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Pvt John Sessions

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Pvt John Sessions

Birth
Wayne, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
Death
11 Oct 1896 (aged 75)
Vernal, Uintah County, Utah, USA
Burial
Vernal, Uintah County, Utah, USA Add to Map
Plot
Vernal_BH5.00_L2_S6
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Son of Richard Sessions & Lucretia Haws

Married Caroline Emeline

John and Emeline Sessions were first cousins once removed.

John Sessions, together with his father, Richard, and brother, William Bradford Sessions, were members of the famous Mormon Battalion, Company A. John's mother was Lucretia Haws. Caroline (Emmeline) John's wife, whom he had married early in July, 1846, was one of the laundresses chosen to go with the Battalion. They wintered in Pueblo and came into the valley with Captain James Brown's detachment.

Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 1, p.500
The father, Richard, and brother, William Bradford, returned East in the fall of 1848 to rejoin their family at Winter Quarters. John and his wife remained in Salt Lake City. They settled in Heber City and later moved to Vernal where she passed away. They were the parents of a large family.
Son of Richard Sessions & Lucretia Haws

Married Caroline Emeline

John and Emeline Sessions were first cousins once removed.

John Sessions, together with his father, Richard, and brother, William Bradford Sessions, were members of the famous Mormon Battalion, Company A. John's mother was Lucretia Haws. Caroline (Emmeline) John's wife, whom he had married early in July, 1846, was one of the laundresses chosen to go with the Battalion. They wintered in Pueblo and came into the valley with Captain James Brown's detachment.

Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 1, p.500
The father, Richard, and brother, William Bradford, returned East in the fall of 1848 to rejoin their family at Winter Quarters. John and his wife remained in Salt Lake City. They settled in Heber City and later moved to Vernal where she passed away. They were the parents of a large family.


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