Brief Life History of Sarah Jane
When Sarah Jane Foster was born on 31 July 1836, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, her father, George Foster, was 25 and her mother, Jane McCullough, was 17. She married Seth Millington Blair on 3 February 1853, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 26 January 1910, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Logan Cemetery, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Sarah Bl* in household of Seth M Bl*, "United States Census, 1870"
- Sarah J. F. Blair, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- S I Foster in entry for J M Blair, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: Christian Barfuss BIRTH 1 Jun 1800 Bern, Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland, Bern, Switzerland DEATH 16 Apr 1847 (aged 46) Bern, Switzerland BURIAL Logan City Cemetery Logan, Cache County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 27371672
1859 · Logan is Founded
"\""During the end of April, David Reese and his company settled the land north of the Logan River. That area was the second permanent settlement in Cache Valley and the future location of Logan. The city's boundary was drawn by Logan's first bishop, Jesse W. Fox, a government engineer. The name \""\""Logan\""\"" comes from a trapper that used to frequent the area before the pioneers came to the valley.\"""
Name Meaning
English: variant of Forster ‘worker in a forest’.
English: perhaps a nickname from Middle English foster ‘foster parent’ (Old English fōstre, a derivative of fōstrian ‘to nourish or rear’). But other explanations are equally or more likely.
English: from Old French forcetier ‘maker of scissors’; see Forster 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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BIOGRAPHY OF MARY JANE CLUFF BRIM
Mary Jane Cluff was born on 25 June 1855 in Provo, Utah, Utah Territory to Benjamin and Mary Ellen Foster Cluff. She was the oldest of seven children, three girls and four boys. Her mother, M …
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