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Martha Ann Lewis Bingham

20 February 1833—18 November 1898

1 Born at Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky; daughter of Joannah Ryan and Benjamin Lewis. 2 Survived the attack at Hawn’s Mill settlement on Shoal Creek, Caldwell County, Missouri, 1838. 3 Married Sanford Bingham at Winter Quarters, unorganized U.S. territory, July 18, 1847; twelve children. 4 Migrated to the Salt Lake Valley, 1847. 5 Appointed president of the Riverdale Relief Society, in Weber County, Utah Territory, December 5, 1872. 6 Appointed counselor to Harriet C. Brown in the Weber Stake Relief Society presidency, October 27, 1870. 7 Died at Riverdale; buried at Ogden, Weber County. 8 (See Document 3.28)

Footnotes

  1. 1 Utah Division of State History, “Utah Cemeteries and Burials,” database, Cemeteries and Burials (http://heritage.utah.gov/history/cemeteries, accessed Apr. 2014), Martha A. Bingham.

  2. 2 “Ancestral File,” database, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org, accessed Aug. 2014), Martha Ann Lewis KWJ8-F4Z.

  3. 3 “Martha Ann Bingham,” Deseret News, Dec. 3, 1898, 32.

  4. 4 “A Golden Wedding,” Ogden Standard, July 18, 1897, 8. “Ancestral File,” database, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org, accessed Aug. 2014), Martha Ann Lewis KWJ8-F4Z and Sanford Bingham K2WS-8DB.

  5. 5 “Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel,” database, 1847–1868, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel (http://history.ChurchofJesusChrist.org/chd/landing, accessed Apr. 2014), Martha Ann`

  6. 6 “Martha Ann Bingham,” 32. Sanford Bingham Sr., “Life Sketch of Martha Ann Lewis Bingham,” June 22, 1899 (http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dagjones/docs/marthaannlewis.rtf, accessed Oct. 2014); citing original in possession of William Bingham, Logan, UT, from Mrs. George A. Pincock (Lucinda Elizabeth Bingham), Sugar City, ID, postmarked Nov. 6, 1939.

  7. 7 Weber Stake Relief Society, Minutes, Oct. 30, 1877, vol. 6, in Relief Society minutes and records, 1867–1968, Weber Stake, CHL.

  8. 8 “Utah Cemeteries and Burials,” database, Martha A. Bingham. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed Dec. 29, 2015), Martha Ann Lewis KWJ8-F4Z.