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1847–1868

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Birth Date
16 July 1837
Death Date
20 February 1923
Gender
Female
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Martha Clayton

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  • Some sources have mistakenly placed the Clayton family in the 1857 Evans Company.

    Her obituary states that the came to Utah in the 1855 Valentine Company, but she was actually in the 1855 Ballantyne Company.  There was no "Valentine" company.

Richard Ballantyne Company (1855)

  • Age at Departure: 17

Traveled with

  • Jane Clayton (Age: 46)
  • Edward Clayton (Age: 15)
  • Joseph Clayton (Age: 7)

Sources

  • 4th Company of 50 report, 1855 June.
  • Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 82.
  • "Pioneer of Lehi Called To Her Reward Tuesday," The Lehi Sun, 22 Feb. 1923, 1.