Elizabeth Gabrielle (Beirdneau) Sessions (1827 - 1903)

Born 6 Mar 1827 in Jackson, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Perrigrine Sessions — married 25 Mar 1865 in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States

Died 8 Oct 1903 at age 76 in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States

Elizabeth (Beirdneau) Sessions was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.

Biography

Elizabeth Beirdneau was born on March 6, 1827 in Jackson County, Ohio, United States. She was the daughter of Charles Beirdneau and Zebiah McCarley.^[1][2][3][4]

She married Perrigrine Sessions on March 25, 1865 at the Endowment House in Salt Lake City, Utah.^[5][4] According to family recollections, they had one daughter who died at birth.^[6] They did not have any known surviving children.^[3]

She died on October 8, 1903 in Bountiful, Davis, Utah.^[1][2][3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Burial record for Elizabeth Birdnow Sessions, Cemeteries and Burials, Utah Division of State History.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 February 2021), memorial page for Elizabeth Gaberiell Beirdneau Sessions (6 Mar 1827–8 Oct 1903), Find A Grave: Memorial #18785548, citing Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis County, Utah, USA; Maintained by Penny Sessions (contributor 46900401).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Death notice for "Aunt Betsey" Sessions, "Bountiful Briefs", Davis County Clipper, 9 October 1903, p. 4. University of Utah Library.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Esshom, Frank. Pioneers and prominent men of Utah, 1847-1868. Salt Lake City, Utah : 1913, p. 1153. Digitized by FamilySearch International, 2013. FamilySearch, accessed 11 February 2021.
5. ↑ Black, Susan Easton, compiler. Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848. 50 vols. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center, 1989. Private Donor. Ancestry Record 5333 #80302. Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
6. ↑ Sessions, Patty Bartlett. "Appendix Two: Children's Families." Mormon Midwife: The 1846-1888 Diaries of Patty Bartlett Sessions. Edited by Donna Toland Smart. Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 1997, p. 403-5. JSTOR (open access).

See also:

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4J-GMV : 19 December 2020), Elizabeth Birdeno in household of William McDonnel, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNSJ-VQT : 20 February 2021), Elizabeth Burnow, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district ED 14, sheet 277C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,336.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMRJ-BMM : accessed 20 February 2021), Elizabeth B Sessions in household of Samuel Sessions, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 88, sheet 4B, family 76, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,682.