Martha Brown (Sanders) Knight (1833-1897) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Martha Brown Knight formerly Sanders

Born 23 May 1833 in Barmont, Illinois, USA

Ancestors

Daughter of Moses Martin Sanders Sr. and Amanda Armstrong (Faucett) Sanders

Sister of William Carroll Sanders, Richard Twiggs Sanders, John Franklin Sanders Sr., Rebecca Ann (Sanders) Sanderson, David Walker Sanders Sr., Joseph Moroni Sanders, Sydney Rigdon Sanders, Emma (Sanders) Tidwell, Eliza Jane Sanders, Hyrum Smith Sanders and Moses Martin Sanders Jr.

Wife of Alonzo Knight Sr. — married 10 Feb 1858 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States

Descendants

Mother of Mary Amanda Knight, Dexter Knight, Martha (Knight) Wheeler, John Franklin Knight, Samuel Knight, Joseph Knight, Catherine Knight, Emma Knight and Mark Martin Knight

Died 31 Dec 1897 at age 64 in Warren, Weber, Utah, United States

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Martha became a member of the LDS Church between 1830 - 1848.

Martha (Sanders) Knight was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.

Biography

Martha was born in 1833 in Illinois, United States.

She is the daughter of Moses Sanders and Amanda Fausett.

LDS Early Church Ordinance: Baptism on May25, 1843 [Reference: Family Group Sheet-Father; International Genealogical Index (IGI)]

She traveled overland to the Salt Lake Valley with: Amanda Armstrong Faucett Sanders (Age: 40), John Franklin Sanders (Age: 20), Joseph Moroni Sanders (Age: 13), and Emma Sanders (Age: 10).

She passed away in 1897 in Utah, United States and is buried in Plain City Cemetery, Plain City, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Sources

Randy Huskey, firsthand knowledge. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Randy and others.
"JLD1952 We Are All Connected Family Tree" @ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/16372964/person/360154724890/facts
Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints 1830-1848, Volume 38, RUS—SHE Compiled by Susan Ward Easton Black, Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University. https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/334417?availability=Family%20History%20Library
LDS Pioneer Overland Travel 1847-1868 web site: https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel/pioneers/4085/martha-brown-sanders

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Martha: