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Mary Ann Covington Stratton West

31 March 1815—5 October 1908

1 Born at Bedford, Bedfordshire, England; daughter of Elizabeth Hodges and Berrill Covington. 2 Baptized, circa 1840–1842. 3 Married first Joseph Albert Stratton, 1846. 4 Migrated to the Salt Lake Valley, 1847. 5 Widowed, 1850. 6 Married second Chauncey Walker West as a plural wife, 1852; two children. 7 Settled at Ogden, Weber County, Utah Territory, 1855. 8 Appointed treasurer of the Ogden Relief Society, 1867. 9 Died at Ogden. 10 (See Document 3.28)

Footnotes

  1. 1 “Utah Death Certificate Index, 1904–1961,” database and images, Utah State Archives (http://archives.utah.gov, accessed Jan. 2015); from Utah Department of Health, Office of Vital Records and Statistics, series 81448, file no. 339/230 (1908), Mary Ann West.

  2. 2 Utah death certificate, file no. 339/230. “Death of Pioneer of 1847,” Desert Evening News, Oct. 5, 1908, 9.

  3. 3 “Death of Pioneer of 1847,” 9. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org, accessed May 2023), Mary Ann Covington LRT1-1LJ.

  4. 4 “Family Tree,” database, Mary Ann Covington and Joseph Albert Stratton LRYM-QG7. Sheri Eardley Slaughter, “‘Meet Me in St. Louie’: An Index of Early Latter-Day Saints Associated with St. Louis, Missouri,” Nauvoo Journal 10, no. 2 (Fall 1998): 100.

  5. 5 “Mary Ann Covington Stratton,” Church History Biographical Database, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, available at https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/landing, accessed Jan. 2015.

  6. 6 “Died,” Deseret News, Nov. 2, 1850, 6.

  7. 7 “Death of Pioneer of 1847,” Deseret Evening News, Oct. 5, 1908, 9. “Family Tree,” database, Mary Ann Covington. Franklin L. West, Chauncey W. West, Pioneer-Churchman ([Salt Lake City]: Publishers Press, 1965), 32.

  8. 8 “Death of Pioneer of 1847,” 9.

  9. 9 Weber Stake Relief Society, Minutes, Oct. 30, 1877, vol. 6, pp. 23–34, 1877–1900, Relief Society minutes and records, 1867–1968, Weber Stake, CHL.

  10. 10 Utah death certificate, file no. 339/230. “Death of Pioneer of 1847,” 9.