When Sarah Ellen McFerson was born on 20 October 1846, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, her father, Dimon Runnels McFerson, was 37 and her mother, Mary Ann Nease, was 22. She married Peter Edmund Van Orden Sr. on 10 October 1870, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Davis, Utah, United States in 1860 and Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 20 July 1912, in Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Lewiston City Cemetery, Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States
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