A One-Name Study for the BARNUM/BARNHAM Surname
In the 1860 US Census for Great Salt Lake City Ward 16, Great Salt Lake County, Utah territory the family of Zerah R. Pulsipher was enumerated as follows;
Dwelling #1164; Family #41
Zerah Pulsipher, 71, M, Farner, Real property $2,700; Personal property $950; b. Vermont
Mary Pulsipher, 62, F, b. Connecticut
Prudence McNamara, 56, F, b. Massachusetts [2nd wife]
Martha Hughes, 17, F, b. Wales [4th wife]
Martha Ann Hughes, 1, F, b. Utah [daughter]
Pioneer Immigrants to Utah Territory, Page: 002039. Name: Zera or Zerah Pulsipher. Gender: male. Birth Date: 24 Jun 1788 or 1789. Birth Place: Rockingham, Windham, Vermont. Parent1: John Pulsipher. Parent2: Elizabeth Dutton. Spouse: Polly or Mary Randall; Prudence McNamara; Mary Ann Brown; Martha Hughes. Marriage Date: 1810; 1815; 18 Mar 1857; 12 Jul 1864. Marriage Place: Vermont; Susouhannah County PA; Utah; Utah. Departure Date: Spring 1847. Departure Place: Winter Quarters. Travel Company: Parley P. Pratt and Orson Pratt. Zera was captain of his own company. Party: Zera was captain of his own company with 10 wagons. Trail: Mormon Trail to Salt Lake City. Arrival Date: 23 Sep 1848 or 1847 (Found in an old trunk-where he kept his papers). Arrival Place: Great Salt Lake Valley. Religion: LDS. Place Settled: Great Salt Lake City 1847, Saint George and Hebron, Utah. Occupation: Operated a grist mill and a saw mill. Death Date: 01 Jan 1872. Death Place: Hebron, Washington, Utah. Burial Place: Hebron, Washington, Utah. Sources: Journal of Zerah Pulsipher; The Doctrine & Covenants, Sec. 124; Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah; Pulsipher Family History by Nora and Terry Lund; Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register; Utah Federal Census 1851, 1860, 1870; Mormon Manuscripts to 1846; Guide to Morman Diaries & Autobiographies; Nauvoo, Early Mormon...Series 1839-46; Journal History of the Church 29 Dec 1833, 9 Jan 1838; Mighty Men of Zion, p 404; Temple Index Bureau; Revelations of Joseph Smith pp 270, 271.
Utah Cemetery Inventory about Zerah Pulsipher. Name: Zerah Pulsipher; Birth Date: 14 Jan 1788; Death Date: 1 Jan 1872; Cemetery: Hebron Cemetery. Source: Dr. Wes Craig
The Independent State of Vermont was constituted on 2 June 1777, and joined the Union as the 14th state on 4 March 1791.
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