Elizabeth Ann Taylor and Samuel Venable Goode

Samuel Venable Goode
Headstone

Samuel Venable Goode

Parents: John Collier Goode and Dorothy Venable
Born 29 May 1791 Warren County, Kentucky
Military: War of 1812: took part in the battle of Tippecanoe

Private in 3rd Regiment
(Miller's) Kentucky Militia

Occupation: Farmer (1850-60), Boatman (many years, even made over forty trips to New Orleans on flatboats and walked back 18 times), School Teacher, Magistrate of Warren County for a few years 
Married Elizabeth Ann Taylor 11 Oct 1829 Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky
Died  Mar 1862 Warren County, Kentucky
Buried Mount Zion Church of Christ Cemetery, Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky
Sources
1810 US Census Warren County, Kentucky page 251
1830 US Census Warren County, Kentucky page 74
1840 US Census Warren County, Kentucky, page 49
1850 US Census Warren County, Kentucky (age 59)
U.S. War of 1812 Service Records
Book: Warren County, Kentucky, History Revealed through Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of its Ancestors  by M. Secrist, 2013
Book: Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886, Warren County, p. 891
Book: Virginia Cousins: A Study of the Ancestry and Posterity of John Goode of Whitby by George Brown Goode, Richmond, VA, J.W. Randolph & English, page 141
Family Search
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Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=91992690

Samuel and Elizabeth's INTENTIONS to marry (engagement, if you will) document.
They were married 4 days later.

Elizabeth Ann Taylor
Headstone

Elizabeth Ann Taylor


Parents:  Joseph Taylor and Sarah Best
Born 10 Sep 1803 Edgecombe County, North Carolina
Died 15 Mar 1861 Warren County, Kentucky
Buried Mount Zion Church of Christ Cemetery, Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky
Sources
Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979 Film 339890 page 91 Batch M01643-3
Marriage to Samuel: Warren County Marriage Records Book A page 91  
1840 US Census Warren County, Kentucky, page 49
1850 US Census Warren County, Kentucky (age 44)
Family Search
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Memorial:  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=91992534

CHILDREN

Sarah Ann Goode Taylor
Headstone

Sarah Ann Goode
Born 2 Aug 1830 Warren County, Kentucky
Married Robert Benjamin Franklin Taylor 23 Aug 1855 Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky
Note:  marriage license: 20 Jul 1855 Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky.  They are cousins.
Children: Samuel, Cora, Edward, Multzaten, William, Alfred, Homer
Died 19 Feb 1887 Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky
Buried Taylor Cemetery, Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky
Sources
1850 US Census Warren County, Kentucky (age 19)
1860 US Census Kentucky page 87 (age 29)
1870 US Census Kentucky page 15 (age 39)
1880 US Census Greencastle, Warren, Kentucky (age 48)
Family Search

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Headstone:  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7368349

William Alfred Goode headstone

William Alfred Goode
Born 20 Dec 1831 Warren County, Kentucky
Married 1) Harriet Taylor  25 Dec 1862 Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky
Note:   marriage license 14 Feb 1861 Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky
Children:  Josephine, Mattie, Mary, Samuel
2) Mattie Davenport May 1881 Warren County, Kentucky
Children: Beulah
Died 14 May 1886 Warren County, Kentucky
Buried Fairview Cemetery #1, Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky
Sources
Marriage:  Kentucky Marriages Batch M01643-4  and M51804-1
1850 US Census Warren County, Kentucky (age 18)
1860 US Census Warren County, Kentucky (age 28)
1870 US Census Kentucky, page 3 (age 38)
1880 US Census Greencastle, Warren, Kentucky (age 48, widowed)
Family Search

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Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=114909920
Mary Goode
Born abt 1833 Warren County, Kentucky
Died
Sources
Family Search
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Louisa headstone

Louisa Venable Goode

Born 15 Oct 1835 Warren County, Kentucky
Married (Widower) Joseph Miller 9 Sep 1864 Warren County, Kentucky
Children: Thomas, Sarah, Martha, Ellen, Lilly
Died 19 Jun 1898 Warren County, Kentucky
Buried Green River Union Cemetery, Warren, Kentucky
Sources
1850 US Census Warren County, Kentucky (age 16)
1860 US Census Warren County, Kentucky (age 24)
1870 US Census Warren County, Kentucky (age 35)
1880 US Census Greencastle, Warren, Kentucky (age 45)
Family Search
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Headstone:  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8973520

Union

Henry A Goode headstone

Henry A Goode

Born 10 Sep 1836 Warren County, Kentucky
Occupation: (1880) Farmer at the junction of Green and Barren Rivers
Military:  September 1861, Enlisted, Civil War, mustered as an Orderly Sergeant, 1st Sergeant, 11th Regiment, Company E, Infantry (Union).  He was with his unit in all their battles except when he fell off a horse 18 Sep 1863. Discharged December 1864. 

