1 Born at Somerville, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi; daughter of Mary Ann Forrester and Ira McDonough. 2 Married first William Sewell, 1863; two children. 3 Moved to Louisiana, 1866. 4 Widowed, 1869. 5 Baptized, 1870. 6 Lived at Beaver, Beaver County, Utah Territory, by 1870. 7 Married second William Lazarus Hardiman Dotson, 1870; one child. 8 Married third Austin Shipp, 1873; two children. 9 Moved to Castle Dale, Emery County, Utah Territory, 1888; was the first trained midwife at Castle Dale. 10 Participated in the Emery Stake Relief Society. 11 Lived at Driggs, Fremont County, Idaho, by 1910. 12 Died at Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona. 13 (See Document 4.25)
Samantha (Manty) Jane McDonough Sewell Dotson Shipp
12 May 1844 — 26 November 1929
Footnotes
Footnotes
[1] History of Sanpete and Emery Counties, Utah: With Sketches of Cities, Towns and Villages, Chronology of Important Events, Records of Indian Wars, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens (Ogden, UT: W. H. Lever, 1898), 620. “Arizona Genealogy Birth and Death Certificates,” database and images, Arizona Department of Health Services (https://azdhs.gov/licensing/vital-records/genealogy/index.php, accessed May 2023); from Arizona State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, state file no. 293, local registrar’s no. 1509 (1929), Semanthe [sic] Jane Shipp.
[2] “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org, accessed Dec. 2014), Samantha Jane McDonough KWJ6-QB2. History of Sanpete and Emery Counties, 620.
[3] “Mississippi Marriages, 1776–1935,” database, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Jan. 2015), Samantha J. McDonough and William M. Sewell; citing Hunting for Bears, comp., Mississippi Marriages, 1776–1935, Provo, UT. “Family Tree,” database, Samantha Jane McDonough and William Weir Sewell K2VS-T5P.
[4] History of Sanpete and Emery Counties, 620.
[5] “Family Tree,” database, William Weir Sewell.
[6] “Family Tree,” database, Samantha Jane McDonough.
[7] History of Sanpete and Emery Counties, 620. “Family Tree,” database, Samantha Jane McDonough and William Lazarus Hardiman Dotson KWJX-3YJ.
[8] “Family Tree,” database, Samantha Jane McDonough and William Lazarus Hardiman Dotson KWJX-3YJ. Dotson died in 1920; Samantha and Dotson evidently separated before her 1873 marriage to Shipp.
[9] History of Sanpete and Emery Counties, 620. “Family Tree,” database, Samantha Jane McDonough and Austin Shipp KWJ6-QBL.
[10] 1880 U.S. census, Beaver City, Beaver Co., Utah Territory, p. 10C, Manty Shipp; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Jan. 2015); from NARA microfilm publication T9, roll 1335. Stella McElprang, “Castle Valley”: A History of Emery County (Emery County, UT: Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, 1949), 78.
[11] “R. S. Report,” Woman’s Exponent 19, no. 11 (Nov. 15, 1890): 87–88.
[12] 1910 U.S. census, Driggs, Fremont Co., Idaho, p. 2A, Mrs. S. J. Shipp, from NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 224; 1920 U.S. census, Driggs, Teton Co., Idaho, p. 9A, S. Jane Shipp, from NARA microfilm publication T626, roll 294; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Feb. 2015).
[13] Arizona Death Certificate, no. 293/1509.