Jeptha Weeks (1790 - 1856)

Born 1790 in Milledgeville, Baldwin, Georgia

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Jones) Weeks — married 5 Feb 1814 in Putnam, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died Aug 1856 at about age 66 in Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah Territory

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Biography

Jeptha was born in 1790. He was the son of Samuel Jeptha Weeks (1770-1845) and Anne (Jackson) Weeks (abt.1770-abt.1830).

Spouse Sarah Jones m- Feb 5, 1814 in Putnam Co, GA.^[1]

Died from small pox contracted during wagon train travel with the Benjamin Matthews Company of the Latter Day Saints.^[2]

Originally buried in Cottonwood, Utah Territory, Jeptha was exhumed in May 1916 and reburied in San Bernardino, CA^[3].

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Brief Life History

When Jeptha Weeks was born in 1790, in Milledgeville, Baldwin, Georgia, United States, his father, Samuel Jeptha Weeks, was 22 and his mother, Anne Jackson, was 25. He married Sarah "Sally" Jones on 5 February 1814, in Putnam, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 10 daughters. He lived in Tishomingo, Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States in 1850 and Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States in 1850. He died in August 1856, in Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Pioneer Memorial Cemetery, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States.

Sources

1. ↑ "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXVH-BQY : 7 February 2020), Jeptha Weeks and Sally Jones, 5 Feb 1814; citing Marriage, Putnam, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 394,053.
2. ↑ https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/individual/jeptha-weeks-1790
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34161238/jeptha-weeks: accessed 06 November 2023), memorial page for Jeptha Weeks (1790–Aug 1856), Find a Grave Memorial ID 34161238, citing Pioneer Memorial Cemetery, San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California, USA; Maintained by Barbara LeClaire (contributor 46903377).
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #34161238

• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLJ-WV2 : accessed 20 December 2021), Jeptha Weaks, Franklin, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 105, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 123; FHL microfilm 193,685.

• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPH-Q8T : 20 February 2021), Jpthey Weaks, Marion, Alabama, United States; citing 169, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 2,331.

• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHB4-V9K : 4 October 2021), Jeptha Weeks, Marion, Alabama, United States; citing p. 63, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LJ-QCQ : 22 December 2020), I Weeks, Tishomingo, Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "California, Pioneer Migration Index, Compiled 1906-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP2C-5PP3 : 16 August 2019), Jeptha Weeks in entry for James Solomon Weeks, ; citing Emigration, California, United States, California State Library, Sacramento.

• "Covered Wagon Families: Smallpox Epidemic Hit Wagon Train Pioneers"; The San Bernardino County Sun; San Bernardino, California; December 2, 1938; Page 29

• Research by Jerry Langston

• https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/individual/jeptha-weeks-1790?lang=eng&timelineTabs=all-events

• https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:EditPerson&u=24203400

• https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LLQS-FS3/jeptha-weeks-1790-1856