PULSIPHER, Sarah Ann^[1]

1824 - 1909  (84 years)

• Name	PULSIPHER, Sarah Ann
  Birth	02 Nov 1824	Spafford, Onondaga County, New York, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	01 Jan 1909	Saint George, Washington County, Utah, USA   [1, 2]
  	Sarah Ann Pulsipher was the daughter of Zera & Mary Ann Brown Pulsipher. Her parents had moved from Pennsylvania to Spafford, Onondaga, New York just a few months before she was born. Sarah was seven years old when her parents joined the Mormon Church. In 1835 Sarah's parents moved their family to Kirtland, Ohio along with Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith. They would follow the Mormon migration to Nauvoo, Illinois and westward to Utah as the Mormons were driven west by persecution. Sarah married John Alger, the son of Samuel & Clarissa Hancock Alger, on 6 Jan 1842 in Nauvoo, Illinois. They were married by the Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith. Sarah & John were the parents of twelve children: Nelson, Sarah Ann, Olivia, Adlina Eliza, John Zera, Martha Ellen, Ann Eliza, Samuel Nelson Pulsipher, Alva Don Pulsipher, Willard Edgar, Ashby Morris & Mary Edna Alger (Ashby & Mary Edna were twins). Sarah's husband practiced polygamy, and married four more wives. Only third wife Jane Burnett, remained married to him however, the other three marriages ended in divorce. Sarah & John and their family came to Utah in her father's wagon train. The Zera Pulsipher Company consisted of 100 wagons and arrived in the Salt Lake Valley between the 20th & 24th of Sep 1848. In the fall of 1862 John & Sarah accepted a Church calling to establish a new settlement far to the south in Utah's "Dixie". Sarah's parents and all her siblings and their families also went with them. The Pulsipher's established Hebron, and John & Sarah went onto St. George. Remembrances by her various grandchildren: -"Grandmother was a very proud, dignifed lady. I can't ever remember seeing her when she didn't look like she just stepped out of a 'band box'" -"She did very fine needle work" -"I remember helping her feel silk worms. I think she was one of the first to raise them in St. George" -"She was a Temple worker for 30 years. She was very kind to everyone, especially to the Indians. She doctored them many times, always preparing her own medicines" Sarah was an ordained Temple worker at the St. George Temple for 30 years. And she was given a government pension for her medical care of the Indians. She was an herbalogist, and made her own medicines and medicinal aids. Sarah died January 1, 1909 in St. George, Utah at the age of 85. Obituary-Sarah Pulsipher Alger Died, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Addie E. Bracken, in this city, January 1, 1909, Mrs. Sarah Pulsipher Alger, in the eighty-fifth year of her age. Sarah Pulsipher, daughter of Zera and Mary Brown Pusipher, was born at Spafford, Onandago County, New York, November 2 1824, was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in 1832, and was amrried to John Alger in 1841, receiving her endowments at Nauvoo. With her husband and other Saints she passed through the troubulous times at Nauvoo. She arrived in Salt Lake City in 1848, remaining there until 1856, when she accompanied her husband on a mission among the Indians at Fort Supply, Wyoming, returning to Salt Lake in 1857. She resided in Salt Lake City, with the exception of the general move south, until with her husband she was called to help settle southern Utah, locating in St. George in 1862, the year following the first settlers, and resided there continuously until her death. She was chosen by Pres Brigham Young to work in the St. George Tmpel, where she began her first day's work January 11, 1877, and labored faithfully each year until her death, being engaged in the work a few days before her demise. Mrs. Alger is believed to have been the oldest member of the Church, as she was baptized two years after its organization. Her father, Zera Pulsipher, was one of the earliest members of the Church, and baptized into it Wilford Woodruff who afterwards became president of the Church. Deceased was blessed with a strong constitution, could read without glasses, and was in full possession of all her faculties until within a few days of her death. On Christmas evening, although ill and donfined to her bed, she insisted on those members of her family who are in this city gathering together in the room where she lay and having a jolly good time. She was of a very kindly nature and will be missed by many. Mrs. Alger is survived by three son, six daughters, eighty-nine grandchildren, seventy-six great-grandchildren, and a host of other relatives. Funeral services were conducted in the Tabernacle at 2 p.m. last Saturday, the speakers being Elders S.L. Adams,Sr., Samuel Miles,Sr., David H. Cannon, and her son, John Z. Alger. The latter spoke at his mother's wish, expressed before she died, that he should speak on the occasion and give good advice to her posterity and to the young in general. Elder Adams in the course of his remarks said that he eat his first Christmas dinner in Utah at Sister Alger's home. Elder Miles spoke of having known her and her husband in Nauvoo. Elder Cannon spoke of her good work in the Temple and of her many good qualities. A large number of vehicles loaded with relatives and friends followed the remains to the cemetary. [3]
  Age	84 years
  Burial	02 Jan 1909	Saint George City Cemetery, Saint George, Washington County, Utah, USA   [4]
  Person ID	P14743	Dutton Ancestry
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	PULSIPHER, Zera           b. 24 Jun 1788, Rockingham, Windham County, Vermont, USA           d. 01 Jan 1872, Hebron, Washington County, Utah, USA (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	BROWN, Mary Ann           b. 22 Mar 1798, Kent, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA           d. 07 May 1886, Hebron, Washington County, Utah, USA (Age 88 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	Abt 1810	Vermont, USA   [1]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 21 years and 6 months - She : ~ 11 years and 9 months.
