Ancestry of
Elizabeth Smart

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Jane Orton

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• • 3rd Great-grandmother of Elizabeth Smart — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 63 
  • Father:
  • William Reed Orton 
  • Mother:
  • Rebecca Hessy   
  • Birth Date:
  • 3 Jul 1837 
  • Birth Location:
  • Des Moines, Polk, Iowa 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 18 Dec 1865 
  • Death Location:
  • Payson, Utah Co., Utah 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Payson City Cemetery, Payson, Utah Co., Utah 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Everett Richmond
  • Marriage Date:
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  • Child:

  Polly Elizabeth Richmond (Ahnentafel No:31 )

  • Notes: 

  • Some records give the birth date of Jane Orton as 09 DEC 1836. However, LDS membership records and her tombstone place her birth the following year on 03 JUL 1837.

• Sources for Jane Orton

  • ¹ Federal Census, UT, Utah County, 1860, Provo, p. 32, Image 35 of 65.
  • ² Federal Census, IA, Pottawattamie County, 1850, Dist. 21, Image 39 of 187.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 01/26/2017).
  • ⁴ Iowa, U.S., Pottawattamie County, Annotated Record of US Census, 1850, Record for William Reed Orton and Rebecca Huey family.
  • ⁵ Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830-1848, Membership record for William Reed Orton family.
  • ⁶ The Daily Herald (Provo, Utah), 12 JUN 1975, p. 17, "Log Cabin in Payson Park Among Oldest in County".
  • ⁷ Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961, Death certificate for daughter Polly Elizabeth Richmond Johnson.

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