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1847–1868

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3 February 1840
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11 November 1920
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Mary Clarkson


Alternate Names

    Mary Turner, Mary Ellet

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  • Widow of John Clarkson (d. 1859)

    Daughter of David and Rose Turner.

    She later married John James Ellett and moved to Oak City.

    Birth date confirmed by Oak City Ward records. The Oak City record also indicates she arrived in Utah on 11 September 1861.

John Riggs Murdock Company (1861)

  • Age at Departure: 21

Traveled with

  • David Turner (Age: 42)
  • Rose Collier Turner (Age: 40)
  • Martha Turner (Age: 17)
  • William Hugh Turner (Age: 16)
  • Susannah Turner (Age: 14)
  • John Turner (Age: 12)
  • Rose Ann Turner (Age: 9)
  • David Turner (Age: 7)
  • Benjamin Godfrey Turner (Age: 5)
  • Lorenzo Turner (Age: Infant)

Sources

  • Oak City Ward, Record of members collection, 1836-1970.
  • "Pioneer Woman of Three Utah Sections is Buried," Deseret News , 7 Dec. 1920, sec. 2,6.
  • Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude, vol. I, p. 887
  • Robison, Susannah Turner, [Autobiography], in Our Pioneer Heritage, 20 vols. [1958-77], 13:484-85.