Henry mentioned in
Book: Kentucky History
of the State 

Married Mary E Alexander 15 Feb 1866 Warren County, Kentucky
Children:  Vernette, Elizabeth, Faustina, Samuel, James
Died 15 Aug 1915 Indianapolis, Indiana
Buried Smiths Grove Cemetery, Warren, Kentucky Plot A14
Sources
Book: Warren County, Kentucky, History Revealed through Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of its Ancestors  by M. Secrist, 2013
Book: Kentucky History of the State page 891
Marriage:  Kentucky Marriages Batch M01182-0 page 9
United States Civil War Index
Kentucky Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers
1850 US Census Warren County, Kentucky (age 14)
1870 US Census Elk Springs, Warren, Kentucky (age 31)
1880 US Census Smiths Grove, Warren, Kentucky  page 269B (age 44)
1910 US Census Elk Springs, Warren, Kentucky page 17A (age 73)
Family Search
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Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=83391059

Elizabeth Caroline Goode

Born 20 April 1839 Warren County, Kentucky
Died 15 April 1842 Warren County, Kentucky
Sources
Family Search
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Susan Frances Goode

Born 17 April 1841 Warren County, Kentucky
Died 24 April 1842 Warren County, Kentucky
Sources
Family Search
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Martha and Adam's headstone

Martha Jane Goode

Born 23 Mar 1842 Warren County, Kentucky
Note: the grave marker has the year of her birth wrong - she was older than Sam, her brother, in the 1850 census 
Married Adam Cherry 3 Jan 1867 Warren, Kentucky
Note:  his first wife had left him with three children, Luther, Elijah, and William
Martha's children: Samuel C., Mary Catherine, Robert Aaron, Henrietta "Retta", Sallie Elizabeth "Lizzie", Ellen Dora, Nellie Cora, Allie, Jesse, and Ottie Belle
Died 18 Jul 1888 Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky
Buried Green River Union Cemetery, Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky Plot 38
Sources
1850 US Census Warren County, Kentucky (age 8)
1870 US Census Warren County, Kentucky (age 26)
1880 US Census Greencastle, Warren, Kentucky (age 36)
Headstone:  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8960604

Union

Samuel V Goode
Born 6 Feb 1845 Warren, Kentucky
Occupation:  Teacher (1880) Store Keeper and Gauger (1881 to 1885)
Military: Enlisted Nov 1861. Third Corporal, Company E, 11th Regiment Kentucky Infantry (Union, age 18), was wounded at Stone River. Discharged in December 1864. After the war, attended Bethel College and became a teacher. Spent two years teaching and serving as Superintendent in Labette county,  Kansas where he owned 160 acres of land. He returned home and continued teaching until 1880. In 1878 he was living on 25 acres of land in Kentucky. In politics, he was a Republican and his first presidential vote was for General Grant.
Married Mary B Conkin  10 March 1870 Warren County, Kentucky
Children: William, Lela, Lettie, Belva

Samuel and Mary's headstone

Died 11 April 1921 Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky
COD: Uremia
Buried Fairview Cemetery, Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky
Sources
1850 US Census Warren County, Kentucky (age 5)
1860 US Census Warren County, Kentucky, page 47 (age 15)
1870 US Census Warren, County, Kentucky, page 26 (age 25, living with his in-laws)
1880 US Census Smiths Grove, Warren, Kentucky, page 243C (age 35)
1900 US Census Warren County, Kentucky, page 2A (age 55, his wife had 4 children, 3 are living)
Book: Warren County, Kentucky, History Revealed through Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of its Ancestors  by M. Secrist, 2013
United States Civil War Soldiers Index
United States Civil War and Later Pension Index 

Samuel V Goode Jr death Certficiate

James Houston 1779-1841 Mary Ettleman 1786-1847

Note: This family was steeped in the early history of the LDS church. They suffered much and were given much. There is a lot of information out there available online but be careful because you need to pay attention to research (for example see my notes on Catherine).

M - 4th Ggrandfather

James Houston
Parents William Houston and Catherine Boyle
Born abt 1779 Franklin Co, Pennsylvania
Married Mary Magdalena Ettleman 7 Sep 1813 Jackson, Stark, Ohio
Buried Mormon Pioneer Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska
Note:  No stone exists
Sources
Book:  LDS Biographical Encyclopedia Vol 1 page 800
Family Search
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His parents, wife, and children: http://winterquarters.byu.edu/pages/ward4/pafg01.htm#20

LDS Pioneers

NOTE:  This link is no longer operative as of 2020

Group Headstone 

M - 4th Ggrandmother

Mary Magdalena Ettleman
Parents Jacob Frederick Ettleman and Chloe Ann Benner
Christened 27 Aug 1786 Franconia Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania
Died 26 Mar 1847 Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska
COD:  Scurvy (poor nutrition)
Buried Mormon Pioneer Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska Plot #116
Note: Remember her name appears as Mary Houston on the monument
Sources
Online: http://winterquarters.byu.edu/pages/ward4/pafg01.htm
NOTE:  This link is no longer operative as of 2020
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35005827/mary-magdalena-houston
Her personal plot:  http://winterquarters.byu.edu/pages/graves.aspx#Top
NOTE:  This link is no longer operative as of 2020
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CHILDREN

Elizabeth H McBee

Elizabeth Houston
Born 25 Feb 1814 Jackson, Stark, Ohio
Married James Riley McBee 27 Jan 1831 Jackson, Stark, Ohio
Note:  married by George Roberts, Justice of the Peace

Obituary

Children: Mary, John, Levi, Harriet, Henry, Caroline, Sarah, James, Sam, David
Died 6 Mar 1893 Tinney's Point, Missouri
COD: Paralysis and old age
Buried: McBee Chapel Cemetery, Carroll, Missouri

Headstone

Sources
Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Ohio County Marriages 1789-1994 Film 897628 page 218
1850 US Census for Ray County, Ray, Missouri (age 35)
1860 US Census for Morris, Carroll, Missouri (age 46)
1870 US Census for Morris, Carroll, Missouri (age 56)
1880 US Census for Bates, Carroll, Missouri page 403C (age 66, widow, living with son, David)
Family Search
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Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91515559/elizabeth-mcbee

John Houston
Born 17 May 1816 Jackson, Stark, Ohio
Married Christiana Ettleman 15 Oct 1840 Adams, Illinois

