Sarah Nichols (1834-1921)
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| Sarah Nichols | |
|---|---|
 Sarah Nichols Dayton | |
| Born: | 28 Mar 1834
Ashorne, Warwick, England |
| Died: | 3 Jun 1921
Dingle, Bear Lake, Idaho |
| Father: | Joseph Nichols |
| Mother: | Sarah Newland |
| Siblings: | Elizabeth Nichols Sarah Nichols |
| Spouse: | Moroni Dayton |
| Married: | 12 Aug 1855
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah |
| Children: | Francis Moroni Dayton Charles Henry Dayton William Henry Dayton Hyrum A. Dayton Sarah Jane Dayton Theodore Dayton Ettie Cerelda Dayton Frederick Dayton George C. Dayton Elizabeth Ann Dayton Permilia Mindwell Dayton |
Sarah Nichols, daughter of Joseph and Sarah Newland Nichols, was born 28 Mar 1834 at Ashern, Warwick, England. She was baptized 10 Jun 1849 and Endowed 12 Aug 1855, the same day she was sealed to her husband, Moroni Dayton, in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City, Utah. Together they raised a family of ten children.
Sarah was of medium height, slender and had black eyes and black hair. She always took great pride in her personal appearance. She loved and always had a black silk dress with a white lace collar. She was an excellent seamstress.
She came to Utah with a Handcart Company, and walked every step across the plains. She had a fervent and unshakable testimony of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. She was active in all phases of Relief Society work, as well as in other organizations.
Sarah Nichols Dayton died of old age in Dingle, Idaho, 3 Jun 1921 and was buried in Dingle, next to her husband, Moroni, who had preceded her in death.
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- Christening: FHL Film #554739, item 1, Register of Baptisms in the Parish of Newbold Pacey in the County of Warwick, page 29, #231:
- 18 May 1834, Sarah, Dau of Joseph Nichols, Labourer, and Sarah, Abode: Ashorne
- Note: Ashorne is a hamlet in Newbold-Pacey Parish, 5 1/4 miles South by East of Warwick. From an 1833 Gazeteer: Newbold-Pacey, a parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwick; on a small affluent of the river Avon, near the Fosse way, 5 1/2 miles WSW of Harbury R. Station, and 5 1/4 S by E of Warwick. It contains the hamlet of Ashorne; and its post-town is Wellesbourne, under Warwick. Acres, 1,824 etc.
- Census: 1851 British Isles Census:
- Joseph Nicholls, Head, Md, 68, Male, AgLab
- Sarah, Daughter, Unmarried, 17, Female, born Ashorne-Warwickshire
- Emigration: FHL Film #25690, British Mission, Liverpool Office, Emigration Book B, 1851-1855, p. 61:
- Ship Ellen Maria, 768 Tons, A. Whitmore Captain, To sail for New Orleans 11 January 1853 Reporting 7 Dec 1852, Acknowledged 3 Jan 1853:
- Joseph Nicholls, Laborer, 70, #119
- Sarah Nicholls, 18
- Immigration: FHL Film #200243, New Orleans, Louisiana, List of Passengers Arrived from Foreign Ports, in the Port of New Orleans, during the 1st Quarter, 1853:
- March 7, Ellen Maria, Whitmore, Liverpool, frame 545:
- M Nichols, 70, M, Labourers, Ireland, USA
- March 7, Ellen Maria, Whitmore, Liverpool, frame 549:
- S Nicholls, 19, F, Ireland, USA
- Utah Arrival: FHL Film #298442, Utah Immigration Card Index, 1847-1868:
- Nichols, Sarah jun. (18) dau. of Joseph and Sarah
- 1853: Jan 17- Sailed from Liverpool, Eng. on ship "Ellen Marie". (Brit. Miss. Jan, 17, 1853, p. 11)
- 1853: Crossed plains in Capt. Cyrus H. Wheelock's Company. (Journal History Monday, Sept. 19, 1853, p. 3: #10 Company Captain Kendall's Division, Timothy Parkinson, Captain)
- Note: Grandmother Sarah's account that she walked across the plains with a handcart company "could very well be" according to Melvin L. Bashore, LDS Historical Librarian. Handcarts were used before 1856, just harder to pin down, historically.
- 1860 Federal Census, Utah, Cedar Co., Fort Cedar, Fort Cedar Post Office, Page #106 (?), Dwelling #3843, Family #2999:
- Daton, Moroni
- Sarah, 26, f, Eng
- Sealing: FHL Film #183395, Sealing Record of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Book C, 1856-1861, pp. 488- 489, #3315:
- Dayton, Mouni, born 3 Sep 1834, Parkman, Geauga, Ohio
- Nichols, Sarah, born 28 Nov 1834, Warwick, England
- Sealed 9 Feb 1861 in the Endowment House
- By B. Young
- Witnesses:
- John Sharp
- J. V. Long
- 1870 Federal Census, Utah, Utah Co., Cedar Fort, Cedar Fort Post Office, Page #5, Dwelling #34, Family #31, Enumerated 3 Sep 1870:
- Dayton, Moroni
- Sarah, 34, f, w, Keeping House, Eng, par. foreign
- 1880 Federal Census, Idaho Territory, Bear Lake Co., Cottonwood & Dingle Dell Twp., Page #30, Dwelling #244, Family #252, Enumerated 29, 30 Jun 1880:
- Dayton, Francis M., w, m, 23, md, Rancher, Ut, Oh, Eng
- Isabelle, w, f, 21, wife, md, K H, Ia, Can, Can
- George, w, m, 2, son, single, Ut, Ut, Ia
- Sarah E., w, f, 1/12, Apr, dau., single, Id, Ut, Ia
- Dwelling #244, Family #253:
- Dayton, Sarah, w, f, 46, md, K H, Eng, Eng, Eng
- Theodore, w, m, 15, son, single, Herdsman, Ut, Oh, Eng
- Ettie C., w, f, 12, dau., single, at home, Ut, Oh, Eng
- Elizabeth A., w, f, 5, dau., single, Ut, Oh, Eng
- Amelia A., w, f, 2, dau., single, Ut, Oh, Eng
- Ordinances: TIB
- Burial: BYU-Idaho, Idaho Falls Obituary Index:
- ID: 16408
- Last Name: Dayton
- First Name: Sarah N.
- Age:
- Gender: F
- Cemetery: Dingle, Idaho
- Birth Date: 28 Mar 1834
- Birth Place: Newbold, Warwick, England
- Date Died: 3 Jun 1921
- Death Place: Dingle, Idaho
- Father: Joseph Nichols
- Mother: Sarah Newland
- Spouse: Moroni Dayton, md 12 Aug 1855.
- Sources: Headstone. Ancestral File.
