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- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. FHL book 929.273 St67d "Descendants of William Stoker (1819-1892): with a View of his Ancestors," by Jay and Rachel Phillips Deeben, Feb. 2014, pp. 40-45:
"Sarah Stoker (1827-1908), by Jay Deeben.
Sarah Stoker, daughter of David Stoker and Barbara Graybill, was born on 20 Jun 1827 in Bloomfield, Jackson, Ohio[1]. Sarah married Edward Horace Davis, son of Isaac Davis and Sarah Ann Saulsbury, about 1849, probably in Mt Pisgah, Iowa. Edward was born on 24 Nov 1825 in Holderrnan, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada,[2] died on 9 Jan 1873 in Summit Creek (Summit), Iron, Utah Territory.
Sarah, Edward, and their children Michael, and Alexander traveled with the Isaac M. Stewart Company in 1852.[3] They left Kanesville, Iowa on 19 Jun 1852 and arrived in Salt Lake sometime between 28 Aug - 22 Sep 1852.
Sarah and her family were in Springville, Utah at the time of the 1860 Federal Census taken on 7 Sep 1860.[4] They were listed as Edwd H. Davis, Sally Davis, Alexn Davis, and Sarah C. Davis. Sarah's (Sally) mother Barbara Stoker was living with them at the time of the 1860 census. Her name was listed as Barbia Stoker.
In the 1861 October Sem1i-Annual General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "... church leaders called 309 families to establish the Cotton Mission. After the outbreak of the Civil War that same year, LDS Church President Brigham Young felt it necessary to grow cotton, if possible. Many of these families assigned to settle the area hailed from the South and possessed the necessary skills to grow cotton and establish a community."[5] The community was named St. George, its nickname is Utah's Dixie. Edward and Sarah and their family answered the call and moved south. Edward Horace Davis' name appears on and is marked as being among the original 309 settlers called to move south to help settle Utah's Dixie.[6]
By 1870 Edward and Sarah had moved their family to the community of Summit,[7] Utah, (also known as Summit Creek) which is just north of Cedar City, Utah. Edward died on 9 Jan 1873, in Summit Creek, Iron, Utah. Sarah died on 10 Mar 1908 in Summit Creek, Iron, Utah, at age 80.
Children of Edward Horace Davis and Sarah Stoker Davis (Name, Birth date, Birth Place, Death date, Death place):
Michael Davis[10], 18 Feb 1850, Kanesville, Pottawattamie, Iowa, 9 Mar 1855, Springville, Utah, Utah.
Alexander H. Davis[11], 17 Feb 1852, Kanesville, Pottawattamie, Iowa, 27 Dec 1923, Circleville, Piute, Utah. Alexander married Charlotte Ann Day, daughter of Thomas Day and Charlotte Ann Clarke, on 3 Jul 1882, in Circleville, Piute, Utah. Charlotte was born on 16 Jan 1863, in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah.
John Stoker Davis[12], 5 Mar 1854, Springville, Utah, Utah, 9 May 1858, Springville, Utah, Utah.
Barbara Davis, 1 Mar 1856, Springville, Utah, Utah, 25 May 1856, Springville, Utah, Utah.
Sarah Catherine Davis[13], 15 Mar 1858, Springville, Utah, Utah, 10 Apr 1945, Delta, Millard, Utah. Sarah also went by the name of Catherine. According to a note on Sarah's death certificate she had lived in Delta for 26 years[14] prior to her death. Sarah married William Hillman Dalley[15], son of William H. Dalley and Mandana Hillman, on 17 Jan 1876 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah. William was born on 16 Jun 1853 in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah.
Elma Samantha Davis, 26 Jun 1860 Springville, Utah, Utah, 24 Sep 1901, Junction, Piute, Utah. Elma married Thomas Winn, son of Thomas Green Winn and Phoebe Jane Orton, on 28 Aug 1882, in Summit, Iron, Utah. Thomas was born on 8 Dec 1854, in West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah.
