Birth Date
    15 February 1808
    Death Date
    20 August 1895
    Gender
    Female

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    Sarah Bell

    Alternate Names

      Sarah Brereton

    • Sarah Brereton Bell, a widow, crossed the Atlantic with her daughters Elizabeth and Sarah on the ship Argo in 1850.  According to the mother’s obituary they then crossed the plains “in Capt. Tidwell’s company reaching Salt Lake in the fall of 1853.”  Actually, the Tidwell Company crossed the plains in 1852 and Elizabeth was in the James Jepsen Company of that year.  The mother's death date is confirmed by the Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database. 

    John Tidwell Company (1852)

    • Age at Departure: 44

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