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Contents

1. Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah

2. Utah Census 1850 - 1890

3. Utah County, Utah Cemetery Index part 1

4. Utah County, Utah Cemetery Index part 2

5. Utah Directory 1890 (Salt Lake City, Logan and Provo)

Utah County, Utah Cemetery Index part 1:

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Utah County, Utah Cemetery Index part 2:

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Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah:

John James Ellett
Born Dec. 29, 1820, London, Eng. Came
to Utah in 1851, Orson Pratt Company.
High Priest.
ELLETT, JOHN JAMES (son of John Ellett and Frances Price of London, Eng.). Born Dec. 29, 1820, at London, Eng.). Came to Utah 1851, Orson Pratt company. Married Eleanor Davison April 22, 1840, who was born May 13, 1824. Their children: Eleanor b. Jan. 4, 1841, m. George Sweetser; Sarah Ann b. Oct. 29, 1855, m. Willis Robison; John Davison b. June 1, 1857, m. Jeanette McArthur. Family home Fillmore, Utah.
William Sewell. John James Ellett, his wife Eleanor Davidson, and their daughter Eleanor sailed January 8, 1851 from Liverpool, England, beginning the journey to Zion. They arrived in New Orleans March 15, 1850 and traveled by boat up the Mississippi River to St. Louis. Here John James had to leave his wife and daughter while he went on to Utah as he did not have sufficient money to buy the necessary outfit and provisions for them to accompany him. Orson Pratt, who had been presiding over the British Mission, engaged Mr. Ellett to be his teamster for the trip across the plains. Meanwhile the wife and daughter waited anxiously for the day when they too could reach their Zion. It was late in 1852 when Eleanor and her daughter arrived in Utah.
Son of Joseph Sewell, Jr., and Emily Ellett. Born Feb. 1, 1850, Yarmouth, Eng.
Farmer; Rancher.
Joseph Sewell - Married Sarah Stevens Jan. 10, 1814, Norfolk, Eng. (daughter of Barnard Stevens and Elizabeth Rivett), who was born April 9, 1797, and died Oct. 16, 1881. Their children: Elizabeth b. June 13, 1815, m. George Wintle; Sarah b. Dec. 19, 1817; Joseph, Jr. b. Nov. 13, 1819, m. Emily Ellett Jan. 17, 1841; Barnard b. March 18, 1821. Family home Woods Cross, Utah.
Joseph Sewell - Married Emily Ellett Jan. 17, 1841, at Yarmouth, Eng. (daughter of James Ellett and Esther Balls), who was born May 18, 1816, at Yarmouth. Their children: Emily b. Jan. 23, 1842; Joseph B. b. Oct. 5, 1843; George B. b. Nov. 22, 1845; Mary Ann b. Sept. 26, 1847; William b. Feb. 1, 1850, m. Elizabeth Ann Robins Aug. 29, 1871; Edward b. Jan. 27, 1856; Sarah Ann b. Feb. 4, 1858. Family home Weber Co., Utah.

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Utah Census 1850 - 1890

The details below were extracted from the Ancestry.com website and it is not known how complete the data is.

Surname, Forename, State, Year, County, Township

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Utah Directory 1890 (Salt Lake City, Logan and Provo):

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