Christiana's obituary

Note:  his surname given as Huston in record
Children:  William, Catherine, Lucy, Mary, Wilson, John
Died and Buried 5 July 1852 On the plains
Life Events:
John marched in Zion's Camp. 
John crossed the plains in a handcart company, died, and was buried along the trail.
 John was a member of the Quorum of Seventy and ordained as such in Nauvoo. 
John served in the Military as Private, Company E
Sources
http://winterquarters.byu.edu/pages/ward4/pafg01.htm
NOTE:  This link is no longer operative as of 2020
Illinois County Marriages 1810-1934
Christiana Ettleman Houston Forney's obituary
The following sources were listed on Family Search
The Forney Five Family Records by Charles W Forney 1931 Standard Printing Company, Boone, Iowa p 72. Nauvoo Land & Records Office A biographical story written for the young child by Dorothy Wight Brinck is in the Daughter of the Utah Pioneer's Files for John Houston.
ancestry.com

Headstone

Mary Houston
Born 11 Sep 1818 Jackson, Stark, Ohio
Married: 1) Joseph Smith Jr 1842 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Note: This marriage is debatable.

Heber Chase Kimball

2) Heber Chase Kimball 3 Feb 1846   Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Note;  she was one of  43 wives - they had no children)
Note: Some have recorded this as a proxy Temple marriage
Died 24 Dec 1896 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Buried 27 Dec 1896 Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake, Utah Plot A-8-75-E
Sources
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69396974/mary-kimball

Wiki about Joseph/wives: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Joseph_Smith%27s_wives#cite_note-SmithGD-12

Wiki about Heber/wives:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heber_C._Kimball

Anne Houston Headstone

Anne Houston

Born 8 May 1821 Jackson, Stark, Ohio
Married Newel Kimball Whitney 7 Jan 1846 Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Children: Jethro 
Note:  this is her ONLY child
Died 16 Nov 1848 Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska

Newel K Whitney

Note: records are inconclusive about her final resting place.  The monument stone is in Salt Lake.
Buried: Kimball-Whitney Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Note:  Supposedly the first person to be buried in the private cemetery. What it does not say it if she died in Nebraska and her body brought to Salt Lake.
Sources
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65790/anne-whitney
The Utah genealogical and historical magazine, Volumes 28-29 page 67
Family Search
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Sarah Houston Pratt headstone

Sarah Houston
Born 3 Aug 1822 Jackson, Stark, Ohio

Parley Parker Pratt
picture likely taken by
Marsena Cannon

Married 1) Parley Parker Pratt 15 Oct 1845 Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois
Children:  Julia, Mormon, Teancum, Sarah, David
2) A. Louis Taussig 15 Nov 1857 President's Office, Salt Lake City,
Salt Lake, Utah (polygamy - 3rd wife)
Children:  Isabell, David, William
When Louis deserted them, Sarah took back the surname Pratt, and the two older children, Isabell and David, also took the Pratt name.
3) Culbert King  This is NOT her husband, but her son-in-law, married to her daughter Sarah (thank you Paul for pointing this out in the comments)
Died 22 May 1886 Coyote, Garfield, Utah 
COD: dropsy (edema)
Buried Antimony Cemetery, Antimony, Garfield, Utah
Her obituary
A Hard Experience
Richfield, June 15, 1886
Editor Deseret News:
I send you a very brief sketch of the life of Sister Sarah Houston Pratt, who died at Coyote Creek, Grass Valley, Garfield County, May 26th 1886, which you will confer a favor by publishing.
She was the daughter of James and Mary Houston, born in Stark County, Ohio, August 3rd, 1823. When 9 years of age she became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and, with her parents, gathered with the Church and suffered in all the persecutions of that time.
In 1848 she was married to Apostle Parley P. Pratt, and in 1847, in company with her husband and the first company of Saints, started across the plains, traveling on foot, with her infant in her arms, most of the way. From that time until her demise she suffered many severe hardships; but in the hardest trials she trusted in the will of God. It may truly be said of her, “Thou hast come out of much tribulation.” Of late she has resided with her daughter, Mrs. Sarah E. King, at Grass Valley. She leaves 6 children and 30 grandchildren to mourn her departure.
–J.G.
[Deseret News, June 30, 1886]
[Journal History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 15, 1886, 4]
Sources
http://winterquarters.byu.edu/pages/ward4/pafg01.htm
1870 US Census (age 47, working as domestic servant for the J. Smith family)
1880 US Census (age 56, occupation:  Spinning at home, living with Eugene and Wesley Pratt - supposedly children of hers)
http://jared.pratt-family.org/parley_family_histories/list_parley_wives_histories.html
Online: History of Parley Parker Pratt by Marie Dean Speakman
Patriarchal Blessing of Sarah Pratt
Obituary Deseret News, June 9, 1886
History of Sarah Houston Pratt and A. Lewis Taussig by Phil Cowley
“Research Report on Sarah Houston Pratt (Taussig)” by Angie M. Grigg.
Personal History of Sarah Huston Pratt Tausig by Gardner Cousins, Blane Gardner, 1983
Family Search

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Susanna Houston Mitchell

* Susannah Houston
Born 11 Feb 1826 Jackson, Stark, Ohio
Married 1) Gideon Cooper Matlock 1848 Council Bluffs, Pottawatomie, Iowa
Children:  Alexander

Susanna Mitchell headstone

2) Benjamin Thomas Trotter Mitchell 6 Mar 1857 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Children:  Thomas, Edward, Erastus, Charles, Lehi, Nephi, Walter

