Lydia Ann Porter was born in 1833 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, to James Buchanan Porter and Elizabeth Sloughterback Porter.
She married John Burns, eldest son of Christopher Burns and Rachel Magner Burns, in 1848 in Rock Port, Atchison County, Missouri. One son was born to this couple, James Christopher Burns, on September 16, 1849.
In early May 1850, John, Lydia Ann, and their tiny baby joined the Slaughter and Cavett Company headed for the California gold fields. Both parents died of cholera before reaching South Pass. Lydia Ann was buried at the last crossing of the Sweetwater River in June 1850.
The baby was brought on to the Utah Territory by Milton Dailey and his wife Sara Jane Wilson Dailey, the only other couple in the company of miners, who, providentially, brought along a milk cow, and were able to care for the baby until they reached they home of his maternal grandparents, James Buchanan Porter and Elizabeth Slaughterback Porter, who raised him with their family.
She married John Burns, eldest son of Christopher Burns and Rachel Magner Burns, in 1848 in Rock Port, Atchison County, Missouri. One son was born to this couple, James Christopher Burns, on September 16, 1849.
In early May 1850, John, Lydia Ann, and their tiny baby joined the Slaughter and Cavett Company headed for the California gold fields. Both parents died of cholera before reaching South Pass. Lydia Ann was buried at the last crossing of the Sweetwater River in June 1850.
The baby was brought on to the Utah Territory by Milton Dailey and his wife Sara Jane Wilson Dailey, the only other couple in the company of miners, who, providentially, brought along a milk cow, and were able to care for the baby until they reached they home of his maternal grandparents, James Buchanan Porter and Elizabeth Slaughterback Porter, who raised him with their family.
Lydia Ann Porter was born in 1833 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, to James Buchanan Porter and Elizabeth Sloughterback Porter.
She married John Burns, eldest son of Christopher Burns and Rachel Magner Burns, in 1848 in Rock Port, Atchison County, Missouri. One son was born to this couple, James Christopher Burns, on September 16, 1849.
In early May 1850, John, Lydia Ann, and their tiny baby joined the Slaughter and Cavett Company headed for the California gold fields. Both parents died of cholera before reaching South Pass. Lydia Ann was buried at the last crossing of the Sweetwater River in June 1850.
The baby was brought on to the Utah Territory by Milton Dailey and his wife Sara Jane Wilson Dailey, the only other couple in the company of miners, who, providentially, brought along a milk cow, and were able to care for the baby until they reached they home of his maternal grandparents, James Buchanan Porter and Elizabeth Slaughterback Porter, who raised him with their family.
She married John Burns, eldest son of Christopher Burns and Rachel Magner Burns, in 1848 in Rock Port, Atchison County, Missouri. One son was born to this couple, James Christopher Burns, on September 16, 1849.
In early May 1850, John, Lydia Ann, and their tiny baby joined the Slaughter and Cavett Company headed for the California gold fields. Both parents died of cholera before reaching South Pass. Lydia Ann was buried at the last crossing of the Sweetwater River in June 1850.
The baby was brought on to the Utah Territory by Milton Dailey and his wife Sara Jane Wilson Dailey, the only other couple in the company of miners, who, providentially, brought along a milk cow, and were able to care for the baby until they reached they home of his maternal grandparents, James Buchanan Porter and Elizabeth Slaughterback Porter, who raised him with their family.
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