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1847–1868

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Birth Date
5 February 1837
Death Date
1 December 1899
Gender
Female
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Nancy Serilda Shelton


Alternate Names

    Nancy Serilda Goforth, Nancy Serilda Harris

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  • Nancy's birth name was "Goforth," but she was adopted by Stephen Shelton and used the surnames Shelton and Goforth interchangeably throughout her life.  In the 1850 Utah census she is Marilda Shelton.  At the time of a divorce, her name was shown as "Nancy Serilda Harris," which was the maiden name of her mother.

    Martha Jane, in her application to the Daughters of Utah Pioneers in 1920, indicated that she and her family traveled in the Melvin Ross Company in 1850. Melvin Ross was a captain of ten in the 1850 Benjamin Hawkins Company.

    The inscription on her gravestone confirms the years of her birth and death and shows her name as "Nancy S. Gorforth Mantle."

Benjamin Hawkins Company (1850)

  • Age at Departure: 13

Traveled with

  • Stephen Shelton (Age: 41)
  • Abigail Shelton (Age: 32)
  • Mary Ann Shelton (Age: 18)
  • John Shelton (Age: 10)
  • Martha Jane Shelton (Age: 6)
  • Joseph Shelton (Age: 4)
  • Hyrum Shelton (Age: 2)

Sources

  • 1850 Utah Census, Utah County.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • How Beautiful upon the Mountains: A Centennial History of Wasatch County (Heber City, Utah: Wasatch County Chapter, Daughters of Utah Pioneers, 1993).
  • "Obituary," Vernal Express, 9 December 1899.