M - 3rd Ggrandmother

Died 6 May 1900 Salt Lake City,
Salt Lake, Utah
Buried 8 May 1900 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Sources
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7543293/susanna-mitchell
1860 US Census for Utah, 15th ward, page 152 (age 34, called 'Susan')
1880 US Census for Utah (age 54, widow)
http://winterquarters.byu.edu/pages/ward4/pafg01.htm
Family Search
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Catherine Houston Alexander

Catherine Houston
Born 12 Mar 1831 West Canton, Stark, Ohio
Traveled with the Willard Richard's Company to Utah Jul-Oct 1848
Married Horace Martin Alexander 15 Feb 1849 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah
Died 22 Mar 1900 Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah

Buried: Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Utah, Utah

Sources

http://winterquarters.byu.edu/pages/ward4/pafg01.htm
Online: Mormon Pioneer Overland Trail 1847-1868

Headstone: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=61528
Family Search

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A short history written by Lucille H. Walker

Catherine's shared headstone

Note: While the history from Lucille is fun to read, there are a few points I feel are important enough to bring up for they change relationships and timing.
1) Catherine became an orphan on 21 Mar 1847 when her mother died in Winter Quarters (see Winter Quarters Project website) so she was not an orphan when she first arrived there and likely traveled to Winter Quarters with her mother and maybe a married sister or two.
2) In the story, Catherine's sisters were listed as Mrs. Heber C. Kimball and Mrs. Henry Rollins. Anne, her sister, did marry Heber, but I the way I understood it, Mrs. Rollins was actually the sister of

Horace's first wife, Nancy Walker - see below.

Written and compiled in 1927 by his granddaughter, Lucille Walker, and displayed online at homeutah@edu: It explains how Catherine, much younger than Horace, came to be his 2nd wife:

"...with Nancy (Horace's 1st wife) during her illness was my grandmother, Catherine Houston, then an orphan girl of fifteen years. After the children went to live with Nancy's sister, Mrs. Henry Rollins. Catherine was taken along too, to take care of the children who loved her. Together they crossed the plains.

Horace Martin Alexander

Grandfather received word that his children, with one of the Parley Pratt Companies was well on its way to the Valley. (NOTE: Catherine traveled at the age of 16 with the Willard Richards company which left 3 Jul 1848 and arrived in Salt Lake in mid October 1848) So with a few other brothers he hurried forth again on horseback to meet them. It is thought that he sighted the emigrant train somewhere in Wyoming. Grandmother still continued to live with the Henry Rollins family and to take care of the little Alexanders until her marriage to Horace.

Martin Smith (Janus Marinus Elmann Ohlsson) 1876-1935 - Esther Elizabeth East 1893-1954

        

Janus Marinus Elmann Ohlsson
a.k.a. Martin Smith
Picture provided by Sharon Brandewie, his granddaughter

-M-
great grandfather

Martin Smith's real name and the name under which he was christened is Janus Marinus Elmann Ohlsson

Family Legend : Janus and his brother Jens, stowed away on a ship bound for America. The story continued that they jumped ship (details about this were conspicuously absent, but so was any information regarding what ship etc.) and ended up, eventually, in Utah though how this was accomplished, no one living could say.

A missing link to the puzzle: I was told by Aunt Sharon (his gdaughter) that he and his brother, Jens, left Denmark because they did not get along with their stepmother (Niels Ohlsson's second wife, Kirsten). However, Jens was not with him according to the ship's manifest.

***

Parents: Neils Ohlsson and Petrea (Traya) Jensen

Born 18 Dec 1876 Randers, Tirstrup, Denmark

Note: His given name is spelled here the way it is recorded at the time of his christening

Christened 17 Jun 1877 Tirstrup, Denmark

Janus (Martin's) birth and christening record

Immigration Record:  left from Copenhagen, Denmark at 22 years of age and arrived in New York 5 May 1899 aboard the ship called Island

Supposedly the ship 'Island' he sailed on

Ship Manifest - proving he came through Ellis Island
AND he was alone - Jens was not with him at this time.

CHANGING HIS NAME:  The question has been asked many times about when/why Janus changed his name to Martin.  It had to have happened between 1899, when he arrived in Ellis Island, and five years later (1904) when he was accused of crimes.

Family Legend: Martin raped or attempted raping someone and served hard time in the penitentiary for it.  

TRUTH: Yes and no - yes, he was accused, a Judge found him innocent and no he did not serve time for this crime. 

A second cousin of mine (S.O.) has provided the below news articles as proof. 

READ THEM IN ORDER and hold judgement until the end. 

Martin was 24 years old.

Article #1
The Weekly Standard
Issue: Friday, 29 April 1904

Article #2
Daily Utah State Journal
Issue: Friday, 29 April 1904

Article #3
The Salt Lake Herald
Issue: Friday, 29 April 1904

Article #4
Daily Utah State Journal
Issue: Tuesday, 3 May 1904

Article #5
Daily Utah State Journal
Issue: Wednesday, 4 May 1904

Article #6
Deseret News
Issue: Thursday, 5 May 1904, page 8

Martin was a butcher by trade
Here he is with a 400 lb. hog

Occupation: Farmer (1912 - 1913 on children's birth certificates. 

Butcher, Cattleman, Rancher all listed in his death notice in paper.

Blaine and dog in front of his father's meat wagon

which, according to family legend, Martin used 

to make liquor deliveries during prohibition.

Married: Esther Elizabeth East 1 Feb 1911 Ogden, Weber, Utah 

"Martin" and Elizabeth's Marriage Record

Salt Lake Tribune
Issue: Sunday 1 July 1908

Article from 29 March 1915
Ogden Standard-Examiner

Article from 23 October 1915
Ogden Standard-Examiner

Article from 11 April 1916
Ogden Standard-Examiner

Died: 8 Sep 1935 Ogden, Ogden, Utah 

COD: Cerebral Hemorrhage, Essential Hypertension

NOTE:  the death certificate will be found under the name Martin Smith.

