Huldah Meriah Clark Ballantyne
Born at Genesco, Livingston C., New York; daughter of Delecta Farr and Gardner Clark.[1] Baptized by Orson Hyde in Geneva, Kane Co., IL, 1840.[2] Married Richard Ballantyne, 17 Feb. 1847, in Winter Quarters, Nebraska; nine children.[3] Migrated to the Salt Lake Valley with the Brigham Young Company, arriving by 24 Sept. 1848.[4] Living in Weber Co., Utah by 1860.[5] President, Ogden Fourth Ward Relief Society, 1879-1883.[6] Died in Ogden.[7]
[1] Temple Records Index Bureau, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846 (Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1974) p. 50, Huldah M. Clark. Delecta Ballantyne Burton, “Biography of Huldah Meriah Clark Ballantyne,” as found in Edwin Richard Wooley, ed., “Biographies,” 1959, [p. 1], MS 21018, Church History Library, Salt Lake City, UT. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 25 Aug. 2021) Huldah Meriah Clark (KWVM-DMS).
[2] “Gone To Her Rest,” Woman’s Exponent, 1 May 1883, p. 161-162, reprinted from the Ogden Herald, 6 Apr. 1883.
[3] Delecta Ballantyne Burton, “Biography of Huldah Meriah Clark Ballantyne,” as found in Edwin Richard Wooley, ed., “Biographies,” 1959, p. 2-3, MS 21018, Church History Library, Salt Lake City, UT.
[4] “Huldah Maria Clark Ballantyne, 1847-1868,” Pioneer Database, (https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/overlandtravel, accessed 25 Aug. 2021).
[5] 1860 US census, Weber Co., UT, p. 1574, Huldah M. Ballantyne.
[6] “Gone To Her Rest,” Woman’s Exponent, 1 May 1883, p. 161-162, reprinted from the Ogden Herald, 6 Apr. 1883.
[7] “Gone To Her Rest,” Woman’s Exponent, 1 May 1883, p. 161-162, reprinted from the Ogden Herald, 6 Apr. 1883. “Huldah Meriah Clark Ballantyne,” Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber Co., UT; Find a Grave, 12 Dec. 2008, memorial no. 32153590, (https://findagrave.com, accessed 25 Aug. 2021).