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Melissa Isabell (Norton) Allred (1824 - 1892)

Melissa Isabell Allred formerly Norton
Born in New Lisbon, Henry, Indiana, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of , , , and
Wife of — married 3 Feb 1848 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , and
Died at age 67 in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United Statesmap
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Melissa (Norton) Allred was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.

Biography

Melissa Isabell (Norton) Allred was born December 23, 1824 in New Lisbon, Henry, Indiana[1] to David Norton Jr. and Elizabeth (Benefield) Norton. She married Paulinus Harvey Allred on February 3, 1848 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, (near Winter Quarters, on the Missouri River). Together they had 8 children, 6 sons and 2 daughters. She died at home, her Husband by her side, in Lehi, Utah on July 26, 1892.[2]


Sources

  1. ↑ "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QK9B-HJDQ : accessed 9 May 2016), Melissa Norton Allred, 1848.
  2. ↑ "Death of Sister M.N. Allred", Deseret News, 1892-08-27, as viewed on Utah Digital Newspapers, accessed 30 September 2015, http://udn.lib.utah.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/deseretnews4/show/27802/id/27681

Lists Parents, DOB/DOD, locations of both, name of Husband, Number of children and their genders, date/location of marriage. Also gives and interesting account of Haun's Mill Massacre.

Shows birth date/location of Son, James Henry Allred.

  • "Utah, Early Mormon Missionary Database," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDW-TLVB : accessed 11 June 2016), Melissa Norton in entry for James Allred, Southern States; records extracted by FamilySearch and images digitized by Church History library, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; citing Missionary Register v. 2, Missionary department missionary registers 1860-1959, CR 301 22, Church History Library, Salt lake City, Utah.




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