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1847–1868

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Birth Date
5 May 1832
Death Date
25 March 1896
Gender
Female
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Polly Miner


Alternate Names

    Polly Carter

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  • Her obituary in the Woman's Exponent confirms that she traveled with her mother and siblings to Utah in 1852.

Benjamin Hawkins Company (1850)

  • Age at Departure: 18

Traveled with

  • Tamma Miner (Age: 37)
  • Orson Miner (Age: 16)
  • Moroni Miner (Age: 15)
  • Mormon Miner (Age: 12)
  • Matilda Miner (Age: 10)
  • Alma Lindsay Miner (Age: 8)
  • Don Carlos Smith Miner (Age: 6)

Sources

  • 1850 Iowa Census
  • 1856 Utah census, Utah County.
  • "Another Pioneer Gone," Provo Daily Enquirer, 25 March 1896, 4.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 26 March 1896, 4.
  • "Obituaries," Woman's Exponent, 1 May 1896, 150.
  • Utah Cemetery Inventory
  • Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.