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1847–1868

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Birth Date
11 January 1830
Death Date
26 August 1886
Gender
Female
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Mary Saxton


Alternate Names

    Mary May, Mary Thompson

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  • She came with her husband James, daughter Clara Saxton, and step daughter Ruth.

Leonard G. Rice Company (1867)

  • Age at Departure: 37

Traveled with

  • James May (Age: 38)
  • Ruth May (Age: 13)
  • Clara Saxton (Age: 13)
  • [child] Tilt (Age: Unknown)

Sources

  • Fox, Ruth May, "From England to Salt Lake Valley in 1867," Improvement Era , July 1935, 408-9, 450.
  • Fox, Ruth May, "My Story," 11-13.  Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.
  • Fox, Ruth May, [Reminiscences], in Our Pioneer Heritage,20 vols. [1958-77], 7:342-44.