Ancestry of
Elizabeth Smart

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William Reed Orton

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Elizabeth Smart — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 126 
  • Father:
  • James Orton 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Renshaw   
  • Birth Date:
  • 19 Mar 1802 
  • Birth Location:
  • Rowan County, North Carolina 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 25 Jun 1889 
  • Death Location:
  • Tabor, Fremont, Iowa 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Tabor Cemetery, Tabor, Mills, Iowa 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Rebecca Hessy
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1828 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Child:

  Jane Orton (Ahnentafel No:63 )

  • Notes: 

  • Some sources give William Reed Orton and Rebecca Hessy's marriage date as 30 JAN 1846, but this appears to be their sealing date in the church. LDS membership records give their marriage date as 1828.

• Sources for William Reed Orton

  • ¹ Federal Census, IA, Pottawattamie County, 1850, Dist. 21, Image 39 of 187.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 01/26/2017).
  • ³ Iowa, U.S., Pottawattamie County, Annotated Record of US Census, 1850, Record for William Reed Orton and Rebecca Huey family.
  • ⁴ Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848, Membership record for William Reed Orton family.
  • ⁵ Seventy Quorum Membership, 1835-1846, Record for William Reed Orton.

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