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1847–1868

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Birth Date
22 December 1808
Death Date
21 November 1883
Gender
Female
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Martha Catherine Lemon


Alternate Names

    Martha Catherine Mayer

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  • Wife of William McClure Lemon.  She crossed the plains with her husband and children.  She, her husband and one of their daughters (Sarah Elizabeth,) were all re-baptized in the Salt Lake Valley on 5 December 1847.   Her death date comes from the Utah cemetery inventory.

Daniel Spencer/Perrigrine Sessions Company (1847)

  • Age at Departure: 38

Traveled with

  • William McClure Lemon Sr. (Age: 39)
  • Alexander Abraham Lemon (Age: 16)
  • Ann Elizabeth Lemon (Age: 13)
  • Margaretta Lemon (Age: 7)
  • Mary Ann Lemon (Age: 4)
  • John Knox Lemon Sr. (Age: 1)

Sources

  • 1850 Utah Census, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory.
  • Find a Grave (Website)
  • Journal History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints, 21 June 1847, 8.
  • Salt Lake Stake, Record of members collection, 1836-1970.
  • Utah Cemetery Inventory
  • Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.