Eliza Maria (Allred) Munson (1848 - 1939)

Born 28 Feb 1848 in Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Willard Munson — married 22 Nov 1863 (to 31 Jul 1928) in Ephriam, Sanpete, UT

Descendants

Died 12 Apr 1939 at age 91 in McGill, White Pine, Nevada, United States

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Biography

Eliza was born in 1848. Eliza was the child of James Allred and Elizabeth Manwaring.

Mrs. Munson was born to James T. and Eliza Manwaring Allred in Salt Lake February 28 1848. She was married to James W. Munson in Salt Lake, in 1863, and they came to Circleville the same year. Driven out by the Indians during the raids that occurred at that time, they returned in 1888. Mrs. Munson lived in McGill the past three years. She is survived by five sons and one daughter, S.P. Munson, of McGill; Clarence Munson, of Duckwater, Nevada; Brigham Munson, of Ely, Nevada; Louis Munson of Escalante, John Munson of Fielding and Mrs. Eliza Hayward of Bountiful; a sister, Mrs. Diantha Allred, and two brothers, Edward and Brigham Allred, all of Spring City; a half-brother, Kimball Allred of Salt Lake; two half-sisters, Mrs. Melinda Griffiths of Salt Lake and Mrs. Lavinia Robinson of Spring City, 113 great-grandchildren. She was a faithful worker in the L.D.S. church, in which she held a number of offices in Relief Society and Sunday School.

Eliza passed away in 1939.

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 02 October 2020), memorial page for Eliza Maria Allred Munson (28 Feb 1848–12 Apr 1939), Find A Grave: Memorial #39261175, citing Circleville Cemetery, Circleville, Piute County, Utah, USA ; Maintained by Max Grant Anderson (contributor 47241367).

First-hand information as remembered by Jill Brunker, Saturday, March 28, 2015. "Replace this citation if there is another source."