Sarah Jane Walters

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Sarah's Story

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Birth:  May 21st, 1864   |   female   |   in Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales

Death:  August 4th, 1866   |   2 years old   |   in Bitter Cottonwood Creek Camp in Wyoming

Memorial:   Stone 14   |   left column   |   22nd name

Sarah Jane's parents are William Leigh Walters and Margaret Williams, both from Wales.

William and Margaret and five of their children boarded the ship “John Bright” and came to America. When they arrived, they traveled to Nebraska and joined the Thomas E. Ricks Company traveling to the Salt Lake Valley. The company left on July 10, 1866.

When the Company was in Wyoming by the Bitter Cottonwood Creek, little Jane passed away. In searching histories, no information was found regarding the cause of Sarah’s death. Little 2 year old Sarah Jane was buried by the camp in Wyoming.

In the Transcript for "First Immigration Train," Deseret News, 30 August 1866, it said in part:

“There were six deaths in the company on the journey, but those who died have been much worn down by sickness before starting to cross the plains. Sarah Jane, infant daughter of W[illiam]. L[eigh]. and M[argaret]. [Williams] Walters, from Llanelly, Wales.”

submitted by Penny Magnusson Hannum