Lydia Ann Davis[17], 17 Aug 1862, Fort Johnson, Iron, Utah, 20 Feb 1887, , , Utah. Lydia married Charles Dayton Johnson, son of Lorenzo Johnson and Ruth Sawyer Drury, on 7 Oct 1881, in St. George, Washington, Utah. Charles was born on 9 Feb 1860, in Springville, Utah, Utah.
Elizabeth Isola Davis[18], 30 Sep 1864, Summit, Iron, Utah, 29 Jul 1897, Junction, Piute, Utah. Elizabeth married Horrace Morrill, son of Laban Morrill and Permelia Handmore Drury, on 28 Jan 1887 in St. George, Washington, Utah. Horrace was born on 18 Jul 1863, in Fort Johnson, Iron, Utah.
Edward Davis[19], 19 Oct 1866, Summit, Iron, Utah, 12 Oct 1868 Summit, Iron, Utah.
Horace Davis[20], 31 Jan 1869, Summit, Iron, Utah, 6 Mar 1871, Summit, Iron, Utah.
Endnotes for Sarah Stoker:
1. Stoker, Elayne; Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881, Vol II (copy of book on CD); p. 60.
Repository: Rachel Anne Phillips Deeben, 1349 So 300 West, Payson, Utah 84651.
2. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, new.Familysearch.org <http://new.familysearch.org/>, Family History Department, PID: KWJ8-8ZP.Repository: new.familysearch.org <http://new.familysearch.org/>, LDS Church, Salt Lake City, Utah.
3. Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847-1868, website; search for Catherine Davis <http://classic.lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompanysearch/1>,15773,3966-1,00.html.
4. Springville, Utah, Utah, p. 299; Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database
online]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
5. "Utah's Dixie History," <http://www.utahsdixie.com/saint>_george.html accessed 2 Mar 2013.
6. Sons of the Utah Pioneer - Cotton Mission Chapter, "Utah's Dixie Historical Sites," "Called to Dixie" Dixie Pioneers, p. 2, accessed 2 Mar 2013, <http://www.sonsofutahpioneers.info/hs/a17-dixiepioneers.html>.
7. "United States Census, 1870," index and images, Familysearch (<https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MNCR>-BC6: accessed 02 Mar 2013), Sarah Davis in household of Edward H Davis, Utah, United States; citing p. 2, family 13, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 553109.
8. Summit Creek, Iron, Utah is the same as Summit, Iron, Utah as it is known today. Because the town was established at the side of a creek that was named Summit Creek, people referred to the town as Summit Creek at times.
9. The following source was used for all of the children. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, "FamilySearch," database, FamilySearch (<http://new.familysearch.org/>). The entry to search for will be the Personal Identification Number (PID) for each child.
10. PID: KWVP-9ZV
11. PID: KWCK-CDM
12. PID: KWVP-9ZB
13. PID: KWVP-9ZG and State of Utah Department of Health, Utah - Death Certificate (<http://historyresearch.utah.gov/indexes/index.html>), State File No. 42. Repository: Utah State Government, Division of Archives & Records Service, 300 S Rio Grande St., Salt Lake City, Utah 84101-1106.
14. State of Utah Department of Health, Utah - Death Certificate, State File No. 42.
15. PID: KWC4-DJH
16. PID: KWJX-GFY
17. PID: KWVP-H45
18. PID: KWZ9-MNM, and Find a Grave Memorial (<http://www.findagrave.conm>), Find A Grave Memorial# 18759988; there is a difference in years between what is on the grave stone and what was entered by submitter. The church record also shows 1897 as the death year.
19. PID: KWVP-9ZT
20. PID: KWVP-98M
[Image of Death Certificate: State of Utah; #120; Sarah Davis; died at Summit, Iron Co.; resident for over 45 years at place of death; d. 10 Mar 1908; born 20 Jun 1827; widowed, b. Jackson Co., Ohio; father David Stoker with unknown birthplace and mother Barbara Graybell with unknown birthplace; informant Mayhew H. Dalley of Cedar City, Utah; bur. Summit Cemetery Mar. 11; undertaker Herbert White of Summit, Utah; cause of death: Senility contributed by chronic Gastro-Esteritis.]"
