Sophronia Curtis Norris
Born February 10, 1810 New Salem, Massachusetts.
In June 1834, Sophronia and her brother Lyman Curtis went on the Zion's Camp march to the Salt River in Missouri. They left from Pontiac Michigan and were led by Hyrum Smith.
She married Patrick Norris abt 1841. Patrick was drowned in the Illinois River when returning from an electioneering mission for Joseph Smith abt 1844. This left Sophronia a young widow at the age of 34.
She later joined her family in Caldwell County and taught school just 8 miles from Far West, which many of her younger siblings attended; she later taught school in Nauvoo.
While making final preparations with her brothers, Lyman and Moses, to cross the plains from Winter Quarters to Utah she died from cholera on 27 June 1850, across from Winter Quarters. Her only child, daughter Millicent Norris, also died one day after they started out. Sophronia and her daughter were buried in the same grave across from Winter Quarters. Their coffin was the bark of a tree. They were laid in half and the other half placed over them.
Born February 10, 1810 New Salem, Massachusetts.
In June 1834, Sophronia and her brother Lyman Curtis went on the Zion's Camp march to the Salt River in Missouri. They left from Pontiac Michigan and were led by Hyrum Smith.
She married Patrick Norris abt 1841. Patrick was drowned in the Illinois River when returning from an electioneering mission for Joseph Smith abt 1844. This left Sophronia a young widow at the age of 34.
She later joined her family in Caldwell County and taught school just 8 miles from Far West, which many of her younger siblings attended; she later taught school in Nauvoo.
While making final preparations with her brothers, Lyman and Moses, to cross the plains from Winter Quarters to Utah she died from cholera on 27 June 1850, across from Winter Quarters. Her only child, daughter Millicent Norris, also died one day after they started out. Sophronia and her daughter were buried in the same grave across from Winter Quarters. Their coffin was the bark of a tree. They were laid in half and the other half placed over them.
Sophronia Curtis Norris
Born February 10, 1810 New Salem, Massachusetts.
In June 1834, Sophronia and her brother Lyman Curtis went on the Zion's Camp march to the Salt River in Missouri. They left from Pontiac Michigan and were led by Hyrum Smith.
She married Patrick Norris abt 1841. Patrick was drowned in the Illinois River when returning from an electioneering mission for Joseph Smith abt 1844. This left Sophronia a young widow at the age of 34.
She later joined her family in Caldwell County and taught school just 8 miles from Far West, which many of her younger siblings attended; she later taught school in Nauvoo.
While making final preparations with her brothers, Lyman and Moses, to cross the plains from Winter Quarters to Utah she died from cholera on 27 June 1850, across from Winter Quarters. Her only child, daughter Millicent Norris, also died one day after they started out. Sophronia and her daughter were buried in the same grave across from Winter Quarters. Their coffin was the bark of a tree. They were laid in half and the other half placed over them.
Born February 10, 1810 New Salem, Massachusetts.
In June 1834, Sophronia and her brother Lyman Curtis went on the Zion's Camp march to the Salt River in Missouri. They left from Pontiac Michigan and were led by Hyrum Smith.
She married Patrick Norris abt 1841. Patrick was drowned in the Illinois River when returning from an electioneering mission for Joseph Smith abt 1844. This left Sophronia a young widow at the age of 34.
She later joined her family in Caldwell County and taught school just 8 miles from Far West, which many of her younger siblings attended; she later taught school in Nauvoo.
While making final preparations with her brothers, Lyman and Moses, to cross the plains from Winter Quarters to Utah she died from cholera on 27 June 1850, across from Winter Quarters. Her only child, daughter Millicent Norris, also died one day after they started out. Sophronia and her daughter were buried in the same grave across from Winter Quarters. Their coffin was the bark of a tree. They were laid in half and the other half placed over them.
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She is buried "across" from winter quarters not actually in the cemetery
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