 38)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
William Burgess (Age 54)
Violate Stockwell (Age 53)
Amanda Melvina Hammond (Age 21)
Melancthon Wheeler Burgess (Age 16)
Violate Burgess (Age 11)
Date Details
Started On 1848 June 7
Joined Company
Ended On 1848 September 24
Company Arrived
Re-baptized
1877 February 12 (Age 66)
Died in Woodruff, Rich, Utah Teritory, United States
1889 September 1 (Age 79)
Media
Sophia Minerva Foster (1810 - 1889) Profile
Sources
Person
Deseret Evening News
"Deaths: Burgess", Deseret Evening News, (13 September 1889), Page 3.
Deseret Weekly
"Obituary. Amanda Malvina Hammond", Deseret Weekly, (13 September 1882), Page 544.
Woman's Exponent
"Obituary", Woman's Exponent, 18, (15 September 1889), 8. Page 64.
"Obituaries. Amanda Malvina Hammond", Woman's Exponent, 11, (15 September 1882), 8. Page 62.
Pioneer
Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849
"Heber C. Kimball's 1848 emigration division, First 100", Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849, (July).