Sarah Delcena Barton (1849 - 1870)

Born 29 Apr 1849 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Died 23 Mar 1870 at age 20 in Parowan, Iron, Utah Territory, United States

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Biography

Sarah Delcena Barton was born on April 29, 1849 in Nauvoo, Illinois. She was the daughter of Reuben Barton and Almera Johnson.^[1][2][3]

Delcena's parents divorced in early 1861.^[2] In late summer of 1861, Delcena, her mother, and her two living sisters migrated to Utah. They traveled with the Sixtus E Johnson company and arrived in Salt Lake City on September 27.^[4] Her younger sister Harriet died in Salt Lake City on December 20, 1862. After a few years, the family moved to Parowan, Iron County, Utah^[2]

Delcena worked as a telegraph operator in Parowan. She never married. She died of tuberculosis on March 23, 1870 in Parowan, at age 20.^[2][1][3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Burial record for Sarah Delcina "Dellie" Barton. Cemeteries and Burials, Utah Division of State History.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Compton, Todd. "'Loving Sisters': Delcena Diadamia Johnson (Sherman Smith Babbitt) and Almera Woodward Johnson (Smith Barton)." In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith. Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 1997, pp. 288-305.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 January 2021), memorial page for Sarah Delcina “Dellie” Barton (29 Apr 1849–23 Mar 1870), Find A Grave: Memorial #9314696, citing Parowan City Cemetery, Parowan, Iron County, Utah, USA ; Maintained by Carl W. McBrayer (contributor 46558074).
4. ↑ "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9B-CCL1 : 10 February 2018), Sarah Delcena Barton, 27 Sep 1861; from "Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel: 1847-1868," database, > The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/ : 2004-).

See also:

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85T-4SM : 20 December 2020), Sarah Barton in household of Reuben Barton, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8LQ-R6F : 11 November 2020), Sarah D Barton in entry for Reuben Barton, 1860.