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Davey, Mina Orton, 1850-1939

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1850 - 1939

Biographical History

Mina Orton Davey (1850-1939) was a long-time resident of Eureka, Utah.

Born Jemina Jane Orton on February 10, 1850 in Council Bluffs, Iowa to Horatio L. Ortan and Nancy Bailey, Davey crossed crossed the plains with her family as a little girl. They eventually settled in Eureka, Utah in 1880, where Davey would live until her death. In around 1892, she married John Davey. She died on February 13, 1939 at the age of 89.

Citation:
Collection on Eureka, Utah, approximately 1915-1939:container (Mina Orton Davey)

FamilySearch, 20 March 2019(Jemina Jane Orton; born 10 February 1850 in Kanesville, Pottawattamie, Iowa; died 13 February 1939 in Eureka, Juab, Utah; daughter of Horatio L. Ortan and Nancy Maude Bailey; married Benjamin Leonard Thayer in 1865; married James Wesley Webb Jr. in 1875; John Davey about 1892; alternate name: Mina Orton)

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Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Collection on Eureka, Utah

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 9193
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs of members of the Eureka Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after a church meeting, a biographical sketch of Mina Orton Davey, and notes describing the aforementioned photographs. The photographs are dated approximately 1915 and the biographical sketch is dated 1939.

Dates: approximately 1915-1939
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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