Buried Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah

Note: On the death certificate, the body was removed not buried, which may have led to speculation.  After all, it was during the time of the Great Depression and money was hard to come by.  He had been bedridden for years at the time of his death.   

Family Legend:  Martin was not buried for six weeks because no one could afford to pay for the burial/funeral. The mortuary refused to bury the body (kept it on ice) until they received payment. The payment could not be made until a pea crop destined for the LDS Cannery was harvested.

Headstone for Martin and Esther

CORRECTION: (from Kathy McCreary): Donna, Martin's daughter, said that he was buried a few days after he died (this correlates with cemetery records of burial) and Donna went with her mother and paid $1.00 a month until it was paid off. 

My QUESTION ABOUT CORRECTION: She would have been 7 years old at the time of her father's death. Funerals cost about $250-$300 in 1935.  They must have paid part of it upfront, otherwise, it makes no sense mathematically. 

Example: If it cost $300 for his funeral and they paid $1 a month, it would have taken twenty-five years. That means Esther was dead before the final payment was made. Even if they were only paying the $250 instead of $300 it would take 20 years which would make it 1955 - the year she died. I don't know that the funeral parlor allowed that much leeway/credit. My question then is, did Donna really go every  month until her mother died? or was the debt forgiven and that's why Donna thought it was all paid off?  

Sources

Birth and Christening: IGI Film 0434779 p 15 No 24 Dated 1873-1897

Immigration:  New York Passenger Lists 1820-1957 Microfilm Roll T715-60 page 229 Line 8

1920 US Census for Weber County, Utah Sheet 23 (age 38)

Note:  It has him listed as DRASTUS

1930 US Census for Ogden, Weber, County Sheet 41A (age 52)

Note:  The 1930 Census claims Niels is from Germany when he is actually from Denmark

Application for License to marry #5446 Warren, Weber, Utah

Newspaper articles about his bootlegging, exoneration of rape charges, stealing

Death: Death Certificate and Obit in Ogden Standard-Examiner, p 10 dated 9 Sep 1935

Death:  Utah Death Index 1905-1951

Marriage: Utah Marriages 1887-1966 Batch M74786-4 ref 5446 p476 #F (2953)

Picture of Martin and him standing by the 400 lb hog: courtesy of his granddaughter, Sharon Smith

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Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10988467/martin-smith

Esther Elizabeth East

Esther Elizabeth East Smith
Note:  retouched photo  

Esther Elizabeth East
Note: original photo

Parents:  Javes East and Elizabeth Mary Clark

Born 26 Mar 1893 Warren, Weber, Utah

Died 11 Jun 1954 Ogden, Ogden, Utah

COD: Pulmonary Embolus, Phlebothrombosis

Buried 15 Jun 1954 Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Ogden, Utah

Sources

1900 US Census for Plain City, Weber, Utah (age 7)

1910 US Census for Warren, Weber, Utah (age 17)

1920 US Census for Weber County, Utah (age 27)

1930 US Census for Ogden, Weber, Utah Sheet 41A (age 37)

1935 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Census

1940 US Census for Ogden, Weber, Utah (age 47)

1950 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Census

Deceased LDS member record

Utah Death Certificate

Pictures of her:  courtesy of Sharon Smith, her granddaughter

Family Search

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Headstone (seen above with Martin's information)

 : https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10988517/esther-elizabeth-smith

CHILDREN

(Colorized and enhanced b/w photo)

Back Row: Violet, Vesta, Clyde, Mary, Velma, Hazel

Front Row: Beverly, Glen, Esther, Blaine, Donna 

Mary Petrea Smith

  

Mary Petrea Smith Van De Graaff

Mary Petrea Smith 

Born 6 Mar 1912 Ogden, Weber, Utah

Mary Petrea Smith birth certificate

Married: Casper Van De Graaff 29 Apr 1930 Ogden, Weber, Utah

Marriage license and certificate for Mary and Casper

Children:  Arie, Julie, Doris

Information from Velma: Mary hired Hazel and I to do housework and tend kids. Before Clyde and Blaine got married, they terraced Mary and Casper's backyard. When Blaine got divorced (she didn't mention which time) he stayed with Mary for two weeks when he felt sick. After Mary died, Arie stayed with Velma because the wind had blown Casper's pine trees down and he had no heat or lights. 

Died 28 Jun 1960 Ogden, Weber, Utah

COD: Cervical Cancer

Informant: husband, Casper

Mary's death certificate

Buried 30 Jun 1960 Aultorest Memorial Park, Ogden, Utah 

Note: Lot 67 Position 65

Mary's headstone

Mary's graveside services

Mary's Obituary

Mary's signature on the application
for marriage to Casper

  

Sources

1920 US Census for Weber County, Utah (age 7)

Note: her father's name is Drastus in the Census

1930 US Census for Ogden, Weber, Utah (age 18)

1940 US Census for Ogden, Weber, Utah (age 28)

Obit in Ogden Standard-Examiner

Billiongraves.com

Picture of Mary on the right: Clipped from the group picture courtesy of her niece, Sharon

Family Search

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Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32832361/mary-petrea-van_de_graaff

Clyde Alfred Smith

Clyde Alfred Smith

Clyde and Josie

Born 11 Aug 1913 Ogden, Weber, Utah

Note:  his original birth certificate had the wrong birthday and his mother had to fill out an affidavit to get it changed.  The affidavit claims his name is Clyde Alfred, not Alfred Clyde.  

