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Sarah Altana Catlin
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Sarah Altana Catlin

Birth
Death
26 Jun 1850 (aged 3)
Monument
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Add to Map
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FAMILY SEARCH. When Sarah Altana Catlin was born on 28 October 1846, in Winter Quarters, Iowa, her father, George Washington Catlin Sr. (1818-1898), was 28 and her mother, Elizabeth Marilla Emery (1825-1850), was 20. She died on 26 June 1850, at the age of 3, and was buried in Iowa. On July 5, 1850 Sarah's mother, Elizabeth Marilla Emery Catlin (1825-1850), was buried near Clear Creek on the Mormon Trail.

MORMON PIONEER OVERLAND TRAIL. Sarah Altana Catlin was part of the Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel migration during 1847-1868. Initially organized near the Missouri River, 488 individuals and 42 wagons were in the William Snow/Joseph Young Company when it began its journey on June 21, 1850 from the outfitting post at Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs). The size of the company more than tripled as it made its way across the plains.

George Washington Catlin, Sr. (1818-1898) and his daughter, Elizabeth Marilla Catlin (1849-1863) were among the pioneers in the company who were welcomed to the Salt Lake Valley October 1-4, 1850.
FAMILY SEARCH. When Sarah Altana Catlin was born on 28 October 1846, in Winter Quarters, Iowa, her father, George Washington Catlin Sr. (1818-1898), was 28 and her mother, Elizabeth Marilla Emery (1825-1850), was 20. She died on 26 June 1850, at the age of 3, and was buried in Iowa. On July 5, 1850 Sarah's mother, Elizabeth Marilla Emery Catlin (1825-1850), was buried near Clear Creek on the Mormon Trail.

MORMON PIONEER OVERLAND TRAIL. Sarah Altana Catlin was part of the Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel migration during 1847-1868. Initially organized near the Missouri River, 488 individuals and 42 wagons were in the William Snow/Joseph Young Company when it began its journey on June 21, 1850 from the outfitting post at Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs). The size of the company more than tripled as it made its way across the plains.

George Washington Catlin, Sr. (1818-1898) and his daughter, Elizabeth Marilla Catlin (1849-1863) were among the pioneers in the company who were welcomed to the Salt Lake Valley October 1-4, 1850.


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