2. Censuses:
1870 US: 7-Dist. Summit, Iron, Utah, p. 295b, entry 13 [neighbors to Michael and Polly Stoker]:
Edward H. Davis, 46, farmer, real estate $300, personal property $200, Can.
Sarah, 42, housework, OH.
Alexander, 17, farm laborer, IA.
Catharine, 12, UT.
Elma S., 10, UT.
Lydia A., 7, UT.
Elizabeth, 5, UT.
Horace, 1, UT.
1880 US: Summit Creek, Iron, Utah, NA film T9-1336, p. 367C:
William Dalley, farmer, self, married, 27, UT Eng NY.
C. Sarah Dalley, wife, 22, UT CAN OH.
E. William, 3, UT UT UT.
M. Sarah, 3M, UT UT UT.
1900 US: Summit, Iron, Utah, p. 288A [living next door to mother Sarah Stoker Davis]:
William H. Dalley, Jun 1853, 47, m. 24 years, UT Eng USA, farmer.
Sarah, wife, Mar 1858, 42, m. 24 years, 6 total children with 5 living, UT Can/Eng OH.
Sady M., dau., Mar 1880, 20, S, UT UT UT.
Alexander, son, May 1882, 17, S, UT UT UT.
Isola, dau., May 1886, 13, UT UT UT.
Leonadus, Jan 1897, 3, UT UT UT.
3. Ancestry.com 6 Jun 2002 databases ":1816044" and "tedcox3" reports the following children all born at Summit, Iron, Utah:
William Edward, b. 26 Jan 1877, d. 21 Jun 1924.
Sarah Mandana, b. 4 Mar 1880, d. 26 Mar 1970.
Alexander, b. 2 May 1883, d. 12 Apr 1932.
Isola Laverna, b. 12 May 1887, d. 20 Jun 1923.
Leonadus, b. 5 Jan 1897, 27 Jun 1979.
Emma Leona, b. 5 Jan 1897, 5 Aug 1899.
4. FHL film 702: "Journal of John Stoker, b. 1817; Journal starts November 1, 1869." John was the son of David Stoker and Barbara Graybill. The first 35 pages detail his mission taken from Utah to Virginia and Tennessee through Council Bluffs, Iowa, which I have summarized and included with his notes in this database. Pp. 36-227, the balance of John's journal, are genealogical notations of family. Many pages are blank. Besides family, the journal also notes many other unrelated Stokers who were probably gleaned from books and other sources. It appears as if maybe his son David may have taken over the book later. Many entries are repetitive at different times. Pertinent data for this family or individual is quoted verbatim as follows on p. 71: "Mrs W. H. Hales, 5725 (3725) Washington Avenue, she being a granddaughter of Sarah Davis and the daughter of Cather. Davis Dalley who lives at Delta, Utah."
BIRTH:
1. Online Ordinance Index gives 15 Mar 1858 in Springville, Utah, UT. Parents Edward Horace Davis and Sarah Stocker. Ancestry.com 6 Jun 2002 concurs.
2. Tombstone; see citation below.
MARRIAGE:
1. Ancestry.com 6 Jun 2002.
DEATH:
1. Ancestry.com 6 Jun 2002. Ordinance Index 1.02.
2. USGenweb: Cemeteries, Iron County, Utah, Summit Cemetery Transcriptions by Cheryl Whitelaw . Text: "Dalley, William Hillman, b. 16 Jun 1852-21 Jun 1921; Dalley, Sarah Catherine, 15 Mar 1858-10 Apr 1945."
BURIAL:
1. Utah State Historical Society Burials Database: Grave location is I-5b Summit Cemetery. No burial date given. Birth and death same as USGenweb citation above.
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