Susan Augusta Byington

Brief Life History of Susan Augusta

When Susan Augusta Byington was born on 20 September 1840, in Exeter, Scott, Illinois, United States, her father, Hiram Norton Byington, was 40 and her mother, Sarah Holkins, was 32. She married Stephen King Wilbur in 1854, in Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Oxford, Oneida, Idaho, United States in 1880 and Rexburg, Fremont, Idaho, United States in 1900. She died on 27 September 1919, in Ririe, Jefferson, Idaho, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Ririe Shelton Cemetery, Bonneville, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Stephen King Wilbur
1832–1905
Susan Augusta Byington
1840–1919
Marriage: 1854
Hyrum Melvin Wilbur
1855–1855
Stephen Elliot Wilbur
1856–1884
Sarah Eunice Wilbur
1859–1882
Sina Alice Wilbur
1861–1863
Hanah Melvina Wilbur
1863–1896
Elisha Melvin Wilbur
1866–1957
Rufus Leroy Wilbur
1868–1913
Wade E. Wilbur
1871–1871
David Levi Wilbur
1873–1884
Ruth Dennis Wilbur
1875–1959
Jane Dutcher Wilbur
1877–1883
Susannah Wilbur
1879–1974
Wealtha Permila Wilbur
1880–1919

Sources (51)

  • Susan A. Wilbur in household of Rufas L. Wilbur, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Susan A. Wilbur, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941"
  • Susan Augusta Byington Morgan, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1850

Historical Boundaries 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States

1863

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

Name Meaning

English: probably a habitational name, but no source has been identified. This surname is virtually non-existing in the British Isles.

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

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