Clyde's amended birth certificate

Occupation: Bell Telephone Company

Married: Josephine Strebel 25 Nov 1936 Ogden, Weber, Utah

Children:  Ronald, 1 living

Note on his marriage certificate that he signed his name as Alfred Clyde 

 Clyde and Josie on the streets of Ogden
Just outside the JCPenny store (Colorized)

Died 18 Sep 1993 Ogden, Ogden, Utah

Clyde's obituary

Buried 22 Sep 1993 Evergreen Memorial Park 

Note: Plot 0 E-MT0-25D-4

Clyde and Josie's headstone
Note that his headstone is engraved with Clyde A, not Alfred C.

Sources

1920 US Census for Weber County, Utah (age 7)

1930 US Census for Ogden, Weber, Utah (age 16)

1935 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Census

1940 US Census for Ogden, Weber, Utah (age 26)

1950 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Census

1955 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Census

1960 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Census

LDS Deceased member record

WW2 Draft Registration

SS Death Index

Obit in Ogden Standard-Examiner

Picture of Clyde and Josie: Arline (his ex-sis-in-law) gave it to me

Family Search

ancestry.com

Headstone:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32833084/alfred-clyde-smith

Martin Blaine Smith (usually went by Blaine)

Martin Blaine Smith

Martin Blaine Smith
11 Dec 1953 

M - Maternal
Grandfather

Born 10 Feb 1915 West Weber, Weber, Utah

Also see him as a parent here:

https://upperlevelgen.blogspot.com/2008/12/martin-blaine-smith-1915-1966-arline.html

Occupation: Diesel Mechanic

Served in WW2 Infantry

Married: 1) Arline Mitchell 17 Oct 1936 Ogden, Ogden, Utah (divorced)

Note: his name is given as Janus Blaine Smith on the marriage license

Children: Sally, Sandy, 2 more living

2) Hilda McCrone 1952 (widowed - she died of a heart attack at age 28)

Children: she was pregnant when she died and the baby died with her. She had a daughter from a former marriage that Blaine gave to his ex-mother-in-law after Hilda died.  Then his sister (Velma) took her and raised her.

Blaine's Headstone

3) Pat Fisher

4) Zelma Bennett 1958 (married and divorced twice)

Children:  Sam, Ester

Died 16 Aug 1966 Dee Hospital, Ogden, Weber, Utah
COD: Heart attack

Buried 19 Aug 1966 Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Ogden, Utah

Sources

Personal Knowledge

1920 US Census for Weber County, Utah (age 4)

1930 US Census for Ogden, Weber, Utah (age 15)

1935 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Census

1940 US Census for Ogden, Weber, Utah (age 25)

1950 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Census

1955 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Census

Note: his son, Duke, and his stepdaughter, Ester Lorraine Smith (originally named Della Gill, later renamed Lorie Alexander)

Marriage to Arline: Marriage License (He used a bogus name)

Deceased LDS member record

Military Draft Registration

Obit in Ogden Standard-Examiner

SS death records

Family Search

ancestry.com

Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5038405/martin-blaine-smith

Vesta Faun Smith

Vesta Obituary

Born 28 Oct 1918 Ogden, Weber, Utah

Married Henry Joseph Jensen Sr 19 Sep 1935 Ogden, Weber, Utah

Children:  Nancy, Henry, Pam

Information from Velma: Joe (Henry Jr.) stayed with her when he was a boy and Pam rented from Velma until she got her apartment on 1st and Jefferson.

Vesta and Henry's marriage certificate

Vesta's signature from the marriage certificate

Died 31 Dec 1966 Dee Hospital, Ogden, Weber, Utah

Buried 3 Jan 1967 Aultorest Memorial Park, Ogden, Ogden, Utah

Sources

1920 US Census for Weber County, Utah (age 1)

Vesta's Headstone

1930 US Census for Ogden, Weber, Utah (age 11)

1935 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Census

1940 US Census for Ogden, Weber, Utah (age 21)

1950 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Census

1960 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Census

Deceased LDS member record

Obituary in Ogden Standard-Examiner

Weber County Marriages

Family Search

ancestry.com

Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5656377/vesta-faun-jensen

Velma Isabel Smith 

Velma Isabel Smith 

Born 1 Oct 1920 Ogden, Weber, Utah

Occupation:  Defense Depot in Ogden (DDO), self-employed

She wrote of her brothers: "Clyde, Blaine, and Glen never was mean to us."

MARRIAGES

Married 1) Roy Vaughn (annulled?)

Note:  I have never found a record of this marriage. It may never have existed 

Velma and Albie

Velma and Albert's marriage record
It does not indicate she was married previously

2) Albert  Edward Alexander 22 Jan 1938 (divorced)

Children: Ray (twin, lived 10  minutes), Roy, 

Supposedly adopted Esther Lorraine "Lorie" Smith (a.k.a. Della Gill)

Note: I have never found any evidence that Lorie was legally adopted by Velma. Velma was known to do things in unusual ways. 

Here is what I have heard, mostly from Sharon, my aunt, (Blaine's daughter, and Velma's niece). Lorie, once spelled Laurie, was the daughter of Hilda McCrone and the stepdaughter of Blaine, Velma's brother. 

Lorie was born Della Lorraine Gill - daughter of Hilda McCrone and Dellis Gill. Hilda was not fond of her ex-husband so they changed her name.  Sharon remembers that she chose the name Laurie because of a pretty girl at school with that name. Thus, Laurie was called  Laurie because of Sharon. I am guessing that for a short time she went by Laurie Smith. However, after her mother died, Laurie went to stay with Blaine's ex-mother-in-law (Lurena Taylor Mitchell, whom he greatly respected) until his sister Velma decided she wanted to raise her to supposedly give her son a sister. Once Velma decided to do this, Laurie became Esther Lorie Alexander. 

