Sophia Coleman Stevens Aldridge

14 July 1791 — 16 December 1860

1 Born at Shongum, Ulster County, New York; daughter of Mary Gale and Absalom Coleman. 2 Married first Uzziel Stevens. 3 Married second William Aldridge; sealed to Uzziel Stevens (with William Aldridge acting as proxy), January 26, 1846, in the temple at Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois. 4 Migrated to the Salt Lake Valley with the Allen Taylor pioneer company, 1849. 5 Moved to Washington County, Utah Territory, by July 1860. 6 Died at Washington, Washington County. 7 (See Document 1.2, first mentioned here)

Footnotes

  1. [1] Nauvoo Temple Sealings and Adoptions of the Living and Index, 1846–1857, FHL microfilm 183374, FHL. Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: Dec. 10, 1845, to Feb. 8, 1846, FHL microfilm 962798, item 1, FHL. 1860 U.S. census, Washington Co., Utah Territory, p. 147, Sophia Aldridge; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Apr. 2014); from NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 1314. On her headstone Aldridge’s date of birth is given as July 14, 1792. ( Find a Grave, database and images [http://findagrave.com, accessed Apr. 2014], memorial no. 52199, Sophia Coleman Stevens Aldridge; Washington City Cemetery, Washington Co., UT.)

  2. [2] Temple Records Index Bureau, “Endowment Index, 1846–1969,” data card for Sophia Coleman in Nauvoo Endowment Records, FHL microfilm 1262805, FHL.

  3. [3] “Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848,” database, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com, accessed Aug. 2014), Uzziel Stevens.

  4. [4] Nauvoo Temple Sealings Index, 1846–1857, FHL microfilm 183374, pp. 153–154, 509.

  5. [5] “Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel,” database, 1847–1868, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel (http://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/, accessed Apr. 2014), Sophia Coleman Stevens Aldridge.

  6. [6] 1860 U.S. census, Washington Co., Utah Territory, p. 147.

  7. [7] Utah Division of State History, “Utah Cemeteries and Burials,” database, Cemeteries and Burials (http://heritage.utah.gov/history/cemeteries, accessed Apr. 2014), Sophia Coleman Stevens Aldridge. Find a Grave, memorial no. 52199. “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed Dec. 30, 2015), Sophia Coleman MM6X-DXL .