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1847–1868

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Birth Date
3 January 1845
Death Date
21 June 1921
Gender
Female
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Celestia Ann Farr


Alternate Names

    Lettie Ann Farr

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  • She is on the roster of Smoot/Russell company, but reported to have come with Spencer/Eldredge company with Persis Farr.

    The family's travel to Utah is 1847 is confirmed by the obituary of Lettie.

    The Nauvoo Community Project shows her name as Celestia Anna Farr, and her death certificate shows her as "Lettie Jane Thatcher."  The inscription on her gravestone shows her name as "Lettie Ann Farr Thatcher."

Daniel Spencer/Ira Eldredge Company (1847)

  • Age at Departure: 2

Traveled with

  • Aaron Freeman Farr (Age: 28)
  • Persis Farr (Age: 27)

Sources

  • Book of the Pioneers, Book 2, p. 234
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • "Funeral Service for Lettie F. Thatcher," The Journal, 27 June 1921, p. 1.
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 21 June 1847, 45.
  • Nauvoo Community Project
  • Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.