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Elizabeth <I>Bessac</I> Foote

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Elizabeth Bessac Foote

Birth
Candor, Tioga County, New York, USA
Death
30 Oct 1875 (aged 62)
Nephi, Juab County, Utah, USA
Burial
Nephi, Juab County, Utah, USA Add to Map
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Daughter of Louis Bessac and Mary Dunham

Married Joseph Mount, 19 Feb 1832, Lockport, Niagra, New York, later divorced

Children - Henry Bertrand Mount, Elizabeth Cornelia Mount, Mary Jane Mount, Caroline Gertrude Mount

Married Stillman Pond, 26 Sep 1852, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Daughter - Martha Ann Pond

Married Timothy Bradley Foote, Apr 1857

History - Joseph and Elizabeth (Bessac) Mount moved to Dayton, Ohio where they joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The family then moved to Nauvoo, Illinois to live with the Saints. They lived in Nauvoo for five years, where Joseph helped build the Nauvoo temple. The Mount family crossed the plains to Utah in 1847. Along with many other Mormons of the time, they experienced the plague of crickets and the activities of the Mormon Battalion.

Joseph and Elizabeth separated when Joseph insisted on trying his luck at the gold mines and would not return to the family. Both remarried. Elizabeth didn't find much happiness to her marriage to Stillman Pond.

Joseph Mount died in San Francisco, California in 1876; Elizabeth died in Utah on October 30, 1875, at the age of 62.

Husband Timothy Bradley Foote and family built the first home in Nephi.
Daughter of Louis Bessac and Mary Dunham

Married Joseph Mount, 19 Feb 1832, Lockport, Niagra, New York, later divorced

Children - Henry Bertrand Mount, Elizabeth Cornelia Mount, Mary Jane Mount, Caroline Gertrude Mount

Married Stillman Pond, 26 Sep 1852, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Daughter - Martha Ann Pond

Married Timothy Bradley Foote, Apr 1857

History - Joseph and Elizabeth (Bessac) Mount moved to Dayton, Ohio where they joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The family then moved to Nauvoo, Illinois to live with the Saints. They lived in Nauvoo for five years, where Joseph helped build the Nauvoo temple. The Mount family crossed the plains to Utah in 1847. Along with many other Mormons of the time, they experienced the plague of crickets and the activities of the Mormon Battalion.

Joseph and Elizabeth separated when Joseph insisted on trying his luck at the gold mines and would not return to the family. Both remarried. Elizabeth didn't find much happiness to her marriage to Stillman Pond.

Joseph Mount died in San Francisco, California in 1876; Elizabeth died in Utah on October 30, 1875, at the age of 62.

Husband Timothy Bradley Foote and family built the first home in Nephi.


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  • Added: Apr 1, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18731300/elizabeth-foote: accessed ), memorial page for Elizabeth Bessac Foote (5 Jul 1813–30 Oct 1875), Find a Grave Memorial ID 18731300, citing Vine Bluff Cemetery, Nephi, Juab County, Utah, USA; Maintained by SMS (contributor 46491005).