Alexander, Alvah Jedethan^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1831 - 1917  (85 years)

• Name	Alexander, Alvah Jedethan
  Born	21 Sep 1831	Northfield, Washington, Vermont, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 Feb 1917	Midway, Wasatch, Utah, USA
  Buried	10 Feb 1917	Midway, Wasatch, Utah, USA
  Person ID	I207	Early Latter-day Saints
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2015

  
  

  Father	Alexander, Alvah,   b. 12 Mar 1799, Acworth, Sullivan, New Hampshire, USA ,   d. 27 Mar 1890, East Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, USA  (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Houston, Phoebe,   b. 4 Jun 1804, Acworth, Sullivan, New Hampshire, USA ,   d. Oct 1861, East Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, USA  (Age 57 years)
  Married	9 May 1822	Acworth, Sullivan, New Hampshire, USA
  Family ID	F219	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Soule, Elizabeth Kinkade,   b. 6 Feb 1834, Dexter, Penobscot, Maine, USA ,   d. 17 Dec 1924, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA  (Age 90 years)
  Married	13 Mar 1854	East Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, USA
  Children	1. Alexander, Mary Elizabeth,   b. 21 Jan 1855   2. Alexander, Phoebe Annette,   b. 3 Jan 1857   3. Alexander, Alvah,   b. 11 Jun 1858   4. Alexander, Adelbert,   b. 7 Jul 1860   5. Alexander, Frederic Soule,   b. 6 May 1865   6. Alexander, Ada Deanna,   b. 6 Mar 1867, East Mill Creek, Salt Lake, Utah, USA ,   d. Feb 1961  (Age 93 years)   7. Alexander, Charles Edwin,   b. 4 May 1870   8. Alexander, Henry LeRoy,   b. 10 Jul 1872   9. Alexander, Florence Mina,   b. 15 Apr 1875   10. Alexander, Ella Gertrude,   b. 1 Jan 1863   11. Alexander, Effie May,   b. 6 Apr 1879
  Family ID	F229	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  NAUVOO RECORDS: Members, LDS, 1830-1848, by Susan Easton Black, vol # 1, pp 342-344 HISTORY: Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, Esshom, Frank, 1913, pp 157 and 712 OTHER SOURCE: Family Group Sheet BIOGRAPHY: "Alvah Jedathan, son of Alvah and Phoebe Houston was born 21 September 1831 at Northfield, Vermont. The family joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. They were close neighbors to the Prophet Joseph Smith. The children of both families played together. Alvah was 13 years old when the prophet was martyred. He went with his father to meet the body of Joseph when it was taken from Carthage. Alvah came to Utah with his parents in October 1852 in the Captain Harmon Cutler company. He was acting Bishop of Midway Ward 1902-1903." Submitted by Amber Terry, St. George, Utah, Sep 2004 Family Group Record by Nauvoo Land and Records NAUVOO RECORDS: Members, LDS, 1830-1848, by Susan Easton Black, vol # 1, pp 342-344 HISTORY: Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, Esshom, Frank, 1913, pp 157 and 712 Our Pioneer Heritage, p 453 OTHER SOURCE: Internet Research: Rootsweb.com: World Connect, 1 page

  
  

• Sources

  [S23] Family Records, (Submitted by patrons to Land and Records Office). [S6] LDS - Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:1830-1848, 50 vols., Black, Susan Easton, Compiler, (LDS Church, Salt Lake City, 1990), 1830-1848, by Susan Easton Black, vol # 1, pp 342-344. [S19] Book - Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, 2 vols, Esshom, Frank, (Salt Lake City: 1913), , Esshom, Frank, 1913, pp 157 and 712. [S101] Database - Writings of Early Latter-day Saints and their Contemporaries, Backman, Milton V., Jr., Compiler, Recollections of Joseph Smith. Young Woman's Journal 17:541 [S271] .