  Siblings	4 brothers and 6 sisters
  1. PULSIPHER, Mary Ann           b. 30 May 1816, Choconut Center, Broome County, New York, USA           d. 14 Jul 1816, Choconut Center, Broome County, New York, USA  (Age 0 years)   2. PULSIPHER, Almira Iona           b. 08 Sep 1817, Choconut, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, USA           d. 08 Mar 1868, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA  (Age 50 years)   3. PULSIPHER, Nelson           b. 28 Mar 1820, Choconut Center, Broome County, New York, USA           d. 07 May 1824, Spafford, Onondaga County, New York, USA  (Age 4 years)   4. PULSIPHER, Mariah           b. 17 Jun 1822, Choconut, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, USA           d. 26 Dec 1892, Huntington, Emery County, Utah, USA  (Age 70 years) + 5. PULSIPHER, Sarah Ann           b. 02 Nov 1824, Spafford, Onondaga County, New York, USA           d. 01 Jan 1909, Saint George, Washington County, Utah, USA  (Age 84 years) ╚═ALGER, John           b. 5 Nov 1820, Lebanon, Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA           d. 4 Feb 1897, St. George, Washington County, Utah, USA  (Age 76 years),  m. 6 Jan 1842, Hancock County, Illinois, USA   6. PULSIPHER, John           b. 17 Jul 1827, Stafford, Genesee County, New York, USA           d. 09 Aug 1891, Hebron, Washington County, Utah, USA  (Age 64 years) ╚═HUFFAKER, Rozilla           b. 24 Jan 1837, Bureau, Bureau County, Illinois, USA           d. 09 Feb 1871, Hebron, Washington County, Utah, USA  (Age 34 years),  m. 04 Nov 1853, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA   7. PULSIPHER, Charles           b. 20 Apr 1830, Spafford, Onondaga County, New York, USA           d. 20 Nov 1915, Elmo, Emery County, Utah, USA  (Age 85 years) ╚═THORNTON, Charlotte           b. Nov 1791, Lunenburg Parish, Richmond County, Virginia, USA     ╚═BEERS, Ann           b. 25 Dec 1828, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom           d. 05 May 1912, Elmo, Emery County, Utah, USA  (Age 83 years),  m. 30 Apr 1849, Spafford, Onondaga County, New York, USA   ╚═ROBBINS, Sariah Eliza           b. 08 Sep 1838, Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri, USA           d. 15 Feb 1921, Saint George, Washington County, Utah, USA  (Age 82 years),  m. 16 Jul 1856, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA   ╚═JOHNSON, Julia Abby           b. 22 Apr 1858, Florence, Douglas County, Nebraska Territory, USA           d. 08 Nov 1919, Elmo, Emery County, Utah, USA  (Age 61 years),  m. 13 Dec 1877, Saint George, Washington County, Utah, USA     8. PULSIPHER, Mary Ann           b. 20 Nov 1833, Scott, Cortland County, New York, USA           d. 18 Sep 1913, Enterprise, Washington County, Utah, USA  (Age 79 years)   9. PULSIPHER, William           b. 22 Jan 1838, Kirtland, Geauga County, Ohio, USA           d. 2 May 1880, Hebron, Washington County, Utah Territory, USA  (Age 42 years) + 10. PULSIPHER, Eliza Jane           b. 26 Jul 1840, Lima, Adams County, Illinois, USA           d. 5 May 1919, Panaca, Lincoln County, Nevada, USA  (Age 78 years) ╚═TERRY, Thomas Sirls           b. 3 Oct 1825, Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA           d. 12 Aug 1920, Enterprise, Washington County, Utah, USA  (Age 94 years),  m. 5 May 1855, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA     11. PULSIPHER, Fidelia           b. 13 Oct 1842, Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, USA           d. 8 Jan 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, USA  (Age 3 years)
  Children	11 children
  	1. PULSIPHER, Mary Ann           b. 30 May 1816, Choconut Center, Broome County, New York, USA           d. 14 Jul 1816, Choconut Center, Broome County, New York, USA  (Age 0 years)   2. PULSIPHER, Almira Iona           b. 08 Sep 1817, Choconut, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, USA           d. 08 Mar 1868, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA  (Age 50 years)   3. PULSIPHER, Nelson           b. 28 Mar 1820, Choconut Center, Broome County, New York, USA           d. 07 May 1824, Spafford, Onondaga County, New York, USA  (Age 4 years)   4. PULSIPHER, Mariah           b. 17 Jun 1822, Choconut, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, USA           d. 26 Dec 1892, Huntington, Emery County, Utah, USA  (Age 70 years) + 5. PULSIPHER, Sarah Ann           b. 02 Nov 1824, Spafford, Onondaga County, New York, USA           d. 01 Jan 1909, Saint George, Washington County, Utah, USA  (Age 84 years) 6. PULSIPHER, John           