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1847–1868

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Birth Date
10 January 1841
Death Date
28 February 1930
Gender
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Margaret Miller Watson

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  • Margaret came to Utah with Thomas Lyon and his family, which included Thomas, his invalid wife and six children.

    Her gravestone in Arizona shows her surname as "DeWitt," and it confirms her birth and death dates. 

Edward Stevenson Company (1859)

  • Age at Departure: 18

Traveled with

  • Thomas Lyon (Age: 32)
  • Mary Anne Lyon (Age: 30)
  • Jenie Smith Lyon (Age: 10)
  • Jessie Campbell Lyon (Age: 8)
  • Mary James Lyon (Age: 5)
  • Christina Enoch Lyon (Age: 3)
  • Frances Stenhouse Lyon (Age: Infant)

Sources

  • 1860 Utah Census.
  • Billion Graves (Website)
  • DeWitt, Margaret Miller Watson, "Autobiography of Margaret Miller Watson DeWitt," Relief Society Magazine , July 1929, 382-83.