Sarah Matilda Pomeroy Colborn

Brief Life History of Sarah Matilda Pomeroy

When Sarah Matilda Pomeroy Colborn was born on 4 November 1834, in Rose, Wayne, New York, United States, her father, Franklin Thomas Colborn, was 33 and her mother, Sarah J Bower, was 33. She married Francis Martin Pomeroy on 27 February 1853, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Lehi, Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 1920. She died on 25 December 1926, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.

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Family Time Line

Francis Martin Pomeroy
1822–1882
Sarah Matilda Pomeroy Colborn
1834–1926
Marriage: 27 February 1853
Mary Ursulia Pomeroy
1860–1892
Talmai Emerson Pomeroy
1863–1940
William Edley Pomeroy
1866–1943
Heber Chase Kimball Pomeroy
1868–1948
Franklin Thomas Pomeroy
1870–1954
Sarah Rosina "Ina" Pomeroy
1873–1965
Edward Leslie Pomeroy
1876–1930

Sources (75)

  • Matilda Pomeroy in household of Francis M Pomeroy, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Sarah Matilda Colborn - Journal or diary: birth: 4 November 1834; Rose, Wayne, New York, United States
  • Sarah Matilda Pomeroy, "Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951"

World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1839 · Nauvoo is Settled

After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Colburn .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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We Lend the Prophet Some Money

My father, Thomas Colborn, a member of Zion's Camp and well acquainted with the Prophet Joseph, moved from the state of New York to Nauvoo with his family in the spring of 1843. I was then in my ninth …

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