b. 17 Jul 1827, Stafford, Genesee County, New York, USA           d. 09 Aug 1891, Hebron, Washington County, Utah, USA  (Age 64 years) 7. PULSIPHER, Charles           b. 20 Apr 1830, Spafford, Onondaga County, New York, USA           d. 20 Nov 1915, Elmo, Emery County, Utah, USA  (Age 85 years)   8. PULSIPHER, Mary Ann           b. 20 Nov 1833, Scott, Cortland County, New York, USA           d. 18 Sep 1913, Enterprise, Washington County, Utah, USA  (Age 79 years)   9. PULSIPHER, William           b. 22 Jan 1838, Kirtland, Geauga County, Ohio, USA           d. 2 May 1880, Hebron, Washington County, Utah Territory, USA  (Age 42 years) + 10. PULSIPHER, Eliza Jane           b. 26 Jul 1840, Lima, Adams County, Illinois, USA           d. 5 May 1919, Panaca, Lincoln County, Nevada, USA  (Age 78 years)   11. PULSIPHER, Fidelia           b. 13 Oct 1842, Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, USA           d. 8 Jan 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, USA  (Age 3 years)
  Family ID	F4660	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	ALGER, John           b. 5 Nov 1820, Lebanon, Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA           d. 4 Feb 1897, St. George, Washington County, Utah, USA (Age 76 years)  [1]
  Marriage	6 Jan 1842	Hancock County, Illinois, USA   [1]
  Age at Marriage	She : 17 years and 2 months - He : 21 years and 2 months.
  Children	1. ALGER, Nelson           b. Abt 1843, Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, USA           d. Feb 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, USA (Age ~ 3 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   2. ALGER, Sarah Ann           b. 13 Apr 1845, Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, USA           d. 14 Feb 1933, Cleveland, Emery County, Utah, USA (Age 87 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   3. ALGER, Olivia           b. 23 Jun 1847, Winter Quarters, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA           d. 22 Nov 1930, Cleveland, Emery County, Utah, USA (Age 83 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   4. ALGER, Adeliza           b. 9 Aug 1849, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA           d. 7 Jul 1925, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA (Age 75 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   5. ALGER, John Zera           b. 15 Jan 1852, Parleys Park, Summit County, Utah, USA           d. 16 Jan 1933, Enterprise, Washington County, Utah, USA (Age 81 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   6. ALGER, Martha Ellen           b. 4 Dec 1853, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA           d. 28 Apr 1934, Panguitch, Garfield County, Utah, USA (Age 80 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   7. ALGER, Anna Eliza           b. 20 Dec 1856, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA           d. 22 Jul 1945, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA (Age 88 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   8. ALGER, Samuel Nelson Sr           b. 26 Apr 1858, Payson, Utah County, Utah, USA           d. 25 Nov 1911, Cleveland, Emery County, Utah, USA (Age 53 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   9. ALGER, Alva Don Pulsipher           b. 21 Jan 1860, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA           d. 20 Dec 1898, St. George, Washington County, Utah, USA (Age 38 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   10. ALGER, Willard Edgar           b. 11 Apr 1862, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA           d. 24 Jul 1947, St. George, Washington County, Utah, USA (Age 85 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   11. ALGER, Mary Edna           b. 9 Dec 1865, Hebron, Washington County, Utah, USA           d. 5 Feb 1946, Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, USA (Age 80 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F6055	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 02 Nov 1824 - Spafford, Onondaga County, New York, USA Marriage - 6 Jan 1842 - Hancock County, Illinois, USA Death - 01 Jan 1909 - Saint George, Washington County, Utah, USA Burial - 02 Jan 1909 - Saint George City Cemetery, Saint George, Washington County, Utah, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  [S141] Familysearch.org. [S437] Death Certificate. [S50] Findagrave.com. [S50] Findagrave.com. Maintained by: L. Finley Originally Created by: Utah State Historical Society Added: 1 Feb 2000 Find a Grave Memorial #110202