Note: Velma wrote that her mother (Esther Elizabeth East Smith) lived with her for the last 11 months of her life. She also wrote: Sharon (Blaine's daughter) came down and would rub her (grandmother's) feet for her. 

John Lincoln Hanlon

3) John Lincoln Hanlon 6 August 1971 Gainesville, Cooke, Texas

Note:  though I found the marriage record - it claimed she was a Smith, not an Alexander.  Don't know why she used her maiden name.

Mitchell Graham Boam

4) Mitchell Graham Boam 2 Sep 1975 Elko, Elko, Nevada

Note:  I put this man here because of a note that was left by Don Worthen on Family Search that stated: "per daughter Mickie, she recalls this marriage and the spouse, but recalls also that it was a very short marriage, maybe two days.  I contacted Don who assured me that Mickie was Mitchell's daughter.

5) Don Stout 17 June 1980 Elko, Elko, Nevada

No children

Died 11 Mar 2013 Ogden, Weber, Utah

In case you can't read it:

Obituary:

Velma Isabel Smith Alexander Stout
(October 1, 1920 ~ March 11, 2013)

Ogden – Velma A. Smith Stout, 92, passed away March 11, 2013.

She was born October 1, 1920, in Ogden, Utah the daughter of Esther Elizabeth East and Martin Smith.

Velma lived her entire life in Ogden and attended Ogden City Schools. She was a member of the LDS Church.

Velma retired from civil service at DDO and afterward had her own business as an IBM Keypunch Instructor.

She loved her family and enjoyed her grandchildren and great-grandchildren immensely. She enjoyed traveling.

She is survived by her son, Roy (Yvonne) Alexander; daughter, Lorie (Ernie) Hansen; 11 grandchildren; 39 great-grandchildren; 11 great-great-grandchildren and her brother, Glen (Afton) Smith.

She was preceded in death by her parents; three husbands and nine siblings.

Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, March 15, 2013, at the Ogden City Cemetery, 20th and Madison Ave. A visitation will be held prior to the graveside at Myers Ogden Mortuary, 845 Washington Blvd. from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

The family would like to give special thanks to Hospice for Utah, including a special appreciation to caregivers Colleen Terry and Chantel Smith for the kind and loving care they gave Velma.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Utah Heart Association.

Buried Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah

Headstone

Sources

Personal Knowledge

1930 US Census for Ogden, Weber, Utah (age 9)

1935 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Census

1940 US Census for Ogden, Weber, Utah (age 21)

1950 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Census

1960 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Census

Obituary in Ogden Standard-Examiner

Marriage to John Lincoln Hanlon: Texas Marriage Index

Note:  Velma was listed as a Smith not an Alexander in the index.  She is not listed in John's obituary

Marriage to Mitchell Graham Boam: Nevada Marriage Index

Note: Velma used Alexander as her surname for this marriage.  She is not listed in Mitchell's obituary 

Marriage to Don James Stout: Nevada Marriage Index

Note: Velma used Alexander as her surname for this marriage.  

Family Search

ancestry.com

Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106621292/velma-isabel-stout

Hazel Rosella Smith

Hazel Rosella Smith

John Walter Alexander

Born 16 Aug 1922 Ogden, Weber, Utah

Married: John Alexander 3 April 1938 Ogden, Weber, Utah

Information from Velma: they stayed with Albert and Velma on 25th and Wall when Velma was pregnant and again on 280 Jefferson.

Children:  Darlene, Christy  - the rest are living as of 2020

Hazel and John's marriage license

John and Hazel Alexander

John and Hazel's Headstone

Died 28 Apr 2008 Ogden, Weber, Utah

Buried 1 May 2008 Hooper City Cemetery, Hooper, Weber, Utah

Sources

Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33373452/hazel-rosella-alexander

1930 US Census for Ogden, Weber, Utah (age 8)

1935 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Census

1940 US Census Ogden, Weber, Utah (age 17)

1950 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Census

1955 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Census

1960 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Census

SS Death Index

Family records

Family Search

ancestry.com

Of note: Hazel's adopted granddaughter and my own daughter served in the same LDS mission without knowing they were cousins

Ester Violet (Vi) Smith 

Esther Violet Smith McCreary

Alton William "Sam" McCreary

Born 29 Oct 1924 Ogden, Weber, Utah

Occupation (s): DDO Ogden

Married Alton William "Sam" McCreary 23 Aug 1945 Ogden, Weber, Utah

Information from Velma: Violet stayed with her at 280 Jefferson during the war. Bev stayed with Violet until their mother died in 1955.

Children: Billy, Bobby, David, Elizabeth, Tammy

Violet and Sam's headstone

Died 3 Sep 2009 Ogden, Weber, Utah

Buried Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah

Obituary:

OGDEN - Esther Violet "Vi" Smith McCreary, 84, died on Thursday, September 3, 2009 of causes incident to age.

Vi was born October 29, 1924, in Ogden, Utah a daughter of Martin and Esther East Smith. On August 21, 1945, she married Alton William "Sam"

McCreary in Ogden. Sam preceded her in death on May 5, 1994. She retired from Federal Service after many years of service.

Vi loved to travel and see the beauty of this country. She loved the mountains, the stars, and especially the Moon. Vi is a member of the Golden Spike Ladies of Elks and B.P.O. Boes.

