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Emma Smith (Yearsley) Wright (1842 - 1884)

Emma Smith Wright formerly Yearsley
Born in Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 15 Mar 1860 in Ogden, Weber, Utahmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 41 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United Statesmap
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Biography

Emma (Yearsley) Wright was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.

On 14 November 1842 she was born in Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania to David Dutton Yearsley and Mary Ann Hoopes.[1]

From 1839 to 1846, Emma Smith Yearsley lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois[1]


On 5 Jun 1850 Emma Smith Yearsley departed for Salt Lake City, She traveled with the Benjamin Hawkins Company[2]

On 26 March 1884 she died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah.[1]

Was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, located in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah.[3][4]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Illinois, Hancock County, Nauvoo Community Project, 1839-1846 (BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL3Z-5154 : 23 February 2018), Emma Smith Yearsley, from 1839 to 1846; citing Residence, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, from 1839 to 1846, Citing BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy, Provo, Utah.
  2. "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9B-C7VP : 10 February 2018), Emma Smith Yearsley, 09 Sep 1850; from "Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel: 1847-1868," database, > The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/ : 2004-).
  3. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 March 2021), memorial page for Emma Smith Yearsley Wright (14 Nov 1842–26 Mar 1884), Find a Grave Memorial no. 46477189, citing Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA ; Maintained by SMSmith (contributor 46491005)
  4. "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HXP-VNS : 24 June 2015), Emma Smith Yearsley Wright, died 26 Mar 1884; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
  • "Utah, Salt Lake City, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Missionary Department, Missionary Registers, 1860-1937," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDW-T66H : 27 November 2019), Emma S Wright, Utah Territory, United States; records extracted by FamilySearch and images digitized by Church History library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; citing , Missionary department missionary registers 1860-1959, CR 301 22, Church History Library, Salt lake City, Utah.




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