Surviving are her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren; Alton W. Jr. "Bill" and wife Georgette; Robert J. "Bob" and wife Kathy; Elizabeth McCreary; Tamra Baird and husband Jeff; seven grandchildren, Robert Joe McCreary, Michael Jay McCreary, Victoria Rego, Rebecca Ciccone, Rachel Seangsuwan, Jordan Baird and Jenessa Baird; one great-granddaughter, Nuala Rego, and two great-grandsons, Robbie McCreary and William McCreary

Also surviving are sisters and a brother, Velma Stout; Donna Lane; and Glenn (Afton) Smith.

Vi was preceded in death by her husband, a grandson, her parents, five sisters, and two brothers.

Services will be held at Myers Mortuary in Ogden, 845 Washington Blvd. on Saturday at 11 a.m. Friends may call at the mortuary on Friday from 6-8 p.m. and on Saturday from 9:45-10:45 a.m.

Interment, Ogden City Cemetery.

Sources

Headstone:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41512992/esther-violet-mccreary

1930 US Census for Ogden, Weber, Utah (age 5)

1935 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Census

1940 US Census for Ogden, Weber, Utah (age 15)

1950 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Census

SS Death Index

Ogden Standard-Examiner Obituary

Family Search

ancestry.com

Norma Lavon Smith

Norma

Norma's headstone

Born 14 Mar 1927 Ogden, Weber, Utah

Died 21 Dec 1927 At home 604 Douglas Avenue, Ogden, Utah

COD: Bronchial Pneumonia and acrodynia (mercury poisoning)

NOTE: I wondered how the poisoning occurred  and found the disease was created by "...administering mercury to infants in teething powders, de-wormers, and laxatives, constipation, diarrhea, and other conditions."

Buried Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah Plot J-7-12-5E1

Sources

The Poisoning: https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/environmental-toxins/mercury-poisoning-our-children/#gsc.tab=0

Obituary: Ogden Standard-Examiner, issue 22 Dec 1927

Obituary
Note: "Esta" should be Vesta and "Wilma" should be Velma

Norma's death certificate

Family Search

ancestry.com

Picture: my aunt had it

Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5038064/norma-lavon-smith

Donna Mae Smith

Donna Mae Smith

Chester Odil Lane "Chet"

Born 21 Aug 1928 Ogden, Weber, Utah

Married Chester Odil "Chet" Lane 6 Jun 1944 Ogden, Weber, Utah

Information from Velma: Donna and Chet stayed with her for a while. During that time Roy's hamster drowned.

Children: still living

Died 20 Dec 2009 Ogden, Utah

Buried Myers Evergreen Memorial Park, Ogden, Utah

Obituary:

Ogden – Donna Mae Smith Lane, 81, passed away on December 20, 2009. She was born August 21, 1928, in Ogden, Utah to Martin and Esther E. East Smith. Donna married Chet Odil Lane on June 6, 1944, in Ogden, Utah.

She was a member of Washington Heights Baptist Church participating in many youth summer camps, Wednesday family nights, and dinner theaters.

Donna loved being home with her children. She enjoyed cooking, camping, and square dancing. She loved her grandchildren and great-grandchildren very much.

She was preceded in death by her husband Chet; grandson Cody Felix and numerous brothers and sisters.

Headstone for Donna and Chet

She is survived by her children, Richard O. (Patricia) Lane of South Dakota, Kevin J. Lane of Ogden and Shari Lane Felix of Ogden; brother Glen Smith; sister Velma Stout; 10 grandchildren, Chad, Teresa, Heidi, Steffani, Matthew, Tyler, Haley, Kate and Annie; and 12 great-grandchildren, Chance, Travis, Megan, Conner, Justin, Brandon, Kameron, Parker, Courtney, Sariah, Hayden, and Jaxon.

Graveside Services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, December 28, 2009, at Myers Evergreen Memorial Park, 100 Monroe Blvd. Friends may call at Myers Mortuary of Ogden, 845 Washington Blvd. on Sunday, December 27th from 6 to 8 p.m.

Sources

1930 US Census for Ogden, Weber, Utah (age 1)

1935 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Census

1940 US Census for Ogden, Weber, Utah (age 11)

1950 US Census Ogden, Weber, Utah (age21, married)

1955 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Census

1960 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Census

Obituary in Ogden Standard-Examiner

SS Death Index

Family Search

ancestry.com

Headstone and picture of her:  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45712560/donna-mae-lane

Elmann Glen Smith 

Born 

Occupation: Principal

Information from Velma: Glen teased Bev once and mom set him straight. Glen stayed with her when he had a few days off in college and again during the war until he got married.

Married Afton

Children

Died

Buried

Sources

1940 US Census for Ogden, Weber, Utah (age 7)

1950 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Census

Family Search

ancestry.com

Beverly Jean Smith

Beverly Jean Smith

Born 15 Jan 1935 Ogden, Weber, Utah

Occupation: McKay Dee Hospital (25 years)

Beverly Jean Smith

Married Gilbert Lee Barker 2 Dec 1954 (Divorced)

Information from Velma: Beverly lived with Violet until their mom died and with Velma afterward. Velma claims she financed Bev's wedding for ownership of the two lots of land which Hazel bought from Velma.  

Children: Sharlene (rest still living)

Died 9 Jan 2009 Heritage Park Care Center, Ogden, Utah

Beverly's obituary

Beverly's headstone

Buried 14 Jan 2009 Ben Lomond Cemetery, Ogden, Utah

Sources

1935 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Census

1940 US Census for Ogden, Weber, Utah (age 5)

1950 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Census

1955 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Census

1960 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Census

Beverly and Sharlene's Obituaries in Ogden Standard-Examiner

SS Death Index

Family Search

ancestry.com

Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35233541/beverly-jean-barker